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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Burnquist Ill,
Assumes His
Duty asChief
Refuses to Make Statement AZ to
Future Plans or Possible Changes
at Minnesota Capitol.

st. Paul, Dec. 31.-Only few hours
after Winfield Scott Hammond, Min
nesota's bachelor, Democratic COVER
nor, had been stricken by death in far
away Louisiana, Joseph Alfred Arner
Burnquist took the oath of office as
governor of Minnesota So fate
thrust the governorship of Minnesota
on Mr.. Burnquist, young st. Paul law
yer, Republican supporter in some
what conservative manner of the doc
trines of temperance and reform.
1t was not gorgeous spectacle,
this inauguration of the young gov
ernor fate decreed to give Mime
sofa. He had been in bed in his home
sick during the morning.
There were hardly more than a
score in the room when Justice
George Bum called upon Mr.. Burn
quist to raise his right hand to re-
ceive the oath.
Becomes Minnesota Governor.
When Mr.. Burnquist took that
oath he became at once the fully
qualified governor of Minnesota and
George H. Sullivan Of Saltwater,
president pro tenn of the state SEN
ate, became lieutenant governor.
Governor Burnquist would not make
any statement as to his future plans
or possible changes in his official
family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
lrritates the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in glass Of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice. COM
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu-
traliZes the acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad-
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious COM
plications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots Of Jad Salts to folks who be-
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
ONLY SURVIVING AMERICAN
GRANTS STORY OF PERSIA SINK.
ING Is IMPORTANT.
Dispatches State More Than 240 Pas
sengers on Torpedoed Liner
Are Missing.

London, Jan. 5. = Consul General
Skinner has cabled the American
consul at Alexandria to obtain at
once detailed statement of the sink
ing of the British steamer-liner Per
STA from Charles H. Grant, believed
to be the only American survivor.
The story told by Grant will be of the
utmost Importance. On it may de-
pend whether the United States will
take drastic action in the new crisis
resulting from the torpedoing of the
British steamer.
Say 800 Lost Lives.
Cable dispatches from Alexandria
and Cairo put the number of missing
at between 247 and 255, accounting
for a. crew of $50. Others declared
more than 800 persons lost their
lives, estimating that the liner car
ried crew of more than 200. Hope
that others have been saved ia d.
minishing, as four days have now
elapsed since the sinking.
Torpedoed, Officers Say.
Reports from Alexandria say sur.
viving officers of the Persia landed
at that port declare positively that
the steamer was torpedoed, and
ridiculed the idea that a mine might
have sent the vessel to the bottom
with the loss of probably more than
$50 lives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
SURVIVOR TELLS OF TRAGEDY
Declares Torpedo Struck Liner Persia
and That No Warning
$3.50. Was Given.

London, Jan. 4. - The Peninsular
and Oriental Steamship company has
received the following telegram from
Colonel C. c. Bigham, who was among
the survivors of the Persia disaster:
"A torpedo struck the ship on port
bow at LOS o'clock in the afternoon,
when about 40 miles south of the east
end of the island of Crete. No warn
ing was given nor any attempt made
to assist. Within five minutes the
ship had sunk
1T was impossible to lower the
starboard boats, owing to the heavy
list. Five or six boats were lowered
on the port side. didn't see this my
self as l was washed overheard when
the boat capsized.
''The conduct of the passengers and
crew was splendid; there was no
struggling and no panic. Four boats,
after 80 hours at sea, were picked up
by warship."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
TRADE REVIVAL IN
WESTERN CANADA
Not a Myth but an Actually
Shown in the Returns of Az
ricuIturaI Statistics and
Every Department Of
Trade and Com
merCe.


