The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-15

bers of the Order of Elks gathered In
Detroit for the annual convention and
session of the grand lodge.
The American Institute of Homeo
pathy met in annual session in Pasa
dena, this being it's first convention
west of the Rockies.
Since January 1 eighty-six railroads
and industrial corporations in this
country have increased their disburse
ments or declared initial or resumed
dividends to the extent of $57,625. 00C
a year. Twenty-three of these cor
porations are railroads, their increase
alone representing $15.000.000.
The combined defense of force OF
American planters and merchants and
the Estrada soldiers successfully
baked an attack against Pearl
Lagoon, Nicaragua, when the Madriz
gunboat San Jacinto, backed up by
the gunboat Venus, directed heavy
i fire into the center of the town.
Using his last pint of gasoline to
drive his Wright machine across the
line of vision O. engineers transits on
! the beach at Atlantic City. N. j., Wal
ter Brookins smashed the worlds rec
ord for aeroplane altitude by reaching
height of 6,175 feet above sea level.
The Wisconsin forest fires are esti-
mated to have cost total of nearly
$3,000,000. The losses are tabulated
as follows: North of Chippewa Falls,
81 100000 in Marinette and Wausau
and the vicinity, $1,000,000; near Med
ford and Prentice. s1,OOO.OOO. The
danger of fire is now ended.
The Deraocrats Of his home town
and county at their county convention
made it possible for w. ]. Bryan to
go into the state convention at Grand
Island, Neb, on July 26 with delega-
ton committed to county option and
prepared to make fight to incorpor-
ate plank in the state platform de-
claring in favor Of it.
The wildcat" mining law, passed at
the last session of the Nevada legisla-
ture, was sustained by decision
handed down by the state supreme
court.
Declaring that certain companies
engaged in planting eucalyptus trees
in this country have endeavored to
place the government behind exag-
gerated statements as to possible COM
mercial results, Forester Graves has
issued warning to the public against
extravagant predictions.
Congressman Walter Preston Brown
low of Jonesboro, Tenn, is dead at
Johnson City, Tenn. He had served
in congress since 1897.
After a special meeting of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
held at Harrisburg, Pa, it was stated
the sentiment was largely against a
strike of Pennsylvania railroad en-
ployes.
James Madden was found intoxi-
Gated floating on the North river at
New York and became annoyed when
sailor, with a boathook. rescued
him.
The fourth Pan-American conference
opened in Buenos Ayres, the capital Of
the Argentine republic. All the Amer
lean republics were represented. the
United States delegation being headed
by Henry White.
Baroness De la Roche, the first
French woman aeroplanist, was in
jured probably fatally at Rheims.
France, by falling from height of
more than $50 feet. She appeared to
become frightened and confused at
the APPROACH of two other aeroplanes
and lost control of the machine.
AS result of beer" riots at New
ark, o., Carl Etherington, the twenty
two-year-old Kentucky strikebreaker
and dry" detective, who shot Will
liam Howard, saloon man and former
policeman, was hanged to telephone
pole opposite the post Office in the
courthouse square by mob of men.
women and children.
The state of New York was robbed
last year of nearly 100000 by a
widely organized gang of stock trans
fer stamp thieves. State Controller
Williams has obtained the confession
of six messenger boys connected with
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fees.
BY an order of the United States
circuit court of appeals at Chicago,
reduced sleeping car rates ordered by
the interstate commerce commission
cannot go into effect for several
lucnths. The judges granted a stay
order pending rehearing by the COM
mission as to the justice of it's man.
date
President Taft, accompanied by his
family, will on July Is start on
cruise aboard the naval yatch May
flower for Bar Harbor and other ports
along the Maine coast. His cruise will
last ten days.
Colored residents of Chicago gave
Jack Johnson, the new fistic champion,
welcome when he arrived in the
city, which eclipsed any demonstra-
tion ever given before to a person of
his race.
The home of Rev. R. B. Fisher, pas
tor of the Neoga Qll.) Presbyterian
church, was dynamited and Mrs. Fish
er was injured. Rev. Mr.. Fisher has
been leading crusade against boot
leggers."
The New York court of appeals Sc
verely scores Arthur P. Heinze, whose
sentence of ten days to Blackwell's
island for obstructing the court in the
United Copper company proceedings
in New York, it confirms.
At joint meeting of representa-
tives of the state railroad commits
sions of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana,
at Indianapolis, a petition was pre-
scented TO the Interstate Commerce