The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-08
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treaty with Mexico.
Gen. Otis telegraphs that the insur-
gents have no American prisoners and
that troops are in splendid condition.
The gunboat Concord, while cruis-
idg along the west coast of the Island
of Luzon, captured and burned a
schooner loaded with supplies for the
Filipinos.
Five men and a woman were buried
under an avalanche of snow at White
Pine, Colo. The missing who are sup
posed to be dead are: Mrs. Margaret
Stout, Michael WEIGH, James Jordan,
and three men, names unknown.
The senate confirmed the naval nom
nations without opposition. These
are the promotions resulting from the
naval personnel bill. 1t settles the
Schley-Sampson controversy by max
ing each a rear admiral, with Schley
two numbers in advance.
The United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn received orders to sail imme-
diately for Hampton roads to take
Rear Admiral Schley to Europe.
To show the depth of sympathy felt
by the United States government with
the British government and the family
in the loss of the late Lord Herschell,
our government has proffered the use
of a United States warship to convey
the remains of Lord Herschell to Eng
land.
The Montana Legislature passed a
bill legalizing prize fights.
Admiral Montejo, who commanded
the Spanish squadron destroyed by
Dewey, has been arrested and placed
in jail.
The coal miners at Ottumwa, To-,
have struck for higher wages.
The president sent to the senate the
nominations of Rear Admiral George
Dewey to be Admiral under the act
approved March 2, 1899, and Brigadier
General Elwell S. Otis, to be major
general by brevet, to rank from Feb.
for military skill and most disting-
uished service in the Philippine
islands. Both were confirmed at once.
The nomination of Samuel j. Bar
rows to be librarian of congress has
been reported unfavorably by the SEN
ate committee on library
The government steamer Aberdeen
has arrived at Halifax from Sable
island, bringing the crew of the
wrecked steamer Moravia.
Mayor Quincy of Boston has given
directions to the superintendents of
public grounds to begin the work of
exterminating the English sparrows.
VIM. r. Merriam, of Minnesota, was
nominated and confirmed as director
of the twelfth census of the United
States.
The Fifty-ffth congress adjourned
at noon the 4th, after continuous ses-
sion of 25 hours.
J.. M. Cook, the we'll known tourist
manager, died in London the 4th.
The transport Senator, with six COM
panies of the Twenty-second infantry,
arrived at Manila the 4th. Troops all
in good health.
| A terrific cyclone passed over por-
ton of Madisonville, Tenn, demolish-
ing a large number of houses and other
| property. Jack Moses and wife, and
Lu. IL. IldTIdu were hlllcu, dul
| score of others wounded.
A shore battery of the Filipinos fired
upon the gunboat Bennington at Mala-
| bon. The Bennington returned the
fire, demolishing the battery and burn
ing the town.
The British second-class cruiser
| Talbot has been ordered from Bermu-
da to New York in order to convey the
remains of Lord Herschell from there
to Portsmouth, England.
A carboy of benzine exploded in a
railway carriage in Russia. Sixwomen
! and a man were killed, and sixteen
others badly injured.
The bubonic plague is raging at
Bombay, and 972 deaths were reported
| in one week.
The naval powder magazine of La
! Goubran, in southern France, exploded
and killed nearly fifty soldiers and ma
! rineS.
The United States transport Ohio
has arrived at Manila.
! The Lackawana hotel at Scranton,
Pa, was destroyed by fire. The guests,
numbering nearly 100, were taken out
safely, but clad only in their night
clothes.
Railroad trains were snowbound in
Ohio the 5th.
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