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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08
Fatally Beaten.

was found dead it that city Mon.
day morning, having died from
the effects of injuries he sus-
tanned from being beaten by
Reginald Laidley, the electro
clan at B. M. Shrubs electric
light plant in Brunswick, the
night of the 22nd of last month.
1t seems that Hoffman, who
had become street waif on &C.
count of his chronic bibulous
habits, had been sleeping in the
electric power house of nights,
and Laidley had been told by
Mr.. Strub to keep all loafers
out. Accordingly he gave Hoff.
man brutal pounding with his
fists and also kicked him sew
eral times, breaking Hoffman's
nose and producing congestion
of the lungs, and as Hoffman
left the building, Laidley dealt
him a heavy blow, supposed to
have been with an iron poker,
on the back of the head.
Hoffman's love for strong
drink made him his own worse
enemy, but he was kind-hearted
to others and was inoffensive
aside from being the bore that a
drunken man usually is.
Ever since his injuries he had
been able to be up and around,
although he kept bleeding at the
nose, and death finally resulted,
secondarily from his injuries,
but primarily from congestion of
the lungs which produced h cart
failure.
The night of February 26
Liadley, fearing that Hoffman
would die, left Brunswick on the
east-bound midnight train, and
did not even take his grip with
Thin.
The first parties to find Hoff.
man Monday morning and learn
he was dead were VIM. Bond
and Chas. Randolph. Hoffman
was on his knees with his head
against the sidewalk on the east
side of the First National bank
building.
Or. l. Knott, coroner, went to
Brunswick Monday and held a
post. mortem examination and
inquest on Hoffman's body, and,
from the evidence offered, the
coroner's jury decided that de.
ceased came to his death at the
hands of Reginald Laidley, and
that his attack on Hoffman was
unjustifiable.
The witnesses examined at the
inquest we're: Constable A. L,
Cord, Richard McGehee, B. M
Strub, Drs. H. E. Tatum, j. s
Wallace and M. B. Austin, VIM,
Force, VIM. Bond, Chas. Ran.
dolph and Tony Miller.
We have been unable to gel
the list of jurors or the exact
wording of the verdict, as par
of the inquest papers seem to have
goneastray. We suggestthat bel
be put on such important docu
ments in the future or else they
be kept in charge of some re-
sponsible custodian.
Dick Hoffman, the man killed,
was about 40 years old and hac
been a familiar figure ahou
Brunswick for many years. He
was a son of old DR.. Hoffman
and was born and reared il
Brunswick. He had been mar.
}. ried, but was divorced.
! Laidley is about 30 years ole
is unmarried, and came from
, Jeffersonville, Ind, to Bruins
9 wick.
According to the testimony o
e VIM. M. McGehee, fireman a
the Brunswick electric plant
Laidley was drunk the nigh
he made the fatal attack Oh
s Dick Hoffman.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

Messers. Cunningham & Crop.
per of Key tesville sold eight
mules Tu uesday to Chas. Mag
gard of Brunswick for S185 a
head. They were from 5 to 9
years old.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

have eggs from Red Rhode
Island chickens for sale at 10 for
so cts. or 100 for So at my home,
two miles southeast of Mike.
MRS. J. w. HICKS
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

The cast Of GA Strenuous
Time'' to be given at the court.
house the latter part of this
month is composed of the. fol.
lowing ladies' and gentlemen {:
Misses Sammie Vaughan, LIE.
annah Minter, Mary Wayland
and Carrie Wheeler. Messrs.
Thomas Copeland, VIM. Hamil.
ton, Chas. Veatch, Morris Tay-
lor, Dennis Carlton, Edgar Wilkes
Homer Mitchell and Elliott Mar.
tin.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

j. D. Cunningham Of the firm
of Cunningham & Cropper ex-
poets to 60 to Nebraska next
week to purchase and ship a car
load of western Percheron
horses to this place. They
intend to sell to those who wish
buy.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

Mrs. DR.. B. Hughes of Key
tesville has been confined to her
bed for the past week with a
serious attack of la grippe. DR..
j. S. Wallace of Brunswick came
down to see her Saturday night.
We are glad to learn that she is
now much improved.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08
The Criminal Calendar.

