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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
MIDNIGHT STORM
. HITS FERGUS FALLS
BUILDINGS UNRooFED, WALLS
TWISTED AND TREES UP
ROOTED BY HIGH WIND.
LOSSES REACH $4,000
Crops in the Vicinity Heavily Dam.
aged-Eiectric Light Service
Crippled-No Fatalities
Reported.

Fergus Falls. = storm of tornado
proportions and power struck here
soon after midnight. The damage to
buildings and other property is con-
servatively estimated at $4,000 and
the damage in country districts i'm
mediately adjacent amounts to $780,
600 or more.
The storm followed the true tor
nadic course, coming from the south
west and going northeast. Reports
indicate that 1t extended not farther
than four miles north, and just how
far west has not yet been determined.
A GAINESVILLE dispatch indicates that
the chief force of the disturbance was
spent in this vicinity.
The principal losses in the city were
to the furniture store Of Martin Ben
son, the rGand hotel, the Fergus Falls
Cooperative Creamery company's
building and the clothing store of Olaf
Schei. Benson's loss is anywhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, his building
being badly battered and his stock Of
goods drenched by rain. The walls Of
the Grand hotel, Fergus Falls princi-
pal hostelry, were so twisted by the
shock of the wind that 1t is believed
they can never be repaired. The larg-
est individual loss was ON this build
ing.
One end OF the creamery building
was torn out and most of it's windows
and doors broken in. This is a 81 900
brick building.
The roof of the clothing store Of
Olaf Schei was partially crushed by
falling brick from adjacent buildings,
and all the goods were heavily dam
aged by the heavy rain that accom-
panied the blow.
No one in the city or country was
injured, so far as known, except by
flying glass, as the windows were
blown in. One and half inches of
rain fell in an hour.
Hundreds of trees were torn up by
the roots and many fell across the
streets and effectually blocked them
against traffic. Telephone and cleo
trio lighting poles were leveled in all
parts of the city and there will be no
street lights for several nights.
Reports of losses in country dis
tricts have been coming all day. On
each farm in the path of the wind
comes the same story of minor de-
structaon. Barns were either wracked
or torn to pieces and crops of all
kinds were leveled with the soil.
Bad Storms Over State.
Mini, eapolis, Electrics storms
ACCOMPANIED by heavy 6ownpours
of rala and cyclonic winds, are
reported from many towns of the
state. A cyclone is reported near Al
bert Lea, but the amount of damage
and whether any lives were lost are
unknown. Two empty freight cars
we're Blown from Wadena onto a side
track a. Verndale by the high wind.
Buildings in and around Bertha, Mimi,
were wrecked. La Crosse, Lyle and
Holmen, Wis, report severe storms.
Easements were flooded and wires
put out of commission in Albert Lea.
Considerable damage was done at
Luverne. and Bemidji reports cloud
burst. Rochester had the heaviest
storm of the season. Austin reports
a bad electrical storm and much dam
age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
EIINN. MAN DEFEATED.
Prohibit;onists Pick Oregonian as Ma
tionaI Chairman.

Atlantic City, New Jersey. = After
u day of almost constant wrangling, in
terspersed now and then with hymns
and prayers, the national Prohibition
convention overthrow the existing adj
ministration and elected G.. Hinshaw
of Portland, Ore, as national chair
man of the party. The convention
voted down a proposed plank in the
platform demanding that the separa-
ton of church and state be perpetual
and that no public money should be
appropriated to sectarian churches and
chools. Adjournment was then taken
and at the next session candidates
for president and vice president will
be nominated.
Mr. Hinshaw the new national chair
man of the party, was compromise
selection as between Charles r. Jones
of Illinois, the present chairman and
w. C. Calderwood of Minnesota, the
leading insurgent candidate for the
office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
She was a Buster.

Mrs. Sutton advertised for woman
to do general Homework, and in an.
swer a colored girl called, announcing
that she had come for the position.
"Are you good COOKE" asked Mrs.
Sutton.
mo, indeed, l don't cook" was the
reply.
Are you good laundress?"
Il wouldn't do washin' and ironin';
it's too hard on the hands.
Can you sweep" asked Mrs. SUIT
ton.
NO." was the positive answer, I'm
not strong enough"
WELL" said the lady of the house,
quite exasperated, may 1 ask what
you can do?"
Il dusts," came the placid reply
Everybody's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK
Engineers Demands Opposed.

