The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-02-26

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ward, where he was a student.
Mrs. Frances Richard of Detroit was
found murdered in her home. Two
young men have been arrested. Her
throat was cut and an effort was made
to burn her body.
James Allen shot and killed his
brother-in-law, Willy Stewart, in Cape
G%irardeau, Mo-, while protecting Mrs,
Stewart, her mother and baby from his
abuses. A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of justifiable manslaughter.
The decision of the United States
Steel Corporation to maintain an open
market will have no effect on the
price of steel rails, 1t is said, in Pitts
burg.
Robert Burman broke the worlds
record for 100 miles on a circular track
in an automobile at New Orleans. Bur-
man made the distance after a most
remarkable drive, in 1:42:39 2-5, IL
minutes faster than the record, made
by Clemens in Indianapolis in 1905.
Duffey La France and Peter Emo
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the Hotel Finan at Tower,
Mich.
A report from London said Austria
had served notice on Servia that I'M
less that country disarms before next
Saturday the Austrian army will cross
the frontier and begin war.
In one of the hardest battles ever
witnessed in the country, Jem Dris-
coll, fe~atherweight champion of Eng
land, had a shade on Abe Attell, cham
pion of the world after ten rounds in
New York. Experts are agreed that
nothing short of a 25-round contest
will settle the question Of real supre-
macy between them.
President Roosevelt announced that
a call will be issued for a conference
at The Hague next September to on
slider worldwide conservation of the
of the earth.
The United States Steel Corpora
ton, through former Judge Gary,
chairman of it's board of directors is
sued a statement declaring that the
country's large steel and iron manu-
f%acturers have decided to declare an
"open market to protect the industry.
The action, it is announced, is neces-
sary because small dealers have been
cutting prices.
Rivers of Illinois, Indiana, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Iowa are among
those provided for in the $~9,971,625,
appropriated by the emergency and
maintenance bill introduced in the
house by Chairman Burton of the riv-
ers and harbors committee.
A high judicial official of st. Peters
burg is authority for the statement
that the Grand Duke Vladimir, Oldest
uncle of the car, who died a few days
ago, was behind a plot to dethrone
the emperor and declare a regency for
Russia.
When Gov. Stubs signs the anti.
liquor bill passed by both the house
and senate Kansas will have a prohibi.
tion law which is absolutely "air.
tight" ever prohibiting that physi.
clans shall not prescribe liquor for the
use of patients. The senate accepted
the house amendment barring physi.
clans prescriptions. This bill is the
outgrowth Of the crusade against the
Joints" by Attorney General Jackson.
The London police had a battle
with 60 s~uffragists who tried to get
into parliament to deliver a message
to Premier Asquith. Sixteen of the
women were arrested and eight were
sent to Jail, refusing to pay their
fines.
The tariff convention adjourned in
Indianapolis, after the delegates had
pledged themselves to work for the ap-
pointment of a government commits
sion. John Barrett addressed the con.
vention on trade with the Latin re.
publics.
The American fleet, now only 600
miles from home, after it's historic
world voyage, will arrive in Hampton
Roads Monday. 1t will be greeted by
thousands and reviewed by President
Roosevelt.
BY a vote of Sc to "a the house OF
representatives of Nebraska voted
down the Raper bill for the abolition
of capital punishment. The chief argu'
ment against the bill was that the
present Nebraska law allowing a jury
to decree either capital punishment
or life Imprisonment for murder
in the first degree is as good as a
be enforced as long az the governor
is given pardoning power.
The steamship Mauretania, the
largest afioat, again broke the record
for the westward ocean voyage. She
averaged 26 knots an hour on her
trip to New York.
The duke of the Abruzzi is at pres.
ent in Paris incognito as Signor Ne.
gretto. He is buying a medical out.
fit to be used on his approaching ex.
petition to the Himalaya mountains.
Joseph Pulitzer, owner, and Caleb
M. Van Hamm and Robert H. Lyman,
editors of the New York World, and
Delavan Smith and Charles r. Will
Jams, owner and editor of the Indian.
apolis News, were indicted for Grim.
inal libel in connection with stories
their papers published concerning the
purchase of the Panama canal proper.
ty. The persons alleged to have beer
ibeled are President Roosevelt, J..
Pierpont Morgan, Elihu Root, Charles
P. Taft, William Nelson Cromwell and
Douglas Robinson.
Reports have just been received that
1000 persons lost their lives in an
earthquake in western Persia on Janu-
airy %. Porto Rico and Alaska have
recently had severe shocks.
Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria were
visited by an earthquake which caused