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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
KILLED WIFE AND BABES.
Murderous Deed of Chicago Man
Makes Desperate Effort to
Commit Suicide.

Chicago, Jan. 12-John Miller, 25
years of age, waiter employed in a
restaurant, killed his wife and two
children at his home, SO Lewis street,
early Wednesday. After shooting them,
he cut their Threats with razor. Then
he cut his own throat and shot himself
in the breast. He may die. His wife's
upraidings, following his drunken and
spendthrift ways, led to the tragedy.
Miller returned home after midnight,
his money all gone, and much the worse
for liquor. When his wife scolded him
he drew revolver from his pocket and
began shooting. His wife fell at his
feet with two bullets in her body. Mil
Ter, thoroughly aroused, then dashed
past her PROSTATE form into the room
where his two little children had been
were rubbing their eyes to learn what
all the noise was about, when their
father leaped upon them and shot them,
one after the other.
To make sure his work of death had
been successful, Miller secured a razor
from bureau drawer and deliberately
cut the Threats of his wife and chill
dren, and then hacked their bodies.
Then, standing where he could survey
his murderous handiwork, he cut his
own throat. He did not die quick
enough to suit him and he pressed the
pistol to his breast and sent it's re-
naming load into his bosom. A mo-
ment later neighbors burst down the
door of his rooms. Miller regained
consciousness after being taken to the
hospital, but sullenly declined to say
a word in explanation of the tragedy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
PROVES GREAT POWER
When Regular Medical Treatment
Failed, DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Her Rheumatism.

Hundreds of people afflicted with rheu-
matlsm have spent years under the care
OF excellent physicians in vain. Then
they have settled down to the conviction
that it is fastened OH them for life. Mrs.
Dlnsmore was not willing to join the.
ranks OF the hopeless merely because her
doctor did not know how to help her.
Here is her story:
:" Four years ago I suffered greatly
with rheumatism in my hands and
knees. After had been sitting while
my limbs seemed so heavy could hardly
walk on the first attempt. So long as I
kept moving was all right, but Just as
soon as stopped, something seemed to
settle in my knees and make them ache.
My hands were so bad couldn't touch
the palms OF them OH fiat surface; they
were swollen and panied so.'
"Did you call in physician?''
81 doctored steadily for over a year:
then one doctor said: you have taken
medicine strong enough to kill almost
anything Still, it did not kill me nor
the rheumatism. -
" How, then, did you get rid of it?"
AT different times had read in yari.
Gus publications about DIR. Williams
wonderful Pink Pills for Pale People.
and 1 finally decided to try them. took
them steadily for four months in ac-
cordance with the directions. By that
time was completely cured"
"Have you been free from it ever
since?''
"Since then have had but one slight
return of my trouble, and box or two of
the same pills made me allright again."
Mrs. F. A. Dinsmore lives in hearty
enjoyment of her recovered health at
Woburn, Mass, entirely freed from the
grave anxieties that rheumatism always
brings. When it appears in but a single
joint it shows that the blood is in a faulty
state i'll the whole body. 1t may at any
moment break out elsewhere, and one Of
the dangers is that it may break out in
the heart and then the result must be
fatal. The only security is to keep the
blood all the time in perfectly sound
condition.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills make healthy
blood. All other relief is superficial.
This is thorough. These pills are sold
by all druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
ALL CROPS GOOD IN WEST.
ERIN CANADA.
potatoes the Finest I Ever Saw -

