The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-02

made at Springfield by the Illinois
railroad and warehouse commission
Existing tariffs were slashed in two
in many instances and on small pack
ages the reduction is in excess of SO
per cent. The reduction is made eff
fective October Is, and the companies
are preparing for a finish fight.
The audit of the $42,50 election ex-
pense account of Joseph C. Sibley, Re-
publican nominee for congress from
Pennsylvania, has been postponed un-
til September Is.
Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus is
sued formal statement declaring his
candidacy for the United States sena-
torship from Ohio.
The Roosevelt, Commander Robert
E. Peary's ship of discovery, narrow
ly escaped serious injury from fire at
Weehawken, N. J.
Frank Algier, eighteen years old, is
held by the New York police to await
the result of bullet wounds which he
is charged with inflicting upon his ia
Their and flfteen-year-old sister.
Officials Of the department of JUS
tice at Washington announced that
the government will sue 40 members
of kindling-wood trust. doing a bust
ness of $25. O0O, 900 a year.
Census Director Durand, in rough
estimate at Washington, says the pop
ulation of the United States is nearly
100000.
Judge Theodore Brentano at Chicago
ordered a special grand jury impan-
eled to undertake investigation into
charges of wholesale perjury in the
trial Of Lee O'Neil Browne, accused
OF giving bribe for the election Of
Senator Lorimer.
Theodore Roosevelt has definitely
aligned himself with the progressives
OF New York state in a statement
which he issued on the train as he
was travelling across Iowa. He de-
clared that the main issue in the fight
In New York was not a specific re-
form measure, but bossism. Bossism,
he declared. frequently led to corrup-
ton, and he promised to wage war
on corrupt alliances between business
and bosses.
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Of New
York city, aged thirty-two, is acting
as president of the New York Central
lines, and is said to be the youngest
man who ever filed position of the
kind.
Harry Pugh of Niagara Falls, N. Y,
became insane on a Union Pacific
train near Ellis, Kan, and probably
fatally wounded the Pullman porter
and DIR. H. H. Temple of Kansas City.
Because Of the serving of quail out
OF season at dinner given by Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish in New York and
also because no action was taken by
the game commission, an investiga.
ton is being conducted at Albany,
N. Y.
Killing frosts, the first of the sea
son. were reported from the Yellow.
stone Park, Havre. Mont, Sheridan,
Wyo., and other places in the north.
west, doing much damage to corn, po
tatoes and other vegetables. Temper
atures as low as "a were reported.
Attorney w. T. Forrest made a mo
ton to take the case of Lee O'Neil
Browne, on trial at Chicago charged
with bribery in the election of Uni
ted States Senator Lorimer, from the
jury and strike from the records the
testimony of several of the state wit
nesses. This was the first step Of the
defense. as the prosecution closed its
case. Judge Kersten refused both re
quests.
The cholera epidemic, believed t.
have been controlled in st. Peters
burg, has broken out with renewed
severity. Advices received from Kiel
say that 1t is sweeping that city also
being particularly bad in the Jewish
quarter.
The worlds pacing record was bro
ken on the Galesburg (Ill.) track By
Minor Heir in heat with HedgewooG
Boy. the mile being covered in two
minutes fiat. The weather was cold
and high wind was prevailing at the
time, making the going slow.
Former District Attorney Delaney
Nicoll of New York county was rem.
dered unconscious recently by being
hit on the head by golf ball driven
by Luke Wright. formerly governor
general of the Philippines, at Long
Island links
Russian sturgeon, which supply
caviar, are reported to have been dis
covered in the Gulf of Mexico. The
migration is unexplained.
Fifteen bodies have been recovered
from the wreck of Grand Trunk train
No. IA. Chicago to Montreal, which
was struck by train No. 4 three miles
east of Durand, Mica. The wreck
Immediately caught fire and many of
the bodies were burned almost beyond
recognition. Nearly all the dead
were in the rear sleeper attached to
No. IA.
Harrison Aronson and Sam Kruka.
junk dealers Of Pittsburg, Pa, pre-
tended injury SO hard that they got a
free rest on hospital beds before the
physicians found them and turned
them out.
The eighth annual national rifle
match at Camp Perry. o., and the ma
tional trophy were won by the United
States infantry team, which scored
3.1S6. so points more than the United
States Marine corps. which finished
second.
With more than fifty persons known
to be dead, with 100 or more missing,
and list of injured that will approxi.
mate 200: with the possibility that
two or three towns In the district
have suffered complete destruction:
with half dozen small towns and vii.