The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
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LATER.
Burglars entered the Office of the
United States Secret Service Agent
Murphy at st. Louis the 18th and cap
tured all the counterfeit money in pos
session of the department. The cap
ture of the money robs the government
of its chief evidence against two gangs
awaiting trial for counterfeiting.
Sam Grant was reprieved for week
just as he was about to be hanged at
Americas, Ga, the 18th.
Gen. ID. w. Couch, the aged soldier,
died at his home in Norwalk, Conn.
the 12th.
The little town of Mars. Pa, was al
most completely destroyed by fire the
18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wagner, of Mil
waukee were killed by coal gas the
night of the 18th.
Goodman Olson and q. w. Mitchell
broke Jail at Anoka, Mimi, the 18th
by burning a hole through the floor
with red hot poker.
A burglar attempted to enter sa-
loon at Spokane, Wash, the night of
the 18th by crawling through broken
window pane. His clothes caught on
the jagged edges of the glass and while
in that position he was captured by
the police.
The Austrian cabinet has addressed
most serious warning to Greese. 1t
is further learned from exclusive
sourcess that the powers have informed
Turkey that they cannot force Greece
to withdraw her fleet, but will leave
Turkey free hand.
Advices the 18th state that Major
Luis Lorau captured Spanish convoy
train near Artemisa province, Pinar
del Rio Monday, and SO prisoners with
out the loss of man. He exploded
dynamite under the train, blowing up
the engine and the armored car and
three passenger cars.
The senate in executive session the
18th confirmed the nomina tions of Car
roll d. Wright, of Massachusetts,, to be
commissioner of labor and that of
Martin A. Knapp, of New York, to be
interstate commerce commissioner.
by the explosion of boiler at Lees
coal mines in Weathersfield, o., the
18th, John Wilcox was killed and Wes-
ley Kyle and j. G. Vetter badly scalded.
The U. S. treasury the 18th had
cash balance of S216, III, 919, with a
gold reserve of $146, o6s, 461.
The supreme court of Kentucky the
18th overruled the petition of Scott
Jackson and Alonzo Walling, convicted
of the murder of Pearl Bryan. Gov.
Bradley has 80 days to consider the
case and fix the day of execution.
A portion of the shaft in Freeman's
tale mine at Gouveneur, N. Y, caved
in the 18th, burying five workmen be-
meath tons of rock and dirt.
While Bessie Morgan. Mary Evans,
Cassie Llewellyn and Mollie Williams
were skating on the canal at Shamokin,
Pa, the 18th. the ice gave way and
Miss Morgan and Miss Evans were
drowned.
In fight over right of way on the
road near Birmingham, Ala, the 18th,
between farmer named Galloway and
his two sons on one side, and two sec
ton men on the other, one of the Gal
loway boys was killed, the other IA
tally and B. f. Killiam seriously in
jured
The British first-class gunboat Har-
rier, the frst-class gunboat Dread, the
third-class gunboat Blazer and the tor
pedo destroyer Ardent left the Isle of
Malta, the 18th, to reinforce the British
feet in Cretan waters.
was almost totally destroyed by fire
the 14th.
Mrs. James Nuby, aged 1o4 years, the
oldest resident in southern Michigan,
was found frozen to death In her home
near Decatur, where she had lived for
40 years.
A Greek warship, the 13th, fired on
a Turkish vessel conveying soldiers
from Gambia to Canea.
All Europe is watching the Cretan
fireworks display with the greatest
anxiety, as spark may set all Europe
ablaze. Every body is agreed that the
present moment is the most critical
since the powers interviewed in Turkish
affairs. The daring action of Greece
is sending Prince George with torpe-
do flotilla to Crete has caused a ire
mendous flutter in the European cabin
cts.
The police raided the Chinese gamb-
ling dens of San Francisco the night of
the 18th and arrested 500 Cinnamon.
The raid was complete surprise and
the dens were in full blast.