The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
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.


Gen. Davis. governor general of the
Panama canal strip, has advised the
Panama canal commission that he wants
100000 yards of wire gauze to prevent
mosquito invasion of the zone.
Insane from jealousy, Toliff Anderson,
a wealthy retired farmer, living at Linn
Grove, Buena Vista county, Iowa, shot
his wife through the head, killing her
instantly and then sent bullet through
his own head.
George, the 1S-year-old son of At
torney George Dawson, of Chicago, was
drowned in Bass lake. near Pentwater,
Mich, while sailing in frail craft of his
own construction.
Charles d. Rogers, of Chicago, who
was injured in an automobile accident at
Pennington, Conn, is dead. His skull
was fractured and he did not recover
consciousness after the accident
Under decision of the supreme court
New York city will have to pay taxes on
S10,000,0 900 assessment on its reservoirs
and watershed property in Westchester
and Putnam counties.
A moonshine whisky still was found
in the rear of New York grocery store
by revenue officers, and the proprietor
pleaded that he was driven to the manu-
facture of Illicit spirits by poverty.
1t is reported in Wall street that the
Rockefellers have sold their control of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
to a syndicate of American bankers.
The immigration bureau has issued a
statement showing total of A ,5S2 in
mates in the penal reformatory and
charitable institutions of the United
Rico.
The Atlantic express, on the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad, ran into an
: open switch at Stanwood, Ia, and the
engine and four cars left the track. The
engineer Wells and the fireman, Carter,
both of Clinton, Ia, were killed. No pas-
sengers were injured
Lambert Niehaus, convicted of killing
Thomas Fluegel on December 20 last,
was sentenced at st. Louis to hang on
September 6.
w. ]. O'Brien, Jr., of Baltimore, was
elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks
at the convention in Cincinnati, by q
majority of 331 votes
Fire destroyed the new paint shop of
the Michigan Central railroad at West
Detroit, Mich. Loss, $4,000.
Fire destroyed 80 dwellings, several
big lumber yards and one sawmill at
Rhinelander, Wis. The loss is estimated
to be $150,0O0.
The daughter of wealthy farmer of
West Newton, Ind, was found dying by
the roadside with her throat cut, the vic
tim of an attack by negroes Neighbors,
bent on lynching, are searching for the
culprits.
Hans Fuchs, a wellknown Chicago
manufacturer, committed suicide be-
cause of grief over the death of his wife.
Judge Upton Muir, of Louisville, KY,
who was spending his vacation at Cape
May, N. j., lost his life in the surf while
bathing.
Henry c. Spencer, prominent banker
of Grennell, Ia, and his son, Clarke H
Spencer, were drowned in Arbor lake.
The American steamer Ventura, which
sailed from Sydney, N. S. W., for San
Francisco, has on board $1,000000 in
gold.
At Cincinnati the Elks had a parade
which Chief Marshall Dunno estimated
at ten miles long, with over 10000 uni
formed men in line and many floats and
other designs.
Fred c. Robinson, Dubuque, Ia, was
elected grand exalted secretary by the
Elks' grand lodge by bare majority of
2. Buffalo was chosen for the next an
nual reunion of the Elks.
Hon. ]. w. Cochrane, judge of the
state supreme court, died at his home
in Grand Forks, N. D., from stroke OF
apoplexy.
The Illinois Tunnel company pur-
chased in Chicago site for it's terminal,
paying $2,500,000 therefor, and expects
to have it's underground freight line in
operation late in the fall
John Holland, inventor of the Holland
submarine boat, thinks he has solved the
problem of aerial navigation.
truce was reached in the stock yards
strike after eight days. the men agreeing
to return to work while differences are
submitted to arbitration.
A general strike was declared in ali
Fall River cotton mills and 80, 900 opera
tives are affected by the decision.
Frank Pierce shot and killed his wife
1t their home in Canton, ILL.,, and for a
time held the entire Canton police force
at bay, who finally captured him after a
desperate fight They were forced to
chloroform him. Pierce is supposed to
be insane.
Mrs. George, widow of the late Henry
George, the political economist, died al
her home in Monticello, Sullivan coun-
ty, N. Y, at the age of go years.
A boy was burned to death and his
father, mother and three brothers Sc
verely burned in Chicago.
The Harrison county infrmary, two
miles west of Cadiz, O., was burned to She
ground. 1t was valued at SIS, 0OO