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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
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General Demand

Of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for it's remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Nailinq Him.


He-It's jolly nice to kiss one you
like.
She-(No answer).
He-That is, OF course, If she
doesn't mind.
She-(No answer).
He-If she gets mad it's altogether
another thing.
She-(No answer.
Held like to steal kiss now
She-(No answer.
He-If it would be quite safe.
She-Have you finished?
He-Oh, yes!
She-Then how can you make so
many fool remarks when you see that
I am alone and entirely at your
mercy?-Young's Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Contrast in Wills.

II. r. IL stated, the will of the late
duhe of Devonshire contains nearly
$4,000 words, it is certainly entitled
to rank high among long-winded tes'
taments.
Probably the shortest will on rec
ord was that of a Streatham gentle
man, proved a few years ago, which
consisted of the words: Cali for moth
er. c., T."-Westminster Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Must Not Chance,

st. Paul.-Insurance companies,
after Oct. 1, can no longer force firms
to employ night Waterman. The
insurance commissioner has ruled
that night watchmen riders cannot be
attached to fire insurance policies. He
has also eliminated the clause requir-
ing the books of concern to be kept
In an iron safe.
Following the advice of the attorney
general, the commissioner will also
notify the companies doing business
in this state, that it is illegal to re-
duce the amount of insurance in case
a vacant dwelling burns. The pre-
MUM may be increased, or a new
policy issued, but the amount Of in
surance cannot be decreased.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Attempt Jail Delivery.

Crookston, Mimi, Sept. o.
Through the vigilance of Sheriff Con-
yea desperate attempt to break Jail
i'm this city was completely frustrat-
ed. A number Of the most desperate
characters that have been in the Polk
bounty Jail for some time made plans
to get free from their cells, and when
the jailer made his nightly rounds to
fell him with an iron bar which they
had secured and then make a break
for liberty. That they did not sue
coed is entirely due to the watchful.
ness of the sheriff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
BAD ACCIDENT
Fell Into lncinerator; Duluth Man
Will Die.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 22.-Pat Tier
ney, teamster for the Zenith Paper
company, fell into the city garbage
incinerator and before he could be
rescued was so terribly burned that
he will doubtless die.
Tierney was dumping load of pa
per into the incinerator. The box on
ais wagon slipped off and Tierney
fell into the furnace with his load Of
refuse. Before he could be pulled
out his clothes were burned from his
hodY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Her Sole Client.

Fresno, Cal, Sept. 22.-The arrest
of Margaret Valdez, a young woman
who recently came from Minnesota,
on charge of using the mails to de-
fraud, is said to be due to the alleged
conducting of matrimonial agency
with herself as the sole female client
and attraction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Good Contribution.

Minneapolis. - Minneapolis again
demonstrated its willingness to come
to the aid of the afflicted and the
suffering when 1900 persons assem-
bled in the Auditorium for the
entertainment given for the suf-
ferers in the Iron Range district.
A sum of $330.27 was contributed to
the relief fund and most of it was
received at the conclusion of G. L.
Morrill's illustrated lecture in which
the sufferings and the miseries of the
fire sufferers were wildly portrayed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Hen Battles with Snake.

Figeac, France.-A brave little hen
fought and routed a rattlesnake ten
feet long at this place, after the rep
tile had made an attack upon her
chickens. The mother, seeing the rat
tier in the act of striking at one of
her little ones, flew at it desperately
and nearly pecked off its head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Will Return to Husband.

London, Sept. 21.-The Duchess Of
Marlborough, formerly Consuela Van
derbilt of New York, has decided to
return to her husband-for her chill
dren's sake-according to statements
of confidential friends, and the news
that the famous and beautiful duchess
will return to her husband with her
10, 100000 fortune caused great sur
prise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
State Fair Attendance.

