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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
UNABLE TO FINISH TUNNEL
OUTFIT OF CONTRACTOR Is
coNFIscATED.
irrigation Project In Northern Wyon,-
ing Brought to StandstilI by In
ability to Get Labor and Cash.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Acting under
authority of the secretary OF the In
terror, the director Of the geological
survey Friday ordered the confisca-
ton of the whole of the contractors
outfit for work on the Corbett tunnel
on the irrigation project in northern
Wyoming. 1t was ascertained by the
secretary that the contractor not only
abandoned the work but was about to
remove all his appliances from the
premises.
This contract was awarded to
Charles Speer, cashier of the Billings
State bank. He, In turn, made ar
rangements for carrying on the work
under the Western Construction COM
pany.
The difficulties of securing labor
and the high cost of material resulted
in such delays to the work that
1t apparently became impossible to
finance the operations, and Aug. )
the company was unable to pay the
400 or more men then employed.
The bids on Corbett tunnel were
opened Sept. 6, 1905, and awarded to
Charles Speer on an estimated basis
of $594,925. The next lowest bid was
made by ]. G. White & Co., of New
York, at S595,750.
The government officers also took
possession of the work and outfit of
Prendegast & Clarkson on the Sho-
shone dam, one of the largest struc-
lures in the west, ON the ground that
the firm had not been able to secure
necessary men and financial backing
to carry them through the work. The
bids for this work were opened Sept.
5, 1905, and award made on an esti-
mated basis of $515,75O. The next
lowest bid was that of ]. G. White &
Co., of New York, at 1858 1855.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
Wellman's Presidency.

The indefatigable Walter Wellman
has established wireless telegraph con-
nection between the Arctic regions
and Washington preparatory to en-
barking on his hazardous aerial polar
expedition. Interest in the venture
will increase as the time approaches
for the final launching of the airship
from the station OF the north coast
OF Norway in August, the i'll fate OF
the Andre expedition preparing the
public mind ominously for another
plunge into the silences of the Arctic.
The Wellman expedition is, however.
equipped doubly. The dirigible bal.
loon and wireless telegraphy were not
available to Andre, and 1t is with the
aid Of these two inventions that the
intrepid Wellman hopes to return.
Andre made the trip one way. Well
man, the man, becomes for the mo-
ment prominent figure among the
daring Adventures Of romance and
history, whatever wisdom may lie in
his venture. and however profitless or
profitable the undertaking may be,
says the Detroit Free Press. The
present expedition will be his third.
Fired by ambition and moved by q
spirit of geographical adventure. Well
man abandoned temporarily his work
In the newspaper field as Washington
correspondent for western newspa.
pers, and in 1894 ventured north, re-
turning with valuable information. In
1898 he made a second expedition and
fixed the boundaries Of Franz Josef
land, locating many new Arctic
islands. He returned from these ex-
petitions broken in health and almost
incapacitated for active work. A man
Of his indomitable courage and per-
sistence is not to be stayed by ordi-
nary obstacles. Instead of seeking
comfort and ease, he applied himself
once more to his newspaper work with
the one ruling passion urging him on,
to gather enough funds for third and
perhaps successful venture. Though
suffering bodily from the effects Of his
former experiences in the frozen
north, Wellman devoted the past
seven years to enlisting capital,
amassing funds from his own savings
and preparing for what may be the
denouement Of his life work. With
this sort of courage and faith behind
his new expedition, and the valuable
experience gained by his previous
dashes for the pole, Wellman's ven
ture promises well.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
BANK TELLER KILLS HIMSELF
EmpIoye of stensIand Ends Life Un-
der Taunts of Depositors.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Frank Kowalski,
paying teller of the wrecked Milwau-
kee avenue bank, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head
Friday night.
Since the bank failed, Monday,
Kowalski had been stopped on the
street many times and accused by
depositors of having known their
money was in peril He had been in
the service of the bank 13 years,
handled all of it's business among the
Poles, and, until the crash came, was
as highly regarded by them as were
Paul o. Stensland and Henry W.
Herring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
advocates death
FOR Anarchists
SOLITARY IMPRISONMENT WITH
LIBERAL PRIVATE APPLICA-
TON OF LASH.
Secretary 6onaparte Says There is
No Cure for the Evil, but He
Would infiict Drastic Punishment
on slayers Of Officials.

