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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
TOLEDO TRUSTS HARD HIT
MEN AND CONCERNS IN BUILD
ING TRADES ARE INDICTED.
Leaders in the Business and Financial
Circles of City Accused of
Conspiracy.

Toledo, O., April 22.-The grand
trusts blamed for the increased cost
of building operations and high rents
in Toledo resulted Saturday in the re-
turn of 245 indictments against SO
leading business men and the follow
ing combinations: Toledo Master
Plumbers association, Toledo Brick
Supply company, Toledo Lumber
mans bureau of credit, National Sup
ply company and Toledo Supply COM
pany.
The indictments charge conspiracy
in restraint of trade. The wide scope
of the investigation and the great
number of persons accused make the
grand jurys report more sensational
than the ice trust indictments. Some
of the men named in the indictments
are among the most prominent bust
ness men in the city. Several of them
are not actively engaged in the bust
nesses which have been under inves-
tigation, but are interested indirectly
and are included in the charges made
against the firms.
In the list of lumbermen and brick
men indicted are the names of men
high in local financial circles. The
head of the local lumber trust is said
to be the Toledo Lumbermen's Credit
association, with Offices in the Splitter
building. This trust is alleged to
have had complete control of the lum-
Der market, raising the prices when it
saw fit and compelling outside con.
Germs to sell only to them, making it
impossible for the independent dealer
to get material outside the trust.
The Toledo Brick Supply company,
alleged to be an illegal combination
of brick manufacturers in restraint
of trade, is declared to have been or
gained for the purpose of controlling
the price of the product of local brick
manufacturers. Since the passage of
the Valentine antitrust law it has
changed it's form, but Prosecutor
Wachenheimer expects to show that
it has continued to monopolize the
local brick business.
The National Supply company, the
only corporation indicted, deals ex-
tensively in plumbing supplies, oil
wells, machinery, and all manner of
plumbers and carpenters tools.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
STARTS FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
Gen. Porter, Delegate to The Hague,
Sails for Europe.

New York, April 23.-Gen. Horace
Porter, of New York, is the first of the
United States delegates to The Hague
conference to leave for Europe. Gen.
Porter sailed Monday on the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm. After visiting his
daughter in Switzerland and making
an automobile trip, he will proceed to
The Hague for the sessions beginning
June Is. The other American dele
gates and the technical staff will sail
SO as to assemble at The Hague short
ly before the day of opening.
Santo Domingo, Republic of San
Domingo, April 23.-Congress Monday
authorized the government to accept
the invitation to send a delegation to
the second peace conference at The
Hague and Francisco Henriquez Car
vajal and Apolinar Tejera were ap-
pointed to represent San Domingo at
the conference.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
80 DIE IN BOAT DISASTER
FERRY STEAMER SINKS IN THE
RIVER NEVA.
Vessel Strikes Ice Floe Durinq Snow
storm and Nearly Two Score
Russians Drown.

st. Petersburg, April 23.-It was
definitely established Monday that 80
persons lost their lives through the
laundering of the ferry steamer Arch
anglesk on the Neva Saturday night
Divers have recovered several bodies,
but the majority were borne by the
current into the Gulf of Findland. The
owner of the line will be prosecuted
on the charge of gross negligence.
The accident occurred during a
snowstorm when the steamer was two
thirds across the river and was caused
by it striking an ice foe. Owing to
the thick weather the accident was
not seen from the shore, but the shouts
for help of those in distress attracted
the crews of two steamers, which
hastily went to the scene, only, how
ever, to find that the Archangelsk had
fOundered.
A number of passengers, mostly
workingmen, were rescued, but owing
to the swiftness of the current many
others were swept under the ice foes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
AGE TOLD BY THE PULSE.
From Birth to Death the Beats Have
Steady Decrease.

