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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
Strictly Fresh Euos,

There are summer resorts, remote
froR any agricultural communities,
where fresh farm products are even
harder to obtain than in the city. 1t
was at such place that the new
boarder, who had eaten four Or five
breakfasts there, began to wonder
why the eggs were invariably served
fried.
"See here?" he inquired one morn
ing of the genial colored man who
waited upon him, "why do you always
fry eggs here? Don't you ever boil
them?"
"Oh-oh, yes, sah!" responded the
waiter, pleasantly. "Of co'se, yo' kin
have 'em boiled, if yo' wants 'em. But
you know, sab, yo' takes de risk"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
Bow Saves Friend.

st. Paul, Aug. 10-A deadly stab.
bling ARRAY was narrowly averted at
the Majestic hotel by the quick action
OF Sam Daniels. a colored bellboy, who
grabbed, in his bare hand, the FIVE
inch blade of an ugly bowie knife
welded by William Gordon, also col
ored, with intent to injure Ralph Rob-
erts, another bellboy. Gordon was
arrested by Detective Purcell, who was
assigned on telephone call from
Headquarters. Holding up a passing
auto, the detective ordered the driver
TO take him to the hotel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
BURGLARS Loot Camp.

Farris-About II o'clock at night
burglars entered the camp of M. N.
Kohl at this place and succeeded in
carrying away all the provisions on
hand, together with revolvers, guns
and other valuables. When the en-
ployes of Mr.. Kolls lath mill arose
next morning they were surprised to
see their provision room emptied.
Then they recalled the fact that at
about II o'clock they heard some one
pounding at the door, but thinking it
was one of the other men working
around they paid no heed. No clue
has yet been secured that will lead
to the capture of the burglars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
M'CLOSKEY LOSES
"ZIM" BY A HAIR
HOW RUSE TO IMPRESS ST. LOUIS
MANAGERS WARNED CHANCE
NOT TO TRADE.
CUB STAR WINS BIG GAME
SPut Him In," Said Missouri Expert,
ito Show Them How Good He Is"
-chicasoan Alone Captures Con-
test Need Him Myself" De.
clares Chance.

He1nie Zimmerman who played q
great game recently at second base
for the Cubs while Johnny Evers was
out OF the game, and started a slug
ging bee which places him in the front
rank of National league hitters, recalls
one on Manager McCloskey of st.
Louis. 1t is his most touching hard.
luck story.
The Cubs were in st. Louis and Nc.
Closkey, who was much in need of an
infielder, approached Chance with an
offer to trade Beebe for Zimmerman.
The Cub leader was favorably disposed
and the deal would have been made at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
BURN TO DEATH
Four Tots Lose Their Lives in a Tene-
ment Fire.

New York, Aug. 11.-Four children
of one family dead and ten other per-
sons seriously burned or injured is
the record of fierce blaze that early
yesterday swept through a crowded
tenement in east 10TH street. Scores
were carried down ladders from the
blazing building by firemen and wild
scenes of panic ensued as the scantily
clad tenants rushed to the street.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
Death IN A
Trolley Wreck
TEN FATALITIES AND SCORE IN.
JURED IN A COLLISION AT
DAYTON, OHIO.
Mistake in Orders is Said to Have
Caused the Wreck Which Is Worst
In that Section for Years. Fatal
Wreck in Montana.

Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 11.-Three per-
sons are dead, seven are probably ia
tally injured, and more than twenty
others sustained injuries last night
when two trolley cars crashed togeth-
er between Sidney and Piqua on one
of the lines of the Western Ohio
Traction company.
Mistake in orders, is said to have
caused the wreck, which is the worst
that has occurred in this section for
years.
Both cars were running at high
rate of speed. While rounding a
curve each motorman caught sight
of the approaching car.
William Bailey, who was new mo-
torman, tried to jump from his car
and was killed. The two cars came
together with terrific force, the i'm
pact completely telescoping the
south-bound car in which the major.
ity of those killed and injured were
passengers.
The dead:
WILLIAM BAILEY, motorman,
Piqua, Ohio.
WILLIAM McQUILLEN, Locking
ton, Ohio.
JAMES, KEHOE, Dayton, Ohio.
Fatally injured:
GEORGE ROBINSON, banker,
Sidney, Ohio.
@. M. HUMMELHAUSER, Detroit,
Mich.
L. E. HENGBNROD, Lockington,
Ohio.
CHARLES MCCLURE, Sidney, o.
CHARLES HALE, motorman.
GEORGE HAX, Baltimore, Md.
@. B. HART, West Point, Ind.
The north-bound car out of Piqua
was running on time while the south
bound car out of Sidney was late and
running at great speed. The cars
met almost directly in front of the
Shelby county infirmary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14

the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. I was completely worn out
and discouraged when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. I have been
feeling we'll ever SINCE"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
The State Funds.

