The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-07

connection with canal negotiations,
but the United States may soon force
the issue.
The purchase price of the White
Star line, paid by the international
Mercantile Marine Company, is $53,-
497, $50. -
Gen. Miles arrived at Manila on the
United States transport Thomas.
LATER.
At a wedding in Evanston, Ill, prac-
teal jokers bound the bridegroom and
placed him in closet, where he nearly
suffocated before being released.
By sudden rush of gas four men
were killed and three seriously affect
ed near the Twenty-fourth street head
ing of the big tunnel sewer at Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Herbert B. Marble, of New Haven,
Conn.,, was found guilty of man.
slaughter and sentenced to one year
in Jail and fined 81. While driving an
automobile, Marble struck a vehicle
occupied by John Holz and his son.
The former was thrown out and re-
ceived injuries from which he died.
Two Milwaukee boys, Roy E. Kalat
and Ed A. Danbrouch, will start out
on foot from Milwaukee for New Or
leans. They expect to cover the dis
tance in two months.
General Miles has reached Manila.
A salute in his honor was fired from
Fort Santiago.
/ Gov. Cummins of Iowa is being
urged to commute the death sentence
of Louis Busse, the Butler county wife
murderer.
Mrs. Charles Gadsey, of Atchison,
Kan, shot George Denham twice be-
cause he had forced his attentions
upon her. Denham will recover.
NJ. Gottfried, the retired millionaire
brewer of Chicago, is reported to be
dying.
Nearly the whole of the business
portion of Primghar, Ia, was destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
Two Great Dane dogs rescued four
persons from burning building in
Chicago.
President Loubet is taking an active
part in settling the French coal min
ers' strike.
An unknown negro was burned
the stake at Darling, Miss, for the
murder of e. o. Jackson.
Fire at st. Pierre, N. F., caused dam
ages of $5OO,O00.
A dynamite bomb, the weapon of a
deranged assassin, blew up the home
of Joseph Kordeck, in Chicago, killing
two members of the family outright
and injuring several others The house
was set afre and burned, while that of
neighbor caught fire and was also
destroyed.
A mad dog entered hall in Collins,
Wis, while dance was in progress,
and half dozen of the dancers were
bitten before the animal was killed.
An electric shock killed Frederick
Penninger at Calumet, Mich. He un-
Willingly used both hands while clean
ing an arc light, establishing circuit.
He leaves q widow and child.
A gas explosion in the mines near
New Straits1ille, O., killed Maurice
O'Brien, Charles Sampson and Herbert
Coran.
Peter Grant shot and killed his wife
at Coleman, Wis, and then killed him
self.
Charles 81. Miller a landscape en-
gineer of national reputation died at
his home in Philadelphia.
The Boer commandment Villijohn has
written letter to Earl Roberts in
which he offers his services to the
British army if Beers are enlisted to
take the field against the forces of the
Mullah in Somaliland.
Fire damaged Jones & Laughlins's
tool factory at Pittsburg, Pa, to the
extent of 100000.
G. A. Harris, a prominent farmer
near Postville, Iowa, committed sui
eide by hanging.
The Chicago & Alton and the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois railways are
threatened with strike of machinists.
A passenger and a freight train col
lided near Glyndon, Mimi, killing
Conductor Golf and Brakeman Cong
don.
Near Ottumwa, Ia, while hunting,
Arthur McCune accidentally wounded
his playmate. He then attempted sui
eide, but wits restrained by third boy.
With a crash that could be heard for
blocks, one of the temporary grand
stands erected for the Wisconsin, Mich
igan football game at Chicago, col
lapsed, carrying down 1000 people.
Thirty-two persons were injured, none
of them fatally.