Jordan Spence, COL, of Chari-
ton township has been arrested
for common assault on Ned
Rucker, another negro. Spence's
trial will take place before Jus.
tice G go. Rinks of Charlton town
ship, but we are not advised of
the date.
-.
Dan Robertson, COL, who was
a p articipant in the now notori.
Gus crap game, near Dalton, the
18th of July, and who was but
re Gently arrested, confessed his
guilt of the crime of gambling
before Justice VIM. P. Jared of
Keytesvill Q Wednesday and was
fined S25 and costs. He was
u nable to liquidate, and was
committed to Jail.
John and Aaron Martin, half
brothers, and both Keytesville
darkies, imbibed too freely of
hard cider at the residence of
George Friesz, near Keytesville
station, and got into a physical
encounter Sunday as they were
oming back up town. Constable
Chas. Parker witnessed the scrap
an d arrested both of the Lellig.
erents. Sheriff S. j. Shaughn-
9 ssy stood sponsor for Aaron
Martin until Monday morning at
10 o'clocd, but as he broke faith
with the sheriff by failing to put
in his appearance at that hour
he was re. arrested and lodged in
Jail. Aaron's benefactress, Mrs.
M. w Chilcott of Kansas ACity,
W no is here visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Prather,
came to his rescue Wednesday
and went on his bond and he
was released from custody. He
entered plea of guilty before
Justice VIM. p. Jared the same
day to the charge of disturbing
the peace by quarrelling, chal-
longing and fighting. He was
fined So and costs and secur.
ed his liberty by paying the bill
in full. John Martins trial was
set to take place before Justice
Jared We Wednesday, but was put
off until yesterday and then
again continued until nex1
Thursday.
Don't iali 10 ne al the Chicago
Glee club Monday evening.
March 10, at the courthouse
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

Don't iaIl 10 ne al the Chicago
Glee club Monday evening.
March 19, at the courthouse,
The trombone quartet is a rare
treat.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-03-08

H. c. Butts has brought suit
through his attorneys, Kit &
Taylor, for debt against Jas. P.
Miller ct al at the next Septem.
Der term of circuit court at Sal.
isbury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
ADVANTAGE A WIDOW HAS.
At Least They Don't Have to Sit and
Watch Husbands Flirt.

II saw such pretty woman at q
disadvantage the other night" the lit
tie real widow was saying. "She was
married. She was sitting at a table
with some other pretty women and
handsome men and her husband. Her
husband began to flirt outrageously
with enc of the women. I wish you
could have seen the look that came
over her face. Everybody in the room
saw how distressed she was.
"Now, what I want to know is this
Why didn't she go to work and flirt
with one of the handsome men to get
even? Anyone of them was quite
ready and willing, but, no, wives never
seem to be able to do that They just
sit ready to cry, with everybody no.
ticing.
That's the advantage we real wild
ows have over wives. We don't have
to sit and watch our husbands flirting
with other women. We know where
they are, and We also know that what
ever they may chance to be doing,
they are probably not flirting"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
FAMILYS SKIN TROUBLES.
tons Affiict Different Members,
But Cuticura Cures Them.

"My wife had eczema for five or six
years. It was on her face and would
come and go. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies trial. We
did so and she has never had sign of
eczema for four years. I myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. I now
have very heavy head of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
f1eshy, and we had so much trouble
with heat that we would battle her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, it would dry the
heat up so much quicker than any
thing else. Mr.. H. B. Springmire, 1923
So. Capitol Street, Iowa City, Ia, July
16. 1905, and Sept. 16, 1906"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
PUT RELIGIOUS 5uTY SECOND.
Stern Laws Of Business Come First,
Says Austrian Court.

