The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-15
ALI 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.

1eItHce Will NtShlhS ION La hASiS'
said freight rates could not be adjust
ed by law; should treat with railroad
officials instead.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shandrow, of
South Haven, Mich, adopted % chill
dren from the Minneapolis orphan
asylum who came for summer out
ing on their 1OO-acre fruit farm.
Cracksmen blew the safe in the store
of the Laddsdale Supply company at
Laddsdale, Ia, and secured an I'M
known sum of money.
On his deathbed William Thompson,
of Villas, Col, confessed that he killed
his son Benjamin, and that Zeb Mich
olson, serving sentence in prison, is
innocent.
Aaron Halle was put to death in
the electric chair in Sing Sing On. W
prison for the murder of Mary Nc
Carthy May II, 1900.
Manufacturers of oleomargarine ask
permission to use palm oil in their
product, claiming it is highly nu-
tritive, in addition to being fine col
oring agent.
An earthquake severely shook Mis-
soula county, Mont, number of old
buildings at Clinton collapsing.
It is expected that with high-gear
cars specially built for the new Au-
rora, Elgin & Chicago electric line a
speed of 100 miles an hour will be at
tanned.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware
says that legislation enacted by the
last session of congress will result
in at least 10000 new pensioners,
making a total of over 100000. =.
Convicts blew a hole in a wall in
the state prison at Nashville, Tenn,
and Is made their escape.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland,
won three-cent fare fight by court
decision, but employees were told re-
duction means starvation wages.
w. E. Hillagross, aged 10, and Miss
toon, ILL.,, were killed by the cars at a
crossing.
Fire of uncertain origin burned
the major portion of the business dis
trict of Lucas, Ia.
The state pure food commission
started SO suits against grocers and
others in Chicago accused of violating
statutes.
The government weekly crop report
shows that corn is making good prog
ress.
Two masked men held up Burling-
ton limited westbound train near Sa-
wanna, ILL.,, at midnight, blew up the
express car safe and secured $4,000
and escaped.
The National Retail Butchers asso-
citation in session in Washington de-
nounced the alleged beef trust and de-
vised methods of curbing it's power.
The two hundred and fiftieth ami
versary Of the settlement of York, Me-,
was observed.
The fire losses in the United States
and Canada in July amounted to $1O,-
02S,0OO, against SIS, 74O, 900 in the same
month in 1901.
William J. Husey, the astronomer
at the University of California an
nounces the discovery of 100 pairs of
double stars never before catalogued.
Fire destroyed the opera house and
"a other buildings at Washington, La.
Roman Catholic prelates in conven-
tion in Chicago ignored the warning
of Archbishop Ireland and discussed
the friar problem and other matters
pertaining to the Philippines.
Armed peace prevails at Shenandoah,
oil 80 -
trict shows much unrest and out
breaks are feared.
Frank NJ. Downer, of Longmont, Col,
has been appointed assayer of the Den
YER mint.
Allis-Chalmers union machinists in
Chicago rushed eight nonunion men
from the plant, pounded them, and
then struck because five ringleaders
were discharged.
William Stein, state mine inspector
for the Shenandoah region, says that
five collieries valued at 81, 10000 have
been flooded and ruined.
Judge Golf, at Clarksburg, w. Va,
decided habeas corpus case against
the miners, and they must serve Jail
sentences imposed by Judge Jackson
for contempt of court.
Samuel A. Packard, attorney for
John A. Dowie, who recently joined
Zion. has given up both Zion and
Dowie's law business
Harry Tracy, escaped Oregon con-
Wet, committed suicide near Creston,
Wash, after citizens from that town
wounded and chased him into wheat
field He had been hunted since June
9, ana had killed no less than six per-
sons.
Thirteen men were killed and so in
jured in collision between freight
and work trains near Rhodes, Ia.
Later reports show that six men
took part in the train robbery near
Savanna, ILL.,, that one of the robbers
was killed, and that the amount stolen
would not exceed $4,000.