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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

Cornhelds, and made up of ancient red
rooted houses which cluster round the
great min 5ter of Saint Wulfs- There 1t
rises. a poem i'm ctOne, with its great
central tower soaring into the misty
blue Of English skies. and its magnifl-
cent facade carved with saints and an
gels. and grotesque faces of peeriug
devilsAa strange medley Of heaven and
hell. Before il extends q little square,
I'm the center Of which rises an ancient
cross sculptured with religious imagery.
1t was near tbs relic Of medieval picty
that CarlinO saw his wife.
The day was dull and rainy-April
weather Of storm. with occasional
bursts of uushine. IN that desOlate ara
fOrsaken square, where the grass
sprang greenIy betwixt worn stones,
/ Comma. in the gay cOlors of her Nea-
rolitan garb. stood grinding Italian
melodies out of the organ. PietrO was
rot with her and CarlinO wondered Tor
2 moment if he had deserted Der. now
that the moneys obtained for the SILVER,
crucifix were expended. The woman ap-
Daared sad and lamCntatle CROUCH as
! She looked to right and left in the hoD7
of gaining stray "copper" The MEAN
/ rboIv music of All. che la mOrte" was
/ eigbinp forth i'm the damp ar, when
+ her wandering gaze alighted suddenly
On the man she had betrayed. With
I folded arms Berdi looked at her as the
music fa1terpd and stopped, but for the
( time being he said nothing Nor dId
/ the woman: she was as petrthed as any
Of the grim statues which looked down
upOn them both.
| where is he?" demanded Bardi, in
the Italian tongue.
/ Comma put her hand to the necklace
OF blue beads dangling from her brown
3 To T6HF
was set and white, her lips we're dry
with fear. and she could only stare al
CarIino with terrified eyes. The man
came a step nearer and laid persuas-
( I've hand on her white linen sleeve
she shuddered and drew away.
where is your lover2' demanded
Bardi. in silky tones. Has he left
you2''
/ No" she replied hoarsely, finding
her voice at last. He is i'll"
Herein this town.
Yes: he caught cold; II settled or
his lungs; he is very i'll.
Cemma uttered these staccato SEN
fences in a mechanical manner. as
though compelled to do 50 against hel
will under the mesmeTfc gaze of the
man The unexpected appearance %
Bsrdi stunned and appalled, her; she
could not think what TO do; her brair
refused to act. At length requeS
made by Carlino released her from the
mermeric spell which enchanted anC
frOze her
Lead me to him." said he, in a quie
way. Il wish to see him"
Gem-na felt the blood rush from he
heart TO her face. and sprang back witt
a loud cry which echoed through thu
lonely square and down the desolat'
streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

trusted TO extricate herself out OF all
difficulties by her wiles. Still, she knew
Carlinos violent temper, and she dread
ed the worst. At the door Of the poor
house where she lived with her lover
she stopped and faced Bardi with a
TeSOlUte air.
"Pietro is Within she said hurried
", III in bed; but shan't take you 10
him unless you swear that you intend
him no harm"
Il swear by this crucifx,' said Bar
di. thinking of it as dagger and not
as a cross.
Have you a knife on your" de-
manded Comma, still doubtful
NO, smiled Bardi, thinking how the
old F'iesole tragedy was repeating it
self. Il have nothing with me but this
cTUci1X." Then, as she still seemed dU-
bious, he added. You can see for your
/ self If you like"
Not knowing what to make OF this
smiling complacency, so different to his
usual stern demeanOr, Comma passed
| her hands through his clothes to feel If
/ he had any waepon concealed therein.
/ Her fears were groundless. BaTdi wore
little clothing, and she assured herself
/ beyond all doubt that h was unaTmed
+ he had nothing wherewith to kill
/ Pietro. Certainly he might strange
/ him with his bare hands, but that was
not the Tuscan fashion of disposing Of
/ a rival. Perhaps, after all, he meant
/ to forgive PietTo.
You see" said CaTlinO, when her
/ arms dropped, Il am unarmed; I have
nothing with me save this silver cruel
/ fix AS Pietro is so i'll he may like to
/ look at it."
/ His look as he said this was hardly
! pleasant. and a glimpse of il might
have put the woman on her guard; but
/ it was lost on her, as already she mad
turned her back and was climbing the
crazy stairs Bardi followed her. car
4 rying the organ on his broad back, and
holding in his two hands the silver cru
cifix. like some priest bearing the hOst
TO the dying. Comma conducted hin
into a bare garnet on the topmost story
Here Carlino put down the organ anC
looked around.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03
The Bismarck

