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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
WHAT THEY WANT 1T FOR.
Funny Stories Told by HObOs in Drug
Stores When Saloons Are
Closed.
neighbours.

An elderly man, with ragged and
badly fitting clothes, a shuffiing gait, a
rum besotted face covered with about
three days growth of beard, and with
breath that indicated the close prox-
unity of distillery, wandered into a
downtown drug store the other morn
ing about one o'clock, relates the
Washington Star. The saloons had
closed. Staggering up to the drug
clerk, he leaned over the counter and
remarked, huskily:
''Say, Willie, just fill that up with
alcohol. Ten cents worth. See?"
The ragged man produced a whisky
flask, and, passing dime over to the
clerk, settled in nearby chair with
grunt of contentment.
"Alcohol, eh?" answered the clerk.
"What do you want it for? We're not
selling rum in this place"
The ragged individual arose, and, go
ing over to the clerk, observed, in what
was intended to be a highly injured
tone of voice:
snow, youse don't get gay wit me.
Rum? Who said anything about rum?
That juice is goin' to me chafn' dish
around the block. I'm goin' to cook
me supper. See? So chase along,
me lad, and produce the goods"
The clerk smiled, but nevertheless
filed the order.
"That's the practice of those fellows
pretty generally" he said, after the
bum ,had departed. "He has just made
a hot touch, and, being unable to get
| into a saloon, is going to drink the real
stuff. We have ten or fifteen orders for
alcohol from his class every night. On
Sunday, if we chose to sell it, we could
do a rushing business in that line.
| The sable-colored bootbfacks in this
vicinity drink it almost entirely. Ten
cents worth in half-pint flask, mixed
with little pump water, some sugar
| and lemon juice, makes enough of a
certain kind of gin to produce the
much-craved-for sensation. They tell
| me all sorts of stories when Task them
to what use they want to put the poi
son. A hobo staggered into the place
the other night for dimes worth.
Nothing doing remarked, lacon-
ically, seeing that he was nineatenths
soused already.
"'Aw, now, come on he pleaded. Il
wants the dope for private use. That's
on the level
"'What d'o you want it for? [ asked
with some curiosity.
"He came over to within whispering
| distance, and, leaning over the coun-
ter, remarked in very confidential
| tones:
essay, youse, just keep this on the
quiet. / wouldn't let it out for the
world. I'm painting picture of me old
college chum, Chauncey NJ. Depew, up
to de house, and wants the stuff to
mix me oils
"He got the BOOZE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
WILL DEFEND CZOLGOLZ.
justices Titus and Lewis Finally Acc
cept Appointment as Counsel
for Presidents Assassin

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 23.-Justices
Lewis and Titus, who were assigned
to defend Czolgosz, have announced
that they will accept and that they will
be ready to proceed with the case Mon
day morning.
Neither Judge Lewis nor Judge
Titus would discuss the subject of the
defense to be interposed, and both
stated that they had not given the
question of insanity any thought.
They said that they would not seek an
interview with the assassin in the Jail
unless they were informed that he de-
sired to see and talk with them. How
ever, they said, if the prisoner con-
tinued his stubborn refusal to talk to
his counsel, it would not make any
difference in regard to preparing his
defense. The attorneys have not, as
yet, decided whether or not to request
the court to appoint alienists to ex.
anime into the mental condition of the
prisoner, but stated that if such action
was desired it would not delay the
trial, as such examination could be
had during the progress of the PEG.
pies case.
AT 1885 Czolgosz was brought from
the Jail to the private office of District
Attorney Penney, where his counsel
Justices Lewis and Titus, were await.
ing him.
Later, DIR. Carlos F. Macdonald, of
New York, an alienist, formerly head
of the state lunatic commission, was
admitted to the conference, of which
the district attorney was also party.
Ten minutes later Dr. Macdonald was
left alone with the prisoner. DIR. Mac.
donald was called here by the Bar as
SOcia ton
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
WILLIAM N K|NLEY RESTS
Mortal Remains of the Dead Presi-
dent Placed in Westlawn Gem
etery at Canton.
THE GROWING DAY OF LOVING TRIBUTE
Impressive Services Held in His Old
Church and His Former Pastor De-
livers an Eloquent EuIOgy-Obse-
Quies Mt the Tomb Were of a
MOurnful Grandeur

