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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10

Walter Wellman, the Arctic explor.
er, who was expected last year to
make an attempt to reach the north
pole by means of an airship, has
sailed from New York and will try to
do the trick this summer Mr.. Well
man, who knows the frozen north,
having led an expedition in that d.
rection, while convinced of the practi-
cability of the airship method, SEN
sibly declares he will take as few
chances as possible, and will make a
thorough test of his apparatus before
beginning his aerial flight. Andree,
the only man up to date who has
started for the north pole by balloon,
has never been heard from. The
hope is universal, says Troy Times,
that the plucky American will have
better fortune. Yet there are whole
lot of people who put more trust in
the Coming expedition of Commander
Peary, which will go by the good ship
Roosevelt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
GRAFTERS WILL BE SUED.
Pennsylvania Capitol Scandal to Re-
suit in Prosecutions.

Pittsburg, Pa, May Civil and
criminal suits will be brought by At
torney General Todd against those
responsible for the state capitol scan
day. A complete list of those who will
be named as defendants will not be
known until the inquiry is completed.
The commission will hold no more
public sessions until after the legisla-
ture adjourns on May Is.
The suits will be based on the tes-
timony showing that the contractor
collected from the state for 752 ther-
mostats and installed only 1863, and on
the substitution of domestic for bac-
CARAT glass and an inferior glass for
Tiffany favrile. John H. Sanderson &
Co., general contractors for the fur
nishings; Joseph M. Huston, architect
for the building commission and also
the board of grounds and buildings,
are among those involved in the scan
dal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Ex.PoLlcE CHIEF INDICTED.
True Bills Against Collins and Other
Chicago Officials.

Chicago, May 6.-The grand jury
Saturday evening returned several in:
dictments resulting from the late ma.
orally campaign. Those indicted are
John NJ Collins, former chief of pc.
lice; w. L. O'Connell, former com.
missioner of public works and manag.
er of the Dunno campaign; E. M.
Roche, former city business agent and
treasurer of the Dunno campaign;
Frank d. Comerford, former attorney
of the police department; and Detec-
tives j. McGrath and P. j. McNulty.
Collins is charged with mutilating
public records, conspiring to violate
the civil service law, and other Of
lenses; the others are charged with
conspiracy to violate the civil service
law, and to do an illegal act in the
formulation of the police detail that
is said to have collected funds for
DUNES campaign.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
The Pulpit's Failure.
MIMI

The loss of moral leadership by the
clergy is often deplored; but what
else is to be expected, when so many
clergymen appeal to the feminine
rather than to the masculine con-
science? To-day the virile, who see
In graft and monopoly and foul poll
tics worse enemies than beer, Sunday
baseball and the army canteen, scoh
when the pastor Of the indicted boss
of San Francisco pleads, HE never
was known to smoke or take drink.
He never was seen in front of
saloon bar" In political battles, the
sinister interests easily rally the reli-
gious people by standing for lid
on" policy. In the struggle OF city
to free itself from corporation bond
age, is not the psychologist moment al
ways punctuated by hectoring depu-
tation of clergymen to summon Mr..
Mayor to enforce to the letter the
Sunday closing ordinance, followed by
q blast from the pulpits when the
mayor declines to play the traction
company's little game? Not long ago
a reform mayor was discredited be-
cause, emerging late from his office,
he descended into a basement lunch
room and ate at the same counter
with street walkers and night birds,
says E. A. Ross, in Atlantic. The pas
tors of the straight-laced magnates
who had never stopped to anything
worse than stealing street were
scandalized at the mayors elbow
touch with disreputables, and ap-
pealed with success to the ossified
Puritanism of their flock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
BROOKLYN STRIKERS VIOLENT.
Sugar Trust Employees Attack Men
Who Are Still Working.

New York, May IA strike of $50
laborers in the Havemeyer Sugar Re
filming company's plant in Brooklyn,
Monday, was attended with some dis
turbance which the police reserves
were called upon to quell. The .men
left their work in a body in the fore
noon demanding an increase in wages
from Is to Is cents an hour. They
waited about the doors of the refinery
until the noon hour. When the other
employees of the refinery attempted
to leave the buildings the strikers at
tackled them and small riots ensued.
The police reserves from one station
were unable to dispense the angry
strikers and help was summoned
from three other stations before they
were driven off.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
FRISCO GAR Men ON STRIKE
STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
QUIT, TYING UP TRAFFIC.
Company Will Attempt to Operate
with Non-Union Crews, Calling on
Authorities for Protection.

