The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Feb. 13.


Fire of unknown origin destroyed
$4,000 worth of property at Mason
City, la.
Fifty-five natives were drowned Fri
day owing to the flooding of South
Rose, deep gold mine in the Trans
vaal.
Charles C. Deigen, charged with the
murder of R. K. Lewis, at West Farm
ington, o. has made signed confess
sion of guilt.
Jerry Rosa, an Italian, was hanged
at Hackensack, N. j., for the murder
of another Italian which was commit
ted two years ago.
The steam thawler Veronica, belong
ing to Stavanger, Norway, has been
lost off Lossiemoutb, Elginshire, Scot
land, with a crew Of ten.
A gang of forgers robbed business
houses in South Chicago, ILL.,, with bo-
gus checks purporting to be those Of
the Illinois Steel company.
Viceroy Tuna Fang and Tai Hung
Chi, the imperial Chinese commission
ers, enjoyed the first sleigh ride of
their lives in Ithaca, n. Y.
The formal opening of the James
town exposition at Norfolk, Va, has
been set for April &c, 1907, instead Of
May 10, 1907, as originally planned.
James Henry Smith, the New York
bachelor and clubman, whose fortune
is estimated at $5O,OO0,O0O, has given
100000 to st. Lukes hospital in Chi
cago. =
Midshipman Minor Meriweather, Jr.,
of Louisiana, member of the third
class, convicted and sentenced to dis
missal for hazing, has been pardoned
by the president.
The Rio Grande Southern round
house and two engines, together with
much other property in the building,
were destroyed by fire at Ridgeway,
Col. Loss. 100000.
Daniel Leads was burned to death
and loss of 100000 caused by fire
Lewis building, occupied by Lewis, at
st. Adams, w. Va.
The Chinese imperial government
has ordered the viceroy Of toochow to
Immediately execute the leader OF the
Changpu mob and to punish severely
the others concerned in that affair.
A new polar expedition in search of
new continent will start for the
north next month, led by Capt. Einar
Mikkelsen and Ernest De V. Letting
we'll of the University of Chicago.
All the independent steel and iron
mills west of Youngstown, o., employ
ing $4,000 men, have organized as the
Western Bar association, to deal in a
body with the unions on wage matters.
A giant trust has been formed to
control the mining, smelling and sale
of copper and lead, which rivals the
steel trust for size. 1t is controlled by
the Guggenheims and the Standard Oil
crowd.
Irving D. Smith, known as the mil
Iionaire farmer of South Dakota, and
famous for his charities, died in Madi-
son, S. D., aged 80. He was possessed
of S1,500, 900, nearly all of which is in
vested in farm lands.
The Bolivar County DanK, state
institution at Cleveland. Miss, failed.
its assets are given at $4,000 with
liabilities of $4,000. Inability to col
Iect outstanding obligations is given as
the ei>use of the failure.
A jury in a Milwaukee, Wis, court
brought in a verdict of acquittal in the
case of Herman Haasch, former chair
man of the county board, charged with
accepting a bride in connection with
county building contracts.
Vice Admiral Chouknin, commander
of the Russian Black sea fleet, was
wounded by woman who attacked
him in his office in Sebastopol. A sem
try who rushed to the admirals assist
ance, shot the woman dead.
All the judges of Minnesota will
henceforth scorn railroad passes. A
movement started recently by the dis
trict bench of Hennepin county, has
resulted in all the judges in the state
sending back their annual passes.
Perry Farren Waite, aged 45 years,
of Toledo, Ohio, formerly collector OF
internal revenue in that city and a
former chairman of the Ohio Repub-
lican committee, died from compli-
cation of diseases in Borgess. hospital