Canton, o., Sept. 2O.-The mortal re-
mains of President Mckinley are at
rest.
For six days and through hundreds
of miles a sorrowing nation has fol-
lowed his bier. Now the last looks have
been taken, the last farewells have
been said. The last salute to a dead
president has echoed above his head.
The stricken president went to his
grave attended by all the tributes that
love and honor could bestow. At Buff
falo and Washington, and through the
hundreds of miles of mountains and
valleys between, the people of his
country had been given their oppor-
tunity to participate in his last march.
Thursday in Canton was reserved for
his family and friends. But it could not
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to Thee &c. nesting nearer to his God
he passed out into Inconsistencies. skirt
ed the dark shores of the sea of death for
time and then passed on to be at rest.
His great heart had ceased to beat
"Our hearts are heavy with sorrow.
His Noble Character.
cit is a glorious thing to be able to say
In this presence, with our illustrious dead
before us, that he never betrayed the con-
fldence of his countrymen. Not for per-
sonal gain or prominence would he mar
the beauty of his soul. He kept it clean
and white before God and man, and his
hands were unsullied by brides.
His eyes looked right on, and his eye
lids looked straight before him. He was
sincere, plain and honest, just. benevolent
and kind. He never disappointed those
who believed in him, but measured up to
every duty, and met every responsibility
in life grandly and unfiinchingly.
A Christian.
Another beauty in the character of our
president, that was a chaplet of grace
about his neck. was that he was Chris
tian. In the broadest, noblest sense of
the word, that was true. His confidence in
God was strong and unwavering. 1t held
him steady in many storm where others
were driven before the wind and tossed.
William Mckinley believed in prayer,
in the beauty of it, in the potency of 1t.
Its language was not unfam liar to him.
and his public addresses not infrequently
evince the fact. 1t was perfectly consist
ent with his lifelong convictions and his
personal experiences that he should say
as the first critical moment after the as
sassination approached: Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will be DONE" and that he
should declare at the last: 1T is Gods way;
His will be done He lived grandly; it was
fitting that he should die grandly. And
now that the majesty of death has touched
and Gained him, we find that in his SUI
preme moment he was still a conGueror
Returns n COnquerOr.
1--WE hoped with him. that when his work
was done. freed from the burdens of his
great office. crowned with the affections of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The pulpit gown appears to be grow
ing in favor among the churches.
There are about 60 Wesleyan deacon
esses at work in the city of London.
To the present Lord Rothschild
Jews in England and the poor of many
other religions owe much. His gifts
to charity are yearly the largest in
England.
School savings banks are increasing
rapidly in number in the United States.
Last year the system was in practice
in 1872 schools of 90 cities in 10 states.
During that year the deposits reached
total of $S76,229.
Rev. John Sturgeon, father of
Charles H. Sturgeon, the celebrated
London preacher, recently celebrated
his ninety-first birthday by laying the
foundation stone of the South Nor
wood Baptist church in England.
Rev. Mollie B. Craft, of Chicago
(colored), has just organized the First
Baptist colored church of Chicago
Heights. She was ordained in Milwau-
kee in 1898, and is a graduate of the
Howe Baptist theological school OF
Memphis. Her evangelical work be-
gan in the north; much of it was in
the mining and lumber districts of
northern Michigan, where she organ
lied many churches.
An earl as a parish rector is not
often seen in England, but the earl of
Devon, who recently celebrated his
ninetieth birthday, has been for many
years rector of Powderham, near
Starcross, and prebendary of Exeter.
He always does duty in his parish
church, and regularly breaches in his
turn as prebendary in Exeter cathe-
dral. He is a good preacher, an ex-
emplary clergyman and highly es-
teemed among his parishioners and
neighbOrs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Tin Plate Workers to Secede.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 23.-The strik-
ing tin plate workers, who have re-
fused to abide by the agreement made
in New York between President Shat
fer, of the Amalgamated associa ton,
and the officials of the subsidiary COM
panies of the United States Steel cor
poration, are expected to make final
plans for secession from the Amalgam-
ated association and the formation of
a separate union, to be composed en-
tirely of tin plate workers. The tin
workers say they have been ill-treated
and ignored in the strike settlement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
RESTS IN THE TOMB.
President McKinlcy's Body Borne to
the Vault by Friends,

