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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A Weeks EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT WORLD
information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal OF
the Busy Man.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Figures gathered by the bureau OF
statistics show that the average
American citizen consumes half his
own weight in sugar every year and
Uncle Sans sugar bill averages
$1,O00,0OO day.
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry,
commanding the American battleship
fleet, cabled the navy department that
the fleet made its departure from Co
lombo, Ceylon, for Suez.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the
government bureau of chemistry, rec
commended that the further importa-
ton of absinthe be prohibited
William H Taft, president-elect OF
the United States, announced the APP
pointment of United States Senator
Philander c. Knox of Pennsylvania as
secretary of state in his cabinet.
That the United States should have
the right of appeal to the federal su-
preme court as matter of right when
ever a conviction is reversed on ap-
peal by defendant to a circuit court
of appeals, is the opinion expressed by
Atty. Gen. Bonaparte in his annual re-
port, submitted to congress. He cites
of the reversals of the fine of $751;
100000 against the Standard Oil Com
pany.
The house of representatives by
unanimous vote adopted a resolution
requesting the president to supply it
with an evidence that may be in his
possession that will justify the state
ment in his last annual message in re-
lation to the attitude of members Of
congress toward appropriations for the
secret service of the government.
The senate adopted resolution for
an investigation of the inference IN
the presidents message that members
of congress fear the probing of secret
service officers.
Vt was authoritatively announced In
New York that the offer of cabinet
position to Congressman Theodore
Burton of Cleveland had been with
drawn by Mr.. Taft and would not be
renewed.
President Roosevelt sent message
to congress denouncing Joseph Pulit-
ger for the Panama canal charges and
saying it is the duty of the govern
ment to prosecute the publisher OF
the New York World for criminal
libel The World replied with an
editorial of defiance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
GRAFT COSTS LISBON $1,000, 900.
Big Scandal in Capital City Causes
Sensation in Portugal.

Lisbon, Dec. 22-The newly-elected
municipal council has unearthed big
scandal in the city's accounts. Over
100000 has disappeared. The for
mer monarchical councillors admit the
irregularities, but lay the blame upon
the government, which, they say, H.
legally took the citys money.
King Manuel has charged Dr. W. de
S. Pereira de Lima, former minister
of foreign affairs, to form cabinet,
the success of which, however, is
doubtful. Under the leadership of
Senior Porto, at one time minister of
was, the Francoists are recognizing
to fight the rotative parties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Explanations In Order.

William Kost, an inspector in the
office Of the city engineer, is usually
thoughtful and careful and he. really
wouldn't have embarrassed one of the
young women at the city hall the 9TH
er day if he could have helpedtit. He
had given her some cigarettd papers
to clean her ring and when she was
through with them he told her to keep
them She put them in her desk and
was duly grateful. 1t was week later
and the Office was full Of men when
be le0ked through his pockets for q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Railway Building.

Duluth.-The total increase in
mileage of the railroads in Minnesota
for the year ending June 80, 1908, &C
cording to the annual reports of the
various roads, is 1882 miles. For
the year previous the increase for all
the roads was only 80 miles, so that
the gain is large. The total mileage
of the state now, exclusive of terminal
and belt lines is S,16S.36 miles.
The largest increase was 1910
miles of a new line on the Duluth,
Rainy Lake and Winnipeg from Asha-
wa to International Falls. The figures
of the railroad and warehouse COM
mission show that in 1862 there was
10 miles of railway in the state. The
increases by decades are: 1900,
1882, 5,615, 1856, and in 1908, 8,16S
miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Minnesota Wins.

Minneapolis.-That Minnesota is
the state where wheat Is king is
proved by the prize the Minnesota
wheat exhibit won at the national
corn exposition at Omaha, where Min
nesota carried off sweepstakes in
wheat. Prof. D. D. Mayne of the agri-
cultural school received a telegram
from Prof. c. P. Bull announcing the
prizes.
Minnesota took first in clover and
first in oats, and sweepstakes in
wheat, which is great showing for
the state. Minnesota did not capture
anything in corn.
Prof. C. P. Bull and L. B. Bassett
of the agricultural school are the rep
resentatives from Minnesota, and
have charge of the Minnesota exhibit
at the exposition.
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Miscellaneous Notes.