Hamline.-Oficial figures from the
state fair show that the total attend
ance last week was 326,753, which is
greater by 40,125 than the attendance
of 1907. Tuesday was the banner day,
with admissions numbering 66,922,
while Saturday was the smallest, with
34,469. Reports of the sale of tickets
show the total receipts from that
source to be $162,7S1, or $32,31O
greater than for the 1907 fair. The
complete financial statement will not
be made for some time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
TWIN CITY MARKETS,
Minneapolis, Sept. 8

Minneapolis, Sept. 81
Wheat-No. northern, LOB; No.
e northern. 81 Oh; Sept. $1.OO1f. Du-
rum No. 1, 81. Oats-No. 3 white, 43c;
Barley. No. 3, 30. Rye No. 2. 72c:
Corn-No. 3. TIC. Flax-No. /. ST.. 81
Butter-Creamery, extra &c; firsts
Ice. Dairy, fancy 10; firsts, II.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
MINNESOTA NEWS
Items Gathered h The
Gopher State
Killed a Bear.


South st. Paul.-Driven from the
Northern woods by the forest fires
that are raging on the Mesaba range,
big black bear lost his way and ran
into South Park.
The bear was first seen in front or
A. d. S. Clark's residence, postmaster
at South Park. The animal was run
ming along with his tongue hanging
out and seemed completely tired out.
He ran down the bluff in front of
Clark's house toward the river, where
he quenched his thirst.
A small army of men and boys
armed with guns pursued the beast,
but Bruin managed to elude his pur-
suers until almost dusk.
The crowd of hunters increased and
about o'clock the animal was killed
by M. Mikkelson of South st. Paul,
who came upon the bear on the out.
skirts of the Park. 1t took only one
well directed shot from Mikkelson's
gun to lay the bear out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
viii Have Plenty of Water.

When New York city's Catskill
aqueduct is completed the city will
have water enough for population of
100000, without any GAUGE for sax-
iety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
Badly Burned.

st. Paul.-Joseph Crevenick, seven
years old, living with his parents at
903 Armstrong street, was terribly
burned, and If the burns do not prove
fatal it will be because of the timely
and heroic action of Mrs. A. Sommer-
hauser. AS the boy appeared on the
street with his clothing on fire Mrs.
Sommerhauser, with no thought but
that Of trying to save the boys life,
quickly removed her skirt, and wind
ing it around the frantic boy, eXtin-
guished the flames.
1t is possible, however, that assist
ance came too late, as the boy was
in a critical condition, the clothing
had been practically burned from the
upper part of his body, and his arms,
waist and the back Of his head were
badly burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
South ST. Paul Sent Of

South st, Paul, Sept. q
Cattle-Steers. $500 and 1915:
COWS $4.01 and $500. Hogs Sc. so
and So. Muttons, a. so: lambs
S6. so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25
EGOlSM.

Mistress-Bridget, it always seems
to me that the crankiest mistresses
get the best cooks.
Cook-Ah, go on wild yer blar1ey.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-25


Petersburg. The municipal admins
trations are under fire from all sides
for their criminal inefficiency in han
ding the epidemic.
Joseph James, the negro murderer
whose crime helped start the race
riots in Springfield, ILL.,, was convicted
and sentenced to death.
Dense fog in Chicago caused ac-
cidents on steam and street railways
that resulted in the death of two
men and the injury of many others.
Suit for the recovery of 100000
damages, alleged to have been sus-
tanned because of boycott, has been
begun against the United Hatters of
America by D. E. Loewe & Co., of Dan
bury, Conn.
John and Wilbur Patterson, charged
with holding up street car near Bos-
ton, Pa. last May and robbing II pas
sengers and the conductor, were con-
victed in the criminal court at
Pittsburg.
The average wages per hour in the
principal manufacturing and mechani-
cal industries of the country were 81
per cent. higher in 1907 than in 1906,
while retail prices of food were AZ
per cent. higher, according to the July
report Of the bureau Of labor.
The United States circuit court of
appeals at Richmond, Va, sustained
the opinion of Judge ]. c. Pritchard
in the famous case of the Flieschmann
Company and others against the South
Carolina dispensary commission, hold
ing In effect that state cannot con.
duct liquor traffic, that being private
business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
MOVES WHOLE TRAIN
Powder Explosion Near Kansas City
Blows Cars From Track, Kills Ono
Person and Injuries Thirty-five

