The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-18
GENERAL NEWS.

An attempt to assassinate Gov. Fort
of New Jersey has been thwarted by
the watchfulness of post Office en-
ployes who discovered an internal ma
chine addressed to him in the mails.
The national conservation commits
sion has made public the first of its
schedules on which the inventory of
the country's natural resources is be-
ing conducted, and it indicates an in
tention to hunt down waste in all it's
forms and to devise some means to
prevent it.
Denial of any intentional contempt
of court was the burden of John
Mitchells testimony when the former
head of the miners took the stand be-
fore Examiner Harper in the case
wherein the American Federation of
Labor officials are accused of con-
tempt in the matter of the Bucks Stove
& Range Company.
The Chicago to New York express
on the Erie road went into the ditch
at Geneva, Pa, and "a persons were
hurt. Officials Of the road declare
some enemy of the company caused
the wreck by opening a switch.
Fred Peterson, 40 years old, ended
his life in Springfield, ILL.,, because he
feared he would be a victim of hydro
phobia. having been bitten by a rabid
squirrel
Jenor Zboralski, a 19-year-old youth
from Buffalo, ~. Y, was taken into
custody at the Polish seminary in De-
troit under circumstances which led to
a suspicion that he intended to use a
loaded revolver which was in his
pocket in attacking Rev. Father With
old Buhaczkowski, head of the SINH
nary.
Miss Willie Bullinger, 10 years old,
was stabbed to death by Lon RAIDER,
aged q, in Newton, N c., while seated
at the organ playing the closing hymn
at Sunday school,
Amid intense excitement and to the
accompaniment of cheers and groans
from immense crowds, the Catholic
clergy held their great parade, which
was the closing feature of the Euchar-
istic congress in London.
The Republican New York state con-
vention opened in Saratoga Springs
with good prospects of the liveliest
kind of a fight between the supporters
and opponents of Gov. Hughes.
Dave Newton, a negro, charged with
being implicated in the murder of
John Buchtrin, white man, who was
shot and killed at his home near
BrCokshire, Tex, was taken from Jail
by mob and hanged.
w. H. Rogers of Milwaukee, a tray
cling representative of the Sholto D.
Bowers Company, brokers, was robbed
at Ontonagon, Mich, and so badly
beaten that he died.
The Danish cabinet resigned as a
result of M. Alberti's colossal defalca-
tions.
Factions of the union and non-union
stogie makers of Gallipolis, o., met
on the street and fought a desperate
battle which resulted in serious injury
to John White and Clarence Bayes.
Mrs. Abbie Rice testified at the in.
quest over DR.. F. H. Rustin of Omaha
that he had planned for her to shoot
him and kill herseSt and that when
she weakened he told her he had
made the same arrangement with c.
E. Davis, bank clerk. Mr. Davis adj
mitted DIR. Rustin gave him drugs
with which to commit suicide but de-
MED any knowledge of the physician s
death.
Queen Wilhelmina's hopes of pro-
viding an heir to the throne of Hol-
land were frustrated once more by a
miscarriage.
The McAlpin trophy in the national
shooting tournament at Seagirt, N. j..
was won by the Ohio team.
Gold-bearing sand was found in
Kansas City by man digging a els
tern.
Heavy rain fell in northern Mime.
sofa, saving Hibbing from the forest
fires.
Kansas City is in fear of race war
the negroes having purchased fire.
arms.