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The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
MEET bullets WITH FIRE.
The Negro in New Orleans Who
Killed Two Police Officers
Smoked Out and Shot.
KILLS THREE MORE BEFORE LOSING LIFE
Tragedy Was One of the Most Re-
markable in the History of the
City and Tremendous Excitement
Reigned-In All Eleven Persons
Lost Their Lives.

New Orleans, July 2S.-After des-
perate battle lasting for several hours,
in which he succeeded in killing Sefgt.
Gabriel Porteus, Andy Van Kurem,
keeper of the police Jail, and Alfred j.
B. Bloomfield, a young boy, and fatally
wounding Corp. John f. Lally, John
Banvilie, eX-Policeman Frank III. Evans
and A. S. Loclere, one of the leading
confectioners of the city, and more or
less seriously several other persons,
the negro desperate, Robert Charles,
who killed Capt. Day and Patrolman
Lamb and badly wounded Officer Mora,
was smoked out of his hiding place in
the heart of the residence section of
the city Friday afternoon and literally
shot to pieces.
Great Excitement Caused.
The tragedy was one of the most re-
markable in the history of the city,
and 10000 people, soldiers, policemen
and citizens were gathered around the
square in which Charles was finally put
to death. Tremendous excitement
reigned in New Orleans as the battle
went on between the police and citizens
and the negro with his Winchester.
After the tragedy was over and Charles
was dragged out from the mud and
slush in which he had fallen, with the
mob howling for the burning of his
body, statements were made that the
man killed was not really the des-
perado who had. killed Day and Lamb,
but papers found on his person and the
fact that he fought SO desperately for
his life and shot so accurately, seem to
leave little doubt that the right man
was killed.
The total number of victims since
the trouble began is: Killed, IL;
wounded, %.
The Victims.
John T. Day, police captain; Peter
]. Lamb. policeman; August Thomas,
negro laborer; Batiste Filean (negro),
aged IS years, laborer in French mar
ket; Lewis Taylor, negro laborer; Ga
briel Porteus (white), sergeant of po-
lice; Joseph Lally (white), corporal of po-
| lice; A. Van Kurem (white), keeper OF
| the city workhouse; Alfred j. Brum-
| field (white) employe of Southern News
| company; Robert Charles (negro), triple
| murderer and author of the trouble;
| Anna Mabry (negro woman), killed in her
| home by a mob searching for fugitive;
unknown negro. companion of Charles.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
THE GOLD DEMOCRACY.
National Committee Decides Again t
Fusion or Third Ticket and
Adopts Resolutions.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 26.-By vote
of the national committee of the ma
tional gold democracy yesterday after
noon the scheme of fusion with the
anti-imperialistic movement original
ing with the recent mass meeting in
New York city was defeated, as was
also the plan to place gold democratic
ticket in the field this year. The COM
mittee adopted the following resolu-
tions:
Resolved. That in the opinion of this
committee the nomination of candidates
by the national democratic party for the
offices OF president and vice president is
unwise and uneXpedient
Resolved, second, That we reaff1rm the
indianapolis platform of 1896.
Third, We recommend the state COM
mittees in their respective states to pre-
serve their organizations and take such
steps as in their opinion may best sub
serve the principles of our party, es-
pecially in the maintenance of sound
currency, the right of private contract.
the independence of the judiciary and
the authority of the president to enforce
federal laws, covert attack on which is
made under the guise of the denuncia-
ton of government by injunction.
I'VE urge the voters not 10 De oe-
ceived by the plea that the money ques-
ton has been finally settled. The spe-
cific reiteration of the demand for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to / by the Kansas City convention and
the history known of all men in connec-
tion Herewith emphasize the danger of
this demand. We indorse the action
of congress in passing bill embody-
ing the gold standard as step in the
right direction. We feel it would be
dangerous to elevate to executive power
anyone hostile to the maintenance and
enforcement of this law"
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS.
Meet In Detroit and Nominate a Can
didatc for Governor and Other
State Omccrs

Detroit. Mich, July 26.-Hon. Will
liam c. Maybury, mayor of Detroit,
was last evening rendered the demo-
cratic nomination for governor of
Michigan with a unanimity which rem
dered useless the taking of any ballot.
The ticket nominated is as follows:
Governor, William C. Maybury, of De-
troit; lieutenant governor, Judge James
G. Ramsdell, of Traverse City; secretary
of state, John w. Ewing, of Grand
Ledge; treasurer, Charles F. Sundstrum,
of Marquette; auditor general, Hiram B.
Hudson. Of Marcelona; attorney general,
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
KILLED Her Husband.

