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The Washington times., 1906-06-02
Administration Moving
With Great Caution

The deplOrable affair at Cananea.
Mex, presents an international prob
lem Of considerable gravity. and the ad-
ministratiOn here is moving with great
caution Under the treaty with Mexico.
81 IS aIldvable for United States troops
10 invade Mexico in pursuit of renegade
Indians without waiting for specific ac-
tion by the Mexican government. In
other circumstances the United States
IS hound by the ordinary rules Of inter-
national law and comfy. Even should
Governor Ysabel, of Chihuahua State,
in which Cananea Is located, request
the aid Of United States troops in put
ting down the Mexican miners uprising.
there is very serious doubt whether the
United States would be justified in send
ing troops across the border.
The first news of the affair reached
Washington early this morning In the
press dispatches Shortly thereafter a
telegram was received by the State De-
partment from United States consul VII
liam ]. Galbraith. at Cananea, giving in
brief the story OF the attack BY the
and stating that the situation was so
serious as TO demand imperatively the
presence Of American troops.
Secretary Taft and Chief of Staff Bell
Immediately went into consultation.
They are prepared 10 send troops into
Cananea, just as soon as the State De-
partment gives the word.
1t is believed here that, inasmuch as
the Mexican government has shown it
self poWerleSS to cope with the situa-
ton, II viii consent to the temporary
presence of American troops on Mexican
soil
Fort HuaChuCa. about ten miles from
the border in Arizona, and about forty
miles from Cananea. is the nearest mill
taTy post to the scene of disturbance
1t is gaTriSoned by Troops a, B, G, and
d, Of the Fifth Cavalry The remaining
troops of this regiment are distributed
at other posts in Arizona, Utah. and
New Mexico The regiment is command
ed by Col Clarence A. Stedman.
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Americans Cross Border
With Mexican Governor

NACO, Ariz. June 2.-Gcvernor Ysa-
bel, of the State of Arizona, arrived
here at 7:SO o'clock this morning and
Immediately gave orders permitting the
armed Americans who were from Bris-
bee, Douglas and all parts Of Arizona
to accompany him to Cananea.
The Americans organized. and. in
command Of Capt Tom Rynning, for
mer captain of the Rough Riders. and
now commander of the Arizona Rang
ers, left with the governor on a special
train for Cananea at o'clock. There
We're $50 men In the partV
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Greene and go Americans
Reported Dead at Cananea

NEW ORLEANS. La, June "A spec
ial dispatch from Bisbee. Ariz. says Col.
W. c. Greene. president Of the Cananea
Consolidated Copper Company. was
killed at Cananea last ni-nt.
Governor Ysabel, of Sonora, is on the
scene with troops, but shooting contin-
ues from both sides. 1t is believed that
about sixty Americans have already
been killed and several times that num-
Der OF Mexicans.
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HILLS NEW RAILROAD
TO ISSUE NO BONDS

NEW YORK, June 2.-The new rail-
road that James J. Hill and his assocI-
ates are about 10 build from Winnipeg 10
the Pacific, IN Canada, is not TO have
any outside financial support. There
VIII be TO stock or bonds issued and ali
the money put into the construction will
come out of the pockets of Mr.. Hill and
his comEanions.
The Washington times., 1906-06-02
SCOTCH COLLIE DOG SAVES
MAN FROM BURNING MILL

EVANS. Col, June 2.-WiIliam Shrove.
a veteran, was saved from death in. a
fire which destroyed the Evans -four
mill this morning by his Scotch collie
dog.
Shrove was sleeping in the building as
watchman When he awOSe flames were
near him and the dog was pulling at the
sleeve of the old mans night shirt, and
barking.
Shrove tried to take time to find his
pension papers. when the dog by sheer
strength pulled him TO the door and held
on until he got outside.
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SULTAN NOW LITERALLY
SICK MAN OF TURKEY

CONSTANTINOPLE. June 2.-The Sui
tan is now literally the sick man OF Tur-
key. lie shows alarming symptoms.
bursting into uncomfortable RACES on the
slightest preteXt and his encourage have
70 endure most savage treatment from
him
AbdulS health has never been robust
but now Il looks as II he is approaching
a total breakdown
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BRYAN AS HONOR GUESTAT
BIG DINNER IN HUNGARY

BUDAPEST. June Wv. ]. Bryan was
the guest OF honor at a parliamentary
dinner and was toasted by Count Ap-
pOnyi IN English The latter paid high
tribute to American notions Of freedom
emphasizing their similarity with the
kossuthists' aims.
America and Hungary are inextrica bly,
united in a noble cause Mr.. Bryan ex-
pressed admiration for Hungary's gigan-
tic struggle for freedom.
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COMMANDER HOLCOMBE
DIES AT MARE ISLAND

Lieutenant Commander John H L.
Holcombe. L. s N. died al the Naval
Hospital, Mare Island, Cal, on June !.
1906. OF heart failure. He was born in
Lynchburg. Va, On September 2S, 1856.
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DIED.

