The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-17
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Edward H. Hartman, the greatest
world ever has known died at his
home at Arden, N Y, surrounded by
his family and physicians after an
illness of several months. Tributes to
his greatness and power were received
from hundreds of the leaders in the
worlds finance. Mr.. Hartman was 81
years old. Simple arrangements were
made for the funeral
Commander Peary arrived at Battle
Harbor, Labrador, and sent brief
summary of his discovery of the north
pole. In earlier messages he declared
DR.. Frederick Cook never found the
pole and quoted the Eskimos as proof
of his assertion. DR.. Cook in Copen-
hagen. replied that he had been there,
believed Peary also succeeded and de-
clared he would produce his proof at
the proper time.
DR.. Frederick E. Cook sailed from
Christiansand, Denmark, for New
York, and on his arrival about Sep
TENDER 20, will produce proofs in refu-
tation of Commander Peary's charge
that he never did reach the north
pole.
Dr. John A. Vincent of Springfield,
Ill, whose son, DR.. Edward A. Vim
cent, now dead, accompanied the
Peary expedition 16 years ago and
attended Mrs. Peary when her child
was born in the arctic regions, de-
nounced the commander as a graft
err and declared his son had declared
Peary was the "meanest man he ever
knew"
Every railroad train and every ship
on the Hartman railroad and steam
ship lines came to full stop for two
minutes, no matter where they were,
during the time of the funeral of Ed
ward H. Hartman Sunday afternoon
at Arden.
After drowning her three-months-
old son in bucket of water Mrs. Ray
mond Long, 26, slashed her throat
with a razor, dying in a few minutes,
at Salem, o.
While leading a band of boy SOL
diers in an attack on an imaginary
enemy 13-year-old Joseph McNerny
fell from New York pier into the
North river and was drowned.
Noah R. Marker, charged with the
embezzlement of 100000 of the Tip
ton, Ind, First National banks funds;
his brother, William H. Marker, and
Andrew j. Hobbs have been released
as sureties for the county funds and a
new bond furnished by others for
$93,75O.
Three men broke into the office of
the Banque Provinciale at Yama-
chiche. a village near Three Rivers,
Que, blew open the safe and stole
$4,S1O.
The Aero club of Belgium has ar
ranged to hold a series of air races
during the week beginning October 1.
Dirigible balloons and aeroplanes will
be entered.
The admiralty in London denied a
report from Norfolk, Va, that 16 bat
tleships and cruisers of the British
navy might engage in tactical evolu-
tons off the Virginia coast.
Col George w. Goethals, chief en-
gineer of the Panama isthmian canal
commission, arrived at Beverly, Mass,
to consult with President Taft con.
corning successor to Gov. ]. s.
Blackburn of the canal zone, who sub
mitted his resignation last week.
The Women's Christian Temper
ance Union of Missouri made plans
in convention at Carthage to start a
fight for statewide prohibition.
The National Red Cross society has
appealed for more funds to aid the
flood sufferers in Mexico.
Excitement has been caused in Hon.
duras by a rumor that the United
States is preparing to establish a pro-
tectorate over the republic.
United Spanish War Veterans
opened their sixth national encamp-
ment at Tacoma. Wash. Chicago seeks
the next encampment.
In the Oklahoma state suit to pre-
vent the piping of natural gas to Kan
sas, the attorney general for Okla.
homa has filed an amended answer
and a motion to dissolve the injunc-
ton recently granted the Natural Gas
Company OF Kansas, and other cor
porations.
Bandits who attacked the pfst Office
at Mass, in Samara province. Russia
escaped with $4,000 after killing four
officers.
Col. Reuben L. Fox, a prominent
Republican politician of New York.
was thrown from an automobile and
killed near Eewbure.