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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
HE6RO LYNCHED BY A MOB
TAKEN FROM JAIL AT ANNAPOLIS,
HANGED AND SHOT.
Little Resistance Offered by Police
Man Had Confessed to Having
Attacked a Woman.

Annapolis, Md, Dec. pa mob
numbering 25 or 80 men broke down
the door of the Annapolis jail at an
early hour Friday, took out Henry
Davis, the negro who last Friday as
saulted Mrs. John Reid (white) near
Igleharts Station, and lynched him.
Davis, who also was known by the
name of Chambers, confessed his guilt
before being put to death.
Little or no resistance was offered
to the mob by the officers at the Jail
and none whatever by the prisoner.
The negro was dragged by the mob
from the Jail to vacant lot on Col
lege creek, a quarter of mile dis
tant, where he was strung up to a
limb of tree and half dozen bull
lets were fired into him. He is thought
to have died instantly. AS the body
was being let down some one cried
out another white woman is
avenged"
On the way to the place of execution
members of the lynching party kicked
and cuffed Davis whenever opportuni-
ty was offered. His body was left lying
under the tree which had served as
the gallows. 1t was viewed by hun
dreds of persons during the day. Later
a coroner's jury was empanelled and
after hearing the testimony of wit
nesses, returned verdict of death at
the hands of persons unknown to the
jury.
The prison from which Davis was
taken is hundred years old. 1t is
situated in Calvert street and is only
about 500 yards from the state house
and the executive mansion of the gov
ernor. The lynching party used Senior
hall of st. Johns college for its as
sembling place. This fact is taken to
indicate that most of the men connect
ed with the affair were from Annapo-
lis and did not come from Igleharts
Station, where Mrs. Reid lives.
AS early as II o'clock the mob be-
gan to collect on St. Johns campus.
Some time after IL the crowd entered
the lower floor of Senior hall. There
it's members proceeded to blacken
their faces and some of them donned
masks They were quiet in their
movements, but some Of the students
were awakened. These came down
and watched the proceedings, but did
not interfere or give any alarm. The
college authorities strongly denied
Friday that any of the students were
implicated in the lynching. On its
way to the Jail the mob stopped at the
Annapolis gas plant and tried to en-.
ter, but failed to gain admittance. 1t
is presumed that the intention was to
suit off the town lights.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
BOAT BURNS; ALL SAVED
STEAMER sTRATHcoNA Is DE-
sTRoYED NEAR HALIFAX, N. s.
Heroic Engineers and Firemen Stick
to Their Posts and the Blazing
Vessel Is Beached.

Halifax, N. S., Dec 24-Word was
received here Sunday from Port Duff
ferin, small coast town some 60
miles east of this city, of the destruc-
ton by fire of the passenger steamer
Strathcona, owned by the Halifax &
Canso Steamship company, and bound
from this port for Canso and Guys
borough.
That no lives were lost is due prin-
cipally to the heroism of the engineers
and firemen, who stuck to their posts
until the steamer was beached and
every one of the $50 passengers land
ed. In less than an hour after the
Bleaching of the steamer she was
burned to the waters edge.
The Strathcona left here Saturday
evening under command of Capt. Reid.
Most of the passengers were returning
to their homes along the east coast
after few days of Christmas shop
ping in Halifax Several hours after
leaving port fire was discovered in the
after hold. Despite the efforts of the
officers and crew the flames spread
rapidly.
When the cry of fire was raised the
widest confusion prevailed. The pas
sengers, most of them clad only in
their nightclothes, rushed on deck and
made a dash for the lifeboats, but the
crew prevented panic. The boats
were not launched, but were ready for
use in case the flames completely
enveloped the steamer before land
could be reached.
The terror-stricken passengers were
huddled together in the bow of the
ship, which was headed for Port Duff
FERN, the nearest place on the treach-
erous coast where the steamer could
find a harbor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28

Prof. Phelps of Yale Is quoted as
saying that if all the undergradu yates
in America should be placed in one
room and tested by common exam
ination on the supposedly familiar
stories of the Old Testament, such
instances as Adam, Eve and the Gar
den of Eden, Noah, Samson, David
and Goliah, Moses and Pharaoh, the
results would be magnificent con-
tribution to American humor. No
doubt. And great many graduates
and other persons who pride them
selves on a liberal education might
safely be included in the list of ignor-
amuses on the subject. There is q
vast amount of ignorance concerning
the greatest book that was ever pub
lished.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
RUSSIAN KILLS HIS WIFE.
Tells the Police II Is Nobody's Bust
ness But His Own.

