The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-03-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.
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biment eertedt the following officers;
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FMS was5 Is candidate for Isenier vice
! rJunior Niece Comma idersl fate,d ire
ueited Sthe br6neotion TOD, .aQ Merriam
Vas Al 4 lofrs Opponent for ja
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E;sIf The' commit eei on REPORT Of the de
= pa rtinesflt comma com limented
mana apdsg. StarkWat herf fer Chi siHe
sseeuted'qa gain off 246tmsinbefs. :: 1et -
The ro1fRef, tile dtad for 1902 was
3 read, Which showed .that ! $50 had
passed away;buG ;.nufN VII u -o .5Ia,
70 ''''719 Swamp land Deseision,1to9:: -,1El
snt Secretary Fit ellcoek2 has decided
,fshen : question affecting the, Min.
nesota 1WssYamp .olo lands 5fG which
has been pending since { early lin
1902. AT that time State Auditor
Dunn through T. z. Byrnes of Min
-neapolis. filed-an- application for a
change in the rule for the adjustment
Of the swamp lands grant to Min;
nesota to provide that the field notes
of Survey Should be accepted as prima
2facie evidence Of the -swampy char
iacteeF of. lands claitnAd by the state
L Instead of putting, upon the state the
ubuFdeh of proof. 20 aa9T2r3.1 - 53sE
:33i AS II. is decided the department is
Ito. 1goT back n to- he fold practice and
: will accept the field notes in controv-
efsies3 and 7coiiteestS and Selections fiji
ed from now on. stare .ai1ro,-
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ag7 20. .5GE7 Killed stHts, Manr-oWg e ~;
II James Kildee1 formerly marshal at
Deer River, and known, to the police
of Duluth as avery quarrelsemel lum-
tberjack, was fatally shot in the bar
room OF. the Comm ercial hotel at TWO
: ar borsf by John Roach, 3aa,sporting
man from: Cross, river on sthe north
sloreS0e Kifdees it appears,I 1pickettia
quarrel With Roach and followed the
latter about asking ahim fforrmoney.
Roach finally gave him $40, 40 Ban
i, ;. Later they met at the Commercial
hotel. where -Kildee applied abusive
names to Roach.f The men iclinched
and KiIdee drew a gun and fired
twice without, effect.7g Roach returned
the. fine cand fatally woitnded .EKildee.
wounded man, according to the
:, doe aff,t eaFn3 3d llHe but q icy hours.
.nni*Soiic Burned to Death.
% Charles Johnston, "a -coachman, was
founddburnedi to a crisp in the barn of
NJ, Doran,E st ;, Paul.. After, the fire
man had cleared the, room. Of smoke
and fire, lJohnste1i's 1hodys was dis
covered to be burned and -charred in
a horrible manner from the neck to
the knees The man had been crem-
ated stoosueho an extent that the ABB
-domen burst. .5so29tGt.jI1 r. E-afS
= There is "a Suspicion I hat ] Johnson
Shot himself = either before or after
setting fire to the bed clothes A re-
velNer! eMith1blbod1 specks on it., was
found in dthe bed e and. two of the
chsifnbersss3. had been discharged and
fresh powder byFns dwere ldiscernible
In the empty adha1nbefs. TaEi52eT 81
70 YES IJcf -Lch2-s1!;:9'A 70 s.GLIz
Internal Revenue Receipts
The receipts, Of stheS3int errnail revenue
department.. of Minnesota for Feb.
.ruary amounted to S1t2,509, AN in
crease. of more thar S323 1000 over the
receipts, for January. : z The February
receipts this year lwere met: nearly so
3large tas5 those21ef lastnyearaon ac1
count of the DECREASE ia all the re-
irii;afffing taxes and the adjustment
ef-many- Since February, 1902, the
documentary stamps brought into
use5at ~jtheT- tine, s-of the 7Span ish war
hare Observation-Disclosures revenue on
beer ghasI heenl eoleased from SLIGO
10 IS al barrel, anduthe revenue on
,igars is fredaced fFoms$1soa thousand