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The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
RUFF is DOOMED TO PRISON.
Frisco Political Boss Denied Rehear
ing by Supreme Court.

San Francisco, Calf. = What ap-
pears to be the last hope of Abraham
Ruef, political boss of San Francisco
during the regime of Mayor E.
Schmitz( of escaping his sentence of
IA years in San Quentin, was dissipat-
ed when the state supreme court va.
Gated its recent order granting Ruef a
rehearing.
1t was this order which resulted in
the Introduction in the state legisla.
ture at Sacramento of a resolution
providing for an investigation of the
methods of the supreme court in
granting rehearings.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL.
Henry Austin 20, Prominent St. Pau
Man Meets Death in Iowa.

Henry Austin 70, Prominent St. Paul
Man Meets Death in Iowa.
st. Paul.-Henry Austin, millionaire
banker, lumber and real estate man,
with large business interests in st.
Paul, died at his home in Waterloo,
Iowa, as a result of injuries received
in an automobile accident Wednesday.
He was president of the Great North
ern Land and Stock company, the
North American Timber company and
the North American Land and Lum.
ber company, all st. Paul firms.
Mr.. Austin was 70 years old, and his
estate is said to be worth $2,000,000,
chiefly in land and lumber holdings
For many years he had been prom
inent in Iowa politics, having served
several terms in the Legislature.
The accident which resulted in his
death occurred as he attempted to
cross a railroad track near Waterloo,
driving his own machine.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
DELAY IN HANGING is APPROVED
Governors Failure to Doom lie Sueur
Murderer Wins Praise of Many.

st. Paul, Feb. PA large number
of letters justifying Governor Eber.
hart's action in not setting the date for
the hanging of Martin O'Malley of La
Sueur county has reached the govern
or's Office. They came from lawyers,
priests, ministers and business men.
Governor Eberhart feels that he may
yet be spared the necessity of doom
ing O'Malley. The Mackenzie bill,
abolishing capital punishment, was
recommended for passage by the house
as committee Of the whole by vote
of 81 to IL.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
ANTI-sALooNIsTs AT WARREN.
Temperance Orators Have Field Day
in Northern Minnesota Towns.

Warren.-Sunday was Anti-saloon
league field day here. This morning
meetings were held at the Methodist
church, w. A. Norton, an attorney of
Minneapolis. being the speaker. Su-
perintendent of the Scandinavian de-
partment, Fred Nordquist, spoke at
the Mission church, and district super
intendent of the Anti-saloon league,
c. Walden, spoke in the Norwegian
United Lutheran church.
At 8 o'clock in the evening a big
mass meeting was held at the opera
house. w. o. Norton was in charge.
G. Walden addressed the citizens of
Argyle on the saloon question, while
Fred Nordquist spoke at Alvarado.
The temperance issue will figure in
theMarch election.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Will Dig Many bitches.

Lancaster.-Teams are busy haul
ing coal and SUPPLIES for the two dredges
which will commence ditching opera.
tions east of town early in the spring.
About 1000 tons of coal have been con.
tracted for. Brown & Hersey of Litch.
field, who have contracts for ditch No.
18, commenced hauling last week with
score of teams, and another contract
or commences tomorrow. Two more
ditch contracts will be let in a few
days. Five dredges will be worked on
as many different bitches this spring.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
GAME FISH LID" TO GO ON.
Season for Catching Certain Species
Closes Wednesday.

Season for Catching Certain Species
Closes Wednesday.
st. Paul. The lid is to be
placed on fishing for game fish, in.
cluding pike, muskalonge, crappies,
perch, sunfish, sturgeon and all var
ieties of bass on Wednesday, March
1. The only kind of fish that is not
protected by the game and fish laws in
this respect are pickerel, suckers, red
horse, carp and bullheads. Dealers in
the marketable species will be given
until the end of the week to dispose
of their stocks of crappie, pike or 9TH
er fish handled.
The open bass season does not be-
gin until May 20, the season for catch
ing pike and other varieties of fish
that can be marketed remaining
closed until May 1. Under the game
laws the spearing of pickerel, suckers,
redhorse, carp and bullheads is al
lowed the entire year. but during May
and June the use of artificial lights
is prohibited.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
WIfeiy SoIIcitude.

