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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-06

Inc New York Tribune observes:
Asr McClellan's appointment of a
0nmission to systematic the man.
senent Of the streets Of New York
almost the first recognition in a
1se way of the problem of every
ueat city. How shall it keep it's life
aood circulating in its narrow arteries?
- streets are always laid out for a
w Or three-story town. AS the city
su1s and piles Is, IS or 90 stories on
the original three or four. the
= surface room remains the same
y stories discharge their popu-
INTO Nassau street, for in
which was originally adapted
a0out two stories. Not merely
q the skyscraper crowd the side
a'n pedestrians. but it brings
oftionate increase of vehicles
foadways. A 20-story building
y Its service 10 times as many
.s and delivery wagons as a two
building. The congestion of
a the streets. the slow moving
ods In transit, increases freight
.akes the necessaries Of life cost
% the public than they would If
"0ld be saved in handling them.
s drain upon business which
y orive 1t into more commodi-
eishborhoods. The teamster
uours In the most congested
y Every inch of street surface
y Of more value to New York
tnan ever before. and will 20
easing in value as We 60 from
y Or 4o-story buildings with one.
7 streets. w -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-06

Evidences are beginning to multi
:, ,bat only an American heiress Of
.,o extreme degree can really afford
- marry titled foreigner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
Move to Disbar.

Minneapolis-The board of COVER.
nors and the ethics committee of the
state bar association placed the stamp
of its unqualified condemnation upon
the action of Francis B. Hart of Min
neapolis in the attack made upon the
supreme court he made in his letter to
the chief justice and to the governor.
Steps will be taken at once to Sc.
cure, if possible, his disbarment and
his expulsion from the state bar as.
ISOLATION. Mr.. Hart in his letter
asked that an investigation Of the
court be started and suggested i'm.
parchment.
A joint meeting of the board of gov.
ernors and the ethics committee of
the association was held at the Office
of How, Butler & Mitchell, at which
the matter was discussed, after which
separate meetings were held. Two
resolutions were adopted at each OF
the meetings, which were subsequent
ly approved by the other body at the
Joint session which followed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
MINNESOTA VIEWS
Interesting Items Gathered in fise
Gopher State
County Option Slogan.

Crookston-The Minnesota Anti-sa-
loon league started big campaign in
Northwestern Minnesota by getting in
touch with the county organization of
Polk county here and holding rous-
ing mass meeting, at which Supt. N.
A. Palmer, Assistant Superintendent
c. A. Youngdahl, Hon. T. S. Moen of
Ada and several other speakers de-
livered addresses.
About forty delegates from all over
Polk county attended a big meeting
in the afternoon at which plans for
the coming election were discussed
and committees appointed to keep the
work going along organized lines.
The anti-saloon league believes that
it will be able to elect in Northern
Minnesota almost every legislator at
the next election who will favor their
league and work for county option.
Very little work was done in this
section of the state at the last cleo
ton by the anti-saloon league, and the
work that is being started now may
make considerable difference in the
next set of legislators from Northern
Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
The U. s. s. Saratoga.

