The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
LATER.

LATER.
In the opinion of army and navy
officials at Washington, the end of the
/ Filipino insurrection is in sight. A
cable message received from Gen. Otis
announced that Aguinaldo had taken
what is regarded as the first step
towards surrendering- re-
questing a cessation of hostilities.
Atwood, Kan.-The main part of the
business portion of st. Francis, Kan,
was destroyed by fire. Thirteen bust,
ness buildings were destroyed. Cause
of fire unk nown. No loss of life.
At Clark's station, Nevada, three
men engaged in digging well were
caved upon at a depth of 80 feet.
Little hope is expressed for their lives.
The computation of the money order
transactions of the postoffice depart
ment at Washington, just completed
by the auditor, of the six months ended
Dec. 81, 1898, all the accounts having
been checked to that time, shows that
during that period money orders were
issued to an amount of $40, SOC, 400 in
excess of the issue of the correspond
ing period within the past 80 years
Mrs. George, on trial at Canton. o.,
for manslaughter, was acquitted by
the jury the 2Sth.
Secretary Hay has been notified by
the French ambassador that Spain
would accept through him the $40, O0O,-
900 to be paid under the treaty of peace
for the Philippines. The payment will
be made to the ambassador as soon as
the president returns to Washington.
The hospital building of the state
asylum for the relief of the feeble
minded, at Glenwood, To-, was de-
stroyed by fire. A panic was averted
only by the GOODNESS of the attendants.
Loss, $25, 5000.
The j. A. Fay and Eagan Co., of Gin
cinati, O., manufacturers of wood
working machinery, have advanced
the wages of their employees about 6
per cent. Eleven hundred men are af
fected.
Grave fears are entertained for the
safety of the American steamer Kama
wha, Capt. Evans, which sailed from
Newport News on March 30 for Ber-
muda.
The body of Robert Goelet, late of
New York city, who died of dropsy on
board his steam yacht at Naples will
be left on the vessel and taken to the
United States.
Five thousand employees of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany were given notice that on May
their wages will be advanced 10 per
! cent.
The conference between Gen. Otis
and the Filipino commissioners ended
the goth and was fruitless. The Fill
pinos admit defeat and it is expected
they will return with fresh PROPOSE
| lions.
The employment of non-union miners
at Canyon Creek, Idaho, caused riot.
One man was killed and several wound
ed. The Sullivan mill and other build
ings were blown up with giant powder.
The official list of fatalities in the
cyclone at Kirksville, Mo-, places the
number at 81.
Fire destroyed the Gebhart lumber
yard and st. Johns Lutheran church
at Dayton. o. Six fremen were in
jured, Thomas Lawler fatally.
San Francisco had two mild shocks
of earthquake.
Several counties in Northern Ne
braska were swept by prairie fires, to-
esther with tornado. Mrs. Rolla
Livingstone and her 5-year-old son
were burned to death. Large numbers
| of cattle were killed
The prospect of peace is hailed with
satisfaction at Madrid, as likely to lead
to the liberation of Spanish prisoners
with the Filipinos.
The Tyden car seat factory at Hast
ings, Mich. was destroyed by light
ming.
A wreck on the Bay railroad neal
Rochester, n. Y, caused the death OF
John Helberg and an unknown man.
Twenty or more were injured.
Owing to an thrush of water at the
Ktschnar gold mine, near Troizk, Rus
STA, shaft in which 95 men were at
work, collapsed. Sixty-two of the
miners were killed and nearly all the
remainder seriously injured.
A heavy earthquake shock, lasting
six seconds was felt at Vincennes and
at Sullivan, Ind. The vibrations eX-
tended from south to north. At Vim:
cennes several chimneys were shaken
down and some brick walls were
cracked.
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