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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-28
FULLER CONFIRMED.
The Selection Of the Eminent Chicago
Jurist for Chief Justice APP
proved by the Senate.
Ten Republicans Vote In the Amrma-
tive Despite the Oppositton or
Edmunds. EyArts and
stewart

II only required two hours time in the
Senate Friday 10 consider the nomination OF
Melville w. Fuller Of Chicago 10 be Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court Of the United
states and 10 confirm IL by vote OF Al 10 20.
The Republicans dad all the talking. Mr..
record OF Mr.. Fuller In the Illinois Legisla-
turc just before and during the early days OF
the war. He charged Mr.. Fuller with being
"A copperhead and With having voted against
the resolution directing the arrest OF val-
mind was 20 warped then I'm favor OF States
rights that 10 would be unnatural 10 suppose
that he did not, even 10 this day, uphold i'm
a large degree States rights. and that IL
would be dangerous 10 place such a man in
a position as responsible as the one for which
he was nominated. lie impIorcd the Senate
10 run no risks, warning IL that the position
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-28

Fire at Kcntland, Ind destroyed two eIe-
yators and the depot and eighteen cars be-
longing to the Panhandle Railroad. The loss
h $4,000.
Julius Bauer's piano warerooms I'm Chicago
were destroyed by fire Wednesday, with a
loss Of over s2OOOO0.
Forest fires are raging along the line OF tho
Canada and Atlantic Road between Montreal
and Ottawa. Eighteen miles OF track have
been destroyed, and many cars, houses and
mills have been burned.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A VIOLENT hurricane recently swept over
Bala'ony lake Austria, and a boat con-
tanning a number of reapers was capsized
and fifteen of its occupants drowned.
one thousand houses were burned few
days ago at Orenburg, Russia, and ten
thousand factory operatives were made
homeless blythe fire.
EIGHT HUNDRED wOrkmen at Teng-I.eon,
China, were drowned by recent inunda-
ton.
CHOLERA broke out on the Portuguese
transport India, while bound recently from
Macao to Mozambique, and within forty
eight hours there were thirty-eight cases
twenty-four of which proved fatal.
DISPATCHES of the oath say that the
forces of the Congo State had recaptured
the Stanley Falls station.
On the 18th American veterans in Lon
don held a memorial nesting in honor of
General Sheridan.
Is ireland on the 9th John Redmond,
NJ. F., W. Redmond, NJ. f., Edward Walsh,
editor Of the Wexford People, and Father
Kennedy, Catholic priest, were arrested
on the charge Of offenses under the crimes
act
AT Stenwarde, Germany, seven ware
houses containing cotton, rice, sugar and
saltpetre, val ed at 1000. 600 marks, were
destroyed By fire on the 9th, and six per-
sons persisted in the flames
MINIsTER-OF-F FISHERIES TUPPRR, of Can
ada. stated on the 27th that he regarded
the Presidents message proposing retalia-
tiOn as a campaign document, and asserted
that Canada could stand retaliation better
than the United States.
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AMERICAN NATIONS,

The Coming International Conference at
Washington Nineteen Governments
VIII BE Represented-The Meeting to
Begin October 2, 1SS9-Important Guess
tions to he Considered.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a = The Interna-
tionaI American Conference, authorized by
the act of last May, has been called to
meet in Washington, at the State Depart
ment, on the ID of October, 1889.
A formal invitation has been ex-
tended by the President, through
our Ministers, to eighteen gov
ernments-viz.: Mexico, Costa Rica, Qua
temala, Nicarauga, San Salvador, Hon
duras, Hayti. San Domingo, Venezuela,
Brazil, Argentine Republic, Chilli, Peru,
Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay and
Paraguay. In forwarding the invitations
TO the different governments the President
set forth that the conference is called to
consider;
~. Measures that shall tend to preserve the
peace and promote the prosperity OF the sever
al American States.
- Measure toward the formation Of an
American customs union, under which the
trade OF the American Nations IN each other
shall, so far a. possible and profitable, be pro-
NOTED.
% The establishment OF regular and
frequent communication between the ports Of
the several American States and the ports Of
each other.
-. The establishment Of a uniform system
of customs regulations in each OF the independ
ent American States TO govern the mode
of importation and expectation of merchandise
and port dues and charges, a uniform method
OF deIerm n ng the classification and valuation
OF such merchandise in the ports OF each coun-
try and uniform system of invo ces. and the
subject OF the sanitation OF ships and quaran-
tine
I'M.
weights and measures, and laws TO protect the
patent rights, copyrights and trade MARKS Of
citizens OF either country in the others, and for
the extradition OF criminals.
&c. The adoption OF "a common silver coin, 10
be issued By each Government, the same 10
be legal tender in all commercial transae-
tions between the citizens OF all the American
States
81 An agrcemen upon and recommends
ton for adoption to the respective govern
nts Of a definite plan of arbitration Of all
questions OF dispute and differences that may
now or hereafter exist between them, TO the
end that all difficulties and disputes between
such nations may be peaceably settled and
wars prevented.
IS. And 10 consider such other subjects re-
lating TO the welfare OF the several States rep
resented as may be presented by any OF said
States which are hereby invited TO participate
in said conference"
Congress has appropriated SIS, 900 to de-
fray the expenses Of the delegates to the
conference. TO be disbursed under the di-
rection and in the discretion of the Secre-
tary of State The United States is 10 be
repr scented by ten delegates, who are to
be appointed by the President and con-
firmed by The anate, and to serve without
pay. Each S,ate will be entitled to send
as many delegates as it may elect but no
State will be entitled to more than one
vote.
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THE EAST.