Minneapolis Mileage of railroads
in Minnesota shows gain of 1882
miles in one year.
ST. Paul.-The good roads commit
tee Of the Commercial club decided to
ask the legislature for bond issue
of 100000 for good roads in Henne-
pin county.
Minneapolis. Emma M. L.
baire, singer, sues Minneapolis & st.
Louis road for $25,69350 as result of
automobile accident in which Gluecks
were killed.
Minneapolis. = Minneapolis police
have been asked to search for Lord
Herbert Russell of Bridgeport, Eng.
land, who disappeared from a Chi
cago hotel ten days ago while en-
route to Spokane.
Minneapolis attraction at the
Bijou' Opera House, Minneapolis, for
New Years week, starting Dec. %,
will be new melodrama from the
pen of Harry Clay Blaney, the author.
actor, entitled From Sing Sing to
Liberty" with Jack Doris as the star
Mankato.-The Caledonian Curling
club reorganized last night by elect
ing Thomas Thompson president
Theodore Just vice-president, and
George B. Owen secretary and treas
urer.
Minneapolis.-Not guilty is the yer
dict of the jury in the second trial Of
William K. Hicks, secretary Of the
Minneapolis board of education
charged with accepting a bride.
Washington-Ole J. Laqua has
been appointed postmaster at Puposki
Beltrami county, vice A. q. Smith, re
signed.
st. Paul. = Mrs. William Hunter
Doll, native of st. Paul and fol
many years a resident Of that city, and
best known in the Twin Cities ant
Washington as the wife of the late
Senator Cushman X. Davis, died sud
denly at her home in Washington.
Duluth. = William Schneider wal
found guilty of murder in the frs
degree here. He killed Frank Masss
pust, a settler near Ashawa, last Feb
ruary.
CloQuet-The educational depart
ment Of the Y. M. c. A. is boasting o
its large attendance
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
OBITUARY..

Maj. Orlando Jay Smith, president
and general manager of the American
Press association since 1882, died at
his home in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
James Clancy, said to have been the
oldest civil war veteran, died at the
National Soldiers Home in MiIwau-
kee, aged 100 years.
Donald Grant Mitchell, "a years old,
the well-known author who wrote un-
der the nom de plume ELK Marvel"
died at his home, "Marvelwood," in
Edgewood, suburb of New Haven,
Conn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Samoa Chiefs Threaten uprisinu.

Auckland, N. e., Dec 22.-Certain
chiefs of the native tribes in German
Samoa are threatening trouble. They
are preparing to hoist an independent
Samoan flag when the parliament of
the islands reassembles and contem-
plate appealing to the United States
and Great Britain to decide whether
this action is justified
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Cotton Report for 1908.

Washington, Dec. IA total of H.
1872, 115 running bales of cotton ginned
from the growth of 1908 to December
13, against 9,284,070 at the same date
of last year, and 27,269 active ginner-
les against 27,156 in 1907. were an
nounced by the census bureau in it's
report Monday.
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paper. He had none. He looked
through his desk and there was none
there. A bright idea struck him.
miss -" he said, will you
please give me cigarette paper?"
The men, most of them strangers,
looked at her in establishment.
"Yes," said she, "but really it's up
to you to explain"
He did.-Indianapolis Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Maine Sails fer Venezuela.

Fortress Monroe, Va, Dec. 22.-The
United States battle-ship Maine, flag
ship of the third squadron of the new
Atlantic feet, with Rear Admiral Ar
nold aboard, sailed Monday under
sealed orders for the south. She is
presumably bound for Venezuela
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Vegetarian Dies Aaer los.

