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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
over FIFTY KILLED
IN rear END Crash
APPALLING HORROR OCCURS ON
THE 3. e. o. RAILROAD NEAR
WASHINGTON.
BODIES OF VICTIMS
STREWN EVERYWHERE
Train of Empty Cars Running Sixty
Miles an Hour Collides with Pas
senser at Terra cotta-officials
Investigating Cause.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The list of
dead as the result of the appalling
wreck at Terra Gotta, on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad Sunday night,
reached So at two o'clock Monday
afternoon, according to the police.
Forty-five of the number have been
identified. Inquiry at the various hos
pitfalls of the city, where the injured
have been taken, showed a number
of persons whose condition was re-
garded as hopeless. The injured num-
Der over 80, nearly, if not quite all of
whom, will recover.
1t was decided to postpone the cor
oner's inquest until Wednesday. This
will be the first official step taken to-
wards fixing the responsibility of the
disaster. In the meantime it is under.
stood railroad officials are making a
searching investigation.
Collide at Station.
The wreck was caused by an engine
drawing eight empty cars running in
to local No. Sc, known as the Fred
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Lost Three DAYS,

Black Duck-After wandering about
in the woods for three days, Alex
Brunski turned up at one of the camps
Of the Beltrami Cedar and Land Com
pany, about ten miles from here.
Brunski, who is a homesteader,
started to come to Black Duck to pur-
chase supplies. Instead Of travelling
over the old logging road, with which
he was familiar, he attempted to take
short cut through the forest and be-
came lost. When he did not return
home that night his wife became
alarmed, and, informing the neighbors
that her husband was missing, a
searching party set out to look for him.
They found no trace Of him, but last
evening, just as the men in the cedar
camp had finished their supper, they
heard a noice outside the cooks shan
ty, and on investigating found Brunski
lying helpless in the snow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Where Some Writers Fail.

The most frequent defect in fiction
submitted for magazine use and, we
might add, in most of the fiction that
somehow gets published in book form,
is its lack of spontaneity in construc-
ton and expression, says Harper's
Magazine. The writer Of this manu-.
featured fiction has a certain precalcu-
lated effect in view, with reference to
which he ambitiously contrives every
incident and situation of his story.
The harder he tries the more surely
he fails of any genuine appeal to his
readers. If he DISCUSSES his labor by
a facile mastery of dramatic material
and expression, he may succeed in
reaching crude sensibilities and, be-
cause of his lower aim, may outsell
his betters. The multitude is easily
captivated by splendid artifice, which.
in exceptional instances, has COM
PEELED the admiration of even the ju-
dicious. We shall find, however, upon
close examination, that in such in
stances the writer has not, by his
strenuous effort, wholly closed the
door against all spontaneity. In
our day polite literature must appeal
to human sympathies, and the
writer's fertility Of invention is of
little service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
WOMAN IS SLAIN IN BED
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH At
CAMBRIDGE, ILL.
Wife of Retired Farmer Killed With
Child Beside HEREUNDER
Stirs Town.

Cambridge, ILL.,, Jan. Another
murder mystery has stirred to its
depths the little town of Cambridge
and added one more name to its
frightful record of eight murders and
six suicides within the year now clos
ing.
Mary Anderson, wife of Henry An
derson, rich retired farmer, was
shot dead while in bed with her hus-
band and nine-months-old child.
Although circumstances point to bur-
glary as motive, other phases lead
the authorities to believe that some
other cause may be responsible. The
husband, crazed by the killing, is too
irrational to give correct story.
A negro who said his name was Will
Jackson was arrested on suspicion at
Galva. He tells a seemingly straight
forward story. Nevertheless, he is in
Jail.
Anderson told the sheriff he was
awakened at two o'clock by hearing
his wife shrek, ooh, Henry!" Jump.
ing out of bed he ran down stairs
in pursuit of flying figure, which
disappeared when the kitchen was
reached. Later Anderson told Cor
oner's Physician Westlund that he
had seen two men. A small pocket
book containing ST in bills is said by
Anderson to be missing. In plain
sight on the dressing case lay an open
jewel box containing gold watch and
jewels to the value of several hundred
dollars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
CHASTITY Facts About Lynching.

