The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28
NEWS NOTES.

Paynesville. Edward BradeE, the
eight-year-old son of Mrs. Mary Bra
den of this village, was drowned in
the Grow river nea this place.
st. Paul.-Gov. johnson appointed
Joseph P. Berkey of saltwater a
member of the state board of equaI-,
cation from the new Nineteenth
judicial district. +
Elk River.-The body of man
found in the river near here has been
identified as that of Dan Mccarthy
who was drowned March 26 at Watab
working OF a dam.
st. Paul.-Seventy-one members of
the graduating class of the state
university law school were admitted
to the bar by the state supreme
court. Chief Justice Start admins
tering the oath.
Faribault.-Arthur Filler, sixteen
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Filler of this city, was drowned in
Cannon Falls river while swimming.
He was taken with cramps, and his
comrades were unable to rescue him.
Minneapolis.-W. F. Bechtel, for
mer president of the Northwestern
National Life Insurance Company of
Minneapolis, was found guilty of
grand larceny in the first degree by
a jury which had been out for twen-
ty-eight hours.
Minneapolis. Harry Burns, who
tried to kill his sweetheart, Mabel
Schroeder, three weeks ago, after he
had previously tried to commit sui
eide because she would not marry
him, was given an indeterminate sem
tence in the penitentiary.
Sleepy Eye.-Henry Hummel, one
of the engineers in the Sleepy Eye
mill, while trying, to tighten a belt,
was caught in the machinery and
mangled and then hurled forty feet.
One leg was lacenated and an arm
broken, and the outcome of the acct
dent is uncertain.
st. Paul.-The Minnesota agricul-
tural experiment station will under
take a number of experiments in kill
ing wild mustard by spraying the
field infected with a solution of sui
phate of iron. Experiments will be
conducted at Tenny, Georgetown,
Ada, Crookston, Warren and Ken
nedy.
Minneapolis.-John Kurch, who was
run over and badly mangled by an
engine at Tenth avenue south and
Third street died in the city hospital.
He was struck by an engine while
stepping out of the way of another
train. Both arms were amputated
after the accident and he died from
the shock.
st. Paul.-While riding in an auto
mobile driven by Walter Hill, son of
James j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad, Fred Schroeder, a
liveryman, was accidentally killed by
falling out of the automobile, the
wheels of which a over his head.
1t is thought Schroeder wa seized
with on attack of appoplexy.
Eveleth.-While a party OF young
men were out on the lake in a row.
boat they intended to change places.
The boat was overturned, but all
managed to cling to the bottom. A
gasoline launch picked up all of the
party but Martin McNulty, who was
taken with cramps and was drowned
before assistance could reach him.
Star Lake.-Clifford Vogel, five
wears old, saved the life of his two
year-old brother, who had fallen in
to the lake and was in imminent dam
ger of drowning. The little fellow
had been playing out on a boat land
ING and fell into the lake about a rod
from the shore. Clifford who wit
messed the accident, waded out from
the shore and succeeded in dragging
the -half-drowned youngster to dry
land.
Brookston.-Two men and a boy
were seriously injured by the pre-
mature explosion of dynamite with
which they were blowing up stumps.
The accident occurred on the Isaiah
and G. M. Rose, a neighbor, received
injuries which will cause them to lose
an eve apiece, while Orser's young
son was baofy shocked, but is not be-
lieved to be permanently injured.
The injured were taken to a Duluth
hospital for treatment.
st. Paul.-There are sixty-ive
cavalry horses being held in quaran-
tine at Fort Smelling on account Of
fourteen suffering from equine scabies.
This is an infectious disease, and
while not a serious malady it is an
annoying one, for unless proper pre-
cautions were taken all the horses at
the fort are liable to catch it. Even
the men are not immune from it.
In fact, it is one of the diseases which
men catch easily from animals.
Manahga.-Little Reynold Dahlman
was seriously injured by a rooster,
which knocked him down and pecked
him about the head and face