Kansas City, Nov IA terrific ex-
plosion in the glazing room of tho
Excelsior Powder company, at Dodson.
ten miles south of Kansas City, this
morning wrecked a part Of the plant,
and overturned a Kansas City southern
passenger train standing on the tracks
near by. One person was killed, an
employe Of the powder works. and
thirty-five persons were injured Most
of the injured were on the train, which
was not badly damaged. Their hurts
with the exception Of one person, are
considered slight.
Mrs. ]. B. Donough, Of Fort Scott.
Kans., was the most seriously hurt,
having sustained internal injuries. The
injuries to the other passengers and
train crew consisted of cuts from
broken glass. nearly every coach win
dow being smashed by the concussion
of the explosion. The property loss is
$4,000. The glazing house and two
other small structures Of the powder
company werei demolished. 1t is not
known what caused the explosion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
Passengers in Three Sleeping
Cars Have Miraculous Es-
cape From Death.
HURLED FROM THEIR sERTHs
Men and Women E.o.p. From th.
Wrecked Cars in Night Clothing -
Train Crew Arrested fer Causing
Fatal Wreck at New Orleans = Fast
Train DeraiIed in Pennsylvania.

Rochester, N. " Nov IL, - Three
cars in the east-bound Twentieth Cen
tury limited, the New York CentraPs
fastest train, were throwrl from the
rails just east of this city early today
but strangely enough not one of the
many passengers that were hurled from
their berths was badly injur I'd. A brok-
en- rail is said to have cause d the acci-
dent
The train was running ABOUT twen-
ty-dve miles per hour wher the break
came. The train consisted Of six Pull
man coaches, and the three that were
buried from the tracks and turned on
their sides constituted the last half Of
the train. The third car i'll the train
was not ditched, altho its trucks were
broken. It was next to the three in line
that suffered the brunt of the shock
All the sleeping passengers were
thrown from their berths but no one
was seriously hurt. Men and women
scrambled thru windows and doors
with no thought of clothing other than
that which they wore when they turned
in for the night. Many passengers
complained of bad bruises and jolts. A
wrecking crew was at the Gene Of the
accident in short time, and the tracks
were cleared
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
POSTAL D[AC|1 IS
LARGEST ON RECORD
Increased Receipts Fail to Keep
Pace With Expenditures Of
Department.
PARCELS POST AS A REMEDY
Postmaster General Meyer Will Rec
ommend System as Best Plan to
Make Postoffices Self Sustaining
Argues That System Would Be Boon
to Country Merchants.

Washington, Nov. 12-Postmaster
General Meyer announced today that
the postal deficit for the fiscal year
ended June 80 amounted to $16,910, 900.
The receipts were $191. 100000, being
S,S94,OOO greater than the previous
year. The expenditures were $20S, $751;
900. The deficit Is the largest in the
history of the postoffice department.
Meyer said in his annual report that
he would call the attention of congress
to the fact that he is firmly con-
WINGED that the establishment of a spe-
cial local parcel post confined to rural
routes would tend to wipe out the pos
tai deficit and would finally make rural
delivery self-sustaining, besides being
of convenience to the farmer and a
boon to the retail country merchant"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
WOMAN A BOND swINDLER.
Mrs. Allen =. Read, Dynamiter, Ar
rested Before Phipps Episode.


