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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
INDIAN AGENTS FINED.
Sero and Davis Convicted at Cass
Lake for Assault on Editor oliver.

Cass Lake.-The trial of Indian
Agents Sero and Davis was held
here. Oliver was defended by Argall,
while Assistant United Stated District
Attorney E. S. Oakley appeared for
the defendants.
Half dozen witnesses were exam
med. The evidence showed that the
agents struck Oliver and knocked him
down after getting off a train at Be-
ma while attending to his duties as
state land appraiser.
The court imposed a fine of $1O0
and costs, or in default of payment,
sixty days in Jail. The fine was not
paid and the men put in the lookup
here. 1t is not known now what, if
any, proceedings will be taken by
Oakley in the agents behalf.
Davis pleaded guilty to using threat
enlng language against Attorney Ar
gall in a local saloon Saturday even
ing, and was required to furnish a
bond for $500 to keep the peace for six
months. Being unable to furnish bail,
commitment papers were made out to-
night by Justice Ives sentencing Davis
to the county Jail at Walker, where he
will be taken tomorrow morning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Sight of 100000 on Joy Ride

plishing anything of the sort, eight
heavily armed guards ride to and fro
with the seven millions.
And this extra precaution is due to
the change in the system of making
money. Until recently the money was
printed at the bureau of engraving
and printing, but sent to the treasury
minus the seal and the number, so that
it was not real money until handled
in the treasury.
Now one machine does all the work,
including the stamping of the seal and
number These figures--the round
seal to the right and the number to
the left of the face of paper bill.
stamped in blue-are what make bills
legal tender. Hence when the money
passes through the wonderful cutting
and stamping machine, which counts
bills out in lots of 100 after it Is
through with them, it is ready to
spend and anyone who got hold of il
would have the real thing.
1T seems queer to some people THAI
we should take such precautions to
guard the money wagon" says Direo.
tor Ralph of the bureau of engraving
and printing. "but we think it necea
sary. A stitch in time saves nine, Q,
We have been tHl6 from childhood"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
When Britishers Burned the Capitol

set fire to the capitol, the White
House and other public buildings. 1t
was at this time that Dolly Madison
cut the famous portrait of Washing
ton from it's frame, where 1t stood in
the great east room Of the White
house, and, rolling it up, had it cart
ed away with the few effects which
she was able to remove from the
White House. The British descrip-
ton of what went on, in the capital
at that time is as follows:
''The blazing houses, ships and
stores, the report of exploding maya
zines and the crash of falling roofs
was one of the finest sights to be con.
ceived. The sky, was brilliantly IL
Illuminated by the confagration. The
scene was as striking and sublime as
the burning of st. Sebastian's. To-
ward morning a violent storm of rain,
accompanied by thunder and light.
ming, came on, whose flashes seemed
to vie in brilliancy with the flames
which burst from the roofs of burning
houses, while the thunder drowned
the noise of falling walls and was
only interrupted by the occasional
roar of cannon and of large deposits
of gunpowder as they exploded, one
by one" But we don't look much like
cow pasture now, don't you know.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
REFORM SCHOOL HEAD CLEARED.
Charges Made Declared False by
Board of Control.

ST. Paul Mrs. Fanny French
Morse is heartily praised by the state
board of control. Her work, at the
Girls Industrial school at Red Wing
is con mended
Two specific charges which were
made against the management of the
school were found to have little
foundation, but the general charge
that the discipline has become lax,
that conditions generally were bad,
that the morals of the school were
rapidly deteriorating, was found to be
unsubstantiated by facts.
Mrs. Morse assumed charge of the
institution on Aug. 1, 1910, and 80
days after her installation the charges
were made.
In it's report the board condemns
the criticism directed against Mrs.
Morse, after her coming to Minnesota.
1t deplores the fact that a person
coming here as stranger to cope
with conditions that are extremely diff
ficult, should not have received proper
assistance and cooperation.
must stand pat for it. Equal rights
to all, no special privileges for any.
We must restore the rights of the
people,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
War Vessels to Go to the Scrap Heap