An interesting case at law, which
centered on the observance of an old
Jewish custom, was decided in Vienna
recently. A merchant, says the Ameri-
can IsraelitH, discharged clerk on &C
count of elect of duty. Among the
charges against him was that he came
to the store late in the morning be-
cause he attended service at the syna-
gogue in order to say Kaddish-the
prayer for the dead-for his father.
The clerk argued that it was his privi-
lege and his duty to say the prayer for
his departed father, while the mer-
chant, who was also religious man,
maintained that "if Moses had known
that a man had to pay 5000 gulden a
year rent LIE would have made differ
ent laws" The judge would not allow
such an argument, but decided in IA
vor of the merchant, because the
daily attendance at the synagogue
could not be considered the right OF
the clerk without the consent Of the
employer"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
The Warmth of a Snow House.

Usually our snow igloos allowed
each man from Is to 20 inches space
in which to lie down, and just room
enough to stretch his legs WELL With
our sleeping bags they were entirely
comfortable no matter what the wealth
er outside. The snow is porous enough
to admit of air circulation, but even a
gale of wind without would not affect
the temperature within 1t is claimed
by the natives that when the wind
blows, snow house is warmer than
in a period of still cold. I could see
no difference. A new snow igloo is,
however, more comfortably than one
that has been used, for newly-cut snow
blocks are more porous. In one that
has been used there is always a crust
of ice on the interior which prevents
proper circulation of air.-Dillon
Wallace, in the Outing Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
MINNESOTA NEWS
u Interesting Items Gathered In the Ur
r Gopher State ~ |
Fight With Wild Beast.

Mankato.-James Mullen, overseer
of the county poor farm, tells of a
thrilling adventure that he had with
a strange animal that he and two other
men discovered in cave on the bank
of the lie Sueur river.
With his hired man, Tom Jones, and
George Folsom, he was walking along
the bluff at about dusk, when they
discovered the cavern, about the
mouth of which were piled skulls and
other small bones of cattle and sheep
and smaller animals. They sent Null
lens dog into the cave, and fierce
fight ensued that was terminated by
the animal dashing out, followed by
the dog. Mullen struck the beast on
the head with spade as it fed past
him, but this did not stop it.
After another brief encounter with
the dog, the animal made off. Mullen
states that it was as large as noun
tain lion or leopard, but he could not
say what it was. Mullen expressed
the opinion that the animal is the
same one that has been seen about
Lamberton and in this county during
the spring, and that recently tried to
pull down a steer on the Columbus
Ballard farm near by.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
SEEDING COMMENCED IN
WESTERN CANADA.
The Prospects for Large Acreage to
Be SoWn In Wheat.

st. Paul, April "a, 1907.-Word has
been received at the office of the
Canadian Government in st. Paul that
seeding has commenced at various
points throughout Manitoba, Saskatch-
evan and Alberta.
The heavy snowfall during the past
winter has left the ground in splendid
shape for successful seeding opera
tions. The fine weather of the past
few days has taken much of the frost
out of the ground and during next
week there will scarcely be a district
in which the seeder is not being oper-
ated. The most optimistic conditions
exist and in all districts the farmers
are busy getting things in shape.
There will be a very large acreage
sown in spring wheat, oats and barley.
At many points throughout the three
provinces the newcomers are busy I'M
loading their stock and effects, work
ing night and day in order to get on
their farms and become active agen-
cies in the effort to make the year
1907 the banner year in grain produc-
ing in Western Canada. AS compared
with districts many hundred miles
further south than this, it will be seen
that Western Canada ranks amongst
the first in the line Of seeding opera
tons for the present year. 1t is safe
to say that farmers who get in their
crop before the goth or oath of May,
will receive magnificent returns. A
number of those coming in this spring,
who had not their land prepared last
fall, will break up enough land to get
in a crop of oats and barley and prob
ably some fax. This, together with
the vegetables they will plant, will
give them ample food for themselves
and stock during the coming summer
and winter. These early seeding oper
atoms are not confined to one district,
but are spread over a country 900
miles long by 400 miles in width.
The agents of the Canadian Govern
ment, located at different points
throughout the United States, are
busy giving information regarding the
many new districts that are being
made available for settlers. Low rail-
way rates, information and literature
are given on application to the agent,
whose name appears in advertisement
elsewhere in this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
TO Test Value of Clay.

