The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-15
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOMESTIC.


Pa, was hanged at Scranton.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 9th was: Wheat,
47,1s0,OOO bushels; corn, 100000 bush
els; oats, s,54S,o0O bushels; rye, 1.462.-
600 bushels; barley, 5000 bushels.
The fire loss of the United States and
Canada for the month of June was
$5,721. $50, making the total for the halt
year $63,959,550, against $66,477.60O for
the first six months in 1895.
Fire destroyed the chlorination works
of the Consolidated Mining and Milling
company at Deadwood, S. D., the loss
being 100000.
Thirty-two sticks of dynamite, enough
to blow up the whole city, were found
secreted under the steps of the Metho-
dist church at Deadwood. S. d.
Mrs. Henry Ingram, of Battle Creek,
Mich, entered upon the 140th day of a
fast caused by physical affection.
The opera house at Augusta, Me-,
owned by j. NJ. Haynes. was burned, the
loss being 100000.
BY the death of wealthy uncle in
Ohio Frank Wallace, a street car con-
ductor in Lexington, KY, has fallen
heir to $4,000.
A food completely swep out the val
legs bordering Wegee and Pipe creeks,
south Of Bellaire, O., carrying away
100000 worth of property and drown
ing James Berry and his wife and baby.
Hundreds of people escaped death by
taking to high ground.
Mrs. K. B. Richardson, aged IS, and
her 17-year-old daughter Ethel were
murdered near Santa Barbara, Cal.
Suspicion points to Scott Richardson,
the dissolute stepson of Mrs. Richard
son.
Another waterspout in the interior of
Ohio and Marshall counties, w. Va,
caused great loss 20 property and sus-
pension of railroad traffic.
Robert Cherry Foy, cadet at the
Annapolis military academy from Ala
bama. has been sentenced to close con-
fnement for one year for hazing.
The SD annual convention Of the
Sons of Temperance of North America
began in Washington.
BY the explosion of natural gas at
the Evergreen hotel, seven miles north
of Allegheny, Pa, six persons were in
jured, three fatally.
The National Educational association
in session at Buffalo, N. Y, elected DR..
B. A. Hinsdale, of the University of
Michigan, as president.
At Newport, KY, Alonzo j. Wallfng,
convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan,
was sentenced to be hanged August7.
Uvalde county, Tex, was being dew
astated by prairie fire.
N. P. Young, clerk of Isle of Wight
county, Va, died at the age of 80. His
father, grandfather and great-grandfa-
Their preceded him in this office, and the
position of clerk was filed by this
family 100 years.
The examination Of the books of ex-
City Attorney Moreland, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, and his assistant, House, show
1927 900 unaccounted for.
The weekly report as to the condition
of the crops throughout the country is
favorable.
Fire destroyed George Frenkel's En-
pire hotel in Buffalo, N. Y, and Maggie
King, Jennie Mills and Mrs. Moriana
were burned to death and George Pap
was fatally injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dorney, old set
tiers in Chicago, were asphyxiated by
gas at their residence.
A locomotive exploded at Tromblcy.
Mich, and John Stonehouse, the engi-
neer, was instantly killed and Frank
Bell, the fireman, and C. Joergenoon.
the brakeman, were fatally injured.
RoInie Cotell, aged II, was convicted
at Akron, O., of killing Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Stone and Ira Stillson March 80.
His motive was to assault Flora Stone,
their daughter.
The National Amateur Press associa-
ton in session at Washington elected
James Z. Morton, of Boston, president,
and named San Francisco as the place
OF the 22d annual convention next July.
The property of the ST. Johns Manu-
featuring company at st. Johns, Mich,
passed into the hands of receiver with
liabilities of 100000.
Jennings Bros. & Co., operating the
West Pennsylvania steel works at Allc
gheny, Pa, failed for 100000.
Crazed with hatred and jealousy Will
liam Johnson, 30 years old, resident
of Chicago, fatally shot William Sutton
in New York and then killed himself.
The Methodist church and nearly
every business house at Mobile, Ala,
were unroofed by tornado and the
streets were made impossible by fallen
trees. The damage is fully $25O,0OO.
By the capsizing of a skiff at Wells
burg, w. Va, Miss Kate Roberts, Miss
Alice Baxter and James Lloyd were
drowned.
A cyclone visited portions of Dinwid-
die and Prince George counties, Va,
leaving destruction and ruin in its wake