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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
SETS WIFE's CLOTHING ON FIRE
Pittsburs Man Hurls Lighted Lamp at
Spouse and Knocks Her Down.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 22.-Screaming
with pain and terror with her clothing
ablaze, Mrs. John Doran rushed from
her house into the street in Wilkens-
burg, near here Sunday, and after a
policeman had extinguished the flames
she was taken to a hospital in a crit
ical condition, where she told story
of her husbands cruelty, charging him
with deliberately attempting to burn
her alive.
According to Mrs. Doran, her hus.
band had been drinking, and when he
came home he began to abuse her.
She says that Doran hurled lighted
lamp at her and then knocked her
down. Then, she declared, he seized
a towel which had ignited from the
broken lamp, and deliberately set her
clothing on fire.
Her statements are substantiated
by a 13-year-old daughter who wit
messed her fathers cruelty.
Mrs. Doran't hair was burned to the
scalp and her clothing above the waist
was burned off, scorching the skin in
a frightful manner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
CASTE IDEA CARRIED FAR.
Illustration of Bitterness Between Fol-
lowers of Mohammed.

Here is a tale from O'Donovan's
"Merv" illustrating the bitterness OF
feeling between the various sects Of
the followers of Mohammed: O'Don-
ovan had offered his Mohammedan at
tendant, who happened to be Shilte,
some of his cold chicken, which the
man took at first and chewed rumin-
antly. Suddenly, however, he spat the
mouthful out, exclaiming: who
cooked this?" since it is a sin for q
Moslem to eat food cooked by an in
fidel. ooh, It's all right" replied
O'Donovan, ut was cooked by your
coreligionists down there" pointing to
city Of Sunnites. What" exclaim-
ed Shilte, furiously, "by those Internal
'Sunnites! / shouldn't have minded
much If it had been cooked by you or
any other giaour; but by Sunnite!
Pah!" and he spat again in his dis
gust. But what is the difference be-
tween Shilte and Sunnite? Aren't
both good Moslems?" What is the
difference between US! Don't you
know that when a Shilte washes his
hands he lets the water drip from
the wrist; but when those Sunnites
wash their hands they let the water
drip from the elbow?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Women Sacrificing the Birds.

Let the world bid its sad farewell
to its feathered folk if millinery
modes continue their slaughter. Ger
tain species of the rarest and most
beautiful birds are threatened with
determination at no distant date. In
one market alone lately were sold at
one time 10000 humming birds, $4,000
parakeets, $4,000 kingfshers, 10000
aigrettes and thousands Of other gor-
geous southern birds of different
kinds, as well as doves and even spar
rows. France receives every year from
America, Tonkin and India millions
of birds which are exchanged for mill
lions of dollars. The number of small
birds annually imported into England
and France may be computed at 1,500,-
900. Germany exports nearly 10000
900 feathers which are worked up in
England into hat trimmings. In Lon
don there are held every month sales
of birds skins and feathers, India
alone supplying some 90,000,000 feath-
ers. The South American republics
are awakened to the danger Of the ex-
termination of their most ornamental
birds and have passed laws regulating
their slaughter. In America has been
formed a league whose members for
swear the wearing of feathers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

Though the ancient Greeks and
Romans used ice for table purposes
to get through even hotter weather
than we have been having lately, they
knew nothing Of ices." These were
introduced into France from Italy
about 1000, and known at first as
"fromages glaces," iced cheeses, al
though they were made of strawber-
ries. apricots, and so forth, and con-
tanned not drop of cream, says the
London Chronicle. From 1852 the use
of "glaces" in the plural was sane
toned by the academy, but not before
1926 did "une glace" force it's way
into recognized acceptance. ices"
are referred to from time to time in
the eighteenth century in English peo-
pies letters from abroad. iced
creams" however, were known as
early as the year when William of Or
ange came over, and by the middle of
the eighteenth century "ice cream"
figured in cookery books.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

Here is an odd little drama, the
sordid end of which came to light the
other day in a London police court.
Some years ago respectable and
thrifty accountant who had lived a
bare, lonely sort of life, was told by
his doctor that he had but q short
time to live. Seeing no sense In stick
ing to his treadmill, he threw up his
situation and devoted himself to get
ting the most pleasure possible out of
the little capital he had saved by
years of hard work. But doctors Tin
rare but autheticated instances) make
mistakes. Perhaps gay life was the
best prescription he could have had
he stultified medical science. At all
events his lease of life outran his CAPT.
tai and he was the other day sent to
jail for six months for getting money
on false pretenses. 1t is never safe to
say, LET US eat, drink and be merry,
for tomorrow we die"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
SEES NO GAIN FOR PACKERS.
Prominent Officer Says Holding Com
pany Would Be Amenable to Law.

