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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
KILL AND BURN.
Thousands Slaughtered in Revolt in
Caucasus-oil Industry
srt Wiped Out.

Baku, Sept. S.-The worst of the
storm of massacre, pillage and incen-
diarism which has swept over Baku
and its environs is over, but the pic
ture is one of deepest gloom. 1t is diff
ficult to describe the horrors of the
last six days. Massacre has followed
massacre. A pail of smoke from burn
ing Oil wells, tanks and refineries has
hung over the city day and night.
The worst of the storm of massacre,
pillage and incendiarism is over, but
the picture is one of deepest gloom.
1t is difficult to describe the horrors
of the last six days. Massacre has
followed massacre. A pail of smoke
from burning oil wells, tanks and re-
fineries has hung over the city day
and night.
The butchery began with the slaugh-
ter of 1900 Armenians while the police
looked an as if it were theatrical dis
play. Women were shockingly mutt
lated. Children were dashed to pieces
before their mothers eyes. Men either
were cut to pieces instantly or mutilat-
ed in an indescribable fashion before
they were put to death.
Then the troops took up the task of
suppressing the orgy of bloodshed, and
in the six days of fighting more than
1000 persons have been killed. Several
thousands were wounded, almost ex-
clusively Tartars, Puritans and Ar
menians. ..H. ~
Nearly 100000 fugitives are without
work. almost the whole oil industry
being ruined, involving serious conse-
quences to the trade and commerce of
the whole country. The financial loss
cannot be computed, but there will be
a loss of about 100000 annually to
state revenue from the excise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
OLD WORLD ODDITIES.

There can be seen in Northampton
gentleman who wears a mustache the
ends of which reach down to his vest
pockets.
Having borrowed the money to buy
a ticket, Johann Kurz, poor Tyrolean
farmer, has secured the chief prize
of $4,000 in the annual Austrian
charity lottery.
On the occasion of a cyclists we'd
ding at Epping, near London, the other
day the bride and bridegroom rode
to church on single machines and re-
turned on tandem.
In turning over the leaves of book
which he had brought for threepence
at a London bookstall, the purchaser
found therein two SIS notes which
were dated May, 1878.
Edwin Weber, a London money
lender, has gone into bankruptcy. The
Judge Of the bankruptcy court said
Weber was the only bankrupt money
lender he had ever heard of.
A woman of Lancashire, England,
sent this note to the local postmaster:
will you please send me word if
can send two girls to-(a Yorkshire
town)-by parcel post, and how much
will it cost?''
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
HEADS GRAND ARMY.
Corporal Tanner Elected Commander
in-Chief at Denver En-
campment.

Denver, Col, Sept. corporal
James Tanner was elected command
er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic by the national encampment
Friday. A great demonstration fol-
lowed the announcement of Corporal
Tanners election.
The vote was as follows: James
Tanner, All; Robert B. Brown, 1877;
Charles G. Burton, AZ; George Stone,
Is.
Col. George w. Cook, of Denver, was
unanimously elected senior vice COM
mander-in-chief.
Other officials chosen were as fol-
lows: Junior vice commandments,
Silas H. fowler, Minneapolis; surgeon
general, Hugo Philler, Waukesha, Wis;
chaplain-in-chief, Rev. Father j. u.
Leary, Chapman, Kan.
Minneapolis was chosen as G. A. II.
national encampment city in 1906.
Denver, Col, Sept. THE main event
Of the Grand. Army encampment,
speaking from the viewpoint of the
rank and file, was the grand parade,
which occurred Wednesday. To the vet
eran, the privilege of again treading in
step with comrades of the bivouac OF
81 is one for which no hardship seems
too great to undergo. no ordeal too Sc
we're to undertake Many who marched
the two miles were exhausted when the
end was reached and many others,
weakened by age, fell out of line long
before the journey was completed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Growth OF Cities.

