The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-01
MINNESOTA ITEMS.

Of the high school will be aeld June f.
There are ten graduates.
TT. Snelling.-Two men, clinging to
a willow branch in the river, are res
cued in the nick Of time.
st. PAUL.. A. Rosing says the
cottage plan is the best for the refor-
nation of hayward girls.
Minneapolis. Writ Wiley. for
merly o. Chicago, has been chosen as
secretary of the Y. M. c. A.
st. Peter-By the death Of wealthy
aunt in Germany Matthew Young OF
this city will, receive a comfortable
legacy.
Tyler.-Burglars broke into ]. G.
Hendricksen's store on Monday night
and secured about $50 in silver that
had been left in the safe over night
st. Paul-W. A. Miller, a painter
living at 279 East Tenth street, was
blown from building at IS Cedar
street by the high wind and seriously
hurt.
Grand Rapids. Word has been re-
ceived here that Frank Reusswig of
this place was seriously injured by
the explosion of some dynamite in
trunk.
Dulutl..-Fire Of unknown origin
caused q loss of $4,000 tonight in the
building occupied by the Zenith Paper
company on West Michigan street, OF
which f. r. Leslie of Duluth is presi-
dent.
Sparta A heavy thunder shower
visited this vicinity Thursday. Rain
pelted down in sheets. 1t has put out
numerous threatening forest fires that
have ben burning fiercely for several
days past.
Duluth-The preliminary struggle
for the possession of the Clark &
Leonard iron mines, near Chisholm.
worth more than 100000, was re-
newed this morning before Judge Cant
in the district court.
st. Paul-Horace v. winchell has
been appointed chief geologist Of the
Great Northern, and will assume his
duties on June 1. This is a new posi-
ton on the Great Northern and head
quarters will be here.
st. Cioud-Excitement over having
caught big fish was the cause of two
brothers, Barney and Henry Lehman,
the former IS years old and the lat
ter 10. losing their lives in the May
hew lake yesterday afternoon.
Calumet, Mich.-Oficial announce
ment of O. plan to consolidate the CAL
umet and Pittsburg, Lake Superior and
Pittsburg, Junction and Pittsburg and
Duluth mining companies was made
from the main offices in this city.
Minneapolis-Th weekly food re-
port of the state dairy and food de-
partment shows sixty-fve samples le-
gal and thirty-two illegal which is
both a large number of samples for
one week and a large proportion OF le-
gals.
Hamline.-George Weisel, more pop
ularly known as Mummy" was elect
ed assistant coach by the university
athletic board of control and will aid
DR.. williams next fall in rounding the
Gopher football men into champion
ship form.
st. Paul.-Gen. C. C. Andrews, state
fire warden, asserts that Minnesota
forests, although liable to the same
conf1agrction as that which visited
Michigan, are better protected in
general way than those of Michigan
or any other state.
st. Peter.-One of the largest silo
contracts ever awarded in Minnesota
has just been secured by the Creamery
Package Manufacturing company Of
Minneapolis in the township of New
Sweden. 1t will build fodder store
houses for seven farmers.
st. Paul-Trapped like rats in
small shed Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Patter
son were precipitated into White Bear
lake. Imprisoned in the wooden shell
with the water surging about their
heads they were finally rescued by
neighbors who cut through the wooden
death trap with an ak.
Washir gton.-Charles A. Graves, OF
Duluth, Mimi, American minister to
both Sweden and Norway until diff
ferent provision is made through the
enactment Of the pending diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, has
been selected to represent the presi-
dent as special envoy at the coro-
nation of King Haakon of Norway at
Christiania on June %.
Cannon Falls, Minn.-Mrs. John He
din, wife of a we'll known farmer at
WEIGH, was caught in a flood and
drowned. A cloudburst struck the vi
Mrs. Hedin was in the basement Of
the barr milking the COWS. She was
caught in the flood and was drowned
before any aid could be given her.
Winona-Over/ half of Winona's
firemen were overcome by smoke this
afternoon in fire in a building filled
with baled hay and feed, owned by E.
Miller, adjoining his grocery and feed
store. The origin OF the fire is un-
known. The loss is in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000, partially insured.
st. Paul-Model dept rtment must be
observed by summer school conductors
and instructors, according to instruc-
tons sent out yesterday by State SUI
perintenGent ]. w. Olsen, in a booklet
of summer school suggestions, to those
in charge of the trading schools this
summer.
Minneapolis-In the capture of Fred
A. Wood, who was arraigned in the
Minneapolis police court on charge Of
grand larceny, the police Of that city
say they have accomplished most
important arrest and cut short the ca
reer of a man who has been robbing
flats and residences in the Twin Cities
for a number of months.
Winona-In the $4,000 damage suit
of George V. He'll vs.. the Milwaukee