The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-28

of firemen.
The Roosevelt expedition is still
hunting buffaloes on the Nairobi
river, and Mr.. Roosevelt and his son
Kermit succeeded in bringing down
their third animal of this kind.
AS result of a cave-in in a gravel
pit at Olive Branch, Miss, five negroes
were killed. Tons of gravel fell on
them and the bodies were crushed.
James Montague of Belmond and an
insurance man named Peckham of
Des Moines were drowned while fish
ing in Twin lakes, Ia
FREDERICK Mariani, whose marriage
with Tom Johnson's daughter proved a
failure, has written play in which
he shows how the game of love is
played in America and European coun-
lies.
The appellate court of New York
decided that negro cannot be so
much Inundated by false arrest as a
white man.
Two male buffaloes were killed by
Col. Roosevelt and his son Kermit.
Final funeral services for Henry H.
Rogers, vice-president of the Standard
Oil Company, were held in his native
town, Fairhaven, Mass.
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan
of Turkey, has turned $5,000,000 over
to the government.
A general strike of river drivers
and saw mill workers has been called
by the Industrial Workers of the
World of Kalispell, Mont. 1t is stated
300 men employed at the saw mills
and factories at Somers, Mont, went
out.
Mrs. Louise Carston of East Hamp-
ton, Conn, cut the Threats of two of
her children and then ended her own
life
The Western Pacific railroad placed
dated type with the Brooks plant of
the American Locomotive Company.
Guam, the United States tiny island
possession in the Pacific ocean, like
its parent country, is in the throes of
a tariff revision. The natives believe
they were burdened with unnecessar-
lily high duties.
The travelling public won victory
in the Portland Gateway case" by
decision rendered by the interstate
commerce commission requiring rail-
roads to sell through passenger tick
cts between Seattle and other points
in the Pacific northwest and eastern
points via Portland, Ore.
The Presbyterian general assembly
at Denver went on record as opposed
to divorces and Sunday amusements.
The senate adopted a rate of 35
and IS cents on electric light carbons
and a so per cent. duty on automo-
biles.
King Edward compelled the earl of
Ronaldshay to apologize to the count
ess of Granard for calling her "a
dumped American heiress who was
fortunate enough to secure title"
The dean of Westminster abbey has
refused request of British authors
that the ashes of George Meredith be
deposited in the abbey.
Former Warden Armstrong of the
Michigan penitentiary in an affidavit
said he had received a $500 bribe
from Milton Daily, who was arrested
in Chicago.
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and former president of Prince
ton college, was unveiled in Washing
ton.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church convened in Denver,
Col.
Capt. Polak of the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, which arrived at New
York, reports passing an iceberg 125
feet high. He suggested that the Uni
ted States send out specially
equipped warship to blow up such OBJ
structions in the path of steamers.
Anna Held, before sailing for Eu-
rope, said she probably would retire
from the stage after the present sea-
son. She is said to be worth 81, GOO,-
900.
Stephen Barno, whose back was
broken by falling from a scaffold in
New York, will leave the White Plains
hospital completely cured. 1t is one
of the few cases where a patient with
shattered vertebrae has completely
recovered.
In the presence of Gov. Deneen and
a large gathering of citizens. heroic
statue of Gen. George Rogers Clark,
the revolutionary soldier and explorer
of the northwest, was unveiled at
Quincy, Ill. The statue is the work
of Charles J. Mulligan of Chicago.
The program for the opening exer-
cises at the Seattle worlds fair June
1 includes addresses by James ]. Hill
and Congressman William A. Roden-
berg of East st. Louis, ILL., Ambassa-
dor Bryce also is expected to speak on
the opening day.
Mrs. Catherine Cain, who, after be-
ing arrested in Chicago for begging
for Elmer E. Cain, a former Wiscon-
sin assemblyman, married him, has
sued for divorce.
Women of Augusta, Ca, went
throughout the city and distributed
cards bearing an appeal that every
family discuss means of fighting tu-
berculosis.
Funeral services of Henry H. Rog-
ers in New York were attended by
men who represented several billions
of dollars in wealth. The body was
taken to Fairhaven, Mass, for burial
A bronze statue OF Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow was unveiled in
Washington with much ceremony. It
was presented to the nation by the
Longfellow National Memorial associ.