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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
TRIBUTE FROM NATION TO FIRE
MAN LYNCH OF NEW YORK.
Saved Forty-Five Lives During Burn
Ing of the Excursion Boat Gen.
Slocum in New York Harbor
on June is, 1904.

New York.-None but fireman can
understand with what pride Engineer
Patrick Lynch of the New York fire
department wears the gold medal pre-
sented to him by the congress of the
United States. 1t was tribute from
the nation in recognition of his BRAY
cry during the burning of the excur-
1904, that Congressman Joseph A.
Golden pinned on Lynch's breast the
medal from congress.
The Slocum disaster was by no
means the first occasion when Lynch
r1sked his life in order to save that of
others. No. so Cannon street was the
scene of one of his first heroic acts.
1t was on November IA, 1879, when
only private that Lynch rushed into
the burning building and tried to save
those within. He was so persistent
In his efforts that for eight months
afterward he lay in Bellevue hospital
suffering from the burns and smoke.
Through the 20 years that Lynch
has been member of the fire depart
ment his record has been punctuated
with acts of bravery, and he has never
had single charge marked against
his name. He has been to the hospital
three times, has been carried out of
fires as dead several times, and as for
being overcome by smoke, that is q
common occurrence.
The day of the Gen. Slocum dis
aster it happened to be Lynch's day
off duty. Being an able swimmer, he
was going for dip off East One Hun
dred and Forty-first street, when he
spied the steamer Gen. Slocum coming
upstream ablaze from stem to stern.
Il saw the sand schooner John T.
Russell tied up to the pier,'' said
Lynch in telling about it. Il rushed
aboard and was about to loosen one
of the boats, when deckhand ran
up and threatened me. l convinced
him that l was fireman and wanted
to try to save those on the burning
excursion boat. Only after this ex-
PLANTATION was I permitted to use the
rowboat.
There were five tugboats in the
river, but all were afraid to 60 near
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16

Here is Fred Clarke, the pilot of the
pirate crew from Pittsburg. Fred has
been in the game a long while, but
from the way he keeps up his speed it
will be many moons before young
ster is selected to supplant him.
Clarke has carried home several pen
nants for the Smoky City aggregation.
1t was under the late Billie Barnie, in
the old Louisville days that Clarke
made his entry into major league COM
pany. He soon succeeded Barnie as
leader of the Colonels, and later, when
the Pittsburg club bought out the
Louisville franchise and merged both
clubs, Clarke came to Pittsburg and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
SHAKESPEARE - The Man Who
ReuoLutionized Literature

A youth of 20-the official bad
boy" of the sedate town of Stratford-
on-Avon-was again in trouble. This
time on a more serious charge than
the beating of night watchmen or pill
fering of fruit or other time-honored
customs of the place. He was ac-
cused of no less an offense than the
stealing of deer from the park of Sir
Thomas Lucy, chief magistrate OF the
community. Not so very many years
earlier this had been crime punish
able by death. Even now-in 1856
1t entailed heavy penalty.
The youth thus accused was Will
Shakespeare, son of a formerly we'll
TODD merchant who had fallen on
such financial ill-luck that this eldest
son Of his had been obliged to leave
school at Is and go to work.
Young Shakespeare was accused
not only of stealing st. Thomas deer,
but of writing a scurrilous poem con-
corning the august magistrate him.
self. Altogether, Stratford became too
hot to hold him. He ran away to
London. But for that Devastating
episode the world might never have
beard of Shakespeare. And the march
Of progress-in literature and lam
guage as well-would have lacked it's
greatest impetus. Though so young,
Shakespeare had been married for
about two years. His wife, Anne Hath
away, was eight years his senior. Per-
haps for this reason, perhaps from
poverty, 10 left her and his children
behind when he went to London.
Practically penniless, the fugitive
reached the metropolis and cast about
him for some means of livelihood.
But he had no love for routine drudg-
cry nor experience in higher occupa-
- so, tons. So he quick
Inc r'snt WIKI ly drifted to the
oSery' theaters and re-
newed acquaintance with some of the
actors with whom he had caroused at
Stratford. He picked up a few pence
by holding the horses of men who
came to see the plays. Later he leased
out this hostler job to a number of
street urchins, who became known as
shakespeare Boys" From holding
horses to picking up bits of work in
side the theater was but step. And
in time he was playing small parts in
various plays of the day. And so,
for five years, went on his hand-to-
hand battle against poverty. Play
writing at that time was the crudest
sort of art. Indecency, illiteracy,
wretched English. Door plots and
dreary stupidity were the dramas chief
characteristics. England, in fact, was
far behind many other civilized ma.
tons in culture and literature.
Among the tasks allotted to Shake
speare In the theaters where he acted
was the rewriting of old plays for use
on the stage and the adapting and
building up" of parts to suit certain
famous actors. At this he achieved
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Pulliam Back In Harness.

