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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
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Elephant Eats Passnort.

An Englishman. one of the conduc-
tors of the elephants which has been
performing in the Aquarium here, has
reported to the police the loss of his
passport. which occurred under strange
conditions. He slept in the same place
as the elephants. and as precaution
against their predatory habits used to
hang his coat up on nail above their
reach. One night by an oversight he
hung it on a lower nail and was sud-
denly awakened by disturbance
among the animals. Getting up, he
saw two of the elephants fighting for
the possession of his coat, of which
each held a portion in his trunk. Be-
fore he could intervene the coat was
torn in twain, and one of the animals
pulled out from his portion the pocket
book containing the Englishman's
passport, a small sum of money, and
pencil case, and swallowed ,it.-St Pc
tersburg Correspondence London Mail
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
DRANK HUMAN BLOOD
Story Of a Russian Convict Who
Had a Strange Passion.
Killed Eighteen Persons to Satisfy
His Unnatural Craving and Then
Fed Their Bodies to
Drove of Hogs.

The latest Sachalin mail, addressed
to the minister Of the interior at ST..
Petersburg, contains the following ex-
traordinary story:
ITO Convict Ills, name Kaserski,
home Moscow, banished to the village
of Chandsa, Is murders lately commit
ted in the island have been traced and
proofs are accommodating that he is
guilty of many more. He admits his in
ability to state just how many men he
killed.
"This convict-peasant first attracted
the attention of the authorities by the
frequency with which he sold fattened
hogs. He raised more than any other
deported settler. At the same time per-
sons continued to vanish in the neigh
borhood, and finally a house to house
search was decided upon. In the hut
of Convict No. 1118 three bottles con-
tanning dark fluid were found. When
questioned, he said he used the stuff
to grease his boots. The official thought
this a lie and ordered the convict to
drink from one of the bottles to show
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plosives.
"The convict complied with seeming
pleasure, and the search continued.
Something that looked like a human
foot was found in the pig stye and,
suspicion being aroused, the governor
ordered the garden dug up, with the
result that Is human skulls were dis
covered buried there.
"The convict then confessed that he
was responsible for the numerous dis
appearances, and, maybe, for the death
of many more persons-he could not
remember how many he had killed dur
ing the last three or four years. He
claimed that his crimes were due to
irresistible impulse, a wild passion for
drinking human blood. He said he
could not exist without bottle stored
away in his larder.
"At the same time the convict was
proud to show that he was not muir
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
MET THE REAL THING.
Female Walking Delegate Runs
Across a Woman Who Had No
Use for Unions.

A well-dressed, attractive, tall, intel
ligent-appearing woman recently came
to Detroit from st. Louis and began
canvassing the city for the purpose of
organizing servant girls union. The
walking delegate wore suit of the
finest black broadcloth with a stylish
skirted coat and fetching hat. Re-
siding in Piquette avenue is a woman
who employs servants and who had
heard of the walking delegates efforts
to entice maids from their positions.
When the Piquette avenue woman
espied the woman wearing the black
broadcloth suit and fetching hat ap-
preaching the front door the other day
the doorbell was answered by the mis-
tress of the house herself
By slight subterfuge the Piquette
avenue woman led the walking delegate
to believe that the mistress of the house
was absent. The walking delegate,
thinking she was talking to a maid,
gave voice to all kinds of advice about
not doing this or that, and about strik-
ing for higher wages, winding up with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27

