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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-17
SHIPWRECKED ON
A CANNIBAL ISLAND
Terrible Experience of Five Sur
vivors Among Savages.
Escape a Watery Grave Only to Be Captured
and Fattened for q Feast of the Man.
Eaters-Rescue Finally Effected
By One of Their Number.

Philadelphia.-Fe persons would
relish the terrible but thrilling expert
ence of four sailors, Thomas Ellis, John
Niessen, 'homas Davis and Robert
Macgrego. who recently arrived at
Philadelphia, and many a man less
hearty would have died through sheer
fright had he undergone the ordeal.
To be saved from watery grave when
their ship was wrecked on the rocky
coast Of an island off New Guinea, only
to be washed up on a shore of land
infested by cannibals, then to fall into
the hands of band of savages to be
tortured and mutilated at their pleas
ure and finally to be fattened for feast,
is fate not pleasant to contemplate,
but the victims still live and bear the
scars of their experience to corroborate
their remarkable story.
Wrecked in Terrible Storm.
Last July while the ship Aigburth was
sailing near New Guinea, bound from
, New South Wales for Java for cargo OF
sugar for Philadelphia, the vessel en-
countered terrible storm. 1t was a
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fired it they Immediately swarmed up
the trees, but finally came back again.
1t was not long before several hundred
had gathered, and they soon made the
five men prisoners. For a day they were
treated with some consideration, when
a new leader appeared.
Then their troubles began.
Capt. Reed shot one of the men, kill
ing him, and during the excitement
which followed the shipwrecked sailors
made off into the woods.
Rival Bands in Battle.
They did not dare to go far inland.
and before long fell in with another
band of savages.
The latter indicated by signs that thew
were looking for the camp the white
men had just left.
The two tribes were evidently not on
friendly terms, and together they made
their way back to the scene of the
wreck, where a battle was fought. in
which the new-found friends won the
day. The shipwrecked sailors then es-
tablished a camp near the shore and for
nearly week were not disturbed, when
they were again attacked by their FIRST
captors, but with the assistance of soma
OF the members of the other tribe man
aged to beat them off.
Then followed another period of two
weeks of comparative rest and ouiet
when another fierce fight took place and
their friends were defeated and route6
Fought with Poisoned Arrows.
Ellis, in relating their experiences
says the savages fought with lances
made of very hard wood, and with ar
rows, thrown out of the hand by n neat
trick that he had never seen before
The warriors took the arrows with the
point forward and, resting them be-
tween the two first fingers, with the
thumbs down, and the little finger IN
made sort of spring out of their
fingers and shot the darts with amazing
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storm typical of these parts and rent the
ship from, stem to stern. Storms at sea
are no uncommon occurrence, but if
ever an earthquake struck a ship, the
Aigburth encountered one on this trip.
Capt. Reed, commander of the vessel,
seeing that the ship could not long with
stand the terrible pounding of the waves
and water, ordered the boats lowered.
Ellis. Davis, Niessen, Macgregor. the
captain and two seamen were the last
to leave the dismantled and sinking
craft. The two seamen were soon swept
overheard and were lost in the angry
waters. The rest, after trying expert
ence, made their way TO the shore.
Only Five Saved.
OF the q souls aboard, only these five
were saved. They had hardly left the
tattered hulk before the remains of the
once stanch vesseI were dashed to pieces
on the rocks.
The survivors congratulated each
other on their narrow escape from the
briny deep, and thought the worst of
their experience was over. Although
there were no-signs that the island was
inhabited, they thought that after the
storm had swept its course, they would
be able to rescue enough foodstuffs from
the wreck to sustain them until they
could signal some passing vessel and
make their way to civilization, but the
worst was still to come
Land of Strange People.
They had been on the island hardly
an hour before they noticed a swarm u.s
natives over their heads, passing from
branch to branch among the trees like
monkeys, and with hardly a sound
greater than that which might be caused
by whisper. The shipwrecked sailors
were considerably frightened by the
sight, but later learned that it was one
of tribe of many others on the island
that used both their hands and feet with
equal ease in travelling.
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News Notes.