Harry Pulliam is again the directing
head of the National league. After a
leave Of absence of six months the
National league president has re-
sumed his duties. When Pulliam ap-
peared at his Office in the st. Louis
building in New York he was as brown
as berry and looked the picture of
health. Though they had not given
the information out in advance, the
Office assistants were expecting him.
John Heydler, who had been acting as
president turned over everything to
Pulliam and resumed his duties as
secretary.
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letters on the paper. 1t was q simple.
primitive affair, bat it revolutionized
printing and made possible all later
books and newspapers. And, like most
steps in progress, it was achieved
through suffering.
The plan dawned on Gutenberg
about 1&46. He was then So years old.
For four years he toiled at his inven-
ton. He mortgaged or sold every
thing he owned, squas,dered his whole
fortune, borrowed every penny he
could lay hands on. He was reduced
to poverty. Still he worked on. His
wife was forced to scrape together
enough funds to keep her husband
and herself from starvation. The
wives of geniuses have seldom had
an especially pleasant time in life.
They have usually borne the brunt of
worry, work and unspeakable hard
ship, while their husbands finally
reaped all the credit and fame.
Gutenberg induced goldsmith,
John Faust by name, to advance him
1900 guilders to perfect the labor Of
making press and type. Then, in
1850. he set to work printing Bible.
Robbed of Fruits This was a labor or
~ of five years. II
VI no '''eo"' was the first book
ever printed, and came out in 1455.
The experiment was proved success.
Printing was at last known art. But
no one was especially enthusiastic.
The public did not realize that the
discovery amounted to much. Faust
demanded the return of the money he
had lent Gutenberg could not pay.
Faust seized all the inventors prop
erty, including type, presses and 9th
er machinery, and set up printing
Thus, at so, Gutenberg was broke"
robbed of his invention and obliged
to start life all over again.
He began afresh, with more bor-
rowed money, on a new set of ma
chinery, and was finally able to re-
sumo printing books. But now a new
difficulty arose. Heretofore a guild
of copyists had made living by writ.
ing out copies of books for public sale.
Monks also had gained large sums by
Illuminating such books. The inven-
ton of printing, of course, robbed
both these classes of employment.
Hence artisans and churchmen at.
tackled Gutenberg vfciously
Worn out, childless, alone, impov-
erished, friendless, other men enjoy
ing the fruits of his lifetime of labor,
poor old Gutenberg, in 146S, died, hav-
ing won the usual earthly martyrdom
and immortal fame that seems the
dual reward of nearly all great Prog
ress- Makers.
(Copyrighted.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16

Jimmy Slagle will, according to the
commission. have to return $155 which
he received from President Murphy of
the Cubs and to which he believed he
was entitled in the terms of his con.
tract.
Hugh Duffy says with two good
players, an infielder and outfielder, his
Providence team would have some
thing on the Eastern league. He ,ays
that Blackburn, his shortstop, is a real
wonder.
Owner Hedges of the Browns de
clares that he has no intention Of trru
ing Manager McAleer sdrift
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Patrick j. Lynch and Medal Presented
to Him by Congress.