its appearance. Next came villain
GUS looking slung shot, and then a
wig. The policemen formed close
circle around their prisoner, and then
a few more pockets were emptied. A
glass cutter was discovered. A mus
tache several shades darker in color than
the wig was found in one corner of one
of the boys pockets. The cause of
all the blood-thirsty array was next
unearthed. In an inside coat pocket
was found a collection of nickel and
dime novels from which the would-be
desperate planned his campaign. The
book which was apparently the best
read bore the title "Hold-Up Dams Best
Haul, or Old Cap. Golfers Big Mis-
take" This was apparently the
guide book to the young mans intend
ed career.
Miles sat in the cell waiting to be
taken to police court, and every time
an officer passed ne would ask that he
might be allowed to have just one Of
his favorite books. This favor was re-
fused, and the boy had TO content him
self with morning paper.
Willie said that he thought he
would give up his idea of going to
Toronto, and see if he could not Sc
cure place on the local detective force
He felt that his natural talents ran in
that direction.
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in Emerson street on her way home.
AS she reached Maple avenue a man
turned the corner and followed her.
She gave no heed to the mans re-
marks until she reached Sherman ave-
nue. and Emerson street, about two
blocks from her home.
She waited until the "masher''
reached her.
"May I see you homer" asked the
"masher."
Certainly" said Miss Burgess,
sweetly, but instead of going north on
Sherman avenue toward her home, she
started south, with the Evanston po-
ice station as her destination.
The man waited outside while Miss
Burgess entered the police station to
"see friend"
There is 'masher' outside whom l
wish you would take care Of" she told
Sergt. Waldron.
The policeman accompanied the
young woman outside and she intro
duced him to her escort. He took the
"masher' inside and placed him in cell.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Bears Chase Two Hunters.

While Krebs Stewart and Peter Kim
mel were hunting grouse in the vicin-
ity of Bear Rocks, on the Alleghenies,
north of Altoona, Pa, they unexpected
ly encountered five bears, male and
a female, and their cubs. Stewart
fired two charges of birdshot into the
family, slightly wounding all of the
bears. Before the hunter could reload
with buckshot, the entire Bruin fam
lily was after the two men. Kimmel
and Stewart decided to retreat. The
bears trailed them half mile down
the mountains before they abandoned
the chase. The cubs were leading the
chase the last time the sportsmen
looked back.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Avoid Detection.

ET was strange, fearful experience
that Miss Hitchcock, beautiful
young California girl, had as a well
come home to her native state after
three years spent in school in Paris.
How she escaped a terrible death is a
mystery, but although she received no
injury, she sustained q shock that made
her i'll many days and lived through q
night so full of horror that the memory
of it will never fade from her recollec-
ton.
During one long night she was be-
sieged by hideous tarantulas, whose bite
is death. They crawled and wriggled
all about her. They were on her face
and arms, and when she tried to escape
from the room they were under her feet
and forced her to retreat again to the
bed.
She was stopping at the home of some
friends in Los Angeles on the night of
her arrival. She was awakened in the
middle of the night by some bristling,
fuzzy thing crawling over her face. She
struck the object away. She dropped
her hand and it fell on some other hairy,
wriggling object. She was badly fright
ened and stepped from the bed, and
her bare foot fell upon some coarse,
wriggling creature, and another one
brushed against her ankles.
She cried out, but her room was in a
wing of the house removed from the
parts of the mansion where the other
members of the household and the serv-
ants slept and no one came to her aid.
She plunged back into bed, and her face
as it touched the pillow came in contact
with another of the mysterious visitors
that had so alarmed her. She pulled the
bedclothes about her, but the night was
warm, and she was forced to throw them
off, and then the horrible, wriggling,
over her. All night she sat screaming
and trembling and striking at the mys-
terious objects that assailed her. When
morning came the family heard cries
and rushed to her room, to discover that
she was besieged by tarantulas. The
loathsome creatures were crawling all
over the bed and about the room. Miss
Hitchcock's host secured cane and
killed all of the tarantulas and then the
young woman promptly tainted and was
i'll for several days before she finally
recovered from her fright.
The explanation of how the taran-
tulas came to be in Miss Hitchcock's
room could not be secured at first. The
case was great mystery until small
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Lovers Have Their Ups and Downs
One Father Prepares Wedding Supper Eopng SonChd Caught
By Parents and Marched Home Leaving Bridegroom Lamenhng-
Double Wedding Results from Quick Wit Makes


