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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20

James NJ. Callahan. switchman al Wo-
burn, Mass. was informed that drunken
woman was OH the tracks. and rs the night
express was due he hastened 10 remove
her. The woman, however, said sho would
KIN any person who interferred with her.
Callahan grabbed her. but she drew re-
yolyer from her breast aud fired point blank
NJ his head. Callahan Is an accomplished
athlete and his science probably saved his
life. As the woman pressed the muzzlc OF
the weapon against him he wrencLed her
across his hip and away from him so that
the bullet flew wide OF iis mark. be
woman cllnchcd him then ana the wv"
rolled between the tracks. The locomotive
OF the oneoming train rushed up grade
near them. II seeming TO be her purpose
10 hold Callahan TO his death. me
woman got her feet again, however anu
Callahan continued his struggle Inc
revolver. which had been lost during the
struggle. was again Ia the Infatuated wo-
mans hand. Sho cooked IL aud leyelcd u
az her advcrsary's head and snapped Il.
The cartridge failed TO explode. and before
Callahan could seize her arm second shot
was hred. the bullet passing through Gala
hans coat The frenzied woman's finger
was third time upon the trigger, when
the switchman obtained possession OF The
weapon aud avoided tho crashing express.
With the assistance OF the Waterman The
woman was forced into the crossIng-t tenders
shanty aud hantcnffcd. but not iii she
had oycrthrown n stove aud splintered
door,
The light revealed the woman TO he
Hannah Dillon, an exceedingly handsome
woman OF - years and In carly days "a
schoolmate with Callahan. She thought
Callahan was an officer who was about 10
arrest her and Il rendered her desperate.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20

Dan McCallistcr, a burly negro, was ar
rested AZ Mount Vernon. Ind. charged with
asssuiting three young ladies with evident
criminal intent one offense being commIsted
y week ago aud the last more .gcccntly.
Fortunately tire ladies escaped without In
Jury. AT the preliminary trial McCalllster
was positively identified 4. the guilty
wretch aud bound over 10 the Circuit
Court 10 answer. There l. great excite
ment and n strong probability that the
negro will be Iynched by n mob. Two
other negroes, John HANSEN aud Frank
suggs are also charged with participation IN
the dastardly attempt but have left the
town.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
Frozen TO Death.

News reached this country through a pri-
yate channel OF the loss OF the British. team
ship Wcstburne in the Black sen. or tho
vessels crew OF twenty live four are all that
survive. and these are miserable wrecks OF
humanity, lying Frustrated by suffering IN
nm Odessa hospital. The Westburnc left
Iheodosia, southeast OF Crimea, Nov. "a.
bound 10 Dunkirk. and thence 90 Philadel-
phia. The evening OF its departure gale
peculiar to the Black sen arose. The men
were frozen To death IN life-llke posture
nt the wheel or wherever their duty called
them. Every sea that swept over the vessel
frozc 10 IL, making Il sluggish and so heavy
that IL refused To ride the waves. When
the water gained entrance TO the hold the
cargo began To swell, and burst open the
decks fore aud aft n though powder had
exploded In its interior.
About midnight, although only a few
hours out OF port the vessel began 10 20
down. Already the corpses OF number Of
the scamcn were visible about the deck,
standing up against the hand-rails Just as
erect rs though In full ygor. They were
frozen rs hard rs iron.
With the crew that still held fast 20 their
lives Capt. Bennington put out with boat.
The men died of one 10y one until. on reach
ing Theodosln, the number was reduced TO
eight. subsequently four more died. leay-
ing but four survivors
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
said mo would no Kuled when Fat.

Radford Chapman, a colored man who
was being treated nj the Baltimore Univer-
sity Hospital for u lacerated hand, has be-
come insane from fright. The students
have poked fun at him aud conhdentially
informed him that Or. Hunter. the physi-
clan In charge, would cut him up rs soon N
lac was fat enough. 10 keep up the Joke
they usually felt him TO see whether he was
getting ripe.
Finally the darby became alarmed for his
safety and dashed out OF the hospital TO the
residence OF n lady on the opposite side and
insisted that she should spare him. Word
was sent to DIR. Hunter, who succeeded in
inducing the man 10 return. but the ms-
chief had been done, for the man was al
ready crazy. Early next morning the doc
tor visited his patient. who lay wide awake.
Chapman took II for granted that he was to
bo cut up. aud with n yell made for the
window. After n desperate struggle the
doctor prevented him from leaping out
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
Municipal Election IN Huston.

