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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
WHITE MAN is LYNCHED,
Following This Act, Mob Plans to
Storm Jail for Two Other Men.

Bristol, Va, Mar. 10.-Swift ven
geance was meted out to Jackson
Presler, a young married man who
was taken from his home near
Swords Creek, Russell county, in
spite of his wife's appeal by mob of
800 men and hanged to a tree. George
Call and John Mutter were murdered
at dance and it was charged that
Presler was implicated in the killing.
Thomas Gross and Fred Dye, young
men also charged with being impli-
Gated in the double killing, were ar
rested Sunday and hurried to the Leb.
anon Jail, 20 miles away, in order to
prevent lynching
Chattanooga, Tenn, Mar. 10.-A
message from Lebanon Tuesday
stated that the two men had been
lodged in Jail there and news had
been received that the mob which
lynched Presler was being increased
and was said to be on its way to
Lebanon with view to lynching
Gross and Dye. The sheriff imme
diately increased the guard around the
jail and a battle is anticipated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
SCHOOL DEAD NUMER ia.
Bodies of 1877 Have Been Found
missing List" Completed.

Cleveland, O., Mar. 9.-The total
number of dead, as a result of the
burning of the Lakeview school in Col
linwood last Wednesday, is now ia
OF this number the bodies of 1877 have
been found. The bodies of six other
children are believed to have been
burned to ashes. This is the opinion
of the village officials who have COM
piled what is supposed to be a com.
plete list Of the missing. The death
list was increased by the death Of
Glen Barber, ten years Of age, who
succumbed to injuries sustained when
he leaped from the second story of
the doomed building, while his school
mates rushed headlong into the death.
dealing flames in the lower hallway.
Out of the total number of bodies re-
covered lat have been identified.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
ECONOMY CARRIED TOO FAR.
Old Mans Thrift That Led Him Into
Ridiculous Action.

President J. G. Schurman of Cornell
was discussing elective college
courses, Of which in the freshman and
sophomore years, he disapproves.
"a freshman of 16 or IT," said Pres
ident Schurman, "is too young to
choose for himself the courses best
for him. His mind is not mature
enough. 1t will make mistakes.
I'm its immaturity, its proneness to
error, it is like the mind of an old
man in my native Freetown. He,
though old, was mentally undeveloped,
and saw nothing wrong or ridiculous
in a piece Of economy that he put in
practice in the cemetery.
1.-THE old man had lost four wives,
and desired to erect for each a head
stone, with an inscription commemora-
tive of her wifely virtues.
'But inscriptions, he found, were
very expensive. He economical in
this way:
''He had the Christian name of each
wife cut on small stone above her
grave-"Emma," MARY" Hester"
Edith" Under each name a hand
pointed to large stone in the CEN
ter of the lot, and under each hand
were the words:
"'For epitaph see large stone.'"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
JOHNSON, MINNESOTA CHOICE.
Governor Picked by Democrats After
Downing Bryan Followers.

st. Paul, Mimi, Mar. THE Demo
cratic state committee of Minnesota
Friday afternoon, after bitter fight,
adopted resolution indorsing Gov.
John A. Johnson of Minnesota for
the Democratic presidential nomfna-
ton and recommending that he be
named by the national convention at
Denver next July.
New York, Mar. Gov. Charles +.
Hughes was formally Endorsed as
New York's candidate for president
by the Republican state committee at
it's meeting here. The resolutions in
dorsing him, which were presented by
former Congressman William H. Doug.
lass, who represents the home district
of the governor in the committee,
were adopted unanimously.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
SAY ARMOR BELT LOW.
Witnesses Before Senate Probe Make
Additional Criticisms.