kIOW there are not many fathers
IN like the following one. It would
save lots Of trouble of there were.
Young Erwin Rossbach went hurry
ing before Judge Macs, of Jersey City,
the other day with Hedwig Abel, his
bride-to-be, and his brother and girl
friend hurrying after him.
"Will you marry us-that is, me and
Hedwig?" he asked, as the justice an
swered the doorbell.
"Just minute, my young FRIEND"
half whispered the justice. This Is
most embarrassing. Your father Is sit
ting in the room there, and suppose
you want this kept secret"
This announcement was a killer of
mirth. The young bridegroom's face
became as long as fence rail and there
wasn't any more gayety in the wedding
party. The brothers and the two young
women looked at each other and none
of them spoke. They couldn't. surprise
their friends as they had planned. In
stead, it seemed that father had sur
prised them.
The silence was embarrassing and the
Justice shifted from one foot to another.
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The young people were feeling like
school children caught in mischief.
Suddenly the curtains parted and the
elder Rossbach appeared on the scene.
Hello, son." he said. 81 came out to
see why you were getting so quiet after
making so much noise when you came
in."
Il guess we did make noise, dad"
said Rossbach, younger. Most fellows
feel like it when they are going to get
married" y
A long sigh from the curtains behind
which the other young people had re-
tired proclaimed their presence.
We'll, boy, don't let your father spoil
the lark" said Rossbach, elder eff the
bride is pretty Hedwig Abel bring her
out. l want to give her to YOU"
"Come on; dads game" cried the
groom, and out filed the three.
well, if there isn't Victor and Miss
Muller, too," exclaimed this accommo-
dating father, as he caught sight Of the
bridal party. Am to give away two
brides?"
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up 40 or so of the insects. He put them
in big basket and took them home.
Rightly conjecturing that his family
would raise a protest against their home
being made a penitentiary for taran-
tulas, the small boy had hidden his bas-
ket in Miss Hitchcock's room, not know
ing 1t was going to be occupied. The
tarantulas during the night had tun-
neled their way to freedom, but not
being able to escape from the room, had
turned their atteation to assaulting
Miss Hitchcock.
The vigorous discipline applied to the
small boy by his father when the facts
in the case came out caused him to
loathe tarantulas with deep and dead
ly loathing, and now when they are even
mentioned in his presence he grows sad
and hastily slides for the outer air.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27

They assured him that there was not
to- be a double wedding. Then it was
seen that father had been not only for
giving, but thoughtful. It was late at
night when the wedding was over and
1t had been their > plan to take
midnight train out Of town, but father
had better plan. There was wedding
supper all prepared at the home Of the
justice and 1t was served as soon as the
ceremony had been performed. Father
had got wind of the affair and had made
preparations to be present and enjoy the
merry making.
No such luck was encountered by
Charles McCutchan and Miss Angel, of
Evansville, Ind. The young girl was
only Is years old when she eloped with
her lover to Boonville in buggy and
was married. The parents discovered
the plans too late to prevent the we'd
ding, but in time. to pursue and catch
the bride short time after the mar
riage. Mother, in this case, took pos
session of the child wife and marched
her home, leaving the bridegroom la
menting.
A double wedding took place the other
day in Anderson, and all of it was due
to the resourcefulness of the brid. IS.
They fairly ran off with the bride
grooms. Miss Bertha Miller dared Miss
Nellie Hobaugh, of Alexandria, to take
young man to Anderson and marry
him"
1t does not seem that the young men
had a great deal to say about it. Maybe
they were told what was going to hap
pen, but there is a possibility that all
they knew was that they were asked
to make the trip. Anyway, when An
derson was reached the young men
George W. Powell, of Warren, and Les
ter Siebert-were told that they could
procure marriage licenses, and they
obeyed.
Then the marriage took place and the
girls had made good their dare"
A bit of heroism on the part Of Prof
Albert Hume, of the Winona agricul-
tural and technical institute, has won
him bride. The reward was claimed
the other day when he was married to
Miss Ruth Thompson, a teacher in the
Plymouth Qnd) schools.
Last winter Mr. Hume and Miss
Thompson were sleigh riding, when
their sleigh was run down by another
sleigh, the horses to which were run
ming away.
Just as the runaway team was upon
them, Hume seized Miss Thompson and
hurled her from the sleigh into snow
bank. He himself jumped just in time
to escape the smash-up that followed.
Neither was hurt, though the occupants
of the runaway sleigh were dangerously
injured.
Mr.. Hume and Miss Thompson were
no more than friends at the time of this
episode, but Hume's brave act won for
him the admiration-and eventually the
love-of Miss Thompson, and the mar
riage followed.
Mr.. Hume is an alumnus of Purdue,
and both he and his wife are we'll known
in educational circles of northern In
diana. Many students attended the
romantic wedding.
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derer for gain. The money found on
his victims he had either secretly re-
turned to their relatives (Which was
proven true) or kept at the bottom of
his well, from where it was recovered
by the authorities.
''He confessed, though, that he had
made good use of their bodies by cut
ting them up and feeding his hogs on
them. The investigation is still con-
tinued."
AS in Russia the death penalty is
imposed only on political criminals,
this ferocious monster will be suffered
to live, and the cars order against
corporal punishment, formulated some
two months ago, will likewise favor
him. A further report by the medical
authorities of the penal colony says
that Convict 111S is perfectly rational.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Baby Exchange Agencies.