New York, New York. = Warren s.
Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers, completed
the oral presentation of the case OF
the engineers of so Eastern railroads
who are seeking shorter hours and
higher pay before the arbitration COM
mission at Manhattan Beach. B. A.
Worthington, president of the Chica-
go and Alton, spokesman for the rail-
roads, began his argument in reply.
He said: "The total increase in
wages would amount approximately to
So, GOO. 000.'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Democrats to Meet July rs.

LITIGATION meeting is being planned by
the Democrats of Minneapolis and the
state at large. The plan is to have
the meetings held in Minneapolis and
to secure William Jennings Bryan as
the speaker. Minnesota Democrats
have evolved a conference idea to take
the place of the old state convention
abolished by the primary law. In
accordance with this idea Fred B.
Lynch, national committeeman, has
heen empowered to call state con.
ference, to be held in the West hotel
July 26 and q.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
PARALYZED BY BULLET.
Physicians Say Mrs. Phipps Will Be
Invalid If She Survives Wound.

Minneapolis. = The physicians at
the st. Barnabas hospital said that
Mrs. Helen Phipps, shot my her hus-
band in their home in Wayzata last
Monday would be paralyzed if she sur
-eed her injuries. Mrs. Phipps is
paralyzed now from her waist down
s.nd has but little use of her upper
lt.abs. Attendants of the hospital
ss:d physicians did not think she
would survice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Third Party Call Is Ready.

st. Paul. = The new, or third party
state convention will be held in rhe
ST. Paul Auditorium July 80, and will
be Ia the form of monster mass
meeting. Delegates to the national
convention to be held in Chicago Au-
gust will be elected. and presidential
electors will also be recommended.
Milton D. Purdy will make public
the call within a day or two. This
call will be signed by Mr.. Purdy, Hugh
T. Halbert of St. Paul and by lead
ing Progressives throughout the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Search for Henninu Goes On.

Chicago, Ill. = No new witnesses
have been heard by the grand jury
in the investigation of the alleged con-
spiracy to ruin the reputation of Clar-
ence S. Funk, general manager of
the International Harvester Co. The
police and private detectives continue
their search for John c. Henning, who
charged Mr.. Funk was alternating the
affections of his wife Mrs. Josephine
Henning, who recently is said to have
confessed her part of the alleged plot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
warm Weather In Demand.

Minneapolis. - According to the
agricultural experts, grain men and
others interested in the crop outlook
two weeks of warm weather are all
that is needed to insure splendid crop
returns in the Northwest. They say
hot weather for about ten days would
add almost as many million dollars
to the crop values of the grain grow
ing belt of Minnesota, the Dakotas and
other grain producing territories
Hot weather from now on would be
of immense value" said Dean Woods
OF the agricultural college.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
DoeffIer Gets Life senten.e.

Red Wing.-Jake Doeffier, murderer
of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Schill, was
sentenced to Imprisonment at hard
labor for life. Max Decker, who
pleaed guilty to statutory offense,
was sentenced to six months in the
county Jail. Fred Boeckler, indicted
on the same charge as Decker, was
sentenced to the. state reformatory
at st. Cloud. Joseph McAdams, charg-
ed with breaking into a boxcar and
stealing merchandise, had his case
continued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Domestic

George Zynos, twenty, a Greek
bootblack of Canton. o., caught two
burglars in the jewelry store of Lud-
wig Wolss, gave chase and recovered
two grips dropped by the thieves con-
tanning $4,000 in gems.
Senator Isaac Huffman of Butler
county, Ohio, was sentenced to serve
three years in the penitentiary for
accepting bride in the legislature by
Judge Rathnlell at Columbus. The
motion filed by Hoffman for a new
trial was overruled.
When fuse exploded on q crowded
street car at Memphis, Tenn, the
frightened passengers made a rush for
the gates and in the scramble a negro
woman was killed, four white women
were severely hurt and five other per
sons were bruised.
Judge Dickinson OF Minneapolis is
unwilling to admit that he made
faces" and thereby Influenced the jury
to bring a verdict favorable to the
city. He signifed this when he de-
MED q motion for q new trial to ]. r.
Canterbury. former city fire chief.
The capitol commission at Jefferson
City. Mo-, selected ten plans for -final
competition for q new state capitol
building on September 16. Seven of
the ten plans were submitted by New
York architects and two by Missouri
architects.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Lad Shoots Young Companion.