st. Paul. Minnesota has sixty-four
incorporated cities as compared with
with forty-one in 1895, and but eight
of the cities show loss in population
since the last state census ten. years
ago, according to figures announced by
the state census bureau.
The cities showing loss are Blue
Earth, Chaska, Hastings, Jordan, LIE
Sueur, Mortified, Waterville and VII
mona.
st. Paul has increased its population
during the last ten years the most
rapidly of all the large cities. The
percentage of St Paul's increase is
400, Minneapolis IS 6 and Duluth a
little over per cent.
Some of the smaller cities have made
remarkable growth. Eveleth has
grown from 7s4 in 1895 to 1881 in 1908
Virginia also has made good prog
gress, and Pipestone in the south has
increased from 1868 in 1895 to 2, s65
this year.
The seventy-one Incorporated viii
lagos show a total population of 1O0,-
600, as against 62.51a in 1896, gain OF
$4,000, or about copper cent Chatfield,
Glencoe, Kasson, Lanesboro, Sprlug
Valley and Winnebago City are the
only villages showing decrease in
population.
There are 1876 municipalities in the
state having a population Of more
than 200, as compared with 1O3 ten
years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

] Public interest has recently been ex-
cited by a remarkable dinner party
given in London, at which "a people
sat down and which cost $4,000.
Some high-class chefs who know the
deepest mysteries of their business are
inclined to say that this was really
nothing after all. 1t could have been
made to cost much more if it had been
necessary, and that in a quite legitiI
mate manner. The most expensive
soup that can be served is Chinese
birds'-nest soup, which can hardly be
done at less than 15s an ounce, which
means e7 los for moderate plate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
RICKETTS, IN CHARGE.
Named Temporarily as Head of the
Government Printing
Office.

oyster Bay, L. l., Sept. 9.-President
Roosevelt Friday afternoon took sum-
mary action in the case of Frank w.
Palmer, public printer, and head of the
government printing Office at Wash
lngtCn, by removing him from Office.
Last Monday the president directed Mr..
Palmer to send to him his resignation,
to take effect on the 18th inst At the
same time he directed him not to take
any further action in the cases of Os-
car j. Ricketts,, foreman of printing,
and L. G. Hay, a division foreman in
designations Mr.. Palmer had request
cd. Mr.. Palmer had given Ricketts, and
Hay until Tuesday to show cause in
writing why the charges he had made
against them should not be operative
in removing them from their positions
in the event of their failure to resign.
In direct disobedience of the presi-
dents instructions, Mr.. Palmer. on the
9Th inst. notified Ricketts, and Hay
that the time which they might have in
which to answer his charges would be
extended until Saturday, the 9th inst.
AS this was not only violation of the
presidents specific instructions, but as
the case of Ricketts, and Hay had been
placed in the hands of the Keep COM
mission for investigation, the president
felt it was time to take positive action
regarding Mr.. Palmer. He therefore
removed him from Office by telegraph
and directed him to turn over the gov
eminent printing Office to Foreman
Ricketts,, whom he has designated as
acting public printer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
CANAL SCANDAL.
Collision Charged Against Chairman
shontz in $50, 100000
Contract.

New York, Sept. 9.-Two out of three
bidders for a $50,000,000 concession
awarded by Theodore P. Shonts, chair
man of the Panama or isthmian canal
commission, have Joined in making
charges that third contractor was
due haste, without any public competi-
ton and that advantage was taken of
leaks by which the successful bidder
received inside information. Chairman
Shonts is scored without gloves in the
charges and an appeal has been made
to President Roosevelt to stop the off.
cial awarding of the contract.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
HONEST PHYSICIAN
Works with Himself First.

1t is a mistake to assume that physi-
clans are always skeptical as to the
curative properties of anything else
than drugs.
Indeed, the best doctors are those
who seek to heal with as little use of
drugs as possible and by the use of
correct food and drink. A physician
writes from Calf. to tell how he made
a well man of himself with Natures
remedy:
Before came from Europe, where
l was born" he says, cit was my Gus
tom to take coffee with milk (cafe au
lait) with my morning meal, small
cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and
two or three additional small cups at
my club during the evening.
"In time nervous symptoms devel-
oped, with pains in the cardiac region,
and accompanied by great depression
of spirits, despondency-in brief, the
blues!' 1 at first tired medicines, but
got no relief and at last realized that
all my troubles were caused by coffee.
I thereupon quit its use forthwith,
substituting English Breakfast Tea.
"The tea seemed to help me at first,
but in time the old distressing symp-
toms returned, and I quit it also, and
tried to use milk for my table bever-
age. This was compelled however to
abandon speedily for while it relieved
the nervousness somewhat, it brought
on constipation. Then by a happy
inspiration I was led to try the Postum
Food Coffee. This was some months
ago and / still use 1t. / am no longer
nervous, nor do I suffer from the
pains about the heart, while my blues
have left me and life is bright to me
once more. 1 know that leaving OF
coffee and using Postum healed me,
and make it rule to advise my pa
tients to use it, Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
There's reason.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
NEWS OF MINNESOTA.
Change in Grades.