Cumberland, Nd, Aug. 13.-The an
archist, of all enemies of society, least
deserves mercy or humane considera-
ton. At his full development he is
hepelessly beyond redemption, an
irreconcilable foe OF law and
order. There is no cure for his
disease; the eradication Of his breed
is impossible. Yet he cannot be al
lowed to thrive with safety to the
community. What is to be done with
him?
This, in brief, is the view Charles
J. Bonaparte, secretary of the navy,
holds of the anarchist. And this is
what he would do with him:
Death for Anarchists.
Let death, unequivocally imposed
by law and inflexibly executed, be the
punishment of every anarchist who
seeks directly or indirectly to take
life. Let the most rigorous imprison-
ment, solitary, comfortless, and pitt
less, with liberal private application
of the lash, be the punishment of
every anarchist guilty of offenses
which cannot be punished with death.
Secretary Bonaparte does not advo
cate this treatment as cure or pana-
cea for anarchism. He does not be-
lieve such a thing possible, nor the
eradication of the evil by any remed1-
al legislation thing to be hoped for
in this generation or the next. He be-
lieves the source Of anarchism too
deeply interviewer in the basic scheme
of modern civilization to be uprootei
bodily.
Should Be Treated az Reptiles.
What he does believe, and advocate,
is that in this country pseudo-human-
itarian claptrap should be disregarded
and anarchists treated as reptiles
whose determination must be the aim
of the entire community as vital
factor in it's own preservation.
Imprisonment in the case of an an
archist is a farce, the secretary be-
lieyes. He can't be reformed nor
even improved, being invariably worse
when he comes out than when he
went in.
Secretary Bonaparte's conclusions
on anarchism and it's remedy are the
result of deep study, prompted by the
revelatory horror and fear inspired by
the assassination of President McKin-
ley. He made them public in the
form of a speech delivered before the
Chautauqua society here Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
LONG PRISON TERN
FOR LEADER OF mob
FORMER CONVICT GETS FIFTEEN.
YEAR SENTENCE FOR HELP
ING LYNCH NEGROES.
First Time in History of North Caro-
lima That Jury Has Convicted Man
for Avensing Crime by Taking
Law Into His Own Hands.

Salisbury, N. c., Aug. 11.-What Is
said to be the first instance of the
conviction of lyncher in the history
OF the state was furnished here Fri.
day night when George Hall, a white
ex-convict of Montgomery county,
North Carolina, who was one of the
party that Monday night lynched
three negroes in Jail here for the MUIR
der of the Lyerly family, was found
guilty of conspiracy in connection
with that crime and was sentenced to
15 years in the penitentiary.
Verdict of Guilty.
Halls trial ended Friday evening at
seven o'clock. The jury was out but
35 minutes and returned then with
verdict of guilty, after several wit
nesses had been heard. Judge B. F.
Long sentenced Hall to the maximum
term provided by law-15 years at
hard labor in the penitentiary. The
evidence against Hall was overwhelm-
ing. He was remanded to Jail. His
counsel has appealed on the ground
that Gov. Glenn was in Atlantic City
when the special term at which Hall
was tried as ordered and that being
out of the states bounds he had no
jurisdiction.
Change Charge From Murder.
The state sprung surprise in the
trial when the offense against the
prisoner was changed from murder to
conspiracy. When the court was
called to order at 1920 o'clock Fri
day morning, former Congressman T.
]. KluttZ announced his client would
contend that the court was unlawful
1t was argued that the governor could
not sign commission for such
court unless he was in the state and
it was claimed that he was at Atlantic
City, N. J.
Saw Hall Leading Mob.
The objection of the defendant was
overruled" and the trial proceeded. The
first witness was David w. Julian, q
deputy sheriff, who testified that he
saw Hall leading mob of about 80
men, some of whom the witness
knew. The officer had in custody a
man he had arrested at the Jail. Hall,
said the witness, carried a hammer
and threatened to brain him if he did
not liberate the prisoner. Mr.. Kluttz
objected to this testimony in it's en-
tirety.
Other testimony was offered in the
afternoon and the case speedily given
to the jury.
Hall had been a cotton mill on
erative.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
COOLIES TO BUILD THE CANAL
Contracts for $500 Laborers to Be
Made as Experiment.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Chinese la.
Dor will be given thorough test on
the Panama canal. Contracts calling
for $500 Cinnamon for canal work
have been prepared and advertise
ments will be issued by the Isthmian
canal commission in few days ask.
ing for proposals from labor agents.
If the initial $500 Cinnamon prove
a success, it is likely that many more
will be taken to the isthmus to do
the work, which is too hard for the
Jamaicans now employed there in
large numbers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
DoWIE FLAWS FEDERAL JURIsr
First Apostle Accuses Judge Lands
of Uttering FaIsehood.