Appealing to the police to find her
husband, who went to work and had
not returned home at eight o'clock,
but requesting that the officers neith-
Or arrest nor talk cross" to him,
woman left a note In the hands Of
Patrolman Hickerson at Sixth and Ed
mond streets containing information
concerning the missing husband.
The note in addition to giving de-
Bcription of the missing man read
that the wife twas worried nearly sick
because It was the first time that he
had done this"
II don't want you to arrest him"
continued the note. "Tell the police
to please not talk cross to him."-St
Joseph Gazette.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
GoPHERs WANT CORN SHOW.

Commercial Bodies Cooperate to
Bring National Exhibition to State.
Minneapolis, Mimi. = Enthusiastic
over the value of the national corn
show to Minnesota, Governor Eberhart
and his cohorts of state boosters met
in the Commercial Club and agreed
that Minnesota would welcome the
national show committee next month,
with open arms.
Advanced prices of farm lands, the
encouragement of corn growing in the
state and the demonstration that Min
nesota is in reality the corn state of
the Union, are some of the benefits
that will accrue, say the boosters, if
Minnesota is the favored state for the
next exhibition.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Bib Lumber Deal at Tower.

Tower.-A big transaction in lumber
was closed when the Duluth Lumber
company bought of the Vermilion Lum-
ber company of Tower, 100000 feet
of Norway pine. The Vermilion COM
pany will operate its mill here day
and night for five months the coming
season. Train loads of logs are being
received here and going through to
various points. This will be one of
the most active seasons for years as
the cut is unusually large owing to the
great amount of timber damaged by
forest fires last summer.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
WILL Is CONTESTED.
Heirs of w. C. McEIrath Are Not
Satisfied

Litchfield.-A-chibald McElrath, a
brother, and Elizabeth McElrath, wild
ow, an inmate of the St. Paul asylum,
have filed objections to the probate of
the will of w. G. McElrath, who died
at Kalispell, Mont, leaving an estate
of $4,000 to Ethel Hare, daughter of
Mrs. Tenant in the town of Cedar Mills,
this county, and Arthur Aylesworth, his
partner in Montana.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Successful Life Work.

HE has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often, and loved
much; who has gained the respect Of
Intelligent men and the love Of little
children; who has filled his niche
and accomplished his task; who left
the world better than he found 1t.
whether by an improved poppy. q
perfect poem or a rescued soul; who
has never lacked appreciation OF
earth's beauty or failed to express It:
who has always looked for the best
m others, and given the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration; whose
memory a benediction. President
Schurman.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
CHILD is SHOT BY PLAYMATE.

Accidental Discharge of Shotgun Fa.
tai to Ely, Minn., Girl.
Ely.-Bowia Lovak, years old, was
accidentally shot through the heart
when a shotgun in the hands of a
neighbor boy, Joseph Kernz, years
Did, was accidentally discharged.
The boy took his fathers shotgun
aown from above the bed, inserted a
loaded shell, aimed at the little girl
who was peeking at him through the
door, which was opened slightly, and
touched the trigger. The girls death
was instantaneous. Two other chill.
dren were present
The boy had received target gun
for Christmas of which he was very
fond. He often had watched his
father load the gun.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
BACK TO THE ASYLUM.

Preston Man Became Violent and is
Returned.
Preston.-John Danielson, living six
miles south of Lanesboro, who was re.
leased from the Rochester asylum some
weeks ago, became violently insane,
and threatened to shoot any one com.
ing on the premises. He had a shot
gun and when any one approached the
house he would run for the gun. He
was captured by Deputy Sheriffs Strom
and Hopp and brought to Prestoa and
recommitted to the asylum.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
MooRHEAD HOLDS ELECTION.
Youth of % Becomes City Attorney
by Big Majority.

Moorhead.-W. H. Davy was re-elect-
ed mayor by majority of 7S votes.
Lew A. Huntoon of the First National
bank was his opponent. Garfield Rus
tad, aged % years, and graduate of
the law department of the Minnesota
University, was elected city attorney.
He is said to be the youngest city attor-
ney in Minnesota.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Authority Costs Him $50.

