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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21

recognized the caller as Senator Hoar
and offered his services.
81 wish to ascertain" said the SEN
ator, ''to whom / owe the price of a
meal for which forgot to pay yester-
day when l left the dining car at
Worcester. Some one had to pay for
what ate and want to reimburse
him."
"Oh, that's all right, Mr.. Hoar," re-
turned the clerk. 81 guess we. need
not bother about the matter"
mo, it isn't all right and we will
bother about it," replied the senator.
And he made the clerk search the of
flee records, with the result that the
name of the waiter responsible for the
collection of the check was duly as
certained. Then, with as much evil
dent satisfaction as though he had
succeeded in getting an important
bill through congress, the senator
paid the clerk $3.50, to be credited to
the waiter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21

that side of the river. Well, on this
particular morning Mrs. Barlow had
a pair of scissors hanging from her
apron. After l had talked with her
awhile l said:
"'Mrs. Barlow, lend me your scis-
sors.'
''She handed them to me, and
reached up to my head, got hold of a
bunch of hair, cut it off and said: Mrs.
Barlow, please take this lock of my
hair right in to Lincoln, and say to
him that am coming in to see him
soon and will expect lock of his hair
in return She looked much puzzled,
but she said she would do it.
II found out afterward that she rode
straight to the white house and gave
the hair to the president pers onally,
refusing to give it to anyone else. The
president was amused and laughed
heartily. No, l was not afraid to do
this, because I knew that by the time
the president could attempt to catch
me 1 would be 80 miles away. Presi-
dent Lincoln never made an attempt to
catch me, because he knew that |
would be somewhere else when his
men arrived. Many people took infor-
nation of me into Washington for the
purpose of trying to bring about my
capture.
Il covered the entire south side of
the Potomac for many miles each way,
and the largest number of men had
in 1864, when Sheridan was in the
Shenandoah valley, was five troops of
cavalry, total of $50 men,. With that
command we captured all the arms we
needed, all the ammunition, food and
clothing, and had a wagon train run
ming to Lees army frequently with
supplies we had captured, No, was
never general. was private in the
First Virginia cavalry for the first two
years after the war, and began raising
my command after that time, begin
ming with one troop of cavalry. Each
man was armed with two pistols and
a saber. We had no carbines."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
Dimcu1t Reading Ma tter

Of the 400 inscribed clay slabs found
in the ruins of Babylon by the expedi-
ton sent out by the German Oriental
society, but two have yet, been de-
ciphered, one explaining the Baby
lonian cuneiform characters and the
other containing the litany chanted
by the singers of the temple of Esagila
on the return of the god Marduk to his
sanctuary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
Justice Married Himself

Justice of the Peace Henry Bundy,
of Jersey City, recently married Mrs.
Mary Becker, and the ceremony was
performed before mirror. The
bridegroom officiated as the minis
ter, and, looking in the glass, asked
the usual questions of his own refec-
ton, and answered them himself.
Then he pronounced the couple man
and wife, kissed the bride twice, once
for the justice, and once for the
groom, and then started on his honey
moon trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
THE OLDEST NEWSB0Y.
Every Morning AIT Four to
Meet Early Trains.

A familiar figure seem around the
Chicago & Alton depot at Joliet, Ill,
every morning when the Kansas City
train arrives at 6:55 a. M, is the old
est newsboy Cor srather newsman) in
the United States. Mr.. 0rsamus Page
has been selling newspapers in Joliet
since the worlds fair, in 1893, never
missing single day. or failing to meet
the early trains. Page was born in
1909, being SO years of age, and retains
his vigor to such an extent that he
is able to rise every morning at four
o'clock and deliver 80 or 40 papers be-
fore the early train arrives. This is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
November Strawberries.

