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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Survivors of the General Slocum dis
aster have sent a letter of thanks to
the president for the interest he has
manifested in the disaster and for his
prompt action in dismissing from the
government service those upon whom,
in a measure, the responsibility rested.
The president has issued the Thanks
giving day proclamation, setting aside
Thursday, November "a, to be OBJ
served as day of festival and thanks
giving by all the people OF the United
States, at home and abroad"
Eva Booth has been named as com
mander of the Salvation Army in the
United States.
During the month of October the
general land Office at Washington is
sued 10000 land patents, the largest
number ever issued during any one
north.
Senator Fairbanks during his Indi.
ana tour denied rumor that he
would remain in the senate if the
democrats carried the state legisla.
ture.
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The corcner's fury at Hull, England,
found that George Henry Smith and
William Loggett, of the Gamecock
fleet. were killed by shots fired with
out warning or provocation from Rus
sian warships.
The German government is In full
sympathy with the proposal of the Unit
ed States for a treaty of arbitration be-
tween the United States and Germany
and there seems no doubt that a treaty
will be arranged.
The liberals swept Canada and Sir
Wilfrid Laurier was sustained, Bor-
den, the conservative leader, being
overwhelmingly crushed in his own
province, Nova Scotia.
The ancient ecclesiastical cope which
was stolen from the cathedral OF AS
coli, Italy, two years ago, and later pur-
chased by ]. p Morgan, has been pre-
sented to the Italian government by MI.
Morgan.
. Russia and Britain have agreed to
ask the United States and France to
appoint naval officers on the court
that is to investigate the North sea
affair.
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The explosion Of over ton of dyna-
mite under the Bond street bridge in
Mount Vernon, N. Y, shook the city and
the surrounding country within radius
of five miles, killed at least one person
and injured nearly 40 others.
Prices of all grades of coal have been
advanced 35 cents a ton in Pittsburg as
a result of the increased demand for coal
and the strike of engineers in ILLINOIS,
which has practically closed all the mines
in that state.
A quarrel over receipt for the pay
ment of board bill resulted in the Kill
ing of Hayden Y. Loring, manager OF
the Loring hotel, near the exposition
grounds, st. Louis, by Norman M.
Vaughan, manager of the Elks' Publish.
ing company.
In a riot between students and the
police at Boston, Mass, % persons were
hurt
The airship designed and built by
Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, OF San Fran
cisco, escaped near the worlds fair,
after two unsuccessful long-distance
tests, and scared away, disappearing
in the dark.
The fact that President Roosevelt
was thrown from his horse about a
week ago and lay unconscious in the
road for some time until he recovered
| his senses, has become public in Wash
| ington.
DR.. L. A. Gerhard, dentist, was
There is no clew to the murderer.
Terribly cut and bruised about the
| head, the dead body Of Alma Steinway,
telephone operator, aged Is years, was
| found in a vacant lot near the Spring
| Grove cemetery at Winton Place, SUI
burb of Cincinnati. There is no clew to
her murderer.
The airship of Capt. T. S. Baldwin
which suddenly slipped away as it was
being towed in from the country to the
aeronautic concourse, was found 16 miles
west of st. Louis 1t was but slightly
damaged.
The bodies of nine of the ten miners
who were killed at the Auchincloss col.
liery in Nanticoke, Pa, have been re-
moved from the stump at the foot of tie
shaft. All were horribly crushed ant
mangled.
A cotton compress company in Okla
homa City, Okla, has contracted to fur
nish 100000 worth of cotton to firm
>. of Japanese for immediate shipment tt
Nagasaki.
The Illinois board of pardons re
fused to grant a parole in the case o
the Danville lynchers and announced
it's purpose to keep them in prison
for the maximum time.
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Estimates Submitted.

