The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-20
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC.

Hre in Boston TWO men leaped tc
death and two others were fatally
hurt
FIVE men were killed, two fatally
hurt and several more seriously burned
by boiler explosion At Shamokin. Pa.
CoRBETT and Fitzsimmons signed ar
ticles 20 fight after July 1, 1895, al
Jacksonville, Fla. for a purse Of SAL.
900 and $4,000 side.
THE steamer Hartford went upon
the rocks near Woodville. n. Y, and
Capt. O'Toole and his crew Of six men
were lost.
MAJ. GEN. ScHoFIELD, in his annual
report TO the secretary OF war, asks
for an increase in the national forces,
says state troops are not enough and
that the government should be all.
powerful against uprisings.
Ina pacing race between Robert j.
and Joe Patchen at Sioux City, Ia,
the former won three straight heats,
making the last one in 2:03Js.
AT the annual session in Evansville,
Ind, of the American Humane So
ciety j. j. Shortall, OF Chicago, was
reelected president.
JULIus LIcHTENBERG, Detroit school
inspector indicted for receiving a
bride, shot himself fatally.
j. j. +. ODELI., OF Chicago, was elect
ed president Of the American Bankers
association in session at Baltimore
NATHAN GREEN. Ellsworth McAfee
and William Green persisted in burn
ing hay NOW in Mercer county.
FURIOUS gales swept Lake Erie and
lower Lake Huron, disabling several
large boats and injuring a number Of
sailors.
CHARLES Il. ALLEN, alias Harry Con-
way, leader OF a gang OF bank swind-
1ers, was arrested in Chicago and con-
fessed his crimes.
OFFICIAL estimates OF the wheat
crop in Ohio place IL at 30, SO, 433 bush
els, the largest in the states history.
THE First national bank of Kearney,
Neb., suspended because unable to
make collections.
On account of the failure of the corn
crop all the hogs in Nebraska were
being shipped into states where feed
can be secured
The exchanges Mt the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggre-
gated S927, 42S, ST., against 5000, $50, 127
the previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1898, was 80
NEGRO Catholics, In national conven-
tion at Baltimore, petitioned the pres
ident to protect colored men.
THE report OF Commissioner OF PEN
mons Iochren for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1894, shows that the number
OF pensioners on the rolls at that time
was 059,5l4 The amount paid for pen
sions during the year was $3.50, sO4, i6l,
leaving a balance in the treasury OF
ee5,9o5, 7l3 of the appropriation.
THERE were 231 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 2l0 the week
previous and 393 in the correspond
ing time in 1898,
oNLlSE paced an exhibition mile az
Sioux City, Ia, in 2:Ol, lowering his
own worlds record OF 2:07li.
The striking spinners at Fall River
Mass, voted TO accept reduction OF
10 per cent and return 10 work.
PRoF DAVID SwING's death ends the
organization in Chicago OF the Central
church. No successor will be named.
Gov. MITCHELL says he will convene
the Florida legislature II necessary TO
prevent the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight
in that state.
A LABOR parliament viii be held in
Chicago on November 10, az which the
relations OF labor and capital will be
discussed by leading thinkers from all
standpoints with view 60 lettering
present conditions.
The schooner Sea Foam capsized at
Shears, in the Delaware bay, and the
captain and crew OF five men persisted.
DECEMBER wheat sold down 70 5Gk
cents in New York, the lowest price in
the history Of the market there.
The Buffalo county national bank at
Kearney, Ncb., closed rs doors
SEWN masked robbers held up fast
mail train near Quantico. Va, and
rified the express car and mail pouches,
securing probably $50 900.
FURTHER adyices state that the two
bandits who robbed the Overland ex-
press near Sacramento, Cal, secured
between SO, 600 and SD, 600
Wholesale groccrs OF Chicago are
leaders In n revolt against the sugar
trust which Is spreading over the en-
tire country.
TnE viii OF Richard smith, the
wealthy typefoundcr. leaves more than
81 900, 600 20 the city OF Philadelphia
G.. w. Howard. vice president OF the
American Railway union, had his
pocket picked In Chicago OF book
containing forty railroad passes
TIM federal grand jury az Madison,
Wis, found indictments against fifty
eight persons charged with stealing
land.
ARMED tramps took possession OF
freight train In Ohio and terrorized
the crew and passengers for an hour.
OSCAR MoRToN, wealthy resident OF
Stanton, KY, shot and killed Sheriff
William Simms as the result OF an old
feud A mob took Morton from Jail
and hanged him