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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06
THE WIDOWS BENEFIT.
1t Ended with the Major Taking Her
for His Wife-The Rents Were
Forgotten.

Mai. O'Dowd was collecting his rent.
He is the landlord who collects his rent
with his wooden leg. That is, he steps
up to the second floor of his big tene-
ment-house, and standing in the hall
he raps out the amount due him, and
as no tenant pays the same price, and
all are in arrears, each one knows by
the number of wooden raps the leg
gives his or her indebtedness, relates
the Chicago Record-Herald.
Ten raps was the greatest sum, and
everyone in the building knew that
was the Widow Lynch, and that it
meant three months in arrears. No
one else had been permitted such an
extension of time, and the major had
not raped for her on several occa~
sions, and they said it was because
she was so pretty and had bad luck in
getting work, with two kids to look
after. Be that as it may, the ma or
was mad at the widow now and was
willing everybody in the house should
know it. For why? The widow was
giving party.
IAhu SuC oNIIS Iic LII &C
rint, an maxim such poor mouth
about it! I'll make noise enough to
drown out the band,' and with his
wooden leg he run the gamut of her
Indebtedness again.
"Whisht!" said a rich voice at his ell
bow, and the major stopped rapping
to glare at the pretty widow who
stood there with her bare dimpled
arms akimbo.
cts yourself would betther be
whishting, Mrs. Lynch, givin' party
an me waitin' three months for me
lawful rint.''
eft isn't no party, Maj. O'Dowd. It's
a benefit!"
'Pwhat's that?'
''It do be benefit to raise bit
money for the little mother of the
foive childer on the fourth floor, to
sind her to the hospital to get an
operation that will save her loife. And
here's foive dollars on me rint, major"
'What do you be takin' me for?"
asked the major, crowding the money
back in her hand.
L
for betther or for worse" was the
saucy reply, and the major went to
the benefit.
They were all his debtors there.
The little lame seamstress who said
he raped for her SO softly she never
heard him, and the blind shoemaker
who got the dark room for nothing
and was the 'band" on this occasion,
contributing the services Of his fiddle
for the dancing. The major took the
widow out, and no one could have told
which had the wooden leg, they danced
so neatly, and compliments flew
thick and fast, as they balanced all or
swung partners.
The next day the ambulance was at
the door, and the major was there
again to be master of ceremonies. He
didn't wait to rap for any dues this
time, but walked away looking so con-
tented and happy that his old face
shone with inward content. He had
made another safe investment and he
knew IT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06
ThoughtfuI of Him.

Mrs. Housekeep-That was very
small quart of peaches you sent me,
and besides they were very green.
Dealer-Yes'm, noticed they were
green, so 1 thought I'd better not
send you enough to do you any harm,
philadelphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06

1t must be heavenly to be baby and be
to screw up your face and howl
whenever people you don't like speak to
you-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06

Voice rs n Revealer of Character.
There is no greater revealer of
character than the human voice. 1t
is the first thing that strikes us in
a stranger, or in new acquaintance
If it has that spontaneous ring of
truth that no training can impart we
recognize its appeal for confidence.
Some voices have the jar of falsehood,
and are as full of warning as the hiss
of serpent. The unconscious nat
ural voice is to be regarded as the
index of character. To speak
promptly and positively is generally
to act promptly and positively; to
speak politely is to act politely, and
to speak gruf1y and rudely is a good
way to make rude action easy-Ame-
liza E. Barr, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06

"Your boy is speaking likeness of YOU"
'I don't agree with you. He's more Of a
bowling likeness of his mother" Town and
Country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06

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<DAVV NEWANU
something cal
which convict All confidential
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-03
5000 Carrier Pig
cons To tell the News.

20, 900 Men Making Prepare
ton for the Visitors.
Everything was in good
shape for the opening of the
Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo last Wednesday
morning. Exhibits were not
complete, but exhibitors are
pushing operation in the hope
of having them completed by
formal opening May Doth. A
force of twenty thousand men
are engaged in cleaning up
the statuary, paving streets
and cleaning up grounds.
Five thousand carrier pig
cons were released in the af-
ternoon. Attached to the
leg of each pigeon was a mes
sage of greeting and an
nouncement of the opening
of Pan-American Exposition.
There will be no reduction
in the price Of admission on
Sunday.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-03
Caucus Nominations.

