The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-05-08
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.


The new st. Marks Episcopal
church building at Lake City was
consecrated by Bishop Edsall. 1t cost
$1,000.
Henry Calvin, for many years the
veteran of the ST. Paul police force
and wearer of star No. 1, died at the
age of 70 years.
DR.. James w. Ford has resigned as
head of Pillsbury academy. The re-
signation has been accepted, but no
successor chosen.
Drs. Rehfield, Donaldson and Bonn
boy of Fairmont, have leased the H..
f. Barron property at Faribault and
will equip it for a sanitarium.
The people at Mcintosh are up in
arms. over the recent decision of the
supreme court which destroyed the
legal standing as county. If the
case can be appealed to the supreme
court of the United States it will be
appealed.
Harry Baker was found dead by the
road near Holloway. He was young
farmer and was riding horseback to
town to get drill extra. 1t is not
known whether death was caused by
being thrown or the result of heart
failure.
Walter w. Heffelfinger of Minneap-
oils has declined to accept the posi-
ton of civil service commissioner, Of
fered him by President Theodore
Roosevelt during his recent visit to
Minneapolis.
While driving a wagon load of hay
man supposed to be Michael Tier
ney of ST. Paul was killed by the up
setting of his wagon. The man struck
the back of his head on the ground,
inflicting a cash at the base of the
skull, which was fractured.
Seventy-siX cargoes of coal have
been delivered at Duluth since the
opening of navigation three weeks
ago, and the total receipts were about
$4,000 tons. This breaks all records
for coal receipts here in April or any
month of navigation. Fifteen cargoes
are on the way.
Because his family opposed his be-
coming a farmer, William Crap. a
carpenter, residing at ST. Paul walked
three miles into the country and COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
The state art society will begin its
existence as soon as Governor Van
SAINT makes his selection of MEM
bers from list of twenty-one nomin-
atoms that has been submitted to
him.
Ed Upper, well known in Moor
head for years as hotel clerk, is
dead His death resulted from the
long continued use of morphine, to
which drug he had become a slave.
A man giving the name of John
Smith was arrested for using a gill
net in Twin lakes, and paid fine of
500 imposed by justice of the
peace near the scene of the offense.
The body of Alban j. Cook, who has
been missing for two months, was
found floating in one of the bay slips
at Duluth. His pockets were turned
inside out, and it is thought there
may have been foul play.
Who, outside of Missouri, would
have thought of favoring strawber-
ries with carpet tacks? One box of
berries from that state, retailed in
ST. Paul, contained eighteen berries,
into each of which somebody had
thrust tack.
The annual excursion of the Min
nesota Editorial association will leave
the twin cities for Washington, D. c.,
Saturday evening, May 80, arriving in
Minneapolis on the return trip, May
81.
The Peachy bill, making it possible
for persons to marry again immedi-
ately after divorce, has been vetoed
by Governor Van SAINT. The governor
explains his action by saying that he
does not favor any laxity in marriage
laws.
The polling of the Great Northern
trainmen on the question of striking
will begin and will take about ten
days. The vote will be taken among
1000 men before a decision is reached.
DR.. Charles Lyman Greene of ST.
Paul who for ten years has been con-
nected with the clinical work of the
medical department of the University
of Minnesota, has been promoted to
the chair of practice, with the title of
professor of the theory and practice
of medicine.
Editor Gordon, of Crookston, has
been reappointed member of the
Minnesota state board of equaliza-
ton, which will be fly in the ONT
ment of Editor Mckenzie.
Ex-senator Darius F. Morgan died
at his residence, 1887 Kenwood park
way, Minneapolis. Mr.. Morgan was
40 years old and the cause of death
was heart failure.
Mrs. Ziek of Willow Lake township
near Springfield, killed herself by
jumping into well. No reason is
known for her act unless her mind
was unsettled by the birth of a child
two weeks before.
The regents of the university will
hereafter have much less to do in the
management of that institution, hav-
ing turned over it's most important af-
fairs to the state board of control.