The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-01
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of tho Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Admiral Dewey has decided to his wife
the house in Washington presented to
him by popular subscription.
The United States government has
officially recognized the de factC Vene-
zuela government headed by Gen. Clip
riano Castro, the victorious revolution
airy leader.
Near Doakesville, I. T., Deputy United
States Marshals Ennis and Everidge
and John Kelly were killed by two men
named Bishop and Frey, whom the Off
GERS were trying to arrest.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Goth was: Wheat,
54,OO1, 900 bushels; corn, II 100000 bush
els; oats, 6,125, 900 bushels; rye, 1862
900 bushels; barley, $4,000 bushels.
An unknown man committed suicide
at Niagara Falls, N. Y, by jumping over
the falls.
The transports Hancock and City of
Puebla sailed from San Francisco for
Manila with troops.
Evelyn Adams, author of ''Is Mar
rage q Failure?" starved to death in
little dark room in New York city.
A st. Louis coroner's jury declared
football should be prohibited as dan
gerous sport.
William Simons, of Syracuse, n. Y,
a returning Klondiker, was robbed of
$500 in panel house in Chicago.
A race battle took place between the
negro cavalry at Fort Ringgold and the
citizens of Rio Grande city, Tex, in
which 5000 shots were fired, but the ia
talities were unknown.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey have trans
ferred title to the home presented to
the admiral by the people of the ma
ton to George Goodwin Dewey, the ad
miral's son.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse ar
after a passage of days, II hours and
81 minutes, beating the best record by
II minutes.
Hattie Smith, the 1S-year-old daugh-
ter of retired farmer, Thomas Smith,
of Stevens Point, Wis.,, has been chosen
as heiress to $1,000,000 by her uncle,
Richard Smith, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Mormon Elders John NJ. Myler and
F. P. Carlisle were whipped by mob
in Butler county, KY, and warned to
leave.
The safe in the Exchange savings
bank at Brooklyn, Mich, was blown
open by burglars and $4,000 in currency
stolen.
The United States mint at Philadel-
phia will soon begin striking the La
fayette dollar authorized by congress
in aid of the monument.
Col. DENLY, of the Philippine commits
sion, says the full report of the COM
mission will be ready about the middle
of next month.
The one hundred and thirty first an
nual banquet of the chamber of COM
merce was held in New York.
The navy department has made ar
rangements for bringing to this coun-
try the bodies of the 166 sailors of the
Maine, now inferred in Colon cemetery,
Havana.
Alexander Crawford killed his wife in
Holland, Mich, because she refused to
live with him, and then shot himself.
The United States supreme court has
adjourned for the usual Thanksgiving
recess of two weeks.
By the death of Vice President Ho-
bart Senator William p. Frye, of Maine,
is president of the senate.
Thirty Mormon elders arrived at
Chattanooga, Tenn, from Utah for as
signment to work in Ohio and the
southern states.
ho IL
ed Mrs. w. Bowman, was lynched by
mob in Escambia county, Fla.
Wreckers working on the sunken
Spanish armored cruiser Almirante
Oquendooff Santiago discovered chest
containing $4,000 in Spanish gold.
During the deer hunting season just
ended in the Adirondacks % persons
were accidentally killed by hunters.
The First Tennessee regiment was
mustered out of the service at San
Francisco.
Martin V. Bergen, son of Councilman
Peter V. Bergen, of Princeton, N. j.,
died from receiving hazing at Law
renceville college.
With assets amounting to $4,000 and
liabilities $4,000, the Yankton Is. d.
savings bank was forced to close its
doors after three days run.
The village of Magazine, Ark, was
destroyed by tornado.
Repressive national and state legis-
lation on trusts is urged in resolutions
adopted by the National Grange in ses-
sion in Springfield, O.
In train collision on the Baltimore
& Ohio road near McCool, Ind, Engi-
neer Henry Bradford was killed and
seven other persons were injured.
Thousands of acres of valuable farm
Ing lands were under water near Den
.son, Tex, and families were fleeing
for their lives from bottom lands.
A flood wiped out the village of Lum-
mi, Wash, but no lives were lost.
Ten persons were caught in an ice
jam and drowned in the upper Yukon
river in Alaska.