The trade revival in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta is an actuality
and not a myth. There is today q
spirit of optimism in the air, just az
two years ago there prevailed the OPP
posite spirit of pessimism.
A general trade revival has been
felt in every department Of business in
the Prairie Provinces. The agricul-
turists are in better shape than they
have ever been before in their lives.
No farmers Of any country are in bet
ter financial condition and in a more
general state of prosperity than are
the farmers of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta. The farmers have
harvested record crop-a crop which
enriches them to the extent of some
thing over 100000
In the cities the prosperity Of the
country has been reflected. Every
where business is on the hustle. The
wholesalers and the retailers and the
implement dealers find business good.
The banks and other collection houses
find collections satisfactory, and f1nan-
cial men declare that westerners are
paying up their debts. In Winnipeg
the bank clearings have been the larg.
est in history, exceeding some weeks
the figures Of Montreal and Toronto.
The grain shipments have been the
biggest in the history of Winnipeg and
in the history of the twin ports, Fort
William and Port Arthur. The mail
order houses have had big year, the
rush of fall orders exceeding all previ-
GUS years and taxing the capacity Of
these establishments, whose most san
guine expectations have been exceeded
by the actual business done.
The tide has turned in western Can
ada. The people of the West are
forging ahead, forging ahead in actual
production and in creation of wealth,
giving generously to charitable and
other funds, paying up their back
debts, while going along carefully as
regards any creation of new debts.
They are economizing but not scrimp-
ing, acting cautiously but not misery.
The financial heads of eastern Canada,
OF the United States and OF Europe are
no longer criticizing western Canada:
rather they are unstintedly offering
their praise and their compliments.
The financial press recognizes that
the tide has turned in western Canada,
and it has been published to the world.
The condition Of western Canada at
the close of 1915 is one of optimistio
prosperity, backed by the same deter.
mination of western people to go on
increasing their productiveness and
maintaining the records which they
have already established.
The trade revival of western Canada
Is the happiest feature in the business
survey OF the whole Dominion for 1915
and in the outlook for 1916.-Adver.
tisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07

a strange land, Minnesota was send
ing delegation of it's most prominent
public officials of both parties to Chi
cago to meet the body.
In fact, the first official act of ]. A.
A. Burnquist, after taking the oath of
Office as successor to Governor Ham
mond, was to appoint this delegation
to hurry to Chicago to escort the body
of the stricken executive back to the
state capitol
The party was constituted of Sam
uel D. Works, Carlos N. Boynton, c..
NJ. Andrist, A. H. Turrittin, j. A. O..
Preus, julius A. Schmahl, Frank E.
Ford, T. j. McDermott, ]. G. Armson,
]. F. Farrell, A. J. Rush, Judge Ira
B. Mills, ]. c. Nethaway, Justice AL
bert Schaller, A. L. Sorter and Adult
ant General Fred B. Wood.
Milton Hammond, the late COVER
nor's brother, found himself unable to
make connections at st. Paul with this
party and went direct from ST. James,
the governors home, to Chicago.
The whole state of Minnesota is
striving with poignant regret to COM
prehend the news which came over
the wires from the little Louisiana
town, where the noted governor of
Minnesota met his death.
In Congress Four Times.
st. Paul. Dec. Ex-Governor Ham
mond's political career in Minnesota
has been a most remarkable one. Four
times he was elected to congress from
the Second Congressional district of
Minnesota, a strong Republican dis
trict. In congress he forged steadily
to the front and finally took his place
on the national ways and means COM
mittee. When it was proposed that
he become candidate for governor
of Minnesota year ago last spring,
objection was made by Democrats,
who declared it impossible to elect a
Democratic governor and that to make
him candidate for governor would
be but sacrificing the lone Democratic
congressman in Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
New Haven Case Involves Taft,

New York, Jan. 5.-''The solemn
Judgment" of William H. Taft, while
president, and of his attorney general
George w. Wickersham, that there had
been no violation of the Sherman law
by the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad was presented to the jury
at the trial under that law Of the IL
former directors of the road, as a rea-
son why the defendants should be de-
clared innocent. This solemn judg-
ment ought to be sufficient for the
Jury" said Attorney Lidabury, in sum-
ming un for tha dafanaa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Missing In Fire Horror.