The Democratic tidal wave seems TO have
extended To municipal affairs aud Mr..
Nathan Mathews Jr., their nominee, Il cleo.
ted mayor OF Boston, Mass. Ills lead over
Moody Merrill the Republican candidate
Is roundly about 10000. Mayor Hart, tho
present incumbent last year received Re.
publican majority OF AGO. The Democrats.
too. have control OF the Board OF Aldermen
and probably the Common Council. The
returns compared In size very fayorably
with those OF the state election. Mr.. Ma
thews held Gov. -olect Russell's vote. but
Merrill fell far below that Of Gov. Brac kctt
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
Railway Casualties.


A shocking accident occurred at Bristol.
fatally wounded. and one seriously hurt,
II was caused by the safety gates at rail-
road crossing being raised just before the
New York wcst-bound express was due.
A number OF persons had been waiting
for freight train 10 pass, and as soon a.
the gates were raised they started 10 cross.
j. Mcllyaine, teamster started across with
his wagon, in which were his 13-year old
son. Neal Mcllyalne; Joseph Ilu>sey. about
The same age; Hugh Deyerc. a storekeeper,
aud John McGee, about - years old.
The express train, which was running az
full speed. struck the wagon, instantly
killing Neal Mcllyainc Joseph Ilussey, and
Dcvere. john Mcllvalne had his shoulder
and leg broken, ribs crushed. and was other
wise internally injured. lie y not expected
10 live. Two boys were struck with such
force that they were thrown into the
canal.
Joseph johnson. who was crossing the
track on foot, was also struck by the engine
ana instantly killed. john Niece, who
was also Ia the wagon, was badly injured.
The gatekeeper claims that the CHATTER OF
the frcight.,rain passing drowned the noise
OF the bells so that IL could not bc heard.
At Mapleton, O., misplaced switches on
the Toledo Peoria aud Western road caused
a bad wreck. A freight-tran dashed into the
open switch and the engine and five cars are
piled up ~ the ditch. IL Is reported that
the engineer aud one brakeman are In the
wreck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20

Fire broke out in the store OF M. l..
smith on the public square in kirksylle,
Mo, and before the bremen could do any
thing The flames had leapcd across the
street To the Masonic Temple. the lower
floor OF which was occupied by the
town ana county Offices. The fire then
spread TO a vacant building adjoining and
10 tile store OF William Hart. All these
houses were completely destroyed, but the
contents, wife the exception OF the stock OF
L. NJ. Smith were saved. The wall OF a
building adjoining store fell on the roof
OF the latter burylng in the debris several
persons who were attempting TO escape
from the flames Nolney Sweet was Killed.
The injured ARE: II. NJ. Sleeps. slightly (;
Mrs. Rose Bunker. severe internal injuries
and scalp torn; will probably die; r. Price,
seriously but not fatally hurt; Fred Sweet,
severe injuries; William Hart leg crushed
TO Jelly. il is feared more are buried be-
cath the ruins.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
The Redskins Routed.

There has been an encounter four miles
north of Pine Ridge Agency. n. D., between
the United states troops aud some four or
live hundred Indians under Kicking Bear,
aud number have been killed OF both
sides; the Indians have been put 10 rout
and a large number captured, including
Kicking Bear.
A courier from the mouth OF French Creek
says that the latest authentic reports from
Capt. Wells arc that large party OF Indians
attacked eighteen men four miles below the
creek. Several were wounded. and IL Is
thought four Indians were killed. An Inn
mediate engagement Is expected with the
hostiles near Battle Creek.
Reports OF the fight between the indians
in the Bad Lands are confirmed. Two strike
and bis party were victorious and left the
Bad Lands for Zine Ridge Agency, camping
OF White Earth River. The chief sent in
10 Gen. Brooke asking for help 10 clean out
short Bull and his warriors. The General
called in American Horse, Big Road, and
other chiefs, and set them at work recruit
ing lighters. Fully three hundred warriors
left the agency, on the way TO bring IN all
who remained In the Bad Lands. Many
fear IL will end simply IN the flight OF Short
Bull, who will return 60 his stronghold us
soon as this band returns. lt In the subject
OF much comment that neither Agent Roger
nor Agent Cooper was consulted, and that
none OF the Indian scouts or police were
sent out 10 make the arrest. The probable
results are. more complications and more
delay. The soldiers are suffering from
colds. and the winter weather Will place
NANNY A ilp hoanfial
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20