Washington, Oct. %. = Chicago
packers would gain nothing so far as
the law is concerned by molding into
combination under the wing of an
English holding company" said a
prominent law officer of the govern
ment Monday. Until such a COM
bination is formed and it has been seen
in action, it would be impossible to
say that such an organization would
violate the law in any particular, but
there is ample law to prevent such an
organization from violating it.
'The Sherman antitrust law would
still be applicable and the govern
ment would still proceed against the
individual agents for criminal Of
lenses. AS, in the case of the fer
tilizer trust, the holding company of
which was located in Canada, we
could still proceed in court because
the agency and active business of the
corporation was carried on in the
United States. There are other rem.
edies under federal and state laws
equally potent"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
FIERCE STORM IN The WEST
NEW MEXICO HAS WORST BLIZ.
lard SINCE 1882.
Severe Wind in Utah Wipes Out New
Packing House Built by Cattle
Men of the State.

Albuquerque, N NJ, Oct. 22-The
worst blizzard since the great storm
of 1882 is general throughout New
Mexico. A high wind is bringing a
general fall of snow and sleet through
out the Grand valley and reports in
dictate that the losses to sheep grow
ers will be very heavy.
The storm began here about seven
o'clock Saturday morning with high
wind, which rapidly increased in We
locity until by nine o'clock the gale
had reached the proportion of tor
nado. The wind carried dense clouds
of sand and dust which developed into
rain, with the rapidly falling tempera-
ture, into sleet and snow. Sunday
night, the snow fell in binding sheets
and meager reports indicate that it is
much more severe in the country.
Telegraph and telephone service is al
most completely shut off and railroad
traffic is delayed. Some minor dam
age has been done in Albuquerque,
Las Vegas, Socorro and smaller towns
south of Albuquerque.
SALT Lake ClLy, OcC. ll.-fOr "a
hours this city and vicinity was
swept by windstorm of unparal-
leled seevrity. In addition to three
serious accidents to persons, property
over a wide area has been devastated,
fire famed by the wind has obliter-
ated the new plant of the Utah Pack
ing company, and a monetary loss of
approximately quarter of million
dollars entailed.
During the full period of the storm
trains have arrived irregularly or not
at all. For much Of the time the street
car service has been at standstill
and the electric lighting plants out
of commission.
The burning of the Utah Packing
plant north of the city, which occur
red Saturday night, is the most seri-
Gus single loss. The building had just
been completed at cost of 100000
and was to have been put in use in
few days. The project was inaugu-
rated by western cattle men and was
in opposition to the large packing
houses of the east.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
SALVADOR DEATH LIST LARGE
Inhabitants of Town Killed by Sui
phur Water from Volcano.

San Salvador, Oct. photographic
communications with interior points
has been restored and news of the dis
aster wrought by the terrific storm
which has swept over the country is
being received.
Over 100 persons have ben drowned
in Coatepeque.
A vast quantity of sulphur water
was thrown out of the Chulo volcano
and inundated the town of Panchin-
alec, killing most of the inhabitants.
From other points also reports OF
terrible devastation are coming in.
Pimiento and other towns are re-
ported to have been swept away by
the floods.
The schooner Azelene, with a num-
Der Of passengers on board, has been
lost between Corinto, Nicaragua and
Amalpala, Honduras. Everybody on
board was drowned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Graphology Tested.