Washington, Mar. 10.-Testimony
was adduced Monday before the SEN
ate committee on naval affairs which
is investigating the criticisms of bat
tleship construction, showing that the
location of the armor belt of Ameri-
can battleships was too low. On the
other hand, a letter from Secretary
Metcalf was read declaring it to be
the opinion of the board of construc-
ton and Rear Admirals Evans and
Brownson that the armor belt lines of
the battleships Delaware and North
Dakota were right. The secretary in
his communication took occasion to
declare that American battleships
were superior to those of any other
navy. The witnesses Monday were
Lieut.. Richard D. White, assistant in
spector of target practice, and Rear
Admirals George c. Remey and c. F.
Goodrich
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13

The old monitor style of warship is
still good for something. One of the
class, the Florida, is to be made the
object of attack by modern ships and
guns, and also by torpedoes, with a
view to ascertaining the effect of the
fire maintained under such conditions
Several of the obsolete vessels of the
British navy hav. been been utilized
In this manner, and though it seems
like an ignominious end for the gal
liant craft the practical knowledge
gained is considered more than an
Offset to any sentimental associations.
In fact, rude war takes little account
of sentiment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
ENGLAND HIDES MIssIvE.
kaIser's Letter on Naval Affairs Is
Withheld.

London, Mar. 1O.-The government
has decided to keep private the per-
sonal letter written by Emperor Will
liam to Lord Tweedmouth, first lord
of the admiralty. 1t was charged by
the London Times that his majesty at
tempted to influence legislation In
the matter of the naval estimates Of
Great Britain. How this decision,
which was announced in both houses
OF parliament Monday evening, will
please the country remains to be seen.
Since A. ]. Balfour, speaking for the
opposition, Endorsed the policy of the
cabinet, it may be predicted that the
public may consider the incident
closed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
'SCHMITZ SET FREE
BY Supreme court
FORMER MAYOR OF SAN FRAN.
CISCO DECLARED FAULTLESs
BY HIGH TRIBUNAL.
California Judiciary Sustains Decision
of Lower Judge, Refusing to Grant
Re-Hearing-Ruef In the Same
Position.

San Francisco, Mar. 10.-The state
hearing in the case of former Mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted of ex
tortion from French restaurant pro
prietors and sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. The opinion was
unanimous.
This sustains the decision of the dis
trict court of appeals, which decreed
that the judgment and order of the
lower court here, sustained the de-
murrer to the indictment and ordered
the discharge of the defendant on the
ground that under the law no offense
had been committed.
Ruef Also Seeks Freedom.
Abraham Ruef, who was jointly in
dicted with Schmitz, pleaded guilty
and his sentence is now pending.
Mondays decision of the supreme
court also applies to him.
Schmitz Immediately applied for re-
lease from the county Jail, and Ruef
was expected to do likewise.
The prosecution proposes to at once
bring to trial some Of the many other
charges preferred against them.
Calls Indictment Defective.
The court sustained the appellate
court in it's decision that the indict-
ment upon which Schmitz was con-
victed was defective in that it did not
aver that Schmitz was mayor, that
Ruef, his co-defendant, was political
boss practically in control of the city,
that as such they were in a position
to exercise power and undue infiu-
ence over the police commissioners
and that it did not show that Schmitz
resorted to unlawful means in threat
ening to have liquor licenses with
held.
NuIIifies Plea of Guilty.
The decision practically nullifies
Ruef's plea of guilty, invalidates the
remaining four extortion indictments
against the former mayor and Ruef
and will enable Schmitz to gain his
liberty on bail after eight months
confinement in the county jail.
'The decision demonstrates said
ex-Mayor Schmitz, that the highest
court in the state believes what have
always claimed, that I was removed
from office and railroaded to prison"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
DETROIT BANKER A SUICIDE.
e. T. Hance, Ex-Postmaster and Well
Known Capitalist, Shoots Self.

Detroit, Mich, Mar. Edward T.
Hance, first vice-president of the
Union Trust company of this city, and
former postmaster of Detroit, shot
and killed himself Friday in his
home here. Friends say that he had
been greatly depressed over his own
financial affairs for some time.
Mr.. Hance's health also had not
been good, and it is supposed that
this aggravated the worry and i'm
PEELED him to shoot himself. Mr..
Hance was born in Wilmington, DEL,
Sc years ago, and came to Detroit in
1873. He was admitted to the bar
and in 1898 was appointed postmaster.
When the Union Trust company was
organized he was made secretary and
later vice president.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13

and l was helpless as child The
urine was discolored and though I
used one remedy after another, 1 was
not helped until used Doans Kidney
Pills, and l was so bad then that the
first box made only slight change.
To-day, however, I am well man, at
81, and I owe my life and health to the
use of Doan's Kidney Pills"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
CONVICTs KILL A WARDEN
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FoILED AT
DEER LODGE, MONT.
Penitentiary Is Scene of Effort to
Break JaiI-Head Keeper DAN
gerously Wounded.

