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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
.SUFFRAGETTES GET
HARD LABOR TERM
SIX MILITANT LEADERS GIVEN
FROM EIGHTEEN TO SIX
MONTHS EACH.
ONLY MAN GETS II MONTHS
Five of Women Say They Will Go on
Hunger Strike-Miss Ken
ney Makes
Speech.

London, June 19.-Six of the most
prominent leaders of the militant suf.
fragettes organization and one of their
male supporters were found guilty at
the central criminal court of con,
spiracy to commit malicious damage to
property. The trial had lasted sew.
eral days.
Women Were Officials.
The women were officials of the Wo-
mems Social and Political unions
They were Miss Harriet Kerr, Miss
Agnes Lake, Miss Rachel Barrett, Mrs
Beatrice Saunders, Miss Annie Kenney
and Miss Laura Lennox, while the
man was Edward Clayton, an analyt'
ical chemist
The jury handed in a recommends
tion for mercy in the cases of Miss
Lake, Miss Lennox and Miss Barrett
Justice Phillimore passed sentence on
the suffragettes as follows:
Miss Kenney, Is months; Mrs.
Saunders, Is months; Miss Kerr, IL
months; Miss Barrett, 8 months; Miss
Lake and Miss Lennox, six months
each; Mr., Clayton, Fl months.
All Get Hard Labor.
All the prisoners were committed to
the third division, which entails hard
labor. Each defendant was ordered
to pay one-seventh of the cost of the
prosecution and was bound over to
keep the peace for year after the
period of Imprisonment.
With the exception of Mrs. Saun-
ders, all the women loudly proclaimed
their intention of going on hunger
strike"
Outrages Are Defended.
An impassioned speech in defense
of the outrages committed by militant
suffragettes was delivered by Miss
Annie Kenney during the trial.
Her address served to enliven the
proceedings and her concluding words
created a great impression.
IF have got to die to get the vote, y
she said, Il will die willingly, what
ever the verdict of the jury today
The entrance of the accused, Miss
Harriet Kerr, Miss Agnes Lake, Miss
Rachel Barrett, Mrs. Beatrice Saun-
ders, Miss Annie Kenney, Miss Laura
Lennox and Edwin Clayton, chemical
adviser to the suffragettes, found the
court crowded
Women form Audience.
Women formed the majority of the
audience, among them being Mrs. Win
ston Spencer Churchill, wife of the
first lord of the admiralty, and Miss
Violet Asquith, daughter of the pre-
mier
Miss Annie Kenney, in her speech,
asserted that the action of the Ulster
UnioniSts and the speeches of cabinet
ministers, who, she said, had asserted
that the unenfranchised were justified
in rebelling in order to get their griev-
ances remedied, furnished ample war.
rant for the course pursued by the
militant suffragettes.
Il am rebel" she said, land a
rebel / shall remain until women re-
ceive the vote. If, like Miss Dawson,
it should be necessary for me to sac
rifice my life, then l shall gladly
die"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
100 BANKERS AT LUVERNE
Second District Meeting is Well At
tended-Officers Elect.

Luverne.-Over 100 bankers, repre-
senting nearly every town in the Sec
ond congressional district, gathered
in Luverne last week to attend the
eleventh annual meeting of the dis.
trict group. The address of welcome
was delivered by G. H. Christopher.
son, of this city, who called attention
to the fact that those present virtually
represented a banking capitalization
of approximately four and three-quar.
ter millions.
While there are no large cities in
this district, he said, the district has
200 banks, having total deposits of
s26,O00,000, and resources aggregating
$44,00O,OO0.
The following officers were elected:
Emil G. Hage, New Ulm, president;
J. B. Ludlow, Rushmore, vice presi-
dent; G. w. Sugden, Mankato, Sec
rotary; d. o. Wade, Fairmont, and
M. o. Page, Beaver Creek, executive
committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Dollar Verdict in Libel Suit.

