The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

| hampshire, were QTOWu0u III tuo slim
{, ing of a launch in the Hudson river
That the death list was not much
greater is due to the bravery and per
sonal rescues effected by Godfrey De
| G. Chevalier, a midshipman. ChevalieI
rescued fifteen persons who were in
the water.
Military authorities in Manila, 1t Is
reported, are assembling supplies for
| troops in case they are needed II
new Boxer outbreak occurs in China.
Four persons killed and twenty
| seriously injured-several Of them
probably fatally-was the sacrifice on
the altar of speed at the sixth Wander
bilt cup automobile race. Mismanage'
ment and poor policing Of the course
were declared responsible for the
slaughter. The race was won In cleo
! trifying fashion by Harry Grant, driv.
ing 120-horsepower Alec.
The New York Democratic state
convention nominated John A. Dix
for governor by a vote of 434 to 16 for
Congressman Sulzer. The platform
adopted pledges the party to the pres
ervation of the -old nationalism," con-
dennis "all attacks upon the Supreme
court of the United States and IA
vors direct primaries.
An explosion that shook the city OF
Los Angeles, Cal. for many blocks
death of fifteen to twenty persons.
completely destroyed the Times Pub
fishing building, in which Is pub
lished the Los Angeles Morning
Times.
The sessions of the American Pris-
on association began in Washington.
Amos w. Butler of Indianapolis pre-
siding.
William Simon, farmer of School
hill. Wis, shot and killed Miss Emma
Brandt, his sweetheart, after she had
refused to marry him; shot her sis
ter, Miss Tillie Brandt, through the
hand; fired two shots at his cousin.
Lawrence Simon, and then killed him
self at Lawrence Simon's home in
Chicago.
The secret service has unearthed
what appears to be an extensive at
tempt at counterfeiting national bank
notes. Notes of the same denomina-
ton and issue as were found in the
Pasadena (Cal) National bank were
discovered. They had been issued on
the First National bank of Williams
ort, Pa.
Senator William Lorimer was d.
rectly accused of obtaining one of the
votes that elected him to the United
States senate by promises which I'M
der the Illinois statutes are declared
to constitute bribery. State Repre-
sentative Henry A. Sheppard of Jer-
SEVILLE testified at Chicago that Lori
mer promised, in return for his vote,
to prevent two candidates from Sc
curing the postmastership of jersey
vile and to appoint Shepherds friend.
Dogfish are good to eat-just as
good served as "dogfish" as they are
labeled in cafes as ocean whitefish,"
"sea bass" or Japanese halibut"-
says DR.. Irving Field Of the United
States fish commission.
DR.. Robert Thompson, alias Grant,
was indicted at San Francisco for the
death Of Eva c. Swan, the young
teacher and stenographer who sue
cumbed after an operation and whose
body was buried in the basement Of
an old house. Murder Is the charge.
The war department has ruled that
the cadet organizations of educational
institutions are not properly a part OF
the organized militia and that army
officers should not be detailed to in
spect the personnel of such organiza-
lions.
The government at Washington has
been informed that a great landslide
has taken place in the Culebra cut
on the Panama canal, representing
more than one-half of one per cent
of the total excavation of the Culebra
cut, and that it will be several days
before the obstruction can be re-
moved.
Eleven hundred and ninety-three
miles has been made on trolley car
by Henry E. Juergens Of Pittsburg,
who has returned from the New Eng
land states. The cost of the trip
was $3.50.
A lockout of 10000 bricklayers, or
dered by the New York Builders as
ISOLATION, is in full swing. The en-
ployers assert the union violated an
agreement and threaten to bring non.
union men from all parts of the coun-
try.
Wholesale raids upon alleged buck.
ct shops" and fraud mail order
houses in Chicago and other cities
by the federal authorities resulted
in the breaking up of the chain of
brokerage Offices owned and operated
by B. H. Scheftels & Co., in Chicago.
Milwaukee, New York, Boston. Phila-
delphia. Washington. Detroit and
Providence, and the arrest Of Alfred
H. NJ. Monroe, president of the Globe
association. mail order house in
Chicago.
China is declared to be on the
verge of another uprising similar to
the boxer uprising and the lives of
foreigners are in jeopardy. Advices
received recently at Washington from
government officials in China express
the belief that an outbreak at any
time would not surprise them. The
state department has instructed Off.
Gals to maintain close watch on
the internal conditions.
Senator D. w. Holstlaw. who con.
fessed that Senator John Broderick
gave him $4,000 to vote for Lorimer
for senator, took the witness stand
before the senatorial investigating
committee at Chicago and testified
that he had agreed to vote for Lorimer