The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-19

graphs to Washington that there is nc
cause for apprehension of trouble.
LATER.
The Music Hall at Cleveland, O.,
which had seating capacity of 1000,
was burned.
Passengers who have arrived at Key
West from Havana report that Capt
Gen. Blanco has been threatened by
attack from the mob and is mobilizing
his loyal forces to be ready for any
such demonstration.
The president has extended a COM
plete pardon to Clyde Mattox, who is
now serving life sentence in the Kan
sas state penitentiary for murder COM
mitted in the Indian Territory.
Mrs. LUCILLE Lane, youngest daugh-
ter of ex-senator Blackburn, of Ken
lucky. shot herself in her apartments
at the Wellington Hotel in Washing
ton, ID. c., just as she was preparing
for bed. The family say it was an ac-
cident.
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, United
States commissioner of patents, died at
Thomasville. Ga, the 10th, after an i'll
ness of several weeks. Mr.. Butter
worth was born in Warren county,
Ohio, Oct. 90, 1887; was a member Of
the state senate of Ohio from Warren
and Butler counties in 1854; was
elected from the First Ohio district to
the 46th, 47th, 10th, 50th and 51st con-
gress as republican.
Kid Mccoy has challenged Bob Fitz-
simmons to fight for the heavyweight
championship of the world, and has
posted 81, 600 to bind the match.
The government is to establish car
rier pigeon loft at Atlantic City, to be
used in connection with the naval
service.
Gen. William Booth, the head of the
Salvation Army. reached New York
the 18th on board the steamer ST. Paul
from Southamton
The Ontario legislature has ad-
journed and its closing hours it passed
a bill that no person shall be employed
in the construction of subsidized rail-
ways in Ontario who are subjects to
any country who has an alien labor
law. This excludes American laborers.
Germany has demanded 90 years
lease of Kiao-Chau and large area
surrounding it. China offers to lease
the bay and shores only for so years.
Here the matter rests. The Germans
insist on the right to build railroads
and work mines whenever they wish.
Percy Lockyar,s aged 5 years, was
murdered by 15-year-old Samuel Hen
derson, at Philadelphia, Pa.
President Dole, of the Sandwich
Islands, arrived at San Francisco, on
his way to Washington to plead for an
nexation of the islands.
Gen. Merriam, commanding the de-
partment of the Columbia has received
telegram from the war department
instructing him to postpone the de-
parture of the relief expedition to
Alaska.
Four Americans are under arrest at
the City of Mexico, being suspected of
completely In robberies of great mag
nitude.
A concurrent resolution has been in
troduced in the New York legislature
proposing a woman's suffrage amend
ment to the state constitution.
Archie Lockley (colored), a triple
murderer, was hanged at Richmond,
Va. He confessed.
The director of the geological survey
has been directed to print 40, 900 copies
of the map of Alaska, showing the most
feasible route to the gold regions.
In a fire which DESTROYED Thomas
Roberts hotel in New York, Leslie
Stanley and wife were suffocated by
smoke.
The gold reserve of the U. S. treas
ury the 14th was $162, 1OS, sos.
Seaton Perry, a leading dry goods
merchant of Washington, d. c., COM
mitted suicide by shooting. For years
he had suffered from insomnia.
Attorney General McKenna has sub
mitted to the senate special report
made by the commission to revise and
cody the criminal and penal laws of
af the United States concerning the
criminal and penal laws relating to
Alaska.
Senator Hoar has proposed a consti-
tutional amendment substituting April
80 for March as the commencement
and termination of the president, vice
president, senators and congressman.
Eleven reindeers arrived in New
York. and will be shipped to the Klon-
dixie country. The animals were Sc
cured in Norway.
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