The practice of exchanging children
by parents living in French and Ger
man Switzerland, in order to enable
their boys and girls to learn another
language, is spreading greatly in that
country. An exchange agency to fur
Their this object has been founded at
Zurich. A Swiss child has the oppor-
tunity to pick up three languages
French, German and Italian-at prac-
tically no cost to the parents. In six
months child is able to converse free
ly, and is then sent to school to learn
the grammar and literature of the new
ly acquired language.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
SOUELCHING A WASHER.
rhis Girl Did 1t by Accepting His Es-
cort and Guiding Him to q
Police Station.

When a "masher" wants to see you
lome you should, not treating him with
dignity and disdain, accept his atten-
tons. Then, instead of guiding him to
your abode, steer him to the nearest
police station. This is the theory and
practice of Miss Lizzie Burgess, of ga
Foster street, Evanston, Ill.
even flirt with him." she says.
Miss Burgess had chance to put her
theory into practice the other evening,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean, with the
result that Charles Scott, who is said
to have attempted to flirt with her, oc-
Cupies a cell in the Evanston police
station.
Miss Burgess had been visiting
friends last evening, and was walking
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
ADMIRED WIFE'S GIFT.
Himself Away at an Inop-
perfume Moment.

The st. Louis Republic tells this de-
licious story of prosperous business
man who had no time to pick out a
wedding gift for his dearest friend. So
his wife went shopping and purchased
a very handsome picture.
81 bought picture, Jim,'' she said
that evening at dinner, "and sent it up
to George Stones house with our cards.
l wish you could have seen it, for
know it would just suit you. In fact,
when I picked it out tried to look at
things through your eyes and choose
such a picture as you would have Sc
lected."
The business man had carried the
worries of the day home with him, so
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
DIME NOVEL YOUTH.
lies Pockets Were Found to Be
Full of Weapons.

With a collection of weapons, dis
guises, dime novels and other para
phernalia that would have done credit to
the most blood-thirsty hero Of yellow
covered fiction, Willie Miles, of Buff
falo, N. Y, started for Toronto to imi-
tate the heroes of his favorite litera-
ture. The butt of his big revolver was
protruding from his hip pocket, and
the next thing. that Willie knewshe was
locked up in cell at the Third pre-
cinct station on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons.
When Desk Sergeant Potter started to
go through the boys pockets, the
patrolmen and specials around the
desk came to the conclusion that they
must have made an important capture.
First, the big .3S caliber revolver made
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
THE RABBIT SHOT HIM.
Tables Were Turned on Hunter Mil
ton Reynolds When He Laid
Down His Gun.