Butler, Pa, Dec. 21-Max Katie, a
Russia, killed his wife Thursday
night by striking her on the head with
an iron, and also injured young
daughter and boarder. The arrival
of squad of police saved Katie from
violence at the hands of a crowd
which had surrounded his home.
When asked by the police why he had
killed his wife, Katie said: II have
a right to kill my wife; it's nobodys
business but my own"
Fellow countrymen who knew KAT
tie in Russia informed the police that
he is wanted for murder there, as
sorting that he killed several wives,
and that there is standing reward
for his arrest and return to Russia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
ENToMBED MINER SAVED.
A. 3. Hicks Is Rescued After Being
Buried Fifteen Days.

Bakersfield, CAL, Dec. 24.-Out of
the valley of the shadow A. B. Hicks,
the miner who was buried Is days in
the Edison mine at this place, was
rescued at 11:45 o'clock Saturday
night.
Surrounded by hundreds, who have
literally camped at the head of the
mine shaft waiting for the outcome of
the desperate battle being waged for
human life, the freed captive was
carried, lying on a stretcher, on the
shoulders of the triumphant men who
reached him, to the hospital.
Hicks is plainly weakened by his
long confinement and lack of exercise,
but he Is virtually uninjured and his
general condition betokens quick re-
covery to full strength. His spirit is
marvel to all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
The Ute "Uprislng."

Persons familiar with real Indian
uprisings have been amused at the
amount of attention attracted to the
recent attempted migration Of 300
Utes from their reservation in Utah
to more fertile land in Wyoming. It
could hardly be called an uprising In
the old sense, says Youths Compan-
ion. The Indians had no warlike pur-
pose. They were simply seeking q
place Of residence where it will be
possible to get food. 1t is Is years
since there has been anything which
can properly be called an uprising,
and that eliminated in the fight at
Wounded Knee, 8. D., in 1890. The
campaign Of Gen. Miles for the cap
ture Of Geronimo in 1886 was really
the last serious conflict between the
whites and the red men. To go far
ther back, troops were called out at
the time Of the massacre of the Meek
er family by the White river Utes in
1879, and the Sioux and Cheyennes
were so troublesome In 1875 that they
had to be attacked in the campaign
which resulted in the Custer massa-
ere. These were grave disturbances;
but so many of the Indians now speak
English, wear civilized clothing and
cultivate the land, that the red man
who has any disposition to take to
the war-path has practically disap-
peared.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28

