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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
R0BT. A. SMITH DIES
FORMER ST. PAUL MAYOR, WAS
e YEARS IN PUBLIC
OFFICE.
MET WITH DEFEAT ONLY ONCE
That Was in 1892-Succumbs to Elk.
haustion at Age of IS, After
Severe Attack of
Pneumonia.

st. Paul.-Robert A. Smith, former
mayor of st. Paul. for nearly sixty
years a resident of Minnesota and a
holder OF public office for the greater
part of that time, died at 7:15 p. m
Wednesday in his apartments at the
Marlborough, Summit avenue and
West Sixth street, ST. Paul. His
daughter, Mrs. c. w. Copley, was the
only person at his bedside at the time,
the end coming suddenly from exhaus-
ton, following an attack of pneumonia,
from which he had begun to mend He
was sc years old and had been in fail
ing health for two years but the last
and fatal attack came Sunday, Febru-
ary g.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS TOLD IN
BRIEFEsT FORM.
FROM ALL OVER THE EARTH
Foreign and Domestic Items Covering
Every Section of the Globe and
Put In Special Form for the
Busy Reader.
Washington

At special meeting Of the Taft
cabinet various dispatches from Mex
leo were considered and 1t was de-
cided that the information so far re-
ceiVed afforded no basis for change
in the policy Of the government Of
the United States. already indicated
many times in the last two years.
The United States senate passed the
army appropriation bill. 1t carries an
expenditure of $94,500,OOo.
Hesitating almost to the very last
minute of the time allowed for action
on his part, President Taft vetoed the
Dillingham-Burnett bill to regulate the
immigration Of aliens into the United
States, embodying a provision for a
rigid literacy test upon all foreigners
seeking to enter the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Prices Made on Irvine.

Stillwater-The prices of prison
binding Irvine for the season OF 1913
have been made by the board of con-
troll and the warden as follows: Stand
ard, 500 feet to the pound, SIC; sisal,
500 feet to the pound, SIG; standard
manila, 500 feet to the pound, SC;
manila, 600 feet to the pound, 10c3
pure manila, $50 feet to the pound.
lie. The prices are somewhat higher
than last years, but not so much as
the raise in raw material
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

Robert Webb. outlaw and murderer.
of whom Chicago has said for nearly
a month, He'll never be taken alive"
is a prisoner in a cell at the de
tective bureau. With six shots from
his revolver, all it contained, he tried
to retain his liberty at the price OF
another detective. This man, William
O'Connor of Captain Halpin's head
quarters staff, fired shot for shot In
a street duel with the cornered ban
dit, and when neither had another bull
let left. O'Connor grappled with Webb
and snapped manacles on his wrists.
Several hundred suffragists started
on a march from New York to Wash
ington. expecting to reach the latter
city on March 1. They are led by
General Rosalie Jones.
Scenes from the life, of Christ will
be shown in all st. Paul motion pic
ture houses during the week proceed
ing Easter. The slides will be fur
nished by the Social Service church,
which is behind a movement to n1t
the moral standard of pictures.
An application for pardon was
made by Charles r. Heike. convicted
of completely in the sugar weighing
frauds in New York and sentenced to
six months Imprisonment. Heike Is
sixty-five years old and basis his ap-
plication for pardon on the impaired
condition of his health.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Typhoid Tests for Insane.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Feb. 15.-The
Fergus Falls state hospital for the in
sane has just undertaken typhoid
fever vaccination on scale that has
never before been attempted in any
institution in the United States. The
LOO patients and as many of the at,
PENDANTS as desire the treatment are
to be vaccinated. The hospital will
make what is known as the Vidal
test. which shows by means of reac
lions whether the patient is immune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Silent Shooting of Murderers.

Reno, New, Feb. 17.-Warden George
Cowing, of the Nevada state peniten-
tiary has solved the problem of exc
cutting murderers by shooting without
requiring men to shoot down the con-
demned man in cold blood. Cowing has
Just received three maxim silencers,
s,iree specially constructed rifles and
equipment for steel cage. The con-
demned murderer will sit inside the
cage on which are trained the three
rifles to which have been attached the
maxim silencers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Campaign Against Game Hogs.

