The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-21


The In Harpe bank at In Hnrpc. Ill,
closed it's doors.
Dwight l.. Moody, the evangelist. re-
ceived notice that 100000 had been left
him In the will OF J. n. Harris. a wealthy
citizen OF New London. Conn. 10 be de-
voted TO educational work.
Fire IN the wholesale grocery house
Of Allen, Kirkpatrick & Co. in Pitts
burgh, Pa. caused loss of 100000
Sixty-two horses were burned or suf-
located 10 death and one man was over
come by smoke In fire which started
in Ira j. Mix's transfer barns in Chi
cago.
J.F. Carpenter, one OF the largest lum-
Der dealers in Cincinnati. and ID. Il.
Lyons. prominent architect. were
killed by the cars while walking on the
track.
Southwestern Michigan Is flooded with
counterfeit silver half dollars dated 1885
and of excellent workmanship.
Andrew j. Shute was arrested in Den
yer on the charge OF drowning his wife
and four children in Smiths lake.
High water in the rivers in the state
OF Washington was still doing great
damage TO property and number OF
persons had lost their lives, among
them being Henry Jones and his wife
and three children near Monroe.
The village of Port BowSlcy, Pa, was
swept by fire, and nine families were
left homeless.
The cost of the army during the last
year was $iG.074, ASS, an increase Of $685.
527 over the previous year. according
TO the report OF Paymaster General
Stanton.
The president has appointed William
S. Forman, ex-congressman from Hi
nois. to be commissioner OF internal
revenue to succeed Miller, resigned.
Ed Williams was shot TO death by
party OF miners at Carbon, Ind, for as
iaulting the young daughter of Mrs.
Palm.
William Campbell and Frank Barrett.
sged Is years each, were sentenced TO
life imprisonment by Judge Lauder for
numbering j. A. Brown at Oaks. n. ID.
William Terrell shot and killed his
wife Mt New Haven. Conn, and then
killed himself. Domestic trouble was
the cause.
In an interview In Washington Senior
Depuy DO LONE, the Spanish minister,
admitted the possibility OF war be-
tween this country and Spain.
James w. Perdue, wealthy farmer,
and his 22-year-old son John were killed
by the cars at a crossing near Sedalia.
Mo.
The supreme court OF the United
States has adjourned until the 30th
inst.
BY the fall of scaffoding at Law
renee, Mass. II. Mcdonald and Allen
Speir were fatally injured.
Mrs. Ella Ricketts,, OF Bloomington.
H.. was killed by james Ware, her para
mour. who also took his own life.
Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, OF Washington,
the well-known writer on naval topics,
has been placed on the retired list of
the navy at his own request.
John Lawson, known as the Ter
rible Swede." lowered the worlds so
mile unpaced bicycle record Of 2 hours
20mnutes 30 seconds at Memphis. Tenn.
and James Michael lowered the indoor
lNt-lHlic IttoIu 10 y. 40 30.
The records OF the treasury depart
ment show that from February ]. 1896,
TO November /, there were coined at the
minis OF the United States 16,2G2, 022
standard silver dollars. The seignor-
nge upon this amount was $5,05l .430.
Isaac G. Parker. the famous "hnng-
ing Judge" OF Arkansas. died at his
nome in Fort Smith. he had sentenced
200 criminals to the gnllows during his
long term of Office.
James II. Sovereign was reelected
general master workman by the gen
eral assembly OF the knights OF Labor
in session at Rochester. NJ. Y.
Miss Frances T.. Willard was reelected
president OF the National Woman's
Christian Temperance union at the an.
nual meeting in st. Louis.
Star Pointer. the Tennessee pacing
wonder, 2:02%, won new lnurels I'm Phil
adelphia by defeating Joe Patchen, an
other king OF the turf, in three straight
heats in n mitch race for 81 900 side.
The best time was 2:0i%.
August Pohl and three other men
who were wanted as witnesses In a
murder case at How, Wis. committed
suicide.
The s. Il. Richards Lumber company
at Duluth, Mimi. failed for 100000
Thomas A. Edison. the wizard Of cleo
tricity, makes the startling announce
nent as the result OF some experiments
made in his West Orange (NJ.) labora-
tory that within three years the blind
shall see-that the only prerequisite is
that the optic nerve shnll be intact.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
annual banquet OF the chamber OF COM
nIerce OF New York was held at Del
monico's and letter was read from
President Cleveland which congratu-
lates the country over the result OF the
recent election.
The town of Mercer, Pa, county seat
OF the county OF the same name, was
nearly DESTROYED by fire.