Deer Lodge, Mont, Mar. 9.-Warden
Frank Conley of the Montana state
penitentiary was dangerously wounded
Sunday and his first assistant warden,
John Robinson, was killed when three
life convicts, George Rock, w. H.
Hayes and another whose name Is
not given, made a dash for liberty.
Robinson's throat was cut from ear
to ear and the jugular vein was sew
cred. Conley's throat was gashed and
he was stabbed several times in the
shoulder and groin before he was
able to draw his revolver. Convict5
Hayes and Rock were both shot down
by Conley after the latter had been
wounded. 1t is believed that the war.
den will recover.
The attack on the prison authorities
and the attempted escape, according
to the prison authorities, had been
long planned by Rock and Hayes, who
were cellmates. Both were armed
with penknives, the blades of which
were shapened like razors.
The three convicts were brought to
the Office of the pentitentiary in the
court yard by Deputy Warden Robin.
son to be tried for some trivial infrac-
ton Of the prison rules and Conley
was waiting to sit in judgment. Hayes
had for several months been "trusty"
and had been given the position of
turnkey. He had been placed in the
,or rxytf6
thorities believed he would watch the
latter, who had been regarded as a
most desperate convict.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Gather In Indicted OFFICIALS.

Bay City, Mich, Mar. 10.-A deputy
sheriff from Mason county Monday
served upon City Controller c.. ]. Bar.
nett warrant issued under an in
dictment returned by the grand jury.
Mr. Barnett's indictments are the re-
suit of charges before the grand jury
that he offered money to Representa-
tive Adam Walker of Bay county in
connection with a bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
CHIEFS ASSAILANT
TO BE PUT ON RACK
CHANCELLOR DAY OF SYRACUSE
UNIVERSITY ACCUSED OF DE-
flaming ROOSEVELT.
Brandon (vt.) Reverend Tenders Allie
cations, Charging That Standard
Oil Cash Is Given to SchooI-De-
cision to Come in April.

Brandon, VT, Mar. 7.-Charges have
been preferred by Rev. George A.
Cooke, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Brandon against Rev.
j. K. Day, LII. D., chancellor of SYRIA
cuse university, on the ground that Dr.
Day DETAINED. the character of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The charges have
been presented to Rev. DR.. R. M. Wat
tiers, presiding elder of the New York
church conference of the Methodist
church, to which Chancellor Day is
enthusiastically attached. When in
terviewed Friday night concerning the
allegations Rev. Mr.. Cooke said it was
true he had brought charges against
Chancellor Day. He said that in a
book entitled "a Raid on Prosperity"
written by Chancellor Day, President
Roosevelt was severely criticised and
that in his opinion DR.. Day had vio-
lated the rules OF the church in thus
assailing the president. Mr.. Cooke
stated that the specific charge pre-
ferred was defamation of character.
He considered that although Syracuse
university is under obligations to the
Standard Oil people by reason of large
money gifts, Chancellor Day was not
justified as minister of the Methodist
church in assailing President Roose-
welt. The university itself is nonsec-
tartan.
To Decide in April.
1t is expected the charges will be
passed upon at the April con-
ference of the New York district.
Rev. Mr.. Cooke was formerly pastor
of the Methodist church at Milford,
Mass, and is well-known in New Eng
land and New York through his cam
paign against Prof. Hinckley G. Mitch
ell, formerly professor of Hebrew and
Old Testament exegesis of Boston uni
versity. Prof Mitchell is minister
in the Methodist church and several
years ago certain parts of his writings
were under investigation by the bish-
ops and other church authorities.
Charges of heresy were preferred at
various times in different conferences
by Rev. Mr.. Cooke. More recently he
has appeared in charges against Bor-
den Parker Bovine, professor of philos-
ophy at Boston university, and against
DR.. James M. Buckley, editor Of the
Christian Advocate. These charges
were dismissed after hearing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
U. s. SOLDIER GETS RAISE.
Senate Passes Bill Increasing Army
Pay.