San Francisco, May 6.-The street
car motormen and conductors struck
Sunday, tying up the street car sys-
tenn of this city. In lieu of the cars,
all sorts of vehicles, from automobiles
to express wagons, were used by the
public
The motormen and conductors of
the United Railroads early Sunday
morning voted to declare a strike,
after having failed to obtain an eight
hour day and fiat wage of three dol
lars.
The strikers have been REINFORCED
by the stationary firemen, who de-
mand recognition of their union and
an increase of wages from $2.75 to
1926 per day. 1t is probable that 9TH
er. allied trades will come to the sup
port of the platform men. There was
no disorder, as no attempts were
made by the railroad officials to take
cars from the barns, but it is expected
that an effort to run cars will be made
Monday.
President Patrick Calhoun says that
the United Railroads company will
operate it's lines independently of the
car mems union and if resisted, will
demand from the city and state au-
thorities the full protection guaran-
teed by the law. The officials of the
company have been making elaborate
preparations to run cars in the event
of strike and they claim to have sew
eral hundred experienced men ready
to take the places of the strikers.
In the event of the city and state
being unable to provide protection in
case of serious trouble, federal assist
ance may be invoked on the ground
that the United Railroads Investment
company, of New Jersey, which is the
holding corporation of the United
Railroads, is corporation foreign to
this state. 1t is reported that Farley,
the noted strike-breaker, is in the city
and that he will have charge of the
strike-br9aking operations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
REBELS sLAY TURKISH TROOPS.
AnnihiIate Seven BattaIions in Yemen
Province of Arabia.

London, May Tt was announced
Monday afternoon in a special dis
patch from Constaninople that seven
battalions of Turkish troops (about
$500 mem have practically been an
initiated during a battle with rebels
in the province of Yemen, Turkish
Arabia. The commander-in-chief of
the Turkish forces is urgently calling
for reenforcements.
The outbreak in Yemen began
about II years ago and may be said
to have been in progress ever since.
The Turks have repeatedly announced
that the Arabs were crushed, but the
revolt has always been renewed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
ESTRADA is IN COMMAND.
He Will Put End to LawIessness in
Puerto Cortez.

Puerto Cortez, Honduras, May 1,
via New Orleans, May 7.-Gen. Juan
Estrada, of the Nicaraguan army, was
Monday appointed commandant of
Puerto Cortez, in place of the Hon.
duran commandant The appointment
probably ends the lawlessness exhibit
ed recently in which an American ne
gro was seriously beaten. Gen. Es-
trada, ever since the Nicaraguan in
vasion, has been strict with his men,
severely Furnishing infractions of good
order. The investigation into the as
sault upon the negro is still under
way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
BIG STRIKE IN ORIZABA.
Operatives in Textile Mills Out
Ready for an Outbreak.

Orizaba, Mexico, May 1.-Two thou
sand operatives of the Rio Blanco
textile mills and 1000 from the mills
at Nogales are on strike and the
streets are thronged with excited and
restless men ready for an outbreak,
but they are held in check by large
force of rurales. The trouble in the
Rio Blanco mills was due, so the men
charge, to the fact that they were re-
quired to do large amount of extra
work for which they were not paid
and in the mills at Nogales one of the
men engaged in fight with fellow
employee for which he was arrested
and discharged from the mills. His
fellow workers demanded his rein
statement and when the demand was
refused they went on strike.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10

Mr.. George Gould has sold his polo
ponies because, as he says, he cannot
afford to keep them. Perhaps there is
some truth in James ]. Hills predic.
tons of hard times. But we can stand
them if they don't strike anybody but
those who have polo ponies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
UNFROCKED RECTOR
and WARD Located
MARRIED MINISTER, WHO ELoPED
WITH 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL, RE-
PORTED FOUND.
Rev. Cooke Said to Have Admitted His
Identity Offered to Go Back to
Long Island If Assured Protection
from Mob Violence.