No. 80 West Second South street, dis
penses the genuine imported Bavarian
and Pilsener Beers. both on draugEC and
i'm bottles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

Next week.-Mrs. Fifth Customer and
the Copper Key.
-(Copyright, 1905, by ". q. Chapmah-J
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

E4apar looked a this paper. after
reading the report of the tragedy. and
Toused. so" said she to herself, car
limo killed mis- wife and her lover ouL
-. Ala y come \ bout,that ne wounded
J7ir,seIf and died of the poisOn?'
There was no answer to this question,
for HaEar never learned that Bardi had
jn7fcted the wound on himself TO save
his life. hereby Staying himself as sur
Iv as the law would have done
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11
Commerce of Great Lakes.

Duluth.-A good deal of the size Of
the traffic on the Great Lakes during
the season of navigation may be gath
cred from the fact that, accor ding to
statistics compiled by government en-
gineers in the Lake Superior district,
Duluth, a port more than 1000 miles
from salt water, stands next 20 New
York in respect to mean monthly
freight movement. Last year the
freight brought in and shipped out Of
st. Louis bay amounted to 22,676,145
tons, valued at $196,751, $50, and this is
exclusive of receipts of logs amounting
to 34,2S5,000 feet. The average month
ly value of this commerce was nearly
S25,000,000, so that if there were open
navigation all the year round and the
monthly record Were maintained the
total would be about $300,000,000.
These shipments and receipts repre-
scented an increase of 6,059,12S tons, or
36.46 per cent, over the total of 1904,
and an increase in cash value amount
ing to $3951S374
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11
NEWS OF MINNESOTA.
Driven Insane.

Duluth-Alfred Johnson, a home
steader of the Little Fork country.
went insane as a result of his long iso-
lation and he has had terrible expert
ence
A neighbor happened to visit the
Johnson homestead and he was sur
prised to find that the house had ap-
parently not been inhabited for days.
The door was open and the interior in
disorder. The live stock were eager
for food and water, having been with
out either for some time.
Search was made for Johnson and
the first clue found was the bloody
footprints of some man who had been
wandering barefooted through the
woods and swamps.
Johnson was found at last sitting on
log near Gay Parker's homestead.
He was half naked. He had just set
fire to Parker's barn, though the flames
had not obtained much Roadway, and
the manifestly insane man was
stretching out his bare feet toward the
fire, saying that nobody could worship
Jesus with wet feet.
Johnson was taken care of, and is
now at Grand Rapids, where his condi-
ton win be inquired into by the pro-
bate Judge of Itasca county.
Isolation frequently drives home
steaders insane, and many who are not
actually insane are considered queer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11

How full of meaning the words
RED Cross" They bespeak human
itarianism, those wearing the badge
are given right of way wherever emer-
gency calls for quick relief, ready re-
Spouse of medical skill and nurses
aid. We hear the San Franciscans
were somewhat irritated that Presi-
dent Roosevelt should have doubted
the people of their stricken city would
be equal to organization and conduct
of relief work, for moment felt un-
ready to bid welcome to the Red Cross
official sent out to take charge of con-
tributions; but the president imme-
diately gave assurance that turning
over authority to the Red Cross as
ISOLATION was merely intended to fill
gap;> an emergency measure, the or
ganization brought to the fore that
people might feel their gifts were, to
be disbursed by experienced hands, by
business-like methods. This assur-
ance, and the attitude of DR.. Devine,
the Red Cross representative, at once
puts matters on an amiable footing,
city and Red Cross are to act in har-
mony.
Miss Clara Barton, the organizer IF
the first American Red Cross society,
is now well up in years, and some
time ago it was thought best that a
younger person assume the response
bilities of president. Through a long
series of campaigns-beginning with
the forest fires in Michigan and end
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11