the burning ship. When I arrived
near enough to the Gen. Slocum to
render assistance women and chill
dren jumped for my boat, which, be-
ing but a small one could not possibly
hold all who wanted to get in. The
result was that most of those who
jumped the first time fell into the
water. Then Capt. John L. Wade of
the tug Wade came to my assistance
and the refugees in my boat were
transferred to the tug.
There was so much assistance
needed that hundred men with boats
would not have been too many to
render help. When returned to the
burning boat from the tug Wade
spied, near the paddle wheel, half a
hundred women and children holding
on. The flames had almost reached
them. I rowed nearer and yelled to
them to hold fast and I would try to
save them. I got boat full of wom-
en- and children and rowed them out
to the tug Wade. The crew pulled
them aboard, while I recovered
breath enough to go back for another
boat full"
Again and again Lynch repeated his
trips between the rapidly burning
Slocum and the tug, each time carry
ing a boat load of mothers and their
little ones. Detective Sergeant Henry
C. Firneisen owes to Lynch the safety
of his wife and two children. When
Firneisen heard that the Slocum was
ablaze he rushed almost Historically
to the scene and, to his joy, found
Lynch had saved those dearest to
him.
Desiring to express his gratitude to
Lynch for saving his family, Firneisen
| presented to him a gold watch, chain
and locket. On the watch is inscribed
the following: Presented by Henry
G. Firneisen for heroic conduct in saw
| ing the lives of his wife and two chill
dren from drowning at the burning
of the steamboat Gen. Slocum on
June Is. 1904
The American League of Honor and
| the United States Volunteer Life-Sav.
| ing society, Station No. 1, OF Port
| Morris, also gave him medals.
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sv Order of the Deceased.

An Atchison man died ,ately. and
when his remains were viewed at the
funeral a placard was lying on his
breast which read: Now, will you let
me alone?" There is good deal of
talk about the affair. The undertaken
says he placed the placard there at
the last request of the deceased
Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Umpire cusack Loses lob

John Heydler, acting president Of
the National league, has dismissed
Umpire Cusack, whose work has been
unsatisfactory. For the present the
National league will go along with
seven umpires, tombstone working
alone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Potatoes from Sprouts.

The British agricultural colleges
have been testing the growing of po-
tatoes from sprouts with great suc
cess. The yield and quality have
both been increased, and the disease
resisting powers strengthened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Hard to Convince Him.

$50 you're going to marry old Got
rox' daughter, Ell? Well, you know
two can live cheaper than one.'
81 know, but l can't convince her
father of that fact
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
PLAIN TALK.

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as we'll at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
ALI That Was Left.

Church-Did you see the hotel fire.
Gotham-Yes.
Totally destroyed, suppose?"
everything but a few sheets of
writing paper on which was printed
in large letters: This Hotel is Abso
lutely Fireproof.' '-Yonkers States
man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
A Domestic combustibIe.

Doctor-Did you give your husband
the powder 1 left, Mrs. Mulligan?
Mrs. Mulligan-Indade, Oh did, sor.
An he's been BLOWN me up ivir
since"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Nav Free Chinese Slaves.

The prince regent has proposed tc
release all the slaves in the employ Of
the princes, dukes and others forever
and prohibit the employment Of such
slaves-Shanghai Mercury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Different.

HE studied art with you, be-
ueve?"
'He did not"
"But he says he did"
'He nns. I gave him art lessons,
but he navsY studied"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
"Sneaks.n

81 see that steel shoes are Low De
ing advertised"
.Steal shoes, Ell? Must be thesa
rubher-soled kind"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16

The good times we long for will not
come in the guise of Ascent watches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
Sure Proof.

They say Thclma's husband is
very amiable man."
"Amiable? / should say so. / have
known that man to laugh at joke
when he was taking down the stove
pipe"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16

Separating an easy mark from his
money is nothing to boast of.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16

SUCCESS FOR SEVENTY YEARS
Thisist he record of Painkiler Perry Davis) A re-
liable remedy for diarrhea dysentery and all bowel
complaints. Get the genuine. Csc, $50 and Soc.
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Anneke Jans-Boqardus Heirs,

having positive proof as such, address with
stamp, 365 Lennox Bldg, Cleveland, o.
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Boarding House
Destroyed by Fire at Early
HOur==70Un has NuryOLU
Escape---Good Fighting

