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The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
The Honor Of the Uniform.

On several occasions soldiers and
sailors of the United State5 have been
excluded from public places for NO
other apparent reason than that they
were in uniform. In several cases the
war department or the navy depart
ment has come to the support of the
offended soldier or sailor. In one In.
stance a warrant officer could not get
accommodations In a hotel. The Sec
retary of the navy took the matter up,
and the hotelkeeper was censured. A
more recent case is that of sailor to
whom was refused admittance to q
place of amusement, "solely on ac-
count of being in the uniform Of the
United States navy" He brought suit
against the proprietor. Rear Admiral
Thomas encouraged the suit, and the
president approved it in published
letter. The president said that he
wished to make it plain that the uni.
form of the United States is to be re-
spected, and that the wearing of it is
a presumption in favor of the charac-
ter of the wearer. The president also
suggested the other side of the matter
when he said, 'If a man misbehaves,
then, no matter what uniform he
wears, he should be dealt with accord
ingly." There is a duty upon every
citizen to respect the uniform, says the
Youths Companion, and there is also
a duty on every man in the service to
maintain the dignity of the service. 1t
may happen that in towns frequented
by sailors or soldiers the act of some
man in uniform disgraces his suit of
honor. The next man who appears
wearing the same sign of honor suffers
for the sin of his fellow. The presi-
dent is surely right in saying that our
enlisted men are fine class, and that
the wearer of the uniform is entitled
to respect $50 long as he behaves him.
self decently" There is double re-
sponsibility on every one in the sery-
ice to behave as becomes man, for
his own sake and for the sake of the
sign he bears.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
FIFTY PERSONS die
IN RAILROAD Wreck
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
TRAINS CRASH HEAD-oN
NEAR WooDvlLLE, IND.
Carlessness on Part of Train Crew
Leads to Terrible Disaster, In
Which Many unfortunates Are
Roasted Alive In Smashed Coaches.

Chicago, Nov. 13.-Fifty persons
were killed and 40 more injured, some
fatally, in a head-on collision between
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
and freight train near Woodville,
Ind, ten miles west of Valparaiso,
early Monday morning.
Six passenger coaches and number
of freight cars were burned and many
of the victims were cremated before
the rescuers could drag them from the
wreckage.
The injured, who, like the dead,
were nearly all immigrants bound for
Chicago and the northwest, were
brought to this city on a special train.
Nearly all the dead are foreigners and
their names have not been learned.
Overlooked Second Section.
Shortly before three a. m. the en-
gineer of east-bound freight train So,
on instructions received at McCool,
waited at the siding at Babcock, Ind,
to allow the immigrant train to pass.
For some reason he did not know or
he had forgotten that train No. AZ,
the west-bound immigrant train, had
been divided into two sections.
The first section, headed for Chica-
go with scores of foreigners from Lo-
Gust Point, Baltimore, Md, flew past
the waiting freight. Some say it car
ried at the rear no lights indicating
that second section was following.
At all events if it did the signals
were unheeded, and Engineer Burke
and Conductor Moste sent the freight
eastward over the single track. A
light fall of snow and curve just
west of Woodville contributed to the
disaster.
Engines Crash Head On.
Engineer Reneman on the immi-
grant train and Engineer Burke on the
freight train each caught through the
snowiakes the yellow gleam of the
headlights as they rounded the fatal
curve. Whistles and brake exhausts
shrieked together. Then with crash
the engines flew together, reared like
fighting beasts and fell sideward upon
the embankment, carrying in broken
mass coaches and freight cars with
them.
Thrown from sleep amid strange
surroundings into the dark and cold
of early morning and made more ter
rible by the cries of their injured and
dying fellows, the 135 foreign-born
passengers uninjured were crazed and
panic-stricken.
Hinder Work of Rescue.
Their frantic actions made the
work of rescue one of greater difficulty
for the uninjured among the train
crew. Fires showing here and there
among the forward wreckage added
to the confusion, and only the heroic
determination and cool-headed ef-
ficiency of Conductors Brooks and
Moste and their brakemen averted a
greater loss of life.
The entire immigrant train of six
cars was burned, as were three cars
in the freight train. The fireman of
the freight train Is dead and Fireman
Cutler of the immigrant train Is re-
ported dead. Engineers Reneman and
Burke of the two trains and Baggage
master Snyder of the immigrant train
was injured.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
DEATH OF MAJ. GEN. sHAFTER
Retired Army Officer succumbs to Ef-
fects of Slight Cold.