WHILE preparing fireworks at ,Dxld-
ford, Pa, on the I'D for celebration an
explosion occurred, killing Edward Duell,
Robert Hurley and W. {. Curtis and
wOuniing others
MAHLON HOAGLAND DEM was nom;-
mated for Congress on the 23d IN the Fifth
New Jersey district, and James 4 Hol-
royd (Rep.l in the Nineteenth New York
district
Is Pennsylvania high water had on the
I'D caused loss Of Sl00, 600 in Westmore-
land County, and the entire loss ia other
portions OF the State was estimated at
100000 Four persons lost their lives
THE discovery was made in New York ON
the I'D that registered package contain
ing $1,000 had been stolen while in transit
from Portland, Ore, 10 the Chemical Ma
tiOual Bank, of New York.
The damage throughout Western Penn
sylvania by the recent floods was esti-
mated on the 23d at 81, 10000. The water
was subsiding and railroad traffic had
been partially resumed.
OFFICERS arrested gang OF counter
feiters at New York on the sd who were
engaged in manufacturing and " showing -
five-dollar silver certificates Of very fine
workmanship
MARk LIEBERNAN's house and barn, with
eleven head OF horses, were burned on the
cath al Wilmington. Del
Miss DAISY BLANKLEY, aged twelve
years, won mile swimming race for the
amateur championship Of the United States
for women at New York or the gath.
on the 25th one hundred and fifty Nor
mon converts landed at Castle Garden,
New York, and left for Utah in charge OF
six Mormon elders.
Soma and lemonade stands, cigar stores
and ice-cream and liquor saloons were
closed in Pittsburgh, Pa. on the 26th.
FIRE destroyed an oil train Of ten ears on
the Pennsylvania road on the 27th near
Wayne, Pa, and two tramps who were
stealing a ride were fatally burned.
The death of Miss Sylvia Hardy, the
biggest woman in Maine, who Travelled
with Barnum for years, occurred at Wilton
on the 9th. She was seven feet tall.
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FORESTS ALL AEIRF.

