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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
pROGRESSIVES OPPOSE 7. R.
LA TOILETTE MEN MEET AND
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS.
State League on Record Against Third
Party Organization-WiI-
son Talk.

Minneapolis. The Roosevelt
third party movement was condemned
by the governing board of the Progress
sive Republican State league, the or
ganization which backed r. M. La Fol-
lette in Minnesota, after three-hour
conference at the West hotel. A reso-
luton was adopted condemning the
move and saying progressives could
find in presidential candidate now
nominated man who will faithfully
carry out progressive principles.
1t was given out that this resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted, and
members of the board say that it is
intended to be an Endorsement OF
Woodrow Wilson. ut ceretainly could
not mean anyone else" said George
S. Lotus. 1T could not mean Taft"
The man who hung the conference
up so long, it is understood, was James
A. Peterson, candidate for the United
States senate. He is not a member OF
the board, but has been prominent
in the La Toilette movement, and he
opposed an Endorsement of Wilson.
The democratic nominee was not men,
toned by name as a concession to
him. Mr.. Peterson said after the
meeting that he was satisfied with
the action taken. They didn't in
dorse anybody" he said. They con-
demned the third party movement"
The Resolution Follows:
Resolved, by the governing board
of the Progressive Republican league
of Minnesota, that we are unalterably
opposed to the organization of the
proposed third party at this time, and
we belive that all progressives in Min
nesota can find in a presidential can
didate now nominated man who
will faithfully carry out progressive
principles"
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Optimism Near New uIm.

New Ulm. Crop conditions in this
vicinity, Brown and Nicollet counties,
are excellent. There is a most profile
stand of rye, barley, oats and wheat,
the like of which has not been seen
in many years. A bumper crop Is in
sight. Some farmers estimate that
wheat will run all the way from 16
to 20 bushels an acre. Corn, which
has been somewhat backward, on ac-
count of the cool spring weather, is
now forging ahead. During the past
week there has been prediction of
over two inches and the average maxi
mum temperature has been 80 degrees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Big Haul of Rough Fish.

Red Wing. = Sixty-five thousand
pounds of rough fish. the largest single
haul of rough hsh recorded on Lake
Pepin in years, were caught in a seine
2.70C feet long of Sand Point, near
Bay City. Wis, When the seine was
three hundred feet from shore the
fish were being foreedout and tons and
tons were removed from the net be-
fore the draw was completed. The
crew worked all the afternoon and un-
til early in the morning to complete
the work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
BOY TO ATTEND FAIR.
Marshall County Prize Goes to Harold
Banks for Best Essay.

Marshall. = Harold Houghton was
the farm boy chosen to go to the State
Fair from Lyon county. If he cannot
go Charles Banks is second choice and
Wesley Carver third. The selection
was made from essays written by the
boys and submitted to committee
composed of the chairman of the coun-
ty board of commissioners, j. McGinn,
r. B. Daniel, Marshall, and the coun-
ty school superintendent. H. r. Pain
ter.
The contest was for farmers boys
only and the subject given them was
"Our Home Farm" Eighty-six boys
are to be sent to the State Fair in
this same way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
James N. Hill Quits ". p.

Minneapolis. An announcement
has been made of the retirement of
James n. Hill, son of James j. Hill,
from the vice presidency of the North
ern Pacific railroad, position he
had held for seven years. Mr.. Hill
will be succeeded by Col. William
P. Clough, who has been identified
with the Northern Pacific for a num-
Der of years, having been success
sively legal adviser. member of the
executive committee and member Of
the board of directors. Mr.. Hills
resignation had no special significance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. July 10.-Cattle. receipts
5000; market slow and weak; beeves
s5.6O@9.70: Texas steers, $500 40
and feeders. s4@6.75; cows and heifers
s2.656S; calves, s5.509S.75. Hog re-
ceipts $4,000; market steady to shade
above Yesterdays average; light, SIX
G7.s5; mixed, s7.O5Q7.65; heavy, $3.50
G762ik rough. $6.90M7.15: pigs. 1885
G7.20; bulk of sales, s7.25 97.60 Sheer
receipts, 10000; market steady; native
Iings' S4.7506.75: lambs, native, SAFE
M87iO; western, $5@8.25.
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Labor Planks are Approved.

