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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
WAGNER GIVEN CREDIT FOR
PLACING PIRATES ON TOP
Fans Falling Over Themselves Donat-
Ing to Fund for Famous
Ball Player.

Pittsburg Fans are tumbling over
themselves in their willingness to con-
tribute to the big fund, which will be
expended on one of the greatest ball
players baseball has ever known
Hans Wagner. Thousands of dollars
have already been subscribed.
At the time of this writing Pitts
burg is in first place, largely because
of Wagner's brilliant playing and hard
hitting.
The Pirates cannot boast of many
sluggers this season, but the team has
been batting very consistently as a
whole since it recovered from its re-
cent severe slump, and the bingles
have been on the timely order in
nearly every game. The team has but
two men in the 800 class of sluggers-
Hans Wagner and Roy Thomas. The
latter has been hitting better since he
joined the Pirates than for many years,
with the result that his name is now
emblaZoned upon the leagues roll of
honor as 800 hitter. Wagner is near
ly always above the 300 mark,
and, if he is not found leading
the league when the official figures are
given out at the close of the season,
many Pittsburg fans will lose their
guess. Wagner's record as batsman
has never been equaled, and it is never
likely to be.
The other day, "The Flying Dutch
man" made the two-thousandth safe
hit he has hammered out since he en-
tered fast company. Just think Of this
record! Two thousand times this won
derful exponent of the greatest of all
sports has come to the plate and land
ed safely on the ball. Not only has
he made this remarkable number of
hits, but his record as run-getter is
also marvellous. He has scored more
than 1000 runs in the IL years that
he has been in fast company, and there
is no doubt at all that he will have
passed the LOO mark before the close
of the present campaign. He has
stolen 500 bases, has taken part in
more than $500 games, and has been
at bat nearly 5000 times. His grand
batting average for the IL years, count
ing his present mark of .305 for the
present season is .347.
They say that Wagner is drawing q
salary of $4,000 this season from the
Pittsburg club. If that is true, can
anybody have the hardihood to say
that he does not deserve every cent
of it?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
EDOUARD N7CHELW

offer cup and a special prize, to be
bestowed upon an apparatus heavier
than air which fulfills the following
conditions:
Annual Cup-Each year before jan
uary 81 Except for the year 1909 the
Aero club shall fix the program of the
contest, which shall close the first of
January following. 1t shall decide the
dimensions of the track, the turning
points, the heights, ETC., and all the
conditions under which the flights
will have to take place along the
track, which must be a closed circle.
The winner is to be the flyer who, by
midnight of December 81, shall have
made the greatest distance on the
given track, either to France or in one
of the countries affiliated with the
Aero club. This record, to be valid,
must be confirmed by the Information
al Federation of Aero Clubs.
1.-The distance should be, each year,
double that of the previous one ira
versed by the winner. The winner of
the cup for 1908 should make at least
Farman in his latest record Of January
49,
This cup will be intrusted each
year to the aero club of the country
where the established, confirmed rec
ord has been beaten. by the greatest
distance.
''The prize of $4,000 francs will be
awarded to the victorious aeronaut.
"If in any year the cup is not
awarded, the aero club which has held
it up to that time will retain it, and
the $4,000 francs will be added to the
same sum the following years.
"The victor of the tenth year will
become the owner of the cup, and a
fac smile of it will be handed over to
the aero club of the country in which
the record was made.
1.-The trials are to be made in France
under the auspices of the Aero club OF
France; abroad, under the control OF
the aero club of the country where the
races are held, on condition that the
club is affiliated with the Aero club OF
France, and under the conditions
above mentioned.
Special Prize-If before January 1,
1918, flyer, plotting his two-seated
machine, occupied, makes the follow
ing record, confirmed by the Aero club
of France: Flying from given place
in the department of Seine, or that of
Seine-et-Oise, turning around the Arc
de Triomphe in Paris, then around the
cathedral at Clermont-Ferrand, and
settle on the summit of the Puy-de-
Dome-a prize of 100000 francs ($20,.
O00)."
These, then, are the prizes for which
Americans-or anybody else, for that
matter-are asked to compete. Far
man has made his kilometer-about
three-fifths of mile-only to quadru-
pie that distance two weeks later. And
now the Wright brothers, Wilbur and
Orville, of Dayton, o., flying over the
sand dunes near Manteo, N. c., have
made 32-mile flight, or 40 times that
far
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
MAD BEES ATTACK
MAN AND HORSES
THEIR HOMES UPSET BY RUN
AWAY TEAM, INSECTS STING
ANIMALS TO DEATH.
DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED
Farmer May Pay with His Life for At
tempt to Rescue Tortured Beasts
Victim Nearly Insane
with Pain.