Washington, Nov. 7.-Acting Secre-
tary Lawrence o. Murray, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, made pub
lie Saturday the estimates of appropria-
lions for the department for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1905. They have
been forwarded to the secretary of the
treasury for transmission to congress.
The estimates aggregate $14339, 529, be-
ing $594,42 less than the estimates for
the fiscal year beginning July l, 1904.
The estimates for the fiscal year of 1906
exceed the appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year by $4,218,444
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The United States government is
sued 50,392,554 domestic money orders,
asgregating 1878, S,4SS, and 2,20S,34
international money orders, aggregat-
ing $42, $50, $50, during the last year,
according to the annual report of the
department.
The Lost Cabin" mine, lode OF
| vast richness, has been discovered in
Modoc county, California, after
search extending over nearly a half
century and at a cost of many lives
and great treasure.
The census bureau issued bulletin
showing the quantity of cotton ginned
up to October Is to be 426,883 running
bales, as against 292,639 for the same
period in 1903.
The WaShburn company,
of Minneapolis, unable to obtain
enough American wheat, has made ap-
plication to bond one of it's mills in
order to use grain imported from
| Canada.
| Flower experts talk of a million
dollar horticultural hall for Chicago,
0e@y ms IhdI SiIy 10 ZIG ldA SCSI hOWCi
market in the world and needs such a
structure.
Albert Dabriydino, an Italian, was
hanged at Pittsburg, Pa, for the MUIR
der of his sweetheart, Mary Mucen-
ska, May %, 1903.
DR.. e. S. Banks, of the University
of Chicago expedition in Babylonia,
found a buried statue of remarkable
antiquity.
Andrew Carnegie, on his return
from England to New York, declared
the plan of calling peace conference
at present to be inopportune.
While sleeping in the car barns of
the Boston elevated railway, Thomas
E: Dunn was burned to death in a
$4,000 fire in the plant
Sir William White, British naval
constructor, declared in New York
that England means to maintain SUI
lpremacy of the sea.
A remarkable demonstration for the
United States navy developed in Lon
don when a British policeman arrest
ed an American sailor.
Ecclesiastical and charitable proper
ty exempted from taxation in New
York city reaches a total of $216, 694,-
l195.
Marquis De Rivera, one of Italy's
famous artillery generals. died from
political disappointment
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DOTS AND DASHES.

Civil war is raging throughout the
kingdom Of Morocco.
The corrected time of the cruiser west
Virginia in her recent trial trip is 22.3o
knots an hour.
A dense fog paralyzed traffic in New
York and resulted in the loss OF the
ferry boat Columbia.
Charles Ihlstrom pleaded guilty at
Philadelphia to forging the name of ex-
President Cleveland to check.
H. c. Pierce, of Elgin, ILL.,, married
Margaret Bryson, hospital nurse who
saved his life after robber had shot
him.
Gen. Andre, Frances minister of war,
was slapped in the face during sitting
of the chamber of deputies, and the ses-
sion broke up in free fight
The liberal majority in the new Can
adam parliament is now estimated at
! more than rs. 1t is intimated that Sir
| Wilfrid Laurier may retire.
Mrs. Julia Van Alstyne, of Auburn, N.
Y, after search of three years for her
I grandson, found his body in an I'M
| marked grave in New York city.
| New York banks lost SIS, 800 900 to the
Subtreasury during the bank statement
week on account of the gold exports and
gained 81 100000 from the interior.
The three scout cruisers authorized by
congress last spring are to be unique and
especially useful. Secretary Morton has
approved the draft of the chief charac-
teristics.
The total registration for the present
year in Cornell university is announced
as 1857. The total for 1903 was 1855.
The greatest falling off is in the arts and
the greatest gain in civil engineering.
1t was stated unofficially at the war de-
partment in Washington that Private
John T. Smith, stationed at Salem, Mass
who recently attracted attention by mar.
rying negress, will be discharged from
the army for the good of the service
, Indian Commissioner Jones and the
, commission ordered by President Roose.
|, welt to investigate as to the Lake Mo
honk resolution, claiming destitutior
, among the Pima Indians, has found nc
truth in the claims, according to a report
from Phoenix, Ariz.
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LATER.