Duukirk, N. Y, Dec. 22.- William
Ives, los years old, died at his home
in Fredonia Sunday after a brief i'll
ness. He was vegetarian and never
required the services of doctor until
within the last few months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
A Scheme That Failed,

Well-to-Do Patient (pleading pow
erty)-I hope, doctor, you will re-
member that I am a poor man, and
make out your bill accordingly.
Doctor Catering the figures) THAT
will make your bill exactly $42, in
stead of $40. / always add ten per
cent. to my bills against the poor to
make up for the proportion of them
that fail to collect.-Illustrated Sum-
day Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Tafts at AUGUSTA. Ga

Augusta, Ca, Dec. 22.-The Taft
family took possession of the Territt
cottage at noon Monday, moving from
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas,
where they have been guests since
their arrival here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Prominent Man . Suicide.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 22.---John Robb
Murdoch, "a years old, member of a
prominent East End family, committed
suicide in a private ward in Mercy
hospital, Monday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

AS soon as man begins to love his
work, then will he also begin to make
progreSS.-RuSkin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

This would be brighter world II
the people who can't sing wouldn't.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

This woman says Lydia e.
Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T. G. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 can truly say that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years I suffered
with the worst forms of female COM
plants, continually doctoring and
spending lots of money for medicine
without help. I.wrote you for advice,
followed it as directed, and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
1t has restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you should have
been in my grave to-day. I wish every
suffering woman would try it."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills.
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacementS, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try itp
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces fn
fammation allays pan cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

Those Tired, Aching Feet of Yours
need Aliens Foot-Ease. 25c at your Druggists
Write A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y. for sample.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25
Success.

Don't watt for the spirit to move
you; move the spirit.--New York
Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

When a woman has her hair fixed
up she is half dressed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching, Blind Bleeding or ProLruding Piles in
8 to IA days or money refunded. Soc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-25

Sober second thoughts are always
best for topper.
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LOVES SACRIFICE,

Watts de matter, Reginald, have
youse sworn off smokin'?'
eyes. You see, I'm engaged now,
and my fiancee objects to disagree
able breath"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
Six Successive Tremblings Felt
at Virginia City During
Twenty Four Hours
CLOCKS were STOPPED AND
DISHES and CRoCkERY SHOOK
People Fled From the Buildings and
Many Spent the Night in the Streets
Fearing q Repitetion Of the Former
Horrors.

Virginia City. Mont. Dec. 22.-six
earthquake shocks within the course
of twenty-four hours threw the peo-
pie here into panic, causing them to
rush forth into the street.
The first shock was the most severe
one. and during the time that it was
in existence, several clocks were
stopped and crockery and dishes were
thrown from shelves, while the win
dows ratified and the movement Of the
higher buildings Was perceptibls to
the occupants. It was this movement
of the buildings which caused the
panic among the people. Many peo-
pie walked the streets last night ex-
pecting a recurrence of the shocks
and with memories of other cities
tubled into ruins during the night,
kept the wakeful vigil.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
- GRAND FORKS n D TUESDAY DECEMBER

the previous relations that had exist
cd between my Mdee and Mr.. yelling
ton, saying that Wellington had main
tained q home for them on North ave-
nue.. I ordered him away and told my
wife, who had heard what he said,
that when she became we'll enough we
would give him . chance to prove his
statements.
my wife," continued DR.. Wilson,
was hysterfcal all that day, and In
the afternoon she made a full con-
fesston to me with respect to her re-
lations with Wellington. She told me
that he had had her educated at the
Lutherville seminary and that he had
paid all the expenses of their home
on North avenue and had lived there
with her mother and herself. She
told me she had q number of letters
from Wellington to her, and showed
them to me-"
Mrs. Wilson's Letters,
DR.. Wilson. again referred to these
letters when he said that once his
wife wrote, to Mr.. Wellington for
money and told him that unless he
sent It she would Send the letters to
his wife.
OOySSS0N NAOAc4I1y 10 tQlN, 0alQ
DR.. Wilson, "and iinally got her to
burn the letters."s
He said that he Tread some of the
Wellington letters Ind that in one of
them Senator Wellington said he en-
closed $3.50 for expenses of a trip to
New York for Mrs. Roherback and her
daughter.
The most dramatic part of the ply
sician's evidence came when he told
about returning toElis home at 1887
Edmundson avenue one afternoon.
This was at the time of the final sep
aratfon. - -.
Il found on entering the house." he
said, "a mans coat, collar and vest
In my office. Upstairs. 1 heard the
voices Of Mrs. Wilson and a man.
Well, seized my revolver and started
upstairs
DR.. Wilson paused for moment
and dampened his lips with his
tongue.
Half way up the flight, however"
he went on, Il came to myself. real
lied that If went on tragedy might
result. went downstairs again and
left the house."
Whose Money Was It2
DR.. Wilson said often his wife had
shown him money that he had not
given her and told him she did not
have to depend on him for support.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
OVER NIAGARA
Will Make Novel Attempt to Descend
the Mighty Cataract,