Milton Reynolds, of Livingston
manor, Ten-Mile River. N. Y, took
his gun the other day and went out
after rabbits. A big one got up, and
Reynolds chased it until it disappeared
in hole in the ground.
The hunter laid his gun down, got
a pole and punched it id the hole to
rout the rabbit out. The gun was
cooked all ready for Reynolds to pick
it up and shoot the rabbit the moment
it came from the hole.
The cotton-tail came out with a sud-
den rush. Its first bound landed it on
the gun. It's fore feet struck the trig-
ger. The gun was discharged, both bar
rels going off at once.
Reynolds was in STOPPING position
his dog near him. He was just far
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27

an invitation to join the servant girls
union.
After awhile Mrs. Piquette Avenue re-
vealed herself to the walking delegate,
and while showing the woman to the
door gave her severe lambasting for
meddling with other persons affairs.
Since then there has been slight fall
ing off in solicitations to join the serv-
ant girls union, which, in fact, does
not seem to have materialized SOS you
can notice 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Girl Spends a Night Of Horror
Beeded for Hours b au Tantuas
Creatures All Her Bed and About the RoomWee
Caught bu Her Hosts Who Hid Them in Spare Room tc
Avoid Detection.

boy in the family was observed to be In
some distress He was taken into the
inquisition and his father interviewed
him at some length. Then the mystery
was solved. The small boy had secured
the tarantulas in vacant field. A curio
firm in Los Angeles who kill and mount
the insects pay a royalty of five cents
apiece for them, and the boys Of the
town go out into the fields and catch
them with pincers.
The boy in the family where Miss
Hitchcock was stopping had rounded
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27

he merely remarked: That's very
NICE" in an absent-minded sort of way,
and let his mind go back to his Office
again.
A week later he and his wife attend
ed George Stones wedding. It was q
small affair, and rather informal The
business man was wandering around in
the room where the gifts were dis
played, looking aimlessly at the cut
glass and silver, whek he suddenly
stopped before picture.
81 say, Carrie" he called to his wife,
so that every one near him could hear,
Carrie, this is beautiful picture.
wish we had it in our house. It's a
fine bit of work"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27

SO pounds. Her father was soldier
of the civil war, being a member of
company 1, Fortieth Illinois volunteer
infantry. Miss Tate is proud of her
diminutive size and enjoys answering
letters from correspondents. She is
very intelligent, has an excellent edu-
cation and is active in church work,
being on earnest Christian, a member
of the First Methodist church of Gran
ite City and also of the Epworth league
She is an adept at fancy work, painting,
embroidery and the like. She is an en-
tertaining conversationalist, has most
interesting personality and is highly
thought of by everybody in Granite City
as well as acquaintance in other places
she has visited. While conversing with
her one forgets her small size, as her
mind is active and she has thorough
knowledge of public events.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Creek Cures Rheumatism.

A sure cure for rheumatism mas been
discovered in Boyne, Mich. A littlc
creek there possesses medicinal quail
tiles which Danish rheumatic pains
from all who battle in 1t. Invalids
suffering from rheumatism go there
from far and near, and a dozen baths
effect a cure in most cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Some New Use. for paper.

Several new uses for paper have
been discovered. Artificial teeth are
made from it; 81 Lynn shoemaker en-
ployes it to rlake uppers for boots;
Boston manufacturer is perfectirg a
system of converting it into tall hats,
and for years it has been worn as cloth
ing by the Japanese. the seams being
pasted together
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Wells Near Cemeteries.

1t is against Italian law to sink a
well within 300 feet of cemetery. In
Australia and France a well is not
permitted within 600 feet of a grave
yard.
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THE SMALLEST WOMAN.
IL But Two Feet High, But Her Mind
Is Active and Her Brain
Clear as a Bell.

One of the most interesting little
women in the world is Miss Florence
M. Tate, of Granite City, Ill. She is
probably the worlds smallest woman,
being but "a inches in height, while
her age is 35 years. She weighs but
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
Hope for the Grayheads.

Exposure to the X-rays has restored
to its natural color the gray hair of DR..
X. D. Hawley, of Columbus, Ind. The
same treatment had the same effect on
one of DR.. Hawley's patients.
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enough out of line of the gun to escape
the full force of the charges in it, but
two fingers were torn from his left hand,
his left calf was badly lacerated by shot
and his left cheek filled with them.
One of the dogs legs was shot off,
The rabbit went on, and is still at large.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27
In Iceland.

The actual number of naval and mil
itary prisoners comIIitted to civil pris.
ons in Ireland during 1902 was SGT.
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GOOD News for the Ladies.
A mans hair turns gray Eve years
sooner than a womans.