st. PauL-Numerous changes were
made by the state board of grain APP
peals at its annual joint meeting.
The first discriminates against
secured or manipulated wheat, and is
one which will be great benifit. The
new rule reads: "Wheat scourned or
otherwise manipulated will not be con-
sidered in grading same.
Another important change is that
relating TO the pouring of grain into
test kettles. 1t has been found that
grain poured into the middle of the
kettle is heavier then which poured
against the sides. The new rule there
fore is: manner of testing wheat,
fax. barley and rye shall be tested af-
ter it is cleaned. The test kettle shall
be placed where it cannot be Jared or
shaken. From scoop, bag or pan
hold two inches from top of kettle,
pour into middle of same at moderate
speed until running over, striking off
in zigzag manner with the edge of
beam held horizontal"
Another important rule has been
made concerning rye, providing that
hereafter rye must be tested after it
has been cleaned, instead of before
cleaning. This will give the farmer
better showing to weight.
Rejected spring wheat is done away
with and made No. 4, making now six
grades in all
No. 1 rye is advanced from SIS to Sc
pounds. and No. from SO to 81, still
leaving it one pound below the Wis
consin inspection, an advantage for
the Minnesota department. No
change was made in the standard on
fax, although requestsi were fled, as
the present standard was deemed satsi-
factory.
To stop the practice of mixing dirt
with barley by eastern agents after it
left Minnesota inspection, the rule re.
garding feed barley is changed. Strong
requests came in along this line from
Duluth. The new rule reads: "Feed
Barley-No. feed barley must test
not less than forty pounds to the
measured bushel, and be reasonably
clean. NJ 2 feed barley shall include
all barley which is for any cause unfit
for the grade of No. l."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
EARTHQUAKE KILLS MANY.
Cities and Towns in Province of Gala
bria, Itsly, Destroyed-Loss
Over 400.

Rome, Sept. 9.-All Italy is suffering
from terrible depression because of the
news from the south, where one of the
worst earthquakes ever experienced oc-
CURED Friday. Although the earth
quake was felt all over Calabria and to
certain extent in Sicily, the worst
news comes from PiZZo and Monteleone
and from 25 villages which are said to
have been completely destroyed. Ac-
400 persons have been killed and injur-
ing nearly 600. 1t is as yet impossi-
BILE to even estimate the property losses.
The shock was felt at 2: IS o'clock in the
morning 1t lasted for Is seconds at
Catanzaro, and soon thereafter was felt
at Messina, Reggo, Monteleone, Marti-
rano, Stefaconi, Piscopio, Triparni,
Zammaro, Cessaniti, Nadia, Olivadi and
other points.
Scenes of indescribable terror en-
sued. Women aroused from their sleep,
half clothed rushed into the street
screaming with fear, carrying their ba-
bies and dragging along their
OIu6r CulluT6u anu calling lOF
help on the Madonna and the
saints. The men escaped into the
open with their families, all calling
on their favorite saints for protection.
The cafes were taken by assault by the
strangely CARRIED crowd, but as daylight
broke without repetition of the earth
quake the crowd gradually melted away
until by eight o'clock the streets had
almost assumed their normal appear
ance, except in the ruined villages,
where the inhabitants had not homes to
go to. The general confusion was added
to by dreadful cries from the jails,
where the prisoners were beside them
selves with fright, and in some cases
mutinied, but fortunately all the pris-
oners were kept within bounds. Troops,
engineers and doctors have been hur-
ried to the scenes of disaster to assist
in the work of rescue and salvage. The
ministry of the interior sent $4,000 for
the relief of the destitute, and Minister
of Public Works Ferraris left for Cal
abria Friday evening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
News Notes.

