The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-26
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| show him to be "over 40, Jess Will
ard went into training in the Madison
Square Garden gym il preparation for
a return match with Jack Dempsey,
who knocked Jess loose from his title
| at Toledo.
Atlanta, Ga.-Eveline Booth, Ne
gro woman of Georgia is dead at the
age of 125 years, months and IL days.
Justice Glenn said he found that her
third child is still living at the age of
| 90; that she was the mother of 16 chik
dren. had As grandchildren and 49,
great grandchildren.
Hopkington. Iowa-Authorities have
run against a new kind of thievery-
the "gassing" of pigs to be stolen. A.
Smith, farmer in this vicinity, met
an apparently intoxicated hog stagger'
| ing out of the hog house in the early
morning. In the hog house the farmer
noticed a strong smell of gas and on
counting his herd discovered nine were
missing. He had heard no disturbance,
not even a squeal, during the night.
London-General Ronald Storre, gov.
ernor of Jerusalem, was a passenger
on board the steamer Berengaria
which sailed from Southampton for
New York. He is going to the United
States on a lecture tour.
Charlestown, w. Va.-Mrs. Arthur
Davenport, elected mayor of Ransom,
near here, last month, announced she
would not qualify for the office be-
cause "the duties of the mayor of
small town require too much time"
Ransom ha3 a population of 700.
Omaha, Neb.-G. w. Hervey, rs
years old, farm journalist and former
editor of a number of such periodicals
in Omaha, is dead. Mr.. Hervey, it is
said, organized the first purejred
sheep record association in the coun-
try.
st. Paul-Neal Hurley, former st.
Paul policeman, was shot to death in
daring holdup of the Payne Avenue
State Bank and A. Ecklund. cashier,
critically wounded. Hurley and ac-
complies entered the bank where spe-
cial police Nels Olson, was stationed.
Olson and Hurley grappled until Oh.
son wrenched his revolver free and
shot his opponent through the heart.
Hurley fired his revolver twice, the
bullets Kidding Olson's coat.
Los Angeles-Max Under, French
motion picture coemdian, who made
pictures here several months ago, was
possibly fatally injured in the Swiss
Alps recently when he was caught by
an avalanche and swept 1000 feet
down a mountainisde.
Helena-Representaive G. Tawney
of Ravalli county introduced resolu
ton in the lower house of the Mon
tana assembly to investigate the pos
sibility of putting 100000 revolving
fund into the hands of the state de-
partment of agriculture with which to
lease grain storage space in marketing
centers.
Sporting
Minneapolis = Another event, the
first of it's kind ever planned for
Northwestern Bonspiel, will take
place in connection with the annual
curling classic which will take place
here starting February 20.
Ashland, Wis.-The Wisconsin leg
islature will be asked to pass laws
preventing the northern Wisconsin
lakes from being "hogged" by private
interests, If the Ashland Rod and Gun
club has it's way. Wisconsin's 1000
lakes are the best fishing grounds in
the middlewest, and during the last
season or two thousands of tourists
fished from these lakes, camped under
the pines along their shores, and bath
ed in their waters.
Foreign
Rio de Janeiro-Six stores in the
business district of Rio de Janeiro
were severely damaged by fire. The
loss is estimated unofficially at sew
eral million dollars.
Moscow-Nikola Lenine M. Kamen-
eff and Leon Trotzky are earning $12
a week. The council of labor and
defense decided that no Russian Off
ciaps salary may exceed 100000, 900
roubles, or $55 a month. In other
words, all the highest bolshevik lead |
ers are receiving no more than SIP
per week.
Saragossa, SPAIN Groups of unem-
ployed workmen raided grocery stores
and butcher shops and carried off |
quantities of foodstuffs. Many shop
keepers gave the raiders food of their |
own free will The food was taken to |
the local workmen's center, where it |
was distributed among all those with
out work.
Manila-A huge step towards the
realization of Governor Leonard |
Woods program in the Philippines
was made when the senate voted l.
0S0,000 pesos ($540,000) for years |
maintenance of proposed hospitals in
every province. The buildings will |
be rented ending an appropriation Of
money for construction. There now
are only IL hospitals in the islands. |
The senate also voted 243,000 pesos |
($121,5O0) for the employment e. 116
new teachers.
Honolulu-A 55 mile gaze, accom-
panied by two earthquake shocks, |
swept ard rocked Hawaii, causing one |
death ar heavy property damage
London-The British government |
will receive approximately $4,000, 900
as the inheritance tax on the estate
of Jacques Lebaudy. selfstyled emper-
or of Sahara, who was shot by his
wife at their Long Island home four
years ago. 1t was recently learned |
that the dead man had deposited ap
proximately 100000 in sound rubber
securities in an English bank and,
under the law, the heirs are liable fol-