The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-29

The administrative council of The
Hague arbitrative tribunal rejected
a Boer appeal for Intervention.
Colombian rebels captured Colon.
making an unexpected attack after a
night march. American marines were
landed to keep isthmian traffic open.
The report that Queen Draga, the
wife of King Alexander of Servia, has
been assassinated on the streets of
Semlin, is denied.
During rioting in Athens against the
proposal to translate the Gospels into
modern Greek seven persons were
killed and many wounded.
Arthur Lynch, colonel of the Sec
ond Irish brigade in the Boer army,
has been elected to seat in the
British parliament from the Galway
district.
Seat spectators who sought Amer
ical gold are blocked by a decree by
King Edward that none but British
subjects shall witness the coronation.
Colombia formally appealed to the
United States to prevent the interrupt
ton of traffic across the isthmus, and
the desired assurance has been given
by Secretary Hay.
LATER,
The Bank of Liverpool, England.
has been victimized of $s5O,OOO by a
trusted employee.
The elevator in Townsend & Wyatt's
dry goods store at st. Joseph, Mo-, fell
from the third floor, fatally injuring
John Bannon, Helen Ryan and Lillian
Maylon, all employees.
The president has appointed William
Crozier chief of ordnance, with rank of
brigadier general.
The liquor act has been upheld by
the imperial privy council, and prohi-
bition in Manitoba will follow
President Castro of Venezuela, be-
lieving that a conspiracy to overthrow
him existed, caused the arrest at
Puerto Cabello of Ramon Guerra, the
minister of war. The president also
brought about the arrest at Caracas of
a number of partisans of Ramon
Guerra.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending the 23d were 223,
as against 215 the corresponding week
a year ago.
Twenty-Five thousand green brick
that were being piled in kiln ready
for burning at the Ficke yard, Steu-
benville, o., tumbled over, burying
several workmen. Three were fatally
injured.
The French academy has awarded
the prize for virtue of 81, 200 francs to
Cecile Morand, a seamstress, who is
dwarf and lame, and who from the age
of 10 years has supported paralytic
father, sick mother, and ten brothers
and sisters.
John Siegel died at Louisville, KY,
as the result of blows received on the
head from policeman while resisting
arrest
Fire ragged for several days in thou
ern Coal company at Allouez, Wis.
Four more of the men who escaped
from the federal prison at Leaven-
worth, Kas., have been captured.
The courts have decided that the
heirs Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt
must pay 1851, sO3, 43 as an inheritance
tax
The Armour packing plant at Hunt
ington, w. Va, was destroyed by fire.
Near Buffalo, N. Y, burglars forced
an enterance into the home of Mrs. B.
Haegerin and tortured her by applying
lighted matches to her feet to compel
her to give up supposed wealth. The
old lady had only a single dollar in the
house and this taken.
Fire destroyed the Holbrook & Bal
lict elevator at Appleton, Wis. The
elevator contained 10000 bushels of
grain and 500 bushels of potatoes.
The agents for several Indian tribes
have devised a novel plan to stop In
dian wards from drinking whisky.
They will withhold the money of any
Indian who has been drunk since the
last quarterly payment.
1t is becoming apparent that the
famine IN Russia is worse than the
government seems to have anticipated
or at least than the means now avail
able will suffice for. Not one-half the
demands that are made upon the cen
trail government can be met from the
funds that have been assigned for re-
lief work.
The British government announces
that it accepts Canada's offer of 600
mounted men for service in South
Africa.
Admiral Schley announces that he
had received an offer to deliver ten lee.
lures at 1000 lecture.
Representative George w. Smith of
Illinois, who has served seven terms in
congress and is hard fighter for what
he wants, says the first bill he will in
troduce will be one providing for pen
ny postage.
Augustus Prospect, first cousin,
once removed, of Pope Leo, was APP
pointed a messenger in the rural
free delivery by Superintendent Ma
chen.
AS the steamer Cymric from Liver
pool for New York was coming down
the English channel, Thomas Halliday