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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10

1t is not unusual for the noted Grim.
inals to cross the ocean ferry two or
three times before their identity is
noted. The law provides that any alien
felon may be returned to the place
whence he came if complaint is made
within three years of his landing in
the United States. After three years
he is beyond the power of the law,
and no matter if his record outruns
Herod he cannot be disturbed.
Italians predominant among the
criminal occupants of the detention
pen, and most of these are from the
south of Italy or from Sicily. Swarthy,
dark browed, with faces furrowed by
the records of evil lives, they are
closely watched on the island, al
though no special prison is provided
for them. They are carefully searched
for knives and stilettos. The turning
over of many of them to the immigra-
ton authorities comes through their
arrest by the police for some deed of
violence.
Hard to Make Case.
In order to make a case against
them it is necessary to have accurate
information as to when they came to
this country and on what ship. Ere
quently for lack of definite informa-
ton and evidence of previous guilt it
is impossible to deport criminals
against whom the police believe there
is a strong case. The differences be-
tween the local and the federal views
of the matter led recently to the criti-
cisms made by Col. Bingham against
the immigration authorities.
Among the occupants of the deten-
ton pen recently were several immi-
grants with long records Of crime.
There was Benedetto Tordini, for in.
stance, who had stabbed man in San
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10
THEY GROW.
Good Humor and cheerfuIness from
Right Food.

Cheerfulness is like sunlight 1t dis
pels the clouds from the mind as sun
light chases away the shadows Of
night.
The good humored man can pick
up and carry off load that the man
with a crouch wouldn't attempt to
lift.
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago / was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was in bad condition.
"But 1 was young and did not want
to die so / began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. / used
to have nervous spells which would
exhaust me and after each spell 1t
would take me days before could sit
UP in a chair.
81 became convinced my trouble
was caused by coffee. I decided to
stop it and bought some Postum.
"The first cup, which I made &C
cording to directions, had soothing
effect on my nerves and liked the
taste For a time 1 nearly lived on
Postum and ate little food besides. ]
am today a healthy woman.
"My family and relatives wonder
If I am the same person was four
years ago, when / could do no work on
account of nervousness. Now l am do
ing my own homework, take care of
two babies-one twenty, the other two
months old I am so busy that hard
ly get time to write a letter, yet l do
it all with the cheerfulness and good
humor that comes from enjoying good
health
Il tell my friends it Is to Postum
I owe my life today"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read ''The Road to Well
yille." In pkgs. There's Reason"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10

as they should when attention was
called to them.
Mr. Watchorn makes an equally
emphatic denial that the charge Of
Gen. Bingham had any substantial
basis, so far as the administration of
affairs at Ellis Island is concerned.
1t is a fact, aside from the contro-
versy that the depredations of desper-
ate criminals from abroad, the major
ity of whom are Italians, has become
a menace to the state. Even admitting
that the present immigration laws
were enforced at every port with the
utmost efficiency the whole system of
dealing with the foreign criminal
seems weak and ineffective.
1t is habit of first-class passengers
to inveigh against the offensive
idiocy' of the questions propounded to
them by the immigration inspectors,
such as Have you ever been in
PRISON." Have you over been an in
mate of an almshouse?" and the like.
The objection on their part is based
on personal grounds because they
consider the questions unnecessary.
Such questions propounded to the
steerage passenger bent on evading
the law border on the futile. The only
punishment that can be melted out to
the person who perjures himself is ex-
clusion from the country. He rarely
returns to his own land to make an
other attempt to gain the coveted do
main. He knows that the Inspector is
charged with finding out the very
thing which he wishes to conceal and
exerts all the ingenuity within his
power to checkmate the attempt to
delve into the past.
On Their Own Testimony.
Yet the main dependence of the au-
thorities is the hope that the inspec-
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which are greatly in favor of the i'm
migrant.
All Supposed Innocent.
Cali immigrants in coming to this
country" said Mr.. Watchhorn, "are
supposed to. be innocent, and it is
something opposed to the genius of
American institutions to suppose that
every man is guilty and that he must
prove that he is innocent. So the i'm
migrant is welcomed here and the op-
portunity of citizenship is offered to
him. He is supposed to be man of
good character until something devel.
ops which proves the contrary"
Altruistic as is this attitude toward
the immigrant, as interpreted by the
commissioner, the inspectors within
the little latitude which is given to
them seek to find out as much as they
can. On each sheet of the manifest
of the steamship are 80 names, and
their owners have answered every in
quiry propounded to them. Age, sex,
calling and the like are duly set forth
and the immigrant is required to state
whether or not he is polygamist, an
anarchist, contract laborer and
whether or not he has ever been in
prison or been an inmate of an aims
house.
May Make Few Mistakes.
If within three years to come immi-
grants who have been admitted are
found to have been criminals before
they came to this country there is
long black mark made against the
record of the inspector concerned, and
if his errors accumulate he is likely to
be dismissed from the service.
Under the present law the inspectors
who chance their positions on their
judgment proceed to large extent by
dead reckoning. Sometimes American
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10
Gazetteer Humor,

