The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-17

ward Pecker of Boston were rescued
| after being in the water IL hours.
Many persons in all parts of the
country were drowned while in bath
ing to escape the extreme heat.
With nearly 1000 athletes from 20
countries present, the Olympic games
opened in the great stadium at Lon
| don.
A woman fell from pier at Chi
cago and drowned while hundreds of
men looked on without attempting to
save her.
The presidential elections through
out the Isthmus of Panama passed off
without disturbance. Senior Don
Jose Domingo de Obaldia, formerly
minister to the United States and act
ing president during the absence of
DIR. Amador, was elected president.
Fire in the business district of Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, destroyed 100000
of property.
Honduras revolutionists were driven
from the town of Gracias which they
had captured.
Herman Ridder telegraphed Bryan
that the New York Stats Zeitung
would support him.
A. ]. Magill, a photographer of East
st. Louis, ILL.,, was murdered by an I'M
known man in his studio.
Managers of the principal hotels OF
the country are arranging to install
wireless message service embracing
the entire United States and far out
to sea on each coast.
The widow of New York banker,
whom the Earl of Clancarty is to
marry, is Mrs Arnold Marcus, who,
since the death of her husband three
years ago, has lived most of her time
abroad.
George w. Smith of St. Louis was
elected chairman and ]. T. Rock of
Iowa vice-chairman of the national
board of directors of the Travellers
Protective association.
The call big gun" battleship South
Carolina was successfully launched at
the Cramps shipyard at Philadelphia.
Robert Roman tried to hold up fast
mail train on the Great Northern road
| in Idaho, but was shot by the conduc-
tor and captured
The will of Grover Cleveland, pro-
bated at Princeton, did not disclose the
size of the estate, nearly all Of which
was left to Mrs. Cleveland.
Revolutionists in Honduras cap
tured the fortified town Of Choluteca
| after nearly four days of fighting.
Herbert j. Hapgood, president of Hap
goods incorporated, and his secretary,
Ralph L. Kilby, were discharged in
New York for lack of evidence in the
case in which they were arrested
charged with obtaining stock sub
scriptions to the Hapgoods Sales COM
pany through Misrepresentation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Hutchings Of
Brooklyn were killed when a train,
struck their automobile at Center,
Moriches, L. l.
Diplomatic relations between Amer
lea and Venezuela have been COM.
| pletely severed, Senior Veloz- Goiticoa,i
the Venezuelan charge d'affaires, havI
ing presented to Acting Secretary.
Bacon notice from his government
that he was to quit his post here, clos
ing up the Venezuelan legation in,
Washington, and repair forthwith to
Venezuela
Two children were killed and a;
woman fatally burned in fire near.
Nevada, Mo.
Three military prisoners serving
from 1 " to 21s years for desertion, es-
capped from the prison at Fort Hamil-
ton by saving off some of the bars.
Count Boni de Castellane, whose
former wife was married in London
to Prince Helie de Sagan, the counts
cousin, has opened what promises to
be a sensational legal battle for the
possession of his three children, the
offspring of his marriage with Miss
Anna Gould.
Emil Sandoza, well-known stock
man of Pine Creek, Neb, was killed
by F. E. Newman, hired man on a
neighboring ranch.
During the fighting in Paraguay the
American minister, E. c. O'Brien, was
fired on three times by government
troops by mistake, and narrowly es.
capped death.
The members of the Brooklyn Arion
Choral society met with an enthusiasts
tic reception in Philharmonic hall
Berlin, where they gave their first con
: cert, rendering American and German
, folk songs.
In gun and knife fight at pro
tracted meeting near Backusburg, KY.
, Wayne Lawrence shot and killed
Annie Bannister and was himself per
haps fatally stabbed.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Smith, who
lived on a farm two miles east oil
North Rose, N. Y, were burned to
death in fine which destroyed theil
! residence.
Fire on the harbor front Of Eas
, Boston destroyed piers and ware
houses and an elevator, the property
loss being about $1,500,000. A watch
, man was reported missing.
Having thrown $500 bank certifi
n cate of deposit into stove, Joe Wal
> insky, thinking he could not get thu
! money on it, committed suicide BY
drowning in Is inches of water at Mo
! line Ill