Charley Joplin at the coal-mines nc Jenny
Lind, two miles from Fort Smith, Ark. shot
and killed John Miller. Miller's wife and
grown daughter, Lou. DIR. Stewart, aud a
man whose name Is not learned. i've persons
In all. Afterward he shot aud killed him
self. The massacre occurred late IN the day
and the only oiew 10 the cause OF the awful
tragedy II that DIR. stewart had intimuted
that Joplin WIS the cause OF Lou Miller's
downfall.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
CAN THIS BE I?

1t has been apparent that GIL PIERCE,
the Moth Dakota senator, was put in
tight place by the result of the election
in his state. He has had run of luck
equal to that of the new Kansas con-
gressn an who is elected i'm very I'M
urban district by going about in the
campaign and eXhorting TO the rural
ballot singers the unadOrned fact that
he wears no stockings or other interior
raiments. Not that the polished and
artistic senator adopts that economy,
Tor he voted for the MCKINLEY bill and
las no use for cheap things. The envi-
)us even insist that "purpIe and fine
men," in fact cOrSets, contribute to the
physical grace and salubrity. But this
lmmaueriai and even impertinent. His
title bonanza was in getting into the
enate by virtue of windfall in the way
If commission that took him to Da-
1ota and feXibility that enabled him
% drop alluring smiles in every useful
direction. Probably no dream of Be-
lemian conceit ever pictured such an
elevation i'll his most romantic DAYS.
1t was phenomenon hardly surpassed
by the making of a president out of
BEN HARRISON, but his newspaper
raining stood him in good hand, and no
pad breaks dot his brief senatorial rec
ord, except in political way and, per-
naps, in his appointments. Still, the
people have not been disposed to en-
ploy him further. He is Fastening to
the end of his public career. Possibly
he is seeking to save himself by desper-
ate eXpedients, but it had not quite
been suspected that he was doing the
baleful work. In an explanatory article
npon the Indian war;" the Chicago
Globe says:
Parties of prominence in the Northwest.
men who are well posted i'll Indian affairs,
newspapers and tarmers-in fact. the greater
portion of the intelligent people of the
Northwest, now believe that the whole In
dian question is trumped up for the benefit
Of GILBERT a. PIERCE United States senator
from North Dakota, and his political bench
men thereaway.
Can this be the Messiah?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
STATE PRESS RUMBLES.

John Lind is the only Republican con-
gresham who survived the storm of two
weeks ago, and he did not win by tenn
porizIng with the Democratic war cry
Of tariff for revenue. He won by man
fully defending what he thought was
rigbt-what tho Republican party in
congress believed to be right-what the
result Of the campaign of 1883 said was
risbt. But Mr.. Lind felt the cold blast
last winter, the platform of the state
and several of the other congressional
conventions. He and Senator Davis did
more to save the party than anybody
else. and had Lind gone down in the
maeistrom mourning Republicans would
have been standing Oh The shore of tho
great political sea watching for a greater
number of corpses than we are to-day
Window Reporter.
Now that the smoke OF battle has
cleared away, and the victory found to
be- with the Democrats. the Pioneer
Press has followed time-hOnored Gus
tom of changing its political views in re-
gard to the tariff.-Stillwater Call.
Shopping is woman's ruling passion,
and when the Mckinley bill, the liars
and the ShylOck dealers lnterfered with
the qualification Of that passion, she
/ AOlSOt al tHlCW On tuG lildSh
of Submissive weakness, and now we
know that we are henpecked to GER
tainty. The women did it, for sure.
though they look lemurely innocent and
coyly disclaim the slightest influence
in the matter. 1t is to their interest to
restore the disguise to their despotism,
and probably in six months, by skillfui
management, we shall totally forget
that THE women did it," and wear our
silken chains with the 0ld-time uncon-
ciousneSs.-Duluth Tribune.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly. of Dakota
county, is not only gentleman and
scholar, but a phoenix. He has risen
from the ashes of the last campaign,
shaken his feathers and uttered one ter
rife scream, Il am elected in one of the
parties L belong to, sure" 1t is fact;
MIR. Donneliy will represent Dakota
county in the senate this winter 1t is
a deep snow and a cold day when MIR.
Donnelly is left" He represents the
Alliance party this time.-Lake Crystal
Union.
The Star-News will vent ure the pre-
diction that the legislature will not re-
apportlon the state into leg iSiative dis
trictS the coming winter. There Will
doubtless be a good deal of time wasted
over reapportionment schemes, but eX-
perience has proved that state senators
are not in the habit of legislating them
selves ont OF office; consequently there
will be no reapportionment.-S
News
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
TAKE A SMILE.