The Michigan supreme court has
decided that the evidence submitted
by phonograph is admissible. The
question was raised in case where
a hotel proprietor was trying to
prove how the value of his property
had been diminished by the prox.
unity of railroad and the blowing
of whistles and the shunting of cars.
The photograph won the case. We
believe the admission of such evi.
dence to be a novelty. Higher courts
might override the decision. Imagine,
says the Utica Observer, if you can,
the supreme court of the United
States listening to photograph!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
TRAIN is WRECKED,
nine MEN perish
PASSENGERS ARE MANGLED IN
TERRIBLE RAILWAY AcCI-
DENT AT ENDERLiN, N. D.
Two Engines Collide, Coaches Are
Smashed and Turned Upside Down
and Then Catch Fire-Many Per-
sons Seriously Injured.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 24.-Nine people
are known to be dead, six others are
fatally injured and at least % others
were badly hurt in the wreck of an
east-bound train on the Minneapolis,
st. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railroad at
Enderlin, N. D., which occurred at an
early hour Sunday morning.
The train wrecked was the accom-
mediation train which runs from
Moosejaw, Sask., to st. Paul. 1t is due
at Enderlin at 11:45 p. M; but Satur-
day night was about two hours late.
The engineer was running at high
speed in an endeavor to make up the
lost time. AS he swung around a
curve just before entering the yards
at Enderlin, switch engine was shift
ing string of box cars onto side
track. The cars did not clear the
main track and the passenger engine
collided head-on with the switch en-
CINE. Both engines were totally
wrecked and the passenger cars were
thrown in confusion down small en-
bankment at the side of the track
Several of the day coaches were
turned bottom side up and the passen-
gers pinned beneath the wreckage,
which took fire from the stoves used
to heat the cars.
Train Heavily Loaded.
The passenger train was heavily
loaded with people going to their
homes in the east to spend the holt
days. Most of the casualties occurred
in the smoking car and first day coach,
both of which were badly splintered.
Enderlin is the divisional headquar-
tiers of the railroad and rescue party
was soon at hand endeavoring to re-
lease the imprisoned passengers from
their perilous position. The groans of
the dying mingled with the cries of
anguish of the passengers less severe
ly hurt, but who were in imminent
danger from the flames which were
fast spreading through the cars.
Axes were welded by willing hands
and the roofs of the overturned cars
were broken open and the dead and in
jured taken out as quickly as posi-
ble 1t was a race between the res
cuers and the flames, but by herculean
efforts all of the injured were removed
before the flames reached them.
Nine Dead Bodies Taken Out.
Nine dead bodies were taken out and
laid beside the track, while the injured
were taken in hastily improvised am
balances to the hospital, and when
that institution had all that it could
possibly accommodate the rest of the
injured were cared for in the hotels
The confusion incident to the wreck
was so great that it was impossible
20 secure list of the dead and in
jured. Henry ]. Volkering of Ana
moose, who was on his way to visit
his parents at Osceola, Wis, is
among the dead.
OF the injured, six are so badly in
jured that the physicians in attend
ance say their recovery is impossi-
BILE. Others injured are believed to
have a chance for their lives, although
it is possible that the dea.h roll may
be somewhat increased.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
PETER scHAEFER, Publis
Fashions In Women.

There are fashions not only in wom-
ems clothes but in women themselves.
A certain style of woman becomes
the vogue. Lydia Languish reads SEN
timental novels, dissolves in tears at
a moments notice, and finds elope-
ment necessary spice for marriage.
A century later Lydia's clinging type
goes out,-with 'leg-o'-mutton sleeves,
and the athletic girl takes the CEN
ter of the stage, with her short skirt,
her long stride and her loud voice.
The dominant note of the early twen-
tieth century woman is her ability to
be interesting. Be she plain or beau
tiful, blonde, strawberry" or bru-
nette, she must be pleasant To listen
well is not enough; she must have
a quick wit and clever tongue,
which should be kind as well. The
dull, the quiet, the simpering are out
of fashion, and even the athletic girl
must look to her laur0ls, lest the en-
tertaining one prove her successful
rival with the exacting sex. One mod
ern freak of the mode deserves soon
to pass away, remarks the Youths
Companion. The modern woman re-
fuses to grow old At first sight that
seems worthy ambition. But with
the Punishment of caps and shoulder
capes something of the gentleness,
grace and wisdom of old age has also
been lost. In place of those lovely ac-
compartments of advanced years we
find other things which make their
bearer a nondescript travesty of
youth, whose hat, complexion and
conduct are as gay as they are unbe-
coming. Somebody once said that
the finest thing God ever made was
beautiful old woman. 1t behooves
US not to let her dignity and calm.
her poise, sagacity and charm go out
Of fashion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
NEGRO SHOOTS CAPT. MAcKLIN
Officer of Twenty-fifth Infantry Is
Dangerously Wounded.

