The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-09-15
LATER.

LATER.
One of the spans of the wagon bridge
over the Illinois river at Pekin col
lapsed, precipitating five men and two
horses into the river. Four men were
rescued uninjured, but the fifth will
die.
Third Assistant Secretary Cridler
says there are no charges before the
department affecting the integrity of
DIR. Edward Bedloe, consul at Canton,
China. 1t is therefore assumed that
there is no truth in the reports that
DIR. Bedloe has been accused of accept
ing brides for obtaining concessions or
for passing Chinese into America.
The schooner America, which for
over half a century has sailed the lakes,
foundered 35 miles northeast of Chi
cago. The crew was taken off by a
tug.
The gold reserve in the United States
treasury the Sth was 1888, O55, 400.
One hundred and twenty-five dele
gates were in attendance at the first
meeting of the veterans of the Spanish
American war, held in Washington,
d. c. General Joseph w. Kiefer pre-
sided.
Fire DESTROYED the stove foundry of
Bridgeford & Co., at Louisville, KY,
causing a loss of 100000. Sam Reese,
fireman, was fatally injured.
In a collision between two electric
street cars in Cleveland, six persons
were seriously injured.
Frank Aldrich, of New York, depos-
tied $500 with Bob Stockton, promi-
nent sporting man of Denver, to back
''Mysterious" Billy Smith against Bob
Fitzsimmons for SIS, 900 side.
DR.. E. M. Rosenkranz, owner of the
Melrose flats, Chicago, in the burning
of which last December four people
lost their lives, and whose arrest was
ordered by the coroner's jury, has been
arrested and lodged in Jail. Testimo-
ny tended to show that the fire was
incendiary.
M. Ell. Roberts. a machinist of Han
nibal, Mo-, killed his son, Sidney Rob
erts, and then shot himself, infiicting
a mortal wound. The son was killed
while asleep.
Some months ago Gen. Miles recon-
mended the purchase of a number of
rapid fire guns for use in the Philip
pines. His recommendation was as
president of the board of ordnance and
Notifications. Gen. Burlington, chief
of ordnance, disapproved the recon-
mendation. Secretary Root confirms
Miles judgement and the guns will be
used.
An order for the organization of two
colored regiments was issued from the
war department. All of the field Off
GERS of these two regiments are white
men now in the regular army.
A force of $50 rebels, with one can
taneously Guagua and San Antonio
were attacked by bodies of rebels num-
bering about 60 men. All the attacks
were repulsed without loss to the
Americans.
James b. Eustis ambassador to
France during the second administra-
ton of Cleveland, and formerly Sen
ator from Louisiana, died at New
port, r. L.
The court martial at Rennes, France,
returned verdict against Dreyfus,
convicting him of treason. The court,
however, stultefied itself by announc-
ing that it had found extenuating cir
cumstances and he was sentenced to
ten years retention.
n At Quincy, Ill, the steamer Ramona
ran down a skiff containing six per-
sons, three of whom were drowned.
An unknown man jumped to his
death from the bridge between New
York and Brooklyn.
The trestle bridge over the Broad
river, near Columbia, S. c., gave way
| with trainload of granite. Engineer
Weatherby, Fireman Rennick and a
negro named Martin were killed.
The navy department expects to be-
gin the manufacture of smokeless pow
der at it's powder mills few miles
back from the Potomac river, near In
dian Head, within the next two or
three months. Work on the mills has
been pushed energetically and at pres
ent about 1900 men are employed.
Admiral Dewey sailed from Gibralter
| for New York the 10th.
Proposals have been made to both
Austria and Italy to boycott the Paris
exposition as a protest against the
Dreyfus verdict.