The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-12-21
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending Dec. Is.

For the Week Ending Dec. 10.
A fierce gale upset a number of houses
In San Francisco.
Capt. Jonathan Norton. of Lee. Mass.
died at the age of 105 years.
Oxford won the English football cham
pionship from Cambridge.
James ]. Hill has resigned the presidency
of the Great Northern road.
Ernest Bremen, of Basle has been elect
ed president of Switzerland
The bank at Brillion, Wis. closed its
doors with liabilities of $4,000.
The Klondike and Alaska gold yield this
year is estimated at $25, ,223.
Joplin, Mo-, was shaken by an earth
quake lasting about minute.
Sharpers gained access to the safe in an
italian monastery and stole $4,000.
Florida this year will ship 1000 boxes
of oranges. against 10000 last year.
Chicago German-Americans raised ST.
500 for the poor at their charity ball.
Paddy Ryan, ex-champion heavyweight
pugilist, died at Green Island, N. Y
Three children of E. w. Grubbs persisted
in burning building at Golinza. Pa.
Castle Bel Dell, built in 1456. was de-
stroyed by fire at Antwerp, Belgium.
]. C. w. Beckham was inaugurated gov
ernor of Kentucky for term of three
years.
lie IdlI COIuI1lSSlOH IDS duOpIoO q IL
cense law at Manila limiting the sale OF
liquor.
Eleven persons were injured in colli-
sion on the Fort Wayne road at Edgewa-
ter, Pa
A baseball war has been inaugurated
between the National and American
leagues.
Charles Peck, one of Chicago's oldest art
lists and founder of the Academy of De-
sign, is dead.
A Philadelphia ferryboat collided with
schooner in midstream and 20 passengers
were injured.
Gen. Michael ]. Bulger, a distinguished
confederate general, died at Dadeville. Ala.
aged 100 years.
Joseph Huffman shot and killed Thomas
Meeham, rival coal dealer. and then killed
himself in Chicago.
Sidney Samuel, son of New York rabbi.
shot and killed himself because he could
not marry Catholic.
Statistics show that the total number OF
persons who entered the Paris exposition
grounds was As, 130, 301.
Mrs. Jeanette Broadbent witness in a
divorce case at DeS Moines, Ia. was shot
by an unknown person.
Fire destroyed a convent at Fort Dodge,
Ia. Sisters of mercy and children mar
rowly escaped the flames
JONI w. I1yQ6Il, d S0oNotOiS
and John Mincey were killed by a train
near Philadelphia, Tenn.
The Illinois Stats Zeitung, with ground
and building, was sold in Chicago to Mrs.
Margaret Raster for 100000.
Irish societies in convention in Dublin de-
nounced the Boer war and voted Healy and
Carew out of the Irish party.
Great Britain, it is declared, must man.
age the natives of South Africa with care
or there will be great uprising.
The Thirty-seventh infantry is to sail
from Manila on January l. The Eleventh
cavalry will sail on January 10.
Three persons were killed and many in
jured in a train wreck on the Great North
ern railway in Brockton. Mont.
Senator Proctor. of Vermont. has bought
the Carrara quarries in Italy and will con-
troll the worlds marble output.
A false fire alarm in a hall in Chicago
caused a panic among children attending
show, and over 20 were injured.
Joseph Dupuis, noted dwarf, died at
Kankakee, ILL.,, aged SO years. He was but
43 inches tall and wore child's shoe.
William Woodson. convict, was hanged
at Richmond, Va, for the murder in May
last of Ambrose Ferrbre. fellow convict.
A lone hghwayman held up the Lake.
view and Ager stage near Lakeview, Ore.
securing large amount of registered mail.
granted in Canada, and in the 30 years since
confederation only I'll have been granted.
Porto Ricans hired to work in Hawaii re-
fused to go further than the Pacific coast.
fearing slavery, and are stranded in San
Francisco. \
Robert T. Tighe who established the first
telegraphic system in South America, is
dead at his home in New York. He was
born in Dublin.
Paid in. he British hOHSA
suggested making terms with the Beers.
declaring the war was imperiling the exc
istence of the empire
Fast mail train No. Is on the Burlington
road was wrecked while running a mile
a minute near Kirkwood, Ia One man was
killed and five injured.
An Illinois Central fast train was held up
near New Orleans, the conductor shot in
the back and the mail car robbed of regis
tered money packages.
Carl Schurz declined reelection as presi-
dent of the National Civil Service Reform
league. and Daniel c. Gilman, president OF
Johns Hopkins university. was chosen.
Miss Edna Brown, a young woman OF
the highest character and great popularity
in exclusive circles of GAINESVILLE (O) So
ciety, drowned herself Thursday night in
the Muskingum river
Edward Ryan, pioneer resident and mer-
chant prince, died at the family residence
in Hancock, Mich. He leaves large FAM
lily of adult sons and daughters and an es-
tate of about 81 000, OO0 He was at one
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