Hibbing.-The police court is quiet
these days, very few serious cases be-
ing before the court. One day last
one man, an Austrian working at the
Leetonia mine, being charged with
knocking his wife down and firing a
revolver over her just to show that be
was boss. The little exhibition Of au-
thority cost him just $36, and he pro-
misses to be good in the future, since
it was so expensive to do otherwise.
He paid the fine in court, and was 81
lowed his freedom.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS MEET

Largest Attendance on Record Gath
ers at Faribault.
Faribault.-The Association of Coun
ty School Boards met here. This was
the largest meeting of the organiza
tion ever held, there being $50 mem
bers in attendance. A number of ad
dresses by men prominent in school
work of the state were heard. The
meeting unanimously indorsed the con
solidated school movement.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

lions. Again they be-
came scanty, were
very thick and attend
ed by burning and
scalding. Soon a drop
steal condition be-
came manifest and I
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Personal

William G. Irwin, father of Miss
Helen Irwin, who was married to Tenn
pleton Crocker at San Francisco, pre-
sented his daughter with $1,000,0 in
bonds as wedding gift.
The regents of the University of
Michigan announce that r. P. Lamont
of Chicago has offered the university
26 acres of land, subject to the mort
gage thereon, for use by the observa-
tory.
Prof. T. N. Carver, the Harvard
economist and sociologist, in a state
ment published, opposes the recent
argument for large families made by
President Emeritus Charles w. Eliot
of Harvard.
Before a gathering Of high prelates
and 200 priests, Rt Rev. John Ward,
D. D., was consecrated bishop Of the
Leavenworth diocese at Leavenworth,
Kan.
The Iowa board of education has
elected John G. Bowman president Of
the University of Iowa, to succeed
George e. MacLean who resigned.
Rev. DR.. Rogers Israel, for 18 years
rector of St. Luke's church, Scranton,
Pa, was consecrated first bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Erie.
Governor Maklakoff has begun a
widespread expulsion of the Jews
from the province Of Tchernigov, a
government in Little Russia.
President and Mrs. Taft attended
the funeral in Washington of Edward
McQuade, coachman for Secretary of
War Dickinson, who was killed when
he drove his runaway team Of horses
into a steep bank, thereby saving the
life of three-year-old Helen Dickin.
son, the granddaughter of the secre.
tary.
Charles D. Hilles of Ohio will sue
ceed Charles NJ Norton as secretary tc
President Taft Immediately afte,
March 4. Mr.. Hilles is now assistan,
secretary of the treasury.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
LAMBERT is HONoRED.

Commander Of Field Artillery Of Min
nesota Unanimously reelected.
st. Paul.-Major George c. Lambert,
whose term of office as commander of
the field artillery of Minnesota expired
last January, was reelected by unani-
nous vote at meeting of the field
and line officers of the field artillery
held in the Armory.
There were twelve officers present,
representing Batteries A and C of ST..
Paul and Battery B of Minneapolis.
The full staff of officers is sixteen.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

feet and ankles were bloated and
was in bad way when began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. I used four
boxes and was entirely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents .
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Mr.. CLARKE TO ANNUL DIVORCE
Bankers Attorney Says He Will Have
Nevada Decree Set Aside.

Minneapolis, MINI. = Andrew D.
Clarke, former president of the Min
nesota National bank, who got a di-
vorce from his wife in Carson City,
New, and who was fined $3.50 for con-
tempt of court in disposing of prop
erty despite restraining order, while
his wife was fighting for her marital
rights, will take steps to have the di-
vorce set aside, according to his coun.
sci. He was advised by the Judge,
when his fine was imposed, to take
steps at once to have the decree an
nulled.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
A RELIGIOUS innovation.

A certain well-brought-up little girl
Sunday morning and ventured polite
proposition to her mother.
Il really don't feel at all like going
to church this morning." she re-
marked. Cant we Just send cards?"
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
To Honor John A. johnson

To Honor John A. johnson.
st. Paul. = Richard D. O'Brien, has
completed a bill to be presented to
the legislature making July %, the
birthday of the late Governor John A.
Johnson, legal holiday in Minnesota.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
WATcHMAN Is FOUND DEAD.
Defeated Candidate for Sheriff Killed
In Peculiar Accident.

In Peculiar Accident.
Moorehad.-In an effort to close a
heavy door opening on one of the run
ways in the Dwight -four mill in this
city, Ed. N. Lundgren pulled the strap
handle from it's place and the rebound
caused him to trip turn a somersault
and fall to the ground five feet below,
where he was found this morning.
His neck was broken by the fall Lund.
gren was night watchman at the mill,
and was candidate for the Office of
sheriff at the last election. He leaves
a wife and five children.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
A WOMAN'S KIDNEYS.
Arc Often Responsible for Untold
Suffering.

