The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-10-06
The town of New Madrid, on the Mis-

of Kansas City, Mo-, charged with vio-
lation of the law for the regulation OF
department stores, were arrested.
Aiello & Co., Italian bankers in New
York, made an assignment, owing de-
positors $4,000.
Mrs. Theodore Reiner murdered her
two children in Detroit, Mich, and then
cut herself fatally. No cause is known
for the deed.
The gelding Bumps, owned by G. X.
G. Billings, of Chicago, broke the
worlds wagon pacing record of 2:O434
held by Joe Patchen, going the mile in
Louisville, KY, in 2:03A.
At Grand Forks, N. D., over one inch
of snow covered the ground and a biz
zard was raging.
Burglars blew up the Citizens bank
at Durand, ILL.,, securing $4,000.
At the annual meeting in Detroit,
Mich, of the Society of the Army OF
the Cumberland Gen. d. S. Stanley, of
Washington, was elected president, and
Chattanooga, Tenn, selected as the
meeting place next year.
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er of Havana, has effectually squelched
the strike which threatened to paralyze
all branches of trade.
The farmhouse of Michael Wild near
Princeton, Ind, was burned, and his
son and two other boys persisted in the
flames.
Five men were killed and two serious
ly injured in a railway collision near
Glasgow, Mont.
James Washington (colored), who be-
trayed Edward Curtis, a fugitive convict
from the Tennessee lumber camps, mar
rowly escaped lynching in Chicago at
the hands of mob of 500 negroes.
Leading carriage and buggy manu-
facturers of the central states formed
q combination at indianapolis and
raised prices on an average 20 per cent.
Gov. Roosevelt officially welcomed
Admiral Dewey to New York in the
name of the people of the Empire state.
Gen. Miles and other distinguished per-
sons also called upon the admiral and
during the day Admiral Farragut's old
flag was presented to Admiral Dewey
and his men were given the medals
voted by congress. The Washington
committee presented its compliments
to Admiral Dewey and gave him the in
vitation to visit that city.
Five men were fatally burned in a
natural gas explosion at Greentown,
Ind.
The Point terminal warehouses of the
Atlantic Coast line and the Southern
railway at Primers Point, Va, were
burned, the loss being 100000.
Henry Williams was hanged at Green
vile, Miss, for the murder of Eliza
Brown, and James Hall (colored) was
executed at Blakely, Ga.
The entire business portion of the
city of Coushatta, La, was destroyed
by fire.
G. P. Moore's livery stable was
burned at Bristol, Tenn, and 25 horses
were cremated.
Charles Hoskins was killed by Jim
Pendergast in a prize fight at Grass
Valley, Cal.
A masked robber held up the stage
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llon country and robbed persons of
$500.
The sawmill plant of the Oconto
(Wis.) Lumber company was destroyed
by fire, the loss being $150,000.
Fire partly destroyed c. f. Gunther's
large candy factory in Chicago, the loss
being $RO,OOO.
Gov. McLaurin and other Mississippi
officials left Jackson on account of the
yellow fever.
A heavy frost, the first of the season,
occurred in all portions of Madison
county, Ala.
The excursion steamers Ivanhoe and
R. j. Gordon were destroyed by fire in
the lake front basin in Chicago.