The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08

Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Four boys were drowned and Is per-
sons were hurt by the collapse Of 3
wharf at South Boston. Mass.
The explosion of boiler in the office
of the Evening Age at Houston, Tex,
killed Miss Matte Loeb, E. E. Emery
and Henry Lyons.
Misses Jessie Kelso and Sadie Reese
and John Samson were drowned in the
Mississippi river at Tekamah, Neb., by
the swapping of a boat.
Victor Erickson, George Haycock and
Frank Cramer were killed by the caving-
in of mine at Ely, Mimi.
Flames among lumber yards and iron
works in Brooklyn, N. Y, caused a loss
of 100000.
Four choir boys and the choirmaster
of ST. Johns Episcopal church at
Charlestown, Mass, were drowned by
the upsetting of boat.
w. T. Foster, weather prophet at ST..
Joseph, Mo-, has challenged the officers
of the weather bureau in Washington to
forecasting contest.
G. Augustus Page, cashier of the
Equitable Life Insurance company, was
arrested in Pittsburgh at the funeral of
his wife on the charge of causing her
death.
It was said that Cuban filibuster
barkentine, F. F. Cassen, Capt. F. A.
Cassen commanding, left Boston, sue
cessfully eluding the government au-
thorities.
William Turner and r. w. Dunlop,
who confessed to having robbed their
employer, I. Townsend Burden, of $780,
300 worth of jewelry were sentenced in
New York to nine years each in prison.
The body of Cecil Wayland was found
hanging in the woods near Hannibal,
Mo. He assaulted highly respectable
woman, and it was thought her friends
could explain the hanging.
Secretary Morton again declined to
raise the embargo on live cattle from
France, Switzerland, Belgium and sew
eral other foreign countries.
w. D. Wilson. naval constructor at tie
Charlestown (Mass) navy yard, was
stricken with apoplexy while on duty
and died.
Fire destroyed Ryan's packing house
at Dubuque, Ia, the loss being 100000.
Indians rode into Neol, small town
in Missouri. and robbed the place.
The government receipts from all
sources, except the postal service, for
the fiscal year just ended foot up about
1926, SOC, 900 and the expenditures were
1882, 500 900, the deficit for the year be-
ing about $25, 100000.
President Cleveland left Washington
for Buzzard's Bay, Mass, and all execu-
tive business will be transacted at Gray
Gables during the summer.
Michael Barbaras and Louie Deristi
were killed in coal mine explosion at
Fayette City, Pa.
John D. Rockefeller, the founder of
the University of Chicago, visited that
institution for the first time.
The reports as to the condition of the
crops throughout the country were
favorable.
Over 10000 veterans who followed the
fortunes of Lee, Longstreet and Jack
son met in Richmond, Va, in sixth an
nual reunion and to witness the laying
of the cornerstone of the Jefferson
Davis monument.
John Connolly, a spinner at Fall River,
Mass, cut his two-year-old child's throat
and then killed himself. He was out of
work and respondent.
The scores of glass factories through
out New Jersey have closed down for
the summer, giving 5000 workmen a
two months vacation.
Mr.. Preston, the director of the mint,
has adjusted the values at which for
eign coins are to be received by United
States customs officers during the next
quarter. The values are increased on
basis of $O.6s769 per ounce of silver,
as against S0.6s207 on April l, 1896.
The American Society of Civil En-
gineers held its 2sth annual convention
in San Francisco.
Manufacturers representing 100000
spindles in the vicinity of Boston have
agreed to curtail production during
four weeks in the next two months
Pending a settlement on the wages
scale every iron mill in the Mahoning
valley in Ohio has closed, throwing
$500 men temporarily out of work.
Work is soon to be begun on fortif-
cations for the defense of New York, to
cost $50, 100000.
On wager Of 500 Lee Palmer walked
from Waterloo, Ia, to Dubuque, a dis
tance of 100 miles. in 40 hours.