Hutchinson-The Gopher Campfire
club of this place will carry on Wig
orous campaign against game hogs"
The club has been warned that bill to
extend the open season for geese will
be introduced in the legislature. and it
will cooperate with the Minneapolis
club to prevent the passage of such
a measure. Over one hundred men
attended the clubs banquet. c. E.
Hester acted as POSTMASTER. George
]. Bradley, president of the game and
fish commission commended the work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
FARMERS BUY SHEEP AT COST
Revolving Fund Subscribed at Bemidji
to Start Stock
Experiment.

Bemidji.-Not only the banks, but
numerous business men here are sup
plying the money with which to bring
sheep into this county, according to
the plan suggested at the meeting of
the Commercial club, which met with
A. E. Chamberlain, development COM
missioner, and other Great Northern
officials.
At that meeting, Mayor Malzahn
and E. H. Winter were appointed a
committee to solicit subscriptions to
a Commercial club revolving fund of
$1,000, to be used to bring sheep and
other livestock into this section in
carload lots. Practically all of this
amount was secured at once. g.
When this information is compiled
in full, steps will be taken to purchase
sheep with money from the revolving
fund, and they will be sold at cost to
the farmers.
Large tracts of northern Minnesota
land are to be opened to western
sheep ranchers, who will keep their
fiocks here in the summer and ship
them to Chicago in the fall There is
yet a question as to whether or not
the railroads will remove the only
obstacle which presents itself in con-
nection with the plan by allowing the
shipment from Montana to Chicago by
way of northern Minnesota, for the
through rate, plus SIS transit fee.
But in tile frequent promises of
Great Northern officials to aid this
enterprise, it seems almost certain
that this privilege will be granted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Foreign

The Terra Nova, the vessel which
took Capt Robert F. Scott to the ant
arctic region on his way to the south
pole, and which returned thither to
bring him back, but instead brought
news of the heroic death Of himself
and companions, has arrived at Christ
church, New Zealand with the sur
vivors Of the Inflated expedition.
Franz Schuhmeier, member Of the
lower house of the Austrian parlia
ment and a Socialist leader, was as.
sassinated In Vienna by the Christian
Socialist and labor leader, Paul Kun
schak
Martin Berolzheimer, who was
American vice-consul at Vienan from
1895 to 1897, committed suicide there
by shooting. Mr.. Berolzheimer recent
ly had been i'll and suffered from in.
somnia. His illness, it is believed
prompted his act.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Dryest Winter Known.

Observation-Disclosures county is
passing through the dryest winter it
has known. Country roads are hard
and smooth and in some of the fields
there are large cracks, caused by the
dryness. There is plenty of moisture,
however, short distance below the
surface and no apprehension is felt by
farmers, as fair amount of spring
rain will put the ground in excellent
condition for seeding.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Balkan War

Crete was evacuated by the pro
tecting powers, Great Britain, Russia,
France and Italy, and the Greek flag
was hoisted and enthusiastic demon.
strations by the Cretans.
1t is understood that the ambassa
doris in London have agreed that the
Turkish porte's note does not form
basis for the reopening Of the
peace negotiations.
The Turkish government formally
requested Sir Edward Grey to invite
the European powers to intervene to
stop the Balkan war. The request
was communicated to the ambassa
doris, who transmitted it to their gov
ernments
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Firms and Indians Fall Out.

Grand Rapids. -Finlanders and In
dams are at loggerheads over a coun-
try school in the Dora Lake country,
thirty miles north. The Indians OBJ
iect to the methods of teaching neces
sary to impart a working knowledge
of English to the young immigrants,
and want straight English, or as they
call it, the American language"
taught in it's purity. They say the
proper plan would be to give them a
separate school.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

Winona.-Charles Siebrecht, well
known florist who has made his home
in Winona for the past twenty-eight
years, in fit of dependency supposed
to be due to failing health, took his
life by hanging in the barn adjoining
his greenhouses. He committed the
rash act Immediately after eating din
ner with his family, when he appeared
to be about as usual, there being moth
ing in his actions to indicate that he
contemplated committing suicide. He
was 81 years old and is survived by his
wife, g daughter and four sons, all
grown
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Says Glover Seeks Settlement.

Washington, Feb. 12.-William f..
Chandler, one of counsel representing
George w. Glover of Lead, S. D., in
the settlement of the Mary Baker Ed
dy estate, says that his client had
not repudiated the agreement under
which the estate was being settled
Mr.. Chandler declared he had ample
authority from Mr.. Glover to effect the
settlement. No communication, he
said, had come from Glover in which
he declared his intention to continue
the litigation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Farmers Organize.

