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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-21
Home Bakery
JOHN HUNTER, Prop.
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PIES, CAKES, BREAD,
ETC., Etc.
A Fine Line Of California
Candies, Fruits, Nuts,
ETC., Etc.
Draying Business.

Chris Eshleman has started draying
business. He is prepared to do all kinds
of hauling, delivering freight and all
other business in the draying line. Prices
a1I orders. Office at The Old Lumber
Office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-21
BORN

PUETr-In Carlin, Nevada, April II,
1909, to the wife of J. w. Puett, d
12-pound daughter.
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st. Margaret's Academy,

The academic class Of 1909 of St.
Margaret's academy is being congrat,-
ulated upon q program of music and
dramatic recitals recently given in the
school auditorium. The entertainment
concluded with the presentation of 4
comedy entitled Social Aspirations"
in which the roles were assumed by
Cecilia Donovan. Sara Cronin. Mary
Allen. Lillian Taaffe and Catherine
Sleavin. Other members of the class
taking part in the program were Flor
ence Egan, Florence Pomerleau, Mary
Lane, Mary O'Keeffe. Florence Deid-
rich, Mary Nightingale, Magdalen She,.
ton. Margery Lynch, Gertrude Franz
bach and Irene Saver
ST. Ceeelias club. assisted by Mrs.
Bret Taylor, vocalist. will give a Hay
On memorial program this Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 a'clock at the acad-
envy. The occasion for presenting tn,
program is to celebrate the centennial
of Haydn's death.
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back into stage life even for a few
months.
The whole new Ferris company will
be seen in the first production and the
Ferris admirers will nave an oppcr-
tunity to pick their favorites and see
whether they agree with Mr.. Ferris in
calling this the best company he has
ever gathered together. The actor
manager says he wants his last sea-
son in Minneapolis to be one whic.,
his friends can remember with partic-
ular pride--that he wants to leave the
stage lin burst Of glory"
THE Great Ruby" is the most stu
pendous of the Drury Lane melodramas
ever brought into the United States
and has the reputation of being the
most brilliant of them all.
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WITH THE DEAD
Thomas Dunn.

Through the capsizing Of the skift
from which they were fishing, Thomas
Dunn and Roy Wagner, both of Min.
neapolis, were drowned last Sunday
morning in Turtle lake.. which is 10
Gated a short distance beyond the J. j.
Hill farm. Several other boats were
on the lake at the time the accident
happened, but were so far away that
the occupants could not save the men.
Dunn was taken from the. lake still
conscious, but he died shortly after
reaching the shore, while rescuers
were desperately trying to resuscita,e
him. Later the body of Wagner was
recovered. The accident happened in
part of the lake which is included in
Ramsey county, and Coroner Arthur
W. Miller brought the two bodies to
st. Paul. They were later claimed by
relatives and taken to Minneapolis.
Mr.. Dunn, who had resided here for
some years, was 80 years of age. and
was engaged in business at 3O7 Wash.
ington avenue south. The funeral
took place Wednesday morning from
the residence, "a Hyland avenue and
from the Church of the Immaculate
Conception at o'clock. Interment at
st. Mary's cemetery.
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St. Anthony School.

