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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03

Zurich is struggling with the church
bell problem. During the last decade
a number of new Catholic churches
have been built, and every morning at
4, 4:30, s, $50, and Z unbelievers as
well as believers are aroused from
their slumbers by the din from no
fewer than II belfries, scattered 80
that no part of the city remains quiet.
In response to appeals from hospitals
and from many persons who are
obliged to work at night, and sleep
of they can-in the morning, the Stad.
trait has proposed an ordinance forbid.
ding any sort of bell ringing between
p. m. and a. m, and forbidding 1t
also in the daytime as an accompani.
ment to weddings and funerals, in thu
old village style. Against this pro.
posed reform the clerical organs have
protested violently, and a regular
Kulturkampf is threatened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

In q Jail delivery at Fairmont, w.
Va, six prisoners escaped.
Robert Kane, aged 104 years, eight
months and three days, died at Bush
nell, Ill.
General solicitors of all the Mis-
souri, railroads met and decided to re-
new the fight against the two-cent
rate law.
Unable to meet a mortgage that was
about to be foreclosed, Henry Kock,
aged IS years, committed suicide In
St. Louis.
Warden James D. Reid of the Michi-
gan City Ind) prison resigned be-
had to superintend.
Melvin A. Root, real estate man
of Bay City, Mich, committed suicide
in Buffalo, N. Y, after arranging to
have his body cremated.
Minister Russell protested to the
Venezuelan government because q
sack of mail for the American cruiser
Tacoma was opened at La Guayra.
Joseph Channon, cashier of the
First National bank of Philadelphia,
died from an overdose of drug ad-
ministered accidentally by himself
Fire on the Joy line pier in East
river, New York, and an adjoining
pier, resulted in the injury of several
firemen and caused loss of $4,000.
Gems and jewelry valued at $4,000
n@ala ch Cf
the Fifth avenue store of Dikran
Kelekian, Persian consul at New
York.
During target practice at Magda-
lena bay 140 inches of the muzzle Of
one of the six-inch broadside guns Of
the Missouri blew off. No one was in
jured.
The circuit court at Toledo, o., Rf-
firmed the decision of the lower court
in the cases of 20 prominent lumber
men of the city who were sentenced
to jail for violation Of the Valentine
antitrust law.
Charles Wendell David, a member
of the junior class of Northwestern
university at Evanston, ILL.,, was
chosen by jury of FIVE college and
university presidents to receive this
years Cecil Rhodes scholarship.
Archbishop John Ireland of st. Paul
has written a letter to the clergy and
laity of his archdiocese on the sub
ject of marriage and divorce, In which
he characterizes the marriage con-
tract of the times mere commercial
exchange.
The house of commons adopted by a
vote of 313 to 1877 resolution moved
by John e. Redmond, the nationalist
leader, that "in the opinion Of this
house a solution of the home rule
problem can only be attained by CIV
ing the Irish people legislative and
executive control of all purely Irish
affairs" after the resolution had been
amended by adding the words 'all
subject to the supreme authority Of
the imperial parliament"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
MAN AND WOMAN MURDERED.
Music Teacher and His Pupil Found
Dead In Woods.

Cleveland, O., Mar 31.-Detectives
are searching Dundas woods for a
missing revolver, upon which may
hang solution of the mystery sur
rounding the tragic deaths of Carl
Bernthaler, So years of age, and Miss
Lena Kiechmann, 80 years of age.
The bodies of the man and woman,
with their hearts pierced by revolver
bullet, were found early Monday in the
forest in Cleveland Heights, just east
of the city.
While murder and suicide first were
suspected, the absence of revolver
led the coroner to declare that Bern
thaler and Miss Ziechmann were MUIR
dered by third person.
Bernthaler was a music teacher and
a member of an opera house orches-
ira. Twice married, widow and six
children survive him. Miss Ziech-
mann was a music pupil of Bernthaler,
and also was teacher of German in
the public schools.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03

