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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
WHO GETS TIE CREDIT
RIVALRY BETWEEN SECRETARY
RUSK AND MR.. RHELPS.
The discussion II I'm Regard TO the
Attempts To Introduce American
Beef and Pork Into Germany.

Washington telegram: There may be
question of etiquette over the re-intro'
ductiou OF the American hog and beef into
Germany and n clash between Secretary
Rusk and Minister Phelps as 10 who Is en-
titled TO the credit OF the re.introduction.
There Is considerable amusement at the
agricultural department over some recent
cablegrams from Berlin saying that Minis.
ter Phelps was assisting in having Ameri-
can beef landed at Hamburg and was put
ting IL on his own table as n means OF in
Producing IL 10 German consumers. AS n
matter OF fact, these shipments we're be-
gun by the firm OF Nelson Morris OF Chi
cage about the first OF January last. so
that the transaction which has been cabled
is about three months old The Morris
shipment was due largely 10 the efforts OF
Secretary Rusk, who desired 10 see what
could be done toward getting American
beef into German ports. The Secretary
had the department of state request the
United States consul at Hamburg To make
n strong effort 10 get the leef admitted
without the usual red tape quarantine re.
strictions. Through the efforts OF the
consul the cattle were received quickly,
and the first shipment was an entire sue
cess before Minister Phelps knew any
thing about IT, The people OF the de-
partment think IL is rather late. for a
cablegram 20 announce how successful Mr.
Phelps has been in admitting this prcl.m.
mary shipment, when the Joint efforts OF
Secretary Rusk and tho Chicago shippers
secured the success some time ago
An application has been received Ivy
Secretary Rusk from Chicago firm for
inspection OF hogs designed for the export
trade under recent act OF Congress pro-
viding for such inspection. The regula-
tions for such inspection are already drawn
up so far as is necessary for compliance
with the requirements OF the law. In re-
ferring 20 this law and TO that which pro-
vides for the regulation by the Secretary
OF Agriculture OF the conditions OF cattle
carrying vessels, the firm declares that
these laws will help the farming and cat
t'e-raising interest beyond anything IL Is
now possible To estimate. Foreign coun-
tries, IL believes, will not take our animal
products for human food without inspec-
rion, and II Is persuaded that 10y these
two bills becoming law millions will he
saved 20 the country.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
Illinois state News.

Speaker Crafts has ammo need the
standing committees OF the house.
The following are the chairmen os
the principal committees; judiciary.
Dixon OF Lee; judicial department
and practice, Craig; corporations,
Quinn; railroads, EDDY; appropria-
tions, wilson; revenue, Coclrel; banks
and banding, Mclnerny; agriculture,
Moore building loan, and homestead
associations. O'Donnell; insurance. Don.
nelly; librarian, Coin; enrolled and en-
crossed bills, May; Worlds Columbian
exposition. Sterrell; congrossiona appor.
tionments, Springer. senatorial app1rtion.
ments, Hunter OK Knox; judi ial appor
tionmenis, Ferns
The nominations OF Isaac y. Phillips of
Bloomington. John r. " heller Of Chicago
and John II. Tanner OF Louisville as rail
road and warehouse commits, toner's were
~ omptly confirmed by the senate. The
nominations were acted ON together and
o opposition was manifested; Ia fact. no
negative votes were recorded. Mr.
Manecke and one other Democrats Sena.
tor refrained from voting The new board
met and organized by electing Mr.. Philips
as Chairman and James II. Paddock as
Secretary.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
MURDER AND ARSON.
Fate Of "A Merchant nj Franklin, Pa.
-Fire at Detroit, minn.

At Franklin, Pennsy lvania, the resi-
dence OF n. r. Tobin, leading merchant
tai or was destroyed by fire in the morning
and q g remains OF Mr.. Tobin were found
in the debris. The body was found in a
crouched position in the parlor, thu head
resting in pool OF blood, with finger
marks IN his throat and every indication
tuat he was murdered. Burglars tools
were found about the place and he prob
ably discovered them at work. He was
man OF enormous physical strength, and
theory points 20 several tramps, who have
been arrested.
Two years ago great sensation was
caused by the finding OF the dead body Of
Mr.. Tobins daughter, Mary, in the water
off Long Island sound near Clifton, and the
mystery surrounding her violent death has
never been cleared away.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
DEATH AND PANIC IN A FIRE.
Blaze I'm "a New York Tenement House
Occupied by Twenty-Five Families.

