The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-01-29

arrival Of the old battleship Maine on
her Inflated mission to Cuban waters,
the new Maine, with the still more
modern Mississippi following in her
wake, sailed into Havana harbor to be
present at the Inauguration of Gen.
Jose Miguel Gomez and the new Gu
ban government.
Two men were killed and several in
jured by gas explosion in coal
mine at Boswell, Pa.
Walter Zeller, Is years old, convict
ed of numbering his grandfather at
Vineland, N. j., was sentenced to- be
electrocuted March 8.
Delegates from 35 countries includ-
ing the United States, have voted in
Paris to establish a permanent inter-
national refrigeration association.
A general reduction in the number
of employees at the Philadelphia navy
yard has thrown nearly 600 mechanics
of the various departments out Of
work.
Insurance Commissioner Bell of
Kentucky revoked the license of the
Southern Fire Insurance Company of
New Orleans, now in the hands of
receiver
Brooding over financial troubles, R.
l.. Hillborn, well-to-do farmer, killed
his wife and then blew his own brains
out at their home near Charlton, O.
Judge Hunt of the United States
district court at Helena, Mont, hand
ed down a decision in the so-called
smoke case in which he denied the
application of farmers for the closing
of the Washoe smelter at Anaconda
Gov. Magoon reported on the excel
lent results of the American occupa-
ton of Cuba and denounced the leav-
ing of the wreck of the Maine in Ha-
vana harbor as a disgrace to the
United States.
President-elect Taft and party sailed
from Charleston for Panama on the
cruiser North Carolina.
Severe earthquake shocks recorded
on European seismographic instru-
ments were believed to have occurred
in Russian Turkestan.
That benZoate of soda used as
food preservative is not injurious to
health is the judgment of the referee
board of consulting experts, of which
DR.. Ira Remsen, president of Johns
Hopkins university, is chairman. This
conclusion, which has been approved
by Secretary Wilson, reverses the
findings of DIR. H. w. Wiley, chief of
the bureau of chemistry.
A fortune from one Of the most val
liable estates in Germany and the title
of dowager countess of Marbroeck con-
stitute the reward which will fall to
Mrs. j. H. Voelker of Wallace. Idaho,
as a result of five-year legal battle
in the courts of Germany.
Three persons were killed and two
fatally injured by snowslide at the
Camp Bird mine, Ouray, Col.
Stephen T. Hood of Kansas City was
shot and killed by his former friend,
James w. Blanton, after a quarrel.
A new worlds record of 1873 feet for
ski jumping was made at the North.
western Ski tournament at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, by Oscar Gunderson.
An insane convict in the peniten.
tiary at Pittsburg, Pa, fatally stabbed
nurse and a guard and was killed
by the latter.
Two Russians, in an attempt to rob
the pay wagon of factory in Totem
ham, London suburb, killed three
persons and wounded about 20, after
which both shot themselves, one dying
instantly
The Swiss Aero club has selected
zurich as the starting place for the
international balloon race for the
James Gordon Bennett cup next fall
Floods that are general throughout
the Transvaal and the northern part OF
Natal caused 173 deaths.
Several persons were killed and
many hurt in collision between two
sections of Pennsylvania railway
train near Johnstown, Pa.
The death sentence of Herman Bill
Xix of Chicago, convicted of poisoning
Mary Vrzal, was committed to life i'm.
prisonment by Gov. Deneen.
A large pier and quantities of mer.
chandise burned at Galveston, Tex,
the loss being $425,OO
Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of Will
liam j. Bryan, filed suit for divorce
from William H. Leavitt, in Lincoln,
Neb., alleging non-support.
The first national convention of the
unemployed met in st. Louis.
San Francisco business men who re-
Gently made trip to the Orient sent
strong protest to the California leg
islature against the proposed anti
Japanese legislation.
What are believed to have been
earthquake shocks were felt in
Cincinnati and it's suburbs.
Persons venturing on the unusual
forms of amusement devices at
Coney Island do so at their own risk
and cannot expect to recover damages
for injuries sustained under general
conditions, according to a ruling of
the appellate division of the supreme
court of New York.
Jay Gould, champion amateur court
tennis player of the world and son of
the millionaire railroad director,
George j. Gould, is likely to become
a probation officer in a New York po-
lice court.
The number of dead in the crib fire
horror at Chicago was estimated at
70. 1t was believed the disaster was
caused by workman dropping q
torch on dynamite.
An alleged conspiracy of stockmen
To Drive a stock company from South
Dakota was revealed by the comics.
SiOnS of men under arrest