The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14
NEWS NOTES.

fenced for manslaughter, gets his par
don thru efforts of loyal sister.
Washington-Fred Lemoine was ap-
pointed postmaster at Ashawa, st.
Louis county, Mimi, vice J. A. Field,
resigned.
Brainerd-The barn of William Gill
dert, in the town of Long Lake, was
struck by lightning and two horses
were killed.
Rushmore-Henry Peilhop, farmer
residing two and a half miles east
of this place, was instantly killed by
a bolt of lightning.
Duluth-Northern Pine Manufacture
ers' association will fight railroads
on car stake, flooring tongues and
grooves and rate matters.
Florence-The state bank has Or
ganized under the state laws with a
capital OF $4,000. 8. A. Christianson,
president; A. E. Green, cashier.
Franklin-An unusually severe cleo
trical storm visited this section. Dur
ing the storm lightning struck and de-
stroyed the large new barn of Ole
Kelly, north of town. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Eveleth-It Is reported that the
edges of the lid are pried up a little
on the Iron Range district. 1t is no
secret that the saloons in Virginia,
Chisholm, Hibbing and other range
points run wide open.
Crookston- Void OF Hal
lock was bound over on $500 bail be-
fore United States Commissioner Mix
on charge of using mails for black
mail. J. Kitchen of Walhalla, N. D.,
is the alleged victim.
Sank Center-The large barn on
the farm of Robert Kells, two miles
east, was struck by lightning and
burned, causing a loss of $4,000, in
GLIDING a valuable horse. The grain
badly lodged in several localities by
the storm.
Minneapolis-Min Minneapolis has been
selected by the firm of Schwarzchild
& Sulzberger, the independent pack
ers, as one of their distributing points
in their chain Of plants which extends
from coast to coast. Representative
have been in Minneapolis a week
looking over sites for suitable 10
cation.
Minneapolis = Balloting machines
will be given a thorough trial in Min
neapolis for the first time at the pri
maries to be held on September Is,
and so dependent will be the voters
on the machines that not a single
printed ballot will be given out for use
except In cases of emergency where
there is breakdown.
st. Paul-Section hands found the
body of boy on the Milwaukee tracks
at Highwood, suburb of st. Paul.
The head was severed from the body.
The boy was about 16 years old. Moth
ing was found on the boy to aid in
Identification. 1t is thought he was
killed while attempting to steal ride.
The body is at the morgue.
Hamline-Five hundred experts in
the art of ready money making, un-
der fortunate conditions, followed Su-
perintendent of Privileges Lyman d.
Baird around the 247 acres of state
fair grounds from 10 am. until pm.
and when the seventh annual auction
sale of privileges was concluded there
were ninety successful bidders for the
choice locations and the privileges de-
partmenc had $14,S50 to its credit for
the faiy of Aug. 81 to Sept. 5.
Minneapolis-With more than ST.
600 in his pockets, and papers show
ing he was man of some means,
Miller Mcclellan, whose home is
thought to be in Hamilton, Ind, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself at
Eleventh avenue north and Irving av-
enue. Before ending his life he wrote
two notes, giving his motive for seek
ing death, and directions for dispos-
ing of his property.
Winona-When the state normal
board meets on Sept. 10 in special ses-
sion to consider plan to improve the
standard of the normal schools In
Minnesota the normal school presi-
dents will submit a plan which they
have worked out, which plan it is as
serted will tend to increase the num-
Der of normal students teaching in
rural schools and will encourage nor
NAL students to take the complete
course.
st. Paul-John Manley, a plumber,
who returned to st. Paul from North
Dakota, was beaten and held up by
two men at the point of a revolver
in secluded spot on Sherburne av-
enue, and was relieved of SIS in cash.
Crookston-In the Market day har-
ness race on the streets, c. L, Bretan's
horse Hobbies broke and fell and had
it's leg ruined. The driver was hurled
across the sidewalk and onto a lawn
and was badly hurt.
Brainerd-The city council passed
resolutions asking for bids on bond
issue of $4,000, at 5 per cent.
Two Harbors-While employed on
Steel Dock No. 6, James Smith fell
forty-three feet, but escaped instant
death by striking insulated wires 20
feet from the concrete below. His
most serious injuries are broken
arm and hip. He will recover.
Faribault-A large warehouse at
Warsaw, belonging to the Sheffield
King Milling company, Of this city,
was destroyed by fire.
neapolis-William Paulson, an
elevator operator, fell eight stories tt
HIS death in the freight elevator shat
In the Boston block.