The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-03-31

Iuo TtlO GTduU0 SOUTHERN, lou cuSl
neers of those systems will receive
an increase in wages Of nine pei
cent. better working conditions ant
years contract.
The grand jury of Floyd county
KY, which has been investigating
vote selling, has returned 210 indict
ments, and that many more true bills
Will be found against voters before
the inquiry is concluded. This is an
increase of about 100 indictments
over the last report.
One man was killed and four
others were injured when slide on
the Northwestern Pacific railway near
Eureka, Cal, engulfed a steam shovel
and crew.
Federal officers joined in the search
for four masked men who blew w
with nitro-glycerin and robbed the ex
press car safe of north-bound passen
ger train No. 104 of the St. LOUIS
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad on
lonely prairie, IL miles south of
Coffeyville, Kan. The bandits Sc
cured booty amounting to $20,00a.
A verdict of $4,000 damages was
awarded to Percival L. Harden, who
sued William T. Hoops in New York
courts for alternating the affections of
Maude Alene Sullivan Harden Hoops.
Mrs. Gertrude H. Horrigan, thirty
four years old, niece of James J. Hill,
was granted a divorce from William
]. Horrigan, president Of the North
western Ice and Fuel company, at st.
Paul, MINI.
After October 1t will be unlawful
to have a common drinking cup" in
any park, public building, factory,
theater, school, railroad station or
ferry house in New York city.
The Honduras National railroad, of
which L. H. Fairbanks of Mansfield,
I'LL, brother of former Vice-President
Fairbanks, Is president and chief pro-
moter, was placed in the hands OF a
receiver, according to Information re-
ceived from Trujillo, Honduras.
Lightning struck the White Star
liner Oceanic in midocean during a
terrific thunderstorm. The foremost
was broken of and fell heavily to the
deck, waking up passengers and
causing scare.
Active opposition to revision Of the
tariff was undertaken by the officers
of the National Wool Growers asso.
citation after a conference at Salt
Lake City on the tariff situation as ii
affects wool.
Shattered by a storm Of shell, the
old battleship Texas rests on the mud
in Chesapeake bay. The veteran OF
the United States navy sank under
the spectacular craftsmanship Of her
newer sister, the New Hampshire.
Gaping holes in her port side and two
jagged wounds in her forward armor,
where shells passed completely
through her, showed how she sue.
cumbed.
The indicted Chicago packers lost
their fight against going on trial on
the indictments obtained by the gov.
eminent several months ago, when
Judge Carpenter, in the United States
district court at Chicago overruled
their demurrer to the charges and
held that the immunity granted by
Judge Humphrey of the federal cir
cult court in 1906 did not apply to the
present charges.
Benjamin D. Greene, who was con-
victed of fraud in the Savannah (Ga.)
harbor improvements case and who
has just completed term in the fed
eral prison at Atlanta, was granted
his liberty at the conclusion of hear
ing on his application to take the pau
per's oath. The application was grant
ed and Captain Greene Immediately
took the oath.
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