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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
1nssn. Patient Murdered

Traverse City, Mich, July %. = Mrs
Mary Larkins, patient at the state in
sane asylum here; was murdered early
Friday by Mrs. Ernestine Berge, an
other patient, while the attendant was
absent from the room for a few mo-
ments attending another patient. When
Miss Fenton, the nurse, returned to the
room the two women were in she found
Mrs. Larkins with her head crushed
from blows with a granite iron vessel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Doomed Man a Suicide.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 2O.-Edward
Gottschalk, under sentence to be
hanged on August s, committed sui
eide Wednesday afternoon by hanging.
The guard, who has been with him
constantly since sentence of death was
passed, absented himself for about
ten minutes and when he returned to
the condemned mans cell Gottschalk
was dead
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Took Deadly Revenge.

Pensacola, Fla, July 19.-William f.
Williams, a clerk in the store of John
White, shot the latter dead Tuesday,
aid then turned his revolver upon a
clerk, Ed Dansby, and James. White,
manager, and both are in dying con-
dition, Dansby being shot through the
back and White through the lungs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Balfour to Stay in Office.

London, July Pit is understood
that Premier Balfour has decided to
remain in Office until the end of the
session and to dissolve parliament in
October. No authoritative statement,
however, will be made until Monday,
and in the interval this decision may
be modified.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
HANGED.

The Dalles, Ore, July 22.-Norman
Williams, who murdered Alma Nesbitt
and her mother on March 8. 1900, was
hanged Friday at the Wasco county
Jail. He made no statement, his last
remark being: my lips are sealed to
the world
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Police Chief Assassinated.

Helsingfors, Finland, July 22.-Col.
Kremarenko, chief of police. was shot
Friday by man named Procope and
died later. Procope was arrested and
has been identified as an accomplice
of the man who recently attempted to
assassinate former Gov Missojedoff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

A very significant thing is the Ian
guages which the children of Japan
are obliged to learn in the public
schools. School attendance has just
been made compulsory from 6 to IA
years of age. The first four years they
are taught the Japanese and Chinese
languages, and the last four years
English is added. This shows with
what peoples Japan expects to find the
closest alliances and the greatest pros
perity
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Mead ( ooo Men

Pierre, S. D., July 21.-Laborers and
harvest hands are badly needed in
South Dakota at present. Five thou
sand men are needed for haying and
harvest, 500 being needed in Edmunds
county alone The men will receive
from s35 to $45 per month and board.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Britt Defeats Sullivan.

San Francisco, July 22.-Jimmy
Britt is still the lightweight cham
pion of the world. He was awarded
the decision over kid" Sullivan Fri
day night, in twenty-round contest
in which Britt was the bright and shin
ing star. He outpointed Sullivan in
nearly every round.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

Since the first visit to the ice cap Of
the South pole was made, some so
years ago, there has been a steady re,
cession of the belt of some thirty
miles, and it is argued that in course
of time it will be possible to make ap-
proach to the pole itself, and that the
land in that vicinity may even become
inhabited.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

Among the prizes offered by the Par
is Academy of Science to inventors is
one of 500 1000, founded by Pierre Guz-
mann, which is to go to the person
who finds a way to communicating
with the inhabitants of another planet.
Another prize-the Breant-awaits
any one who discovers an infallible
remedy against Asiatic cholera.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
no Surrender Portfolio.

Seattle, Wash, July 22.-Dr. Horace
Newton Allen, retiring envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary
from the United States to Korea, was a
passenger on the steamship Minnesota
on his way to Washington to surrender
his portfolio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Lower Rapids Conquered.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 1S.-Car-
Isle D. Graham, of this city, and Will
liam j. Glover, Jr.. of Baltimore, sue
cessfully swan the lower rapids of the
Niagara river from the American side
of the whirlpool to Lewiston Monday
afternoon. The distance of four miles
was covered in 26 minutes by Glover,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Woman q Suicide.

Chicago, July 22.-Miss Annie
Teller, 80 years old, committed sui
eide in room 20 of the Illinois trust
and savings bank Friday by shooting
herself in the left side. She was at
tended in her last moments by DR..
c. Pruyn Struggled, but she died in
short time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Girl Heir to Fortune

Des Moines, Ia, July 22.-Through the
recent death of Mrs. Jane Martin, Of
Nevada, Ia, Miss Pearl Martin, an
adopted daughter, has fallen heir to a
fortune of $165,O0l Miss Martin is 16
years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

Baron de Rosen proves Sphinx
when Russian politics is discussed"
He doubtless recalls certain Cassini
prophecies and is reminded Of the IL
tie of one of Mr.. Shaw's recent plays.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Snecial Session I'M November

Lincoln, Neb., July 22-Senator E. J.
Burkett has received a letter from
Secretary Loeb in which it was stated
it is the presidents intention to call
a special session of congress on No
vember IL.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Vladivostok in Danger,

London, July 19.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says
that Jaapnese army has been landed
north of Vladivostok and that COM
plete development of the fortress is
imminent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

The longest span of any bridge yet
erected will be placed in the cantilever
bridge now under construction across
the st. Lawrence River at Quebec.
This bridge is being constructed with
two approach spans of 210 feet each,
two shore arms 500 feet in length, and
a great central span Of 1900 f,et,
which is the longest yet built by so
feet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

The prince of Monaco is rendering
to aerial navigation a service more
valuable than the invention of flying
machines. He is making a really sys-
tematic study of air currents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Another Echo of Failure.

