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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-29
ENTERTAINMENT
 GREAT SUCCESS
School Grades Receive Much. Ap- : piause it Entertainment Held
 Last Evening.

The Congregational Church was crowded last night by the chil- dren of the. school, their parents and friends, when the grade en- tertainment of the school was given.
 Those who attended were well pleased with the showing the children made and were enter tained by the youngsters with Sev- eral drills and recitations.
 Music was rendered by McSsrS. Rrinkr, Weber and Surryhne. The lower class in charge of Mrs. Kelsey gave the May pole dance and won the applause of the audience by the sure and cer- i tain manner with which they worked the red and white ribbon about the pole. Little Mildred Wheat, who led in he dance. caught the heart uf the crowd by her quaint actions and dainty manners. The others in the dance were Lloyd Fish. Myrtle Wcndlrr, John Blun Rita Rudolph. James Mead, Edith Mcintosh, Henry Wult1, Lil- I lian schmidt. Robert Weeks, 1 Mayme McGilvary, Cornie Schmidt. Lena vo Gunther and i Arnold King.
 Clarence Rudolph, better known as "Happy,' gave recitation en- titled, "When the Green Gets Back on the TreeS,' and was fol- lowed by Walter Zharotf, both ac- quitting themselves finely and re- ceiving much applause.
 Margaret Miller, Pearl Miller and Lurline Leavell recited "Wor- ried About Catherine" which was enjoyed by the audience, and Val Fish, with his weird imitation of a spooky wind, threw the crowd into roars of laughter.
 Rose Johnson, with her selec- tion of Peter at the Gate,' show ed much talent, and later in Our Living Heroes" proved that she is singer of much promise. With her in the latter sketch were Neal Dow, Thomas Donohoe and Herbert and Valdez Cameron.
 "The Little Brown Wren," by Opal Dow, and Our Whippings," " by Irving Cameron, were we'll re- cited.
 The third and fourth grades in the motion song were forced to repeat the last verse;, as those present did not want to go home and they. highly enjoyed the sing ing of the class, consisting | of Edna Thawley, Anne Lyons, Katheryn Topliff, Adelina Lakson, Mary Swanson, Lillian Wulff, Op- al Dow, Ethel Mcintosh, Jennie Leavell, Elaine Cameron, Floice North, Elwell Thawley, Charles Johnson, John North, George Boyd, Clarence Rudolph, Albert Hockey. 'i The teachers and scholars are to be congratulated on the suc- cess of the entertainment, which was thoroughly enjoyed by evsry- one attending.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-29
NOTICE or FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.

To William Hogan.
 You are hereby notified that l have expended during the year 1912, one hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents, lawful money of the Unita 4sd States, in labor and improve lnents, upon your two-ninths in- terest in those certain lode claims lying and being on Knights Is- land. in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are known as and called the Shamrock" claim; the Tramp" claim; the
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
NEW STATE MONEY POLICY
Standing Allowances Are Abandoned
in Minnesota for Biennial System
of Appropriations

st. Paul.-Beginning August l the
State of Minnesota started a new
financial system through the abandon
ment of all standing appropriations.
This system was done away with by
the last legislature, and the new plan
became effective Friday, when the ap-
preparations for the coming year be-
came available.
Standing or annual appropriations
are those made by law to continue
in force in future years until modi-
fed or replaced by subsequent legis-
lation. 1t has been a long standing
custom for the legislature to make
such grants to cover items of per-
manent nature, like salaries of state
officers and assistants, contingent
funds for departments, partial sup
port for various educational and char
liable institutions, and many other
purposes.
The last legislature, however, wiped
out this system and determined to
begin August l with a clean slate.
Hereafter the appropriations for
every need of the state are to be
made by each legislature for the two
year period following and there are
to be no standing allowances.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
FIGHTS RHINO IN zoo CAGE
New York Central Park Keeper Is At
tackled by Animal and Has
Narrow Escape.