PreSluent MchlnIcy'S bO0y borne TO
the Vault by Friends.
Canton, O., Sept. 2O.-With majestic
solemnity, surrounded by his country
men and his townspeople, in the pres
ence of the president of the United
States, the cabinet, justices of the
United States supreme court, SEN
ators and representatives in con-
gress, the heads of the military and
naval adjustments, the governors
of states, and a great concourse of
people who had known and loved him,
all that is mortal of the third presi-
dent to fall by the assassin's bullet,
was committed to the grave. 1t was
spectacle of mournful grandeur.
Canton ceased to be a town. and
swelled to the proportion of great
city. From every city and hamlet
in Ohio, from the remote corners of
the south, and from the east and
west, the human tide flowed into the
town until 100000 people were with
in its gates, here to pay their last
tribute to the fallen chief.
The Procession.
The funeral procession was very
imposing and included not only the
representatives of army and navy of
the United States, but the entire mill
itary strength of the state of Ohio
and hundreds of civic, fraternal and
other organizations. Tt was two
miles long, and one of the most pa
thetic features of the day was the
absence of Mrs. Mckinley from the
funeral services at the church and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
High Score.

The scoring of Minnesota butter at
the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo,
for September is very high. There
was no scoring in August, SO this is the
first since the July scoring. In all,
thirty-nine tubs from the state were
in competition, thirty-seven being from
creameries and two from diaries. The
average scoring for Minnesota butter
for September was GAG, and the high
est scored tub of creamery was from
A. T. Rookie, of Viola, Olmstead coun-
ty, scoring 81 fiat, or quarter of one
per cent higher than was scored by
any Minnesota tub in the July scoring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Has Reapueared

Lynchburg, Va, Sept. 21.-John A.
Chanler, the divorced husband of
Amelie Rives, who escaped from
Bloomingdale IN. W insane asylum
last year, and was supposed to be dead,
has reappeared here and will make
legal fight to regain his immense
wealth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Indians Dance.

Indians to the number of 200 held
dance at Bena, on Cass Lake Among
them was "Old Bug" who came from
his home on Bear Island. No liquor
was used and they had peaceful time.
This is the first time that ''Old Bug"
has appeared at any of the dances
therea bouts. He has formed a great
attachment for Captain Beaulieu, and
says his people are more friendly than
ever before. ''Old Bug" goes on record
as favoring the resolutions adopted by
the Cass Lake Commercial club rela-
tive to the opening of the reservation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
The Deadly Crossing.

Hamilton, O., Sept. 2O.-A Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton train struck car
riage containing James Everett and
wife and Miss Ode Cutter, of this city,
at a grade crossing Thursday night.
Everettand Miss Cutter were killed and
Mrs. Everett had her right leg broken
in two places
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
PluckY Girl.

Miss Louise Fowble, high school
student living at Hamline, proved her
self heroine by stopping runaway
team belonging to Frank M. Stanley,
a grocer. She saw the team coming
down the street, and running out into
the thoroughfare, waved her hands in
the air, with the result that the team
stopped suddenly, after which she got
into the rig and drove back to where
the astounded grocer was.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Boat Blows Up.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Sept. pa
gasoline ferry boat, running between
Elizabeth and Palestine, on the Kan
awha river, blew up Saturday morn
ing. A train Load of injured and killed
were brought to this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Lost i'm n GaIe.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Sept. 90
The steamer Hudson went. down in
a gale on Lake Superior off Eagle
River, and the crew of 25 men were
probably drowned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Picture Show Burned.