Chicago, Aug 13.-At meeting at
Shiloh house in Zion City, attended
by $50 persons, John Alexander
Dowie, the deposed apostle of the
Christian Catholic Church of Zion,
took occasion to denounce Judge Lam
dis for the manner in which he had
settled up Zion affairs, and, in an ex-
cited harrangue, accused the jurist
of telling falsehood.
81 do not know why Judge Lands
made the decision he did" said Dowie
HE says that and all that have ia
ken the restoration host vow are
guilty of treason to the United States.
That is a rank falsehood, and l want
him to know that / say So
When Dowie classed the jurist's
declaration as falsehood the audi
ence of faithful followers cheered and
clapped their hands. Several times
during the meeting. when Judge Lam
dis name was mentioned, there were
Kisses and groans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
MANY INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK
Physician in DishabiIle Attend to
Wounds of Passengers.

Bowie, Tex, Aug. 11.-Between 40
and so passengers were injured, none
fatally, but several seriously, when
the north-bound train of the Fort
Worth & Denver railroad was wrecked
a few miles south of Fruitland, Tex,
late Thursday night. The sleeper and
chair car left the track and rolled
down an embankment, and nearly all
those aboard sustained injuries.
DIR. Cornell, Of Hot Springs, sleep
or passenger, not taking time to dress,
did all he could to relieve the suffer
ing Where debris was impossible to
his bare feet the brakemen assisted
him across.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The post office at Camden, Mich,
has been robbed.
Brodie L. Duke was awarded final
decree of divorce by a New York
court.
Claude H. 'Desha, prominent Ken
lucky Democrat, died of apoplexy in
Cynthia, Ky.
The New York aquarium's $4,000
sea cow died of blood poisoning, due
to rife wound
Bourke Cochran, of New York, is i'll
in California and is attended by Miss
lde, his fiancee.
Two thousand gold beaters went on
strike in New York as the result of
an open-shop controversy.
Berg & Wise, large retail clothing
establishment at Nashville, Tenn,
filed petition in bankruptcy.
Private advices from CONSTANT.
nople confirm the recent report that
the sultan. Abdul-Hamid H.. is i'll.
A San Francisco judge may send
fire insurance men to jail for con-
tempt for refusing to submit docu-
ments.
The Florentine section of the Amer
lean Navy league has sent silk en-
sign to the American torpedo boat
Wilkes
The United Master Butchers Asso
citation of America will convene al
Milwaukee for four days beginning
August 81.
Process servers finally caught H
Clay Pierce in st. Louis and sum
moned him as a witness in the oil in
yestigation there.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth
and his bride, who was Miss Alice
Roosevelt, reached New York after
completing foreign wedding tour.
Admiral Brownson, U. s. NJ, will
take feet of cruisers to Asiatic wa
tiers upon the conclusion of the ma
neuvers of the Atlantic squadron.
Fire destroyed the steamer John H.
Pauly at Marine City, lsich., and
Joseph Minnie and John Spencer,
members of the crew, were severely
burned.
George Crocker, of New York, for
merly of California, presented pipe
organ to the Episcopal mission of st.
Johns church, Ramsey, N. j., in mem.
DRY of his wife.
The body of an unidentified man
was picked up on the Chicago &
Northwestern tracks north of Black
Wolf, Wis. The man had evidently
. been thrown from box car.
Bishop Lawrence of the Boston
Episcopal diocese has sent out a de-
nial of the story that he originated
the endless chain of prayer" at
tributed to him, which has raised a
storm of protest.
Henry w. Herring, cashier of the
Milwaukee avenue state bank, Chi
cago, held to criminal court under
bond aggregating $6S,OO0 on charges
of forgery, larceny, embezzlement
perjury and conspiracy.
Infatuated depositers of the Stems.
land bank at Chicago demand gal
lows for fugitive president, prosecu.
ton of state examiners and impris-
onment of woman whose name has
been involved in the case.
John B. Freeman, aged %, of La
Crosse, Wis, was arrested for the at
tempted murder of William Boye dur
ing the Elks' convention. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to ten years
at Waupun The motive was rob-
hnrv
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
NORTH DAKOTA MAYOR GUILTY
Jury sustains Allegation That He
Was Member of Horsethief Band.