A Tennessee negro editor processes
to have discovered that his race ante
dates the whites. Adams first wife,
he says, was dark-skinned woman
named Delinnah, and from this union
the negroes descended. Where he gets
this interesting information, remarks
the Indianapolis Star, is not stated. 1t
differs from the ordinary traditions as
to Adams matrimonial career. Ac-
cording to the Talmud Lilith, a blonde
lady OF very bad disposition, was the
first wife. At least she came on the
scene before Eve arrived. She was the
original woman's rights woman, for
she refused to submit to her hus.
bands authority and left Paradise for
an uncharted region of the air, which
she is still supposed to haunt. Her
children were demons. OF course, it
is possible that Eve was number
three, or even four, but this thought
verges so closely on a reflection upon
Adams moral character that it is per.
haps not wise to pursue it. If the ne
groes can "read their title clear" back
to Adam they they have certainly a
first family" record that will make a
large and flourishing genealogical
tree.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
When One Spends Money.

One would think that money would
be saved in prosperous times when
there is plenty Of it about. But no,
that is not the time when it is saved.
1t is then that it is spent, says Apple
tons. Everybody spends it-govern-
ments, railroads, corporations, capital.
lists, housekeepers, house builders, col,
iectors. People expand their wants in
such times, and satisfy some of them,
and then is when it is most of all i'm
possible to live on anything a year
But after all the money has been spent
= few times over and has begun to be
scarce, and borrowing has come to be
a serious matter, and folks have much
less to spend and no expectations:
then everybody groans and begins to
save, not only trying desperately to
squeeze back inside of the bounds OF
income, but to pay back what was
spent In expectation Of time when
saving would have become convenient
To most Of us that time never comes
And yet there are things for which we
spend more than we can afford, that
really do Justify our expenditures, SO
that after the money has been spent
and We are pinched for the lack of it,
we would still rather have what II
bought than have the money back.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Strive to Be Cheerful.

Most persons are of the opinion that
If a man is not favored by nature with
. cheerful spirit, he cannot pretend to
be cheerful. Yet this Is not really the
case, and there is many man who is
at present weary burden to his rela-
tives, miserable through the carking
care Of some bodily ailment, perhaps,
or some worldly misfortune, who, If he
had grown up into the idea that to be
cheerful under all circumstances was
one of the first duties of life, might
still see pleasant enough world
around him. The disconnected worries
Of morose and grumbling person
may very likely shorten his days and
the general justice Of natures arrange
ment provides that his early departure
should entail no long regrets, says
New York Weekly. On the other
hand, the man who can laugh keeps
his health, and his friends are glad to
keep him. To person perfectly
healthy laughter comes often. Too
commonly, though, as childhood IL left
behind, the habit fails, and a half
smile is the best that visits the
thought-lined mouth of modern man
or woman. People become more and
more burdened with the accumula-
tons Of knowledge and with the
weighing responsibilities of life, but
they should still spare time to laugh.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
QUAKE AND FIRE
Destroy CHILAPA
FLAMES FOLLOW TWO SHOCKS
AND DESTROY THE MEX
ICAN TOWN.
Loss of Life Observation-Disclosures
ton by Wire Severed and Place
Far from RaiIway-St. Thomas
Feels Sharp Tremor.

Mexico City, Mex, Mar. 2S.-Chila-
pa, a town of $4,000 inhabitants in the
state of Guerrero, has been shaken
by an earthquake and burned.
The shocks, two in number, &C.
Cured early Thursday evening and
were followed by fires which, original
ing in a dozen places among the tum-
bling buildings, joined in confiagra-
ton that swept the town. Only
meager facts of the disaster are known
here and what has been learned has
dribbled in from half dozen sources
more or less authentic.
Loss Of Life Is Unknown.
The loss of life, if any, as we'll as
the monetary extent of the property
damage, is problematical, and contin-
ued efforts to guage the catastrophe
have been futile. Telegraph commune
cation with Chilapa was severed by
the shocks and the town is two days
by horseback from the nearest railway
station.
Courriers have been dispatched to
Chipapa from Chilpancingo, some 40
miles distant, and it Is presumed that
messengers for relief were sent from
the burned city early Friday and pos
sibly Immediately following the earth
quake.
The reports that have reached here
agree that the town was destroyed by
the shocks and fire and that the peo
pie fed the place terror-stricken.
News Is Confirmed.
I'll impartial, the government or
gan, received dispatch from its cor
respondent in the town of Chilpan
cingo, saying that the town of Chilapa
30 miles distant from that place, was
totally destroyed by the earthquake
and that fire broke out in the ruins
and is now completing the work Of
destruction. The people of the town
are terrorized and many are praying
in the open plaza and in the fields
adjoining the town.
Some hours later the same CORE
spondent sent the following dispatch:
Later returns confirm my first tele
gram; Chilapa has been shaken tt
the earth and reduced to ashes.
avoid the sending of details"
American Woman Killed.
Mrs. Emma Jeanette Dorville, ar
American, lost her life in panic IL
the Tiburcio theater in the city o.
Vera Cruz, which followed the earth
quake of Thursday night. When the
quake was felt, the audience rushed
for the exits and many were severely
bruised. Mrs. Doryille dropped deat
from fright.
In this city gendarme was killed
and Is persons were slightly, and one
fatally, injured by falling beams ant
walls.
Danish West Indies Shocked.
ST. Thomas, D. w. l., Mar. 2S.-A
sharp earth shock occurred here
Thursday afternoon and created much
alarm. No damage, however, is re
ported.
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DR.. HILL NOW is ACCEPTABLE.
Emperor William Recalls All Expires.
sions Of Disapproval.