The usual annual town caucus was
held at Kings Daughters hall Tues
day eve Mayor Gladmon called the
meeting to order, afterwards naming
committee of five to select perma-
nent officers for the evening. {. J
BROWN was chosen chairman and R. E.
Geyer, secretary.
For Mayor, the present incumbent
DIR. Edwin Gladmon had practically
no opposition, and vote by ballot
showed him to be the choice OF 80 out
of 40 votes cast. His nomination
was made unanimous.
After an informal ballot it was
plainly seen that three members OF
the old board-Mess H. L. Thurston,
X. E. Geyer and F. H. Weaver, were
in for denomination, ard received
Aattering najorities. Then the con-
test was between c. w. Shaw, T. ii.
Beck, A. M. Clarke and c. L. Hayes,
the two first named winning by safe
maiori.ies. 1t is very evident that
the retiring board was a strong one,
and we wish to make the statement
that Mr. Elliott having moved away
from town the four remaining mem
hers of the board and their friends
were in favor of Capt. Shaw, leaving
the opposition to turn their guns in
whatever direction it saw fit. With
no organized support for ticket, 1t
could do no more than exhaust us
supply of ammunition on the remain
ing melnber-E d. OSl1n.
Sometimes we feel it duty to say
lust few words, but under no elf
cumstances would the columns OF this
paper be used to stir up d1scord, or
to complain, and naturally now we
feel inclined to pass the matter over;
bnt in that case we should consider
that it was neglecting our friends
(the supposed enemy IN this case) be-
cause we must thank them for their
kind consideration. We think too
much of the town and its interests to
be in the way, and cheerfully accept
the verdict. At the same time it took
the whole regiment to catch one man
and put him right where he had no
objection to being.
Our friends hold the fort-but the
next time we are doing anything
which the people don t want us to do,
we are open for conviction and the
kind and conscientious consideration
Of all-even their would-be leaders.
Rihousness is a condition characterized
nv a disturbance Of the digestive organs.
The stomach is debiiita1ed, the liver
torpid the bowels constipated. There, is
Ioathing Of food, pains in the bowels,
dizziness, coated tongue and vomiting,
first of the undgest d or partly dig tea
FOOD and then of bile. Chamberlain
stomach and Liver Tablets allay the
disturbance Of the tomach ana create
healthy avpetite They also tone up the
liver to healthy action and regulate the
bowels. Try them and you are certain
to be much pleased with the result. For
sale by Johnson's Pharmacy.
Mess w. }, & &. ?. Young
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-03

Mess w. }, & &. P. Young
are supplying their customers
with splendid milk twice
every day.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-03
Trinity Church, Jimtown.

Rev. A. Barbour pastor preaching
End sundays at II a. M, and p, M;
PRAYER meeting every Thursday night.
Sunday school at ) p. III. All are
invited.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-03

Try the new remedy for costlveness,
Chaml erlan,s stomach ana Liver I've
Table Every box guaranteed rrlce
* cents. For sale by Johnson's
Pharmacy.
The bee., 1901-01-03
Resolutions Of Respect.

At the regular meeting of Hop
kins Lodge, No. 61, A. o. U. w.,
held at their lodge room in Earl
ington on the evening of Decem-
Der 28, 1000, the following
resolutions were read and adopt
ed:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased AL
mighty God in his inscrutable wis
dom to remove by death from our
midst our beloved brother, Clay
Woodbridge, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we bow in humble
submission to the will of Him who
doeth all things for the best, recog-
MIXING the fact that death is the
common destiny Of ell.
RESOLVED, That in the death of
Brother Woodbridge our lodge has
lost valued member, his family a
kind husband aud father and the
community q quiet citizen.
RESOLVED, That we tender our
sincere sympathy TO the stricken
family and relatives in this sad hour
of affiiction and bereavement, and
exhort them to look for solace to
Him who will not break q bruised
reed.
RESOLVED, That the lodge room
be draped In mourning and the
brethren wear the customary badge
of sorrow for the next thirty days.
RESOLVED, That copy Of these
resolution be sent the afflicted fam
lily, copy spread on the minutes Of
the lodge and copy furnished the
Darlington BEE for publication.
Th0s. LoNGsrAFF.
A. LIP WOODWARD, Com.
w. A. T0OMBs.
The bee., 1901-01-03
MANY LARGE TOWNS.
Kentucky Has Twenty With Over 1000
Inhabitants.