There are rumors of gold find at
Fertile.
Supt. Whittier says the Red Wing
training school is overcrowded.
August Lindgren commits suicide in
st. Paul
Two exciting cock fights are pulled
off at the state poultry show.
Ole Mortenson is killed at the union
depot, st. Paul.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission makes its annual report.
The state maintains $50 circulating
libraries in the rural districts.
c. w. Martindale has been elected
superintendent of the public school at
Moorhead for next year. The board
was unanimous in its action.
The state live stock sanitary board
will prohibit the Importation of dis.
eased animals into Minnesota.
Fire broke out in the plumbing shop
of Lois Sherlund, at Brainerd, and the
building was Quilted.
The state will buy SIC, 900 worth of
paintings for the governors reception
room at the new capitol.
Miss M. C. Casserly of Milroy, aged
thirty years, and an inmate of the
school for the Predetermined at Fari-
bault, escaped from custody and wan
dered on to the Rock Island track,
where she was run over by train and
killed.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Child Nearly Burned.

Fire which did $500 damage to q
dwelling at 1929 Clinton avenue, Min
neapolis, came near claiming an infant
as victim. Only the timely arrival
of rescuers saved the child from almost
certain death. John Huston and his
wife, occupants of the house, were on
the first floor when the fire broke out
in the basement. They became bewil-
dered and for the time being forgot
their child, which slept on the second
floor.
Gathering what articles they could
they hastily made their way to the
street. Then they remembered the
child. Several young men volunteered
to go to the child's rescue.
Plunging through smoke and fire,
they made their way into the burning
home. Almost suffocated by dense
smoke and at times blistered by intense
heat, they finally found the child,
asleep in its cradle. One of the young
men picked it up and the return trip
through the binding smoke with the
greatest difficulty was made.
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They found that much of the land on
the island was low and marshy and that
the natives had to travel in the trees
or not at all. The latter were trained to
this method of locomotion from child
hood, but the sight Of their dexterity
astonished the Americans, who natural
ly had never seen anything like it be-
fore.
They were all big, powerful men, and
their arms and legs were covered with
ornaments, fashioned out of shells and
stones, strung on sort of fiber that they
used as We use Irvine and rope.
Shipwrecked Men Made Prisoners.
The natives seemed as much fright
ened on the advent of the shipwrecked
sailors as were the latter, but after some
little sign making and advances, some
of the leaders came down from the trees
Four of them lifted their boat out Of
the water and carefully examined it.
Reed, the captain, had managed to
save a rifle from the wreckage which he
had brought with him. This was some
thing new to the natives. and when he
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Prize Cattle Coming.

The Minnesota state fair board since
it annual meeting has made several in
teresting announcements for the fair
of 1905-frst, Dan Patch, then Senator
Deliver an orator for opening day, and
now an arrangement with the Ameri-
can Hereford Breeders association, for
a Hereford show and sale during fair
week.
Second, Z. w. Randell returned from
a trip to Kansas City, where he met
met the board of directors of the Here
ford association and completed ar
rangements for the exhibition at this
years fair. This means a great dis
play of one of the favorite breeds of
cattle, and sale, of perhaps seventy
five head to Northwestern farmers and
breeders. Arrangements with the
American Shorthorn Breeders, associa-
ton had previously been concluded,
and the state fair of 1905 is now as
surred another cattle exhibition of ma
tional Importance.
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A Little Flat Breakfast.

"Come on up and spend the night
in my apartment" said Mr.. CAP Hal
brook to Mr.. Frank Daniels one night
last fall, when both had been de-
tanned in the city late. 1--WE can put
you up all night and give you a little
fat breakfast in the morning."
ga little fiat breakfast" replied
Mr.. Daniels. Whats that-a girddle
cake?"-N. Y. Herald
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which they might have killed them
selves, had they so desired
But life was dear to them and they
proposed to make the savages pay dear
ly for their feast. They also hoped
against hope that Reed might come to
their rescue.
1t was a trying experience for the
shipwrecked men, and it is remarkable
that they lived to tell the tale.
Awful Fate of Others.
They learned from the writings of sail
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Killed While Coasting.