organized was seen, more than ever
before, in 1904, comparing it with 9TH
er branches of the International Red
Gross. Leaving out of calculation
doctors, nurses, hospitals and mate
rails, in the item of funds alone the
Italian society reported in that year
over 100000, the German society over
100000, the Austrians over $1,700, 900.
the French over s1,S00,000, and the
japanese over 100000. Ours report
ed $1,702! AS the Japanese society
was largest in material resources, so
it was also largest in membership
over 100000 adherents; our member
ship was 1913! Despite its useful work
the American Red Cross was not only
Eoor in funds and members, its affairs
had been somewhat loosely conducted.
By an act of congress passed a year
ago $500. the American National
Red Cross was newly organized. 1t
is now incorporated under the laws
of the District of Columbia and is
brought directly under government
supervision. Among other members
of the board of incorporators, the
charter provides that five are to be
chosen from the departments of state,
war, navy, tresury and justice. The
Hon. William H. Taft, secretary of
war, navy, treasury and justice. The
Red Cross, and Surgeon General Will
liam K. van Reypen, U. S. N, retired,
is the chairman of the central COM
mittee. A disbursing officer OF the war
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11
Deer Beats Train.

Hidding.-There was an exciting RAGS
between a Great Northern ore train and
a deer, and a number of wagers were
laid by the train crew on. the result.
The deer popped out of the woods
about midway between here and Swan
river, took the edge of the track and
trotted along ahead of the train. The
engineer opened the throttle a trifle
wider, but the deer put little more
ginger into his legs and kept ahead.
Then the throttle was thrown wide
open and the train shot forward with
greatly increased speed. Still the deer
managed to keep ahead for about 200
yards further. Finally, just as the re-
suit of the race was getting in doubt,
and the iron horse was slowly creeping
upon its forest rival, the animal turned
off into the woods. 1t had won q race
of nearly two miles.
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to 20 to their death had not given In
without whimper. Every body bore
wounds enough to kill a dozen men.
Imagine it, then-the semi-darkness.
lighted dimly by one feeble kerosene
lamp at the window. the silent en-
trance of the murderers into the
gloom: the sudden awakening of some
one of the doomed when his wound did
not kill him at the first blow; his cries
to the others, their sudden awakening.
too; the clash of the steel, the cries of
the unarmed victims as they vainly
tried to fight off the the knives, the
graphing, wrestling, biting, scratching
of men fighting weapons with only
their hands: the thrust at head and
heart: the death rattle of one after
another until there was none left to
die.
Then the dragging of two of the
bodies to the mouth of the black pit
that passed for cellar, the dumping
of them down into the hole, and fin
allv the fight into the murky dark
ness of the dawn.
Evidences of Conflict.
| Il was a sight to terrify when the
police broke in. The six were stone
dead. but there was plenty of evidence
that every one had fought for his life
till, weak from loss of blood in the un-
equal contest, he had fallen at the feet
of his enemy to receive his coup.
| After satisfactory Identification had
been made, and the authorities had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11

Turkey, Greece, Italy and the Balkan
States. Their money, their foreign
coins of gold, several checks and
money orders were all found intact
They had not been pursued to be
robbed.
What was it, then?
There had been no drinking bout
Neither wine nor spirits, or empty
bottles or glasses were found. There
was no love affair, apparently, at the
bottom of it. The men knew no wo
men in this country. 1t may have been
the vendetta, who knows? But every
thing to-day points to politics.
And now comes the story told by the
passports, that seems to point to polit
cal murder. There were two pass.
ports found among the belongings OF
the murdered men. One was issued to
young Demetri on January %, 1905
This was passport from Macedonia
issued by the Turkish government. II
bore the seal of the sultan. Half OF
the document was in French, the other
half in Turkish.
It described him as smooth-shaven
about 33 years of age, medium size, a
native of Macedonia and subject OF
His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. The
other passports were old and indie,
chiperable.
Strengthens Theory of Politics.
And this pointed to the politics of the
case. The Macedonian rebellion took
place about two years ago. The police
to work on 1t. But the murderers had
covered their tracks too well.
This much the police believe:
That the victims were leaders of the
rebellion and fed to this country and
that their murderers were agents of
the Turkish government. The idea is
that they fed here, well knowing they
would be followed, but hoping to escape
into the far Northwest, where perhaps
they might be safe. They went West
in the guise of railway laborers to es.
cape pursuit.
But those whose appointed task was
to kill were cleverer than they and
were always close behind. Though the
chase led half way around the world,
the Turkish agents found their quarry
in an obscure corner of Minneapolis
and then went deliberately about the
job of killing. They bided their time.
When all six were rounded up together
and asleep, and when all was quiet
and deserted without, they stole inside
and upstairs to finish the job for which
they had come so far.
The dead men were not caught en-
tirely by surprise. There are plenty of
signs that they struggled desperately
against overwhelming odds. All the
furniture was upset, showing that
there was struggle before the men
who had been aroused from their sleep
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11