Brainerd.-The jury in the case of
Mons Nahum VS.. Hugo Schwartzkopf,
wherein Nahum sued for damages be-
cause of the publication of certain al
legged libelous statements in pamph-
let, found for the plaintiff and assess
ed his damages at 81. Mahlum's at
torney, M. E. Ryan, says "Mr. Nah
lum never wanted money, but he did
want to prove to the people of this
community that the pamphlet con-
tanned untruths."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

st. Paul, June 17.-This city expert
enced the hottest day of the year Sun
day when the thermometer jumped
to 94.3 degrees and lowered about this
point during the afternoon. The heat
record nearly equaled the hottest day
of 1912 Thousands of sweltering per-
sons found relief in parks, on lakes,
rivers and creeks. Bathing places
were jammed and the call on the
street car company was SO great that
much difficulty ensued in caring for
patrons. At the baths there were
long lines of would-be bathers, blocks
long
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
"PIeased to Meet You"

The Americans have a polite habit,
on being presented to new acquaiHt-
ance, of uttering the words, Pleased
to meet you," although upon what the
pleasure can rest, or how they know
that it is pleasure, or why an ordi-
nary incident which is not the fulfill
ment of any anticipation, and which
may turn out to be very disagreeable,
should be pronounced at sight to be
pleasant, l have never been able to
nderstand.-Saturday Review
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Child Causes Wreck Fatalities.

Buffalo, N. Y, June ia small boy
went into the New York Central rail-
road roundhouse here and climbed into
the cab of an engine. He pulled open
the throttel and as the engine started
forward he jumped. The locomotive
ran wild through the yards at a speed
of As miles an hour and crashed head
on into freight train coming in the
opposite direction. Engineer Fred
Ludeke was almost instantly killed and
the fireman, William Froelich, was SO
badly hurt that he died short time
later
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
BEGAN YOUNG.
Had "Coffee Nerves" From Youth.

when very young l began using
coffee and continued up to the last six
months" writes a Texas girl.
Il had been exceedingly nervous,
thin and very sallow. After quitting
coffee and drinking Postum about a
month my nervousness disappeared
and has never returned. This is the
more remarkable as / am a primary
teacher and have kept right on with
my work
my complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. AS a
good complexion was something had
greatly desired, / feel amply repaid
even though this were the only benefit
derived from drinking Postum.
Before beginning its use l had suf'
fered greatly from indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now un,
known.
81 changed from coffee to Postum
without the slightest inconvenience
did not even have headache. Have
known coffee drinkers, who were
visiting me, to use Postum a weeR
without being aware that they were
not drinking coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, "The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir.
ring level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup Of hot water, which makes IL
right for most persons.
big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in
a heaping spoonful and temper II
with large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have it served that way in the future.
There's Reason for Postum.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
STRONGLY AGAINST FRIEDMAN
Medical Society No Longer Favorable
to "Discoverer."

Berlin, June 19.-The last meeting
of the Berlin Medical society showed
that the drift of opinion of Berlin
physicians was strongly against DR..
friedman, the Berlin physician who
claimed he had discovered a cure for
tuberculosis.
Prof. Max Westenhofer of the Uni
versity of Berlin reported that a post.
norton examination of one of DR..
Fredmann's patients who had been
young and strong showed a marked
acceleration of the tubercular process.
after treatment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Montana Jack" Bitten by Rather

Minneapolis, June II. = Montana
Jack" bitten by a rattlesnake at the
Lake Street May festival, won't know
until next Friday whether the reptiles
venom will be fatal to him, according
to his own statement, and Montana
Jack" who is half-breed Indian, as.
serts that he knows as much about
snakes as any man in the country.
He has been in bed since he was bit
ten, May 80, while exhibiting the
snake to a curious crowd at one of
the Lake street shows. In some way
the snake slipped from his grasp and
bit him on the thumb.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Duluth Strike Is Ended.

Duluth. = Duluth's sawmill strike,
which threatened to spread to the
mills at Cloquet and Virginia and tie
up the lumber industry of northern
Minnesota, is broken. Early Monday
all of the Duluth mills resumed work,
with crews running from so to rs per
cent of normal. The union leaders
tried desperately to keep the men
from returning to work, but their eff
forts were unavailing. The union men
represented but small percentage of
the employees of the mills and most
of the men were eager to return to
work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Convention At owatonna.

