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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
PROBE BOAT HOUSE SALOONS.
Good Templars Investigate Reports of
Places on Superior Shore.

Brainerd.-The most important bust
ness transacted by the recent district
convention of the Scandinavian indie
pendent Order of Good Templars was
the action taken on complaint of dele
gates from Duluth who requested the
appointment of committee to investi-
gate the alleged sale of liquor in house
boats within the one-mile limit along
the shores of Lake Superior.
The chair appointed Messrs. L. A
Simonson, Landin and Erickson, of Du-
luth, to investigate and report to At
torney General Simpson.
L. A. Simonson, formerly counselor,
was elected district templar; Carl An
derson, of Sandstone, vice counselor,
and Erick Erickson, of Virginia, assist
ant secretary. Two Harbors was Sc
lected as the next meeting place of
the semi-annual convention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
IMPORTANT NEWS
notes OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN TENTED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed into a Few Lines for the
Perusal Of the Busy Man.
Latest Personal Infor-
nation.
PERSONAL.

Count Leo Toilstoi died at Astapova.
ing physicians and Countess Tolstoi
and children were at his side when
the end, which was peaceful, came.
Efforts of the church to gather the
famous reformer into its folds eff
fected nothing, as neither side
yielded.
Premier BRAND, while attending the
ceremonies in the Tuilleries in Paris,
in connection with the dedication of
monument erected to the memory of
Jules Ferry, the French statesman,
was assaulted by Royalist, who
struck him twice in the face with his
fists. The premier was not seriously
hurt
Harry M. Hoyt, counsellor of the
ton of peritonitis after an illness of
only four days.
Mrs. James Mulholland of Point
Pleasant, w. Va, confessed to the
murder of her husband and cleared
her father and mother, who had been
placed under arrest, of the charge.
Prof William Morris Davis, the geo.
logist, of Harvard university, was
elected a member Of the Berlin Acad-
envy of Sciences.
State Curator Silas R. Morse of At
lantic City, N. j., has received wallet
containing $43 which he lost in Chi
cago at the worlds fair The con-
science-stricken Chicagoan concealed
his identity by sending the wallet by
Rev. James j. Doherty of Chicago.
Mrs. Marion B. Baxter, widely
known as w. c. T. U. and woman
suffrage lecturer and worker, died at
her home in Seattle.
Prof A. o. Leuschner of the Univer-
sity of California at Berkeley an
nounced that the comet discovered by
DR.. " Corulli of Italy is identical with
Faye's comet.
Joseph Gardner, charged with hav-.
ing absconded from his home in Seat
tie, Wash, leaving behind bad checks
and debts to the amount of $4,000,
was arrested at Norfolk. Va. He had
planned to sail for Brazil.
Robert Room, labor leader and for
mer president of the Scottish Clans of
Boston, is dead at hospital there as
the result, the police say, Of an as
sault on him at a meeting of the
fathers union.
Mrs. Lillian M. N Stevens of Port
land, Me-, was enthusiastically and
unanimously reelected president of
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union at the annual conven-
ton of the union at Baltimore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25

What Minnesota has to offer in agri-
cultural opportunity and as place of
desirable residence will be brought
direct to the attention of hundreds OF
thousands of people in Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania when
the Great Northern exhibit car makes
it's five months tour.
A state fair in miniature, state
fair on wheels that may be visited
without charge, will be taken over an
immense extent of country and placed,
at stopping places, within easy access
of all. George Welsh, state immigra-
ton agent, has worked with Fl. A.
Noble, of the Great Northern road on
the arranging of the exhibits, and S. j.
Ellison, general passenger agent, is
planning the itinerary.
Everything is Shown.
Everything that Minnesota has to
offer is shown in the car, not excepting
the timber and mining products.
Wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flax,
timothy, clover, and alfalfa, are so
displayed as to show not only what
the state can do in actual production,
but to indicate also to the observer
the position Minnesota holds, in con-
sequence of these productions, as a
dairy state, and how its prominence
in dairying must necessarily increase.
The exhibit has not stopped at the
practical but has gone into the attrac-
lions other than wealth production
that determines the selection of a
new home.
The Minnesota lake resorts are
shown in many pictures of large size,
and the fish and game commission has
provided an exhibit of fish in the diff
ferent stages of propagation from the
spawn to the three-inch minnow that
is turned into the streams. Bass,
mounted on boards, also are exhibited
for the benefit of sportsmen who may
visit the car.
The northern part of the state has
not been overlooked and the great
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25