Prof. Alfred Binet Of the Sorbonne
has been making some experiments In
graphology which reveal that sciencs
in an unkind light. AS a beginning,
the handwriting of Renan was circu-
lated. A famous graphologue gave
the following analysis of the great
skeptic philosopher: "A mind original
ly mediocre and little cultivated. Lit
tie reflection. On the other hand, the
credulity and loquaciousness of the
subject are noteworthy" With an
other expert Renan came off little
better, as "a clear and fine mind, but
hardly reaching talent" Graphology
suffered most when it fell foul of the
manuscript of the brutal assassin VI
dial, who had slain many women. One
authority declared the writing to be
that of young girl who must be
classed among the gentler charac-
ters." Another doctor in the scieuce
observed although we have never
seen the handwriting of Tame, we
imagine it like this. In any case he
who wrote these lines was thinker"
If this be true the essay on Murder
as Fine Art" should be rewritten
with view to proving it an exact SCI
ence, allied to so-called evolutionary
criticism. The total result Of Prof.
Binet's experiments is to suggest that
in graphnolosS fair field and no IA
vor is the rule. Most of us would
have struck rather nearer the white
than the adopts in the above-men-
toned cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
ROOSEVELT MAY RUN AGAIN
RUMORED HE WOULD ACCEPT
NOMINATION AGAINST HEARST.
Should the Latter Win in New York
Contest, President May Again Be
Candidate.

Washington. Oct. 19.-"Theodore
Roosevelt will again be candidate
for the presidency, Il Hearst is elect
ed governor of New York." declared
Republican leader close to the ma
tons chief executive, to a Chicago
Journal correspondent He said that
If the Democrats win in New York
the next Democratic candidate for
the presidency may be William r.
Hearst, and that the Hearst peril
is the only thing that can induce
Roosevelt to change his decision not
to run again.
1T is conceded that the man who
is elected governor of New York will
be the candidate of his party for pres
ident," added this leader. IF it is
Hughes, well and good, but if it is
Hearst, then look out for an early
statement that the president has
yielded to the popular demand and
has finally decided to cast aside
personal preference for private life
and accept another term as presi-
dent for the good Of the party and the
Country.
To more than one of his friends the
president has stated that he would
regard the election of Hearst as
governor of New York public calam-
ity second only to his possible election
as the president of the United States.
1t is no secret that Theodore Roose-
welt has been itching to roll up his
sleeves and bump into the New York
campaign. Were it not for the sol
emn traditions that hedge themselves
about the presidential Office he would
like nothing better than take the
stump in person against the New York
editor
Should the presidents political
lieutenants in that state bring the
word to him at the last moment that
Hughes is really in serious danger
of defeat, it is altogether possible
that he would ignore precedents and
traditions and take the first train for
New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
CUBAN INSANE ARE MIsTREATEp
Nearly 100 Persons Crowded Into
Buildings Intended for 400.

Havana, Oct. 22.-Gov. Magoon WIS.,
tied the national insane asylum Sum
day afternoon and discovered a de-
plorable state of affairs there.
One thousand six hundred and sixty
persons of both sexes are crowded
into filthy and dilapidated buildings
with capacity for 400 persons only.
Congress made an appropriation to
enlarge the asylum, but the money
was never expended.
The conditions to-day are very little
better than under Spanish control
Gov. Magoon will take steps to erect
additional buildings and remedy the
abuses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
BLOOD FLOWS IN RACE WAR.
One Killed, Many Hurt When Greeks
and Italians Clash In Indiana.

Hammond, Ind, Oct. 23.-In a
bloody race war Sunday night at Glib
son, three miles west of this city, in
which so Greeks and Italians en-
ployed in the construction of the New
Indiana Harbor railroad yards took
part, one man was fatally stabbed and
ten others hurt. The men had been
drinking heavily, but the direct cause
of the quarrel is not known. Knives
and beer bottles played a prominent
part in the affair. James Gentleman,
aged 40, was stabbed in the heart by
Gus Stathacopulos, the blow being so
ferocious that one of the mans ribs
was severed. He died at ST. Marga-
ret's hospital. The murderer escaped,
but a sheriff's posse is on his trail
and expects to get him in the woods
south of the city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
SHOCKING CREMATION OF LEPER
Shanty In Which Syrian Was Staying
at Pickens Set on Fire.

Clarksburg, w. Va, Oct. 22-The
body of George Raschid, the Syrian
leper, was cremated in shocking
manner at Pickens. The shanty in
which he had been staying was set on
fire and his body was consumed with
it.
1t is now declared that his death
was the result of foul play. Many peo-
pie at Pickens say the leper was CIV
en- poison in his food.
Pickens' citizens opposed the pres
ence of the man with the loathsome
disease.
If he was murdered, the persons ad-
ministering the poison well knew
that there would not be a post-mortem
examination made of the body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
ELEPHANT AT THE TELEPHONE
Animal Took Much Time to Learn
Ludicrous Trick.

