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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
MINNESOTA NE VS.
e&B Interesting Items Gathered I'm the I'D
" Gopher STATE "
Lightning Kills Mother and Son.

Lightning Kills Mother and Son.
st. Paul. Mrs. Clara N. Lemon and
her 14-year-old son, Clarence Lorraine
Lemon, were instantly killed by light
ming at their home, 1881 Van Buren,
street, Hamline.
Death came instantly to them.
Mount Lemon, IL years old, was un-
hurt. although he was only few feet
away.
Mrs. Lemon had been cleaning house
and when the storm came up she was
hurrying to get several articles from
the clothesline. The last was carpet
which hung across two wire lines be-
tween two trees. Under the carpet,
which formed tent, the two boys had
been playing, and the mother called
them to come out and help her. They
both came out and the older boy stood
directly under one line with his mother
while Mount stood about six feet away.
Just as they were about to reach for
the carpet the bolt came. Mrs. Lemon
fell backward and Lorraine forward,
almost at the feet of his brother.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
Mother and Child DROWNED.

Fulda.-Mrs. John Stumm and her
infant were drowned in Lime creek,
three miles north of here, and the
husband and father had a narrow es-
cape from sharing their fate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stumm and the baby
started in a buggy to drive to the
home of the woman's father. They
attempted to ford the creek, which
had been swollen by recent rains.
One of the horses slipped and fell,
dragging the other down and over
turning the buggy. Mrs. Stumm held
tightly to her infant, but the strong
current in the creek soon washed
both the woman and the child into
deep water and they were soon drown
ed. Stumm chung the buggy wheel
for an hour, finally being rescued by
a fisherman. The bodies of the wo-
man and child were recovered.
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HAPPENED AT BAD TIME.
Minister'S Fall Significant In View OF
Previous Words.

In small church in one of the min
Ing towns of Pennsylvania was pull
pit both antique and unique. 1t was
about the size and shape of a flour
barrel, was elevated from the floor
about four feet and was fastened I'd
the wall. The ascent was by narrow
winding steps.
A minister from neighboring town
q man of great vigor and vehemence
preached there one Sunday. While
preaching he bent forward and shout
ed out with great force the words OF
his text:
"The righteous shall stand, but the
wicked shall fall"
Just as these words escaped from
his lips, the pulpit broke from its
fastening, and he fell out and rolled
over on the floor before his congre
cation. In an instant he was on his
feet again and said:
Brethren, am not hurt, and
don't mind the fall much, but I dc
hate the connection"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
Druggist Law Upheld.

st. Paul.-An examination before
the state board of pharmacy is not
necessary in order to become Ii
censed pharmacist in Minnesota, if
the applicant has had fifteen years.
experience. This is the opinion of
Judge Andrew Holt, who filed an or
der dissolving the injunction proceed
ings recently brought by the Mime
sofa State Pharmaceutical association
to restrain the state board from is
suing certificates to 119 applicants
under the law recently passed by the
legislature.
Judge Holt holds that it is not with
in the province of the courts to ques-
ton the wisdom or expediency of a
statute of which the legislature is the
sole Judge. 1t is announced that the
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical as
sociation will take an appeal to the
supreme court.
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New Automatic Rifle.

The self-loading or automatic musk
ct is now being seriously considered
as the infantry arm of the future. The
equipment of the great armies of the
world with an improved rife is hardly
completed when the mechanics begiI
work on new weapon. At the recent
examinations Of the German Wal
Academy the automatic rife was one
of the themes for discussion. The
piece now on trial has a magazine
holding ten cartridges; the recoil i:
utilized to load and cock. Consequent
ly the soldier can remain quietly IL
position, never removing his eye from
the target, and fire his ten shots
New York Sun.
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rising majestically behind 1t, one of
the Irish-named Golden Spears" by
which has been vulgarized By English
into "The Sugarloaf.
"After ell, Mr.. Croker" I ventured
to say, "after strenuous political
and public life. this is pleasanter
place than New York in which to
spend the evening of ones days"
He replied very quietly and with
out the least trace of a smi.o: 'It
is quieter."
All this time, whether inside the
house or outside it, Mr. Croker pulled
away at his big pipe, as contented a
man as one could desire to see.
ct will be the crown of your racing
career" 1 said, eff you carry off the
blue ribbon of the turf?"
Some people," he answered quiet
ly, "seem to think it's great thing"
And one could not make out whether
this imperturbable man was or was
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Select Hospital Size.