New York, May 6.-Rev. Jere Knode
Cooke, unfrocked rector of St.
Georges Protestant Episcopal church
of Hampstead, l.. l., and 17-year-old
Floretta Whaley, his ward, who eloped
last Monday, have been located in a
hotel at Peekskill, N. Y, according
to information received Saturday. 1t
is announced that the officials of Mas
sau county have issued a warrant for
Cookies arrest and that officers have
been sent to Peekskill to serve it.
Mrs. Whaley, grandmother of the
ting at Mineola and swore out the
warrant for Cookies arrest.
While it is not known positively
what charge was made, it is rumored
to be abduction, Miss Whaley being
still a minor.
Cooke Fears Mob Violence.
Two satchels and a small steam
er trunk constituted the baggage of
the couple. The clippers appeared to
be perfectly happy, and there was no
sign that the scandal they had Gre
ated caused either the slightest
worry.
Several persons who had seen the
pictures of the clippers in New York
papers easily recognized them and
noted where they went. They imme-
tiiately informed the local authorities,
who communicated the information to
the Long Island officials.
Cooke soon discovered that he was
being watched, and when approached
go back to Long Island if assured pro-
lection from mob violence or individ-
ual enemies. He said he had received
anonymous letters threatening his life
three days before he left Hemp
stead, and this was the main reason
for his flight.
August Belmont Ousted Cooke.
The disappearance of Cooke and
Miss Whaley created a tremendous
sensation principally because of the
prominence of the church, of which
Cooke had been rector for five years.
The church is one of the most i'm
portant on Long Island, and includes
among it's parishioners scores of
wealthy New Workers who have
country homes in that vicinity.
Among the church members is Au-
gust Belmont, who took an active part
in the proceedings following the min
listers disappearance, which resulted
in the pulpit being declared vacant
and Cooke being deposed from the
ministry.
Makes Dupe of His Ward.
Miss Whaley is heiress to fortune
of $125,000. She was give INTO the
care of Cooke by her dying father.
She trusted her pastorguardian with
the confidence of innocent childhood,
until she was completely in his
power.
When Cooke eloped with his ward
he abandoned his wife, who is now
Frustrated over the scandal.
Bishop Burgess deposed Cooke at
the request of the offending rector,
who acknowledged his wrongdoing in
a letter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
TWO KILLED IN A COLLISION.
Interurban Electric Cars Crash To-
gether Near Bowling Green, o.

Toledo, O., May Ga south-bound
limited car on the Toledo Urban & In
terurban electric road collided with a
north-bound local car of the same line
Sunday night about one mile south Of
Bowling Green. 1t is reported that
two persons are dead and over a score.
injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Sail 7so Miles in a Balloon.

Paris, May 6.-Maurice Farman and
a friend ascended from ST. Cloud on
Wednesday evening in balloon of L.
600 meters gas capacity, and landed
at Carlsbad. Germany, Friday, having
travelled distance of $50 miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Eleven "BIack Hands" Convicted

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May Eleven of
the Is Italians who had been on trial
here charged with "Blackhand"
crimes were declared guilty in the
Luzerne county court Monday when
the sealed verdict of the jury was
opened. The other two defendants
were acquitted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
browns in SWIMMING eath.

Butte, Mont, May Ernest Nc
Pherson, aged 26. son of prominent
cotton manufacturer of Ontario, Cana
da, was drowned in the plunge at
Gregson Springs Sunday night while
swimming.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10

A well-known actor had his pocket
picked and his wallet abstrscted from
it AS it contained real money and
not stage jewels the advertising he
gets out of it is not the usual gratuit
Gus variety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10

OF the income tax collected from
securities in Great Britain, SIS, 600, 900
was from American securities. Scot.
land during the last ten years has
grown wealthy in business more rap.
idly than England, the rates of in.
crease being so per cent. in Scotland
and IL per cent. in England.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-10
Largest Man" Is Dead.

