The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-06-03

and Wyoming in search of dinosaurs
with three horns on each nose and
horses with four toes to foot. The
museum scientists hope to find speci-
mems of both varieties.
Although the forces of President
Madriz gained a victory over the
troops of General Estrada and cap
tured Blueields Bluff, which was gar
risoned by small provisional army,
Estrada succeeded in repulsing the
enemy with heavy losses.
A drenching rainstorm swept over
Pittsburg, Pa, and gave great assist
ance in quenching a fire which for
seven hours threatened the downtown
part of the city. The loss is estimated
at $250,000. More than thirty firemen
were hurt but none will die.
Many houses in the village of
Guthrie, w. Va, were destroyed by a
tornado which passed up the Elk val
ley, few miles north of Charleston.
Several persons were injured and
much live stock was killed
The output of the governments
smokeless-powder factory at Picatin-
ny, N. j., arsenal is to be three times
the present supply and soon after
machinery now ordered has been in
stalled, the plant will be turning out
5000 pounds of this powerful explo-
sive, daily, if needed.
Forty persons were injured when
two cars of the California electric
railway on the Leona Heights line
ran into each other Some of the pas
sengers were injured fatally. The
cars were filled with excursionists
bound for picnic grounds.
While Edwin Gould, son of Jay
Gould and worth sixth of $50, 100000,
ran wild over Connecticut in hunt
for his son, Edwin, Jr., aged sixteen,
the youth was in Jail at New Britain
as a tramp. He had been there for
several hours, after three days and
nights of hunger ION the road" He
had run away from school.
Following their release on bail, Sen
ators John Broderick of Chicago and
Stanton c. Pemberton of Oakland and
Representative Joseph s. Clark of
Vandalia, all made general denial
of the charges set out in the indict-
ments voted against them by the
Sangamon county Qllinois) grand jury.
The three legislators entered pleas of
not guilty to the charges and were adj
mitted to bail.
A battle between the troops of Pres
ident Madriz and those of Provisional
President Estrada of the revolution
lists took place near Bluef1elds, Mica
ragua. Two hundred prisoners were
taken by the Estrada troops.
Former President Roosevelt had an
opportunity to hear something of af-
fairs in the United States. BY ap-
pointment he met Senator Elihu Root,
who is passing through London on his
way to The Hague.
Senator Lorimer's resolution of in
quiry into the charges that bribery
and corruption entered into his cleo
ton to the United States senate may
be changed in it's scope before the
senate adopts it. Members who have
studied the resolution said that in
their judgment it should include all
evidence developed which has a bear
ing on the right of the senator to his
seat.
The attorneys in the Ballinger in
vestigation began their closing argu-
ments before the joint investigating
committee. Ballinger was arraigned
by Attorneys Brandeis and Pepper,
and they made savage onslaughts on
the secretary. Attorney Vertrees, rep
resenting Mr.. Ballinger, poured vol
ley after volley of scathing invective
into Pinchot, Garfield, CLAWS and
others, accusing them Of conspiring
to besmirch the character of the cab
met officer.
Glen G. Merritt, naval wireless
operator, whose home is in Des Moines,
Ia, is under arrest at the Vallejo
(Cal.) navy yard charged with raising
a government pay check from SIS
to $500 and passing it.
Miss Sarah E. Peck, member Of
the faculty of Union college, near Lin
coin, Neb., who was indicted for re-
fusing to give her age to the census
enumerator, was fined ten dollars by
United District Judge Munger. She
has not yet told her age.
While trying to dive under ferry
boat in the English channel, the
French submarine Pluviose was
rammed and sunk with all on board.
The Pluviose carried crew of % men
and four officers, and all went down
when the vessel sank.
E. F. Hutton & Co., one of the most
prominent brokerage firms in New
York, was suspended from member
ship on the New York stock exchange
for one year for having violated a
strict rule of the exchange in regard
to splitting commissions.
After falling four stories down an
elevator shaft and landing in four
feet of water, in which he was nearly
drowned. John j. Sloggart, carpen-
ter of New York city, escaped with a
broken arm and many scratches.
Privates Grady and Michel, who re-
Gently murdered Nine. Gouin, wife of
the governor of the Bank of France,
on train, were found guilty by a
court-martial at Paris. Grady was
sentenced to death, Michel to 20
years Imprisonment
Alma Kellner, eight years old, who
disappeared on December 2, 1909, was
murdered. Her body, mutilated,
crushed. partly missing and decom.
posed, was found in an old cistern un-