A large and appreciative audience
was present at ST Anthony hall. East
Side. on Friday evening of last week.
when choice program was rendered
by the boys and girls of ST. Anthony
school. The bearing of the children,
their splendid training and the methods
pursued In giving them a sound prac-
tical education was matter of com
ment and qualification TO all the WIS.,
itors. whose praise of the Sisters and
their work was, of a most hearty aud
deserving nature. Following was the
program:
Tourists Waltz. Junior orchestra.
Chorus-"Playtime Land" No. 4.
Piano Trio. Esther Bauman, Myrtle
Walsh. E. Helbach.a -
THE. Drummer Royssv- No: I.
Piano Solo. Doris Hays.
THE Sunbonnet Drill Girls No. 1.
Recitation. Mamia Kierce.
Violin Solo. Earl Helbach, Piano,
Ethel Helbach.
Song-"school Is Over" Boys No. @
Pantomime-"HArk. Hark MY Soul"
Vocal Duet. Ines Hoy, Gordon Ma
loney.
Piano Duo George Azel Karl Kunz.
Violins. Frances Walsh, Leo Cody.
Song of the Daisies" Girls No. 2.
Recitation. Annabel Kiesner.
Piano Solo. Walter Parker.
Vocal Solo. Lila MCGOWAN.
Action Song-"Fairy Bells" No. 3
March" Junior Orchestra.
Vocal Duet Mildred Long. Abbie
Lennihan.
Piano Solo-NTargaret Lacey.
Song. Maurice Cunningham.
Piano Ensemble, Blanche Optergrovc,
Airline Mengelkoch, Gertrude Harring-
ton.
Dialogue. Margie Raine;. Emmett
Danaher.
Closing Chorus-"Hunter's Song"
Seniors. -
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which great preparations are being
made by Grand Knight John c. Shee-
han and his able corps of assistants.
Owing to the fact Of Decoration day
falling on Sunday this year, the men,
bers of Hennepin Council have decided
to make their annual ceremonies more
imposing than usual All members of
the council. including candidates, will
assemble at the club rooms, 1922 Njcol-
let, at 8:45 a. M. Sunday, and proceed
in body to- Immaculate Conception
church to attend 3 o'clock mass. The
largest class of candidates u2O) in the
history of councils of the order west of
Chicago will be initiated at p. m. at
Elks hall. Invitations have been sent
to all state councils and to several in
Dakota. Wisconsin and Iowa. A spe-
cial train from Duluth will contain 70
members of that council. The social
gathering of knights in Elks hall in
the evening will close the ceremonies.
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ments and is working to give a profess
sional tone to the production. The cor -
mittee has offered a prize Of two tict-
cts to the performance to the person
who gives the best name for the play
ers. The conditions are that the name
shall be representative of both socie-
ties.
Leo F. O'Donnell and Miss Hannah
Griffin have been. selected to sing the
leading roles. Mr.. ODonnell is the
barytone in the Immaculate Conception
church choir. and has appeared in sew
eral amateur operas and plays. He will!
play Gaspard. Miss Griffin will appear
as Minnette. She has had the soprano
roles in several amateur operas.
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The Story of Joan of Arc.

