The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-04

\ AOA ShO PoA POoO Va SAR~o-S
ing the resources of that part of the
state.
| At least 149 men are believed to
have been killed by a terrific explo'
sion in the Primero (Col) mine of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.
Seventy-nine bodies were found piled
in mass at the foot of the air shaft.
When the explosion occurred, the men
evidently made rush to escape
through the air shaft, and were suffo-
Gated as they battled with each other
| for freedom. 1t Is shown by the
timekeeper's records that there were
| lag men in the mine at the time OF
the explosion. None are believed to
| be alive. The main shaft Of the
mine is completely wrecked. Three
| men were killed at the mouth of the
/! mine slope by the force of the ex-
| plosion.
Better to use $2O,OOO,O0O bond issue
for good roads than deep waterways
is the plan advocated by former Lieut..
Gov. Sherman of Illinois in an address
! delivered before the Automobile Club
VI <1hSllCd dI lie w 10,
New York city.
With the recession Of the waters Of
the Seine, Paris is beginning to feel
the after effects of the flood. Lawless-
ness and danger of pestilence have
become the issues of the moment.
Ghouls are taking advantage Of
chaotic conditions to plumber boldly
both In Paris and the provinces. Re-
ports tell of half score of hooters
shot and killed by soldiers.
The state department found it nee
essary to send another warning to
President Madriz Of Nicaragua that
he would be held responsible for out
RACES against American citizens by
any Of the factions in Nicaragua. This
warning was sent by the American
consular agent at Matagulpa. He re-
ported that American citizens in that
neighborhood were terrorized.
A snake Is feet long and five inches
in diameter, which had been crawl
ing along one of the principal streets
of Jersey City, was cut in two by q
trolley car.
The bas relief of Ezra Cornell's
head is so hard to duplicate in ordi-
nary decorative work that the trus-
tees of Cornell university have Of
fered prize of 5000 for the best en-
blem for the university.
The lowest amount on which fam
lily can live in simplest decency in
New York city is $3.50 a year, accord
ing to the estimate of special commit
tees from the Federated Labor unions
which have been investigating the in
creased cost of living.
Seven pupils and a teacher were
hurt when a cyclone demolished the
Two Mile Swamp schoolhouse, IL
miles from Orangeburg, S. G. The
schoolhouse was reduced to mass of
splintered timbers.
Representatives Fowler of New Jer-
sey, one Of the house insurgents, in
troduced a resolution to add five new
members to the rules committee, CIV
ing the majority six members and the
minority three, and to removing the
speaker from the committee.
Louis R. CLAWS continued his testi-
mony against Secretary Ballinger be-
fore the congressional investigating
committee. CLAWS declared that, de-
spite the fact that he was directed by
Mr.. Ballinger, as commissioner of the
land Office on December ID, 1907, to
make complete and thorough ex-
animation of all the Alaskan coal
land cases, sparing no one, the Cum
bingham claims were ordered clear
listed" for patent in less than month
thereafter. On his protest by wire
and mail, CLAWS said the clear listing
was revoked.
An application by the Armour car
lines to the interstate commerce COM
mission for PREPARATION against the
Southern Pacific Company on ship
ments of ice was rejected. The COM
mission held that the granting of the
request would "open the door to the
grossest forms of favoritism and re-
batting"
Independent oil producers In ses-
sion at Minneapolis say they will
bring suits to recover 1921, 100000
from the Standard Oil Company. Ac-
tons will be based upon decisions OF
various state courts that the Standard
Is combination In restraint Of trade.
The postal savings bank bill was
favorably reported to the senate by
the committee on. post Offices and post
roads. practically in the form submit
ted by the subcommittee.
That six-inch pipe line from Tulsa,
Okla, to Houston, Tex, will be built
by the Uncle Sam Oil Company if the
| company can obtain the necessary
rights from Oklahoma is announced.
To arouse sentiment for making
New York city beautiful, the Ameri-
can Institute Of Architects has offered
two medals which are to be awarded
| to the owners of the most beautiful
two tenements erected in New York
in the next year.
President Bowling of the Northern
Miners federation has been sentenced
at Sydney, N. s. w., to a year in pris-
on at hard labor for obstructing work
at the mines during the strike.
| Because the United States is not in
sistent upon the admission of its meat
to Germany, the tariff negotiations
with the empire are expected to be
simplified.
In a statement issued from the
White House, President Taft declares
there is no foundation for the wide
spread rumors that the administration
was about to begin crusade against
important corporations under the anti