Trenton, New Jersey. = Gov. Wood
row Wilson was in conference for
more than an hour with Samuel Com.
pers and other officials of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. After the
meeting Gompers said: 1--WE discuss
ed, with the governor the platform
adopted by the Baltimore convention,
and expressed ourselves as being in
entire approval with the planks which
apply to legislation and principles af-
fecting the rights of the working peo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
MOUND Nav Not Prove Fatal.

Red Wing. - Mrs. French Tennis,
who was shot by her divorced hus-
band, is resting at st. John hospital
The 45-caliDer bullet which entered
the back of the neck at the base of
the skull and shattered the jaw bone.
was not removed owing to Mrs. Ten
mis- weakened condition. While the
wound is serious, it is not believed it
will prove fatal. The body of Phillip
Tennis, who took his own life by
firing bullet into his head after he
had shot his former wife. was buried
Of the county.
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Await Word From Colonel.

Chicago, July 10.-At conference
held of leaders of the Merrian-Jones
Progressive faction of the Republi-
can party, it was decided to postpone
action in the national campaign until
Medill Mccormick returns from his
meeting with Colonel Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay. A subcommittee con-
sisting of Charles E. Merriam, Chas.
Ringer and Harold Ickes, was APP
pointed to confer with the signers of
the Progressive call for Illinois in an
effort to agree on plan.
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LORIMER PLEADS CASE.
Senator Makes Last Stand for His
Seat in Senate.

Washington, d. G. = After an in
effectual attempt to conclude consider
alton of the case against William
Lorimer of Illinois, the senate re-
cessed to allow Mr.. Lorimer an OPP
portunity to close his own defense.
Just before the session closed the
senate was on the verge of vote
on the resolution declaring the Lori
mer seat vacant, but an agreement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
S5OO,OOO FIRE IN N. Y.
Business District Of Park is Nearly
Wiped Out.

WATERFOWL, New York. Thou
sand Island Park was swept by a
fire which wiped out practically the
entire business section. The Colum-
bian hotel, the New York National
bank and 81 cottages. The loss is
estimated at approximately 100000.
No lives were lost so far as could be
learned. The fire burned for more
than eight hours.
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missino Mans Holdings Sold.

Crookston. = Charles G. Sail Of
Plummer, administrator for his brcEh-
er, Oscar e. Sail, an Alaskan miner,
who disappeared five years ago in
Alaska and is supposed to be dead
has sold the holdings of the missing
man for $4,000 to New York ayndi-
cate. Charles Loring has just returned
from New York, where he closed the
deal,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Bow Survives rhree-story FAN.

Red Wing.-Walter Sieg, the IL
year-old son of Mrs. L. Sieg, fell
three stories from the upper fiooS
of the Reitman barn on Sixth street.
He was unconscious when he was
picked up and was at once taken to
his home and medical aid summon
ed. 1t was found that no bones were
broken. He soon became conscious.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Three Hurt in Auto Crash,

Red Wing. In an automobile
accident, G. NJ. Reed, Henry Klug
and Alec Anderson, were badly in
iured when the car in which they were
seated crashed into the end of the
concrete bridge over Bullfinch creek,
near Wacouto. The car turned turtle
and hung partly suspended from tho
concrete base of the iron railing. The
occupants of the car were hurled
down the embankment. Anderson was
pinned under the wrecked Car and
painfully injured. Klug and Reed both
sustained cuts and bruises.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
MISSING Youth Found Dead.

Preston. - The body of Victor Pat.
terson, 1S-year-old son of George Pat
terson, was found under a tree on a
farm near the village of Canton.
When found the body lay face down,
with a revolver in his right hand The
young man was last seen early last
Friday morning, when he returned
from the neighboring town of Foun-
tain with some companions. The
coroner's verdict is not known yet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
4Fourth" celebrator Killed.

Crookston Martin Jensen from
Stephens, who was celebrating the
Fourth" after a quarrel with his pal,
Victor Wickstrom in Howard Worlis'
saloon was found dead in the toilet
room with a bullet hole in his right
temple, and a revolver by his side
It is supposed he took his own life.
but Wickerstrom was arrested. Off,
Ger Godbourn was in the saloon when
the shot was fired, but everyone sup
posed the noise was made by a great
frecracker.
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SHOOTS FORMER WIFE.
John Tennis Then Ends His Own Life
at Red Wing.