Mankato.-Prof. N. H. Winchell,
the state geologist, and Julius Hort
vet, the state chemist, arrived in the
city to examine the deposits of blue
clay along the banks of the Blue
Earth river. They took samples from
several points on the banks of the
river and examined the surroundings.
The banks of blue clay are believed
to be the ones spoken of in the chron-
icles of LIE Sueur, the French eXplor-
er, who sent several shiploads of it
back to France more than two GEN.
turtles ago in the belief that it was
rich in minerals. Recently there has
been a good deal of talk about the
mineral deposits in the Blue Earth
and LIE Sueur river valleys, and the
opinion has been expressed that LIE
Sueur may not have been mistaken.
Gold, copper and precious stones
have been found at different points in
the valley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
A Fish Story,

Trout protection! Nonsense!" said
a gunner of local eminence. Trout
are amply able to protect themselves.
Look at their depredations among
ducks, for example. and you will agree
with me that it's the birds that need
protection It's common thing for a
trout to Jump from the water, seize a
duck by the neck, drag the unfortunate
fowl into the depths sufficiently to
leave its feet sticking in the air, where
it can get no purchase upon the uni
verse, and thus drown 1t. Then the
trout picks the feathers from the bird,
eats it at it's leisure and swims away
out of the jurisdiction of the courts.
Are there any fishermen? None? Too
bad. This would be match for one
of their fish stories"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10

105 feet in length, and which, even
upon the surface, can hardly be seen
at ALL Only four feet of the Octopus
shows above the surface when she is
lying exposed to view.
She has a small coming tower and
a periscope that rises like fiagpole
above the water when the Octopus is
moving submerged at her usual depth.
This periscope enables the crew of the
submarine to see what is upon the
surface of the sea, even while they are
16 or 20 feet below, and also enables
the pilot to get direction on objects,
just as the compass will guide him for
general direction. 1t is composed of a
set of prisms which can be made to re-
volve by pressing an electric button.
BY reflection, the instrument shows
objects on the surface of the sea and
in actual size on the continuance at
the base of the periscope in the body
of the submarine.
In the early submarines it was nee
essary for the captain to bring his
vessel to the surface, exposing his
coming tower, whenever he wished to
make an observation, but with the ad-
vent of the periscope he navigates his
vessel completely submerged, occa-
sionally rising so that the tube
energies but few feet above the wa
ter, enabling him to observe the de-
sired objects and then submerging
again. Even when running with the
periscope exposed above the surface
it is very difficult to locate it from an
other ship, as it's size and appearance
are such as to deceive the observer
That is where the submarine has an
enormous advantage over the warship
that must remain on the surface. No
projectile will penetrate more than
two feet below the surface, so that so
soon as a submarine is submerged
she cannot be hit, even when the top
of her coming tower is showing, for
the coming tower itself is six feet
high on the Octopus.
About the only thing that a warship
can do, in fact, when attacked by a
submarine, is to turn tail and run. Ev-
cry modern warship possesses greater
speed than the submarine, so that
should the larger vessel observe the
approach in time, she could keep out
of reach, for the submarine must get
within distance of three-quarters of
mile or half mile before she can
launch her torpedo. But then, the sub
marine can sink, travel for miles be-
low the surface and thus get close to
her quarry without being seen.
Under cover of night this method of
attack is particularly easy. The huge
bulk of the warship makes a glazing
target, and no net was ever invented
that would withstand torpedo at
tack. The torpedo net has been abol-
ished in all the most modern warships
as practically useless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
FRIENDS HELP
st. Paul Park Incident.