While coasting with a crowd of
young people at Duluth, Miss Anna
Dunleavy, aged %, daughter of An
drew Dunleavy, an engineer, was in
stantly killed. Seated on bob-sled
were half dozen others. Miss Dun
leavy was ahead, and endeavoring to
guide the sled rope slipped beneath
one of the runners, shunting it off to
one side. The sled had retained ter
rife momentum, and before it was pos
sible to gain the center of the road the
party collided with a telephone pole.
Miss Duuleavy sustained crushed
SKULL
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speed and accuracy. The tips were all
dipped in poison, so that only super
fetal wound was necessary to cause
death. These darts were not very heavy,
nor long.
They later learned the welcome news
that they were to be eaten, and that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-17

Ether and chloroform, so useful in
sending men to sleep, have the very
opposite effect on plants, which are
stimulated to the greatest possible ac-
tivity by these drugs. In Denmark and
Germany advantage has been taken Of
this fact to force flowers in rooms and
glasshouses, and to make them bloom
out Of season. The results are said
to be marvellous.
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driven through his shoulder by one of
the cannibals, and Capt Reed did not
escape his share.
Captain Makes His Escape.
But the rough treatment finally
stopped and they were taken to another
part of the island Capt Reed in the
meantime had made his escape to the
inland and was searching for the band
that had befriended them
The rest were taken some ten miles
from the place of their landing to the
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permanent camp of the tribe. Here they
learned from the logs of other vessels
that had been wrecked on the unfriend-
" coast that they need expect no mercy
at the hands of the savages.
More than one poor soul had evident
ly been offered up here as a sacrifice to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-17
Will Lobby.

When the bill for an appropriation
for the proposed women's building at
the state university is presented before
the state legislature strong influence
will be brought to bear in its favor.
The Civic Improvement league has APP
pointed a committee whose members
will exert every effort in favor of the
measure, and have already secured the
support of several of the stronger COM
mercial bodies of some of the influen-
tial men of the city. This committee
consists of Mrs. j. A. Crosby, Miss Ada
Comstock and Prof. Maria A. Sanford
of the university and Mrs. J. B. Giffl-
ian and Mrs. David F. Simpson, has
taken up its work in a systematic man
ner and will begin at once a campaign
of education in favor of the bill.
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Red River Dairymen.

The meeting of the Red River Valley
Dairymen's association closed at
Crookston. All parts of the valley
were represented. Speakers with: state
wide reputation were heard, including
Representative Morley of Owatonna
and Col r. A. Wilkinson.
The frst-prize winners were: Dairy,
Thomas Moore, Melvin, 81; creamery,
Garfield Cooperative creamery, 92K.
Officers elected are: President, Z. A.
Hoverstad, Crookstou; vice president,
George Gulmon, Thief River Falls; Sec
rotary and treasurer, James A. Wilson,
Thief River Falls.
The next annual convention will be
held in December next.
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Polluted Rivers.

The pollution OF Minnesota's rivers
and streams by sewage from cities,
towns and villages was the principal
topic of discussion at the annual meet
ing of the state board of health, and it
is probable that the board will ask leg.
islation granting additional authority
for regulating the evil.
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Patriotic jap.

A Japanese porter in San Francisco
saloon had saved 500. He borrowed
one dollar from the bartender and sent
the $40 to Japan for the war fund.
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Timber Trespass.

One result Of the furious campaign
waged in Minnesota last year is the
unanimous passage by the senate of the
bill providing that the governor, auditor
and secretary of state shall constitute a
timber trespass board. The board is to
settle all timber trespass cases, thus re-
lieving the state auditor of an unwelcome
responsibility.
A number of the best fighters In the
house have announced their intention of
forcing the passage Of a bill submitting
to vote of the people constitutional
amendment providing for what is known
as a wide open" tax law. Such bill
passed the house at the last session, but
was killed in the senate. In view of the
generally conceded need of better tax
laws, however, it is believed by the pro-
moters, that the time for decisive action
has at last arrived. The adoption of such
an amendment would give the legislature
unlimited scope in which to work and
would make it possible for counties and
municipalities to secure horre rule in tax
matters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-17

