The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-07
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending Feb. L.

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Fire wiped out nearly the entire business
section of Wolcott Ind. "
Edward Kent, of Colorado, has been ap-'
pointed chief justice of Arizona.
The first snow in the memory Of the
Oldest inhabitant fell at San Diego, Cal. =
Gold mines on the Indian river near
Dawson are said to be as rich as the Rand.
detachment of 200 Japanese soldiers
froze to death in practice march over
snow.
The Peoples church at st. Paul was
burned, the loss being $1O5, 600; insurance,
$4,000.
Byron Terrill, the last of the famous
stage drivers of Kansas, died at Gueda
Springs.
Millions of acres in Louisiana, California
and Texas are offered to home-seekers- by
railroads
A highwayman who held up farmer
near Upton, Ind, was killed by the lat
ter's dogs.
A British syndicate with s12, 500, 900 capital
has been organized to develop South Afrl-
can mines.
The Carnegie institution has completed
its organization by electing an executive
committee.
Fire destroyed the Atlantic hotel and
other property in Norfolk, Va, the loss
being 100000.
Gov. Taft told the senate committee on
the Philippines Of the present conditions
in the islands.
Ex-Congressman Charles F. Sprague, OF
Massachusetts,, died at sanitarium IN
Providence, r. 1.
Rev. DR.. A. B. Miller, for Al years pres
ident of Waynesburg college, died OF paraI-
ysis at Waynesburg, Pa.
The Porto Rican legislature adopted
resolution protesting against granting
tarln concessions to Cuba.
A structure to cost 100000 is planned
for the state department and department
of justice at Washington.
The eightieth birthday of Adelaide Ris-
tori the famous actress, was generally
observed throughout Italy.
Joseph E. Williams, of South Bend. md,
has been elected president of the National
Association of Retail Grecers.
L. E. Cooley says $4,000 Americans can
engage in profitable business along the
Nicaragua canal right of way.
London has received alarming reports of
a reign of terror in Roscommon county,
Ireland, due to the land question.
Gov. Van SAINT, of Minnesota, declined to
drop the fight on railroad merger at the
request of Minneapolis business men.
Santos-Dumont made two successful ex-
cursions over the Mediterranean sea at
Monte Carlo with his dirigible balloon.
Joseph Wade and B. H. Dalton were
hanged in Portland, Ore, for the murder
of James B. Marrow November IA last.
Lum You, a Chnaman who murdered
Oscar Bloom at Bay Center August b
last, was hanged at South Bend, Wash.
An arbitration board of preachers award
ed a Baptist pastor at Portsmouth, va,
$3.50 for POP sermons lost in railroad
wreck.
Horace Schrode a boy clerk in Chi
cago grocery, was killed in duel with
thugs while defending the money of his
employer.
"Cale" Mitchell of Saratoga, N. Y,
noted gambler, killed himself He was
the fourth member of the family to COM
NIT suicide.
Admiral Schley arrived at Nashville,
Tenn, where there was a repetition of
the enthusiasm shown by other cities ne
has visited.
Mrs. Addie Richardson has been ac-
quilted of the charge of numbering her
husband, Frank w. Richardson, in Sa-
vannah, Mo.
prevented the escape of 142 convicts by fir-
ing upon them. Two were shot and the
rest surrendered.
The Alton limited train was derailed by
an open interlocking switch near Pontiac
ILL.,, and the coaches overturned. Five per-
sons were injured.
President Roosevelt has issued an or
der forbidding federal employees from ask
ing congress to increase their pay, dls-
missal being the penalty.
Investigation of affairs of the failed
Platte Valley bank at Bellwood, Neb.,
shows that at least $4,000 of outstanding
paper of the bank is forged.
Two burglars were killed at Gallfpolis.
o., while attempting to rob the house of
rich woman. The city marshal of Athens,
o., and a deputy sheriff were wounded.
The programme for Prince Henry's en-
tertainment has been completed. He will
start on his western tour on March 1, after
eight days in Washington and the east.
Peace has been practically agreed upon
by the big copper companies and consol-
idation similar to the steel trust is reported
under way, Foreign concerns are inter-
eSted.
Prof William G. Williams, the noted
educator of the Ohio Wesleyan universe
ty, and the Oldest teacher in the service
of the Methodist church in America, died
in Delaware, o., aged so years.
Steamship lines plying between Ameri-
ca and England have reached an agree
ment and advanced freight rates. ma
terial increase in carrying charges for
grain, flour and provisions is made.
A sleet storm swept the south from The
Ohio river to the northern part of the
gulf states and from Texas as far east
as Chattanooga and Atlanta, doing dam
age estimated at thousands of dollars.