The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-24

unfOunded accusations.
Striking street car employees anC
their sympathizers derailed a car a.
Council Bluffs, Ia, and severely in
jured the conductor with e brickhat
Five strikers were arrested. Fifty
four strike-breakers have reached
Omaha from Chicago and 400 more
are expected.
Col. George Harvey, editor OF
Harper's Weekly, was seriously in
jured near Manhawkin, N. j., by the
overturning of an automobile in which
he was riding.
An incendiary fire is raging in the
Occur D'Alene national forest reserve
near Wallace, Idaho, and it is feared
much valuable timber will be de
stroyed.
The Nicaraguan government has
agreed to pay 100000 to the George
E. Emery Company of Boston because
of previous annulment of the com
pany's timber concession in Nicara-
qua.
At it's convention at Atlanta, Ca,
the United Brotherhood of Car Men,
comprising employees of many of the
large railroads, decided to affiliate
with the American Federation of La
Dor, and it will probably be amalga-
mated with the Car Workers Interna-
tional union, also member of the fed
Grafton.
By the will of George F. Peabody,
late merchant of Appleton, Wis, $685.
600 is left for the endowment of Y.
M. c. A. at Appleton, $4,000 for a
park along the Fox river and $4,000
for identifying the Appleton public
schools.
Nearly all the cities of Iowa were
represented at the twelfth annual con-
vention of the League of Iowa Munich
palities, which was held in Fort
Dodge, Mayor T. J. Phelps of Ottum-
wa, presiding.
The second annual national good
roads convention opened in Cleveland,
O., under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Automobile association, the Ma
tional Grange and other national
bodies interested in the improvement
of highways.
Hundreds of experts on taxation
met In Louisville, KY, in the third in
ternational conference on state and
local taxation. Forty-three states and
five Canadian provinces were repre-
scented, besides many colleges and
universities.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, in a wireless
message sent from the steamship o.
car II on which he reaches New York
Tuesday, assured the American peo-
pie of his ability to prove his claim
to the discovery of the north pole.
Prof. Donald B. Mcmillan of Wor-
cester, Mass, one of Commander
Peary's aides, was accidentally
wounded in the shoulder by the dis
charge of gun which one of the 9TH
er explorers was cleaning on board
the Roosevelt
Bandits held up a Denver & Rio
Col, and dynamited an express car,
but, according to officials, obtained no
booty.
Nat Nakala and Isaac Santi were
killed in a mine 500 feet below the
surface near Bessemer, Mich, when a
miners candle accidentally set off a
quantity of dynamite. Two others
were cut off by gas.
Announcement was made at a meet
ing of the Cincinnati Aero club that
two wealthy men had pledged them
selves as hackers to the extent Of
100000 to secure the international
aerial meet for Cincinnati in 1910.
Considerable excitement was
aroused at the national negro Baptist
convention at Columbus, O., by re-
port that resolution had been Of
fered withdrawing the privileges of
the floor to DR.. Booker T. Washington.
American business men are plan
ming to organize a Russo-American
chamber of commerce in st. Peters
burg. The state department in Wash
ington favors the move.
Fraternities and sororities in the
high schools of Washington will be
allowed to flourish and multiply so
long as they continue to be conducted
in an unobjectionable manner.
Imports from tie United States into
New Zealand fell off nearly 4S per
cent. in the first quarter of 1909, com
pared with the first quarter of 1908.
according to a report by Consul-Gen-
eral William A Prickitt of Auckland.
Commander Peary told of new OBJ.
servations at the north pole and
stood pat on his declaration that DR..
Cook had handed the world a gold
brick"
Each of the 100 words in the will
of Edward H. Hartman is worth ST.,
100000 to his widow, who, under its
provisions, probably becomes the
wealthiest woman in the world.
Fargo, N. D., entertained the Japa
nese commercial commissioners, who
are making tour of the United
States. The travellers visited North
Dakota Agricultural college.
FuO uSSIlOySu luc uOul elhC
elevators of Iglehart Brothers of Ev
ansyille, Ind. The loss probably will
reach 100000; partly covered by in
surance.
Premier Stolypin has again sent g
circular to Russian governors genera
of the districts under martial law, in
structing them to restrict the appli
cation of the death penalty as much
as possible.
In the federal court at Marquette
Mich, E. T. Larson, former cashier o
the defunct First National bank O
Ironwood, pleaded guilty to embezzle
ment. Sentence was deferred.
Attempts to import workmen have
been resisted with force by striker.
who left the American Window Glass