The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-06-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending June 8.

For the Week Ending June 8.
Four men were killed in street duel at
Dallas, Tex.
Japan is said to be preparing for war
with Russia.
The business portion of Fennsville, Mich.
was wiped out by fire.
Twenty-three houses were destroyed by
| fire in Lexington. Ky.
Fire at Antwerp, Belgium. destroyed
property worth $l0,0OC,OOO
The entire business portion OF Willets,
Cal, was destroyed by fire.
There was no material change In the
condition of Mrs. Mckinley.
The Pabst Brewing company suffered
! loss of $4,000 by fire in Milwaukee.
The State bank of Indiana at Indianap.
Armour institute In Chicago will bar girl
| students after the present term ENDS.
Twenty tons of powder were destroyed
by fire at the Mare island navy yard.
Fire in Picking destroyed a temple in the
sacred city, with records and archives.
Lawyers will get 81, 100000 fees in settle
ment of the Fair estate in San Francisco.
Ninety Indiana coal operators, controll-
ing 129 mines. are preparing to consolidate.
Five French fishing boats were reported
lost in Iceland with their crews of III men.
Gov. Heber NJ Wells, of Utah. and Miss
Emily Katz were married at Salt Lake
City.
E. E. Plane, heir to a large estate at In
dependence, Ia, committed suicide In Chi
cago.
John D. Rockefeller has founded three
scholarships for negroes at Columbia uni
versity.
The gunboat Mayfiower has been ordered
| to Venezuela to look after American IN
| terests.
r. E. Burke. who served four terms in
died IN Dallas. aged
"a years.
Andrew Carnegie has turned over to IS
trustees $4,000 coo for the benefit of Scotch
universities.
Fire at Pollock. La, destroyed nearly all
the business houses, churches, the post
Office and hotels.
James A. Herne. the well-known actor
and playwright, died at his home In New
York, aged 63 years.
Prof. Tubbs, of Wesleyan college at Sa-
lima, Kan. was refused reelection because
of his heretical views.
A number of officers of the Brazilian
navy, in full uniform. called upon the presi-
dent at the white house.
In session in Minneapolis the National
Womans Suffrage association elected Mrs.
Carrie G. Gait president.
Army transports plying between New
York and West Indian ports are to be re-
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan left London for
the United States to take up the evangelist
work of Dwight L. Moody.
Hugh Tevis, the California millionaire.
who was married in April, died in Japan
while on his wedding trip.
Two West Point cadets have been dis
missed for making false statements to get
permission to leave the post
The lock and key to the gate of the sacred
oitv q Pakinp has hRep sent the ma
tional museum in Washington.
Sarah Bernhard and Maude Adams have
contracted to play Romeo and Juliet 100
nights in America and England.
Five hundred Of the leading members
of the London bar gave dinner to Labor,
the lawyer who defended Dreyfus.
One-fourth of the candidates for the new
class at West Point military academy
failed to pass physical examination.
A Chicago photographer has invented a
nickel-in-the-slot machine which takes,
prints and delivers a picture in 20 seconds.
The American Museum of Natural His
tory is to send an expedition to China to
study the life and customs of the Chinese.
Mrs Mary Ashland Townsend. whose
pen name was Xariffa, well-known south
ern poet and writer, died in Galveston, Tex.
Judge Kohlsaat ruled in Chicago that
the inventor of device used in gamblir g
cannot collect damages for its infringe
ment.
Commencement at Lombard college,
Galesburg, ILL.,, marked the fiftieth ami
versary of the establishment of that insti-
tuition.
The financial statement for the forty
second year of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad shows net earnings of nearly
100000.
Senator M. A. Hanna has been appointed
a colonel on the official staff of Gen. Ras-
sieur, commander in chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Maj George Arthur, assistant paymas-
ter of the United States army, who recent
ly returned from the Philippines, died in
Cleveland, O., aged 43 years.
Baroness Won Ketteler, widow of the Ger
man envoy murdered in China, was re-
told of her experience during the siege
Of Picking.
A steamer line on the Hudson between
New York and Nyack is to be established
which is expected to beat the time of the
express trains. Boats running AZ miles an
hour are to be used.
Col. Robert T. Lincoln. SON Of the mar
tyred president, fears that the remains Of
his father are unsafe in their present loca-
ton, and Illinois state officials contem-
plate their removal.
jury at Yonkers, N. Y, not only de-
clared a man arrested for playing golf on
Sunday not guilty, but recommended re-
peal of Sunday law so as not to interfere
with innocent amusements.
The state department is aroused by the
report that Turkey had paid claims of
France to the amount of 100000. The
American envoy at Constantinople has
the settlement of American claims.