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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Bathers Drown.

Minneapolis. = Hugh Owens was
suddenly seized with cramps when he
jumped from the spring board at the
bathhouse at M~innetonka. He went
under the water and failed to rise. A
few minutes later his companions be-
gan a search and succeeded in locat-
ing his body. Arthur Knatt, Is years
old, was drosned in the Minnesota riv-
er, a short distance above Fort Smell
ing, shortly after midnight. His body
has not yet been recovered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Chick GandiI, washinston's Crack First Raseman.

Whether 1t pays to go into the mar
ket and bid for young players Of prom
lse, ave If the price seems high, is
answered in the case of Gandil, whose
addition to the Nationals virtually
made the team, says Joe Jackson in
the Washington Post. He continues:
1t is generally understood that Gan
ill cost $4,000, including the assessed
valuation of foul players and a cash
balance, the deal being similar in this
sense to the one by which Russell
vent from Baltimore to the Athletics.
Russell's purchase was a dead loss,
but that was entirely the fault of the
player, who put himself out of the
game. So far Gandil has been a sue
Tess. He has proved that he is a star
aelder, and while possibly he may not
tit quite as well after he has been in
a time, he shapes up like a man who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Interurban Car Hits Auto

st. Paul.-B. A. Hansen. who ia
owner of the Capitol Dairy company.
Rice and Charles streets. st. Paul, and
his four children, ranging from 8 to S
years, were injured, the youngest seri-
ously, when a westbound interurban
car smashed into the automobile in
which they were riding. The street
car moving swiftly and the machine.
which was a touring car, was knock
ed several feet by the impact, and up
set. The occupants were thrown fore
IDLY to the pavement, it is said. The
machine was badly damaged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Swedish Singers Pick Omaha,

Duluth. = Omaha was selected to
get the next annual meeting of the
western division of the National Swed-
ish singers. S. Simonson was elected
present; Eric R. Erickson secretary
and John Larson treasurer. all of
Omaha. Olaf Nelson of Chicago was
elected first vice president, DR.. Chas.
Bundsen of Denver second vice presi-
dent; Charles Lommerhlad. of Chica-
go, recording secretary; John Peter
son of Ironwaad. Mich, financial secre-
tary. and Joel Mossberg of Chicago,
director in charge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Cause For Woman's Action.

st. Peter. Probably despair over
her destitute circumstances and the
urgent need of her husbands support
in view of the fact that she is soon to
become a mother, led Mrs. Andrew
Sweider to furnish the three files to
the insane criminals concerned in the
attempt at a cell delivery at the ST.
Peter state hospital for the criminal
insane Wednesday night, provided the
files actually were taken into the
place by the woman, as believed by
the hospital authorities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
GERMAN CHORUS PLEASE
Eighteen Hundred Voices Sing "schat.
zerI Klein"

st. Paul. A very fair-sized house
heard the chorus of 1900 voices. con-
Quoted by Theodore Kelbe, sing the
''Schatzerl Klein" song in the st. Paul
auditorium, as a part of the Saenger-
with the chorus, which received much
praise from Emil Oberhoffer, conduct
or of the Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra. Marcus Kellerman, soloist of
the day, was given a hearty ovation.
Gossip among the Saengerfolk indi-
Gated that Denver would be the place
for meeting two years from now. Du,
buque, Ia, would like the Saengerfest,
but it is believed that there is no
hall large enough there to accommo-
date the singers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Assauifer

Minneapolis.-Joseph Mill, a wan.
dering farm hand, who gives his age
as eighteen years, is said to have as
saulted the young wife of Jacob H.
Spandel, a farmer, living on the st.
Lawrence road a mile and a half north.
west of the village of Jordan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Boys Find Skeleton.

Cloquet.-Some boys picking berries
near Carlton found the skeleton of a
mar lying half hidden by a pile of
slashings. Coroner Nyquist was called
to investigate and found a bullet hole
through the skull. There was no near
OF identification. The police authori-
ties recollect no disappearance from
this community.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
AUTOISTS m TRIP.
Forty-nine Cars Complete Tour With
out Serious Mishap.

