The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07

America. has failed completely.
The British schooner Village Belle
was lost at sea and her skipper, four
members of her crew and three passen-
gers were drowned.
LATER.
Gen. Miles, commanding the army,
has prepared the draft of bill provid-
ing for regular standing army of
100000 men. The bill, it is said, will
provide for an organization of twelve
companies to the regiment, with an
arrangement for third lieutenant for
each company in case of need of that
officer. 1t will contain provisions for
a staff corps largely in accordance with
the recommendation of the heads of
the various bureaus as recommended
by them in their annual reports.
In consequence of the Carlist agita-
ton in some of the provinces of Spain,
many rich families in the country dis
tricts are moving into the large cities
for safety in case of an outbreak.
The North German Lloyd steamships
Vera and Fulda sailed from New
York for Havana, where they will
take on Spanish officers and soldiers
for Cadiz.
Link Thayer was convicted at Fer
gus Falls, Mimi, of assisting in the
robbery of the Great Northern trail;
near Carlisle, MINI. The pris oner re-
ceived the verdict with no sign Of
| emotion.
Edward w. Harden, U. S. commits
sioner to investigate the financial con-
dition of the Philippine Islands, re-
ports that silver is the basis of the
currency. There is no gold in circula,
ton, and has been none for more than
20 years. The Mexican dollar is the
only money in circulation.
The torpedo boat Farigut had her
official trial on the bay at San Fran
cisco and succeeded in exceeding the
required speed of so knots per hour by
small fraction.
"The peace commissioners have
agreed not to mention the Cuban or
PHILIPPINE debt in the treaty, because
it might lead to misapprehension.
The American commissioners have in
dicated to the Spaniards that these
debts cannot possibly in law, right or
equity, be saddled upon Cuba or the
the Philippines, since the money en-
ployed was not for the colonies, but to
compel them by force of arms to suffer
the oppressive Spanish rule from
which they are seeking to free them
selves.
Capt. Glass, one of Deyey's comman-
ders in the battle of Manila bay, is to
be relieved from the command of the
Charleston and brought home from
Manila on waiting orders at his own
request. He will be succeeded in com:
mand of the Charleston by Capt. Whit
ing, now at Manila in command of the
Monadnock. The commander of the
latter has not yet been selected.
The Academy of Music, the oldest
play house at Rochester, n. y, was
entirely destroyed by fire.
M. f. Corcoran, postmaster at Dur
yea Pa. was shot and killed by bur
glars in his saloon, which adjoined his
residence. His housekeeper was bound
and gagged and the safe blown open.
The gold reserve of the .. S. treas
ury the Sd was $242, 235, 4S9.
The state of Texas was visited by
heavy snow storm the Sd.
Mrs. Martha Little Davidson, who
enjoys the distinction of having
spoiled the first spool of thread in the
first factory known to the thread in
dustry of America, died at her home
at Lebanon, ILL.,, aged so years.
Secretary Long has decided to as
sign the Chicago to duty as flagship of
the European squadron which is now
in process of selection. The squadron
probably will include about five ships
of different classes.
The Rogers, Peet Clothing Co., Home
Life Insurance company, and the Pos
tai Telegraph company's buildings in
| New York were burned. Loss over
ST., 200, 900.
Thurlow Weed Barnes has brought
suit in the supreme court against the
American China Development com
pany for 100000 for services in OBJ
tanning railroad concessions from the
imerial Chinese government through
the CHINESE minister at Washington.
The Hawaiian commission has com
pleted it's bill for the government of
the Hawaiian islanps as a part of the
United States, and has also finished
it's report to accompany the bill and
both matters have been placed in the
hands of the president.
severe blizzard swept over the
eastern states the 4th. All telegraph
wires east of Chicago were broken,
and along the Atlantic coast great
damage was done.