The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12

souIn OIL mere, Will give grand cele-
bration on July 4.
st. Paul-William P. Mason, pioneer
business man of st. Paul, died from
the effects of fall.
Brainerd- Papers were served on ].
j. Gale, a prominent Brainerd merch-
ant, in involuntary bankruptcy.
st. Paul-Geoge H. Ranney is found
dead by his family, hanging to door
in their apartments at the Angus.
Duluth-Ore shipments in Lake Su
perior region are increasing and good
production this season IS expected.
Minneapolis-Min bank re-
ports show the marvellous develop
ment of the state during the past de-
cade.
eapolis-Lightning struck the
residence Of T. F. Danaher, 1926 East
Thirty-fifth street and set fire to the
house.
Eagle Lake-A commercial club has
been organized with twenty-one mem
bers, and the village already is taking
on new life.
Duluth-Duluth real estate exchange
may open fight to have state tax on
gross earnings of railroads declared
to be unconstitutional.
st. Paul-Daniel w. Lawler takes
his oath Of Office as mayor; R. A.
Smith, on retirement, is presented
with $1,000 purse by friends.
Faribault-The city council finally
has granted the Dan Patch Air Line
Company franchise to enter the city
after delay of about six months.
Belgrade-The postofice safe and
that of Olson & Iversl1e, the hardware
firm, was blown open by professionals
and about 500 taken from the post
Office.
st. Peter-The Captain Richard
Somers Chapter, Daughters Of the
American Revolution, recently was Or
gained at the home of Mrs. H. L.
Stark.
Brainerd-The large department
store of L. J. Gale is in tn hands of
L. D. Sawyer, trustee, for the benefit
Of creditors. The store has been
closed.
Duluth-State tax commission or
ders reduction of $151 900 in tax levy
in school districts on range to correct
mistake made by school boards In
levying.
Duluth-Philip Murray, the six-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murray
of Fond du Lac, a suburb of Duluth,
was killed by being run over by q
heavy wagon. ....
St. Paul-Secretary of state refuses
demand of Burlington road to file
300,00O,000 mortgage without pay
ment of registry tax which may
amount to 100000.
Mankato-Walter, the two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter King OF
Minnesota Lake, died in hospital in
this city as the result Of fall from
a ladder at his home.
Duluth-Ele Mattich was convicted
in circuit court in Duluth of man.
slaughter in the first degree. He killed
a man named Rodi Donjonocich, shoot
ing him with a revolver.
Frazee-A burglar has been prowl-
ing about the residential district of
the village for the last two weeks,
and has become a source of terror to
the good housewives of the village.
Winona-Coroner John Steinbach
has investigated the death of George
Messick, who was found dead beside
the railway track near Dresbach, and
expresses the opinion that death was
due to heart failure, produced by
loud clap of thunder.
Mankato-Thomas Marshall, ten
day prisoner in the county jail for
drunkenness, sentenced to hard labor,
while returning with other prisoners
from work on the streets, stopped a
runaway and probably saved the lives
of the two young children of Frank
Schaefer.
Mankato-Because the young woman
with whom he was walking in North
Mankato slapped him with banana
skin, William Ward threw a banana
at her. She lodged It, and the banana
crashed through the window Of M.
Dudke's residence Mr.. Dudke had
Ward arrested on the charge of will.
fully destroying personal property, but
the case was compromised by Wards
paying for the window and part of the
costs of his arrest.
st. Paul-Two hundred children,
boys and girls, gathered in the Hope
chapel to see stereopticon views, were
thrown into a panic by the explosion
of the apparatus. Many leaped through
windows and hundreds fell pell nell
down the stairway to the church and
fell in a promiscuous heap in the
street. Many of the children were
bruised or scratched and ran hurried.
ly to their homes, but only one is said
to be hurt seriously.
FaribauIt-The body of John Sher.
vim was found by his family hanging
from the rafters Of his granary. Sher.
vim was a well-to-do farmer, living In
the town of Wheeling.
Mankato-Ed. Klamath, of Mime
sofa Lake, while on his way to Spring
field to visit relatives, was done out
of $35 by stranger at the union de.
pot in this city.
st. Paul-State Treasurer G. G.
Dinehart's monthly statement shows q
balance in the state treasury at the
beginning Of business June l of ST.
148,227.59.
Austin-Edward and William Mau.