Berlin, Mar 30.-Emperor William,
having been fully advised as to the at
titude of President Roosevelt and the
feeling of the American public in re-
gard to the alleged refusal Of his
majesty to receive DR.. Hill as ambas-
sador to Germany in succession to
Charlemagne Tower, has recalled all
the expressions Of disapproval he re-
Gently sent to President Roosevelt and
would be pleased to receive DR.. Hill
as ambassador.
The emperor has caused this view
to be communicated to President
Roosevelt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
KILLS WOMAN AND HIMSELF.
Bloody Deed Of w. w. Trainor, Actor
In st. Paul.

st. Paul, Mimi, Mar. 30.-William
W. Trainor, vaudeville actor, shot
and killed Mrs. William Pryor, an
actress, with whom he was travelling
in their apartment at the Clarendon
hotel early Sunday morning and then
committed suicide. Mrs. Pryor was
about 25 years old.
Coroner Miller learned that Train
or's home was in West Union, o., and
that he has brother in Reno, New
He was about 80 years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
ALDRICH BILL Is PASSED.
Currency Measure Goes Through Sen.
ate, ~ to IS.

Washington, Mar 2S.-The Aldrich
currency bill was passed by the senate
Friday by a vote of AZ to 16, in the
main party vote.
Previous to the taking of the vote
on the Aldrich bill vote was taken
on the Bailey substitute, authorizing
the government, instead Of the ma
tional banks, to issue the emergency
circulation for which the bill provides.
The vote on the substitute stood AZ to
Is, and this vote was entirely parti-
san, even Senator La Toilette casting
his vote with the Republicans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
EXPRESS MESSENGER KILLED.
Murdered by Robber Who Plumbers
Both Safes in Car.

Newton, Kan, Mar. 800. A..
Bailey of Kansas City, an express mes
senger of the Wells-Fargo Express
company, was killed by an unknown
person on Santa Fe train No. lis, be-
tween Florence and Newton, early
Sunday morning.
The murder was very brutal one,
with robbery as the object Both the
local and the through safes were ran.
sacked and at least $1,000 in money
and some jewelry taken. Whether
this is the full amount the robber Sc.
cured is not known.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
oId-Time Sail Player Dies.

Newark, N. j., Mar. 31.-Charles j.
Sweasy, who played with the famous
Cincinnati Reds" under the manage
ment of Harry Wright, died Monday
in the City hospital at the age of 81
years. Sweasy also played with the
"Olympics" of Washington, the "For-
est Citys" Of Cleveland, the Boston
Red Stockings" and the Cincinnati
and Providence National league teams.
He retired from baseball in the early
eighties.
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gillette dies IN
electric Chair
MURDERER OF GRACE BROWN
PAYS PENALTY OF HIS
BRUTAL CRIME.
He Confesses His Guilt-Statement
Made to Spiritual Advisers-Slayer
of Sweetheart Meets His Death
Without Emotion.