Ell Reno, Okla, Dec. 22.-Capt. Ed
gar B. Macklin, Of company c, Twenty
fifth United States infantry. was shot
twice and dangerously wounded Fri
day night by a negro, and belief is ex-
pressed here that 1t was one of the
members of the troop discharged by
President Roosevelt for participating
in the Brownsville riots. Bloodhounds
will be brought here from Oklahoma
City to track the assassin.
The shooting occurred in Capt.
Macklin's quarters as he and his wife
were at the dinner table. The negro
was masked and pretended to be a
rObber.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28

HALF DOZEN MEN DASHED TO
BOTTOM OF COAL PIT NEAR
CARLYLE, ILL.
ONE OF THE VICTIMS
CUT SQUARELY IN TWO
Disaster Believed Due to Sticking of
Cage, In Which Men Are Riding, In
Shaft Causing Hosting Engine to
Reverse.

st. Louis, Dec. 24.-One miner is
known to have been killed, five others
are believed to be dead and another
was seriously injured by the dropping
of the cage early Saturday in the shaft
Of the Breese-Trenton Coal Mining
company, about ten miles west of
Carlyle. Ill. Carlyle is 48 miles east of
st. Louis.
The details were learned by long-d
lance telephone. The accident &C.
CURED as the second cage full of day
shift miners were descending into the
mine. The cage containing six men
had descended 800 feet down the 400
foot shaft when it stuck momentarily
and crashed to the bottom with noise
like an explosion.
The known dead: August Foppey.
Buried under the debris and be-
lieved to be dead: Walter Schaffner,
Herman Flater, Henry Middeke, Her
The injured man is William Fritz.
man Hoffman, Frank Sarre.
William Fritz was at the bottom of
the shaft working almost under the de-
scending cage when he heard the
shout of the miners above him as the
cage stuck. AS he looked up the cage
dropped and he barely had time to
spring to the side when the crash
came and the debris was piled about
him. His leg was broken and he was
badly bruised.
Victim Cut in Two.
At the bottom of the cage shaft is
another hole called a stump and por-
ton of the debris plunged on down
into the stump, carrying five of the
miners with 1t. The sixth, August
Foppey, jumped as the crash came and
was cut squarely in two. His body
was taken out during the morning and
up to noon was the only body recov-
cred by the gang Of over hundred
rescuers. The debris was SO tightly
wedged into the mouth of the stump
that it will likely be some hours be-
fore 1t can be removed No sounds or
cries were heard coming from under
the debris and it was believed that the
five miners were instantly killed and
probably badly crushed.
The stump, or stump hole, in mine
is drain hole into which the water
that collects In the levels is drained.
It was stated that the stump in this
mine contained Is feet of water and no
doubt is entertained but that the FIVE
miners were drowned if they had
miraculously escaped death in the
crash before being plunged on down
into the stump.
Probable Cause of Disaster.
The engineer stated that the cage
had descended smoothly and he pre-
sumed it had safely reached the bot
tom. Suddenly the cable coil drum be-
gan revolving backward with terrific
velocity and he heard a crash. 1t is
believed that the cage stuck in the
shaft and the sudden relaxation on the
taut cable caused the hosting machin-
cry to reverse and drop the cage or
else the cage became disengaged from
the cable and dropped.
The scenes about the mouth of the
shaft were heartrending as wives and
children of miners congregated and
gave vent to their anguish. Those
miners who were already In the shaft
Immediately began rescue work and as
soon as others could be lowered every
effort was made to speedily remove
the debris.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
COUNT IeNATIEFF SLAIN.
Former Governor General Of kiev Shot
by an Assassin.

Tver, Russia, Dec. 24.-Count Alexis
Ingatieff, a member of the council of
the empire and ex-governor general OF
Kiev, Volhynia and Podolia, was shot
and killed by an unknown man here
Saturday in the refreshment room of
he hall occupied by the mobiles as
sembly. The assassin fired six bullets
from a revolver into his victims body
and then tried to commit suicide, but
was seized before he could do so. and
is now in the custody of the police.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28

The wife of Cincinnati minister
has recently been voted a salary by
her husbands congregation. The min
listers wife as RUE earns everything
she gets, and then, half of the time,
she does not get it, says the Minneap.
oils Journal. The Cincinnati example
is worth thinking about.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
Two Men Roasted Alive.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 24.-J. S. Gill
liland and an unknown man were
burned to death in a car in the Rock
Island yards here. Gilliland was NOV
ing from Northboro, Ia, to Marlin, I.
T. An oil stove in the car was tipped
over and set the household goods on
fire, roasting the men alive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
Common Law Marriage Not Valid

Lima, O., Dec. 24.-The circuit court
here has handed down a decision,
holding that common law marriages
cannot be recognized under the laws
of Ohio. The case at issue was that
of David H. Bates, who lived with a
woman to whom he was not married
for two years, introducing her as his
wife. Subsequently Bates married a
young woman in Allen county. He
was arrested and convicted in Grim
ipal court on the charge of bigamy,
but by the decision of the circuit
court he viii be released from jail
at once.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
covernment Orop BuIIetIn.