ST. Paul.-The table below shows
cash on hand in the several funds at
the end Of the fiscal year, July 31st,
1907, and July 31st, 1908. 1t will be
seen that the cash balance is $751;
$4,000 greater this year than last.
The high water mark Of the states
financial condition, represented by
cash on hand, was reached July 22d,
1908, when there were $3,115, 311.63
on hand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Au,

Minneapolis, Aug. 10.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 1922: No.
2 northern, $1,19; Sept. S1,011a. Du-
rum No. 1, 81. Oats-No. 3 white,4 G.;
Barley. No. 4, 60. Rye No. 2, re;
Jorn-No. 3, 76c. Flax-No. 1, 81, ~
Butter-Creameryy extra lie ;::frsts
19c. Dairy, fancy 10; firsts, II.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
Are Raising Fewer Apples.

The American apple crop has
dropped off more than one-half within
ten years. 1t used to average about
81, O00, 900 barrels a year. Now it av.
erages only 2S,000.000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14

five months in a
hospital I was dis
charged IS incur
able, and given only
six months to live.
My heart was affect
ed, I had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. I got so I
couldn't use my
arms, my eyeSight
was ip,no;rad ord
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
Wreck in Montana.

Glendive, Mont, Aug. 11.-Nerth-
ern Pacific train No. 2, the famous
North Coast Limited, met with dis
astrous wreck about twelve miles
west of Glendive last night.
Two men were killed and twenty or
thirty injured.
Some of the latter are painfully,
seriously injured, but probably all Of
them will recover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
HARD TIMES, INDEED.

Poor man! so you are victim Of
the late financial panic?"
Yes, lady. You see, folks along de
route is too poor now ter hand out
free grub"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
South ST. Paul Anp 10

Cattle-Steers, $500 and $5,75:
cows $3.50 and 1915. Hogs 80
and $3.50. Muttons, $4,75: lambs
Sj,75.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
Appointed.

ST. Paul-GOVernOr Johnson an
nounced his appointments to the state
board of equalization, which will meet
at the state capitol Sept. 8, for its
annual session. The only two new
members are G. F. Lander, of ST.
Cloud, who is appointed to take the
place of c. E. Vasaly, of Little Falls,
in the seventh district, and o. E..
Schroeder, Mountain Lake, appointed
to take the place of F. P. Brown, of
Blue Earth City, in the seventeenth
district.
The members of the old board who
are reappointed at this time are: John
Heinen, Hastings, first district; An
drew French, Plainview, third dis
trict; William Gausewitz, Owatonna,
fifth district; w. R. Hodges, Sleepy
Eye, ninth district; Henry Nolte, Du-
luth, eleventh district; s. B. Nelson,
Luverne, thirteenth district; G. O'Bri-
en-, Brainerd, fifteenth district; ]. p.
Berkly, Saltwater, nineteenth district
The members of the board who hold
over are: w. A. Hardenbergh, ST.
Paul, second district; Lester B. FL
wood, Minneapolis, fourth district; E.
T. Champlin, Vernon Center, sixth dis
trict; Theodore Wieland, Shakopee,
eighth district; Thomas ]. Meighen,
Preston, tenth district; ]. N. Gaynor,
Litchfield, twelfth district; Jason Wea-
therhead, Ada, fourteenth district; HI.
l.. Shirley, Breckenridge, sixteenth dis
trict; Willis A. Shaw, Clearwater, sew
enteenth district.
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FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors could
Not Cure.