In New York City two lives were
lost and twenty-five families made
homeless by fire which Quilted the
six.story double tenement at 2l5 East
Twenty ninth street. The dead are Peter
Cryan, aged 80, and his sister, Mary Cry
an. aged B.
Fright and confusion prevailed among
the tenants in the house, who ran blindly
hither and thither in their efforts 10
escape.
The fire was extinguished about y. m,
and then Battalion Chief Fisher and Capt.
Nugent began 20 search the rooms in the
burned building, aud on the top floor they
found the two bodies. Death was caused
by suffocation. From the agonized ex-
preston on both faces II was evident that
death was attended with the greatest
torture. The bodies were carried out on
the street and in a wagon 20 the morgue,
where they were placed in pine collins be-
side that OF Wright, the Aston house
suicide.
Mrs. Mary Reilly in trying 20 get out
had her limbs slightly burned and was
driven back. The cause of the fire is not
known. The loss Is s., 800
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
ALLISON AND THE ITALIANS.
The Iowa senator Denies nm Alleged
Interview.

A Dubuque, Iowa, special says While In
New Orleans the other day Senator Ali
son wa seen by an Associated Press re-
porter, who telegraphed that the Senator
had strongly denounced the killing OF the
Italians, and he asserted that the evil
dence brought out on the trial was not
strong enough TO convict them. Senator
Allison reached his home in this city TO.
day, and TO n correspondent he cmphat-
ically denied the statement, saying that
so far ms he could learn hut two OF the
slaughtered Italians were known 90 Ice
guilty He said the United States could
not be held liable for indemnity.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
THIRTY YEARS FOR MURDER.
Young Murdercrs at Oqunwka, III,
s.snteneed tor That Term.

Barnum and William Brown were SEN
fenced 70 thirty years in the penitentiary
for the murder OF their brother In :
law, George Holly, at Harper's Mills
Henderson county, III, Dec. /, 1890. Holy
had III. treated his wife, IL was claimed,
and she finally left him, and going TO
her home told her brothers, Bar
mum and William Brown, 10 go
back for her things. Barnum took his
shotgun and the boys started for Holly s
house Upon their arrival Holly ordered
them of his premises and attacked them
with an axe. Barnum, young man OF
20, then deliberately discharged his gun
into Holly's breast killing him instantly.
The boys came 10 Oquawka and gave
themselves up, claiming the deed was done
in self defense. The trial lasted nearly
two weeks. The main evidence for the
State was given by young boy named
Olaf Brown, who was AN eye witness OF
the tragedy unknown to the perpetrators
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

Being White Man Failed TO FREQ
Him Before a Georgia Court.


Atlanta, Ga, telegram: The convic-
ton OF white man OF assault upon a
colored girl for which the penalty il
death. was the feature o., Mondays SEES.
sion OF the Newton Superior court. Miss
Leila Aiken is "A comedy mulatto girl,
who had been teaching colored school
In the country. IL was her custom TO
walk from home TO the school three
miles distant. Cne day In the latter
part of last year she was over
taken 10y Road Commissioner
Seaborn Smith, who asked her 10 ride In
his buggy, which she did He drove rap
idly TO "A secluded spot where he assaulted
her, and threatened 10 kin her IL she told.
The discovery OF the crime melted the
negroes TO lynch law, from which they
were restrained by the promise OF lead
ing citizens that the Newton county court
would do justice. While I'm Jail Smith
confessed TO some fellow. prisoners az well
as TO the sheriff. When the trial began,
tie prisoner relied 10 great extent upon
his immunity as white man, but IL did
not serve his purpose The jury brought
In "A verdict without the recommended
TO mercy, which under the Georgia law,
saves culprit's neck. Smith win be
sentenced 90 death.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

Madison, Wis, telegram: The House
consumed It's time considering the bill
prohibiting the snle of cigarettes, toba co,
cigars and narcotics Co minors After
voting down various amendments and
agreeing 10 others, II then passed sub
stitute measure which makes IL unlawful
20 sell any person opium. morphine, or
other narcotics without physicians GER
tificate. and also makes II unla wful for "A
tobacco dealer 20 sell Go "A minor after be-
ing forbidden by the parent or guardian
OF said IN inor.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
# MEANS CHEAPER SALT.
~. Clair Wen Break Up the Michigan
Combination.