While states on the Atlantic sea-
board have been experiencing their
first heavy snowfall and even the ia
vored regions of the sunny south have
experienced somewhat of a chill, Min
nesota continues to linger in the lap
of summer.
Charles L. Hoffman, of Minneapolis,
broke the record for late strawberries
hereabouts the other morning when
he brought in box of large, luscious
berries, which he, picked himself from
patch on the farm of his father-in-
law, P. M. Endsley, at Lake Mime
tonka. The hardihood of the berries
and the rare fertility of the soil were
alike demonstrated by the fact that,
in addition to heavy frost last even
ing, thin coating of ice also formed.
The berries were in a protected nook
of the patch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21


civil war and in 1856 was mustered out
with the rank of major. The next
year he secured captaincy in the reg
ular army, and from that time until
. the Spanish war his adj
vancement was slow. He made a
reputa ton, however, as an engineer.
On the out break of the conflict with
Spain he was appointed Tbrigadier
general of volunteers and was elevat-
ed to the. like rank in the regular serv-
ice in. 1900. He was military governor
of Porto Rico in lS99-1900 and made a
good record in that post. He is the
author of several monographs on
Porto Rico. Gen. Davis was ordeHed
from Porto Rico to the Philippines,
where his work has been highly COM
mendable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
PAID FOR HIS MEAL.
Senator HoAr Ii Averse to Deadhoad-
ing Hill Way Through This
Strenuous World.

An elderly and dignified man ap.
peared one morning recently in the
office of railway passenger agent in
the city of Boston, according to the
Brooklyn Eagle The official he want
ed to see was out.
Perhaps" suggested the visitor to
the lordly office boy, you can direct
me-
No." replied the magnate thus ad-
dressed, 81 kin do nothin'. No one
here gives passes 'cept the boss.
You'll have to wait until he comes in. -
AT this juncture one Of the clerks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21

tivity be power for good in the land
and be helpful to those of our com
rades who may need and are entitled
to our aid and encouragement"
Commander Stewart announces the
following appointments to his staff:
Adjutant general-John w. Schall,
post No. H. department of Pennsyl-
vania.
Burrows, post No. %, department of
New Jersey.
Assistant adjutant general. Hen
ry Holcombe. post No. 81, department.
of Pennsylvania.
Commander Stewart has designated
Independence hall, Philadelphia, as
his headquarters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
First Aid.to the Injured.

Novel Observation-Disclosures boxes
are to be scattered in the streets of
Paris. Outwardly the apparatus re-
sembles lamp-post letter box, and it
contains a small medicine-chest, a
folding stretcher and telephone for
signaling the nearest ambulance sta
ton. Access to the box is gained by
breaking a glass panel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
Want Their Cattle Killed.

Can the state board of health be
legally compelled to appraise, kill
and pay for cattle found by the city
authorities to have been diseased?
That is the problem submitted to the
courts in a suit begun today in which
Nelson & Jackson, dairymen of
Mound View, seek an order compell-
ing the state board to condemn and
kill nineteen cows in their herds,
which have been quarantined by the
Minneapolis board of health because
of tuberculosis.
The cows were condemned some
time ago by the Minneapolis depart
ment. Nelson & Jackson informed
the town board of health of the &C
ton taken. In the complaint it is al
legged that either the town board neg
lected to inform the state board or
the state board declined to act after
having been informed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
Space Cleared by Racer.,

A race horse galloping at full
speed clears from 20 to "A feet at
every bound.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
Killed,

Henry Green, Minneapolis ped
dler, was shot and instantly killed at
1870 o'clock in the morning on the
farm of Levi Bailey near Langdon,
twelve miles southeast of ST. Paul.
The fatal shot was fired from shot
gun by Henry Bailey, son of Levi
Bailey, who had caught the peddler
in the act of robbing the henroost.
The charge of heavy shot ploughed
it's way through the mans clothing,
entering in the middle of the back
and tearing away the flesh. 1t was
not known that the fugitive was hit
at the time, and the body was not dis
covered until two hours later when
DAYLIGHT came.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
/ Increase OF Pensioner.,

E Legislation enacted by the last con.
gress will result in at least 10000 new
pensioners.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21
Ali Around the State.