Bakersfield, CAL, Nov. 13.-William
Rufus Shafter, U. S. A., retired, died
at 12:45 p. m. Monday, at the ranch
of Capt. w. H. McKittrick, his son-in-
law, 20 miles south of this city, after
an illness of seven days, despite the
best medical attention available in
California.
While returning from the polls No
vember, 6 Gen. Shafter contracted a
severe chill, which augmented a slight
indisposition and necessitated confine.
ment to his bed.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
INDICT RAILROADS
ON Rebate charge
FEDERAL GRAND JURY VOTES
BILLS AGAINST MiNNEAPO-
LIS CARRIERS.
Allegation Is Made That Refunds
Were Given to Grain Firms and In
dividuaI Shippers Doing Business
in Northwestern Metropolis.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 9.-Eleven
indictments were handed to Judge
Lochren in the United States district
court at 4:10 p. m. Thursday, and they
cover the giving of rebates by certain
railroads and the receiving of the
same by grain firms and individuals
The list of corporations against which
the indictments were voted, as given
out by Assistant District Attorneys
Ewart and Dickie, who have had
charge of the cases, were as follows:
The Great Northern Railroad com
pany, four indictments and about rs
counts.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railway, one indictment and
so counts.
Wisconsin Central railway, one in
dictment and IL counts.
Minneapolis & st. Louis railway
one indictment and five counts.
The indictments against the rail
roads charge the giving of rebates
and under the head of receiving re
bates the following true bills were re
turned:
w. P. Devereaux company; Nc
Caull-Dinsmore company, Minneapo
lis; Ames-Brooke company, of Duluth
Duluth Milling company.
Rebating Is Charged.
Some of the Specific charges con
tanned in the indictments against the
Great Northern railway were two in
dictments for giving rebates to the
Spencer Grain company, one for Civ
ing to the McCaull- -Dinsmore company
and for giving rebates to the Spencer
Grain company.
The Omaha railroad, the Wisconsin
Central, the Minneapolis & st. Louis
were charged with favoring the Spen
Ger Grain company. The companies
indicted who are not railroad compa
nies are charged with receiving re
bates.
Besides the corporations, indict
ments were returned against IL indi
vidual officials of the railroads named
but United States District Attorney
Houpt said he would not consent to
the names being given out for publica
tion owing to the fact that no serv
ice had as yet been obtained upon
them.
AIIese Absorption of Charges.
The general offense alleged in the
railroad indictments is the absorption
of grain elevator charges.
After the bunch of indictments had
been given out to the court the jurors
were excused for the term and told
to convene again in st. Paul.
That further and more searching
investigation into the rebate question
will be made is not denied by Assist
ant United States District Attorney
Ewart, and further revelations are ex-
pected to be made at the next sitting
of the grand jury.
Perhaps the most surprised people
of all were the railroads, for none OF
those interested expected indictments
to be brought. Each company had
made it's best endeavors to disclaim
any criminality in its relation with
the grain companies.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
SIX MEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Victims Scalded to Death When Boiler
in Power House Blows Up.

Cleveland, o., Nov. 13.-Six men
we're killed and five seriously injured
Monday when a boiler in the power
house of the Lake Shore railroad, in
Collinwood, suburb of Cleveland,
blew up. The men were working
close to the boiler, building the found
alton for dynamo, when the explo-
sion occurred. They were all in the
mouth of a subway facing the end
which blew out of the boiler, and
were scalded to death by the immense
volume of steam which shot out. =
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
SHOOTS SWEETHEART AND SELF
Young Man Attecks Cousin Who Re-
fused to Marry Him.

Carlisle, Pa, Nov. 12.-Clarence
Ilgenfitz, aged 20 years, Sunday night
shot his sweetheart, Mary Kutz, and
then committed suicide. The shoot
ing occurred at Drytown, near here.
Ilgenfitz had been paying attention to
the girl for several months, but be-
cause they were first cousins Miss
Kutz refused to marry him.
Ilgenfitz lay in wait for the girl and
her grandmother as they were re-
turning home from church. AS they
passed he shot the girl twice, one
bullet entering her head back Of the
ear and another entering her left
thigh.
Ilgenfitz then placed the revolver to
his forehead and sent bullet into his
brain.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Advertising Man Dies Suddenly.

