The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
GENERAL NEWS.

President Taft, in letter to Secre-
tary Nagel of the department of COM
merce and labor, declared any OF the
persons employed in taking the census
next year who engages in politics
will be dismissed Immediately.
New Yorks Chinatown was stirred
almost to the panic stage by the dis
covery of the murder of Bow Kim,
wife of q former San Francisco Chi
nese.
Mimic warfare in which militia and
regulars took part began at Boston
when a force of 5000 attempted to
take the city which was defended by
1000 men.
The people of South Dakota are be-
ginning to get indignant because sill
yer service they purchased five years
ago for the armored cruiser South Da-
kota is still in New York unlocked and
never has been claimed by the COM
handing officer of the vessel.
An earthquake in Japan caused the
loss of many lives, destroyed hundreds
of buildings and made mountain
crumble.
Lillian Russell, an actress and one
of Americas greatest beauties, re-
turned from Europe with the word
that women are no longer to use the
rat" in dressing their hair, but are to
part it in the middle, drape it over
the ears and then coil it around the
head.
The tense situation between Greece
and Turkey became worse when
armed peasants occupied the fortress
at Canea and declared the Greek flag
should not be taken down.
John F. Seybold, world famous
philatelist and well-known merchant
OF Syracuse, N. Y, shot himself to
death in his store. Mr.. Seybold's
stamp collection is said to be worth
100000.
Ten persons were killed and 35 in
jured in head-on collision at Hustled,
Col, on the Denver & Rio Grande rail.
road
While at confession in ST. Paurs
Catholic church, Burlington, Ia, James
Nichols died from the heat
Prosperous times have cut down the
mortality lists and coffin factory at
Winsted, Conn, has been closed
The Cunard liner Lucania sank at
Liverpool after being badly damaged
by fire.
William Graulich shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide with
carbolic acid at Lansing, Mich. Each
was 10 years old.
Summer house cleaning Is now in
progress at the national capitol in
Washington. The seating arrange
ment in the house is being changed.
Five officers and two enlisted men
have been awarded medals of honor
for gallant conduct while under fire in
the Philippines
The French bark Mareschal de Tu-
renne, which has arrived at New York,
picked up an American red can buoy
July ~, 2,100 miles from New York
and $50 miles north of the Azores
The marker mo. 2" is one of six that
had slipped its mornings, the light
house department reports.
King Alfonso has ordered all OF
SPANS warships to Melilla to save
the army of $4,000 men from defeat by
the Moors
Marguerite Haley, IL years old, mys
teriously disappeared from summer
school at Lake Geneva, Wis. Her
home is in Chicago.
Friday the thirteenth was marked
all over the country by an unusual
number of murders and suicides.
According to report in New York
the Standard Oil Company is planning
to erect a factory to make butter out
of petroleum. Do you think you will
relish such butter?
The fisheries question which has
agitated the Americans and New
founders for years is to be settled BY
the Hague tribunal.
Fifty-two dray loads of liquors have
been moved from points in Alabama
to Columbus, Ca, in an effort to de-
feat the Alabama liquor law.
Turkey will send another note to
Greece informing that country that its
explanation of the Cretan trouble Is
not satisfactory.
Justice Mills decided that Harry K
Thaw is still insane and that public
safety would be endangered by re
leasing him. Thaw will appeal.