The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-30

sued orders to the police force to
stop dice games. The order is being
obeyed.
st. Paul.-Increase Of $26,000,00
in valuation of state property is
shown by figures of state board Of
equalization.
st. Paul-Reports read at semi
centennial meeting of Presbyterian
synod show shortage of candidates
for the ministry.
Crookston.-Gov. Johnson was
given banquet by the Johnson club
at the Hotel Crookston. At the table
were seated 165 people.
Crookston. market day
celebration was one of the most sue
cessful ever held in Northwestern
Minnesota. Fully 1000 farmers and
their families spent the day in the
city.
Morrfs.-Peter Hanson, an unmar-
ried man aged about forty-f1ve years,
committed suicide here in his room
over the Mickelshack restaurant by
shooting himself through the head
with a revolver.
st. Cloud.-The Baptists Of Mime.
sofa will erect a monument to the
late uncle" Boston w. Smith, who
came to Minnesota in 1880 as a rep
resentative of the American Baptist
Publication society.
East Grand Forks.-Ole Wagon of
Petersburg, N. D., dropped dead in a
saloon here. He had been drinking.
Coroner Chesterman came over from
Crookston, but decided that no in
quest was necessary.
Duluth.-Reports Of the state Ia
Dor inspectors show that ninety new
manufacturing industries have been
started during the first seven months
of this year. These give employ.
ment to $50 operatives.
st. Paul.-Gov. John A. Johnson
and State Oil Inspector William e.
McEwen were thrown from an auto
mobile, and narrowly escaped serious
injury. Both suffered slight bruises
but were not otherwise hurt.
Austin-The state game and fish
commission will ship $4,000 bass and
crappies for planting along the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul. The
fry are gathered from ponds along
the Mississippi, where they were left
stranded after the high water.
Moorhead-In the district court
the jury which had in hand the case
of Lena Dahlby VS.. w. B. Anger,
arising out of injuries alleged to have
been sustained by the plaintiff at the
defendants laundry, brought in a
verdict for the plaintiff for $1,000.
Minneapolis. The body of well
developed infant was found near the
mouth Of the Broadway sewer by
Mabel Boucher, 200 Water street,
who was gathering driftwood in the
river. 1t is supposed that the body
came from the sewer and drifted to
the shore.
Faribault.- entered the
home of Mrs. Rose Wallener, living
south of town, for the ostensible
purpose of robbing the aged woman,
who lived alone. Frightened by her
screams they fed and later entered
the home of J. Harling, where they
were also frightened away.
Thief River Falls.-Farmers OF
Red Lake county and the adjoining
counties are already laying plans for
attending the annual convention of
the Red River Valley Dairymen's as.
ISOLATION that will be held this year
at st. Hilaire, this county, on
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. II
and H..
Duluth-The intention of the part
of either an Independent capitalist, or
of the 500 road to get into the
Guyana range district early and be
on hand to secure a portion of the
ore business, which is expected to
result from the development of that
district, is made eviden! by articles
of incorporation of the Guyana Range
Railroad company.
st. Paul.-The board of control
opened and rejected bids for an ad-
dition to the school for feeble-minded
at Faribault, a working boys build
ing. The sum appropriated by the
state for the new wing is $4,000 and
the bids called for practically the
entire amount. New bids will be
asked, or changes made in the plans
drawn by State Architect Clarence
H. Johnston of st. Paul.
Gin Montana" the play which will
be the attraction at the Bijou Opera
House, Minneapolis, the week Of
November 1st, life on the plains is
shown in all it's phases. There is the
big-hearted ranchman, the typical
western girl, the foreman. the cow
puncher and ranch hands. The piece
has been compared by many who
have seen it as the equal of "Ari-
IONA" and 'The Virginian," and in
some respects, is said to surpass them.
st. Paul.-Nels Lundblad, A years
old, switchman employed in the st.
Paul Union station yards, was
badly crushed between two freight
cars at the Sibley street crossing.
st. Paul.-Two horses belonging to
the American Express company were
instantly killed in a head-on collision
with a Hamline Union depot car at
Iglehart and Wabasha.
Duluth.-John Mccullough, aged
twenty-three years, lineman who
was injured at Cloquet by coming In
contact with a live wire. died in a
hospital at Superior.
Chaska. Five thousand persons
assembled at Chaska to celebrate the