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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04

WASHINGTON.-An obscure chap
w ter, 1t has long lain unread in
American annals, in spite of the in
terest that surrounds it. But now
that the United States has come to
take an active hand in the govern
ment Of Liberia, it is natural that the
founding of that old half-American,
half African-negro state should attract
our interest. Founded back in 1920
as home for the freed slaves from
this country, Liberia became repub-
lie in 1S47 Today it's population num-
bers some 10000 Liberians along the
coast, while 100000 negroes run wild
in the interior. No white man can &C.
quire citizenship or own property.
By an arrangement with bankers in
this country, France and Germany and
with the approval of Liberia and the
European powers, loan of 100000
Is to be floated by our government to
the end of setting straight Liberian
finances and assisting the country to
establish itself upon a firmer basis.
The United States will have control
of the little states financial, military
and agricultural departments and will
administer the republics relations
The popular accounts of the found
ing Of Liberia credit the achievement
somewhat vaguely to the American
Colonization society, of which Henry
Clay was president. There is a less
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04

IF Capt Jorge Nelken Y. VALID
l berg, erstwhile Of Argentina, pre-
tended American, typical soldier of
fortune and one Of the few men who
ever succeeded in selling gold brick
to one of the nations most prominent
men, does not return to Washington
within the next sixty days, he Is likely
to lose his alleged American citizen
ship and be denied the protection of
the American flag.
Captain Waldberg f1ourished in
Washington IL years ago, during the
Spanish-American war, and few
years later, at the Pan-American expo
sition. The captain came to Wash
ington with a long military record
Having been born, in Argentina, he has
lived in half dozen South American
countries and been engaged in as
many revolutions in the cause of lib
erty Exiled, when unsuccessful, he
dropped into New York one day and
organized a company of Greek fruit
vendors, whom he took to Athens,
Joined the Greek army and fought in
the Graeco-Turkish war.
All that he got out of that contest
was little military glory and wife,
He married very beautiful daughter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04

IF A HEN is not bird, why Is a
i pair Of rubber boots an article of
wooden wearing apparel? Funny ques-
ton, is it not? There are many 9TH
ers, but this one is enough to show
how Uncle Sam is puzzled at times to
properly classify imported articles so
that the correct rate of customs du-
ties may be levied and collected. In
the above case, it is simply because
the highest customs authority Of the
land held that as the boots had Innings
in which there was an appreciate
quantity of wool they should bear the
rate prescribed for wooden apparel.
That same highest authority decided
that frogs legs are dutiable as poul-
try.
The customs court, new judicial
body that is just getting down to bust
ness at Washington, already has many
cases that will cause the public to
laugh. One of the first questions for
it to decide is whether the hen is a
bird. Ornithologists would unhesitat-
ingly declare she is, but the new
court is not composed of such men.
Eth? What is the odds? Wait min
ute, and you will see how it concerns
every housekeeper. If the court can
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WARREN.
Apparatus Called From Nearby Town
To Help.

Warren. = 4 very destructive fire
in Warren caused great excitement
in the town during which the local
agent for the 500 line sent for q spe-
cial train bearing fire-fghting appara-
tus, and the Great Northern agent
wired Argyle, town north of Warren,
to send assistance. Thief River Falls
also sent an engine.
Fire had broken our in the basemen
of the K. j. Taralseth & Co.'S depart
ment store, and the building and the
town hall were coon in ruins. The
store was valued at $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance. The stock, valued al
$4,000, was also destroyed It was
insured at $4,000.
The city water gave out and the fire.
men had to fight the flames with buck
cts OF water. The Argyle department
sent down an engine as the Warren
fire engine had blown out a cylinder
head. Automobiles carried the Argyle
fre department to the scene in time
to help in the work of protecting the
other buildings in the town.
Inc State bank, Ed Quist, DR.. Theo-
dore Braterud and Dr. w. S. Anderson
suffered partial losses placed at $4,000,
fully insured. The walls of the build
ings are being torn down and the K.
j. Karalseth company will rebuild at
once.
The center wall of the building fell
to the ground, completely covering
Tom Keefe, fireman. He was severe
ly cut on the head and body, but will
recover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Puzzlers for the New Customs Court