Washington. Mar. 1.-THE army pay
bill was passed by the senate Friday.
The bill provides for army officers
a graded increase of pay ranging from
five per cent. for lieutenant generals
to rs per cent. for Junior officers. 1t
also provides that 'the average pay Of
enlisted men of the army as now es-
tablished is 40 per cent" This amend
ment, suggested by Senator Culberson
of Texas takes away the discretion of
the president in fixing the pay of SOL
dierS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
The Nations Bread.

That bread is Justly entitled to be
called the staff of life" is fully borne
out by investigations of the United
States department of commerce and
labor. This department made an in
vestigation to determine the amount
spent for food by normal laborer's
family. The data obtained from the
11,156 families whose expenses were
studied showed the average amount
spent for food by family consisting
of husband, wife and five children to
be $329.19 pre- year. 1t is interesting
to note how the so-called normal fam
lily Of the average laborer, which
seems rather above the normal in size,
apportions it's money for food and
other necessities. Twenty-Five dollars
and 20 cents is expended for bread,
flour and cereals, and while the cost OF
the bread is small compared with that
of other foods, the amount Of nutri-
ments and energy derived from it is
large. The laboref's meat bill Is the
largest of all. He spends $1,000 per
year for all kinds of meat, three and
q half times as much as for bread.
His butter costs him about as much as
his bread, and sugar half as much,
while about the same sum is spent
for potatoes and vegetables as for
bread Thirty-eight dollars goes for
milk and eggs. More coffee is used
than tea; about $40 is spent for the
one and five dollars for the other. Re
ligion, charity and tobacco claim near
ly equal amounts, while intoxicating
liquors come in for a much larger
share. Labor organizations get about
nine dollars per year, while $5.79 is
contributed to the support of state and
local governments in the form OF
taxes. Sickness and death on the
average claim $2O54. 1t is quite ap-
parent says Harry Snyder in Harper's
Monthly, that bread and flour do not
form a very large item of the food ex-
pense of the normal laborer's family,
as only nine per cent. of the cost OF
the food goes for bread and 81 per
cent for all other food articles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
JEROME DENIES CHARGES.
New York District Attorney Answers
Allegations of His Accusers.

Albany, N. Y, Mar. 10.-District At.
torney Jerome of New York filed
Monday with Gov Hughes his answer
to the charges preferred against him.
Action was taken by William F.
King, former president of the New
York Merchants association, and a
committee of minority stockholders
of the Metropolitan Street Railway
company, in which the governor is
asked to remove Mr.. Jerome from Of
flee. The answer is general denial
of the charges. The governor said he
would announce the procedure to be
followed after he had examined the
document.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED.
Letters Inscription Certainly the Re-
verse of FIattering.

In the English club at Hongkong
white-haired old gentleman, who had
come down from some northern port,
was seated at dinner when he sudden
ly became very excited. He had been
brought letter by solemn-faced Chi
nese butler, and he saw something on
the outside of this letter which sent
him downstairs two steps at a time
to interview the hall porter. When
he came back he told us what was the
matter. The hall porter had inscribed
in the envelope, in Chinese, for the in
formation of the butler:
'This is for the old baboon with
white fur"
Unfortunately for the hall porter,
the old gentleman was first-class
scholar in the Chinese language.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
GET s MONTHS; SERVE 81 DAYS.
Three Ice Men, Alleged to Be Trust,
Are Released.

Toledo, O., Mar. 10.-Judge Brough
in common pleas court Monday issued
an order releasing from Jail r. c.
Lehman, R. A. Beard and Joseph Mil
Ter, the ice men sentenced to six
months imprisonment for violation of
the antitrust laws. The men had
served 81 days. The motion for sus-
pension of sentence was made last
week and there was also presented to
the court a petition numerously signed
asking that the men be given their
freedom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13

There Is more Catarr In this section Of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be incurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced local disease and
to cure with local treatment, pronounced ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
& Co.. Toledo, Ohio is the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. SEND
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Redskins on Rampage.