How old are you? Ask your pulse.
The human pulse has a wide range,
even in perfectly healthy persons.
The female pulse always beats fast
er than the male, and from birth to
death the pulse beats steadily de-
crease. 1t has been said by great
authorities that the age and sex of
person could be ascertained by the
rate Of the pulse alone. Babies at
birth have pulse beat Of 160 times
minute in case of girl and $50 in
the case Of boys. At the age of four
or five the pulse beats will have fall
en- respectively to ITO and 100. Maid
ems and youths pulses average 95
and co. Mature men and women av-
erage 80 and rs. Elderly men and
women have an average of 60 and 50.
An old woman's pulse rarely, il ever,
sinks below so, but among men a
pulse beat below so is quite common.
There are, however, great variations
consistent with health. Napoleon's
pulse is said to have beaten only ~
times q minute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Italians In America.

On the authority of the census
Of 1900 there were then in the United
States 1,217,124 persons born in Italy
or of Italian parentage. The Italian
Chamber of Commerce of New York
city took a census for itself in 1904
and found that the Italians in New
York state numbered 4S6.176. Accord
ing to George c. SperanZa there was
in New York city savings banks at
that time $15,000,O00 of the saved
money of Italian immigrants, and
1000 Of them owned real estate worth
$20,000,000. There were 10000 stores
kept by Italians worth 100000
more, and a wholesale business in
their hands worth $7,500,000. The
property of the Italian colony in New
York city he calculated at $60,000,000,
and according to newspaper report
before me this is much below the val
uation of their holdings in st. Louis,
San Francisco, Chicago and Boston.
i know, as all know, says baron Ma
yor des Planches in Appleton's Maya
zine, that the only criminality of the
Italian is the crime Of quick anger,
unprecedented and open, which is in
herent in the blood and breed, but
which is never committed except I'M
der strong provocation. This is not
written to prove the Italians nation
of model men. Our enc fault is our
own; We are sons of Adam like the
rest, but our weakness is not of the
crawling, skulking, or conspiring
kind. Bad It is and deplorable it is,
but we hope to overcome it and to
live it down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
The Evolution of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine busi-
ness is the natural outgrowth Of the
old time household remedies.
In the early history Of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas,
bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house, compound
ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic, made
of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A
score or more of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulate for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is a
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness of one of
these homemade remedies, would take
it up, improve it in many ways, manu-
facture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over a
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
old-time remedies. 1t was used by the
Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men
MONTE origin. First, he prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale of it increased, and at last he
established mandatory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and it's value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe in
DR.. Hartman's judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruna.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

Honey bees are generally credited
with instructive skill in making the
cells of the comb hexagonal in shape,
but it is probable that this construc-
ton is merely the ordinary result Of
mechanical laws. Solitary bees al
ways make circular cells, and the
bees in hive no doubt make them
circular also, but mechanical press
ure forces them into hexagonal
form. A well-known naturalist, in
speaking of the matter, says that all
cylinders made of soft, pliable SUBJ
stances become hexagonal under such
circumstances.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

Statistics from the great education
al institutions of the country are sig
nificant as indicating the extent to
which America is enlightening the
world in this way. There is hardly q
university or college which does not
number among its students some from
other countries, and in several in
stances the number Of foreigners is
notable, says Troy Times. Columbia,
for instance, reports that it has $50
men representing 80 countries other
than the United States. Canada con-
tributes 81, while Japan is good Sec
ond, with "a. China, Persia, far-off
New Zealand and other remote dis
tricts figure in the exhibit, which also
includes young men from every one
Of the leading countries of Europe,
the West Indies and Central and
South America. And there are other
institutions with similar showing.
American education is leavening the
worlds intelligence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

There used to be told a comical
story about a Judge who occasionally,
when off the bench, yielded to tempta-
ton and imbibed too freely for his own
good. The tale went on to tell that on
one occasion the worthy man having
dissipated to an extent regarded by
the judge as scandalous, the offender
arraigned himself at the bar, where a
plea of guilty was entered and the jur-
list imposed an exemplary fine upon
himself. There seems to have been
a similar working of conscience down
In Mississippi, where grand jury in
dicted every one of its own members
for violating the Sunday law, with the
result that the culprits were arraigned
in court and were fined $40 apiece.
That grand jury certainly furnished
proof Of sincerity when it gave up"
so readily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
England interest

