The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-20
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Foreign
A northerly gale caused numerous
waterspouts off the east coast OF the
Sea of Azov in southern Russia caused
the deaths of $500 persons, and the
shore from Yoisk to the Strait OF
Kertsch, a distance of about five hun
dred miles, was flooded and six VII
lagos damaged.
A serious earthquake occurred In
the prefecture of Akita, Island of Hon.
do, Japan. Many persons In the city
Of Akita were killed and several
houses destroyed. In the village OF
Kowakubi, which was ruined. there
were many casualties.
Severe fighting, in which the Italian
troops killed 263 Arabs, took place in
the neighborhood of the oasis of Seue-
tina, Tripoi. The Italians lost two Of
ficers and AZ native soldiers killed.
The British ambassador at Pekin
notified the foreign office at London
that the Misses Black, two mission
aries who disappeared after the sack.
ing of Lachokow by Chinese brigands.
had arrived safely at Fan Cheng.
Half dozen policemen and civil
ians were wounded in rioting at Dub
lin which broke out at q meeting of
unemployed men. Captain White.
who presided at the meeting, was ar.
rested after being beaten with
truncheon.
The training ship Wellesley, one OF
the last of England's old-time wooden
warships, was burned in Shields har-
Dor. Only few Of the boys on board
were injured. One Of the lads made
a dash through the smoke and rescued
the captains baby.
Clashes between federal troops on
one side and revolutionists and strik-
ers on the other were reported from
the state of Ceara. Brazil, where mar.
tial law was proclaimed.
Personal
Mrs. Louise Scar Van Kueren did
not murder her husband, John B. Van
Keuren, the Chicago hardware mer-
chant the Jury said in verdict hold
ing her not guilty.
For the seventh time Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, head of the Women's
Social and Political union, the organ
ization OF the militant suffragettes,
won hunger strike victory over the
British government when she was re-
leased from Holloway jail at London
because of illness.
Mrs. Louisa r. Lindloff, convicted
of the murder of her son, Arthur, died
of cancer in the hospital of the coun-
ty jail in Chicago. protesting her in
nocence to the last.
Hugh L. Cooper Of New York, en-
gineer who built the Keokuk power
dam across the Mississippi, denied
that he was to be the consulting en-
gineer for the Egyptian government
in building the new Nile dam.
Robert Sloan, collector of Jasper
county, Missouri, was arrested at Car
thage, Mo-, charged with embezzling
$50, 900 Of the county's funds. He ad-
mits having used the money to buy
real estate, all Of which has been
turned over to the bondsmen, who will
make good the alleged shortage.
Edwin o. Stanard, president Of the
Stanard Tilton Milling company, for
mer lieutenant governor Of Missouri,
and for many years a prominent St.
Louisan, died at st. Louis. He was at
one time a congressman.
Judge C. A. Willard of the United
States district court died at his home
at Minneapolis, Mimi, aged fifty-six.
He was associate justice of the su-
preme court of the Philippines from
| 1901 to 1909.
Victor Olander Of Chicago, secre-
tary of the Great Lakes Seamen's
union. testifying before the house ma
rine committee at Washington in be-
half Of the La Toilette seamen's bill.
charged that excursion steamers on
the great lakes carried crews too
| small Tor manning iifeboats.