The Census Bureaus bulletin,
just issued, pertaining to Ken
lucky, shows that there are
twenty cities in the Stats of over
1000 inhabitants, the largest of
which (Louisville) has O4,731,
while Covington is second on the
list with 42,938; Newport, with
28,301, is third, and Lexington is
fourth with 28,369; then follow
Ashland, $500; Bellevue, 8,332;
Bowling Green, 1926; Danville,
1885; Dayton, 6,104; Frankfort,
9,487; Henderson, 1922; Hop
kinsville, z, ,2SO; Mayfield, 4,OS1 /;
Maysville, SAB; Middlesboro,
4,162; Owensboro, $3.50; Padu-
cab, 19,446; Paris, 4,6O3; Rich
mond, 1858; Winchester, 5,964.
OF these the figures show that
all of the twenty named have in
creased in population except
Richmond.
The bee., 1901-01-03
A Great N.e.w,papsr-.

When aiyehat portion of the United
States westcf the Missouri and Kaw
rivers WA a trackless wilderness.
nearly half a century ago, therfi.;st
issue of one Of the worlds greatest
newspapers appeared. st. Louis,
which was then mere overgrown
town on the western frontier Of civ
ilization, has developed into great
commercial metropolis; and the
great modern newsgather, the ST
LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT,
kept pace with the progress
city and section. 1t has :
its first issue to the pre-
children's tutor, the
selor, the woman's con-,
farmers instructor and fri..
circulation, extends to every
and territory of the Union, to Cam.
da andsMexico, and to every part /
the World where there are readers D,
the/English language. 1t ought te
be In your home during the coming
year. See advertisement elsewhere
in this issue.
The bee., 1901-01-03
DR.. CLARk'S TRIAL.
Sturgis Doctor to be Tried at Dixon on
Charge Of Numbering Miss Waller.
Special Term Of Court and Change Of
Venue to Webster County.

DIXON, KY, January IA special
term of the Webster Circuit Court
convened at Dixon today with Judge
John s. Dorsey ON the bench, for the
trial of DIR. w. e. Clark, of Sturgis,
en- the charge of numbering Miss
Waller, of Union county, on the
evening of September 9th last.
There will be about one hundred
witnesses and the case will probably
consume two weeks in court, al
though Judge Dorsey announces that
he will hold night sessions to hurry
the case along. A number of law
yers have been engaged on both
sides.
1t will be remembered that DIR.
Clark was accused of criminal prac-
tice, and that over the dead body of
Miss Waller her affianced, Tom Holt,
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the heart.
After DR.. Clark's arrest he was
twken to Morganfield and thence to
Henderson, because the authorities
feared mob violence to the prisoner.
DR.. Clark claims that the young
woman fell in dying condition just
as she came in at his office door. and
that he performed no operation.
The evidence of the Common
wealth is mainly circumstantial.
The bee., 1901-01-03
Items From sebree.

Willie Powell, who has been at
ten ling school at Winchester for
some time, spent his vacation at
home last week.
Messrs. Clay Hall and @. G. Scud-
more accompanied by Misses Amy
and Greek Miller spent the day at
Poole last Wednesday.
Miss Mamie McMullin has re-
turned home from Henderson.
Roy Osborne visited his parents
here last week.
MISS Bessie Carroll, of the coun-
try, was the guest of Miss Mettie
Vaughn last week.
Sam Parker and flmily of Hamil-
ton, Illinois, are visiting relatives
here this week.
julius Edwards was in Slaughters-
willie last Tuesday.
Miss Laura Miller, of Centralia,
ILL.,, is visiting her parents here.
Miss Katherine Bailey left last
Thursday for Harville, Mo-, to spend
several weeks with her aunt.
Misses Mary and Ethel Lee, of
Morganfield, who have been the
guests of Miss Ruby Osbore for sew
eral days, returned home Monday.
Miss Maude Edmondson, of Earl
ington, spent Sunday and Monday
here with friends.
Misses Verda and Lola Hall WIS.,
tied relatives at Morganfleld several
days last week.
Brother j. w. Ligon and family
have moved to Corydon, where they
will reside for the present year.
Married, on last Tuesday, Joel
Bailey to Miss Katherine Bradley;
and viii Couch to Miss Eliza
Couch.
The bee., 1901-01-03
P0sTofflCE ROBBED
At Louisa. 'Ky.-About Sl400 In Money
and Stamps Taken.

