The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
At the annual meeting in Washington

OF the supreme council OF the american
Protective association resolutions we're
introduced calling for more stringent
immigration laws and for complete sep
aration Of church and state.
Charles Ulmer shot and instantly
killed Leslie Suffer and fatally wounded
his brother-in-law, Bailey Davis, at Hop
| kins, Mo. Jealousy was the cause.
The vendetta sworn by James Rowan
against Michael Halinan. murderer of
Jack Rowan, has ended in st, Louis in
the death of both the would-be avenger
and the murderer.
At the Methodist general conference
in Cleveland Bishops Foster and Bow
man were placed on the retired list.
Scott Jackson was found guilty at
Newport, Ky, Of the murder of Pearl
Bryan on February / last and his pun
ishment was fixed at death.
John Abnet, wealthy farmer, was
robbed of over $4,000 while attending
circus at Portland, Ind.
The Sumner national bank, estab-
lished at Wellington, KAN, in 1886, and
having capital stock of $4,000, closed
its doors.
Advices from Santa Barbara, CAL, say
that on its official trip the battle ship
Oregon made a woodworking record
OF 1918 knots an hour and will get
bonus of $4,000.
A widow named Fitzpatrick hanged
her four children and herself near Rip
ley, o. twas supposed that the woman
became suddenly insane.
The five children born in Mayfield,
Ky. April 90 to Mrs. Oscar Lyons are
all dead.
Near South McAlister, I. T., Austin
Fusley, negro, received 100 lashes,
and John Prola, white citizen, 80 lashes
on their bare backs for various crimes.
Mitchell, Dexter g. Co., large general
produce merchants in Boston, failed for
over 100000.
The Odd Fellows Temple company
at Cincinnati failed for 100000.
Smithton, mining town in Penn
sylvania, was wrecked by windstorm
and cloudburst.
Ties piled on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul railway at Waldo, Wis.,, de-
rallied freight train and Engineer
John O'Connor, Brakeman Emil Caspian
and John Miller were killed and two
other persons were injured.
The Indiana supreme court decided
that the law of 1885 is the only existing
apportionment law. and that elections
must be held under that law in the
state.
The treasury receipts in Washington
for the first half of the month of May
were $l2,S43,4s5 and the deficiency for
the Is days of the month was S., 0OO. 900.
The Red Lake Indian reservation in
Minnesota was opened for settlement
and many persons filed claims.
Rev. Mr.. Rhodes, living II miles east
of Upton, Tex, while blowing his field
unearthed $4,000 Mexican dollars.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
O19,OO9,27S, against $1,135,0S3,412 the
previous week. The decrease, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was 1873.
There were 224 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 23S the week
previous and 211 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The poulation of Chicago, according
to the school census just completed, is
.,329, 900.
Bernard Koch, of Irwin, Pa, while in
sane drowned himself after poisoning
his brother-in-law, his wife and two
children.
Mrs. James Cadamire and her infant
child were burned to death at McDon-
aid, Pa, by an explosion of gasoline
and five other children were SO badly
burned that but little hope was enter
tanned for their recovery.
Alfred G. Fields (colored) was hanged
in Chicago for the murder ON February
20 of Mrs. Ellen Randolph, also colored.
Nightingale, the fast mare of G. i.
HamIin, of Buffalo, n. Y, and valued at
$4,000, fell dead on the race track in
Louisville, Ky.
More than 100 persons were killed by
cyclone which swept over Sherman,
Tex, and vicinity. Sixty or more mot
death in Sherman and 40 others were
killed south of there. The list of in
jured was equally large. Fifty houses
were wrecked and the western part Of
the town was completely swept away.
Eight persons were killed at Howe, ten
at Gribble Springs and two at Justin.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
A split occurred in the republican
state convention at Dover, Del, and both
conventions elected delegates to the ma
tional convention and declared against
free coinage The boilers instructed