The Michigan Salt association, which
has nourished many years and the
tramifcations OF which have extenl-
ed TO Illinois Missouri, and Ohio,
will cease 60 exist with tie present
month. a final meeting OF members OF
the association was held here, az which
committees appointed several weeks ago
20 induce 9a per cent OF the manufactur-
ers OF the state 10 enter into an agree.
mcnt looking toward reorganization OF
the association reported adversely. and
n resolution TO allow the corporation
20 expire by Limitation was adopted
The rock on which the manufacturers
split was the absolute refusal OF
the 81. Clair men 90 become parties TO the
association, and the Manistee people pro.
testing on the subject OF dinerential
freights An organization 60 be known
as the Michigan Salt company was formed
with n capital stock OF s2O0 900, but only
thirty one firms ON Saginaw river became
members Of H. Manistee will also form
an association and other individual man
ufncturers in the State will buy and sell
In the open market. This will result In a
commercial war and the crippling OF the
ind ustry In the State.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

PRINCE NAPOLEON ('PLoS-pLoN.D
thide, Princess Letitin. and Prince Victor
They were met at the station by the Duke
of Genoa Count Turin, aud n large body
OF court officials The body was placed on
n gun. carriage, heavily drnped, and es-
corted by battalion OF infantry as a
guard of honor, with the band playing
dirges, and a line OF forty coaches carry
ing the distinguished company, was con
veyed 10 the church OF La Superga, where
solemn mass was celebrated AZ its
conclusion the cortege was ngein formed
and made It's way TO the cemetery known
as Calvary where the body was depos.
tied with the services of the Roman Cath.
Ollie church In a special vault. The utmost
respect was shown by the population OF
Turin 90 the funeral party and decorations
were observed in some quarters. Prince
Jerome's win has been made public. IL
constitutes Prince Louis the universal
legatee and his successor He is also di-
recte1 10 supervise the funeral arrange.
ments. Princess Letitia Ia given an equal
share with her brothers i'm the estate.
Prince Nictcr Is not mentioned In the will
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

a Washington special says; The memory
OF the distinguished Indian fighter. Gen
Crook, has been further honored by the
PRONUNCIATION OF general order from the
War Department designating tho new mill
tary post at Omaha, Neb., Fort Crook
This IL In accordance with provision In
the recent Sundry Civil act limiting the
cost for the construction OF the post TO
$500, 900 and requiring IL 20 be 20 named.
This il the first time for many years that
Congress has named post: this IL a mat
ter usually left 20 the Pres dent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

the Wa department..
His resignation will
make the irst break
in President Harri .
sous Cabin { except
tnar which occurred
throu h the death OF
Secretary Window
The news will lie n
great surprise 20 the
count y and 10 on
cial people outside OF
n MAJ rov circle. Mr.
Proctor has had
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

enough OF Cabinet SECRETARY rKot TOR.
life His dista,te for more Of IL was in.
timated when he made known Go the
President that he did not care 60 bc
transferred 60 the Treasury department
His willingness Go quit has been empha.
sized since Congress adjourned. He IL
not going out Of politics entirely. for in
due time IL II expected he will come 60 the
Senate from Vermont.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
They auarreIed Abou, a Dou.

In a quarrel over dog at Milledge-
vile, Florida, Joe Tucker was sho.
through the head i've times with Win.
chester rife by M. Ennis and instantly
killed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28

A man jumped over Niagara Falls al
Prospect Point. He came from the West
An the morning. and had ticket foi
New York via the West Shore railroad.
He was about "a years OF age. lie was
eood-looking and well-drcssed and weighed
about 100 pounds. He had the appear
ance OF frenchman and spoke In broken
English.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
PRINCE NAPOLEON BURIED.


The body Of Prince Napoleon arrived at
Turin, Italy, accompanied by frin ,ess Clio
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-28
PROCTOR WILL RESIGN.
re T. Tired OF the Pos, oil secretary
NJ var

a Wa hinston special says Secretary
4 edfcld Proctor Is eo.ns 20 fcn.n from
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-03-14
ENJHIN LIFE.

