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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
TORNADO TEARS UP A UOWN
LONG PINE, NEB., NEARLY
RUINED BY FURIOUS STORM.
Buildings Are Demolished, Trees
Blown Down and Three Per-
sons Are Injured.

Long Pine, Neb., July S.-Long Pine
was visited by a tornado Saturday
night and heavy damage was done.
With but few exceptions all the fronts
of store buildings were blown in.
The Methodist church was demol-
ished, the roof of the Northwestern
roundhouse was blown off and trees
in the streets were blown to shreds.
The Diamond livery barn was demol-
ished. The roof of Berger's depart
ment store was torn off and much
damage done to his stock of goods.
All the board fences in town are
down. Great damage was done to KY
ner's mill. Several runaways occurred
at the beginning of the storm.
Three persons were hurt, but in
only one case are the injuries of a
serious character. Thomas Wright
was standing in the City meat market
when the front was blown in and Mr..
Wright was cut badly by the glass.
Telephone lines are all down and
streets are mass of trees, fences,
barns, etc. The city fire station was
blown over and the Jail demolished.
The railroad coal chute was partly
destroyed. The wind was followed by
terrific hail storm which demolished
nearly all the windows that the tor
nado had left whole.
Heavy damage is reported done by
this hailstorm to the crops Small
grain is practically destroyed. The
damage done to Long Pine by the
wind and hail will be in excess of
100000.
Polk, Neb., July S.-This little town,
founded only last September, was
badly wrecked by combined wind
and hailstorm which descended short
ly after midnight Saturday. The best
business buildings in the town were
demolished or damaged and crops
over considerable distance ruined.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
CATHOLICS ARE TO MEET.
American Federation of Societies Will
Gather at indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 9.-Promi-
nent Catholics of the United States
will meet here July IA to II for the
sixth national convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Catholic societies
at SIS. Peter and Paul cathedral
Besides the regular representative
there will be in attendance two In
dian chiefs from South Dakota-Cbief
Horn Cloud and Chief No Water
who will represent 10000 Catholic In
dams, Joaquin Ferran, president of the
federation of Porto Rico, also is ex-
pected.
Subjects such as divorce, socialism,
libraries, schools, Indian affairs and
the crusade against immoral theatre
calls and advertisements will be dis
cussed. Two mass meetings will be
held at Tomlinson hall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
ENGINE STRIKES AUTOMOBILE.
Wealthy Silk Manufacturer of Pater-
son, N. j., Is Killed.

Keyport, n. j., July S.-Christopher
Horandt, wealthy silk manufacturer
OF Paterson, was killed and other
members of his family injured when a
locomotive struck and demolished an
automobile in which the party was re-
turning home from Asbury Park late
Sunday. The accident happened at
the Stone road crossing of the New
Jersey Central railroad
With Mr.. Horandt were his wife,
his daughter Ruth and his nephew,
Rheinhardt Binder All but Mrs.
Horandt were thrown from the ma
chine. Binders skull was fractured
and his condition is serious. Ruth
Horandt escaped with a sprained wrist
and bruises, while her mother suffered
from shock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
DUBLIN CASTLE ROBBED.
Portions of the State RegaIia Stolen
from Safe.

Dublin, July S.-A portion of the
state regalia, valued at $250,O0O, has
been stolen from Dublin castle. The
safe in which the regalia was kept
was forced. The jewels stolen were
those used in the ceremony of in
vestiture in the order of St. Patrick,
the professional cross studded with
diamonds and the jeweled sword
which is borne in procession at the
investiture of the knights.
Lord Castledown, knight of st. Pat
rick, was to have been chief of the
state ceremony on the visit of King
Edward to Dublin, but it is officially
announced that the ceremony will be
postponed. Sensational developments
are expected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12

A tragedy was consummated the
other day in st. Petersburg, when the
sword of honor which the people OF
France were to have given to Gen
Stossel was presented to the St
Petersburg Museum of War Relics
The man, so short time ago "the
heroic defender of Port Arthur" but
now discredited by court martial, and
branded as a coward and traitor, was
not present at the ceremony, says the
Youths Companion, and the dedica.
tory inscription which recited his
courage and skill had been changed
to complimentary reference to the
Russian army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Bird Authority Dead

Washington, July 10.-Dr. William
LeGrange Ralph, curator of the Sec
ton of birds eggs in the national mu.
scum, died at the George Washington
University hospital in this city. He
was one of the greatest authorities
on the habits of American birds, and
beginning in 1892, made a series of
valuable donations of eggs and nests
to the Smithsonian institution,
amounting in all probably to 10000
specimens. His body will be taken
to Utica, N. Y, for burial.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
TWO DIE IN TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
Car PIunges Over Embankment Near
Clarksburg, w. va.-Ten Hurt.

