The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-25

The North American Skat league at
it's meeting in Milwaukee elected J..
Charles Eichhorn of Detroit president
and selected Detroit as the next meet
ing place.
The Stanley G.. F1agg Iron works at
Stowe, Pa, announced a ten per cent.
increase in wages.
A report was received in Tangier
that the government troops had been
defeated in a battle with insurgents
under the leadership of Roghi.
Pettinio Galbo and Orazio Rumfola.
alleged leaders of the BLACK Hand"
society, were arrested in Pittsburg.
Engineer Davis of Kingston was
killed at Mount Pocono, Pa, on the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad by his head striking the plat
form hood Of freight depot as he
leaned from his cab.
The Russian military transport In
gul has been wrecked in Turpsay
bay, in the Black sea.
The sixty-fifth annual meeting of
the American Institute of Homeopathy
opened in Detroit with large attend
ance.
The Michigan State Association Of
Letter Carriers met in yearly conven-
ton at Benton Harbor.
Joe Matson. driving the Chalmers
Detroit machine in the small car race
at Crown Proint, Ind, won the con-
test in which Is autos competed.
Medals awarded by the nation. the
state of Ohio and the city Of Dayton
were presented to the Wright broth
ers for their aerial achievements.
Testimony showing that Mrs. How
ard Gould often was visited by Dustin
Farnum. an actor. was given by wit
nesses.
The trial of Patrick Calhoun, the
San Francisco millionaire charged
with bribery, came to a close after six
months.
Albert Munro and his bride of
week were found dead at Williams
port, Pa, and are believed to have
been the victims of poisoned candy.
James D. Hallen was placed on trial
in New York charged with defrauding
the Nicaraguan government by ship
ping sawdust in boxes supposed to
contain ammunition.
Council for Broughton Brandenburg
admitted that the signature attached
to the article purported to have been
written by Grover Cleveland was not
genuine.
Mrs. Emma Kaufman, wife of a
wealthy brewer of Flandreau, S. D.,
who was charged with killing her
maid, was found guilty of battery and
fined 500, which was paid
The Swedish consul in New York
in a dispatch to the government en-
phasizes the unwisdom Of Swedes
emigrating to America, where, he de-
clares. times are bad at present.
Bishop Bonacum and two priests
were driven from Ulysses, Neb., by an
angry mob when they went there to
take charge of church over which
there has been feud for several
years.
Great Britain has asked America not
to press her claim for participation
in the Hankow-SZechuen railroad loan
of $27,500,00O, which British, German
and French bankers stand ready to
take up.
The French budget for 1910 was in
troduced in the chamber of deputies
by Finance Minister Caillaux and
shows deficit of $21, 100000. Nine
million dollars of this is charged to
the budget of 1911.
While guarding the royal yacht on
which the car and the German en-
peror were holding a conference,
Russian torpedo boat fired upon a
British steamer and wounded the en-
eincef.
Charles F. Leininger was killed and
two other men shot by an actor who
had been attacked by several persons
at Fairfield, ILL.,, because of his at
tentions to one of the young women of
the town.
Hearing of testimony in the case of
Private Klein, of a Chicago militia
company, who killed Earl Nelson, a
Kankakee boy with bayonet, began
at Paxton, Ill.
Thomas ]. Mccoy, former banker
and politician of Laporte, Ind, was
released from the state penitentiary
where he served three years for en-
bezzlement.
Levi Yoder, of Massilen, O., killed
himself rather than comply with the
provisions of his mothers will, which
required him to wear hooks and eyes
instead of buttons on his clothes.
Gov. Harmon and staff reviewed the
parade of the Ohio G. A. R. veterans
on the closing day of their encamp-
ment at Newark.
Ralph de Palma broke the automo-
bile speed record for 25 miles, making
the distance in % minutes and 35
seconds at Readville, Mass.
George G. White, William Kilgan.
non, and the latter's wife, Elizabeth
Kilgannon, pleaded guilty in the
United States circuit court in New
York to indictments charging them
with smuggling.
In fire in a five-story tenement
house in Cincinnati, the 100 panic.
stricken occupants were saved by
daring rescues by firemen.
Fourteen hat manufacturing firms OF
Connecticut were sued for $364,0O0
damages by the Amalgamated Hat
Manufacturers of New York, as a re-
suit of the recent strike.
Servants and former employees of
Mrs. Howard Gould told of seeing her
frequently intoxicated.