Owatonna. = The Mankato district
Epworth convention held a three-day
session in this city. Among the con-
vention speakers were Bishop Quayle,
who lectured on Emerson and
preached the convention sermon; Rev.
l. B. Wood of Rochester, who spoke
on "Shams and Shrines in the Holy
Land" and Mrs. B. M. Lonely of st.
Paul. Rev. Wilbur Keesey of Man,
kato preached the closing sermon. In
the absence of the district president,
the convention was presided over by
DR.. G. A. Cahol of Mankato.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

In fine health now. If l ever have those
troubles again will take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. - Mrs.
ED. FERRoN, S16 High ST., Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin.
Providence, R. LEI cannot speak
too highly of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound as it has done won
ders for me and I would not be without
it. l had organic displacement and
bearing down pains and backache and
was thoroughly run down when took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1t helped me and I am in the
best of health at present. work in
factory all day long besides doing my
Homework so you can see what it has
done for me. give you permission to
publish my name and I speak of your
Vegetable Compound to many of my
friends. - Mrs. ABRIL LAWSON, 126
Lippitt ST., Providence. RI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Four-foot Fall Kills Man.

Philadelphia, June 19.-On the an
nivesary of a fall of 40 feet, in which
he escaped injury, Hugh Walter, a
painter, Sc years old, was killed by
falling only four feet. During the last
10 years he has several times had falls
of Is and rs feet, each time escaping
injury. The only times he was injured
was when he fell few feet from a
porch roof and received a fractured
skull, and on another occasion tum-
bling off fence, when three of hiE
ribs and his jaw were fractured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

board of trustees of the Old Soldiers
home. He was a Mason, and belong
ed to the Elks and other organizations.
Mr.. Whitney was born in Massa-
chusetts, March 20, 1916, and came to
Minnesota in 1879. Except during the
time he was engaged as state printer,
he resided at Marshall, MINI. Six
months ago he came to ST. Paul Mrs,
Whitney was with him. Besides the
widow he is survived by the following
children Mrs. Hills of st. Paul, Jo-
seph, who is identified with the News
Messenger at Marshall; Jack and
Richard of Marshall, and Frank of
New York city.
The body was taken to Marshall for
burial. Funeral services were held
Monday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Parade Featured by Floats.

Austin.-Over 5000 persons par
ticipated in a grand celebration in La
Fayette park on Wednesday. There
were many beautiful symbolic floats
in parade which preceded the pic
mic spread n. P. Hull, national
grange secretary, said: Il have lee
tured from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and have seen many grange parades,
but this is by far the finest l have
ever witnessed" About twenty
oranges participated in making the
event an unqualified success.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
CAPTAIN WHITNEY DEAD.
End Come to WelI-known Veteran and
Former Editor at Daugh-
ters Home.

St Paul-Captain Charles G. Whit
ney, veteran of the Civil war, and for
many years resident of Minnesota,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Fred HI. Hills, 1172 Laurel avenue.
For some time Captain Whitney suf-
fered from an acute attack of stomach
trouble.
AS editor of the Marshall, Mimi,
News Messenger, Captain Whitney
was a prominent Minnesota news
paper man, and at one time was state
printer. He was interested in matters
pertaining to the Grand Army of the
Republic, and was member of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
OVER TWENTY GIRLS MISSING
st. Paul Police Find Themselves
Baffled by Problem of
Disappearance.

st. Paul.-According to Lieutenant
Michael Sweeney, chief of detectives,
the St. Paul police have received re-
ports that more than twenty Is or 16-
year old girls have disappeared under
strange circumstances during the past
ten days.
Though many have been located and
returned home, new cases come to
light each day. The police say that
the situation is a serious one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
WEEKS
N E w S
PUT IN
CON D E N SEQ
70 r M
Washington

