The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

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the order transferring certain periodi
Gals from the fast mail service to tn
fast freight.
Angered by the refusal of his Whit
| sweetheart to return to him, Edward
Williams, a halfbreed Indian at Orc
| vile, CAL, shot and killed young Inc;
| Brooks and Mrs. Lille A. Mullen, hel
| friend, and seriously wounded William
Mullen, boy, and was fatally shot by
the lads father.
Resolutions indorsing the initiative
and referendum bill were adopted by
the State Federation of Labor al
Springfield, Ill, which also approved
the judicial recall principle.
Herbert G. Squier, army officer and
diplomat. former United States minis
ter to Cuba and to Panama, is dead IL
London. Mr.. Squier had been in fail
ing health two years. His wife and
daughter were with him.
Twelve men were drowned when a
blast destroyed a partition between
two shafts in the iron mines of the
Wharton Steel company near Hiber-
mia, N. -, and let great quantity of
water, accumulated in an old shaft,
food the gallery where they were at
work.
Ex-President Roosevelt has written
Congressman ]. Hampton Moore of
Pennsylvania, president Of the Allan
tic Deep Waterway association, de-
Ginning an invitation to address it.
He declared: From now on l wish
to avoid making any speech I possi-
bly, can avoid"
Lethbridge, Alberta, was selected at
Colorado Springs as the 1912 meeting
place for the International Dry Farm
ing congress. Salt Lake City with
drew when the Canadians pledged
their support for that place in 1913.
Figures compiled by New York city
officials show that 239 children have
been killed in two years in street &C
cidents.
President Taft's notable Swing
around the circle" will not end In
November 1. as first con-
templated, but will be extended until
November Is or IS.
DR.. Max Henius, director general of
the International Brewers congress
at Chicago is knight commander of
the Order of Dunnebrog. The honor
was conferred on him by cable, by
the king of Denmark. 1t is the high
est honor ever conferred on a civilian
by that country.
Five men rode into Cokeville. Wyo,
and for nearly an hour held the place
at their mercy. 1t Is believed two
members of the party were the Whit.
ney brothers, who hsve been terroriz-
ing parts of southern Idaho and west
ern Wyoming and for whom e search
is being made by posse.
Increases In both imports and ex-
ports are shown by statistics for the
nine months ended with September,
made public by the department of
commerce and labor.
j. w. Stone, former Wisconsin state
game warden, now Of Minneapolis.
Mimi. charged with receiving S2.S49
Of the Stephenson campaign fund and
distributing it to state Of
ficials admitted before the senate in
vestigating committee at Milwaukee
to having received the money in cash.
A general advance of two to three
cents pound on all of the cheaper
grades Of coffee will be declared by
retailers in New York within the
next ten days.
More than 300 German physicians.
scientists and specialists will visit the
leading cities in America next Sep
TENDER. DR.. A. Oliven Of Berlin is
now in New York making arrange
ments for the reception Of the party.
A National Reserve association with
a capital of approximately $3OO.00O.-
900. which is estimated to be about 20
per cent Of the capital of all national
and state banks and trust companies
in the United States eligible for mem
bership. is provided in the revised
plan of currency reform. drafted by
former United States Senator Aldrich,
chairman of the National Monetary
Commission.
tuberculosis is increasing in New
York city, despite every effort against
1t. according to the annual report of
Leopold Plant. president of the United
Hebrew Charities.
Foreign
Imperial troops sent to the relief of
Hankow have been defeated by the
revolutionists in two-days battle
outside the city. The warship fleet
VI der Admiral Sahchen Ping was
forced to drop several miles down the
river under a heavy fire from the
shore batteries.
A cable dispatch to the Chinese
Free Press of San Francisco saws that