The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-01

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dI 1LOulSVillc, oAuUo o"A
for an indefinite period because Of dull
trade, throwing COO men out of work.
Nikola Tesla, of New York, has added
another to his wonderful discoveries
in the possibilities of the electric cur
rent. He expects to be able to transmit
news by electrical waves, and thinks
by this means the inhabitants OF this
earth may ultimately communicate
with those on Mars or any other planet.
AT the opening of the new free
bridge spanning the Monongahela river
at Pittsburgh young business man
and the daughter of a local minister
were married in the center of the new
structure.
The Champaign county (Ill.) grand
jury found an Indictment against Gov.
Altgeld and others comprising the
board of trustees of the University of
Illinois for neglecting to raise the
American flag over the university build
ings in accordance with the law.
At the Southwestern Kansas Meth
odist Episcopal conference in Wichita
Bishop Andrews created sensation by
declaring that a minister should not
NEEDLE with the temperance question.
In a wreck on the Indiana, Illinois d
Iowa railroad near Knox, Ind, four men
were smothered by the overturning of
a car of grain in which they were riding.
The will of Benjamin Franklin, which
was probated 10S years ago in Phila-
delphia, was allowed in the probate
court of Suffolk county at Boston in
order to legalize the disposition Of over
SILL the accumulations of the sum
of SIS 900 which Franklin bequeathed to
officials of Boston in trust for the use
of young mechanics.
The Smith, Wilson & Sears Paper COM
pany at Holyoke, Mass, failed for $780,
900.
C. d. Vaughn, Western Union tele-
graph manager in New York, says he
has about completed an invention by the
use of which it will be possible to tele-
phone across the ocean.
The town of Benton, Ark, was nearly
wiped out by fire.
Forest fires burned over a large ter
ritory to the east of Black River Falls,
Wis.,, destroying the prospects of the
hlueberry crop in that territory.
The Midway deposit bank at Midway,
KY, closed its doors with liabilities of
$4,000.
Litral Bacon, a prominent man, brood
ing over having been arrested at Knox
vile, Tenn, for perjury, blew himself
to fragments with dynamite.
Newell Dutche and Frank Moore were
drowned by the capsizing of an oyster
boat at Bridgeton, N. J.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 27th aggregated
$500, S59,15S, against $975, 8S3,S01 the
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was 90. ri
Matt Mootry, negro, was hanged at
Georgetown, Tex, in the presence of
1000 people for the murder of Andrew
Pickrell, farmer, last May.
There were $50 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 27th, against 261 the week
previous and 234 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
A religious organization to be known
as the Legion of the Grand Army of the
Cross, similar to the Salvation Army was
launched in New York by William Phil
lips Hall.
At Springfield, Mo-, fire completely
destroyed the Grand opera house, the
loss being 100000.
The secretary of the treasury sent to
congress estimates of the general de-
ficiency in departmental appropria-
tons for the year ending June 80,
1896. amounting to $4,326,672.
Hiram III. Ely, a boy of Is, and his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Jane D. Ely, widow
80 years old and the mother of four
children, were married at Richmond,
Ky.
Mrs. John F. Siegel, wife of a pyomi-
nent business man at Bogart, O., and
her son. aged 10, were killed by the cars
while out driving.
A progressive euchre party for the
cause of Cuban freedom at Philadelphia
realized 81 900.
The date of opening the Red Lake In
dian reservation in Minnesota has been
changed from May to May Is next.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parkinson, Wind
sor, Wis.,, were asphyxiated by gas from
a coal stove.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Edward Hopkins (colored), aged 1903
years. died at Rome, N. Y.
DR.. Moses NJ. Roger, retired physi-
clan in Chicago, made arrangements for