The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-11

Fire In the spring department OF the
Washburn a Moen Manufacturing com
pany's plant at Quinsigamond, Mass.
caused loss Of $4,000.
At ST. Augustine. Fla. thieves raidcl
several hotels during the closing days
Of the season. securing gems valued 10
the aggregate az nearly $4,000.
AZ Fort Wayne. Ind, James Mahoney,
a young man who was hypnotized by
the hypnotist Santanelil, was awak-
ened after a sleep OF five days by the
Eypnotist.
A syndicate of Pennsylvania coal
owners have made a successful expert
ment OF shipping coal TO Germany.
John Selman, who Is credited with
having killed 20 men. was fatally shot
at FL raso. Tex. by United States
Deputy Marshal George Scarborough.
William and Alice Johnson were
burned TO death in a prairie fire near
luchneId. Kan.
The stables Of the Buffalo On. ~
Driving park were burned and 20 horses
perished. among them being several
valuable animals. especially Ellen -,
2:Ils.. who wns valued at $4,000.
AT Union Springs, Ala, Charley Bur
ton and Jordan Brown were hanged
for murder.
Mrs. Curry and her negro servant
were asphyxiated by coal gas at her
home near Lake Mahopac, N. Y.
The fire loss Of the United States
and Canada for the month OF March
shows total OF x14 .s3b. 600, being about
5000, 900 more than in March. 1898.
Gniccnto and Felice Curcio and Fran
cisco Russo, Italians. were asphyxiated
In their beds in the Hotel Torchio at
Pittsburgh, Pa. by gns which they had
turned on but failed to light.
Herr Ahlwardt. the anti-Jewish
orator. was badly beaten by mob at
IIoboken, N. j.
At Talbotton. Ga. Miss Sallic Emmn
Owen, beautiful and wealthy young
lady. was shot and instantly killed By
DIR. w. J.. Ryder, dentist. because she
rejected his suit
William Biggerstaff (colored) was
hanged at Helena for the murder of
Richard johnson. champion fighter OF
Montana.
Gov. Drake has signed the anti-cig-
arctic bill, and the sale OF paper cigars
IN Iowa will hereafter be prohibited.
Angered by religious differences. Ben
Roehmer killed his wife ut McLeans-
boro, ILL.,. by cutting her throat and
hanged his siN-year-old boy TO the raft
ers in the stable. He is in Jail.
cloudburst in Mulberry Gap. Tenn.
drowned Mrs. Urah Anderson, aged &c.
her daughter-in-law, oily Anderson.
two grandchildren, Charles. aged five
years. and Hattie. aged rs months. and
Mary Fleener. aged 10.
Discoveries we're made of paying
quantities of iron and sulphur at AMI
near Mineral Point, Wis.
Jackson w. Shownlter. of New York.
won the chess championship of the
United States and n purse of $3.50 by
defeating Emil Kemeny, of Philadel-
phia.
William T. Adams, better known as
OLIVER Optic" the author OF books for
boys, reached Boston after trip around
the world.
In Kansas City, Mo-. James Mckinney
shot and killed Nellie Wagner in fit
OF jealousy and then killed himself.
Frederick Booth-Tuclxer. the new
commander of the Salvation Army in
the United States, declared his inten-
ton of becoming citizen of the United
States and took out his first naturaliza-
ton papers In New York.
BY an explosion OF dynamite at the
new Radebaugh tunnel near Green's
burg, PA. one man was killed and two
were fatally injured.
Reports as TO the condition of the
crops throughout the country show
that the season Is two weeks late.
Jesse Clifford and his wife. living
about IL miles from Boston. Ind, were
probably fatally assaulted in their home
by burglars.
Fourteen buildings in the business
section of Yonlkers. n. u, were burned,
the total loss being 100000
A foot of snow on the level fell in
various portions OF central New York.
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