Levi p. Brockway, S. Second Ave-,
Anoka, Mimi, says: after lying for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
1907. 1908.
/. 81, 020, 1925 S1,130,521.03

u0 pCl VI IAiO otoIS
invested in interest bearing securities
amount to $15,721. 1923. of which
there are loans to
Totals ....$2, 400, 432. go 81, 96S, 2S2. "a
Local municipal corporations 81 SOC, l56 e
New capitol certificates $50. $500, 600. 90
University campus certificates $4,000. 90
Bonds of other states 5,159,OOO.O 90
Iotal ................ Slo, IA, loo.Z 20
1t will be seen that over two-thirds
of the permanent trust funds which
are available for investment are loan
ed within the state.
In comparison with the volume of
business during this fiscal year just
closed the following is given as show
ing the business transacted during the
first year of the states organization:
January LIST, 1858, there was bal
ance in the territorial treasury Of
$5,009.43.
The receipts for the first years
business were ............... $2S6, 902. 80
disbursements ................ zSZ,o3S1S
Balance end of first year. $4,063.1S
$250,000 Of the first years receipts
represented cash received from state
bonds which were issud July LIST, 1858.
The balance came from the organized
counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

men in this talking machine department
will let you hear record after record,
your choice. too.
And then, as to piano-players.
You may lack talent, but every one is
endowed with some sort of musical in
clinaton. 1t may lie deep, but it needs
only proper stimulus to awaken II. Lots
Of people want piano music. love 1t and
are never happy without it. but they have
to wait until the son or daughter is at
home and the piano Is in tune.
But with one of the piano players at
Droop's any one can draw from the in
strument the most beautiful musical pas
sages. The liveiest rag time" or the
softest melodies come from it at the will
of the owner, and are played better than
the average performer can possibly play
them. E. F. Droop & Sons Co. swear
by the Ceclian and can prove its eX-
cellence 1t is a most ingenious piece of
mechanism, yet in execution it is neither
mechanical nor machine like. nor has 1t
the slightest sound of an automatic in
strument. but it is an artistic instrument
on which any one can render with the
same precision, convey the same feeling.
express the same force as the human
performer
E. F. Droop Sons & Co. have studied
Washington, as all the other merchants
here have done, and they come to the
same conclusion. that Washington caters
to worldwide class and Washington
stores must accommodate every purse and
suit every inclination. So the firm has
fitted into its big building a world of
music
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
MUSIC OF THE HOLIDAYS
MECHANICAL MARVELS SHOWN
AT DRooP'S OLD STAND.
Paderewski's Best Efforts Equaled
by the Unskilled by Simply
Touching a Button.

To hear Paderewskis Minuet played by
the great artist himself. TO hear the
shades OF expression and the delicate dis
elimination of touch. to hear the inter-
probation of this wonderful man as he
plays his own composition is considered
so great a privilege that whole nations
have focked to hear him. Yet it is not
necessary to see Paderewski, or Hoffman,
or a score of other artists of the same
rank in order to lear the actual playing
Of their wonderful fingers, for there is an
instrument. so marvellous as to defy de-
scripton, that has caught and imprisoned
human effort in every phase that can be
applied to piano playing and which. at
he touch of an electric button repro
iuces it in every detail of it's perfection.
1t is piano-player, a Welte Mignon,
made by the Welte family of Germany,
who for century have made orches-
trionS but who, in this later instrument,
have surpassed all previou- efforts. There
is one in the great music store of h. F.
Droop Sons & Company. at 925 Penn
sylvania avenue, in Washington. To play
t all that is required is to slip in a roll
Of music and touch a button. Then walk
away. The volume, the expression, the
tempo-everything just as the great ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