FIRE AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING DESTROYED THE
VETERAN BOARDING HOUSE CUMBERLAND ELY.
FOR A TIME THE STORE THREATENED
AND 1T LOOKED TOWN AROUND THE NINE
MIGHT
RESPONSE TO AN ALARM GIVEN KIMBER
LY BY GIRoUx MEN, WITH RESULT THAT WERE
HELD TO THE BOARDING HOUSE SPLENDID WORK.
THE SUPPOSED HAVE BEEN INCENDiARY BUT
INVESTIGATION HAS RESPECT
THE BOARDING HOUSE FOR SOME TIME AND
THERE
THE FIRE BURST FORTH SUDDENLY SHORTLY AFTER MID
NIGHT THE BUILDING GREAT RAPIDITY BE-
ING OF WOOD LITTLE AFTER O'CLOCK WAS LEvELED
TO THE GROUND EFFORTS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
UTTERLY FUTILE AND ACCORDINGLY ENERGY WAS BENT
TO PREVENTING CONFEDERATION WHICH WORK
WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WHEN THE FIRE WAS LEARNED ELY, TRAIN
MORGAN OF THE NORTHERN
WITH ABOUT SPECIAL TRAIN TO FIGHTERS TO
THE VETERAN HE MADE INQUIRY OFFICES AND AT
KIMBERLY WITH RESULT O'CLOCK THAT THE
FIRE WAS PRACTICALLY
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ALLEGED DYNAMITERs FREED.
Circumstantial Evidence Not Strong
Enough to Hold Chicago Men.

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-vincent and
Joseph Altman, accused of throwing
a bomb which wrecked the plant of
the Standard Sash & Door company
in this city in 1908, were found not
guilty today.
One of the sensations of the trial
was the testimony of Bruno Vera,
who declared he saw the defendants
brother make the bomb and knew
they set fire to number OF build
fngs as the agents of labor unions.
Attempt was made to connect the
defendants with repeated bomb
throwings which have marked the
course of what is known as the
gamblers, war in this city, but 1T
failed, although circumstantial evi-
dence points strongly to their guilt.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-11-26

Thrilling Expedition Into
New Country Of Plenty
Is Ended by Murder

LONDON, Nov. 25.-Immense
cave dwellings of prehistoric race
colossal elephant of bronze, p
valley which is Garden of Eden.
cannibal tribes, poppies with flowers
eight inches in diameter and huge
castle governed by a woman CHIEF
were among the discoveries made
by British expedition to the hither~
to unknown borderland between
China and Tibet.
Mtars, j. A. Brooke and c. H
MARS, j. A Brooke and w. M
Ferguson. Unfortunately the ex
pedition ended in disaster, for the ex-
plorers had separated. Brooks was
murdered by tribe of savages
Mears has now returned AID in
thrilling account of his adventure
he said:
The main object of the first par
of our expedition was to visit the
unknown region near the Chinese
Tibetan border, which had beer
touched on the outskirts by one mis-
SiOnary, but which no one until oul
visit had succeeded in entering. ]
is inhabited by semi-independen
tribes.
Starting from Hankau, Mr.
Brooke and l, with three servant
travelled up the Yangtse to Chins
King, and thence overland to Chen
tu. Afterward we proceeded west
ward from Wen Chuan, in the coun
try of the aboriginal Chang Min
There we encountered the notorious
Black River robbers who terrorizt
tnat part of the country. Probabl.
owing to the fact that they ha6
heard we were good shots they prov
ed quite friendly. Every day nov
we find the people becoming more
Tibetan in character and intensel,
suspicious.
''We were so successful that We
started on second journey into the
almost unknown land of the Lolos
our ultimate object being to get t.
Rima, a mysterious place which has
long been the desire but unattained
goal of explorers, and which is o.
much interest to the Indian govern
ment for political reasons. Rima il
known to be approachable onl.
a dangerous and cannibal
region.
"The people were intensely sus-
picious. Rumors ha- reached them
of some mysterious expedition into
the other side of Tibet, and, al
though they offered us no bodily
harm, they refused us provisions.
"At the capital OIL the Runga tribe
we found huge castle perched on
Continued on Page Four.)
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first of the month for Cuprite, and
will go over the first fifty miles from
there. The first contract out from
Cuprite will be for fifty miles of
work, and this gentleman is going
over that ground with a view of
becoming bidder for the work.
The next work to be done is for our
engineers to cross-section the road.
The survey includes only our central
line, really the alignment of the
road; and the engineers now have to
determine the extent of the work
which must be done by the contrac-
ors. They must determine how much
of hill Is to be cut down and
how much of hole is to be filed
in on the other side; and where the
waste has to be disposed of.
"The route after leaving this
county takes a general Southwestern
ly direction to Cuprite, passing
through Currant creek, Railroad val
ley and Twin Springs canyon and
over Clipper pass. Then it continues
across the low lands In the Goldfield
country, back of Diamondfield.
apart from the interest / have
in the new enterprise, can state
that the through road is going to be
of the greatest good to this district
1t will mean the upbuilding of
great commercial trade between Ely
and Los Angeles. You will see how
quickly the merchants of Los An
geles will come here in competition
Continued on page four.)
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PLAY STOLEN
SHE SUICIDES

