The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-22
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any injury was done.
| LATER. III
Arrayo, who assaulted President Diaz
| of Mexico, was taken by mob of the
common people and lynched. About
20 OF the lynchers were arrested.
Two freight trains, through mis-
| take in orders, collided near Chippewa
| Falls, Wis, on the Wisconsin Central
| railroad. Five men were killed The
dead are: Engineers Warren and Smith,
Fireman Smiley, Brakeman Miller and
an unknown man riding between the
cars.
| The president has appointed Thomas
| E. Olegard as register of the land Of
| fee at Minot. N. d., and Joseph Dona-
hue, register of the Office at Pierre,
S. d.
Secretary Alger has ordered 25 in
fantrymen sent from Fort D. A. Rus
sell to st. Michaels, Alaska.
The first annual convention of re-
publicans who voted for John C. Ere
mont was held at Pittsburg, Pa, and
national organization formed.
During the week ending the 18th
silver bullion advanced 8 cents per
ounce.
While Mariah Billingsbee, colored,
was attending church at Little Rock,
Ark, her house caught fire and her
five children, who were locked therein,
were burned to death.
The inhabitants of little village in
| Arctic Russia claim to have seen An
dree's balloon on Sept. II.
The entire force of striking miners
at Morequa, ILL.,. have returned to
work at slight increase of wages.
The great dismal swamp of Virginia
and North Carolina, covering an area
of perhaps 400 square miles, is afire
from one end to another, the result of
an unprecedented drought and excess
sively hot weather. No one inhabits
the swamp but wild animals, there
fore no attempt is made to check the
flames.
The schooner Henry A. Kent, loaded
with iron ore, foundered in Lake Su-
perior. The crew was saved by the
steamer Gilchrist.
The british government has ordered
ten batteries Of horse and field artil-
lery to embark for India.
On account of the yellow fever cpl
|demic, the y. S. land Office at jackson,
Miss, has been temporarily closed.
Chas. M. Dickinson. of New York,
has been appointed consul at Constan-
tinople, Turkey.
The treaty of peace between Turkey
and Greece was signed at Constanti-
nople the 18th.
Patrick j. Gleason, mayor of Long
Island City, has been nominated for
mayor of Greater New York by an in
dependent convention.
September 18th was the 25th ami.
versary of the accession of King Oscar
II. to the throne of Norway and Swe-
den. Both countries united in cele.
brating the event.
There were eleven new cases of yell
low fever at Mobile, Ala, the 18th.
sThe British ship Hahenmann, from
Newcastle, England, to San Francisco,
has been out 20S days, and is two
months overdue.
In a match race at Indianapolis be-
tween Joe Patchen and Star Pointer,
the latter paced mile in 2:01, the fast
est heat ever made in race to har-
ness.
President Diaz of Mexico has de-
cided that the parties who lynched
Arrayo, his assailant, must be severe
ly punished.
With the exception of the store of
Tobin & Co., the entire business por-
ton of Fillmore, KY, was wiped out by
fire.
The official messenger confirm the
announcement that on Sept. IA, at IL
p. m. the inha bitants of the village of
in the district of
Yeneisick, Attic Russia saw for about
five minutes balloon believed to be
that of Prof Andree, the aeronaut.
The Norwegian steamer which went
ashore on Grut Island near NOVA
Scotia is total wreck
An explosion of gunpowder wrecked
the general store of G. f. Waldron, at
Trenton, N. j., causing loss of
$40, 900.
Several statesmen of Kentucky
have been indicted for playing poker.
The price of all kinds of food is stead
lily rising in Spain, owing to the grow
ing depreciation of silver and paper