The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-19

BY the arrest of three negroes. one
of whom spawned the i dead ( mans
watch, the Washington police believe
they will solve the mystery of the
murder of Walter F. Shultz of Chi
cago, slain near Alexandria, Va.
Bad meat served at banquet te
celebrate the one hundredth anniver
sary of a asonic lodge, poisoned 16(
persons az Vincennes, Ind, and foul
may die.
Following big parade In Boston
union men met and adopted resolu
tions scoring Judge Wright of Wash
ington for sentencing John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison
to prison.
The American Railway Engineering
& Maintenance of Way association
convened in Chicago and heard re
port, urging railroads to cooperate
with the government in the preserva
ton of the country's forests.
AS a result of the assassination in
Palermo, Sicily, of Lieut.. Petrosino Of
the New York police department, a
war on "black hand" societies has be
gun.
A graduate school will be established
at Cornell at the beginning of the AGA.
demic year next fall. The Cornell uni,
versity faculty decided upon this step
the most radical advanced in some
time. 1t is expected the trustees will
ratify the action
The police of Krasnoyarsk, capital
of the government of Yeniseisk, ST.
IBERIA, have practically exterminated a
band of robbers that has long been
harassing the people of the Turk.
hansk region. The police. rounded up
the bandits and killed ten of them.
Urry Jones, who was on trial for
murder in Muscatine, Ia, committed
suicide in Jail few hours before the
time set for him to take the witness
stand in his own behalf.
Col. Davidson, equerry to King Ed
ward, denied the report that the Brit
ish ruler is seriously i'll.
Great Britain has welcomed the de-
cision reached in Washington to send
a special commission to Liberia to in
vestigate and report on conditions in
that republic and instructions have
been sent out to British officials in
West Africa to give the commission
ers every assistance.
War between Salvador and Mica
ragua has begun, gunboats of the two
countries meeting in a battle early
in the week. 1t is reported that Sec
ond engagement followed
William F. Names, president of the
Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers
association says John D. Rockefeller
is putting up the money for the fight
being waged against saloons.
Prof. C. A. Culver of Beloit college
expects to have a wireless telephone
in operation on the college campus
soon.
The United States has severed dip
lomatic relations with Nicaragua be-
cause of President Zelaya's failure to
bring about settlement of the Emery
claim.
James Christensen, former state
treasurer of Utah was arrested on a
charge of being $4,000 short in his
accounts.
Veterans in gray and veterans in
blue marched side by side. in parade
at the foueth national encampment of
veterans Of the opposing side in Fitz-
gerald, Ga.
Maj. John b. Porter, for many years
assistant to the Judge advocate gen.
eral of the army, has been ,lieved
from duty in Washington and ordered
to the Philippines as judge advocate
of the Philippine division. Lieut.. Col.
George M. Dunn, now judge advocate
of the Philippines, has been ordered to
Washington.
Announcement has been made that
December to Is has been definitely
decided upon as the time for this
years national corn exposition, which
is to be held in Omaha.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered all railway carriers
to report to the commission by May
the number of freight cars owned,
number equipped with .air-brakes, and
average percentage of air-braked
cars used in trains during the six
months before March 1.
In the conference between miners
officials and anthracite operators at
Philadelphia, the operators refused to
grant the demands of the men.
The court of appeals of the District
of Columbia modified and affirmed the
decision of Justice Gould against Sam.
uel Gompers and others in the Buck
Stove & Range Company case.
The body of an unidentified woman
was found in the river at Dayton, O.,
and it is believed she was another vic.
tim Of the slayer who has killed four
girls in that city recently.
Railroad men will meet in Chicago
next week and it is believed will raise
the passenger rate to three cents a
mile.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the United
States forest service says the removal
of the tariff from lumber will neither
make the price cheaper, nor tend to
preserve the nations forests.
Feeling is bitter between counsel for
the state and defense in the Cooper
murder trial at Nashville, Tenn, and
it is feared physical encounter may
result.
The State bank of Baldwin, Wis.
was closed by the banking commits.
sioner Unfortunate speculation is
said to have impaired it's capital and
surplus.
The Arkansas house killed the
Bouic-Whittington racing bill which
provided for racing at OF Springs
under the direction of a commission
The vote was "a IN ID