Bemidii-Henry Austin, IL years
old, of Northolme, is dying in the hos
pital here as the result of rifle bull
let wound inflicted by younger COM
panion while at play in the woods.
The shooting was accidental. The boy
who did the shooting did not know
the % rifle which he aimed at Henry
was loaded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
SAlLOW FACES
Often Caused by Tea and Coffee
Drinking.

How many persons realize that tea
and coffee so disturb digestion that
they produce a muddy, yellow com
plexion?
A ten days trial of Postum has
proven a means, In thousands OF cases,
of clearing up a bad complexion.
A Washn. young lady tells her ex-
perience:
"All Of us-father, mother, sister and
brother-had used tea and coffee for
many years until finally we all had
stomach troubles, more or less.
I'VE all were sallow and troubled
with pimples, bad breath, disagreeable
taste in the mouth. and all Of US simply
DO many bundles Of nerves.
I'VE didn't realize that tea and COT.
fee caused the trouble until one day
we ran out OF coffee and went to Dor
row some from a neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told Us to try
that.
Although we started to make It.
we all felt sure that we would be sick
II we missed our strong coffee, but we
tried Postum and were surprised to
find It delicious.
I'VE read the statements on the pkg,
got more and in a month and half
you wouldn't have known US. We all
were able to digest our food without
any trouble, each ones skin became
clear, tongues cleared OF, and nerves
In fine condition. We never use any
thing now but Postum. There Is moth
ing like It." Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" and it Ii ex-
planned in the little book, The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above lefferf a new
enc appears fxon time to ttne. They
are genufnes tire, ana fuu - tuDAo
interest,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Atlanta Rate Hearing On.

Duluth, - Interstate Commerce
Commissioner B. H. Meyer be-
gan the continuation of the hearing
of the Atlanta, Ga, rate case, where
in that city seeks to remedy alleged
discrimination, claimed to be in favor
OF Nashville, Tenn. twenty-five South
ern business and railroad men are
here for the hearing. The hearing is
being held here for convenience, Com
missioner Meyers summer home be-
ing on the Brule river. near here.
The hearing win continue for seversl
days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Shoe Torn From Foot.

Minneapolis, Mrs. Paul Wilson
who reported that lightning struck
her home, was the victim of a rather
peculiar freak as result. She
was sitting at her sewing machine
when the bolt struck the house. Her
shoe was torn from her foot by the
passing electricity, but aside from a
severe physical shock and a bruise on
the foot she was not injured. She
was able to reach the telephone to
notify the fire department. The house
was slightly damaged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Contract Let.

Minneapolis, = Contract has been
let for the construction by Oct.
1 of a suburban electric line between
Minneapolis and Anoka- The road is
to be operated by the Minneapolis G.
Northern Railway company, incorpor-
ated under the laws of Maine with q
capitalization of $500, 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Elevators Burn at Randolph.

Cannon Falls.-Both elevators and
the lumber yard at Randolph, with Of
fees and other buildings, were burned
with a loss of $4,000 Randolph has
no fire protection, water pressure or
apparatus. Had the wind not changed
soon after the fire was discovered the
town might have been destroyed.
Both properties were insured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Old Mill DESTROYED.