for there closer and closer plowed the
great ships, and no sail caught the
wind to propel them.
In Yeddo there was terror worse
than death. Her 100000 souls knew
the fear Of supernatural things. With
alarmed faces the people thronged to
the shrines to pray. They hastily
packed their valuables to send off to
the houses of distant friends, or to
bury. In the southern suburbs, thou.
sands of homes were emptied of their
contents and of the sick and aged
All who could left to go to dwell with
their relatives in the interior.
Couriers on horseback had first
brought details Of the Calamity" by
land. Junks and scull boats from
Uraga arrived hourly at Shinagawa,
and foot-runners bearing dispatches
painted in the government offices.
Commodore Perry had prepared
carefully for this visit. He had read
much about Japan; he knew what it's
resources were, so far as they were
known at all, by foreigners; he knew
their quaint customs and the value
they set upon ceremony. Therefore
he was determined to out chesterfield
the Japanese themselves.
Refused to BE Seen.
When the representative of the Sho-
gun came, with all ceremony, to treat
with him, he was received by Lieut..
Contee as the commodore's represen-
tative. The commodore himself could
not be seen. In spite of all the willy
oriental could do, the American am
bassador remained aloof, and inn
pressed the Japanese official nightly
as a great man by this very exclusive.
ness.
When seeking trade, the Dutch had
been willing to sink dignity and to
treat with anyone. Therefore they
were pigs, reasoned the Japanese.
Surely these western hairy barbara
ans" must be the same. When they
found otherwise, messengers were
kept running at breakneck speed be-
tween the Sho-gun's city and the seat
of the mikado's government.
At last the bunio, who had been
able to see only the ''admiral's" subor-
dinates, because he was not of suf1-
cient Importance to gaze upon the
august features Of the ambassador,
announced that two daimios had been
appointed to receive the mysterious
papers so carefully guarded in caskets,
which the king Of the power that had
whipped Mexico" desired to send to
the Lord of Creation"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
F1agshipofCot1-
r11OdOre Perry
Opened up Ja-
pan to the Corn
n1erCe OF the
World, and Now
a Boston Firm
Wi11StriPHerOn
the junk Heap.

Boston-Just at this time, when the
finest fleet ever assembled under one
nag has started on its ord-breaking
voyage, it Is interesting to record the
passing Of the last of the vessels that
made up the squadron under command
Of Commodore Perry when he sailed
into the Japanese harbor Of Yedo in
July, 1853.
Queen of the fire vessels of the
western barbarians," she was once
called. Now she is to be demolished
Exit the Saratoga!
1t is still name to conjure with in
FAR Japan. And in American history
the stanch old sea fighter will be insep-
arably linked with Commodore Mat
thew Calbraith Perry's epoch-making
trip to what was then land of mys-
terry and of dreams. For that trip and
the commercial treaty signed there
opened up the Japanese empire to the
Commerce Of the world.
Battered and full of years, the grand
war hulk has been lying dismantled at
League Island navy yard. Now she be-
longs to Thomas Butler & Co. of Bos-
ton. She will be taken to Philadel-
phiA where will be performed the last
sad rites of this former pride of the
American navy.
Only Seven Survivors.
There are those who will mourn her
with a personal loss. Seven men yet
live who made that memorable trip
with Perry In the fifties. All but two
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
Narrow Escape,

Savage-Earl Burnside, a member
of the Dan Patch Air Line surveying
crew at work near here, narrowly
escaped death by drowning in tEs.
Minnesota river News of his death
was telephoned to the Minneapolis Of
flee and the rumor was not corrected
until later.
Burnside was working on the ice
near the site of the proposed bridge
near Hamilton ferry, when the ice
gave way and he sank from sight. Eel
low members of the crew ran to his
assistance, but his rescue seemed inn
possible.
Twenty feet below the place where
he disappeared was large air hole
and Burnside was carried under the
ice by the swift current until he came
to the surface of the air hole
He grasped the edge of the ice and
his companions by forming human
chain, rescued him. Burnside is none
the worse for his experience.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
st. Paul Lid.

st. Paul-The enforcement of the
law is a matter of duty which is not
affected by public sentiment either
for or against the law. This is the
position taken by Attorney General
E. T. Young with relation to the en-
forcement of the law requiring saloons
to be closed at II pm. and he so in
formed a committee of St. Paul citi-
zens who called upon him. The COM
mittee consisted of B. L. Goodkind,
L. S. Cushing, c. w. Gordon, Eli S.
Warner, Albert w. Lindeke and Jacob
Dittenhofer.
The members of the committee in
formed Mr. Young that the sentiment
in st. Paul is against the II o'clock
closing. They believe that closing the
saloons at midnight, as required by
the city ordinance, is favored by a
large majority of the citizens and
would meet all requirements of good
morals and be better from business
standpoint.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27