Benson.-Weary but contented, the
autoists of Benson reached home after
a two days automobile tour covering
242 miles through eight counties.
Starting from Benson at 7 a. m. Fri
day, forty-nine cars completed the
trip to and from New Ulm without
mishap save a few punctures and a
broken axle and steering gear.
President E. L. Thornton and Sec
rotary |. NJ. Hudson of the Benson Au-
tomobile club are enthusiastic over
the results and another sociability tour
will be made again next year possibly
to Minneapolis.
The enduring qualities of the frail
sex were demonstrated. Miss Ethel
Crooks, in a Maxwell, stuck to the
wheel all the way, while Mrs. May
McShane held her own outward bound.
Montevideo was last visited and the
cars took the homeward stretch of
thirty miles to the north. When the
tourists reached within five miles of
home they were me with torches and
a band. The triumphant boosters
were escorted yer the five miles of
fine roads fixed at the expense of the
auto club last year. The park was a
festoon of electric lights and as the
home-comers paraded through the
crowded streets ~sky-rockets were fired
and Fourth of July had nothing on it
az a celebration. There were speeches
by prominent citizens, followed by mu-
sic by the town band, and lunch was
served in the open cdr. The itinerary
covered Swift, Kandiyohi, Renville,
Nicollet, Brown, Redwood, Yellow
Medicine and Chippewa counties and
the roads we're generally fair but
there is much room for Improvement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Why Did He sto5 the Engine?

George Westinghouse, tie famous IN
yentor and manufacturer, is a firm
believer in the excellence of his prod
ucts.
The story is told that a letter re-
ceived some years ago by the Westing-
house Machinery company said that
the writer had been using one of It's
standard vertical engines with emf
isn't success. For eight years night
and day, handling its load without
a hint of trouble, but that upon shut
ting it down the other evening it
went all to pieces" The letter was
passed to the eminent inventor whose
name the company bears. and handed
back with the remark: ASK the
blamed fool what hs shut It down for
|-Povsr.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Labor Famine.

Duluth. = The great American
Northwest is facing a serious labor
famine. Thousands of men are needed
to harvest bumper crops, work on rail-
roads and help also in the develop
ment of Canada, but labor cannot be
obtained at top wages and the unus-
ual allurements of free fare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
~Saenqerfest Ends.

st. Paul. The annual Northwest
Saengerfest, which was in session
three days in St, Paul, ended with
the election of officers and the selec-
ton Of the place of meeting for the
next fest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Beef Trust Dissolvinq.

Chicago, Illinois. A formal state.
ment showing the method of distri-
button of the assets of the National
Packing company, with a declaration
that the company has been dissolved,
has been presented to United States
District Attorney James H. Wilkerson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Grain INSPECTION Favored,

Washington, d. c. - Senator Nc
Cumber's bill to provide for the in
spection ard grading of grain entering
uniformity in standards and classified
ton was ordered favorably reported by
the senate committee on agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Reasons for Better Ball.

Monte Cross says that there are two
reasons why baseball Of today is bet
ter than that of twenty years ago.
They are that less boneheads are
playing and the spitball has been dis
covered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02

There are only three or four center
fielders in the country who can be
mentioned in the same breath with
Paskert When 1t comes to covering
ground, not one OF them can get ovsr
The grass faster than 'poda.'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Mlnneapolls Woman Honored.

Hampton, Virginia. = The Nation
al Association of the Colored Women,
in convention here elected Mrs. Book
er T. Washington president and Mrs.
lone E. Gibbs of Minneapolis vice
president at large.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Record for an Eouestrienn.

San Francisco, California = Miss
Marion Croker has established a new
equestrian record for women by rid
ing on horseback 102 miles in IA
hours. She rode one horse Sc miles
and another 46 miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
2s.ooo Harvesters Needed.

Minneapolis. More than twenty
six thousand men. a new record for
the annual army of ~harvesters. viii
be required In the grain fields Of Min
nesota, North Dakota and Montana
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
August !. 1862.

