The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26


was said 10 be defanlter TO the extent
Of SiOO. 900.
AN active volcano was said 10 be I'm a
state Of eruption in tie Olympic noun
tains. south Of Port Townsend, Wash.
Ar the final session in Washington Of
the American association of weather
service chiefs II. II. G. Dunwoody, Of
Washington. was elected president.
WILLIAM BLAKE, sentenced tolifc inn
prisonment at Hampton, $. c., for muir
der, was taken from the sheriff by a
mob and hanged.
Ar Greeley, Col. a negro named Bob
Marshall was treated 10 coat OF tar
and feathers for abusing Gov. McIn-
tyre aud ordered TO quit the town.
TIM Michigan grand lodge OF odd
fellows In session at Lansing decided
that no saloonkeeper, bartender or
gambler would be allowed 10 join the
order after January next.
THE Empire Cordage company's
works at Champaign, Ill, were burned,
the estimated loss being 100000.
THE American Bankers's association
closed its annual meeting IN Atlanta,
Ca, after electing T.. III. Pullen, of New
York, president.
THE national road parliament, the
greatest gathering ever held in this
country for the agitation of the good
roads question, met in Atlanta, Ga.
A PARDON was granted by the presi-
dent TO George M. Van Leuven, SEN
tenced'in Iowa 70 imprisonment for two
years and 81 900 fine for violation Of the
pension laws.
TOMMY BRIrToN broke the worlds
2-year-old race record at Lexington,
Ky. trotting mile in 1854.
Mrs. CARL HUBERcH and her daugh-
ter Bertha, aged 10, were killed near
Fremont, o., by being thrown from
buggy by a runaway horse.
The annual report OF the surgeon
general OF the army for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1895, shows gratifying
record as regards the health of the
army for the calendar year Of 1894. The
prevalence of alcoholism in the army
continues to decline.
TnE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses In the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
81 ,101, 032 1902, against 81, 1854, 800, 7G2 the
previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week In
1894, was 2l.9.
AFTER four days of festivities the
Fort Wayne und.) centennial celebra-
tion closed with display of fireworks.
THE village of Manchester, o., was
nearly wiped out by fire, the total loss
being over $1,000
FouR blocks of the business portion
OF Creole. Col, were burned, causing
loss of $4,000.
The firms OF Kuttnauer, Rosenfeld &
Co, wholesale clothing dealers, aud |
Louis Kuttnaucr s. Co., wholesale to-
bacco dealers, failed in Detroit, Mich, |
with total liabilities OF 5000, 900.
The Union Veteran Legion in ses-
sion ct Buffalo, n. Y, elected Col.
George G, james, of Cincinnati, nation
al commander.
TIE time for the meeting between
fitzsinmons and Corbett was post |
poned. but TO what date was not an
nounced.
SEVERAL buildings, including rico
mill, were burned at New Orleans. tho |
loss being 100000.
THE sawmill Of the Il. w. BaclSus
Lumber company at Minneapolis was |
burned, the loss being $125,000.
THERE were 263 business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended ON the 18TH against POS the week |
previous and 253 In the corresponding |
time In 1894
THOMAS ST. CLAIR and Hans Hansen |
were hanged at San Quentin, Cal, for
killing Nate Fitzgerald.
THK twenty second annual conven-
tion OF the National Woman's Christian |
Temperance union began at Baltimore. |
FINE In mine az Franklin, WASH, |
caused the death of John H. Clover, $. |
w. Smallcy, John Adams and James |
Stafford.
TnE pay-car on the Grand Rapids & |
Indiana railroad was wrecked near |
Ceylon, Ind and William Brown. |
James Gibson and John Matott were
killed and several others were injured. |
a. }. MILLER, ex-mayor, and Henry |
Clay, "A prominent business man, were |
drowned Ia the river near Canton, Mo. /
The battleship Indiana made her
official speed trial run over the gov
eminent ocean course at Cape Ann |
and showed an average speed OF 1851 |
knots per hour
THE National Society Of the Dangh- |
tiers Of the American Revolution met at
Atlanta, Ga.
Three men, Fred Awe, Sr.. Fred !
Awe, Ir., and John Schmidts while !
digging a well In milwaukee, were suf-
located by gas
A onnAr prairie FIRE swept along the
Minnesota river near Rothsay, Mimi.
destroying thousands of tons Of hay,
several houses, barns and Ernnarics
MoRnIs ScnoESuoIz, noted firc-bug.
was sentenced in New York TO forty
eight years in states prison.
DURING row nt colorcd cake walk /
near Mocrcstown. n. D.. James Ilag.
perty, a negro, fatally shot Charles Nc
KIM Mrs. Silas Vessels. George Whit
'fnIfpr and Charles Wifnnn Some ono /