Washington, Dec. 21.-A bulletin
issued by the agricultural department
Thursday shows the total production
in bushels in 1906 Of corn to be 1927
416.091; winter wheat, 492.S88,004
bushels; spring wheat. 1872, 1866
bushels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
Sees CORPSE: Falls Dead.

Kingston, Tenn, Dec. 24.-Mrs. Mar
tina Jackson went to the home of
neighbor where lay the dead body of
Charles Hood, youth. She gazed
upon the body and tainted, dying a
few moments later
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
christmas Mail is Burned.

Muskogee, l. T., Dec. pa car
load of mail matter from Texas points
and consisting principally of Christ
mas packages, was practically destroy
ed south of here by the burning of
mail car on the fast north-bound Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas passenger
train
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
Two skaters Are Drowned.

Escanaba, Mich, Dec. 24.-Oscar F.
Westman, "a, of Negaunee, and John
Blashe, 81, of Kewaunee, employed In
the office of the l. Stephenson COM
pany, of Wells, broke through the Ice
while skating Sunday tfternoon and
both were drowned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
Report on einned Cotton.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Aecording to
a bulletin issued by the census bureau
Thursday there had been ginned up to
Dec. Is Of this years cotton crop H.
0ss,001 bales. against 9,297.s19 at this
time last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28

Having seen several of the new
winter hats, we can't find It in our
heart, exclaims the Topeka Capital,
to criticise Hetty Green for sticking
to her old one,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
Overdue Steamer Arrives.

San Francisco, Dec. 21.-The Mer-
chants exchange has received dis
patch stating that the overdue steam
er Pennsylvania has arrived at Seattle
from Valdez.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-28
500 Scientists to Attend conven,

500 Scientists to Attend Convention.
New York, Dec. 22.-The annual
meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science will
open December II at Columbia univer-
sity and last until January 2. More
than 500 scientists are expected to
attend.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-15

REMARKED.
curling Of little stream at our feet
and the tinkIe OF bells behind US. We
halted on a rude bridge.
Halle. dear. let's stay here in the
peace and quiet forever" | whispered.
She put her hand on my arm. Il have
fecided that | will marry you, Dan"
abe said softly.
-oh, Hallier' / cried and captured
the little hand. "0h, HGllie."
-Iye been thinking il over since |
said no, and am sure it needn't inter
fere with my work. | can't bear to go
away and leave you, and you would as
soon live In the east as the west,
wouldn't you, Danf'
The expression Of her face was eager
and sweet and shy all at once, but
frovning. | released her hand and
started on.
You were criticising this town the
other day." began slowly. You said
your uncle owned only half his home
because be has title to only the surface
right, while Mr. Brown owns the min
ing right. You said that II you owned
O piece Of property you should want to
own halfway down 10 China; that II
must be all or nothing with you"
HaIlie flushed, but made no reply.
1T Is 80 with me. | want you. Hal.
Je, but / want all Of you-your mind
rs well as your beautiful body. II you
are TO be my wife you must not give
TIE Benton Clarion or any other news
paper 4 mining right TO take the gold
of your brightest thoughts away from
me.~
But I an the best girl reporter in
he state. They said So" she protested,
with sweet, unconscious egotism. Il
can't give up my work, Dan. ] love H."
"No one can serve two masters. Hal
lie"
We walked a little while in silence.
When turned to assist her up the hill
] saw that her eyes were wet, but she
was brave and proud. was Halle She
looked up at me. laughing.
Thus endeth the first chapter" she
said mockingly.
80 be IT," answered. holding open
the great gate that she might pass
through.
We went through pear orchard, and
presently we stood among the gray
stone ruins. In the inclosure were pine
rees and NAPLES waving their great
esyes mournfully: near me front en-