Chicago, Nov. 12.-Ambrose L.
Thomas, president of the Lord &
Thomas advertising firm, 81 Wabash
avenue, died suddenly Saturday on the
seventh floor of the store of Carson,
Pirie, Scott & Co. Heart disease is be-
lieved to have been the cause. The
body was taken to Rolston's undertak-
ing rooms by the Central police. Mr..
Thomas lived at 4722 Woodlawn ave-
nue.. He was so years old.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Illinois Central Official Dead.

Chicoga, Nov. 12.-Following quick
ly after the sensational New York
meeting of the directors of the Illinois
Central railroad-a meeting which he
was unable to attend because of ill
ness-came the death Friday of John
Calvin yelling, first vice president
and long time member of the roads
directorate
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Wades to His Death.

Monticello, Mimi, Nov. 10.-Theo-
dore Mochell, aged IS, a wealthy farm
sr near here, left his home Thursday
morning and deliberately waded out
into the Mississippi river to a point
beyond his depth and was drow ed.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Prominent Lawyer Dies.

Newtown, Conn, Nov. 13.-lsaac F.
Taylor of Jersey City, one of the most
prominent lawyer at the New Jersey
bar, died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Danforth, here Monday.
He had been i'll for several months.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Bio Prices for Cream,

We are paying % cents per pound for e1-
ira good quality cream, and will advance
our price as the market goes up. We can
afford to pay more, and we do pay more
for good cream the year round than any
creamery in the state. Spot cash for every
can. Start shipping at once. Milton Dairy
Co., Is W. Ninth street, st. Paul, Mimi.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16

The Russian government has issued
ukase prescribing that the peasants
are now free to choose their places of
residence. 1t is probable, however,
that peasants who attempt to choose
places of residence which do not hap
pen to be approved of by the govern
ment will get into serious trouble.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Demands of Enoineers GRANTED.

New York, Nov. 13.-The demands
of the engineers employed by the Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western Rail-
road company were adjusted Monday
at conference between President w.
H. Truesdale and the representatives
of the engineers. The engineers were
granted ten-hour day and increases
in wages aggregating for the 900 en-
gineers $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Old Ball PLAYER Dead.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-Charles
Feeney, 40 years old, known in base
ball circles as Eat" died suddenly
Sunday afternoon. He weighed $50
mounds
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16

A Winona (Slinn.) hunter shot a
girl dead, mistahpg her for a wood
chuck. Isn't it ABOUT time to insist
upon examination Oh every man who
applies for license 70 hunt to make
sure that he knows enough not to
mistake Jersey cow for chipmunk?
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Worlds Gold Production.

In the last 500 years over twelve
billion dollars worth of gold is esti-
mated to have been dug from the
earth. Not much more than one-half
of this is definitely known to be in
existence in the monetary stocks OF
the globe. Of this, however, the
United States is believed to hold from
a billion and quarter to billion and
q half
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Shoots His schooImate.

Andover, Mass, Nov. 12.-Charles E
Riggs, Phillips-Andover academy
student, accidentally shot John J
Tracy, a schoolmate, and the latter
died instantly. Tracey lived at EN-.
poria, Kas Riggs is from Mount Yer
non N Y
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
Fire in Sporting Goods House.

New York, Nov. 12.-Sporting goods
valued at $4,000 were damaged or de-
stroyed by fire in the store of A G.
Spalding & Co., No. 1245 Nassau
street.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
herdind of New York,s Poor.

Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the
tenement-house committee of the
Charity Organization society, declares
that a close canvas shows that there
are in New York tenements $4,000
rooms that have no windows.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-04
Executrix Notice.

In re: Esta;e OF Salathaiel Mead late
OF the Borough of Laporte, Sullivan Co.,
Pa, deceased Notice is hereby given
that letters testamentary upon the estate
Of said decedent have been granted to the
undersigned. All persons indebted to
the said estate are requested to make
payment and those having claims or de
mands against the same will make them
known without delay.
Mrs. ELECTA MEAD, Executrix
7. J. KELLER, Laporte, Pa.
Power of Attorney.
Sept. 26, 1908.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-04

Williams is preparing to make Il cam
paga for the senatorship from Missis-
&i,pi in succession to Senator Money
- NOS surprising. The senate has been
tGl refuge before this of Democratic
jt03r .caders who have failed. Senator
Bailey, one of the most prominent
9embers of the senate, was not sue
cess IS the leader of the hou~-: minor-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-04