Fire started from spark from an
electric light at the moving picture
show of Louis Muntz, at Winona. The
infammable celluloid films caught first
and Immediately went up in flames
The audience became scared and fed
from the place, leaving Mr.. Muntz to
fight the fire alone. The loss is be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000; no insurance
The loss on the building will be about
$1OO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Burned to Death.

Spooner, Wis.,, Sept. 1S.-Word
comes from Orange post Office, 80
miles northeast, that Robert Beasle
and his wife returned Sunday night
and found their home burned, with
the bodies of their three children,
girl of 16, and two boys of II and 4.
There is suspicion of criminal as
sault and burned bodies to cover the
crime.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Steamer Barge Burns.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. pa Bayfield,
(Wis.) special to the Dispatch says:
The steam barge Fedora, owned by
w. w. Brown, of Cleveland, burned to
the waters edge at Redcliff Friday
night. A lamp exploded in the engine
room, and before the pumps could be
started the fire had gained such head
way that the engineer was compelled
to leave the engine ROOM
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Appointed Controller.

Canton, O., Sept. 20. = President
Roosevelt, in conformity with his pol
icy to carry out as much as possible
the plans of President Mckinley, has
announced the appointment of w. B.
Ridgely, of Illinois, as comptroller of
the currencV
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Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 23.-By the
collision of two sections of train
on the Northern Pacific line at Lake
a number of persons were injured, one
seriously. The cause assigned for the
accident is the failure of airbrakes to-
work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Killed by the Cars.

Pana, ILL.,, Sept. 20. = Mrs. James
Christy, the Oldest resident of Shelby
county, was killed by B. & o. train
while crossing the track east of this
city.
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King Alfonso's Guard.

The little king of Spain is carefully
guarded every night by body of
picked men, natives of Espinosa, who
have served with distinction in the
army.-N. Y. Sun.
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Sixty-Seven Drowned.

London, Sept. 20.-The British tor
pedo boat destroyer Cobra foundered
in the North sea and 81 lives were lost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
Visits Her Dead.

Mrs. Mckinley visited the receiving
vault at Westlawn cemetery yester-
day, in which her husbands remains
were placed. DR.. RiXey says that she
is bearing up well and will probably
recover her usual health.
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End of the Tragedy.

The end of this third tragedy of as
sassination has come. The pomp and
ceremony attending the burial of a
president of the United States is now
of the past. The administration of
the new chief magistrate has begun.
At seven o'clock Thursday night Pres
ident Roosevelt and the members of
the cabinet started back to Washing
ton
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be so. The people of this whole city
and state, and of the nation, too, were
his friends, and they would not be de-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-29
BEST GOVERNED OF CITIES,

1T is a significant fact, - says the
London Spectator, ''that while all the
large cities of America, self-governed,
complain that they are often robbed by
their civic ruler, and always malad-
ministered. Washington, governed not
by general palayer, but by three COM
miss1oners, with no responsibility what
ever to the people, Is admitted by uni
versal consent to be the best governed
city on the American continent. The
residents of Washington enjoy no suf-
frage, they partake in no conventions,
they elected no member of Congress, nc
mayor or municipal council. If they
have votes they must cast them in the
States where they have legal domicile.
Washington is an autocratic city and il
IS safe to say that nobody there wants
the old municipality back. The ex-
ample would be more striking, however,
and more hopeful of general imitation,
if other cities could be assured of an
equal share of Federal bounty. Plenty
of money does not always mean indie
pendence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-29
Commissioners Sale.

