The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-24
LATER.


The president has promoted Major
General Young, to be lieutenant gen
eral, vice Lieutenant General Miles,
who retires Aug 8.
Two trains collided on bridge near
near Menomonee, Mich, wrecking
injured but none killed.
A windstorm swept over Central
Illinois and caused number of deaths
and property loss of probably 1000
600. At Streator five persons were
killed and score of others were in
jured. The dead: Harry Doyle, Nels
H. Bivens, R. Purcell, Charles Snyder,
unknown negro.
Dora Wright was hanged at South
McAlester, 1. T., for the murder of
Annie Williams, 7-year-old girl.
The branch appellate court at Chi
cago offirmed an injunction issued at
the beginning of the strike against
picketing by the strikers.
Miss Letitia Fowler fell from the
sixth story of building in Saginaw,
Mich, and was killed.
A plot to kill King Charles was un-
earthed in Portugal.
Whistler, the American artist, died
at his residence in London.
Ed Burrill, negro carpenter at
Kalispell, Mont, went insane from
reading reports of lynching of negroes.
Mail advices to the war department
in the Philippines state that Henry
Savage Lander, the noted explorer,
has discovered in the interior of Min
danao race of tree jewellers closely
allied to the dwarfs found by Stanley
and Du Challu in Central Africa.
The American squadron, under COM
mand of Rear Admiral Cotton, has left
English waters.
The contents of the Merchants
Warehousing company's building at
Philadelphia, was DESTROYED by fire.
The holding and box factory,of Van
derbeck & Son, Jersey City, N. j.,
burned and four fremen injured.
Copper has been discovered near
Springvale, Wis.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending with July 16 num-
Der 173 against 1874 last week, TIA in
the like week of 1902, 2Os in 1901, 2O2
in 1900 and TIA in 1899. In Canada for
the week 10, as against 20 last week
and II in this week a year ago.
&c,
of Italian counterfeiters in Brooklyn,
after a hard fight. in which revolvers
were drawn by both sides, and one
agent had narrow escape from death
By the explosion of large quantity
of dynamite and blasting powder in a
near Pearishburg, Va, James
Phillips and George Noel, laborers,
were killed, sixteen persons were in
jured and 100 others were shocked.
According to special dispatch from
st. Petersburg, the steamer plying on
the River Volga has been burned and
sixty of those on board were drowned.
McGregor, Iowa, experienced another
damaging flood, caused by the heavy
rains. Seven blocks of new macadam-
lied streets were torn up and washed
away, sidewalks demolished and base
ments filed with water.
Justice Samuel Lumpkin, of the SUI
preme court of Georgia, is dead.
The Kansas City Star has begun sue
the operation of its paper
mill, which has been built in the last
nine months.
In quarrel oyer horse at Wichita,
Kas., DR.. w. L. Doyle shot and killed
George P. Varnouf.
A cloudburst did much damage at
Trinidad, Cal.
A fall of rock in the Winona mine at
Calumet, Mich, killn 'aac Kurun-
SARA, a miner.
A son was born to 'esident and
Mrs Grover Cleveland, at Buzzards
Bay, Mass, the 18th.
Six regiments of troops are to be
from the Philippines.
The Cuban congress has adjourned.
One of the final acts of the senate was
the ratification of the postal treaty
with the United States, and an act was
passed also providing for the adher-
ence of the republic to the universal
postal union.
The official call for the next meeting
of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial
congress at Seattle, Wash, has been
issued. The dates are August IS, 10,