mining industry receives recognition.
Granite and building stone are shown,
and the car, in short, carries a COM
prehensive exhibit of the resources
and attractions of the state.
Dan Wallace has written the initial
article in special booklet, printed in
handsome colOrs, which will be car
ried by thousands and handed out
along the route. A dairy cow has the
place of honor on the cover. The pos
sibilities for profit in the taking of
cut-over timber lands and the turning
of such holdings into dairy farms are
shown.
Question of Land.
The hOmeSeekerS are told in TIE
booklet just how much free land may
be found in each locality, how muo b
state land, and under what conditions
it may be obtained and where to ap-
ply for it. The Importance of the
Twin Cities, Duluth and Superior as
markets is pointed out.
One million pieces of advertising
matter, it is estimated, will be given
out on the trip, and the state will re-
ceive the widest publicity ever given
it, and publicity, it is believed, of the
kind will show in practical results.
L. w. HiII's Idea.e
Louis w. Hill, president of the
Great Northern road, first presented
the idea of using a car for the pur-
pose, and his offer brought before the
state immigration board at a tire
when there was much talk of tie
movement of people, west, who were
passing through Minnesota without
having opportunity to learn of the ad-
vantages close at hand, brought ac-
ceptance, and the fitting up of the csr
followed.
The car left the Twin Cities, Nov.
10. The itinerary has not been
worked out in detail, but it is planned
to strike the populous eastern centers
from which many people have been
moving west.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
Twin CITY Markets,

Minneapolis, Nov. 22.-Wheat, De-
cember, $1.015s; May, $1.06; No. 1
northern, $1.04h; No. 2 northern,
$1.03; No. 1 Durum; S7kc; No. 8
corn, 49c; No. 8 white oats, 31c; bar
ley, 75c; No. 2 rye, 74c; No. 1 flax,
$2.59A.
Duluth, Nov. 22-Wheat, December,
$1.04%; May, $1.0SB; No. 1 northern,
$1.05A.
South st. Paul, Nov. 22.-Cattle-
Steers, $4.75; calves, $5.O0@6.5O; hogs,
$7.OO@705; sheep, yearlings, $4,000
APO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
GENERAL NEWS.

The Isthmian Canal Commissions
annual report shows that the canal is
rapidly nearing completion and that
the health and labor conditions in the
zone are excellent.
A total of II dead and 43 seriously
injured was the price paid for foot
ball by it's followers during the season
just closing, despite the use of the
new rules, which were brought into
being in an effort to reform the game
and make it less perilous to the play
ers.
Mistaking a package of headache
tablets for candy, the three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel c. Taylor
ate IA at GAINESVILLE, o. The child
died in commissions.
1t is rumored at Eagle Pass, Texas,
that 400 persons were killed at Zacate-
cas-, Mexico, in pitched battle be-
tween the government and revolution
airy forces. Railroad men who brought
information declared that the revolu-
tionists, following a plan adopted at
Puebla, began a fusillade on the SOL
diers.
All cases against Gov. c. N. Has
kell of Oklahoma have been nolle
pressed. This action ends the legal
fight against Haskell and others in
connection with the Muskogee lot
charges, which has been waged in
the federal courts for several years.
Lewis Barton of Darke county,
Ohio, was killed by his son Charles,
aged twenty-four, while shooting rats
The young man fired at rat and the
bullet struck his father.
A special grand jury at Wheeling,
w. Va, indicted Mrs. Laura Farms
worth Schenk on five counts for the
attempted murder of her millionaire
husband, John o. Schenk. Four of
the indictments charge the actual act
of administering poison and the other
charges an attempt.
Sailors attached to the second di-
vision of the United States battleship
fleet, now in the harbor at Cher.
bourg, France, and gendarmes clashed
in the streets. Rioting continued for
some time. Many of the gendarmes
and sailors were injured, none Sc.
riously.
Benjamin Smith, a farmer aged
twenty-five years, is in the Muncie
Ind, Jail, charged with the
murder of his father and according
to the police he has confessed the
crime. 1t is alleged he quarreled with
his father over the payment of his
board.
Charles A. Belling, the young third
vice-president of the Bronx National
bank, of New York City, who was ar
rested on a charge of grand larceny
and forgery, confessed to the theft OF
at least $4,000 from various banks
through the use of forged stock certi
ficates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Cattle-Marke
10c higher; beeves, $4.5O@7.6O; west
ern steers, $4.25@66O; stockers and
feeders, $3.35@5.7O; cows and heifers,
$2.25@6.25; calves, $7.5O@1O.25.
Hogs-5c lower; light, $6.75@7.25;
mixed, $6.9O@7.30; heavy, $6.9O@7.3O;
rough, $6.90@7.1O; good to choice
heavy, $7.1O@7.3O; pigs, s6.4O@72O.
Sheep-Steady to shade lower; ma
tive, $2.25@3.90; western, $2.50@39O;
yearlings. $4.0005.00; lambs, native.
$4.00@6.00.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
MINNESOTA PUBLISHER DEAD.
John w. Eastman, Owner of Thief
River Falls News, Passes Away.