In England interest has been
shown of late by the army and navy
authorities in a new method of pre-
serving flour by means of compress
sion. With hydraulic pressure APP
paratus the -four is squeezed into the
form of bricks, and experiments are
reported to have shown that the pres
sure destroys all forms of larval life,
thus preserving the flour from the
ravages of insects, while it is equally
secure from mold. Three hundred
pounds of compressed -four occupy
the same space as 100 pounds of -four
in the ordinary state
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
AMERICA LOSES AND WINS.
Two Big International Prize Fights at
London, England.

London, April 23.-The announce
ment of two big international contests
attracted a great crowd to the Nation
al Sporting club Monday night. The
first fight was between Owen Moran,
of Birmingham, and Albert belmont,
of Boston, 20 rounds, for the bantam
championship of the world and a
purse of $4,000. Moran was warm
favorite in the betting and proved the
winner on points, but only after the
fight had gone the full 20 rounds.
The second contest was between
Sam Langford, an American, and
Tiger" Smith, a Welsh fighter, 20
rounds, for the middleweight cham
pionship of the world and purse of
$4,000. Langford was victorious in
the fourth round.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Great Stunt by Geronimo.

In single day Geronimo, when In
his prime, ran 40 miles on foot, rode
500 miles on one stretch, as fast as
he could change horses, and so COM
pletely wore out the column which
finally captured him that three sets
of officers were needed to finish the
chase, and not more than one-third
of the troopers who started were in
at the finish, says writer in Outing.
Wrinkled and crafty and cruel Is
his swarthy face to-day, but the fire
Of his Internal energy has died and
he is no more than relic of the
Geronimo of whom Gen. Miles said
after their first meeting:
"He rode into our camp and dis
mounted, prisoner. He was one Of
the brightest, most resolute, deter
mined men ever met, with tho
sharpest, clearest dark eye. Every
movement showed power and en-
ergy."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
RIOT IN AN OHIO CHURCH.
Followers Of Factions EXCHANGE
Blows and Women Faint.

Portsmouth, o., April pa faction
opposing their pastor, Rev. Freeman
Chase, made an attempt to depose him
and hold services with another minis
ter, causing riot in the Free Will
Baptist church here Sunday. The fol-
lowers of the different factions came
to blows, women tainted and others
fled screaming into the streets. When
the police authorities were appealed
to they refused to interfere.
Order was finally restored by the
new minister and elders withdraw
ing. A majority of the church officers
are opposed to Chase, who has with
drawn from the conference and has
been conducting the church indie
pendently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
lord HARRINGTON
To DIE FOR crime
FEDERAL SUPREME COURT DE-
ClDES AGAINST FREDER-
lex SEYMOUR.
He slew James p. McCann-Prisoner,
Who Claimed an English Title,
Greatly Depressed by the News
That He Must Hang.