Philadelphia, Jan. S.-Twenty per-
sons were injured, six critically. two
Of whom will die. In fire that de-
stroyed the Bellevue apartments here.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ostrum and two chill
dren of Mrs. Nellie Buchard are miss
png and are believed to have been
burned to death. Some of the vic
Tins wers hurt in heroic attempts to
save others, while many leaped from
windows IN the upper stories of the
Auilding
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Tells of Last Minutes.

The Minnesota delegation which
went to Chicago to meet the funeral
train was the first to hear in detail
of the governors fatal illness. James
A. NOVEL;, exhausted from lack of
sleep and depression at his friends
passing, told them of the governors
last minutes.
Governor Hammond had been suf.
fering from ptomaine poisoning the
night before" Mr.. NOVEL; told them.
HE had so far recovered, however,
as to eat hearty breakfast He went
into the wash room of the hotel after
breakfast and there l heard him fall.
l rushed to his side but he became
unconscious Immediately, after calling
me once by name. A doctor gave him
an injection within eight minutes but
death was inevitable"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Liner eeeIonq Sunk in Collision.

London, JAN 5.-The British liner
Geelong has been sunk in collision
with the steamer Bonvilston, also fly
Ing the British flag. Dispatches re-
ceived here said that all persons
aboard the Geelong have been saved,
but did not report the damage to the
Bonvilston. The Geelong is owned
by the Peninsular & Oriental COM
pany, the same firm that owned the
Persia, sunk by submarine in the
Mediterranean. The Geelong's route
lay from London to Capetown and,
was reported sunk off Gibraltar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Taft Favors Preparedness.

Poughkeepsie, N. :, Jan. 3. - ID
dressing over 5000 persons at ccsu-
munity meeting held in local theater
former President William II. Taft TX.
pressed himself as favor.ng reason
able preparedness on the part OF the
United States He expressed absolute
confidence. in the patriotism of the
citizenship, but said the people are
prone to have a happy, go-lucky feel
ing that they could get ready In .
jiffy should the crisis aruA"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07

Joseph A. A. Burnquist Of st. Paul,
who has been elevated to the COVER
nor's chair by the death of Governor
w. S. Hammond, is an attorney, born
So years ago in Dayton, Ohio, of Swed.
ish parentage. He graduated at Garlic
ton college, Mortified, Mimi; took a
course at Columbia university, New
York, and graduated in law at the
University Of Minnesota.
He was elected to the lower house
OF the legislature in 1908 and re-elect-
ed in 1910, being a candidate in that
year for speaker. In 1912 he was NOM
mated in the first statewide primary
election for lieutenant governor on tho
republican ticket, and reelected in
1914, presiding over the state senate
in the sessions of 1918 and 1915.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Kaiser's Illness Believed Serious.

Paris, Jan. 4.-Press dispatches from
Switzerland and Italy continue to af-
firm that the illness of Emperor Viii.
liam is serious. It is stated that he
was operated on last Wednesday sue
cessfully but the nature of the opera
ton is not specified. It is stated that
the emperor is suffering from a deep
seated affection of which the cutane-
GUS eruption is but an incidental symp-
tom and that the malady is complicat-
ed by the temperance OF his old
throat trouble, which has extended to
tina mouth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
STEAMER GLENGYLE Is SUNK
Submarine Victim-Torpedoed in
Mediterranean Sea.

London, Jan. 4.-The big Glasgow
steamer Glengyle, the largest British
merchantmen submarine victim of the
war, excepting the Lusitania and Ara
bic has been torpedoed and sunk, it
was announced, in the Mediterranean
en- route from the far east to Italy.
The Glengyle had on board about 100
persons, passengers and crew. All,
with the exception of three Europeans
and seven Chinese, were landed. So
far as is known no Americans. were on
board.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Party to Pass Through Germany.

