The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-07-04

DefOre.
Two boys, sons of Nicholas Min
ninger and Patrick Buckley. farmers,
were drowned In the mill pond at Low
ell, Ind, while in swimming.
Andrew Cole, naeronaut, fell from his
balloon at Grand Rapids, Mich. aud was
killed.
The mineral products of the United
States for the calendar year 1895 were
valued at s611. 795, 200. against S527 $685.
5o4 for 1894. an increase of $50. 100000.
Joseph Cooking, of Hilltop. awaiting
trial on a charge of numbering his wife
and her sister. Miss Daisy Miller, on
April %, was taken from jail at Port
Tobacco. Nd. and lynched by party of
men.
Rev. James Williams, pastor at Brad
ley, S. d., and Abraham Jones. a hard
ware merchant of Butler, S. d., were
drowned near the Simpson Park camp
grounds in Big Stone lake. Minnesota.
by the upsetting of boat.
A large force of miners was at work
in the Twin Shaft mine at Pittston, Pa,
when the roof of the slope caved in and
IL was believed that 100 persons per-
ished.
Lewis Gokey and wife, Mrs. o. A.
Risum, Mrs. Herman Drackrey, Miss
Emma Garbrecht and Miss Margaret
Grove were drowned in the lake at
Shawano, Wis, by the capsizing of n
yacht.
The Todd silk mill at Paterson, n.
J.. was destroyed by fire, the loss being
100000.
Patrick McKeown, nominated at the
Ohio democratic convention for state
food and dairy commissioner, died at
his home in Cincinnati of cholera NOR
bus.
The syndicate which was formed at
Youngstown, o., two years ago to es-
tablish newspapers from New York TO
San Francisco has failed.
At Red Oak, Ia. John r. Gentry
broke the worlds record for stations.
going a mile in 2:03H.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Goth was: Wheat,
4T, 100000 bushels; corn, s,760,000 bush
els; oats, s,716,000 bushels; rye, 1,547,-
600 bushels; barley, 100000 bushels.
-Four boys were drowned and Is per-
sons were hurt by the collapse of a
wharf at South Boston, Mass.
The explosion of boiler in the Office
of the Evening Age at Houston, Tex,
killed Miss Matte Loeb, T.. +. Emery
and Henry Lyons.
Misses Jessie Kelso and Sadie Reese
aud John Samson were drowned in the
Mississippi river at Tekamah, Neb., by
the swapping of boat.
Victor Erickson, George Haycock and
Frank Cramer were killed by the caving-
in of a mine at Ely, MINI.
Four choir boys and the choirmaster
Of ST. Johns Episcopal church at
Charlestown, Mass, were drowned by
the upsetting of boat.
w. Il. Foster. weather prophet At ST.
Joseph, Mo-, has challenged the officers
of the weather bureau in Washington to
IA forecasting contest.
G.. Augustus Page, cashier OF the
Equitable Life Insurance company, was
arrested in Pittsburgh at the funeral of
his wife on the charge of causing her
death.
Chhrlestown Mass navy yard, was
stricken with apoplexy while on duty
and died.
II was said that a Cuban filibuster
barkentine, Il. Il. Cassen, Capt. +. A.
casscn commanding. left Boston, sue
cessfully eluding the government au-
thorities.
William Turner and r. w. Dunlop,
who confessed to having robbed their
employer, |. Townsend Burden, of $780,
900 worth of jewelry were sentenced In
New York to nine years each in prison.
Secretary Morton again declined to
raise the embargo on live cattle from
France, Switzerland, Belgium and sew
eral other foreign countries.
Fire destroyed Ryan's packing house
at Dubuque, Ia. the loss being 100000.
Flames among lumber yards and iron
works in Brooklyn, n. y, caused loss
OF 100000.
The body Of Cecil Waylnnd was found
hanging in the woods near Hannibal,
Mo. lie assaulted highly respectable
woman, and IL was thought her friends
could explain the hanging.
Indians rode into Neol, n small town
In Missouri, and robbed the place.
The government receipts from all
sources. except the postal service. for
the fiscal year just ended foot mp about
$a26, 100000 and the expenditures were
1882, 100000. the deficit for the year be-
ing about s25. 100000.
President Cleveland left Washington
for Buzzard's Bay, Mass, and all execu-
tive business will be transacted at Gray
Gables during the summer.
The scores of glass factories through
out New Jersey have closed down FOR
the summer, giving 5000 worl<men
two months vacation.
Michael Barbaras and Louie Deristi
were killed in "A coal mine explosion at
Fayctte City, Pa.
John ID. Rockefeller. the founder Of
the University OF Chicago, visited that
institution for the first time.
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