st. Louis, July 24.-Mrs. Lucy Hol-
land shot and killed her husband
Michael Holland, a gasftter, at their
home in North Ninth street Monday
night. According to her story he was
intoxicated and abused her beyond the
point of endurance. She declares that
he drove her out of the house and
when she returned threatened to
throw the lamp at her. Then she OBJ
tained a revolver and shot him
through the head.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

A good example of the way the
Boer war has divided South African
families is found in that of which
Montagu White, the Boer envoy to
this country, is member. He is
known for his loyalty to the Boer
cause. His brother is lieutenant
in the Strathcona horse. He served
in the Natal mounted police in the
last Zulu war and then became mem.
ber of the Canadian mounted police,
in which he was at the outbreak Of
the present war.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
A Timely Shot.

Milwaukee, July ga special from
Sheboygan, Wis, says: An eagle
measuring six feet 1h inches from tip
to tip of wings, was killed by T. Smith,
farmer living in the town of Sheboy-
gan Falls While at work he saw the
great bird fly close to his children and
clasp his daughter Mary, aged three
years. The man secured rifle and
shot the eagle. The child and bird fell
to the ground, the child not being in
inre6
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

Among the missionaries in China
of whom news is anxiously awaited
there are no less than eighteen grad
yates and former students of the Uni
versity of Michigan, thirteen women
and five men. Of these five are, or
were, if they have not been killed,
in Peking, including Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry E. King, both instructors in
the University of Peling and class
mates at Ann Arbor. Most of the
graduates are medical missionaries.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

Although Mary is believed to be the
the wife of only one president was SO
named-Mary Todd Lincoln. There
was two Marthas (both from Vir-
ginia), Martha Washington and Mar
tha Jefferson; two Abigails, the wives
of Presidents Fillmore and John Ad-
ans, and two Elizas, Mrs. Monroe and
Mrs. johnson. Of the two wives of
the other presidents no two had the
same Christian names.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

Miss French. C'Octave Thanet"O pos
sesses a novel accomplishment, rare
among writer's. She has remarkable
ability as mimic and is able to carry
on impromptu conversation between
two or more imaginary persons, mod
flying her voice to represent different
characters. Indeed, the dramatic ele-
ment is so strongly developed in Miss
French that had she not found sue
cess with the pen she would have won
fame as a Coincidence
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

NJ. P. Castle, of London, has sold
his collection of European postage
stamps for $150,OOO, which is believed
to be the biggest price ever paid
Now that the Orange Free State has
been taken off the map as an indie
pendent republic, collectors are pay
ing as much as $25 for single stamp
of that government, and the price is
rising. A full set of Transvaal stamps
would now cost about $4,000.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
A Costly War.

London, July 25.-The supplement-
ary estimates neces7itated by the pro-
longation of the war in South Africa
amount to III ,5O0,O 900, making total
of s34, 100000 voted for this purpose.
and bringing the total army estimates
up to e76,309,1s2.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Gold I'm the Treasury.

Washington, July 24.-The govern
ment's holdings of gold on Monday
reached the highest point in its his
tory and amounted to $427 ,49S, ,4S2, in
GLIDING the lawful reserve of $3.50, ,0O0,-
600. The next highest amount was
S427 ,2as 900. which was in the govern
ment's vaults on May 2, 1900.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

No nation on the face of the earth
compares with the United States as a
fruit-eating country. Not only does
this country consume enormous
amounts of fresh fruits in the shape
of apples, pears, peaches and small
fruits, like berries, but the amount
preserved by various processes is far
In excess of the amount used in Eu.
ropean countries. Other nations are
now giving the matter the attention
it deserves. Especially is this SO in
Germany, where the question has been
investigated for the German Agricul-
tural society.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

The roses in the famous wooded
island at the Worlds fair grounds in
Chicago are said to be just as fine now
as they were during the fair. Planted
in 1892, the year before the fair, they
are still wonderfully beautiful. They
form one of the memories of the fair
that will linger long in the minds of
those who saw them.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

Queen Victoria has at her disposal
Vulnerable carriages. Of these the
coronation coach is first. This car
riage is unknown to the present gen.
Grafton, as it has never left the royal
news at buckingham palace since
1861. 1t is lovely, but cumbersome.
was designed by George Ill, and every
portion is richly decorated and gilded.
Outside its panels are pictures paint
ed by noted artists.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
VIII Purchn.e Islands.