So perfectly is this elephant broken
that he works by cues imperceptible
to the audience. The trainer merely
raises his shoulders and the young
bull strides toward the telephone box,
turn the crank, ringing the bell, picks
up the receiver in his long trunk and
holds it to his great, flap ear. Then
he hangs it up with the suddenness
of disgust, rings the bell a second
time, and again holds the receiver to
his ear, while he listens with the
sage, bland expression which only an
elephant can assume. When finished,
he hangs up the receiver and rings
Off"
For something like two minutes
this performance lasts. Yet it re-
quired a month of steady, hard work
to break the elephant into this SIM
pie, ludicrous trick. More than 1000
times, actual count, Barlow had to
grasp Toms trunk, apply it to the
the bell crank and teach the circular
motion of ringing the bell, by leading
the trunk just as you might lead the
hand of young child when teaching
it to wind a music box. More than
1000 times the trainer had to lead
the tip of the big receiver of the tele-
phone to teach the beast to hold it to
his ear and hang it accurately back
on it's hook And when these details
were mastered, it took more than 500
trials to teach the succession of wind
ing the crank and listening before
Tom understood and knew enough to
twist the crank without breaking it
into halves at every contact.-Aple-
tons Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
SUFFER HORRORS
IN GREAT STORM
HOUSEBOAT WITH $50 ABOARD
TURNS OVER THREE TIMES
DURING BLOW.
Each Revolution of Ship Forces Men
to Let Go Their Holds and Sink
Into the Sea, Where They Are Un
able to Fight for Their Lives.

Key West, Fla, Oct. 22.-Survivors
from one of the households of the
Florida East Coast railway extension
along the keys tell narrowing tale
of death and destruction caused by
the storm of Thursday.
w. P. Dusenberry, civil engineer In
charge of the work on Long Key,
who miraculously escaped death, ar
rived here on the Russian steamer
Jennie, among other survivors res
cued. He says houseboat No. 4, on
which were $50 men, was struck by
the storm at five o'clock Thursday
morning, and was driven out into the
gulf through Sawks channel. At six
o'clock the houseboat began to break
up, and as the great waves hit her,
men, singly and in punches OF two
and three, were washed into the sea
and drowned. Some were below for
protection, but when the top of the
boat was carried away the waves
rushed in and the boat soon went to
piecs, 80 or 40 of the men being
crushed to death in the collapse, the
others grabbing timbers to save them
from drowning. Engineer Dusenberry
was in the hold, but succeeded In
getting a log and foated until Fri
day night.
Boat Turns Turtle.
On one piece of timber 16 men were
clinging, and nine were hanging to
ci Of hn
was crowded with men. It turned
over three times, each time reducing
the number.
The Russian steamer Jennie sight
ed the wreckage and succeeded in
rescuing the 40 men who were
brought here. Three other steamers
with searchlights were picking up
men dead and alive when the Jennie
left the scene.
There was another houseboat with
hundred and fifty men on board at
Long Key, which Mr.. Dusenberry
thinks was also swept to sea.
There were in all ten boats at
Long Key, mortar mixers, dredges
and other boats engaged in the work.
The survivors were furnished food
and clothing from the East Coast
railway commissary here, and were
given medical attention.
The extension work of the railway
along the keys was not damaged.
Steamer Loses Rudder.
New York, Oct 22-The Southern
Pacific company's steamer Ell Vale
arrived Sunday in tow of the COM
pany's steamer Elorado. The Ell
Vale left Galveston for New York,
September "a. She lost her rudder
during the hurricane which damaged
the southern coast, and was picked
up by the Norwegian steamer Gotsard
and towed into Port Eads on October
1. The Eldorado took the disabled
Ell Vale in tow and brought her
safely to an anchorage off Seabright.
Heavy weather was experienced dur
ing the entire voyage from Port Eads.
Tugs will be sent to tow the Ell Vale
to her dock in this city.
Tobacco Crop Damage.
Havana, Oct. 22.-Reports issued
by the government show that the
damages sustained by the crops from
the recent cyclone are not as great as
has been supposed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Bank Robbers EoiIed.