Hundreds OF People In Northern M'ch'-
gan Rendered HomeIess-FOr Near'y a
Hundred Miles Along the NOrthw sstern
Road from Ishpt ming the Forests Are
Burning, aud Many Towns Are Threat
ened-seyeral Villages Already ScOrched
and Scores of Families Lett without
sheiter-SeveraI Lives Reported Loot.
NADEAS. Mich. Aug. 27.-Forest fires
/ between Nadean and Bagley are causing
/ great loss. The fire was started by farm
/ ers clearing land at Nadean and tho town
was only saved after a desperate fight
/ At Carney the Menasha WoS. snware
barn and forty tons OF hay.
b. wn & Co. lost 5000 IN bark
and cedar posts At Munford four
charcoal kilns and all the buildings were
leveled 20 the ground; cattle and horses
were burned, and numbers Of families are
left with only the clothing on their backs.
A special train took the women and chill
dren 70 Powers for safety. Tho number Of
buildings burned was twenty I'VE. Loss,
SIS, 600 without insurance.
IsHPEMINg, Mich, Aug. 27.-For nearly
100 miles along the peninsula division Of
the Chicago & Northwestern railway for
est fires rage. Between Negaunee and
Stephenson there are at least fifty fires,
some small, but many large and doing great
damage.
The people Of Nadeau fed to Powers to
escape the flames, leaving behind most Of
their household effects. Balloons store
houses, a set of charcoal kilns and nurs
Der OF freight cars loaded with coal and
bark were burned hundred thousand
posts aud large piles Of cordwood are
still burning. Bagley is safe. as is
also the village Of Stephenson. Fires are
burning on both sides of the track, as
far as can be seen, and thick smoke GOV
ers every thing. One family at Muinford,
consisting of seven persons, is missing
Their house was burned and no trace IF
them has yet been found. IL is thought
that they were burned while trying TO cs-
cape. The house was surrounded on every
side by flames.
For several miles back from the railway
track is good farming country in which
numerous elearings have been made
by farmers. Nearly all Of the farm
buildings are burned and crops en-
tirely destroyed. The people barely
escaped with their lives, and many saved
nothing at all from their homes Many
homeless people are crowding into Pow
ers, Bagley, Daggett Stephenson and
other villages yet untouched. Several
hundred people are now homeless and the
FIRES are still spreading.
The weather continues dry and warm,
and nothing but heavy rain can stop the
fires. When the flames approach all at
tempts at saving buildings are Intellectual.
Bad fires are burning at Netherlands hill,
Harvey, Campbell and other places. The
situation is very serious and apparently
growing worse.
A pail of smoke hides every thing from
sight. 1t is thought there will be heavy
loss of life, as the people in the country
lose their way and the fire surrounds
them. Many families who have been made
homeless are endeavoring to escape to
spots that have previously been burned
over. but danger is found on all sldes.
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The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-,

"WEDNESDAY, Aug. 22.-The Joint resolu-
tion appropriating 500, 900 70 prevent the
sTre a OF infectious diseases in the Unit.
ed States was passed in the Senate. SIR.
Chandler y. ii called up his resolutions
relative to fraud and violence in the last
louisiana election. and made a lengthy
address. la the House the conference re
port on the Army Appropriation bill 100
Sol.CON was agreed u. The Deficiency
Appropriation bill was further considered
THURSDAY. Aug. 23-In the Senate Mr..
Chandler concluded his speech on the
Louisiana election frauds. A resolution
was adopted accepting and returning
thanks Tor bust OF GaribaIdi presented
20 the United States by the Italian citi-
zcns Of this country. a message was re
ceiyei from the President on the rejected
fisheries treaty, aud another yetoing six
private pension bills In the House the
Presidents message on the rejected fish
cries treaty was read. 4 bill was intro
duced providing for q tax upon Canadian
tonnage passing through American canals
The conference report on the Army ApprO-
pr'at,on bill was rejected, ana the Def
cheney bill was further considered
FRIDAY. Aug. "a The message from the
President on the subject Of the rejection
Of the fisheries treaty was lad before
the Senate, and Senators Edmunds and
HOar made speeches attacking the Presi-
dents position. Adjourned 10 the 27th
In the House the efficiency bill was taken
up, bat nothing was done a no quorum
was present At the evening ssssion forty
five private pension bills were passed.
SATURDAY. Aug y The Senate was
not in session. In the House a resolution
was adopted calling on the Attorney
General for information as to the number
Of convictions that had been made for the
offenses Of polvramy and adultery in Utah
and Idaho Al attempt % bring up the De
ficicncy Appropriation bill showed no
quorum present.
MONDAY. Aug. 27.-In the Senate the
report Of the Judiciary Committee on
the alleged election outrages at Jackson,
Miss. was the subject of debate. A new
conference on the Army Appropriation
bill was agreed 10. In the House the De
hc.cncy Appropriation bill was passed
Bills were introduced to investigate GER
tain National banks which hold and use
Government money without interest, and
70 define trusts and 20 prov de for the pun
ishmeat OF persons connected with them.
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BUILT UPON SAW-DUST.
The Peculiar Soil on Which Rests One of
Michigan's Prosperous Cities.