part in the bombardment of San Juan.
Every man who joined in the move
ment for Cuba's freedom views with
sadness the passing of these four bat
tleships. Accompanying the condemna-
ton of the four Spanish War vessels
is the passing of the old sloop-of-war
Portsmouth, forming the last chap.
ter in the history of what is believed
to be one of the most interesting
ships in the old navy. -
! Launched before the beginning of
the Mexican war, the Portsmouth took
an active part in that struggle, par.
ticipated in the suppression of the
African slave trade, fought in Chi
nese waters, and had a large share in
the operations in the Gulf of Mexico
during the Civil war.
The Portsmouth was built in 1S43,
and after a voyage of one year and a
half arrived in San Francisco 10 pro-
tect the American citizens. War was
declared soon afterward, and her men
took possession of San Francisco, and
hoisted the stars and stripes there for
the first time.
At present she is with the New Jer.
sey naval militia, but in few days
will be towed from Hoboken to the
navy yard in Brooklyn to end one OF
the most varied and interesting ca
reers of the United States navy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Uncle Sans Bug Sleuths After Cats

of fact they do almost no good and a
great deal of harm. The difficulty in
following the question of the extent
to which they carry disease is meas
ured by the difficulty of following the
cat. And yet there is no doubt in the
world that many a child who, for no
apparent reason and from no discern
ible cause, develops a case of diph-
iberia or scarlet fever owes it's illness
and often it's death to the cat it has
been fondling. Moreover, cats are as
susceptible to hydrophobia as dogs.
"The highly pampered pet cat Of
the luxurious household never fails
to get out and roam around with the
ordinary alley cat. In many instances
the alley cat, which prowls all night
long with the pet cat, has spent the
day sleeping in some hut or howell in
an alley where smallpox, diphtheria
or tuberculosis is hid.
Recently there has been much at
tention paid to rats and the harm
they do, both as destroyers and as
spreaders of disease. In this connec-
ton the cat has been pointed out as
a valuable aid in keeping down the
rat. That is an error.
II can state from my personal OBJ
servation that only about per cent
of cats are really mousers. I have
seen cats that would tackle the big
gest rat going and kill him, but such
instances are rare. AS rule cat
cares little for conflict with rat.
GAS matter of fact cats prefer
birds to mice. They will spend twice
as much time hunting birds. If one
keeps count of cats quarry during
year he will find that the birds killed
will far outnumber the mice. Little
harm would be done if the whole cat
tribe were exterminated, but there
would be too much opposition to that.
Still we think that when some of the
facts concerning cats are well known
to the public, many mothers WILL be
more careful about allowing their
children to play with CATS"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Capturing the Huge Snake.

this wild abode, they discovered the
coils of a monster even larger than
they had been led to expect.
Stirred to wrath by the disturbance,
the snake began to make great noise
and the few remaining redskins, who
had retired thirty or forty rods, scam
pered off on their fleet-footed ponies
at gallop. AS the monster started
to leave the entrance, O'dell threw a
gunny sack over its head and clasped
his arms around its throat. Then one
of the wierdest struggles ever record
ed in Montana history was on. Back
and forth over the narrow ledge the
huge snake writhed and twisted, final
ly Tightening itself about O'Dell's hips
until he was lifted from the ground.
Vaught seized the snake by the tail
and forced it to release its hold upon
O'Dell. The strange contest continued
upon the yielding floor of the little "a
vine for almost three-quarters Of an
hour before the two men succeeded
in firing the snake, when they bundled
it into sack and took It alive, strug
Cling, to Laurel, as living proof OF
their strange story.
The reptile is marked with large.
dark mahogany spots, outlined with
lighter color, and extending across ita
back. It's method of killing prey il
apparently by construction, but tina
spots are not the shape and color Of
a boa, nor is it an anaconda. as its
body is much too large.
O'Dell, who has had a vast expert.
ence with snakes of all varieties, does
not believe the snake is native Of
Montana, but thinks it has drifted
here from the Sierra Nevada noun.
tains. The Indians claim the snake
has been seen in the Little Pryor
mountains for more than twenty years
and have associated its doings with
the actions of the "evil one" O'Dell
does not believe another snake of its
size could be found in the state, and
will present the huge reptile to the
Society for the Preservation of Natural
History Of Montana.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
JAMES GRAY IN PLACE OF LIND
NEWSPAPER MAN TO RUN FOR
GOVERNOR.
Says He Will Accept the Nomination
ard Make Hard
Fight.

