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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
Jury Completes Work

The coroner's jury in the killing
of Laurenz Ropre concluded its la
bors Monday. The testimony adj
duced would indicate that Ropre
met his death at the hauds of Frank
Sadler. The main witness, Frank
Kern, who, it was noted, suffered a
convenient lapse of memory insofar
as the details of the crime was con-
cerned, was remanded to the county
Jail to await the action of the grand
jury as witness. From the eva
sive answers to leading questions
put to Kern by Coroner Gleason it
was evident he knew everything of
the affair and it was the familiar
impression that if Sadler was not
the guilty party, Kern was.
He was taken to Duluth yester-
day by Deputy Sheriff Gately.
During the time he was in the jail
here awaiting the coming of the
deputy sheriff, it is said Kern un-
bosomed himself to Chief Lamuth,
giving all the details of the crime,
Kern admitting Sadler the guilty
party.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03

Next Sunday the Ely boys Will
try conclusions with the local Finn
team for a purse of $50 side. The
two teams are confident of putting
up a game worth seeing.
The Gilbert team will play with
Winton Sunday on the Winton
grounds. Gilbert has a strong ag
gregation and it is their desire to
carry off all the base ball honors of
both ranges during the latter part
of the season. Gilbert shut out
the Ely boys in the game played
here a month ago. The known
strength of the Winton boys against
the Mesaba range aggregation is
proof positive of a good game.
Sept. II the Winton and Ely
teams will play a double header,
one here and one at Winton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
The Country College

Colleges in the larger towns and
cities have much to say in their cat
alogues ebout the advantages OF OBJ
tanning an education in the greater
centers of population. They ignore
the attributes of the human mind
and fly in the face of univeral hui
man experience when they claim
the city the proper place during the
unreasonable period used to gain
all education.
The advantages of the city, for
sooth!
An advantage to be tempted to
spend money? An advantage to be
tempted to spend time for other
purposes than study? An advan-
tage to sleep in stuffy little rooms
or paw exorbitantly for better ones!
An advantage to work one-th1rd OF
YOUR time for meals, if perchance at
all, or pay a greater price for them
than at the country college? An
advantage to pay out from three to
ten dollars a month for street car
fare? An advantage to study amid
the distracting noise and the MI
crobe-laden dust, and by artificial
light, in midday, in the city? An
advantage to be within the vulgar
sound of tumbling machinery,
Waterman guarded, to keep the
public from losing the only head it
has? An advantage to walk, at
safe distances, by the lavishly fur
nished, exclusively conducted Of
fees of millionaire corporations,
where clerks and officers are Sc
ouestered for business purposes,
and where visiting is absolutely
prohibited? An advantage to be
permitted to simply gaze at elabor-
ated entrances, pressed brick walls,
polished stone columns and trim
mings and loaded windows, know
ing we'll that admission to their
guarded portals is sternly denied as
are kept the salacious secrets of a
sultans seraglio? An advantage to
be thrown in company with boys
who know. the city, and who
spend msney freely, and who ex-
pect your boy to spend it as freely
or accept the embarrassing taunt or
sheer? An advantage to see, until
with them he becomes familiar, the
revolving immoralities paraded be-
fore his eyes in the streets and on
the avenues of the city? An adj
vantage to be wise" about life"
in a metropolis An advantage
to have learned the pace" so char
acteristic of young men city
bred"? An advantage to meet the
Haunted temptations of voluptuous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
BLIND PIGS"
Given a Severe Jolt by the
BreWeries

This week orders were received
by agents here from the breweries
represented, to discontinue selling
beer to FIVE places in the locations
designated as blind pigs" The
order comes on the heels of the re-
cent killing of Laurenz Ropre at
the boarding house of Frank Barle.
The management of the mines here
at once took the matter up with the
breweries and the above order is the
result.
Several places have been under
the eyes of the authorities and the
mining company for some time and
the murder was the last straw in
the affair. Five places were placed
under the ban and several more
will get what is due them later.
Those places affected by the late
order are the boarding houses of
Frank Barle, John Pusovec and
Frank Bergant in the Pioneer loca-
ton, and John Koshalk and An
drew Koprivnik in the Zenith loca-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
EXAMINATION
TO Fill Many Vacancies on
National Forests