Williston, N. D., Aug. 10.-W. M.
Denny, mayor of Williston, and
prominent banker, was found guilty
on charge of receiving stolen prop
erty. 1t was charged by the authori-
ties of Valley county, Montana, that
Denny was the head of band of
horse and cattle ""rustlers" and that he
disposed of the booty. An attempt
was made to extradite Denny and
take him to Montana for trial, but
failed. He was brought to trial here
on a charge of having received and
disposed of six horses stolen in Mon
tana.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
FIVE ARE DROWNED IN RIVER
Four Persons Give Up Lives in Vain
Endeavor to Rescue Others.

Davenport, Wash, Aug. 13.-Five
persons prominent in social life of
Davenport, who had been enjoying an
outing on the banks of the Spokane
river about IL miles northeast of here,
were drowned Sunday.
The dead: Miss Winnie Jones, A..
L. Bergett, Mrs. A. L. Gergett, Roy
Howard, A. L. milan.
Four of the drowned heroically sac
rificed their lives in an attempt to
save others. One after another they
plunged into the river, only to be
seized by the river and drawn down
either by the whirlpool or the under
current.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
VIII Receive Suggestions.

Washington, Aug. 13.-In order that
the food manufacturers OF the coun-
try may have opportunity to make
suggestions concerning regulations
for the enforcement of the new pure
food law, hearings will be held at
the department of agriculture from
September II to 20.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17

The writer's Of the Russell Sage
obituary notices are almost unit in
declaring that his great passion was
money-making, fact which distin-
guished him from almost the entire
body of his fellow countrymen.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean. No, in his passion
for money-making he was like two
thirds of humanity. 1t was his passion
for keeping money that distinguished
him from the rest of his fellowmen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
SILVER PURCHASES
Will Be RESUMED
UNITED STATES TO BUY BULLION
FOR COINAGE AT ITS VAR
lOUS MiNTS.
Bids for Weekly Delivery Invited by
Director of Mint, to Be Sent In
Each Wednesday Until Further
Notice.

Washington, Aug. 10.-For the first
time in Is years the government an
nounced Thursday its purpose to pur-
chase silver for coinage purposes.
Tenders are invited at the office Of the
director of the mint in this city on
Wednesday, the 18th instant. up to
one o'clock p. m. and every Wednes-
day thereafter until further notice.
These tenders are to be for delivery
ct the Philadelphia, New Orleans or
Denver mints, settlement to be on the
New York basis of bullion guaranteed
999 fine. The treasury reserves the
right to reject all tenders or accept
such part of any tender as may suit
its convenience.
It is understood that, anticipating
that it's temperance as purchaser
might temporarily disturb the market
unduly, the treasury has obtained
control of considerable amounts for
future delivery. SO that it is in posi-
ton to drop out of the market for sew
eral months if desirable.
The average requirements of the
treasury throughout the year will
probably not exceed 100000 ounces
per week, and it will be the policy of
the department, while keeping rea-
sonable amount in hand, to SO dis
tribute its purchases throughout the
year that its demands will be uniform
and not an element of uncertainty in
the market.
Stock of Bullion Exhausted.
For the resumption of specie pay
ments in 1879 down to the year 1900
the constant increase in the stock of
subsidiary coin required by the grow
ing population and trade of the coun-
try was supplied by the recoinage of
old and uncurrent subsidiary coins
which accumulated in the treasury un.
der the resumption act. In 1900, as
this stock was running low, authority
was granted in the monetary act of
March IA to the secretary Of the
treasury to divert bullion, purchased
under the act of July IA, 1890, for the
coinage of silver dollars to the coinage
of subsidiary pieces. Under this au-
thority about $3S,oOO,OOO has been
coined since 1900.
The stock of bullion in the treasury
was exhausted more than a year ago
and since then no bullion has been
available for the subsidiary use.
Demand for Coinage.
The stock in the treasury had be-
come so low that 1t was apparent, &C.
cording to the department, that the
demands of constantly enlarging
trade could not be met without addi-
tional coinage. The secretary of the
treasury was in doubt whether exist
ing statutes authorized him to buy
bullion for this purpose and, more
over, was of the opinion that it would
be better policy to meet future de-
mands for subsidiary coin by the re-
coinage of silver dollars in the treas
ury, and so recommended to congress.
Congress, however, having failed to
act upon his recommendations, Secre-
tary Shaw requested an opinion from
the attorney general as to his authori-
ty to purchase bullion for this purpose
under existing law and he received a
favorable reply, based on section g.
626 of the revised statutes. The pol
icy now announced was accordingly
determined upon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
Dies on Board Ship.

