The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-11


shooting.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Green, residing at Rich
land, Tex, killed herself and three
children, aged twelve, seven and two
years.
Gov. Smith pardoned 25 convicts,
nearly all of whom were in pitiable
health from experiences in the recent
ly abolished convict camps of Georgia.
Lightning caused one death, set fire
to a number of houses and heavy rains
interrupted street car traffic in Pitts
burg, Pa. The loss from the atorm
will reach about 100000.
The planning mill of Smith & Rum
cry at Portland, Me-, was destroyed
by fire, together with large quantity
of lumber and machinery. The loss
is estimated at 100000.
The new ritual of the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles was exemplified at the
fourth annual meeting of the In
diana State Aerie at New Albany.
The convention of the United Nor
wegian Lutheran church in Des
Moines, Ia, was attended by repre-
sentative Scandinavians from many
states.
The Philadelphia street car mems
strike, which has been marked by
serious rioting, was ended by political
influence.
Having lost her hair after using
dye, Mrs. M. L. Bowman filed suit in
Milwaukee for 100000 damages
against the maker and the druggist
from whom she purchased the dye.
The appellate division of the New
York supreme court decided that Har-
ry X. Thaw and Albert T. Patrick are
not illegally held prisoners.
John d. Rockefeller returned to
New York from Virginia Hot Springs
and declared he is golfer now.
Asiatic Turkey, say there is fear of
massacre at Deurtyul.
Monkeys are the latest prey for
the Roosevelt rifles according to dis
patches from East Africa.
George Phillips of Battle Creek,
factory inspector of Michigan, fell
dead in railway station at Des
Moines, Ia.
Following pleas of guilty the Mis-
souri, Pacific & Iron Mountain rail-
road companies were fined $4,000 at
Little Rock, Ark, for rebating.
An earthquake which continued for
more than two hours was recorded by
the government seismograph at Ma
Mia.
Directors of the D. A. R. adopted
resolutions indorsing their new pres
ident general, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
of Bloomington, ILL.,, who has been the
subject of attacks.
William Darragh, chauffeur whose
automobile killed boy in New York,
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
from seven to twenty years.
Dispatches from Washington say
the supply of labor in the isthmian
canal zone is greater than the de-
mand.
Precious stones worth $2,6S9,213.49
were imported into the United States
through New York in May, as against
importations of $463,454.S5 in the
same month year ago.
The Peruvian cabinet offered its
resignation at Lima, following the
revolutionary outbreak of last week.
The North Platte river is at flood
near Douglas, Wyo., and has already
taken one life and caused much dam
age. Other floods and washouts are
reported from the west and south.
Enrico Caruso, the noted tenor, I'M
derwent an operation on his vocal
cords at Milan, Italy, at the hand Of
Prof. Bella Vedova, aided by three
specialists.
Residents of Imperial valley, near
San Diego, CAL, are excited by the ap-
pearance of a mysterious airship,
which they say is making nightly
trips over Salton sea.
Whether Dr. John 4. Binkley OF
Evansville, Ind, whose body was
found in the Wellington hotel, was
murdered or committed suicide is a
mystery the Chicago police are try
ing to solve.
Machinists on every branch of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad went out
on strike.
The lynching of negro in Frank
fort, KY, has stirred Gov. Wilson,
who promises to do all in his power
to bring the guilty persons to justice.
The Japanese government has
adopted rule requiring all of it's
subjects coming to this country or
Canada to register at the nearest
consulate of their government.
Mrs. Sarah Richman of Springfield,
was arrested on complaint of her
brother-in-law, charged with stealing
flowers which he had placed on her
husbands grave.
Resolutions condemning the gov
ernment's rule requiring the name of
the guarantor on all food packages,
were adopted by the National Whole
sale Grocers' association.
MIR. Palmer of Pennsylvania will
enlist the support of President Taft
in plan to bring the remains of
William Penn to this country from
England.
The New York chamber of COM
merce will soon issue a report con-
tanning facts as to the growth of the
United States since 1853.
DR.. Gould of the Norwegian hospital
in New York amputated a leg and
foot, then sent them to the morgue
with properly made-out certificate
describing their death" The coroner
insists this makes it necessary for
him to hold an inquest
A strike of carpenters to enforce a
demand for Saturday half-holiday all
the year round, with pay, and affect
ing about 1000 men in Boston and its
suburbs. was begun in Boston.
Mayor Rose welcomed to Milwau-
koa the Amarican Woforuorlrr aaco