The Ely miner., 1899-05-17
LATER.

and the fatal injury of two others. Six
others sustained cuts and bruises. The
killed are: James Guaghlin, John Kolzo,
Joseph Sancheck, John Comyock. The
fatally injured are: John Collins, foot
broken, internally injured; George Fet-
terko, legs bruised, internally injured.
An explosion in Kurt's chemical
works, at ST. Helena, England, killed
four persons and seriously injured 90
others. The loss to the plant is about
$500, 900.
collision of passenger trains oc-
CURED on the Philadelphia & Reading
road at Exeter, Pa. Nearly score
were killed and as many more injured.
A tornado struck the Hondo coal
mine In Mexico, killing Lawrence Nc
Kinney and injuring over hundred,
mostly Mexicans. At the town of Sa
binas, 12 miles distant, two persons
were killed.
Stove manufacturers state that the
trust will be in operation by Sept. 1.
Major Eugene f. Ladd has been ap-
pointed treasurer for the island of Cuba
and Capt. j. A. Buchanon treasurer
for Porto Rico.
strike is threatened by the Brick
layers union of New York, who de-
mand 55 cents per hour inssead of so
cents, their present pay.
Edward Smith, colored, was hanged
in the corridor of the district Jail at
Washington for murder.
Roswell 2 Flower, formerly governor
of New York. died at Eastpoint, L. L.
the 18th, aged 81 years. Mr.. Flower
was taken i'll early in the day with
severe attack of accute indigestion.
In the afternoon symptoms of heart
failure suyervened and he grew steadi-
ly worse until the time of his death.
At Paris, Texas, a reviewing stand
on which were seated 1000 persons,
witnessing a display of fireworks, fell
with a crash. No one was killed, but
a great number were injured and some
probably fatally.
Claude Branton was hanged at Enge-
ne, Oregon, for the murder of John
Linn, stockman, who lived in Gillian
county, Branton's accomplice, Court
land Green, confessed, and is now
serving a life sentence in prison.
The democrats of the I'd Maine con-
gressional district nominated Jno. Scott
to succeed the late Nelson Dingley.
The Sixteenth United States infan-
try, stationed at Fort Crook, Fort
Leavenworth and Jefferson barracks
have been ordered to sail May 20 from
San Francisco to Manila.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Vanderlip has consented to act as chair
man of a national committee to provide
residence in Washington for Admiral
Dewey.
An agreement has been reached in
the trouble between the grain SHOW
elers and employers at Buffalo, n. Y.
Fire at Fort Burwell, Ont, destroyed
81 business houses and hotels Only
one business house is left. Loss, $50, 900.
The manufacturers of machine made
chains have organized trust.
The Turkish minister at Washington
gives an emphatic denial to cabled re-
ports that the Turkish troops have suf-
fered severe reverses at the hands of
the Arab forces.
Rev. DR.. Charles A. Briggs, who was
suspended for heresy by the Presby-
terian assembly, was ordained a priest
in the Episcopal church in New York.
Donald McLeon, railroad promoter,
fell over the balustrade on the fourth
floor of the Palmer house in Chicago,
landing on the stone tagging below,
and was killed.
The schooner Nelson, deeply laden
with coal, foundered in Lake Superior
off Grand Marias and carried down all
hands except Capt. Haghney.
Two more street cars were blown up
in Duluth by the street railway strik
ers. No one was injured.
The Filipino forces, which were en-
trenched behind strong Notifications
at San Ildfonso, north of Balinag,
have been driven from their position
by Lawton. One American was
wounded.
The navy department was notified
the 18th that the former Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes had sailed
from Santiago. She will be brought
to the Norfolk navy yard, and there
turned over to the Merritt e Champ
man Wrecking Company to the naval