The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-10-27
4 WEEKS RECORD
ALI 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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

The Columbia won by ten minutes
and eight seconds the first of the series
of races off New York with the Sham
rock for the international champion
ship and the Americas cup. The dis
lance was 80 miles.
Admiral Dewey has returned to his
home in Washington.
A windstorm near Hastings, Neb.,
wrecked many farm buildings and sew
eral grain elevators.
The cruiser Brooklyn left Old Point
Comfort, Va, for Manila to reinforce
Admiral Watson.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 10th was: Wheat,
47,2S9,000 bushels; corn, 15,056,000 bush
els; oats, 100000 bushels; rye, &c.,
900 bushels; barley, 2,101, 900 bushels.
The taking of the census throughout
the island of Cuba has begun.
Gen. William r. Shafter has been
placed on the retired list on account of
age, but will remain in command of the
department of the Pacific until relieved
by order of the president.
During a snowstorm in the noun
tains surrounding Leadville, Col, thou
sands of sheep persisted.
President Mckinley on his trip from
Milwaukee to Jackson, Mich, made
brief speeches at many places, and at
every station where the train stopped
the people for miles around had assem-
bled to greet the nations chief eXecu-
tive.
At Providence, r. l., Rev. William
Herbert Perry Faunce, d. D., was in
augurated ninth president of Brown
university.
Mrs. Merrie Fl. Abbott, prosecuting
attorney of Ogemaw county, Mich, has
been ousted from her position, the SUI
preme court holding that woman is
ineligible to hold elective Office in Michi-
gan.
All the thousands of coal miners of
the Spring Valley Ill.) Coal company
went on strike.
The transport Victoria sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with 1000
tons of freight.
The Columbia won the second of the
international yacht races off New York,
the Shamrock breaking her topmast
during the race.
Reports received at the war depart
ment show that the army has reached
its maximum strength of 100000 en-
listed men, of whom $4,000 are regulars
and $4,000 volunteers. All volunteer
recruiting stations have been closed.
George Thurston, aged 10, of Neenah,
Wis, was killed in football game at
Delphos, Kan.
The gunboat Marietta sailed from
Norfolk, Va, for Manila.
Fire in Chicago destroyed the w. c.
Richie paper box factory, the loss be-
ing S165,OO and A. McMasters, the SUI
perintendent, was burned to death.
Oscar Everhardt, musician, shot his
wife through the head and then killed
himself in New Orleans. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
Anti-expansionists met in Chicago to
organize a national league of antrim
perialists to oppose the administration
policy in the Philippines.
Frank Babcock, farmer near Red
wood Falls, Mimi, while insane killed
his wife and three sons and then COM
mitted suicide.
"Fernwood," the magnificent home
of George r. Dingee in the Piedmont
Hills, near Oakland, CAL, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 100000.
The cruiser Newark sailed from San
Francisco for Manila.
Thomas B. Reed, former speaker of
congress, has been admitted to the bar
of New York.
The postmaster general has issued a
formal warning to postmasters against
the levy of political assessments.
Mrs. Jane Lindsay finished an S00-mile
bicycle ride in New York in 81 hours
and 4S minutes, the best time for the
distance that woman has ever made.
The business portion of the village
of Mason, Ill, was destroyed by fire.
A train struck wagon at Seymour,
Ia, containing party of young men,
and ]. W. Cupples was killed and nine
others were injured.
John Alexander Dowie, the "divine"
healer, was mobbed by $500 medical
students in Chicago, who pelted him
with bottles of nitrate of ammonia dur
ing the opening of an abusive'lecture on
doctors and Medicine"
Millions of feet of lumber have been
burned by forest fires in the mountains
near Parsons, w. Va.
Truman Rhodes, Charles Scutter and
Fon Davey (fremen) lost their lives in
fire that destroyed 100000 worth of
property at Knightstown, Ind.
The American bark wilma, loaded
with 100000 feet of lumber was totally
destroyed by fire at Tacoma. Wash.
The northwestern tour of President
Mckinley ended on the 18th at Youngs-
town, o., so far as speechmaking
was concerned. During the day he
spoke at Cleveland, Warren and Niles,
and at Youngstown he attended the
wedding of his nephew. At ten p. m.
the presidential party left for Washing
ton.