The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending April 20


Augusta. little town in Ohio. was ale
most wiped out by fire.
Lucy LITER, 100 years old, died at her
home near Hicks Store, Ky.
The Indianapolis News has purchased
| its afternoon rival, the Press.
Two hundred persons are reported to
! have frozen to death in Alaska.
Niles, Mich, and vicinity is flooded with
counterfeit five-dollar gold pieces.
Richard p Rothwell, editor of the Min
| ing Journal, died at his home in New York.
| Mrs. Rebecca May celebrated her one
| hundred and first birthday in Newcastle.
Ind.
Miss Sartoris, granddaughter of U. S.
Grant is engaged to Archibald Balfour, OF
London.
A terrific storm swept over portions Of
Alabama and Tennessee, destroying much
property.
A $50, O9O, COO steel plant is to be built along
the Sault Ste. Marie canal to employ TO-
0G0 workmen
Commander Charles o. Allibone. of the
gunboat Wilmington, died Of heart disease
at Cavite, p. l.
The republican state committee of Iowa
called the state convention for August Z
at Cedar Rapids
The international committee has ap-
proved plan for new system of teaching
in Sunday schools.
A new political party. 1.-The Greater New
York Democracy" has been organized to
fight Tammany Hail.
The business interests of the Stats
Zeitung and the Free Presse in Chicago
have been consolidated
Postma ster General Smith has issued an
order permitting letter carriers to wear
shirt waists in summer.
The United Mine Workers society lass
year expended $4,000 for the relief or
strikers and their families.
David H: Creech, an elderly capitalist at
Jackson, Mich, tried to kill his wife, who
had just secured divorce.
The transport Rosecrans arrived at San
Francisco, after taking 43 Filipino generals
to Guam prisoners of war.
The contamination of the project to con-
solidate all the independent cereal plants
of the country is now assured.
Harry Cain and Paul Baumgardner, IL
year-old boys, were in Jail at Wilcox, MO-
charged with trying to wreck train.
Melvin r. Baldwin, an eX-congressman
from Minnesota, killed himself ct Seattle,
Wash, because of business reverses.
The president has been asked by repre-
Sentatives of the Beers to prevent British
shipment of mules from New Orleans.
Northern bricklayers refuse to work be-
side negroes at Jackson. Miss. AS a re-
The Comanche, Kiowa, Apache, Wichita
and Caddo reservations in Oklahoma ter
ritory will soon be thrown open for settle
ment.
The Twenty-ninth and Thirty-secord
regiments, United States volunteers. ar
rived in San Francisco from the Philip
pines.
The tanning plant of the A. Platz Leather
company. Racine, Wis, was completely
hvf n q.
$75. 600.
Gov. Yates, of Illinois, issued his first
pardon, the beneficiary being a Decatur
young man who pawned his sweetheart's
watches.
The strike of the coal-hoisting engineers
in the Massillon (O) district. which has
kept 1900 miners idle for two weeks, has
been settled.
John H. Gorham shot and killed George
B. Mccarthy at Copperopolis. Cal. and
then killed himself. Jealousy over girl
was the cause.
Experts report winter wheat conditions
the best in 20 years. Cold, wet weather il
delaying farm work, but is extremely ia
vorable to fruit.
Russell B. Harrison is to be reinstated
as major of volunteers by the president.
to remove the stigma that now rests upon
his military record
Col. Atwood, chief quartermaster of the
department of the lakes, has been ordered
to purchase nearly 900 horses for the
United States army.
By the fall of a derrick near Buffalo, N.
Y, William Dahlgreen and Nicholas Green
were killed and Wesley Eddy and A. L..
Cameron fatally injured.
Col Alfred II. Belo, proprietor of the
Dallas News and Galveston News, and the
first man to take up arms for the confed.
eracy, is dead at Asheville. N. c.
Theresa Vaughn. the talented actress.
has been placed In an asylum for the insane
at Worcester. Mass. Grief over the death
of her husband has unsettled her mind
Henry c. Baster was found guilty Of
and given IA years In the penitentiary.
The tragedy was the result of labor fight.
Free trade between Porto Rico and the
United States will be established after
July l. the local assembly having passed a
tax law 10 meet the necessities of the gov
eminent.
The National Baseball league season be-
gan Thursday, but only one game was
played, Brooklyn beating Philadelphia Il
to Z. Chcago-St. Louis and other games
were prevented by rain.
DR.. Gustave A. Taschereau and Miss M.
M. Organ, of Quebec, were united in mar
riage In convent at Bedford Park, N. Y,
the first ceremony of it's kind ever per.
formed in the United States.
The anti-scalpers bill has passed both
branches of the New York state iegis-
lature. 1t makes the buying and selling of
railway or steamboat tickets by other than
railway or steamboat companies or their
agents unlawful.
THE NHADHETC