The Peculiar Soil on Which Rests One of
Michigan's Prosperous Cities.
Twenty-Five years ago, East Sagi-
nav, Mich. was a scattering hamlet,
built here and there among and along
the edges of swamps and bayOus, Dor
dering the Saginaw river. The saw
dust and debris of the mills were used
to fill up these inequalities, more for
the purpose of getting rid of the an
moving accommodations, than from any
well-defined knowledge Of the value OF
such material, or its possible use as a
future soil.
From year to year the work went on.
The swamps and bayous were filled up,
and soil was spread on top of the saw
dust of variable thicknesses, from six
teen inches to two feet. Strange as it
NAV seem, there was no settling of the
ground. and heavy buildings were
erected upon the soil thus made. These
buildings are the best in the city, and
show no cracked walls.
Sewers are dug through what was
formerly a bed of saw-dust, and while
traces Of the material can yet be found,
still there is "a clear evidence of the
transformation process going on, be-
held in each shovel of matter thrown
out. 1t would be difficult to fully and
clearly explain this process. 1t looks
as though the exudatiOns rising up
from beneath the everything debris are
continually acting as distilling ele-
ments, by which the granules OF saw
dust gather to themselves earth incrus-
tations, and finally become homoge-
neous conglomeration OF original soil,
without undergoing the action Of de-
composition.
This hypothesis may not be any
clearer than mud. but it is certain that
one Of the finest and most substantial
cities in Michigan rests secure to-day
on a BET of saw-dust which latter has
resolved itself back into its original
elements within a quarter of a cent
ury. Can any one account for thise
TinJerDldn.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
WISCONSIN KNIGHTS.
they Hold Their Annual Meeting and
Elect Ondrers

they Hold Their Annual Meeting and
Elect Onhcers.
The State Assembly OF the Knights of
Labor at its recent session in Eau Claire
adopted resolutions disappearing OF the
application of convict labor to machinery
If any line of manufacture whatever,
while not opposing the employment Of con
sicts in hand work; also resolution dis
approving Of the employment of children
n factories. Chairman wilkins presented
report for the year, in which il was
stated that no strikes had been authorized
Turing the year in Wisconsin and many
threatened strikes avoided by equitable
arbitration and settlement The following
officers were elected and installed Master
Workman, Frank Lut, of Waupun, Worthy
Foreman, 2. Il. Ellis. of Eau Claire; Re
cording Secretary, Spencer Palmer, of
Fond du Lac; Treasurer, f. C. Erman, of
Oshkosh. The assembly fixed the next
place and time of meeting at Wausau, Au-
gust 3, next year
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JosErH GENEREUX, the light house keeper
al the ship cana at Haughton, Mich, was
dr. wned on the night of the 18th.
szvEx thpus lna dollars worth Of opium
was seized at san Francis o, Cal on the 18th
and two employees Of the Pacific Mail were
arrested for trying To smuggle the stuff
ashore from the steamer City ~ Chester.
| Two boys aged four and two years, children
Of Daniel Morgan, at Browns Cullen, near
Butte, Mont, were harmed to death in a barn
On the 9th.
| THE Republicans of New York met in con-
vention on the 2,th, ami nomin tted Warner
Miller for governor, and Gen :. V. r. Cruger
for lieut-governor.
TIE motor aud car on the South side
electric railroad, Pittsburg, Pa, ran away on
the NOR ing OF the 18th, aud was completely
wrecked. Seven persons were in the car at
the time, and all OF them were more or less
S riOusly hurt One of them Mrs Richard
Heron, is thought TO be fatally injured.
| The yellow fever report for the 2Sth at Jack
sOnvilie. Fla, shows p new eases for the "a
hours an ing at Gp. m. OF that day. Two
patients died and ten were discharged. The
reports show that the fever has become epi-
demic beyond doubt
THE state conference Of the labor party and
the Farmers Alliance began at st. Paul ON
the 18th. Mr. Grigsby, the chairman OF the
state executive committee was made perma-
nent chairman The nominees were, for
governor, Ignatius Donnelly, lieut.. governor,
James McGaughy Of Hennepin County.
| THE stocking factory OF Herman Klein &
Son. Cincinnati, Ohio. was burned on the
morning Of the 18th. The loss Is sGl,WO on
stock. $1,000 on machinery and 5000 ON the
building
I Worm was received on the 2Sth, ut ST.
/ Flavie, Que, that the steamer Bratsberg be-
came disabled on Monday, and the captain
and crew consisting Of u sailors and > lady
pa Scnger were obi ged To leave in two small
boats Bo'h boats upset and Il sailors were
drowned
TIE house Of Charles CraskeIl, a farmer
living near Echelson, Oak, was bu ned on
the 27lh. The fire was caused by children
playing with matches. One child was burned
To death.
REPuErs from Pressure isle County, Mich,
state that cholera is raging in that vicinity.
SENATOR ALLISON. chairman of the Sen
ate Commute on appropriations stated in the
senate on the 18th, that the total appTopria-
tions FOR the present year would amount to
s4,I .D0p and the estimat revenue would
be sfn.ooO.tO1.
TuF movement or silver coin from the diff
fercnt minis and sub-treaSuric> Ia Washing.
ton for storage in the large new government
vault began IN the 18th. The shipments
will Dc made in sO's Of s50.ocO per day until
the vault i fuI. The vault has a capacity
OF siUo,hsis0
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DESTROYED BY THE FLOOD.
Part of a Railway Bridge at Cincinnati
Swept Away-The Loss 100000.