Chicago, Nov 12.-Mrs. Allen F.
Read, who attempted to kill Mrs. Gene
We've Chanler Phipps and the latter's,
child with dynamite in Denver last
Monday, and Mrs Alice Cheney
Brown, who was foiled in a big bond
swindling deal in Chicago just a week
before, are believed by both Denver
and Chicago authorities to be the same
person
Mrs. Read was taken In an attempt
to extort $4,000 from Mrs. Phipps. Mrs.
Brown was intercepted in an attempt
to escape with $4,000 worth of bonds
which by means of a fake check she
had purchased from Babcocl1. Rushton
& Louderback, stock brokers in the
Rookery.
Detective Frank Repetto of the Aud
itorium hotel, who captured the wom-
an with the bonds and compelled her
to yield up the loot, says she told him
she was Mrs. Allen F. Read, the wife
of a Denver physician. The woman
who threw the bomb at Mrs. Phipps
was identified as Mrs. Allen F. Read,
the wife of a Denver druggist.
Mr.. Repetto further states that ne
found in her possession a bottle Of
morphine pills, which he attempted In
vain to take from her as he feared she
might try to poison herself as result
of her excitement. A bottle of NOR
phine pills was found in the possess
sion of Mrs. Read in Denver.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
TRIBUNE AGAIN SOLD
Des ioines Democratic Evening
Newspaper Purchased by the Reg
ister and Leader-Has Been Losing
Financial Venture.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 12.-The Des
Moines Daily Tribune, democratic
daily run by George Huffman and F..
G. Rinehart, was sold to the Register
and Leader today. The Register and
Leader will take possession Dec. j..
and change the politics of the paper to
republican and issue a daily evening
edition. The company expects to spend
$4,000 in establishing the paper. The
new paper is TO be printed in the Reg
lister and Leader building. The con-
sideration of the sale is not known.
The Tribune was established eighteen
months ago by c. d. HELEN, who re-
Gently sold to Rinehart and asso-
ciates. The paper has been a losing
venture and the new owners let go Of
it at the first opportunity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
Campaign in Bad Condition.

(F'rOm the Baltimore Amef1Cdn.J
Pegasus is spawned, the Muses. have
become domiciled in some old ladies'
home, the Tyre is hanging from the will
low In mistake for a plum tree, and
'.all the daughters of music have been
brought low if the character of the
campaign poetry is to be taken as
criterion Of the state of poetry in gen.
eral. But it is necessary to infer that
the fine frenzy has vacated the attic.
and abandoned the midnight taper of
the odist in general. 1t is rather to be
inferred that the electric glare under
which the sweet singer Of politics has
to work has proved uncongenial to the
gentle muse. Whatever the explain
alton, the fact remains that the cam
paign Tyre sounds with jangling
strings, the songs of the laureates of
the parties are for the most part a
mass of glibbering idiocy, and march
without feet, without inspiring syl-
tables, without form or fire.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
REACH NO AGREEMENT
National Association Of Base Ball
League Factions Adjourn Without
Settlement of the DifficuIties-eolt-
ing Leaders Leagues to Anticipate
New York Meeting.

Chicago Nov. 12--National Associa-
tion professional base ball clubs ad-
journed without date today, leaving
breach between American association
and eastern league on one hand and
other minor leagues On the other, un-
bridged.
The adjournment came following
two hours Of sporadic conferences. the
net result Of which was to develop an
appreciable degree of conciliatoriness,
without technically approaching set
tlement. President Powers of the
Eastern league, in addressing the So
called regulars" declared himself in
favor Of organized base ball, but rep
resentatives of his association did not
attend the meeting. President OBrien,
Of the American association, remained
aloof, and both the boiling leaders
declared their intentions of leaving the
city 4on early afternoon trains, on the
grounds of private business. Both
leagues, 1t was stated, will anticipate
the New York meeting arranged for
Dec. s, by preliminary meeting at
Buffalo next Wednesday. Both sides,
at adjournment, suggested that the
other appoint committee to conduct
further negotiations, but both sides
likewise wanted the other to make the
first move in this direction. The reg
ulars" pointed out that the differences
might still be carried before the ma
tional board of arbitration, but it was
deemed unlikely. The. "bolters" would
take kindly to this idea, as their de-
mand for the control of this board was
the rock on which the association split,
when *'bolters" demanded that they be
given control of it.
The committee appointed yesterday
by the regulars" to confer with the
national commission was perpetuated,
while Harry Pullian, of the commits
sion, said that the members of the
commission were willing to talk in
formally with representatives Of the
"secessionists'' in their individual ca
pacities, but not officially.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
Explosion in Colliery at Hamm,
Germany, Attended With
Terrible Results.
500 MEN ARE STILL ENToMREu
No Hope Of Saving Lives Of the I'm
prisoned Workers-seventy of the
! 400 Miners Rescued Alive-Thirty-
I Seven Dead Bodies Recovered Up
! to Late Hour.

