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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
MAY CHANGE LAW
Judge Orr Believes Legislation Not
In Harmony With Criminal EuIes.

st. Paul.-The Minnesota State Leg
islature may be asked at it's next SEES
sion to change the law defining grand
larceny. 1t is believed by judges in
the district court to be out of har-
mony with the criminal rules of COM
mon law based on intent" and 81
believe the law should be modified"
said Judge Orr. cat present any
theft from building is classed as
grand larceny, regardless of the value
of the stolen article. When the culprit
carries out deliberate intent to steal
1t applies, but when a person, enter
ing store to buy something, a con-
dition proved by the actual purchase,
is tempted by something he sees, l
do not believe he is guilty of grand
larceny
"Inasmuch as crime is based largely
on intent, have believe such person
should be guilty of petty larceny, as
though the article had been stolen
elsewhere than within a building"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
TOWER ENTERTAINS
St. Louis County Club Members Enjoy
a Days Outing.

Tower. = On invitation of the local
commercial club the ST. Louis County
Club held special meeting here
Thursday. A large delegation arrived
from Duluth and Mesaba range points,
number arriving also by automobiles.
The delegates assembled at l P. M at
the opera house for brief business
session. They were invited to take a
trip on Lake Vermillion and the crowd
proceeded to the lake side docks of
the various navigation companies and
there embarked on the steamers Mary
Bell, Olive and Erma D. for a tour OF
the lakes.
About $50 enjoyed the hospitality Of
the local club. Bouillon and roast NUT
ton were served in a pavilion at
Woodman's point. The party returned
to Tower about 8 p. m.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
CLUBS TO HOLD Rally
Interstate Park Will Have Lare,st
Meeting of Season on Aug. 81.

Taylors Falls.-The interstate park
will have it's largest meeting of the
season on Tuesday, Aug. 81, when
the Chisago farmers and merchants
annual picnic, reinforced by the In
terstate Farmers Club, will celebrate
A special train viii be run from Rush
City to Taylors Falls, with one fare
and third from all stations for the
round trip. Committees ar, at work
at every station. The music and spe-
cial features are in the hands of
Clarence Johnson of Rush City. Con-
gresham F. c. Stevens of ST. Paul,
Governor Eberhart and others will
speak.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30


Mrs. Matilda Lutz, 741s Drexel
avenue. Chicago, was killed and
Charles Lutz, her husband, and Mar
garet Lutz. their daughter. were in
jured when their auto turned turtle
three miles west of Valparaiso, Ind.
The department of justice has made
out its case against the telephone
trust and the concern must dissolve or
be taken into court.
DR.. F. w. Joslin, a Big Rapids
(Mich) dentist, his wife, and their
four-year-old son, Howard, were killed,
his mother probably fatally injured,
and his son Burr, eleven years old.
slightly hurt when a freight train
crashed into their automobile less
than a mile from Detroit.
Willis Lounsberry, former fruit
rancher of Medford, Ore, boarded a
Union Pacific passenger train near
Kansas City, bound and gagged five
mail clerks and rified all the first
class mail. He was captured after he
had seriously wounded himself with
his own revolver.
John c. Heimberger and John Far
ley, playmates of Joseph Zimmerman
the four-year-old boy they admit hav
ing killed In Kansas City, were re
leased on bond of $4,000 each when ar
raigned in the juvenile court
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Loses Life in Lake ?epin.

Red Wing, Minnesota. - Anthony
Anderson Of Lake City, uncle of Mrs.
N. d. Stultz Of this city, met death by
accidentally drowning In Lake Pep;n
The body was found in the water near
the boat factory site at Lake City by
Albert and John Grant. Just how the
accident occurred is not known, but
1t Is believed he waded out into deep
water and was unable to reach shore.
Mr.. Anderson was born in Sweden.
He had resided in Lake City for 80
years and for % years was employed
at the Neil Johns wagon factory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30

sum MARY |
Of A :
Weeks EVENTS !
Latest News of Interest
Boiled Down for the :
Busy Man.
Washington

