The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-01-20

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the United States and Spain regarding
the terms to be granted to the Cuban in
surgents has been practically concluded
in Washington. N
Peter Tinco, John Taylor, Henry
Flynn. William Taylor and Theodore
Frouhnerstein were crushed to death in
a mine near Pottsville, Pa, by the fall of
a cage.
Fred Dcnley and Mamie Reed were in
stantly killed by train at crossing
near Columbus, o.
DR.. Richard c. Flower, Napoleon
OF finance" in Boston, failed for $780,
900.
John FL. Couch, late populist candi-
date for judge of the Kansas court of
appeals, committed suicide at Scott be-
cause of family trouble.
The West Virginia Legislature met at
Charleston.
The Seattle (Wash.) savings bank
closed it's doors with liabilities of $780,
coo.
Escaping gas from a coal stove in
Chicago killed Charles Poole and his
mother Mrs. Esther Poole.
While making a professional call. j.
H. Wallace, a prominent physician at
Monmouth, H., fell across the bed of
his patient and instantly expired.
The Wisconsin legislature convened
at Madison. L. w. Thayer, of Ripon,
was chosen president pro tenn. of the
senate and George w. Buckstaff, of
Oshkosh. speaker of the assembly.
The City national bank of Streator,
ILL.,, has voluntarily retired from bust
ness.
Thomas j. Brown, president of the
National Association of Letter Carriers.
died in Chicago, aged Al years.
Alexander Ora ham Bell, inventor of the
telephone and resident of Washington,
has renounced allegiance to the queen
o. England and become citizen of the
United States.
Gov. Scofeld, of Wisconsin, in his
message to the legislature recommends
a board of pardons, revision of the state
banking law and the erection of re-
formatory for juvenile culprits.
John D. Rockefeller, the multimil-
lionaire, has been reelected superin-
tendent of the Sunday school of the
Euclid Avenue Baptist church in Clevc-
land.
William Ferguson, corresponding Sec
rotary of Typographical union No. 6,
and Jacob McKenna were suffocated
by gas in New York hotel.
Thomas Lowe, aged 26, of Denison,
Tex. confessed to having 16 wives, all
living.
THE grand lodge of masons of Mime
sofa adopted resolution barring all
those who sell intoxicants from be-
coming masons in it's jurisdiction.
The steamship Eva, with party OF
six aboard, was lost off the New Orleans
coast.
The exports of domestic merchandise
during December amounted to $116,-
1884, and for the year $3.50, 1856.
The imports during December aggre-
gated $57,956,OO9, and for the year $780,
556.223.
Five persons were seriously injured
and about 80 others more or less cut
and bruised by an accident on street
car line in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The exports of gold during December
amounted to $405,s56 and the imports
to $2,572,271. For the year the ex-
Iorts aggregated $56,742,S44 and the
imports $1O2, 766, 43S. The silver exports
during December amounted to $6,S19,-
545 and the imports to $1,279,S01. Dur
lug the year the exports amounted to
500, O29 1886 and the imports to $12,5O4,-
SIT.
The Merchants national bank OF
Ocala, Fla, suspended with liabilities
of $145.oOo.
Leland castle, owned by Adrian Iselin,
Jr., and occupied by the Morse school,
was burned at New Rochelle, N. Y, the
loss being 100000.
At Narberth, Pa, fire destroyed the
famous old stone barn opposite the
Gen. Wayne hotel, which has been a
familiar landmark for more than a CEN
fury.
Benjamin Candy, aged So years, and
Seabright Berry, aged As years, both of
Gloucester, N. j., were instantly killed
by the cars in Philadelphia.
There were ass business failures in
tllC OHllCo oldtCS III tllC SCFSu udyS
ended on the 18th, against 4ss the week
previous and 3o5 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
CAT ,s60,662, against $1,144,639,0 $50 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 1.6.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Fox
Paper company at Crescentville, O., the
loss being $150,0O0.
Jennie Browning, with her baby in
her arms, jumped into the Kentucky
river near Monterey, KY, and both were
drowned.
AS result of family feud two farm
ers, Jonas Hackensmith and Punch