Ottawa, Dec. pa Niagara Falls
dispatch announces that Robert
Leach again intends going over Nj
agara Falls in June next in rubber
ball. There will be two balls, one
within the other. The outer ball will
be thirteen feet in diameter and the
inner one, in which Leach will
hazard his life, eleven feet in di-
ameter. The inner ball will be held
in position by four spiral steel
springs and sufficient oxygen will be
pumped into 1t to give the man bare
chance for life If anything goes
wrong.
The ball will be placed in the
Niagara river at Chippewa and will
float through the upper rapids over
the mighty cataract. An American
biograph company will take moving
pictures of the whole event.
Leach has been through the whirl-
pool rapids twice in eight days. He
went over the Cohoes Falls, Albany,
twice, and took a 75-foot dive off a
bridge at Arlington, N. Y. He is pre-
pared to wager $1,000 to $500 that his
June descent over the falls will be
successful.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22

! final SUMMONS
Bishop Michaud Of Burlington,
Vt, Diocese, Victim Of
!; Bright Disease,

4 New York, Dec. 22,-Risht Reverend
John etSphen. Michaud, bishop Of the
Roman Catholic. diocese Of Burllng-
ton. vt, died at st. vincent's hospital
here today, Of Bright's disease. aged
65 years. i The bishop arrived here
yesterday on the steamer Amerika
from France. whittier he had gone
two months ago IN a.vain attempt to
recover his health. All through the
voyage thes bishop was desperately i'll
and when the steamer docked last
evening he was rushed to the hospi-
tai In q dying condition.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
WOOD ALCOHOL
WAS TOO STRONG
.t
Attempts at Dilution Were
Abortive- Military Fune-
rails Followed in Time :.

Manila, Dec. 22.-seventeen SOL
,diers of the Eighteenth Infantry sta
toned at Camp Keithley, Mindanao,
are still i'll as the result of drinking
poisonous alcohol that killed ten of
their comrades on December 10. The
alcohol was procured by some of the
soldiers, who said they wanted 1t for
lamps. Owing to the restoration of
peaceful conditions in the neighbor-
hood, hunting leaves have been grant
ed frequently of late. A secret at
tempt was made to dilute the alcohol
and the soldiers drank the poisonous
liquor with fatal results.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
MURDERER Is "
"A Woman Of ss Years Shot to Death
by: an Oklshoma Man.

Vinita, Ok. Dec. 22.-J. T. Scott, 72
years old, was found guilty In the dis
trict court here today of the murder,
July 13, this year, Of Mrs. Myrtle MUIR
ray, 90 years old. Scott was sentenced
to q life term In the penitentiary.
Judge Thomas L. Brown pronounced
the sentence. This case has occupied
tie attention Of the district court for
the last week. The defense made q
plea Of insanity and Scott was tried
on the charge Of insanity. The Jury,
pronounced him sane. He was then
put on trial for the original indict-
ment Of murder, and the Jury brought
in 9 verdict Of guilty.
The murder for which Scott was
convicted was shown by the evidence
to have been most atrocious crime
and It ID believed that only the agree
ment Of his attorney to make no argu-
ment for him, after the completion
Of taking the testimony saved him
from the gallows. The evidence
showed that Scott had gone to the
home Of a.. i. Evans, brother -in-law
OF Mrs.. Murray, and there found his
young victim and with q Winchester
shot her to death.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
HONOR VS.. PROFIT
The Job Of President Is Not q
Money Maker.

