The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-25

Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The cost of the army during the last
rear was $l6,O74, 4S8, an increase of $755,
SGT over the previous year. according
to the report Of Paymaster Genera
Stanton.
The president has appointed William
S. Forman, ex-congressman from Hi
nois, to be commissioner OF internal
revenue to succeed Miller, resigned.
Mrs. Ella Ricketts,, of Bloomington
ILL.,, was killed by James Ware, her para
mour. who also took his own life.
Capt. Alfred T. Mahan. of Washington
the well-known writer on naval topics
IA: been placed on the retired list Of
che navy at his own request.
John Lawson, known as the "Ter.
rible Swede," lowered the worlds So
mile unpaced bicycle record of hours
s9minutes 80 seconds at Memphis. Tenn.
and James Michael lowered the indoor
Gve-mile record to 9:36 3-5.
James II. Sovereign was reelected
general master workman by the gen
eral assembly of the Knights of Labor
in session at Rochester. N. Y.
Isaac C. Parker, the famous "hang-
ing judge" of Arkansas, died at his
nome in Fort Smith. He had sentenced
200 criminals to the gallows during his
long term of office.
The records of the treasury depart
ment show that from February /, 1896,
to November /, there were coined at the
minis of the United States 16,262,92
standard silver dollars. The seignior-
age upon this amount was $5.O51.430
Miss Frances +. Willard was reelected
president of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance union at the an
nual meeting in ST. Louis.
Star Pointer, the Tennessee pacing
wonder, 2:02H, won new laurels in Phil
adelphia by defeating Joe Patchen, an
other king of the turf. in three straight
heats in a match race for $1,000 side.
The best time was 2:O41a.
August Pohl and three other men
who were wanted as witnesses in a
murder case at How, Wis.,, committed
suicide.
Thomas A. Edison, the wizard of cleo
tricity, makes the startling announce
nent as the result of some experiments
made in his West Orange IN. j. labora-
tory that within three years the blind
shall see-that the only prerequisite is
that the optic nerve shall be intact.
The S. b. Richards Lumber company
at Duluth. Mimi. failed for 100000.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
annual banquet of the chamber of COM
merce of New York was held at Del
monico's and letter was read from
President Cleveland which congratu-
lates the country over the result of the
recent election.
The town of Mercer, Pa, county seat
OF the county of the same name, was
nearly destroyed by fire.
A young negro named Collier who at
tempted an assault on Miss lilly
Vaughan, white woman living near
Columbus, Miss, was hanged by mob
John Lawson, the ''Terrible Swede,'
rode so miles unpaced on bicycle at
Memphis in 2:16:O3.
Edward w. Curry, aged 4S, chairman
of the Iowa democratic state central
committee, died in Des Moines from in.
juries received during his initiation into
The twenty-eighth annual reunion OF
the Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see convened in the parlors of the South
ern hotel in st. Louis.
Mrs. Foley, widow Is years old, anc
Ter daughter Fannie, aged 40, were muir
dered in their home near Liberty, Mo.
by burglars, who secured $50.
nd
tanned at lunch DR.. John Watson, OF
Scotland, known in the literary world
as Ian Maclaren, and Mrs. Watson.
The Lucas county children's home
at Toledo, o.. where 200 children are
cared for, was partially destroyed by
fire.
The national fraternal congress !,
session at Louisville, KY, elected j. e
Johnson, of Kansas. president.
The twenty-third annual convention
of the w. C. L. U. came to an end in st
Louis with appropriate exercises.
The Norwegian Plow company. Jane.
Beach, president, made general as
signment at Dubuque. Ia, with liabili
ties of $4,000.
Boards of trade in western cities will
hold a conference in Indianapolis on De
cember to consider the currency ques
ton.
Five hundred feet of platform fel
at Macon. Ga, and 80 people and 5000
bales of cotton went down in crash
some of the persons being fatally in
jured.
All the tollgates in Woodford county
Ky, were cut down and destroyed by {
mob. Similar depredations have beer
committed in Franklin, Owen. Ander
son and Washington counties.
John R. Gentry, 2:00k. the king O
bornacs race stations was sold in New