The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For tn. Week Ending Feb. Fl.

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Mrs. Julia Duplice died at Chippe-
wa Falls, Wis, aged 103 years.
A fire at Marion, H., resulted in q
loss estimated at 100000 to 100000.
Cole Younger confirms the report
that he intends to run 'wild west"
show.
Albert w. Wishard, of Indiana, so
Gcitor of internal revenue, has re-
signed.
The opera house block and public
library at Ashland, o., were destroyed
by fire.
The president has signed the de-
partment of commerce bill and the
general staff bill.
Venezuela has placed an additional
duty of 80 per cent. upon all imports
as war measure.
Horace White has retired from his
position as chief editor of the New
York Evening Post.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
election of the pope was celebrated in
Rome with high mass.
A total of 317 municipal ownership
| corporations are reported in England,
with $65,Oo0,Oo0 yearly income.
A bill to prohibit football in the Illi-
nois State university and schools has
been introduced in the legislature.
Both houses of the Wyoming legis-
lature adopted a joint resolution
strongly indorsing woman suffrage. .
Booker T. Washington, in an address
| at Tuskegee, Ala, before the twelfth
annual negro conference, urged race
friendliness.
John Mitchell, president of United
Mine Workers union, refused $4,000
offer from Chautauqua alliance for a
| lecture series.
| The Montreal express on the Grand
Trunk left the track near Whitby
Junction, Ont, and score of passen-
gers were injured.
A decision rendered by the Illinois
supreme court gives the city of Chi
cago power to order railroads to ele-
vate or remove tracks.
The names of Brig. Gems. Breckin-
ridge, Ludington and Wade have been
sent to the senate for promotion to the
grade of major general.
Smallpox is said to be more widely
spread over the United States now
than ever before, and the disease is
of the deadliest type ever known.
The bankrupt earl of Yarmouth's
engagement to wed Miss Mary Thaw,
daughter of William Thaw, former
Pittsburg millionaire, is announced.
Drainage trustees think that the
state of Illinois will be made chief de-
PENDANT in suit started by ST. Louis
because of pollution of its water sup
ply.
Delegates from more than 80 states
attended a convention at the Audito-
rum, Chicago, and demanded that con-
gress appropriate $20,oOO,OOO for good
roads.
The National Railroad Protective as
ISOLATION has been organized in Chi
cago to prevent frauds by scalpers.
Detectives will watch for misuse of
tickets.
Church and state officials of Ger
many express themselves as satisfied
of the orthodoxy of Emperor William
as shown in his recent declaration of
faith in God.
President Roosevelt has written his
autograph with diamond on a pane
of plass that will be placed in univer-
sity hall at Northwestern university,
Evanston, ILL.,, as souvenir.
Former Secretary of State John w.
Foster has been selected to take
charge of the case of the United States
in presentation of the Alaskan boun-
dairy question to the commission.
The Illinois supreme court sustains
the antitrust law of 1891 and amend
ments of 1893. Corporations are held
liable for fines in case of failure to
make yearly report on affiliation with
combines.
Wholesale forgery of naturalization
papers has been discovered in New
York. The paper and the seal of the
United States were both counterfeited
and sold to unsuspecting foreigners
for $3.50 each.
The United States reciprocity treaty
has been recommended for adoption
by the Cuban senate committee. SUI
gar interests are declared benefited by
it, while the American market offers q
fiattering future for other products.
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