The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-08-24
LATER.

LATER.
The transport Mobile arrived at New
York with 1000 soldiers. 500 of whom
were sick.
The six spies who have been confined
at Fort Mcpherson. Atlanta, have
been ordered released
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvlus and
the ram Katahdin will soon be ordered
out of commission.
A cloudburst near Pittsburg, Pa,
drowned five children who were play
ing on porch.
The volunteer troops at Fort Sam,
Houston, Tex, mutinied and marched
out of the mess hall on account of the
quality of food furnished.
Capt. Clark, of the Oregon, will re-
cuperate at St Joseph, Mich.
The president has directed that the
minimum Spanish tariff be collected
on all goods imported into Porto Rico.
England is stocking her naval sta
tions with Yankee coal.
! Ohe of the largest fleets of warships
(, ever assem- bled in an American port
will be brought together in the next
few days at Fort Monroe. Already 81
warships are under order to rendezvous
there, and the orders still to be issued
will raise the total to the neigh borhood
of 70. Naval officials say it is difficult
to realize the extent of such a marine
aggregation in one harbor.
The Spanish cabinet council has de-
cided to appoint Gen. Parade, second
in command in Cuba, Rear Admiral
Luis Pastor Pandero, who succeeded
Admiral Navarro, the Spanish COM
mander in Cuban waters, and Marquis
de Montoro, minister of finance in the
insular cabinet, as the commission of
evacuation for Cuba.
All church property in Manila, for
the consideration of 81, has been
decided to Cardinal Gibbons of Balti-
more.
Postmaster General Smith has sus-
pended the order prohibiting mail COM
munication with Spain.
England objects to Spain mounting
| guns back of Gibralter and has asked
for an explanation.
President Mckinley has sent con.
CALCULATIONS to Merritt and Dewey.
A st. Louis firm is negotiating Il con-
tract to furnish $50 street cars for
Japan.
Gen. Merritt did not hear of the
peace protocol until three days after
the capture of Manila.
A negro was lynched at Friendship,
Ga, for killing Mrs James McGarah,
her son and negress.
Queen Louise of Denmark, has lost
her reason.
Two passenger trains collided at
Sharon, Mass, killing between 80 and
40 people and injuring large NUM- Der.
General Merritt has notified the wal
department that the cable from Hong
kong to Manila is again in operation.
The reported insurgent raids in Cuba
caused considerable comment in Off
cial circles, but the view was taken at
the war department that the raids did
not indicate purpose on the part OF
the Cubans to disregard the suspension
of hostilities. 1t is presumed that the
raids occurred before the Cubans were
aware of the armistice.
The president will attend the Omaha
exposition some time in October.
The Americans secured $500, 900 in
the Spanish treasury at Manila.
The Northwestern Terminal elevator
at Chicago was burned, causing loss
of $4,000
In Santiago harbor, the steam lighter
Laura struck a rock and sank in ten
feet of water At the time of the acct
dent she had on board $50 men of the
Thirty third Michigan regiment, who
were on their way to the transport
Harvard. No lives were lost, but an
exciting scramble for the shore took
place, in which many of the men fell
in the shallow water
The Norwegian bark, Nimbus, Cap
tain Nelson, bound Sundsval, Sweden,
was sunk off Aldenburgh, England, in
a collision with an unknown steamer.
No lives were lost.
Generals Otis and Hughes have ar
rived at Manila.
John T. Murphy, Pittsburg pa
priest, contends that the United States
will, by force of circumstances, be
compelled to endow the Catholic church
in the Philippines.
Russia is trying to induce fighting
men to migrate to China.
Gen. Lee announces that the troops
at Jacksonville, Fla, are in good con-
dition.
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