An examination to fill vacancies
in the ranger force on all National
Forests in Dist. 1 will be held Oct.
rs and 26. From this examination
it is expected that 100 appointments
will be made in this District.
The examination will be held at
the headquarters of each National
Forest in the District, at the follow
ing places: Anaconda, Ashland,
Bozeman, Choteau, Dillon, Great
Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Libby.
Livingston, Missoula, Red Lodge,
Sheridan and Thompson Falls,
Mont; Grangeville, Kooskia, Sand
point and Wallace, Idaho; Au Sa-
Bile, Mich; Cass Lake and Ely,
Mimi; Camp Crook, South Dakota
and Newport, Wash.
While the examination is entire
ly along practical lines and know
ledge of field conditions rather than
book learning is considered essen
tial, the opportunities for those ap-
plicants with educational advan-
tages are considerably increased.
The rapid development of the Ma
tional Forests is making continu-
ally increasing demands upon those
engaged in their management, and
men with their ability to assume
responsibility and serve in supervis-
DRY capacities are in demand.
These more responsible positions
on the National Forests are filled
by promotion from lower grades,
so that anyone entering as ranger
is eligible for promotion to any of
the more responsible and higher
paid places, including that of For
est Supervisor.
Only those men who are at least
twenty one years of age, not more
than forty, of good character, tenn.
perate and in good physical condi.
ton, are eligible to take this exc
animation. The salary paid to be-
ginners is 5000 year.
Applicants can secure informa-
ton concerning the examination
from the District Forester at Miss,
oula, Mont, Forest Supervisors, or
the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
Not Pleased

Two Harbors Journal: The
twelfth annual picnic of the d. &
I. R. employees held at Eveleth last
Saturday was a farce from begin
ming to end. A large crowd went
up to the mining city on a special
train. The picnicers had reason to
expect that preparations had been
made for their reception but they
were destined to be stung" for alb
solutely nothing had been done.
None of the contests or games were
pulled off and the dance was flat
failure. Many of the things that
were said after the crowd returned
home would not look we'll in print.
1t is very apparent that hereafter
Eveleth will be cut off the visiting
list of future D. & /. R. employees
picnics. While there are some
mighty fine fellows in Eveleth who
did all they could to bridge the
gap, majority of the people look
ed upon the picnicers as intruders
upon the peace and quietness of
their town and were about as chilly
proposition as one would care to
meet up with. They would not
even turn out to the ball games
Had it not been for the bunch from
this city there would not have been
enough people in the grand stand
to form firing squad.
The less one says about the
1909 picnic at Eveleth the more
popular one becomes with those
who spent their time and money to
make the trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
Change in Tickets

Beginning with Wednesday,
September 1, new regulations re-
specting tickets went into affect on
the Iron Range. Heretofore stop
over privileges were granted on all
tickets sold and no extra charge
exacted for cash fares-where you
bought passage from the conductor
on the train. This is changed
No stop-overs are allowed. You
must travel continuously to your
destination. Furthermore, pen.
atty will attach to cash fares, FIVE
cents on all trips costing less than
fifty cents and ten cents on cash
fares over fifty cents. This penalty
however, is redeemable at any sta
ton. To avoid the penalty you
will be obliged to buy your own
ticket at the station before boarding
the cars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03

