The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-10-16
What's Doing
In Minnesota

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| certificate.
| Bertha.-Four business houses of
Bertha were burglarized one night last
week. The postoffice was robbed of
| 20 and the losses in other places
| we're small
| misunderstanding a shotgun while
running a moving machine resulted
fatally to Leroy Whirley, 10 years
old. The gun slipped into the mower
| and was discharged.
misunderstanding has joined the
League of Minnesota Municipalities,
| nd Mayor j. G. Sieben will appoint
| delegates to the annual convention at
| Mankato on Oct. 81 and %.
| Glyndon.-Fred Wilson of Duluth
was killed by tramp in the outskirts
| Of this village. Wilson, who was said
to be trapper in the winter, but who
had been working here as a lsborer,
was shot when he refused to tn, ow up
| his hands and give his money to the
| murderer.
Brainerd.-The Chamber of Com
merce is planning for a municipal
| Christmas tree so feet high, decorat-
ed with colored lights and with pres
ents for all the little folks, the fes-
| tivities to last a week A municipal
skating rink is also projected The
| club now has over 400 members
| LIE Sueur Center.-The heaviest
hailstorm in many years passed over
| here last week. Hail fell for fifteen
| minutes and the ground was white
| with the stones. Lightning and heavy
thunder accompanied the storm, which
| approached from the southwest Foil
age was cut from the trees In large
quantities.
Bemidji.-Democrats have formed
an organization to further the candi-
dacy of Winfield Scott Hammond,
democratic candidate for governor. A.
2. Richie was named as chairman
Mayne Stanton treasurer. Plans are
being made to have Mr.. Hammond
speak in Bemidii.
! Virginia.-August Walberg was shot
to death in his home here. Six men
we're playing cards in back room of
Walberg's home when two masked
men entered and covered the players
with revolvers. Walberg grappled with
the one closest to him, and the robber
shot and killed him. The robbers grab
bed the stake money and escaped.
Grand Meadow.-Bert Kenyon a
plumber, was severely injured when
boiler which was being lowered into
the basement of the Myrick hotel,
slipped, pinning him underneath. He
was held there 80 minutes before his
assistants could get the heavy weight
off his body. He was injured Internal
! ly, but it is thought he will recover.
| Fergus Falls-James Wolf, William
Griffin, John Anderson and Michael
Dempsey, accused of having murder
| ed James Wallace and injured two OF
! his companions in holdup near Per-
ham, had their preliminary hearing
in .he justice court here and we're
bound over to the grand jury without
bail on charge of murder in the first
degree.
| Red Wing.-Ten thousand visitors
| from all parts of southern Minnesota
: attended the street fair and harvest
festival in Red Wing under the aus
pices of the Merchants association.
The event was featured by a horse
show and agricultural exhibition. Bal
loon ascensions, water pageants and
free street shows were amusement
features.
! ByrCn-Entering the Office of the
station here for the avowed purpose
Of telling fortunes, two gipsy women
stole $31 of the railway funds. The
loss was discovered after they had
gone and the sheriff was notified. The
gipsies were overtaken and the men
in the party made full restitution in
order to save the women from arrest
and prosecution.
Willmar.-The body of a strange
man was found in mangled condi.
/ ton on the tracks by section men.
From letters found on the body it is
| evident the man was Clarence A.
Ernest and that he had been working
at Columbus, N d. No arrangements
| for burial have been made, pending
further investigation as to his identi-
ty 1t is evident he had fallen off a
| freight train.
Fergus Falls. H. Durrell, who Is
an officer in the National Bank of
| Cuba, is in the city, visiting his
| father, ]. H. Durrell. He says the
gar men Of Cuba are reveling in
| prosperity, as raw sugar is selling at
| Az cents a pound compared with Ia
cents year ago. The island pro-
| duces 5000 600 tons of sugar, supplying
| 80 to So per cent of all that is con.
sumed in the United States. The
sugar men sold their last two crops
| heIow cents pound, which Is con-
sidered a very low price. While the
| sugar men are jubilant, the tobacco
raisers of the island are much de.
! pressed as a result of the war. They
| have been selling all of their coarser
| grade of tobacco to Europe, and the
| market is now almost entirely cut on.
Duluth The heroism of Bert Clark,
| % years old, cost him his life when he
| attempted to rescue his chum in fire.
| The latter also persisted. Prior to
| dashed into the building in an effort
| 20 rescue Frank O'Leary, % years old,
| Clark rushed from the burning build
| ing with the infant of Mrs. Harry
| Schapery safely in his arms. When
| he ran up the stairs to reach his
| friend. he evidently was suffocated
| shortly after pushing the other toward
| a window. Clarke's body was found
about ten feet from the window while
O'Leary had dropped four feet from