Topeka Kan, July o. = State Treas
urer T. T. Kelly Friday refused formally
the demand of Gov. Hoch to give a new
bond for $3.50, 900. to cover that impaired
by the failure of c. J. Devlin, who was
one of Kelly's principal bondsmen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Prominent Judge Dead.

Ann Arbor, Mich, July II. = Judge
Noah w. Cheever, of this city, who has
been prominent in the affairs of the ma
tional prohibition party, disd suddenly
at his home Thursday from apoplexy.
He was 65 years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Found Guilty.

Gam Valley, S. D. July g. = Daniel
Kelley, accused of wife murder, was
found guilty. The jury recommended
life Imprisonment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
sultan,s Life Attempted.

Sofia, Bulgaria, July %. - 1t is re-
ported officially from Constantinople
that during Fridays selamlik an at
tempt was made to assassinate the sui
tan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

Half of the 10000 freight cars or
dered for American railroads last year
were of steel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
Fighting the President.

The fight against President Roosevelt
by the senatorial combine is well under
way and will be more strenuous than
ever by the middle of January when the
members of the upper house resume
their normal condition following the
holidays. The fight is to be carried on
over the shoulders of Taft, secretary of
war. According to statements made by
Walter Wellman it is the purpose of the
senators not only to continue their criti-
cism of Panama management but to
take up the administration of Secretary
Taft in the Philippines and subject it
to rigid scrutiny. The meaning of this
and of the whole course of the senate
toward President Roosevelt and his as
sociates in the executive branch of the
government is that the presidential game
of 1908 has already opened. There are
candidates for the next republican nom
nation in the senate-plenty of them;
and they already are maneuverlng to
bowl out all aspirants for the nomina-
ton. Roosevelt himself is no longer
feared. The furry of few months ago
in which there was much talk that the
president might be nominated by both
parties two years from next summer has
disappeared. Since then Mr.. Roosevelt
has lost instead of gaining strength. He
is still by long odds the most popular
man in the country, but there is no dan
ger of his running for president again.
Leading republican senator's are deter
mined that Mr.. Roosevelt shall not ex-
tend his reign over the party through
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
Something the People Expect.

The Mountain Lake View crawls out
of it's McCleary shell long enough to
take exception to the following para
graph from The Free Press:
''There are thousands of people in the
second district who would like to see
McCleary's name attached to something
in the shape of national legislation. He
has been in congress about twelve years
and up to the present writing he has
not accomplished anything in that di
recetion. The people would like to be
shown, even if they are not from the
state of mules and corncob pipes"
The View takes this view of the stu
alton:
"Who are those people? Do they ex-
pect one representative to have power
enough in congress to change all the
conditions in his district so marvelously
that everybody feels a pleasant sensa-
ton from the change? The nearest
neighbors of a prophet will freqently
sheer at him as one who is in company
with undesirable forces"
The people expect from one who has
represented them in congress for twelve
years something besides bombast and
egotism. They have right to call for
something of a substantial character,
not "jollying" letters to the gullible
voters or garden seed trash, or smooth
talk of promotion to the Craftsmanship
of a committee that he is not capable
of filling. In other words he is not
heavy enough to hold down the lid.
"Your congressman" is not called upon
to change all the conditions in his dis
trict, but he is expected to represent the
people and to carry out their wishes to
some extent, at least. Mr.. McCleary has
been in congress twelve years and more,
and we have yet to find that he has sue
ceeded in pressing through congress any
legislation of an important character,
legislation that has been demanded by
the people, or was in any way beneficial
to them. He has kept as mum as an
oyster on the all-absorbing question
railroad rate legislation. He may vote
right on the proposition, but that is
not enough. Why does he not come out
in the open, make his position known,
and give his endorsement to the positive
stand that has been taken by the presi-
dent? The republicans in the second dis
trict would be immensely pleased were
the scholar in politics" to make HIM
self felt in this battle for fair and just
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
The Voice of the People.