Clarksburg, w. Va, July 8.-Heavily
laden with passengers who were en-
joying an outing, an open trolley car
on the Fairmont & Clarksburg Trac-
ton company's system jumped the
track just outside the city limits Sun.
day night and crashed over an en-
bankment, instantly killing two per-
sons, fatally injuring one and serious
ly injuring nine others.
The dead are: Miss Grace Markell,
Clarksburg, and w. T. Gray, engineer
of the Washington Carbon works,
Clarksburg. Miss Maggie M. Robin
son, of Fairmont, is dying at st.
Mary's hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
American Architecture.

II architecture is frozen music"
American architecture has been .
medley of Yankee Doodle" ''The Ar
kansas Traveller" and "ragtime." At
ter the colonial period, which gave us
fine specimens of public and private
buildings, there followed two genera
tons of bad building, the result of
sudden growth. Taste had little place
in a country working night and day to
erect necessary shelter. That America
is advancing in all the arts is to be
expected. The outlook for architec-
ture is especially hopeful. A commit
tee appointed by the American 1nsti-
tutes of Architects has reported that,
ION the whole, architecture is being
taught in America with a broader
view, and in certain respects more ef-
fectively, than in any other country"
There are reasons why this good
teaching will count in practice, thinks
Youths Companion. The architect diff
fers from other artists in that his
practical studio is millions of dollars
worth of materials. That studio, the
means of developing the art, is afford
ed by the amount, diversity and cost
illness of American building. There is
general improvement in taste and
increased respect for expert opinion.
Rich builders, individuals and corpora
lions, losing much of the arrogance
which money breeds toward all forms
of sert1ce, show disposition to give
the architect free hand to work out
his ideas, and not merely produce as
a hireling what the patron orders. We
may look in another generation not
only for great art in public buildings
and costly dwellings, but for the re-
action of great things on little, for the
disappearance of the salmon-pink
dwelling beneath the jig-sawn porch
Of which the American has erstwhile
been proud to sit. Finally, since archi-
lecture, dependent on native materi-
al and landscape, is an indigenous art,
It invites the architect, prominently
among artists, to create original, ma.
tive types. The future may produce
buildings Of distinctively American
beauty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Fatal Fire In Pittsbura.

Pittsburg, Pa, July S.-One man
was killed, another seriously injured
and damage to the extent of SIS 900
was done early Sunday by fire which
originated in a barber shop on Carson
street and spread to four adjoining
buildings. VIM. Reynolds, 81 years
old, a night Waterman, inhaled the
flames and died on the way to the hos.
pital, and Michael Scrosinder was bad
ly hurt by falling glass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Loneworths on Way to Hawaii.

San Francisco, CAL, July 9.-Ac.
cording to private telegram received
here, Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth will arrive in San Francisco in
a day or two, en- route to Hawaii.
They are planning, it is said, to come
into the city quietly and avoid pub
licity, and the arrangements in con-
nection with their coming have been
made SO privately that even their
personal friends do not know of their
plans. The Longworths left Cincin-
natl two weeks ago to travel west
ward, and passed several days in Vel
lowstone park.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12

Somebody who has been reading
Wilhelm Meister" discovers that the
servant question existed in Goethe's
time, and quotes Therese as saying to
her guest invited to dinner: my cook
has just run away at most inoppor.
tune time. My man has mangled his
hand and I had to prepare all myself.
Nothing bothers one nowadays more
than servants. No one will serve, not
eten themselves" The difference in
this twentieth century is that the
Thereaes do not know how to act as
substitutes for the missing cook, or if
they do know, refuse to act. They
prefer to "go out to their meals"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
WIRE COMPANIES ACCUSED.
Postal and Western Union Are to BE
Investigated.