BEACH-Oa Friday, June I, 1876. az s.45
a m. JOHN 7. BEACH. beloved son Of
Sarah 4. Goodman.
FunerAl from his late residence Canal read
Chain Sridge. y. G. sunday, June ,. at 3
o'clock D m Relatives and friends re-
spectfuIly invited 20 attend. Interment a.
Walkers Chapel. Va. II
LUCAs-On Thursday. May 30. 1906. at her
residence, BallstOn, Va, Mrs MARIE AP-
PLETON LUCAS II
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City of Mexico Excited;
May Mean a Revolution

CITY OF MEXICO, June 2-The news
from Cananea of the attack on Aneri-
cans by striking Mexican miners has
caused much excitement here In govern
mental American circles.
. President DiaZ, upon receipt Of the
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Funerals for $500.
TELEPHONE NORTH l5sG
S. H. HINES,

UNDERTAKEN AND E&SALMER
ITI5 14th ST. ". w
hard wood cloth-cOVered casket e,,.aSsd.
case. carriages. hearse. enlbaIminE boiv
VIII furnish 20 ANY place, city or countrY
On short notice Everything good and sub
Ura0IiAl. with nrst-ciass services. WIN Cre.
mate al lowest prices More expensive ouE-
nts II s4rsiTed- Iron grave vaults on hand
Open day and night Use OF funeral Darlor
trru Of charge. Established 1S7a
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aALL-NoxES DAY AND NIGHZ
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Both sexes all ages. Primary, Grammar.
High. also Business Branches Open year
found- Catalogues
FRANCES MANN HALL. An. Principal
- St NV Telephone Main Ss7T-k
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LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Sfrayer's Business College

COR. nth AND SITS. y. W.
Day and Night School All the Year.
PHONE MAIN Ss30 fo- FREE CATALOGUE
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Five thousand Mexicans are out on
strike. They are very defiant. marching
through the streets and only awaiting
the appearance of the anarchist flag to
attack every Mexican and American in
Cananea who does not join them.
They are making TREATS that they
VIII destroy the entire camp and ex-
terminate every American in il
There are between fifty and seventy
fNe. police and half Of them are siding
with the rioters. Some of Them are
standing by the Americans. but il is
reared they Will not long remain with
them If they see that the Mexicans are
getting the upper hand"
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
OLD BANKER MUST SERVE TIME
Head of First National of FaribauIt,
Minn., to Go to Prison.

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 13.-Judge
Adams Monday handed down a de-
cision in the United States circuit
court Of appeals on the appeal of
Thomas B. Clement from the order of
the United States district court COM
mitting him to the penitentiary at
Saltwater for eight years on convic-
tion Of being responsible for the fail
ure of the First National bank of
Faribault. Judge Adams sustains the
verdict of the lower court. Judges San
born and Hook concurred in the opin-
ion.
Clement, who is over 70 years old,
was president of the bank, which was
closed by order of the comptroller of
the currency at Washington in Janu-
ary, 1904. He was convicted on "a
of twenty-seven counts of the indict-
ment brought against him, and SEN
fenced to serve eight years on each
count, but with the provision that the
terms should be concurrently.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
LABOR FEDERATION IN SESSION
Officials Report Organization Stronger
Than Ever Before.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 13.-The
feature of the opening session here
Monday of the twenty-sixth annual
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Labor was the exhaustive an
nual report of President Samuel
Campers.
Special stress was laid on the ad-
vent of unionism into the political
arena and it recommending that this
course be strictly adhered to.
A strong plea was made for the en-
ployment of American labor on the
Panama canal.
The annual report of Secretary
Frank Morrison showed the federation
to be in not only splendid financial
condition, but also stronger in mem
bership than ever before.
During the last year $219, $4,000 was
expended of which s52,619.12 was ad-
vanced to the International Typo
graphical union in the carrying on of
that organization of strike for an
eight-hour day.
There is at the present time SILL
$4,000 in the treasury of the fedora
tion. During the year there were SS7
strikes in which there were $50 in
volved. OF that number 6S,S12 were
benefited and 11,1S3 not benefited. The
total cost of strikes during the year
was $3,982, ,865.66.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
War and Social Economy.

