The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Oct. ~.

line georgia legislature convened IN Az
lanta.
Charles vargo killed his wife and him.
self at Aurora, ILL.,
The entire business portion of Dunavant,
Kan, was destroyed by fire.
President and Mrs. Mckinley reached
Canton, o., from Washington.
Sims Reeves, the famous English ballad
singer, died Thursday, aged rs years.
Methodist women's 100000 "twentieth
century thank offering" has all been raised.
High water was raging in many streams
In upper Tennessee and doing great dam
age.
Four prominent men of Paterson. N. j.,
are in Jail, accused of numbering a mill
girl.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of Wander
bilt university was celebrated at Nashville,
Tenn.
American tweeds have practically
driven Scotch tweeds from the domestic
market.
During the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing
year six schooners, one steamer and 80
men were lost.
In lovers quarrel Philip Lewis. aged
%, killed Rose Adenberg aged 19. and him
self in Chicago.
Gloster Barnes, a colored wife murderer.
was lynched near Vicksburg. Miss. by
mob of negroes.
powder in the explosion at Indian Head
proving grounds.
The government denies any intention to
collect the Turkish claims by means of a
naval demonstration
The one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Field Marshal Won Moltke was
celebrated in Berlin.
The Russian battleship Retvizan was
launched at Cramps shipyards in Phil
adelphia. 1t cost So, 100000.
Miss Mai Lection sued United States Sem
ator Sullivan, of Mississippi. for 1000 for
alleged breach of promise.
Superintendent Wainwright. of the naval
academy at Annapolis, Md. issued an Of
| fetal order against hazing.
Warby Wine, a negro, was hanged at
Orangeburg, S. c., for the murder of c. J.
Paulling near Fort Motto.
Milry Dodson (colored) was hanged by
a mob at Brusle Landing. La. for shoot
ing Conductor viii Jordan.
A Belgian war correspondent reports the
| massacre of $4,000, rather than 5000. Chinese
by Russians along the Amur.
Thomas Simpson and Mrs. Mary E.
Monaghan, aged 81 and 81 respectively,
were married at Eldorado, Ill.
c. M. Hays, manager of the Grand Trunk.
succeeds c. P. Huntington as president Of
the Southern Pacific railroad.
Secretary of the Navy Long has given
his consent to the removal of the battle
ship Maine from Havana harbor.
President Steyn has declared Fouries-
burg the capital of the Orange Free State.
| Beers are raiding in northern Natal
Ralph Sampson, son of Admiral Samp-
son, has been recommended for cadet
ship at Annapolis by President Mckinley.
A gold nugget weighing 753 pounds and
worth S154,000 was received at the New
York assay Office from British Columbia.
Insane from grief over the death of her
| parents Carrie Caldwell killed her three
| children and herself at Huntersville, n. G.
Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn
| was caught in a cloudburst near Stroms-
| burg, Neb., and narrowly escaped with his
| life.
The transport Port Stephens sailed from
| San Francisco for Manila, carrying 400
| horses and several hundred tons of sup
| plies.
| James Guer ard James Galloway (col-
ored), charged with firing into a farmers
| house, were hanged by a mob at Liberty
| Hill, Ga.
Deputy United States Marshal Sam
| Jackson was killed by a fall in Helena,
| Mont. For years he was famous gov
| ernment scout.
| Consul McCook at Dawson reports the
| Klondike mining camp now prosperous
! commercial center, with well-equipped
| stores and substantial dwellings.
Banker William A. Paulsen was sem
| fenced in Chicago to an indeterminate
| term in the penitentiary for receiving de-
| posits after his bank was insolvent.
The citizens of Oklahoma and the Indian
| Territory want single statehood for the
| two territories. The formation of leagues
| to promote this end has commenced
Harry Gudgen. aged only IS. shot his
| paramour, Matte Nichols, aged 46, and
| then himself at Chillicothe, o. Gudgen died
| instantly. The woman died a few hours
| after the affray. Jealousy caused the deed.
In a passenger train wreck on the Union
| Pacific road near Rising City, Neb., G. L.
| Flanagan, a salesman of Iowa City, Ia,
| was killed and Mrs. Albert Sjoberg, OF
Lincoln, Neb., injured. The property loss
| was heavy.
The government is preparing to relieve
| the suffering of the drought-stricken In
dams on the Sacaton reservation in Idaho.
| Several carloads of rations will leave
| Phoenix in a few days and will be distrib-
| uted among the destitute.
Fire in Detroit Thursday night de-
| stroyed a three-story brick building oc-
eupied by Meyer Jacobson, junk dealer.
corner Catherine and Hastings streets.
| Failing walls killed Lieut.. Regenstine,
| fireman, and injured four others.