The farmers of Iowa, through the
State Agricultural society, have asked
congress to give the reciprocity section
of the Dingley law fair trial. Com
menting on this action, The Des Moines
Register and Leader says that these
farmers cannot be sneered at as the
three tailors of Tooley street. 'The
farmers of Iowa say to their representa-
tives in congress that it is absurd to
demand a two-third vote in the senate
for the ratification of a trade treaty
when q majority vote in the two houses
could abolish the tariff altogether. Why
should the mere matter of securing a
trade agreement with one nation be at
tended with such solemnity when the
doors could be thrown down to the world
at large by a simple act ratified by a
mere majority? 1t was incidental to the
main purpose of Dingley bill reciproci-
ty that a two thirds vote was required.
Now that it is apparent that two
thirds vote is absurd, and impossible, the
farmers of Iowa say to their represen-
tatives that they want the methods by
which the business may be done chang
ed. Let the reciprocity which the Nc
Kinley administration promised in good
faith have fair trial"
So the contest is waged. The farmers,
the manufacturers and the working peo-
people generally have asked congress to
give the reciprocity clause chance.
They don't want it smothered and kill
ed off without giving it fair trial.
Congress does not appear to be in the
mood to respond to the call of the peo-
pie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
That Eating House.

A contract has been let to Will o
Hughes in this place for the building OF
new eating house east of the depot Oh
the railroad grounds. The party who
will operate the house is the one who
has control of all those along. The build
ing will be one story high, 1Sx36. II
will have three rooms with large two
light windows. The style and the roof
will be the same as that of the depot
Lake Crystal Union.
Mankato people are wondering what
has become of the eating house that the
Omaha road promised in exchange for a
piece of ground which was donated the
company by the council. The donation
occurred several years ago, but up to
the present writing there have been nc
evidences of an eating house. Seems as
if the Omaha ought to make good its
promise. There should be an eating
house operated in connection with the
union depot.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
One Way Out of the Difficulty

The ways and means committee OF
the council will hold meeting tomor-
row evening to discuss the matter OF
providing money with which to extend
water and sewerage to the old Tourtel.
lotte hospital for the benefit of the Lu-
theran Hospital association which has
secured control of the building. This
problem has been discussed by men1
bers of the committee, but no conclusion
has ever been reached. The council
feels that it is in duty bound to assist
in this excellent undertaking, realizing
that the establishment of another hos
pital will be of great benefit to the city.
The council is, however, handicapped in
it's desire. to encourage this enterprise
by a lack of funds, and just how to
meet the exigency is yet to be determin,
ed Mankato should by all means have
the hospital and the structure should be
provided with all modern conveniences
1t is incumbent upon the city to per-
form its part to that end, and without
delay. The Free Press does not believe
in extravaganza, nor would it sanction
the illegal expenditure of public funds
This paper has been a consistent advo-
cate of municipal economy, but it would
be false economy not to champion aid
for this worthy proposition which is now
before the aldermen. There is one way
the council can get out of the dilemma
Immediately after Jan. lst that body
could make tax levy of $1,000 This
sum would be sufficient to pay for
the necessary amount of pipe to con-
meet with the hospital. There is NO
question but that the city could buy this
pipe on years time, and the interest
on the amount would be but a trife
This plan appeals to The Free Press as
the smoothest way out of the difficulty.
Will it meet with the approval of the
ways and means committee and the
council? re
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
Talking of a Purse.

A movement to create, by popular
subscription, a wedding present for Miss
Alice Roosevelt, who is to be- married to
Congressman Nicholas Longworth in
February, has been started by citizens
of the eastern part of Oregon 1t is
the plan of the originators to have sub
scription lists in each state of the I'm
ion, the money secured to be transmitted
to the various statei treasurers, who will,
in turn, forward it to the secretary of
the treasury at Washington The sub
scriptions will close on Feb. s., SO as to
enable the present, which it is. believed
will be about 100000, to be turned
over to Miss Roosevelt on the day of
the wedding. Individual subscriptions
will be limited to 10 cents. 1t would
be far better to turn the money over to
charitable organizations. Miss Roose-
welt is not poverty stricken and the man
she is to marry is comfortably supplied
with the worlds goods. Therefore, the
lady is not in need of such purse.
The whole business, smacks too much
of aping foreign nations where the peo-
pie subscribe sometimes to funds for
royal marriages.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
McClearY and Eddy.