Many specimens Of unconscious hui
NOR are received by the editors of that
monumental work, the new Imperial
Gazetteer of India. A district was
said to be IAN extensive rolling plain,
consisting of alternate ridges of bare
stony hills and narrow fertile valleys"
An interesting item of natural history
was afforded by the remark, ''the buff
falo differs from the cow in giving a
milk which is richer in fat, in voice,
and in having no hump.
Globe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10
Restaurant Prize Seat.

A novel method of advertising a
table d'hote has been invented by a
New York restauranteur. Every Sat-
urday night he selects certain chair
in his restaurant and places. its num-
Der in sealed envelope in charge of
the cashier. All the guests select
their own seats. The person who is
lucky enough to occupy the selected
chair receives, as a present, hand
some gold watch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10
Evidently Strange.

"a gentleman to see you, sir" an
nounced Mr. Struckitt Wright's new
butler
"Ah-tell him I'll be down in min
ute. l guess it's my brother, proba-
bly,. I'm expectin' him. Does he look
anything like me?"
mo, sir-not at all. He ia very gen.
tlemanly in appearance"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10

few Gays which point TO the need OF
more drastic methods in keeping away
from these shores the horde of alien
felons, says the New York Herald.
Robert Watchorn, commissioner of
immigration at the port Of New
York, proposes novel plan by which
wherever it is feasible-and it could
be so in the case of Italy-foreign gov
ernments would be required to vouch
for the good character of every immi'
grant leaving their dominions.
Police Commissioner Bingham, in,
.dignant over the present conditions
with regard to the admission of for
eign criminals to this country, in
Weighs against the immigration au-
thorities, who, in his opinion, did not
deport the wrongdoers as frequently
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10
PeriIs of Fence Mendinq.

Perl1S or Fence WendIng.
II understand that member of con-
gress hurried home to mend his
fences"
Eyes. But he doesn't appear to
have made neat job of it. His pros
poets look as if he had gotten into
tangle with lot of barbed wire"
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HIS wheat WENT q
BUSHELS TO THE Acre.
NE REALIZED S18 PER ACRE FROM
IT, WHILE OATS GAVE HIM
$17 AN ACRE.

Moose Jaw, Sask., Nov 18th, 1907.
Writing from Moose Jaw, Saskatche-
wan, Mr.. S. X. Rathwall says:
Il have much pleasure in saying
that on my farm this year l had 500
acres in wheat, and 120 acres in oats.
My wheat averaged about % bushels
per acre, and l had 200 acres cut be-
fore the frost, which l sold at IS
cents per bushel, thus realizing on
that wheat $500 per acre, not count
ing cost of Irvine, seed and labor With
regard to the other 800 acres of wheat,
it got touched with frost but is worth
go cents per bushel. 1t will net me
$500 per acre, but I do not intend
to sell it at that price, as can make
more money by feeding it to hogs.
my oats turned out about so bushels
to the acre, and at 35 cents per bushel
will give me $1,000 to the acre, not
counting seed, Irvine and labor.
"On account of the late spring, a
percentage of the grain was touched
with frost, but on account of good
prices, farmers will realize a fair
profit on their farms even this year
We are as usual up against a short
age of cars to get our grain removed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10
A Good Point.

