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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
PADDLES 2GO MILES
IN 4 SMALL DUGOUT
NICARAGUA PLANTER TELLS OF
ADVENTURE DURING HURRi-
CANE AND TIDAL WAVE.

New York.-A story of adventure
and mishap during the hurricane and
tidal wave that recently swept part
of Nicaragua was told recently by
Frederick Ball, an Englishman, who
arrived on the steamer Admiral
Schley from the West Indies.
Mr.. Balls plantation was destroyed
on October %. He then decided to
return to England. He set forth in an
Indian dugout on the River Kurinwis
for the city of Bocas del Toro, the
nearest sailing point, $50 miles away.
A dangerous stretch of coast had also
to be passed. Mr.. Ball used the oars
and a small mutton chop sail on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
journalism In PENNSYLVANIA.

We have taken wood, potatoes, corn,
eggs, butter, onions, cabbage, chick
ems, stone, lumber, labor, sand, calico,
sauerkraut, secondhand clothing, coon
skins and bug juice, scrap iron, shoe
pegs, rawhides, chinquepins, tan-bark.
dogs, sorghum, seed, jarware and
wheat straw on subscription, and now
man wants to know if we would send
the paper for six months for a large
owl. We have no precedent for refus-
ing, and If we can find a man who is
out of an owl and wants one we'll do
it.-Treverton Times.
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Price of Food Increased.

Increase in the price of grain and
foodstuffs throughout India has be-
come a serious matter on account of
the poverty of the masses and the low
wages paid for labor, according to a
report made by Consul-General Will
liam B. Michael to the bureau of
manufactures. He says that food
stuffs have advanced 40 per cent dur
ing the last two years in India; rents
from SO to 60 per cent.
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comes from. More than half OF all the
tonnage carried on the railroads -
the product of the 1ines-a third is
coal and coke. The soft coal tonnage
is enormous-a quarter of all the traf-
fic-because this is the great fuel IN
industrial plants from coast to coast.
Hard coal-the householders' fuels
a big item in freight, but not nearly
so big as soft coal. Manufactures
stand next to mine products in I'M
portance, with about seventh Of the
total tonnage, and in this class the
steel industry takes the lead. Lumber
and other products of the forest rank
third; agricultural products fourth,
with merchandise and miscellaneous
freight last. A 1,000-ton train, loaded
with freight in the proportions in
which the countrys freight tonnage is
divided would carry:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
SWAN DEFEATS SNAKE.
Zoo Crowd Watches Strange Battle
Between Reptile and Bird.

Philadelphia.-One of the prize
swans at the Geological Gardens al
most lost it's life in a fight with a
water snake Usually nothing is more
peaceful than the little lake on which
the ducks and swans swim placidly
about. The graceful animals were
floating upon the water with their GUS
tomary dignity, watched by line OF
men, women and children. Every now
and then one of the swans would duck
it's head in search of food.
Suddenly one which was floating
near the edge of the lake began to
struggle in the water. 1t seemed un.
able to raise it's head and swan
around in a circle, working its legs
frantically. Finally it pulled it's head
up for a moment and glimpse was
caught of a glistening body twined
about it's neck. Then the head went
under again.
Seeing their comrade in trouble the
other swans clustered around it, and
with the ducks and geese raised a
great cackling. Once more the swan
raised it's neck and again the body OF
the snake showing shining in coils.
The swan continued it's struggles and
finally struck bottom with one of its
legs. In another instant 1t was wading
out to the shore. The snake must have
felt that it was getting the worst of 1t.
and untwining itself fell into the wa.
ter and slipped away, while the
crowd which had been watching the
fight cheered the swan as if it had
been the conquering matador of q
bull fight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Dividends to Shareholders.