be induced to decide that the hen is
bird, down will go the price of eggs,
for the present tariff bar makes every
importer of edible eggs pay five cents
a dozen for all he brings into the
county. Birds eggs are on the free
list.
Another puzzling question is wheth-
er hens eggs that have been broken
up shall be taxed as eggs or albumen.
Chemically, the mess ready for the
makifg Of omelets is albumen, but If
the court holds that they should
take the albumen duty it is feared
every importer will see to it that every
imported egg is smashed before it
gets to the custom house. The crack
er trust would doubtless be pleased
to have such decision made.
Is half duck, imported from China
two years ago, and still used as an
exhibit in the courts, a bit of pre-
served meat or dressed poultry? The
government insists it is the former
and the Chinese importer insists that
It is not.
Another nut to cracks Is an auto
mobile a household effect? Patriotic
Americans returning from motoring In
Europe will be pleased to have the
court say it is. Under such a deci-
sion they could take over with them a
few real household goods, set up light
housekeeping for while, buy a
French automobile and tbon return,
to this country and do it all for less
than the amount Of duty on high
priced automobile made in Europe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
DOlNGS
ar THE
CAPlTAI
80.
Uncle Sam Has New Ward in Liberia
@(@,.

known chapter of that perilous enter
prise which attributes the martyrdom
of a life in this effort to open a new
world to the slaves to Rev. Samuel
Bacon, an American minister of the
Episcopal church.
By act of congress, on March 8,
1919, the president was empowered to
create an agency in Africa for the
purpose of providing an asylum for
such Africans as should be liberated
by our ships of war from vessels
seized for violation of the law sup
pressing the traffic in slaves.
= The government decided to send out
the ship of war Cyane and the trans
port Elizabeth with mechanics and Ia
borers under two agents for the pur-
pose of breaking ground for the re-
ception of liberated slaves On Janu-
airy 8, 1920, having previously been in
the service of the colonization society,
Bacon received from President Mon
roe the commission making him the
head of the proposed expedition.
Thirty-nine families, comprehending
80 families made up the company.
Great difficulty was experienced In
finding not only place of settlement,
but even one of debarkation.
A species of African fever appeared
among the members of the little band
of settlers. Soon rs of the party were
brought down with it. Breaking un-
der the labors he had assumed Bacon
presently discovered symptoms of the
malady in himself. The remedies
administered were of no avail and he
died.
Bankson and others of the party
survived. The founding of the colony
went forward. But on the sacrifice OF
Bacon'S life Liberia was built
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Credit Due Foreign Health Officers

and the penalties which attach to all
attempts to evade them put effective
repressive weapons into the hands of
these officials, so that no attempts are
made to escape from compulsory COM
pliance and securing a clean bill of
health at the point Of departure and
ports Of call. A vessel that starts
from port with no appearance of in
fictitious diseases among her crew or
passengers, and which is again sub
jected to rigorous examination on her
arrival at any American port, stands
little chance of bringing any infected
passengers past the several inspectors.
AS there is no way of measuring
what might happen If this force were
not employed, its members do not al
ways receive the full amount of credit
to which their unremitting care and
attention entitle them. They stand
among the many preventive forces
which the country utilities to safe
guard the people and to whom the
debt Of the nation is greater than the
public is in the habit Of acknowledg-
ing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
SCENES OF OLD DAYS.
Special Train Chartered by Five Men
To Get to Land Opening.

Spokane, Wash.-Scenes of the old
days were re-enacted at Tekoa, Wash,
Missoula and Kalispell, Mont, and
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, when hundreds
Of homesteaders swarmed around the
land Office doors to get chance at
securing land on the Flathead and
Couer d 'Alene reservations. One wom-
an over 80 years old, remained in
the line at Missoula four hours. A
special train was chartered by five
men to run from Ravalli, Mont, to
Missoula to be in time for the filing.
Kalispell. = Coming on horse
back, automobile and train, the land
seekers who are scrambling for the
rich lands of the Flathead reserva-
ton, poured into Kalispell and crowd
ed the corridors of the land Office
hours before the opening.
When the land office closed IS per-
sons had registered. One man is dead
at Roman as a result of land dis
putes.
Mrs. Catherine Pratt of Pleasant
Valley, Mont, held first place, having
stuck to her post all night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Soldier of Fortune May Lose Rights