st. Peter.-L. A. Rosing and P. M.
Ringdahl, members of the state board
of control, visited the st. Peter state
hospital for the insane and selected a
site for the tubercular ward. At pre-
sent the hospital has no facilities for
separating and treating patients suf-
fering from tuberculosis, but the last
legislature voted an appropriation of
$50, 900 for the construction of a ward,
the appropriation becoming available
Aug. 1. The site chosen for the build
ing is a short distance south of the
nurses dormitory. The structure
will be built in mission style.
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with the whole house. For the main
staircase rises out of this hall also
and so brings you at once to the upper
part of the mansion.
The staircase is noble one, six
feet wide, also in carved dark mahog-
any. At the top there is stained
glass window, with the arms of the
various branches of the Croker FAM
lily as given in Burke.
On the left of the staircase, as you
go up, there is fine piece of'tapes-
try, showing Glencairne itself, with
gaily-dressed women on the lawn.
Setting aside the oratory and the
fine corridor, there is nothing upstairs
that Mr.. Croker seems to be anxious
to show you, except an old-fashioned
bed In one of the roens, which once,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
Over the Falls on Logs.

Minneapolis. = Over st. Anthony
Falls on two logs and alive is the re-
markable experience of Anthony
Aspinatis, seventeen year old
Chicago boy, who made the perilous
trip involuntarily.
The young fellow shot over the falls
clinging desperately to two small logs
on which he had been sitting near
the river bank above the, falls. He
was whirled in the rapids below the
falls and. thrown from the logs. By
hard swimming he managed to reach
Spirit Island, from which place he
was rescued in boat by Patrolmen
Anderson and Larson.
Aspinatis is believed to be the only
person who has shot the falls and
lived.
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COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies Have Poor Complexion
from Coffee.

Coffee caused dark colored blotches
on my face and body. l had been
drinking it for a long while and these
blotches gradually appeared, until
finally they became permanent and
were about as dark as coffee itself.
81 formerly had as fine complex,
ion as one could ask for.
when I became convinced that cot
fee was the cause of my trouble, ]
changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as I made it well, &C.
cording to directions, liked it very
much, and have since that time used
1t in place of coffee.
81 am thankful to say am not ner.
vous any more, as was when / was
drinking coffee, and my complexion is
now as fair and good as it was years
ago. It is very plain that coffee caused
the trouble"
Most bad compilations are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee is the greatest disturber OF
digestion known. Almost any woman
can have fair complexion if she will
leave eff coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee and nutritious, healthy food In
proper quantity. Postum furnishes
certain elements from the natural
grains from the field that Nature uses
to rebuild the nervous system and
when that is in good condition, one
can depend upon a good complexion
as well as good healthy body
There's Reason" Read, "The Road
to Wellrille," in pkgs.
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Rebard Goker The Fighter
Is Living Like Prince in His Beautiful
Irish Home.
FORMER Tammany Chief Has Certainly Chosen Charm
ing Spot in Which to Rest After His Strenuous
Career in America.

Dublin.-Richard Croker displayed a
distinct appreciation of the beautiful
when he pitched his Tudor castle on
the slope of the hills that encircle
Dublin bay.
Shown in by neat-looking maid,
your correspondent found himself in
the presence. of Mr.. Croker himself,
standing with a formidable looking
pipe in his mouth, in the grand hall of
the building, directing the operations
OF two local workmen, who were en-
gagged in what seemed to be the rather
difficult task of making the flue of
the hall chimney work. 1t was a study
in concentration. You might have i'm
agined that nothing else existed at the
moment, but the problem of that re-
fractory flue.
Mr.. Croker gave friendly nod, and
then resumed his attitude of absorbed
contemplation of the work, until the
crisis in the operations had passed,
when he turned round to. his caller
with an inquiring gaze. On hearing
that the Sunday World desired to
have an intimate description of his
home, and permission to- photograph
the interior, he replied: There need
be no trouble about the photographs, +"
and going into his study brought back
q roll Of them"
These" said he, "are all I've got.
You are welcome to them"
Mr.. Croker had just come in from
walk in the grounds, and wore a
loose frieze overcoat, knickerbockers,
brown stockings and heavy shooting
boots. He looked in perfect health.
Your correspondent remarked that
they believed in New York that he
was about to return and take hand
in politics again. ...
They're wrong" said the former
boss of Tammany Hall. Il shall never
return to American politics again
never! 1 think I've said that before
more than once, and I'm not in the
habit of going back on what 1 say.
I'm out of American politics for good,
but hope to pay my personal friends
there an occasional visit. When 1 go
the papers will say that am back on
some political business, but they'll be
wrong again"
Croker Has a Tiger.
There was no installing the quiet
but perfectly polite determination ex-
pressed in his tone, and at the same
time, by way of more effectually
changing the conversation, or rather
the entire center of interest, he led
the way into the Japanese room.
Mr.. Croker is man who wants to
get things done promptly, and always
goes right ahead. l wanted to linger
over some of the beautiful things he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One company's Assets Are Dis
tributed in the South and West.

