The Ely miner., 1903-10-16
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Seventy printing houses were tied up
in Chicago by the press feeders walk
out.
Ten horses were burned to death in
the destruction of barn in Ithaca,
Mich.
At Devon, w. Va, Jacob Lawson
and Andy Farrell, both highly respected
men, killed each other in duel.
Secretary Shaw has ordered the ex-
clusion of consignment of German
wines, on the ground that they are
adulterated.
Increases of wages of about 81, ,20O, 900
have been granted by the Erie railroad
to its employees during the last year.
Corruption, graft and embezzlement are
charges filed against officers high in the
Colorado national guard before Gov.
Peabody.
Services in memory of the late Sir
Michael Herbert, ambassador Of Great
Britain to the United States, were held
in Washington and were attended by the
president and his cabinet and many
prominent officials.
DR.. Francis E. Clark, president of the
WorId'a Christian Endeavor union, will
visit New Zealand, Australia and Tas-
mania.
Punch made of wood alcohol, lemon and
sugar proved fatal to three men in Ph1la-
delph'a.
Ed. McCollum (colored) was shot to
death by a mob at Sheridan, Ark, for
wounding an officer who tried to arrest
him.
John D. Rockefeller defeated J. Pier
pont Morgan in the battle for supremacy
in shaping the policy of the United States
Steel corporation.
For refusing to play in the centennial
parade in Chicago three bands which are
connected with the state militia will be
dismissed from the service.
A cabinet meeting was devoted chiefly
to discussing protection of the president
from cranks and special law with severe
penalties applying to chief government
officers was favored.
The government report shows gener-
ally favorable week for crops and says
another week of warm, dry weather will
place most of the corn beyond danger
from frost.
For the first time in history the United
States post Office transactions exceed the
billion-dollar mark in a year.
Mr.. Bristow's report on the postal
frauds will be submitted to Postmaster
General Payne within ten days and later
sent to the president.
The Northern Pacific railroads failure
to pay $5O, 900 blackmail was met by dy
Mantle explosions near Helena, Mont,
and at Missoula, a freight train and road
bed being wrecked.
Engineers Worrell and Penrod and
Firemen Hamlin and Rogers were killed
In a railway collision near Sloan
Springs, Ark.
Tc,nadoes took three lives in Kansas,
wiped out tie town of Aliceville and de-
stroyed nine houses near Hamilton. Six
more victims were reported dying and
ten others injured.
According to the annual report of Sur
geon General O'Reilly the loss of the
army canteen has caused an increase of
sickness among the soldiers.
A petition to congress for the indus
trial education of negroes at national ex-
pense was proposed in the Rock River
Methodist conference at Aurora, Ill.
Sir Thomas Upton proposes to offer
$4,000 cup to be competed for in races
across the Atlantic by fast yachts of all
nations.
A $1,000 steer roping prize at South
McAlester, /. T., was won by Miss Lucille
Mulhall, Is years old, over we'll known
cowboys.
A census shows the civilized portion of
the native population of the Philippines
to be 100000. The uncivilized popula-
ton is placed at about 600 900.
During September there were 129 de-
sertions from the battle-ship Maine, or
one man in every four of the crew.
The grand jury of Moore county, Ten
nessee, has returned % indictments for
murder against the members of a mob
who lynched a negro in Nashville.
William B. Wright, of Efingham, has
been elected grand master of Illinois
masons.
Manufacturers who are members of
trade associations of the country have
startrd campaignito crush the weaker
labor organizations.