sin, seductively presented by the
lecherous occupants of the House
of Death? An advantage to an
nounce that you have lived in the
city when your prospective employ
er knows the temptations to which
you have been subjected, and the
faint that may attach to your char
acter by reason of your experiences?
These, all or any of them, advan-
tages? Geat Jove of Olympus,
they, every one of them, are on the
other side of the scale!
The leading men in business were
born in the country, lived in the
country, were educated in the coun-
try districts and country towns.
They know by association what the
country youths are. They know
by experience what the city youths
are prone to be. The doubt, in
their minds, is against the city boy,
the city graduate, and it is in favor
of the boy born in the country and
schooled in the country district and
the country town.
Do not be misled by the extrava-
giant claims for the city as a desir-
able place to attend college. Every
advantage, in point of the saving
of time and money, in point of
good habits, good health and long
life, the obtaining of employment,
and the certainty of holding posi-
ton, are with, and will forever re-
main with, the country, college
bred boy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03

Mrs. J. A.. Graves entertained
the ladies Friday at cards. A very
pleasant afternoon was spent. The
hostess served a most palatable
lunch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-03
VACATION ENDS
Pupils Will Get Busy Next
Week

has been divided into sub-districts
or school wards as follows:
LINCOLN ScHooL-West of 1st
Ave. and North of the railroad
track.
CENTRAL ScHooL-East of 1st
Ave. to 5th Ave. in the South part
of the city to Sheridan St. and then
West to 4th Ave. to the track.
PIONEER ScHooL-East of 5th
Ave. from the South side of the
city as far North as Sheridan St.
Then East of 4th Ave to the rail
road track.
For the first morning the child
rem should go to the room or build
ing to which they were assigned at
the close of the Spring term and be
transferred from there if necessary.
The hearty cooperation of all par
ents is solicited in making this divi-
sion. The management has only
the good of the schools at heart and
wishes to get things on a business
basis. Below is list of teachers
employed for the year. The Board
has given a great deal of attention
to their selection and think they
have as strong a corps as Ely ever
had. Give them royal welcome:
HIGH SCHOOL.
Ross B. Newman, Principal and
Mathematics.
John A. Wilson, Asst Principal
and Science.
Blanche Nichols, Latin and Ger
man.
Irene Patterson, History and
English.
Edith Barrett, English and Math-
ematics.
Charlotte Crary, Commercial and
Penmanship.
Harvey J. Scharr, Manual Train
ing.
Arthur S. Hotchkiss, Asst Man.
ual Training and Phys. Training
of boys.
Elizabeth Dodson, Domestic Sci
ence.
Edith Knowlton, Asst Domestic
Science and Phys. Training of girls.
Isabelle Brush, Music. and Draw
ing.
Marjorie Ewing, A Sth grade.
Signe Hanson, B 9Th grade.
Ida Odgers, A 9TH grade.
Susan Lyman, B 7th and A 9th
grades.
CENTRAL SCHOOL.
Hattie Subra, 9th grade.
Gratia Lyman, 5th grade and
Principal.
Elizabeth Sexton, 4th grade.
Emma Murphy, 3rd grade.
Leonore King, End grade.
Alice Meighan, 1st grade.
Katherine Clifford, Kindergar-
ten.
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
Florence Keefe, 9th grade.
Anne Schuyler, 4th grade.
Mable Alworth, A 3rd grade.
Adelaide Van Blarcom, B 3rd
grade and Principal.
Mary Meighan, A End grade.
Nellie Sheldon, B End grade.
Fanny Staples, 1st grade.
PIONEER SCHOOL.
Edna Graft, 5th grade.
Marie Schumacher, 4th grade.
Bertha Brubaker, 3rd grade and
Principal.
Emma Baribeau, End grade.
Selma Wikman, 1st grade.
Estella Gillian, kindergarten.
SAVOY SCHOOL.
Olive Galloway, upper grades.
Rena Schaefer, lower grades.
WINToN SCHOOL.
Fred B. Daily, Principal.
Henrietta Smith, intermediate.
Esther Hawley, Primary.
WHITE IRON LAKE SCHOOL.
Fred Mokros, Principal.
Minnie Pertulla, Primary.
Emma Kelley has been hired to
coach pupils throughout the grades
who are behind, and to act as a
substitute teacher.
c. H. BARNES, Supt.
Mrs. J. A. Graves entertained
the ladies Friday at cards. A very
pleasant afternoon was spent. The
hostess served a most palatable
lunch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
MUR0ER0US LUNATlC
KILLED BY MARSHAL
ESCAPED Maniac Runs ut Large " IN
Shotgun and Shoots Gown
Sheriff.
tny Associated Prcss} .

