The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-31
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At Utica, N. ", Monday General Lester
II. Faulkner was held In S3U0, 900 bonds for
embezzling $4,000 OF the funds Of the
wrecked First National Bank Of Dansyille,
y. Y. His brother James, the absconding
President of the bank. returned from Cam
ada and made clean breast OF the affairs of
the concern before the United States grand
jury.
Mrs. Minnie Lebknechauer. on Saturday,
poisoned her three children at 1914 West Fiji
ty-eight street. New York, watched them
die, and then reported the facts TO the police.
She had been driven TO the deed by poverty,
and she explained she killed the little ones
because she loved them.
The charges OF bribery in tho Ohio State
senate have led TO the appointment OF COM
mittee OF investigation and created the great
est excitement The charges refer 10 cer-
tain Chicago packers as trying 20 defeat a
bill adverse 10 the packing interest," and IN
yolye several senators In visits 10 Chicago TO
make terms. The correspondence on the
subject is I'm the hands OF the committee and
shows, II il said, that the packers refused 10
be bled, on the ground that the bill I'm ques-
ton was unconstitutional and would be null
and void II passed.
Fred Grant Is out In an interview Ia which
he accuses Gen. Badcau OF deliberate false
hood IN what he said about writing the
memoirs Of his father
Representatives OF over 800 regiments were
present at the reception given Judge Rea,
Commander in-chief OF the O.. A. X. AT Day
ton. Ohio. Friday.
The jury I'm the trial Of the State Of Ohio
against Robert Il. Montgomery, for the Coll
umbus tally sheet forgcries. being unable TO
agree, was discharged at noon Friday. IL
stood ten for conviction and two for acquit-
tai.
Morrison Rcmick Waite, Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States,
died Friday morning at Washington of ty-
phoid pneumonia after an illness OF few
days. Both houses OF Congress adjourned
out Of respect 10 The memory of the deceased,
aud committees We're appointed 10 attend
the funeral. The Supreme Court also adj
journed, and President Cleveland issued a
proclamation ordering that the Government
buildings be draped for three days, and that
flags be placed at half-mast on the day Of
the funeral. The widow il absent In CALI
fornia, and no arrangements for the funeral
can be made until her return. but IL is the
intention OF the members OF the family TO
have intcrment take place at Toledo, the
old residence OF the Chief Justice.
In New York Friday night Henry Bergh,
nephew OF the lately deceased founder OF the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty TO An
finals, was unanimously elected Presidentof
the society.
The match between Evan Lewis and Den
mis- Gallagher, at Buffalo, n. ", Wednesday
night, was stopped by the police. after Lewis
had won two falls, one In ~ minutes and
the second in 1917. Mayor Becker becoming
alarmed at the effect on Gallagher, In the.
third bout, OF the Strangers strangle hold.
The match was declared a draw and the
gate receipts, $1,000 equally divided.
Barton Mills, OF Lynn, Mass, travelling
salesman, was the victim Of distressing
and very peculiar accident at Omaha, Neb.,
"Wednesday, an English sparrow flying into
his face, the birds bIll.penctrated his eye
ball and destroying II.
The Emigration Board reports the total
number of passengers landed ut New York
the past year as a5O,s45.
IL II believed that twenty persons per-
ished In Essex county, n. j., during the
recent storm. AZ New Haven, Conn.,, seven
persons persisted; and there were over
twenty deaths In towns adjacent 10 New
Haven, while hundreds OF people suffered
from frost bites
Fire at Milwaukee, Wis, early Thursday
morning, starting In Atkins a. Ogden's
shoe mandatory, extended through an en-
tire block, causing an aggregate loss 20
large number OF firms Of S425, 900; insured for
about s2I5,0OO. A side wall fell. burying a
dozen firemen IN the debris. Herman Lecher
and Richard Langton were killed, and three
others fatally injured.
AT Catlin, ILL.,, "Wednesday night. John
Hou. aged 10, made an unsuccessful attempt
10 commit snicide, his second effort within
few days on account Of disappointment In
love.
Arguments In the suit OF Colonel George
ii. Tiiden against the executors OF the will
Of Samuel J.. Tilden, TO secure judicial
construction Of the clause regarding the resi-
due Of the estate, were made at New York
Wednesday. The Colonel claims that the
residue clause, involving millions Of dollars.
II illegal.
President Cleveland has been elected a
member Of the Browning Lake Trout Fish
ing Club, OF Maryland, and accepted with
thanks.
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