The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16

for months is finally trapped.
st. Paul.-State health officers
would have all restaurants and hotels
labeled as to their sanitary condition.
st. Paul.-Mrs. Rosalia Kelnberger
| shoots and dangerously wounds Will
| liam Koch in a fight over a fence
line.
st. Paul.-The explosion of a gaso-
line stove in the bakery of H. Ber-
nowsky, 100 State street, caused a
loss of $500 on store and contents.
st. Paul.-Minneapolis & St. Louis
railroad company holds annual meet
| ing of stockholders in Minneapolis
and names T. p. Shonts as a direc-
| tor.
Madelia-The pumping station and
gas plant in this village caught fire
| last night and what threatened by be
a serious catastrophe was narrowly
averted. A.
Balaton.-John Shequin, living five
miles east of here in Soden township,
yesterday celebrated his one hun
dredth birthday. His wife is ninety
years old. They live alone and keep
house.
Duluth.-The closing session of the
annual convention of the Sisters of
the Sons of Hermann of Minnesota
was held this morning at Eagle Hall,
the time being devoted to making
necessary changes in the constitution
of the order.
Kenyon.-The Young Peoples So
cieties of the United Norwegian Luth-
eran Church of America, now organ
lied as part of the Luther League of
America, are planning to secede from
the latter body and form an associa-
ton.
st. Cloud.-State Labor Commits
sioner w. H. Williams announced the
appointment of Geo. M. Walz, secre-
bly, at ST. Cloud, to be district factory
inspector, vice Louis Gerard of st.
Cloud, resigned.
st. Paul-That Fort Smelling will
receive distributing station of the
st. Paul library and all the members
come eligible to membership to the
city public library was virtually de-
cided by the library board.
New Prague.-The opening football
game of the season was played on the
local gridiron this afternoon between
the Lafayettes of st. Paul and the
local Seals, and was won by the home
team by score of 10 to 16. Attend
ance, 400. Referee, F. E. Renner.
st. Paul-The civil service COM
mission will hold an examination
for rural mail carriers Oct. "a in the
take the examination should apply to
the superintendent of delivery for ap-
plication blanks. The age limits are
II to So, at the time of examination.
Brainerd.-The bank of PeQ1ot,
twenty miles north of here, was rob-
bed. The safe was dynamited. The
noise aroused the citizens, and the
robbers were compelled to leave be-
fore getting into the steel chest. They
got about 500 in silver. The safe
and building were damaged about
$500.
Rochester. Going up the tower in
| the Great Western railroad yards to
see her son and to drive him home
after his nights work, Mrs. E. L..
Ketcham of this city found him lying
| likeness on the floor. Bart Ketcham
had been employed by the Great
Western Railway company about
three weeks as night man in the
tower.
An attraction which is certain to
meet with big favor at the hands of
| theatre-goers is David Higgins new
| play of Southern life, Captain Clay
of Missouri" which will be seen at
the Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis,
the week of October 18th, with Mr..
Higgins himself in the leading role.
A baseball game is one of the strik-
| ing incidents.
st. Paul.-County school funds of
the state were enriched $1,030,519 by
the October apportionment of the cur
rent school fund made by the state
superintendent of public instruction.
This is the largest amount ever dis
bursed at the half yearly periods.
Last fall the total amount was $751;
297. The total number of pupils in
the state has increased from 374 .p19
last year to 3S1,674 this year.
Duluth.-Fred ]. Ness, telegraph
operator for the Northern Pacific vail
way at Tamarack, Mimi, was found
dead on the depot platform last night,
having been struck by west-bound
extra freight which passed that sta
tion at 9:25 p. m. No one witnessed
the accident, but it is supposed he
attempted to cross the track ahead
| of the train and was struck and in
stantly killed. He was 81 years old
and unmarried.
Mankato.-Hon. James T. McCleary
and w. s. Hammond today held a
/ conference in this city and arranged
for five joint debates to be held in
the Second congressional district
during the campaign.
st. Paul.-Judge milton D. Purdy OF
the United States federal court grants
Pillsbury-W ashburn receivers request
to issue $750,000 in receivers certifi.
Gates to save mills from closing.
Belle Plaine.-A gasoline lighting
system blew up in Frank Werrick's
cigar factory. The factory was in the
old Belle PLANE hotel building.
Two Harbors.-Tom West, sixty
years old, cruiser who suffered q