Washington, April 23.-In an opin-
ion by Chief Justice Fuller, the SUI
preme court of the United States Mon
day dismissed the case of Frederick
Seymour, alias Lord Darlington" un-
der sentence of death in st. Louis
for the murder of James P. McCann in
June, 1908, thus affirming the decision
of the supreme court of Missouri and
sustaining the verdict of guilty re-
turned by the trial court.
This case has been before the pub
lie for several years, and has attracted
great attention, largely because of
Barrington's pretense of bearing an
English title, under which shortly be-
fore the tragedy with which his name
is connected he married young wom-
an of good family residing at Kansas
City.
Madc~h Hard Fight.
Darlington made a vigorous fight in
the st. Louis courts, contending that
his conviction was the result of preju-
dice and that the charge was not sus-
tanned by proof. When the Missouri
supreme court decided against him he
brought the case to the federal SUI
preme court on a writ of error, con-
tending that his trial had not been
fair.
Prisoner Is Depressed.
st. Louis, April 23.-When the in
formation concerning the United
States supreme courts decision, sus-
tanning the verdict of guilty of the
murder of James Mccain rendered
by the trial court, was conveyed to
Lord" Frederick Seymour Barring
ton, who is confined in the county Jail
at Clayton, Darlington was apparently
greatly depressed but endeavored to
conceal his feelings.
Il expected the decision Monday"
he said, ''and had a feeling that the
ruling of the court would be against
me. I suppose this is the last resort.
AS / see it, there is nothing left but
the fixing of the date of execution by
the Missouri supreme court. The
United States supreme court passed
only on question of jurisdiction. 1t
seems hard that a mans life should
be taken away on mere technicality
like that"
Prosecuting Attorney Johnston of
st. Louis said: LAS soon as the man.
date of the United States supreme
court is placed ON record here, the
state supreme court will fix the date
of the execution. That is all that re-
mains to be done
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
ANOTHER MARVIN cLEw FAILS.
Lad at Gloversville, N. ", Is Not the
Kidnapped Boy.

Gloversville, N. Y, April 22.-Myles
Standish, nephew of DR.. H. M.
Marvin, of Dover, Del, father of Hor-
ace Marvin, Jr., the kidnapped child,
arrived in Gloversville Sunday morn
ing to see the child held here on sus-
picion that he is the kidnapped Mar
vim boy.
Mr.. Standish went at once to the
place where the boy was stopping
with the woman alleged to be the
wife of Al H. Allen, the suspected
kidnaper, and saw the child. He made
minute examination of the lad.
romped and played with him for half
an hour before he became thoroughly
convinced that the boy was not Hor-
ace Marvin, and so announced to
Chief Smith, who accompanied him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Out of His Line,

A man living in the country far
from any physician was taken sud.
denly i'll. His family, in great alarm,
not knowing what to do, sent for q
neighbor, who had reputation for
doctoring cows.
Cant you give father something
to help him?" asked one of the sons.
"Wa-al, don't know nothin' about
doctorin' people"
you know more than we do. for
you can doctor cows. Now what do
you give them when they are sick?"
"Wa-al," alters give EPSON salts.
You might try it on him."
How much shall we give hlm?"
inquired the son.
"Wa-al, I give cows Just a pound.
Your father is quarter as big as .
cow-give him quarter of pound"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
p. J. kENNEDY'S BODY FOUND.
Theatrical Manager Drowned Himself,
as He Threatened.

New York, April 22.-The body of
Peter j. Kennedy, well-known
theatrical manager, who disappeared
in December last, was found in the
water Sunday night off South Brook
lyn.
Mr.. Kennedy disappeared December
%. His hat and overcoat were found
on ferryboat which landed at Thirty
ninth street, South Brooklyn, from
the Battery, Manhattan. The same
night Mrs. Kennedy received special
which he stated he was about to
drown himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
M. J. oppenheimer Falls Dead.

Baltimore, Md, April 22.-During
the progress of the annual meeting of
the board of directors of the Hebrew
Orphan asylum Sunday afternoon the
president, Moses j. Gppenheimer, be-
gan to read his annual report. He had
finished the first page, when he sud-
denly fell dead, a victim of heart dis
ease. At the meeting interrupted by
his death he was to have been re-
elected president of the institution for
The eighth term. Mr.. Oppenheimer,
who was 65 years old, was the head
of a prominent firm of wholesale jew
eiers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
ALFANo TO BE DEPoRTED.
Leader of Camorra Will Be Sent
Back to Italy.

New York, April 23.-Enrico AL
fano, alleged leader in Italy of the
secret and criminal Camorra society
of Naples, who was arrested in this
city last week during a police raid on
the east side, was turned over Mon
day to the immigration authorities,
by whom he will be deported to Italy.
Alfano escaped from that country
shortly after the mysterious murder
of one Cucculo and Cucculos wife,
crimes of which Alfano and other
workers in the ranks of the Camorra
are accused. Fear of Cucculo's
ascendancy in power in the Camorra
is mentioned as the motive for the
murders.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Fixes Bond for Lawbreakers.