No one can look at one of the pho
tographs of a lynching without a
sense of abysmal horror. 1t is not the
horror alone or chiefly of the thing
itself, the ugly, inanimate center of
the tragedy. It is the faces of the
spectators that shock our very souls.
They are always laughing faces. Good
nature, even jollity, seems to be the
note of these gatherings. Always we
see the faces of little boys grinning
cheerfully toward the camera. There
are women sometimes in the crowd,
and sometimes little girls. There is
no sign in these pictures of horror Of
death, even of grim satisfaction over
a difficult and obnoxious task per-
formed by necessity. The man who
called it "lynching bee" appreciated
the true feelings of the lynchers.
Leave out the grim wreck in the CEN
ter, and the picture might be taken
for an ordinary cheerful gathering at
a country fair. Leave it in, says a
writer in American Magazine, and,
oh, my brothers! it is not the dead,
but the living that terrifies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Funeral of Cassatt Quiet.

Philadelphia, Jan. With SER
vices as simple as the rites of the
Protestant Episcopal church would
permit, the remains of Alexander ].
Cassatt, president of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad company, who died sud
denly last Friday, were Monday laid
at rest in the graveyard of the pretty
suburban church of the Redeemer at
Bryn Mawr. Following out the desire
of the great railroad president and
those of his widow, only small mum.
Der of relatives and friends were
present as the body was lowered into
the grave The services at the home
of Mr.. Cassatt were as quiet as at the
grave.
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MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered IN the
Gopher State
Looking to the Fair.

With New Years at hand and every
inch of farm land In the state frozen
foot or SO deep, preparations are be-
ing made for the agricultural exhibits
at the Minnesota state fair for next
year. And, oddly enough, the first
move comes from st. Louis county in
the far north. The Duluth Commercial
Club is taking steps already to see
that st. Louis county is properly rep
resented and by beginning now will
have plenty of time to organize and see
that the farmers are interested before
planting time in the spring.
The best agricultural exhibits at the
Minnesota state fair are those which
are planned long before spring. The
successful counties frequently organize
early in the winter, assigning to indi-
vidual farmers the production of one
or more grains or vegetables, and even
arranging for special seed so that there
may be no slips in the program. By
beginning this way nothing is left to
chance. All varieties are planned out
and little supervision and checking
up during the planting and growing
season assures a successful exhibit
The farmers who make individual ex-
hibits with success are, generally, the
ones who plan in the winter and order
their seed for the special purposes in
mind.
st. Louis county will doubtless have
more than an agricultural display. The
Duluth NewsTribune advocates a per-
manent exhibit in Duluth as well as
full showing Of the resources of the
county at the state fair, and the pro-
posed semi-centennial exposition Of
1908
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
CUBAN NEGROES ROB
and BURN estates
BELIEVED FESTIVE BLACKS ARE
USING ARMS RECENTLY LAND
ED ON ISLAND.
HIDDEN IN WOODS
BUT DISAPPEARED
Trouble Feared in REFRESHING Disor-
ders by Bands-Recent Movement
Of Troops Thought to Have Been
Search for Weapons.

Havana, Jan. 1.-The statement is
made here that several thousand
rifles and machine guns reported to
have been landed recently at Pinar
del Rio province, and hidden in the
woods near Mariel have been as Sc
icretly taken away. 1t is feared the
arms are now in the possession of
the negroes in the provinces.
There are indications that there is
going to be difficulty to repress dis
order by the growing bands of negroes
who are burning corn fields and to-
bacco barns, robbing estates and
stealing cattle.
The recent movement of troops and
police which was considered mystic
rious in the light of Gov. Magoon's
statement that there was no fear of
rising in Cuba, is explained by this
announcement as it is now known that
the movement was in the nature of a
search for these arms.
The possibility of clash between
Cubans and American troops are con-
sidered remote as their relations are
good. The natives, however, are plot
ting against one another
Just who is responsible for the ship
ment of the arms into Cuba is not
known. One theory is that the arms
were purchased by the farmer liberal
junta in New York and shipped too
late to be used in the last move
ment,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04

