The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-02
A WEEKS RECORD
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.

DOMESTIC.
John Alexander Dowie, OF Zion City,
Ill, secured $4,000 to aid the move
ment for the invasion of New York
city by Zion hosts.
The Consolidated Lake Superior
company, which operated industries at
the American and Canadian "Soos,"
and which was capitalized for $780,
100000, has been wrecked.
The University of Chicago has added
100000 worth of property to it's
holdings.
Gov. Yates has issued a letter to all
Illinois sheriffs advising them to have
the jails equipped with riot guns in
order to be prepared to meet mobs.
Dimple, Daisy and Dot Redden,
known as the prettiest triplets in the
world, celebrated their twenty-first
birthday at Buchanan, Mich.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
that the corn crop will be far fran fail
ure this year.
A monument erected to the valor of
the Marylanders who fought in the
Mexican war was unveiled in Baltimore.
The dedication of the monuments
erected by Illinois on the battlefield Of
Shiloh, which was to have taken place in
October, has been postponed until April
and Z, the anniversary of the battle of
Shiloh.
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in New York
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. The
cardinal says Pope Plus X. is deeply in
Nar cd In a nrodinfc fhof
the number of American cardinals will
be increased in the near future.
The corner stone of the fine new court
house at Monticello, ILL.,, was laid with
appropriate ceremonies by the grand
lodge of Illinois masons, Gen. George
Moulton, of Chicago, presiding.
Morris Gaylord, aged %, in his senior
year at the University of Wisconsin, was
killed by the fall of derrick at the Rock
Island roads new shops, at Rock Island,
H., where he was working during vaca-
ton.
Annie R. Sharpley, who caused the
post Office authorities much trouble
through her swindling operations in rails
ing the figures on postal money orders
in many cities, has been sentenced to the
Eastern Pennsylvania penitentiary for
two years.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Of the In
sion at Baltimore unanimously elected
Gen. M. A. Raney, of Marengo, Ia, COM
handing general Of the patriarchs mill
tant for term of four yaers.
The president has pardoned John Cum
minis, 17year-old school boy, who is
serving three years sentence for rob-
bling the post Office at Birds Point, Mo.
Richard Watson Glider, editor of the
Century Magazine, who was solicited to
run for alderman of New York as Citi-
zens' Union candidate, has declined the
request
The jury in the trial at Cynthiana, KY,
of Curtis Jet, charged with the murder
of Town Marshal Thomas Cockrell at
Jackson, KY, July 81, 1902, rem
dered a verdict of guilty and fixed the
punishment at death
The proposition of the Hawaiian terri
tory to secure a loan of 81 ,229 900 for
various public Improvements is now be-
fore President Roosevelt for action, as
required by the organic act.
Four section men on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western railroad were
killed near Mount Morris, N. Y, by being
struck by train
There will be IS fourth class post offices
in the United States advanced to the
presidential class October 1.
The government crop report says
that damage by frosts has not been
serious majority of the corn is con-
sidered safe
-Four masked men held up Burling-
ton train near St. Joseph, Mo-, blew
open the express safe, and are said to
have secured from $1,000 to $4,000.
None of the passengers were molested
The Industrial center of the village of
Gardenville, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire.
Robbers blew open the safe of the
Baxter Springs (Mo.) post Office and Sc
cured $500 worth of postage stamps and
about 5000 in money.
Fire destroyed nine business buildings
at AYRSHIRE, Ia
Fire destroyed F. B. Chase's sawmill
at Morse, Wis, causing loss Of $780,
600.
The secretary Of the treasury author
ICES that, owing to the scarcity of two
per cent. bonds, both for circulation
and as security for government deposits,
he will renew refunding operations to
the extent of s2O,OOO,0OO.
Harry A. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, has accepted his ap-
pointment to the chair of political
jurisprudence at Princeton IN. J.) uni
versity.
Fire in the shoe-string oil district Of
Texas destroyed IS derricks, causing a
total loss estimated at s125, 900.
Arrangements for the unwilling of
the statue erected in honor of President
Mckinley at Adams, Mass, October 10,
have been practically completed.
Fourteen flour mills at Minneapolis
were closed because of a strike of
employees.