The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18


Raines excise bill. It is a measure to
put the entire liquor traffic and inter-
cts under state control. 1t abolishes
all local excise boards and creates
state commissioner. All night licenses
and the sale of liquor on Sundays are
prohibited except in hotels with meals
and no saloon can do business within
200 feet of church or school.
The big wholesale boot and shoe
house of Childs, Croft g. Co., in Cincin-
natl, was forced to the wall by the
embezzlement of large sum of money
by William II. Huntington, the junior
member.
The Washington bureau of statistics
says that for the eight months ended
February 20 the exports of breadstuffs
amounted to 92,5S,912, as compared
with $71,279,2S3 for the same period
last year.
The Pope Bicycle Manufacturing
company's building in Boston was
burned, the loss being $350,OoO.
All the union tailors employed in
Chicago went on a strike to assist the
clothing cutters who went on strike
several weeks ago.
Edward Guy Ward, an employee OF
the Santa Fe railroad at Denver, shot
and killed his wife, aged rs, and then
killed himself. A quarrel was the
cause.
Misses Honora and Annie Cavanagh,
who lived with and for each other dur
ing the past 70 years, died within few
hours of each other at Alton, Ind.
There were 300 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 2S5 the week
previous and 266 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
Miss Gertrude A. Bailey was shot and
instantly killed at her home near Ben
ton Harbor. Mich, by A. E. Belangea
because she would not accept his love,
and Belangea then killed himself.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$943, O98,O24, against $1,061, S46,9O7 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was SO.
The governor of Ohio signed a bill
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes, cigars
and tobacco to minors under 16 years of
age.
A prairie fire ragged for three days
near Hardesty, o. T., doing many thou
sands of dollars damage to ranges.
stock and buildings.
Eleven persons were hurt by an ex-
plosion of natural gas at the distillery
of Rheinstrom Bros. in Cincinnati.
According to report on the organ
lied militia of the United States, which
has just been prepared by the war de-
partment, the United States, in case of
need, can put 9, 467, 694 men in the field.
Herman Bentert. the Nebraska
giant" committed suicide near Hast
ings while insane. He was young,
wealthy and nearly seven feet tall.
Near Greenville, Tex, a train was
boarded by a masked and armed man
who entered the sleeper and went
through the passengers. The amount
secured was small.
j. NJ. Hall was seriously burned and
his mother, aged 80, was cremated in a
fire which destroyed his residence at
Harrisville, w. Va.
At Bantam, O., the residence of VAL
entine Mushbacker was burned and his
daughter, aged Is, and veteran SOL
der named Isler, who lived with the
family, were burned to death.
Miss Katie Winkle, prominent
young lady of Fecl, Kan, and Mrs.
Meyers, lady who tried to save her,
were burned to death by the explosion
of an oil can.
Fire at Louisville, KY, destroyed the
retail dry goods store of E. b. Nugent,
the loss being $150,000.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The republican congressional conven-
ton of the Eleventh Indiana district