The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-10

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and several persons were injured. The
property loss is estimated at $265,0O0
William H. Hunt, president OF the
Pan-American Banking company, OF
Chicago, who has been under arrest in
New York charged with embezzlement
from that institution, was held without
bail for 80 days to await eXtradition
papers from Illinois.
Mrs. Tilghman Craigie is dead at
Quakake, Pa, at the age of 1902 years.
She spent her life on farm and was
the mother of IA children.
A fall of sleet ranging from one to
three inches is reported from points in
Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia. Ala
bama, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and
parts of Texas, while falls Of snow
extend beyond the boundaries named.
Freezing weather prevails.
| A passenger train ON the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railroad was
wrecked one mile north Of Belmore, o.,
Mrs. Florence Frazier, of Sidney, O.,
was killed. Twelve passengers were in
jured.
Mrs. Walter McCasland and infant
child were burned at Mount Vernon,
Ind, by the mothers clothing catching
| fire from an open crate. In her strug-
| giles the clothes of the child were set
afire. Each lived but a few hours.
| The Gasconade county court house,
one of the finest county buildings in
the state, was burned at Herman, Mo-,
causing loss of $4,000. All the coun-
| ty records were saved.
Fire destroyed a part Of the Ingleside
home for women at Buffalo, N. Y. In
| a panic among so inmates OF the place
one woman was killed and four were
seriously hurt.
The sawmill of Anton Brucken, six
miles from jacksonville, KY, was
blown up by the explosion of the boil
er, and James Hendricks, aged 20, was
instantly killed.
DR.. Nicholas Sem, of Chicago, urges
general support of the White Cross So
ciety, which he says is destined, in time
of peace, to fulfill the mission of the Red
Cross in war.
Emperor William and King Edward
are said to be planning a concerted eff
fort to induce Russia and Japan to end
the war.
Strikes and rioting continue through
out Poland. Forty-two sugar factories
and an immense coal district are tied up.
John B. Scully, millionaire iron manu-
facturer, committed suicide by shooting
in Humboldt park, Chicago. III health
and worry because of his wife's illness
are given as the cause.
The report that Secretary of the Navy
Morton will leave the cabinet and be-
come president Of the Santa Fee is denied
An engineer of the New York fire de-
partment climbed over the engine when
the driver was thrown from his seat by
collision, and stopped the horses, saw
ing the life of his comrade and probably
of many other persons.
A sweeping civil service bill fostere6
by Gov. La Toilette was introduced in
the Wisconsin assembly.
Count Leo Tolstoi declares there never
can be general revolution in Russia
and looks for many wide reforms as the
result OIL IHe present CTlSlS.
Charles w. Darling, assistant secre-
tary of the navy, has rendered his resig-
nation to the president, asking that it
take effect near the expiration of his
four-years' term of service, which eX-
pires in December, 1905.
The sanitary authorities of the Pana-
ma canal zone government have under
taken the sanitation of the cities of
Panama and Colon.
Annie STEM shot and killed her lover,
ousy is said to have been the cause.
The attorney general has rendered an
opinion in which he holds that draw
backs may be allowed on exported flour
in part from imported wheat.
Fire in the chart department of
Cramps shipbuilding plant in Philadel-
phia destroyed valuable blue prints,
models and charts. Loss about $4,000.
Two children were burned to death
and William McCarrer sustained burns
which will prove fatal in a fire which
destroyed his home at Parkersburg, w.
Va.
William McAndrews and Thomas
Greedy, miners, were killed at Butte,
Mont, and their bodies are imprisoned
in cage which lies in over 100 feet of
water in the Rarus shaft. They were
being lowered to the 40-foot level, when
the cable snapped like piece of glass
and the cage went crashing to the bot
tom.
Live stock in the pens at the stock
yards in Kansas City, Mo-, suffered
from the severe cold, and a few head
fro2e to death.
The Excelsior rolling mills at Marys-
vile, Kan, were destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at $150,OOO; insurance,
$4,000.
In the presence of large number of
prominent members of the bar, Hon.
Robert w. Tayler was installed at Cleve-
land, O., as judge of the federal court
for the district of northern Ohio.
In fight at Dunloop, w. Va, William
Hamlet was shot and Killed and three
other men wounded. Three men were
arrested, charged with the murder.
The governor of Vermont has granted
a four months reprieve to Mrs Rogers,
condemned to death for the murder of
her husband. Her case will be taken to