fist played the original is taken care of
by this marvellous piece of mechanism.
A Star man who called this old ana
we'll known store thought that about flf-
teen minutes would be sufficient to gather
data for story about pianoS-but it was
fully two hours later when he reluctantly
left the place. And even then his appe-
tite was merely whetted for lot more.
Droop's is famous. So famous in WASH
ington and for miles outside of the city
that one instinctively thinks of DroOp' S
when sheet music. or piano, or piano.
players, or talking machines are men
toned.
The firm is very nearly fifty-one years
old; its birthday will occur Tuesday, and
during all it's life it has striven for the
highest ideals in the business of selling
pianos and musical instruments. The
founder, f. F. Droop, man known and
loved in this city. has died since the last
business anniversary. but h. two sons
are carrying on the business. The policy
is unchanged and will not change. The
sons intend to keep the name of the firm
at the head CT the list of musical houses.
To begin with they do not deal in ques-
tionable pianos. stencil pianos of shaky
reputation. Nor do they ask one price
and then swoop down to a much lower
one if the customer shakes his head.
They have one price, and find that by
sticking to a reasonable figure and selling
the best procurable at that figure they
make friends. From a piano which Is
worth $1I5 to the magnificent Steinway at
$3.50 and upward their instruments rep
resent the best in each class.
The talking machine salesroom is a
most interesting place. Every one knows
what a wonderful advance has been made
in the art of reproducing sounds. Caruso
and Melba have been more than pleased
to leave their voices with the Victor peO-
pie. which shows that they are willing to
have people hear the records. If the
records were not faithful reproductions
no true artist would permit the public to
hear them. And there is nothing that can
equal Victor or an Edison machine for
entertainment-espe for people who
live away from the theaters. The sales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
SELL FURNITURE EARTH OVER
sHIPLOAD NOW READY TO GO
TO PANAMA.
w. B. Moses & Sons Have Best of
Everything, Plenty of It and the
Lowest Price Marks.

A shipload of furniture of all descrip-
sive dining tables and sideboards; rugs Of
Persian make, tapestries from the great
est looms of the world, beds which would
have made Cleopatra envious, chairs Of
splendid make and royal comfort-ali
these, and so many more things that the
invoice accounting for them all was pages
long-all going to a single customer of
W. B. Moses & Sons whose home is in
Panama.!
And at the time the shipping clerk was
busy getting off this tremendous order
other men in this big furniture store were
using as much care and as much judg-
ment helping people pick out plain kitchen
tables or a crib for the baby, or single
lamp.
1t shows that Washington's claim of
owning stores with the greatest possible
it comes to furniture, any,
hoW-has a good solid backing. and that
a ten-dollar purse or a ten-thousand-dol-
lar hank account can find just what it Is
looking for.
business at 18th and + streets for long
time. The sum of their experience is that
Washington buyers represent the entire
world from pole to pole in taste and buy
ing capacity
Show Windows Are Great.
This furniture store has show windows
that compel attention. And when you
come to Washington on The Stars invi-
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dealers and buyers sat up and took notice.
This is not the place to discuss that part
Of II.
But when you realize that they are four
times better off on fixed charges. such as
rent etc. than some dealers in big cities
not so far away, you will realize that they
can get down low. So it is not only the
millionaires who have w. B. Moses &
Sons furnish and decorate their homes,
but the people who have limited incomes.
They make speciality of shipping goods
out of Washington. So this invitation Is
not a new thing as far as they are con-
cerned. Their shipping clerk can talk
of great crates and boxes that he has
sent off to every point between Alexandria
and Bangkok-and at the same time will
be figuring out the freight rate to the
gold fields in Alaska.
You can find in Moses 81 Sons building
the stolid style of Flanders, looking as
much like burgher of Bruges as 1t is
possible for a chair and table to do SO.
You can see all the history of the world.
from the year 800 AID. TO the renaissance
period. wrought in the wooden carvings
of chairs and tables and other pieces. You
can see the work that is named for Queen
izabeth, chairs so much like those Of
her clustering time that Sir Walter Raj
eigh could sit in one and smoke his ia
nous pipe and never suspect that he was
at 10Th and F streets in Washington.
The same thing is true of the furniture
named after the three Louis of France,
Fourteenth. Fifteenth and Sixteenth. to
use the plain English. Louis XVI could
walk into Moses store and see the chairs
named and fashioned after his period and
never know the difference between his
own furniture and that of today-except
that the modern copy is a whole lot better
than ever graced the halls of Versailles.
But a lot of people nowadays are not
particularly fond of foreign STYLES and
old periods. Their demand is helping to
make a typically American style of furni-
ture-perhaps the Craftsman furniture is
a good start at real American style.
Anyhow. it's good enough for millions
of Americans. There is something splen-
did and fascinating about its simplicity
and as for comfort. it is hard to beat.
And W. B. Moses & Sons have lot of ii.
But don't stop with this. There is so
much more to tell about that a page
would not take it all. Go see for your
self.
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may mean very serious results. For that
reason the Peoples Pharmacy has put
all its weight into that end of il and let
statesmen Of experience in the sundry
lines look after the other business. They
cut prices on every possible thing. There
are some articles whose letters patent pre-
vent this, but a proprietary medicine can
be cut. according 10 the manager. and
the Peoples Pharmacy does cut the
prices.
They are distr butng agents for a big
and well known manufacturer AMI do
wholesale business throughout the south
They are consequently looking for the
out-of-town people when they come here.
They promise a good reception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Furniture House, W. B. Moses Sons, 18th and Sts NV