Having taken a look at the railroad
business from the viewpoint of the
100000 workers, let us see how it
looks to the $4,000 owners. The rail-
roads earned last year, gross, $780,
100000. The small end of the railroad
business is the passenger traffic. The
receipts from 9OO,OO0,O0O passengers
were $570,O00,00O. The average rate
paid was a trif1e over two cents a
mile. The figures show that the aver
age American made ten railroad trips
in the year of an average length of 80
miles, paying $3.50 for the service-so,
800 miles appears to be the average
yearly travel of the American on the
railroads. The railroads also received
more than $100,0O0,000 carrying mail
and express matter, mostly on pas
senger trains.
But the 100000 freight cars are the
big earners. They brought in 1,800,-
100000 last year, 80 times as much
money as all the gold mines of the
country produced, Az times as much
money as all the gold mines of the
world produced. Great is the Ameri-
can freight car, even if it does go
banging along on a fiat wheel! 1t
earned this huge amount of money by
sheer work, for it charged only three
quarters of a cent for carrying a ton
of freight mile. But even three-quar-
tiers of a cent a ton runs into money
pretty fast in the big way we run our
railroads. A 50-ton car, at this average
rate, earns 371s cents mile; this is
$1875 a mile for a 50-car train-and
in the 3,000-mile journey across the
country this runs up to $4,000. Big
cars and long hauls make possible the
low American freight rates.
A word as to where all the freight
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Share of the Owners.


A glance at the table at the begin
ming of this article shows that after
the railroads pay out of their revenues
40 per cent for wages, 25 per cent. for
materials, etc., and three per cent. for
taxes, there is still left 80 per cent. OF
the revenues. The creditors-that is,
the bondholders, spread all over the
face of the earth-owning $9,000,000,-
900 of American railroad obligations,
get 13 per cent. of the revenues, This
nets them 81 per cent. on the par
value of their bonds. There is still 10
per cent left. OF this IL per cent.
goes to the shareholders-the half mil
lion owners. They receive $500, 600
a year out of the $2,600,0 100000 earn.
ings, which nets them only SO per
cent ON their $S,OOO,0O0,00o of stock.
The other seven per cent. of the earn
ings. goes into surplus.
Such, in brief, is the story of the.
country's biggest business, the opera,
ton of 100000 miles of railroads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Boy Locked in Mail Car Three Days


Cincinnati = Orville Williams, II
years old, of Indianapolis, was re.
leased in this city from a locked and
sealed mail car in which he had been
a prisoner for three days. The youth
had crawled into the car at Kansas
City, hoping to beat his way to In
dianapolis, and while he slept on .
pile of empty mail sacks the car was
locked and sealed.
His pounding upon the door of the
car attracted the attention of men
working in the railroad yards, where
the car had been switched, and he was
released. Going to restaurant he
begged for something to eat. Com
PEELED to wash windows before the
restaurant keeper would give him
food, he climbed upon stepladder
and started to work. His weakened
condition on account of hunger caused
him to fall against the window and he
sustained an ugly cut on his hand. He
found his way to the City hospital.
where the injury was dressed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

The average yearly earnings of rail-
road workers is little more than
5000. A ten per cent. wage advance
means only $50 for each man, but it
adds $100,OO0,0O0 to the billion-dollar
pay roll-a sum equal to third of all
the profits distributed to the half mil
lion owners of the railroads in the
most prosperous year in their history.
Similarly, a ten per cent. advance in
freight rates, such as is now proposed,
would add $1S0,00O,00O to the revenue
of the roads, or more than two per
cent. on all the outstanding $8,000,000,-
900 railroad stock. The business is so
big that fractional changes in receipts
or expenditures, if spread over the
country, produce results of astounding
proportions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