SHREYE. OHIO. Dec. l0.--After
mrrderins shsrR Bell. OF Holmes
county. running Wild for Is hours ana
rrc.izing the countryside. o. l..
Boiey. an escaped patient finn the
Masailon State II spital for the H.
sane. was fatally shot and captured
on the farm OF Il. 8. Wells, one mile
rerth of here tonight. Ira led by
posses fhcm Wore steT, Millersburg
and ether towns. Bolty ran into the
other traps ali day long. standing h's
purs uers of with his shotgun or ei,ia-
Ing them by feetncss of fott.
Just az nightfall. the Miilersburg
posse saw him running acrcss an open
Ii. ID, w. ). Hover. town marshal. call
upon him TO halt. ana then fred,
the bullet striking Boiey in the alb
domen. He fell 10 the grrund. but
fought sayagely. kicking. biting ana
scratching until overpowered. He was
brought here and later. while being
taken to Worcester 10 be placed In r
r. spital. died on the train.
Boley ran amuck Wednesday night
stayed all night st a farm house and
shot Sheriff u Il early the next
morning when the sheriff came to get
him.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Fur RETAIL TRADE
Near Advent Of Holidays curta;is
Operations ia Primary Markets.
But Help Retailers.

NEW YORK. Dec. iO.-R. G. Dun
& Company 5 W skly review of trade
tomorrow will say:
The near advent OF Ia holidays and
the close OF the year naturally cur
tails operatI- ms In NEST primary mar
k g.. though tai trade is CCare-
sDondingly augmented and eyern n
d.cation Points e very large d.s,ri-
buib Of merchandise
The difficulty exp rienced by the
steel mills in making prompt q NV
ries IS tho cacae TOR some atement
in the demand fer finished products,
wnis the lull - p-g Is Il buying rs
becoming mcre pronounced, proauc-
ton rapidly ovestakiEg consumrtiSe
requirements. Gotten goods are
steadier and larger purchases Of gray
goods have been made on contract.
Jobbers are buying in very limit d
way and are taking their semi annual
inventories. Advance business for
spring now being charged q better
than advance orders taken IN Tin past
four icbbing seasons.
NV business in , OTIS and shoes rs
lea in evidence. hut the business
shows 4 healthy improvement. Trade
In leather ccntlues quiet, but the
market remains in very strong posi-
tiCn.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
ICE CO.
FINED FIFTY THOUSAND
Conviction in New york ex-
pecied to Begin Breaking
Up of Monopoly
(Sy Associated PressJ

