The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending May 4.

For the Week Ending May 4.
Fire wiped out the village of Kensett, Ia
Fire destroyed 80 buildings in the village
of Gridley Ia
Six firemen were hurt, one fatally, in
fire in Chicago.
The business portion of Wautoma, Wis.,.
was totally destroyed by fire.
Victoria day. May q. has been made a
permanent holiday in Canada.
A mass meeting at Matanzas, Cuba, de-
clared for the Platt amendment.
The national congress of mothers will
meet in Columbus. O.. May Il to "a
Hickman Rich and wife were instantly
Killed by train at Sullivan, Ind.
A seat on the New York stock exchange
sold for $4,000, breaking all records.
The new $4,000 pier at San Juan, Porto
Rico. was totally destroyed by fire.
Ex-Empress Eugene has presented
Prince Louis Napoleon's cradle to Paris.
Ohio republicans will hold their state
convention in Columbus June "a and %.
England is anxious 20 negotiate parcels
post convention with the United States.
A sharp slump in stocks in Wall street,
New York. froZe out lots of small traders.
One million feet of hemlock logs were
burned near Mellen, Wis. in a forest hre.
Thieves at Springvile. Mich, robbed
Mrs Ruth Ayres of $1,000 in gold and cur
rency.
A bill passed by the Colorado legislature
restoring capital punishment has become
law.
Capt. McCalla will succeed Capt. Folger
in command of the new battleship Kear-
sarge.
Fire at Ewart, Ia, practically destroyed
the entire town, including a big grain ele-
vator.
Forty thousand Italian emigrants are
booked to sail for the United States this
month.
Insurance of 100000 has been paid for
| loss of cargo of the steamship Rio de
Janeiro.
lightning bolt struck the Ozark apart
ment building in Chicago and injured y
persons.
Venezuela has apologized for recent acts
of discourtesy to the United States repre-
SentatiVeS.
George Morrison, 16 years old. shot and
killed three desperadoes at dance near
Watseka, ILL.,
The annual report of the Michigan Cen
trail railroad shows an increase of Sl,22O'-
900 in earnings.
For the first time in history Chinese
woman appeared on a public platform IN
her native land.
A towboat sunk IS barges of Pittsburgh
| coal in collision with a pier OF the Hendef-
The Standard Oil company has secured
control of the Mexican Central and Will
reorganize the road.
| Prof Herron's name has been stricken
| from the roll of the Grinnell Qa.) CoHSre-
gatiOnal association.
Dr. ]. Gartrell, aged 70, of Kansas City,
| confessed killing and robbing d. b. Done
gan, a Colorado miner.
| Ann M Rathbun was sentenced to life
Conn.
| numbering her husband.
Admiral Dewey was given dinner in
Washington by officers who took part III
| the battle of Manila bay.
The assistant secretary of war is working
| on a scheme to make state militia an au-
| junct to the regular army.
| Four Winnebago Indians who served in
| the civil war applied for membership IN
| G. A. r. post at Sioux City.
| Six hundred persons were arrested in
Russian Poland, suspected of being I'M
| plicated in an anarchist plot.
The tug Tecumseh foundered off Gore
Bay, Ont, and Capt. John Wylie and two
other persons were drowned.
| Three bodies, two of men and one of
| woman, were found floating in the river at
| Toledo, o. All were suicides.
Labor and capital were at peace May
| day in Chicago for the first time in the
| history of labor organizations.
The five-year-old daughter of w. b. Mat
| thews of Prosser. Wash, lost her way on
the prairie and starved to death.
The Glasgow exhibition was formally
opened Thursday by the duke and duchess
of Fife in the name of King Edward
Mrs Fenton, wife of former Gov. and
United States Senator Reuben Fenton, died
in jamestown, N. Y, aged Is years.
William H. Elliott. Michigan member
of the republican national committee, died
at his home in Detroit, aged 81 years.
The Illinois Central Railway company
is to establish a pension system for old
employees. The retiring age is fixed at ~
years.
Russians and Chinese engaged in battle
near Mukden, in which the Russians lost
60 in killed and wounded, including four
officers.
Van B. Triplet, who swindled people out
of a million dollars by different kinds OF
confidence games, died in poverty in West
Baden, Ind.
Mrs Allan Sells Grienspan, of Topeka,
disinherited her son, William Sells, the
circus owner, and gave 100000 to the To-
peka orphans home.
Ambassador Won Holleben, Berlin re-
ports. has asked Secretary Hay for an eX-
PLANTATION of recent American newspaper
attacks upon Germany.
Rigid economy is to be practiced to reduce
the expenditure of the army to a peace
basis. Secretary Root has ordered officers
to avoid unnecessary expense.
United States engineers have finished the
survey of the Nicaragua canal route and
roughly estimate the cost of the water way
at $2lO, OOO, coo, but the figures are subject to