The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-21

i in q room above his grocery store and
tho woman in the street adjoining the
| store.
BENJAMIN de Gildo of Philadelphia
shot and killed Benjamin de Felix and
fatally wounded Pasquale de Felix, ia
Their of the murdered man, at West
| Chester, Pa, and then, to escape cap
| ture at the hands of an Infatuated
mob, committed suicide by shooting
himself.
| The Pennsylvania Coal and Coke
company, one of the biggest mining
| concerns of western Pennsylvania
went into the hands of a receiver.
| Fire in the East Buffalo stock yards
| of the New York Central railroad de
stroyed 100000 worth of property.
Two persons were seriously injured
and dozen others were painfully hurt
when an automobile, that was taking
part in hill climbing contest
swerved and ran wild into throng OF
| spectators at Algonquin, III.
| E. r. Thomas, former banker and
racehorse owner, was seriously in
jured at Long Branch, N. j., when his
automobile struck and wrecked car.
| riage.
Bandits held up Northern Pacific
passenger train near Spokane, Wash.
and robbed the mail car.
Thomas E. Howell of Beardstown
ILL.,, sacrificed his life in an unsuccess
| full attempt to rescue his nephew
Henry M. Howell, II years old, from
drowning in the Illinois river.
| 1t is announced in Holland that an
interesting event is expected in the
Dutch royal family.
Louis A. Ryan of Bridgeport, ILL.,.
thrice shot and badly wounded his
bride at Noble, Ill.,, and then prob
ably fatally wounded himself.
Four men attempted to rob sa
loon in Chicago and the bartender
shot and killed Leemond Smith, alias
William Fay, confidence man.
The Indiana Coal Operators associa
ton ended official relations with the
United Mine Workers of America.
Two persons were killed and six In
jured by the explosion at the grounds
of the Franco-British exhibition al
London of the balloon owned by Capt
Lovelace of the New York Aero club
One of the dead is Miss Hill, secretary
to Capt. Lovelace.
Capt Baldwin made two successful
speed trials of his dirigible balloon at
Fort Myer.
The American battleship fleet sailed
| from Auckland, New Zealand, for Sgd
| ney, Australia.
John ]. Carroll, veteran member
of the New Orleans police force, was
cut to death by negro cook, who
was afterwards killed by the police.
By the capsizing of a pleasure
launch at Kilbourn, Wis, Mrs. w. G.
Heath, Miss Mabel Ward and E. G.
Pfeiffer and son, all of Chicago. were
drowned.
Martin Phillips was arraigned in a
New York court on charge of lar
ceny and held for trial and the case
| brought out an interesting story of a
high rollers faro game in private
house in the fashionable upper west
| side district. Neville r. Monkey, for
merly of Pittsburg, Pa, was the com
plainant, alleging that he lost $500 in
a faro game dealt by Phillips, with
whom he had agreed to swindle the
| house.
At Los Angeles, CAL, H. ]. Duffy,
60 years old, went violently insane
over religion and killed his son and
| daughter with an AK He then slashed
his own throat with razor, but prob
ably will recover.
Stuart Huntley, rs years old, en-
route from California to his home in
Decatur, ILL.,, committed suicide at
Parsons. Kan, by taking poison. He
was recently robbed of money, was di
vorced from his wife and estranged
from other relatives.
| Vivian Burden, II years DID, commit
ted suicide in Kansas City, Mo-, by
swallowing carbolic acid.
George Vail, Jr., charged with the
murder of his father, who disappeared
suddenly on June 10, 1907, from Ba
tavia, o., confessed to having commit
ted the crime.
Because his wife would not talk tc
him as frequently as he desired her to
William Lush, wealthy German either
of Lincoln, Neb., fired four times al
her with revolver, and then vainly
attempted suicide.
The supreme grand lodge of Orange
men elected Henry Stewart of New
York grand master and decided t.
meet in Cleveland, O., in 1910.
Night riders warned Ohio farmer.
there would be trouble if they didn't
pool their tobacco this season.
Miss Frances Sholes, society cir
of Evanston, ILL.,, was found dead in /;
gas-filled room and is believed tt
have committed suicide.
Pietro Brilla, hotel keeper O
Woodhaven, Long Island, was am
pushed and murdered by number o
men.
Fire in San Francisco destroyed thu
Coney Island Amusement pavilion ant
damaged other buildings, the loss be
ing 100000.
Pittsburg police unearthed an al
legged conspiracy Of department store
employees that had resulted in thu
theft of $4,000 worth of goods.
A messengers pouch containin.
United States government pay check.
for nearly $4,000 was stolen from ii
front of the building occupied by tn,
department of commerce and labor IL
Washington.
Miss May Williams of Kansas City
Mo-, who won a prize last spring a,