In connection with its withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
Of the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested in securities of that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
ton, in addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution of its
assets, at the end of the second year
Of the new management. The Equit-
able now has $10,95S,O 900 invested in
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus-
tice to it's policyholders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift of their citizens.
The Equitable's report shows that
more than 800 of its total reserves
are now invested in the southern and
western states, while only $3.50 of its
total insurance is carried in these
states. Its investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, $3,099, 900; Ariz.,
1914, 900; Ark, $4,03S, 900; CAL, S.
$4,000; Col, $5,222,00O; Fla, $4,924,-
900; Ca, s4,048,O 900; Idaho, $5,197 900;
ILL.,, $12,617,0 900; Ind. Ter, s443, 1000;
Ind, s6,S36, 900; Iowa, $500, 900; Kan
sas, $11, 637, 900; KY, 1851 900; La,
So, $4,000; Nd, $2,2O7OOO; Mich, S.
OO9, 900; Mimi, $2,O65, 900; Miss, $751;
BOO; Mo-, $S,197O 900; Mont, 1896, 900;
Neb., $7,526,O 900; New, $64O.O0O; New
Mex, $1.376,OOO; N. c., $1,649,O 900; N.
D., $677, 600; Ohio, $11.634,0 900; Okla,
s1,OO6,000; Ore, $1,15S,0OO; S. c.,
1915, 900; S. D.,,$1,3O5, 900; Tenn, ST.
100000; Utah, $2,134,OO0; Va, $685.
BOO; Wash, s1,2O2 900; w. Va, $685.
300; Wis. $2,342,0O0; Wyo., 1885,, 900.
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FiauratiyeIx SPEAKING.

Statesmen in Washington, ovei
their black coffee and cigars, are tell
ing little story about Chief Justice
Fuller, of the United States supreme
court. The chief justice, so the story
runs, met an old-time friend, and after
a hearty hand-clasp Mr.. Fuller re
marked:
You are looking exceedingly we'll
Aren't you filling out little?'
No, indeed" replied the friend.
you probably think SO because I'm
looking Fuller in the ce'-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05

