The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04
One man dead, one man dying and

was drowned. In anOCh0r case q
| union garment worker was stabbed
| six times.
The National Nut Growers associa
ton met in annual convention in
| Monticello, Fla
The Board of Foreign Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church began the
| celebration of the twenty-fifth ami
versary of its mission in Korea and
undertook to raise 100000 to extend
the work in that country.
While Rev. Maitland Alexander,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Pittsburg, Pa, was con-
Quoting services, joy-riders stole his
automobile, which was standing in
front of the edifice.
w. G. Mansey, a rancher, and his
seven-year-old daughter were killed
near San Fernando, CAL, when their
automobile rushed backward down a
steep hill.
The departure from New York
Wednesday of the battle ship Connec-
ticut, flagship of the Atlantic fleet,
will mark the beginning of the last
cruise of Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder, as commander-in-chief of
the fleet.
During the first half of 1910, 1t is
officially announced, births in France
exceeded deaths by 21,1S9. During
1909 deaths exceeded the births by
2S,203.
The determined fight for increased
freight rates that the western rail-
roads are making before the inter
state commerce commission is being
waged in the hope that victory will
bring the opportunity to make still
further advances in the near future.
This was admitted by C. G.. Durham,
vice-president of the Burlington rail
road, in charge of traffic, and by At
torney Dawes, counsel of the road, at
the hearing.
Fifteen hundred schoolboys of Kan
sas City, Kan, cleaned the streets of
the Sixth ward of that city. The city
has not been able to employ men for
the work and the pupils volunteered
their services.
After a desperate hand-to-hand en-
counter with burglar who had en-
tered his home, Guy wilkins, a solicit
tor for the Prudential Life Insurance
company Of Chicago, was shot and
killed by the intruder. Williams wife
and two young sons saw the struggle
of the husband and father with the
burglar.
Nearly 100 horses were victims of
an explosion of fourteen-inch steam
pipe at barn used by Swift & Co.
and Libby, McNeill & Libby at Chi
cago for stabling heavy draft horses.
The animals were said to be worth
from 5000 to $500 each.
Separated for two months from her
husband, Mrs. Annie Davis, thirty-one
years old, killed her two children,
Elsie, three years old, and Charles,
five years old, and then took her own
life in her apartment in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Mrs Henry A. Gordon, wife of a
hardware dealer, was shot accidentally
and killed in her husbands store in
New York by Samuel McLillie, negro
driver. The negro was examining a
revolver.
An automobile carrying Governor
Deneen and three candidates for office
in 10 Daviess county, ran into farm
er's wagon near Galena, Ill. Members
of the party were shaken up, but were
able to walk to Galena, a distance of
three-quarters Of mile.
Fred Bell, travelling salesman, was
killed and Mrs. Charles Powell was in
jured when the automobile in which
they were riding plunged over a 12-foot
embankment into a stream near Spen-
Ger, Okla.
Sixty-six Jewish artisans were ex-
PEELED from st. Petersburg on the
ground that they were not following
trades, employment in which would
entitle them to live outside the re-
stricted district set apart by law for
their habitation.
The strike of drivers and helpers
employed by all the larger express
companies that for several days has
been in progress at the railroad ter
minals on the Jersey City side of the
North river, has spread to New York
City and as a result the entire bust
ness Of receipt and delivery Of all
goods in transit was materially af-
fected.
Maurice Tabuteau broke the worlds
oxyi, dc fo nd c&o
by flying 289 miles in six hours in a
continuous trip at Etampes, France.
He used Farman biplane.
Mrs. M. e. Scott Of Bloomington
received the unanimous Endorsement
of the Illinois Daughters of the Revo-
luton at it's session at Decatur, for re-
election as president-general Of the
order.
There is much speculation as to
whether United States Senator Nelson
w. Aldrich contemplates making his
home in New York city after his re-
tirement from the senate. He has
leased the 14-room apartment at $40
Park avenue.
Albert ]. Mayer, who was known
while soldier at Fort Myer, Va, as
the millionaire corporal" has been
reduced to the ranks for disobedience
of orders and being absent from duty
without leave.
Assertions made by western rail-
roads in justification of the purposed
increase in freight rates were held by
Governor w. r. Stubs of Kansas
to be false and the roads guilty of
stock and profit juggling. He was
testifying before the interstate COM
merce commission at its session at
Chicago in the rate hearing.