Thief River Falls.-John w. East
man, publisher of the Thief River
Falls News, died of typhoid fever, af-
ter few days illness. The deceased
was prominent citizen in this Sec
ton of the state since he came here
from Anoka, IA years ago. He belong
ed to several fraternal societies and
will be buried under the auspices of
the Masonic order.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
FOUR ROBBERS CAPTURED.
VILLAGERS at Minnesota City Round UP
Bad Lot.

Winona.-Trapped in a ravine and
surrounded by posse of villagers,
four alleged hold-up men were round
ed up near Minnesota City. The men
had been employed in railway con-
struction work, when, it is charged,
they turned upon one of their number.
John Barron, struck him down and
robbed him of his watch and money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
cRosBYs FUNERAL ON FRIDAY.
Bar Association Takes Charge of Last
Rites at Hastings.

Hastings. = The funeral of Judge
F. M. Crosby was held from st. Luke's
church on Friday at 10:30 a. M, Rev.
Arthur Chard officiating. 1t was con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Da-
kota County Bar association and most
of the Goodhue county bar members
also were present. The interment was
at Lakeside cemetery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
EmbezzIer May Be Freed.

Joliet, Ill. Attorneys for New
ton G. Dougherty, former superinten-
dent of schools of Peoria, ILL.,, appeared
before the state pardon board seeking
his release on parole. Dougherty
once was prominent in national edu.
cational work, was convicted of-em-
bezzling thousands of dollars of the
Peoria school funds. Dougherty has
served five years in the Joliet peniten-
tiary, and his attorneys say the prose
cution is satisfied with his punishment
and will not contest. He will prob.
ably be released Thanksgiving.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
cLoQUET HUNTERS LUCKY.
Many Deer Bagged and No Accidents
Reported.

Cloquet.-Within the last week
about $50 deer were brought in over
the Duluth & Northeastern, logging
road which passes through the heart
of the hunting grounds north of here
Local nimrods say there are more
deer in the woods this year than for
many seasons past, due probably to
the forest fires farther north. As yet
no accidents have been reported.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
MaIady Sweeps a Reserva+ior

Cheyenne, Wyoming. = Ninety-three
Indians on the Arapahoe Indian reser.
walton have died of smallpox within
four days. Officers in charge of the
reservation are fighting vainly to halt
the sweep of the pestilence, which is
present in its most malicious form.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
Carpenter Killed by Fall.

st. Cloud. =. Henry Veins, car
penter employed on a building here,
fractured his skull by a fall of 80
feet. The man was rushed to the
hospital, but when the ambulance
stopped he was found dead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
SLAYER Given Ten Years.

Springfield, Missouri. " William
Allen pleaded guilty in the circuit
court here to having killed Sank Gibbs
near Golden, Mo-, Is years ago, and
was sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25

Calumet, Michigan. - Robert Nc
Call of Marquette, wireless operat.
or on the steamer Main, was drowned
in Lake Superior after jumping over
board to save the life of Rose Gard
ner when the boat was off Keween-
ava point. The girl was saved.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25

New York, N. Y.-Simon Ham
bach, storekeeper, was counting his
money in his place of business. when
a negro entered and stabbed him
twice in the left chest. The robber
then made off with 1921. HANBACK, is
IN critical condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
EARTHQUAKES Stir Pacific.

London. England.-Scientists report
the depths of the Pacific ocean are in
a state of great upheaval Heavy
earth shocks have been recorded dur
ing the past two days, apparently &C.
curing in the regions north of New
Zealand
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
Headache Tablets Kill chiId.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio. = In mistaking
package OF pink headache tablets
for candy, the 3-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel c. Taylor, ate "A.
The child died in commissions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
Aviator to Aid German Army.

New York, N. Y. = Orville Wright,
the aviator, has sailed for Europe to
help Emperor William improve the
aerial equipment of the imperial Ger
man army.
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Sessions of December z.