rOadlng.
If all the railroads in the
country (there are $500 of
them) could hoard from day
to day the money they gather in for
moving passengers and freight, at the
end of year there wouldn't be dol
lar left anywhere else in the country.
Every piece of metal and paper cur
rency in the country would be in the
railroad treasures.
The railroads earn in year five
times the whole worlds output of
gold, thirty times this country's gold
output; they take in four times as
much money as the Steel corporation,
five times as much money as the gov
eminent itself-more money than is
represented in all our trade overseas.
It's a big business that takes in
$4,000, 000,000 in year; this is $1,000
600 a day-seven million dollars a
day!
And $3,500000 of this money, every
day of the year, goes into the pay en-
velopes of the workers. For half the
money gathered in by the railroads
half of this $4,000, 100000 a years.
the workers, share of this biggest of
American businesses. So in two years
the railroad workers receive in their
pay envelopes as much money as
there is in circulation in the whole
country.
Big figures these! There is the
humble trackman, usually an alien
from the slums of Europe, who dog
gedly obeys the orders of the track
foreman. Out of every 500 gathered
in by the railroads, six dollars goes to
him-fve times as much as goes to
the railroad officials The figures are
big, you see, whether you start from
the bottom or the top.
Let us see what becomes of every
500 received by the railroads in their
two-and-a-half-bill dollar business.
Workers on railroads d,7Oo,0Oo mem. s. 40
Dealers in railroad materials Chiefly
the steel and coal trades). .-........... %
The state (taxes) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8
Creditors hundreds of thousands of .
The owners 100000 investorsj .......... Il
For the surplus Improving the prop
erty) ........................... y
Total 800
Workers actually get $50 out of
every 500, for from the $25 paid for
materials trails, cars, engines, build
ings, etc. $40 goes to workers in
these industries Every time you
spend a dollar at railroad ticket Of
fee or freight Office, you are paying
so cents for wages.
A BiIlion-DoIiar Pay Roll.
Now let's see just how the $40 out
of every 500 of railroad revenue is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Chance Easily Made.

Five-year-old Helen was industrious.
ly hemming square of pink bingham
for dolls table cover. She held it up
and examined it critically. Mother"
she said, Il don't think this is very
stylish tablecloth. 1 guess I'll put
pair o. sleeves in 1t and call 1t a cor.
set cover."-The Delineator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Work for Athletes.

Bacon see western railroad is
going to put on a gymnasium car.
Egbert-I don't see the necessity OF
that. A man can have all the exer-
else he wants, and get in all sorts of
positions, trying to open the win
dows!-Yonkers Statesman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Notified of Mail Delivery.

For use on rural delivery routes
letter box has an electric attachment
which gives the alarm in the house
some distance away when mail matter
has been deposited within by the car
rior
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

ginemen, firemen, conductors and
trainmen, make up the third largest
railroad army, but they head the wage
list with $685., 100000 year. They get
received by the railroads.
Here is shown the makeup of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
Suggestive.

Patience-Don't you think she is ar
tistic?
Patrice-Well, there is something
about her face which suggests paint
ing.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

& buy Furs & Hides Write for catalog los
n. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

Mrs. windows Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces IN
fammation, says pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

1t Cures While You Walk
Allen Foot Ease for and bunons, hot sweatJ
eallous aching feet. Csc all Druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO OUfNINE Look for
the signature of E. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

The wages of these workers vary
from a dollar a day paid southern
trackmen to the five-fgure yearly sal
aries paid the heads of transconti-
mental roads. The average daily earn
ings of the officers and men of the
railroad forces is here shown:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

Sometimes a woman is known by
the company she avoids.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

Women are almost as absurd az
men are foolish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

Give some people their pick and
they'll pick flaws every time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

So much for how the railroads earn
81, soc, O00,0 600. Now let's see what is
done with all the money. Two-thIrds
of all the money received by the rail-
roads has to be spent to run them.
The railroads spent on, operation last
wear:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18

He who thinks only of himself hasn't
any too much to think about.
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Total operating expenses. -. 81. 75o. ooO, 900

Total operating expenses. 80. 81. 750. 900, 900
Included in this billion and three
quarters is the billion-dollar pay roll.
The other three-quarters is spent on
various materials coal and steel being
the principal items. The coal bill for
the locomotives is the biggest single
tem-$1S5, 100000. Besides the coal
bill, there is spent for locomotives
100000 on water, $6,0OO.O0O OH oil,
tallow and waste, and 100000 on
other supplies-more than 100000, 900
in all. The tie bill is big-$40, O00. 900,
bigger than the rail bill-$25, 000.0 600.
Stationery and printing costs $4,000
900, advertising $1,000, 900, wrecks and
other damage $22,O00,000, clearing
away wrecks $4,000, 600, killing and in
juring people $1s.OOO00O, insurance
$500. 000-and so on through a score
of items all in the millions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
In the Country's Greatest Bust
ness, Handling Five Times the
World 5 Gold Output, the
Worker Reapsthe Lion Share

distributed among the railroad work
ers:
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A BiIiion-DoIiar Pay Roll.
Now let's see just how the $40 out
of every 500 of railroad revenue is
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- HICAGO.-The biggest bust
ness in the country is rail-
reading.
Il If all the railroads in the
country (there are $500 of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-17
MERELY A REMINDER

