The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-22
LATER.

Deutschland sailed for Chinese waters.
LATER.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty,
which was allowed to go over the holt
days, will be called up as soon as con-
gress recunvenes in January. Senator
Davis said that it was his purpose to
bring it up Immediately for consider
alton.
Baker j. Bacon, was sentenced to
seven years in prison by the U. S.
court at Salt Lake City, for making
false entries in his report to the comp
troller of the currency while president
of a National Bank.
The engineer of six of the Allen line
steamers at Glasgow, Scotland, have
gone ON strike.
Cramps, the Philadelphia ship build
err will build $40, 900, 900 ship yards at
Seattle. Wash.
The Citizens Bank. of Oelwein, To-,
Fl. c. Sturgis & Co., proprietors, has
made voluntary assignment.
John ]. Hanrahan and Patrick Fer
ris, judges of election in the nth ward
of Chicago at the last municipal cleo
ton. were convicted of classifying the
returns and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary.
The fifteen-round prize fight at Long
Island City, N. Y, between kid
Mccoy and Dan Creedon was won by
Mccoy in the 18th round. Mccoy is
now the middleweight champion.
William Carr. who murdered his
child, was hanged at Liberty, Mo.
Carr, who is a giant ack-woodsman,
told the story of his crime without the
least emotion.
Peter Maher has challenged any
heavy weight pugilist in the world for
fight.
The electric light works at Excel
sior, Mich were completely destroyed
by fire.
The big cooperage department of
the John Betz brewery at New York
was burned; loss, $4,000.
1t was announced from Chicago that
Fitzsimmons had agreed to another
battle with Corbett, to take place some
time next year. under the manage
ment of Dan Stuart.
The jewelry store of Mermod &
Jacard, at st. Louis, Mo-, was de-
stroyed by fire; loss, SIPS, 200.
The big department store of Benner
& Begg, the jeYelry store of H. A.
Stone, and the 'Stanchfeld clothing
house at Grand Forks, N. d., were de-
stroyed by fire.
An open switch at Pontiac, ILL.,.
h. 4,
Alton railroad, in which at least a
dozen passengers were injured. None
were killed.
The u. S. treasury the 18th had
gold reserve of $3.50, 1921
The Lincoln, (Neb.) street railway
system, compris g 40 miles of track,
power house and equipment was sold
under mortgage foreclosure.
Washington Hesing, proprietor of
the Illinois Stats Zeitung, one of the
leading Germans of the northwest, and
postmaster of Chicago, during the last
term of President Cleveland, died sud-
denly of heart disease.
The United States revenue cutter
McLane, Capt. Reynolds, arrived at
Punta Garda, Fla, arrived with seven
Spanish fishing smacks that were
selzed for violation of the navigation
laws. The smacks have been turned
over to the custody of the customs
authorities.
At the annual session of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. Samuel
Gompers was reelected president.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt at Ashland, Va.
Pardee hall, part of Lafayette col
lege, at Easton, Pa, was badly dam
aged by fire. Besides the loss on the
building, thousands of dollars worth
of valuable property belonging to the
professors was destroyed.
The president has appointed VIM.
Penn Nixon. editor of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean, as collector of customs at
Chicago.
Strong earthquake shocks lasting 10
seconds were felt at Curta Di CASTILLO,
province of Perugia, Central Italy.
The walls of houses split, many CHM
MES fell, the bells rang and panic
prevailed among the inha bitants.
A chair car on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad broke loose from the
train at Castle Rock, Colo, and started
down the mountain. colliding with an
engine. Fifty men were in the car
and 33 of them were injured.