August !, 1852.
Confederate batteries al Coggin's
Point, opposite to Harrison's land
ing, Virginia, opened fire on the Union
army under General Mcclellan and the
Federal feet. The batteries were ST.
fenced after a brisk fire of two hours,
Members of the First regiment,
South Carolina volunteers, a regiment
formed among the slaves when Gen.
eral Hunters Federal army obtained
a foothold on South Carolina, were de-
clared forever free.
Irregulars under the Confederate
leader Dunn attacked Canton, Mo-,
killed William Craig, owner OF a ware
house in which rifles were stored,
took possession of the rifles and plum
dered all the stores in the place.
The obtaining of substitutes through
the medium of agents for service in
the Confederate army was strictly
prohibited by order Of the Confederate
General Wider
Six hundred Union troops crossed
the James river at Hafrison's Land
ing and destroyed all the houses of
that town without losing a man.
A company of the Missouri state mi
litia was captured by a band Of Con-
federate irreeulars under Colonel Por-
ter at Newark, Mo. The C~onfederates
captured 100 guns. a large number of
horses. a quantity of commissary
stores, a number Of tents and 5000
or 10000 rounds Of cartridges.
A accommodating force under Cen
eral Bayard Of the Union army had a
series of skirmishes with the Confed-
crates along the Rapidan.
In retort upon General Pope's recent
osdss that anyone captured who had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
75e
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY A AGO
THIS E

Vety GS ##".
Major General Pope, accompanied by
his staff, left Washington for the head
quarters of the army IN the field. Be-
fore his departure he orderd that
passes to the lines of his forces should
not be granted to others than those
having official business there.
The English brig Napier was cap
trued by the U. S. S. 8. Mystic while en-
deavoring to run the blockade Of VIII
mington, N. C.
The citizens of Mount Stirling, KY,
succeeded in driving off a party of IT.
regulars with a loss reported of IS
In killed, wounded and taken pris-
oners.
A Union force defeated a band of
partisans ear Bollingers Mills, Mo.
General Pope and his staff arrived
at Warrenton, Va, at noon, creating
great CONSERVATION among the seces-
sionists, nearly all of whom had taken
Confederate oaths of allegiance, and
insisted that General Pope dared not
carry out the intentions declared in
his proclamation.
Colonel Lloyd of the Sixth Ohio cav
airy, pursuant of General Pope's or
ders, arrested all the male inhabitants
Of Luray, Va, and lodged them in the
court house preparatory to giving them
the oath of allegiance.
The Confederate batteries at Gene
sis Point, on Ogeechee river, We're
shelled by the national %gunboats.
Russellville, KY, was captured by a
band of Confederate partisans, the
home guard being unable to drive OF
their attack.
A detachment of Union cavalry un
der Captain Dollin attacked a force of
Confederate cavalry near Brownsville,
KY, capturing so of them. The Con-
federates, reinforced, captured 20 men
and IA horses.
July 80, 1862.
John H. Morgan of the Confederate
army, reported to Major General E.
Kirby Smith, commanding the Confed.
crate forces in eastern Tennessee, the
result of his recent raid with irregu-
lar troops. Leaving Knoxville, Tenn,
on the Fourth of July, with 900 men,
he eaptured II towns, destroying the
national stores in each, dispersed
1900 home guards, paroled 1000 regu.
lars, and returned on the 2Sth with
1900 men, having travelled 1000 miles
In "a days. The entire loss in killed,
wounded and missing was less than
100.
The bells contributed to the Confed.
crate government by the churches,
planters and others to be made into
cannon, and seized in New Orleans by
General Butler, were sold at auction in
Boston.
John r. Lee, acting master of the
u. s. s. S. E. B. Hale, assembled Todd
Creek, Georgia, with a party and de.
stroyed a Confederate salt works that
was in successful operation.
An attempt to capture the tug Ach.
lilies, lying off Harrison's Landing. on
the James river, by a body of Con.
~federates, was frustrated.
A body of guerrillas under Joe
Thompson entered Paris, KY. cut down
the flag pole, took the sheriff and the
clerks Of the circuit and county courts
prisoners, forced the keys to the jail
from the jailer and liberated prisoners,
obtained such indictments of citizens
as they desired from the clerk of the
circuit court, helped themselves to
goods in the stores, took supper with
the citizens, and left after dark. They
we're followed and slightly punished by
a party of the Ninth Pennsylvania cav.
airy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
July 81, 1862.