st. Paul. - Hon. James Gray, edl-
torial writer of the Minneapolis Jour-
nal. was selected by the Democratic
State Central Committee as the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor. The
selection was approved by John Lind.
The former mayor also is said to have
been the choice of Chairman Frank A..
Day.
Il expect to accept" said James
Gray when notified of his nomination.
81 do not believe I care to say any
thing more than that 1 expect to make
a vigorous campaign for the office.
The whole thing has come on me so
suddenly that l have not had time to
make any plans. The first intimation
| had of this action was last Monday.
expect to make a more extensive
statement to the state central commit
tee as soon as l receive official in
formation of my nomination"
Rumors that the committee would
endeavor to pass a resolution in favor
of county option started buzz of con-
versation on the floor of the hotel
lobby, but the report was denied. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Gray will ap-
peal to the country as county option
candidate, but no effort will be made
to change the Democratic platform.
Previous to that Chairman Day had
read John Lind's letter declining the
nomination, and his resignation was
accepted upon motion read by Daniel
Daily of Minneapolis.
81 confess l am somewhat disap-
pointed over Mr.. Gray's selection"
said Ralph w. Wheelock, governors
secretary. Having been indicated in
my opinion expressed several months
ago that Mr.. Lind would not be the
Democratic candidate, l was in hopes
that my further opinion that Mr.. Day
himself was the logical leader of his
party in this campaign, would also be
justified.
"Mr. Gray's selection, however,
ought to insure a campaign free from
personalities and like tactics, for in
frequent cooperation with him in mu-
nicipal matters in Minneapolis, 1 have
always found him to be a gentleman
and a scholar"
John Lind voiced the note of county
option in the committee meeting.
Called upon for speech, Mr.. Lind
briefly enumerated why he couldn't &C
cept the nomination. He said victory
by Democracy must be won by some
candidate of whom it could not be
said was elected for personal reason.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
MAMMOTH SNAKE
CAPTURED ALIVE
HUGE MONTANA MONSTER MEAS.
URES OVER EIGHTEEN FEET
IN LENGTH.
TERRORIzES A WHOLE TOWN
For Years the Village of Laurel, in
Little Pryor Mountains Has Suffered
From the Depredations of This
Reptile.

Butte, Mont-The story of an ex-
traordinary battle between two
sheepmen and a mammoth snake, COM
ing from Laurel. remote section of
Montana, in the Little Pryor noun
tains, has caused great excitement
among naturalists and others. The
huge reptile, declared to be larger
than any ever heard of before To-
Gated in this region and Of species
az yet unidentified, was taken alive
after thrilling hunt in wild noun
tain ravine whittier L. N. O'Dell and
]. w. Vaught had been guided by
number of terror-stricken Indians
whose superstitious fright sent them
fleeing from the neighborhood long
before the actual capture of the snake
was accomplished. The reptile is 10
feet in length and weighs 200 pounds.
Around the body it measures more
than eighteen inches.
At different times in recent years.
O'Dell had heard from the Indians of
the strange monster that made its
home in wild canyon few miles
from Laurel, but until three braves
returned terror-stricken recently
from the vicinity, he took 1t for
granted that the story had it's birth
in the superstitious imagination of the
redskins. He then became impressed
with the remarkable tale and, after
enlisting the aid of Vaught, started
forth with a party of Indians as
guides.
At the entrance to the canyon the
swarthy guides deserted precipitately
and the two men ventured into the
narrow ravine, where large hole en-
tering near the top of ledge covered
with slippery shale rock and innumer.
able trails leading in all directions
from its mouth gave unmistakable evil
dence that the opening was lair.
Cutting square hole several
feet back from the entrance to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23