The chief wealth of the forests of
Java, at the present time, consists in
the wood of the teak tree, which is
extensively employed for naval con.
struction. The trees are ordinarily
cut when they have attained an age
of about so years and height of be-
tween 60 and 70 feet. The species
most esteemed has wood of a brown
color possessing a greasy feeling to
the touch. Since 1880 the teak has
been cultivated, and the cutting of
the trees has been regulated by the
Dutch government. A peculiar fea.
ture Of the cutting, designed to cause
the wood to part slowly with its sap,
consists in the girdling of the trunks
a short distance above the ground two
years before the trees are felled. The
timber is exported to all parts of Eu-
rope.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Judqe George 3. YOUNG Dies.

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. Judge
George B. Young, former member of
the Minnesota Supreme court and
prominently identified in the Northern
Securities merger cases as attorney
for the merger, died at his home here
Sunday afternoon after brief illness.
He was 81 years of age. He was at
one time associated in the law business
with Stanford Newell, ex-United
States minister to The Hague.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Vote Canvassed.

st. Paul-The canvassing board
wound up its work and the official vote
Of the state is now on file. The can
vass gives Gov. Johnson total OF 1884,
480 and a majority over Cole Of 72,51S,
The road amendment is lost by 313
votes and the tax amendment is car
ried by a comfortable margin.
The amendment to the law govern
ing peddling was carried by a large
majority.
Attorney General Young received the
largest vote cast on either ticket, his
plurality being S4,754. The smallest
plurality was 30,938, polled by Lieut..
Gov. Eberhart. G. M. Start, the only
candidate for chief justice of the SUI
preme court, received 200, lot votes.
The total number of votes cast was
304,021, Of which 284,366 were cast by
men and 1855 by women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Sold by Uncle Sam.

ST. Paul-"Bond," brown and white
pointer, held as unclaimed at the Gus
toms house store, was yesterday sold
at public auction for $40, James Dent
Of the railway mail service being the
successful bidder.
Bond" was sold on approval to a
sportsman in Calgary, Alberta, Can,
who recently shipped him back after
using him, as the seller says, during
the hunting season. The man to whom
the dog was consigned lives in Osce-
ola, Iowa, and he did not care to pay
the 20 per cent ad valorem duty. The
only alternative of the customs au-
thorities was to sell the dog at auc-
tion.
The auction took place in the GUS
toms house store room, pursuant to adj
vertisement. The bidding was brisk.
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this city.
The wrecked train was filled with
Sunday excursionists and others re-
turning to Washington from their
country places in Maryland.
Engineer Hildebrand, who was in
charge of the dead train and who
was arrested shortly after the disas-
ter, declares that on account of the
dense fog he was unable to distin-
guish the signal light at Takoma Park
block station. Tower Operator Phil
lips declares that the danger signal
was in it's proper place and that En-
gineer Hildebrand's train passed the
tower station going at speed of
from so to 60 miles an hour.
Many Die Under Debris.
The scene after the accident was
sickening Bodies had been hurled on
every side and it was after midnight
before all the dead had been collected
and placed on the special train to be
brought to this city. Nearly all the
residents of Terra Gotta worked re-
moving the dead and rescuing the
injured from beneath the masses of
debris. They toiled under great diff
culties, for many of the injured were
wedged beneath the wreckage, and
numbers of them died before they
could be rescued. The many acts of
heroism and selfsacrifice that were
performed will never be known.
A detachment of 40 policemen were
sent from Washington and nearly so
physicians from this city and the
suburbs responded to general call,
but long time elapsed before the
doctors were on hand to relieve the
injured.
For more than three hours after the
fatal crash occurred the police and
citizens were still taking bodies from
under the great pile Of wreckage,
which was strewn for fully quarter
Of mile along the track. The res.
cuers took out several bodies which
had been ground to a pulp. Catholic
priests administered the last rites to
many of the dying. Women and chill.
dren joined in the work, and every.
thing possible was done to relieve
the sufferings of the injured.
200 Persons on Wrecked Train.
More than 200 persons crowded the
wrecked train. The crash, owing to
the fog, came without a seconds
warning. The three rear passenger
coaches were torn to fragments in ar
instant. The horror of fire, however
was not added. Most of those killed
met death instantly, and when the
first help arrived their bodies were
scattered along both sides of the track
for $50 yards, lying just where they
had been thrown when the engine tore
the cars asunder.
The absence of fire rendered it pos
sible to save many Of the injured who
were pinned beneath portions of the
wreck. The cries and groans of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
French View Of Marriage.