Lakefield. = The farmers short
course here is giving great
impetus to the interest in corn and
livestock, especially dairy cows and
hogs. Professor Washburn of the ag-
ricultural school addressed the
classes on the dairy interests and
pointed out the way in which more
profitable work can be done. Corn
silage as profitable feed received at
tention and many silos will be built
the coming year. At the close of the
afternoon session permanent organ
ization was completed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Seattle Times Plant Burns.

Seattle, Feb. 14.-The Seattle Times
building, a four-story BRICK structure,
and the Denny building, five stories
high, adjoining, were partly wrecked
by fire, with a total loss estimated at
S250,000. full covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire is not known
Before the fire alarm could be turned
in the flames had spread through the
Times building. A few employees at
work escaped safely. The fire was
confined to the two upper floors of
the Times building.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Actress and Author ReconciIed.

Evansville, Ind, Feb. 14.-The mar
ital troubles of John Fox, Jr., and
FRITZ Scheff have been squared and
the remarriage of the author and
prima donna may be expected soon.
Fox was at the theatre where she
played here. After the show they
had a long talk and he took her to her
car
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
MEXICAN Revolt

1t is estimated that in the fighting
between the federal troops and the
rebels under Gen. Felix Diaz in Mex.
leo City, 1900 persons have lost their
lives and 5000 have been wounded
Two American women, Mrs. H. W
Holmes, wife of an employee of Dun's
agency, and Mrs. Percy Grif1ths, were
among the hundreds killed In the
fighting in Mexico City between fed
eral and rebel forces
Rioting in Chihuahua City, Mexico
capital of the state of the same name
has continued since that city frs
received the news Diaz had riser
against Madero in Mexico City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Gold Carried 1000 Miles on sledoes

Gold Carried 1000 Miles on Sledees.
Seattle, Wash, Feb. 15.-More than
$1,000,000 in gold was brought down
by the steamer Mariposa from Cor
dova, Alaska, having been more than
two months in transit from the Idita-
rod district. From Iditarod to Chitina.
more than 1000 miles, the gold was
hauled on dog sledges. At Chitina it
was placed on train and caught be-
tween two snow slides which tied up
traffic more than month. During
that time the express company's
guards. heavily armed, watched over
the treasure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Personal

Father Benedict ]. Masselis, S. j.,
the oldest Jesuit in the United States
and believed to be the oldest in the
world, died at the University of De.
troit. He was born in Belgium in
1920
Admiral Dewey's dog bit William T.
Johnson of Washington last July, SC
Johnson has sued the admiral for S20,.
000 The pup was in charge of the
admiraPs coachman, so Johnson made
him defendant, too.
Cardinal Farley, accompanied by
other church dignitaries. has sailed
from New York on the Brazos of the
New York and Porto Rico Steamship
company to attend the celebration al
San Juan, P. R.. of the four hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the
first diocese on the western hemis
phere.
President-elect Wilson announced
that he will resign the governorship
to take effect March 1, or as soon
thereafter as his successor, James f.
Fielder. now speaker of the senate
shall be sworn into Office.
Lincoln hall, the handsome building
of the University of Illinois erected as
a memorial to Abraham Lincoln, was
dedicated
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford. veteran
publicist and former United States
minister to Spain. died at his home
in New York City.
Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson,
U. s. NJ. retired, is dead at his home
in Portsmouth, N H. He was born at
Nahant. Mass. in 1912, and entered
the navy in 1859. being retired in 1904.
|
Col and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
have made known to their relatives
and intimate friends the engagement
of their second daughter, Miss Ethel
Carow Roosevelt. to DIR. Richard Der
by, son of the late DR.. Richard H.
Derby of New York city.
A sneak thief stole $4,000 owrth Of
gems from the hotel apartments in
| Washington of Miss Ethel Barrymore
while Miss Barrymore and her maid
were at the theater where the noted
/ star Is playing an engagement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Freeborn Committed to Good Roads

Freeborn Committed to Good Roads.
Albert Lea.-Good roads will have
special attention in Freedom county
this year; the interest shown is far
greater than ever before. The coun-
ty is working for trunk line east and
west and another north and south;
the one to the south to connect with
the Des Moines-W Waterloo line and the
north with the Owatonna-Twin city
project.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

Miss Vincent of Minneapolis, a
classmate of Miss Helen Taft at Bryn
Mawr, has been visiting the latter at
the White House and has been extern
slvely entertained. She Is the daugh-
ter Of President Vincent Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota and granddaush-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Came From Indiana.