sent again to the African coast, dur.
ing the civil war. Farragut and Shu-
brick commanded her at different
times during these operations.
At the close of the civil war the
sloop was not considered fit for active
service. Therefore, she was ordered
to Philadelphia, where she did duty
as a training ship and receiving ship
for many years. In 1889 she was
turned over to the state as a school
ship, and, under joint supervision of
state and city, she made annual
cruises.
The stout old warrior continued
these voyages until last February,
when, outside the harbor, she met q
terrible storm. 1t strained the ancient
timbers until the water began to pour
in at innumerable points, and she was
in dire danger of laundering. It was
shortly after that the navy department.
ordered an inspection.
The old fighter was condemned and
ordered to be sold as junk.
Commodore Perry's Record.
Many consider Commodore Matthew
Calbraith Perry to have been great
er naval man than his more famous
brother, Commodore Oliver Perry. In
fact, the two are often confused. Be.
sides opening up Japan to American
trade and to western civilization, he
was the greatest naval educator Of his
time. His life may be briefly summed
up as follows:
while yet lad he was naval
officer In the war of 1872.
2-He chose the location of the first
free black settlement in Liberia.
3-He was the father of the steam
navy.
Ale first demonstrated the eff
cheney of the ram as weapon Of Of
fence in naval warfare.
5-He founded the naval apprentice
ship system.
6-He was leader of the campaign
to extirpate the foreign slave trade on
the coast of Africa.
HE commanded in 1S47 the
largest squadron which had ever an.
sembled under the American flag.
This was in the gulf of Mexico.
She opened japan to the world.
The Perry family furnished more ma.
val officers to the United States than
any other American family, with one
exception. The sturdy commander Of
the Saratoga was survived by three
daughters, one Of whom became the
wife Of August Belmont, the multi
millionaire Of New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
LAST DAYS OF
THE STANCH OLD
SHIP SARATOGA

100000 souls. We had no idea We
had frightened the empire so badly,
as the capital was 40 or SO miles away
from our anchorage. AS we proceed,
ed up the harbor. boats fed away from
us as though iir mortal fear.
'By the time we were well anchored
and shipshape the city officials took
heart. Swarms of picturesque man
darins came off to challenge the
strange arrivals and to draw around
the fleet the customary Gordon of
guard boats. They even tried to make
fast their boats to our ships.
"This began to look like being in
custody. The American ambassador
had not come to Japan to be put under
sentries. He notified the mandarins
that his vessels were not pirates and
need not be watched. They pleaded
Japanese law. He replied with Ameri-
can law. They still insisted. He mott
fed them that if the boats were not
instantly withdrawn he would open
his batteries and sink them. That was
entirely convincing. The guard boats
stood not on the order of their going"
"The fire vessels of the western bar
barians are coming to defile the holy
country" said priest and soldier to
one another.
Japs Gazed in Wonder.
The boatman at his SOULS and the
junk sailor at the tiller gazed in won
der at the painted ships of the west
ern world. The farmer, standing knee
deep in the ooze of the rice fields,
paused to marvel.
Had the barbarians harnessed vol
canoes? With wind blowing in their
teeth and sails furled, the monsters
curled the white foam at their front,
while their black threats vomited
sparks and smoke. To the gazers at a
distance, as they looked from their
village on the hilltops, the whole
scene seemed mirage created by the
breath of CLAIMS. Such, their child
hoods beliefs taught them, must be
the case.
Boats dashed here and there about
the harbor, like a flock of frightened
gulls. They fed. Then paused, to see
how far behind the strange visions
were now. Surely they were doomed,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
Tries to Clean Wrong Barrel.

