The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-21
Domestic

Domestic
The discovery by Warden Johnson
of shaft and tunnel dug by two
prisoners in Folsom penitentiary at
Sacramento, Cal, blocked an IN
genious attempt at Jail delivery.
The scout cruiser Salem has put
out from Philadelphia to make final
tests of the new navy wireless station
at Arlington preliminary to the ac-
ceptance of the plant from the con-
tractors. The Salem's tests will be
carried on for several weeks
Part of the 100000 to be spent by
New York state for representation at
the International Panama-Pacific ex-
position, to be held at San Francisco
in 1915, should be used for the cree
ton of a monument at the Golden
Gate to perpetuate some great world
thought, in the opinion of the Cover
nor Suffer-
tOllOWlnS cOlllSlOn In Jog, the
steamers Seminole and Cochran sank
in San Francisco bay. Goodness and
bravery of the officers and crews saved
fifty passengers on the Seminole and
sixty-two on the Cochran Twenty
five thousand dollars in silver bullion
sank with the Cochran.
Nine hours of battling In the Mon
tana house at Helena to deprive the
speaker Of the right to name the
house members of the steering COM
mittee eliminated in fist fight be-
tween Senator Fred Whiteside of Flat
head. who has been active on the
floor, and Representative Lovelace of
Park county, one of the leaders of the
majority, which sought to shear the
speaker of his power
Guilty as charged in all three
counts of the indictment" was the YER
dict returned in Cincinnati in the case
of John H. Patterson and the twenty
eight other officials and former Off
Gals of the National Cash Register
company, who were charged by the
government with violating the GRIM
inal section of the Sherman antitrust
act
The New Jersey senate passed the
main measure Of Governor Wilson's
seven antitrust bills by vote of Ia
to Z. The measure passed defines
trusts and prohibits agreements for
the purpose of promoting a monopoly.
1t provides penalty of fine and in
prisonment
Col. William Seymour Edwards, can
didate for United States senator from
West Virginia, was arrested at Charles
ton on warrant charged with brib-
ing Delegate John M. Smith. The
warrant was issued at the instance of
Delegate S. U. G. Rhodes, one of the
five men previously arrested
Sensational charges are contained
In civil antitrust suit for the disso-
luton Of the Cleveland Stone COM
pany and its subsidiaries. filed In
Cleveland by order Of Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham. The Cleveland
Stone company, its subsidiaries and
their officers and directors, are made
defendants by the governments petit
ton in equity
Thirteen persons at the dinner ia
htQ In tho homo ne n
Evansville, Ind. were injured when
an acetylene gas tank in the base
ment exploded. The diners were
thrown into the air together with sec
tons of the floor and the furniture.
Cipriano Castro, the former presi
dent Of Venezuela, is free to come
and go in this country at will. Judge
Ward, in the federal district court in
New York, sustained the writ of
habeas corpus in his behalf. overrul-
ing the immigration authorities.
Judge Clarence w. Sessions in fed
eral district court in Detroit, imposed
fines ranging from 81 to $4,000 on
the IA individual and 10 corporation
defendants convicted in the trial of
the "bathtub trust" for criminal con.
spiracy in restraint of trade
Samuel Rauen, the first man to be
hanged in the District of Columbia
during the administration of President
Taft. went to his death in Washing
ton. He was convicted of wife muir
der President Taft declined to In
terfere.