"The Interest of the Railroads in
Protecting the Forests" R. H. Ashton,
vice president, Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad; "The Interest OF the
Lumbermen in Forest Fire Protec.
ton" Thornton A. Green, Ontonagon,
Mich; Legal Questions Involved in
Forest Fire Laws" w. B. Douglas OF
the Minnesota Forestry Board; Fire
, 1910-01-08
WHAT OUGHT TO BIS DONE2

The astronomical authorities at Copenha-
gen who are now examining Dir. Cooks
records appear not to attach great I'M
portauce to these charges; on The other
hand, the National Geographic Society
OF this country, which has already under
taken to investigate, through a committee,
DR.. Cooks claim, has asked the New
York Times to submit 10 its committee the
evidence it has with regard TO these
charges, including not only the affidavit8
but several pieces Of corroborative proof,
DIR. Cook has so far declined to recognize
the investigation by The National Geo.
graphic Society, holding that his agree
meut with the University of Copenhagen
prevents him from taking part IN any
other examination. The situation in this re-
gard emphasizes the FEELING very generally
entertai ned that, regardless of the action
of tho university Of Copenhagen, there
, 1910-01-08

should he a thorough and satisfactory ex-
animation by competent authorities II the
United States of everything relating to
TINS subject. If D.. Cook has been SO
unfortunate as to have had false charges
made against him by Captain Loose aud
Dir. Dunkle to have had his story IF the
ascent Of Mount Mckinley falsely dis
credited by the man who, be SAYS, went
with hlm to the top to have had that
story discredjted also b. Professer Parker,
Of Colunbia University, who went on this
exploring expedition to have had false
ST dement's made by the members Of Co.n-
mtnder Peary'3 expedition to the effect
t9lt the E-ktmos who went with Cook
04.er, that he did not go very far from
land to have detailed calculations made
such us those by Mr.. George Kaulan, IN
dicatjng that Or. Cook could NOT possibly
have lived for u certain period Of time on
the food he says he had during that peri
81 ~ nave it alleged also that his pub
lIStol staten9nt5 Disagree one with another
and With wel.-kuoW1 scientific facts-if, we
say, II these chlrgas from different qlar-
tars are without basis, then DR.. Cook IS
one ~ she IN ,5t i!l-uHed ani SiandeTed per
sons in tno world, ant it follows thu,
.he honor of America and in Justice to
b, should be publicly yjnlIcnted.
IL, on tA9 o.Ier hand the charges ara
o. all true, then, no matter whether
or no5 the University Of Copenhagen finds
h W,io,en record consistent in Itself, it Is
dla - the hoaJr If American exploration,
and iue also to the mtl VINO his spont II
greoj part Of his IIfs in ut, m ),ir3 to reach
the North PoI5, that all ,he facts should
be- outhora.ive,y a7c .~rttinol and mate
, 1910-01-08

(I5UteS)
In real life it docs no5 seem that eagles are
more capable Of looking at the sun thau any
other hiri Of the daylight, the belief doubt
less having originated from the immense
height to winch they soar ("the~ dim seen
eagles'J aud from lie splendour OF the eye
itself, Undoubtedly eagles are keen-5ighted,
even if tleg cannot, as has been averrtd, see
a distance OF 400 parasangs, or, roughly,
1,4O0 miles. When at Il height where they
themselves are barely visible to TIE human
eye against the light background Of the sky,
they appear to be able TO discern things
smaller than themselves against the much
Jess favourable background of the earth but
often also probably, like v~ultures, they do
not see things which they are believed to
see. The rdpidity with which ~vultures will
collect to a carcase from q sky where no vul-
lures were visible can be W messed any day
in countries where the birds abound, and
therefore they have been credited with an
impossible range of vision. What happens is,
that the y~ultures are circling aloft each on
its own chosen beat, so that all the earth for
o wide area is under observation. When Il
beast dies OF food is exposed the yulture I'M
medIately overhead sees it and drops. It's
neighbours on either side know what that
drop means, and they follow, the fact being
noted again by other birds still further off;
AMI SO in an ever widening circle v%ultures
come sweeping in to q common centre, not be-
cause any but the first, perhaps, know why it
IS coming, but all assured thar there is some
good reason for the action Of the others.
Just SO DO human beings in the street run
whittier others are running, pleasantly I'M
certain what they will see when they get
there.
Eagles, Of course, are not, like vultures,
naturally currion-feeders though no eagle
apparently disdains carrion when it comes in
its way. "Wheresoever the carcase is, there
will the eagles be gathered together but
the word should doubtless be translated
'vu!tuye3. The Rev. j. G. Wood, indeed,
has pointed out that wherever the word
"ea4lo' occurs in the Scriptures it should
probably read "vulture"; in most cases
"osprey' should be rendered "eagle," and
"yutture' should be kite. Not only, how
ever, is The identification Of ancient species
always difficult, but the line between eagles
and ~vultures is III nature but indistinctly
Observation-Disclosures being still divided as to
whether the lalnmergeier is more of the one
or the Other. In TQdia, indeed, the lam
mergeier is commonly called the golden
eagle. In the Alps eagles are often spoken of
as lammergeier. Seeing them in their cages at
the Gardens it is difficult to say which is the
most imperial-lookipg bird, our own golden
eagle, the Ch!Ilian sea-eagle, or the martial
, 1910-01-08

