The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-04-15

noted philanthropist, opened in Kan
sas City. Doctor Hyde is also accused
of poisoning two other men and at
tempting the lives of the members of
the Swope family by administering
typhoid germs.
The annual meeting of the Imperial
Council, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
began in New Orleans.
Hotel men from all over North
America gathered in Los Angeles for
the convention of the Hotel Mems
Mutual Benefit association.
Editor Frank Skala of the Christian
Journal, a Belgian publication, after
preaching a sermon in the Second
Presbyterian church mission Of Woods
Run, North side, Pittsburg. Pa. was
shot dead as he stepped from the
church, by Michael Rewdicz, re-
ligious fanatic who also tried to kill
Elder John Gay of the church mission.
Gay is in a hospital with three bullets
in his body and can scarcely recover,
while the murderer of Skala escaped.
Before the public session Of the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation opened
the committee solemnly opened the
famous box from Seward belonging to
Louis R. CLAWS, and afterward An
drew Christensen explained just where
he found the "a letters missed from
the records. Christensen declared it
was his firm conviction that the let
tiers were put in CLAWS box by CLAWS.
"All the evidence indicates that fact"
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has unequivocally taken jurisdic-
ton of Pullman company rates and
has emphasized that assumption Of
authority by reducing the company's
rates in half dozen notable instances.
President Taft, in a speech before
the League of Republican clubs at
Washington, enunciated call to party
unity and statement of his attitude
toward insurgency which brought the
diners to their feet with yells of ap-
proval. The president declared he
had no quarrel with the Insurgents;
that he sought to read no one out of
the party, but that he proposed to de-
mand the party should judge its mem
bers by the support they give to the
party legislation during the remain
ing months of the present session of
congress.
Ex-President Roosevelt opened
new boulevard which has been named
after him and accepted honorary citi-
zenship Of the ancient and historic
city of Porto Maurizio, Italy, amid a
repetition of the same popular en-
thusiasm which marked his arrival.
According to those who have long
memories, never before have local
political, religious and all other diff.
ferences been so completely obliter.
ated as upon this occasion.
George w. Wickersham, attorney
general Of the United States, speak.
ing for his chief, William Howard
Taft, presented to the Hamilton club
of Chicago comprehensive, defiant
defense of the present administration
He declared that every pledge made
by the Republican party had been full.
filled as far as it lay in the power of
the administration to fulfil it. All
blame for non-fulfilment of pledges
he placed on congress, to which, he
said, President Taft had caused to be
submitted the bills embodying the
promised legislation.
Many persons prominent in the re-
formed Episcopal church attended the
golden wedding anniversary of Bishop
and Mrs. Samuel Fallows of Chicago
at the home of the bishops son, Ed.
ward Huntington Fallows, at Dobbs
Ferry.
Because she had spurned his ad.
vances Michael Hasselbar of Manches.
ter, N. H., wrapped two adders in
box and sent them to Miss Rose Ca.
bana by her chum, Miss Alice Stuart
Police secured the snakes before Miss
Cabana saw the package and Hassel
bar was arrested.
Great Britain's ninth battleship of
Dreadnaught type, the Colossus, was
launched at Clydebank, Scotland.
Trenton IN. J.) ministers are urg
ing Governor Fort to call special
session to investigate the revelry in
which it is said intoxicated women in
the capitol INDUCED during the clos.
ing hours of the legislature.
Another man higher up was indicted
in the Pittsburg councilmanic bribery
affair when Max G. Leslie, delinquent
tax collector of Allegheny county and
the leading Republican county politi
clan, was named as a briber by the
judge.
Men interested in the upbuilding OF
the navy and its maintenance at a
high point of efficiency, gathered at
Philadelphia for the annual meeting
Of the Navy League of the United
States.
Mrs. Catharine Bomgardner, wife Of
well-known plumber, was shot by
her husband, John w. Bomgardner, in
mistake for burglar at their home
in Harrisburg. Pa, and died in a few
hours.
That $4,000 persons are starving in
Armenia and will die unless outside
help reaches them before the next
harvest season, two months hence, is
the statement made IN cablegram re-
ceived at New York by the Armenian
Relief association.
After tramping from New Orleans
to San Francisco in search of his two
daughters. Frank Schaum, 80 years
old, has been promised aid by officials
of the California city.