The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending April Is.

sine die.
Women destroyed three liquor saloons at
Cecterv!lle, Pa.
w. H. Chamberlain, assistant commits
sioner of patents, has resigned.
Seventy Chinese were drowned in a coll
lis:on between two steamers near Canton.
The Pixies peak region in Colorado was
buried under from two TO ten feet OF snow.
Bert Cassidy, newspaper writer and art
list. killed himself with revolver in Chica-
go.
A mob at Bradford. Pa, burned a school,
house used as a smallpox isolation hos
pital.
French naval officers visited Mount YER
non, placing a wreath on Washington
tomb.
Nearly 200 rewly-enlisted soldiers of the
Fourteenth cavalry deserted at Leaven-
worth.
Four transatlantic steamers that
reached New York brought AIS immi-
grants.
Two of posse were killed near Whites
burg, KY, in an attempt TO arrest two muir
GererS.
Search for a missing girl in Chicago led
to the discovery of a baby farm on the
South side.
fish morning paper, TO be known as the
Free Press.
Colorado Springs. Denver and Pueblo
will be connected soon by trolley line to
cost S2,500,OO0
Thomas E. Little, state treasurer of Ar
kansas, died suddenly at Little Rock OF
heart disease
Col. McCook, United States consul for
| the Klon0ike district, died at Dawson City
of pneumonia.
| An Indianapolis suicide left a note to
Carrie Nation saving it was due TO rum
| and cigarettes.
Gen. William Booth, of the Salvation
| Army, celebrated in London his seventy
second birthday.
| Gov Gen. Allen of Porto Rico after
seeing the president abandoned his In
| tention to resign.
| Kruger's private secretary says he has
not decided as yet whether he Will visit
| the United States.
Secretary Wilson is planning to train
experts in soil and forestry from an agri-
cultural standpoint.
| Cats are found TO be victims OF small
pox at Anna, Ill, and physicians fear they
| will spread the disease.
| Mrs. NJ. A. Radcliffe. of Denver. Col. was
| arrested on a charge of illegal voting at
| the last election IN that city.
| w. H. Champion. whose tongue is to be
| cut out because of cancer, talked lecture
| into a photograph in New York.
| "Rajah." the man-eating tiger of the In
| dianapolis zoo. attacked his trainer and
| mutilated him so that he may die.
Mrs. P. d. Armour ard ]. Ogden Armour
| give $1,000 900 to Armour institute. in Chi
cage. enabling 1t to extend its work.
Burglars at Pittsburgh. Pa. killed man
| who caught them robbing his house and a
| policeman who sought to arrest them.
The Central Passenger association has
| agreed to a straight one-cent rate for the
grand army encampment at Cleveland,
Emperor William has decreed that the
| English language shall take the place OF
| French in the high schools OF the Ger
| man empire.
| An arbitration agreement between news
paper publishers and the International
| Typographical! union marks an epoch in
| labor affairs.
Three gold bars worth $50, 900 were stolen
| from the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
| Crosse during the voyage from New York
| TO Cherbourg.
Society women at Indianapolis. 50 strong.
| visited drug stores In the suburbs and
warned the propr;etors to cease selling
| liquor contrary to law.
| Ibu Rashid has recovered the kngd ON Of
| Nejd. Central Arabia. by defe ating Maba-
| ronk. sheik of KorveyF. in battle. in which
| 5000 are reported killed
| Producers in the new Texas oil field are
| planning an organization patterned alleF
| that of the Standard Oil company. Oil is
| 10 be piped to Port Arthur.
| Chicago packers will lose heavily in
| trade because the British war Office or
| ders that after June only home ed mea :
| shall be bought for army use.
Operators and miners of the Clay coun-
ty district of the Indiana block coal field
| fail to reach an understanding and inGi-
cations point 10 a long strike.
Maynr johnson SeclsreH per .
| blers and gambling in Cleveland and has
| had notice served on keepers OF gambin &
| houses that they must close them.
| Senator Bacon proposes a congressional
expedition 10 the Philippines and the Sec
| rotary Of war will give passage on army
| transports to those who wish TO go.
John NJ. Pearson, Jr.. of Ripon, Wis.
was found dead at the door of Miss Jessie
Isle. his sweetheart. with whom he had
| quarreled. 1t is believed to be a case OF
| suicide.
Lewis c. Tewksbury. former New York
| broker. who disappeared last June, leaving
| debts of s500eO0. is prospecting in Mexico
| and offers to settle all claims In full with
| interest.
D. Judson Hammond was convicted In
| the circuit court at Lansing of soliciting a
| bride of $500 TO kill an antitrust bill TWO
years ago when he was a member of the
| Michigan house.
Miss Elvira Miller has been appointed
passenger agent of the Louisville, Hem
derson 6; St. Louis railroad in Louisville.
| She Is the first woman passenger agent
| In the United States.
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