Negotiations have been initiated Tor
treaty of arbitration between Germany
and the United States.
A hundred persons were drowned by
the sinking of the French steamer,
Girondc, after having been in collision
with French steamer off the coast OF
Algiers.
The emacated body of Tom Wall. OF
Chicago, was found in the underbrush
near the town of Alton, la. The man had
literally starved to death.
The dead body of Miss Roa Butts, aged
% years, a white servant girl of Marshall,
Mo-, was found in the suburbs of South
Marshall in pasture. The girl evident
ly had been murdered.
The British battleships Victoria and
Magnificent have sailed from Gibralter
under orders to patrol the straits. The
battleships Illustrious and Jupiter have
been ordered to put TO sea Immediately.
A masked man, armed with pistol,
entered a saloon at Cotton Wood, Cal,
and lined six men up with their faces to
the wall and their hands over their heads
while he relieved them of $500 in cash
and 81 800 in checks.
Fire has destroyed the entire west side
of the little town of Marion, in Tuscola
county, Mich, entailing a loss of $780,
600. The opera house block, post Office
block, ten stores and % residences were
destroyed.
The Japanese killed or wounded in
front of Port Arthur during the last three
months approximate 10000.
After a spirited debate the Vermont
house of representatives, by close vote
of 80 to 81, refused third reading to the
bill granting municipal suffrage to wom-
en- who are taxpayers.
| Jacob Graves, who shot and killed
Thomas Layton, at Burlington, Ia, was
found in his cabin on Fry's island by Of
ficers who were. pursuing him. He had
bullet hole in his head.
! William Muthart, farmland living
near Munger, Mich, fatally shot his
sweetheart, Martha Zuba, and then sent
a bullet into his own brain.
The Illinois coal mines will resume,
the miners agreeing to supply men to fill
the places of the striking engineers
President Roosevelt gave out state
ment to the American people making a
| categorical denial of charges by Mr..
Parker that Chairman Cortelyou has
used official information to obtain cam
paign contributions from corporations
and that favors to trusts have been
promised. The accusations are styled
false, monstrous, wicked and atrocious.
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JAPS TAKE WANTAI HILL
IMPORTANT DEFENSE OF PORT
ARTHUR CAPTURED.
Several Transports Also Reported
Sunk and Battleship Set
on Fire.

Toxic, Nov. Ut is reported that the
Japanese have occupied Wantai hill,
sunk several transports and have set fire
to a battleship at Port Arthur. There
is no confirmation of the report.
Wantai hill is one of the extensive,
semi-circle of forts defending Port Ar
thur. 1t is situated in about the center
of the semi-circle, between the Antse
mountain forts and Sungchow fort,
which is situated on an adjoining hill.
The capture of Wantai hill, it has been
pointed out in dispatches from Port Ar
thur, means the dividing of the eastern
fortified ridges. The japanese had pre-
viously and unsuccessfully attacked
Wantai hill, particularly during the lat
ter part of August.
Mukden, Nov. 1.-THE Russian and
Japanese armies are now SO close to-
gether that maneuvering is almost i'm
possible. The japanese are combining
themselves to occasional night attacks,
during which they shell the villages &C.
cupied by the Russians. In these at
lacks they wounded several Russian
officers. In return, parties of Russians
have penetrated the Japanese villages
at night, causing temporary panics. On
one occasion the Russians succeeded in
throwing two bombs into>the japanese
officers quarters.
1t has been reported here that the
Japanese would determinedly attack
Port Arthur on November 3, the Japan
csc emperor's birthday, and it is be-
lieved that Field Marshal Oyama is
awaiting news of the result of this at
tack before advancing against Gen
Kuropatkin. The japanese already have
received large requirements.
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FOREIGN.

The general staff of the war office In
st. Petersburg issued statement that
the number of Russians killed, wound
ed and missing in the fighting which
began October 9, and ended October
IS, totaled 800 officers and $4,000 men.
The remains of former President
Kruger, of the Transvaal republic, who
died in July last, were removed from
the cemetery at The Hague and taken
to Rotterdam for conveyance to South
Africa.
Gen. G. G. Mason, distinguished
British officer who served 80 years in
India with the Madras army, died at
his home near Greenfelds, Cal, aged
80 years.
The cone of the crater of Mount We
suvius, which formed during the late
eruption, fell into the crater with a
tremendous roar. There Immediately
issued explosions, followed by the ennis
sion of an immense black column, which
fell in the form of ashes over the sur
rounding country within radius of 20
miles.
The Royal Academy of Music, In Lon
don, has awarded the Ross scholarship
to- Emile Henry Medoius, Of Youngs-
town, O., for flute playing.
Imperial headquarters in TOXIC issued
| a report of the seven-day attack on
Port Arthur, showing that great breaches
have been made in important forts and
the trenches taken by storm.
Departure of the Russian fleet from
| Vigo and alarmist reports from Gibral-
| tar caused a war scare in Great Britain.
but it develops the British fleet had NO
| orders to stop them sailing. Russia de-
| taches four subordinate officers from
| Rojestvensky' ships and guaranteed be-
| fore they sailed that none will repeat
| North sea affair. The officers detached
will testify before the court of inquiry
The French arbitration treaty with
the United States, just concluded, will
be followed by treaty with Italy.
The state department received cable.
gram from the American embassy at st
Petersburg which warrants it in the as.
sumption that the Russian government
will soon agree to recognize passports Of
American Jews travelling in Russia.
Nine shipwrecked sailors from al
English vessel were massacred b!
islanders off the Arabian coast.
The Philippine commission has granted
the right of eminent domain in thu
islands to. railroad companies holding
icharters.
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To Visit Canal Zone.