Clay modelling in schools is con-
demned by doctors as being worse than
states for transmitting infectious dis
ease.
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ors who had probably figured in cannibal
feasts in other years, and their fate was
very similar; their situation and daily
lie was much the same. But all the
time their ultimate doom was approach
ing, they were fast fattening under the
lazy life thsy were leading, to the great
satisfaction of the cannibals.
Nothing was heard of Reed, and it
was feared that he had also met an un-
timely fate.
In the center of the camp was large
and rudely built oven, or rather funeral
pyre, on which some former poor vic
tim had probably been executed. 1t was
sickening sight for the poor captives
They were later taken to a small island
some distance from the mainland,
where they were kept under a close
guard.
The cause of this, as they afterwards
learned, was that battle was impend-
ing. They also learned that they were
to be served at the dinner which was
to follow the victory which was antici-
pated.
Rescued by Comrade.
But here their plans were defeated, as
the leading force was led by none other
than Capt. Reed, and although the bat
tie was long and desperate, lasting three
days and nights, Reed with his rifle, for
which he had an abundance of ammuni-
ton, was able to inspire the smaller
force with degree of confidence that
brought ultimate victory.
The captives were then released from
their prison on the island and for sew
where their former captors had intended
they should be served as food. A few
days later they made their way back
to the scene Of the wreck, where a good
ly stock of the stores of their vessel
was found.
The life boat was still there and in
good condition, and they decided to risk
their lives on the water, rather than re-
main any longer on the island. After
several days of more or less perilous
trip, they were finally picked up by a
vessel bound for an Australian port
From there they made their way to Eng
land and finally shipped on board YES
sci bound for Philadelphia.
Tales of experiences of shipwrecked
sailors on islands inhabited by canni-
balls are common in works of present
day writers, but none are more strange
or wonderful than this, which goes to
prove the saying that truth is stranger
than fiction
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NJ. A. No. 1929.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
United States Land Office,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 8, 1905.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN,
That U,ah Fire Clay Company, \
curporatiob. through its authorized
agent. Cora M. noldermnn, whose
postoflice address is 1877 Keith Bldg
salt Lake CITY, Utah. has made appli-
cation Tor United States patent for the
Flint No. aud Flint No. lode mining
claims consolidated, eItuate in The
Nipiue lunorgnuized) Mining Districs.
County OF Utah, state of Utan, being
Survey No. 1874, and descrihed ~ the
field notes and plat on Gle in this office,
with magnetic variation at II deg. ~
min. East, ~ follows:
Commencing at corner No. OF flini
No lode claim, whence the quarter
srction corner between Sections ~ aud
80 Township South. Range ! East "i
tie Salt Lake Base and Meridian bears
south 63 deg 40 min. West, 1886 feet I;
thence South O6 deg Al min, East
1912 s feet to- corner No . of said lode ;
thence South ~ deg. % min. East 7il3
feet 10 corner No OF Flint 10. 2 lode F;
thence NoltlfO deg. 80 min West 900. o
feet to corner No. 3 Of Flint No. lode ;
thence North ~ deg. % min. West 7il.3
ct to corner No. 4 OF said Flint No. =
lode, identical with corner No. 3 OF said
Flint No. | lode; thence North 81 deg.
| 1 min. West lO9I.5 feet to corner No. 4
of said Flint No. | lode; thence South
o deg. 20 min East 6l7.2 feet to corner
No. ol said Flint NJ. lode, the place
OF beginning and located on 5. II. q OF
n. w. "a and $. W. y of \. i. a Sec
ton ~, Township ! south, Range l
East. s l.. NJ, containing an area OF
Is. li3 acres exclusive OF conflicts with
Southwest - Of Northeast q OF Scriion
-. Township South. Rage ! East
Salt Lake Base aud Meridian.
direct That this notice be published
in the Lehi Banner published at lehi,
Utah County, Utah.
FRANK ID. HOBBS, Register.
HIGaINs * SENloR,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Claimants Attorneys.
First pub. Sept. Z, 1901
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-08-25
West Darling

Aug. 21.-Among those who have
gone to the western harvest fields are
Herman Hanson, Aaron Engstrom,
Louis Anderson, Chas. Nordstrom,
Fred Nelson. Solomon Crow, Arthur
Liljegren, Hugo Nelson.
:. Miss Annie Thin9stad was pleasant
1y surprised Saturday evening by
about twenty friends She received q
fine present. Refreshments we're
served. All present had q good time
and separated at a late hour.
The fine weather is being taken ad-
vantage of by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. &. Johnson, of the
Bri ckyard who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. A. g. Nelson for a few days
have gone to Glencoe, where Mr..
johnson will go into business.
Thos. MCCARTHY Is still at Belle
Prairie helping his brother harvest.
The Grass Widows society will meet
every Thursday now, next at Elm
Grove. East Darling, at p. m.
Freedmen farmer got a quart of
honey from Rockdale. He wants him
to keep the minister from Chicago
away.
John Rexnell cut grain at many
places last week.
Men are going west and women are
stacking.