Grand Junction, Col, Mar. As
the result of an outbreak of drunken
Indians at the lower government
school the jail building was set CD
fire and two of the disturbers narrow
ly escaped cremation. DisciplinariaD
J. e. Shields was murderously as
saulted and the men responsible for
the trouble are in the county jail
awaiting whatever action Superin
tendent Burton may deem necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Fire Costs 500. 600.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Mar. 9.-Fire
which broke out Sunday in the store
room of the Superior Paper company
did damage estimated at 100000. 1t
may be several days before the fire
is finally extinguished, as it is burning
among a mass of rags and old papers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Perfectly Plain.

With all the impartiality of the par.
tisan, Prof. Price set forth the con-
tentions Of both political parties re-
garding the tariff
At the close of his talk he was sur
rounded by the fair members of the
Woman's Current Events club.
20 Prof. Price," cooed the fairest,
thank you so much for your perfectly
lovely talk! / understand all about
the tariff now. It's just like lovers
comparisons-the free-traders are the
other Sunday Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Arrested on Fraud Charge.

Danville, ILL.,, Mar. 10. = Henry
Schoenfeldt, 20 years old, of River
side, Ind, was arrested here Monday
charged with defrauding the First Ma
tional bank of Upton, Ind, of a large
sum of money by uttering fraudulent
check Schoenfeldt is also wanted in
various towns in Missouri and south
ern Illinois for forgery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Injury Of 1855 Kills.

Upper Aimon, ILL.,, Mar. 10.-Capt.
Daniel Stewart, "a years of age, died
at the home of his granddaughter,
Mrs. John H. Diamond, after lying in
bed 81 years, during the greater part
of which time he smoked pipe: His
death was the result primarily of in
juries received in steamboat explo-
sion In 1855.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Or. ST. John Rooaa Dead.

New York, Mar. 9.-Dr. Daniel B. st.
John Roosa, one of the founders and
the only president of the New York
Post Graduate Medical school and hos
pital, died suddenly Sunday from heart
disease at his home here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13

A dog in a burning building in
Rochester saved the lives of 80 people
by it's timely warning of danger,
which forces the pessimistic but inevi-
table conclusion, original but sad, that
some dogs are of far more use in. the
world than some people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Iowa Authority Dead.

Boone, Ia, Mar. 9.-Charles Aldrich,
curator and founder of the state his
torical department of Iowa, died Sun
day of grip and kidney trouble. He
was born in 1928 in New York state.
His body will be in state at the cap
itol, Des Moines, on Wednesday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13

It Is an extraordinary fact that
there is $250,000 in the New York city
treasury, an accumulation for 25 years
unclaimed salaries, wages and war.
rants in general. How careless some
people are about money!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Accuse Fair Slav.

New York, Mar. 10.-Forgery, lar
ceny and the embezzlement of over
$4,000 in Russia are charged against
Mrs. Olga Stein, nee Segalovitch, who
was arrested at local hotel here
Monday. An extradition warrant for
her has been issued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Fire Threatens Newburo Ind

Newburg, Ind, Mar. IA fire which
for a time threatened to wipe out the
town of Newburg Friday, caused a
loss of $4,000, covered by insurance.
A tobacco warehouse, three store
buildings and one residence were de-
stroyed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Substitute for Fowler Measure.

Washington, Mar. 10.-The Demo
cratic members of the house commit
tee on banking and currency Monday
agreed to report to the house the mi
nority currency bill introduced by
John Sharp Williams as substitute
for the Fowler BILL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Why so Far?

miss Martha" said young girl to
crusty old friend of the family, "My
chum, Sally Smethuret, is going to be
married She has taken an uptown
fat"
did she," demanded Miss Martha,
"have to go out of her own neighbor-
hood to get him?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Ask for New Mail Plans.

Washington, Mar. 9.-.An effort is
being made before congress to secure
a just apportionment of the recompen.
sation now given by the government
for the transportation of United
States mails by rail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-13
Burns Fatal to Two.

Kewanee, ILL.,, Mar. 6.-Mrs. Bridget
King of Sheffield is dead and her son.
John, Is years old, is fatally burned
following the explosion of lamp in
their home Thursday.