Toledo, o., April 23.-Judge Nor
ris Monday morning fixed bond Of
$3.50 for each of the men indicted by
the grand jury Saturday for viola
tons of the Valentine law. The bonds
cover all indictments returned against
each individual. The report of the
grand jury caused tremendous up
heaval in the lines of trade affected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
HATS OFF TO THE FLAG.
Commandant of Columbus Post Insists
on Respect to Colors.

Columbus, o., April 23.-At the first
dress parade of the spring held at the
Columbus post Monday several civ
ilian spectators were requested to re-
move their hats in salute to the ma
tional colors.
Il shall insist upon everyone re-
moving his hat when the national col
ors are being carried in this parade
and on other occasions of the kind, y
said Col. Glenn, commandant at the
post. Everybody should show as
much respect to the flag of the United
States, and 1 intend to enforce such
respect here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
BLOODY WORK OF TERRoRIsTs
Blow Up Russian Soldiers with Bomb
and Steal $4,000.

LODI, Russian Poland, April %
Thirty terrorists, armed with automat-
ic pistols, held up a carriage in Rok-
icin street Monday evening in which a
portion of the funds derived from the
government sale of spirituous liquor
was being transported to the bank.
The carriage was escorted by soldiers.
The terrorists threw a bomb which
destroyed the vehicle, killed three
of the accompanying soldiers outright
and MORALLY wounded five more as
we'll as the coachman and the govern
ment employe who had the money in
charge. They secured $4,000 and es-
capped.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Flood Closes Mobile Schools.

Mobile, Ala, April 23.-From mid
night Sunday night until $3.50 o'clock
Monday morning Mobile was visited
by torrent of rain, delaying trains
and interrupting wire communication.
So great was the downpour that
streets in many sections of the city
were covered from one to two feet
with water. Children are unable to
reach the schools and the school board
closed the schools for the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Boat Upsets; Three Men Drown.

Chester, Pa, April 23.-Three per-
Delaware river a few miles below
this city by the capsizing of the
schooner Eben. The drowned men
were Archibald Mcbride, George
Edgar and Edward Murphy, all of
Philadelphia. Six other persons who
were on the schooner when it cap
sized were rescued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Many Horses Perish in Fire.

New York, April 23.-It is reported
that 800 horses were suffocated or
burned to death early Monday morn
ing in the destruction by fire of the
Despatch stables at 130-142 Barrow
street. The Knickerbocker and Nc
Keever hotels, nearby, were great
ly endangered and their tenants fed
to the street in terror.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Porto Rico Has Great DROUGHT.

San Juan, Porto Rico, April 23.-The
drought is affecting the sugar planta-
tions No rain has fallen in the south
ern districts of the islands for six
months and the loss is estimated at 40
per cent of the values of the crops
Next years crop also will be affected
The establishments dependent on
mountain streams for power have been
forced to shut down owing to lack of
water,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
No oHense.

First Stranger (on train)-Do you
ever quarrel with your wife?
Second Stranger-Never.
First Stranger-Have any trouble
with the hired girl?
Second Stranger-Not me.
First Stranger-Don't your children
worry you at times?
Second Stranger-No, indeed.
First Stranger-Say, l don't like to
call you liar, but
Second Str anger-Oh, that's all
right. I'm bachelor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Russian Priest Is Wounded.

Tamboy, Russia, April 23.-Father
SimeonS rector of the Ecclesiastical
seminary here, was shot and serious
ly wounded. The seminary was re-
Gently closed as the result of polit
ical disorders and it is thought that
the would-be assassin is an ex-stu-
dent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

Former President Loubet of France
complains that the people of that
country have forgotten him. 1t is
evident that he finds it Impossible to
get any of the magazines to publish
his articles on fishing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Ierrorists Kill in Battle.

Warsaw, April 23.-Armed Terror
police officers, killing one policeman
and two soldiers. All the terrorists
escaped.