Red Wing Mrs. Francis
Tennis, aged 50 was shot and
seriously wounded by her former hus-
band, John Tennis Later, Tennis
took his own life. Tennis shot at
his former wife several times, but
only one bullet took effect; this in
the back of the neck. Mrs Tennis
was removed to st. Johns hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Much Damage in Redwood County

MUCH Damage III REDWOOD county.
Redwood Falls.-Lightning attend
ing a thunder storm and shower here
did considerable damage to stock and
property throughout Redwood county.
Several cows and horses were killed.
A house on the Melges farm was dam
aged together with large barn about
three miles southwest of this city. The
high wind which accompanied the
storm blew down several wiadmills
and other buildings.
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Washington

The report of the judiciary commit
tee presented to the house at Wash.
ington by its chairman. Judge Henry
D. Clayton, containing recommends
tons for the impeachment of Judge
Robert w. Archibald of the United
States commerce court, character1zes
the accused jurist as lone whose sense
Of moral responsibility has become
deadened."
Introduction of gag" rule to in
sure the passage, unamended, OF the
Clayton contempt bill. precipitated
bitter fight in the house at Washing
ton. The rule, which prevented any
amendments being offered to the bill
and limited general debate to three
hours, was adopted.
The senate judiciary committee at
Washington decided to report favor.
ably the nomination of William M.
Bullitt of Louisville, KY, to be sole
itor general to succeed Mr.. Lehman
A bill to psnalize Dissertation Of the
flag and coat-of-arms Ct the United
States and to prevent their use for ad.
vertising, patent or copyright pIr'
poses, was introduced IN the house at
Washington by Representative Cox OF
Ohio. His bill would make the Gfsnd
Army of the Republic the only organi.
zation allowed 20 use the flag as ON
emblem.
The senate passed the naval a2pro-
priation bill, carrying an expenditure
of approximately $133,0O0,o 900. the lar
gest sum ever allowed the naval es-
tablishment. Among other things the
senate measure provides for two first
class battleships, where mono are pro-
vided for in the house bill, and in
creasss the number Of submarines
from four to eight.
A. Piatt Andrew rendered his resig-
nation to President Taft as assistant
secretary of the treasury. In spirit
ed letter to the president, Mr.. Andrew
charges that subordinates in the treas
ury department have been hampered
and discouraged at every turn by Sec
setary Macveagh's idiosyncracies ana
his incapacity for decision"
In statement given out at Man
chester, Mass. Secretary Of the Treas
ury Franklin Macveagh relates the
history of the disputes which led up
to the resignation Of Assistant Secre-
tary A. Piatt Andrew and declares An
drew was requested to resign hy him
self (MacVeaga).
The investigation OF the personal
habits of Judge Hanford will be con-
tinued by the house judiciary sub
committee at Seattle. Judge Robert
B. AlbeIsson testified that Judge Han
ford was not intoxicated at a meeting
| in the Alhambra theater, as charged
by two detectives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

The city of Evansville, Ind, has OBJ.
tanned temporary restraining order
to prevent the merger of the Evans
vile & Southern Indiana Traction
company, the Evansville Public Serv-
Toe company and the Evansville Gas
and Electric Light company. aggregat-
ing capital of s1S.0O0.O00.
Steel and iron manufacturers in
Pittsburg have announced there will
be no summer suspension Of the mills.
This is unprecedented. for in the past,
no matter how big the boom In indus
trials, there has been a shut down of
q month to six weeks during the heat
ed period.
The American Whist league began
its annual sessions and contests in
New York, Ellsworth Eliot. Jr.. pre-
siding.
The annual meeting of the National
Municipal league in Los Angeles at
tracted large number Of experts on
civic affairs.
Five persons were killed and II In
jured when an interurban car crashed
into dead" gasoline car a quarter OF
a mile east Of Sand Springs park at
Tulsa, Okla.
Twenty-Five persons were killed and
more than thirty injured. several IA
tally, when a heavy freight train
crashed into an engine and passenger
coach loaded with picnickers near La
trobe, Pa, on the Ligonier Valley rail-
road The trains came together on a
sharp curve. Every person in the
coach was either killed or injured.
Fifty employees Of the New Rich
mond (Wis) Roller Mills company
have been advanced from 10 to 12h
per cent, and street laborers have had
their wages increased to 1925 day.
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Hastings.-A party Of young people
from st. Mary's Point were precipi-
tated into the river here when a spark
from the carburetor set the launch
on fire. The occupants were safely
rescued.
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Personal

