The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-13

general conference at Cleveland de-
cided that the four women delegates
might retain their seats.
Herman w. Mudgett, alias II. Fl.
Holmes, was hanged in Philadelphia
for the murder of Benjamin f. Pitzel
on September 2, 1894.
The derailment of smoking car on
a train near Boston killed w. j. Down
and j. +. Long, business pen, and in
jured several other persons.
Charles Homes, a Choctow Indian,
was executed under the Indian law at
Antlers, l. Il. He was blindfolded and
shot by the sheriff.
The roundhouses and 12 locomotives
belonging to the Queen and Crescent
Railway company were destroyed by
fire at Somerset, Ky, the loss being
100000.
L. II. Brainerd, a cut stone contractor
in Chicago. failed for 100000, pulling
down with him the firm of Sherman,
Flavin & Co., marble cutters, whose liza
bilities were over 100000.
The Citizens bank of Union City,
Ind, one of the oldest banking insti-
buttons in the country, closed its doors
with liabilities of $4,000.
A special train on the Michigan Cen
trail road went from Windsor, Ont, to
the international bridge, Buffalo, dis
lance of 229 miles, in 22O minutes and lo
seconds.
Judge Maynard, of Boston, in six
hours disposed of so divorce cases, an
average of one every seven minutes.
Charles Harrison, a young farmer liv-
ing near Williamsport, Ind, shot Ida
Welch and Harry Smith and then killed
himself. Jealousy was the cause.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 9Th aggregated ST.
135, Os3, 412, against 1882, ,511 the pre-
vious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1895,
was 2.S.
The business portion of Sebree, KY,
was wiped out by fire.
There were 23S business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the sth, against 23s the week
previous and 227 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
John Waldrip, who four months ago,
while serving term in the Coalburgh
(Ala.) penitentiary for larceny, Drained
a fellow convict, Jasper Thornton, with
a coal pick, was hanged in the Jail yard.
Michael Farmer. aged 90 years, and
Angelina Hipshaw, aged 81 years, wera
married at Thornhill, Tenn.
Samuel r. Dawson, of Des Moines, Ia,
who Christmas eve shot and killed Wal
ter Scott, his son-in-law of an hour, was
found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree.
Six houses, 20 horses and other valu-
able property were consumed by fire at
Camden, Tenn.
j. Watson Hildreth, the boy train
wrecker of Rome, N. Y, received life
sentence. His companions, Plato and
Hibbard, pleaded guilty to manslaugh-
ter and were sentenced to 40 years i'm
prisonment each.
At the Methodist general conference
in Cleveland it was recommended that
the American flag fly from the steeple
of every Methodist church in the coun-
try.
A car of oil caught fire and exploded
at Bellmore, o., causing the death of
William Cummins, aged "a, and Will
liam Longnecker, aged 80.
The Southern Baptist convention met
at Chattanooga, Tenn, with 1000 dele
gates present.
The president issued an order extend
ing the civil service rules to the inter-
state commerce commission, making
total of about $1,000 government posi-
tions now included in the civil service.
d. c. Collins, one of the largest to-
bacco dealers in Ohio, failed at Cincin-
natl for 100000.
A cyclone wrecked houses and barns
at Clark, S. D., and the wife of C. H. Lind
land was killed.
Mrs. Fritz Henisint, who lives near
Fowler, Ind, gave birth to six infants,
four boys and two girls. Two years ago
Mrs. Henisint gave birth to triplets.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The republicans of the Twenty-first
district of Illinois renominated E. j.
Murphy, of East ST. Louis, for con-
gress.
The republicans of the Tenth district
of Missouri unanimously renominated
Richard Bartholdt for congress.
California republicans in convention
at Sacramento elected Mckinley dele
gates to the national convention and
adopted platform favoring the free
coinage of silver.
Silas Adams, ex-membcr of congress
from the Eleventh kentucky district,
died at his home in Liberty.
The Pennsylvania prohibitionists met
in Philadelphia and selected national
delegates and nominated j. S. Kent of