New York, Aug. 13.-Michael De-
laney, a retired merchant of St.
Louis, died of heart disease on board
the steamer Campania when she ar
rived in this harbor Saturday Mr..
Delaney crossed the ocean to visit
ireland, but was unable to leave the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
Governor Forced to Resign.

Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 13.-The re-
volted police at Aracaju, capital of the
State of Sergipe, have compelled the
governor and vice governor to resign,
leaving the state government in the
hands of the presiding judge of the
state supreme court. The incident is
classed as being a natural outcome of
the Matte Crosse revolt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17

A New York specialist says bridge
whist is responsible for much of the
nervous prostration that is being re-
ported. He must be so situated that
he needn't care whether he is popular
or not.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
Killed While RESISTING Arrest.

Princeton, Mo-, Aug. 13.-"Buck'
McHargue, a notorious character, was
killed by the son of Policeman Abe
Trent after McHargue had shot the
officer five times while resisting ar
rest. Policeman Trent is in serious
condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
Blaze at FauIkton. 8. D,

Sioux City, Ia, Aug 13.-FYre In the
business district of Faulkton, 8. D.,
caused loss of $4,000 The princi-
pal losers are Kelly & Murray, mer-
chandisc. Their loss is $4,000 with
insurance of $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17
Had Counterfeit Money.

CORY, Pa, Aug. 10.-County De-
tective Watson, of Erie, assisted by
Capt. w. p. Walsh, of Pittsburg, ar
rested John Harmon, former en-
gineer. Counterfeit money was found
in his-possession.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17

Every American girl is queen. and
no doubt the European crowds that
gather to see the daughter of presi-
dent reflect that every man in pros
porous America is sovereign.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-17

An electric railroad ON which the
run from New York to Chicago can be
made in ten hours is projected The
sleeping car porters are not likely to
look with much favor on such an en-.
terprise.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-12
Many Visitors
WERE present AT MODEL
4 TRAINING SCHOOL ExER-
cISES AT THE NOR
NAL TO-DAY.

This morning and this afternoon.
the Model Trimming School. uade.
Miss Isabel Davenpor, the instructor.
gave public performances The room
was crowded with friends and visitors
and with relatives of the children
TIE exercises lasted about an hour
and were full OF interest There was
no other feature OF this commence
ment which has created so much adj
ml-ation as has the little, children in
the training school It thrills the
relatives and friends with surprise and
pleasure to see e>the little tots doing
things that would do credit TO much
older students. They sing songs.
and have drills and recitations- il
which they display great ability and
in which they reflect great credit
upon their teacher
Drawings were on the blackboards
which were made by the little ones
and the visitors were surprised to
learn that theiworH had been done by
them zzG. 7re ,ss =.
However. the most valuable part OF
the training school can not be seen
on, a public occasion like the o2eSot
today The Students who are learn
ing to be teachers attend tie sessions
at which the children are taught and
in that way they are themselves
taught how TO impart knowledge to
children This model school is one
Of the new features of the Normal
! yet il is one Of the most attractive
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-12
Mills Closed
TO-DAY AT NOON so EVERYBODY
CAN VOTE ON GREATER
PrITSRuRG.

PITTSBURG. Pa June 12.-The
citizens of PittSburg and Allegheny
are to-day voting on the greater Pitts
burg proposition About sixty per
cent of the total vote Will be polled.
and there seems little doubt but that
the result viii be favorable 10 the
consolidation of the two municipal
ties into one. The greatest oppoSi-
ton to the movement is in Allegheny
and there it Is expected that the rot-
ing viii be close. On the PittsburSS
side of Allegheny river, in many wards
the vote is practically unanimous n
favor of the greater PittsburG-
Many Of the largest mills. factories
and stores in both cities are closing
at noon. in order taat their employees
may have opportunity TO go to the
polls