The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-07-05
Domestic

One man is dying with bullet in
his abdomen, score or more are
nursing minor injuries and dozen
men are under arrest as a result OF
rioting by street car strike sympa-
thizers in Boston.
c. H. Laurier, who says he is the
son of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, former
premier of Canada, reported to the
police that he had been robbed of $500
in San Francisco on street car.
Three persons were killed and four
injured near Kansas City when the
automobile of G. w. Strope, retired
merchant, was struck by a Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul passenger train.
Mrs Strope is one Of the dead.
Miss Harriet Quimby, the worlds
foremost woman aviator, and William
A. P. Willard, father of the famous
aviator and manager of the Boston
aero meet, were killed when Miss
Quimby's New Bleriot monoplane, in
which they were finishing a flight,
suddenly turned over at an altitude
of 1000 feet, hurting them into the
shallow water of Dorchester bay, near
Boston.
The Alexander Ramsey state park
was formally dedicated and opened at
Redwood Falls, Mimi, with interest
ing exercises. E. T. Young, former at
torney general, delivered the Grafton
of the day. Samuel G. Iverson dedi-
Gated the park to the people of Min
nesota, for whom response was made
by Gov. A. o. Eberhart.
Eighteen steamships due to sail
from New York to southern points
were deserted by their sailors, fire.
men and other workmen, numbering
several thousand, in obedience to a
strike order issued by the National
Transport Workers Federation of
America, and officials of the union
declared that 10000 men would go
out.
Ross Brothers saw and planning
mill and cabinet works near Column
bus, Ind. were burned. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, with no insur-
ance. A short time ago the firm can
celed its insurance and hired night
Waterman, who was away from the
plant when the fire started.
Cornell made a clean sweep Of the
events IN the intercollegiate rowing
regatta at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, win
ming the varsity eight-oared race, the
freshman eight and the varsity four.
Wisconsin proved the dark horse" of
the regatta, taking second in both the
freshman and varsity eight-oared
races.
There will be no strike of the men
employed by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company on its lines east of
Pittsburg and Erie. An acceptance by
a committee of the men of an arbitra-
ton proposal and a concession offered
by the company brought about a salts
factory way Of settling the grievances
at issue.
The resignation of d. w. Call of
Milwaukee as receiver of the Allis-
Chalmers company was filed in the
Office of the United States clerk of
courts and Gen. Otto H. Falk, the
other receiver, has been named to
continue alone.
The court of appeals at Albany, N.
Y, upheld the so-called preferential
clauses in the pending New York city
subway contracts calling for an ex-
penditure of $500, o00. 900 by the Inter
borough and Brooklyn Rapid Transit
companies and New York city
Mayor A G. Rushlight of Portland.
Ore, Chief of Police Slower, Captain
of Police Baty and two detectives
were indicted for alleged conspiracy
to bribe Deputy District Attorney
Frank Collier.
The robbery of $4,000 worth of oil
paintings from the home of Herman
C. Hoskier in South Orange. N. J.,
has been reported According to the
police $50 OF. paintings were cut
from their frames and carried Oh.