The critic is often hard put as he
stands between the work he is asked
to pass judgment upon and it's COM
PLEASANT creator He cannot always
get off so well as did the critic men,
toned in the Baltimore American.
There are some consistent features
of nature in this rural landscape" he
said, as he scrutinized the picture.
What are they?" asked the anxious
artist.
''The brow of the hill, which, I see,
is placed above the mouth of the
stream" was the Illuminating answer.
Youths Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10

EW YORK.-Crimes Of the
Black Hand, the murders
of the Malta and the Ca
mora, the assassination at
the altar of a priest by an
anarchist are events of a
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which are greatly in favor of the i'm
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
HANDICAP RACING
GETS TRIAL HERE
Readville Experiment Will Be In
augurated at BrightWOOd Next
Monday Afternoon.

The board Of governors Of the Bright
wood Driving Club has announced an
interesting program for next Monday
afternoon, when, tor the first time in
washington, handicap racing viii be in
Rugs.rated.
The experiment was tried recently at
sibilities. The hoard of governors of the
Brightwcod Club have famIIiarized
themselves with the method followed at
Readville. Every trOtting or pacing
horse in Washington or elsewhere Is
eligible TO enter upon payment Of $40
entrance fee.
Edward Daniels is stlu of the opinion
that Emory Stone Is the best ever. He
has matched him against Mr.. Richard
sons Bob r This event viii also be
pulled of on Monday afternoon. The
owners are TO drive.
Another interesting novelty will be a
goat race George GOodacre saw one
recently at county fair, and declares
Il the best ever. He has waNed so en-
thusiastiC over the matter as to order
silver cup OF ornate design to be
presented TO the Washington boy that
Quarter-mile dash The goats are TO he
driven 20 harness. Those desiring to
compete for the cup should address
Aleck Davis at the BrightwoOd Driving
Club, who viii also be the custodian OF
entries for the handicap race All en-
tries close Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock.
when the following handicappers viii go
10 work doping OUT positions for the
entrants: Dr. G T. Hadfeld, Thomas p.
Baldwin. Lee Dorsey, Jake Hillary. and
+. F. Hall.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
JOHNSON MATCH
GOOD AS SETTLED
Burns Breaks Long Silence and
Terms Named Suit the
Yankee Scrapper.

LONDON. Sept. E-With a match
with Tommy Burns n sydney, Aus
tralia, IN November al but clinched,
lack Johnson. the negro scrapper, today
began negotiations 10 suspend mis- music
hall contracts. SO that ne may sail as
soon as possible for Sydney.
Matchmel-el Hunter, representing the
Australian syndicate that is trying TO
bring the men together, has cabled
Johnson that Burns has agreed to fight
for a guaranteed purse OF SIS. 900, 10 be
divided on a 81 and 40 per cent basis
The Sydney syndicate Is willing 10 DO
this, and as Johnson is perfectly salts
fed with the arrangement. the match
is as good as made.
johnson today cabled Sam LangfOrd
in Boston that lie Will return from
Australia in plenty Of time to fight him
according to their agreement FItZpat-
rick is now arranging for the TIP 70
Australia. He expects 10 have Johnson
back in London by January to renew
his music hau engagements.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
BURNS AND NELSON
BATTLE TONIGHT
Man Who Beat Kid Sui
liYan to Tackle Hard
Customer.

BALTIMORE. Md. SEPT 17--"Fight-
ing Dick Nelson, Of New York. and
Soldier Burns. who holds the light
weight title of the South. are IN ex-
celent form for their fifteen-round set
90 before the Eureka Athletic Club
tonight at the CermanLa 1Iaennerchor
Hall
The required weight IS 134 poU~ds and
--ei-her expects trouble in mailing It.
Burns is the man who twice defeated
Kid Sullivan, OF washington.
II viii be the first appearance Of
Nelson IN this city The local boxing
fans have read a. lot about him. as only
having the better OF Willie FirZgerald.
recognized as one Of the toughest men
IN The ring. who has figured in some
larQ battles IN Baltimore.
IN siXty-tWO battles Nelson has had
but single decision given over him.
ana this was secured By Young kncbY,
"hoIa Nelson beat on Labor Day Mel
son says be was born az the same place
as Battling Nelson, in Copehagec- but
ne IS not related % the battIer. He IS
twenty-five years OF age, and has never
been knocked out
4 fast bout IS predicted I'm the semi
wind-up. rhe preliminary feature in
which Young Mack and Dummy DecEe-
VIII clash for six rounds Mack. who
mas beer boxing IN star bouts around
AeEes accepted the 80 with Decker. 50
as 20 show the boxing public That lie
snou-d be given q match before the
Eureka club with some good man I'm
the feature bout
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
M'FARLAND MAKES
BATTLER AN OFFER
Promises Nelson $4,000 for Six
Round Sknmish in Philadelphia
Founders Week"