Verndale.-Rye, corn and potatoes
suffered from hail and a high wind
blew down fences and trees around
town. The old grist mill on the river
was struck by lightning and burned.
1t contained valuable machinery and
the loss is placed at $4,000, with no
of Mahnomen. Four inches of water
fell
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Elevator Files Bankruptcy Schedule,

Fergus Falls. = Lang, Atwood &
White, engaged in the -four mill and
elevator business at Evansville, filed
schedules in bankruptcy in the feder-
al court in this city. The schedules
place the firms assets at $14,650S5,
and liabilities at $26.235.10. In the
individual schedules Mr.. Lang places
his assets at ST., 264. of which s2,495.74
is exempt, and his liabilities at s10,-
1886. Mr.. Atwood places his assets
at 1895. of which $685. is exempt, and
his liabilities at $1S,567.37. Mr.. White
files no schedules.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Politics

Woodrow Wilson as Democratic ma
tional standardbearer ruled in spirit
the reorganization Of the Democratic
national committee at a session held
in Chicago. w. F. McCombs OF New
York, choice of Governor Wilson. was
elected chairman to succeed Norman
E. Mack, who retires. Joseph E. Da-
vies, national committeeman from Wis
consin, was elected secretary and
John l. Martin sergeant-at.arms.
After a three day session at At
lantic City, N. j., marked by tumul-
tous scenes and factional strife that
threatened to split the party in twain,
the delegates to the national Prohibi-
ton convention nominated Eugene w.
Chain of Illinois and Arizona for
president and Aaron S. Watkins OF
Ohio or yice-president. Chain and
Watkins headed the party in the 1908
campaign.
Judge John J. Karel Of Milwau-
kee won the convention fight for the
nomination for governor OF Wisconsin
by vote of 1913 to 375, over A. ].
Schmitz, but the Democratic state
committee is instructed to prepare the
nomination papers for both candi-
dates between whom final decision
will be rendered at the September
primary.
After an extended battle on the in
come tax law plank, the Wisconsin
Democratic state convention adopted
platform for the coming campaign
and finished naming candidates for
the five, highest elective state off,
GERS, subject to the primaries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Government Steel Suit Upheld.

Washington, d. C. = Members of
the house Stanley steel trust investi.
eating committee practically agreed
to recommend the dissolution of the
United States Steel corporation in
their report and indorse the govern
ment suit against it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
1.ansfer Exn con.idered.

st. Paul, July 11.-According to an
official high in the service of the
Twin City Rapid Transit company,
that concern is losing thousands of
dollars every year through a more
or less organized system of transfer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Personal

Katherine Stinson Of Chicago,
eighteen, and weighing 100 pounds.
has passed her examinations" for an
aeroplane pilots license and will take
part in the coming Chicago meet.
The girl. whose father is q city on
cial at Jackson. Miss, came to Chi.
cago two months ago to try for a
license. She was at first rejected be-
cause of her weight and age. She
took her lessons In air navigptior
from Max Lille.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Governor WORT Join.

st. Paul. = Governor Eberhart has
announced that he could see no need
of a new party, as proposed by those
behind Mr.. Roosevelt. He refused to
join any movement looking to its or
ganization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Cotton Manipulation Barred.

Washington, d. C. - Heavy penal
ties Tor gambling in cotton futures"
are provided in the Beall bill, passed
by the house by vote Of 50 to 2k
The bill win 60 to the senate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Foreign

With the closing events on the
Olympic program the fifth renewal Of
the international Olympiad at Stock
holm, Sweden, practically ended with
a glorious victory for American ath-
letes, who won the track and field
championship with points to spare.
The program, however, will continue
three weeks. The military riding
competitions are not yet finished, and
the Olympic regatta is about to be-
gin. Then comes the Olympic yacht
ing.
The Turkish grand vizier in a state
ment in the chamber announced that
the Turkish government refused all
the proposed conditions OF peace as
unacceptable. Turkey, he said, in
tended to maintain her sovereignty in
Tripoli and the war would continue
until conditions of peace agreeable to
Turkish dignity had been submitted.
Italy recently informed the powers
that in order to end the Turco-Italian
war 1t was willing to pay heavy cash
indemnity to Turkey for the transfer
to Italy of sovereign rights in Tripoli
and in the islands of the Aegean sea.
already occupied by Italy.
Adolfo Vivas, consul general Of Mica
ragua, replying to the charge Of Man
uel Ugarte that the Nicaragua loan Is
"the most monstrous negotiation at
tempted in the world" said: The &C
ton of the United States not only
helped the country out of It's financial
struggle, but has opened the way for
the restoration of its credit abroad"
The Marathon, the classic of the
Olympic games. at Stockholf. Sweden,
was won by K K Macarthur of South
Africa, with C. W. Gitshaw. also rep
resenting South Africa. second. The
winners time was 2 hours and SO
minutes for the course of about rs
miles.
General Monteagndo reports to
President Gomez OF Cuba that the
province Of Oriente has been so thor
oughly pacified that he considers it
unnecessarily to continue the suspen-
sion of constitutional guarantees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

ST. Paul The state board Of
health, which met In st. Paul ap-
pointed A. J. Chesley of Minneapolis
state epidermologist to succeed Or. n.
A. Hill, resigned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
Rye Harvest Begun.