Under and by virtue of decree OF umter
Superior Court there will be sold at public
oulcry on the first Tuesday in February, 1901
between he legal hours OF sale the following
described property to wit; One hundred anC
Seventy-SeVen and Oue- half acres of land out
of lot of land No 1886 being all OF SAID loI eXCept
Of said lot also the north MALT of lot No, 1877
containing one hundred one and one quarter
acres more or less; also one hundred one and
One-tOurth acres out OF the southeast corner
in triang liar shape of lot No. 2l4: also all
of lot No, zl3; also eleven acres out of the
southwest corner OF lot No 230 also twenty
two and one-half acres out OF the southeast
corner of lot No. 1s5, same being in a tr1-
angular shape. Said lands aggregating six
hundred sixteen and one half acres more or
less, lying and beiag in the Ola 10Th District
OF sumter county, Ga, and known as the
John X, Gatewood plantation. Bounded
north by the lands of Mrs NJ. j. Adams and
i j. Eldridge, south by the laUds of Robert
Pryor and John hooks; east by the lands of
e. J EIdridge and Robert Pryor and west by
the lands of Mrs, M j Adams. Said lands to
be sold by the undersigned officer as Com
missioner, tor the purpose of dt vision ac-
COrding TO a decree by the court betwe en-
Mrs, Julia Gatewood and John r. Gatewood,
in the matter of Mrs. Julia GateWOOd against
the said John Il. GatewoOd for permanent
allimOny, rendered in Sumter superior court
as aforesaid
Purchasers will further take notice that
said place has been rented out for the year
1901 to various tenants for the aggregate
rental of ii bales of mild ing lint cotton,
which rent contracts are now IN the posses
sion of the Commissioner and will be trans.
ferred and asSigne to the purchaser of said
premises, which are sold subjCt to the rights
of said tenants for the year 1901,
1t being further a proVis ion in said decree
that the said Commissioner may sell said
property at private sale, provided the price
is satisfactory to the parties at interest aud
therefore will entertain private bids on the
said property. Terms of sale to be cash
r. l.. BELL, COMMISSIONS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-29
coLoUIrr TO PRODUCE SUGAR

We take the following item from the
Moutrie Observer, relative to an I'M
portant enterprise engaged III by Mr..
w. P. Blasingame, former citizen of
this county:
tine magnificent opportunity which
Colquitt county has held for capital so
long in matter Of superb climate and
soil for sugar manufacturing has at last
secured recognition
Mr.. w. p BIasmgame has been work
ing along this line for some time and
this week consumated a deal which
means much for Colquitt in the devel-
opment of her resources. He sold sew
eral Thousand acres of timber and land
in the southern part of the county to
some Boston capitalist and steps will
be taken at once looking to the deyeI-
opment of same.
Two saw mills Will be put to work on
the timber and as fast as it is sawed the
ground will be cleared and prepared
for planting of sugar cane. A house
will be put on every % acres and leased
with a contract for the furnishing of a
stipulated amount of cane every year
4 large sugar and syrup mandatory
will be built in the center of the land
and a branch railroad built out to same.
The purchasing parties are capitalists
with unlimited means and one of the
parties IS connected with the largesr
sugar manufacturing plant in United
States.
The entire deal was cash considera
ton, and it is probable that a large
amount of money will be spent in the
near future in the development of the
property
Mr. Blas1ngame has one fourth inter-
est in the entire property, besides a
handsome salary Thus the initial
steps have been taken and it will not
be long before Colqultt will have the
largest sugar mandatory in South
Georgia, and this is sure to lead to
other similar Enterprises.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-29
TOUCHED FOR INCOME TAX.

Some time ago British war loan was
placed in this country, the bonds, which
sold for 9S, bearing per cent. The
American holders have received their
first quarters interest-and find that
per cent. has been deducted for income
tax. Perhaps the bond holders are not
angry, but they do not converse like
gentlemen in pleasant frame of mind.
They have no way of lodging the tax.
The British Government enforces its
laws without fear or favor. 1t simply
deducts the income tax from the cou-
pom payment. The American holders
are offering their English bonds for
SALE
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-29

1t is to be regretted the Senate did
not follow the House and remove the
tax on bank checks, drafts, etc Stamps
on these instruments are considerable
inconvenience to the transaction of
business, and since it has been deter
mined to do away with $40. 600, 900 of re-
venue acquired from special sources,
commercial paper should, by all means,
be included IN the articles on which
taxes are abolished It is not only the
rich who draw checks and drafts.