New York-Old Smiles, the two
horned rhinoceros in the Central Park
zoo, was not in the best of humor the
other day. Hattie, the elephant next
door, had given long talk on WON.
ans suffrage, and Jewel, her brother,
had backed her up with a trunkful of
arguments.
When Billy Snyder, the head keeper,
went to give Old Smiles his annual
smear the rhino was ready for war.
He did not feel any more kindly when
he was roped and trussed to one of
the bars.
The only entrance to the cage is
door in the back, which never has
been unlocked since the rhinoceros
was put behind the bars. Snyder
reached the top of the cage by means
of long ladder, then lowered another
ladder into the cage.
Old Smiles tugged at his ropes until
he got free. The keeper jumped
around the cage. He made the ladder
and scampered for the top. Rhino was
not to be fooled so easily. He rushed
for the ladder and threw Snyder into
the air, but the keeper, much to his
and Old Smiles surprise, landed on
the back of the rhino.
Snyder made a jump for the ladder,
and his assistant, Bob Hurton, stuck
a pitchfork into Old Smiles. The ami
NAL was kept at bay until the keeper
escaped Then Old Smiles was trussed
up again and his annual toilet was
made, despite his protestations.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
WILDCAT ATTACKS A
BOY IN MICHIGAN
After Fierce Fight the Animal Is
Killed by a Twelve Year
Old Lad.

Houghton, Mich.-While playing
about the grounds of his fathers sum-
mer home at Twin Lakes, Sheldon, the
twelve-year-old son of B. T. Barry,
wealthy mining man of Houghton, was
attacked by vicious wildcat which
pounced upon him from a tree and Sc
verely bit him about the right shoul-
der.
The lad had presence of mind to
grasp the animal by the nape of the
neck and wrench it from it's perch on
his back, throwing it to the ground.
Not daunted by the accident, he
rushed into the house, secured his rifle
and took up a search for the animal
which had attacked him. He found
the wildcat perched on the limb Of a
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
CHILDREN TAUGHT FARMING
cloquet, Minn., Public Schools Teach
Pupils Practical AgricuI-
ture.

Cloquet.-Saturday was visitors
day at Hornby field, the ten-acre pub
lie school farm. This is the second
season of growing, the land having
been given to the schools two years
ago by the Cloquet Lumber company
and named for the company's mana
ger, H. C. Hornby.
This summer a small house has
been built, the barn repaired and all
outbuildings painted, the tract fenc-
ed, an orchard of<small fruit set out
and some of the common breeds of
chickens are being raised. Potatoes,
cabbages, corn, rutabagas, onions, to-
matoes, buckwheat and other grains
are being raised.
Thirty-five children have individual
plots and walk out to the farm once
a week to work in their gardens. At
the end of the season prizes will be
distributed to the winners.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
NEW HEALTH OFFICER PLAN
Whole-Time Experiment Proves Sue
cess at Roch-
acfar

Rochester. - Dr. Harold B. Wood,
Rochester's first whole-time health
officer, severed his connection with
the local health department on Aug
l, having completed his year OF serv-
ice.
The employment of a whole-ti
health officer for the past year was
an experiment, which was adopted
through the influence of the state
board of health, that body agreeing to
pay the city $1,000 year of Roches-
ter would furnish $4,000 a year. The
women of the Civic league, to insure
the success of the proposition, offered
to raise $1,000 of the $4,000 and the
city agreed to pay the $1,000.
The experiment of a whole-time
health officer, who gives his entire
attention to the health of the CON-
munity, has been a success. When
DR.. Wood undertook the work year
ago, the city was filled with conta-
gious disease and no systematic work
had been fully started to cope with
the conditions. He leaves the city
health Office, after one years work,
with but two contagious diseases
within the corporate limits, and sys-
tenn of keeping a record of health
conditions of the community that can
not be eQualed
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
STUNG TO DEATH BY BEES
Old Man Walks Into Swarming Hive
and Is Enveloped by Angry
Insects.

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Unknowingly be>
cause of poor sight, jeremiah Kramer,
aged seventy-two, of Wind Cap road
in CHARTERS township, ran into big
hive of bees which were about to
swarm on a projecting beam in his
wagon shop the other day.
The bees enveloped Kramer and
piled onto his face and two-foot-long
whiskers The old man yelled for help
and fought the bees as best he could,
but he was soon blinded and helpless
from their stings. The onslaught OF
bees soon rendered him unconscious
and he was found by his son, Joshua,
three hours later laying on the wagon
shed floor with the myriads Of bees on
his head, arms and neck which were
swolled to twice their natural size. Al
though medical aid was hurriedly sum-
moned Kramer died.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
TWENTY-OME ARE DEAD
IN ALlOUEZ DOCK WRECK
Six Crushed to Death and Fifteen Be-
Iieved Drowned-Many Others
Are Injured.

