The Ely miner., 1900-10-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


A For the Week Ending Oct. q.
Fire destroyed large portion of the town
of Byesville, o.
| Snow to the depth of eight inches fell
at sLeadville, Col. erE
Melbourne Will be the capital of confed-
Grated Australia.
Allan d. Chandler (dem.) was elected
governor of Georgia.
A German firm has built a locomotive on
the American pattern.
| Benjamin Price. New York's oldest cit
lien, is dead, aged LOG.
The Chicago g. Alton will exclude news
agents from moving trains.
A boiler explosion near Waelder, Tex.
killed three children of Steve Wilson.
The New York Central railway system
decided to award prizes for good work.
| The census bureau gives the population
of Arkansas as 1.311.564, against 1.12S. .179 in
| 1890.
The international peace congress con-
demns Great Britain's course In the Trans
vaal.
| Gen. Wood in his annual report COM
mends the conduct of American troops in
| Cuba.
The independent democrats of Montana
have nominated Thomas Hogan for gov
ernor.
Massachusetts republicans have renom-
ernor.
Warrants have been issued at Pittsburgh
for the arrest of 419 dealers in oleomar-
garine.
George Brooks, farmer of Owensboro.
KY, committed suicide on his eighty-hfth
birthday.
Massachusetts, democrats have nominat-
ed Robert Treat Paine. Jr. Of Boston. for
| governor.
Lord Roberts reports daily fighting with
| the Beers in both the Transvaal and the
Free State.
Los Angeles, CAL, has a population Of
1922 ,479, which is more than double that OF
ten years ago.
The pope is pleased with American treat
ment of the, Catholic church in Cuba and
the Philippines.
The sultan of Turkey is paying his in
| debtedness to the United States on the
| installment plan.
| Andrew j. Waterman, former attorney
general of Massachusetts,, died at Pitts
| field, aged Is years.
| Fire destroyed the large shoe factory Of
]. E. Dayton & Co. at Williamsport, Pa.
the loss being 100000.
John Brennan, editor of the Northwest
ern Catholic and we'll known as an orator.
| died at Sioux City, Ia.
Mrs. w. w. Smith, wife of wholesale
dren and killed herself.
South Dakota middle-of-the-road popu-
| lists have nominated l.. E. Stair. of DaV1-
| son county. for governor
Red Wing, Mimi, was cut off from COM
munication with the outside world by
storm that did great damage.
Maxwell w. Long, of New York, broke
| the worlds 440-yard running record, go
| ing the distance in AZ seconds.
M
| the trading bark Almond were killed by
the natives of Los Negros island.
The American Bankers association in
session at Richmond, Va, elected Alva
Trowbridge, of New York, president
Benjamin Bakewell Campbell, who drove
the first oil we'll in the United States died
at Santa Barbara, Cal, aged Y years.
The latest report of the damage to cot
ton in Texas by the recent floods places the
loss at 100000 bales, valued at s2O.OO0,0OO.
The contract for Pacific cable to cost
$40, ,000, 900 has been awarded to the Tele-
graph Construction and Maintenance COM
pany.
The United States military post at VAL
des, Alaska, will be hereafter known as
Fort Liscum, in honor Of Col Liscum.
killed in China.
At Salt Lake City Charles and Glenn
Turville rode mile in 1:27 rs on a motor
cycle, breaking the worlds record for an
eight-lap track.
A force Of 140 Beers attacked a convoy
consisting of q wagons and 60 mounted
rif1emen near Dejager's drift and only IL
of the latter escaped.
The first football fatality of the season
recorded was received by L. A. Pierson. Of
Lake Forest university, dying Of injuries
sustained Wednesday.
Fire losses in the United States and Can
ada during the first eight months of this
year were $l2, ,2O6, $50. against $50. S29 $50 in
the same period in 1899.
At Minerva, o., Sid Scott and Nicol,
owned by c. A. Mcmahon. broke the
worlds record for pacing team on half
mile track, doing it in 2:13
Michael Moynahan, who shot and killed
r. c. G. Benjamin, the noted negro law
yer, editor and lecturer, at Lexington. KY,
Tuesday, was acquitted on the plea of self
defense.
The Michigan supreme court in a unan-
imous opinion handed down declared tho
act granting a bounty of one cent per
pound on all beet sugar manufactured in
the state unconstitutional.
At one o'clock Tuesday morning three
burglars entered the bank at Elkport,
northern Iowa, blew the safe to pieces and
secured $1,000 in cash and valuable papers.
When pursued they fired a dozen shots at
citizens and escaped.
The monthly statement issued by the
director of the mint shows that during
September the coinage executed at the
mints of the United States amounted to
s6, ,44O,93S, as follows: Gold. 81. 293. 1856: sill