The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-01
A WEEKS RECORD
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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Philip KrantZ, an engineer, Jumpeu
from Brooklyn bridge and escaped un-
harmed. Krantz is under arrest
charged with attempted suicide, but
denies that he had any intention OF
taking his life.
The total number of recovered bodies
of victims of the General Slocum dis
aster is 734. There are still over 300
missing persons.
Charles H. Netcher, president and
treasurer of the Boston store, Chicago,
who with a career begun as cash boy
in dry goods store became the owner
of a downtown business property in
Chicago said to be worth 100000,
is dead as the result of an operation
for appendicitis.
John T. Sullivan, for Is years one OF
the most popular American actors. died
in New York from rheumatism, which
finally attacked bis heart.
Two persons were burned to death
and six others injured in a fire that
partially destroyed saloon and board
ing house in Cleveland. o.
Judge J. Soule Smith, attorney, jur-
list and perhaps the best informed ma
son in the United States, dropped dead
at his home in Lexington, KY, of heart
disease.
Mrs. Archie Orr, Gordon Piper, Flor
ence Crane and Roy Mitchell, all of Ne
gaunee, were drowned in Teal lake, at
Negaunee, Mich, a squat capsizing the
boat
Two persons were killed and seven
others were injured, one fatally, by the
partial collapse of four-story brick
building in Kansas City, Mo.
Henry George, Jr., calls the mine
owners and state officials Of Colorado
Huns ard vandals' and declares they
will wreck the republic if they can.
The court of appeals at Frankfort.
KY, overruled the petition for re-
hearing in the case of James B. How
ard, sentenced to Imprisonment for the
murder of William Goebel.
The will of L. z. Letter left an es-
tate in trust. The widow is given one
third of the income and the children
the other two-thirds, less advances
made them.
President Roosevelt named COM
mission to investigate the General Slo-
cum steamship disaster in New York.
During heavy rain and electrical
storm at Atlanta, Ca, Mrs. Ora Brad
ley was killed by being struck by bolt
of lightning.
Judge Cleveland at New Haven
Conn, directed w. ]. Bryan and the
attorneys in the Bennett will case te
frame a satisfactory order under which
STE, 900 held in New York can be turned
over to the widow.
The Portland mine at Victor, Col.
which was closed by Gen. Bell, military
ment to union men, was reopened witt
small nonunion force.
Fire destroyed the best part of thu
bushes portion of Macomb City, Miss.
including the city hall, two hotels and I
large dry goods store. The loss is PLACED
at $30000
One hundred and twelve more bodie
of victims of the General Slocum disas
ter have been recovered, bringing tn
total up to S45. OF these 700 have beel
identified, and the missing still are ap
proXimated at more than 300.
Ernest Payne and Miss Mabel Bonake
of Niagara Falls, N. Y, were drowne
In the Niagara river by the overturnin
of their boat. Payne's body was re
covered.
In fire in the fremont House a
Quincy, ILL.,, Miss Elizabeth Welch, prin
cipal of the Jefferson school, met deaf
by suffocation, and her sister, Miss Mar
WEIGH, principal of the Jackson schoo
was probably fatally burned. Two 9th
ers received severe injuries.
The bodies of 81 more victims of th
steamer General Slocum disaster wer
recovered, bringing the total up to SO;
From present indications it is appareI
that the death roll will total nearly
thousand.
An explosion, presumably of gasoline
In the grocery store of the w. E. Rel
company at st. Louis, Mo-, caused tn
collapse of the two-story brick buildin
and injured IL persons, none seriousl,
At Ludington, Mich, Reimer Smitl
aged "a. shot and instantly killed hi
young wife, his ten-months-old bah
and committed suicide. The murderer
wife, who had separated from him, r,
fused to return and live with him.
A majority of bankers in nearly IL
cities of Illinois, Michigan, Indian
and Wisconsin report encouragin
business and crop conditions.
Additional bodies recovered of vi,
Tins of the General Slocum disastt
bring the total to 907 Many of tho.
reported as missing have been foun
at their homes. 1t is thought now tn;
the death list will probably reac
1000.
The shop of the Northwestern Coo
erage company, two-story fran
structure, occupying half block,
st. Paul, was entirely destroyed |
fire, entailing a loss estimated
$4,000.