NOTICE.-Every policy holder OF
the +. & NJ. Home Fire Insurance
Co., whose post Office address has
been recently changed is requested
to send (by postal or otherwise) the
new address and No. of the policy to
the Secretary at Forksville,
r.. ID. Lancaster, NJ. II. Black,
Sec'V. President
BCCKNELL UNIVERSITY
JOIN HOWARD HARRIS, President.
College: Courses in Arts, Philoso-
phy, Science, Chemistry, Biology
Civil and Electrical Engineering,
with shop work. Department for
Women, comprising College, Insti
tute, Art and Music courses. School
of Music open to both sexes. Acad-
emy for young men and boys.
For catalogue etc. address the
Registrar, VIM. G. Grctzinger,
LeWiSburg, Pa.
Bids will be received for deliver
ing car load of anthracite stove
coal at Laporte Borough schoolhouse
Bids to be in not later than Saturday
September %, 1908. Board reserves
the right to accept or reject any or
all bids.
A. J. Bradley, Pres,
A. II. Buschhausen, Sec'y.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-04

k. FLllklAuEk, frlnClpdl.
fall term of i weeks be
GINS September II lie IA
cllltles at this important
school Tor dong fist lass
Wolk, professional and atad
em c were never better hii.
now. It's graduates are re-
CURED to do a tuIl leaD>tt act
mg In the framing >ct1ooi.
lis f,cuIty has The best Amer
lcan and European training
Buildings modern. College
Preparatory department Lo-
alton uneXCelled. Fine
Gymnasium.
Expenses moderate. Free
tnltlon to prospective teach
erS.
Address for illustrated cat
alog, the PnnClpal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-04

d@"ch topics suggested by the ma,
tional lecturer for discussion in the
s..b 'dinate oranges are as follows:
Wat is the most important matter
- come up for consideration in our
primary caucus or local election, and
N4@t is our duty in regard to it?
Waat grange events should be OBJ
sernd by our grange in addition to
holding the regular meetings?
lr.e hight Name.
tGll it Reciprocity" tariff for reve-
nue only" or dual tariff" the right
name for it Is ''fYae trade" or ''freer
fra e. as solue prefer to expresa it,
New Haven Leader.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
War From a Thumb Bite.

Perhaps the most portentous If In
nocent incident in the proceedings
leading up to England's war with
King Theodore Of Abyssinia was a
thumb bite. The British consul was
practically prisoner at his court
when Mr. Stern, British missionary,
called upon the liking of kings" The
first mistake of the Englishman was
to seek an audience Immediately after
the king had dined too literally with
his court. The second was his choosing
as interpreters two utterly incompetent
men. The inefciency of this pair so
angered the dusky monarch that then
and there he ordered them to be beat
en-. Mr.. Stern, unable to bear the
sight, turned around and bit his
thumb" Now, he was not aware Of
It, but to bite the thumb Is in Abys-
sinia defiance and threat Of venge-
ance. The quick eye of the king
caught the innocent menace, and he
had the missionary also beaten. From
that sprang the war, the defeat Of the
forces Of the king and his death by his
own hand in his ruined city of Mag.
dala.-London Standard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
A Native African Food.

The native food of the Malunda coun-
try, IN southern Africa, comprises ma
nioc and that alone. It is plant par
ticularly adapted to wet, marshy soil,
says the author OF 'In Remotest Ba-
rotseland." It takes two years to arrive
at maturity and while growing re-
Quires very little attention. The root
when full grown is about the size and
has very much the appearance Of
German sausage, although at times it
grows much larger One shrub has
several roots, and the extraction Of two
or three in no way impairs the growth
Of the remainder. When newly dug 1t
tastes like chestnut, and the digestion
Of the proverbial ostrich can alone as
simulate it raw, but when soaked In
water for a few days until partly de-
composed, dried on the roofs Of the
huts and stamped it forms delight
fully white soft meal, far whiter and
purer than the best flour. Then it is
beaten into thick paste and eaten
with little favoring composed Of
a locust or caterpillar, which the ma
tives seek in decayed trees Another
way Of eating this native luxury Is by
baking the roots after soaking them
and eating it as you would banana.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
The Eternal Wilderness.

We still have our ''unmanstifed"
places. And there shall come to us
wilderness here and another there
where now there Is none, for every
thing moves in circles, which is not at
all new discovery, and the man VINO
today laments dearth of the wilder
ness may live long enough to find him
self one day welding an ak as dull as
the pen he now bewails with-and for
ty miles from a grindstone. We shall
not demonstrate with the writer's who
are picturing us going to eternal sma3h
for want of, tall timber. Their work is
not without its good effect in staying
the denudation Of our nearby recrea-
ton grounds, and we are content to
watch the willy old wilderness creeping
up In the rear of the advancing army
Of invasion, reaching out with sure, ST.
lent fingers and reclaiming her own,
building anew her razed stockades and
unfurling to the winds her defiant ban
nerets.-Recreation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
A Patented Plant.