Fresno, Cal.-Stung to death by
bees. That may be the fate of Robert
Stafford, teamster employed on the
]. c. Blame ranch, near Herman.
Thrown from wagon upset by rum
away team of four horses, the driver
was at the mercy of the Infatuated in
sects. Three of his horses are already
dead from the effects of the stings and
the remaining horse will die. Stafford
would have escaped practically un-
harmed had he not stayed to free his
team from the harness. This may cost
his life.
This unusual occurrence took place
while Stafford was driving home with
loaded wagon Of hay. No far from
the ranch house there is small field
used as an apiary by Blame. Some 30
or 40 beehives are scattered about
inside the Enclosure.
AS the team drew near the fence
something frightened them and the
horses, breaking from the drivers con-
troll, turned sharply across the road.
The hub of one of the wheels caught
the fence and tore down the entire
side. The shock turned the team into
the field and the horses, panic strick-
en- by this time, raced across the
ground, knocking the hives right and
left. Some 80 were strewn about the
field before the driver realized what
had happened.
Long before the entire number was
down, the occupants of the hives first
overthrow were buzzing angrily
about the head of the driver. Stafford
fought desperately with them, but the
stings increased, and yelling, the man
ran from the field, followed by the
insects.
He had beaten most of his pursuers,
when he heard the frantic scream of a
horse in agony. Then he remembered
his team, and Drawing the bees, start
ed back.
While battling to save his horses,
Stafford fought the bees with hat and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
A Queer Double PLAY.

That New Orleans club, of the
Southern league, is always doing some.
thing unusual. They jumped from
seventh to first position in 81 days,
and have been see-sawing back from
first to third place every day for a
week. The other day they pulled off
q queer double play. With man on
first, Mobile batter drove the ball to
First Baseman Williams. He chucked
the sphere to Shortstop Zeider at Sec
ond for force-out, but was unable to
get back to first for the return throw
for double play. Pitcher Sutor, Of
the Pelicans, however, was at hsst,
and Zeider's throw to Sutor beat the
runner several feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24

hands, managing to keep many Of
them away from him. AS he stopped
to unfasten the harness of one of the
horses that had fallen down, however,
the foe took advantage of his posture
and in a second fastened upon his
face, arms and person in such num-
bers that he looked like cluster of
bees in swarming time.
After a few moments of this agony
he could stand it no longer and fed.
Once outside of the field where they
had made their home most of the
bees left him and returned to the ami.
mails, still entangled in their harness.
A few still stuck to him, buzzing an
grily about his ears.
This, the man says, he did not no
tice. In fact, Stafford says he can't
remember much after going back to
save his team. His face was bloated
out of all semblance to that of hui
man being; nothing could be seen of
mouth, eyes or even nose. 1t was all
one pulpy mass, out of which
hundreds of tiny stings left by the
bees in their assault could be seen
sticking, their black points in vivid
contrast to the fast purpling visage.
Even the ears were sunk in level to
the sides of swollen cheeks.
His nerve completely gone, the man
ran through the fields to the ranch
house. Here he was met by Mrs.
Blame, the wife of the owner, who was
Mortified at the loathsome sight Stat
ford was almost insane with the pain.
Help was summoned and the man
taken into the kitchen of the round
house. Here, according to DR.. Long,
of Fresno, who was summoned as
soon as possible after the discovery
of what had happened, handfuls of
singers were scraped out of Stafford's
face and body. The man had been
wearing a thin shirt, which afforded
no protection against his tormentors,
and his body was as bloated and mis-
shapen as his face. His arms and
legs were enlarged to three times
their natural size, and every portion
of his body was filled with the stings
of the angry creatures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
TWO UhlPIRES NECESSARY
In EVERY BALL GAME
President kilfoyEe of Cleveland Club
Believes Arbitrators Make
Decisions Too Quick,

