The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16

Italian railroad laDOreTS were hIilcu
by a tornado which struck Ortonville,
MINI.
With the arrival of 800 new speci-
mems expected from Europe in day
or two, the Bronx zoo in New York
will have the largest collection of ami
mails of any zoo in the world.
In a statement given out at San
lander, Spain, ex-President Castro OF
Venezuela predicted the fall of the
Gomez government.
Thomas l.. Lewis and other mine
workers officials met in st. Louis In
an attempt to prevent a strike OF 3d.
600 men in Kansas.
John R. Early, who after being held
in Washington for months suspected
of being leper, gave reception In
New York hospital where, it is said,
he is not suffering from the disease.
After several months of effort to see
Premier Asquith the English suffrag-
cites waylaid him near his home and
he accepted petition from them.
In the arrest of a man who claims
to be Christian G. Johnson, the San
Francisco police believe they have
captured John Madison who has mar
ried and deserted ten women and
robbed many others in all parts of the
United States.
President Taft, who will start on
his western trip September Is, has
telegraphed President Diaz of Mexico
asking for meeting at Ell Paso, Tex.
New letters of spicy nature writ
ten by women to Col. Smell whose
will is being attacked in court at Clin-
ton, ILL.,, have been found, but, under
the supreme courts ruling, cannot be
introduced in evidence.
Glass bottle blowers in convention
at Milwaukee went on record as be-
ing against prohibition
Edward N. Deter, teller, arrested
for stealing $4,000 from the First Ma
tional bank at Fort Wayne, Ind, said
he took the money to maintain his
wife in a high social position.
Following the murder of her hus-
band who had killed another man and
the Staying of third man in her own
home, Mrs. Fred Mohrle of st. Louis
attempted suicide by shooting herself.
After nearly 200 years the first
statue of Bienville, founder of New
Orleans, is to be placed in one of the
public squares of that city.
The Blackwell Lumber Company of
Spokane has bought 10000 acres of
timber land in northern Idaho from
the Menasha Woodenware Company
for $2,25O,OO0.
International regulation of aerial
navigation and wireless telegraphy
will be discussed at the fourth Pan
American conference in Buenos Ayres,
July 9, 1910, according to present
plans.
Thomas Taggart, former chairman
of the Democratic national committee,
denied on the witness stand that he
knew Ella Gingles or was in any way
connected with plot to take her to
French Lick, Ind, where he owns a
hotel
Miss May Code was drowned near
Granite City, ILL.,, by the upsetting of
a launch. The other occupants, T. C.
Miller and Miss Cecilia Golde, a Sis
ter OF the drowned girl, were rescued.
Cablegrams from Vienna say citi-
zen of Washington has offered to tell
the Turkish government where Abdul
Hamid, the deposed sultan of Turkey,
has large sums of money on deposit
in the United States.
President Taft, who for three days
participated in the tercentenary cele-
bration of the discovery of Lake
Champlain, returned to Washington.
John Smith, burglar, who with
Carlo Giro broke into the home of
George Staber at Flatbush, L. L., and
killed Mrs. Staber. was captured and
confessed to the New York police.
Violent earthquake shocks, which
are believed to have had their vortex
in Central Asia, were recorded by
seismographs in all parts of the
world.
Home Secretary Gladstone of Eng
land received delegation of suffra-
gettes and expressed sympathy for
their cause.
Terry McGovern, former feather
weight champion of the world, was
sent to hospital where he will be
examined for his sanity.
M. Caillaux, minister of finance of
France, was slapped by Charles Bos,
a former deputy and one of those
bloodless duels for which France is ia
nous may be the result.
Mrs. Ida Griswold, librarian, was
slain in the public library of Eaton,
o., by Henry Rife, who attempted sui
eide.
In local option election at Bris-
toll, Va, the "wets' were victorious
by 3S votes.
The United Society of Christian En-
deavor voted to hold it's convention
next year in Atlantic City.
A $4,000 stallion owned by Clarence
H. Mackay was trying to shake a fly
off his neck at the Mackay estate on
Long island, when he fell and broke
his neck
Deportations of $50 aliens were or
dered by the immigration authorities
at New York, breaking all records.
Philip Lemmel, weighing 27O
pounds, ate ten pounds of beefsteak
in contest at New York outing
with Max Meyers, who ate 81 pounds.
President Taft in speech at Platts-
burg, N. Y, declared tolerance in re-
ligion is fast increasing in this coun.
try.
Richard Hyland, motorman on the
Louisville & Indianapolis traction line,
forgot his orders and five persons were
injured in the collision that followed at
Holman, Ind.