The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-04-19
LATER.

LATER.
Prairie fires continue to rage in
Keith county, Neb., and are spreading
into Mcpherson county on the north
and Lincoln on the east. Twelve
townships in that county, all that por-
ton north of the North Platte river,
have been swept clean of everything
that would burn. Every ranch build
/ ing in the path of the fire has been
/ destroyed and many cattle have been
burned to death. The losses will run
away up into the thousands,
Ell Correo Espanola, the Carlist
organ, has been suppressed by the
project of Madrid on the ground that
it is property of a British.
III. ID. Moran, general manager of the
Evansville, Ind, street railway, has
been appointed receiver of that prop
erty.
AT Wellington, WASH, the rotary
snow plows which were on their way
to clear the track for Great Northern
freight train were struck by an ava
lanche and dashed into the canyon be-
low. Several men are missing, others
are badly injured.
The consolidation of five breweries
at New Orleans, La, has been effected.
Owing to the refusal of the Emery
Candle company, of Cincinnati, to join
the combine, the candle trust has been
abandoned.
While on his way to Buffalo, n. Y,
Gen. Shafter was taken suddenly i'll.
The post physician was summoned,
who announced that the general was
threatened with recurring attack of
the Cuban fever.
Jack Moffatt defeated Harry Peppers
in glove contest at Chicago.
Secretary Alger denies the reports
of his contemplated resignation, and
announces in strong terms that he will
remain in his present office throughout
his regular term.
A dispatch from Manila, date April IA,
says: ''Mai. Weissenberger's company
of sharpshooters was sent toward Pac-
tos Ancontenca this afternoon. They
ran upon a nest of rebels in some thick
bushes which afforded SPLENDID cover.
Five men of the North Dakota regi-
ment were killed and two were wound
ed, two of the former dying after hav-
ing been brought to Longas church,
were Father McKlnnon administered
the sacrament to them to them. The
American losses since February are
POI killed and 974 wounded"
The U. S. treasury had a cash bal
ance of 1921, 119, 39s on the 14th.
Four people were burned to death in
the almshouse of Northum berland
county, N. b.
The whisky and distillery interests
of the United States have formed a
trust with capital of $500, 900, 900.
The Raleigh, the first of Dewey's
ships to reach home, arrived at New
York the 18th.
The straw goods factory of Comey
& Johnson and the block occupied by
Hart & Co., Cleveland, O., were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $1,OOO,OOO.
Cuban bandits raided plantation
near Havana, robbed the owner and
burned buildings valued at $1,000.
They next invaded village, killed
two soldiers and wounded several
others.
The Spanish senate has decided to
nominate the Duke of ARGOS, under
secretary of state for foreign affairs
and former Spanish minister to Mexico,
as Spanish minister to Washington.
Several earthquakes occurred in
Greece the 18th.
General Rios, the principal Spanish
commander in the Philippines, has
telegraphed to the war Office dispatch
confirming the report that rising has
occurred among the insurgents around
Manila.
The Spanish government has estab-
lished consulates at Havana, San Juan
and other Spanish points.
During the absence of Maj. Gen.
Lawton's expedition to the Santa Cruz
district, on the southeastern side of
Laguna de Bay, the insurgents have
been concentrating at the northern end
of the lake, near Passig, and the Amer
lean scouts report that several thou
sand are already there.
One hundred United States soldiers
were arrested at San Francisco for
burning saloon, where one of their
comrades had been assaulted.
S. H. Grinstead, cashier of the bank
at Humboldt, Neb., committed suicide
by blowing off the top of his head with
revolver. His accounts were short
$4,000.
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