tation. just look at them. even if you
have not the slightest intention of buying
a stick of furniture.
You will look at them for the same rea-
son you look at the pictures in an art
gallery. They do not look commercial
at all, but remind every one of all that is
beautiful and comfortable and fresh and
clean in a home.
There is another thing about the store.
too. that strikes many forcibly. On en-
tering one forSets that he is in a store.
The first floor is beyond description in
limited space, but perhaps 1t will not be
far wrong to say the place looks like half
little sections of just the right kind of
rooms and homes have been lifted up
bodily and set right down in the store.
That old-fashioned idea of having fur
niture shown for sale as If it was cigars
all in a row. with price mark here and
there-does not go in Moses & Sons first
floor. You see a bedroom furnished just
the way you like, even down to the cas-
tors on the bed.
A lamp whose colors and glow tell a
silent story of comfortable chairs and a
broad table in a honey living room sepa-
rates the bedroom from some other little
corner. A great hall clock with chimes
which boom softly stands near at hand.
a davenport that you want to own right
away is placed in exactly the right place.
ever wants to leave when once he has
occupied any one of them.
But there Is not room to tell of a hun
dredth part of it. Let it suffice to say
that if there is such a thing as fairyland
of furniture. w. B. Moses & Sons have it.
While no one wants to hear rows and
rows of figures and statistics, it certainly
is interesting to know that there are H.
900 single samples of furniture in the
building; and that two tremendous ware
houses hold the rest of the stock. No
wonder then. that every country in the
world holds some Of this stores goods.
They have shipped furniture to nearly
every big city and a whole lot of smaller
ones. For they have studied Washington
and know that Washington people repre-
sent the world.
Claim to Have Lowest Prices.
They made a Statement once that they
could sell furniture at lower price than
any one else in the country. Furniture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

100 | nit a t 70 n
Leather; black and
buff color. Special
price, each,
12c.
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MODERN DRUG STORE.
Prescription Business a Feature of
the People's Pharmacy.

There is snappy chap managing the
Peoples Pharmacy at S24 9TH street
northwest, who has ideas of his own
which have brought that enterprise into
the limelight. He has drug store which
deals in a whole lot of things besides
drugs, but he is very particular about
what goes on behind his prescription
counter and is willing to prove it,
For instance. he says every prescription
is made up by a man who has had twen-
ty-five years experience. and that when
the medicine is ready to be handed out
to the customer the prescription and the
ingredients are checked off by anotf err
expert II the slightest discrepancy q
shown or the mixer has the 81 ghte
hesitation about calling off the things II
used, the whole business is thrown on
the window and the mixture is prepare
again.
prescription business is hard to bull
up, for slip-up means trouble, aud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Honoring Heroes.

From, the london Chronicle.
A singular plan for honoring heroes
was proposed in 1892 if we may credit the
following fOotnote to La Topographic" a
poem by lie Pelletier. published in that
year at Geneva: I'm February last sew
eral newspapers announced that the larg-
est book ever printed will shortly appear
in London. under the title, The Pantheon
of English Heroes The pages of this
book will be ~ feet long and feet wide,
and the letters inches high. 1t has
been found necessary TO erect special ma
chinery for the manufacture of the pa
per required. This gigantic work will be
printed by steam in characters of gold,
no ordinary printing ink being used in
the process Only 100 copies will be is
sued. and these will serve to adorn the
principal Libraries In England" You will
not find that book in any public or private
library. The golden record was an early
instance of the enterprise of the Yellow
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Unique Insurance.

From the IlverpOol POst.
In France there is curious form Of life
insurance. the popularity being that the
longer a man lives the less his heirs be-
come entitled to. The idea is that II Q
man dies young his children will require
help but that by the time he Is nifty
they will be old enough to earn their own
living.