The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-10-27
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says: Seven thousand Beers with IL
guns that raided the camp at Glencoe,
were repulsed with heavy loss. At
dawn the artillery firing became furi-
Gus. The Boer guns were badly served,
however, while the British fire was
true and deadly. The Boer batteries
were silenced at o'clock, and the
British troops charged the Boer en-
trenchments. Over the banks they
went with a rush, and after desperate
hand-to-hand fighting the Beers re-
treated in panic.
Three insurgent officers entered An
geles and applied to Gen. Macarthur
for permission for Filipino commits
sion. headed by Filipino major gen
eral, to visit Gen. Otis, in order to dis
cuss peace terms and to arrange for
the delivery of more American pris-
oners, as well as to consider methods
for the release of the Spanish prisoners.
Riots have occurred at Prague and
other European centers. At Prague,
troops drove the rioters from the
streets. Windows of houses occupied
by Germans and Jews were smashed.
A Japanese firm is contemplating a
plan to establish a new trans-Pacifc
line.
that the Wagner Sleeping Car com
pany, which operates the Vanderbilt
lines, has been absorbed by the Pull
man company.
Nearly 100000 persons are receiving
famine relief in India.
The Columbia won the third of the
series with the Shamrock in the inter-
national yacht race, thereby taking
the cup for the New York Yacht Club
The race was the best of the series and
and looked for time as though it was
to go to the Shamrock, as many hoped
1T would in order to have another trial.
The Columbia's time was minutes and
"a seconds to the good.
Admiral Dewey has assigned to speci-
al duty at the naval department.
The liberals in the department of
Santander, Colombia have taken up
arms against the government. Martial
law has proclaimed throughout the re-
public. A detachment of the local
police is about to sail from Colon for
Bereas del Toro, department of Pana-
ma.
The United States court of appeals
has decided that suicide cannot be
urged by life insurance companies as a
reason for refusing payment of policy.
An explosion of dynamite at Nyack,
N. Y, killed four men.
The cruiser New Orleans sailed from
New York the 21st for Manila. She
goes via Suez Canal.
Jim Hall was fatally injured in a
prize fight at Covelo, Cal.
Gen. Funston has been offered a
brigadier's command if he would re-
turn to the Philippines after his for
mer regiment, the Goth Kansas, is mus
tered out. Gen. Funston accepted the
offer.
Geo. Erwin, student of Penn Col
lege, Oskaloosa. To-, had his skull frac-
tured in football game at Des Moines.
Gen. Lawton's column is establish
ing base at San Isidro. Launches
and cascoes navigate the shallow Rio
Grande with considerable difficulty,
but supplies have been landed in the
vicinity to be transported overland.
A fight between Americans and Mex
leans occurred at Naco, Ariz., in which
four Mexicans were killed and one
wounded. One American was killed
and one slightly wounded.
A business block in South Chicago
burned, entailing a loss of $3.50, 900, and
painfully injuring twelve persons.
The 51st regiment of Iowa volun-
teers, numbering 764 men and 46 Off
GERS, under command of Col. j. c. Loper,
arrived at San Francisco from Manila
on the transport Senator.
Twenty girls escaped from the in
dustrial school at Mitchellville, Iowa,
but were soon captured. While they
were absent, those remaining in school
became violent, kicked out the win
dows and destroyed property in gen.
eral.
Five men were seriously injured and
a woman died from shock as result
of an accident on the Brooklyn elevat-
ed structure.
Admiral O'Neill at the performance of
the new type of four-inch gun adopted
for the navy. The first gun of this
has been exhaustively tested at the
Indian Head proving grounds.
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