NEW YORK. Sept I7.-Harry Ed
wards. Of the National Club, Of Phila-
delDhia. has wired 70 Frisco Offering
Battling Nelson $1,000 for his end 10
box Packey Mcfarland nix rounds in
the Quaker City during Founders 20
week.
The offer. OF course. VIII be with
drawn shouhd Mcfarland lose TO Cross
here on October 2, but the dOpesters fig
ure the Chicago lad invincibIe in a six
round go Packey, while here some
time ago, said that when he boxed with
Nelson the latter was as easy 10 handle
as a lame pony, and thought that he'd
beat him IN ten rounds easily. He says
t.lat Nelson IS afraid Of him and prom
ises that IL the pair ever hook up che
Batter viii Se- the beating Of his life
Packey is going right along making
matches as though the match with the
East Slider was already decided in his
favor.
Packey,,s manager, Billy Gilmore, says
II should be even money that PaCkey
viii knock Cross out Wen; there will be
a barrel Of money at those odds.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
CANDIDATES OUT
FOR c. v. j. TEAM
Thirteen Hatchetites Answer
Coach Nelson's Call for
First Practice.

Candidates f=- the George Washington
University Football squad reportedato
Coach Nelson at Union League Park
yesterday thirteen strong.
The prospects at the downtown uni
versity this fau for an eleven which
will more than split eVcn ia an unusu-
ally hard schedule are encouraging and
the outlook yesterday after the first
workout was the brightest far several
years.
Although few OF last years veterans
have returned group or star players
from preparatory schools form q nu-
clcus around which a vast and heavy
team should be formed Whel the wealth
Of promising new material is whipped
into shape.
The men spent the afternoon yastc--
cay in passing the ball and in climber
i.Ig up" No strenuous work viii be IN
dulged In until afteT Saturday. by which
time the candidates viii be out in fun
force.
One Of the mast valuable recruits
from the outside is Hart. Technical
High Schools tackle. who will play on
the line. he IS an all around athlete
being baseball player and oarsman a.
well as gridiron veteran. He weighs
about 200 pounds and was one OF tho
mainstays OF the manual trainers
championship team.
Byrd the man who led l[aryiand AE-
ricultural ColleEls. in its fight for the
Maryland Collegiate League peEnant
for three years. viii probably be this
years quarterback at G. W. Z. Byrd
is heady player and unusually fast.
his work with the AgEies being the
feature OK the majority Of the games IN
which he played
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
GUN FACTORY TEAM
ROUNDS INTO SHAPE
Manager Huber viii Try to Book
Carlisle indians for a
Game Here.

The Naval Gun F.JctOry football team
is fast working into shape
The men are getting out 10 practice,
and team work is being rapidly develop-
ed New men ere sending in their appl-
cations TO join the squad and when the
team lines up against its opponents this
season it viii be football from the time
OF the whistle
Manager Huber is making arrange
ments 70 get the Carlisle Indians 10 play
the Gun Factory team in Washington
toward the end OF the season
on September 2S a ban viii be given
for the benefit Of the football team az
the Navy Yard Hall, and with the sub
SCI 9tiOns derived from this source the
men viii be fitted with uniforms. on
October the team viii play its first
game, when il lines up against the
strong team OF the WalbroOk Athletic
Club in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
Nothing to If Bat the Giants
According to These Figures

a three this
vantage Of t~entyht points in percentage Fug At this late
II
be
will the
vha
o
afford lose but
better Giants
the
at rate the
only o a
dIoseou
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