AuDuTQ, N. i ., uol. -ShSSSSA 40
Gillette Monday paid the full penalty
of the brutal murder of Grace Brown.
He went to his death in the electric
chair at Auburn prison without a sign
of weakness and with the same lack
Of emotion which has characterized
him from the day he was arrested
charged with the crime. Gillette ap'
peared to have been fully reconc1led
to his fate, and in statement given
out by his spiritual advisers imme'
diateIy after the execution he made a
confession of his guilt. This state,
ment was signed by Rev. Henry Me,
Ilravy of Little Falls and Rev. Cor.
dello Herrick, the prison chaplain,
who had attended Gillette since he has
been in the death cell at the prison,
1t was as follows:
Because our relationship with Ches,
ter Gillette was privileged we do not
deem it wise to make a detailed state
ment, and simply wish to say that no
legal mistake was made in his cleo,
trocutiOn." -.
SEtTlC NCNSI SNSt'ss~Ss 4
Gillette himself, so far as the pub.
lie was concerned, never admitted his
crime. His last word, in the form
of statement which he prepared with
painstaking care, was made public
after he had been put to death. In
this statement Gillette implored young
men to lead Christian lives. Any fear
which the prison officials may have en-.
tertained that Gillette's remarkable
composure would desert him at the
last moment was quickly dispelled
when he stepped from his cell to the
corridor leading to the death chamber.
His step was firm and strong and he
walked rapidly toward the instrument
of death. Not even by the culver OF
an eyelash did he betray the least
sign of emotion, and at no stage did
he require assistance from the keeper
and his spiritual advisers who accom-
panied him in his last walk. He seat.
ed himself in the chair, the straps and
electrodes were placed, and within
two minutes Gillette had been Off.
cially pronounced dead.
Pays Penalty Quickly. .sa
The electrocution was marked
throughout with celebrity and in the
minutest details carried throughout
to it's elimination. The man was
declared dead by the officials at 6:18,
but by the watches held by some OF
the newspaper reporters 1t was two
minutes after that time when the
warden said to the witnesses and at
tendants: Gentlemen, the physicians
announce that the man is dead"
The electrocution lacked much OF
the solemnity of former executions
and during most of the time, except
for the brief space when the electric
current was coursing through the
mans body, there was hum of voices
In conversation. This grew so marked
during the time that the physicians
were making the examination of the
body for life that the warden found
it necessary to pound on the tile-cov
cred floor of the chamber for silence
The current was of 1900 volts al
~ amperes, and it was held on one
minute and three seconds. When this
bad been done careful examination oil
the mans heart was made, but there
was no sign of life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Beats Hls pauahter to Death.

Huntington, w. Va, Mar. 81
George Conrad, a farmer of Wayne,
w. Va, killed his six-year-old daugh-
ter by beating her with poker, and
fatally injured his wife with the same
weapon Jealousy is assigned as the
cause. Conrad, who escaped, is still
eluding the authorities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Father and Child Drowned.

Pacific, Mo-, Mar. 30-A wagon in
which Henry Gilhouse. his wife and
two infant children were attempting
to ford Meramec river, two miles west
of here, Sunday was overturned by
the swollen stream and the four were
swept away. Gilhouse and one child
were drowned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
New Senator from Florida.

Tallahassee, Fla, Mar. 28.-Gov
Broward Friday appointed Hall Milton
of Mariana to succeed the late Sen.
ator Bryan of Florida in the United
States senate. Mr.. Milton is a grand.
son of former Gov. John Milton OF
Florida and is AZ years old He was
born in Mariana and is a successful
banker and business man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Indiana Express Rates Cut.

Indianapolis, Ind, Mar. 31-Express
rates in Indiana are reduced on an av-
erage of between ten and IL per cent.
in an opinion and order issued Mon
day by the Indiana railroad commits
sion. The new schedule is to be
adopted by the express companies
within 80 days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Promoting German Sculpture.

Emperor William has received Prof.
Schott, the wellknown sculptor, who
with Prof. Rheinhold Begas, also a
sculptor, is actively engaged in pro-
noting an exhibition of German sculp-
ture in New York. The emperor gave
his approval of the exhibit, for which
statuary worth $750,O00 has already
been pledged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Futile Attempt to Rob Bank.

