The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-08

co, encountered the MOOrS anu me-
| with serious reverse Four officers
and IA men were killed ond 1872 mer
wounded.
Clifford Pinchot Just returned tc
Washington from a western trip says
that trust is being formed to mo
nopolize the water power sites of the
country and declares congress mus,
take drastic measures to throttle the
combination.
A Mexican gunboat has seized an
American fishing schooner off Pro
greso, Mexico, and placed the crew
of seven in prison.
Commander Peary and his ship
Roosevelt, was given grand welcome
when they participated in the naval
gageant from New York to New
burgh.
Census agents will be given a quail
fication test November 3 according to
the announcement made by Census Di-
rector Durand.
Prince Miguel of Braganza, who
married Miss Anita Stewart of New
York at Tulloch castle, Dingwall
Scotland, September Is, has been
sued by a Vienna money lender for
$1,000.
The principal commercial apple or
chards of the country are doomed to
become infested with the San Jose
scale, according to bulletin pub.
lished by the department of agricul-
ture at Washington. The scale is
spreading rapidly over vast areas and
has made its appearance in orchards
which until recently were free from
its ravages.
Admiral LIE Pord, in command of
the French battleships at the Hudson
Fulton celebration in New York, has
made public statement that an en-
sign of the French navy was assault
ed by policeman, who struck him
in the face at one of the elevated
stations
William Mitchell, white, convicted
OF murder, and Cecil Palmer, colored,
convicted of attacking woman, were
hanged at Nashville, Tenn. These
were the first executions under the
new law, which provides that all exc
cutions must be carried out at the
state prison.
Secretary Dickinson sustains Gen.
Frederick d. Grant in participating in
a parade in Chicago last week saying
the officer acted as an individual,
which he has a perfect right to do.
Twenty-Five thousand men were in
line and 100000 witnessed New
Yorks great military parade which
was the climax of the Hudson-Fulton
celebration.
William Armstrong of Quincy, ILL.,,
was killed and his brother, Harold,
and Archie Johnson were seriously
injured when their automobile in
which they were riding was hit by a
train at Buda, Ill.
The steamer Roosevelt, which car
ried Commander Peary to the arctic
regions, is in New York harbor and
will participate in the Hudson-Fulton
naval parade up the Hudson river.
State Supreme Justice w. ]. Gay
nor was nominated by the Democrats
for mayor of Greater New York.
Gen. Grant, at Washington, declares
he will continue to lead parades that
stand for law and order until prohib-
tied. This is in reply to criticisms for
his participation in Chicago's temper
ance parade.
Col. w. R. Morrison, former con.
gresham, is dead at his home in Wa
terloo, ILL.,, after a protracted illness.
DIR. Frederick A. Cook was given a
reception at Philadelphia,
at which city he delivered lecture.
Thomas Gray, 10 years old. walked
the streets of New York two hours
after he had been shot near the heart,
fearing his father would not believe
his story. He went to bed without
telling of his injury, but his mother
saw his blood-stained garments and
he was aroused and walked mile to
Bellevue hospital with his father The
shot may prove fatal.
A Paris jury decided that Edward
Baudin was justified in killing his
wife at her request to end her suf-
fering. The woman was a victim of
asthma and the disease was strangling
her.
In the Long Island automobile
derby, while running IS miles an hour,
a 60-horse power machine overturned,
killing Mechanician James Bates and
seriously injuring Driver Herbert
Lyle.
Sam Yong Ping, an aged Malay and
one of the wealthiest fishermen on
the Louisiana coast, hanged himself
by his feet from tree near his home
on Paratana bay. He is supposed to
have been crazed by the recent storm.
Passengers on some of the Omaha
street cars drove off the crews and
ran the cars themselves, when the
motormen refused to start after the
fares were collected. The crews sent
in riot call.
Another dissolution of the Finnish
senate is imminent as a result of the
clash over Finland's contribution to
the Russian defense fund. The Rus
sian cabinet asks 100000 from Fin
land; the Films will contribute only
100000.
The jewels of Abd-el-Aziz, the for
mer sultan of Morocco, which were
pledged in government pawn shop in
1907, probably will be sold at public
auction in fortnight.
Mrs. Linda Baldwin, who says she
doesn't know how old she is, but who
is supposed to be over 100, is de-
tanned at Ellis island, New York. She
lived 60 years in Brooklyn and re-
turned from Ireland to look after
some property.
Hunter Harry Whitney, who has ar