The French, guided by reason, as
they would say, regard the institution
of matrimony as rational regulation
of the fact of sex, as compromise
between the rights of the individual
and the rights of society. The man
obeys, but under protest; he is will
ing to sacrifice his liberty so far, but
beyond that point, he regards self
abnegation as fanatical asceticism
Marriage, under French usage, says
H. d. Sedgwick in Atlantic, is part.
nership, in which such matters as
character, tastes, education, birth and
property are to be considered; con.
tracing families scrutinize the pro-
posed bride and groom as If coming
up for admittance into a club. They
look at our custom of marrying for
love with amazement, as we should
look at a grocer's cart that started
on it's rounds at 80 miles an hour.
Our system confines its view to the
romantic dreams of youth, and re-
CARDS matrimony rather as holiday
cruise than voyage of life. We may
err in our endeavor to regard men
and women as disembodied spirits;
and yet we cannot but think that the
French err in their resolution to be
sensible and regard men and women
as animals taken in the tolls of soci-
ETY.. Our theory may look too far
into the future; theirs fingers too far
in the brutal past.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Rich Old Man Murdered.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. Thomas
Tanning, aged 80 years, a wealthy
property owner who lived alone, was
murdered some time Saturday at his
home at 1913 Olive street in this city.
His head had been horribly hacked
with a Ratchet. The crime was re-
ported to the police Sunday by VIM.
flanagan, the murdered mans young
nephew. He is one of the dead mans
heirs and was held for time by the
police.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Count of Mutual Vote Is Slow.

New York, Jan. According to a
statement made by one of the Mutual
Life insurance inspectors, the actual
results of the election in the company
will not be forthcoming until the end
of February at the earliest. The in
spector estimated that the force of
clerks would be only able to canvass
from 1000 to 10000 votes daily.
Policyholders in this company cast
$4,000 votes, it is said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04

Thomas Turner, wealthy English
manufacturer, has come to America
for the one hundred and nineteenth
time, and will spend the winter with
relatives in Chelsea, Mass. His first
trip over was made in 1861. He says
the longest time required for any
trip he has made was II days, and
he has crossed in five days and is
hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
RaisuIi's Rule Near End.

London, Jan. 1.-The correspondent
of the Times in Tangier says that the
prestige of Raisuli appears to be over.
The bubble has been pricked and will
soon burst, he says. The demonstra-
ton by French and Spanish warships
has brought this condition about by
causing the board Of foreign affairs to
act.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Rebates Abolished in Britain.

London, Jan. Under the agree
ment which becomes operative Jan
uary /, all private rebates to shippers
are abolished by all the railroads in
the United Kingdom. This agreement
has been signed by all the chairmen
and under it's provisions any company
giving rebates to secure traffic is liza
BILE to heavy fine, payable to the rail
way clearing house.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Germany Has Cold Weather.

Berlin, Jan. Unusually cold
weather continues to prevail through
out Germany, the temperature regis
tering 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Five
persons have been frozen to death in
the vicinity of Thorn, West Prussia,
and other deaths from the cold are re-
ported from various perts of the coun-
try, generally the result of peoIle los
ing their way in the storm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Mr.. cIeveIand's Gain is Slow.