owing to the great amount of inter
est that is being taken in Western Can
ada, it is we'll to be Informed Of some
OF the facts that are Bringing about the
great emigration from portions OF the
United States.
The Canadian Government have aus
thorized agents at different points, and
the facts related in the following may
be corroborstsd IN spplis.@ssn. At tie
same time they WI, &c ale to quote
you rates, and give you certificates
emitting you 70 low rates on the diff
ferent lines Of railway. The following
letter copied from the North Bend
(Neb) Eagle, is an unsolicited testi-
monial. and the experience of Mr..
Austen is that of hundreds Of other
Ameficans, who have made Canada
their home during the past seven or
eight years:
81 presume some may be interested
to know how we have progressed this
year in the Canadian Northwest. We
have no complaint to offer We have
had good year, crops were good and
we have had delightful season. l
threshed from my place $3.50 bushels
of grain. My oats made 65 bushels per
acre and weighed 421a pounds per
bushel. My wheat made 311h bushels
per acre and is No. 1 quality. My
barley made about 80 bushels of good
quality. My crop is a fair average OF
the crops in the Edmonton district.
Cali crops were good here this sea-
son. Potatoes the finest 1 ever saw,
and all vegetables adapted to the
climate. We have had very fine fail
but no exception to the rule as the fail
season is, I think, the most pleasant
of the year. We have had no snow yet
Nov. 81, and have been blowing and
working the land preparing for an
early seeding next spring. Last night
the mercury dropped lower than any
previous night this fall and this morn
ing there is a crust Of frost on the
fields sufficient, to prevent field work
No doubt many would imagine that Al
berta had put on her winter overcoat
before this and that the people were
wrapped in furs, but it is only ques-
ton of time when this country will not
be looked upon as an iceberg, but
country fit for the best Of mankind to
live in.
eve are now assured Of transcon-
tinental railway, which is to be built
| to the Pacific during the next nve
years. The Canadian Northern ROAD
| is graded to within seventy-fve miles
of Edmonton. 1t comes from Wlnnl-
peg, and will reach us next summer, SO
with one railroad already at hand, the
second to reach us in less than year,
and the third to penetrate our city and
open UP this country to the west across
the Rockies to the coast within nVe
wears. we surely have reason to believe
that the country is progressing.
every respectfully,
az. J. Austen"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
WAR ON FIREWORKS.
Fire Chief Croker, of New York, Urges
Prohibition of Their Sale
and Use.

New York, Jan. 14.-Chief Edward F,
Croker, of the New York fire depart
ment, has recommended to Fire Com
missioner Hayes that steps be taken at
once to prohibit the use of all fire.
works, except firecrackers, on July 4.
During the week of July 4, 1904, he says,
there were 305 fires in Greater New York,
of which 128 were traceable to fireworks.
Mr.. Croker states that 846 persons were
injured by fireworks on last Independ-
ence day. At fire headquarters it was
said that Chief Cookers letter is the
first step in campaign which he pro-
poses to wage against all fireworks at
all seasons in this city. New York is
the largest fireworks market in the
country, and the industry is said to rep
resent an annual expenditure in this city
of $2,000,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
HIGH HONOR FOR
An Illinois MAN
CONGRESSMAN WARNER PLACED
AT HEAD OF PENSION DE-
PARTMENT.
Bristow Quits Postal Service to Ac-
cept Commission to Make Investi-
cation of Trade Conditions and
Freight Rates.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE president
Friday appointed Vespasian Warner to
be commissioner of pensions. Mr.. War
ner is now member of congress from
Illinois. Mr.. Warner is from the Nine
tenth district of Illinois and was re-
elected last November for the fifth
term and was strongly Endorsed by the
state delegation and by prominent mem
bers of the G. A. r. and other organiza-
lions of ex-soldiers.
New Position for Bristow.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Joseph L. Bris-
tow, fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral, On Friday rendered to the presi-
dent his resignation as an officer of the
postal service to take effect on the goth
instant. By an executive order issued
late in the afternoon President Roose-
welt designated Mr.. Bristow as special
commissioner to make an investigation
into the present trade conditions and
freight rates between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts and between the west
coast of South America and the east
coast of the United States, and Europe,
to determine the best policy of manag-
ing the Panama railroad The an
nouncement came at the conclusion of
an extended conference between the
president, Secretary Taft, Mr.. Bristow
and Senator Long, of Kansas. After
the conference at the white house. Sen
ator Long said that the transfer of Mr..
BristoW from the post office department
to work in connection with the proposed
lsthmian canal had been under consid-
Grafton fqr long time Mr.. Bristow
has had Interviews with the president
and Secretary Taft regarding the mat
ter, but his final determination was not
reached until Friday His decision to
accept the special commissionership
was fastened, it is understood, by the
transfer Thursday of the division of
post office inspectors from the bureau of
the fourth assistant postmaster gener-
al to the direct control of the postmas-
ter general himself. Mr.. Bristow re-
garded the issuance of the order of
transfer of the division as a reflection
upon him. That the order as to the
insu ectors' divisioal was not issued
with the idea of humiliating Mr.. Bris-
toe is evidenced by the presidents &C.
tion on Friday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
SUED FOR A MILLION.
Enormous Damage Suits Brought by
Illinois Farmers Against
Drainage Canal.