Hamline-Minesota's finest state fair
opened with an attendance of SO, o99,
the greatest on record.
St Paul-Over 5000 marched in the
Labor day parade.
ST. Paul-The one-day-old baby OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Goodrich, was acct
dentally smothered to death. Coroner
A. w. Miller made an investigation
and decided that death was due to &C
cident.
Minneapolis-John Ternes was in
stantly killed as a result of the col
lapse of 5ofoot scaffold.
Minneapolis-Th the house break
ers and fat robbers are still fourishina
in the city can be seen from the num-
Der of complaints that reach police
headquarters regarding petty thefts
and attempted burglaries.
Royalton-The accidental discharge
of a gun in the hands of Stephen
Pasterick may be the cause of Ralph
Skinner looslng his arm. These two
and another boy were hunting prairie
chickens near the village when the ac-
cident occurred.
Minneapolis-From estimates gath
cred at many of the employment Off
ces in the city it is figured that 634
men were shipped in one day to work
elsewhere.
Duluth-Held up by an old she bear
and half. grown cub, the passengers
of two Woodland cars were given a
taste of Western frontier life
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

Between walls rising almost perpen-
dicularly sometimes 500 feet above
them, ships will sail through the Guile
bra section of the Panama canal. A
canyon five miles in length and hun
dreds of feet deep will be built. At all
events, ships must pass ten miles be-
tween the lofty perpendicular walls, ex-
cluoIng two-thirds of the sky from
view, on their way between Colon and
Panama. Through this artificial can
yon half of the oceanic commerce of
the world must find it's way, the Guile
bra mass standing in the midst of it as
a monument to American enterprise
that may survive the memory of ma
tions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
WILL SUCCEED LOOMS.
Robert Bacon, of New York, Appointed
as First Assistant Secretary
of State.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. president
Roosevelt Monday afternoon announced
officially the appointment of Robert Ba-
con, OF New York, to be first assistant
secretary of state, to succeed Francis b.
LOOMS. The announcement was &C
companied by the statement that Mr..
Bacon would not assume the duties of
his office for some time, perhaps until
about the middle of October, after Sec
rotary Root had become settled in the
Office OF secretary of state. Mr.. LOOMS
resignation has been practically in the
hands of President Roosevelt for sew
eral months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Disaster at State Fair.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept I'm the pres
ence of thousands of visitors at the
state fair late Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Seventhal, of Eau
Claire, Wis, fell from the upper car of
a Ferris wheel to the ground, a dis
lance of nearly 100 feet. Mrs. Seven
thai was instantly killed and her hus-
band was so badly injured that he
may not live. The accident created a
scene bordering on panic. The car
was descending, and the seat in which
they were sitting broke, precipitating
them to the ground.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Two Die in. Auto WRECK

Philadelphia, Sept. 6.-While en-
1outc from Atlantic City to Philadel-
phia Tuesday in an automobile Neill
Wolfe, secretary and treasurer of an
automobile company of this city, and
Miss Marie Hamill, daughter of a
wealthy Germantown shoddy manufac-
turer, We're thrown from an automo-
bile on bridge over the West Jersey
& Seashore railroad, near Atco, N. j.,
and hurled 80 feet to the tracks below.
Miss Hamill was almost instantly
killed and Mr.. Wolfe died soon after.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Big Suit for Damages.

Milwaukee, Sept. 9.-Following his
$250,eO0 libel suit against the Free
Press, the mouthpiece of District At
torney McGovern in the anti-graft
crusade in Milwaukee, Charles F. Pts
ter, the millionaire indicted on a
charge of larceny as bailee of $4,000
in the rendering plant deal of several
years ago, Friday brought a civil suit
for conspiracy damages of $500, 900
against the most prominent half
breeds" in Milwaukee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Good Showing.

Applicants for teachers certifica tes
made better showing this year than
any previous year, according to the
com pilations of state examination pa
pers made by J. w. Olsen, superinten-
dent of public instruction. The per-
centage of those who passed this year
is So 80, as compared with 4s per cent
last year. The number of examina-
tion papers written were 1929
Grammar proved to be the great
stumbling block this year; SO. 4 per
cent failed in that subject. Usually it
is mathematics that the applicants
show deficiency in. The results in
penmanship were the best in the total
aggregate of applicants. Only 40
failed, compared with 4,477 who pas
sed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

To the average man who racks his
brain TO make domestic ends meet on
s2 of G3 week there is some-
thing startling in the light recently
thrown on the life and habits of Mr..
Samuel Dunlap, of England, the octo-
genarian millionaire, who died few
weeks ago. Mr.. Dunlap's housekeeper
declares, among many other strange
things, that during 40 years this own
er of millions only purchased one suit
of clothes, a cheap pair of grey troui
sers, and two overcoats; while four
straw hats, at shilling each, were all
the head-covering required for Is years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Many Sailors. Perish.