Duluth, MINI. Six men were
crushed to death, fifteen others are
believed to have been drowned and
many more injured, when two ore
trains collided on the Allouez docks.
Some of the victims were crushed
beneath the debris of ore cars, while
dozens of men were hurled from the
dock into Allouez bay, as the cars
piled up. Still others jumped into
the water to escape death.
Train Crew Threatened.
After the accident and while wreck
ers were making efforts to extricate
the men caught beneath the wreck
age and searching for other bodies,
nearly two hundred and fifty dock
workers threatened to mob the train
crew. Police had to be called to pre-
vent serious trouble.
Two of the injured were taken from
the debris of a broken car. They can
not live.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
MILL CITY MURDER MYSTERY
Most Battling Case Of Recent Years
Confronts Minneapolis
Police.

Minneapolis. = The most puzzling
and at the same time the most mys-
terious murder the police of Mime
apolis have had to deal with in many
years came to light early Thursday,
with the finding of the body of a
murdered man in an empty freight
car in the Milwaukee yards, within a
stones throw of both the Washburn-
Crosby mills and the plant of the
North Star Cereal company.
A bullet had apparently entered the
left side and ranged downward into
the heart, causing death. No weapon
was found in the car, and the rifled
pockets of the dead man indicated
robbery as the motive for the crime.
Even the dead mans coat, hat, shoes
and stockings had been carried away.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Held for chanhassen Murder.

Chaska.-An interpreter with con-
struction crew working for the Mil
waukee road near Chanhassen, was
murdered and his body found early
Sunday at the edge of an apple or
chard near the tracks. Robbery had
been the motive, apparently, as the
pockets had been rifled. The deed
had been committed with a machin-
lists hammer. The man was a Pole,
whose real name could not be learn
ed, but he went among members of
the crew as James Smith The
foreman of the camp is Ole Sandwich.
Three members of the crew are un-
der arrest here, as they were with
Smith when he was seen last, about
IL p. m. Saturday.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
ROOSTER PECKS BOYS EYES
Loses Sight When He Attempts to
Save His Sister From Vicious
Fowl.

South Norwalk, Conn.-Mabel, the
four-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Criever Lent Of this place, was at
tackled and knocked down by vicious
rooster the other day, and her broth
er, one year her senior, who went to
the rescue, had an eye pecked out and
the other one seriously injured.
The girl went to collect eggs from
the hennery when the rooster pounced
on her and knocked her to the ground.
Her cries brought Victor, her brother,
to her side. He attempted to fight the
rooster, only to be knocked down and
seriously injured. The father rushed
to the rescue and killed the rooster.
Physicians hope to save the boys
right eye, but the left one is gone en-
tirely,
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Conscientious BuroIar Ate Fruit,

Preston.-This little village has
burglar whose conscience is stronger
than the appeal of money, but whose
sweet-tooth cannot resist the tempta-
ton of delicious, newly preserved
fruit. One night last week the home
of Reuben Workman was robbed and
$5 in cash and two jars of fruit were
taken. Monday Workman received
another envelope containing a So bill
with note from an unknown person
jars came back, too, but the fruit
had been removed.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Attacked by a Vicious Wildcat.

nearby tree. Unloading the contents
of his gun at the wildcat, the young
man repaired to the house, where he
told of his experience to his parents.
Medical aid was summoned immediate
ly and the wounds on the lads shoul
der were dressed.
Sheldon Barry is the grandson OF
Ransom Sheldon, pioneer of the cop.
per country, who spent much of his
early life in the camps of the Indians
along the shores of Lake Superior.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis Aug. 6.-Wheat july,
SIC; Sept, S9a4c; No. 1 northern, SS SC;
No. northern, S6Bc; No. ! durum SIC;
No. corn, roc; No. 3 white oats, 4Oc;
barley, mailing, 5Sc; No. rye, 571ac;
Duluth, Aug. 6.-Wheat, July, SSBc;
South ST Paul, Aug. 6.-Cattle-
Steers, s5.OO@7.75; cows, $5.25 $50;
calves, $45O@925; hogs, $S.OOQS.5O;
sheep and lambs. $500 az $50.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug: s-HogsIReceipts,
age; bulk of sales, sS.30@8.75; light,
S87O@915; mixed, $S.00m9.05; heavy,
$7.90@SS0; rough, s79O@S1O; pigs.
CattleNReceipts, 5000; weak; beeves.
S6.90@9.00; Texas steers, $6.70@7.75;
western steers S6.25@7.65; stockers
and feeders, s5.30@7.75; cows and heif-
ers, 1885 q 500; calves, sS.00@1O.5
Sheep-Receipts, 19,000; steady to 10c
lower; native, $3.SS@4.S5; western,
S400@4.9O; yearlings $500 a 5.S5; ma
tive lambs, 1925 q $50; western, $3.50
Oils.
Dry weather and high prices for corn
had weakening effect on the hog mar
ket. Prime light sorts, however, were
an exception, being in active demand.
Cattle eased off on account of enlarged
supplies at Kansas CITY. due to poor
ness of pastures. Sheep and lambs
were firm because o. receipts being
small.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Relief Comes at Midnioth.