There isn't a doubt according to my
way of thinking as to the advisability
of having two umpires instead Of one
In every game" says President Kill
foyle of the Cleveland club
Good umpires, however, are scarce;
scarcer, probably, than good bali play
ers, and goodness knows they are hard
enough to find. Every American and
National league club is represented
by scout all season and tho 16 of
them do not find handful of new
players from April to October.
Probably Ban Johnson figures that
eight poor umpires would be worse
than six 'tolerable' ones, but it ought
to be possible to find four more men
in the O'Loughlin-S SHERIDAN Evans
Hurst Connelly-Eagan class. They are
good men and I am sure each one of
them has done his level best in every
game played.
Il think the trouble with most UNI
pires is that they give their decisions
too quickly. If they would all take
second or two to see the finish of a
play there would be far less fault
found with their decisions.
"The double umpire plan would
probably mean the appointment of
four new arbitrators, making ten in
all-or two extra men for emergen-
cies. There are six umpires now, Civ.
ing two cities in the league the bene,
fit of the double umpire system every
day. Even If only eight umpires were
on the staff it would be change for
the better In rare instances where
one of the arbitrators failed to appear
the arrangement would be no worse
| than it is now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
SIeepy Man Drops Off Train.

Trenton, N. J.-George Barlow, pro.
prietor of a hotel in this city, was re.
turning home on the Pennsylvania rail.
road the other night and fell asleep
soon after the train left Broad street
station.
The grinding of the brakes as the
train drew into the Torresdale sta.
ton partly aroused him, and, think.
ing he had reached Trenton, he
walked to the platform of the car and
stepped off. He landed heavily on
the stone ballasting and the train
sped on.
A few minutes later men at the sta.
ton heard Barlows cries for help and
went to his assistance and carried him
to the station. 1t was found that
his injuries were quite painful, but not
serious.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
ESKIMO FIGHTS POLAR
BEAR BARE-KANDED
SHOT MISSES FIRE AND MAN IS
SAVED BY COMRADE
AFTER BATTLE.

Dawson, Alaska.-The story of ter
rife fight between an Eskimo and a
polar bear is brought from the arctic
slope by Jujiro Wada, the Japanese
musher.
In the middle of December native
named Nigakuse was in his snow
house, when, on looking out through
the peculiar little place of exit, he
saw a polar bear. The man seized his
rifle and went out to give battle to
the great white animal. Thinking it
best to let the bear get within close
range and then to plug him, the Es-
kimo let the bear advance to within a
few PAGES.
Nigakuse raised his rife, took steady
aim, and fired.
The next moment he was Mortified
to realize that the rifle had failed in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Great Musicians Humility.

A number of letters of Richard Wag
ner, which have never been published,
are printed in the Berlin Neue Rund
schau. In one Of these Wagner's hum
BILE style is shown. 1t is letter to the
manager of the Dresden opera house
dated June 4, 1912, thanking him for
having accepted for production Wag'
ner's 'Rienzi." May your excellency,'
he says, make us happy with your
further good will, and he assured for
evermore of the most respectful es'
teen as well as the deepest gratitude
of one who has the honor to sign him
self your excellency's most obedient
servant" The man to whom this let.
ter was written was Freiherr Won
Luttichau.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND

