The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field. Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

lue 1CAdSs VIII INC IC-
mains of the Names dead on board, ar
rived at Newport News, Va, and the
bodies were sen. by train to Washing
ton.
The British steamship Ariosto was
wrecked six miles south of Hatteras,
N. C., and 81 of the crew were drowned.
The towns of San Jacinto and
Helmet, in southern California. were
almost wiped out by an earthquake
shock and six squaws at the Sabola
Indian reservation were crushed to
death under walls.
The Salvation Army furnished
Christmas dinners to $4,000 persons in
New York city.
Nearly three blocks of buildings in
the business portion of Hastings,
Mimi, were burned. the loss being
100000.
William j. Williams, farmer near
Chillicothe. o., killed his three chill
dren and himself, carrying out a re-
quest of his wife, who committed sui
eide.
At Jacksonville. Fla, Peter j. Hol-
bert, an electrician. shot his wife and
then killed himself.
Forty-five days without a particle
of food, and complete recovery from
a mental arrangement, is the unprece-
denied experience of Philadelphia
girl.
United States officials believe that
5000 Americans have gone to assist
the Beers.
Funeral services were held over the
bodies of the IL little girls burned TO
death in the fire at st. Francis school
in Quincy, Ill.
By wreck on the Northern Pacific
road near Bear Mouth. Mont. four
men were killed and several injured.
Clyde II. Wallace, clerk in the
United States subtreasury in Chicago
confessed to stealing sack containing
$1,000 in gold.
ton failed for large amount. due to
the collapse of the Globe national
bank.
The celebrated Pinnacle rock. which
overhung Cumberland Gap. Md, and
was natural spectacle, fell from its
lofty height.
In fit of jealousy John A. Hoover
an elevator conductor in Indianapolis
killed his wife and then took his own
life.
The funeral services over the re.
mains of Dwight l.. Moody were held
at the Congregational church in East
Mortified. Mass.
Gov. Mount will bring suit against
the Standard Oil company to test the
constitutionality of the Indiana anti
trust law.
The residence of George Hancock
wealthy farmer near New Albany
Ind. was robbed by burglars of $1,000
An unknown thief returned 5000
worth of notes stolen two years age
from Robert McBee. of Knoxville
Tenn.
Two miners. Edward Overton an6
James Fry. were dashed to death al
the bottom of 220-foot shaft neal
Prosperity. Mo.
The SiegeI-Hillman Dry Goods com
pany in ST. Louis failed for $22l 900.
The United States will pay for tht
return of families of Spanish prisoner!
to Spain from the Philippines.
The defalcations of Assistant Cashier
Louis e. Goldsmith, of the Port ,Jervi
On. W national bank. amount II
$lo1.9s7.
One of the most disastrous floods
in the history of the state of Wash
ington was raging along the Nook
sack river in Whatcom county.
Fire destroyed the Georgia iror
works and sawmill. owned by the Per
kins Manufacturing company. at An
gusta. Ga. Loss. $I75.000.
A big building in the terrace occu
pied by manufacturing firms in Buff
falo, N. y, was damaged by fire Il
the extent of $i5o.OOO.
Both branches of The Michigan legis
lature reconvened after the Christina
adjournment.
Firedestroyed I he dry goods establish
ment of George Dewald & co. and TIT
crockery store of NJ. F. Kaag in For
Wayne. Ind. the loss being 100000.
Brig. Gen. Gilbert S. Carpenter ha
been placed on the retired list of tn,
regular army after 80 years activ'
service.