The secretary Of war of the United
States issued an order revoking all
%furloughs and leaves of absence from
the army except those granted by the
department, on Monday, the 18th of
August, and ordering all officers capa.
BILE of service to join their regiments
forthwith under penalty of dismissal
from the service or court-martial. On
Monday, August 10, the order warned,
each regiment and corps would be
mustered, the absentees would be
marked, and If not appearing within 48
hours, would be dismissed from the
service or treated as deserters.
Several vessels from the mortar fleet
that had been operating on the Mis-
sissippi under command of Commodore
Porter arrived at Fortress Monroe.
The Confederate steamer Memphis
was captured by the United States
gunboat Magnolia, she having run the
blockade Of Charleston, S. c., on the
night of the 9th.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02
Insane Slayer Is Still at Large.

st. Peter. The most diligent
inquiry has been made by the au-
shorities at the ST. Peter state hos
pital for the insane, but they have
been unable to find any trace of
Bjorne Ostby, the insane murderer
who escaped from the criminal ward.
Ostby is believed to be hiding in the
ravines along the Minnesota river.
Hunger may drive him to some habi-
tation and it is expected that he will
Ia recaptured at his first appearance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24

erty OF the late Morgan Treat. at
West Point. which brought sa4.eoe.
Nine lots in Washington Terrace, and
three In Westhampton rounded up
weeks business netting $4,000. for
this enterprising firm.
j. ii. Moseley company. incorpo-
rated. sold Washington suburban
property amounting to $107.6o0 in
one deal to a syndicate which will
develop it. and a number of other
smaller out-of-town sales were re-
ported.
Business Property In Demand.
Altogether It has been a bang-up
week for business, with marked
| activity in the West End AMI the
suburbs, and an Increasingly active
demand for small business property.
Richeson & Crutchfield finding this
demonstrat,nx fact In the number Of
\
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24

The Iiveliest week Richmond has
experienced in many months. Is the
unanimous verdict OF those who move.
ana live and have their being in real
estate circles. Several real big deals
were pulled OF: many OF the agents
turned over smaller holdings running
into three figures. while there were
several, Of these deals that spell some-
thin for the city's future
The largest deal the progress man
could chase down was the sale of a
piece Of business property by J. ID.
Carneal & Son. for W. ]. Gilman,
which brought $4,000. The mama
of the purchaser Is withheld for the
present. as Is the exact location q
the property. but ii is central business
property between First and Ninth and
Broad and Main.
l Another Mair Ssrsst csal.
An Interesting Main street deal
was the sale OF the four three story
brick stores--Nos. 10, liz, ia and
lI25 East Mainly r. Baxter VIII
son. TO F. r. Brauer. for $4,000. Mr.
Brauer has not indicated what put-
pose the purpose csrdlu cmfw cmfwy
pose to which he will put the prop
erty. but there are rumOrs OF big
skyscraper there in the near future.
A big, fine hotel or apartment house
probably the formsr--catering to the
exclusive tourist travels on tapis
! for the Boulevard. It will be located
on the Boulevard near the Battle
Abbey. and the site deal for the site
was closed yesterday by Gibboney a
Nuchols. The name Of the promoter
IL withheld, but AZ he paid $l2.o0t
for the lot It ID safe to assume thai
1 ~ xsrffN h. ~ M = f1ra
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24
BUSINESS PROPERTY VERY ACTIVE,
AND SOME BIG DEALS ARE REPORTED
Holding for s1oonoose Purchased
the LiyesW n Real Estate Circles for Many Months