Al Setback is clouting the ball at q
297 clip for Harrisburg, in the Tri
state.
Ball is letting down materially in
batting. This has hurt the Highland
ers severely, as the subinfielders
smuggling had helped them over many
a rough place in the road.
Maddox is winning long string OF
games. He looks like the wonder he
was touted, all right.
Mathewson keeps right on pitching
1905 ball. He seems to be fully as
great as ever.
Mitchell, one of the batting sensa
lions of last season, is hitting about
100 this season. The Reds are fall
ing back largely on this account.
Madison, Wis, has second base
man named Nee. Where are Hmm
and Ii playing?
Brown is not only pitching wonder
his life this season.
Aid. Diehl, the rich Cincinnati poll
tician, who plays ball now and then
just for fun, and managed to lead the
American association with the stick
last hitting .393-cut in again
at Toledo the other day, just to kill
time He made four hits by way OF
diversion.
Purtell, the young White Sox, is
getting along in fine style and is q
credit to the team.
Jimmy Barrett, the former Detroit
star, has batting average of .2S(
with Providence. He has accepted 81
out of So chances, stolen five bases
and got five assists from the out
field in 20 games. Manager Duffy
says that Barrett has proved a great
help to the Providence team.
Because Hardy, the Nashville play
er substituted for Seabaugh, wore tar
shoes in Southern league champion
ship game recently at Montgomery
Umpire Fitzsimons ordered the
game forfeited to Montgomery after
waiting the prescribed time for Hardy
to adopt regulation togs. Manager
Bernhard protested, and the league
directors will be asked to rule on the
decision.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Saws Williams Made the Browns.

Jimmy Williams made the ST.
Louis team. He is grand ball player,
one of the best in the world. Not
only is he a good mechanical player,
but he is one of the best and quickest
thinkers in the business. He has
made McAleer's team that which they
are to-day, contenders for the Amer
lean league pennant."
The foregoing was the high tribute
paid by Larry Lajoie to Jimmy Will
liams, the star second sacker of Nc
Aleers Browns. Williams is playing
the game of his life this year, and it
has been his wonderful work at bat,
afield and his great generalship that
have helped put the Browns at the
top of the heap.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Where the Urchin Scored.

The busy man stopped before an
office building and leaped from his
carriage. At the same moment an
ambitious urchin ran forward and
piped: "Hey, mister, kin l hold yer
horse?" mo, you can't" snapped
the busy man. won't charge y
much" insisted the urchin. Il don't
care about the charge" impatiently
responded the man, throwing blan.
ket over his bony steed. "My horse
will not run away" Gee, mister,
didn't think he'd run away" "No?"
mo, thought he might fall down."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
THE WIT OF WOMAN

trying to see what it is, Mr. Follans'
beef"
He came forward a little re
luctantly, being shy, while the girl
under the electric light, tilted her head
back and looked as demure as posi-
BILE. By degrees he came closer and
closer-and suddenly the girls face
diNpled in smile. Then he drew
back with a quick gasp.
why, how very pretty you are!" he
murmured in the tone of a man an
nouncing an important discovery.
And the ailing eye was forgotten.
Look for the cards about the mid
die of next month.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
statues and Posteritx.

How many statues we shall leave to
future generations! / imagine they
will not be a little embarrassed by
the number, and, as the glory OF most
celebrities is short-lived they will not
be very grateful to us for the legacy.
lie Petit Partisan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Dads Dilemma.

'I see your girl has a beau
EYES," said the damsers father,
"and 1 don't know just how to handle
the mutt Shall I be friendly with
him, and lose my dignity; or shall I
hold myself aloof and be considered
an old grouch?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
No Moral in This Story.

In June, 1898, poor man called at
the humble dwelling of a washerwom-
an on the West side. He said he was
starving, and she gave him half dol
lor. Nothing was heard of him until
one day last week, when he called
again and got another half dollar
Smart Set.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Earthquakes Cause Panic.

Several earthquake shocks have
been felt recently in the Kongo dis
.rict, Africa. There have been no
casualties, but the natives were panic,
stricken. Many of them ran for miles
and refused to return to their villages
unless they received guns and annuni-
ton
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Side stepping as an Art.

"What did the eminent virtuoso say
when he was asked to play?"
"Said he hadn't brought his music
along"
did you provide him with music p
Eyes; and then he said he couldt
play, after all"
What was his excuse?"
"Said he hadn't brought his piano
along"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Abandon Annual English Fair.