Buckner, Mo-, Mar 31.-An unsuc
cessful attempt to rob the bank of
Buckner was made here early Monday.
The robbers blew off the outer door of
the vault with nitroglycerin but were
unable to open the inner door and Sc
cured nothing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Doing True Work.

1t is not by regretting what is ir-
reparable that true work is to be done,
but by making the best of what we
are. 1t is not by complaining that we
have not the right tools, but by using
well the tools we have.-Ruskin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Classification.

THAT man is great friend OF
yours" said the campaign assistant.
(Which kind of friend?" queried
Senator Sorghum, zone who wants to
do something for me or one who wants
me to do something for him?'-Wash-
ington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03

A policeman stood guard while a
New York man, who dreaded a dis
carded sweetheart, was married. The
wife had better make some permanent
arrangement to keep watch on the
man if he has that sort Of a con.
science.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03

Seventeen New York women
lunched in Turkish bath establish
ment clad only in sheets, SO as to ap
pear in their real figures. The results
however, are among the things which
statistics cannot prove.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Railroad Pays a $500 Fine.

Marshalltown, Ia, Mar. 30.-The
Chicago Great Western Railroad COM
pany, which was indicted last winter
on two counts charging the sale of in
toxicating liquor on its trains within
this county, and which pleaded guilty
to one Indictment, has paid fine of
5000. The other Indictment was dis
missed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
MANY killed BY
BLASTS IN Mine
TERRIBLE DISASTER OCCURS IN
A COAL SHAFT IN
WYOMING.
Victims May Number 7o-First ExpIo-
sion Snuffs Out 10 Lives and in
Second a Big Party of Rescuers
Perishes.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Mar. 30.-Between
SIS and 70 men lost their lives in two
explosions in coal mine No. 1, owned
by the Union Pacific Coal company at
Hanna, Saturday The explosions
were caused by gases and coal dust
and each was followed by fire.
The first explosion occurred at three
o'clock, when Is mine workers, includ-
ing superintendent and three bosses,
were killed The second occurred at
1890 o'clock at night, snuffing out the
lives of from 40 to so members of a
rescue party, including State Mine
Inspector D. NJ Elias.
The bodies of four of the Is men
who lost their lives in the first explo-
sion were located Saturday night, but
owing to the increasing volume of gas,
which threatened to explode at any
moment, no effort was made to re-
move them to the surface.
Gas lgnited by Flames.
Fire started in the colliery last Sun
day, since which time attempts at reg
ular intervals have been made to ex-
tinguish it. Saturday it was deemed
unsafe to send the miners down into
the workings and they were notified
not to report for duty. Superintendent
Briggs, with team of picked men,
the best and most experienced hands
in the camp, went into the mine to
fight the fire, but at two o'clock the
flames had got beyond their control
and at three o'clock the fire connected
with the walled-off gas and terrific
explosion followed. The victims are
all below the tenth level and it is like
ly that the flames consumed the
corpses.
A second explosion occurred at
1890 at night in the east shaft, where
a gang of so relief workers under
State Mine Inspector Elias were about
to remove four of the victims of the
first explosion. The shaft was filled
with debris and all air currents cut
off.
Second Blast Kills Many.
The second explosion was more Sc.
we're than the first, being felt in all
parts of the town, and it is feared
that so or 60 names have been added
to the death list. Miners and citizens
rushed to the east shaft, where they
were joined by the relief workers who
were driven from the west shaft
which was also caved-in by the explo-
sion, and all set to work to dig out
the entombed men. Penetrating a
short distance the rescuers came upon
James Case, who was lying uncon
scious in the level. He could tell moth
ing about what happened inside. as
he was badly injured.
1t is feared that all the miners were
either killed outright or smothered by
the after-damp. As all were volunteers
and their names were not taken when
they entered, list of the victims OF
the second horror will not be available
until house-to-house canvass of the
camp is made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-03
Probe OIL Inspection Department

St Paul, Mimi, Mar 31.-Attorney
that he would order without delay a
complete investigation of the state oil
inspection department.
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WeIl-known Merchant Dies.

New London, Conn, Mar. 30.-James
Hilsop, one of the most widely known
merchants of the state, died at his
home in this city Saturday, aged 81.