after drinking coffee for breakfast
I always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or so a
weak, nervous arrangement of the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force would frequently
have to lie down.
cat other times had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affect
ed and digestion so impaired that
had serious chronic dyspepsia and con-
stipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the w. G. T. u,
told me she had been greatly bene-
fitted by quitting coffee and using
Postum Food Coffee; she was trou-
bled for years with asthma She said
1t was no cross to quit coffee when
she found she could have as delicious
an article as Postum.
Another lady, who had been trou-
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years,
found immediate relief on ceasing cof-
fee and beginning Postum twice day.
She was wholly cured. Still another
friend told me that Postum Food Cof-
fee was Godsend to her, her heart
trouble having been relieved after
leaving off coffee and taking Postum.
$50 many such cases came to my
notice that concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and 1 quit and
took up Postum. am more than
pleased to say that my days of trou-
Bile have disappeared. l am well and
happy" There's a Reason" Read
"The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Nurses Board Chosen.

st. Paul.-Governor Johnson has
named the five members of the state
board of examination and registration
of nurses. Under the law one men,
Der must be a physician and the
others graduate nurses. The men,
bers selected are: DR.. Jeanette Nc
Laren, st. Paul; Edith Rommell,
Minneapolis, president of Hennepin
County Nurses association; Bertha
Johnson. st. Paul, surgical nurse city
and county hospital; Helen Wads-
worth, st. Paul, teacher of dietetics
in ST. Luke's hospital, and Eleanore
Hamilton, Minneapolis. The board
will shortly meet to organize.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Labor of the Novelist.

"The way of the novelist must be
hard" said librarian of an uptown
branch. "The other day an immacu.
lately gotten up individual came into
the library and announced that he
was a writer with speciality Of dia-
lect stories. We got him several books
that he asked for, and little. by little
he took me into his confidence. I
want the Scotch dialect for the stern
father he explained; then when I've
got enough of that 1 want some dia.
lect for sea captain, and then l want
a duke-or maybe you can tell me,
would duke drop his h's'?'-N. Y.
Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure 10 the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease requires constftu-
tional treatment. Halls Cstarrh Cure fs taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith In its curative powers that they oer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY CO Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
immense African Dry-Dock.

At Port Florence, on the shore Of
the great lake Victoria, which is the
chief source Of the Nile, there is a
dry-dock cut out of solid rock by ma
tives who had never before done much
serious work. The dock is $50 feet
long, As feet wide and IA feet deep. It
is 300 feet above the level of the sea,
or nearly three times the altitude of
Lake Chautauqua.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Descendant of Lady washinaton.

If a nation no longer has people
who saw Washington, there are at
least lineal descendants of Lady
Washington. One of them is Mrs
Britannia w. Kennon, who is Martha
Washington's great granddaughter,
and descendant of the last Lord Bal
timore. She celebrated her ninety
second birthday lately at her home in
Georgetown, D. c., where she was
born and has spent her life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Use of Net Costs 500.

Mankato.-William Meyer of Rapi-
dan was arraigned on the charge of
illegal fishing with slip net in the
Blue Earth river at Gable Mill and
pleaded guilty. His fine was 500 and
costs, which he paid. The charge
was preferred by P. H. Jordan, state
game and fish warden, who captured
six men at Gable Mill fishing with
nets. They lad three sacks of fish
of all kinds, including black bass.
Three men escaped in boat. 1t was
decided to arraign only one, and the
Others helped pay the fine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
No Cause for Alarm.

The honeymoon had bumped the
bumps.
"You know, John" said the young
wife, that 1 used to be your type
writer"
"Um-yes," grunted John.
WELL" she continued, Il wish you
would discharge the girl you have now
and hire man in her place"
"Huh!" rejoined hubby. Il hope you
don't think 1 would make fool of
myself twice in the same way
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Mour Best Society.r

Governess Tin Smart Set family
Why, how loving you children are!
Such affection between brother and
sister is delightful to see.
Clive-Yes'm. We're playin' grown
ups. I'm the husband an Barbara she's
the maid.-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Memorial Day Order.

st. Paul.-Levi Longfellow, depart
ment commander of the Minnesota
G. A. r., has issued his order for the
annual observance of Memorial day
to the G. A. R. posts in the state. AS
Memorial day comes on May 80, the
preceding Sunday May 26, will be
Memorial Sunday, when the posts
will attend divine services in body.
He urges May "a as a day for MEM
orial exercises in the schools.