Two Harbors-By the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun Ben Wooden, sew.
enteen years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
s. H. Wooden, a brakeman on the
Duluth & Iron Range railroad, re-
ceived injuries which may prove fatal.
The injured boy and two companions
went out rabbit hunting Sunday
about three miles north Of town. Ben's
gun was of the double-barreled kind
and after discharging one barrel he
started to wipe it out. In doing so he
accidentally placed the ramrod into
the barrel that contained a loaded
shell and it exploded, driving large
number of shot into his abdomen. One
of his companions came to town for
assistance and four men with a
stretcher were sent out from the Two
Harbors hospital and brought the in
jured boy to town. At the hospital
he was operated upon and the doctors
cannot say as yet whether he will
survive or not.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27

of these seven survivors haev risen
high in the naval service and now hold
the rank of rear admiral. The seven
are Rear Admiral Edward G. ROBBIE,
Rear Admiral John II. Pushur, Rear
Admiral Oscar F. Stanton, Rear AID
miral George Balch, Rear Admiral Ed
win Ffthian, DR.. John s. Sewall and
William Speiden, who went out to
Japan as purser's clerk, and has been
connected with the New York customs
house for years.
DR.. Sewall is the Rev.. John S.
Sewall, D. D., of Bangor, Me. He is
an emeritus professor of Bangor's
theological seminary, and is enjoying
q rest from his labors after SO years
of faithful service.
when finished my college course
at Bowdoin I was in debt" said DR..
Sewall, in reminiscent vein. IT saw q
chance to satisfy my desire for the sea
and pay off my debts at the same
dime, so shipped for cruise on the
Saratoga. She was then fitting out to
go to the far east to relieve the ship
st. Mary's, which had been on that
station several years.
1--WE were out there two years be-
fore Commodore Perry arrived. Will
liam s. Walker of Boston was the
captain of the Saratoga. Rear Ad-
miral Stanton was then only mid
shiman on board, In the same mess
with me during part Of the voyage.
Arrival Of the Fleet.
''The feet arrived off the coast of
Japan on the eighth day Of July, 1853
Ehe lookouts at the masthead echoed
Through the fleets the rousing call,
Land hot We rushed on deck. There
At was at last. A dark cloud on the
northern horizon, still shrouded in
mystery, still inspiring the imagina.
tion with an indefinable awe, just as it
had years ago in our studies at school.
Our squadron comprised two steam
frigates and two sloops Of war. For
equipment. We mustered 81 guns and
OFT officers and men-quite a respect
able force for those times.
"Such warlike apparition in the
bay, small as it was, created a ire
mendous sensation. A Japanese writer
said of our arrival: "The popular COM
motion in Yeddo was beyond descrsp-
ton. The whole city was in an up
roar. In all directions were seen
mothers flying with children in their
arms and men with mothers on their
backs
1--WE were quite unconscious of all
this confusion IL q city of more than
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
NEWS NOTES.

Minneapolis-The thirty-ninth an
nual meeting of the Minnesota state
grange opened at the Masonic Tenn
pie.
st. Paul-Richard Peel, one of the
pioneer locomotive engineers of the
Omaha railway, dropped dead in his
home, 839 Tuscarora street, of kid
ney trouble.
inneapolis-Nearly 200 high school
students will be graduated by the
Minneapolis public schools at the four
commandments to be held the week
of Jan. Is.
Preston-The brewery in this place
is to be transformed into packing
house and the work of remodeling is
already under way. The brewery has
been in operation for nearly forty
years and has had many owners.
Hamline-Student teachers have
now been installed in the model school
conducted by the University of Min
nesota at 125 State street, twelve
seniors being picked for the work.
All the teachers are girls.
Stillwater-Fire in the village of
Oak Park did damage of over $4,000.
The general store of Alex c. Robert
son was entirely destroyed. The fine
dwelling of James Sinclair was burned
Brainerd-The postoffice at Hubert,
Mimi, twelve miles north of Brainerd
was robbed of between $50 and $50
in stamps of different denominations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
Tax Commission Report.

