The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-12
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PO-
itical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
DOMESTIC

Victor and Ira Dobson, a son of John
Amos and two unknown men were
struck by lightning and killed at Ulys-
ses, Neb.
At Bowling Green, Ky, fire destroyed
Potter's opera house and several bust
ness houses.
Gov. Pointer, on receiving word that
the First Nebraska regiment had sailed
from Manila for home, issued proc
lamation calling upon the people of the
state to give them fitting welcome on
their return.
The navy pay officers have prepared a
table showing the rate of pay of naval
officers. Admiral Dewey will receive
$3.50 day, 81, 125 a month and $4,000
year.
During the fiscal year just closed 49,
1913 men were enlisted in the naval serv-
ice, of whom :, 147 were enlisted for the
war only.
The receipts of the United States pat
ent office for the last fiscal year were ST.
209,654, which leaves a balance to the
credit of the patent fund of $40, 900 over
expenditures.
Fred Culvert, who claims to be the
champion walker of the world, started
from Milwaukee to walk 1,4OO miles in
90 days.
A flood washed away the village of
Dewey, Tex, and it was feared that
many lives were lost.
At New Brunswick, n. j., the large
plant of the Beacon Light Lamp COM
pany was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss. $15O,000.
A Denver & Rio Grande passenger
train was wrecked eight miles west of
Leadville, Col, and nine persons were
injured.
William Ludwig, of Rockwell City,
a., shot and killed his former fiance,
2O-year-old Bertha Whiteside, at her
home in Des Moines, and then killed
himself.
The corner stone of the new state
capitol was laid at Helena, Mont.
William j. Elliott, former editor of
the Columbus CO., Sunday Capital, was
pardoned from the penitentiary where
he was serving life sentence by Gov.
Bushnell on condition that he leave the
state.
United States secret service agents
arrested five men in Pittsburgh, Pa, on
suspicion of their being implicated in a
counterfeiting scheme. The city was
flooded with bogus dollars.
Twentyeight Chicago couples took
advantage of the national holiday and
crossed the lake and mere married in
st. Joseph, Mich.
Fire destroyed the Gayoso hotel, one
of the oldest landmarks of Memphis,
Tenn, and several other buildings, the
loss being $450,000, and eX-Fire Chief
Cleary was killed.
The twenty-fourth annual convention
of the National Amateur Press associa-
ton began in CHICAGO.
Fire at Pratt City, Ala, burned 40
buildings.
Pleas Wynn and Catlett Upton were
hanged at Sevierville, Tenn, for the
murder of William and Laura Whalley
on December %, 1898.
The fire losses of the United States
and Canada for the first half of 1899
aggregate $65,699, $50 or about 81, 100000
more than in the same period of 1898.
Rev. DIR. Francis L. Clark was re-
elected president of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor at the annual
meeting in Detroit, Mich, and John
Willis Baer was reelected secretary and
William Shaw treasurer
tornado at Ainsworth, Neb., killed
one woman and wrecked houses, barns,
fences and bridges.
While bathing at Oakland, n. Y, Mrs.
Mary w. Simons, 63 years old, widow of
the late President j. w. Simons of the
University of Dakota, and her little
grandson, were drowned.
The fourteenth annual convention of
the National Editorial association met
in Portland, Ore.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 5th was: Wheat,
1862 900 bushels; corn, IL, S3S, 900 BUSH
els; oats, 5,051,0 900 bushels; rye, 1922,
900 bushels; barley, $4,000 bushels.
Fire destroyed 20 buildings at Paris,
Tex, the loss being 100000.
Willie Porter, aged nine years, Mt
Coats, Kan. killed his mother and baby
sister while playing with pistol.
Further advices from Texas say that
the 1ood district has length of over
500 miles and breadth of so miles, and
in all this vast space damage incalcula-
BILE has been done. The number of lives
lost is placed at 100, and the property
loss at over $10,000,000.