Jacksonville, H., May 7.-George w.
Sheppard, probably the largest man
in the central states, weighing 535
pounds, died Monday of paralysis. He
was 81 years old.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-06-22
INDIAN u MME Err.
Rss Haze and Warmth Due 60 the
"Aeria1 Gulf Stream"

SAEG@AAs
Formerly the smokiness and the
somewhat greater degree Of warmth
and other characteristics Of 'Indian
summer were thought to be caused by
mountain fires Or the burning OF fallen
leaves. Scientists have now proved,
warmth are due to the annual forma-
ton Of what has been called the "ae-
rial gulf stream" or "vapor plane"
This high current, generated in eQua-
torial ems by ascending masses Of
vapor charged air, lows northward
through the upper atmosphere. over
sweeps the southern and gulf states
and descends toward the earth or ocean
as 1t approaches New England and
Canada on It's journey toward the po-
lar circle. In the afternoon and night,
when the earth throws of the heat re.
ceived during the day, especially in the
autumn weeks, when the temperature
Is declining and the capacity Of the air
to receive and hold moisture is ON the
decrease, the presence of this mantle
arrests radiation. Covering the re.
naming vegetation and harvest with Q
shield. It protracts the grain ripening
period to meet the necessities Of the
higher attitudes.
II has been shown that the FIRST re-
corded appearance of the term Indian
summer" was in 1894. 1t seems to have
been well known and recognized at
that time. In New England II was
supposed that the term came from the
prevalence Of the southwest winds,
which, the Indians thought, were sent
as a mark of favor by their peculiar
deity. Coutanowoit. However, In many
parts of the United States 1t was the
Indians especial hunting season. Among
the Indians of the northwest 1t was the
period between the gathering and stor-
ing of summer supplies and the selec-
ton Of winter quarters In the ha Ints
Of the large game; hence 1t was the
period Of migration. The term Indian
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-06-22
Badges of Mourning.

Very ancient are some of the badges
Of mourning that are common In the
United States today. The white heaise
and the white Grape at the funerals Of
children find their counterparts In Eng
land, where the funerals Of children
and young unmarried persons are at
tended by mourners wearing hatbands
and sashes Of white. This Is said to be
q survival of the days when royal wild
ows wore robes Of white In their
mourning. 1.-THE white queen" was a
description bestowed upon Mary Stu.
art because she wore white for the
death Of Darnley. The black flag and
the judges black cap are parts Of an
Client mourning regalia. When a city
defying a besieging force was to be
given over to destruction the black
flag was hoisted to signify that "the
time for mercy Is now past" TRACE
dies In Shakespeare's time were per-
formed upon a stage draped with
black.
A clever little gentleman well known
in the scientific world was one day
standing with half q dozen tall men
when n of them turned to him and
said that he had not seen him before.
as he was so very small.
"Very likely" replied the little gen
tleman. ~ am like a sixpence among
six copper pennies--not easily per-
ceived, but worth the whole six to-
gether."-London Standard.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-06-22

mo, 1t Isn't. And that is just what
makes
"Well. then, sir, what did you look
out Of the window for? There wasn't
anybody calling you. was there?'-
London Telegraph.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-06-22
DO Not he InQuisitive.

A train was just starting out Of the
station when n shirt sleeved man came
rushing down the platform. shouting:
Smith! Smith,
A man In one Of the last carriages
heard the shout and, being naturally
curious, put his head out Of the win
dow. As he did so the man running
along the platform reached him and
struck him a hard blow in the face.
BY the time he had recovered from his
surprise the train was outside the sta
ton, SO he at once summoned the car
attendant.
"What kind Of an outrage is thisT"
he demanded Of the attendant. Here
am I, an innocent passenger, sitting In
this carriage just as the train pulls out
OF the station. Suddenly some nan
runs down the platform, shrieking:
"Smith! Smith, l look out Of the win
dow, and he reaches up and almost
knocks my head off. Now, l want to-
Pardon me-" interrupted the attend
ant. "Is your namk Smith"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-06-22
Magic In Art.

There is a magic In the word that
makes men, even when they are so
and ignorant that they don't
know the NEE ming of It, profess a love
for art-Chicago Record-H Herald.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-06-22

summer" has been adopted by English
speaking peoples throughout the whole
world. The season Is well defined in
England. 1t Ia peculiar also to central
Europe. In the old world as well as
the new II Is characterized by dry fogs.
q glowing sky, absence of heavy rain
and mild temperature.
In England its early lame was GAIL
hallow summer" In Wales and Bel
GUM 1t Is known as est. Michael's
summer" in Germany as "St. Calls
summer and the summer Of old
women" in Bohemia as "St. Wences-
lans' summer" In Sweden as "St.
Bridget's summer" and In Lombardy
as 'St. Theresa's summer" Indian
summer is especially noticeable in the
far northwest of this continent. In
Vancouver and other portions Of Brit
ish America there Is a second growth
Of verdure lasting until after Christ
mas. From the northern states of the
Union 1t extends north to the arctic
circle.-Chicago News.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-28
MISS SHoNTs INVITES FATE
OF COUNTESS DE CASTELLANI