Copenhagen, Jan. 4.-The German
government has granted the Ford
peace expedition permission to travel
to The Hague through Germany by
special train. The final arrangements
for the trip were made through the
German consulate at Copenhagen, who
after consultation with Berlin, an
nounced his government was willing
for the mission to proceed through
German territory. This privilege was
granted despite the refusal of the
American state department to extend
the passports.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
WASHINGTON Deeply Grieved.

Washington, Dec. 81. = Official
Washington was deeply grieved at the
sudden death of Governor Hammond.
Members of Congress with whom he
had served, felt the loss most keen
ly. The expressions of regret came
from both sides of the House, Repub-
lican House Leader Mann Joining
with Senator Underwood, former
Democratic House leader and Speak
er Clark. Representative Mann was
especially close to Governor Ham
mond, Notwithstanding their differ
ences in politics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Andrist is Overcome.

st. Paul, Dec. Sc. M. Andrist,
Governor Hammond's private secre-
tary, was almost on the verge of col
lapse during the afternoon and fin.
ally had to be taken to his home in
Minneapolis by friends. He was the
first to receive the news of the death
of the executive and it was some time
before he recovered from the shock.
So intense was his grief that he
had to be led to couch and in
duced to lie down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Warming to Minnesota Farmers.

st. Paul, Jan. 3.-R. NJ. Washburn
of the dairy and animal husbandry
division of the Minnesota Experiment
station, has issued warning to Min
nesota farmers against illadvised in
vestment in creamery projects, in
view, he says, of the appearance in
the state of creamery promoters who
have been notably active. The cream
cry is a good thing" said Mr.. Wash
burn, and a cooperative creamery
is better, but big IL should be add
ed" .s
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
winfield SCOTT HAMMOND
WINFIELD SCOTT HAMMOND
Governor Dies Suddenly of
Apoplexy in Southern City
WILSON PAYS TRIBUTE
TO LATE GOV. HAMMOND

Hot Springs, Va, Jan. 3.-Presi-
dent Wilson sent the following
telegram to Charles A. Andrist,
who was private secretary to the
late Governor w. S. Hammond of
Minnesota:
"WilI you convey to MIR. Ham,
mond's family, and publicly ex-
press for me my profound SYM
: pathy and sincere regret for his
death? am sure this must be
the sentiment of the whole coun-
= try and of all who knew his sterI.
ing character"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
MINNESOTA CHIEF EXECUTIVE
BECOMES ILL WHILE IN CLlN.
ToN-ExPIRES IN HOTEL,
A FEW MINUTES LATER.