no YOU remember how proud we
~ were of our Spanish warships And
now they are all in the scrap heap.
The Boston, the Concord, the Winslow
and the Detroit have all to go, as they
are no longer fit to cope with modern
armament on the high seas. A storm
of protest has gone up in Washington,
but it is not going to help matters a
single bit. The United States govern
ment canopt afford to hang on to the
old battleships, even if they are dear
in memory. 1t will be remembered
that the Boston, a protected cruiser,
and the Concord, a gunboat, were in
Admiral Dewey's feet at Manila. 1t
was on the deck of the Winslow dur
ing the hottest cannon fire of the war.
that Ensign Worth Bagley was killed
by an exploding shell. One OF the
achievements of the Detroit was the
capture of the Catalina to the vest
ward of Havana, and she took active
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23

COMBINES it does us good to rem
~ inisce little bit, and this leads
US to remark that 96 years ago, the
British forces burned the capitol.
There were about 5000 in number
landed from the British vessels on
the Patuxent August 20, and on the
Gath they reached the capital. There
were only about 5000 men available
for defense of Washington in the
American army, and they only had II
pieces of artillery. So when the Brit
ish made their raid on Washington, al
though they were met with splendid
resistance, the. American army was
compelled to retreat, and the red
coats made a triumphant entry into
Washington and began to carry out
the threat of the commanding inva-
der, who said: 81 will make COW
pasture of these Yankee capitol
grounds" Just as soon as the Brit
ish got possession of the city they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Red WING Club Elects.

Red Wing. At the 1910 annual
meeting of the Red Wing Commercial
club the following officers were elect
ed: President, ]. X. Grondahl; vice
president, ]. l.. Silverdale; secretary,
J. F. Merrill; treasurer, o. A. Ulvin:
directors, N A. Peterson, C. F. Hjerm-
stad and ]. E. Kyllo. The club has
large membership and has personal
property valued at between $4,000 and
$4,000. At the October meeting Con-
gresham Tawney will speak and the
following month Senator Clamp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23

CEvEN million dollars on JOY ride
y through the streets Of Washington
is a sight to be seen every week day
at the national capital And this
stands less chance of getting hurt
through the carelessness of the driver
of the wagon it rides in or from out
side forces than any Joy rider, ami
mate or inanimate, in the country.
For the treasury has new money
wagon, a brand new vehicle, made of
hardwood, iron and steel, with heavy
locks and bars, to bring money from
the bureau of engraving and printing,
where it is made, to the vaults of the
treasury, where 1t is stored for safe
keeping.
And not only is the new wagon
nearly bombproof in itself, but just to
make sure that some foolish person,
with visions Of Jesse James hold-uE
scheme. will never succeed In accom-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23

w ASHINGTON.-A bitter war on
w the house cat has been declared
by the department of agriculture. Ex-
perts in the biological bureau of that
department are making exhaustive in
vestigations of the cat as a spreader
of disease. Already they have found
out enough to convince them that as
much danger turks in cat as in a
rat, and rats are known to be fatal
distributors of plague
Upon the completion of these in.
vestigations efforts will be made by
the Federal authorities to have cat
license laws passed. 1t is much more
desirable, they say, to have license
for cats than license for dogs
1--WE know that cats carry disease"
said II. w. Henshaw, chief of the bu-
reau, in discussing the fight against
tabby, "but we do not know to what
extent. We are practically certain
they carry diphtheria, scarlet fever
and ringworm. and we suspect they
carry tuberculosis. All this we want
to find out. OF course the fight to
bring about cat license will be a
hard one. Such suggestion will be
scoffed at. But in time people will
come TO realize what a menace cats
are. That is what we hope to do
bring the people to such realiza-
ton"
DR.. A. X. Fisher, of the bureau of
biology, is at work on bulletin on
the house cat. He has been studying
the question for years and knows the
general habits of cats thoroughly.
There are lots of fallacious the
cries regarding the usefulness of
CATS" says DIR. Fisher. GAS a matter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Sues Mill City For s61,5oo.

inneapolis.-Because he broke his
back in three places Gustaf Jacobsen
is suing the city of Minneapolis for
SCI 500. About two month ago Jacob
sen fell into sewer, breaking his
back in three places. In Judge Booths
court. in Minneapolis, Jacobsen was
wheeled in in an invalid's undress. He
was unable to, help himself in any
way, being entirely dependent on his
friends for the simplest service, ap-
parently. The city alleged that Jacob
sen was guilty of contributory negli-
gence in his accid,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
AGENT DAVIS ARRESTED AGAIN.