of a professor in the University Of
Athens and returned to America In
time to take up newspaper work at
the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war
He was able to speak several lam
guages f1uently, and especially Span
ish. There was a great demand for
news from Cuba, and the genius OF
Nelken led him to make translations
from Spanish and Cuban newspapers,
for which he found ready market with
the Washington correspondents. His
success prompted him to fake" when
his news sources became exhausted.
One Of these fakes" was a dispatch
which he put forth all over the coun-
try, telling in most dramatic manner
of the attempted assassination of Gen
eral Blanco, who was then governor
general of Cuba, and which caused q
great deal of excitement at the time.
Not long ago the captain turned up
in Constantinople and became involved
in some trouble there which prompted
him to demand the protection of the
the American flag. He presented his
case at the embassy, and in endeav-
oring to establish the fact that he was
a naturalized American citizen, some
disclosures came to light regarding his
papers which led the American charge
to refer the matter to the state de-
partment.
The department in turn made in
quiry at the district court, with the re-
suit that an order was issued requiring
him to show cause within sixty days
celed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Cruisers Have Close Gail.

Akeley.-Thomas j. Brennan and H.
w. Day, cruisers for the Red River
Lumber company, have just returned
to the city from the numbering dis
tricts north of this city after a narrow
escape in the forest fires. They at
tempted to drive through the burning
district when they were hemmed in
by the flames and would have persisted
had they not started bach the mo-
ment they discovered their perilous
situation. Men and team we're slight
ly burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
DIVORCE sTIRs RESERVATION.
Suit of Mrs. Gus BeauIieu of Mime
apolis Causes Sensation.

White Earth. The papers were
served last week on Gus Beaulieu of
White Earth for Mrs. Gus Beaulieu
of Minneapolis, who seeks a divorce
from her husband. She names sew
eral prominent women of White
Earth as correspondents. When the
news leaked out at White Earth it
caused a sensation. Mr.. and Mrs.
Beaulieu resided there for years and
both have host of friends.
1t also leaked out that number of
full-blooded Indians had sent a petit
tion to Indian Agent John r. Howard,
in which they ask the secretary of the
interior and the Indian department to
remove Mr.. Beaulieu from the reser-
walton. Whether Mr.. Howard has
forwarded this petition to Washington
or not could not be learned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
o LOG BURNED
TIM Der.
Heavy Operations Will Employ Large
Crews in Northern Woods.

Bemidji.-As a result of the recent
forest fires which swept through Bel
trami and adjoining country this part
of Northern Minnesota is to enjoy a
period of extraordinary activity, fur
nishing work for more men than pos
sibly can be obtained
Expert cruisers who have just com
pleted an extensive investigation of
the burned over area say that the
total damage done to the stand of tim
Der has been considerably exaggerated,
but admit that it will amount to hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, pro-
viding the scorched trees are not cut
and made into logs within the next
few months, for they will soon become
wormeaten and dozy.
AS result loggers are making prep
arations for the busiest season in
years, and are already predicting a
scarcity of help, despite the fact that
wages offered are the highest in many
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04

lew persons realize to what extent
i the welfare of this nation is pre-
served by the splendid service of the
medical forces which are stationed
at all the danger ports abroad to pre-
vent the introduction of plaques and
pestilences into this country through
shipping agencies. This force Of pub
lie health officers is well equipped.
Moreover, in all places the work OF
these trained experts is further sup
plemented by the efforts Of the con-
sular officers. In places that are too
small to support a trained force, but
are quite large enough to transmit dis
ease by emigration, the consular off,
GERS do splendid work unaided.
The stringent laws Of quarantine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Poisoner Sentenced to Hang.

LIE Seuer Center-Martin O'Malley
of this place was found guilty of
murder in the first degree of his step
children and was sentenced to be hung
by Judge Morrison of the LIE Seuer
county court. The execution will take
place within 80 days from date. Some
time ago three of O'Malley's step
children died suddenly and suspicion
was directed towards the father. A
post-mortem of the bodies showed that
the children had come to their deaths
by poisoning, and O'Malley was ar
rested and charged with the crime.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered From All
Quarters Of tho Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
PERSONAL.