All first and second class post Of
fees will be closed Sundays as re-
suit of one provision of the new
postal appropriation bill passed by
congress. Every important city in
the United States is affected. Here
after only special delivery letters
will pass through on that day and no
mail will be placed in lock boxes.
A demand for an investigation OF
the election of Senators William E.
Chiffon and Clarence w. Watson of
West Virginia was made In a petition
signed by Governor Glasscock and
others, presented to the senate. The
petition called. attention to charges
of bribery publicly made in reference
to the election Of the two senators.
President Taft signed the Panama
canal bill. He sent congress memoir
andum suggesting the advisability Of
the adoption of a resolution declaring
the Panama measure was not con-
sidered by this government violation
canal.
An alleged scheme to kill RepTasen-
tative Ben Johnson of Kentucky, chair
man of the house committee on the
District of Columbia, SO as to head off
proposed legislation, has been dis
closed in Washington to Mr.. Johnson.
John d. Archbold told the senate
committee investigating campaign
funds that the Standard Oil company's
$125,000 contribution to the Repub-
lican war chest of 1904 was made
upon assurances from Cornelius n.
Bliss that "the contribution was ac-
ceptable to Colonel Roosevelt and that
further contributions would be ac-
ceptable"
A sweeping investigation into the
Roosevent campaign of 1904 and 1912
by a subcommittee of the United
States senate is embodied in reso-
luton introduced by Senator Boise
Penrose Of Pennsylvania.
-
A countervailing duty on importa-
tions of wheat and rye flour and split
peas from Germany was ordered by
Secretary MacVeagh because those
commodities enjoy bounty from
the German government. This de-
cisive step was necessary. officials
declare, to protect the American split
pea industry.
In event of war, the United States
could raise an army Of 20.473,3S4 men.
according to the last figures obtained
by the census bureau. There were
that many males of militia age be-
tween eighteen and forty-five years,
In the country. In 1900 the males of
militia age numbered 16,1S2,702, show
ing an increase of 52,290,9s2 in ten
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Blease Leads in North Carolina.

Columbia, So. Carolina. = Returns
from approximately three-fourths Of
the precincts in the state Democratic
primary showed that Governor Cole
l.. Blease led in the race for the gu
bernatorial nomination by nearly L.
500 votes over Ira B. Jones, former
chief justice of the state supreme
court. At that time the figures show
ed Blease, 48,985; Jones, 47421; Dun
can, 1,459. Indications were that
United States Senator Benjamin r.
Tillman had been renominated over
w. J. Talbert and N B. Dial
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Inquiry Sept. 80.

Washington, d. c. Investigation
of the Standard Oil company's CORE
spondence, campaign contributions
and political activities and of the pre-
convention campaigns of presidential
candidates will be begun by the Clapp
subcommittee probably Monday, Sept.
80, according to Chairman Clapp. The
members of the committee had . gen.
eral understanding before we parted
that we would resume on that date"
the Minnesota senator said. How
ever. am trying to get in touch with
them to map out our procedure"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
The cannibais Need Food.

An officer of the French colonial
army brought letter from the chief
of a group of missionaries in the
southern islands of the Pacific not
long ago, which winds up as follows:
Il regret to tell you that our little
company can do little against the IA
naticism of these poor wretches. More
over, famine is ravaging the country,
for the harvest has been destroyed.
Therefore the dispatch of more mis-
sionaries has become urgent."-La Pc
lite Repubuque.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
WILL NOT TEST ACT
James e. Swenson of Lake Crystal Be-
iieved to Have Been Insane.

Lake Crystal = The funeral of
James e. Swenson, a real estate deal
er, who shot and killed himself, took
place here. He lay down on a rug
in his office, placed pillow under his
head and fired a bullet through his
heart. He left four letters, in which
he ascribed his act to dependency
due to the failure of his plans. One
letter was addressed to his wife, one
to his daughter. one to business
friend and the other to his friends in
general. He had not been considered
of sound mind for some time, and
was recently discharged from the ST.
Peter asylum.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Rarher shons in China.

Since the Chinese revolution a
great many Chinese have had their
cues cut off, and this has led to the
opening of large number of barber
shops throughout the far east wher-
ever Chinese are located, says an ex-
change Several progressive business
men of Singapore, anticipating this,
imported large number Of American
barber chairs, and they are now I'M
able to get supplies quickly enough.
1t has also been learned that the Chi
nese insist on having American hair
clippers, and refuse all other makes
offered them.
1t would seem that American manu-
facturers of BARRIERS supplies should
experience a large increase in their
Oriental trade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
CITY to Entertais Florists.