Richard Harding Davis, the author,
and Miss Elizabeth Genevieve Nc
Avoy, daughter of Lawrence McAvoy,
and known on the stage as Bessie NC
Coy, the "Yama Yama Girl" were
married in Greenwich, Conn, by Will
liam G. Runges. a justice of the
peace
Whitelaw Reid, the United States
ambassador, and Mrs. Reid held open
house in London In celebration OF the
Fourth of July. Upward of 1000
guests attended the reception at Dor
chester house.
While Secretary Meyer is still con-
fined to his bed at Hamilton, Mass,
he has SO far recovered from typhoid
fever that 1t is expected he can be
moved soon to his flagship, the Dol
phin, at Beverly. IL miles distant. for
short run to sea.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, who was
the favorite child OF Gen. U. 8. Grant.
was married to Frank H. Jones OF Chi
cago at her fine summer home at Co
burg. Ont. Owing to the recent death
of Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant.
the ceremony was simple, and only
members Of the family and close
friends were present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antiseptically clean and free
from odors and disease germs, Paxtine
Antiseptic is unequaled. At drug
gists, 25c box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
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sum MARY !
Of A
Weeks events !
Latest News of Interest
Boiled Down for the j
Busy Man.
Politics

A call to the people Of the United
States who are in sympathy with the
National Progressive movement" to
send delegates to a national conven-
ton to open in Chicago August 8. was
given out at New York by United
States Senator Dixon, Theodore Roose-
velt's campaign manager. The call is
signed by members of the committee
chosen at meeting held In Chicago,
and also bore signatures of Roosevelt
followers in 40 states.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
THE MARKETS.
Twin City Markets.

Twin tfty MHrkeIH.
Minneapolis. July 10.-Wheat, July,
s1.O4A; Sept. 9sasc; No: ! northern,
s1.07A; No. 2 northern. si.obA No; l
oats, 47Hc; barley mailing, csc; No.
rye, zoe; No. fax, $i.g9h..
Duluth. July ~ lo:,Whsat, July
$1.07X; No. durum. s1.02.
South st. Paul, July 10.-Cattle-
Steers, s3.70@5.50; cows, $500 5;
calves, $3.25@7.75; hogs, S15g7. 40;
sheep and lambs. $4@725.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Sporting

Jim FIynn's butting tactics brought
the captain Of the New Mexico state
police into the ring in the ninth round
Of the championship fight at Las We
gas and Referee Smith gave Johnson
the decision. Both men transgressed
the rules. Johnson by holding. and
Flynn by butting, but Flynn was the
greater offender. The decision was CIV
en- to johnson because he had the bet.
ter Of the fighting up to that time
AID Wolgast retained his champion
ship title by beating Joe Rivers. Mexi.
can challenger, in desperate battle
which lasted 10 rounds at Vernon, Cal.
Wolgast was the star Of old and was
too rugged for Rivers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Stern Call of DUTY.

Reform is not joyous. but griev-
Gus; no single man can reform him
self without stern suffering and stern
working; how much less can a nation
of men!-Carlyle.
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Fire.cracker DESTROYS Boys Eve.

Mankato. = A young boy named
Wilson, residing in North Mankato.
lost one eye when another boy threw
a lighted firecracker in his face.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12
Hone eternal.