The Job OF President Is Not q
Money Maker.
1 Washington, Dec. 2a-The prest-
dent let 1t be known today that while
he was not responsible for Senator
Bourne's bill to double the salary Of
the chief executive, beginning with
the next administration, he certainly
shouldn't veto 1t II 1t came to him
for approval
h It is pretty we'll understood that
President Roosevelt, in his seven
years in the white house, has just
succeeded in making both ends meet
and that he has done so by entertain
ing very simply. It has been his am
bition to make the white house most
democratic place, where wolf hunt
ers, poets and millionaires should
feel equally at home. And he has
come pretty near doing 1t. Washing
ton doesn't recall any other president
who could discuss nature taking with
Mr.. Abernathy Of Oklahoma and then
go out the next day and tell the
American Institute Of Architects
about the work Of st. Gaudens.
The Cablnet Not Always Pleased.
This democratic atmosphere has
IA ~ ~ y.
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been maintained to some extent by
the presidents luncheons, at which
most Of his entertaining has been
done. He is fond of getting all sorts
Of interesting persons about the white
house table and of inviting his cabinet
officers to meet them-to the frequent
discontinue of officials who aren't
prepared to discuss the habits of the
muskrat with the naturalist on one
side and the latest theories about the
Girondists with the historian on the
other.
But in addition to the luncheons
there have been, of course. numerous
state dinners, which are part Of the
job. The most elaborate one in the
Roosevelt administration was that to
Prince Henry of Prussia. which was a
great international affair. All OF
these have beer heavy drain on the
presidential stipend, though they
were not the chief executives private
business at all, and really belonged
In the government expense account.
II the state entertainments were to
be taken care of by a special appro-
priation the president feels that his
successors could get on comfortably
on the present salary of $4,000.
though they might not save any
money.
Roosevelt Didn't Need to Save.
President Roosevelt, fortunately.
hasn't had to save. He was man
of Independent means when he went
into the white house and 1t is believed
that his private income, added to the
profits from his writings, will amply
sustain him when he gets out. Other
presidents might not be so happily
situated.
The proposal to provide ex-presi-
dents with comfortable pension of
$4,000 or $4,000 year is heartily
approved by Washington officials
who are familiar with the difficulties
that have beset many chief execu-
tives after their retirement from Of
fee, when they were out of touch
with the world of law and business.
II such pensions were provided
then the presidents would be relieved
of the necessity of saving out of their
incomes and the country might be
spared the humiliation of forcing men
who had given it their best service to
struggle for living.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-22
CHIEFS GRAVE
Last Resting Place Of Sitting Bull Is
Left T1nm0Ieafod

Standing Rock. Agency, 8. D., Dec,
,22.-Deserted at last, even by the
dead, and on a lonely but commanding
hill along the Missouri river near
Fort Yates. s. d., are the earthly re-
mains Of Sitting Buffalo Bull, or SIT
ting Bull, that famous Indian warrior
that def1ed the arrayed forces of the
United States government less than
twenty years ago.
Only q wooden slab as a, headboard
lis there with the name Of Sitting Bull
I'm Indian hieroglyphics, and nothing
else to make immortal the sensational
career of this leader OF Dakota and
Montana Indians, who was murdered
on the banks of the Grand river, about
thirty miles south Of Fort Yates and
Standing Rock agency, In 1850, his
skull beaten into q shapeless mass by
butts Of muskets in the hands Of men
iof his own race. ~
! The removal OF the military and
private cemeteries at Fort Yates, or
Standing Rock agency, a. It IL better
known, which is responsible now for
the soliture of the once Indian war
rior, was entirely completed the first
part ofslast week by Mccarthy & Sons
iof st. Paul.
Fort Yates was abandoned az mill
tary post two years ago. and, III line
with the policy and sentiment of the
military branch Of the national gov
isrnment, the bodies Of the dead In the
abandoned posts were and are still b0-
;ing concentrated in great national
particularly In the north
west, as Custer Battlefield, Mont, and
KAnknk. Iowa. y The eiRhty-fiya h0df0a.