Minneapolis, Aug. %. = The
American Florists association yot-
ed at its convention ia Chicago
to come to Minneapolis next year,
and Theodore Wirth, superintendent
of parks here, was elected vice presi-
dent of the organization. Miss H. B.
Whitfield of Minneapolis had presented
his name to the Minnesota delegation,
which unanimously supported him.
Credit for obtaining the convention
for Minneapolis was given to w. d.
Desmond of the L. s. Donaldson COM
pany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30

Minneapolis.-Two men had very
narrow escapes from being burned to
death, and more than 20 other per-
sons, men. women and children fed
to the street In night attire when
flames broke out in the third floor
of a tenement at 528 Washington
avenue north. The two who mar
rowly escaped death were John
Thompson and Andrew Olson. The
two owe their lives to Sergeant Heb
Ter and Patrolman John O'Connor
They were afterward locked up in
the North Side police station, charged
with intcxication.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
New Railroad Planned.

Bemidji.-Prospects are Northern
Minnesota is to have new railroad,
cutting through Hubbard, Clearwater
and Beltfami counties, to connect with
8 Canadian trunk line, according to
the plans of Newman Erb as discov-
cred by farmers in the Mallard district
Of Hubbard county, who have talked
with men in automobiles who are out-
lining and surveying for the proposed
Minnesota and international extension.
As now planned the road would cut
across the northern end of Itasca and
a new town at this point is assured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
NEW ACT NOT TO BE TESTED.

Mankato. - The proposed test Of
the corrupt practices act by Joseph
Blissenbach, defeated member of the
school board, will not be had, for
the reason that he has decided not
to go to the expense of contest, as
the Office pays nothing. The board of
education therefore, declared his op-
ponent, L. T. Jefferson, elected. Mr..
Blissenbach had proposed to contest
the election on the ground that an
automobile was hired to carry voters
to the polls for Mr.. Jefferson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
BOY PREVENTS WRECK
Flyer, Bound for Twin Cities, is Stop
ped Before Striking.

Mankato.-But for the prompt ac-
ton of boy whose name could not
be learned the Milwaukee passenger
train, No. AZ, bound for the Twin Cities,
might have been wrecked on a bridge
north of this city.
The boy discovered broncho, owned
by horse trader, fast in the trestle-
work over creek, and as the train
was Just about due he ran towards it
and gesticulateG wildly and attracted
the attention of the engineer, who
ztopped the train.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
STATE BUYS FARM
Pays $4,000 for Site of Waseca
Branch OF School of Agriculture.

Waseca. The sale of the R. P.
Ward farm to the University of Min
nesota for the site of the Waseca
branch of the school of agriculture
has just been completed. The proper
ty consists of 246.0z acres of fine farm
land, nearly all under cultivation, with
q large barn, house and several
smaller buildings. The price paid
was SIPS an acre, total of s30,752.5O,
the largest sum ever paid for a
Waseca county farm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Twin CITY Markets.

Minneapolis. Aug. 2S.-Wheat, Sep
ern. s2A @ss&c; No. northern, ssN a
96Ac; No. / durum, 94c; No 3 corn.
77kc; No. white oats 30hc; barley.
mailing, s2c; No. rye, 64c; No. l fax,
s1.94.
Duluth, Aug. 2S.--Wheat. Sept, 93Bc:
Dec. 93kc; No. l northern, 97Ac; No.
l durum, 95%c
South ST. Paul, Aug. 2S.-Cattle-
Cows, s4O045.00 calves, $500; hogs.
S8.15Q8.50; sheep and lambs, $500
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
casweII Resigns.

Minneapolis. = /. A. Caswell, Repub-
lican national committeeman for Min
nesota, has resigned. He sent a letter
to Charles d. Hills, chairman of the
Republican national committee, tender
ing his resignation. He made no COM
ment on his action. Mr.. CaswelIs de-
cision follows close upon the efforts of
both factions to smoke him out" He
had been out of the city for week.
Mr.. Caswell will not state whether
he will leave the ranks of the Repub-
lican party to join the Roosevelt party.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Chicaao Live stock

Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Cattle receipts,
$500; market slow, generally steady;
beeves. $685. 910.s0; Texas steers. $500
stockers and feeders, $4.3O0740; cows
and heifers, s2.75@7.so; calves, $500
1000.
Hogs-Hog receipts. 10000; market
strong at Yesterdays average; light
$500 800; mixed, 3S.15@9.00; heavy,
$8009s.S5; rough. $S.o0gS.20: pigs.
$500 $50; bulk of sales, $8.30@8.85.
Sheep-Sheep receipts, 5000; market
strong for sheep. lambs weak; native.
$32544.40; western. 1925 q 4.30; year
iings, s4.SoG5.45; lambs; native. $5.45
07.00; western. $445@7.00.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Envious, Perhaps.

