The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-12

is seriously i'll in hospital here. He
was operated on recently for appendi-
citis.
New York-Three persons were
drowned and nine struck by lightning
in thunderstorm which was accom-
panied by torrential downpour.
New York-Icebergs 800 feet high
and 700 feet long were seen off the
Grand banks of Newfoundland by pas
sengers on the steamship Columbia.
Camp Funston, neutrality-suspicious.
are being made here for. the final act
in the passing of Camp Funston on
August 16 to 10, when the cantonment
buildings will be sold at auction.
Buffalo, N. Y.-During an electrical
illumination of Niagara falls an I'M
identified girl, apparently about IS
years old, committed suicide by jump
ing into the Niagara river about 40
feet from the brink of the American
falls.
Chicago-A resumption of river traf-
fc along Americas chief river high
way the Mississippi, was forecast here
with the arrival at New Orleans of a
shipment equal to rs carloads of
freight, one of the carloads containing
books.
Eureka, f.-Forty-eight persons,
thirty-six passengers and twelve of the
crew were lost Saturday night when
the steamer Alaska of the San Fran
cisco & Portland Steamship company,
southbound from Portland, Ore, to
San Francisco, sank thirty minutes af-
ter crashing into the rocks of Blunt's
Reef, forty miles south of this city.
Northwest
Helena-The annual institute Of the
Helena diocese will open in Helena on
Aug. 16 and continue until Friday.
Helena, Mont.-Attorney General
Wellington d. Rankin has held the
Bachelor Tax Law" to be constitu-
tional His opinion was given to w.
H. Gray, county attorney of Lincoln
county.
Helena-The last letter written by
General Thomas Francis Meagher,
fourth territorial governor of Montana,
has been presented to the state his
torical society by j. H. Ming and T. j.
Ming of Helena.
Minneapolis-The northwest is def.
initely on the way to recovery of it's
deferred prosperity, the Northwestern
National bank review, stated. The turn
in affairs, it says, has come, which was
commented upon as the most definitely
optimistic note the review had sounded
i'll months.
Foreign
TokIo-An explosion in the Hino
shima Artillery magazine is reported
to have killed or injured over 1000
persons.
Montreal-Miss Christabal Pank.
hurst, English suffragist, leader, ar.
rived here on the steamship Megantic
from England for vacation.
Vancouver, B. C.-Lord Northcliffe
and his party sailed for New Zealand
on another leg of his round the world
tour He will make stop at Homo.
lulu.
Paris-Ambassador George Harvey
has accepted the invitation of the
French government to be its guest in
Paris at the meeting of the supreme
council.
Madrid-Advance census figures for
1921 show that Spain has 21,500, 900
inhabitants. To these may be added
100000 temporary residents and
tourists.
Under the new licensing
bill, which has already passed the
Commons, all existing restrictions re-
lative to the price, quality and label.
ling of liquors will be abolished.
Riga-The discovery OF counter
revolutionary plot at Rostov-on-Don
and the arrest of it's leaders is an.
nounced here. The movement was be-.
ing led by Major General Uktomsky.
Rome-The pope has addressed let.
ter to Cardinal Gaspari, secretary Of
state, inviting all Christian and civil
lied peoples to contribute generously
to assist the starving Russian people.
Rio Janeiro-A new steamship rec
ord between Rio Janeiro and New York
city is claimed for the liner American
Legion, which arrived here. The ac-
tual running time was IL days, 20
hours.
Geneva-It is announced that the
Swiss federal authorities have given
former Kaiser Karl of Austria until
the end of August to leave Swiss ter
ritory. 1t is reported that Charles in
tends to take up his residence in
Spain
London-A resolution was unani-
mously adopted in the house of com.
mons providing that after three year
transaction period, women shall be ad.
mitted to the civil service of the Uni
ted Kingdom under the same condi-
tions as men.
London-All except one of the i'm.
prisoned members of the Dali Eireann
will be released in time to attend a
meeting of the Southern Irish govern
ing body August 16, it was announced.
The one exception is member con-
victed of murder
Berlin-The American relief work
ers who are about to go into famine
stricken Russia probably will find H..
100000 persons in the Volga basin &C
tually starving and two-thirds of the
entire population of Russia on hunger
rations, according to Mrs. Marguerite
e. Harrison, the American newspaper
woman, recently released from prison
in soviet Russia.
London-Denis Henry, attorney gen.
eral for Ireland, has been appointed
first lord chief justice of northern Ire
land. The new chief justice is a Ro-