Thar's some folks have idee that life can't
be enjyed
Unless ye have a fortune and a famous name
beside.
They say thar's no accountin', for tastes are
often queer,
But I, somehow Or uther. enjye jest bein' here.
hat and cane
And cross the deacon's meadow and saunter
down the lane;
The birds all singin'. and when the
breeZes blow
The blossoms fall around me, Jest like the
winters snow.
The mornin' wind is bracin' and seems to do
me good
So fragrant-lke and spicy, when blowin'
from the wood.
Oft in the summer evens / sit down by the
mill
And listen to the plinkin' of banjos on the
hill;
And If get to noddin Pm akened from the
trance
BY faint notes of fiddle or echoes of dance.
Then In the winter eyen's we gather round
the fire,
Thar's me and Jones and Oakley, the deacon
and the squire,
And each one tells his story, of how he's
lived his day
While sleighs with bells a ringIn' sound near
and far away.
Now, these are my ejyments, and perhaps ye
think I'm queer
But, ], somehow or uther, enjye just bein'
here.
i H. Knowles, Pittsburg Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-03-14
Some Clever Conundrums.

Why is crow like lawyer? He
likes to have his caws heard.
What are the many wrinkles in a
merchants forehead2 Trade marks.
What is the proper length of ladies'
crinoine? A little above two feet
Do you know the soldiers definition
to kiss? A report at headquarters.
Which travels fastest, heat or cold?
Heat; because you can easily catch
cold.
When > man muff? When he
holds lady's hand without squeez.
ing it,
Why don't the American girl like the
English dude? The Yankee dude'll do.
Why is dead hen better than live
one? She will lay wherever you put
her.
Why was Blackstone like an Irish
vegetable1 Because he was common
tatur.
Why don't they charge policemen on
the horse cars2 Because they can't get
nickel out of copper.
What's the difference between a
mouse and a young lady2 One wishes
to harm the cheese, the other to charm
the he's.
What is the difference between homi-
eide and pig sticking? One is assault
with intent to kill, the other kill with
intent to salt.
Why are two young ladies kissing
each other an emblem of Christianity?
Because they are doing unto each other
as they would men should do unto
them.
Why are ladies so wicked? Because
they not only bone their stays, and steel
their petticoats, but they positively crib
their babies, and hook each others
dresses
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-03-14
Sir Edwin Arnol DIS House In Toxic.

SlE Eu"ln ArnOl as Mouse In TOXIC
If name my garden at Azabu among
the scenes ever to be remembered in
Japan, it is because it was typical of
city residence there, as we'll as being
really pretty spot, and full of things
Japenese. Provided with an outer as
we'll as an inner range of sliding shoj,
we could make it warm in the winter as
we'll as cool in the summer, although
the outer plass (amado) would certainly
rattle great deal in stormy wind or
an earthquake, this latter phenomenon
occurring pretty frequently. A Japan
ese house is really healthy as well as
comfortable. Being built not in the soil,
as with us, but above it, freely venti-
lated by the airiness inseparable from
its construction, and being entered only
with bare or stockinged feet it is always
sweet and clean The tatami, the mats,
of such an abode remain so free from
dust or dirt that the delicate silks or
muslins of their kimonos are laid upon
the floor by Japanese ladies without the
least fear of soiling them. Cheap to
build, beautiful i'll appearance, spotlessly
pure, and, with proper arrangements,
eminently salubrious, the Japanese
domicile seems to me entirely admirable,
and in almost all its good qualities rich
and poor share alike. The palace of the
emperor and the hut of the Kurum-
aman are practically on the same plan,
and even in the smallest tenements I
have seen apartments SO clean, so neat,
SO bright, and so charming that they
might have been boudoirs for the en-
press instead of the back room of a mat
makers or carpenters abode.-[Edwin
Arnold, in Scribner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-03-14
THE STARS IN INDIA.
What the Natives Think of Venus, the
Sun, and Others.

sum- anu otHerS.
Mrs. King, an English lady in India,
was talking with some of the natives
one evening about the stars. Venus was
just rising, and they said that was Suk-
kar and that lie would not let any more
rain fall. Ireminded them, she relates,
that he was looking over the mountain
lately, when that fearful three days
rain fell. Yes, they said, when first he
comes there is heavy rain, and after that
he puts a stop to it The planet in the
west is his brother, and one Of them is
always in attendance on the sun, not al
ways the same, but turn and lnrn about.
They say there are 12 surs, brothers,
who shine each for month. l asked
how they knew the suns were not the
same, as they looked so much alike.
They said it was easy to know they
were not the same. "Some are the elder
brothers, and much stronger than the
others-so strong that they can kill men.
But this month we have young sun
brother, and next month still younger
one, and then the two youngest, who
are so weak that they can hardly even
melt the snow."
l asked them what became of the sun
brothers who were off duty. They said
they supposed they were at their own
home, but did not know where that
might be-
AS to the fixed stars, they did not
have any great opinion of them. They
said their names were all written in the
Brahmin's books and some were bigger,
some smaller; just like the sahibs, who
were some generals, some judges, others
captains, and small sahibs-and who
could remember their names?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-03-14
A FRENCHMAN's QUEER IDEA.
He Proposes to Drop People Safely From
the Eitfel Tower.

