The Ely miner., 1899-04-12
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and Po-
litical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
DOMESTIC.

The work OF searching the IRE RUNS
of the Windsor hotel in New York has
ended. The total known dead numbers
46, and several persons are still missing.
John and j. G. Cameron, brothers,
who had been constant companions all
their lives, died within an hour of each
other at Morris, III. They were aged
20 and SO years, respectively.
In n fire at Kingsley, Mich, Mrs. Sa-
rah Shubert and Mrs. Beyers were
burned to death.
John McGraw, a miller, shot and
killed his landlady, Mrs. Stacy Miller,
a divorced woman, at Minneapolis,
Mimi, and then shot himself dead
Jealousy was the cause.
An increase in wages in the cotton
mills of New England has gone into
effect, the restoration benefting 100000
operatives.
Five men working in a narrow trench
in Joplin, No., lost their lives by cave
in.
The trial of Mrs. Annie George for
the murder of George d. Saxton, broth
er of Mrs. Mckinley, began in Can
ton, D.
The steamer Chilkat capsized in the
harbor at Eureka, Cal, and ten per-
sons were drowned.
The legislature of Colorado has ad-
journed sine die.
In Roswell, Tex, Mrs. Anna Blashek
gave her two children poison and then
committed suicide. No cause was
known for the deed.
Warren F. Leland, proprietor of the
Windsor hotel, which was destroyed by
fire in New York on March II, died from
the effects of surgical operation. His
wife and daughter were victims of the
fire.
The Cuban military assembly in Ha-
vana voted to disband the army and to
dissolve.
To save his mother from his fathers
murderous attack Lewis Dennis killed
his father at Millheim, Pa.
James Dristell, John Clark and John
McAllister were killed by the cars at
Greensburg, Pa.
Jim Corbett says he will never fight
again, but will give all of his attention
to his liquor business in New York.
Andrew Carnegie has advanced the
wages of about 10000 employees in Pitts
burgh and vicinity ten per cent.
The legislature of Florida convened
at Tallahassee.
Three men were killed by an explo-
sion at the railroad cap factory at
Braddock, Pa.
Heavy snowstorms occurred in por-
tions of Virginia and North Carolina.
While temporarily insane Weston B.
Turner, wealthy man, aged 60 years,
killed his wife and himself at Falls
Church, Va.
President Mckinley has signed
proclamation opening to settlement on
May next the larger portion of the
southern Ute reservation in Colorado.
Walter H. Jackson, one of the most
prominent young men of Albany, Ca,
killed his wife and three-months-old
child and then shot himself dead while
,gsane.
A mail train on the Burlington road
ran from Creston, Ia, to Omaha, Neb.,
distance of 1O4 miles, in 103 minutes.
Herbert Putnam, the new librarian of
congress, took the oath of office and en-
tered upon the duties.
A decision was rendered by Judge
Peabody in the city police court in ST.
Louis that under certain conditions a
husband has the right to beat his wife.
The president has appointed Col. Adel-
bert /. Burlington to be brigadier gen
eral and chief of the bureau of ordnance,
to succeed the late Gen. Flagler.
E. C. Lum and wife, old residents of
Camanche, Ia, were killed by the cars.
Admiral Van Reypen, surgeon gen
eral of the navy, said in Washington
that all reports received from Manila
showed that Admiral Dewey was in ex-
cellent health.
Advices from Havana say that Co
mez will be reinstated commander in
chief of the Cuban army until the Gu
ban forces are disbanded.
The American Colonial Banking COM
pany has been chartered at Charleston,
w. Va. to establish bank at San Juan,
Porto Rico.
The livery barn of Ottie Snyder was
burned at Muscatine, Ia, and 25 horses
were cremated.
The cruiser Detroit, which is now ly-
ing off La Guayra, Venezuela, has been
ordered to Bluefelds, Nicaragua, for
the protection of American interests
in that quarter