The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-31
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1t is said to be probable that form al
application for annexation to the
United States will be made soon by
government of Hawaii through minis
ter to the United States. The appli-
cation will be presented to the state
department and it is expected will be
transmitted to congress.
An infantry regiment CTS men strong.
sailed from Vienna the Goth for the is
land of Crete, being the Austrian con-
cipal ports of that island by forces of
the foreign powers.
| The United States senate, the 26th,
decided to print the recent supreme
court decision in the trans Missouri
Traffic association case, there being a
great demand for it.
A dispatch from the foreign admirals
in Cretan waters states that it is daily
becoming more evident that contin-
uance of turkish authority in Crete is
impossible and recommends that an
European governor general be appoint
ed and that the Turkish troops be
withdrawn.
The Wisconsin senate the Goth killed
the bill compelling railroads to carry
bicycles as baggage.
The grand jury at st. Paul. Mimi,
the Goth, indicted VIM. F. Bickel, pres
ident of the Minnesota Savings bank,
of the crime of grand larceny in the
second degree. The indictment charges
him with unlawfully converting to his
own use the sum of $26S. % intrusted to
him as agent by Hulda Peterson. Miss
Peterson was domestic in the employ
of Mr.. Bickel, who deposited her saw
ings in the Minnesota Saw ngs bank.
Frank v. Dunn, manager for John L.
Sullivan, posted $1,000 with tempo
rary stakeholder the Goth, to bind a
match with Bob Fitzsimmons.
| The Greek commandant at Piraeus,
the port of Athens, the 9th, prohibited
the departure of the steamer Heraklia
and confiscated her cargo, which con-
sisted of provisions intended for the
Mussulmans on the island of Crete.
| At Okolona, Ark, the 27th, Charles
Clay burn shot and killed Deputy Sheriff
Sol Rollins and Constable Joe DECKER
son. The officers were attempting to
arrest Clayburn, who first shot Rollins,
and as Dickerson came to Rollins aid
Clayburn shot him also.
The U. s. treasury. the 27th, had a
gold reserve of $751;, 777,270.
1t is officially stated at Athens,
Greece, that the question of declaring
war depends upon the outcome of the
present negotiations with the powers,
No one on the streets of Athens be-
lieves this, all accepting the departure
of the crown prince as indicating that
Greece has come to definite decision
as to war.
An expedition carrying arms, ammu-
milton and heavy field pieces has been
landed successfully at Boca de Jaruco,
to the northwest of Havana. 1t is re-
ported that well known Havana mer-
chant, Colin de Caidenas. was among
those landed with the expedition.
Fire at Norfolk. Va, the 2Sth, made
so families homeless and caused loss
of 500, 900.
The Northwest Kansas Methodist
conference has decided without dis
senting vote, to allow the admission of
women to the general conference.
Papers have been signed and deliv-
cred transferring the entire jackson
county CO., coal fields to the Kruger
Syndicate of London. Limited" in con-
sideration of 81, 900. 900.
The six-day bicycle race at Louis
willie, KY, which ended the 2Sth was
won by Dottie Farnsworth. of Mime
apolis, beating Helen Baldwin by half
a wheel length.
Owing to fears of further disturb
ances in the Vlllayet of Sivas, United
States Minister Terrell has asked the
porte to resume the military guards at
the residences of the American mis-
lsionaries.
A bull on freight train at Webster
|City, Ia, became frantic, the 2Sth, and
ATTACKED the men that attempted to
take him from the car. James Farrell
was tossed and gored and fatally in
ljured.
The crest of the Mississippi flood
wave, the 2Sth, was at Cairo, ILL.,,
wheat showed stationary gauge Of
|51.6 feet. The weather bureau pre-
idiots the water will continue to rise for
10 days.
James Mckinney, wholesale pro-
lduce and commission merchant of Kan
sas City. Mo-, has apparently succeeded
in cornering the onion market of the
country.