I'm afraid our friend Scrapsley Ia
4 Socialist.
mo. You misjudge Scrapsley What
makes him sore is the fact that In
spite Of the high cost of living. some
men manage to lead double lives"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Three Hurt in Car Crash.

bes Moines, Iowa, Aug. 2S.-Three
persons were injured. two seriously,
and many others were badly shaken
NC when an Ingersoll Park street car
up when an Ingersoll Park street car
crashed into the rear end of another
street car.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Its Class.

Il don't like this embarrassing
for a man to go into"
why not?"
IT'S such hen-pecking kind OF
business"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30

New York, n. Y. = Police Commits
sioner Waldo made public list Of
places raided by the police as gam
bling resorts during the last year and
the names of the owners of the prop
erty on which the resorts were con-
Quoted. Among the names mention
ed are those of many prominent in the
financial, religious and social life Of
the city.
The commissioner turned the list
over to the district attorney, who will
use it as a basis of the proposed John
Doe proceedings before Justice Golf
next month, by which it is expected
to expose police corruption. Another
list containing the names of owners of
disorderly houses raided during the
same period-June 1, 1911, to Aug. 1,
1s12-is being prepared by Commits
sioner Waldo for the same purpose.
Prominent People Mentioned.
Among the names of the owners is
that of Sailors Snug Harbor,
wealthy charitable institution on Stat
en- Island; the estate of the Lorillard
family of millionaire tobacco manu-
facturers and ]. Edgar Leaycraft and
Edgar c. Leaycraft of the real estate
firm of ]. Edgar Leaycraft & Co., both
prominent in Methodist church and
missionary work.
Becker's Trial Sept. II.
The trial Of Police Lieut.. Charles
Becker on the charge of instigatiny
the murder of Rosenthal will be begun
on Sept. IL if the plans of District At
torney Whitman do not go astray.
While John F. Mcintyre, Becker's
attorney, obtained for his client the
postponement of the date for pleading
to the indictment against him until
Sept. 3, the prosecutor said that the
delay would not interfere with his
original plans for bringing Becker to
trial the first of the seven accused
of the murder.
The prosecutor plans to have Beck
er enter his plea before Justice Golf
and will then move that the trial be
set for Sept. H.
Four new bank accounts of Becker
were turned up by the investigators
of the district attorney, and the Off
Gals of the banks have been subpoe-
naed to bring the records of Becker's
deposits in the institutions to the dis
trict attorneys Office.
In connection with the statement
Of James March. a lawyer, that Beck
.er had made most of his money in
stock speculation, the district attor-
ney has obtained evidence indicating
that the most Becker ever made in
this manner was $1,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Foreign

Gen. Rafael Reyes, former president
of Colombia, was severely injured In
an automobile collision near Lourdes.
France. His condition Is 80 serious
that fears are entertained for his re.
covery.
The recent edict ordering that ali
queues must be cut off started a riot
among Gen. Chang Kueti's troops and
the town of Tungchow, near Pekin,
was looted and practically destroyed
by fire. a.
The party of German-American
teachers who have been visiting Ger
man cities under the auspices of the
German-American Teachers associa-
ton left Bremerhaven on the
steamer Grosser Kurfuerst for the
United States.
The war department ordered the
California, en- route from San Diego
to Panama, to disembark $40 marines
at Corinto, Nicaragua. This will give
the United States $500 marines and
bluejackets in Nicaragua, but If these
should not prove sufficient to afford
Americans protection the president
will. order some Of the regular army
to service in the southern republic.
Two Americans slain without quar-
ter and 200 others, a majority Of them
women and children, driven to seek
refuge aboard United States vessels
and In the American legation, is the
result of victory by the rebels in
Nicaragua, according to dispatch to
the state department at Washington.
kid" Mccoy Norman Selby), the
American boxer, was discharged from
custody by the magistrate of the ex-
tradition court at Bow street, Lon
don. He was arrested July 26 on
provisional warrant charging him with
larceny alleged to have been commit
ted at Ostend, Belgium.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30

A Woman's mind is continually run
ming to clothes. If she isn't talking
through her hat she's laughing in her
sleeve. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Domestic