Soaring In the tiny Wright biplane,
a craft he had never before driven in
his life, Ralph tombstone brought the
international aviation meet at Belmont
park to close with blaze Of glory
by breaking the worlds record with a
flight of 9,714 feet For this daringly
spectacular feat he received a prize
of $4,000.
Charles P. Taft Of Cincinnati, who
has been the presidents guest at the
White House for the last two days, has
returned to his home.
To square himself" with Uncle
Sam, as he put it, Peter Olson, who
deserted from the cruiser Charleston
ten years ago, boarded the cruiser Col
orado at San Francisco and surren-
dered.
Claude Grahame-White, flying for
the Royal Aero club of the United
Kingdom, lifted the Gordon Bennett
international speed trophy from the
custody of America in the fastest
time ever covered for the full distance
Of 100 kilometers, 82.14 miles.
Martin O'Malley, well-to-do farmer
near Lesueur, Mimi, was found guilty
OF the murder of his two stepdaugh-
tiers, Frances, aged five, and Mary
Bergel, aged three years. O'Malley
was sentenced to be hanged.
} Nine. Judith Gauthier, daughter of
the novelist and poet, Theophile Gau-
thier, and widow of Catulie Mendes,
has been elected to the Concourt AGA
deny of Letters in France. She is the
FIRST woman thus honored.
/ Albert Maxwell, fifty-one years old,
who has not drunk water in thirty
years, refused to take q drink of 1t
even when told 1t might save his life.
Maxwell was struck by a street car at
Philadelphia few days ago.
| In explanation of the unusual pre-
cautions taken to guard Kaiser Will
helf and the kaiserin during their visit
to King Albert, it was announced by
the police that threats had been made
against the life of the emperor by
anarchists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
GENERAL NEWS.

A fourth cabinet officer has been or
dered to Ohio to help the Republican
ticket Secretary of Agriculture Will
sons dates in New York state have
been curtailed to enable him to speak
in some of the rural districts of Presi-
dent Taft's state.
The Carnegie hero fund commits
sion announced fifty-eight additional
awards for heroism. While heroes and
heroines come from the Atlantic coast
to the Pacific, the greatest number
(16) come from Illinois. The Cherry
mine disaster has been considered
and IL heroes are named from it's res
cuing parties.
Officials Of the Mormon church at
Salt Lake City have issued definite or
ders that polygamous marriages must
cease. Francis M. Lyman, president
of the quorum of the twelve apostles,
who Is next in succession to the presi-
dency of Joseph F. Smith, warned all
Mormons that any violation of this
order would subject the actor to
wrath of the church.
Reports from returning hunters are
to the effect that the deer-hunting sea-
son, which closed in northern New
York, has been poor throughout the
Adirondack region. The severity Of
Che last winter killed many deer.
Preparations are being made in
Bssw York for a countrywide strike
of express drivers and helpers. All
drivers and helpers on the various ex-
press companies in Brooklyn not al
ready affected by the strike which has
tied up the express business in Man.
haitian and Jersey City, it was an
nounced, will be called out by the
international Brotherhood of Team
sters.
After fruitless deliberation of for.
ty-three hours, the jury which consid-
cred the evidence against Senator
Stanton c. Pemberton and Representa-
tive Joseph 8. Clark, charged with
conspiracy to commit bribery in con-
nection with a state furniture con-
tract at Springfield, ILL.,, was unable
to agree upon a verdict and was dis
missed.
Eight Christians, one an American
and two Chinese, have been killed and
much property belonging to foreigners
has been destroyed by the rebellious
Manobos tribesmen in the Philippines,
according to a report from Brigadier
General Pershing to the war depart
ment at Washington.
The population of Gary, Ind, is 49,
802, according to the census bureau at
Washington. Gary was not incorpora-
ted when the 1900 census was taken.
Henri Dunant, founder of the Inter
national Red Cross society, is dead at
Heiden, a health resort near Geneva,
Switzerland.
An operation was performed on
Myra Dietz in the hospital at Hay
ward, Wis, by DR.. Dodd. Miss Dietz
is the daughter of John F. Dietz and
was shot by deputy sheriff while en-
route to Winter, Wis, accompanied
by her two brothers. The wound in
her back caused an abscess to form.
Meager reports were received in
London, Paris, Berlin and other Flu
ropean capitals that a revolution had
been begun in Greece. Some dis
patches intimated that King George
had abdicated the throne and was in
flight from the country. These rumOrs
were later disproyed. ------
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Fire Chief Indicted Again.

