The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-17
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.

Nv at Hanging Rock, O., and ordering
them to their home armories
J. E. MARCEL, whose forgerles OF
$500 600 wrecked the Highland bank, at
Leayenworth, Kan. has been sentenced
to So years in prison, five years on
each of the seven counts.
New potatoes are selling on the dock
in New York for $6.25 barrel, %
cents above any previous record. Re
tailers are obtaining nearly twice the
prices charged in ordinary years.
Fire in the tobacco district of Dan
Vile. Va, Sunday destroyed three
warehouses and 100000 pounds of
leaf tobacco The estimated loss is
5000. OOO covered by insurance.
Secretary Wilson is on a tour OF
about ten days in western states to in
spect the agricultural colleges and ex-
pertinent stations. He will visit Wis
consin, Minnesota and Iowa.
Alfred Lee and his five children were
drowned while trying TO cross back
water in a small stream near the Ar
kansas river, in Indian Territory.
One more body, that of Joseph Zim-
norman, was taken from the ruins OF
the Corning distillery, at Peoria, Ill.
Dominic j. Murphy, commissioner of
pensions under Cleveland. has been
elected by the Panama canal commits
sioners as secretary of that body.
Mrs. Christina Lang, Iowa's Oldest
woman, died at Dubuque. Her age was
los years.
Minnesota's stately building was for
mally dedicated at the worlds fair in
st. Louis.
The business section of Johnstown,
o.. was destroyed by fire, about doz-
en- buildings being burned. The loss
Is estimated at from $75, 200 to 100000.
The Evansville, Ind, cotton mills,
employing 400 men, closed indefinitely
because of over production.
Gov Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa,
has issued a proclamation setting aside
June II as Iowa day at the st. Louis
lair.
A theft of $4,000 worth of diamonds
from hotel guests was followed by re-
covery of the jewels and arrest of two
employees.
Secretary Shaw notified the st. Louis
payment on the government loan is met
promptly on June Is he will take charge
of the gate receipts.
Mrs Hannah Elias was arrested at her
home in New York by the police, who
battered down her door She is charged
with the extortion of $500 from John
r. Plat.
The government has Eolle pressed
The two remaining indictments against
Harrison ]. Barrett, former law clerli
Of the post Office department, grow
ing out of the postal investigation.
Ben Garrett, rs years old, was ar
rested at East st. Louis, Ill, on the
charge of having killed Mrs. Maria
Cantatecos, at Boiden. l. T., on May
%. He confessed, but claims self-de
tense.
Mrs. Hannah Elias, of New York
has issued statement to the public
in which she said that she had neve
blackmailed John r. Plat or ANYONE
in her life.
The historic Liberty bell arrived IL
St. Louis from Philadelphia in re
spouse to the petition of 10000 publ
school children of that city, and will
remain until the close of the world
fair 1t is estimated that over 5000
scAool children formed a portion O
the immense throngs that greeted tn
bell when it entered the grounds
Fire destroyed the Crescent Goa
company's yards in Chicago, causin
a total loss estimated at $250,000
Commencement exercises were hel
at the University of Illinois, the Uni
vers1ty of Wisconsin and other inst
tutions.
Thomas F. Kennedy, alias Willial
II. Warren, has been arrested in Ne
York, charged with having raised
draft for $40 to $4,000.
Two battles were fought near Victo
Col, between troops and union. minel
and one miner was killed. Talk
lynching is rife Adjt Gen. Bell is
command and is determined to rour
up all strikers. Martial law has bee
proclaimed in Teller county. Eigl
masked men wrecked the Office of Il
Record at Victor, smashing the m
chinery and driving the employees O
of town.
Levi q. Letter, of Chicago. died,
heart failure at the Vanderbilt cottai
in Bar Harbor, Me. Mr.. Letter WI
long identified with the growth
Chicago His fortune is estimated
from 100000 to s15,OOO,OOO.
held an executive power in many fina
cial institutions. He was 70 years
age.
Julius Meinshock, who shot a.
killed Mary Dowdney in Cincinna
died at the city hospital from the
fects of morphine which it is said
swallowed. shortly after killing t
woman