Let us take q good square look ut that
deficit. in round numbers, Sixty Mil
lions, in exact figures, $50, 655, 992. 90.
1t has u familiar appearance. We have
seen something like it before.
Now if we wee to do ~ the republic
can newspapers and republican orators
did fifteen years ago we would point to
that deficit and say it is proof that re-
publican rule is ruinous to the nation
and to the people; that it proves beyond
peradventure that the republican party
is incompetent to conduct the business
affairs of the nation in u bu~siness-like
manner: that this very unbusiness result
of republican misrule disturbs conf
dence and unsettles business and pro.
duce panic; that n people cannot prosper
when the nation itself not only can't
keep even, but actually uns behind in
times of profound peace, that business
disaster is the natural result of republi-
can misrule, extravaganza and incom-
potency; that the only way to restore
confidence is to vote the Z. o. p. out of
power; that ruinous business methods of
the republican administration are
responsible for so many failures, for so
many men being out of employment,
for SO many business enterprises go,
ing republican" or into receivers hands,
(which is the same thing"
We could all say this and more with
out exhausting the philippines of republi,
can papers and orators from 1893 to
1893, but we refuse to do SD. We cite
these samples of &. o. p. calamity howl.
ing fifteen years ago merely as remind
ers.
We refer to the sixty million deficit at
this time because it explodes the foolish
boast of the Z. o. p. editors and orators
that panics cannot come under repub-
lican rule; that such II thing ~ Il deficit
is impossible under n republican admin
~istration; that prosperity is n blessing to
be obtained only by complete surrender
to the <. O. p, and because it shows up
the absurdity of the Roosevelt platform
adopted Mt Chicago n few weeks ago.
So let all good democrats he content,
take an opmistic view of the future. do
all they can to restore prosperity by
booming business and show to the ma
ton ut large that they belong to the
booster chorus in contadistinction to
the calamity walls of 4. o. p. editors and
orators fifteen years ago.-Columbus.
o., PreSs-P0St.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-17
Kern Welcomed HON.

John w. Kern, Bryan's running mate.
received n royal welcome Wednesday
night on his return to Indianapolis. He
was escorted to his home by u large pro-
cession. Two hours later he went to
the court with Vice president Fairbanks.
a large crowd had gathered and the two
men were loudly cheered.
Mayor Bookwalter presided and pre.
scented e-President Fairbanks who
made the welcoming speech. In his
remarks, Mr.. Fairbanks paid the fol.
lowing tribute to Mr.. Kern:
Il admire you rs u friend, brother and
fellow citizen and rejoice with Won in
the great distinction which your party
has been pleased to confer upon YOU by
naming you for Vice-P President of the
United States. Here political partisan
spirit frequently runs high. Our cam
paigns are usually waged with ardor
upon both sides, but we never fail to
applaud our neighbor though he differed
with us, if there come to him distin.
guished honors. We never withhold
from him an expression of IL neighbor.
ly appreciation.
Your neighbors know that, no matter
how much men may disagree with your
political views, they respect your abili-
ty as II lawyer, your eminence as an
orator, your integrity rs II man, your
~uprightness as a neighbor and your adj
mirnble life within the sacred circle of
home.
Il cannot witch You success in your
cause. | can, however, express the
certain conviction that you will he
crowned with the increased respect and
personal confidence of your neighbors."
Mr.. Kern in his reply expressed his
gratitude to the people of indianapolis
for their kind welcome and said that it
would not be Il killing matter if he was
defeated i'll November us he was de-
feated before, but what had occurred
that night would amply repay him for
the toll that might he his between now
and November.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-17