department now audits the accounts"
1t was Swiss gentleman, Henri
Dunant, who founded the great Red
Cross work. A man Of wealth, he
was travelling with his servant in
northern Italy at the time of the
dreadful battle of Solferino June "a,
1889, when 100000 men faced each
other in deadly array, when France
bought her victory at the cost of
1900 men, the killed and wounded
Austrians numbered 10000 The
morning after the glorious victory"
the sun rose on sight of indescrib-
able horrors, ambulances and doctors
so few little could be done to relieve
the suffering, dead and wounded must
be uncared for. M. Dunant was SO
impressed with the dreadful spectacle
he determined to take some step to
waken the nations to the need of or
ganized volunteer aid. He travelled
from court to court in Europe, and as
result Of his efforts a conference
was held in Geneva in 1863, the fol-
lowing year the convention was rati-
fled by the high signatory powers:
provision made for reforms in the
treatment of the injured in battle. for
the protection of hospital work, all
hospitals to be indicated by a certain
flag, red cross on a white ground
Shortly after the institution of the
Red Cross its beneficence was called
into play. In the war of 1866 nearly
$4,000 wounded Austrians were cared
for by the Prussian society of the Red
Cross, and in the Franco-Prussian
war the Red Cross had 5000 beds in
towns between Dusseldorf and Baden
alone. 1t was while helping on the
battlefield In the last named war that
Miss Barton, one OF the best nurses
of our CIVIL war, realized the need for
organizing Red Cross society in
America, and on her return home she
laid the matter before President Gar
field, himself soldier and cognizant
of conditions in time Of war. With
out undue delay the American Red
Cross society was organized. Even
outside the miseries of war. this or
ganization has for its prime object
the relief of the suffering. Muskets
and cannon may be silent for awhile.
but the warning elements, fire, water
and wind may cause suffering at any
time. With this in view there has
been added to the original what ia
called the American amendment"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11
News Notes.

Mankato-The donations to the Cali
fornia sufferers now total about $500.
Ashby-Frank Johnson died after an
operation for an abscess on the brain.
He is survived by his wife and several
children.
Ada-A ministerial conference is in
session at Trinity church. About thir-
ty Scandinavian clergymen are in at
tendance.
Kenyon-Kenyon village and citizens
will send $50 to the California earth
quake sufferers.
st. Paul-State agents are recon-
mended to look after discharged pris-
oners and insane patients.
St Paul-The Civic league proposes
to have st. Paul cleaned and present.
able by the end Of the second week in
May.
st. Paul-The Chicago Great West
ern appeals to the courts from an or
der directing a cut In the switch
Ing charge to South St Paul
Bemidji-The new handle factory
here win be a great addition to the
industries of the town.
St. Paula Groveland Park car ran
off the track at Cleveland and Grand
avenues, and after blowing along the
ground for forty feet toppled over.
St Paul-Attorney General Young
today Informed the state board Of
health that in his belief the board may
exercise the increased powers granted
to 1t by the new code.
ST. Cloud-The largest religious or
UNCONVENTIONAL gathering ever held in
the state of Minnesota will take place
in the outskirts of this city the first
part of June when the state conven-
ton of the Seventh Day adventists
takes place here, at which there Will
be over 1000 people present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11