'Why, sir, you have not pulled out
the bad tooth.''
''0h, sign0ra, how is it possible to ex-
ract ANYTHING bad from SO lovely
mOuth?' Chronicle.
''rhat statute of Liberty" said Mrs
Bluxum. lis very appropriately posed.
standing, OF course. Uncle Sam isn't
getting up to give his seat to anybody
these day New York Sun.
''Can your little brother talk now?"
ayes. He can say some words real
we'll"
what are they?"
Il dou't know. They're words |
never heard before" -Harper's Young
People.
Ghicagoan-This is my home. Beau
tlfut, isn't it? Built with the products
of my pen.
Visiter-Thep you are writer?
CIlcagoan-No. indeed, am pork
merchant. -Newcastle Chronicle.
First Poor Boy-Let's go round to the
AstUrbiltS for hank Sgiying.
Second Poor Boy What for?
First Poor Boy-Their dining rooms
fixed SOS we can see 'em eat.-Life.
-se--.- = = 4
Miss Ann Fulton-ln my days the
girls wore one-buttoned gloves and
dresses buttnned up to the neck; now
they wear one-buttoned dresses and
gloves up to the neck.-Spare Moments.
Il say. Bobby" whispered Featherly,
Ibid your sister say that she hoped my
trip would do me good?'
Yes. she told me last uight that if
NIr. Featherly went West she hoped he
would go for good. Spare Moments.
He-Why should you refuse him on
account of his not being your equal?
Your grandfather signed the Declara-
ton OF independence. Don't you be-
lieve that all men are born equal?
She-Oh. yes, of course do; but some
men deterIorate after birth, you know.
Life.
Mr.. Smith tof Canajoharie)-What
towns this?
Native-I.uray, Virginny. sah
Mr. Smith-Any battles Tough around
here?
Native-Yes. sab; but yer wanter keep
it dark. Timber Roach an Corkv tli'
Kid, # Ha erstown, hev mill might
'tlcut gloves. Gimme dollar an YOU
get tip whar's it's ter be, sah.-Judge
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
THANKsGIy,NG DAY.

Thanksgiving day is q United States
institution. but has no other geOgraph-
ical limitation. Up to the war period it
was provincial. mainly observed in New
England and tn sections that had their
conditions shaped by the ideas and Gus
toms of the land of the pilgrims, When
President LINCOLN first proclaimed it
national, it was not appreciated or ac-
cepted IN considerable portion of the
country. 1t has been making its way
since, however. and in no state now is
it treated as an Intruder or unwelcome.
The prevalent New England idea has
been to make it the peculiarly
family day of the year. If at
any time the scattered members
returned to the parental roof
it was on Thanksgiving. In a social
way it absorbed some of the features of
the Christmas of the world at large.
But there is room for it in the national
economy, and it is finding its value en-
HANGED as its records swell. A funda-
mental principle In the THANKSGIVING
philosophy is that good feeding contrib
utes TO the eXaltation of the moral as
well as physical departments. The les
sons it teaches are constantly settling
into the phlanthropic and ennobling
purposes of the age. The fact is be-
coming mere sensibly realized that the
material conditions must be first made
pleasant before any high advancement
is had. 1t is vastly easier to be
good and kindly on a full stomach
than in the midst of hunger and want.
1t is probable that in few communities
are there so few as IN this vino are I'M
able to realize the physical satisfaction
OF an unwonted table to-day, and it is
one of the factors in the best materiai-
cations of the spirit of the day that the
more fortunate are able to find those
whose enjoyment they can augment by
kindly effort. 1t must mar the SatiSfac-
tion of any one of generous blood in the
veins not to be able to light some hun
gersaddened face with the glow of
physical cheer. 1t is easy to be thank
fni this year without invoking spe-
cial aid from religious incentives.
This weather is worth large
piece of turkey as an inspira-
ton to gratitude. Some who are
infected with the political lymph
find particular incidents that pro-
mote cheerfulness. Others may be rea-
sonably thankful that it was the other
fellows who lost limbs or heads in rail-
road or other accidents. A young man
may realize his good fortune in not
coming in the line of the divorce court,
while another believes that the best
thing life affords has come into his dual
life. The catalogue of incidents that
should make this joyous and delight
fui day is as copious and varied as
human experience. Each should be
able to pick out fair assortment for
individual use.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
WANTED. AN ORGAN