Washington, Nov. members of the
house committee on interstate and for
eign commerce have arranged to make
a trop to the Panama canal zone, start
ing from New York on the 18th instant,
for the purpose of acquiring information
as basis of legislation. The members
of the committee will be accompanied
by their wives, by other representatives
and also by some United States sem
ators. The transport Sumner will be
placed at their disposal for the tour, and
they will go direct from New York to
Colon.
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Duel with Knives.

Evansville, Ind, Nov. John and
George Buchanan sons of Posey coun-
ty farmer, fought with knives over a
trivial matter. John is in a precarious
condition and will likely die. His broth
er is not so badly injured. No arrest has
been made.
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M'CUE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Elk MAYOR OF CHARLOTTES'
VILE, VA, TO DIE ON
THE GALLOWS.
JURY CONVICTS HIM OF
KILLING HIS WIFE
Most Important Trial in History Of
State Concluded - Story of Crime
Two Colored Men Sentenced to
Hang in New Jersey.

Charlottesville, Va, Nov. I'D. J.
Samuel McCue, for two terms mayor OF
Charlottesville, and for many year
lawyer at the bar before which he was
tried, Saturday was found guilty of
murder in the first degree on the
charge of having killed his wife. This
carries the death penalty.
The verdict came as climax to one
of the most important trials that has
been conducted in the state of Virginia
in recent years. None has aroused
deeper interest or been more closely fol-
lowed by the people. A large number OF
witnesses were heard and a great
amount of testimony given, and over
three days were consumed in arguments.
Story of the Murder.
The neighbors and police on Sunday
night, September 4, last, were first APP
prised of the murder of Mrs. McCue
by the jangling of telephone bells and
the terror-stricken tones of McCue's
excited voice as he told them that a
strange man had entered his house.
When the police arrived they found
his wife dead in bathtub partly filled
with water, the body clad in a night
dress and covered with blood from a
gunshot wound in the breast, her nose
broken and her face bruised. Examina-
ton of bruise on McCue's cheek
showed that so slight a blow would
not have stunned a siX-year-old child.
Part of one of McCue's shirts was
| found, covered with blood, under the
| bathtub.
Although ex-Mayor McCue was but
| ten days out of Office, leader in Char
Iottesville society, wealthy, respected
and an officer in the Presbyterian
church, he suddenly became the object
of strange and distant glances from hii
friends, who recalled the fact that he
had quarreled with his wife and pos
sessed a quick temper. After the
funeral the coroner secured jury and
held long inquest.
Arrested for Crime.
A warrant was obtained and McCue
was arrested and placed in the Jail
which was heavily guarded for fear OF
mob violence. The jury then made
long report. 1t found that on return
ing from church at night, Mr.. and Mrs
McCue had quarreled. In anger McCue
Lad attacked her, smashing her nose
and bruising her face. Weeping, she
entered the bathroom and turned or
the water in the tub to wash away the
blood. When she returned to the bed.
room she carried her sons baseball
bat in her hand and with it she STRUCK
him slight glancing blow in the face
In fury he picked up his fowling piece
and pursued her to the bathroom
Before she could close the door he fire(
and she fell backward into the tut
with mortal wound in her breast
Hiding his bloody garments he hur
ried to the telephone and began send
ing messages to support the story h
had decided to tell.
Two Sentenced to Hang.
Paterson, N. j., Nov. Joseph Mil
Ter and Arthur Laster, both colored
were Saturday sentenced to be hange,
en- November %. Miller was foun'
guilty of the murder of Mrs. Steward
at Haskell, on September 80 last. Tn
crime of which Laster was convicte,
was the murder, on June 80, 1904, o
Marks Wollenburg.
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Cargo of Cotton on Fire.

