The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26

Ia, the KIDNAPPED cnllu, was dIIeSIeo
at Cuyahoga Falls.
In a convention to be held in Scran
ton, Pa, the miners will decide wheth
er strike shall be called in the al
thracite fields of Pennsylvania.
Six men were killed and several
hurt by an explosion due to windy
shot in mine at Evansville, Ind.
Nearly 200 members of the Illinois
Ice Dealers association met in an
nual convention in the Sherman
house, Chicago.
Congress started the debate on the
Payne tariff bill and it was predicted
that there is rough shedding ahead for
the measure.
For the business sessions of the
American Bankers association, which
will be held in Chicago during the
week of September 10, the Auditorium
theater has been secured. The head
quarters of the association will be at
the Auditorium hotel The spring
meeting of the association will be
held at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y, the
ITSC week III May.
Preliminary hearings on inland wa
terways will be held next month in
Washington by a commission created
by congress.
The post-office employees of Paris,
who have been on strike, have de-
cided to return to work.
The executive council of the Ma
tional Civic federation will call a con-
ference to discuss the subject of uni
form laws for all states.
Three persons were drowned, many
injured and damages estimated at
$250,000, caused by the breaking Of
two reservoirs at Parkersburg, w. Va.
While several of the band Kept citi-
zens at bay by shooting at all who
came in sight, robbers made an un-
successful attempt to get into the
vault of a bank at Bald Knob, Ark.
Joseph Brown, who wounded Chief
of Police Scott White at Whitmer, w.
Va, was hanged by mob to tele-
graph pole.
John Moake, villain in an amateur
play near Mt Vernon, ILL.,, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by Roy
Slater, the hero.
DR.. D. H. Kress of Washington in
an address said the liquor habit could
be cured by eschewing meat and eat
ing plenty of vegetables.
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers of America has called meet
ing of the executive board to discuss
the trouble in the anthracite field of
Pennsylvania.
1t was reported that the Tennessee
coal and iron plant of the United States
Steel corporation, at Ensley, Ala, will
be closed for an indefinite time, owing
to stagnation in the iron and steel
trade.
Benjamin L. Winchell, president Of
the Rock Island railroad, in a speech
at Council Bluffs, Ia, complained of
the restricting laws against railroads.
William Whitla, eight-year-old son
of James H. Whitla, an attorney of
Sharon, Pa, and nephew of Frank H.
Bull, millionaire, was kidnapped and
a ransom of $4,000 demanded.
Fire destroyed the Union railway
station in Louisville, KY, causing
loss of 100000.
More than 100 women stormed the
Iowa senate and denounced recent
blows at prohibition by the legislature.
That party lines will be erased by
the fight over the tariff was shown by
Mr.. Broussard's desertion of the Dem
Ocrats in the interests of his home dis
trict.
A bill has been introduced in the
house by Mr.. Bennett providing for
postage of one cent an ounce on de-
nestle letters.
William ST. Clair, arrested at Fort
Collins, COL, was identified by two
mail clerks as one of the men that
held M and robbed the Rio Grande
passenger train February Is.
Secret service men are collecting
evidence at Bellefontaine, o., to be
used in the governments prosecution
of Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma in the
cases charging alleged land frauds.
Miss Isabel v. Lyon, Mark Twain's
social and literary secretary, was mar
ried to Ralph Ashcraft, who is close
friend of Mr.. Clemens and who is alss
his business adviser
The linemen, repairers and mechan.
les joined the telegraph operators and
mail carriers in the Paris strike.
Robbers broke into the bank at
Birds, ILL.,, and stole $1,000. They
blew open the safe with nitro
Robert Tanner, aged 45 years, his
son aged ten, and his little daughter
aged eight, were asphyxiated by gas
at their home in Montreal, Ont. The
gas had been turned on accidentally
it is thought
A Canadian Pacific passenger train,
after the enginemen had leaped from
the locomotive to escape scalding,
crashed into the Montreal station,
killed four persons and injured 80.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to attend the annual spring
dinner of the Gridiron club April II.
A dog sent to find Joseph Small
wood at Indianapolis returned and led
the mans wife to his dead body. He
had committed suicide.
In a debate in parliament fear was
that Germany will soon
outstrip England in naval strength
and be able to wrest the rule of the
seas from Great Britain.
John w. Gates, according to re-
port, is behind a merger of several
steel companies which will fight the
big trust. The new concern is to
have $500, 1000, 900 capital.
Reports from Rome say the police