The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-02-02
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| brated in Berlin. ..
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The Kentucky senate passed the
house resolution asking Senator Lind
say to resign. Only one of the silver
| democrats voted against the resolution
which was adopted, 25 to 10.
The steamer Corona, which left
Seattle with 225 passengers Jan. 20 for
southeastern Alaska ports, has been
wrecked near Lewis island at the
mouth of the Keena river. Her pas
sengers were all safely landed on Kee-
ma island. Every pound of freight and
baggage is lost.
President Mckinley has decided to
send special emissary to Havana
whose duty will be the distribution of
the supplies sent there by the Central
Cuban Relief association.
After'a debate, animated at all times
and occasionally acrimonious, which
occupied the greater part of a week,
the Sc ate passed the Teller concurrent
resolution by a decisive vote of AZ to
SO. The resolution is practically a re-
affirmation of that of Stanley Mat
thews in 1878. The resolution declares
the right of the government to pay
bonds in either gold or silver.
Four German sailors were killed at
Tairno, China, by Chinese mob.
Ten locomotives and Is, 900 steel rails
were shipped from New York by the
steamer Standrews. Eight of the loco
motives are for China and two for
Japan.
The Russian feet at Port Arthur is
helpless for want of coal, being unable
to steam even to Vladivostock. 1t is
widely known that japanese firms who
have contracted to supply the Russian
fleet haye defaulted.
The Bicycle manufactures of Canada
have asked the government for a
special duty of 50 on each bicycle i'm
ported from the United States. The
present tariff imposes duty of so per
cent on bicycles. The members of the
government have not expressed any
opinion.
The Provincial express was wrecked
at Oronoco, Me-, and six cars, including
the smoker, were tumbled into the
ditch. jennie S. Murray and Mrs. d.
Cunningham were killed and thirty
others injured. The disaster was
caused by spreading rails.
/ Two men were fatally and three
seriously injured by the explosion of a
boiler on the deck of the ship Benja.
min Sewall, lying at the dock at Balti-
more, Md.
Quicksand caused the collapse of the
roofing of the Northwest tunnel di-
rectly under the northern portion of
Humboldt Park, Chicago. Six men
were working near the scene of the
accident and one of them, James Prem
dergast, was killed, while William
Murphy was possibly fatally injured.
The chief of police of Milwaukee has
orderered the discontinuance of all
boxing exhibitions.
]. Morangue, county surveyor of
Nezperce county, Idaho, shot and in
stantlY killed d. A. Kipen, postmaster
at Kipep, Idaho. Morangue fred three
shots, all of which took effect. The
trouble originated over some land the
parties had leased together. Morangue
gave himself up to the authorities.
The Washington opera house and the
Mason county opera house at Mays
vile, KY, were burned.
The cardboard factory of S. Tyler &
Son, New York, was totally destroyed
| by fire. Loss, 1000, 600.
Daniel Lawrence Braine. rear ad-
miral of the U. S. Navy, retired, died
| at his home in Brooklyn, aged 81 years.
Reports from remote places in
Northern New England show that the
temperance the goth was the lowest
known in many years. At Lancaster,
| n. H., the mercury broke all records
of the past 25 years. Forty below zero
was reported from a number of places
in Maine, New Hampshire and Yer
mont.
Russia and England have reached an
agreement whereby England has con-
sented to drop her demand for the
opening of Ta-Lien-Wan as a free port
and Russia valves further opposition
! to British control of the Chinese Gus
| toms.
| An attempt was made to burn the
! residence of Count Schuerin. the Ger
man minister at Port au Prince, Hayti.
The Ohio law which says the sum OF
IS, 900 may be collected from county
by the friends of person lynched
therein, has been declared unconstitu-
tional.
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