Swept Away-The Loss 100000.
CINeISSATf, Aug 21-The false work
erected in order to build the superstruct-
ure of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway
bridge over the Ohio between Gov
ington and Cincinnati was swept away
Sunday forenoon by great raft of drift
wood that had accumulated at its base The
trestle- work was of wood and WAS over
100 feet above low water in the river. A
F-shaped protection of coal barges had
been formed on the upper side Of the
trestle to keep of the drift, but the drift
sucked under the boats and made an i'm
mense raft At 10 a. m. this great
raft propelled by thirty-twO feet of water
in the river moTed and pushed the lofty
trestle-work off its foundations, dropping
$50 feet of the iron bridge, distance Of
100 feet, into the raging stream below. No
person was injured The trestle with the
great raft of driftwOod and fiat-bOats went
down the river ten or twelve miles, where
some Of it was stopped and anchored
The iron work lies in the river
near the Kentucky pier of the chan
mel span. The losers are the contractors,
the Ph@nixoBridge Company. They esti-
mate their loss at nearly S210,O00. Two
weeks more of low water would have
made them safe. They say that if they
choose to go to the extra expense of work
ing both night and day the accident will
not delay the completion of the bridge.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Tzs President sent a message TO both
ssElse5 Of Congress on the 23d asking for
leei-iation authorizing him TO issue proc
lamation fOrbidding the transportation of
foreign goods in bond across the United
States In retaliation fSr discrim nation
against Amer can fishermen by Canadians.
THERE were Isl business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 24th, against ISL the previous seven
days
The President on the 25th sent his check
for $40 00l 70 the National Campaign Com.
mittee OF the Democracy in New York.
A STATEMENT from the Treasury Depart
ment showed TINT s;liG9f G5l bonds had w
TO the 18th been purcha scd under the cir
cular Of Apris n. The total cost Of the
bonds was SO 67-. 5Ij
TINS exchanges at twenty-siN leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 25th aggrega.
ed SS0s. SG1 0S7, against sS5I. I6l, 3SS the pre-
vious week As compared with the CORE
spending week II 1851 the increIss amount
q 4 10 40 per cent
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JOHN o. GILLETT DEAD.
The Cattle King of Illinois Expires at
Mackinaw City.

MACKINAw CITY, Mich, Aug. 27.-John
ID Gillett, the cattle king of Illinois,
father-in-law of Governor Oglesby
of that State, died here Of a
complicated kidney and heart trou-
BILE He leaves a widow, one son, J. F.
Gillett and six daughters, Mrs. Oglesby,
Mrs. David I. Litter, Mrs. j. Z. Hill, and
Misses Jessie, Amy and Nina Gillett At
the time of his death he owned 10000
acres Of land in Logan County, Ill, had
100000 of stock Of five Central Illinois
banks, and was president of the First
National bank of Lincoln. Ill. His
fortune is estimated at S26JO,OO0 He
was noted as successful breeder Of fine
beef cattle and one of the first TO export
beef cattle to England.
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JEFFERsoSvILLE, Ind, Aug. H.-JOhn
Reno, notorious express robber and road
agent, was yesterday released from the
Indiana prison north, after serving term
Of three years for cUuuterfeiting. There
was a fine attached to the sentence, but
he took the insolVent debtors oath and
was released. He is now in indianapolis,
but will probably be heard from again
soon. Reno's last exploit before being
sent to the Indiana prison was robbing a
county treasury in Missouri He escaped
ard carIe TO Indiana. He had been en-
gagged in many stage and express robber-
les. and was notorious before the James
bows were thought Of
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Rfy GEORGE {. LORIMER. ID. d.. OF
Chicago, has inaugurated at Cottage
City. Mass. what will be known as the
Vineyard Literary and Scientific Col
lcge. This association will. it is said.
number thousands from the Baptist de
nomination all over the country -Four
new buildings will be erected near the
Baptist Temple there, and the first an
nual session will be held next summer
with term Of six weeks.