Lafayette Pence former congress
man from Colorado, gave out a state,
ment at Washington announcing that
he would contest the suit for separa.
ton brought in New York recently by
Mrs. Catherine Soper-Pence, and deny.
ing emphatically his wife's charges OF
misconduct He also denounced as
false Mrs. Pences references to Mrs.
Lillian N Duke, divorced wife of the
tobacco magnate.
After a hard fight the senate reced.
ed from it's amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill increasing the
number of managers of the Soldiers
Home from five to eleven and the
bill was sent to the president. 1t car
ries an appropriation of S116,000,000
The u. S. senate committee on
woman suffrage favorably reported an
amendment to the constitution giving
women throughout the United States
the right to vote.
famous South Carolina feud was
officially ended when President Will
son sent to the senate the nomination
Of William E. Gonzales of that state
to be minister to Cuba. Senator Ben
jamin Ryan Tillman of South Caro-
lima consented to the nomination. The
Tillman and the Gonzales families
have been bitter political and per-
sonal enemies for many years.
Free sugar In three years and free
wool were approved in the tariff bill
by the senate finance subcommittee.
The schedules now stand as they
passed the house.
Following the United States SUI
preme courts decision surrendering
Porter Charlton to Italy for trial on
the charge of numbering his wife at
Lake Como, the prisoners guards at
Jersey City have been instructed to
keep him under constant surveillance.
The Harvester trust won a signal
victory in the senate finance commit
tee. Hemp was put on the free list.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
School Officers Meet at Sandstone

SOTIOOI
Sandstone.-Pine county school of.
ficers held their fifth annual meeting
here and there were over 300 visitors
from neighboring towns. Assistant
State Superintendent Tonning was the
speaker in the evening. A lunch and
supper were served by the Presby-
terrain church women and the crowd
was entertained with moving pictures
until train time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Finds Watch After Years.

Blue Earth.-While working in a
field, the son of John FRANKIE, living
near here, plowed up gold watch
that he lost while at work in the same
field seven years ago. The watch was
all right
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Twin City Markets,

91Bc; Sept. $3.50; No. northern
93hc; No. 2 northern, 91hc; No.
durum, csc; No. 8 corn, 591Ac; No.
white oats, 391sc; barley, mailing, soc;
No. rye, SIC; No. l fax, $1.31as.
Duluth, June 1S.-Wheat, July, 92kc;
Sept, 94Bc.
South st. Paul, June 1S.-Cattle-
Steers, S-@7.00; cows, S5.50@725;
calves, $5.50@9.50; hogs, sS.20@S.55;
sheep and lambs s3.50@7.5O.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, June 1S.-Hog receipts 49,
900 slow, mostly 10c under yesterdays
average. Bulk sales SS.60@S.70; light
$S.50@S.75; mixed ss35@S75; heavy
$S.15@S70; rough, $S.15@S.30; pigs,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

Rose Creek.-Ole Aslackson, a
prominent and well-to-do farmer of
Nevada township, was killed here
He was leaving town when his team
ran away, throwing him to the ground.
Death resulted from broken neck.
He leaves a wife and large family
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Editors Meet in ST. Paul.

st. Paul-Newspaper editors and
publishers from all parts of America
were in st. Paul Friday to attend
the meeting of the managing editors
of the associated newspapers Friday
and Saturday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

Luverne.--The District Federation
of Women's clubs met here, with dele
gates present from all parts of the
district. Several Interesting papers
we're presented. 4 reception was held
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. d.
La Due.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Burned Plant to be Rebuilt.

Mankato, Minn.-H. E. Carney states
that the Mankato Cement works,
which was practically destroyed by
fire Monday night, will Immediately
be rebuilt, or an entirely new plant
be put up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Personal

Alfred Lanowe of Fowler, Ind, was
instantly killed, and Mrs. Isaac Leo
pold of Wolsott, George Lanowe, a
son, seriously injured when car they
were driving plunged into ditch.
Angus Hamilton, famous interna-
tionally as a war correspondent and q
scion of one of Englands distinguished
families, committed suicide in his
apartments at the st. Louis hotel in
New York by slashing his throat with
razor.
Reaching out of a second-story win
dow trying to grasp an American flag
which was Tapping in the breeze!
three-year-old William c. Dalton of
Boston fell distance of 20 feet and
was instantly killed.
John Hyche, farmer near Wagon
er, Okla, was shot and killed by his
wife. Hyche ordered his wife to pre-
pare a meal for him, and when she re-
fused they quarreled.
Jimmy Clabby of Hammond, Ind,
won the middleweight championship
at Butte, Mont, winning a decision
over Eddie McGoorty at the end of
IL of the fastest rounds of fighting
ever witnessed in Butte ring.
Charles ]. Dougherty, engineer of
the train which crashed into the rear
of another train on the New Haven
railroad, killing six persons and in,
juring 20 others, is under arrest at,
Stamford, Conn, on warrant charg,
ing manslaughter.
The total appraised value of the es7
tate of John Jacob Aston is $780,
611.42, as shown in the report filed in
New York. The share received by
William Vincent Aston is placed at
$50 1854, $3.50.
Former Congressman Lafayette,
Pence of Colorado is defendant in a.
suit for separation begun there by;
Mrs. Catherine Soper Pence. Cruelty
and abandonment and alleged contin-
ued misconduct with Mrs. Lillian N.
Duke, divorced wife of the millionaire
tobacco man, is charged.
Mrs. Arthur Kellar of Harrisonville.
Mo-, has confessed that it was she who
killed her husband and their daughter
Margaret, seven years old. Kellar and
the girl were slain with an ak as they
lay in bed.
Fearing she was going insane, Mrs.
Mary Schneider, wife Of farmer
near Dotyville, Wis, killed her three
children and herself. While the chill
dren were asleep Mrs. Schneider,
with butcher knife and razor, al
most severed their heads from the
bodies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