business sales they repdN. though
details are withheld for the present.
They sold business property on Fifth
street that brought $4,000; West
Broad street place that netted S23,
and on Second street, in jackson
ward, that brought s15.400. Alto
gether this hustttng firm closed up
deals during the week aggregAttnR
over 100000. Other sales. they re-
port. in addition to those specified.
embrace q Second street house,
$1,000; four Boyd street houses. $3.-
500: two on Taylor street. $1,000: lot
on Park avenue. $4,000; two homes
on North Third street and Thirty
second street. $4,000: one on Fourth
street, $4,000; two at Second and
Clay. $4,000, and two on Third street
that brought $1.775: two houses on
Sixth street. $2.a50;, Jackson ward lot.
$4,000, and Eauisa county farm that
brought $1,000.
West End Lots Selling.
w. NJ Miller & Co. Incorporated.
had good run in West End lots.
their sales for the, week in that Sec
ton aggregating over $4,000.
Robinson & Phillips sold Nos. 404-
06 Stuart avenue for $500: two
houses and two stores on Church Ill
which netted $11.50o. and No. l42s
Floyd avenue for $4,000.
Gibboney q Nuckols, in addition tc
the Boulevard lot sale. hereinbefors
mentioned. report the sale Of 100 feet
on Norwoed avenue. Barton Heights
for $4,000: sixty~seven feet ON TildeE
avenue, near the Boulevard. Tor So
500. and farm near Lakeside to L
w. Bates. the tcamster. who will use
1t as q grazing ground for his horsea
Activity in Suburbs.
Julian G. Anderson 4 Co report
renewed activity In Wright's Park
which seems destined to become al
popular as Ginter Park. which It ad-
joins. The building restrictions are
the same. and the improvements o..
fere1 purchasers are all that could b
asked. and 1t IL Understood that prae'
tically all tho buyers purpose I'm
mediate Improvement A. evidencinl
the rapidly increasing value OF prop.
erty In this subdivision. this arm sold
at more than $1,000 profit the pas'
week for ak lots purchased there :
few months ago by " ChArlottesviiis
man u IN Investment
Howles q Jones 10. RAah = Cos -
A. Catiin = Co., In tact. practtcAus
svsrybody Esports good bnainsns anf
"a 7 III sSs srrt@ TS S~~~s- !.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24
KAPPA SIGMA HAS
A HOUSE-WARMU

ASHLAND. VA. Nov. IT,
Eta chapter. Kappa Sigma fra1e@
of Randolph Macon college o4
tained many guests last Wedn4)
evening at house warming.
hal and parlors were beautifuIl4
corated With fall leaves and
tsFHity eolefs. The colonial -
way, which was admired by an n
present, was especially attracttX
An orchestra from Richm0ud
vtded music for dancing. during
refreshments were served. Mem
J. s. Gates and II. Morgan SheS
served punch with all the grAS1
southern bells. AT the close
most pleasant evening the w
Sigma spirit raved high, whtcl;
shown by the way those .'d4aN
songs were sung.
Those present were: Me1da
s. Gates, w. A. Warren, b. -
Shepherd, Nat Lancaster and
Newell; Misses Sarah and Elxie
well. Nancy Marge, Ruth
Nancy Pierce, Francis and
Lancaster, Grayson and Clark
magic, Rhodeller Wedding. LsOslt1
Ter, Annie Moore. May HG[
Katherine Keat, Mamie DuncaM
ma Leo Priddy. Agnes Wrigh1s
WeisEer. Annie Macon Potts
Hughes. Bessie Woodhoun1
Diver, Jane Gaines and Maxl
Cutler: Messrs. J. s. Gates
Holloway. Jr., d. @. EgxieSt0
Mc1fastus, p. b. and II. b.
r. n. Brown. p. a. BurMSe
Bailey. J. H. Smith. g. j.
T. Mcdowell. H. r. 4aS8N
Williams. Roy Smith. 6. 1911.
Woodhouse. r. G. ThOmAA
F'ishborne. 2. p. Newell. 1f~
Kerr. b. ". Lancaxter. RnNhaN
sey. Standiey Gray. McC1uE