Mr.. Smith was for three years coun-
ty auditor of Warrick county, Indiana,
beginning in 1S49, and came to Mime
sofa in 1853 as private secretary to
Willis A. German, territorial governor,
his brother-in-law, which office he held
for three years. He was appointed by
Governor German as county treasurer
of Ramsey county in 1856 and held
that Office by subsequent election till
1858. He was a member of the state
house of representatives in 1872, mem
Der of the st. Paul city council from
1888 to 1887, state senator from 1887
to 1891, mayor of st. Paul from 1887
to 1892, and from 1894 to 1896, post
master of st. Paul from 1896 to 1900,
mayor again from 1900 to 1908, county
commissioner from 1911 till his death.
Counting twice the four years that he
was state senator and mayor of St.
Paul at the same time, he was in office
forty-eight years between the ages of
% and IS. During thirty years of that
time he was also in the banking bust
ness.
His only defeat for any public office
was in 1892 when Colonel Frederick
P. Wright obtained majority of $500
over his vote for mayor of st. Paul.
This total was completely reversed
when Mr.. Smith defeated Colonel
Wright in 1904 for mayor by 1920
majority.
Endeared to All.
Mr.. Smith endeared himself to all
who knew him, not only by kindly dis
position but by his voluntary sacrifice
OF all his property when the bank
of Minnesota, of which he was vice
president, failed in 1896. Mr.. Smith
not only turned over all the amount
for which he was liable under the law
but every bit of property he possessed
and thereafter lived on the salary he
received as postmaster and later as
mayor and county commissioner.
1t is believed that no man in Mime
sofa has as long record as a public
official. In politics he was a demo
crat, but when he ran for office his
support was largely non-partizan.
Mr.. Smith was born in Boonville,
Ind, in 1927. His father, VIM Smith,
was native of England, and his moth
er, Elizabeth (Graham) Smith, was
member of an old Virginia family.
Mr.. Smith was graduated from the
law department of the University of
Indiana in 1850.
He was married in 1881 to Miss
Mary F. Stone of Bloomington, Ind.
The body of Mr.. Smith will lie in
state in the ST. Paul Masonic Temple
Saturday from 10 a. m to 2 D. m,
when Masonic funeral services will be
conducted. Mayor H. P. Keller today
called a special meeting of the city
council and county commissioners at
noon tomorrow for oral tribute and
resolutions. Assemblyman T. r. Kane
and G. D. O'Brien, former mayor, will
speak.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
co-operation Said to Be Success.

Caledonia.-At their annual meet
ing here the stockholders OF the Farm
ers' cooperative store elected the fol-
lowing officers: Manager, d. w. Stew
art; president, H. w. Glen; secretary,
James Driscoll; treasurer, G. A.
Snure; directors, Frank Kennedy and
w. ]. Dalay The capital was in
creased from $4,000 to 100000. The
business done the past year amount
ed to $4,000 A dividend of $1,000
was distributed among the sharehold-
ers. The company was organized un-
der the Right Relationship league OF
this state. The farmers are working
on plans for a large cooperative cold
storage warehouse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