hawk eagle. All are splendid teven down to
the little white-Ureasted sea-eagles from
Australial, and with their majestic carnage,
their immense spread Of wings and huge
talOns. it is hard to realize that no one of
them weighs much above lob. A golden
eagle with a span of wing Of something over
gift. weighs less than many a hare that it
kills. As may he seen here in Regents
park several Of the vultures-notably the
condor presumably the original of the roc),
the Qrlffon, and cinere0us vultures-are pr
coptibly bigger birds than any eagle, though
far from being as large as is often claimed.
One hears Of 9~ritfons Weighing 4O1b. ana
with a spread Of wings Of 13ft, and there
are traditions Of coudors even bigger but
there appears to be no fcated in
stance of either gritfo N or condor reaching
within a pound Of half the weight, while a
spread Of Oft. seems to be equally exception
al in both. Eeither eagle nor vuiture seem
iugly ever attacks man, except by mis-
take, and which Of the two IS in
nature master Of the other is a matter on
which poets and naturalists alike disagree.
Montgomery tells how a "cloud" Of yultures
attacked two eagles on their nest and killed
them and their young but Eliza Cook de
clares that
The vulture may gaze, but he Will not
Dare to rut1le nay feathers.
The Rev. J. G. Wood says that The golden
eagle always gives way before 'tle lord.y
g%rlffon," and he quotes a passage from AEr.
Tristram, who tells how eagles walt until sha
griffons have finished a meal, hastenin4 10 it
when the latter leave, and as hurried}y get
ting out Of the way again ii the larger bird
returns. Colonel Werner, on the other hand,
speaks as a matter Of course Of the golden
eagle Iordin9 it over the %gritfons, marrying
and chasing them, not allowing them to
build in the nejghbourhool Of It's own
breeding haunts.
We need not hesitate to confess that our
sympathy, as that Of the gods, IS With the
eagles. II is not thinkable that Jove could
have taken the feshly- hea led, foul-feeding
vulture for his messenger aud playmate.
Perhaps it was as being the moJtlpiece OF
Olympus that the eagle needed 50 little
voice OF its own, for the 'eagle's scream"
the owiId eagles solitary cry" has been
much over-rated. The kiu9Iiest Of the
family can do no better than yelp, and most
Of them croak or whimper, or whistle or
NEW. But the eagle has no need Of a hons
voice to add to its terrors while for con
versation with it, kind in the thin air of the
wide stiIlnesses in which it lives sounds
carry far, and, weak as the voice is, it has
at least given us one of the sweetest lines
in English poetry in Wordsworth's-
Faint sounds of eagles melting into blue.
, 1910-01-08

Vatl0ns, was introduced to DR.. Cook by
Mr.. Duukle, who is an insurance broker,
and who says he had the idea that DR..
Cook might like to employ Captain Loose
to verify and strengthen his own ca.cuIa-
tons. A bargain it is said, was made
with DR.. Cook, by which the two men
were to receive four thousand dollars for
their services, with an additional bonus Of
five hun red dollars if the University Of
Copenhagen accepted Cooks records. 1t
is further alleged that DR.. Cook PAID only
two hundred aud sixty dollars, and that
the moving cause Of the atiiJavlts was
his failure to complete the payment, as
agreed. This frank declaration puts these
two men III II disagreeable and dishonor-
able light, and their further statements
show that they must have been perfectly
aware that the aid rendered, rs 1hoy assert,
to DR.. Cook was not Of a legitimate or
honest nature. Captain Loose saws that
he found, af er Il brief conversation, that
DR.. Cook knew practically nothing about