Washington. July 2s.-Arrangements
have practically been completed for
the purchase for 100000 from Spain
of the islands of Cibitu and Cayayen
which were left in Spanish possession
by the treaty Of Paris, although part
of the Philippine archipelago.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Give No Quarter.

Berlin, July 2s.-Emperor Wilhelm
told his troops sailing for China to
give no quarter and take no prisoners,
but to use weapons for vengeance and
Christianity. and pave the way for
civilization now and evermore''
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

1t is something of mistake to sup
pose that women in China have no
rights that man is not bound to re-
spect. The idea that she is of no inn
portance is altogether incorrect. In
her home, as a wife, she exercises an
authority that would make denizen
of the western world gap with won
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Big Schooner Launched i.

West Bay City. Mich. July 27.-The
schooner Pretoria, the largest wooden
boat ever built, was launched at David
sons shipyard Thursday afternoon.
The Pretoria will carry 5000 gross tons
of iron ore, or 175,O0O bushels of wheat.
She is $50 feet long, 45h feet beam and
27 feet deeD.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

Two thousand Chicago saloons will
go out of business on October 1. Com
putations made Justify the assertion,
which means that the revenue of the
city will fall off $1,OO0,OOO from that
source alone. 1t is said that the rise
in the price of beer is the principal
reason for the falling off. At present
there are $500 saloons in Chicago,
which is 1900 less than five years ago.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Fatal Railway Wreck.

Benton. H., July 26.-Otto Menial, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, was killed and Is other
persons injured in wreck on the Chi
cago d. Eastern Illinois railroad near
here
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Increase In Exports.

Washington. Juy 2s.-The exports
for June amounted to $10S.355, SAG, an
increase over the same month in 1899
of SIP 100000. The imports amounted
to $6O, O,sO9,225, against $61,757, 300 in
,June 1899
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

1t is suggested that it will be profit
able to try the experiment of using
gas engines for driving ships, the gas
being generated on the vessel itself.
Coal will be roasted in retorts aboard
the ship in order to drive off the gas
for the engines. The coke thus pro-
duced would furnish the fuel needed
to roast the coal.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Mail Privileges Extended.

Washington, July 27-The post office
department has notified all postmas-
ters that in the future parcels-post
packages in covers closed by means of
sewing or pasting are admissible to the
mails between the countries with
which there are parcels-post arrange
mentS.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
CONC[R SENDS IN APPEAL
Be1ated Note Written from Peking
July 4 Says General Massa-
ere Was Imminent.
RELIEF MUST COME AT ONCE, IF AT ALL
Dissension May Help to Restore
Peacc-Tribute to American VaIOr
Russians Ready to lombard
Coast Towns.

Washington, July 26.-The following
cablegram has been received at the
navy department.:
"Chefoo, July A.-Navigation Bureau,
Washington: written message, signed
Conger and dated July 4, was received at
Tientsin the 21st, and says:
Been besieged two weeks III British
legation. Grave danger of general mas
sacre by Chinese soldiers, who are she'll
ing the legation daily. Relief soon, If at
all. City without government, except by
Chinese army. Determined to massacre
all foreigners at Peking. Entry of relief
forces into city will probably be hotly
contested"
The message comes from Capt.
Charles M. Thomas, commander of the
Brooklyn.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

1t is always difficult to secure a
quorum in the New York city council.
AT recent meeting the necessary
number of members failed to attend,
and the president was about to send
the sergeant-at-arms after some alb
sentees, when it was learned that the
officer named was himself absent, and
that he had not attended a meeting
for months =.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Death of Gen. Jones.

Port Richmond, N. Y, July 25.-Pat-
rick Henry Jones, brigadier general
of volunteers in the civil war and post
master of New York under President
Grant. died at his home here, aged 20
wears.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Center Of Population.

Washington. July 2S.-The best avail
able data puts the center of population
of the United States about Blooming
ton. Ind. The center of area. excluding
Alaska, is in northern Kansas.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Ambassador Resigns.

