The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-07-27
News in Brief.

The Norwegian Turner's of Minneapolis
are confidently expected to retain the
honor of the championship at the bien-
NAL turn festival of the Norwegian
American Gymnastic Union, which will
be held in Chicago.
Moses Spooner, a Canadian farmer. who
lives about seven miles north of Fari-
bault, in the township of Forest, reports
that vein of coal has been discovered
there.
The state may have to fight for an is
sue of Polk county bonds for drainage
purposes. The issue is $4,000 County
Auditor Gleason, who was in St. Paul
ascertained that the state was willing to
take the bonds and the county commits
sioners were advised to cancel sale to
the Minneapolis Loan and Trust Com
pany The latter refuses to accept the
cancellation and will demand that the
bonds be issued to the company.
A shabbily dressed stranger, who gave
his name as Frank Erickson, bunkoed
Miss Christine Kelson, clerk in the South
st. Paul postofhce, out of a letter con-
tanning a check for $685., drawn by Fitch
& Co. in favor of R. Erickson, Brewster,
MINI. He was captured hour later.
Anton Bonus, who was confined in the
city Jail at Owatonna, made his escape
by digging a hole through a solid three
layer brick wall with a stove poker.
Bonus was not confined in a cell, and
thus had ample opportunity to work. No
clue found as yet.
A movement is on foot tc get the coat
dealers of Minneapolis and st. Paul into
the Coal Dealers Association of Iowa
and Nebraska, thereby making the asso-
citation to coal dealers what the North
western Lumbermen's Association is to
lumbermen. Minneapolis yard concerns
are being solicited to join. If the move
promises SUCCESS canvasser will be put
into the field.
C. w. Field was appointed postmaster
at Bridge. Itasca county.
During the month of September a num-
Der of north of Ireland farmers will leave
Londonderry on the Allan Line mail
steamer Partisan for the purpose of TAX
ing up farm lands and settling in Mime
sofa John Norris and his family, the
advance guard has arrived and gone to
Wadena to look over farms, as it is the
intention of all to locate in the same Sec
ton.
Edward Dufresne, 10 years old, whose
home is at 1921 Dayton avenue. st. Paul,
was kicked and almost gored to death by
COW yesterday morning
L. K. Holten of Minneapolis and James
d. Woolnough. Spring Park, won in the
connective examination for West
Point cadetship, recently held in st. Paul
The alternates are L. ]. McNair, Mime
apolis, and Donald F. Stevens, st. Paul.
The stock barn. granary and several out
buildings of Mrs. Pearl Kingston, in
Marshan. were burned, with farming i'm
nlements, 1000 bushels of oats. 200 bushels
of corn, 20 tons of hay, horse and three
calves.
John Barnum whose mother. Mrs. Jane
A Barnum, lives at St. Anthony Park,
was shot and almost instantly killed in
Chicago by Frank Smith.
The state board of corrections and
charities. for the first time in its history,
has a demented Chinaman on its hands.
His namo is Yep Dom Kim. He is not a
citizen of this country. At present he is
confined in the Rochester insane asylum,
having been committed there from Wa
basha.
While the family of Samuel Young was
attending the Sells-Forepaugh circus at
St Cloud, thieves broke into their house
and stole $l.s00. which was secreted in
various parts of the house.
CONGRESSMAN Tawney received a letter
from Adjutant General Corbin, confirm
ing the report that Sergeant Clarence
Miller was killed in the Philippine Islands
on May q.