Bremen, Nov. THE Norwegian
steamer Guernsey, from Savannah, Ca,
October Is, arrived here Saturday with
her cargo in the after hold, about 5000
bales of cotton, burning. The fire broke
out fortnight ago. The captain thinks
the fire is now practically extinguished
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-11
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Nov. S.
FLOUR-Unchanged Spring wheat, spe-
cial brands, $3.50; Minneapolis, hard pat
ents, $5.50q5.75; Minneapolis, hard spring,
straight, export bags, s5.25@5. so; clear, ex-
port bags, $S.7Ga4.00.
WHEAT-Dull and quiet Cash, No. 2,
red. s1.16@1.1S; May, s11Oz@1.11s
CORN-Firm. Cash, No 2, $50 5511ac; May,
45as@45%c.
OATS-Quiet but firm. Cash, No. 2, 29Zc;
May, 31a31Ac.
RYE-Ruled strong November, SOC; De-
cember, soc; May, SIC bid, S21ac asked:
cash, No. 8, SEC f. o. b.
BARLEY-Quiet and steady Mating, SO
@52c; screenings, 24Q37c; feed. 371adSSc.
BUTTER-Firm. Creameries, per pound,
15G2S55c; dairy, 12194181kc
EGGS-Unchanged. Fresh eggs, at mark.
new cases included, 16d1SAc per dozen;
prime firsts &c; extras, 24c.
keys, per pound, 10a15c; chickens, young
spring hens, 9d91Sc; ducks, 1O1aQ11c.
POTATOES-Holding firm. Car lots, on
track, per bu, 2S@37c.
New York, Nov. s.
FLOUR-Steady but dull.
WHEAT-Opened easy under lower Liv
erpooi cables and good weather, but soon
rallied. December, 81. 16Aq117; May, s1122s
OILS.
RYE-Nominal
CORN-Held steady on higher Liverpool
cables and covering. May, 51ss@51hc.
OATS-Nominal.
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Prominent Curler Dead.

New York, Nov. flames M. Thaw,
president of the Grand National Curling
club, of America, and one of the most
devoted enthusiasts of the game in
America, is dead at his home in Ho-
boken, N. j. He was born in Scotland
in 1858.
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Still Looking for Bandits.

Casper, Wyo., Nov. Posses are
still out in the vicinity of Thermopolis,
looking for the two bandits who killed
T. c. Middaugh, cashier of the First ma
tional bank of Cody, last Tuesday. The
report that the robbers have been
trapped is denied.
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Ireland Day Observed.

st. Louis, Nov. 7.-Ireland day was
observed at-the worlds fair Saturday,
and the regular attendance was consid-
erably augmented by the members of the
United Irish Societies of St. Louis.
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Well-Known Author. Dead.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Nov. MASON
Long, we'll known temperance lecturer
and author, died Saturday.
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New York, Nov, 5.
Live Stock.

chicago, NOV. D.
CATTLE-Chofce to fancy steers, s5.250
6-S5; fair to good export shipping steers,
S. 1895 20; medium beef steers, A.50d5.10;
inferior and plain steers, $2.25G3.00; good
to fancy cows and heifers, $4.00d425; fair
to choice feeders, s3.00d3.9O; fair to good
cows and heifers s3.0OG375; good cutting
and fair beef cows. $200Q2.S5; calves, COM
mon to far, s275@5.OO; calves, good to
fancy, $5.2566.75; fed Texas steers, $3.50
5.65; grass Texas cows and steers, $3.50
$50
HOGS-Good to choice heavy shipping,
s5.0od5 20, good to choice butcher weights,
s5O0d520; rough to fair heavy packing, 81. rs
@4S5; plain to good heavy mixed, $4.S5a5OO;
assorted light shipping, s4.9Oa5.OO; good to
choice, s5.O59515; fair to choice pigs, $4,000
475.
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Omaha. Neb., Nov. 5.
CATILE-Market unchanged. Native
steers. So. $685. cows and heifers. $500
$50; western steers, 81. 90Q4 so; Texas steers,
s2756375; range cows and heifers, $2.259
$40; Gamers, $50@2.15; stockers and feed
ers, s. 25G4.OO; calves, $3.00Q5.50; bulls and
stays, $L75GS.S5
HOGStMarket shade lower Heavy, A.S5
@4.05; mixed, $4871h@4 go; light, "a. S5q490;
pigs, A2594.75; bulk of sales, stS71e@5.S0.
SHEEP-Market steady. Western year.
lings, $OOQ435; wethers, $3.S5q425; ewes.
SO. SOFA 90; common and stockers, $2.50q4. 10;
lambs, s5.00Q5.6