The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-16
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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

New York voted to give up the struS-
Gle. and their action is expected by the
Chicago packers to convince others that
the cause of the unions is lost.
Wash Bradley, the confessed negro
murderer of Mrs. N. B. Barrow. was
strung up to tree by mob at Brun-
son, Fla, and his body riddled with
bullets after his ears had been severed
from his head.
Henry Toler was burned to death at
Anoka, Neb, while trying to rescue his
wife from flames which enveloped her
as the result of kerosene explosion.
The woman was fatally burned.
Railway mail clerks representing all
parts of the United States opened their
twenty-ninth annual convention in
Fanueil hall, Boston.
Joseph Leath, OF Occur de Leon, COM
mandery, Knoxville, Tenn, dropped
dead during the Knights Templar
parade at San Francisco.
Blind mans day" in New York
brought out 667 of the sightless, who
attend the annual distribution of
money appropriated by the state for
their benefit.
Opening day in the Chicago public
schools showed big gains in the at
tendance at nearly all buildings, the
total enrolment being 100000.
Census figures show an increase of
% per cent. in the ratio OF divorced
to married men in the last decade.
The New York 81" strike has been
averted, the company and employees
compromising the differences.
Ten thousand knights templar pa
raded in San Francisco cheered by
throngs of spectators who crowded the
streets.
The government weekly crop report
says corn has made fair progress, but
much of the crop is late in maturing.
Rains interfere with spring harvest
and cause rust in the northern part
of the wheat region.
Eight persons were killed and over
SO injured in the wrecking near Pen
dleton, Mo-, of a Wabash train carry
ing 500 visitors to the worlds fair in
St Louis.
Butcher workmen of Chicago cast a
of continuing the strike. The men in
other cities are believed to favor peace.
William E. Neal, under indictment
for the murder last winter of Assistant
Commonwealth Attorney James K.
Spreader, shot and killed his wife, Nellie
Robinson Neal, at Louisville, KY, and
then ended his own life
Day Dunning, president of the defunct
Citizens bank at Mount Ayr, Ia, was in
dicted for fraudulent banking. The fail
ure of his bank last spring was sensa-
tional, involved about 5000, 1000 loss and
seriously crippled Mount Ayr business
interests.
J. D. Underwood, general manager OF
the Rogers Wheel company, dropped
dead in Lebanon, KY. Mr.. Underwood
who was 55 years DID, was apparently in
good health.
1t has been decided that until the close
of the worlds fair, school children will
be admitted for ten cents EACH
j. Samuel McCue, mayor of Charlottes-
vile, Va, has been arrested for the
alleged murder of his wife.
Two hundred packing house strikers
returned to work at Omaha, Neb., as a
result of the vote taken on the question
of disseminating the strike.
Maj. Henry Seton, of New York, g
veteran of the United States army in the
civil and Spanish-American wars, G
noted Indian fighter with Gen. Crook, Is
dead at Baltimore, Md.
Burglars blew open the safe of County
Treasurer ]. A. Logan, at Ladkinsville
Yadkin county, N. c., and secured be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The safe il
the post Office was also blown open ant
over s410 was stolen.
Joseph Regnet, of Irving Park, a Chi
cago suburb, killed his wife and com
mitted suicide while their three terrified
children looked on.
A freight train on the Chagrin Fall!
branch of the Wheeling and Lake Fri,
road collided with two-horse wagon OF
a grade crossing near Chagrin Falls, re
sulting in the death of two persons an,
the serious injury of several others.
The conference board is powerless t.
call off the packing house strike becaus
the negative vote in Chicago outnum
bered the affirmative in other cities.
At least three persons were killed ant
probably Is injured in the wreck of
Rock Island fast train at Tiskilawa, III
A mob at Huntsville, Ala, defied tn
militia and sheriff, set fire to the jai
and lynched negro prisoner.
The comptroller of the currency ha
issued a call for the condition of ma
tional banks at the close of business Sep
TENDER 6.
Mrs. Sara Stevens, member of tn
WAY Down East" company, died sud
denly in st. Paul, Mimi, Of uraemis
Mrs. Stevens was about 20 years of age
and her stage career dated from Octobe
81, 1856, when she was the widow of job
G. Heenan. the noted English pugilis