Mrs. W. H. Kaiser, Whitney, Nebr,
says: MANY times during the night
I was obliged to arise because of too
frequent passages Of kidney secre-
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

The immense holdings Of the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron company IN LAT
Animas county, Colorado, are attacked
in a suit filed by Attorney Genera
Wickersham in the federal court here
About $500 acres of the most valu
able coal lands in the state, estimated
to be worth $3,000,0OO. are involved.
Supposed to have been caused by
the explosion of a lamp, fire burned
two houses at Oneida, Pa, occupied by
Gabriel Gerotsky and Michael Slovak
and five members Of the Gerotsky
family lost their lives.
Hymns sung into a phonograph by
William Henry Taxon of Ovid, Mich,
two years ago, when he was eighty
eight years old, were heard by the
mourners at his funeral.
Upon the arrival of the steamship
Athinai of the Hellenic Transatlantic
Steamship company at Brooklyn fed
eral officers went aboard and placed
the agent of the line, the captain and
most of the crew under arrest on the
charge of smuggling aliens into the
United States.
Jacob Walters, who has been on
trial at Valparaiso. Ind, for the MUIR
der of Alvin Johnson, was found not
guilty. Walters is the proprietor of
Hunters home" hotel at Koutz.
Ind. He escaped punishment on the
ground of the unwritten law.
The South Dakota house passed a
resolution memorializing congress to
oust all express companies and COM
pei railroads to carry packages direct
instead of through separate companies
or organizations.
Failure of the West Virginia legis-
lature which adjourned after an all
night session to pass statewide
primary election law will result in the
calling of an extra session Of that
body to consider such law.
Bob Jones and John Veazy, negroes,
charged with the murder of white
men, were taken from the Warrenton
(Ga.) Jail by mob and lynched. The
negroes were strung to the limbs Of
a tree on the outskirts Of the town
and their bodies were riddled with
bullets.
The safe in the post office at Grid
ley, ILL.,, was blown open, but the ex-
plosion aroused the town and the
yeggmen were frightened away before
securing anything.
There will be no appeal by western
roads from the decision of the inter
state commerce commission denying
them the right to increase freight
rates, while the eastern lines, in all
probability, will fight ito the last
ditch" That is the essence of state
ments made by several well-informed
railroad officials in Chicago.
The remains of the last four Of If
teen victims who lost their lives in a
fire in the Belmont mine, near Tono-
pah, New, were brought out through a
new shaft and were most frightfully
mutilated. They were taken from
the bottom of the mine which is 1,196
feet deep.
Two hundred members of the Illi-
nois National Guard are standing
guard at the plant of the E. 2. Opener
Bag company at Taylorville, ILL.,. to
prevent a threatened outbreak be-
tween strikers, strike sympathizers
and nonunion men employed by the
concern. The town Is practically un-
der martial law.
When the Van Buren, county circuit
court convened at Clinton, Ark, for
it's eighty-eighth consecutive term A.
Callen, ninety years old. made appli-
cation for admission to the bar. Mr..
Callen showed license signed by the
supreme court of Kansas dated 1884
and was admitted without examina-
ton.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Sympathy sometimes means sitting
in a car and passing out soft words to
lame folk.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
A girl Is always sure her latest love
Is the real thing.

Druggists everywhere sell Garfield Tea,
the Herb laxative. It acts as gentle aid
to Nature.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Helena. = Governor Norris approved
bill providing for the commission
for moi government for cities.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Sporting

Johnny Coulon won the decision
over frankie Conley at New Orleans at
the end of the twentieth round, thus
retaining the title of bantam weight
champion.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered From All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In Few Lines.
Washington

President Taft, by Inference, was
charged with using his appointive
power to intimidate members Of con.
gress by Senator Jonathan Bourne, In
a speech delivered in the senate. Un-
til recent trouble over an Oregon ap-
pointment, Senator Bourne was the
intimate friend and golfing compan-
ION of the chief executive and the
speech took the senate by surprise.
The Hobson bill to prevent the dis
closure of national defense secrets,
which has passed the house, was
passed by the senate without discus
sion.
The national house of representa-
dves passed the sundry civil bill,
which included an appropriation of
$4,000, 900 to begin the work Of fortify-
ing the Panama canal. The senate is
overwhelmingly in favor of protecting
the big waterway.
The Sutherland amendment, which,
II is expected, will accomplish the de-
feat of the resolution for the direct
election of senators, was adopted in
the United States senate by vote OF
80 to 81. The senate also agreed that
the final vote on the resolution as
whole should be taken on February %.
Without any recommendation what
ever the finance committee ordered
the Mccall bill, which is designed to
carry out the Canadian reciprocity
agreement, reported to the United
States senate. The vote against a
recommendation was to 6, and to re-
port 1t without recommendation the
vote was unanimous.
The new United States-Japan treaty
of trade and navigation was ratified
after a two-hour executive session of
the senate, on the understanding that
Japan will not impose coolie labor on
the United States.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