George Thompson a Denver aviator,
was killed when his aeroplane was
upset by a cross current of air at
Lamar, Colo. Thompson was crushed
under his machine.
The motion OF Clarence S. Darrow's
attorneys to dismiss the indictment
charging the former chief counsel Of
the McNamaras with the bribery OF
Robert Balm, the first juror chosen to
try James B. Mcnamara, was denied
by presiding Judge Willis Of the SUI
preme court in Los Angeles, Cal.
A woman and a boy were killed and
eight other persons were injured, one
probably fatally, by lightning. during
a severe electrical storm that visited
st. Louis and vicinity.
Joseph Ury Crawford Of Philadel-
phia, Pa, consulting engineer of the
Pennsylvania railroad and almost con-
tinuously in the service of that COM
pany for forty years. will retire Sep
TENDER 1. In 1872 Crawford was ap-
pointed consulting engineer Of the
government of Japan and the mikado
decorated him with the priced Order
of the Rising Sun.
Three persons lost their lives In a
terrific wind and rain storm that
swept Cleveland. Virgil Bellows, one
of the party aboard the yacht Red
Head, was knocked overheard and
drowned. Michael Sheer and John
Mulnix were killed by lightning.
A young woman, believed to be
Pearl Miley, from Lafayette. Ind. and
a young man, Ross Morgan Of Gilman,
Ind, registering at the Commercial
hotel in Kankakee, ILL.,, as Mr.. and
Mrs. w. s. Long of Lafayette. COM
mitted suicide by swallowing acid.
Col. c. C. Wilson, sixty-seven years
old. former president of the United
Wireless company. died at the United
States penitentiary, in Atlanta Ca.
where he was serving three-year
sentence for using the mails In an
attempt to defraud.
A petition for the recall OF Gov.
Hiram Johnson has been put In cir
cuiation In San Francisco by Alva
.Udell. an attorney. One OF the
charges made is that Governor john
SON approved legislation intended to
foster land grabbing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30

The annual meeting OF the Ameri
can Bar association opened in Mil
waukee, with the prospect Of split
in the organization over the question
of admitting colored man to mem
bership.
Miss Maude Lee Byrum, niece OF
Gen. Luke Wright, and daughter OF
David B. Byrum, a prominent real
estate dealer of Chicago, was mar
ried secretly In Milwaukee two weeks
ago to the son of. the late Governor
Oglesby, Lieut.. John d. c. Oglesby
The wedding was a runaway event
Rock Island, ILL.,, was selected as
the 1913 convention city by the Ger.
man editors of Iowa, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Illinois and Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Otto of Manlius
H., celebrated their sixty-eighth wed.
ding anniversary. 102 descendants be.
ing present. They are the parents OF
16 children, all living.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, though suffering
from cancer, stood the voyage across
the English channel on her yacht, the
Mamma, very well, in spite of the
rough weather. She left her cabin and
went on deck when the yacht reached
Havre, France.
The Sons of Veterans met In annual
session in ST. Louis, and the American
Veterans Of Foreign Service convened
in Philadelphia.
Prof. Herbert E. Gregory, head Of
the school of geology at Yale, has
sailed to Peru to Join the Yale Peru
Wan expedition headed by Prof
Hiram Bingham of the university.
Professor Bingham and seven assist
ants have been visiting hitherto un.
explored regions.
J. w. Moye, a we'll known New York
actor, fell from the rear platform of
New Haven railroad train at Pei
ham, N. Y, and was killed. He was
reaching for his hat. which had blown
from his head.
Secretary of State Knox. accom-
panied by Mrs. Knox and Ransford
Miller, chief OF the far east division
Of the department of state. arrived at
Seattle and went aboard the armored
cruiser Maryland. which sailed for
Japan, where Knox will attend the fu-
neral OF the emperor.
John d. Rockefeller finds a plea
SAINT pastime while sojourning at For
est Hill, near Cleveland. o., in trans
forming himself into modern Haroun
Al Raschid. Almost daily it is his
custom to drive about the city talking
to some of ehe poorer people. learn
ing their views of life without disclos
Ing his identity.
James Bryce, British ambassador te
the United States. who has been pass
ing the summer travelling in Ausiral
asia, sailed from Sydney. N. s. w. E.
America
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
Williams Not For Roosevelt.

Boston. Mass. - George Fred VIII.
Iiams, the Democratic leader, on his re-
turn to Boston from New York, de-
MED that he had declared in favor Of
Theodore Roosevelt for president