Milford, Mass, July 25.-Gen. Will
liam F. Draper, of Hopedale, Monday
night sent to Washington letter
rendering his resignation as United
States ambassador to Italy. Gen.
Draper made no statement as to the
reasons he has for taking this step
other than that his business at Hope
dale demands MS entire attention.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

Col. David B. Henderson, speaker of
the federal house of representatives,
is spending the summer with Mrs.
Henderson in the Adirondacks. Later
he will leave for Paris to visit the ex-
position.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Negro Lynch e d.

Huntsville. Ala, July 24.-Elijah
Clark, a negro. who assaulted Susan
Priest. 13-year-old girl. was taken
from the Jail in this city by mob and
lynched near the scene where his crime
was committed, and his body was rid
died with bullets.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Sign Treaty of Peace.

New York, July 2S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says that
treaty of peace between the gov
ernment and the revolutionists has
been SIGNED.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Murder and Suicfde.

Chicago, July 26.-Ludwig S. Rass-
mussen. aged so. killed Mrs. Augusta
Bergenthal, widow, in Chicago. and
then killed himself. Refusal of the
woman to marry him was the cause.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Eleven Negroes Drowned.

Tuscaloosa, Ala, July "a. = Eleven
negro men were drowned in the War
rior river. near Akron, Ala, Monday.
by the capsizing of skiff.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Killed by Lightning n.

Fort Scott, Kan, July 24.-Three
threshers working ON the Kennedy
farm near here were killed by bolt
of lightning Monday evening.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Children Killed

Syracuse, N. Y, July 25.-A steam
tube on the yacht Trilby burst near
this city. killing the three children of
F. L. Sphinx, of Serbia, owner of the
Yacht.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

With the report that the allies will
begin to advance upon Peking in a
fortnight, and in view of Admiral Sey-
mour's visit of inspection to the Yang
tse-Kiang, the feeling is that no great
time will elapse before matters assume
more definite shape.
Good Faith Doubted.
Washington, July 27.-There were
no developments Thursday to warrant
the assumption that there will be the
slightest improvement in the Chinese
situation. Indeed, the general tenor
of the news, as found light, was to
add to the steadily growing doubt as
to the good faith of the Chinese gov
ernment as manifested in it's acts.
Belief Is Shaken.
Washington, July 2S.-Unless some
authentic assurance as to the condition
of the Americans in Peking reach the
state department within day or two
the administration is likely to abandon
whatever faith it has manifested thus
far in the truthfulness of Chinese in
formation.
Admiral Remey telegraphs that
heavy reenforcements have been
thrown into Peking, making it impossi-
BILE for the allies to capture the city ex-
cept with an overwhelming force. He
said the allies have $4,000 men at Tien-
tsin, but it will be impossible to move
before the middle of August.
Refuse Chinese offer.
Washington, July 2S.-Secretary Hay
signalized his return to Washington
from Canton Friday morning by the
announcement that under no circum-
stances will the United States govern
ment accept the Chinese offer to turn
over the foreign ministers to the in
ternationals at Tientsin in considera-
ton of a suspension of the campaign
against Peking. A long cablegram
was dispatched to Rear Admiral Remey
at Taku and it is believed that this in
struction was laid upon him.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Race Riot.

New Orleans. July 25.-In race riot
in this city Robert Charles (colored)
killed three policemen and escaped.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Tables Showing the Standing of the
Clubs of Leading OrEanfza-
tiOns Up to Date.

The standing of the leading base
ball clubs is shown in the following
10 hla Nnfinna l Lea one.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Again Reported Safe.

Brussels. July 2S.-The Belgian vice
consul at Tentsin, in dispatch dated
Chefoo. July &c, says: ut is persist
emily reported here (Tientsin) that
the legations are safe and sound. and
under the protection of the Chinese
government
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
CHINA APPEALS FOR AID.
Message from the Emperor Requests
President Mckinley to Act as
Mediator with Powers.
WILL DO so ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Aid Depends Upon the Safety of For
eign Ministers-If Terms Are
Agreed To nm Amicable Settlement
Is Expected-Text of the Message
and the Reply.

Washington, July 25.--The state de-
partment is again in waiting atti-
tude regarding China. 1t has frankly,
promptly and fully answered the Chi
nese emperor's appeal for mediation,
and the correspondence given public
ity Tuesday makes it appear that the
next move is tor the Chinese govern
ment. 1t is expected to accept or re-
ject our terms at once. and in either
case tn, answer must convey tidings
of the state of affairs at Peking and
the welfare of the legationers.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
Chinese Killing Boxers.

