The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-18

ployment Office at Omaha to secure
work for the returning members of the
First Nebraska volunteers who desire
help of this kind.
1t is estimated that 500 persons lost
their lives in Porto Rico during the
hurricane. Terrible distress prevails
there.
At Merrill, Wis, street car ran off
the Prairie street bridge, dropping into
the river 20 feet below. Although the
car was completely wrecked none of
the passengers were fatally injured.
Bill Wilson, colored, was lynched in
the Jail at Port Gibson, Miss, under
peculiar circumstances. When the
jailor entered his cell he discovered
the prisoner hanging to the county
gallows with several bullet holes in
his neck and shoulders.
An American named Black has been
expelled from France on suspicion of
espionage. Ostensibly he was dealing
in photographs.
Mrs. Richard Coulton, wife of farm
err near Chandlerville, Ill, swept up
two pounds of giant powder which had
fallen from shelf, and putting it into
a paper bag threw it onto fire in the
yard. Her 1O-year-old son was fatally
burned and Mrs. Coulton is in a criti-
cal condition.
Will Chambers, colored, was lynched
at Bell Buckle, Tenn, for assaulting
the 14-year-old daughter of William
Watson.
Preparations are about completed
from the dispatch of $4,000 English
and Indian troops to South Africa.
A number of transports are in readi-
ness in Indian waters and in the event
of war, troops will be embarked simVl-
taneously at Bombay, Karachee and
Calcutta.
The secretary of war has directed
that the census of Cuba shall be COM
pleted by Jan 1, next, and General
Joseph Sanger of the inspector gener-
take general charge of the work with
headquarters at Havana.
Two hundred thousand live chickens
will be shipped from this county to the
Hawaiian Islands as fast as they can
be bought up. The first car of 500 has
been shipped, and others will soon
follow. American poultry brings a
high price in Honolulu.
w. T. Coleman, an ensign on the bat
tleship Iowa. who was to have been
courtmartialed, attempted suicide by
shooting. The bullet grazed his skull.
Mrs. George L. Bailey, of Muncie,
Ind, attempted suicide by setting her
bedding afire after she had retired.
She was badly burned and her injuries
may prove fatal.
Admiral Dewey sailed from Naples
for Leghorn the 18th.
Late returns from Porto Rico indi-
cate that at least 1000 persons persisted
in the recent storm.
Henry M. Rector, seventh governor
of Arkansas, died at Little Rock.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Maitre Labor, the principal attorney
for Dreyfus. He was fred at from am
bush, one shot hitting him in the back,
causing a dangerous wound.
Two police officers were murdered at
Denver, Colo, by recruit belonging
to Co. l., Saith volunteers.
The French schooner Pauoboto was
sunk in collision off Lowestorff, Scot
land, by the steamer Mercedes, and
five persons were drowned. The
steamer rescued the remainder of the
crew.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt
tbrOu UhO ont POrt11Ua1
Assistant Controller Mitchell has
rendered decision in which he holds,
in effect, that soldier who served
under two or more enlistments and
was honorably discharged from each,
is enlisted to the extra pay provided
by law at each discharge.
The Filipinos unsuccessfully at
tackled San Luis, on the Rio Grande,
near Calumpit, which is garrisoned by
two companies of the 22nd infantry.
The Americans had one man, a SER
geant, killed and two privates wound
ed.
A negro named Edward Lipscomb
and the wife of William Daugherty
were shot at church near Sumonville,
Texas. Lipscomb is dead, and the
woman fatally injured. John and
Bill Robertson, two negroes charged
with the shooting, were captured but
escaped.
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