1t is now in order for the ambitious
gentlemen at present engaged IN the task
Of rolling contest stone up hill for the
dubious pleasure of seeing it roll down
again, to jump into journalism and
start a personal Organ" At present
they are unhappily receiving no aid or
countenance from any journal in
Ramsey county. So far as their literary
bureau is concerned. it IS non est.
Newspapers are at times audacious.
some of them sychophantic, and a
few corrupt. But the case now pre-
sented by Attorney MUM ct al. ap-
pears too rank for the most hide-bound
Republican newspaper. Reporters for
republican papers fight shy of giving
the contestants aid, comfort. or even
furnishing them with the cheap taffv
If prophetic success. Editoriallv the
Republican papers are dumb, perhaps
from disgust, perhaps otherwise, but at
east for good cause.
And how is it with the laitv, the peo-
pie, the active business man? What
says voX populi? 1t requires but few
minutes conversation with the average
citizen of st. Paul TO discover his senti-
ments. They are by no means favora-
Die to MUM, BELL, FREANEY and
others. 1t must he admitted, to the dis
credit OF these contestants. that popular
opinion is strongly against this scheme
Oh contest, and popular opinion en-
braces the sentiments OF all three polit-
cal parties. The people have rights
which all defeated candidates should re-
spect. After giving one day TO regis
.ration, and portion of another to
voting. the average citizen desires to
cry truce 10 politics. In his mind the
present senile performance of Attorney
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
SPARKS AND FLASHES.

Under fre-The crate.
Brought to light-An after dinner CT
gar.
A measured tread-That of many feet.
Ar improbable tale is like plil-diffi-
cult to swallow.
you're hot one!'' as the hearth rug
said to the live coal.
In the midst of strife, yet never in
trouble or Quarrelsome-The letter I'll"
Those cotton cloths containing the
largest percentage of starch do not CON-
mand the sliffest prices.
Verify appearances are apt to be mis-
leading. The so-called .dyspepsia
cracker might readily be mistaken for
a dog biscuit.
The foot ball may be said to resemble
a grievance. That is, it affords the
players something to kick about.
A fashion item says: 'sVelvet collars
are considerably worn" so they are:
especially those of some of last years
overeoats.
Isn't woman absurdfy illogical if
she tells her husband he is an idiot. and
then asks him why he hasn't more
sense?
1t is one of the peculiarities of an old
plug" of horse. that ere he is fairly
started of, his driver must begin to urge
him on.
Who will venture to say woman is
not Infinitely the superior of man when
it comes to that, which, in the vernacu-
tIunk?"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
BEATEN BY MAGGIoLI.
Carter Fails to Win i'm the Denver
Contest

DENVER, Col. Nov. 26--The first Sc
ries of 500 points in the 1,5OO-point Il
inch balk line game of billiards between
Frank MaggiOli, the present champion,
and Eugene Carter. of Chicago, was
played at the Collander late last night.
1t resulted in an easy victory for the
Frenchman, who finished 1873 points
ahead Of his opponent from the Windy
City. The game was repiete with brill
liant plays. but was rather surprise,
as in practice Carter had always out
played his opponent. Both averages
were light, Maggioli scoring trifie
over seven, while Carter fell point be-
hind that. Forty-two was the highest
run made, which the Frenchman pulled
off. He clearly outpIayed Carter at all
points. Among the spectators were
Cation, of st. Louis; Charlie Colt. of
that city officiating as scorer. The
game is for a pulse of $500 Jointly Of
fered by the Brunswick-Ba COM
pany, and c. q. Beerson, a Denver
sporting man.