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25.-Mrs. Grace
Hubbard, whose ambition it was to
add to the worlds laughter as a
writer of comedies, substracted from
it only tragedy. Heart broken over
the alleged theft of her most elab-
crate sketch by a theatrical man
ager, she committed suicide. Her
body was found in bare fiat in an
apartment building.
The janitor said Mrs. Hubbard
told him that a theatrical manager,
after keeping the sketch for few
days, informed the writer it was not
available. So Keen was her disap-
pointment that she tore up the man
uscript. Later, however, the wom-
an said she saw her play performed
word for word. Every article in the
woman's home had been disposed of
in order that she might support her.
self while waiting for her produc-
tions to return profits.
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COUNCIL ACTS ON RAILROAD
FRANCHISE ATNEXT SESSION
ROAD REQUESTS ARE CONSIDERED VERY MODEST

Wednesday was big day for Ely
for it signalized the commencement
of the preparatory work for the con-
struction of the Ely-Goldfield road,
which will put the city on a trans
continental line from coast to coast
with the western terminus at Los
Angeles. The new line will be desig-
mated as the Ely route which will in
clude six roads in all-the Nevada
Northern, the Western Pacific, the
Ely-Goldfield, Bullfrog-Goldfield
Tonopah and Tidewater and the
Santa Fe. The Wednesday work COM
prised the presentation of a formal
application for rights of way through
the county to the county commission
ers of White Pine, and later applica-
tion for franchise through the
streets of the city Of Ely.
w. R. Alberger, traffic manager,
and G. M. Rasor, chief engineer of
the Tonopah and Tidewater were
here to represent the people of the
proposed road; with their attorney,
Samuel Belford were before both
boards. The franchise for the coun-
ty must be advertised for thirty days,
anu eACh oOIu W Ju0 ulS nCSg Uluu0E. /.
In the matter of the city franchise,
an ordinance was framed covering
the points of the application, and
this was referred to the street COM
mittee, who will make their report
to the council at the next meeting a
week from tonight. The most strik-
ing thing about both applications is
the reasonableness of the requests of
the road. Mr.. Alberger left for San
Francisco yesterday morning to con-
fer with Frank M. Smith president
of the Tonopah and Tidewater, and
will go from there to New York to
confer with w. B. Thompson and
Max Bernheimer. 1t was in the name
of these three gentlemen that the
franchise was asked for. Mr.. AL
berger said Wednesday night:
''The object of the conferences
with Messrs. Smith, Thompson and
is to settle on the plans
for the commencement of the road.
Ground will be broken at this end
in the canyon just inside the city
limits and at the same time at Gu
prite, which is the other end.
"A well-known contractor of Los
Angeles will leave that city on the
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DEDICATION.

DEDICATION.
Rev. S. c. Gilman yesterday re-
ceived word from Rev. 8. H. Jones,
superintendent of church extension
in the Presbyterian church, Nevada
district, that he would arrive in East
Ely, on Saturday night, and preach
the sermon at the dedication of the
new church building on Sunday
night. An elaborate program has
been arranged, with Rev. s. H.
Jones, Rev. F. H. Robinson, Rev. j..
r. Barr and Rev. B. M. Charlton TAX
ing part. Mrs. e. L. r. Wallace, j.
Smith and j. Malta will sing. The
Methodist church of Ely and East
Aly will unite in this service.
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CABLE APPOINTED.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-After
an interview with President Taft,
Senator Cullom announced that Benz.
S. Gable, a Chicago attorney, would
be appointed assistant secretary of
Commerce and Labor to succeed
Ormsby McHarg, whose resignation
has been pending for more than two
months.
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. . . . . o . . . . . .
COOK RECORDS ARE
SENT TO DENMARK

NEW YOkh, Nov. Us
The records which DR.. F. A.
Cool will submit to the Uni
versity of Copenhagen in
proof of his claims that he
reached the North Pole on
April 21, 1908, are in COM
plete form and today were
placed in the custody of Wal
ter Lonsdale, the doctors Sec
retary, who sailed for Copen-
hagen. The explorers rec
ords, the secretary said, con-
tain between $4,000 and
$4,000 words.