The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-05

70 prevent lynching Sheriff Grit
fin has taken John Junkin, self-con
fessed slayer of Miss Clara Rosen in
Ottumwa, Iowa, to the Des Moines
Jail.
Col. Henry F. Vallette, aged sc, and
blind, married Miss Eleanor Anderson
25 years old, at Long Beach, Cal. Both
are former Chicagoans.
Whether three packages confiscated
the loot obtained by a band of swim
dlers is a question that will not be an
swered until April when the court
opens them.
Ralph Bristol, student in the Ore
gon State university was driven in
sane when ducked in ice water by
hazers.
Speaker Cannon in a caustic letter
answered an attack by Edward E.
Higgins, president of Success Maya
zine, on himself and the rules of the
house.
Although the indisposition of the
pope continues the attending ply.
sicians maintain that his holiness will
be entirely recovered in few days.
In a speech at the Peace dinner in
New York, Senator-elect Root de-
nounced Nevada legislators and GER
tain congressman as rowdies and max
ers of war. At the same dinner Taft
sounded praise of Root.
The defense in the Cooper-Sharp
trial at Nashville for the murder Of
former Senator Carmack scored a
point in showing that Carmack was in
an ugly mood and borrowed a re-
volver
Post Office Inspector Swenson of
Iowa has uncovered a gigantic swindle
by fake foot racers, horse racers, pugi-
lists and wrestlers at Council Bluffs,
la.
BILLY" Sunday, the baseball evange-
list, was horsewhipped by Sherman
Potts of Lovington, ILL.,, in the taber-
nacle at Springfield, with 5000 per-
sons as witnesses.
Cardinal Gibbons, in a magazine ar
ticle, defends Catholics as loyal citi-
zens of the United States, in answer
ing charges by Lutheran and Baptist
ministers.
Secretary Newberry of the navy
department said there is no intention
of relieving Admiral Sperry from COM
mand of the battle fleet"
A suit to recover blood money OBJ
tanned by Mrs. Belle Guinness from
her victims was filed at Laporte, Ind,
by a brother of Andrew Helgelein.
Two thousand jackies and marines
of the fleet, which has just completed
its world cruise, marched and were
entertained in Norfolk, Va.
Arkansas has been assigned as the
name of one of the new battleships
authorized by congress. The monitor
by that name will be given a suitable
designation.
A new office, that of general in
spector of navy yards, has been
created by Secretary Newberry and
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich,
commandant of the New York navy
yard, has been assigned to perform it's
duties.
President Roosevelt was scathingly
denounced by Representative Cook of
Colorado, in a speech on the secret
service question in the house. Mr..
Cook is Republican.
The weather bureau at Washington
sent out warning against floods of
the Ohio and southern rivers, which
are rising rapidly because of heavy
rains.
President Gomez has sent to the
senate the nomination of Carlos Gar.
cha Velez as minister to the United
States. The present minister, Senior
Queseda, has been summoned to Ha-
vana to consult with the president
relative to his future assignment.
1t is announced that the dates for
the national meeting of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles to be held in Omaha
have been fixed for September 13 to
20. inclusive.
Orville Wright at Pau, France, made
his first ascension since the accident
at Fort Myer, in which he was severe
ly injured. Accompanied by his SIS
ter, he was passenger in the balloon
Icarus, which was piloted by Marquis
de Kergariou.
After an official investigation con-
Quoted by cable, Baron Mayor des
Planches, the Italian ambassador, has
issued an official denial of a recently
published story to the effect that in
the stress and confusion following the
recent earthquake in southern Italy a
large number of orphaned children
had been sold into white slavery"
abroad.
A cyclone passed over Center town
ship near Evansville, Ind, unroofing
houses and other farm buildings.
Admiral Sperry sent a report on the
fleets world cruise to the navy depart
ment, giving valuable information
about the voyage.
The heaviest rains in years have
swollen Kentucky streams and the
government issued warnings against
Ohio river floods.
A sentence of ten-years' imprison-
ment was imposed by Judge Grain in
New York upon Mrs. Ellen Peck, 70
years old, of Spark Hill, N. Y. Mrs.
Peck, who is known to the police as
the confidence queen" was convicted
of obtaining $4,000 from a brokerage
firm.
The Reno New branch of the Nye
and Ormby chain of banks in Nevada
suspended. Cashier Byington declares
all the depositors will be paid
Officers of the battle fleet" deny
reports that they attempted to SNUG
gle valuable articles gathered in for