~One plant at least has been patent
3D." said an inventor. 1T is the Abrus
precatorius, alias paternoster pea, alias
weather plant. John Nowack took out
the patent. The weather plant is still
believed by many persons to foretell
the weather. John Nowack was sure II
did so, and he put it on the market
along with an indicating apparatus,
guaranteeing 1t to foretell for forty
eight hours in advance and for fifty.
miles around fog, rain, snow, hail,
earthquake and depressions likely to
cause explosions of fire damp. Alas
for poor Nowack! The experts Of the
bureau Of agriculture took up his pat
ented plant. They proved that the
movements of the leaves-to the right
foretelling rain, to the left foretelling
drought-were not caused by the
weather, but by the light And they
proved that the plants famous down
ward movement, which was supposed
to foretell earthquake, was caused by
an insect that punctured the stem,
causing the leaf, naturally, to droop.
That is the only patented plant I
know of, and Nowack lost money on
Il --, .s..*. ... -t... -. 5& #Ezs T. y.a.E
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29

Iweve hours ID winter ana rcurreeh
In summer was fair, average days
work. but in Lyons in 1871 the print.
ers worked from 2 o'clock in the morn
Ing till 8 or in the evening In other
trades the working hours were often
from 4 In the morning till 8 at night
or from 5 to 10. Workers in the same
meter generally lived together in the
same street, but the maitre artisan
had his own maison. The ground floor
was his shop or workshop: above was
his bedroom, which was also the sit.
ting and eating room; small room ad.
Joining accommodated his children, and
above was garret where various
commodities were stored. ~ Brisson's
'Work and Workers."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
The Sonnet Writers.

The fashion of sonnet writing was at
its height in the sixteenth century,
when Rousard. the French prince OF
poets" In his own country and genera
ton. wrote over 900 sonnets, total
which appears only to have been ex-
ceeded by Gomez de Quevedo, the
Spanish Voltaire. who is said to have
written over 1000. Fortunately for
sonnet lovers some Of the best poets
have been prolific sonneteers. Petrarch.
who created the classic model which
later poets initiated. wrote 315. Cam
oens Is responsible for 352, Sir Philip
Sidney wrote 1OS, Spenser IS and
Dante 50. English sonnets We're first
written by Sir Thomas Wyatt Q5O3-42)
and Henry Howard. earl Of Surrey
Q517-4D, and the first appearance Of
any In book form was In a rare publi-
cation briefly known as ''Tottle's Mis-
cellany," the full title being Songs and
Sonnettes written by the Right Hon.
oure Lorde Henry Howard, late Earle
Of Surrey, and other" The greatest
sonneteers of our language are Shake
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
lima In Hungary.

Wayside inns in Hungary generally.
rejoice In very quaint titles. This one
was called the Dropperin and had the
usual sign outside-viz, long pole
with a wooden ring and gigantic
wine bottle suspended from it. The
system Of keeping the scores Is primi-
tive, but practical. The regular GUS
toners and the innkeeper each have a
bit Of wood called rovas, with the
name Of the person written on 1t, and
every liter of wine consumed Is marked
by each making a notch on his re-
spective bit of wood. When the score
Is paid off, both the rovas are burned.
Consequently you hear the peasants in.
viting each other to ingyonroviasmo-
"a, literally drink on my ''knotcb
stick" which sounds most comical.-
''Wanderings In Hungary"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-11-29
Size of Heads.

The average adult head has a cir
cumference of fully twenty-five inches.
The average adult hat is fully six and
three-Quarters size. The sizes of mems
hats are six and three-fourths and six
and seven -eighths generally "Sevens"
hats are common in Aberdeen, and the
professors of our colleges generally
wear seven and One-eighth to eight
sizes. Heads wearing hats of the sizes
six and three-eighths and smaller or
being less than twenty-one inches in
circumference can never be powerful
Between nineteen and twenty inches
in circumference heads are invariably
very weak and, according to this au-
thority, mo lady should think of mar
rying man with a head less than
twenty inches In circumference" Peo-
pie with heads under nineteen inches
are mentally deficient and with heads
under eighteen inches invariably idi-
otic.-London Young Woman.