The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-02
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on the exposition buildings at Paris,
involving 5000 men, has been inaugu.
rated. The strikers demand an in.
crease of wages to one franc per hour.
A string of freight cars ran away
on the New Jersey Central railroad
and crashed into a locomotive at Ash.
ley, N. j., exploding 80 boxes of dyna-
mite in one of the cars. Five men were
killed and eight injured.
A movement is on foot to organize
all of the bible publishing houses into
combination.
The plant of the Angora Manufac-
turing company at Philadelphia was
destroyed by fire, and one of the en-
ployes, Lizzie Blackburn, is missing.
At the Superior mine, located west
of Hurley, Wis, the timber gave way
Lind, Victor Frederickson and Walter
Grazesky. Charles Nltlerbad and Jo
seph Enamo were injured and the lat.
ter may die.
The next convention of the United
Mine Workers of the United States
will meet at Indianapolis.
Hayes cavalry reported at Santa
Cruz, drove the Filipinos out of LUXE.
ma, Tayabas and adjacent towns, res
cued twenty Spanish prisoners and five
women.
The steamer Lisbones, which has ar
rived at New York from Brazilian
ports. rescued at sea Captain Somer-
vile and five seamen, the crew of the
British schooner Allan A. Mcintyre,
which was abandoned in water
logged condition on Jan. %.
General Butler has reported to the
British war Office, in terms which seem
to disclaim any personal responsibility,
that the Spion kop position, taken by
Warren on Tuesday night, was aban-
doned twenty-four hours later under
cover of darkness.
The Danish steamer Livadia, from
Hamburg for Philadelphia, ashore at
Tercheiling, has become total wreck.
The crew has been all safely landed.
F. A. Schumacher, son of the oatmeal
king, is at the hand of new company
being formed to fight the American
Cereal company. Ferdinand Schu-
macher will be interested in the COM
|pany.
Secretary Hay has sent to Speaker
Henderson for submission to the house,
copies of complaints of the German
government, presented by it's ambassa-
dor here, DR.. Won Holleben, against
the existing customs regulations of the
United States applicable to merchan-
disc imported from Germany.
Three masked robbers entered the
factory of DR.. Peter Fahrney & Sons,
Chicago, bound and gagged four EN-
p1oyes of the concern, blew open tn e
safe and escaped with 81, 700 in curren-
cy and considerable amount in notes
and other valuable papers.
A Chicago & Grand Trunk locomo-
tive blew up at Edwardsburg, Mich,
killing the engineer, fireman and con-
ductor.
The manufacturers of bicycle tires
have organized trust.
The Tippecanoe club of Chicago has
|expelled Senator VIM. e. Mason and
that he resign his seat in the
~. S. senate.
Rev; Father Sullivan, pastor of the
Catholic church at Liberty, was found
dead near the residence of Vicar Gem
eral Hickey, Springfield, Ill.
While crossing the railway tracks in
"a buggy at Evanston, ILL.,, the horse
baked and Mrs. Kate McLain was
killed and Mrs. Gabriel fatally injured
by locomotive.
Admiral Watson reports that he has
taken possession of Isabella coaling
station and established a marine gar
rison there under command of Lieut..
Long.
Consul Norman at Munich reports to
the state department the creation of a
gigantic metal paper trust in Bavaria,
embodying the entire industry in that
country.
William McNabb, the smallest man
in Illinois, died at McLeansboro of
pneumonia. aged 40 pears. He was 3S
inches tall and weighed about 70
pounds. He was born and reared in
this country.
The British forces under Gen. Butler
were obliged to retreat to the south of
Tugela river. The loss at Spion Kop
was heavy.
Two burglars were shot and killed
by the police at Quincy, ILL.,, while in
the act of robbing a safe.