Hamnl, Westphalia, Germany, Nov.
12.-There was an explosion Of fire
damp in the Radbod mine this morning
which probably will result in very
heavy loss Of life. Already twenty
seven bodies have been brought to the
surface and 800 men are still under
ground in grave peril.
Four hundred men we're working III
the pit at the time of the disaster.
About seventy of them have been
brought to the surface. OF these q
majority were more or less injured,
and one has since died. One hundred
and fifty men are in shaft No. 2, and
1t is believed they are all doomed.
No Hope for Entombed Men.
A total Of thirty-five bodies had
been brought to the surface up to 4
o'clock this afternoon. No hope is en-
tertained for the 800 men still below
the ground.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
YOUNG wATTERsoN KILLED.
Son Of Louisville Editor Falls 110 Feet
to Death,

New York, Nov. 12.-Barvey w.
waterson, lawyer and younger son Of
Henry watterson, editoE Of the Louis
vile Courier Journal, plunged to his
death from the nineteenth floor of his
office building at 81 Wall street late
Yesterday afternoon. His body shot
downward for 40 feet and landed on
the roof of ten story building adjoin-
ing. Almost every bone vras broken
and the head crushed, and death was
practically instantaneous.
While there were no eye witnesses to
the tragedy, evidently 1t was entirely
accidental. Mr.. Watterson's hat and
coat were on his closed desk. Presum-
ably he had attempted to lower the
window, and either stumbling over the
radiator, which was in front Of the low
SILL or losing his footing in some man
ner unknown, pitched forward and
down to death on the roof below. The
body was removed to the Watterson
home after the coroner had declared
that the death OF Mr.. Wat.erson was
due entirely to accident.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
NO INSULT TO FLAG.
But Celebration Over Taft's Election
Ends in Riot and Jail.

Ends in Riot and Jail.
Washington, Nov. PA celebration
of the election of Mr.. Taft by three
Americans at Granada, Nicaragua, on
the 4th dnstant ended in q riotous
gathering and demonstration which re-
suited in a local dispute over the treat
ment Of the American flag.
Minister Collidge, in reporting the
affair 10 the state department, states
that three Americans, who led in the
celebrations, were Joined by Nicara-
guans, to one of whom they finally
turned over the flag, and this man.
with the flag in his possession. was la
ter arrested. The local authorities ex-
plained that there was no intention to
make the arrest because Of the mans
connection with the celebration, but
that he and others who were placed in
Jail had been connected with rfotous
acts and some Of them were plotting
against the government, one advocat-
ing annexation with the United States
In a spes sch The incident is regarded
as closed. The Nicaraguan officials
have assured Minister Coolidge that
there IVES no intention Of mistreating
the stars and stripes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
TO RETIRE MUCH CIRCULATION.
Nationsl Banks May Cancel All Bills
Issued Aqainst Certificates.

Washington, Nov. 12. Secretary
Cortelyou issued a circular letter to
a;tional banks having treasury certifi-
Gates of indebtedness on deposit to
secure circulation, calling their atten-
tion to THE fact that the provision OF
law limiting the amount Of circulation
which may be retired in any one month
to $4,000, 5000 does not apply ito the cir
clilation based on the treasury GER
tificates issued one year ago, and that
the whole amount Of $14,000,000 might
be retired at once If the banks desired
to do SO. The secretary is Of opinion
that a large part of the whole s14,000,-
900 will be retired Immediately.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
AS to Mr.. Maugham.
New York Sun)

They were discussing the proper
pronunciation of the name of w. Sons
erset Maugham, the new English
dramatist, who suddenly burst on Lon
don few months ago with four plays,
and whose "Jack Straw" is now being
given on Broadway.
sThat name is pronounced tMawn.' :"
declared one who had been in London.
"No, it's surely 'Mawum.' opined
somebody else.
"'Mahm' is better" declared anoth-
er.
@why not 'Muggum? said one who
inclined to the facetious.
And they grew quite heated about
it.
.Why, of course it's 'Mawm.'
"Rats. It's Mawum.'"
'sNo-'Mahm'
"'Muggum' by all means"
Until finally one who had done moth
ing so far but show signs Of growing
impatience and ennui suddenly brought
his fist down on the table.
"'Mum's' the word" he shouted.
That ended the discussion.