Princeton, ILL.,, Jan. 13.-Suits were
commenced here in the circuit court OF
Bureau county against the Chicago
drainage canal trustees for damages in
the amount of $6S5,700 Other suits for
s145, 500 were brought to-day in Putnam
county. The plaintiffs are IS land
owners who claim their property along
the Illinois river has been inundated and
damaged by reason of the large quantity
of water turned into the Illinois river by
reason of the construction of the drain
age canal. In the suits brought the
property lies between Depue and Henry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The total issue of the commemora-
tive series of postage stamps for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition reach
ed only 2S7,99O, 200, as compared with
total for the Worlds Columbian ex-
position at Chicago Of 2,014,233, 100.
The issue was even less than of the
special stamps for the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo, which was 324,-
O7O,O0O. The total issue of special
stamps for the Omaha exposition, COW
ering the two-year period, was L,l..
5S2,440.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Would Give Taft More Power.

washington, Jan. I4.-PresIdent
Roosevelt, in a brief message transmit
ting to congress the first annual report
of the Panama canal commission, to-
gether with a letter from Secretary Taft
relating to Panama affairs, recommends
that he be given greater discretion, as
he is charged with the responsibility
of constructing the canal. The board of
canal commissioners, he says, should be
reduced to five or preferably three MEM
bers, whose duties, powers and salaries
should be assumed by the president.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The construction of a municipal tele-
phone system in Hull, Eng, has
brought about a speedy reduction in
rates. At recent meeting of the cor
poration telephone committee it was
announced that the charge for unlim-
fled service over an exclusive line
would be $24.33 per annum to private
houses and $3O.65 to business prem
Uses. This reduction has been fol-
lowed by large increase in the num-
her of subscribers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Four Lives Lost.

Piggott, Ark, Jan. 12.-Four persons
were killed in rear-end collision be-
tween a freight train and a switch en-
CINE on the Cotton Belt railroad at
this place at noon Wednesday. The
four who were killed were passengers
and were riding in the caboose on the
freight train. The caboose was set on
fire and the bodies of the victims were
burnedSto crisp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Stolen Jewels Unearthed

New York, Jan. 13.-Detectives, after
eight months search, found jewels
valued at $4,000 stolen from the wife
of Bishop Potter. The gems were found
in vacant lot in this city, hidden be-
meath rock, and William Coleman,
well-known to the police, was arrested
as the thief.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Fire in Iowa Village

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 13.-Fire of sup
posed incendiary origin destroyed the
business section of Arispe, village 40
miles south of here. The Arispe
Mercantile company, where the flames
originated, were the heaviest losers.
The building and it's contents, valued at
$4,000 being consumed. The Names
general merchandise store and a num-
Der of small business houses also were
consumed. The total loss will aggre-
gate $4,000; partially insured
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The record price of $1,000 was paid
the other day at the auction sale in
New York Of Bishop John F. Hurst's
hne collection of Americana for first
edltlon OF the Mohawk Prayer Book,
which ranks next to John Eliot's In
dian Bible as the rarest and most val
liable OF all the works written for the
instruction of the North American In
dians. The book was bought on or
der. 1t is a small quarto of 1876 pages
and was written by Lawrence Claesse.
interpreter to the Rev. William An
drews.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

Walnuts are the second most inn
portant article of export from Gren-
oble. France The harvest of 1903
was above the average and produced
about $4,000 bales of 100 Kilograms
each (6.172,SS0 pounds) of unshelled
nuts and 10000 to $4,000 cases, of rs
Kilograms each Q,652,7OO to 1.92s,15O
pounds) of shelled nuts or walnut kerr
nels. A very large part of this crop
found it's way to the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Files Notice of Contest

Denver, Col, Jan. 19.-Notice of for
mer Gov James H. Peabody's contest
against Gov. Alva Adams for the office
of governor was filed with the legislature
Thursday. The complaint sets forth the
allegation that the majority of STA for
Adams on the face of the returns as final
ly canvassed was obtained by means of
a conspiracy in Denver and several other
counties
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The official emigration statistics il
dictate a still further increase in the
-"dmebr Of emigrants who embarked
az the port of Havre during 1903.
There were 51,463 whose destination
was the UTnite1 States, against 44,92O
IN 1902, and 1922 who went to Gen.
tral and South America, making a to-
tai of $685. emigrants, an increase of
6,223 over the number in 1902, of 49,
642 over the number in 1901, of 20, 468
over the number in 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
IN OTHER LANDS.

