The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-06-13


Trees were uprooted In the southern
portion of Chicago. cellars flooded and
lawns, gardens and streets damaged by
a terrific rain and windstorm.
NJ. j. Atkinson. OF Cleer Lake, Yer
non Gait. of Albert Lea, and Roy G.
Slosson. of Northwood, were drowned
at Nora Springs. Ia. while bathing.
They were all members Of the senior
class OF the Nora Springs seminary.
Sidney j. Farver, well.known plant
er, and four mules, were struck by light
ming and instantly killed near Duson,
La, and Adam Hoffpauer and another
man were fatally injured.
A storm which swept over south
western Minnesota resulted In the kill
ing Of four persons. the drowning of
many hundreds Of sheep. cattle and
hogs, and did damage to property to
the extent of over 100000.
Cullen and Robert Wilson and Carl
Fry. all aged about IL, sons of prom
incnt farmers. were drowned near
Mnrengo, Ia. by the caving in of
river bank.
Four boys were drowned at Leaven-
worth. Kan, during a cloudburst Two
were sons of Michael Desmond, a con-
tractor, and the other two were sons
of Dennis Cummings.
While temporary insane Mrs. Hannah
Kocl, the wife of bricllayer, drowned
her two-year-old daughter and then
drowned herself in Chicago.
John w. Hay, assistant editor OF the
Journal of Commerce in San Francisco,
was shot and killed by Mrs. Nina Mac
dougall, with whom he had been living,
and the woman then killed herself.
While attempting to arrest band of
whisky peddlers in the Usage nation in
Oklahoma Marshal c. N. Digger and
Deputy Marshal j. Boyle were killed.
A tornado struck Mexico, Mo-, causing
destruction TO houses, barns. trees and
crops.
William Gay was hanged Mt Helena.
Mont, for the murder of William MaclSe
in 1899. He protested his innocence to
the last.
An unknown man. supposed to hail
from Buffalo. lost his life by going over
the falls at Niagara Falls, n. Y.
The visible supply of grain in the
United Stutes on the sth was: Wheat
80, 147, 900 bushels; corn, 0.s67 900 bush
els; oats, $4,000 bushels; rye, 1,545,'
600 bushels; barley, s02. 900 bushels.
The 2sth national sangerfest OF the
North American Sangcrbund was for.
mally opened at Pittsburgh.
Later advices from the recent storm
In Nebraska say that scores of low
living farms were flooded, thousands of
dollars worth OF live stock, farming
implements. etc. were swept away and
one OF the pretticst and richest valleys
in Nebraska was scene OF destruc-
uon and desolation.
An explosion at cement works near
Kingston, n. Y, killed three men and
fatally injured three other men.
The fire loss Of the United States and
Canada for the month of May shows a
total of 900, against S7,7Gi $50 in
May, 1895. The total loss for the first
Ave months OF the year Is SIS $685. 800,
against $50. 274 600 during the same time
in 1895.
Over f2, 900 children carried the Amer
lean flag in the parade at Cincinnati
that opened the golden jubilee COM
memorating the 50th anniversary of the
ordination of Archbishop Elder as
priest.
A wind and rainstorm at Newark. n.
j., and vicinity did damage amounting
10 S150.000.
It was said that c. w. Fairbanks, of
indianapolis. would be made temporary
chairman os the national republican
convention ut ST. Louis, and that John
NJ. Thurston, Of Nebraska, would be per-
manent chairman.
In breach OF promise suit IT Mexico,
Mo-, Miss Emma Sexton was awarded
verdict for $4,000 damages against
James Lyons.
The family, six in number, of Thomas
Thomas, of Fayette county. Ind, were
dying from the effects of eating Ice
cream in which IL was thought poison
had been placed.
The town OF Wyeth City, Ala, con-
tanning 300 inhabitants, was swept away
by n cyclone and two persons were killed
and Is wounded, six OF the latter
fatally.
Lake City. mountain village in Cali
fornia, was nearly destroyed by wa
terspout. No lives were lost.
Secretary Carlisle In his reply to the
subcommittee OF the senate finance com
mittee charged with the investigation
OF the sale OF United States bonds dur
ing the years 1894. 1895 and 1896 says
that foreign investors became uneasy
regarding our ability to pay In gold and
bonds were necessary to maintain our
credit.
BY the fall OF balcony at Ottawa,
Kan, so persons were injured, some
probably fatally.
One hundred and eighty cans Of dyna-
mite exploded about mile below Lilly,
Pa. and one man was killed and six IA
tally injured.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Virginia democrats in convention ut
Roanoke elected free silver delegates To
the national convention. The platform