The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-01
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balls of New Guinea.
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The Chicago packers, Swift & Co.,
and Libby, Mcneil & Libby, as a result
OF the criticisms made against the fresh
meat furnished during the war, have
announced that they would jointly pay
500, 900 to anybody proving that chem
lcals were used to preserve any beef
packed by them. The two corpora
lions are practically one and thu same.
Agoncillo, the representative of
Aguinaldo at Washington, denies send
ing cablegrams advising an attack up
/ on the Americans at Manila.
The steamer Cottage City, from
Alaska, brings news that number of
Copper River prospectors persisted in
the Valdez glacier. All of them per-
ished in an attempt to cross the glacier.
| Definite steps in the formation of a
big copper consolidation were taken
at New York.
1t is claimed on high authority that
Spain is seeking to have some Euro
| pean government recognize the indie
pendence of the Filipino government,
thus precipitating a very dangerous
complication for the United States.
The exports of wheat, including -four
shipments, for the week ending the
27th were 4,997,572 bushels.
For the week ending the 27th there
were 246 business failures in the United
States, against 2SS during the same
week last year.
While magic lantern show was in
progress at Dodgeville, Wis, fire broke
out on the stage causing panic.
Many persons were injured.
Dismissal from the military service
of the United States without any re-
dict passed by the court-martial upon
Commissary General Eagan for recent
virulent attack upon Major-General
Miles. The verdict was reached with
in As minutes after the trial ended.
Arthur Brown, of st. Louis, cut his
throat and jumped from a fifth story
factory dying soon after. He was
married the day before and at the
same time had wife in New York.
John Morley has been paid the sum
of 10, 900 pounds $3.50, OOO) for writing a
biography of the late William E. Glad
stone, under whom Mr.. Morley served
twice as chief secretary of Ireland.
The war departments order of the
nth inst, providing that the Spanish
Bank of Havana shall collect the taxes
in Cuba for the year ending June 30
next has been revoked by the secretary
of war.
May wheat in the Chicago markets
reached 70 cents the 27th.
The Montana legislature elected VIM.
A. Clark (Dem.) United States senator
to succeed Lee Mantle.
A seat in the New York stock ex-
change was sold for $3S, 900, the high
est ever known.
Snow was reported general through
out central and southern Alabama and
Georgia the 2Sth.
A gang of &c track repair men were
working at the opening of the Gallit-
Yin tunnel at Altoona, Pa, when they
were run down by locomotive. Two
of them were killed instantly and eight
seriously injured.
By the explosion of a boiler in the
basement of the Chicago Tribune build
ing, Bud Miller, fireman, was fatally
injured and three others were slightly
scalded.
The manufacturers of the lower
priced derby hats have effected com
bination.
At the Bacine (Wis.) Nathalie Iron
works the bottom of a cupola contain
ing 800 pounds of moulton iron fell out
and six men were burned.
Mrs. Maria Mcintyre, a widow 60
years old, was found murdered in her
home at Pana, Ill. The body was
frightfully mangled with an axe.
Mrs. Rudolph and two children were
killed in snowslide at Apex, Col.
The president has appointed Repre-
sentative Serene B. Payne of New
York member of the joint high Cana
| dian commission to the vacancy in the
| American representation on that body
caused by the death of Mr.. Dingley.
Anumber of burglaries have occurred
recently in Santiago province that
seem to indicate the operations of a
regular band of American crooks"
The buggy whip manufacturers have
! organized trust.
Gen. Miles reiterates his charges
that army beef was chemically treated
and agrees if ST., 900 is deposited he will
prove the same.
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