He Proposes to Drop People Safely From
the EitfeI Tower.
A French inventor, having in mind
people who dote upon the particular
sensation that one feels on a high swing,
on the edge of steep declivities or in any
place where there is rapid descent,
proposes to give to the public the feel
ing of a vertical fall of several hundred
meters into space To him jump from
the top of the highest steepIe is mere
bagatelle; it requires the height of the
Etfel Tower to satisfy his ambition. 1t
Is in one word a question of letting
amateurs fall distance of 800 meters
and giving them back safe to their fami-
lies. At the end of 140 meters of fall
the rate of descent of this new species
of tourist will be 40 meters second; at
the end of 200 meters it will be 65 meters
per second; at the end of 800 meters it
will be II meters per second. The most
rapid railroad trains make about 80
meters per second. Never, then, has
the human race experienced so high a
speed as that proposed.
1t is always easy enough to fall 300
meters, but it is not so easy to pick ones
self up safe and sound This is the
scheme of the inventor. He builds
cage similar in shape to shell for
cannon. In the body of the shell is a
large space, having diameter of three
meters and height of four meters,
with room to hold Is persons comforta-
bly, seated in arm chairs The floor is
mattress having springs 80 centimeters
high. Beneath, and forming the point
of the shell, is series Of cones inclosed
one within another. The total height of
the cage is 10 meters; its weight four
tons. From the top of tower one can
let this gigantic shell fall with its load
without injury TO any of the occupants.
Where it strikes the inventor has
followed out a large basin filled with
water, shaped like the bowl of cham
pagne glass. The shell is received in
this soft cushion and displaces about 80
tons of water. The shock that the
voyagers would otherwise feel is by this
means entirely deadened- The buoy
ancy of the shell causes it to rise to the
surface and the bold experimenters can
then get out The shell is then to be
lifted up by an elevator to the topof the
tower, where everything is ready to be-
gin again. The price for this venture
some journey is already fixed at 20f.
person. This might be recommended
as new idea to the directors of the
Chicago exposition. L New York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-03-14
FRosTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, MARCH H. 1891.

are by no means confined to the South
ern negroes, who assumed names at
choice after the emancipation.
One day census clerk turned to his
neighbor, remarking: II thought An
drew johnson was dead, but here he is
census enumerator in east Tennessee +"
"1ha : nothing, was the repv. Il
found George Washington a little while
ago, and | had heard he W as dead. He
lives in Westmoreland county, Virginia,
is blind in one eye, and has chronic
rheumatism.
Andrew Jackson lives in Iowa; John
Quincy Adams, at Creek Center, N. Y;
Zachary Taylor, at Henrne, Texas;
Thomas Jefferson, Stafford COUNTY, Vir-
ginia; Daniel Webster, Beaufort, S. c.;
John c. Calhoun, in West Virginia;
Charles Summer, in Mississippi and
Georgia-both rheumatic, and Henry
Clay suffers with rheumatism in Jes-
samine county, KY. One of the clerks
said Clay was a ghost, for he saw his
funeral here, and ghosts can not have
rheumatism, because they don't have
any thing to have it in.
An enumerator in Western city
wrote a confidential letter to Superin
tendent Porter telling of one experience
he had.
"'Have you disease or disability l
asked him, " writes the enumerator.
eyes, said he, my sight is bad; l
was wounded in the left arm once, in
the left side once, and once in the right
knee, in the army; have chronic rheu
matism all the time; am subject to
neuralgia pains in my ears and jaw, and
my lung is affected
GOOD gracious!' asked him, any
thing else?'
He said there was nothing more he
could think of then, but his wife spoke
up and said he had total depravity, and
had it bad,' and she insisted that put
it down, too.