suing william EngllSh Wall1ng Tor
100000 for breach of promise at New
York collapsed on the witness stand
on cross-examination when counsel
for the defense asked her II she knew
certain men and women in the court
room who are to appear for the de-
fense.
Mysterious robbery Of through fast
express train No. 13 on the Erie rail-
road while it was running at top
speed between New York and Chica-
go Is being investigated by secret
service men of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press company, which operates the ex-
press service on that railroad.
The vast fortune left by Winfield
Scott Stratton, the Colorado mining
king, is claimed by a woman, who
says Stratton married her in Texas
81 years ago, took $4,000 of her
money and disappeared.
No less a sartorial authority than
President Taft has introduced the lat
est in red neckwear. The chief execu-
tive recently appeared with tie of
more gorgeous hue than Champ
Clark's.
Illinois corporations to the number
of 5000 are threatened with cancella-
tion of their charters for failure to
comply with the act requiring them to
make annual reports to the secretary
of state between the first Of February
and the first of March.
Using plain city water as an anaes-
thetic, DR.. Joseph F. Saphir, attending
surgeon of the Peoples hospital, in
New York, has performed more than
hundred operations recently.
r.. w. Hollenbeak, formerly a mem
ber of the Iowa legislature from
Adair county, was struck by Rock
Island train in driving across. the
track at Casey, Ia. He was killed in
stantly.
In battle go miles west of Tus.
carora, New, eight Indians and one
policeman were killed and the other
members of the Indian band were cap.
tured. The Indian band, 12 in mum
ber, began the fight when the state
police force came upon them.
Two hundred insurrectos captured
the town of Fronteras, the capital OF
the district Immediately south OF
Douglas, Ariz. Fifteen civilian sol
diers attempted to resist and fired
upon the rebels, five of whom were
killed.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty says that If the railroads do no,
obey the law as laid down by the com
mission they must pass into the hands
of the government as government
ownership has no terrors for the com
mission.
Diamonds and pearls valued al
$13O,000 were stolen from the state
room on the liner Amerika occupied
by Mrs. Maldwin Drummond, formerly
Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago
No trace of the thieves or gems has
been found.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

William G. Irwin, father of Miss
Helen Irwin, who was married to Tenn
pleton Crocker at San Francisco, pre-
sented his daughter with $1,000.O0O in
bonds as wedding gift.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Diamonds and pearls valued at
$130,000 were stolen from the state
room on the liner Amerika occupied
by Mrs Maldwin Drummond. formerly
Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago.
No trace of the thieves or gems has
been found.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03
Domestic

Anna Bertha Grunspan, who Is
suing William English Walling for
100000 for breach of promise at New
York collapsed on the witness stand
on cross-examination when counsel
for the defense asked her If she knew
certain men and women in the court
room who are to appear for the de-
fenSe
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Jacob Walters, who has been on
trial at Valparaiso. Ind, for the MUIR
der of Alvin Johnson, was found not
guilty. Walters is the proprietor of
Hunters home" a hotel at Koutz.
Ind. He escaped punishment on the
ground of the unwritten law.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Charles D. Hilles of Ohio will sue
ceed Charles N. Norton as secretary to
President Taft Immediately after
March 4. Mr.. Hilles is now assistant
secretary of the treasury.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty says that If the railroads do not
obey the law as laid down by the COM
mission they must pass into the hands
of the government, as government
ownership has no terrors for the COM
mission.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

The South Dakota house passed
resolution memorializing congress to
oust all express companies and COM
pei railroads to carry packages direct
instead of through separate companies
or organizations.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

Mysterious robbery Of through fast
express train No. 13 on the Erie rail-
road while it was running at top
speed between New York and Chica-
go is being investigated by secret
service men of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press company, which operates the ex-
press service on that railroad.