The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-04

were indicted IN chicago Dy the grand
Jury on counts charging murder.
The report that Harry Hayward had
confessed in Minneapolis to the murder
of Catherine Cling was said to be un
true.
Peter McGeoch, the millionaire spec
ulator, hose deals and attempt to cor
ner the provision markets at various
times startled the world, committed
suicide in Milwaukee because of family
troubles. He was 81 years old.
Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance, in
his annual report calls attention to the
insufficiency of the appropriations and
suggests that congress should permit
the ordnance bureau to replace old arms
now in use with weapons of servicea-
BILE type and uniform character.
Secretary Hoke Smith of the interior
department in his annual report calls
attention to the strict enforcement
which has been given to civil-service re-
form; estimates the amount of public
lands undisposed of to be 600,00O,0OO
acres and says the total receipts during
the year for public lands amounted to
over $2.0OO,OOO; says an intelligent
treatment of the Indians will make
them self-supporting; and upon the
subject of forests says that 100000
acres are now included within forest
reserves, the object being to preserve
them for future use.
Football games in Chicago resulted
as follows: University of Michigan, IL;
University of Chicago, O; Boston and
Chicago Athletic associations, a tie, 4
to 4. At Kansas City-University of
Missouri. 10; University of Kansas, 6.
Dispatches from all over the United
States note general observance of
Thanksgiving day in the usual man.
ner.
Roman Bohrer and Sadie Henschen,
who were soon to be married. were both
killed by the cars at Arcola, Ind,
while going to dance.
At noon on Thanksgiving day in
Cleveland over 5000 members of Chris
tan Endeavor societies prayed for the
salvation of the soul of Col. Ingersoll.
Later advices say that the loss to the
oil interests in Ohio and Indiana by the
recent blizzard would amount to over
100000.
81 Martin, the ossified man, who has
lain on his back for seven years unable
to move joint. died near Bryan, Tex.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggregated
$S7O, 4s4,1s2, against $1,126, 226,63S the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 80.
Three men were fatally hurt and sew
eral seriously injured in wreck on
the Norfolk & Western railroad at Can
terberg, w. Va.
There were 2SS business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the goth, against 800 the week
previous and 1923 in the corresponding
time of 1894.
At Nashville, Tenn, John S. Johnson
lowered the one-mile flying start bicy-
Gle record from 2:16 to 2:1O Is. The
two-mile flying start record was low
cred by A. F. Sem. of lion, KY. from
4:49 rs to AS 3-5.
The Chattahoochie national bank at
Columbus, Ga, closed it's doors.
Joseph Robinson and Ozias McGahey,
both negroes, were taken from the Jail
at Fayetteville, Tenn, and hanged by u
mob. The colored men were charged
with an attempted assault upon white
girl.
A fall of earth and rock alta mine
near Carmel, N Y, killed IA men.
Reports reached Ell Paso, Tex, of a
Yauui outbreak in northeastern Sonora
in which number of citizens, includ-
ing Americans, were killed.
Secretary of War Lamont in his an
nual report gives the expenditures for
the fiscal year ended June 30 last as
$50, 2s7, 1904. The appropriations for
the same period were $43, 466,57 He
says the year has been undisturbed by
Indian outbreaks, domestic violence or
troubles on the border, and that the
army is better fed, housed and clothed
than ever before. The total force of the
army is 25,706. The total expenditures
for the improvement of rivers and har-
bors was $1S,S12,517. He says that the
condition of our seacoast and lake
frontier should be strengthened.
Rev. A. Heinrich and wife were
asphyxiated by gas from their coal
stove at Platte City, Neb.
Harry Poorman and Florence Stay
man and Philip Slayman and Sadie
Poorman were married at Canton, o.
The brides and grooms of both we'd
dings were brothers and sisters. and
twins at that.
Charles N. Smith, widely known in
the baseball world as "Pacer" Smith,
was hanged at Decatur, ILL.,, for the
murder of his daughter, Louise, aged 6