The living picture reproductions Of
Edwin Abbey''s frieze. 1.-THE Quest Of
the Holy Grail" has spurred the young
people of this city to- attempt to give
this year the Boutel de Monvel pic
lures of the life of Joan of Arc. The
recent beatification of the Maid of
Orleans makes the. selection especially
appropriate. The entertainment given
last evening and to be repeated this
afternoon at the Auditorium is for
the benefit of the fresh air fund. Rev.
j. M. Cleary Of st. Charles church
will tell the story of the martyred
saint. There will be appropriate mu-
sic to intersperse the pictures. Miss
Florence Harrison. who so successfully
presented the part Of Sir Gallahad in
the Holy Grail tableaux. appears in
the part of the Maid Of Orleans. She
is ably assisted by about 100 other
prominent men and women in the pro-
duction.
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each voter, but we could not enforce
it vigorously for fear of DISTINGUISHING
ignorant voters. Why, we found it
takes two or three minutes for each
voter to vote on the machines, though
the machine agents have been claim
ing that the deed can be done in 40
seconds.
George E.. Burns. the private de-
tective who planned the Minneapolis
! school board investigation and brought
about the grand jury report on s.hocl
board conditions, is dead. He died in
a Los Angeles hospital. where he had
been taken for lung trouble. George
Burns was 81 years old. He was a
son of w. ]. Burns of San Francisco,
| the detective who conducted the San
Francisco graft investigation. Ho
came to Minneapolis at the order of
his father. w. J. Burns was employed
b. those who began the Minneapolis
investigation. but he had no direct con-
nection with the case and the men who
worked in Minneapolis were unde: the
direction of George Burns.
Peace and harmony are conspicuous.
ly lacking on the board of education.
The president poses as a reformer and
tries to get high-salaried job for a
friend. Director Thompson loses his
temper and consigns a trusty employee
of the board to the Ananias club. NJ.
Falk Gjertsen interviews himself for
publication and hits Elwell below the
belt while Miss Mae Snow. instructed
by Attorney Manahan, boldly defies
the entire outfit to dismiss her sums
marily for "the good of the service"
No wonder that the best members of
the board are Disguised: that one of
them got married the other day and
another is going to Europe for the
summer. In spite Of everything the
schools are doing excellent work.
Fred B. Chute of the Chute Realty
Co., and a member of the board CT
education. was married last Wednes~
day to Miss Elizabeth Hawley. assist
ant librarian at the university. Rev.
J. M. Cleary and Rev. ]. C. Byrne Of
ficiated. The bride is the sister of
Alderman Hawley of the Second ward,
and when the latter was told of the
ceremony he is reported by the Tribune
to have said: She's no sister of mine
any more" Mr.. Chute is a Catholic
and his bride a Protestant and that &C.
counts for the expression attributed to
the alderman. 1t only shows that sin
cere, honest Protestants who have in
herited prejudices against Catholics fee,
about the same way as a Catholic
would if his sister married a Protcs
tant and had the ceremony performed
by Protestant minister. Mr.. Chute
is an honorable young man in every
way and moves in the highest social
circles. The many friends Of the happy
couple wish them every success in
their matrimonial career. :
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Meeting Of Alumni Association.

The Alumni association Of ST Paul
Seminary held its annual meeting at
the Seminary an Tuesday, May Is. Sol
emn. High Mass was celebrated In s..
Mary's chapel at 10 o'clock, and a..
noon, alumni. faculty and students
dined together in the refectory. At 2
o'clock the business meeting of the as
ISOLATION was held in the Aula Maxima
and the following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: President Rev.
J. c. Bvrne; vice president, Very Rev.
P. R. Heffron; secretary, Rev H. G..
Mccall; treasurer Rev. George Arc.
lander. A large number of the alumni
were present from all over the north i.
west and many Of them stayed until
evening to attend the meeting Of the
Catholic Historical Society, which WAS
held in the Aula Maxina of the Sem
mary.
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Tho Ferris Stock Company at tho Met
ropolitan.

Florence Stone and the Ferris Stool.
company will formally open the sum-
mer theatrical season in Minneapolis
this afternoon at the Metropolitan with
production Of THE Great Ruhy,'
which, it is announced is going to sur
pass anything that has ever been done
in stock in the way, Of lavish staging.
This is probably the last season the
Ferris company will ever be seen In
Minneapolis. Dick. Ferris is In the
capitalist class now and wouldn't have
been back this summer excepting for
a contract that made 1t necessary. He
has a dream Of living in Minneapolis
some day, but just now his business at
fairs on the coast are growing to a
point where he finds it dihlcult to get
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Knights Of Columbus Active.

Hennepin Council. No. 435. knights
Of Columbus. is fast forging to tho
front in point of membership. as well
as influence, great care being given
to the selection Of same, many appi-
cants being rejected. Quite a large
class. under the guidance of Gran'l
Knight Sheehan. received the first de-
gree at a meeting held at Columbus
hall last Wednesday evening. The sec
ond degree was also exemplifed on
that evening, Grand knight Stephen
son of the st. Paul council being in
charge. Fiske O'Hara. who appeared
at the Orpheum during the present
week, was among the visiting
brethren. The Elks hall has been Sc
cured for tomorrow afternoon for the
third degree. The social session will
also be held there in the evening, for
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Knights of tho Cross Banquet.