Judge MCGEE resigned from the
Hennepin district court and is sue
ceeded by w. r. Cray.
Navigation on the Mississippi river
closed at Winona the 18th same as
last year.
AT the informal supper held in Min
neapolis at the Y. NJ. C. A. at which
sixty members were addressed by In
ternational Field Secretary W. M.
Parsons, the young men present
pledged themselves to raise $4,000
among association members toward
paying off the debt on the property.
The DANA society celebrated its
twenty-seventh anniversary in Mime
apolis in an appropriate manner, in
which over 400 of its members par
ticipated. The event was purely a
social one and there was no business
connected with the management OF
the society transacted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-21

Record Aurora BOreaIis.
The record aurora borealis lasted
for week in August, 1859.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
A Gem of Its Kind,

Concerning Ed Amherst OFT, dean of
Drake University College of Oratory and
English, Des Moines, Iowa, who will de-
liver the address on class Day, President
A. o. Thomas of the Central Nebraska
Educational association says: ED Am
herst OFT delivered his inspiring lecture,
"Sour Grapes" before the session of the
Central Nebraska Educational Associa-
ton just closed at Kearney, and COM
pletely captivated the large audience as
sembled to hear him. 1t is the unani-
nous expression of those who heard it
that this lecture is one of the very finest
ever delivered before the teachers of the
state. Splendid in it's delivery, spark
ling in its humor, and rich in its truths,
it inspired every one who heard ii. 1t
is the gem of its kind. Mr.. OFT is a
strong man, and will please and inspire
his audience wherever he goes. This
lecture should be given in every section
of the state"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS.

Dispatcher Ed Cam returned to work,
last night.
II. III. Kingsbury was down from
Denver, first of the week.
Piecework in some departments at
least is proving a great success.
William Baird, the car and oil man,
was at headquarters, yesterday.
Brakeman G. w. Dewey has been off
duty, most of the week, on business.
Brakeman M. A. VanHorn of Oxford
was at headquarters, first of the week.
The pay-wagon came in, last night at
tached to ), and went west, this morn
ing, special.
Frank Wallace is at Ramona, Kansas,
relieving the agent, who is at Oberlm,
attending court.
Conductor and Mrs. E. F. Catfrey are
feeling deep pride in a brand new son,
born on yesterday morning.
A waste-picker of the McCook manu-
~facture and equipped for handpower,
was shipped to Denver, today.
Helper Claire Nesbit has returned to
work at Red Cloud after an absence of
a few weeks with an injured hand.
Chief Dispatcher J. F. Forbes arrived
home, Sunday evening on No. ), from an
absence of a few days in Chicago, on
business.
General Piecework Inspector Acker-
man was at headquarters, Wednesday
and Thursday, on business of the in
spection department.
William Sheridan, who has been act
ing as helper at Red Cloud for some
time, has been transferred to Akron in
the same capacity.
Ralph Foe returned to Red Cloud to-
day, and Extra Agent A. j. Tint has
gone to Hendley to relieve the agent at
that station for a while.
Brakeman and Mrs. W. L. Reynolds
left for Northwestern Missouri, Tuesday
night on 6, being summoned there by the
serious illness of his mother.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
Republican County Convention.

The Republicans of Redwillow county are
hereby called to meet in convention in the city
of McCook on Saturday, the 9th day of May,
1902, at the hour of eleven o'clock a. M, for the
purpose of placing in nomination candidates for
the following offices to be voted for at the next
general election, to be held in the state of Ne
braska, on the Ith day of November, 1902, viz:
One county attorney. one county judge, one
representative of the Goth legislative district,
one commissioners, first district, eleven dele
gates to the Republican state convention, eleven
delegates to the Republican congressional CON
vention of the 9Th congressional district of the
state of Nebraska, eleven delegates to the 10Th
senatorial district convention of the state of
Nebraska, and for the transaction of such other
business as may regularly come before said
convention.
The basis of representation of the several
precincts in said county shall be the vote cast
for o. L. Thompson for county treasurer in the
year 1901, allowing one delegate for each fifteen
votes or fraction thereof cast for said o. L.
Thompson, and two delegates at large for each
voting precinct of said county. Said apportion-
ment entities the several voting precincts in said
county to the following representation in said
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co.
Subscription, 81 a Year in Advance
Republican Convention.

