The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Fire swept away the entire business
portion of Horatio, Ark.
The engagement is announced of Adj
miral Dewey to Mrs. W. B. Hazen, of
Washington, widow of Gen. Hazen,
formerly chief signal officer of the
army.
The Philippine commission held its
first meeting in Washington. None of
the deliberations will be made public
until the commission finishes its labors.
Gen. Guy V. Henry was given military
burial at Arlington, the president and
his cabinet being present at the cere-
monies.
Sixty men of the Gloucester (Mass.)
fishing fleet were lost during the year
just ended. They left As widows and %
children. Fifteen vessel, valued at $780,
$50, were lost.
Fifty of the Olympia's crew, who
fought in the battle of Manila, have re-
enlisted for service in the Philippines.
Tom Hayden (colored) was hanged
by mob at Fayette, Mo-, for the MUIR
der of Andrew Woods, young white
man.
The ferryboat Chicago was sunk in a
collision in midstream in the North
river in New York and four lives were
lost.
Robert r. Jennings, secretary of a
car company, was robbed of package
containing nearly $4,000 while board
ing a street car in ST. Louis.
In fit of jealousy George Hermans
killed Rhoda Horton and her daughter
at Stephenstown, N. Y, and then killed
himself.
Goldseekers arrived in San Francisco
from Cape Nome with $4,000, 900 and re-
ported that many fortune hunters had
died in quest for treasure.
The family of Vice President Hobart
say that he is suffering from compli-
cation of heart troubles and that he
will not again take part in public af-
fairs, even should his life be spared.
Fire wiped out the business portion
of Fairview, Kan.
The October gold output for the Grip
pie Creek (Col.) district was $2,OO1 600,
breaking all monthly records.
George Wells, negro miner, suspect
ed of having murdered Gus McArdie,
white man, was lynched by mob at
Weir City, Kan.
was destroyed by fire, the students
barely escaping.
The torpedo boat Shubrick was
launched at Richmond, Va, in the pres
ence of President Mckinley, many
members of his cabinet, Gov. Tyle- and
an immense outpouring of people.
A train robber secured $4,000 from
an express car on the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas road near Dennison. Tex.
The new administration building at
Sing Sing IN. " prison was destroyed
by fire.
A train jumped the track near New
Orleans and nine persons were injured,
several fatally.
The government receipts for October
were SAT, 533 ,58S, against 1861 ,051 for
the same month last year, and the ex-
penditures amounted to $44,O12, 900,
against $53,903,000 last year.
At Wrightville and Carolina Beach in
North Carolina a storm wrecked 33 cot
tages belonging to summer resorters.
An explosion of mill dust in the New
England mills in Chicago wrecked half
a block of buildings and caused the loss
of five lives.
Sir Thomas Upton sailed from New
York for England on the American line
steamship ST. Louis. Before leaving
he was presented with two loving cups
by friends.
The annual report of the adjutant gen
eral of the army, Brig. Gen. Corbin, sums
up the military forces now in the serv-
ice of the United States as: Regular
army, 64,5s6; volunteer 34,574; total,
99,160.
The positive statement is made in
Washington by authority that Spain
does not retain possession of single is
land in the Philippine archipelago.
The steamer George L. Colwell, bound
from Fernandina, Fla, to New York,
was wrecked in a hurricane off the
South Carolina coast and 10 of the crew
persisted.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that the
national bank note circulation in
the United States on the LIST was $242,-
9s4,694.