The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
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NEWS OF WORLD
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Washington


toral votes determined by the Novem-
Der balloting was received ON South
Dakota. by messenger, at the office
OF President Cummins of the senate.
Washington - President Coolidge
signed the treasury postoffice appro-
priation bill carrying $760,000, 900, the
largest amount ever provided during
peace time in single piece of legis.
lation.
Washington-Indications that the
Underwood bill authorizing the leas
Ing of Muscle Shoals would be report
ed out of conference within about q
week were given after the senate and
house conferees had conducted Their
first meeting and found themselves
not widely apart on it's provisions.
Washington-The statue of Daniel
Webster in statuora hall at the capitol
the hall in which the voice of the
distinguished statesman once rang out
with eloquence-has received an un
expected cold bath. Snow sliding
from the dome of the hall punctured
the roof and a stream of water ran
down the insideof the dome, drenching
the statue.
Domestic
New York-Organixation of the
Radio Artists Association of Ameri
ca for the protection of entertain
ers and development of program has
been announced.
birmingham, Mass. = One man was
killed and one woman and twelve fire
men were injured in fire in the
four-story brick building housing the
Kendall hotel here.
White River Junction, Vt-HoteI
Coolidge, the largest hostelry in this
village and the surrounding section
Of Vermont and New Hampshire, was
destroyed by fire, with an estimated
loss of 100000
Albany, n. Y.-The Reynolds build
ing, housing several state depart
ments, was burned here. A score OF
girls were rescued from the fifth story
windows. Hundreds of state EN-
ployees vacated this building and near
by structures in haste.
Troy, n. Y.-Purchase of the Earl
& Wilson Company by Cllett, Pea
body & Co. was announced here, bring
ing about the merger of the two larg
est shirt and collar manufacturing
concerns in this city. 1t was said the
Earl & Wilson trademark would be
continued.
Richmond, Va.-Twenty-five thou
sand persons are jobless, packing
houses have closed and approximately
SIS, 100000 already has been lost as a
result of the virtual paralysis of the
oyster industry in Virginia, due to
the typhoid scare, w. Mcdonald Lee
commissioner of fisheries, announced
here
Topeka, Kan.-Former Governor
Jonathan NJ. Davis and his son, Rus
sell, charged with soliciting and &C
cepting bride in exchange for q
pardon for a convict, waived prelimin
airy hearing in the City Court. I'm
less special agreement is reached
for an early trial. their case will
come up on the regular docket of the
April term of District Court.
New York-Negotiatio for the sale
of Carnegie hall to Robert E. Simons
have been completed. it was an
nounced by the estate of Andrew Car
negie. The auditorium, under the
terms of contract, will be continued as
a concert hall for five years unless
another hall, capable of taking it's
place, is sooner constructed"
Austin-The first step to set aside
the impeachment of former Governor
James e. Ferguson was taken in the
state senate. A resolution introduced
by j. Roy Hardin of Kaufman recited
that the results of the election in No
pvember indicated it was 1.-THE sense
of the people of Texas that the Fer
guson name be indicated" and that
"all disqualificatiens incident to the
impeachment be removed"
Chicago-Charles H. Castle, 81
years old, real estate broker, was
granted 81 damages by jury for in.
juries he received two years ago
when DR.. William Fuller. prominent
surgeon, stabbed him with a penknife
when the two men met at the entrance
of the Chicago Athletic Association
DR.. Fuller, in defending the. suit for
$4,000 for injuries, admitted the
stabbing, but declared Castle had at.
tempted to break up his home.
New York = More than $3.50, 00O
worth of narcotics. tightly packed in
large barrel, labeled ripe Olives
and tapestry rug by 61s feet, which
is an exact duplicate of United
States treasury note, were seized by
customs officials. The drugs, it trans
pired, had been in this country sew
eral months, stored in a bonded ware
house in Brooklyn, but had not been
called for by the consignee. Federal
officials, knowing its contents, left
the barrel at the warehouse as bait,
hoping to arrest the owner.
Denver - ]. E. Connolly, 33 years
old, engin Ger, and Joseph Rose. Jr.,
26, firemrn, both of Denver. were
killed when the locomotive boiler on
a Coloraeo & Southern railroad train
exploded at Stanley Lake, IL miles
north of renver.
Seattle - Alexander Ivanhoff, As
yes~s old. Russian general against the
Germans during the World war in
Eass Prussia, died here from spinal
injury suffered while playing tennis
Thanksgiving day. General Ivanhoff
sersed in the Rasso-Japanese war
and received macy decorations for
gaiiantry in action.