Joplin, Mo-, Oct. IA. V. Man
ming, cashier of the Mcdonald County
bank at Pineville, 40 miles south of
Joplin, early Monday exchanged shots
with two robbers whom he encoun-
tered at work at the bank. No one
was hurt and the robbers escaped
without securing any booty. The bank
was wrecked by charge of dynamite
set off by the robbers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
STANDARD OIL MAY
PAY HEAVY PENALTY
JURY FINDS COMPANY GUILTY OF
CONSPlRlNG UNDER THE
VALENTINE LAW.
Liable to Fine of from $50 to $1,000
for Each Day of the offense, or
Officers May Be Imprisoned for
from Six to Twelve Months.

Findlay, O., Oct. 2O.-After deliber-
ating 81 hours the jury in the case
of the state of Ohio against the
Standard Oil company, of Ohio, re-
turned a verdict of guilty" on the
charge of conspiracy against trade,
in violation of the Valentine antitrust
law. The verdict was rendered at
4:35 o'clock Friday morning, the jury
having announced it's readiness to re-
port exactly at four o'clock.
The judge and attorneys arrived
in half an hour, when the verdict was
rendered.
The penalty is fine of from $50
to $4,000, which may be repeated for
each day of the offense, or imprison-
ment of from six to IL months.
Will File Motion for New Trial.
The Standard Oil company, of Ohio,
has given notice that it will file a
motion for a new trial Under the
practices of the court the defendant
has three days to put this motion in
form.
The next step will be for the court
to impose the penalty.
The defense will then take their
bill of exceptions to such rulings of
Judge Baker as they have objected,
to the circuit court of the state. The
appeal from this court is to the SUI
preme court of the state, to which
tribunal there is no doubt the issue
will ho dooidod
To the state, the suit, the verdict
and the ultimate appeal is important
particularly because it intimates an
entirely new method of proceeding
against alleged trade monopolies-
that of information and affidavit, in
stead of by grand jury indictment.
The verdict was rendered at 4:35
o'clock Friday morning, and resulted
from a continuous elaboration by the
jury during 80 consecutive hours. The
trial occupied seven days preceding
this deliberation.
Dramatic Scene at the Close.
A touch of the dramatic marked
the two closing hours of the jury's
deliberations. Songs were sung
during all but ten minutes of this
time. This ten minutes came at the
end, and was occupied by the re-
naming juror, who had stood out in
explaining his position and surren-
der to the majority. There was not
the slightest levity about this hymnal
service. The jurors had then been
many hours without sleep. The songs
which were started shortly after two
o'clock in the morning, echoed at
first feebly through the spacious
court
Importance Of Verdict.
When the case went to the jury at
$3.50 o'clock Wednesday night, the
first ballot of the jurors stood nine for
conviction and three for acquittal.
AS the result of continuous delib-
erations to four o'clock Thursday
morning one of the three for acquit-
tai joined the majority. At seven
o'clock Thursday night one of the two
remaining for acquittal went over to
the other side, and at four o'clock Fri
day morning the last of the three gave
his assent to the verdict of Guilty"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
WISCONSIN TAXES RENTED
State Treasury, Full to Overlooking,
Does Not Need Cash.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 23.-All the
state taxes, with the exception of the
school tax, which was reduced to half
of one mill, were RENTED Monday by
the state board of assessors. There
already is so much money in the state
treasury that none of the officials
knew what to do with it. With the
prospect of more than $2,500,000 COM
ing in from this years taxes, State
Treasurer Kempf threw up his hands
in despair and said there was no way
to spend it. Accordingly, Gov. David
son, Secretary of State Houser and
Mr.. Kempf met and decided to remit
the taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Daring Work of Bandits.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct 3D.
Masked bandits held crowd of ex-
cited citizens at bay for three hours
Sunday night at Sawyer, N. D., while
part of the gang blew a safe in the
Sawyer State bank, and took from it
$4,000. Over 800 shots were fired
by both sides, but the robbers stuck
to their work, and when the safe
had been robbed they made good
their escape on horseback. The
country has been aroused, and posses
are securing all northern North Da-
kota in search for the robbers. One
citizen was shot in the head, but will
recover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

The New York Mail says: "Simulta-
neously with the inception of the foot
ball season Harvard has dedicated a
new s5,000.00O medical school" This,
like Mr.. Pickwick's warming pan al
fusion, contains hidden meaning.