The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
NEWS OF THE NATION BRIEFLY TOLD
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events in the Nation and State.

Fresno, Calf. - Congressman Wal
ter F. Lineberger of Long Beach an
nounced his candidacy for United
States senate as successor to Senator
Samuel NJ. Shortridge.
Sports
New York-Charles H. Ebbets, pre-
sident of the Brooklyn National
league baseball club, died of heart
disease In his suite at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel The end evidently
came as Mr.. Ebbets was sleeping. Mr..
Ebbets had been a sufferer from heart
trouble, complicated by asthma, for
some time. Ebbet's health had not
been of the best for the past year.
His condition made it imperative that
he go south during the winter. He
spent the winter in Clearwater, Fla,
| training camp OF his ball club.
| st. Paul-Mike Gibbons, st. Paul
middleweight boxer, who at one time
was rated as one Of the greatest mid
dleweights, later manager Of boxers,
proprietor Of gymnasium and an
amateur fight promoter, has retired
from the boxing business for good.
Gibbons announced that he was sever
ing all relations with the fight game,
that he was going to dispose of his in
terests in boxers now under the man
agement of himself and Mike Collins,
and enter the insurance business.
Gibbons Is leaving the boxing game
after being connected with it since
1908.
Chicago-The professional golfers
championship will be played on the
four courses OF the Olympia Fields
Country club, Chicago, September 81.
26, it was announced by President
George Sargent Of the Professional
Golfers association, after definite ar.
rangements for the use OF the largest
golf club in the world had been COM
pleted with Charles M. Smalley, presi-
dent Of Olympia field. Sargent said
that Walter Hagen expected to defend
his title, won last year at French
Lick Springs, where he defeated Jim
Barnes of New York in the final
rounds.
New York-Mike McTigue will risk
his world light heavyweight cham
pionship for the seventh time since
he lifted the crown from Battling
Sikh at Dublin in 1923, when he meets
Paul Berlenbach in Is round deci.
sion bout at the Yankee stadium May
20. In only one of his previous title
fights has McTigue boxed to an Off
cial verdict. This match was with
Young Stribling, in Georgia, when un-
der protest, McTigue entered the ring
for contest which ended in riotous
scene as Referee Harry Ertle ad.
judged the contest draw.
Foreign
London - Dispatches say that fair
weather marked arrival of H. 8. S.
Repulse with the Prince of Wales on
board, in Freetown harbor, Sierra
Leone, West Africa
Rome-Booth Harrington, the Amef.
lean writer, who has recovered from
at attack Of influenza, left with Mrs.
Harrington for motor trip through
Umbria and Tuscany. They will stop
at Florence and later at Venice. Nix.
Harrington has received many testi
monials Of affection and admiration
from old friends in Italy.
Tokio-Many fishing craft and ons
600 ton steamer foundered in a gale
which swept the south coast Of Japan.
Over so persons are dead or missing.
The sharpest earthquake shocks of the
present year occurred on the eastern
side Of Toxic bay. They lasted so
seconds. Severe shocks were also felt
in Toxic.
London-The home of the British
prime ministers, 10 Downing Street,
is doomed. The office of public
works says the structure is dangerous
to occupy and is falling to pieces, the
| floor sagging and the walls crumbling
away. The government may tear
down the building and build an en-.
tirely new one.
London-Anyone who wants a pen.
! Gil portrait drawn by a real duchess,
the London Chronicle announces, may
command the services of the Duchess
Of Rutland who, while in the United
States last year, made portraits of
several noted persons. The duchess,
long known by her society friends as
portrait artist now is going into
business, explaining to the newspa
per: 81 want the money, and 1 hope
to get lots of orders"
Peking-Smallpox has broken out
in the Picking headquarters of the
Thibetan Panshan Lama, spiritual
head Of the world Of Buddhism. Thou.
sands of foreigners who paid Easter
calls, including many prominent
American tourists, were exposed, but
no cases have been reported among
them. The living Buddah," as the
Lama is called, is understood to have
mild case.
Canadian canoeist, who set out last
August from st. John, N. B., to paddle
to Rome, except for the trip across
the Atlantic, has stopped at Savona,
rs miles from here, for repairs to his
craft, and will not arrive here accord.
ing to his schedule. Smythe arrived
at Marseilles March 26, after padding
from Dover across the channel.
thence across France by rivers and
canals. He encountered much unfav.
orable weather at Marseilles. Smythe
said he must reach Rome within 80
days to win a wager.
Tokio-Former Minister of War
Tanaka, whose refusal to enter the
cabinet strengthens the belief that he
is Manning to disrupt the ministry