NEW YORK, Dec. le.-The Amerl-
can Ice Company was found "a ny
here today cf restricting compe;it- On
and in attempting a. or az monoL-
Oily OF the SAFE Oh Ice. The jury Was
cut one hour and 20 minutes AMI
when the foreman announced the yer.
dict the court ANN diRtely imposed
tn maximum Sentence of $4,000 inc
under the prCyisl- Ms CT the so csliea
Dcnnen anti-monopoly law of this
state.
The sigulfiance of tne verdict IS
net 70 much in the relatively trivial
amount OF the fine imposed as in n
intimation made ~ Jchn r. Stanch-
field. OF counsel tor the defense, that
finding against the company, winch
ne said supplies 100000 customers.
would make the first step in ITS ulti
mat d.-sclut. on.
The American ice Company. though
tried under the laws of New York.
was ind rporated under the laws Of
New Jersey for S40,000,000 and later
taken over by the Am rican Ice Secu-
rites Company of the sames tate. al
ter drastic organization. The
company has plants in New York,
Wash ng5on. Baltimore and Philadei-
rhia and has absorbed more hmafler
q mpanies along III, Hudson river
and in the Maine ice fields
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
LITTLE GIRL KIDNAPPED
ON LOUISVILLE STREETS
Authorities CT kentuc!y and indiana
Trying to Trace Captors of
Alma ke!nsr.
iBv Associated Pressy.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Lee. 10
Though story af;cr st.ry has been in
yestigated thoroughly by the Louis
= lie pcnce. the Whereabouts CT Alma
Kelner. eight years old, wne disap-
pcarcd ron her hone N Nednt day
remaiss unknown tonight Nothing
was accomplished today in tracing
the kiGnappers.
F. l.. Kemer. father CT Alma. SAID
he teiiev his daughter was looSibg
at toys in shop vind.ws wntn some
body l.rgd her away.
The child was returning home from
church when she was KIDNAPPED
The city has distributed 500 circu-
lars nerine an unspe CITED reward for
the recovery 4 tne child AID the en-
tire police forces % Louisville and OF
'sou:hern Irdiana towns are working
on the case.
Frank Fehr. millionair brewer.
uncle Of the Missing child. said that
ihc gisrs father WAS MT able 20 pay a
ian en- r Ana.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
Alarming Drought in Virginia,
West Virginia and Maryland.
STREAMS ARE GOING DRY
Power Houses Aieng River Courses
Are Seriously Handicapped, Being
compciIed to Shut ocnsn Part Of
Each Day-FsU Whes, stunted.

WINCHESTER. VA. Dec. ln.--The
drought which prevails an Northern
Virginia. West Virginia and Maryiaad
has become so serious as 70 occasion
alarm. No rain OF any o-rsequence
has fallen Ter SIX months. Streams
are go.ag dry whica wcTs never
known 10 fall before while the drying
up {. the wells and cistcr1s necefs'-
tates The hauling OF water in many In
stances for miles.
The wheat which was seeded the
ra.;t feli is making but little growth
wing to the entire lack OF moisture
IN the sci. The power house along
the river courses are seriously nandi-
capped.
They ar unsble 20 furnish the
motive force demanded AID are com
PEELED to shut down 2 part 81 sacn
dsy q accumulate a Sufficient head %
water 20 drive the turbines.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
SELF GOVERNMENT FOR
IRELAND IS PLEDGED
Premier Asquith Makes Prom
Use For Liberal Party Before
Monster meeting.
iBy ASSOCIATED press].

LONDON. Dec. ia. a monster
meeting IN Albert Han. Herbert Henry
Asquith, the British premier laid
down the policy on which the Liberal
government is appealing to the conn
try. he repeated what has Deen said
by other ministers-that if it were re-
tnrnei 10 p-wer the government would
demand the limitation CT the power
OF the House cf l.Oris-and then went
j step farther and pledged that the
Liberal party would grant seif-gOy
ernment 10 ireland.
The meeting was marked by the
great enthusiasm of an audience
v h.ch TILED the vast hail and which
was ccnlposea entirely + men. women
having been denied admission iB the
fear that there might be counter
demonstration by sufragettes.
Every corner of the hail had been
scar chcd during the day fer women
and small band Il them we're route |
out, nut they managed 20 get tw 3
male supporters into the meeting
>. H. met up1ed Mr.. AsQuith me nient-
ar.ly With cries OF vote fer wc.nen.
Ihcn Ihcy were promptly elected.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
BY BANK STATEMENTS
c5mptrolI.r Of Currency Finds m
eresses in Deposits Leans, U.s.
courts and Resources.
fpr Associatea Prrssl.