Moose Lake-Moose Lake will cele-
brate July in elaborate style. The
program will start with a parade at
1890 a. m. Z ball game between Bar
mum and Moose Lake has been ar
ranged for the afternoon and fireworks
at night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound as I
found it very good
for organic troubles
a n d recommend it
highly. / had dis
placement, b a ok :
a ch e an d pains
when standing on
my fe e t for any
length of time, when
/ began to take the
medicine, but I am
THT
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Foreign

A large delegation of suffragettes
and thousands of spectators witnessed
the interment of the body of Emily
Wilding Dawson in st. Mary's
churchyard Miss Dawson was killed
In an attempt to top the kings horse
on Derby day, and her funeral at Lon
don was made the occasion of great
demonstration by suffragettes.
Earthquakes were renewed in many
parts of Bulgaria The seismic disturb
ances at Tirnova continue. Many per,
sons were killed. Thousands are home
less and destitute.
Many arrests have been made in
connection with the assassination of
Shefket Pasha at Constantinople. One
of the alleged conspirators in the
Pasha, former aid to the sultan.
The intrenchments of the rebellious
Moros under the sultan of Jolo at
Bagsag were taken after a fierce bat
tie, in which the American casualties
were six killed and IL wounded.
The Servian and Bulgarian govern
ments have both agreed to accept Rus
sian arbitration in their dispute over
the territory acquired during the Bal
kan war.
The American steel yacht Columbia,
belonging to ]. Jarvey Ladow of the
New York Yacht club, was seized
when she put in at Wakayama, Japan,
for repairs. The ARREST" of the YES
sci was owing to her entering port
where there is no customs house or
quarantine station.
Prince Alexis Georges Karageorge-
witch, cousin of the king of Servia, es-
poused an American bride, Mrs. Huger
Pratt, nee Myra Pankhurst. The civil
ceremony took place at Marie Rue
d'Anjou, in Paris.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums reduces infamma-
ton ,alays pain cures wind collie ,25c bottle Ass
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
EaaIes Choose Minneapolis.

Fergus Falis.-The Eagles state
convention elected George Weaver,
Brainerd, president, and chose Min
neapolis as their next meeting place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

Dispatching of one, two and four.
room schoolhouses by parcel post is
the newest plan adopted by the
United States bureau of education
The schoolhouses are not intended
for actual use, but are models on
which to erect structures In small
communities.
Five persons are dead and scores
injured, some seriously, following a
rearend collision on the main line OF
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad opposite the passenger
depot at Stamford. Conn.
A fast freight south bound on the
Chicago, Indiana & Southern railway
shot around a curve near Hammond,
Ind, into handcar containing eight
persons, killing three and seriously In
juring five.
Woman and her cause triumphed In
the Illinois house of representatives
when the suffrage bill was passed by
a vote of SO to IS. Now the bill will
go to Governor Dunno for his sigma
ture, and when he signs it, as 1t is be-
lieved he will, Illinois will take its
place as the first state east of the Mis-
sissippi river to give considerable vot-
ing power to women
Ernest Lindoft of Abingdon, ILL.,, is
uAder arrest on suspicion of being i'm
p1icated in the murder of his brother,
Prof. Charles A. Lindoft, who was
killed in his home in Galesburg. Blood
hounds placed on the trail followed the
scent to room in which Ernest Lin.
doft had spent the night.