Every new day and night CT JOY
DIT sorrow is new ground, new con-
secration, for the love that is nour-
shed by memories as well as hopes
George Eliot.
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Domestic

Julia Corners, a twelve-year-old girl,
was murdered In vacant lot In the
Bronx, Greater New York Her body
bore sc wounds Giovanni Greet, who
owns coal and wood cellar near the
lot. was arrested charged with homi-
eide. Florence Molz, who Identified
Greci as one Of three men he says
lured Julia and another girl into
cellar, was sent to the Childrens So
ciety to be held as a material witness.
A general strike of labor union
workers In all industries In Boston out
OF sympathy with the striking street
car men of the Boston elevated street
railway Is the newest plan developed
by the Boston Central Labor union.
BY unanimous action the Interna-
tionaI Bible Students association In
convention in Washington adopted a
resolution unreservedly repudiating as
thoroughly unscriptural the teaching
of a place. state or condition OF hell
fire and birthstone" for the torment
of the wicked.
Giuseppi Carielli, Santa Zanzara
and George Williams. a negro, all
three convicted of murder, were cleo
trocuted at Sing Sing IN. " prison
within half an hour. The latter two
were on the verge Of collapse as they
entered the room but Carielli entered
In q calm composed manner.
The United States League Of Local
Building and Loan associations met
in Atlantic City. On the program is
IN address by Woodrow Wilson in his
capacity of governor of New Jersey.
In a dense fog the steamer Common
wealth of the Fall River line. while
proceeding to Fall River (Mass.) from
New York with 1000 passengers on
board. rammed the United States bat
tleship New Hampshire. tearing away
the latter's stern and crushing nor
own bow. No one was injured.
Delegates from all parts Of the corn-
try arrived in Washington to partci-
pate In a convention of the IHte-na-
tional Bible Students association at
Glen Echo, Md.
Thirty persons were thrown iAto the
waters Of Jamaica bay, New York,
when a pier on Plum island gave way
under the stampede of crowd rush
ing for the ferry boat. Despite quick
measures for rescue, one n,ar and two
children were drowned.
The charred spinal column os q
year-old baby was found in the ashes
of tho debris at the scene Of the Lack
awanna wreck near Corning, n. Y
This brings the numbe- Of victims VI
20 40.
Three sisters were drowned in the
Merrimac river st Salisbury Point
Mass. while Their father stood or
the opposite shore powerless to ai6
them. The victims were Christine
Virginia and Hazel McBeth.
FLYING through a dense fog at G;
miles an hour, west-bound Lackawan
ma train No. IL crashed into the real
of passenger train No. 8 at Gibson
three miles east Of Corning. N. Y, kill
ing Il persons and injuring between
fifU and sixty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

Yes, Cordelia, romantic man may
be all to the good as a lovemaker, but
he isn't in it with the matter-offact
man as family supporter.
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Stop the Pain,

The hurt or burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
druggists. For free sample write 70
]. w. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

The man who falls out of an airship
probably feels as badly hurt as the
one who is thrown out of the political
band wagon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

When in need of a good laxative give Gar
field Tea a trial and be convinced of its merits.
1t is made entirely from pure hecbs.
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Foreign


American ship builders completed
22e vessels of all descriptions during
the month of June Most of the craft
ware of small wooden Variety.
The band of Camorrists, who have
been on trial at Viterbo. Italy for two
years, were found guilty of murder in
varying degrees and sentenced to
prison for terms ranging from eight
% forty years.
American athletes won two notable
victories at the Olympic games at
Stockholm, Sweden. r. c. Craig OF
the Detroit Y. NJ. c. A. captured the
final of the 100-meter dash. while
James Thorpe of the Carlisle Indian
school won the Pentathlon. a seTiei
of i've events.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

After they reach the age of 40 WON
en- laugh only when hey feel like 1t.
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The charred spinal column ot a
year-old baby was found in the ashes
OF tho debris at the scene Of the Lack
awanna wreck near Corning, N. Y.
This brings the numbes OF victims up
20 40.
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Flying through dense fog at e5
miles an hour, west-bound Lackawan-
ma train No. IL crashed into the rear
of passenger train No. 3 at Gibson.
three miles east Of Corning. N. Y, kill
ing Il persons and injuring between
ffu and sixty.
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Three sisters were drowned in the
Merrimac river 81 Salisbury Point,
Mass. while Their father stood on
the opposite shore powerless to aid
them. The victims were Christine,
Virginia and Hazel McBeth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-12

Thirty persons were thrown iato the
waters of Jamaica bay, New York,
when pier on Plum island gave way
under the stampede of crowd rush
ing for the ferry boat. Despite quick
measures for rescue, one niar and two
children were drowned.