Cannon Falls. The rye harvest
has begun here. with prospects for
a good yield. All the tame fruits
except apples win be plenty. Wild
grapes and plums give promise to
being more abundant than usual
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

Alex Tauer of Pittsburg, depressed
by the torrid heat. made his way to
the fourteenth story of the Machesney
Office building In the heart Of the
financial district and jumped from a
window 200 feet to the roof of a
neighboring building. He was dead
when picked up.
John Mitchell vice-president of the
American Federation of Labor, found
guilty second time in the district
supreme court, with President Com
pers and Secretary Morrison, of con-
tempt OF court, waived his right to
be present when sentence was passed
In the case in Washington.
Two dead, two missing, five injured
and 1000 homeless, with property
losses estimated at more than $4,000
600, are the known results of cloud
burst that swept down the shallow
bed Of Cherry creek. through Den
yer, Colo, and into the South Platte
river.
Thirteen persons are dead and more
than twenty-five injured as the result
of mistakes of railroad employees, par
TALLY due to heavy fog, which sent
the Omaha fast mail crashing at the
rate of 20 miles an hour into the rear
sleeper of the Denver Overland limited
standing still at Western Springs on
the Burlington road, Is miles west OF
Chicago.
Four persons were drowned and
great property damage was wrought
In st. Louis and neighboring cities and
towns by cloudburst. The greatest
amount of damage was done at Alton,
ILL.,, where the loss of life occurred.
Gen. Henry M. Duffield. adjutant
general of the Twenty-third brigade,
Army of the Cumberland, in the Civil
war and in command of the Second
army corps in Cuba during the Span
ish-American war, died at his home
In Detroit of illness incident to age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

When God calls, the safest step we
can take is straight ahead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19

1t makes girl awfully ashamed to
let a man kiss her without first put
ting up some sort Of bluff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-19
THE MARKETS.
Twin City Markets.


Minneapolis, July 17.-Wheat, July,
$1.05h; Sept, s6%c; No. ! northern,
$1.0S; No. northern, s106h; No.
durum. s7kc; No. 3 corn. 73hc; No
3 white oats, Acc; barley mailing, S5c;
No. 2 rye, zoe; No. l flax, $1.95.
Duluth, July 17.--Wheat, Sept. 98hc;
No: l northern, $1.o7; No. durum
South st. Paul, July 17-CattIe-
Steers, Sc; cows, S3.50@5.25; calves
s3.75@775;. hogs, s7@740; sheep and
lambs, $2.75@7.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, July 17.-Cattle-Receip
$500; market slow; beeves, $5.55@9.55
Texas steers. $5@7.15; western steers
$5.90@7.60; stockers and feeders, $3.50
$3.50; cows and heifers. s2.60@7.7O;
calves, $6.50@8.75. Hogs-Receipts
1900: market strong to SIS above yes
terday's average; light. s7.2O@7.674;
mixed. $7.1o@7:67k; heavy, $6.95 q
1924; rough, $685. a 7.15; pigs, $500
7.35; bulk of sales. $7.35@765. Sheep
-Receipts, $4,000; market dull; native
$3.50 5.25; western, $3.40@5.25; year
iings, s4.15@5.75; lambs, native, $40
1925; western S4.25@7.25.
The Washington times., 1912-02-19
PROPOSALS

OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washing
ton February 49, 1872. Sealed proposals will
be received at this office until two o'clock.
D. M. March :, 1912, for furnishing and in
staIlinG in the District Pumping Station, this
CITY a water softening plant. Specifications
and form of proposal may be obtained from
RUDOLPH, JOHN A. JOHNSTON, WILL
IAN V. JUDSON, Commissioners, DC.