The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-20
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10.
The revenue cutter Bear, Capt.
Healey, arrived at San Francisco from
her summer cruise in the arctic.
High winds and heavy seas did ex-
tensive damage among summer resorts
along the New Jersey coast
Postmaster General Wilson directed
all postmasters to mark mail sent to
lottery companies as fraudulent and re-
turn it to the senders.
AS the result of an investigation 16
letter carriers in Chicago were dis
charged for disobeying rules and 80
were suspended for from one to 30 days.
The Williams & England Banking
company of Salem, Ore, closed its
doors. The bank was depository for
the city treasurer and of several large
corporations.
The general missionary committee
of the M. E. church in annual session at
Denver announced that the receipts for
the year were $1,174,554 and the expen-
ditures $1,237,345. One million dollars
were appropriated for the work of the
society for the coming year.
Fire on the premises of the Empire
Distillery company in Boston destroyed
100000 worth of property.
Kim Taw Etaw, Miami Indian, COM
united suicide at Wabash, Ind, by
shooting. He had squandered for
tune of $4,000 in drink.
Twenty-Five immigrants en- route to
California from Oklahoma were said to
be starving on the Colorado desert.
At the session of the Knights of La-
bor in Washington the right to vote in
the general assembly was taken from Il.
V. Powderly: formerly general master
workman.
Capt. Hughes, of the Texas rangers,
scouting on the Upper Rio Grande near
Yoleta, reported much lawlessness and
smuggling.
The lumber cut of the Duluth (Minn.)
district for the season just closed
reaches a total of 461, 100000 feet, eX-
ceeding the cut of previous years by
nearly 100000 feet.
F. Schlatter, who had gained great
prominence as divine healer, disap-
peared mysteriously from Denver.
AT Bisbee, A. T., Frederick Romero
and James Montague fought duel in
which each received fatal injuries.
Six incendiary fires occurred in nur-
ley, Wis.,, in "a hours.
Sixty newspaper men, representing
the agricultural press of the country,
met in Chicago and organized the Agri-
cultural Press league with M. j. Law
renee, of Cleveland las president.
The State Insurance company of
Salem, Ore, went into a receivers
hands.
Augusta college, the most historic
building in Augusta, Ga, was destroyed
by fire.
A horseless wagon was started from
New York to Chicago. This is said to
be the longest trip ever undertaken by
a road vehicle propelled by motor.
John Koch, while drunk and jealous,
shot his wife and then himself at Gin
cinnati.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,17O, 1856, 164, against 81, 121, 5O4, 739 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 14.5.
The British steamer Leo foundered
off the coast of Denmark and Is per-
sons on board were drowned.
There were 279 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against $50 the week
previous and $50 in the corresponding
time of 1894.
At PhoeniXville, Pa, Thomas Edwin
cut the threats of his two children, aged
four and six years, with a razor, and
then committed suicide in the same
manner.
In October 80, 800 immigrants reached
the United States, against 81 ,2O9 for the
same month in 1894.
Ferdinand Kenneth, ex-chief of police
of St. Louis, who killed Detective A. B.
Lawson at Los Angeles, CAL, was sem
fenced to ten years in prison.
Cornelius and Patrick Cowley, farm
ers, were robbed of 1000 by burglars at
their home near Harvard, Ill.
In just seven minutes after an appli-
cation for divorce was made at Sioux
City, Ia, Mrs. Sarah j. Wallace was
separated from w. j. Wallace.
The little town of Lamora, Neb., was
practically wiped out by fire.
G. Dupree (colored) was hanged at
Devall's Bluff, Ark, for the murder of
Robert Harris (colored) on June
Is, 1894.
The condition of general trade, as tel
egraphed from leading distributing
points throughout the country, con-
tinued IRREGULAR and without material