Louisa, KY, Dec. 31.-The
safe in. the postoffice at this place
was blown open Saturday night
and robbed of all its contents ex-
cept registered letter, which
was evidently overlooked. The
booty secured by the burglars
consisted of nearly $500 in money
about 5000 worth of stamps and
blank money order forms num-
bered 1,102 to 1,200.
The job is thought to be the
work OF an expert. and nitro
glycerine was probably the ex-
ploSive used.
The bee., 1901-01-03
THE NEW TRAIN
Will be a Flyer to the South and Will
Only Hit the High Places.

The new train on the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad.
about which there is beginning
to be much talk, will be the
fastest train ever put on by that
enterprising railroad, and the
finest.
OF course it will stop at Earl
ington regularly; they all do.
But it will make only few i'm
portant stops. The st. Louis
end of the connection, it is au-
thoritatively stated, will only
make one stop between St. Louis
and Evansville, and that will be
for water. From Chicago to
Evansville the time will be made
faster. These trains consolidate
at Evansville and will make the
fastest possible time from that
city to Nashville and the South.
1t is not given out just what
stops will be made on this diVi-
sion, but the best information to
be had indicates that the train
nay only stop at Darlington and
Guthrie, possibly also at Hen
lerson. All the appointments of
his new train will be of the
atest and finest.
The bee., 1901-01-03

The bread winners of Ameri-
ca never made a dollar by strik-
ing.
When every such transaction is
put upon the trial sheet of in
vestigation, and subjected to cool
calculation, the figures will be on
the debit side every time.
The great railroad strike of
1877 was, perhaps, more than any
other labor trouble, founded on
the just demands of employees
who, as a matter of humanity,
were entitled to increased wages.
1t was simply a labor rebellion
against aggregated railroad capi-
tai of the country.
But what did it amount to?
Nothing.
Lives were lost, property was
burned; the public peace was dis
turbed, and every day was a day
lost in bread and butter to the
strikers.
The loss to labor was millions !;
to capital, tens of millsons. 1t
settled no dispute, gave to no man
work.
The strike of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel
Workers of Cincinnati and vicin-
ity in 1881 was a famous struggle
which cost the strikers $500, 900
in wages, and injured the trade
of Cincinnati a million and a half
of dollars. In the end both par
ties got together, talked it all
over, made concessions to each
other and an agreement was
reached.
This was practically arBitra-
tion.
Why not do that at first?
The strike of the Brotherhood
of Telegraphers throughout the
United States and Canada COM
.menced July 10, 1883. 1t lasted
just 30 days. The demands of
the strikers were for shorter
hours of labor and an increase Of
pay. They claimed that eight
hours for day work and seven
hours for night work should he
the limit; and demanded an in
crease Of fifteen per cent. on sal
aries.
They accomplished absolutely
nothing.
On the August 18th the Broth
erhood pronounced the strike a
failure and advised all operators
who could secure situations to go
to work at once.
The history If the late strike
is being repeated in the instance
of the recent strike ordered by
the Order of Railroad Telegra-
pliers against the Santa Fe rail-
road.
The bee., 1901-01-03
New Drugstore.