New York, Jan. Former Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, who has been
ill at his home in Princeton, is improv-
ing slowly. His physician, DR.. John
N. Carnochan, however, entertains
hopes of the former presidents re-
covery within week or so, if no fur
Their unfavorable symptoms develop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Reception: Then OFF to Prison,

Eureka Springs, Ark, Jan. lex
State Senator F. o. Butt of this city
was given farewell reception by the
citizens of Eureka Springs just prior
to his departure for Little Rock to
surrender himself to the authorities
and begin his prison sentence of two
years for bribery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Kinq Oscar Has Bad Might.

Stockholm, Jan. liking Oscar did
not pass good night. The bulletin
ISSUED by his physicians Monday says
his sleep was disturbed and that his
Temperature is about the same. His
condition otherwise is unchanged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04

Mexico imports most Of her pig
iron because of the lack OF cheap
fuel for making it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
News Notes.

Lake City-O. G. Potter, Of Pepin,
was dragged under the wheels OF a
loaded wagon and his leg was broken.
He is in critical condition.
st. Paul-Burglars broke into the
saloon Of B. r. Peterson at South St.
Paul and stole SIS, some whisky and
cigars. The place was thoroughly ran
sacked.
Dent-A petition which has been
generally signed has been forwarded
to Governor Johnson asking that he
clap a lid" upon the saloons in this
town.
Mankato-The city council voted to
instruct the city attorney to take steps
for the suppression Of bucket shops
and so-called commission houses. The
move had the commentator Of Mayor
Taylor and was taken with unani-
nous vote.
Crookston-A. ]. Rolfstad was badly
burned by the explosion of gasoline
stove. Rolfstad is a bachelor and lives
alone While preparing his evening
meal upon a gasoline stove it exploded.
Beaudette-Iver Peterson, Of Will
liams, under arrest on a charge of
beating his wife, took poison and his
life was saved only by heroic work by
physicians.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
Railway Strike.

Virginia-Several hundred men who
were employed on the construction OF
the extension Of the Duluth, Rainy
Lake & Winnipeg railroad have struck
because the company has lowered the
scale Of wages.
The wages were lowered from $4I
per month to $35 and $50, and from
1925 to 81. The company has sue
ceeded in shipping hundred men to
fill the places Of the strikers, and it Is
expected that the strike will be broken
No serious trouble is anticipated.
Most of the men are Austrians, Ital-
ians and Firms.
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erick express, crowded with passen-
gers, just as the passenger train had
pulled out from the station bound for
this city
New-York tribune., 1907-05-25
GENERAL HENRY S. TURRlLL.

General Henry S. Turrill, of New Milford. Conn.
died yesterday morning in the offices of the Grafton
Press, at No. 20 Fifth avenue where he was about
TO dictate TO stenographer some material for a
book he was to publish the bicentennial cele-
bration which is 10 be held June 15 Is II and IS
in New Milford. General Turrin was a retired
officer Of the United States army. HIS death was
reported TO Coroner hamburger. DR.. OHanlon ex-
amined the body and reported that heart disease
was the cause of death
General Turril was born in New Milford Conn.,
on September s. 1872. He graduated from the
Medical School Of Yale University in 1864 and
at once appointed assistant surgeon in the nth
connecticut Infantry. Honoraby mustered out of
the volunteer service in July of the following year.
he engaged In private practice, but years ater
he was appointed assistant surgeon in the ree1l-
lar army, with rank of first lieutenant. He was
advanced to the rank of captain in 1880, and was
Promoted to surgeon. with the rank of major, in
During the with Spain Major Turrn was ap-
pointed chief surgeon OF volunteers with rank OF
lieutenant colonel In 1902 he was made deputy
surgeon general In the regular army with the same
rank. On March Is. 1906. he appointed briga-
der general and was placed the retired list the
next day.
Commandery of the Loyal Legion and an original
companion of the Pennsylvania Commandery of
the Society Of Foreign Wars as well a member
OF the Army and Navy Club. of New York; the
society OF the Department of the South, Military
Service Institute of the United States Sons of the
america He was also member Of the American
Public Health Association and a fellow of the
Yale Medical Alumni Association. His wife, a
brother and two daughters survive him.