At Thebes the annual average rise
of the Nile Is 40 feet.
Greece at present holds the Euro
pean record for rapidity in the IN
crease of population.
London's smallpox epidemic OF last
wear cost the metropolitan asylums
board close on half million sterling.
Among the spoils Of war taken at
Liaoyang was a pet pigeon belonging
to Gen. Kuropatkin. It is now In
Toxic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
May Have Small Surplus.

st. Louis, Jan. 11.-At the regular
monthly meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position company financial report was
read showing that when all debts are
paid there will probably be left small
surplus to be divided among the stock
holders
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

Brazilian ants make little gardens in
the tree tops and SOW them with pine
apple and other seeds. The gardens
are found of all sizes, some contain
ing single sprout and others dense
Iy grown ball as large as mans head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The Berlin police authorities have
ordered that the following rules, con-
tanning instructions to the public as
to how to act in case Of fire, shall be
displayed in Illuminated letters be-
tween the acts, on the drop curtains
OF the Berlin theaters: 1. Leave the
theater quietly. 2. Proceed to the
nearest exit. 3. Do not scream and
DO not push. 4. Do not stop at the
cloakroom as you go out 5. Do not
stand about near the exits. 6. Obey all
the orders of the theater attendants
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The more important causes of death
during the past year in the island OF
Cuba have been tuberculosis, diseases
of the circulatory system, enteritis
I(under two years., bronchitis ana
pneumonia, tetanus, meningitis and
malaria. Not a single case of yellow
fever has developed on the island dur
ing the past year or two preceding
years. nor, with single exception has
there been any smallpox.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The average consumption of wheat
in France for all purposes, including
sowing, is estimated at 349,OOO'ooo
bushels Taking the estimate OF the
minister of agriculture, there appears
TO be deficit of over 100000 BUSH
els, but as the reserve stocks are esti-
mated at 56,750,00O bushels it is prob.
able that France will not have to inn
port large quantities of foreign wheat
to supply the home demand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Disastrous Wreck.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, Jan. 13.-Santa Fe
passenger train No. 4, the California
limited, collided head on with freight
train early Thursday, 80 miles south of
Ration, N. M. Three men were killed and
two fatally wounded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Not Pronerlv CONSTITUTED

Reading, Pa, JAN 14.-The ecclesias
tical court of inquiry called to consider
charges against Bishop Talbot, of CEN
trail Pennsylvania, adjourned sine die
Friday afternoon. the members having
decided that the body was uncanonically
constituted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Burglars Take County Fnnds

Toledo, O., Jan. 14.-Safe robbers
wrecked the safe in the Office OF the coun-
ty treasurer at Wauseon, O., early Fri
day morning and secured $4,000 of the
county funds. The safe was blown to
pieces by dynamite.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Lawyer and Editor Dead.

Marshall, ILL.,, Jan. 12.-Silas S. White
head, for As years a prominent lawyer,
died Wednesday. In 1854 he established
the Evansville Qnd.) Enquirer, now the
Courier. Later he established the East
ern Illinoisan at Marshall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

There were SGT strikes in France in
1903 against 512 in 1902. In 416 cases
in 1903 the strikers were organized.
Ten unions were organized during
strike, and three were dissolved in
consequence of strikes. The strikers
were successful in 1872 cases, involv-
ing 1885 men; 222 strikes were set
tied by adjustment. involving S9736
men; 223 strikes, involving 2O.sS9
men failed; 10 strikes lasted more
than 100 days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

The explosive force of lightning act
ing ON dead wood is not, as rule. SO
great rs when living trees are struck.
thoash Sir William Harris shows that
tbe-In1ser masts of ships of the asse.
three feet in diameter. and ITO feet
long. bound with hoops of iron half an
inch thick and FIVE inches wide, the
whole weighing ABOUT eighteen tons,
have been in many instances torn
asunder and the hoops of iron scat
tered about the 3ecks.''
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Heavy Losses of Stock.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 13.-From the west
ern Kansas ranges come reports of
heavy losses of stock as result of the
severe cold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Takes Office for Third Time.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 12-Gov
jefferson Davis was inaugurated
Wednesday with simple ceremonies for
his third term.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20
Raiders Harass Japs.

Toxic, Jan. 1.-THE bodies of Rus
sian cavalry raiders actively operating
southwest of Liaoyang are evidently de-
sirous of harassing japanese railroad
communication and interrupting the
transportation of Gen. Nogi's army to
reinforce Field Marshal Oyama at Lao
yang.
A report from the Japanese army head
quarters on the Liaotung peninsula re-
ceived Friday says: "A body of Rus
slams, evidently from Gen. Mistchenko's
cavalry brigade, with the Second in
fantry regiment, railroad guards and
guns, recently surrounded the Japanese
post at Niuchiatun, north of Yinkow. on
the line of communication, and assault
ed it from the direction of Siantziatzu.
The Russians were repulsed, losing at
least so men,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-20

Berlin, Jan. 11.-Emperor William
has conferred on Gen. Stoessel and Gen.
Nogi the Order of Pour LIE Merite'' in
recognition of the bravery of them
selves and their troops at Port Arthur
His majesty has asked the Russian and
japanese emperors to authorize Gems.
Stoessel and Nogi to accept the decora-