The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-08
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.

dozen others were injured as the result
of the explosion of small bundle OF fire
works in the storeroom of the Diamond
Fireworks company, in Philadelphia.
Harry Jacobs, Harry BROKER and
John Bloom were drowned by the acct
dental capsizing of boat in which they
were making a fishing trip on the Illi-
nois river, near Morris, Ill.
The First national bank of Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, was closed by direction of
the comptroller of the currency. A run
on the institution caused the failure.
New York Central locomotive, No. 999,
made famous as the first engine to run
the Empire State express, and which was
exhibited at the Chicago worlds fair, is
hauling a milk train in New York
John B. Stewart, SO years of age, was
shot and almost instantly killed by the
husband of his step-daughter, Samuel,
Peck, "a years of age, at their home in
Collinwood, O., as the result of family
row.
A small blaze which started in jew
elry store resulted in a general confiagra-
tion which destroyed the main portion
of the town of Sisson, CAL Loss, $780,
900.
George Rice, of Ohio, who for 80 years
has been fighting the Standard Oil COM
pany, filed a suit in the New Jersey court
under the federal antitrust laws, seek
ing the dissolution of the combine as an
illegal corporation. The decision of the
supreme court in the Northern Securities
case is relied upon in the prosecution.
Railroads are preparing to make cam-
paign for a law legalizing pooling of traf-
fic.
Western roads are seeking a remedy
for the alarming number of claims made
for losses and damage on account of
overs, shorts and bad orders in freight.
Frank L. Stewart is held in New York
on the charge of stealing $500 worth of
jewelry from Henry B. Kingsley, of Rut-
land. VT, who disappeared from that city
last November.
Customs officers in New York discov-
cred false bulkhead on the steamer In
drawadi, behind which was hidden SIS, 900
WI III VI SuuSSltu SOOuS.
The coroner's jury, after investiga-
ton of the General Slocum disaster,
returned verdict declaring the i'm
mense loss of life due to misconduct
on the part of the directing owners of
the vessel, charging the captain and
chief equipment officer with criminal
responsibility, accusing the mate of
cowardly conduct and censuring Gov
eminent Inspector Lundberg. War
rants for the accused men were issued
and several arrests made.
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and
blind young woman, received the de-
gree of bachelor of arts, with high
honors, at Radcliffe college.
Rumor of finding the body of Assist
ant Secretary of State Loomis' brother
near Cherbourg, France, is declared
false, and witness reiterates he saw
Loomis land at Plymouth.
Syracuse university won the eight
cared race in the intercollegiate regat-
ia at Poughkeepsie, with Cornell in
second place. Wisconsin finished sixth
and last.
Charles A. Gutke, member of St.
Louis house of delegates combine,
confessed details of Doodle transac-
tons.
Casualties in various parts of the
country cost Is lives.
A 14-year-old colored boy at Lex
ington, KY, received SO lashes in the
public square by order of police
judge.
Thousands rushed to enter home
steads on 100000 acre tract of gov
eminent land in Nebraska.
The National Educational associa-
ton convened in st. Louis, with 10000
in attendance.
Shippers associations have been or
gained to fight the uniform bill of
lading" and other disputes with rail-
roads.
The weather bureau has issued re-
port that the corn crop is practically
made in many sections.
AS the result of a rowboat capsizing
in the Allegheny river at Pittsburg,
Henry Hillston and Earnest Halbey
were drowned, and two companions
had a narrow escape from a similar
fate.
Benjamin Rhodes and Wilson Reed
contractors of Springfield, ILL.,, were
killed Tuesday while engaged in sink
ing a new shaft. The hook on the
bucket in which they were being low
cred into the shaft broke, letting them
fall 80 feet.
A heavy wind and hail storm at La
Cross, Wis, wrecked building at the
interstate fair grounds and huge trees
were uprooted. The damage to crops
was heavy.
An attempt was made to lynch Charles
L. Allison, well-known citizen and
Sunday school worker of South Haven
Mich, who. was arrested on the charge
of criminally assaulting four-year-olt
Edith Secor.