Pequaming, Mich, Sept. 6.-Twenty
six names were added on Tuesday to
the death list from Sundays great gale
on Lake Superior, practical confirma-
ton of the loss of the steamer Iosco
and her tow, the schooner Olive jean
cite, having been received at this port.
This brings the total loss of life to go.
Both vessels are believed to have foun-
dered near Huron island.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

The artificial eyebrow is the latest
aid to beauty of the applied" order.
Such eyebrows, sometime made singly,
cost from $3.50 to $3.50 per pair, ac-
cording to the grade of the work of
construction, the work being always
necessarily of fine order. And any
where from eight to twenty pairs may
be annually needed by the beauty
seeker who would thus remedy ma
lures defects in the matter of eye
brows. But the game is we'll worth
the candle for most of the faces so
imnrOyed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Chief Salmon Resions

Washington, Sept. 7.-Dr. David 4.
Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal
industry, department of agriculture,
has rendered his resignation, and it
has been accepted to take effect on
October 1. Secretary Wilson de-
clined to state whether the resigna-
ton is due to the charges filed recent
ly against DIR. Salmon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

President Loubet, of France, has in
timated that he will not seek a re-
election, but will retire at the end of
his term next year. His reasons are
said to be that the president of
France is too much of figurehead,
and that a second term might easily
degenerate into a life tenure, which
would be dangerous to the republic.
Besides, Mr.. Loubet wishes to give the
other aspirants a chance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

One of the familiar tests by which
a chemist recognizes the presence of
arsenic is the odor of garlic given off
when one of it's compounds is heated
in the blowpipe flame. The same smell
of garlic is produced when certain
fungi grow or substances containing
arsenic. And it is interesting to note
that one species of fungus is found to
accomplish this feat of chemical analy-
sis more effectively when it is grown
in connection with yellow algal cells
in other words, when it forms the
plant association known as lichen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

Alaska may have it's drawbacks as
to winter climate, but every baseball.
loving boy would certainly like to live
there in summer With daylight every
minute of the "a hours and the most
popular time for playing the national
game from 8 o'clock in the evening to
midnight, and nothing in the way of
work to prevent, everybody is free to
go to the ball game. And most every
body promptly and enthusiastically
does GO
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
To Investigate Trade Relations.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 9. = 1t was
announced by the president Friday that
Judge William L. Penfield, solicitor of
the state department, has been desig-
mated by him to make an investigation
of the trade relations between the coun-
tries of South America and those of Eu-
rope with a view to improving Ameri-
cas- commerce with the countries lying
to the south of the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Heavy Loss by Fire.

Cleveland, o., Sept 9. = The seven
story power building at 29-31 Michigan
street, occupied by number of manu.
featuring concerns, was Quilted by fire
Friday. The CHATTER G Decker power
building adjoining was also damaged.
The losses will aggregate 100000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Swept Over Waterfall.

Ossipee, N. H., Sept 8.-Roberts ia
cobs, 81 years old and of Detroit, Mich,
was drowned Thursday while canoeing
in the Ossipee river, at Cedar Falls,
Me. With companion he was pad
ding downstream, when the swift cur
rent swept the canoe over a high water
fall. The companion was rescued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

An English master mariner named
Death has had his name changed. He
said, in explanation, that he was now
acting as first officer, but expected
soon to have command of ship. He
was afraid that few passengers would
care about risling a voyage in ship
captained by Death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
Couldn't Be Both,

Bridget" said Mrs. Hiram Often to
the new servant, "the lady whose
name you gave me as reference tells
me you were not always truthful and
obedient."
mo, ma'am," replied Bridget, II
couldn't be wild her a-tellin' me all the
time to say she wasn't at home
Philadelphia Press.