The Republicans of the state of Nebraska are
hereby called to meet in convention, at the
Auditorium in the city of Lincoln, on Wednes.
day, June Is, 1902, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of placing in nomination can
didates for the following offices, to be votesd for
at the next general election, to be held in the
state of Nebraska, November 4, 1902, viz: One
governor, one lieutenant governor, one secretary
of state, one auditor of public accounts, one
treasurer, one superintendent of public %instruc-
ton, one attorney general. one commissioner of
public lands and buildings, and for the trans.
action of such other business as may regularly
come before the meeting.
The basis OF representation of the several coun-
ties in said convention shall be the vote cast for
Hon. Samuel II. Sedgwick for judge of the SUI
preme court, at the regular election held on
November 3, 1901, giving one delegate for each
100 votes or major fraction thereof so cast for
the said Samuel Ii. Sedgwick, and one delegate
aJ-large for each county. Said appOrtionment
entities the following counties to the following
representation in said convention:
Furnas.... ..........I II 4
Redwillow. ...........11 Frontier. 8
Hitchcock ............ ) 4
4 4
1t is recommended that no proxies be allowed
in said convention, but that the delegates pres
ent thereat be authorized to cast the full vote
of the county represented by them.
Notice is hereby given that each of the odd
numbered senatorial districts in the state is to
select a member of the state committee to serve
for the term of two years.
BY order of the state committee.
ii. c. LINDSAY. Chairman.
JOHN I. Secretary.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
Dog Will Wag the Tail.

A special to a Chicago paper from New
York contains the following information;
"J.J. Hill, the railroad king, is quoted
as expressing the belief that the North
ern Securities company will lose the case
brought against it by the government,
and he is preparing Il line of retreat. His
legal advisers are reported to have in
formed him that the federal suits
will probably be successful. and he
therefore must arrange the business of
the three railroads involved so that no
great damage will be done these proper
ties. According to a close friend of Mr..
Hill, who has recently talked with the
great railroad manager, it is proposed to
make the Burlington system the chief
one of the three great railroads. Last
winter, the Iowa legislature passed a
law under which the Burlington got a
new charter. The Burlington will not
attempt to absorb the Great Northern
or the Northern Pacific, but the last two
of the mother system as the charter and
the laws of the state will permit. The
brains of the management of the three
great lines will be vested in the general
officers of the Burlington, and the poll
cies and officers of the other lines will
be under the control of the officers of
that system. Said this authority: Hill
will prepare for the great battle which
he considers inevitable between the
great transcontinental lines Of the south
and those of the north. In other words,
for a war to the death between the Hill
and Hartman combines. Hill wants to
be in a position to make a big fight for
southern and the southwestern business
for his lines, and to divert much of this
to the northern transcontinentaI lines"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
Baseball goods at Cones.
home for Families of Bandits.

Not actuated by remorse, but b. pure
philanthropy, Jim Jenkins, hunter of
outlaws, has concluded to devote al,
his money to the maintenance of a
home for the orphans and widows OF
men he has run to earth, in particular.
and of criminals of the great South
west in general. Jim Jenkins, now OF
Kansas, is now Go years old and has
spent forty years as a scout and hunt
er of bandits and train robbers. II this
way he has made about $50, 900. Among
the distinguished outlaws he has
chased were Jesse James and his broth
er, Bob Ford, Bill Dalton and Bill
Cook, while he was the leader of the
bard that caught Cherokee Bill in 1895.
In the Dalton raid in C~offeyville, Kas..
Jenkins vas shot eight times. He esti-
mates his bag Of bad men at about $50.
The home, which is being built on a
5,0OO-acre farm owned by Jenkins.
near Pryor Greek, l. T, is to cost $20,-
OO0.-Buffaio Express.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
Big Horn Basin.

Are you interested in the Big Horn
Basin of Wyoming?
It's a rich but undeveloped portion of
Northwestern Wyoming. 1t contains
marvellous openings for small ranches
along good streams in the valleys, with
one million acres of government land
open to settlement under the United
States land laws.
The Burlington Route has just pub
Ished a folder descriptive of the Big
Horn Basin. 1t is Illustrated and CON
taIns an accurate map. 1t tells about
the lay of the land. character of the soil,
products, yield, irrigation and opportu-
mites. If you're interested, better write
for a copy. It's free.-5-3O.
). FEANcls, Genl Pass. Agt.,
Omaha, Nebraska.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16