New York, July 9.-Acting on a Pc
tition filed by Attorney General Will
liam S. Jackson, Justice NJ w. Plat
eek in the supreme court Monday ap-
pointed R. Burnham Moffat, an attor-
ney, to take evidence based on the
attorney generals allegations that the
Postal Telegraph & Cable company
and the Western Union Telegraph
company have formed an illegal COM
bination to increase rates in New
York and other states. Mr. Moffat
announced that the first hearing in
the matter will be held at his office
in Wall street July 16.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Decision in Phonooraph War.

New York, July 6.-Supreme Court
Justice Martin ]. Keogh rendered a
decision Friday barring all dealers in
this state from selling or handling the
Thomas A. Edison records or supplies
without the permission of the New
York Photograph company The deal
ers, of whom there are some $40, are
ordered to give an accounting of all
records sold for the last ten years.
1t is estimated that about $32,000,0 900
is involved in the suit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
To Preside at Hargis Trial.

Frankfort, KY, July 6-Attorney W.
B. Moody, of the Henry county bar,
was Friday appointed by Gov. Beck.
ham and commissioned tc preside in
the trial of Judge James Hargia and
others, charged with completely in the
assassination of DR.. B. d. Cox at Jack.
son, Breathitt county. several years
ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
To Hatch a $1,000 Chick.

New York, July "a keeper in the
Bronx zoo found huge egg in the
ostrich cage Sunday. Chief Curator
Beebe, in charge of the bird depart
ment, says it is a rhea egg. A rhea is
a South American ostrich. The egg
is about six inches in diameter and
weighs three pounds. 1t is of golden
color. A large incubator was rugged
up and the zoo attendants will attempt
to hatch an ostrich. Beebe says the
Matching of the egg is $1,000 PROPOSE
ton, an ostrich chick being worth that
amount.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
June Fire Losses s14,765.ooo.

New York, July 6.-The losses by
fire in the United States and Canada
during June, as compiled from the
records of the Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin, aggregate
$14, 765,000. This brings the total fire
waste for the first half of 1907 up to
$117,477,5 800, as compared with s377,
665,55O for like portion of the year
1906, but these figures include $3.50,
100000 chargeable to the San Fran.
cisco confiagration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


of Portugal, would visit only Brazil on
his American trip.
Willie Richards and Ella Brook,
each Ia years old, were married at
Thorn Grove, Tenn.
John M. Carroll, veteran dry goods
merchant of Chicago and prominent
in Republican politics, died of paraly-
sis.
The governor of the province Of
Nganhwei, China, was murdered by
student, who was Immediately decap-
itated.
The steamer Mount Royal struck a
rock in the Skeena river, British Co.
lumbia, and sank, six persons being
drowned.
Dwight Haven, a pioneer resident of
Will county, died at New Lenox, ILL.,,
aged IS. He had lived in Will county
since 1884.
John Mcguire, Chicago motorman,
was stabbed in the head and killed by
an unknown man during dispute over
payment of fare.
DR.. Julian P. Thomas, the aeronaut,
and two women companions were
seriously injured in an automobile &C.
cident in New York.
Charles s. Cameron, president Of
the Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad
company, pleaded nolle contendere
when he was arraigned for bribery.
Jesse R. Grant, youngest son of the
late President Grant, in an interview
in st. Louis said he would accept the
Democratic nomination for president if
it were offered to him.
The Hicks memorial monument
dedicated to the soldiers of Wisconsin
in the civil war, the gift of Col. John
Hicks, American minister to Chile,
was unveiled at Oshkosh
Gov Beckham, of Kentucky, named
R. H. Blain, of Louisville, to be city
| judge of that city in place of the judge
who was removed by decision of the
Kentucky court of appeals.
All the telephone girls of the Rocky
| Mountain Bell Telephone company at
Butte, Mont, went out on a strike in
| sympathy with the striking linemen of
Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.
Pope Plus has been asked to annul
the runaway marriage of Miss Dough
erty, daughter of D. Webster Dough
erty, of Philadelphia, to a Bohemian
who calls himself Baron Goepel
The "spook will' of the late million
aire, Charles G. Haddock of Chicago,
alleged to have been made while he
was under the influence of pretended
mediums, was declared void by court
at Los Angeles.
DR.. Ackland Oronhyatekha, son of
the late supreme chief ranger of the
| Independent Order of Foresters, was
found dead in bed at Deseronto, Ont.
He was 3S years old. Death was due
| to heart failure.
Prof. Err, of the Kansas agricultural
college, has invented new food for
cows made from dried buttermilk,
which is powdered. 1t is said to be
economical and has twice as much
protein as cottonseed meal
DR.. George F. Jelly, of Boston, and
IL W. IA DiuhlOl, VI IloFlueuCe, II.
l., have been appointed comasters
with Judge Edgar Aldrich, of Littleton,
n. H., to determine the competency Of
Mrs. Mary Baker g. Eddy.
The first annual convention of the
American Federation of Travellers,
IAN organization for the protection
of travellers rights elected w. A.
Morgan, of Sedalia, Mo-, as president
and Dan w. Richmond, of Chicago,
secretary-treasurer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
j. G. McMaken Dies Suddenly.

