The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


For the Week Ending Wow. 3.
The Paris exposition has been prolonged
until November Il.
Letters from privates say German troops
give no quarter to natives in China
The first message was sent over the gov
ernment cable from St Michael to Nome.
Thieves carried away the entire stock Of
q West side shoe dealer in Chicago.
Abel p Upham, a tea tester in Chicago.
was driven to suicide by excessive use OF
tea
Men of the Memorial Baptist church in
Chicago cooked and served dinner for 800
persons.
Railroads centering in St. Louis ask their
employees to work for the proposed exposi-
ton in 1903.
Gen D. NJ Frost. for 50 years one of the
best known residents Of St Louis. Mo-. il
dead, aged II.
The military department of Cuba has
been established, with Gen. Leonard Wood
as commander.
Australian advices indicate the selection
of AIbury. ~. S. w, as the capital OF fed
Grated Australia
The business portion of Shelby. Neb-.
was almost entirely wiped out by ire
started by burglars
Chinese yiceroys memorialized the throne
to punish Boxer leaders ana save the en-
pire from disruption.
The India famine is gradually disappear
ing. AT the present time only l,OOo.v S per-
sors are receiving aid.
The civil service act adopted by the Phil
ippine commission is not liked by the army
officials in the islands
The transport Sherman sailed from San
Francisco for Manila with rs soldiers and
big cargo of supplies
CAarra I VIZ rQhh=d nf 1890 while
waiting 10 make a deposit in the FIRST
national bank in Chicago.
The transport Idaho. with the home
coming Canadian soldiers from South At
RIGA, arrived al Halifax. N s.
1t is reported in Russia that Spain is
alarmed by the Carlist revolt and viii de-
clare martial law in all Catalonia
Joseph Biffert, aged g. died at Peru. Ind.
II was his boast that he saw the great Ma
poleon on his retreat from Moscow
Prince Christian Victor. aged g. Of
Schleswig-H olstein. grandson of Queen
Victoria, died in Pretoria of fever
A New York court has decided that leav-
ing personal property in q seat in railroad
car entities passenger TO possession
Elsie Smith. stenogral, her, killed her
self in Chicago through prize, being II need
and ashamed to send home for money
James Buchanan, a congressman from
New Jersey from 1855 to 1888 died suddenly
at his home in Trenton, aged 81 years
Evangelist Wyatt, missing from Chicago
since May 20, is a prisoner in Manchester.
England. charged with killing his father
c. F. Jones a valet. confessed and put
the burden of Millionaire Rice's murder
in New York on Lawyer Albert T Pat
rick.
Gov. Roosevelt ended his campaign OF
eight weeks, in which he Travelled 2.299 miles
and made 613 speeches. record never
equaled.
Ore HUNDRED and five students have been
suspended from the Culver Military acac-
envy, near Terre Haute. Ind. for insubor-
dination.
Gen E S Otis has been assigned TO COM
mand the department of the lakes and Cen
Fftzhugh Lee TO the department of the
Missouri
DR. Louis W. Reed. aged - years. died
suddenly at Norristown, Pa He was sur
geon general of the Pennsylvania guard
for . years
county and republican nominee for the
state senate committed suicide in Grand
| Rapids. Mich
FREDERICK Degetau trep). of San Juan,
has been elected the first delegate to con-
gress from the island of Porto Rico 10 the
United States.
Vincenneso Disalvo. an Italian laborer
living IN chicago, zen llLO the 0oLIS OF
confidence men and lost s, 50o-the savings
of his lifetime.
A pile of ties placed on the Baltimore &
| Ohio tracks near Tiffin. o.. TO wreck a train.
was discovered a few minutes before the
train came along.
A steamer loaded at Duluth. MINI. with
go 600 bushels of faxseed. valued at S46S.-
05o is the most valuable cargo ever shipped
on the great lakes
The steamship St. Paul arrived at Sc
attic, Wash. from Nome with 1S2 passen-
gers and slO0. 900 in treasure The steamer
left Nome on October %
The United States fish commission steam
er AIbatross returned TO San Francisco
from q IA months cruise. Most Of the
time she has been il the Pacific.
The will of Frank Williams. late OF
Johnstown. Pa. makes a beQuest of $500.
coo TO the Lehigh university. az South
Bethlehem. Pa. for the benefit of worthy
students
Prof. Hilprecht, of the University OF
Pennsylvania. has returned from Mesopo-
tamia and tells of the discovery of an an
cient Babylonian library in the temple OF
Nippur. which sheds new light on the
Uarid'S history