The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-22

A 1relgQC Train was WICChCo near
Geneva, Pa, and Patrick Kerr, engi-
neer, and Burt Rowley, brakeman, were
killed and three other persons were
badly injured.
The entire plant of the Michigan Beef
& Provision company in Detroit was
burned. the loss being 100000.
In dispute over money at Central
City, Col, Samuel Covington shot and
killed Michael Kelleher and Richard
Williams and was himself shot dead by
pursuing posse.
AS result of the eight-hour procla-
nation recently issued by the executive
council of the American Federation OF
Labor, plans have been prepared for
monster strike, which is to commence
IN Boston May and to extend to New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis
and all the cities where the force
of such a move would be most keenly
felt.
Fl. H. Holmes, the convicted MUIR
derer, was baptized and received into
the Catholic church in Philadelphia.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
=. j. Daley.
The president issued his annual
Behring sea proclamation warning
sealers from plying their vocation dur
ing the closed season. from May to
August 1.
The National league baseball season
of 1896 opened on the 10th, the result
by percentages being as follows: Brook
Ign, 1000; St. Louis, 1000; Washing
ton, 1000; Pittsburgh, 1000; Boston,
1000; Chicago, 1000; New York, 900:
Baltimore, 900; Cleveland, 900; Louis
vile, 900; Cincinnati, 900; Philadel-
phia, 900.
The National Miners in session at Co
lumbus, O., reelected Philip H. Penna,
of Indiana, president.
The First national bank of Bedford
City, Va, and the Liberty savings bank
of the same place, the only banks in the
town, closed their doors.
The colored population of Washing
ton celebrated the oath anniversary of
emancipation.
Harry Schaffer, aged %, Harry Brown,
aged 10, Stanley Early, aged %, and d.
M. Cafe, aged 10, were drowned in the
river at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The New York legislature adopted
resolution to adjourn finally on April
30.
Business was reported as quiet
throughout the country.
A fire at Chandler, the county seat of
Lincoln county, o. T., burned the post
office and nearly all the business portion
of the town.
There were 223 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th. against $50 'he week
previous and 241 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
George d. Wetherill & Co., manufac-
turers of paints and dealers in window
glass in Philadelphia, failed for S175,O0
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
1874, 33S,764, against 1926, 220,255 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was Sc.
It has been decided to change the
place of burial of Secretary Gresham
from Oakwoods cemetery in Chicago to
Arlington at the national capital.
A rainstorm in Vernon county, Wis,
swept away many barns and granaries
and large number of cattle, hogs and
sheep were drowned. The entire viii
lage of Odanah was under water and
great damage was done.
Andrew Olson and his wife were IA
tally injured by lightning at Wallace,
Mich, and their two little children were
killed.
Josephine and Edward Courmatine,
Lena and Annie Dubois and Rosie Bon
MEN (all children) were burned to
death in a tenement-house fire at Tur-
ner Falls, Mass.
Fruit in the orchards of the central.
part of California was severely dam
aged by frost.
Joseph Daugherty shot his wife, aged
20 years, and then shot himself at Litz.
Pa. No reason was known.
James H. Eckels, comptroller of the
currency, addressed an audience of
1000 Cincinnati business men on the
financial question from the gold stand
ard point OF view.
A counterfeit ten-cent silver piece
was discovered at the treasury in Wash
ington.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Washington democrats in session at
Tacoma elected national delegates and
Endorsed the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland, but differed from it