The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07

Fire in the Bertram shipyards in To-
ronto, Ont, caused loss of $45O,OoO.
LATER.
A dynamite explosion occurred at
Stinesville, Ind, in which four men
were instantly killed and many others
seriously injured. The men were
blasting rock for new pike The
dead are: John w. Williams. John
Gruber, Buck Wamples and Edward
Watts.
Germany has issued orders to re-
duce her naval force at Manila to
one or two ships.
The state of Minnesota will bring
| sick soldiers home from the south, and
Governor Clough will himself accom-
pany the hospital train to Lexington,
Chickamaugu and other places where
the boys are in the hospitals.
1t is said that as quid pro quo for
Germany's support in Egypt, Great
Britain will recognize Germany's
claims to utilize Syria as an outlet for
her surplus population. Syria is d.
Fioioh VI noidUiC VI Cy "HlCu
cludes Palestine, estimated to cover
an area of about 146, 600 square miles.
1t has a population of about 2, $50, 900,
Mohammedans.
Orders have been issued by the war
department that all regular army re-
giments now at Montauk, which were
stationed previously east of the Mis-
Siccipni ,iunr chol ~ hoc a
same stations.
The interstate commerce commits
sion, in the Canadian Pacific passenger
rate case, decided that the Canadian
Pacific is not entitled to the differen-
tial passenger rates contended for.
Joe Malone was hanged at Dallas,
Texas, for criminal assault upon Mrs.
Stein, an aged woman.
1t is the intention of Russia to con-
vene peace conference a month after
the adjournment of the Spanish A mer-
lean peace conference.
Yellow fever has made its appear
ance at Taylor Station, Miss.
Engineers at the Colerain colliery at
Hazelton, Pa, are out on strike.
1t is announced that Germany hon.
estly favors the czars proposition for
a general disarmament. On the recon-
mendation of the Swedish Norwegian
council, King Oscar has notified the
car of his acceptance of the invitation
to send delegates to a peace confer
ence.
According to advices from Iloilo,
General Rios is arresting and shoot
ing suspected persons, including prom
inent natives of Manila. The obstruc-
tions on the railway from Manila to
Caloocan have been removed and
trains are again running.
The British war office received dis
patch from Nasri, on the Nile, sayin g
that gunboat had returned there and
had reported that there were no casu-
alties among the Anglo-Egyptian
forces, and that the right bank of the
river had been completely cleared of
all forts. that the forts on Tut island,
opposite Omdurman, had been demol-
ished. and that the guns had been cap
tured.
The Memphis Tenn board of health
has instituted a rigid quarantine
against the whole country on account
of yellow fever in Mississippi.
Indians reaching Dauphin, N. w. T.,
from the far north report meeting an
Esquimaux, who told of the appear
ance among them of strange man
who descended from the clouds on the
shores of Hudson's bay. The opinion
among the whites is that the man is
Andree, the Arctic explorer.
The government steamb boat John 1.
Melgs was destroyed by an explosion
at St. Phillip, La. She had on board
Lieut.. Jervey and party engaged in
moving the torpedoes laid in the Mis-
sissippi river during the beginning of
the war. Lieut. Jervey had a narrow
escape. The killed were: Capt. Starr,
commander of the boat; Sergeant John
Newman, of the engineer; Pat Carter;
Ralph Rogers.
A large number of posters were cir
culated around Havana and many
fastened at street cornors, exhorting
the Spanish soldiers to refuse to return
to Spain unless they were first paid in
full all that was due them. Many
have>not been paid for fifteen months
and they fully realize how helpless
their case is, if they return home,
there to await day for payment.
In Philadelphia, Pa, the 4th, the
| heat was so intense there were 81
| prostrations and deaths.
The last of the troops have left Camp
Chicamauga.
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