The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-02-09


ture Of Prince George of Greece for the
governorship of Crete.
The insurgents dynamited and de-
stroyed a railroad line near San Felipe,
province of Havana.
LATER.
Daniel McClelland committed sui
eide at st. Louis, Mo-, by putting his
head between the rolls of a putty
crusher.
Gus Wachlfn was hanged at Hills
boro, Ore, for the murder of John Le-
rock.
A failure in the harvest has caused
terrible distress among the peasantry
OF the interior provinces, especially in
Central and Southern Russia. In some
places they are worse off than during
the famine of 1891. The Russian edit
ors have been forbidden to refer to the
matter. Private letters from Tamboff,
southeast of Moscow. say the peas
ants are feeding their half starved cat
tie with the thatches of their roofs.
Typhus and other diseases are making
rapid Roadway among them.
Geo. W. Finch, of Kansas City, a
murderer sentenced to be hanged, who
had escaped to point 100 miles from
his nearest pursuer, voluntarily surren-
dered to the authorities at Fort Scott.
Kas., after notifying them of his inten-
ton by long distance telephone.
Ex-Governor Thomas A. Osborn, of
Meadvllle, Pa, is dead.
w. J. Fitzpatrick, the famous jockey.
is dead.
The suit of the Minneapolis Trust
company against the Minneapolis
Times for libel was ended the 5th,
after long trial. The jury brought
in verdict of not guilty.
A British steamer has been chartered
to carry twenty two locomotives and a
general cargo from Philadelphia to the
Finland government The locomo.
tives are.being shipped by the Baldwin
works.
Archibald McLaren was arrested at
Cleveland, O., on the charge of appro-
priating to his own use 5000 belong
ing to the Order of Scottish Clans, of
which he was treasurer.
The Highland Park hotel at Aiken,
S. c., we'll known winter resort, was
destroyed by fire. Loss. $14O, 900. One
hundred and sixty eight guests were
stopping in the building, but they all
escaped, and also saved most of their
baggage.
The Winthrop knitting mills at La
coma, n. H., which have been closed
for several months, have resumed oper-
ations.
BY the premature explosion of blast
in mine at Whitlock, Cal, two men
were killed.
James A. Herne. the actor, delivered
eulogy on the late Henry George
from the pulpit of the Church of the
Redeemer, in Chicago.
President Dole and party haye start
ed on their return journey to the
Hawaiian islands.
Two tramps were killed in wreck
on the Northern Pacific railroad near
Pasco, Wash. The tram ran into a
washout. None of the trainmen or
passengers were killed.
Spain is making preparations to send
Is, 900 more troops to Cuba.
Earthquake shocks were felt at
Lynchburg, Va.
The supreme court of Massachusetts,
decides the law good that forbids the
use of fraudulent trade labels.
petition has been circulated at
Skaguay and at Dyea asking the war
department to send 800 troops to Alas
ka that law and order may be pre-
served. The petition asks that mar
tial law be declared. The petition is
being signed by nearly all of the best
element.
The Portuguese steamer Overnum.
which arrived at New York the 7th
from Oporto, brought nine of the crew
of the American bark Serene, which
was wrecked Dec. 81, at Leixoes, near
Oporto, during heavy northeast gale.
The bark dragged her anchors and
went ashore on the rocks. The crew
landed with difficulty saving only the
clothing they wore. Capt. Dalleman
remained with the vessel to look after
the owners interest.
Information received by the presi-
dent from Minister Woodford says that
Premier Sagasta has declined the third
offer of friendly mediation on the part
of the United States Premier Sagas-
ia refused to admit that Spain had
reached the end of her rope in Cuba;
that she was unable to suppress the
insurrection; that automy was fail
ure; or that she needed the assistance
of the United States in bringing the
Cuban struggle to an end.