Owing to the steadily diminishing
quantity of wool grown in the district
and the poor prices obtained in recent
years, the annual wool fair, which has
been held uninterruptedly for over a
century at Hemel Hampstead, Eng.
land, has been abandoned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Ownership of Submarine Cables.

OWncrsnIp OF oupItidTiuc SdplcS.
England owns so per cent. of the
mileage ofsuDmarine cables, the United
States coming next with Is per cent.
and France next with per cent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24

Sufficient unto the day are the "a
hours thereof
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24

WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR CREAM.
Miller &c Holmes, st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24

In after years women discover that
mirrors are not what they used to be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
NM1I AR7ZE HOE11z4NlI TWIN

National
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
HAZY.

Publisher-The third chapter in this
manuscript is so blurred can't make
1t out.
Authorizes; that is where l used
London atmosphere. That is the fog,
you know.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-24
Stack Covers, Awnings, Tents.

Flags etc. For information and prices, write
American Tent & Awning Co., Minneapolis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-02-11

of 81, 200 and an addiiopal $40 90 for the expense OF each ourlal;
q T. Kirtlev M. d. proposed to fill said contract for the sum oil
81, 600. After due consideration OF the bids suomltteu' on mo"ou
it was ordered that the contract for the care OF the INDECENT Sr ch
and otherwise dependent poor of Custer county, Tor the year l9oo'
be awarded to Barnet b. Slick. -.
In the matter of the construction of a bridge across Big LOST
River at a point where the North Line of the NWf OF Secuon oV,
lTp. 6, R. 26 E, B NJ, crosses said river. At this time the ols
heretofore submitted were opened and found to be as follows
J. H. Baxter proposed to fill said contract for $4,000
Alex Burnett q Con Hurst proposed to NIL CONTRACT o SLoooO"
After due consideration of bids, plans and spec1ncatlonS' III DIS
ordered that said contract be awarded to j. H. Baxter,o on condltlon
that said J. H. Baxter file with the Clerk of this Board a good ana G
sufficient bond in double the amount of the contract that ne Will
we'll and truly fill said contract within 80 days.
In the matter of the application of o. Z. Davidson, praylnng, OF "a
refund on account of an enormously assessment maze III l9OO' Ii
this matter. it appearing to this Board that the said @. q. David
son had been enormously assessed for the year 1906 1t is hereoy
ordered that the Auditor draw a warrant on the Current Expense
Fund of Custer county in the amount of S25.o6, payable 10 y. u
Davidson, to cover refund on said erroneous assessment;
At this time the official bonds of Chas. Zlkey, Road Overseer OF
Road District No. 1, and of w. H. Smith, Road Overseer OF hoau
District No. {, we're approved.
In the matter of the application of j. II. Baxter, contractor Ir
the construction of a bridge across Big Lost River. near Houston.
praying for a 60 day extension of time in which to complete SAID
contract It. was ordered that said extension OF time be granted.
In the matter of the bonds of parties awarded contracts oy tnls
Board. At this time the bond of NJ. M. Sweet and }. ID. Baxter
were approved.
1t appearing to this Board that the Board of Trustees of School
District No. z enormously levied a tax of 5 mills on the $l.W OF
valuation for the year 1907, to create a sinking fund to pay the IN
debtedness of said district; that on the 18th day OF December, l9OI
the said School Board filed a written demand on theTax Collector
to cancel said tax on the assessment roll of Custer county, ldaho,
that said tax was enormously levied through inadvertance and mis-
take. 1t is hereby ordered that the Auditor of said Custer county,
Idaho, credit the account of the Assessor and Tax Collector OF said
county for the amount of aid tax levied by School District No. z.
and that all taxes and money collected for said sinking fund for
said school district be refunded to the taxpayers, who have paid
said school tax, and the Assessor and Tax Collector is hereby re-
leased from.all and any liability for failure to collect said tax.
The remainder of this day was consumed in acting on accounts.
Board adjourned till 10 o'clock a. M, Jan. 18th, 1905.