The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-01-05
Domestic

Domestic
John j. Breen has filed suit in the
supreme court in New York against
Richard Croker, once leader OF Tam
many Hall, and his two sons, Richard,
Jr., and Howard Croker, for 100000
damages, alleging that they had alien
ated the affections of his wife, Ethel
]. Croker.
Arbitration of the question OF
whether agitation for woman suffrage
shall be continued in Connecticut was
proposed by the local suffrage associa-
ton to the association opposing suf-
frage. An arbitral committee OF three
Is suggested.
One of the most thrilling rescues at
sea on record was made by the crew
of the revenue cutter Onondaga OF the
So men aboard the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Warrington, which was
ranmed by an unknown schooner
during 40-mile gale fifteen miles on
Cape Hatteras.
The ten Chicago packers on trial Tor
criminal conspiracy in restraint OF
trade. produced IL court at Chicago
contracts bearing their own signatures
which show that they hold the con-
tracts of the owners OF the thirteen
Independent packing plants merged
into the National Packing company, by
which the latter bind themselves not
to enter the packing business for fif-
teen years.
Al Palzer of New York Knocked out
Al Kaufman of California in the fifth
round of their scheduled ten-round
bout at the National Sporting club in
New York city. A right uppercut to
the jaw was the blow that blasted
whatever hope Kaufman ever fostered
of the heavyweight championship.
After Offering what they believed to
be their last prayers and clambering
to the mastheads of the stranded
schooner Mary Adelaide Randall, the
crew of nine men were rescued by the
Block Island Or. ID life savers dur
ing one of the most savage northwest
erly gales that have ever swept that
most dangerous point on the Attain
tic coast.
The state of New York failed In its
effort to fix the blame for the fire hor-
ror of March rs. 1911. in which lat
employees of the Triangle Waist com
pany lost their lives. A verdict of
mot guilty" was returned by the jury
in the case Of Isaac Harris and Max
Blanck, proprietors of the factory.
who were indicted in connection with
the holocaust.
Three passenger trains were de-
rallied. an attempt was made to wreck
a fourth one, and a freight train was
broken In two in the middle and
partly ditched on the Illinois Central
railroad in the suburbs OF Chicago.
Labor troubles on the road and the
strike OF shop employees are blamed
by officials of the road and the police
for the trouble.
Theodore Roosevelt, in an editorial
in the Outlook, assails the pending
arbitration treaties. The former
president approves the abrogation Of
the Russian treaty, but declares the
matter should first have been put up
to The Hague tribunal
That labor unions have no desire
to condone the crimes of which the
Mcnamara brothers recently pleaded
guilty, is the declaration OF Samuel
Gompers, president OF the American
Federation OF Labor in a letter to
unions of the United States.
The Portland (Ore.) city council has
appropriated $4,000 to be used in
payment for work to be provided for
the unemployed in the city The in
tention is to furnish work for those
who want it and to weed out the hobo
element.
Calvin G. Williams, awarded q Car
negie medal for bravery In rescuing
two girls from drowning in New Jer-
sey three years ago and bearing a let
ter promising a reward of 1000, was
refused board and lodging in Wash
ineton city.