Tientsin, July 20 (via Shanghai, July
26).-Chinese coming in from the coun-
try report that the Chinese soldiers are
killing the Boxers wherever the latter
are seen. giving as a reason that the
Boxers deceived them into embarking
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-11
PoPULIsTs. PLANS.
separate Ca sAidats for Vice President
win Not he Nominated


Denver. May s.-A special to the
Rocky Mountain News from Omaha
says:
The Sioux Falls convention will make
no vice presidential nomination. That
much was decided by the leaders at
conference here to-day. Mr.. Bryan was
not present. The decision was reached
with unanimity. 1t is asserted with
great positiveness that the leaders of
the Populist national convention will
he willing to defer in measure to the
will of the Kansas City convention i'll
respect to second place ON the ticket.
The details have been worked out.
1t was agreed that the matter of Sc
lecting II man for second place should
be left to II conference committee whose
duty it shall be to attend the Kansas
City convention and there confer with
Il like committee upon the selection of
Il candidate agreeable to both. The
Sioux Falls committee will not expect
to name the man. but it will be en-
powered to reject any candidate who
would be repusnant to Populists. Sen
ators Allen and Butler will be n part
of the committee. Everybody here to-
day seemed pleased TO say the veXa
tious question had been settled wisely.
1t is the opinion of the leaders here
to-day that no opposition will be raised
to the nomination of Mr.. Bryan at
Sioux Falls. and there is no issue over
the platform. so the work of the con.
venton can be rushed through speed
lily.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-11
Ru,nors of Asuinsldo Again,

Manila. May S.-Telegrams received
here from General Young report that
Aguinaldo has rejoined the rebel gen
eral. Tino. in the north and that they
have reasSembled considerable force
in the mountains. General Young de
sires to strike them before the rains
and asks for achievements. The ten
or Of the dispatches indicates that Gen
eral Young is confident Aguinaldo is
with Tno and it is presumed they are
preparing to fight.
A detachment of the Forty-seventh
regiment met and routed band of the
enemy between Legaspi and Ringo.
province of Albay, April IL.
Two Americans We're killed and five
wounded, including two officers. The
Filipinos lost heavily. The conditions
around Iegaspi and SorsOno are re-
ported as considerably disturbed.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-11
HIGH REBEL CAPTURED.
Aguinaldo's Chief supporter Taken by
Funston.

Manila, May 1-General PANTHEON
Garcia. the highest insurgent officer
except AgunaldO. was captured yes
terday by Lieutenant L. y. Smith of
General Funston's staff, in the town
of Jaen. three miles northeast of San
lsidro. province of New Ecija Garcia
personally directed the guerilla opera
tions. and General Funston had spent
weeks in trying to capture him. several
companies beating the whole country
ut night. Often the Americans caught
messengers bearing Garcia orders. The
people protected him.and burned signal
lights wherever the American soldiers
appeared. Recently General Funston
surprised him and his staff while din
ing at Araynt ut dusk. The FIlipinos
lcaped through the windows and es-
capped. leaving their papers and every
thing except the clothing they Wore.
The. strain of being hunted finally ex-
hausted their endurance. General
Funston. who came to Manila to bid
farewell to General Otis. will return
and endeavOr to persuade Garcia to Sc
cure the surrender of his forces, which
number several thousand
.Jaen Is the largest ungarriSOned
town in the province. Spies reported
that Garcia was sick and had been COM
pellel to hide there, and Lieutenant
Smith, with Lieutenant Day and forty
cavalry. surrounded the town.
The spies led them directly to the
house where Garcia wus disguised as
II peasant. only Il major and two ser
wants being with him. These also
were captured.
Garcia commanded all the Insurgents
in Central Luzon. several generals. in
cluding Pho Del Pillar and Mascardo be-
ing under him.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-11

The project for building a new ia
cAde to the cathedral Of Milan, which
AAs been at the point of execution for
fourteen years, is receiving 20 much
opposition that it is not impossible
that 1t may be abandoned. The old
facade struck discordant note, but
many Of its details were fine. As the
beQuest which was to largely pay the
cost OF the construction Of the facade
was to revert to the great hospital
at Milan If the construction was not
begun within certain time. 1t is
probable that the Milanese public will
not regard the loss OF a new facade q
serious matter