serum bill was amended so that the
serum instead of being free should be
sold at the rate OF one-third of cent
per C. c. 1t passed the senate in that
form.
Another bill of Senator Haycrafts
which was passed requires county
boards to maintain all bridges outside
of the corporate limits of cities costing
81, 900 or more.
County Option Defeated.
County option went down to defeat
in the house on vote of SO to SO. The
bill which had been introduced by Rep
resentative Lee differed in no essen
tial respect from bills offered at previ-
Gus sessions.
The vote was taken after consider
able debate.
The vote follows,
No-Anderson, J., Barten. Bendixen,
Carey, Coates. Crawford, Dindorf,
Flowers, Fuchs, Greene, Hafften, Han.
Hopkins, just, Kimpei' Knapp. f Knopp,
Minnette: Moeller, Nelson, Nimocks
Papke, Peterson, P. A, Pless, Preston
Prince, Reed Ribenack, Saggau,
Schwartz, Seebach, Stageberg, Steen,
Steven, Sullivan, Swenson, Thielen
Walker, Westlake.
Yes-Anderson, w.. Bjorge, Born
son, Braatelien, Brown, w. W., Bur-
entson, Conley, Crane, Davis, Dunn, r.
c., Finke, Frankson, Frye Hillman,
Holmberg, Johnson. A. c., johnson, ].
T.. Klemer, Kneeland Larson Lee
Lindberg McMartin, MarschaIk, Mork2
en-, Nolan, Norton, Ofsthun, Olien
O'Neill. Orr, Palmer, Peterson, A. B.,
Peterson, A. j., Porter, Putnam, San
born, Sawyer, Skartum, Southwick
Spooner, Stone Sundberg, Teigen
Vasaly, Voxland, Warner, A. L., Warn
er, c. H, Warner, E., Wefald, Weld
Speaker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

st. Paul, Feb. 15.-The last nail was
driven into the coffin of the house
woman suffrage bill to day. 1t took
seven roll calls to do This, but it was
done, and woman suffrage can trouble
the senate no more at the present ses-
sim
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

st. Paul, Feb 14.-Where candi-
dates for state office and their cam
paign committees got the money they
spent in the last three campaigns and
what they did with it, the legislature
is going to try and find out. 1t will
also inquire diligently into the extent
to which subordinate employees in the
various departments have neglected
their duties to push the political for
tunes of their chiefs
This was the purpose of joint reso-
luton which has passed the senate.
Senator Sageng is it's author. The
committee will comprise six members,
three from the house and three from
the senate. They are authorized to
employ an attorney, subpoena wit
nesses, etc. A preliminary appropria-
ton of $1,000 was made to meet the
expenses of the probe.
Election Law Special Order.
The bill to amend primary election
law was the special order at yester-
days session of the senate. The prin-
ty offices now partisan. Another
amendment provides that where there
is but one candidate in case of party
nomination and two candidates in case
of a non-partisan nomination that
their names shall not be placed on the
primary election ballot, but that they
be declared the nominees. 1t is pro-
posed to change the law so that a
candidate for a non-partisan Office
cannot go on the election by petition
Senator Sullivan sought to secure
the adoption of an amendment doing
away with the class feature in the
primary law passed last session. No
vote was taken at this time and the
special order was continued until
Monday afternoon.
The eastman distance tariff bill
was made a special order for next
Thursday when it is expected it will
be finally disposed of so far as the
senate is concerned.
Reapportionment Same Day.
Reapportionment will be considered
the same day by the house in special
session. The new good roads bill
was made special order for Friday
Foreign-born representatives took
great offense at bill introduced by
Representative Porter, the effect of
which would be to prevent any person
not fully naturalized holding an ap-
pointive position either in the service
of state, county or municipality. II
was bitterly attacked by Representa-
tive Bjornstad of Minnesota, among
others, who thought that any young
foreigner who came here to grow up
MED public employment solely On the
ground that he had not been in the
state long enough to get out final nat
uralization papers. The bill was in
definitely postponed.
Considerable opposition mas devel
oped to bill, also introduced by Mr..
Porter, limiting work day for wom-
en- to eight hours, except nurses, do
nestle servants, farm laborers or per-
sons engaged in the care OF live stock.
To avoid its defeat it's further con-
sideration was postponed. The opposi-
ton to the bill came from the coun-
try members who, while willing
enough to allow women in the city
short work day, did not want the same
ule applied to women employed in
the country or in country towns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

A sneak thief stole $4,000 owrth of
gems from the hotel apartments in
Washington of Miss Ethel Barrymore
while Miss Barrymore and her maid
were at the theater where the noted
star is playing an engagement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

Thirteen persons at the dinner ia
Bile in the home of o. P. Ruston at
Evansville, Ind. were injured when
an acetylene gas tank in the base
ment exploded. The diners were
thrown into the air together with Sec
lions of the floor and the furniture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21

Cipriano Castro. the former presi
dent of Venezuela, is free to come
and go in this country at will. Judge
Ward, in the federal district court in
New York, sustained the writ of
habeas corpus in his behalf. overrul-
ing the immigration authorities.