The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-01-06
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOM ESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 2Sth was: Wheat.
GIL, 900 bushels; corn, 1888 900
bushels; oats, 13,476.00O bushels; rye,
$4,000 bushels; barley, 4,S75.0O0 BUSH
els
William NJ. & j. S. Van Nortwick,
bankers and manufacturers. made an
assignment at Batavia, Ill.,, with liza
bilities of $2,O0O,OO0.
At the opening day in Washington
of the hearings before the ways and
means committee in preparation for the
framing of tariff bill representatives
OF hundreds of millions of dollars made
brief statements of their views.
Eleven cracks in the bicycle world
entered six days, eight hours day,
international bicycle contest in WASH
ington.
Statistics from 1883 Industrial estah-
lishments in As states show that 52,44S
less hands were employed in those es-
adjustments in 1896 than in 1892, AMI
that $19,214,4 4S less was paid out in
wages.
Frank E. Clark. for is years editor of
the GRANVILLE Qll.) Independent, COM
mitted suicide by taking poison. No
cause is known.
The Scandal bank at Minneapolis sus-
pended payments with liabilities of
100000.
Will Robinson (colored), who killed
his sweetheart in a church in Pike coun-
ty. Mo-, was taken to the penitentiary
for 102 years.
The large furniture house of Julius
Lansburg in Washington was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 100000.
The Mccoy Banking company of In
dependence, Mo-, went into voluntary
liquidation with liabilities of $125,0OO
One thousand Chicago saloon keepers
have been compelled during the last
three months to retire from business
because of hard times.
The state of Iowa celebrated it's seth
birthday.
The Bank of Superior at Superior,
Wis.,, closed it's doors with Liabilities of
100000.
By the explosion of a lamp Gregor
..Kirchbaum and his wife were burned to
death in their home at Johnston. IL.
AT Stamford. Conn, Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher fell and broke her hip and may
be forced to use crutches for the rest of
her life. She is 81 years old.
Gov. II. nj. Harris, of Indian territory,
has called the legislature to meet in
extraordinary session at Tishmingo Jam
uary 5.
At the annual meeting in Chicago of
the Northwestern Travelling Mems as
ISOLATION William Fl. Cribben was elect
ed president. The death payments for
the year amounted to $169,4O
Lane county, Kan, has formally been
declared insolvent by the county COM
Inissioners.
a new counterfeit ten dollar national
bank note on the Union national bank
of Detroit. Mich, is in circulation. One
d,stingushable feature is that the back
of the note is upside down.
1t is announced that Gov. Bradley in
tends to resign the office of governor of
Kentucky at an early date because of
failing health.
The wedding of Count Adam de
Moltke Huitfeldt. of Denmark, and Miss
Louise Eugene Bonaparte. daughter
of the widow of the late jerome Bona
parte, took place in Washington.
The Peoples Electric Light &c Power
company's plant at Newark, N. j., was
burned, the loss being $4,000.
The Columbia national bank in Min
neapolis closed it's doors with liabii-
ties of $247,OOO, and the Washington
bank, a state institution in the same
city, also suspended.
The Commercial national bank of
Roanoke, Va, closed its doors with liza
biities of 100000.
William w. Whaley and wife, living
near Seaviersville, Tenn, were MUIR
dered in their home by unknown per-
sons.
Henry F. Strauss, aged 72, county
clerk of Langlade county, Wis, commit
ted suicide at Amigo. He was a de-
faulter to the amount of $3,77O.
1t is officially denied at the state de-
partment in Washington that Spain has
consented 10 grant home rule to Cuba
Edward Rosa shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Mary Brehl, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Stewart, in
Forest City, s. D., and then killed him
self. Jealousy was the cause.