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

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For the Week Ending Oct. ~.
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 womens 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 mill
girl.
The twenty fifth anniversary of Wander
bilt university was celebrated a. Nashville,
Tenn.
American tweeds have practically
driven Scotch tweeds from the domestic
market.
During the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing
year six schooners. one steamer and IS
men were lost.
In lovers quarrel Philip Lewis. aged
20, killed Rose Adenberg, aged Is. and him.
self in Chicago.
Gloster Barnes, colored wife murderer.
was lynched near Vicksburg. Miss. by a
mob of negroes.
The government lost 100000 worth of
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 Retvzan was
launched at Cramps shipyards in Phil
adelphia. 1t cost $3000.00O
Miss Mai Lection sued United States SEN
ator Sullivan, of Mississippi. for $50. 900 for
alleged breach of promise.
Superinten6. nt 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
mob at Brusle Landing. La. for shoot
ing Conductor Will Jordan.
A Belgian war correspondent reports the
massacre of 1900, 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 a 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. c.
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 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 a famous gov
| eminent scout
Consul McCook at Dawson reports the
| klOnQ1ke 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-
posts 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 49, and
| then himself at Chillicothe, o. Gudgen died
instantly. The woman died few hours
| after the affray. Jealousy caused the deed
In 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 few days and will be distrib-
uted among the destitute.
Fire in Detroit Thursday night de-
stroyed 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