Minneapolis.-Wed was the
hottest day Of the year, and of many
years in Minneapolis, causing two
deaths and several prostrations in the
Twin Cities, ending with a sudden
break in the temperature, that came
on the crest of heavy rain and elec-
trical storm. Theheavy wind and elec-
trical disturbance, which struck the
Twin Cities at midnight, and was but
symptom of general storm through
out the country, caused number Of
fires in Minneapolis, among them one
at the Minnesota state soldiers home.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Two Drown; Two Rescued.

Duluth.-One drowning and two
heroic rescues occurred in and around
Duluth. Frank Rice, 80, Buffalo, sailor
on the steamer Percival Roberts, Jr.,
stumbled over a rope at the Missabe
docks, fell into the bay and drowned.
A poor swimmer, but gifted with a
brave heart, Rudolph Sjogren, son Of
Clerk Sjogren of the ST. Louis county
poor commission, made two rescues
of drowning persons.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
HUERTA RE|TERATES
HANDS Off POLICY
SHERIFF WILL HIRE OUTSIDERS
IF LOCAL MEN RE-
FUSE PLACES.
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE LIND
Notice of Federal Probe and Mother
Jones' Arrival Cheers Strikers
Believe Investigation Will
Help Cause.

Calumet, Mich, Aug. 7.-Sheriff
James Cruze was authorized by the
supervisors of Houghton county to
hire and arm as many deputies as
he desires to handle the copper
miners strike situation. In conse-
quence the sheriff announces a re-
cruit army Of 900 assistants and he
intimated that if local men will not
accept commissions that outsiders will
be sworn in. He said that the latter
class already were on his pay roll.
Opposite Views Taken.
Mine owners and union leaders took
opposite views Of the developments,
the former indorsing the action of the
board while the latter denounced it in
unmeasured terms. The name hired
thugs" was applied to such deputies
by Western Federation of Miners Of
ficials.
Several board members are man
ayers or superintendents of mines.
While the county board was con-
sidering the strike, further steps were
being taken toward perfecting organ
ization of miners and trammers who
wish to return TO the Calumet and
Hecla workings. A committee ap-
pointed Monday conferred with James
MacNaughton, general manager of the
company, and learned that the COM
pany would put them back to work
when ready for underground opera
tions but that no material change
dDuld be made in coIG1itions until aft
er the men had proved themselves &C.
tual employees of the company.
More Pumps Started.
Operators also announced the start.
ing of pumps at Osceola shaft No.
and called upon General P l.. Abbey
for troops to protect the oon-union
workmen.
Union circles rejoiced over the ar
rival of Mother" Jones and the word
from Washington that Walter B. Palm
er had been detailed by the depart
ment of labor to investigate labor
conditions in the copper country.
Mrs. Jones spent the day familiar
izfng herself with the situation, in
preparation for speech at a mass
meeting at Laurim rink.
Union leaders advanced the belief
that Mr. Palmer's inquiry may result
in a solution of the strike. They were
firmly convinced that their cause will
be advanced by federal investigation
Denver reports that the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners had not sanctioned
the strike were denied emphatically.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
New Mine Ships First Ore.

Ironton.-The Cuyuna-Duluth mine
has just shipped its first ore. The
mine is served by the Northern Pa
cific railway, this being the second
mine to ship on this line in the Guy
una iron range. The ore, averaging
IS per cent. and netting $3.50 ton,
was shipped to Ashland, Wis. The
mine has established a record, sink
ing its shaft and shipping ore within
eight months from the time the first
spade of dirt was thrown. A large
body Of excursionists were present
when the shipment left.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Brainerd Man Successful Artist.