The Knights of the Cross to the
number of one hundred or more, to-
gether with their ladies, participated
in the annual banquet of the order
last Tuesday night at Donaldsons tea
rooms. The knights are young men
connected with Immaculate Conception
parish, and it is under their auspices
that "The Chimes of Normandy" will
shortly be staged. Frank ]. Williams
was POSTMASTER and the list of re-
sponses included Rev. T. E. Cullen, w.
E. Coskran, Edward A. Lamb, Ray
mond G. Fay, Edward P. Coveny, John
E. A. Kaeffe, John D. West and James
P. Coleman.
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MEMORIAL DAY..
Ceremonies at st. Mary's Cemetery
Next Monday.

The Memorial Day ceremonies at st
Mary's cemetery next Monday morning
will. be under the auspices of Henne-
pin Council, 435. knights of Columbus,
and Morgan Post. G.. A. r. The cere-
monies this year will be more impos-
ing than ever. The committee in
charge. with M. M. O'Farrell as chair
man, has arranged a very elaborate
program, as follows:
Procession at 9 a. n1.. headed by the
st. Thomas college band.
Firing Squad" st. Thomas college
cadets.
Members of Morgan post, G. A. R.
Auxiliary corps.
Orphan boys.
Sons of Veterans.
knights of Columbus.
At s:45 a. m. Requiem Mass will
be celebrated on the grounds. During
the services responses will be sung
by the Hennepin Council Choral club
EatrlOtlc songs ana decorating Oh
soldiers graves by the orphan boys.
Address by orator of the day.
Firing salute" by st. Thomas col
lege cadets.
The street car company has improv-
ed the track arrangements this year Sc
that all regular cars will go through
to the cemetery gate without chang.
or transfer, thus adding considerably
to the convenience of those attending
The Irish standard., 1909-05-29

After a. deadlock in the Illinois ,legis.
lature. lasting over four months, VIII
liam Lorimer was elected for the Unit
ed States senate last Wednesday OF
the 95th ballot. He got IS Republican
and SO Democratic votes. Senator Lor,
inner was born in England and corse'
quently cannot be considered presi'
dental possibility. Senator Hopkins
the present incumbent, received q
votes, while l.. ]. Stringer, the Demo
cratic candidate, received but % oul
Of the II votes instructed for him,
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FAIR WAS A SUCCESS.
Mrs. Robert n. coyIe Wins the Auto
in the Moments Contaat:


The bazaar conducted all last week,
and which closed on Saturday night at
the Lake Harriet pavilion, proved a
splendid success. About $3,400 was
realized and it means the erection Of
a new Catholic church. on which work
will begin soon, to be ready for uss
in the fall. The larger part of the
fund was raised by four women who
entered the prize contest for run .
about valued at $500. The women were
Mrs. Robert H. Coyle, Mrs. T. w. Saul,
Miss Marie shanks and Miss Mae Cam
eron. The prize was for the most sue
cessful solicitor of funds. Mrs. Coyls
was first with s1,226.27; Mrs. Saul fol-
followed with s974.7Q: Miss shanks was
third with $20s. and Miss Cam
erson fourth with s4s when the count
was made. Interest in the fair was
heightened by musical programs and
addresses given each evening. "A spe-
cial feature of the closing day at S
o'clock was the Marathon race with
over thirty entries and in charge of Ed.
Murnane of the Minneapolis post Of
flee.
st. Thomas parish was organized
last fall to meet the needs of the grow
ing district. The site for the new
church is York and Forty-fourth ave-
nues south. The ground has beer
purchased for the same. The new
edifce, it is said. will cost in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000.
Rev. Fir. O'Brien and the entire
membership of ST. Thomas parish feel
deeply grateful to the park board for
the use of the pavilion and the thank,
of both pastor and people are extend
ed to that body.
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ST. PAUL NEWS