WASHINGTON, y. C. Dec Ia
An increase IN individual deposits II
s4o0. is. 322 In leans and discounts o.
sseS. 1887 and in total resources 81
sss4. siS.s4e. These are the Essential,
70 atures shcwn "a . statement tsstkn
~ the comptroller OF the currency
giving the c-ndition Of the national
hank of tn, United states on No
vcmoc. rs. the date Of the last re-
pcrfs 20 his Once this year. as com
JARED With the last reports made n
1905 IS 81 November e.
Leans and discounts Of the oarks
G, Novemb is amounted 10 s5afs,-
1875 and deposits. inci1diag these
made Sy individuals. the Chre1
STATS sad United states disScrs Ez
cfnces we're s5.ise.sis.Sss.
The percentage q , gal fssesyc -
scposiis on >~ecmle- IS Sas 1-.5t
a year ago. Banks In The sorsh maze
a stronger showing In the perce1.aee
~ reserve THAI ~ the time Of theu
roport 20 the cofnDtr-iicr IN -.spcfsc
&c hss call Tor condition IN sepfenDer
Tbs T. considered rcm1rFabie n
~iew Of fhe fact that bcfw 81 rep-
timber ara November iarre amc1rts
q. money always se drawn frc1 M
hanks % meet exps8scF incit rtei -
ne moving q The crops.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
As COMMON CRIMINAL
Raynor Would Have United
States Capture Zefaya.
RESOLUTION IN SENATE
maryIanders Proposes That President
be Authorized to Cause Niearaguan
Executives Arrest for Murder
Measures on Variety CT Subjects.
CBy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, d. G.. DC. 10
As an Indication CT activity in inter
est II legislation. senators today In
troducsd aore than $50 bills and res
clutions ccvering a great variety Of
subjects.
Many CT theg EeasuTeS failed OF
passage during the last congress and
ninety per cent OF them viii reeve
scant consideration this session.
MANY are for pensions that could
not Re granted unc r the general Jaw.
Standing o.; a. striking PROPOSE
ton vas a resolution By Senat5r
Raynor authorizing the President Of
the United states 10 cause President
2 laya TO he apprehendeG ~ a COM
ccsamoa criminal, charged with mur-
der 81 two American. engaged in
revolutionary activity in Mica
ragus. contrary 70 The co6e Of war Ct
ali civilized nations whicb would have
granted them a tral
Tho house was IN session l-T an
hear ard a hall AMI q large number
81 n assures we're introduced there
The Eos; striking feature Of the
PROCEEDINGS in that body was
speech ~ Representative KssteFman.
Of WIsconr-n. d nyiug the charge thta
his interest IN German shipping was
- grc-t a. 60 cause him 10 antlc-
onize a bill fcr the relief 81 toe Amer
icsn merchant marine.
Nr. Kreterman vas iu a jov.sl
numor and hi 81 cca wa generally
enjoyed. Senator Iorimer's success
Or en- the house. William J. I~xley.
vas sworn ~
Owing 70 the fact that no reports
have been made fTgm committee
both hous are Without subjects up
cn which to ierisicte
The senate thersf,re adjourned IN
~ Monday and tne house NTH Tues-
day
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
PROTESTS AGAINST
ACCEPTANCE or STATUE
Michigan Loysi Legion Doesu't want
lee IN tire National Hall cf
Eanr

WASHINGTON. u. c. Dec. I0--As
part q the fight being sssac
agains; the acceptance by toe gov
eminent e the statoc Of Robert Z.
lee a. permanent sGditioa 20 the
hau 81 fame IN che capitol building.
the vice-Drcsident To-Day did before
the senate a resolution adoYtcd 81 the
Michigan commaricry ~ ire Loya:
LeriC on November &
This resciuticn chaTacterizes ~ ar
Insult e. the nation tire suggestion
that n the statate 81 Lee b Triecsed
ty congress. Virginia VII withdraw
- hronzc statute u George Wash
ingfoa vhick accompanies g.
The commaniery protests vigorous
y against accepting the cf'gy q
Ice ir confederate uniform.