The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-09-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF


SOlu cidlfnS III Alaska. a.-g3
The entire~ business portion Of Mantle,
Ill.,, was destroyed by fire..
Since July 1922 $500, immigrants have
arrived at Havanas Cuba
: Mrs. zilpha Boone, (cdisred) died at
Spencer. Ind. aged LOG, years.
Utah republicans have renominated
Heber M. Wells for governor.
Robbers held up the Alton station at
Marshall, Mo-. and killed Waterman.
The monitor Wyoming was launched at
the Union iron works in San Francisco.
The Western Baseball league closed its
season with Denver the pennant winner.
English troops IN Ashantee are making
general campaign against the hostile ma
tives. t.'Nsts .f+ssk -
The state bank of Lamont, ILL.,. closed
its doors with liabilities of $4,000; assets,
s240 go
Lord Roberts is due in London on Novem-
Der l. Butler is to command in South
Africa. ~
new volcano has broken forth 30 miles
southeast of the old -Colima volcano in
Mexico.
The Pottawatomie Indians claim miles
OF lake front in Chicago. which is valued at
SIS OOo.O00 -
The Connecticut republicans have NOM
mated George R Mclean, Of Simsbury,
for governor.
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famous acrobat and clown, died in poverty
at st. Louis. * s..ss- .
The Michigan peach crop is the largest in
years. taxing the capacity of steamboats,
and railroads.
. Chicago mill owners are offered locations
in Michigan, where they will be free from
labor troubles.
George H. Ellsbury, civil war veteran
and founder of Tower City, N. D., died at
Centralia, Wash
Gen. Maxine Gomez declined to accept
nomination to the constitutional con-
vention in Cuba. -.
The freshman class at West Point. 176 in
number is the largest in the history of the
military academy
During a quarrel ranchmen drove 5000
sheep over precipice at SharpsdaIe, Col,
and all were killed.
Jacques Faure, treasurer of the Paris
Aero club, successfully crossed the Eng
lish channel in a balloon.
The letter carriers in national convention
in Detroit, Mich, elected John N. Parsons,
Of New York, president.
Capt. Tuttle, of the revenue cutter Bear,
reports that fever and famine threaten to
exterminate. Alaska natives.
tropical gale swept the Florida coast.
causing loss of life, wrecking of ships and
great damage to shore property.
Thomas kingsford, head of the Kings
ford Starch cempany's works at Oswego,
n. Y, died at the age Of 70 years.
Rev. E. NJ Cravath, for % years pres
ident of Fisk university at Nashville,
Tenn, died at ST. Charles, MINI.
Joseph Dakus, a Missouri farmer, has
been arrested, charged with poisoning
melons and causing the death of nine boys.
Spirit distillers and distributors have
formed a cooperative association embrace
ing all the distilleries in the United States.
A mutiny occurred among the Filipino
prisoners in Bilibid prison, which resulted
in the death of four and the wounding
of Is.
Aguinaldo instructed Filipinos to capture
Manila by an attack in which treachery is
relied upon for success against the Amer
leans.
Railroad passenger agents have decided
that politicians must pay for special trains
and accommodations in the present cam
paign.
Women singers in Roman Catholic
churches are alarmed because of the de-
cree which forbids their. appearance in
choirs.
Dependent because of i'll health, Mrs.
Hannah Hansel, SO years old, ended her
life and that of her 14-months-old son in
Chicago.
Duke d'Abruzzi, of Italy, has returned
from the arctic region, having reached a
point 241 miles from the pole, making a
new mark.
At McKeesport, Pa, the Fifth Avenue
Savings and Loan associa ton was placed
in the hands of receiver, with liabilities
of $500, 900.
The secretary of war has instructed Gen.
Shafter, commanding the department Of
California, to discharge all volunteers in
San Francisco.
Gen. Chaffee praises Lieut.. Col. Daggett
for his gallantry in the Chinese campaign
and recommends his promotion to be
brigadier general.
William Fitzpatrick, weak-minded man.
killed Richard Gordon and fatally wounded
his twin brother at Clifton, S. l., because
they ridiculed him.
The United States transport Rawlins ar.
rived in New. York from Havana, among
the passengers being Brig. Gen. FitZhugh
Lee. commanding the eastern department
of Cuba.
John Reider, a veteran of the civil war.
killed his wife and himself at their home
and his wife was 20 years younger. Jeal-
ousy was the cause of the double tragedy.
In the Lawrence county (Mo) circuit
court Friday r. Smith was found guilty
of murder in the second degree. and was
given 40 years in the penitentiary. Smith
was charged with killing Henry Watson
at Aurora, Mo-, March last. by crushing
his skull with a billiard cue.