The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11
The News Condensed.
DOMESTIC.

embargo on Canadian cattle which has
been in operation for several years past
was denied.
w. &. MEGQUIER, aged 81 years, as
sistant cashier Of the First national
bank In Omaha, committed suicide
through fear OF becoming blind.
SIXTY buildings at La Porte, Mich,
were destroyed by fire.
DR. JEREMIAH s. Ii. A.LEYNE, one of
the Oldest practitioners in St Louis,
was found dead of apoplexy In bed at
his home.
MRS. DEAN MIX and her son Harry
were instantly killed by lightning
while standing in the doorway OF their
barn az Nashville. Mich.
THE dead body of Tom Brownlee, q
negro, was found staled down ia the
bed OF creek in Butts county, Ga
He was revenue informer and had
been murdered.
FOURTEEN hat manufacturers of Es-
sex county, n. j., representing an ag-
gregatc capital of 81, 500, 900, organized
a trust
A WIND aud hailstorm at GAINESVILLE,
Wis. did great damage.
THE exchanges ut the leading clear
ing houses In the United States during
the week ended or the Sd aggregated
81. 004, 1921, 1925, against 1905, $40. 1877 the
previous week The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week In
1894. was 1872.
MCCALL BROTHERS. hat manufacture
eTs at West Orange, n. J. failed for
$3.50, 000
AT least fifty two persons were be-
lieved TO have been killed in terrific
cyclone that passed through Sioux
county, Ia, from southwest TO north
east an hour before sunset on the Sd.
Half score OF prosperous little ham
lets were touched by the flying storm
and hundreds Of farms were laid
waste. The storm first struck the
ground some miles southwest of Sioux
Center. In the Coombs district. and
from there to Perkins. distance OF ~
TO IS miles, not building was left
standing in the path
THERE were 23l business failures In
the United States In the seven days
ended on the Sd, against ESQ the
week previous and 233 IN the CORE
spending time in 1894
DURING April the circulation of all
kinds of money in the United States In
creased si5, 249, 700, making the total in
circulation on May $1,000, 434, l54, or
S22.07 per capita. AS compared with
May l, 1894, the total circulation has
decreased 500, 100000.
DURiNa a tornado at ST. Joseph, Mo-,
many small buildings were blown To
pieces.
SETH STALLcUP, United States dep
rty marshal, and |. n. Taylor, old-time
enemies, metin duel at Sherer School
house in Cherokee county, n. c., and
both were killed.
The steamer George r. White, of
Seattle, was wrecked in gale in
Alaska and seventeen OF the crew were
either drowned or frozen to death.
The resignation of Charles Lyman,
of Connecticut, as a member of the
United States civil service commission
was In the hands of the president
THE barn of Mrs. Johanna Ryan, near
Dcimar, Ia, was struck by lightning
and thirty-s!x head of cattle and thir-
ty-cight sheep were killed by the
stroke.
Ep WEsrpacoz. an is-year-old negro,
who killed another negro in dispute
about dog, was hanged at Americas,
Ca.
THE Bank of Commerce at Newlxirls,
o. T., closed its doors
LIGHTNING killed the following per-
sons In Wisconsin: Joseph Anderla at
Kellnerville, Jasper Chlup at Lodi,
John Kitchenmeister at Seymour, and
Mrs Joseph Sutherland at York.
EDWARD BuRRouen, state road com
missioner OF New Jersey, fell dead
while delivering a speech at tho re-
union OF the Twenty-third New Jersey
regiment at Philadelphia.
BY the death Of Mrs Richard Smith
Philadelphia receives legacy Of over
81, 900 20 erect statues In Fairmount
park
GEORGE MILLS was hanged in the
courthouse yard at Raleigh, n. G., for
the murder last June OF his niece, lana
Kimberley,
POWDER mills blew up at south
Acton. Mass, killing five men.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
IN the National league for the week
ended on the sth were: Pittsburgh,
$50; Boston, .0o7; Cleveland. .o67;
Brooklyn, 1855; baltimore, .555; Chi
cago, 800; New York 500; Cincin-
natl. .4oe; Philadelphia, 400; Louis
vile. .s3a; Washington. $685. St Louis,
1907.
A FORREST fire destroyed Delivers
large sawmill, located near Ketner,
Pa, together with 10000 900 feet OF
lumber. an engine house, sixteen cars
oflumbcr and coal, eight dwellings, an
oil we'll and several thousand acres of
timber land.
Dunno tornado at St Charles, ILL.,,
Mrs Hattie Il. Church. G. II. Thomp-
son. Charles Anderson and his sister
were killed.
MARY y. STANLEY, 90 years old. died
IN Philadelphia from elephantiosis, the
disease having caused her weight TO
increase from 1870 70 600 pounds
A TERRIFIC wind and rain storm