The Shamrock club is still in the
social field and will give a. steamboat
excursion June 81. The course tho
club will take will depend on the river
and the weather. All success to the
Shamrocks.
The choir of st. Patrick's church
will give an arbor dance and ice cream
social on the evenings Of June Is and
II. Good music has been enga grd
and everything secured for the accom-
mediation of their patrons. The affair
will be held on Litchfleld avenue, be-
tween Rice street and Park avenue
The green side" Of Division No g.
L. A. to A. O. FL, entertained the gold
side" at banquet Monday evening"
Division No. 4. A. q. H.. was present
and participated in the banquet. The
halls were decorated in the colors or
green gold. The three halls were used
for the entertainment.
Division No. 2, IT, A. to A. O. H. met
on Wednesday evening at Hibernian
hall. 1t was the closing night of the
green gold contest. An interesting
program was presented by both sides.
When the scores were announced the
gold side was ahead by 147 points. Pc
sides the entertainment provided dur
ing the contest period interest was deep
in the increase in membership. Over
80 candidates have been initiated since
the opening of the contest.
The Commercial Club will soon be-
gin preparations for the entertainment
Of the children Of the city at a Fourth
this year. Last year the flood pre-
vented the carrying out Of the clubs
plans and the funds which are still
in the hands OF the club treasurer will
be used for the celebration this year.
w. L. Seeley. secretary Of the club,
has been made chairman Of the corn-
nittee and will appoint several other
members Of the club to work with him
in preparing for the celebration.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Conley Pennsyl-
vanis avenue, will leave Friday morn :
ing for Marquette, Mich. accompanied
by their daughter, Mrs. F. w. Shonles
and her little daughter.
The marriage Of Miss Anna Ives to
Arthur T. Strauss took place. at ~
O'Clock Thursday morning at the home
Of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. c. Ives. Carroll street. Rev. Pat
rick Kenney Mortified, a relative Of
the BRIDES family, assisted by Rev
Ambrose McNulty, pastor of St. L,,kcs
church.. officiated. Miss Lima Ives Sis
ter Of the bride. and Charles Strauss
the groom's brother. were the only at
: tendants-
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ST. PAUL SEMINARY.
Meeting Of tho Catholic
Rhetorical Soojoty

The Catholic Historical Society Of
ST Paul held a. very interesting meet
ing at the ST. Paul Seminary last
Tuesday evening. Among those pres.
ent were Archbishop Ireland and Arch
bishop Riordan Of San Francisco. a
large number Of the alumni OF the
Seminary, as well as the faculty and
students. were also present. Rev. DR.
Schaefer presided.
Father Reardon read A. paper deal
ing briefly with the history Of the So
ciety and containing an inventory of
the documents and relics now In i:s
possession. He also closed the pro-
gram of the evening with a. very IN
teresting history Of the Father Mathew
Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota
Special interest attaches to the pa
per read by DR.. Schaefer on the his
tory Of Fort st. Charles, because Of
the discoveries made last year within
the former site of this fort on tho
shore Of the Lake Of the Woods. Whom
DR.. Schaefer finished this reading
Archbishop Ireland rose and made a
very interesting comment on the sub
tect. He had recently tried to pur-
chase the land about the historic site
of Fort st. Charles. This. however
was impossible. as 1t is still govern
ment land intricately bound up by
treaties with the Indian tribes. Yet
while in Washington recently he took
care to preserve this land from fur
Their dissertation. AS result Of his
representations to the government g
tract Of forty acres. including tn;
ground upon which old Fort st. Char.
les once stood. will be preserved per.
manently as monument land.
The following is brief resume 81
DR.. schaefers article, which will ap
pear in the forthcoming number o!
the Acta ct Dicta Of the Society:
Among the French explorers ir
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ture for 1926 guests chambers has been
ordered. amounting to 100000. Some
other items of the fitting up of the ho-
tel are: mechanical equipment 800.
900: marble and thing, 800, 900; silve-
ware. $4,000; mattresses and pillows,
$4,000; china and crockery. $35,OO0
The equipment for the kitchen and for
the steam laundry will next be or
dered. Charles ]. Owen, the manager
Of the hotel, who came here from the
new Hotel Aston, New York is i'm
pressing everybody he meets with tho
job"
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J. Adam Bede, ex-congressman ant
humorist. lectured in Duluth the othe
evening and took occasion to pra;s
the senators Of the nation who ar,
. K
now tinkering with the tariff and tax
Ing the dear people more than eve.
for the benefit Of the wealthy. II,
ELECTED applause by saying: "All tn,
newspapers in the world couldn't pub
fish the good things done in Duluth
in single day" Duluth is all right
despite the extravagant hyperbole Q
the funny man from Pine City.
The Irish standard., 1909-05-29