Cass Lake.-James Davis, govern
ment agent engaged to keep intoxi-
cants from the Indians, was arrested
at Bemidji, charged with having
threatened Charles Argale of state
counsel in the case of A. A. Oliver,
who accused Davis of assault in the
seizure of divers grip. Davis plead
ed guilty and was ordered to furnish
$500 peace bond, which he has not
vet furnished
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Horse Turns churchaoer.

Chicago.-A horse went to church
in Oak Park. Happily for the rest OF
the congregation of the First Baptist
church, Wisconsin avenue and Pleas
ant street, Of which Rev. Daniel T.
Denman Is pastor, the church was
empty at the time.
The horse had been attached to an
express wagon and ran away. In a
collision with a water plug the We
hicle was lost and a moment later the
ANNA; sauntered down the main aisle
Of the church and stood before the
pulpit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
Art az It Is.

Among the students who did most
to prevent my task being sinecure,
says Mr.. Beckwith, twas one young
woman whose backwardness and total
lack Of interest finally reused my ire.
While criticising an unusually bad
piece Of her work I asked, exasperat-
eddy: why do you come here, any.
wayr
Because she answered, my twin
sister takes her banjo lesson at just
this hour, and I have to do something.
&C I thought I would study art'~--
McDcugalls Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
State Tests For Cattle.

Minneapolis. = The Minnesota state
sanitary board will begin regular in
spection of cattle in Minneapolis
diaries. ]. H. Lyle, city milk inspect
or, has received word that arrange
ments are being made to send in
spectors into the city at once. The
inspection will be monthly. Under
the rules to be adopted by the board,
every herd will be given thorough
test. The dairymen will not be al
lowed to add cattle to the inspected
herd without having them examined
first by the state officers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
MAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Two Other Freeborn County, Mimi,
Residents are Injured.

Albert Lea. = John Yost was killed
in an automobile accident at Cresco
and Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Marpe were
seriously injured. They are prominent
residents of Freeborn county. The
machine skidded and the driver lost
control. Yost had been active in po-
litical work. The latter is not expect
ed to live. Mrs. Marpe is dangerously
hurt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-23
WALKER PosToFFIcE ROBBED.
Burglars Use Dynamite and Get a
Rich Haul.

Walker. A gang of burglars
dynamited the Walker postoffice and
made away with about $4,000 in money
and over $500 in stamps Entrance
to the building was gained through
the basement and the job has all the
appearance of being the work of pro-
fessionals. The safe was not only
cleaned of cash and stamps but the
money drawer robbed and all regis
tered letters taken as well. Two sus-
picious characters were in town last
evening which is the only clue the
police have at present.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-28
Live Mems From Mew Nexco and Arizona
What's Doing all Over the Great Southwest

company o. the National Guard The
facf THAT the town has 2 good lanl
and needs the ariupry were tTO ar
gumenfe that we've effective W DliHN-
Ing about The tanvas Ihr rcsait
aas more assuring than efen th'
are nov ln
Tho williamson office building 20
ontain accommodations ior six pro-
IT, ssionai m~n WIN be- erected ai once
on Tot twelve near co. present coin
pany office
The big D9iing machine ias pse
purchased bt DICK blGlaitenf
Who wilL in s. fen weeks
gin putting o. alfaiff. a change goo
the local balance of grade Do dhf thi-
yeaf. ~ the lands under the often ave
raplal. entering the shipping Class
The Lake grove is proving great
drawing caro- No other toHn on tne
railroad Tor hundreds 81 miles i
water and trees The nke H-
s0rf gltes promise % proving fffi
popular
4 moplug picture theater end
weekly dance afe 10 b. permanem'
features of the Sawklns program o
thar the uew buildiug is complete
Mrs.. Julia Hensiel has placed or
ders FOR additional room ana p cnin
piete baker, equipment at hef Fourth
street baker.-