New Orleans, Dec 81. = Governor
Hammond, entirely unwarned that
fate threatened him with any serious
malady, died in his hotel in Clinton,
La. Apoplexy, aggravated by slight
attack Of ptomaine poisoning, is given
by the Louisiana physicians as the
cause of his death.
The governor. believing himself in
splendid health, went South December
20, just two days before Christmas,
with Mr.. James A. NOVEL; of st. Paul,
to seek rest, pleasure and to look
over some of his lands and lumber in
terests in the East Feliciana parish,
Louisiana.
Found Lying on Floor.
In the South the governor ate some
thing which disagreed with him but
believed his illness to be but slight
attack of indigestion. Seemingly en-
tirely recovered, he stepped into the
Mushroom of his hotel in Clinton about
9 a. m. Mr. NOVEL; moment later
heard him groan Mr. NOVEL; burst
into the room and found the governor
lying on the floor in state of col
lapse.
"Jim," the governor exclaimed, and
that was his last word.
He was carried to his room but was
dead before doctors reached him.
South Honors Memory.
From that moment the South did
all in it's power to honor Minnesota's
dead governor and to express it's
sympathy with those who mourn him.
The Clinton lodge of Masons as
sumed temporary charge. Governor
Luther E. Hall of Baton Rouge, some
80 miles away, was notified. The
body was sent to Wilson, La, and
few hours later started northward
accompanied by Governor Hall, a
Louisiana military escort and more
than 100 Louisiana Masons who, on
first call, laid aside their respective
duties and hurried to the side of their
noted Masonic brother.
This Louisiana did in honor of the
governor of Minnesota and to light
en- the burden of Mr.. Novel;, the
SOiO VI lhC 6oNOihoi WHICH
he was stricken.
Louisiana's Example Followed.
The example set by Louisiana was
followed through the night journey
northward by the other Dixie states.
The Louisiana delegation stayed with
the funeral car until it reached Vicks-
burg, Miss, where Governor Earl
Brewer of Mississippi at the head of
another military escort and with an
other Masonic guard, took over the
duty of escorting northward the body
of the stricken governor of a sister
state.
This same beautiful example of
Southern courtesy was taken up by
Tennessee when the Mississippi es-
cort arrived in Memphis to deliver
over the body to the governor of Ten
nessee, who was prepared to provide
it with an escort over the line into
Kentucky.
Minnesota Sends Delegation.
While the South was showing it's
homage to Minnesota's governor, who
had died practically as stranger in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
RuIqar as Gar of Macedonia.

Vienna, via London, Jan. 5.-Politi-
cal circles in Sofia report that King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria intends, after
the orthodox Christmas holidays, to
proclaim himself czar of Macedonia
and be crowned in the old royal city
of Ochrida.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Hardly Premature.

There was once learned judge OF
over eighty who never took any exer.
else. Not feeling very well. he con-
suited physician.
You have no business to live with
out taking exercise" said the physi-
clan. You must give up your sed-
entary habits and walk an hour ev-
cry day."
But it bores me So" pleaded the
judge. IF follow your advice shall
walk myself into a premature grave"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Development plans Thwarted.

Minneapolis, Dec. 31.-According to
A. L. Shorter of Minneapolis, chair
man of the Democratic state central
committee, the sudden death of Gov
ernor Hammond probably will thwart
plans which he had practically COM
pleted for the greatest development
propaganda for Minnesota ever at
tempted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Sole Survivor of monitor, Dead.

Philadelphia, Jan. 5. William
burst, &c years old, said to be the sole
survivor of the crew of the Monitor,
which engaged the Merrimac in the
historic battle in Hampton Roads,
died at his home here from pneumon-
ia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
The Only Inference

The Only Inference.
Mrs. Cobbles is much distressed"
Whats the trouble?"
"Mr. Cobbles talks in his Sleep"
Cant she understand what he
says?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Probes Advance in Oil Prices.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-An investigation
of the rapid advance in oil and gaso-
line prices is being conducted by the
federal government, United States
District Attorney Clyne has admitted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Two STYLES.

81 believe In the mailed fist"
And l in the pacifist. "-Baltimore
Sun
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Not Gray Hairs but Tired Eyes

make US look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Piles Cured in 6 to II DAYS

Druggists refund money il PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protrud,
ing Piles. First application gives re;.et. see
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07

Aluminam alloy pistons IN motor-car
engines wear exceIently with the
usual fabrication.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Yuan ereets New Year.

Picking, Jan. 3.-Yuan Shi Kai, pres
ident of China, who has accepted the
proffer of an emperor's crown upon
request" of various elements in the
nation. entered the palace in the i'm
perial yellow chair, sat on the throne
and was announced as Ibis imperial
majesty" at the New Years day re-
ception given for Chinese officials.
He already is addressed as emperor
by the Chinese, although the formal
coronation ceremony has not taken
place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-07
Masonic Ritual at Grave.

WasohIc HItuaI az Grave.
The interment was in Mount Hope
cemetery. about mile from town.
Masonic ritual was said at the grave.
A military escort went all the way.
in addition to the members of the
governors staff