The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-11
A WEEKS RECORD
all the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 31st ult. was:
Wheat, 30,019, 900 bushels; corn, II, &c.,
600 bushels; oats, 3,794,OOO bushels;
rye, $4,000 bushels; barley, $4,000
bushels.
A new financial institution in Homo
lulu will be known as the First Ameri-
can bank, charter for which has been
granted by the Hawaiian government.
Fire at Upper Lake, N. Y, destroyed
100 buildings and nearly wiped out the
town.
A thrashing machine engine exploded
near Big Prairie, Mich, killing six men
and severely injuring two others.
1t is reported that the United States
has purchased various islands of the
Wellington archipelago, in Chill, with
the object of establishing coaling sta
tons.
Violent hail and windstorms have
swept over portions of the Dakotas, do
ing vast damage to crops, trees and
small buildings.
Louis Pullerson and Michael Melon
aid, two New York murderers, were put
to death by electricity in Sing Sing
prison.
Gov. Gambler has issued an appeal to
the people of Georgia to join hands and
put an end to mob violence in the state.
The latest official advices show to-
tai of 81 cases and seven deaths from
yellow fever at the soldiers home at
Hampton. Va.
The monthly statement of the gov
eminent receipts and expenditures
shows a deficit for July of $S,51S,000.
Robert and Carl Baker, who have fig
ured prominently in the Howard-Baker
feud at London, KY, have enlisted in
the United States army.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt increased
S5,267, 43G during the month of July.
The cash balance in the treasury WAS
$909,O12,S10. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amour is
to 1,161, 5S7,671.
Rear Admiral Kautz raised his flag
on the battleship Iowa, which is now
the flagship CT the Pacific squadron.
Elihu Root took the oath of office as
secretary of war.
AT the close of business July 81 the
total circulation of national bank notes
was $241 ,541 ,87S, an increase for the
month of $273,192, and an increase for
the year of $1s,s45,O0s.
Four were killed and seven injured by
the derailing of train on the North
western road three miles west of
Boone, Ia.
Dependent because unable to secure
work Mrs. Mary Stevenson killed her two
little children with poison in Detroit,
Mich, and then took her own life.
Solomon Jones, negro, was hanged
by mob near Forrest, Ga, for attempt
ing to assault young white woman.
William Jarrels shot and killed Jerry
Fowler and his son Joseph at Burrs
Ferry, Ga, in a quarrel over hog.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
founding of the Chautauqua assembly
at jamestown, n. Y, was celebrated.
The receipts of internal revenue for
the last fiscal year aggregated S273, asa
$50, an increase of $1O2,617,7G3 over the
receipts for the fiscal year ended June
so, 1898.
DR.. A. L. Lee and Gideon Kratzer, of
North Baltimore, O., who left for the
Klondike, were drowned at Crooks in
let, together with 20 others.
Grand Master NJ. Smith, of the Ar
kansas masonic grand lodge, issued an
edict barring all liquor dealers from
membership.
Tlnv, 10 ha hnn
done by hail and wind in Minnesota,
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.
The transport Senator, having on
board TAI men and "a officers of the
Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers, ar
rived in San Francisco from Manila.
Col. Hawkins, the commander, died on
the way.
The finding of the bodies of six babies
in the cellar of the National hotel in
st. Joseph, Mich, caused sensation.
John Thompson killed his wife and
took his own life near Cable, Pa. They
were an aged couple and no cause is
known for the deed.
C. w. Marks, of Columbus, o., sold his
great PAGER, Joe Patchen, 2:o1H, to II.
Y. Harris, of Johnstown, Pa, for $780,
600 cash.
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., made 3K
miles in six minutes on an automobile
at Newport, r. I.
The United States hospital ship Re-
lief, laden with sick and disabled sol
diers from the Philippines, arrived in
San Francisco.
Oscar e. Rice, a white man, and John
Kennedy, negro, were put to death by
electricity in the prison at Auburn, N.
Y, for murder.
Taylor Kirk, who murdered his sis
ter on July 4, was lynched at Cloud
Chief, o. T.
Eastern Colorado, western Nebraska
and Kansas are in the throes of a grass
hopper plague, the worst for Is years.
The business portion of the village
of Mimic, N. d., was wiped out by fire,
% buildings being burned.