The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-19

LATER.
Gen. Butler begins an advance and
seizes stragetic point on the Tugela
| river.
A steamship sailing from New York
took 81, 600, 600 in gold to Buenas Ayres.
While witnessing the prize fight be-
tween Kid Mccoy and Joe Choynski,
at New York, Bryan S. Sabin fell dead.
The financial cri sis in Venezuela is
ended. The differences between the
government and the banks have been
amicably settled.
1t is asserted from Berlin that the
summoning of an international mari
time law, to be signed by the powers
interested, is now under consideration.
The British government has pro-
hibited the expectation of a variety of
| acids capable of being converted into
military stores.
A crazy negro named Rix, near Nor
folk, Va, shot and wounded two farm
ers and killed Rev. Miles Rayford. A
posse was organized and Rix was shot
to death.
An epidemic of influenza has broken
out in Berlin, Germany, and scores of
deaths are already reported.
Well drillers struck natural gas near
Brillion, Wis.
The German diamond Industry is
being seriously injured by the Boer
war. In Hanau four large diamond
cutting establishments have been
closed.
Robbers dynamited the safe and
vault in the banking house of McGin-
mis-, Teel & Co., at Owensville, Ind, and
secured $4,000, the total currency in
the bank.
The house committee of congress on
interstate and foreign commerce or
dered favorable report upon the Hep
burn bill for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal.
w. w. Ogilvie, the millionaire miller
of Canada, fell dead on the street in
Montreal after attending meeting of
the directors of the Bank of Montreal.
Lewis E. Goldsmith. for many years
assisting cashier of the Port Jervis,
N. Y, National bank, was sentenced
to serve eight years in the penitentiary
at Sing Sing for having robbed the
bank of 100000.
E. F. Holmes, who operated a curb
stone ticket brokers' Office in Omaha
during the exposition, has been held
for trial for forging tickets. Holmes
was arrested in Natchez, Miss. He
was accused for raising the time limit
on tickets which had expired.
The danger from flood at Pittsburg,
Pa, has passed.
The German cruiser Schwaebe has
arrived at Delagoa bay.
The prisoners in Jail at Belleville,
Mo-, overpowered the turnkey, but
their escape was prevented by Sheriff
Borchal, who was shot in the arm. Ed
Revely, one of the prisoners, was IA
tally shot.
Twenty houses were swept away by
a sudden flood at Kendrick, Idaho,
and three children of Mr.. Hamblin
were drowned.
Three boys broke through the ice at
Louisville, KY, and were drowned.
Elizabeth Campbell, her daughter
Jennie and son Archie, were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed their
home in New York.
The Italian government has signi-
| fed to the government of the United
States a wish that the persons guilty
of lynching the five Italians at Tallu-
lah, La, last spring, should be pun
| ished.
A highwayman held up two restau-
rants in Kansas city. At one he Sc
cured STAG, and at the other small
amount.
French warships have taken posses
sion of Kwong Chau Bay, China. A
boundary dispute has been pending for
several months.
Gov. Taylor of Kentucky has called
the state troops to Frankfort.
James House, a patient at a private
| sanitarium in st. Louis, assaulted his
nurse, Albert Dehrin, then jumped
from a second story window and died
from hip injuries few hours later.
| Is is feared that Dehrin's wound may
prove fatal.
Frank Conrick, secretary of the
Builders and Trades Exchange OF
Chicago, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head. Con-
rick was bitten by dog short time
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