! Washington, March 2S.-Despite the
denials of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Shonts, it may be stated with regret
full and unfortunate certainty that
Miss Theodore Shonts, the beautiful
and talented daughter of the former
chief of the Panama canal commits
sion will soon be the proud p~ossessor
of a title. 1t is known that a definite
date has bee set for the ceremony
whereby Miss Shonts will become the
Duchess Albert de Iuynas de Chaus-
nes ct de Picquiny. tbs a weignty
name and a high sounding one but
there are many Washington people
who agree with the parents of the
prospective bride that it will hardly
compensate for the acquisition to the
family of the absolute roue VINO
owns the title.
Most people who have had the mis-
fortune of meeting the young Due
Albert de Eft Cetera and VINO know
his record will agree that such a char
acterization as dissolute roue is rank
fiattery. If there are any escapades
and indiscretions that lave zee over
looked by the due, it is due to the
fact that his forehead is not Sufic-
iently high to enable him to think of
them. Compared with him, the Count
Boai de Castellane is an accomplish
ed gentleman and a paragon of moral
ity. Shorn of his title, he would be-
come a commonplace rounder; with
it and because of it, and in spite of his
~unsavory record, he is to marry one
of the Iovliest and most accomplished
girls of the national capital.
1t is not surprising that Papa and
Mama Shonts are not pleased with the
prospect, but their daughter who is
less than twenty years of age and
made her debut in Washington socie-
ty only last fall, is as wilful as she is
beautiful and in the end will certain
ly have her own way. While the date
is yet a secret, it is known that it
has been set and that the wedding
will take place before many months.
Miss Freddie Evans, a well known
young society a friend of he
Misses Sholts, mas confessed that she
has bee1 asked to act as n of the
bridesmaids. The ceremony will be
performed in one of Washington's
most fashionable churches and will at
tract international attention as will.
a few e a hence, the-but why an
t~icipate?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-28

Springfield. Mo, March 2S.-That
heart during a "brain storm Incl
dent to an attack of emotional insan-
ity will be the plea of Garland B.
Moore. who will probably be placed
on trial for mis- life at the present ses-
sion of the criminal court. AIienists
will testify hat the young man. who
committee the fouleSt. bloOdiest crime
in the history of the Ozark country,
is a victim of hereditary insanity,
resulting in mental explosions and
9n exaggerated ego Many Witnesses
have been s~ubpoenaed WHO will teSti-
fy that in the family of Moore's faith
er and mother insanity has existed
I it is on this evidence alone that
he attorneys for the assassin hope
20 save him from the gallows
On the night of December 4. last
Garland Moore stabbed to death his
sweetheart and former fancee, Miss
Clara West, at Bots dare, a little town
ten miles northwest of here. h muir
der followed a quarrel in which Moore
demanded that Miss West enc their
engagement which had been broken
off by the young woman His plead
ing proving useless Moore seized a
butcher knife from the dining room
table and stabbed his sweetheart re-
p~eatedly, four times in the back,
once in the breast and once in the
head. A cOusin of Miss West, who
had been in the room, ran screaming
for help. When she returned the girl
was lying on the floor IN a pool of her
own blood. He has killed me-" she
whispered, and lost consciousness
dying four hours later. Moore fed
but was captured by officers n lodg-
ed in Jail mere, where he has zee
since. The murdered girl was a mem
Der of one OF the best known and
w'ealthiest families of his section,
while Moore was a rural mail ar
rier.
After his arrest Moore wept VIC
IeutIy, declaring that he had been dri-
ven to the Iced by his unrequited af-
lection for the young woman and
begged to De allowed to see her dead
body This request was refused by
the officers, who feared that Ssh an
act would aTous the anger of the
people. many threats OF lynching hav-
ing been made Immediately after the
discovery of the crime.
Since his Incarceration in the Jail