The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-02
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LATER.
The president issues proclamation
calling upon the people to observe
Thursday, Nov. "a, as a day of thanks
giving and prayer.
The members of the First battalion
of the 22d Kansas regiment, who sailed
from San Francisco for Manila, carry
ballots with them and will vote on
Kansas officers about midway between
Honolulu and Manila. These 600 men
live in western Kansas, where mem
bers of the legislature have been elected
by less than twenty-five majority.
The steamer Doty foundered in Lake
Michigan during the recent storm and
her crew of sixteen men persisted. The
Olive jeanette, the Doty's consort, was
towed into Chicago.
The Illinois supreme court has de-
'cided that the city council of Chicago
may insist on compensation for street
railway franchises.
General Kitchener, whose elevation
to the English peerage was announced
Sept. 26, takes the title of Lord Kitch-
ener of Khartoum and Aspall.
The Tonkin River boiler and engine
works at Oswego N. Y, were destroyed
by fire. Loss, $165, 900.
The manufacturers of galvanized
wire have increased the price of their
product 81 per ton.
At Philadelphia, while viewing the
peace jubilee parade, the team attached
to the carriage containing Vice Presi-
dent Hobart, became frightened and
ran away. A policeman stopped the
animals before any injury was done.
According to reports from the Cuban
assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur, Gen.
Calixto Garcia has been chosen per-
manent chairman of the organization.
Gen. Maxine Gomez is expected there
in few days, and it appears that
the Cespedes faction believe it can
count upon the help of Gen Gomez to
break the authority of Garcia.
Rear Admiral Dewey has impressed
upon the navy department the necessity
of having a large number of light
draught gunboat among the PHILIPPINE
islands. The Yorktown, it is under
stood, will soon be placed in commits
sion on the Pacific coast and will start
for Manila.
By the decision of the Secretary of
war board of officers will assemble at
Washington, Nov. 9. for the purpose of
making recommendations for brevet
promotions and the award of medals
of honor.
Secretary Alger has issued orders al
lowing all employees of the war depart
ment, irrespective of party, to go home
to vote.
European residents of Pekin are in
state of alarm at the drafting into that
city of large bodies of troops as an off
set to the recent arrival of guards for
the foreign legation.
The gold reserve of the U. S. treasury
the Goth was $40, S39,011
The president and cabinet have de-
cided that every Spanish soldier leaves
Cuba by January, and if the, Spanish
really cannot furnish sufficient ships to
take them home by or before the new
year, the United States will bring out
enough of her ships to complete the
evacuating before the date named.
An attempt was made to wreck the
westbound Great Northern passenger
train at Odessa, Wash. A steel rail
was placed across the track, which de-
rallied the engines, but not the rest of
the train.
James Mullen was killed and James
Ryan badly wounded in saloon row
among horse jockeys at Newark, O.
The Second National bank of Spring
field, O., will go into liquidation. 1t is
solvent, with surplus of $4,000.
When the steamer Philadelphia ar
rived at Ponce, Porto Rico, dynamite
was discovered in the baggage of some
of the passengers. The men were ar
rested.
The civil governor of Havana recent
ly ordered the removal of all the beg
gars who are infesting the public
thoroughfares. They will be taken to
homes, hospitals and asylums designat-
ed for that purpose.
Capt. Brooks has been assigned by
the United States military commits
sioner to make detailed inventory of
every gun mounted on the fortifica-
tions of Havana.
The French press is beginning to
manifest much more conclliatory as
pect regarding Fashoda, apparently
with view to preparing the public
mind for the recall of the Marchand
expedition. q
MARKETS.
MinneapOliS Mimi Oct. 20.