The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
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ton OF wheat from Russia.
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An explosion occurred in the Will
hanson coal mine near Marion, Ill.
Fifteen wounded miners, two of whom
have since died, have been rescued
from the smoke and flames, while one
was found dead when the rescuing
party went down the shaft.
Velasquez, ex-chief of police of the
City of Mexico, who was under arrest
for allowing the lynching of the as
sailant of President Diaz, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the temple.
At Toronto, Ont, team of horses
attached to a fire engine became fright
ened and ran away, killing BERTHE Els
colt, aged II years.
Every business house in Allin, I. T.,
was destroyed by fire, together with
Is cars of wheat. Loss about $50, 900.
A landslide occurred near Sheep
camp, on the Chilcoot pass, in which
eighteen men are said to have lost
their lives. Only one body is said to
have been recovered, that of man
named Choynski. cousin cousin of Joe
Choynski. the prize fighter. The men
supposed to have been lost were pack
ers on the Dyea trail
| There were four deaths and three
new cases of yellow fever at Mobile,
Ala, the oath.
Stephen Murray, of Atlantic City,
N. j., was fined 800 and sentenced to
three months in Jail for scalping tick
cts and selling passes of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
| A Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don papers announces that the Aus
trian government would intervene in
case of conflict between Spain and
the United States.
E. FL. Saffold. cotton buyer, shot
and killed O. P. Ingram, merchant and
postm aster at Stewart, Miss, at that
place, in dispute over some mail
| matter.
! The cornerstone of the Memorial Lii
brary building at Adams, Mass, was
laid the 25th with appropriate cere-
monies. President Mckinley took part.
The U. S. treasury the 25th had
gold reserve of $146, 967, O36.
An earthquake shock lasting from 10
to Is seconds was felt in Maine.
| Charles w. Plain, state senator, who
resides at Milton, N. D., was severely
stabbed by a horse trader. The as
| sailant was arrested.
| At HawesYille, KY, Raymond Bush
rod negro, was taken by a mob and
hanged. He had been released from
Jail for stealing a watch and got drunk.
He afterward assaulted Maggie Rob-
erts.
The Northern Pacific west bound
coast train was held up about four
miles from Moorhead. The mail and
baggage car were cut loose from the
train, but the express car by mistake
was left behind. The registered mail
! was tak.n and about $40 from the
trainmen.
The operations of the British in
Northern India are proceeding salts
factorily. Gen. Westmacott has COM
pletely demolished the headquarters
of the Haddah Mullah in the village of
Jarobi, blowing up all the fortifica-
tons. While this was being done a
body of Sepoys was caught in am bush
in defle and sharp fighting ensued,
but the Sepoys succeeded in retiring
with slight loss.
The strike in the Des Moines Qo.)
coal district is over and the miners
will return to work.
Seventeen new cases of yellow fever
were reported at New Orleans the 25th,
five at Mobile, Ala. and ten at Edwards,
Miss.
! A decided sensation has been caused
in diplomatic circles here by Great
Britaln's notification to the United
States that she cannot participate in
the sealing conference at Washington,
if Russia and Japan take part in it.
Boldomero Acosta, one of the most
active insurgent leaders operating in
the neighborhood of Havana City, was
captured by the Spanish authorities on
on board the steamship Concho at Ha-
vana as he was to sail for Mexico.
A large meeting was held in Concord
Square, Athens, Greece, where a resolu
ton was adopted calling upon King
George and the cabinet to renew the
war with Turkey rather than accept
the terms of peace offered by the peace
conference.
Frederick Bancroft the magician,
died at Charleston, S. G.
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