War expenses in Europe absorb one
half of all the wealth created by pro,
ductive labor. In the comparatively
insignificant war of England with the
Boers,' England lost 22,450 men and
spent $1,40O,O00,0OO. Three hundred
and fifty thousand men were with
drawn by her from productive industry
20 engage in the destruction of war.
Military expenditures in the United
States during the last eight years have
absorbed $1,50O,OO0,0 more than
enough to pay the national debt and
dig the Panama canal! War, then, is
alarmingly expensive. Unless indis-
pensable as a means of preserving ma.
tional integrity, says the International
Journal of Ethics, the outlay is likely
to exceed the income. But war, as a
rule, is not indispensable. AS a rule
its causes are trivial. Its object to-day
is usually commercial; it is waged for
markets. War, therefore, is a phase
of industrial competition, or it is rather
industrial competition writ large.
Armies and navies are the effective in
struments for opening. doors to busi-
ness enterprise. Their employment,
however, is the superlative example of
social waste. The question of their
increase or enlargement is a question
OF social economy.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
BOY BANDIT HOLDS UP A TRAIN
Lone Youth Forces Pullman Crew to
Collect His Booty.

Chicago, Nov. 10.-A lone boy ban
dit, weighing scarcely ITO pounds,
held up the Golden State limited, the
fast Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
train, Thursday night near Slater, No..
and, telling the passengers that he
was from Missouri, robbed the rear
Pullman car, forcing the porter to
collect in his cap the booty from the
occupants of each berth. He allowed
the women in the car to go unmo-
Tested, saying that "Jesse James never
robbed ladies'"
After securing about $40 from tho
passengers he lined up the Pullman
conductor, fiagman and porter, and
prepared to invade the other cars, but
was thwarted by the conductor, who,
as he entered the forward car at the
head of the line. snapped the lock and
shut out the bandit. The youth then
pulled the bell rope, shouting: Good
night, kiddos," and disappeared in the
gloom.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
REPORT ON HEALTH OF ARMY
AMERICAN TROOPS COMPARED
WITH WORLD SOLDIERS.
United States Ranks Second in Death
Rate With 7.13 Per 1000, Great
Britain Leading.

Washington, Nov. 12.-The report
upon the work of the medical depart
ment of the army by Surgeon General
R. M. O'Reilly, which has just been
made public at the war department,
goes with great detail of that service
during the calendar year 1905, and
also compares the health of the diff
ferent armies of the world, as far as
possible in view of the different con-
ditions in each country.
The United States and Great Bri-
tain are the only countries whose sta
tistics include that part of the army
serving outside of the home country.
Many of the countries have low
death rate because their sick are
promptly discharged or retired and
die out of the service instead of on
the sick report.
The highest rate of admission to
the sick report is held by the Dutch
army, whose rate is 1921 per thou
sand men; with the American army
ranking second, with 1895, and the
Russian army holding the lowest rate
of 3.4S per thousand.
The British army ranks first in the
death rate, with 7.13 deaths per thou
sand men, the American army having
the next highest, 6.28. The Prussian
army has the lowest rate, two per
thousand men.
An important factor in judging the
relative healthfulness of the different
armies is the average duration of each
case of sickness, the American army,
according to their standard, excelling
all others except the Dutch and Ba-
varian. The average duration of each
case in the United States army was
less than one-half of that of the Brit
ish and little more than one-half
that of the Spanish army
With regard to special diseases, the
admission rates in the American army
were better than in most of the armies
in the following instances: Bron-
chitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, tuburcu-
losis, esysipelas, sunstroke, relapsing
fever, scarlentina and trachoma The
American army, however. exceeded all
other armies in alcoholism and dysen-
terry.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
NINE MEN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Hotel Building at Long Beach, CAL,
Mass of Wreckage.

