The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-24
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending May IS.


is now 6,57S,734.
Andrew Carnegie gave 100000 for dis
trlct libraries at Glasgow.
An epidemic of smallpox is reported at
Sltka and among Alaska Indians.
j. D. Rockefeller will give Oberlin college
100000 if others contribute 100000.
Nine shipwrecked sailors were eaten by
their companions in the Indian seas.
A government line of transports between
New York and Manila is to be established.
Mrs. Abigail Pugh, i03 years old. died al
the home of her granddaughter in chicago.
James Hillman and John Fletcher, rival
lovers, killed each other in SpringVllie'
KY
Miss Mary Emma Woolley has been in
augurated president of Mount Holyoke COL
lege.
The Pennsylvania road has acquired con.
troll of the Baltimore 6; Ohio by purchase OF
stock
The proposed Root-Carter prize fight at
Oshkosh, Wis, was prevented by the gov
ernor.
The Ohio prohbitionists have nomi-
mated E. ]. Pinney, of Cleveland. for gov
ernor.
Fire destroyed 652 houses and shops in
Brest, Russia, causing a loss of II .G00' OOo
roubles.
Senator Beveridge. of Indiana, has start
ed on a trip to Russia to study trade con-
ditions.
Dr. Charles o. Day, of Boston, has been
elected president of Andover theological
seminary.
Robbers entered the Hart county deposit
bank in Munfordville, KY, and stole S3,COO
in money.
Every gambling house in Montana has
been closed by an order of Attorney Genef-
al Donovan.
Four railway workmen were killed and
one fatally injured In tunnel near
Roanoke. Va.
Robert D. Wagstaff marine editor of the
Free Press for y years, died in Detroit,
aged "a years.
The Wisconsin legislature, after the long
est session en- record, 126 days, has ad-
journed sine die.
Joseph Bizkowski. 1O2 years old, died in
Chicago from injuries received from
horse in a street.
At Wills Point, Tex, T. c. Ellzey, of Ma
comb City, Miss, shot woman companion
and then killed himself.
The encampment of the Illinois veterans
at Peoria elected Capt. n. Il. ThlstleWooo'
of Cairo, commander.
Capt Milton Garrigus, of Kokomo. was
elected commander of the Indiana depart
ment of the G. A. r.
Joseph Hush, living near Mishawaka.
Ind celebrated his one hundred and
eighth birthday anniversary.
The Alaskan, the largest merchant
steamship ever built on the Pacific coast,
was launched at San Francisco.
Porto Rico exports from January un-
til May l amount to $3.50 400. OF which
S. 2S4 81 went to the United States.
The war department is seeking to have
the national guard reorganized to permit
their use by the national government.
The duke of York thanked President Nc
Kinley for sending the cruiser Brooklyn
to Australia to help welcome him there.
Judge Baker. of Chicago, virtually up
held blacklisting by deciding employers
may agree to refuse to hire certain per-
sons.
Gov. Nash, of Ohio, who went to Cali
fornia to assist in the launching of the bat
tleship Ohio, was seriously i'll in San Fran
cisco.
DR.. Rufus G. Burlson. probably the best
known Baptist preacher and educator in
the south, died at his home in Waco, Tex,
aged rs years.
Spectators and investors have rallied
from the recent furry in Wall street and
are quietly buying railroad and other
stocks at current levels.
Thomas Lawsons yacht Independence
has been barred by the New York Yacht
club from competing in the trial races to
select the defender for the Americas cup.
Samuel R. Galloway resigned the presi-
dency of the New York Central to take the
MANAGEMENT of the American Locomotive
company, the new 5000 600 consolidation
of big concerns.
Harvey B. Young, the famous landscape
artist died of congestion of the lungs at
his home in Colorado Springs, Col. He was
born at Post Mills, VT, and was SO years OF
age. He leaves widow and four children.
Secret service men discovered counter
feiting plant in the Moyamensing peniten-
tiary, in Pennsylvania, where spurious $20
bills were being printed and passed out to
confederates who put them into circuia-
ton.
Great Britain is likely to demand full ex-
PLANTATION of the Ewo accident at Picking,
where Germans fired upon a British tug,
killing two men and afterward logged
members of the crew for coliding with a
bridge.
There is mystery in the supposed muir
der of James S. Ayres, of Michigan. who
was found dead in the Kenmore hotel,
Washington. An unidentified woman was
seen descending the fire escape in night
clothes.
Edwin H. Conger. minister to China,
speaking at New York banquet, dilated
upon the tremendous opportunities for
American commerce in the orient. and
urged congressional aid for ships and
cable service.
The south enjoys unparalleled prosperity
because of the high price of cotton and
the sections growing trade. Rapid prog
ress is being made in extending manufac-
turing. an important factor in bringing
about comfort and contentment.