The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
LATER.

LATER.
dispatch to the New York Herald
| the 10th from Canea, Crete, says: Brit
ish warships have prevented the land
ing of Greek troops from Alpleus The
Turkish steamer has arrived, bringing
many wounded women and children
from the Selinest, where the Turkish
troops are now proceeding. The land
ing parties from foreign warships have
received orders to resist any attack by
the Greeks. The garrison of Fort
Voukelies, comprising 800 soldiers and
| 100 Cretan Mussulmans, after being
dislodged by the Greek artillery, re-
tired to Allikianu, were their force
was again beleaugured.
Theodore j. Cirkler, of Boyd, Wis,
student at the law school of the Mime
sofa state university, committed sui
eide the 10th, at the Waverly hotel in
Minneapolis, by putting bullet
through his heart.
Elevator "a" of the Lake Shore road
at Toledo, o.. together with 1926, 900
bushels of wheat. burned the 10Th.
| Fire broke out in the Everett school
building, Boston, the 10th, and caused
a panic among the pupils. Police am
balances were quickly on the scene
and within few minutes Is injured
victims were on their way to the city
hospital. The fire was only slight
one.
1t was learned the 10th that Thomas
Spies and wife, their daughter, Mrs.
Rouse, and her twin babies, one year
old, and Mrs. Waldron, all living on a
ranch near Winona, N. D., had been
killed by Indians.
Mrs. Thomas ]. Mallow, of Leaven-
worth. Kas., arose the night of the 10th
to replenish the fire, when her cloth
ing caught fire and burned from her
body, causing death. Her husband
was badly burned trying to save her.
Mercer Beasley, chief justice of the
supreme court of New Jersey, died at
Trenton the 10th.
! The U. S. treasury the 18th had an
available cash balance of $21S, S27, 562;
gold reserve, $147.2S1, 1873.
During a thunder storm at Chicago
the goth, lightning struck an electric
car, which was full of workingmen on
their way to the stockyards. All were
badly shocked, and one man, Zach
Root, had to be removed in an ambu-
lance. The car was badly damaged.
BY an explosion of natural gas in the
press room of the Chicago Chronicle,
the Goth, six persons were burned and
$4,000 damage done. Two persons,
John Mcmillan and Mathew Bayne
were dangerously injured.
All the provinces of Crete have voted
| for the union of the island with Greece.
The result of the vote has been COM
municated to all the consuls in the va
rious towns of the island.
| The Syndicate block, three-story
brick building at Grand Forks, N. d.,
was burned 21st. The building was Oc-
cupied by Thomas Bearre, dry goods;
Ephram Bros, clothing; Rand Bros,
boots and shoes, and Higham Bros,
hardware. The loss is fully $500, 900,
with an insurance of 100000.
James Caldwell, wife and children
were drowned in Powells river, near
Tazewell, KY, the 21st. The flood
burst over the bank and caught them
in their house, which was swept away.
| Joseph Murdoch, of Scott county, Va,
who was supposed to have been MUIR
dered 25 years ago, and for which crime
Bud Lindsay served 81 years in the
Virginia peDitentiary, returned to his
former home the 21st. Lindsay died
recently.
| A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, at Indianapolis,
Ind, the 21st
| The afternoon of the 21st three Brit
ish, one Italian, German and Russian
warship opened fire of the Cretan po-
sition at Canea, where the Greek flag
was hoisted some days ago.
Consul General Lee cabled from Ha-
vana to the state department the goth
hat he made formal request of Act
ling Captain General Ahumada for per-
mission to exhume the body of DR..
Richardo Riuz, an American dentist,
who was found dead in a prison at
Guanabacoa. He also requested in ur-
gent terms that the United States gov
lernment send warships to Cuba because
of the altitude of the Spanish authori-
ties in relation to the alleged murder
of DR.. Ruiz.
The county infirmary at Garfield, O.,
burned the 2lst. Loss $4,000 The
ltwenty-three inmates were all rescued.
VIM. Hartzell, an insane inmate, es-
lcaped from attendants, ran into the
fire and was cremated.