Brainerd.-To leave Brainerd
struggling art student and to return
president of the American Art associ-
alton in Paris, France, leader in the
American colony there, with studios
in Paris and New York, with exam-
pies of his brush accepted by the
Musee du Luxembourg and the Petit
Palais, Paris, is the experience of
Thomas R. Congdon, American paint
er and etcher. Mr.. Congdon left
Brainerd poor boy. He acquired his
art education and his experience
abroad through his own efforts.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Remains Found in Swamp.

Cass Lake.-The body Of William
Mcintosh, aged 40, was brought here,
having been found in a swamp twelve
miles southwest of Cass Lake. The
body was imbedded in the mud. Nc
Intosh had spent the past fifteen
years in northern Minnesota lumber
camps. Two brothers survive, one
being an engineer in the Northern Pa
cific shops at Brainerd, and the other
living in Nova Scotia. The body is
being held at the morgue here await.
ing word from his brothers.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Convicts are Converted.

Lansing, Kan, Aug. Z. - While
scores of their fellows stood about
witnessing the ceremony, twenty-three
convicts at the state prison here were
baptised in the prison laundry Sunday
afternoon. Thirteen of the converts
were women. The story did not be-
come public until now. Chaplain Har-
mon Allen for the last three Sundays
has been holding special revival serv-
ices in the prison chapel. Attendance
is not compulsory. A week ago Sun
day ten prisoners were baptised by
sprinkling.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
ORGANIZED INCENDIARY GANG
Series of Fires Reported at Intervals
of Twenty Minutes in Vir-
ginia.

Virginia.-Incendiari and robbers
made a trip across the city after 2 a.
m. Sunday and set fire to Mesberg &
Lavick's furniture store, with flats
above; to the State Bank OF Virginia,
to the Duluth, Missabe & Northern
station and to Andrew Grande's ware
house.
The Mesburg block was gutted and
occupants of three apartments had
narrow escapes, having to grope their
way out through smoke in their night
clothes. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mackey
were burned about the feet in escap-
ing through the rear window.
All of incendiary Origin.
The fires are all known to be OF
incendiary origin and were reported
at intervals of about twenty minutes.
At all the places there were oil-satu-
rated clothes and paper and attempts
were made in every case to break
into drawers and open safes.
Entrance was effected in each case
through a window. At the bank a
small amount in cash and stamps was
obtained The robbers by mistake
locked the safe at Mesburg's store,
not knowing 1t was open.
The police received a fake call to
distant part of the city when the
gang was ready to operate. One man
was seen to be lighting the oiled
clothing at the Grande warehouse.
Detectives and Police.
The police are being assisted by
many special men from Duluth and
by railroad detectives. All the range
cities are picking up suspects.
People are associating the raid with
the gang that operated in the north
ern part of the state two or three
years ago with whom DR.. Dumas was
convicted of being associated.
Great excitement prevails and
threats are being made that in case
of the arrest of the criminals, no
quarter would be shown. Many lives
were imperiled in living apartments
over the store, the bank and the rail-
road depot.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Cave-in Kills 1; Injuries S.

Anoka, Mimi, Aug. 2.-One man was
killed, five were injured, one so Sc
riously he may die, and twenty or
more narrowly escaped when the walls
of an excavation being made to in
stall new boiler in the state asylum
for the insane caved in this afternoon.
The accident occurred at 2:30 p. m.
From that time until $50 scores of
workmen dug frantically in the ruins
in the hope that the one man, caught
beneath more than a ton of cement
and mortar, might be taken out alive.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Fight Appointment of S. D. p. M.

Washington, Aug. 7.-An unsuccess-
full fight was waged in an executive
session of the senate against the con-
frmation Of E. j. Engler as postmaster
at Ipswich, S. D., because the presi-
dent had not recognized preferential
primary for postmaster in which
Frank J. Tracy won by vote of 140
ito 16. Many Republicans voted with
the Democrats for the confirmation Of
jEngler, however, and the opposition
registered only half a dozen votes on
roll call.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-08
Receivership for s2,5oo,ooo Company

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. IA receiver
ship suit has been filed in the circuit
court against the Continental Com
mercial company and five subsidiaries,
which together form a $2,500,000 SUI
gar and coffee concern. The petitions
say that the company was chartered
with capitalization of $2,500,000 in
shares of $100 each, which were to
be sold on time payments. 1t is
charged that misleading prospectuses
were issued and that a postoffice in
vestigation resulted in threat of
fraud order.