The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Ihe president mas appointed Jonn w.
Riddle, of Minnesota, to be secretary
of the United States embassy at st.
Petersburg.
Four prominent young men ofMich-
igamme, Mich, George w. Levin, Abel
Levin, Emil Carlson and Albin Carlson,
were drowned in the lake by the upset
ting of a boat.
An unknown negro who assaulted
white woman was burned at the stake
in Perry county, Mississippi.
Dan NJ. Hogan, ST., a well-known
bookmaker, was shot and killed by
his son at Wilmington, ILL.,, while in
the act of abusing and beating his
wife.
An engineer of an Erie train was
stricken with paralysis near Corn
ing, n. Y, and the train ran for miles
while he lay unconscious.
Thirty persons were hurt in train
wreck at Bedford, Ind.
Argument was begun in the Schley
inquiry, Assistant Prosecutor Hanna
making the first speech.
Lord Pauncefote called on the Sec
rotary of state and assured him that
there is nothing in the way of an
agreement upon canal treaty which
will satisfy the senate.
A delegation from the Porto Rican
chamber of commerce called ON Pres
ident Roosevelt to urge protection
for the coffee industry of the island.
Union carpenters in Chicago
have declared war against owners of
buildings on which nonunion labor
has been employed.
Scott Witt, farmer from Kinsley,
ILL.,, declared he was robbed of $40
and gold watch in Chicago by po-
iceman in full uniform.
Fire destroyed two large grain ele-
vators at Port Huron, Mich, entailing
loss of 100000.
The business portion of Clifford, N.
D., was almost entirely destroyed by
fire.
The twelfth death from lockjaw,
resulting from the treatment of diph-
theritic patients with anti-toXin sup
piled by the city, occurred in ST.
Louis.
Roy Knee, of Rock Falls, ILL.,, re-
turned after tramping for five years.
His parents thought he was dead.
Robbers smashed the show window
of jewelry store at Cincinnati and
stole diamonds worth $4,000.
Antonio Natoli, an Italian, was
murdered by unknown assassins, his
body put in barrel and taken to
the prairie in Chicago.
Archibald Savage, secretary of the
Hannah & Hogg company in Chicago,
was declared to be short $4,000 in
his accounts.
In the Schley court of inquiry Mr..
Hanna, for the government, con-
cluded his argument, and Capt. Par
ker, junior counsel for Admiral
Schley, began his presentation of the
case.
A silver service for the battleship
Illinois is to be presented on Novem-
Der 16 at Old Point Comfort.
The private bank of O'Donald &
Marston at Whitehall, Mich, was
robbed by burglars of $4,000.
Ten persons were killed and four
injured in fire following carousal at
a theater and dance hall at Hurley.
Wis.
Commissioner Evans in his annual
report places as the chief of pension
evils the army of attorneys and So
icitors who fatten on patriotism by
persuading returning soldiers to file
claims when they have. no intention
of doing so.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seven days ended on the 1st
aggregated $2,095, ,O94, against ST.
99S,452,S15 the previous week The in
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of last year was 1913.
A 12-year-old boy at Great Falls,
Mont, kidnapped five-year-old child
and tried to get $1,000 ransom.
Judge John Paul, United States
judge for the western district of Vir-
ginias died at Harrisonburg, Va.
Government boards will recon-
mend to congress that 40 vessels of
all classes be added to the navy,
making it superior to that of any
European nation.
Labor troubles in Great Britain
and France are creating a demand
for American coal.
Eastern capitalists paid $500. 600
for control of the Elkhorn Gold Min
ing company, of Colorado, on the
property of which rich strike was
made recently.
w. C. Whitney leads in the list of
eastern turf winners TINS season, with
$108,000 to his credit.
Gov. Durbin, of Indiana, refused to
honor Kentucky requisition for ex-
Gov. Taylor and fellow-fugitive.
The bank at Black Rock, Ark, was
robbed by burglars of $4,000 in cash
and $4,000 worth of pearls.