The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-11


building on the state fair grounds at
Springfield ILL.,, fell, killing five work.,
men and injuring seven others, two
fatally.
FIRE destroyed property at East Bos-
ton, Mass, aggregating $25O,000. No.
pier, belonging to the Boston e. AL
bany railroad, was burned with all it's
contents.
ALL the Hawaiian consuls in Amer
lea were notified by telegraph that
flibustering expedition would soon
start from this country with the
avowed purpose in view of overthrow
ing the present republican government
of Hawaii and replacing ex-Queen
Liliuokalani on the throne.
THE Ohio Wool Growers association
in convention at Columbus urged the
Fifty-fourth congress to pass legisla-
ton favorable to wool protection. :
G. w. RIPPEY, who shot John w.
Mackay in San Francisco three years
ago, is now pursuing Charles L. Fair.
Fairs friends were nervous.
A CYCLONE at Hun tingdon, Tenn,
wrecked many buildings and did other
damage.
SIX men were sleeping in barn at
Earnest station, Pa, when the struc-
ture was burned and all were ere
mated.
COMPTROLLER BOWLER, of the treas
ury, in decision in the sugar bounty
cases declared the act unlawful and
refused to pay the bounties.
THE crop of oranges in Florida this
year was estimated at not over 100, 600
boxes, against 100000 for the season
of 1894. ege
THE treasury's gold reserve on the
5th, reported from Washington at $685.
127, SGT, showed the first break below
the 500, 10000 mark since June 25.
AT Galesburg, Ill, Azote trotted
mile in 2:O4A, beating the worlds rec
ord for geldings.
WILLIAM BEAvERsoN, aged 35 years,
shot and killed at York, Pa, his wife,
Ida, aged 80 years, from whom be was
separated, and then killed himself.
THE retail grocers of Little Rock,
Ark, condemn the action of members
who keep open Sunday and will re-
move them from the association if they
continue.
The Davis Carriage company of Gin
cinnati failed with liabilities of $27s,-
900 and assets of only SIS, 427.53.
GEORGE BLACKBURN, who had been
in the penitentiary almost ontinuous-
ly since 1853, escaped at Columb bus, O.
SIX business dwellings were burned
at Carrollton, KY, the loss being
100000.
THE twelfth annual convention of
the Association of Agricultural Chem
lists, representing agricultural colleges
in more than thirty-fve states, met at
Washington.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
1914, $40, 900, against 1886. 1851, S54 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 15.1.
JUDGE PEABODY, of ST. Louis, rem
dered decision far-reaching in its
effects on future strikes and lockouts
He holds that the distribution of boy
colt circulars is Unable offense.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in
Montana at Butte, Helena and Great
Falls.
]. J. O'LEARY & Son, packers at ST.
Paul, failed for $1,000
STELLA JOHNSON, the 16-year-old
daughter of a widow who lives near
Amilla, Fla, was kidnapped and out
ragged and then murdered by unknown
fends.
MDo 40 ID IN
stantly killed and her father-iE-law,
Nicholas Ohm, ST., was fatally injured
by the cars near Reilly, Pa.
FRANK SCHoRPE, aged 81 years, and
Miss Mary Sarah Simpson, aged IL,
were married at Manchester, Tenn,
the parents of the girl having given
their consent.
A STATE convention of silverites,
without reference. to party, has been
called to meet in Birmingham, Ala,
November Is.
Dock KING (colored) was hanged by
200 white men near Fayetteville, Tenn,
for assaulting Mrs. Charles Jones,
white woman.
AT Grand Haven, Mich, Mary L.
Pierce, aged 10 years, on trial for the
murder of her mother, was found
guilty and sentenced to the reform
school until she is 81 years old.
THERE were 1856 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 1876 the week
previous and 219 in the corresponding
time in 1894
A FIRE that broke out in Browinski's
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stroyed nearly all the business portion
Of that citv the loss being S1OO OOO