oak panelled, and decorated with oil
paintings in chocolate tints, of many
of the chief streets and buildings Of
New York, including Wall street,
Tammany Hall. the post Office, the
city hall, Central park, Fifty-ninth
street, Fifth avenue and the Demo
cratic club
The bedrooms are in the Adam
style. The bathrooms, etc., are sump-
tuously fitted, and have beautiful tiled
walls and floors, and all the bedrooms
have their own supply of hot and cold
water.
The drawing room and dining room
were the two last apartments to
which Mr.. Croker conducted me- The
ing room is a gigantic tiger rug with
the head raised, the jaws open and
the terrifying teeth fully displayed
Glad to Show People Around.
mind the tiger" said Mr.. Croker
a timely Injunction, as one might cas-
lily trip over its head.
"a wonderful skim" I answered adj
miringly.
"Yes," replied Mr.. Croker. '1 get
the finest / admire the tiger" The
panelling is in birds-eye maple, and
here again the elaborate decorating
of the ceiling is in the refined and
delicate Adam style.
The dining room is the most spa
cious room at Glencairne. The walls,
like those of the hall, are mahogany
panelled, the panelling being filled in
with tapestry. The ceiling is also in
mahogany, deliberately carved and
nodded. There is a beautiful side
board in the same material, designed
by the architect to harmonic with
its surroundings. The thing in this
room, however, which Mr. Croker
shows you with most interest is a
quaint and .oriental-looking bowl,
which he tells you with much salts
faction once belonged, like the old
bed upstairs, to Daniel O'Connell. 1t
is a punch jug, which would hold
about a gallon of that inspiring con-
coction, which, according to a Cork
poet, was accidentally discovered by
st. Patrick; and Mr. Croker informs
you, as he looks at it affectionately,
that it was presented to the great
Irishman by some of his admirers
while in Richmond prison.
The Superb Stables.
And as to the stables, which, as I
have already limited, are the great
source of interest at Glencairne to Mr..
Croker himself
He tells you as you look around the
stables that he has 20 racers, but his
chief interest at present is in Orby, a
beautiful chestnut three-year-old colt
with an eye that indicates character,
and form that connotes stamina and
speed He comes of the very best
pedigreed stock on this side, bred by
Mr.. Croker himself, by Orme, out of
his famous mare Rhoda B. He has a
half-sister here also, Rhodora, not by
any means as handsome an animal
Walking back through the grounds,
with beds of wall-fowers, daffodils,
narcissi, polyanthus, tulips, pansies
and the like on either side, one notes
in the distance, few miles to the
south, gorge in the Wicklow hills
known as the scalp, and further off,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
Diphtheria Epidemic.

Duluth. Minnesota is I'm
the grip of an epidemic of diphtheria,
and in some of the smaller towns on
the range practically one-fourth Of
the inhabitants are said to be I'LL with
the disease. Numerous deaths have
been reported, and the health author
tiles have been making strenuous
efforts to check the disease. They
have succeeded to an extent, and al
though there still are many cases,
conditions are reported to be greatly
improved. Cohasset, Grand Rapids,
Eveleth and Bemidji are among the
towns most seriously affected. In
Cohasset practically quarter of the
entire population have the disease in
a more or less virulent form, and
three and four deaths in a single fam
lily have been reported.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05

There are few buildings in Ireland
like Glencairne. Most of the great
residential houses in this country
were erected in the eighteenth CEN
fury, when domestic architecture was
conceived in somewhat commonplace
vein. Glencairne is not unique, but
is certainly exceptional in Ireland. 1t
is a noble pile, crowned with an Irish
tower in the center and beautifully
chaste Italian portico running from
the hall door on the west, round the
building to the south, and Sc to the
gardens. The house is built of cut
granite, and part of the wall of the
original building, once the residence
of well known Irish judge, is incor-
porated in it. ....
In the Japanese Room.
But to return to the Japanese room.
1t is indeed gem. There are NO cor
ners in it as in an ordinary room. The
corners" are all circular, and they are
covered with charming and quaint
Japanese tapestry. The ceiling is
Japanese, with a perfect aviary Of
Japanese birds painted with excellent
taste, full of life and movement. At
the other side of the hall is Mr..
Croker's own study. Here on the wall
is an address from the Democratic
club of New York, of which the eX-
leader is absolutely proud. Here, too,
are some books, many of them relat-
ing to American affairs, one by his
friend, w. ]. Bryan.
And here, above all, are large pho
tographs of Mr.. Cookers two dead
sons. He shows the pictures to you
without any apparent emotion, be-
cause he is a man who has mastered
emotion. Presently, as you go through
the house, you will see, off the large
and handsome corridor upstairs, a
very beautiful little oratory, the
stained glass windows of which he has
erected to the memory of these two
boys.
Hall Is Beautiful.
The grand hall, however, to which
we retired from the study, is the prin-
cipal feature of the house. 1t is a
large apartment in dark mahogany,
with an deliberately carved and mas
sive old Irish mantel-piece Around are
tables and writing material, chairs,
etc., as in sitting room, and on the
walls are portraits in oils of Mr..
Cookers favorite horses and photo
graphs of some of their famous rela-
tives. All the chief rooms of the
house radiate off this central hall, in
Guiding the two1 have already named,
and the dining-room and drawing
room. In fact, standing in the grand
hall you feel that you are in touch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
NEWS NOTES.

