The Ely miner., 1909-12-10
GENERAL NEWS.

John Kipp, who celebrated his one
hundred and third birthday at Wash
ington, N. j., who is still active in
body and mind despite his advanced
age, attributes his long life and excel
lent health to the fact that he has
used tobacco and intoxicants sparing-
ly and has eaten little meat, but has
consumed a quantity Of peppermint
candy at every meal from his early
childhood.
Both the producers of cotton and
the dealers in that commodity are the
victims of the system in trading in
vogue on the cotton exchanges of the
country, according to the report of
Commissioner of Corporations Her.
bert Knox Smith, made to the secre-
tary of commerce and labor. Mr..
Smith condemns futures, as it is car
ried on at present, although he does
not condemn the existence of the ex-
change.
Buildings were unroofed and
wrecked by a cyclone which struck
the business section of Terre Haute,
Ind. One person was seriously and a
score painfully injured, while the
property damage amounted to more
than $4,000.
During an exciting session of the
joint investigation into the Cherry
mine disaster, two employees of the
st. Paul Coal Company, Frank Buck.
chief clerk, and his son, Fred H.
Buck, were accused of having at
tempted to defeat the ends of justice
by withholding from the coroner in
formation concerning the whereabouts
of Alexander Rosenjack, the fugitive
witness who is said to know more
than any other man about the mine
fire that caused the death of 80
miners.
According to sworn testimony, the
Cherry mine fire was unwittingly
started by Mat Francisco, an mex
perienced boy of Is, who was working
in the mine in alleged violation of
the law against child labor.
The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers met in New York in its
thirtieth annual session.
President Taft, head of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, opened the fifth annu-
al meeting of that organization in
Washington, and addresses were made
on relief work in Italy, Key West and
elsewhere
The annual meeting Of the Lake
Michigan Commercial Fishermen's as
sociation was held in Charlevoix,
Mich. H. Barlow presiding.
The state horticultural societies of
Illinois and Michigan met in annual
convention at Champaign and Kalama-
zoo, respectively.
Striking foreign workmen at a steel
plant in Monaco, Pa, tore down an
American flag and hoisted in it's place
black flag, and when Deputy Sheriff
Crowley sought to displace the latter
he was shot and fatally wounded.
The Pennsylvania st. Louis-New
York flyer was wrecked by a broken
rail near Lewisville, Ind, and three
express messengers seriously injured.
None of the passengers were hurt out.
side of some minor bruises and cuts.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer in his
annual report warned the govern
ment to hold on to the navy yards and
recommended the immediate building
of two battleships of the most de-
structive type and another dry dock
on the Pacific coast capable of dock
Ing the largest 'Dreadnoughts."
1t is urged by the post-office depart.
ment at Washington in an official cir.
cular that persons WHO contemplate
mailing Christmas packages for deliy.
cry in rural communities post them
as early as possible to avoid conges-
ton and delay at post offices supply
ing carriers on rural routes
The British parliament has been
prorogued and the fight to end the
powers of the house of lords has he.
gun.
Rev. DR.. Daniel Ayres Goodseu.
resident bishop of the Methodist Epis.
copal church of New York city. died
following an operation for a carbuncle
The fight for The heavyweight cham
pionship of the world between Jeffries
and Johnson will be held in the vi.
cinity of San Francisco on July A.
1910 Rickard and Gleason's bid of
$101. 900 and two-thirds of the moving
picture privileges to the contestants
has been formally accepted