The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-16

er mine, where IL miners were buried
when several tons of dynamite acct
dentally exploded, but IL bodies have
been removed.
ST. Paul.-Notified to report at Camp
Pike, Ark, for enlistment and admis-
sion to the officers training school
there, John B. Sanborn, state insur-
ance commissioner, has presented his
resignation to Governor j. A. A. Burn
quist.
Fairmont.- Wolf, living near
Welcome, whose three months term
in the county Jail for beating his wife
expired, was Immediately rearrested ON
charge of assault against his son.
1t is charged that he had hung his SON
and daughter by the neck with rope.
st. Paul.-Mere possession of in
toxicating liquor within the Indian
territory declared dry under the In
dian treaty of 1856, will be considered
violation of the law after September
1, according to advices received by
Alfred Jaques, United States district
attorney. The new ruling is in ac-
cordance with recent legislation passed
by congress.
Brainerd.-Mildred S. Edling, said
to be demented, was found in the attic
OF her home here where she had been
hiding several day. When she was
| reported missing it was believed by
some that she had jumped into the
river, and blood hounds, brought here
from Duluth, followed a trail to the
| waters edge, where they lost it. AS
a result the river was dragged with.
out result.
ochester.-Thomas and Mike Ken,
| nedy, prominent Rochester horsemen,
were trampled to death by a mad
horse. Thomas heard his brothers
tcall for help from the barn and on
reaching there found Mike helpless
under the raging animal. In trying to
save his brother, Thomas was bitten
| and kicked into insensibility. John
Hennick, driver for Kennedy, was
| severely injured when he tried to res
| cue Thomas. His condition is serious.
st. Paula year ago, approx
mately $4,000 students were studying
German in the public schools of Min
nesota. Official statistics indicate that
less than 1900 will be taught this
language when the schools open in
the fall. In many schools, Spanish
and French have supplanted German,
but it is pointed out today by P. c.
Tonning, assistant superintendent of
education, that scarcity of efficient
| teachers will probably make it impos-
sible to introduce these languages in
all of the high schools of the state
| this fall
Bemidji. were filed
here against the M. & /. railroad,
| petition being presented to the state
| railroad and warehouse commission
asking that the rates on shipments Of
| fuel wood be reduced to at least as
| cheap as wood for manufacturing pur-
poses. Freight rates on fuel wood
and the other varieties mentioned,
show, according to the petition, that
the rate on fuel wood is far above
that of the other woods mentioned
| for distances from five to 210 miles.
It Is believed the state forestry de-
| partment will also become interested
in securing a lower freight rate in
view of the coal shortage.
| Fairmont.-Martin county voted dry
| by an overwhelming majority, making
| the entire southern tier of Minnesota
counties dry, thus establishing dry
| belt along the northern Iowa line
which will prevent the taking of Ii.
quor into that state. With nearly all
the precincts reporting, the majority
| was about 500. In the last county OPP
ton election three years ago the vets
were victorious. This year the anti
prohibitionists made no campaign
Former Senator julius Haycraft was
in charge of the campaign for the
drys. Ceylon was the only wet spot
in the county and it has long been the
mecca for thirsty men from Iowa and
points east and west.
Moorhead.- Moorhead will have a
$4,000 armory for company of the
state militia if the plans outlined at
meeting of the Moorhead CONNER
cial club, the Merchants association,
| and the officers of the Home Guard
mature. The directors of the armory
committee commence today to raise
$1,000 among the citizens of Moorhead
| to start the erection of the building.
The site will be donated to the city
| by the Great Northern railroad upon
the completion Of the stipulations that
the company is formed and $1,000 has
been secured from the citizens. The
$4,000 will thus be automatically ap-
| propriated by the Minnesota legisla-
ture if the company is placed in Moor
head.
Minneapolis.-Ju Page Morris, in
federal court refused to grant ]. O..
Bentall, former Socialist party nomi-
nee for governor, new trial on a
charge of attempting to cause insub-
ordination, discomfort, mutiny and re-
fusal Of duty in the military and naval
forces of the United States" on which
he already has been convicted and
sentenced to serve five years in the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth.
His attorneys are appealing to the
United States circuit court of appeals
to get writ Of error. James A. Pc
terson, former candidate for the Unit
ed States Senate, also under sentence
Of four years for violation of the es-
pionage act, was given hearing on
his petition for a new trial.
| Brainerd.-Two freight trains col
lided at Cushing near Staples, caus-
ing ten cars to go into the ditch. An
automobile, four miles east of Brain
erd, collided with a Duluth passenger
train. The automobile was smashed
and the collar bone of the driver,
whose name was not learned, was
broken.