Martinsville, Ind, July 6.-J. G.. Nc.
Maken, a prominent politician of Ohio
died suddenly Friday evening at san.
itarium while conversing with his
wife. He was 81 years old, and had
served in the Ohio state senate, the
lower branch of the state legislature
and an unexpired term as United
States senator. His remains were
taken to Hamilton, O., for burial.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Large Playground for jersey CITY.

New York, July 8.-Jersey City is
to have the largest playground in the
world. 1t will be about six times as
large as the great Stadium at Athens,
and more than half as large again as
the famous parade ground adjoining
Prospect park, Brooklyn, which has
20 baseball diamonds, II cricket fields,
and scores of tennis courts and lawns
for various other games.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Will Fix Fine on August 8.
Leach for Director of the Mint.

Washington, July 9.-Secretary Cor
telyou has recommended to the presi-
dent the appointment of Frank A.
Leach, the present superintendent OF
the mint at San Francisco, as director
OF the mint to succeed George E. Rob
erts, resigned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
EnIarues Cars Powers.

St. Petersburg, July 10.-An en-.
largement of the imperial prerogative
was announced in decision of the
council of ministers to add the from
tier guards to the army and navy as
being a force beyond the competence
of parliSment to interfere with.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Jail and Fine for Land Frauds

Portland, Ore, July 10.-Marion R.
Biggs, convicted of conspiracy in the
famous Blue Mountain land fraud, was
sentenced to ten months in the Multi
nomah county Jail. He will also pay q
fine of $500.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12

Model tenements do pay, says the
New York World. They yield fair
return to investors, they afford pleas
ure and comfort to tenants, they exert
an influence elevating to the moral
and physical average OF the communi-
ty. Why do not more xich men build
them?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12

A Lynn, Mass, preacher urges the
women of his congregation to keep on
their hats in church, which shows that
he knows one good way of solving the
empty pew problem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
OIL KING KNOWS
almost nothing
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, AS A
WITNESS, GIVES VERY
FEW FACTS.
Sorry for lgnorance-Judge Lands,
However, Obtains From Others
Figures on Which to Base Fine of
Indiana Concern.