The new Drugstore, Henry Drewes,
proprietor, has opened up for bust
ness In the Robinson Block, and his
store is one of the most attractively
finished and furnished In the citv.
HeiV Vtes the people of Darlington
to cav and see him and he will, q.
you w lcome at all times ans
you win courtesy and the a
the traint pharmacist.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Constable David Harrad, of
Frankfort, has filed suit for $106
against the State Auditor to COM
pei the State to pay for his SER
vices as guard over Robt. Noakes,
Col. Campbell's star witness. 1t
is said that Noakes promised to
pay for a special guard if allowed
to be out of Jail, but failed to
pay.
The bee., 1901-01-03
Newt BIivens, a United Mine
Worker Shoots NOn-Union
Man from Ambush.
ROBERT noLLoMAN THE VICTIM.
Son of.James HoIloman. Ex.Representa-
tive from Hopkins.
r THE PROVIDENCE MINE
Arrested Two Hours After the Crime and Ae
knowledssd the Shooting.


nrday night at the slope mine of
the Providence Coal Company,
Robert Holloman, an emplOye
and guard for that company, was
shot from ambush by Neut
Blivens a striking miner and
member of the United Mine
Workers, and seriously if not
fatally wounded. Holloman is
the'son of the late Hon. James
Holloman, ex-Representative of
Hopkins county. He received
thirty-five or forty number four
shot in his hips, abdomen and
chest. .l
His assailant formerly worked
for the Providence Coal Com
pany, but joined the United Mine
Workers last summer and has
since been helping in their effort
to shut down the non. n.union
mines in this district. i.
Holloman and another guard
heard shots at the mine and
walked out to investigate. When
Holloman came between the rail-
road switch and whitewashed
fence, so his form was discerni-
ble through the dark, TWO shots
were fred from the shadow of a
coal car with results as stated.
Blivens was drinking. He was
taken out of his bed two hours
later and put under arrest. Sun
day morning he acknowledged he
did the shooting, and is now in
Jail at Dixon.
lit is looked upon as a plain
case of attempted assassination of
a non-union man, and great in
dignation is expressed in Web
ster and Hopkins counties.
Blivens had formerly worked
at Hecla mines but was dis
charged from there last spring
and went to Providence, where
he secured work, which he aban-
doned for an alliance with the
mine workers. organization. It
is reported that he is one of the
union men who have been making
threats of violence. He was
drinking Saturday night and was
noisy and disorderly about Provi-
dence. Five minutes before the
shots were heard at the mines,
Bliyeas was onithe front porch of
a residence not far distant, flour
ishing his gun and making
threats.
Two empty sixteen gauge shells
were found on the ground where
Blivens had fired the shots, and
when he was arrested other shells
Of the same gauge and loaded |
with the same kind OF shot Hollo-
man had received were found in
the prisoners pockets. The wads
rom the discharged shells were
llso found and the shells fit the
prisoners gun.
When Blivens found the proof
lgainst him was indisputable, he
acknowledged to the shooting, in
with the town mar
hal, and claimed that he was in
erfered with on the public high
gay and that the guards had
allied him and shot at him. The
nards' statement, backed by ,
ther testimony is that they did
OF shoot and that they did not
now of Blivens whereabouts un- {
! he opened fire. Blivens was {
n the property of the Providence t
oal Company when he fired the !
lots and WAS not near any pub
C highway. G
The bee., 1901-01-03
AFRICAN TREATY
Wanted as.Keynote Of the New Century
by Many Methodist Episcopal
Divine<.


New York, Dec. 31.-Bishop
E. G. Andrews, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and many
Methodist preachers today sent a
message'to Senator Frye, Presi-
dent of the United States Senate,
as follows: "Undersigned petit
tion Senate to make ratification
of African treaty with Lodge
resolution, keynote of new CEN
tury."
The treaty in question, de-
signed to protect African saw
ages from the liquor and arms of
the white men, has already been
ratified iby fifteen nations.
The bee., 1901-01-03
POLITICAL POINTS.

Judge Cantrill may get rid of
Wheeler and "ex-offire- holdern
McCreary by sentencing one to
prison for life and the other to be
hanged, all according to forms of
law.-Louisville Post.
The bee., 1901-01-03

bell's star witness in the Powers
and Howard cases, is in Canada
and his bondsman is out after
him.
The bee., 1901-01-03

G. W. Landram, of Livingston
county, against whom ex-Co l.
gresham Jno. X. Hendrick made
the charge that he was receiving
part of the salary of one of the
deputy wardens at the Eddyville
penitentiary has been renomi-
mated for County Clerk by the
Democratic primary.
The bee., 1901-01-03

1t is safe to say that the audienNe
enjoyed Barlow and Wilson's MINI
strels better than my other minstrel
entertainment that has appeared in
Atlanta for years.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.