The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18

robbers who travelled in an automo-
bile. blew the safe of the State bank
( at Ford, 20 miles southeast of Dodge
City. Kan. and made their escape
| with $3.375 in cash.
Under cross-examination by Attor-
ney John j. Vertrees, at the Ballinger-
Pinchot inquiry. Louis R. CLAWS
summed up the specific acts of wrong
doing which he charges against Secre-
tary Ballinger and declared that he
was convinced the secretary was sun
faithful to his trust and unfit for his
Office"
President Taft, speaking at the Lin
coin day celebration Of the New York
| Republican club, made defense In de-
tail of the policies of his administra-
| ton. He declared business "hysteria."
| due to agitation and fear of drastic
action against corporations in general.
F, to be unjustified. and throughout his
talk pleaded for the sinking of fac
tional differences toward the future Of
the Republican party and the carrying
out of its pledges.
That poison was found by Chicago
chemists in the contents of the stom-
ach of Miss Margaret H. Swope and
that Chrisman Swope went into con-
vulsions. according to Miss Anna
Houlehan, his nurse, few minutes
after she had given him capsule at
the direction of DR.. B. G. Hyde. were
two startling statements made under
oath by Attorney John G. Paxton.
executor of the Swope estate.
The Battle Creek sanitarium is lost
to Battle Creek. Mich. Judge Parkin-
son handed down decision of un-
conditional custer for nonpayment Of
taxes.
The Paris Figaro announces that
President Fallieres will give a grand
fete at the Elysee palace on the occa-
sion of ex-President Roosevelt's visit
here
The Pacific Navigation Company's
steamer Lima Is ashore on one of the
islands of the Huamblin Passage of
the Straits of Magellan, and will prob
ably be total loss. The chief pilot
and SO passengers were drowned. Two
hundred and five persons were saved
by the steamer Strahurst, but SO peo-
pie were left aboard the Lima, their
rescue being impossible.
A 14-year-old daughter of Perry
Tedder was found stabbed to death in
the yard of her parents home at Glen
wood, Fla. A posse is hunting negro
suspect.
Judge Dana Of the United States
district court at Topeka, Kan, held
that Attorney General Jackson had
failed to make case against the in
surance companies in Kansas whom
he charged some time ago with being
in trust.
Lincoln's birthday was celebrated
all over the country. Among the more
notable affairs were the exercises con-
Quoted by the recently organized Lin
coin league in Chicago. Columbus, Ind.
and other cities.
Senator Borah of Idaho delivered
brilliant reply to the criticisms of Gov.
Hughes Of New York on the proposed
income tax amendment to the consti-
tuition. His general argument was that
the proposed amendment will confer
no powers on the central government
with regard to taxation that 1t does
not already possess and that therefore
the fears of Gov. Hughes are idle.
M. E. Potts, believed to be former
Cofhn1ia 81 oh "a m
Ala, was found dead in a Cincinnati
hotel under circumstances which, the
police believe, point to murder. Cas-
per jackson, car driver, is held as
witness.
After an eight-hour debate the
the members of the committee on
printing to appear before Justice
Wright Of the District of Columbia
supreme court and plead their priv
1lege as members of congress ind the
courts lack of Jurisdiction to cite
them before 1t to answer in a civil
suit The senate by a decisive ma
jority instructed its members of the
committee on printing to ignore the
citation from the court, holding that
Justice Wright had exceeded his ju-
risdiction in issuing summons to SEN
ators
Demonstrations by the Socialists
throughout the kingdom, after mass
meetings held to protest against the
suffrage bill, resulted in serious af-
trays between the demonstrators and
the police at many places. Reports
from places outside of Berlin give a
number of casualties.
Kildysart, the million-dollar country
home at Deal Beach, N. j., built by
the late Daniel O'Day, vice-president
and counsel of the Standard Oil Com.
pany, will be converted into a pre-
paratory school for boys.
The house of representatives passed
the river and harbor bill, which in
cludes the million dollar item for the
improvement of the Illinois river and
cooperation in the digging of the
Lockport to Utica canal.
Bringing 10 survivors of the steamer
Farallon, wrecked near Illimna bay,
Alaska, on January 5, the steamer Vic
toria arrived at Seattle from Valdez,
Alaska.
Beer is taking the place of sake as
drink among the Japanese, accord
ing to figures sent to the department
of commerce and labor by e. G.. Bah
bitt, vice-consul general at Yokohama.
The Bennett "whiteslave" bill regu-
lating the traffic In immoral alien
women was passed by the senate
practically in the same form as passed
by the house.