The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-03-16
LATER.

LATER.
Special dispatches from Shanghai say
that there is little doubt that the pros
pect of trouble between the United
States and Spain has cansed the re bel
lion in the Philippine islands to break
out again and has increased the fierce
ness of the insurgents.
Wing Tung. was hanged at San
Quentin, Cal, for the murder of his
uncle Yu Lick Chung at the Globe
hotel in San Francisco, Cal, Septem Der
last.
The prize fight at San Francisco.
CAL, between Choynski and Sharkey,
was declared a draw after eight
rounds.
The negotiations for the purchase of
two Japanes cruisers now building at
Philadelphia and San Francisco have
been suspended. The Japanese gov
eminent appears more desireous of
securing these boats then the United
States.
Isaiah Thomas, colored was hanged
at Sparta, Ga, for assaulting negro
girl.
General w. S. Rosencranz died the
18th at his home near Rodondo, CAL
He was stricken with no particular
disease, and the end came through a
gradual weakening of the system.
Monticello, the county seat of Wayne
county, Ind, was nearly destroyed by
fire. The court house. Jail, half a
dozen stores and many dwellings were
burned.
In three-handed duel at Higgins
port, o., Is shots were exchanged, and
Mayor Charles Haefell aud John Don
aid. a wealthy liveryman. were ia
tally wounded.
The United States treasury the 18th
had a gold reserve of Sl69, 274, COS.
The senate committee on immigra-
ton reported adversely upon the nomi-
nation of T. V. Powderly to be COM
missioner of immigration.
The war department has promul-
gated its order creating the depart
ments of the gulf and of the lakes and
abolishing the departments of the Mis-
souri, and of Texas.
After seeing his brother convicted of
highway robbery at Chicago, Frank
Hill confessed to the crime and was
sentenced to the penitentiary.
A fire swept through the Bowery
Mission house in New York and eleven
persons were burned to death. No. los
Bowery is one of the best known lodg-
ing houses on that thoroughfare. 1t is
called the Bowery Mission lodging
house and is conducted by the Christian
Herald. In the basement of the build
ing there is cheap restaurant while
the ground floor is used exclusively
for mission purposes, gospel services,
having been held there daily for sew
eral years.
There is general activity at the
Washington navy yard, three shifts of
men working "a hours continusly.
The rush has led to demand for ma
chinists of al kinds, which up to now
has not been met.
The secretary of the navy has direct
ed that recruiting station be opened
in Washington Immediately, the speci-
al purpose being to secure ordinary
seamen and machinists.
Senior Luis Polo Bernabe. the new
Spanish minister. who succeeds Senior
Dupuy de LONE as the representative
of Spain, was formally presented to
President Mckinley.
Two freight trains collided near
Midway, O., badly damaging both en-
gines. A tramp was fatally injured.
The big excursion steamer Grand Re-
public was burned to the waters edge
at st. Louis. Nothing was saved.
Zacharias Topelius, the Swedish poet
and historian, is dead
Fl. w. Bennett, alias Charles p Mead,
who was arrested on the charge of
swindling the First National bank of
Chicago by means of raised drafts. has
been released.
The submarine boat Holland has
been given another preliminary trial.
She moved out q short distance from
the pier at Perth Amboy, N. j., and
with John P. Holland. the inventor,
the engineer, and another man disap-
peared beneath the water. She re-
manned down a depth of about four
teen feet for nearly half an hour and
then reappeared at the surface.
France, it is said, intends to occupy
Lei Chau, in the Quang Tung PENN
sula, north of Hal Nan, China, as a
naval base.