The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-17

heart, Bertha McKelvey, at Chillicothe,
O., and then killed himself. Jealousy
was the cause.
Being charged with forgery c. M.
Benson, judge of probate of Polk coun-
ty, committed suicide at Grand Forks,
N. d.
On the race track in st. Louis Free
Advice clipped half second off the
worlds record for seven and one-half
furlongs, making the distance in 1881.
The R. Douglas Crockery company at
st. Joseph, Mo-. failed for 100000.
Frank Jahrenski, aged nine years;
Reuben S. Woodwork, aged four, and
Max Zerag, aged -, were drowned iii
Milwaukee while boating.
Fire destroyed the building of the
American horse exchange in New York
and over 1875 horses were burned to
death, the loss being 100000.
John A. Thompson's bank, one OF the
Oldest banking institutions in Johnson
county, closed it's doors at EdinburC,
Ind, the liabilities being $4,000.
On July / all the whisky distilleries in
Kentucky will close until January l.,
1898.
George Edmunds and Gus Verdery.
two prominent citizens OF Ellis Post
Office, Ca, were murdered by burglars.
The First national bank of Larned,
Kan, closed its doors.
the total appropriations of the Fifty
fourth congress, including permanent
annual appropriations, were $515,759.-
s2O.4e, against $3.50, :39, POS made by the
Fifty-third congress.
The woman city government at
Ellis, Kan, was at war with illegal
liquor vendors, and all but two vio-
lutors had been sent to jail.
The Austrian representative in Wash
ington will henceforth be an ambassa-
dor instead of a minister.
The boiler of the Michigan salt works
near Marine City, Mich, exploded, kiil-
ing William Mowbray, foreman, and
John F. Haley.
The special senate committee, OF
which Mr.. Harris, of Tennessee, is chair.
man, appointed to investigate the re-
cent sales of government bonds, began
its inquiry in Washington.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$537, ss6,593, against $957,21s,O7s the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 6.5.
There were 234 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 249 the week
previous and 252 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
George belong, berry picker at Ben
tor harbor, Mich, has fallen heir to
fortune of $15O,O0O by the death Of an
uncle in the St. Louis tornado.
Fifty houses were damaged by fire at
Newport, Ky, and the tobacco ware
house of j. M. Armstrong, with it's con-
tents, was totally destroyed.
The bank of Palmer, Kan., was broken
into, the safe blown open and entirely
destroyed and the cash-boX robbed Of
$l,1OO.
A fire in a tenement-house IN Pitts
burgh, Pa, caused the death of Mrs. d.
Garbies and her five-year-old son, and
her daughter. aged IL years, was fatally
burned.
The steamship Bermuda left Philadel-
phia with another cargo of arms and
ammunition for the Cuban insurgents.
The Taylorville Qll.) coal mining
works were destroyed by fire and three
men and 20 mules persisted in the flames.
The property loss was $4,000.
John johnson (colored), who on the
night of March 81 murdered in cold
blood Charles Carter, well-known and
prominent young man, was hanged at
Lancaster Courthouse, Va.
Leading commercial agencies in New
York reported trade as being very dull
throughout the country.
Egbert C. Smith has resigned as pres
ident of Andover (Mass.) theological
seminary, after period of 10 years
in that position. Prof. George Harris
Abbott, professor Of theology, will sue
coed him.
Orders were tclegraphed by the sec
rotary of the navy to commandants Of
all navy yards to resume work at once.
In all parts of southwestern Michi-
gan grasshoppers were doing great in
jury to the peppermint crop.
The total number of silver dollars
coined from bullion purchased under
the act of July IA, 1890, to June 1, 1896,
YVES 46,1o4,e51. Upon this coinage there
was profit of 10,117,234.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The democrats in Alaska elected dele
gates to the national convention who
were instructed to vote as unit On all