The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-07-24


Two MEN were shot to death and six
were wounded in an ARRAY at Larned.
Miss, the elimination of family feud
between the Terrells and McRees.
The fruit crop report for July shows
heavy decline in condition, especially
in the New England states, New York,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
THREE members of gang of cattle
thieves were hanged by vigilantes
near Chamberlain, S. ID.
The annual congress of the National
Prison assc citation of the United States
will be held in Denver, Col, September
IA to 1S.
The report that Gen. Harrison had
said to friends that he would under no
circumstances be candidate for the
presidency was positively denied.
HOT winds have injured corn in GEN.
trail Iowa.
A TORNADO in Tazewell county, Ill,
unroofed many buildings and two men
were killed by lightning. At Pekin
houses were wrecked.
w. P. WAGNER, member of the
wholesale drug house of Wagner &
Wagner, of Indianapolis, Ind, was
drowned while fishing near Fort Scott,
Kan. He was on his wedding tour.
WILLIAM FREEMAN and John Good
(colored), were hanged at Greensburg,
Pa. Freeman murdered Gertrude
Smith July 25, 1894. Good killed a
man named McSlaughter in gambling
row.
In wreck on the Peoria & Pekin
railway near Peoria, ILL.,, Miss Martha
Wright, of Eureka, Ia, was killed and
six other persons were injured.
ANDREW THOMAS (colored) accused
of a brutal assault on an aged white
woman. near Moss Point, Miss, was
taken from the train at Scranton,
Miss, and lynched by mob.
CRARLEs GORE. for years treasurer of
the New York Herald, disappeared
with $4,000 belonging to the company.
Two MEN were killed, two fatally in
jured and three seriously injured by
the caving in of sewer trench in Har-
rison, N. J.
CAPT. RALPH HACKETT, David Canary
and John Cattanock were swept from
the tug Torrent by a tow line at De-
troit and drowned.
HENRY BROWN (colored) was hanged
at Live Oak, Fla. He killed Ed Ry-
berg (white) on March 81. Brown
confessed that he had murdered seven
men, all for money.
ROBERT j. paced mile at Saginaw,
Mich, in 2O3.
GRAND MASTER SOVEREIGN issued a
manifesto to the Knights Of Labor re-
citing the wrongs of the masses and
calling for a general boycott on ma
tional bank notes in all dealings be-
tween individuals, the boycott to go
into effect September l.
The fifth annual session of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union con-
vened at Baltimore with 10000 persons
in attendance
THE total production of pig iron in
the United States in the first half of
1895 was 4,Cs7,55 gross tons, against
2,717. 1888 tons in the first half of 1894.
ALoNzo MEYERS, 81 years old, killed
his 16-year-old wife and fatally wound
ed Herbert Lindson, friend, at Long
Beach, Cal, and then shot himself ia
tally.
THE Delaware peach crop is esti-
mated at 1900, COO baskets, worth $780,
OOO-greater than it has been in ten
years.
THE bimetallists of Georgia, who IA
vor the free coinage of silver, met at
Griffin and adopted resolutions calling
for the immediate and independent
free coinage of silver and gold.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
1,O3O, 900, O49, against 81, 146, 243, 696 the
previous week The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 300
The president issued an order plac-
ing employees of all pension agencies
under civil service rules.
The national silver committee in
session in Chicago adopted resolutions
urging the organization of bimetallic
leagues throughout the entire coun-
try.
CHICAGO is to be the headquarters of
the American Spirits Manufacturing
company which will succeed the
whisky trust.
THERE were 256 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 253 the week
previous and 236 in the corresponding
time i'll 1894.
THREE negroes were killed outright
NV liUhtninp durinp Thunderstorm
that passed over the town of Varnville,
S. c.
C.. 3. COLE, an aged resident of
Aurora, ILL.,, died while on his knees at
prayer at his bedside.
AT the meeting in Baltimore of the
Baptist Young PEOPLES Union John