Chicago, July S.-John D. Rockefel-
Ter, in the witness chair before Judge
X. nj. Lands, of the United States
district court Saturday, told all he
could remember or knew, or all he
said he could remember or knew, of
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey.
1t wasn't great deal. Mr.. Rock
efeller said he really was sorry it was
not more.
Mr.. Pratt-Charles M. Pratt, secre-
tary of the company-could tell more
he said. Mr.. Pratt did, giving nee
essary details.
Mr.. Rockefeller was deferential to
the court, friendly with the curious
public that crossed his path or tagged
his footsteps, affable with the report
ers, genial to all corners, and at peace
with the world. In the evening he
departed for Cleveland.
Lands Gets Information.
With the information furnished by
Mr.. Rockefeller in court and ampli-
fed by details furnished by Mr.. Pratt,
Judge Lands secured the knowledge
which he sought to obtain, which re-
quired the bringing of Mr.. Rockefeller
from Pittsfield, Mass, to Chicago.
He knows now how much of fine
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
can stand. He knows from the Off
Gals of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey that the stock of the In
diana company is controlled by the
New Jersey company.
The parentage was admitted. The
earnings of the New Jersey company
were given. Judge Lands knows that
the concern found guilty in his court
on the charge of rebating can stand
the maximum fine permitted by the
law-$29, 100000.
Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. Pratt were
the only two officials of the New Jer-
sey company called on to testify. John
d. Archbold, William Rockefeller and
the other vice presidents, secretaries,
treasurers and officials of the company
sat in readiness and apparent willing
ness to testify. They were not
needed.
Facts Obtained In Court.
What Judge Lands secured from
Mr. Rockefeller was
The fact that the outstanding capt.
talization of the New Jersey company
is about $100,0O0,000.
The fact that it pays approximately
40 per cent. dividends.
What he secured from Mr.. Pratt
was:
The fact that the outstanding CAPT
tai stock of the New Jersey company
is $9S,3O0,00O.
That it made S1,9Oo,oOO net profits
in 1903.
That it made SCI, 100000 net profits
in 1904.
That it made s57,OOO,ooO net profits
in 1905.
That the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey controls the Standard Oil
company of Indiana, which is the
company found guilty in the rebating
trial.
Will Fix Fine on August 8.
Chicago, July 9.-Judge Kenesaw M.
Lands announced Monday morning
that he would give his decision regard
ing the punishment of the Standard
Oil company on Saturday, August 3.
This decision will cover the assess
ment of fines for 1 ,462 violations of the
interstate commerce act, aggregating
in their maximum $29,24O, 0O0-the
most gigantic penalty ever held over
corporation or group of corporations
in the world.
Leach for Director of the Mint.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-12
Col. G. w. Bell Dies In SYDNEY

Sydney, N. S. W., July S-Col.
George w. Bell, formerly American
consul at Sydney, died Sunday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-15

The Boston Store is making prepa-
rations for a library benefit sale.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-15

1t is stated that the people who
have been doing the sprinkling work
in the city have baked. The streets
are now dusty for a certainty and
the pleasant little zephyrs which
play around the street corners of
the business districts find no diff
Guilty in creating an unpleasant stir.
The winds, besides being very disa-
greeable. are by no means modest,
and it IS a safe assertion that if wo-
men We're serving on the city council
the streets would be sprinkled. and
the general sentiment seems to be
in favor Of such a move. 1t seems
TO be the only practical method of
avoiding the present bad conditions.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-15
A CITY PARK.

A public park will soon be ne
cessity to North Yakima A place
where men and women, fatiguel
from week Of toll. may find rest on
Sundays. place where children may
have recreation. At the present time
there are many locations which could
be used for parking purposes. AS
North Yakima grows and the houses
double up, when the business section
becomes more congested, then will
the need be greatly felt At the pres
ent time there are plenty of places
where fresh air and a place to rest
can be found. The city should look
into the future. The time will
come, and it is not far distant. when
il will be an imperative need.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-15
NORTH YAKIMA.

Population of North Yakima
1880.
This is the announcement of the
Polk Directory company and is prob
ably not far from correct.
The new directory will show 6.9OG
names.
Using the conservative multiple
of two and one-half, the population
is shown.
North Yakima is out of its swad-
ling clothes. North Yakima is a real
city and a great deal larger than
many people think. The 1000 fig
ure will be an eye-opener TO many.
That there are fully $4,000 people
in this city there is no room to doubt.
a population of 1000 is by no
means impossible. The growth OF
the city in the past few years has
been something remarkable. especi.
ally in the past year or two years.
North Yakima win have no diff.
Guilty in claiming the $4,000 mark in
1910.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-05-15
SKY PILOT"
The Only Original to Operate ia
Washington.

SPOKANE. May 14.-Rev. F. E.
Higgins, called "the original sky
pilot has come to Spokane from a
campaign in Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin. and, assisted by Fred w. Davis
and L. c. Michaels. formerly '.lum-
ber-jaeks,' he will begin a flying
wedge movement into the forest
wilds of Washington and Idaho. The
work. which is supported by the
synod of Washington and Presby-
terrain congregations in Spokane, will
include visiting the men in the
camps and preaching the gospel to
them. caring for the sick in hospi.-
ais and bunk-houses and supplying
the choppers and loggers with read
Jig matter. The movement will be
extended into Oregon and Montana
rs soon as the campaign is under
way in Washington and Idaho.