Minneapolis. Another Indictment
charging grand larceny in the first
degree was returned by the Hen
nepin county grand jury against
James R. Canterbury, ex-chief of the
Minneapolis fire department. The
second Indictment against Mr.. Canter-
bury was for the same offense that
brought his first Indictment, another
section of the statute being used,
which holds that money and property
obtained by virtue of false represen-
tation'' is stolen money or property.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
800 Persons Homeless.
ORE VALUATION WILL STAND.
Tax Commission Upho:ds Individual
Mineral Land Increases.

st. Paul. = The individual increase
of O,0O0,00o.O0 on the valuation
of the mineral properties in uD-
per Minnesota will be allowed to
stand by the state tax commission.
Objection to the increases were made
by the representative of the mining
companies at conference held with
the state commission. A few de-
creases were made, but further in
creases decided upon will make the
total increase at $1O,OOO,OOO. The min
ing companies had accepted the gen.
eral per cent increase announced
several days ago but objected to the
individual increase On the ground that
they were unfair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
BRYAN Az ST. PAIL

+. st. Paul. = Hon. VIM. J. BRYAN
drew his customary big audience here.
From the auditorium platform Mr.. Bry-
an charged that former President
Roosevelt, in his Ossawatomie speech,
had borrowed Democratic doctrine. He
claimed that the progressive legisla-
ton of the last few years was due to
Democratic support, and urged his au-
dience to vote for James Gray and
Justice Thomas d. O'Brien, and gave
special emphasis to the candidacy of
J. L. Gieske, Democratic nominee for
congressman of the Fourth district.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
ST. PETER HOST TO KNIGHTS.
Council To eB Installed in Columbus
Order-Big Delegations Coming.

st. Peter = st. Peter council
Knights Of Columbus, will be installed
next Sunday, and it is expected that
500 or 600 members of the order will
come to this city to witness the cere-
monies of initiation. Large delega-
tons are coming from Mankato, New
Ulm, Faribault and Winona, and the
Omaha road will run a. special train
to accommodate the crowd from Min
neapolis and st. Paul. go
In the morning, services will be held
in st. Peters Catholic church. In the
afternoon class of 60 candidates will
be initiated and in the evening a BAN
quet will be served at the opera house.
Speakers at the banquet will include
Judge John w. Willis, st. Paul; Rev.
John Dumphey, st. Thomas college;
w. F. Dryer of Minneapolis, and C.
F. Ladner of st. Cloud
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Nov. 2.-Wheat: De.
cember, 995sc; May, $1.O4A; No.
northern, $102; No. 2 northern, $1.OO;
No. 1 Durum, 85kc; No. corn,
49c; No. white oats, Bic; barley,
roc; No. 2 rye, 75c; No. 1 flax, $2.6Oh.
Duluth, Nov. 2.-Wheat: December.
$1.011a; May, $1.O51a; No. 1 northern,
$1.01A.
South st. Paul, Nov. 2.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.50@6.OO; cows, fair, $4,000
$50; calves, $5.O0@6.00; hogs, $7.70@
$40; sheep, yearlings, $4.25@4.75.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Cattle-Weak;
beeves, $4.40@7.60; western steers,
$4@665; stockers and feeders, $4.10
05.35; COWS and heifers, $2.15@6.20;
calves, $7.50@10.25.
Hogs-10c lower than yesterdays
average; light, $S,2O@9.65; mixed.
s7.75@S.65; heavy, S7.35@S5 so; rough,
s7.35@7.55; good to choice, heavy,
$7.55@8.50; pigs, $7.60@8.45.
Sheep-10c lower; native, S2.60@
4.30; western, $2.65@4.30; yearlings,
s4.30@5.40: lambs. native, S4.750S65.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
MINNESOTA TUBERs LARGE.
Potato Crop in Southern Part of State
Surprisingly Good.

Winona.-The potato yield in South
eastern Minnesota this fall has been
unusually large and of the very best
quality, the big size of most of the
potatoes being surprise to the farm.
ers themselves. 1t was thought dur
ing the prolonged dry spell in July
and August that the tubers would turn
out a very poor crop, but the moisture
which came later happily DESTROYED
anticipations of this character.