St. Peter.-For the second time
within year the Round Grove cream
cry in Sibley county has been destroy
ed by fire. 1t was struck by lightning.
Brainerd. = Fire destroyed the
Sleeper block on Front street to-
gether with the contents of two stores
located in the building. The total
loss is about SCI, 1000, with $35, 1000 in
surance.
Anton Kotten's farmhouse foot on
its foundation and RACED large barn,
injuring several draft horses. Burn
stown was also visited by the storm
and the Golden mill blown down.
Warren.-There was large atten-
dance at the state school land sale
here, and 800 acres were sold at an
average price of about 81. One tract
sold at $20.5O per acre. Several sales
were made to Illinois and Iowa men.
Mankato.-Mr. and Mrs. William
Mecke of Dodge Center have identi-
fed the body of an unknown man that
has been lying on morgue table in
this city for week as that of Mrs.
Mecke's uncle, John Moore, retired
farmer from near Sleepy Eye.
Ada.-Mr. and Mrs. John Pfund
celebrated their golden wedding at
their home in this city. Mr.. Pfund
was born in Switzerland seventy-fve
years ago and was married to Lena
Hampfing at Red Wing fifty years
ago. He is veteran of the civil war.
Perham.-P. j. Radke of Staples
was drowned in Little Pine lake while
fishing. He and a companion were
fishing at point called the bend,
where the water is deep. The boat
capsized and Radke Immediately sank.
The companion escaped by swimming.
He is survived by widow and three
children.
st. Paul.-From laborer at $12
week to prospective capitalist with
$24,50 in his pocket, is change
brought about by an invention of
Christian Young of Mendoza. Young
has been working at South st. Paul
in the Swift Packing plant. For sew
eral years he has worked at an invens
ton of combination wagon and
sleigh. He took out a patent recent
ly and sold the American rights of
the invention to an eastern concern
for $24, 800. He stu has the Canadian
and other foreign rights.
St. Paul.--Drafts for the receipts
of three of the state institutions dur
ing May were received at the state
auditors Office aggregating more
than SIS, 600. The state reformatory
at ST. Cloud sent in $12, 4s3.71; the
school for the deaf at Faribault,
So, 249.3 80, and the school for the blind
at the same place, $32S.S2.
Duluth.-By the explosion of a
barrel of lime which was being slack
ed on the claim of j. Murphy, near
French river, Carl Hugh, an employee,
and William, the 10-year-old son of
Mr.. Murphy, were badly burned and
may lose their eyesight.
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Eall From Wagon Kills

Little Falls.-Herman Carlson, an
aged resident of Darling, died as the
result of an injury, received at OAR
ling station. Carlson had been
drinking and was sitting on wagon
when he suddenly lost his balance
and fell to the ground. He picked
himself up saying that he was not
hurt, but it later developed that he
had sustained two broken ribs and
other internal injuries, causing peri
tonitis, from which he died. The de-
ceased was seventy years old and is
survived by two sons.
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had brought to his beautiful house,
but as we passed through the rooms
he was always most unconscionably
marching on. Indeed, proud as he is
of his fine mansion, and of all the val
liable things that are in its many
rooms, Mr.. Croker is far prouder of
his stud. That was what he wanted
me to see all the time.
But before we came to the stables
I was able to get a good general inn
preston of Glencairne itself. The en-
trance gate, in solid cut granite, seems
rather strange to an Irish eye, and
looks like the gable of house in an
old Belgian town like BroSes. The
lawns and flower beds are laid out
with great taste, and to-day are per-
feet riot of green and colors,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-05
What Success Means.

The man who accumulates riches
at the expense of others has not made
success in his life. He has failed.
He has starved his heart, warped
his intellect, mutilated his better i'm
pulses until the better self that might
have been a power for good lies at hi:
feet, misshapen and lifeless.
The woman who overrides friends
family and conscience to better hel
social or financial position. is not q
success to he,self or to any one else
Exchange.
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Two Trainmen Killed.

Detroit.-Chas. Anderson, station
airy engineer, and Brakeman Lene-
min were killed and Engineer w. G.
Greenbaugh was seriously injured by
the derailment of a caboose and fat
car on the Northern Pacific near De-
troit. The accident occurred to
work train which was hauling gravel
to what is known as s'the mule Dump"