The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-06-29

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By the explosion Of steam-valve in
the whaleback steamer Christopher Co
lumbus of Wnukcgan, ILL.,. two men
were killed and twelve others were in
jured.
ALL the saloons In New York city
were closed on Sunday by order of
President Roosevelt Of the police
board
JosEPH COLLINS and three brothers
named Brent were killed by an explo-
sion of boiler In Moses sawmill ut
Spring Hill. Ark.
Two THOUSAND kegs Of giant powder
stored In Fishers mills at Krebb's Sta
ton. Pa, exploded. destroying several
buildings, some mile distant.
BY the breaking OF wheel on q
Dartmouth and Wcstport Mass street
railway car thirty persons were badly
injured.
CLAUDE ID. SANFORD rode o. miles on
his bicycle at Northport, l.. l., and
then dropped dead
HARVEY III. NOBLE and Fred Joslin
were drowned in the Illinois river OPP
posite Peoria, Ill, by the capsizing Of
boat.
ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN made new
worlds bicycle record at Pittsburgh,
Pa, by covering a mile in two minutes
on quarter-mile track.
PRIvATE ALFRED MArrHEY, Of the
United States army, bearing dispatches
from Gen. Miles at Fort hamilton, n.
Y. to Gen. Wesley Merritt at Chicago.
arrived In the latter city, having made
the trip OF over 200 miles by bicycle
in 10 days, hours and As minutes.
TUE visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the Path was: Wheat,
1925. 900 bushels; corn. 0,490, 600 bush
els; oats, 100000 bushels; rye, 1877
600 bushels; barley. 10000 bushels.
john OsBoRS, Son & Co.. dealers in
wines in New York, failed for 81 $780,
600.
SPEcKER Bros. & Co., wholesale dry
goods dealers at Cincinnati, failed for
$500, 200.
A CYCLONE near greensboro, KY, de-
stroyed trees. crops and houses ia
path nearly mile wide.
A DRY lake bed at Red Lake, S. d.,
containing $500 acres, was filed with
water to the depth of s inches by
cloudbnrst.
ANTON METzGAR, aged 81, a rcputed
anarchist ut Allegheny, Pa. COM
mitted suicide by placing bomb in
his ear and touching It off. The whole
side of his head was blown Off
IN the 4-milo college boat race at
Poughl<eepsie. N. y. Columbia de-
feated Cornell and Pennsylvania. maxi
ing the distance in FL minutes and 25
seconds.
A NUMBER of barns were wrecked
and horses killed by tornado near
Albert Lea, MINI.
SEYMOUR KEENER killed his two cous-
ms. Lille and Laura Moore. near Tai
lulah Falls. Ga. Keener was rejected
by Lille and he said he would kill
both his cousins
TIE five children Of William Cass
died Of diphtheria within "A week ut
their home in Grinnell. Ia.
The family of Gustav Kunz, Of Arens-
Vile, ILL.,. contracted anthrax from eat
ing OF diseased meat aud the mother
and four children died.
GRoBGE q. BoorH, OF Detroit, Mich.
purchased and Immediately assumed
control of the Chicago Mail.
JoHN FRYE, dissolute young white
man. was lynched at Gretna, La, BY
mob for burning the cabins of colored
people.
AeIAAS, Al attorney and - =
collector at Spring Valley, Mimi, wos
missing and was said TO be short $40, 900.
THE cruiser Atlanta was under orders
TO leave New York harbor TO enforce
the neutrality laws In Cuban waterss
THE will of Gen. Walter Q. Gresham,
late secretary OF state, was admitted
10 probate in Chicago The entire es-
tate, valued at ISL, 900. is left to Mrs.
Gresham.
MASS MEETING was held In the Old
South Westinghouse, Boston. TO begin
campaign 10 secure 100000 sigma
lures TO petition for new govern
ment for Armenia.
CTS LoEB aud wife. formerly Of Bar
louisville. Ky. were robbed and MUIR
dered by band of outlaws in Hardin
county.
SEVEN negroes were arrested at San
Antonio, Tex, charged with train
WttNhihks
THE Illinois Legislature convened In
special session at Springfield.
Gov. MORTON pardoncd Mary Druse,
who was serving life sentence IN Au-
burn, n. ", for the murder OF her
father In HerlSimcr county ten years
ago. Her mother was hanged as the
principal ia the crime.
JoES MQLvAR vas hanged at Column
bus, 0. Moinar and two other Hum
qar.uns killed Daniel Gehring at Cleve-
land because Gchring objected to Mol
ner marrying his daughter.
a rREuHT train was derailed near
Aiken, 81 c., and brakeman Hugh
Weatherford, Fireman Cherry and AL
bert Brown, negro, were killed.
BUSINESS men from nearly all OF the
river towns between Minneapolis and
New Orleans met IN the Minnesota city
70 discuss the project OF opening the
Mississippi for navigation mp to the
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