This is not a gentle word-but when you think
how liable you are not to purchase for 75c the
only remedy universally known and a remedy
that has had the largest sale of any
medicine in the world since 1866 for the
cure and treatment of consumption and threat
lung troubles without losing its great popular.
ity all these years, you will be thankful we
called your attention to Boschee's German
Syrup. There are so many ordinary cough rem
edies made by druggists and others that are
cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for
coughs, bronchitis, ~croup-and especially
for consumption, where there is difficult expec-
toration and coughing during the nights and
mornings, there is nothing like German Syrup,
sold by all druggists in the civilized work.
g.. G. GREEN, Woodbury.. n. J.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16

FORMER Nebraskans, Iowans, and
South Dakotans now residing in Seattle,
Washington, and have organized ''The
Iowa-Nebraska South Dakota Club" for
the promotion of social and business in
t~erests. Harry E. Wilson and O.. B.
Thorgrimson, Nebraska boys and law
partners, are respectively secretary and
vice president for Nebraska, and present
headquarters are in the secretary's office,
1876 Washington building, Seattle.
The club is at present actively co-operat-
ing with Moran Bros, the shipbuilders,
and the Seattle chamber of commerce in
making provision for a proper celebra-
tion of the laying of the keel of the
great battleship Nebraska, July 4th,
when Governor Savage and his staff are
to be present.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16

THE supreme court of Nebraska has
just rendered a decision in the case of
The State of Nebraska ex rel Cyrus E.
Watson, deputy labor commissioner,
plaintiff, VS.. Laurence n. Eskew, asses
sor, defendant, sustaining the law re-
quiring assessors to gather statistics.
The syllabus of the court passes upon
the matter of compensation by stating
that for the time during which an asses
sor renders bona fide services he is entitled
to So per day, and county boards exceed
their authority when they undertake
to reduce compensation defined by law.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-16
Republican Precinct Primaries.

WILLOW GROVE.
The Republican electors of Willow Grove pre-
cinct will hold their primary elections as follows
on Thursday evening, May 22nd, 1902, opening at
eight o'clock, to-wit:
Commercial hotel: to elect thirteen delegates to
the county convention.
ALBERT BARNETT. Committeeman.
First ward, md precinct-In G.. +. Babcock'S
office; to elect eleven delegates to the cOnyen-
ton. G.. B. GRAY, Committeeman.
Second ward, 1st precinct-In the city hall to
elect ten delegates to the county convention.
w. I. COLEMAN, Committeeman.
Second ward, 2nd precinct-In H. III. Berry's
office; to elect nine delegates to the county con-
~vention. c. |. HALL, Committeeman.
The Republican voters of Grant precinct are
hereby requested to meet in the Banksville
school-h9use on the evening of May Y, 1902: at
eight o'clock, for the purpose of selecting four
delegates to the Republican county convention
to be held in McCo0k, Saturday, May 24th.
H. l. PETERSON, Committeeman
VALLEY GRANGE.
The Republican voters of Valley Grange pre-
cinct are hereby requested to meet in the
Pickens school-house at three o'clock on the
afternoon of Thursday, May 22d, 1902, for the
purpose of selecting five delegates to the Repub-
lican county convention to be held in McCook,
May 24th.
R. MCDONALD, Committeeman
BONDVILLE.
The Republican voters of Bondyille precinct
are called to meet in the Pleasant View school
house in district No. 80, on Thursday afternoon
db UNo % CIOCh. may Z1u, lstUZ, % UHe purpose OF
electing five delegates to the Republican county
convention TO be held in McCook, Saturday,
May 24th. CHARLES SKALLA Committeeman
PERRY.
The Republican electors of Perry precinct will
hold their primary election, Thursday evening.
May 22nd, 1902, atseven o'clock, Flitcraft school
house, for the purpose of selecting four delegates
to the Republican county convention to be held
in McCook, Saturday, May oath, and for the
transaction of such other business as may prop
erly come before the caucus.
G. H. HARTMAN, Committeeman
DRIFTWOOD.
Republican electors of Driftwood precinct
will meet in the Driftwood school-house, Thurs
day afternoon, May 22'd, at two o'clock, to elect
four delegates to the county convention and
to transact any other proper business.
c. L. ELLER, Committeeman
GERVER.
Republican voters of Gerver precinct will
meet in the Dodge school-house, May 22nd, at
2:3 o'clock in the afternoon, to elect four dele
gates to the county convention.
F. S. LOTION, Committeeman