A young son Of Mr.. Sasserno of
Palisade lost his life Monday while
swimming mt the Parry ranch. 1t il
not known rs yet whether he was
drowned or whether he was killed by
striking his head against q rock while
diving in u shallow pool.
Joe Farren, q mining expert for the
Glasgow Exploration company, arrived
from the east this afternoon. He came
to examine some mining property at
Gold Creek in which Col. Hyman is
interested. They left for Gold Creek
soon after the arrival of No. 3.
The - of the state W.. j. G. Nc
Kinney was before Judge Bruce this
afternoon or habeas corpus proceedings.
The defendant petitioned for his release
from Jail on the ground that the judg-
ment II commitment are defective.
The case was i'll progress when this re-
port closed.
1t is estimated that there is mt the
present time more than SEQ, OOO, 600
blocked out I'm one-twelfth of the known
mineral belt of Tonopah. Immense
plants are being erected there which
will oOn he converting this vast ore
reserve into bullion. The output of the
camp has been averaging 300, 600
weekly, but with the plants completed,
that amount will soon be doubled sew
eral times, for Tonopah gives promise
of becoming another ComstOck.- Ely
Mining Record.
Isaac McCamey, the young man who
raised y disturbance in front of the Elko
restaurant Sunday evening was fined
800 today with the privilege of serving
it ont in Jail at Fl per. day. Not having
the coin he will board at the %county's
expense. This should he Il warming to
other men. young or old, to behave
themselves on the public streets.
There are s"lne young men in town who
fill up ON booze and then post them
street and use til. most vulgar and in
decent language. These young men
should stop this dirty practice or they
will land III Jail. The writer will make
"a complaint against them if nc hears
any more of their foul language on the
street This is no idle threat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-17
Facts About Americas Metropolis

In New York City over $50, 900 people
work mt night. Coney Island is some
times visited by 500, 900 people n day.
1t has l32 department stores employing
over 10, 900 people. The population is
now 1880, 600. London's population is
500, 600 more, but New York is growing
seven times as fast MS the British me-
tropolis, and should become the largest
city in the world inside of ten years.
The population increases ut the ratio of
five to one, compared with the increase
of the rest of the country. There are
lie theatres and two grand opera houses
about 40, 900 people. In 1885
New York had only % millionaires: now
it has over 1000. Over $40, 900, 900 gal
Ions of water are used every day in the
greater city. \ child is born every four
minutes and IL death occurs every seven
minutes. The city contains 5000 law
yers, 5000 actors, 5000 actresses, 1000
artists, 30, 900 musicians. Is, 900 steno-
graphers go, 900 statesmen and sales
women, 1000 farmers, 1000 undertakers
and $50 female BARRIERS. No. 1 Wall
street is considered the highest priced
property i'll the United States. Several
years ago it sold for 300 a square inch.
The %trancient hotel population is figured
ut $50, 600 people II day. The hotel prop
critics are valued ut over $50, 0Ob. 600.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-17
S~almagundi
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

The Electric theatre has u complete
change Of program in this Issue. Read
it.
Fifty.tivc prisoners in the state
p%citcntiary ask for either pardons or
IL communication of sentence of the state
board of partlons which convened yes.
tcrdny.
Mr.. Dawlcy looks us il he had enjoyed
every minute of his Denver trip. He
had II way up time and was royalty
t.cntcd by everybody. He calls il the
trip Of his life.
Issue Griswold Of Starr valley was in
town last night. We are pleased to
learn that he has recovered from the
injuries he received by lning kicked by
u horse u few weeks x q.
Morris Leighton. II lad of some 10
years Of age and son Of George w.
leighton Of Alpha. Eureka county, and
q young friend were drowned while
swimming ut the Sadlcr ranch in
Diamond valley last Sunday.
a complaint was filed against Jack
Dolan yesterday afternoon, charging
him with tho murder Of Frank Whit.
takcr. Tho preliminary examination
will I've held as soon IN District Attorney
CAinc can gather the evidence In the
case.
Judge Brccn arrived from Eureka
last night to- hold court for Judge Brown
IIe will remain here the rest Of the
week IL there il any court business for
him to attend to. Judge Brccn says Inc
is we'll pleased with Bryan's nomin'
alton.
The democratic county cominittc met
last evening and made the necessary
arrangements for holding the primary
election for delegates to the Tonopnl'
convention. The result of the com
mittic's work will be found on the first
page If this issue.