The st. Paul Dispatch has no conf
dence in the acceptance by Mr.. McCleary
of the challenge issued to him by Frank
Eddy. A great many people in the Sec
ond congressional district feel as The
Dispatch does. The Dispatch pitches in
to "Your congressman" Memory of the
last primary, when seven thousand re-
publicans, in spite of all his efforts and
those of his henchmen, and notwithstand-
ing the play, characterized by the Man
kato board of trade as ga disreputable
trick, went on record as opposing the
standpatters' standpatism, is still too
fresh. The test will have to be deferred
nutil next fall, when the preliminary
skirmish of last year will be move
ment in force upon McCleary's center.
Mr.. Eddy's challenge was the result of
some critisism of him and his position
made by The Lakefield Standard, one of
McCleary's organs in the second dis
trict. 1t says that, from being strong
advocate of the Dingley bill and of it
after enactment. Mr.. Eddy, since he
quit congress, has come to be ''as ardent
free trader as the democratic party
could well desire its candidate for presi-
dent to be-" Mr.. Eddy's paper, the
Sank Center Herald, The Standard de-
clares, "has come to be regarded as more
rebidly opposed to the Dingley tariff
than is even The st. Paul Dispatch,
which is now avowed democratic, though
classed as independent"
1t is quite the fashion among stand
patters to call every man or paper who
or which dissents from their notion of
the inviolability of the Dingley sched-
ules-which incarnate the latest spirit
of protection-"free traders" or "demo-
Gratis" If republican challenge Ding
leyissm as unrepublican; if he doubt the
permanency of the policy of protection,
he is at once dubbed free trader or a
democrat, the two being, in confused
minds, synonymous, though democrats
affect as much horror of free trade as
do the standpatters. Fortunately it
does not make spade dung-fork by
merely calling it one.
The position of The Dispatch has been
made clear and kept consistent all these
years. 1t holds protection to be now,
what it was originally, a temporary ex-
pedient to accomplish certain end-the
establishment beyond danger from out
side competition of our manufacturers
1t insists that these industries have now
reached position of security that
makes it incumbent upon the party to
institute Investigations to determine
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29

what branches no longer need protection
and to remove it as to them. As to
those which prove-not merely assert
their need, the quantity of protection re-
tanned for them in the tariff should be
such rates as would, in the language of
President Roosevelt in two messages to
congress, equalize the difference in la
Dor cost of their products here and
abroad. That, The Dispatch holds, is
true republicanism and from advocacy
of it it will certainly not be. driven by
any standpatter's cry that it is free
trade or democratic =.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
Attacks Mr.. McCleary's Bill.

The Sunday st. Paul Pioneer Press
hurled broadside at Representative
McCleary's maximum and minimum tar
iff bill. Under the caption Perverted
Tariff Tinkering," The Pioneer Press
said:
1t is probable that Congressman Nc
Cleary rather expresses his own convic-
tions than represents the desires of his
constituents in proposing to institute the
maximum minimum tariff idea by re-
tanning the present rates as the min
imum and clapping on few more cents
and per cents to make the maximum
The idea is not novel. The stand pat
tiers, with whom McCleary frankly
stands, have frequently threatened that
very thing. In fact, they Rugged the
maximum minimum to their bosoms with
delirious joy as soon as some one sug-
gested this way of applying it. But to
do any such thing would be to make a
mockery of the idea, which is essential
ly one of reciprocal concession. 1t
would do more. 1t would so arouse the
large and growing number of those who
have lost patience with the failure to
readjust the tariff to present-day condi-
tons that it would be not unlikely to
split the republican party wide open.
Schedules established in 1897, and
even then considered by reasonable pro-
tectionists as, for the most part, unnec-
essarily and unwisely high, have be-
come palpably unjustifable in the eight
years and more that have elapsed Those
years have been years of wonderful de-
velopment in all manufacturing lines
Industries that in 1897 were none too
sure of their future have been firmly es.
tablished. Methods of management and
production in many of them have been
SO improved as to offset in whole or in
part the increases in wages and in ma
terials. Not few by consolidation OF
by other means have put an end to ruin
GUS competition among themselves. AL
most all of them have solid hold on
the domestic market and are able to sell
all over the world in competition with
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29
NEW DRY GOODS STORE,
Frank Terrence Of St. Paul Makes Five
h Year Lease.

From Fridays Daily.
The building on South Front street,
now occupied by Lamm & Landkammer,
has been leased for a term of five
years by Frank j. Terrence of st. Paul,
who will take possession about March
lst, or as soon as it has been vacated
and will open drygoods store. Mr..
Terrence has leased the entire build
ing and will occupy it with his stock.
He has had twenty years experience in
the business, and intends to have an up
to date stock. He bellows the location
good, one, and it is his intention to
enlarge his quarters whenever the bus
mess will warrant. He expects to To-
cate in Mankato permanently.
Leo S. Lamm, who owns the build
ing, will remodel it as soon as it has
been vacated by the present tenants. An
entirely new front will be put in, the
glass extending down to the sidewalk,
and new stairs to the second floor will
be constructed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-29

railroad rate legislation, if he has the
influence that his admirers claim for
him. But no, Mr.. McCleary's time is
taken up with an attempt to pass
through congress tariff measure which,
in the opinion of many republican
newspapers, will, if it becomes law,
prove detrimental to the trade relations
which exist between this and foreign
nations. His is a retaliatory measure,
and President Mckinley once said that
"the period of retaliation is past"