Rejoice, oh fans.
Next year when you go TO the ball
yard you viii be able TO tell who IS
playing IN every position. If you are
from South Carolina and the man in
Centerheld for the Athletics makes a
brilliant catch you won't let out \ wild
whoOp Of praise lOr ''ShOeIess'' Joe
Jackson, only 10 find later that you
have been wasting your breath yelling
over an achievement OF that distinguish
ed Yankee Danny Murphy
Such mistakes viii be avoided. be
cause President Ban B. Johnson, OF
the American League, has promised that
at the next meeting Of the league. which
will be in December, he will make a
special order Of business Of the subject
of having all changes wherein the line
up on the field IS different from the
batting order sold on the official score
cards, announced in fun before and III
the course Of the game
Credit Due Johnson
We have mad our own personal opin-
ion Of JohnsOn's policies and executive
ability in handling the details of the
league for some years. Most Of these
opinions have been adverse, and we
have stated them with a vigorous en-
thusiasm which has gained US no love
from him, nor have we sent him any
candies or viOlets trying TO overcome
the estrangement, but, we think credit
should be given where due, and so give
it most cheerfully in this case, as we
did when President Johnson stole a
march on the National League in the
matter Of adopting the double umpire
system.
We will have to slip it to Big Ban
that he has lie advertising instinct, and
is not slow TO adopt new schemes for
pOpulaTiZing his organization
viii Announce All Changes.
But. back to the score cards. There
is now every prospect that next season
when you buy a card at the Washington
or any other American League park,
you viii not be subjected to a petty
swindle about five times out Of seven.
II President Johnson has grasped the
idea fully, and he seems to have done
that very thing. the league viii adopt
a rule ordering the megaphone an
nouncer not only to tell who is playing
such and such a position, in case of a
change from the printed cards, but
also where he viii bat.
For instance, when Coombs was uuex-
pectedly injected into the Athletics
batting order in the game here last
Monday, we were told that he would be in
center, but nothing was said about
whom he was to follow TO the plate
Being q pitcher, and taking the place Of
"a regular Outdelder. there was a very
strong pro liability that he would bat
seventh instead of fourth, where Muir
ply had been sticking. But not a word
was said about his batting, and the
knowledge that he was to protect the
middle garden was not very Illuminating
10 a man who did not know all the vis-
iting players by sight. 1t would have
ben Just as easy TO say that Coombs
would play center and bat in Murphy's
place as Il was TO make the first part
OF the statement without the last.
Manager Generally Knows.
II a manager contemplates an entire
Encouragement Of his sluggers as a mat
ter Of policy, and not as a result Of an
accident necessitatng immediate and un-
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
ENGINEERS NEAR
CLOSE OF SEASON
Baseball Stars Will Try for
Football Team-Practice
Starts Monday.

On Friday the Engineer Corps station
ed at Washington Barracks viii play
the Q. =. O. team at Capital City Park.
and the residents OF northeast viii be
given an opportunity % See what the
soldiers from southwest can do in the
Hae OF baseball
Both teams are in excellent condition,
and Manager Ryan Of the bridge
builders is confident that his men will
win Sapp a-d Arnold win be back in
the game. the former IN first base and
the latter under the bat. IL IS thought
he has been laid up with a badly
wrenched knee ed under the doctor
care for the past week
The soldiers viii close their baseball
season on Sunday, when they play the
Nigilants from southeast. AS many OF
he baseball men are trying for the
football team It would be impossible
10 keep In condition for both games.
and Captain Buck Of the foot ball team
wishes the men cut for regular work
Monday. A new man for one Of the
ends has Iooued up in Purcell, who has
been showing up good for the past
week He is speedy and a sure tackler
from what has been seen of his work
10 date. StrattOh who played on the
soldiers team in 1906, has re-enlisted
and gyiI be tried out for his old position
as right tackle.
The first game IS scheduled for OctO-
Der 10, at either Fort Myer or the
Arsenal with Battery D Of the
Third Field Artillery. The strong Navy
Yard Gun Factory team VIII meet the
Engineers at the barracks on october
IT, Managers Of teams who consider
themselves IN the same class as the
soldiers can secure schedule games by
writing Manager Bell, Corps Of Engi-
noers, Washington Barracks