America during the eighteenth centut.
there was a native of Canada, Pierr
de la Verendrye. who made a. notabl
attempt to reach the Pacific ocean froY
Lake Superior by following up the wa
terways along what is now the north
ern boundary of Minnesota. WE
about fifty men. including three of III
sons and Father Westsaiger. S. J
their explorer established Fort s
Charles on the west shore of the LAX
Of the Woods in August. 1882. Fathe
Aulneau, S. T.. a second missionar:
arrived at the fort In 1885. After
winter Of severe privations a party
81 men started June S. 1886, for tn
post at Michilimakinac to obtain pro
visions. Every member of this par.
was murdered by a. hand Of Sioux In
dams on an island less than twelt
miles from Fort st. Charles, and sine
known as Massacre island. Account
differ as to the details of this TRACED,
as no direct testimony is availabl,
The bodies were found two weeks late
by a searching party of eight me
sent out by de la. Verendoye.
For several years following TIL
tragedy exploring parties from Fort s
Louis continued pushing on into t.,
west and the northwest. The Rock
Mountains We're sighted or New Year
Day. 1743. and Ia Verendoye himsel
with his sons. explored the course {
the Saskatchewan river up to TIL
forks. But the government of Loui
XIV was unwilling to supply the nee
essary funds and so the great objee
of this intrepid pioneer. the discove:
of the western sea, was never attained
In 1890 the letters of Father Aul
neau came to light and awakened ne,
interest in his life and in the histor"
of the expedition in which he wa
martyred.
In regard to the exact site OF Fo,
st. Charles knowledge UP to the Yea
1908 was uncertain. Since 1890 variou
exploring parties tried to discover TIL
spot. but 1t was not until last sum.
mer that success crowned these ef
forts. With the consent OF Monseisneu
Longevin, Archbishop of st. Bonifa-.
Manitoba. Fathers of the College q
st. Boniface sent out a delegation t,
the Lake Of the Woods in July 1905
Following hint given them by the In
dian chief Andakamigowinimi, th
party discovered the foundations @
three chimneys. pieces of wooden po.t.
human bones and number of nipple
ments. BY further c;gging they wer
enabled to trace the entire line Of post
which had formed the outer stockail.
Of the fort. During August ninetee
skulls and five skeletons were discov
cred. Other discoveries Of the $40
square so we'll with all that we kno,
of Fort st. Charles that 1t is diffirul
to withhold the conclusion that this
really the site Of the former Frenc.
post. 1t is within the state Of Mime
sofa. about two miles west Of ~
northeastern extremity of America
territory. called American Point.
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HOTEL RADISSON.
Details Of the Interior Are Now Re-
ceiving Attention,

Now that the exterior construction
work of the Hotel Radsson on Seventh
street is completed. with the execution
OF the sixteen story annex upon which
work was: begun last week, the details
of the interior are receiving attention
William Frederick Bohrens the New
York decorator, has had designs &C.
copied for the decorations and furnish
ings for the first two floors. Furni.