Robbery" said the police, as first
guess, but that was knocked in the
head when money belt was found in
plain sight, containing 1902. besides
many other articles of value.
Finally the knives were traced by
trade marks upon them. Thomas Will
son, clerk of the Kelley Hardware
Company, in Duluth, identified them
as having-been bought at the store
by party of six foreigners week
before the murder. That these were
the six murderers, one for each of the
intended victims, there can now be no
doubt.
Plainly the dead six had been
marked for vengeance.
Their trail has been followed from
far across the seas to the hidden fast
ness of the far Northwest by men who
evidently had sworn to kill. They had
traced their quarry to Albion, Mimi,
tiny town, and from thence to Du-
luth. When the six came to Mime
apolis they were hunted still.
Had Fled Far to Find Safety.
Adding to the mystery, the vest
ments of some order, religious or Sc
cret, were found in the house. What
had these to do with the strange
deaths? But most remarkable of all
was the plain proof that the six had
fed halfway around the world to es-
cape their mysterious pursuers.
Passports proved this without doubt.
The papers bore the earmarks of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-11
PERNICIOUS NATIVE HABIT.
People of Northern India Much
Given to "Earthing'' or Clay
Eating.

Efforts are being made to stamp out
the habit of earthing which is preva-
lent among natives over almost all
India
In northern India the favorite form
of earth is a gray or drab-colored
shale. This is excavated mostly at
Meth, in Bilkanir, and is exported to
the Punjaub at the rate of 1000 camel
loads year.
In different districts different vari-
cites of clay are eaten, but if the ma
tives have at one time taste for a
special kind of mud, as the habit in
creases the deprayed appetite soon be-
comes satified with bricks and broken
pots. White ant soil with the nests
and ants themselves is a great deli
cacy.
The reasons given for INDUCING in
the habit are classified under the fol-
lowing heads: First, a peculiar fas-
cinating odor and taste in the clay rem
dering it delicacy; secondly, an I'M
natural craving due to disease; third
ly, to satisfy hunger; fourthly, force
of example; filthy, supposed medic
inal virtues.
A university student confessed to q
friend that the bland, earthly oder was
a great temptation to him and the
thought of it made his mouth water.
He always enjoyed the odor, he said,
when April showers fell upon preyi-
ously parched earth.
The effects of the habit are disas-
trous. Those women addicted to it
very soon complain first of pain and
weakness in the limbs, palpitation and
difficulty in walking little distance
uphill. After some time all the other
symptoms of anaemia are fully estab-
lished; sallow and pale complexion,
tongue and gums bloodless and general
debility. Very often drcpsy Super
veneS.
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ing with the Galveston disaster-Miss
Barton had directed the activities of
the society in work of much benefi-
cence; large sums of money, contrib
uted by the public, were usefully ex-
pended; human suffering was allevi-
ated in many widely separated fields;
and thousands of people were helped
to get on their feet after they had
been stricken down by catastrophes
of nature or the operations of war.
While by no means minimizing the
beneficence of the work done, criti-
cism began to be heard of lack of
business methods in the Red Cross
work, chief among the criticisms the
declaration of the society's failure to
make and publish properly audited
statements of receipts and disburse-
ments. During the Spanish war a
number of business men in New York,
wishing to cooperate with the Red
Cross work, offered to give the So
ciety all the moneys collected if Miss
Barton would allow them to send a
representative to Cuba to supervise
expenditures and audit accounts.
Their proposition was declined, and
the business men decided to organize
what became known as the New York
Red Cross Auxiliary, the organization
controlling its own expenditures and
at the end publishing a detailed ac-
count thereof.
It was at this time the suggestion
was made, with all the tact possible,
that Miss Barton resign the post she
had so long honored and her place be
taken by ap tactical business man.
Miss Barton appeared to think favor
ably of the suggestion at first, but
later decided not to retire, obtained a
charter from congress and reorgan-
ICED tde society. From now on the
public were made aware of serious
increase Of friction-detai,s need not
be entered into; suffice it to say the
public rejoiced when discord ceased, a
bill was passed Incorporating the
American National Red Cross asso-
citation.
An editorial in the Outlook, calling
attention to the first annual meeting
of the reorganized society, makes this
comment of the need there had been
for reorganization: "The American
Red Cross was organized in 1882. For
more than 20 years it has led an &C
tive existence. How far short it has
coms Of the objects for which it was