The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-04
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, widow 60 years
Of age, and her daughter, Mrs. Sarah j..
Stevenson, IS years old and also wild
ow, were suffocated by gas at their
home in Boston.
An attempt was made to rob the
Farmers bank at Townville. Pa, but
the burglars were frightened away.
Pneumatic tubes are to be placed on
the Brooklyn bridge to carry letters be-
tween the New York and Brooklyn post
offices.
The faculty of the Ohio state unl-
versity at Columbus refused to reinstate
f. HI. French because he gave his whole
time to the football team as captain.
Charles James fatally shot Jacob Gar
rison at Richmond, KY, because he OBJ
jected to Garrison's attentions to his
daughter.
Mrs. Jesse Winner and her three chill
dren, aged s, 3 and 1h years, who lived
in a small log cabin near Richmond,
Mo-, were ali murdered by some un-
known assassin.
Advices received at New Bedford,
Mass, from the Arctic ocean whaling
feet state that the season has been q
failure.
The entire business portion of Mil
ton, N. Y. was destroyed by fire.
A fight in New York between George
Lavigne, of Saginaw, Mich, and Jack
Everhardt, of New Orleans, to decide
the lightweight boxing championship
of the yorld. was won by Lavigne in the
cath round.
Ronald's factory building in Brook
iyn was Burned at loss of $125 900 and
a number Of the 200 girls employed were
injured in making their escape.
AS the result of experiments the flour
mill at Castalia, S. d.. will this winter
use the Russian thistle for fuel in place
of coal.
the Welshman, still further lowered the
fen-mile indoor paced bicycle record,
making the distance in 21:33 3-5.
L. II. George, of Brockport, N. Y,
troke the century road record of Amer
lea by wheeling from Erie to Buffalo in
z hours and 25 minutes.
"A car on the Pittston electric railway,
crowded with passengers, jumped the
track at Plainsville, Pa, and three WON.
On were fatally and 20 other persons
seriously injured.
In the southern part of Pawnee coun-
ty, o. T., Mart Crawford and Joseph
Jones, farmers, quarreled in discus
sion on the money question and killed
each other.
Charles Kaiser, Jr., and his wife while
driving along a road near Norristown
Pa, were held up by highwaymen and
Mrs. Kaiser was sLot and instantly
killed and her husband was wounded.
An Erie passenger train broke the
record for the run from Pittsburgh to
Cleveland, making the 135 miles in 2
hours and 80 minutes.
Trying to save the life of her 5-year-
old grandchild, Alvin Studdt, Mrs. En-
ma Peterrnan was instantly killed by an
Erie railroad express train near her
lone in Hawthorne, N. j., and the
child was fatally hurt.
The semi-annual meeting of the bish-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal church
began in Pittsburgh. Pa.
The Georgia Legislature met at At
aanta.
A large number of trees were blown
down and houses were unroofed at New
Orleans during storm and Albert
Trahina was killed by lightning.
A tornado near Pennington, lex,
destroyed several houses and barns and
injured Il number of persons, some ia
tally.
A young man named Palmer who
killed the child of Oscar Marshall. a
farmer near North Bend. Wis.,, out Of
revenge. is said to have been iynched
by mob.
Gov. Benjamin Franklin, of Arizona.
in his annual report to Secretary Fran
els says the people of Arizona are unan,.
nous for statehood. The total mining
output of the territory for the year was
Si3,97a,263. The value of taxable prop
serty is $00,OOO.OOO.
At Medford, Mass, Joe Patchen low
.ered adj previous marks made my him
self by pacing mile in 2:04A.
The states of Illinois, Wisconsin aud
Alabama have been honored by having
their names given to three of the mon-
ster battle ships now being built for
the United States navy.
Fire of an incendiary origin &C.
Gtroyed the O'Brien hotel and three adj
Joining buildings in Pittsburgh. Pa.