st. Paul-The Minnesota tax com.
mission handed it's first annual re-
port to Governor Johnson. It's most
important feature is significant an
alysis of the present tax system and
the revenues of the state. AS an
other report will be made before the
legislature meets, there are no recon-
mendations for new legislation at this
time.
The report finds that for the cur
rent year property in Minnesota will
pay an average tax of $S.37 on $1,000
of actual value, which it says cannot
be considered excessive, but under
the existing conditions of the assess
ment and levy of taxes it is unequally
distributed, not only upon individuals,
but upon communities as WELL"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27

women should be brought to Japsa.
Commodore Perry Informed them that
if such clause were put In he would
be afraid to return to America. There
after all was good humor, the clause
was stricken out and the treaty of
commerce was signed, throwing open
the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate.
Career of the Saratoga.
The Saratoga was built in Kittery,
Me-, in 1912, when New England was
at the height of it's fame in the ship
building world. 1t was named for the
flagship of Commodore Oliver Perry,
the famous brother of the Japanese
hero. This flagship won the battle of
Lake Erie in the war of 1872.
She did some useful work as one of
Commander Perry's fleet which went
to punish the piratical black tribes
along the African coast. Village after
village was burned during these op-
erations, and once the commander
himself only escaped death at the
hands of King Crack-O, who was the
possessor OF scythe-like sword, by
his own courage and agility and by
the quickness of a sergeant of marines,
who shot the king.
The Saratoga was also present dur.
ing the Mexican war, when Commo.
dore Perry, then Capt. Perry, saved
the situation for the American forces
with his naval guns. After returning
from her long service in eastern wa
tiers, part of which was. Commodore
Perrys mission, the Saratoga was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-27
Gentry Family AGAIN Owns Show

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 23.-The
Gentry Brothers Dog and Pony show
has been sold by w. M. Savage, of
this city, back to the Gentry family,
from which he bought it a year ago.
The two elder Gentry brothers, H. B.
and w. W., sold the show to Mr.. Saw
age. The two younger brothers, J..
w. and F. H., have bought it back
argely to please their aged mother.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-02

lection or the FISH ana oyster Indus
try Of our State, and desire to urge
you to PASS such laws as. upon an in
YES igation of tais su5tect, you find
most ada .tei to our needs.
Good Roads:
Probably TO ore improvement could
be more useful, valuable and enjoy
able to the people OF Florida than a
system of Coed Roads. Beginning,
we will say, at the county seat in
each county, and from there branch
ing cut apprOXin ately east and west,
north and south, through the thick
ly settled aid desire bic portions OF
the county, and connecting at the
county lines with similar systems in
the adjacent counties, having in view
a general System of roads running
east AID west and north and south
through tie State, or as nearly on
these courzns as will serve the ueople
lest. This would mean ultima ely
many niles Of road and would dIaw
80 US much immigration and add a
value TO our property, perSays doub-
ling tie asses Ell valuation of the
tate Before tie roads were complet-
ed. | q, une, f-cm he data OBJ
-a:~~d, Ilst he amount Of money and
labor cyCCcdod for read building now
equals 5-n2i | tax; which, on the pres
ent Valuation Of s142 900 900. means
$1,000 Ter annum. Suppose the
StSte should issue bonds for SO.
geo, 900 be1r.ng per cent interest
selling the bends, as many as are nee
eSsary per annum, to obtain sufi-
clent money to carry on the road
work. | estimate that 1t would take
about enc year to get the work in
operation. and five years more to
spend the $40. 900. 900; therefore, we
VIII say that the first year, we would
De compelled 10 pay interest on a mil
lion dollars for half a year. which
would be $50. 900; second wear. two
mlllicn for enc year, $50, 900: third
year.; four million, for one wear
SlCO, 900; fourth year, six million. for
one year, 1910 900; fifth wear. ejgb,
million, for one year, $3.50 900; and
sixth year, ten million, for one year
$500 900; and tina; a sinking fund tax
De levied TO pay on the said bonded
ueDt' witch should be paid of in 30
years. In my opinion, this loan could
De taken care of and the present
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-02
Good Judgement

is the essential characteristic of men
and woman. Invaluable TO good
business men and necessary to house
wives. A woman shows good Judge
ment when she buys Whites Cream
Vermifuge for her baby. The best
worm medicine ever offered to moth
ers. Many indeed are the sensible
mothers; who write expressing their
gratitude for the good health of their
children, which they owe to the use
of Whites Cream Vermifuge. Sold
by Suwannee Drug Co. dw*