Long Beach, CAL, Nov. 1O.-With
no warning, save the cries of the
workmen who first felt the floors sag
beneath their feet, five stories of the
central wing of the new $75O,000 Blk
by hotel collapsed at 9:35 Friday
morning, carrying nine men to death
in the tons of tangled wreckage.
About $50 artisans and laborers were
scattered through the structure at the
moment it fell, and of these nearly 100
were carried diwn in the ruins.
Five bodies have been taken from
the mass of debris in the basement
and one of the injured died at the
Long Beach hospital.
Three other bodies have been To-
Gated in the ruins, making nine the
total known dead. Thirteen men on
the contractors rolls are unaccounted
for and nine injured are being cared
for at the hospitals. None of the in
jured will die.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
FRENCH BIRTH RATE DECLINES
Returns for Past Year Show a De-
crease of 10,937.

Paris, Nov. 12.-Public attention
again has been drawn to the national
peril involved in the constantly dimin-
ishing birth rate, by the publication of
the vital statistics for 1903.
The births in France for this year
numbered S07,292, showing a decrease
of 10,937 from the total of 1904.
The reason for this decrease is not
to be found in reduction of the num-
ber of marriages, in which the statis-
tics show slight increase over 1904,
but it apparently arises from the aver
sion of the French people to raise
large families.
The National association which is
studying this matter, has reached the
conclusion that it is necessary to in
;ulcate the idea that any couple that
'aises more than three children merit
ind are entitled to public gratitude
ind protection.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
The Case of Benqa.

Considerable disparity of opinion has
resulted from the presence of an Afri-
can bushman pygmy boy in a large
cage provided for monkeys In the
Bronx Zoo, New York. The little Afri.
can, whose name is Otto Benga, visited
the st. Louis fair, and, liking the coun.
try, came back with DR.. Werner, trav-
eler. When he arrived there was diff
ficulty about providing lodging for him.
Benga was too wild for hotel life, even
at the Astoria, and not being used to
civilization, required attentive guar
dianship. Finding that wild creatures
are made comfortable in the zoo, DR..
Werner saw Director Hornaday, who
said he would take care of Benga, and
gave him quarters at the zoo. Benga
was happy there, but the Colored Bap'
tist Ministers conference took the
view that Benga was giving degrad,
ing exhibition of a human being in a
cage with apes, and appointed com,
mittee to do something about it.
Benga, who speaks the Hottentot Ian
guage, was then taken out of the cage.
says the San Francisco Argonaut, and
has gone to North Carolina, where
DR.. Werner will send him to school,
and qualify him to disclose even more
impressively than now how immeasur-
ably far apart is the lowest grade of
human creature from the highest
grade of ape.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
HOW DEBILITY SHOWS
And Why Or. Williams Pink Pills
Are a Specific for Dangerous
Physical Declines.

The symptoms of general debility vary
according to the cause but weakness is
always present, tendency to perspire
and fatigue easily, ringing in the ears,
sometimes black spots passing before
the eyes, weak back, vertigo, wakeful-
ness caused by inability to stop thinking,
and unrefreshing sleep. The cause Of
the trouble may be some drain on the
system or it may be mental or physical
overwork, sometimes insufficient nutri-
tion due to digestive disturbance. In
the latter case there is generally loss of
appetite and coated tongue as well as
general languor and debility.
Miss Lula M. Metzger, a stenographer,
living at II Mill street, Watertown, NY,
suffered for over year from general
debility. "It was caused by overstudy,"
she says, "and had no ambition, didn't
want to go anywhere, my food didn't
taste good, was run down, lifeless and
listless. took medicines but they failed
to help me. Finally friends recon-
mended DIR. Williams Pink Pills to my
mother and she got some for me. took
them for some time and was entirely
cured and have had no return OF the
trouble"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cure debility
because they actually make new, red,
rich blood, and as the blood carries
nourishment to all the organs and tissues
of the body, nerves as well as muscles,
the new blood stimulates the organs to
do the work that nature expects of them
nnd normal health follows. Not only
;o tbis treatment sufficient to cure de-
bility but many severe nervous disorders
as well.
The pills are sold by al druggists, or
will be sent postpaid, on receipt of price,
so cents per box, six boxes 81 so, by the
DIR. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec.
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The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
TEXANS SHOT FROM AMBUSH
AWAKENED FROM SLEEP BY
vOLLEY OF BULLETS.
Rangers Kill Four of Attacking Party,
Fatally Wound One and Cap
ture Two.

Laredo, Tex, Nov. 10.-Four Tex
as rangers sent to Rio Grande City
to quiet turbulent political conditions
there and investigate the assassina-
tion Of District Judge Welch, which
occurred the night before the elec-
tion, were ambushed by body of
armed Mexicans between Fordyce
and Rio Grande City late Thursday
night. The rangers were asleep in
camp when awakened by volley of
shots from the darkness. A pitched
battle ensued and four of the attack
ing party were killed, one fatally
wounded and two captured. The
rangers escaped unscathed
The situation in Starr county was
brought about by alleged election ir-
regularities, due to political clubs
supplying Mexican residents with poll
tax receipts and insisting that they
be allowed to vote. Judge Welch, who
was assassinated Monday night, had
gone from his home in Corpus Christi
to be present at Rio Grande City on
election day in an effort to prevent
disorders. He was assassinated while
asleep at night. 1t is charged that
armed representatives of political
clubs controlling the Mexican vote
patrolled the voting places on election
day and refused to allow members of
the opposing faction to vote. Several
shooting ARRAYS occurred, but no one
was killed or wounded. 1t is charged
by one faction that Judge Welch was
murd cred by hired assassin and that
the ambuscade of the rangers was in
stigated by the same faction which
inspired the murder of Judge Welch.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
MYSTERIOUS Find.

She went down to a swell play the
other evening, attired in superb
white gown and wearing a splendid
opera cloak. In fact, she was stun
ming. AS she seated herself, she was
about to remove the long red cloak
when with horror and CONSERVATION
depicted on her face she discovered
something! My, what predica-
ment! She had prepared supper be-
fore leaving for the show, and there.
covering the front of the white skirt
was a lowly calico checked apron.
She managed to remove it after the
house had darkened, and the next
morning the sweeper at the Colonial
found an apron under one of the seats.
-Pittsfeld Journal.
The Ely miner., 1906-11-16
SON OF WEALTHY MAN
killed BY R0BBER
BURGLAR PUTS TWO BULLETS
INTO YOUTH WHO PREVENTS
HIM CARRYING AWAY LOOT.
Intruder Had Packed Up Plate to De.
part When Scion of House Made
His Appearance and Engaged in
Pistol Duel.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 12.-Henry
Firth Smith, son of Joseph Smith, a
prominent and wealthy business man
of this city, was shot twice and almost
instantly killed at four o'clock Sun
day morning by burglar whom he
surprised in the dining room Of his
fathers residence in the East End
section of the city.
The crime following little more than
week after murder of James A. Nc.
Millen, another wealthy business man
of this section, has aroused the city
and with number of holdups by
highwaymen during the past fort
night, city officials have been impor
tuned for $50 more policemen to sup
press the wave of crime.
Desperate Fight With Burglar.
That desperate battle took place
between young Smith and the burg
lar is evident from the disordered con
dition of the dining room and kitchen
of the Smith home.
In addition to the two bullets which
were found to have entered Smiths
body five other balls were found
lodged in the floors and wall of the
two rooms. Three cartridges of
Smiths revolver had been discharged
Neighbors adjacent to the Smith
home heard the shots and ran to their
windows, but say they saw no one run.
ming from the house. Hundreds of
dollars worth of silver plate had been
gathered together by the burglar, who
apparently had been in the house
some time before being heard by
young Smith.
The entire police and detective
forces are working on the case, but
so far no clue has been discovered.
Man Stabbed To Death.
Scranton, Pa, Nov. 12.-Thomas
Dougherty, prominent young man
of Dunmore, adjoining this city, died
in the state hospital here Sunday as
the result of being stabbed by an un
known woman Saturday night. His
death is one of the most mysterious
in the history of the county.
Dougherty died refusing to make
any statement as to the name of the
person who caused the fatal injury
but intimated that it was a woman
and that he was to blame.
In the brief statement that he made
Dougherty declared that he was visit
ing a woman and that she struck a
needle or hat pin in him, after which
he was taken i'll.
No one could give any information
as to where Dougherty had spent the
evening and he absolutely refused to
give the medical men any details
as to the manner in which he sus
tanned the injury.
The postmortem revealed that he
had been stabbed with some fine in
strument such as hat pin, and that
it had entered his heart.
The police are unapre to discover
any trace of Dougherty's whereabouts
previous to the time that the doctor
was summoned.