The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

In session In south Bend, Ind, elected
Sven Windrow. or Illinois, supreme
commander.
tornado passed through the eastern
part of Lafayette county, Miss. de-
stroying farmhouses aud upro0tihg
trees of all sizes.
During quarrel at Butte, Mont,
James Kelley. a well-known young nun,
fatally shot Jessie Hill. his sweetheart,
end then killed himself.
A cyclone swept over a stretch Of
country about 20 miles east OF Guthrie,
o. T., devastating a district several
miles long and 100 yards wide and kill
ing ten persons.
Two small vessels carrying IS pas
sengers. besides crew Of five men,
were lost on the Alaskan coast in a
storm.
by an explosion of gas in one of the
mines of the Lehigh 81 Wilkesbarre
Coal company at Wilkesbarre, Pa. six
men lost their lives.
cyclone in Tensas parish. La.
wrecked many buildings and killed six
persons.
Mrs. j. w. Allen shot and accidental
ly killed her ten-year-old son and ia
tally shot her husband at Marysvlle,
Mont. lie was whipping the boy and
she interfered. when he turned on her.
Frank B. Bunce, the manager OF the
Lyceum theater ia New York, fell dead
IN his Office at the thcater
The date for the annual Harvard
Princeton college debate has been fixed
Tor December IS at Princeton. ~ j.
- a
Davis Piano company in Desplanes. a
Chicago suburb, was destroyed by fire,
the loss being $i25,O00.
a cyclone at Madison, Wis. carried
away the opera house roof and olowed
down small buildings. trees. electric
wires. etc.
A heavy snowstorm in western Ne
hraska retarded railway traffic.
The apple crop OF the United States
the past season is estimated at $4,000
eco barrels, against 10000. 900 barrels 10
1895.
There were 27O business failures in
tho United States in the seven days
ended on the 3Oth ult.. against PA the
weak previous and 27s in the CORE.
spending period of 1895.
Julius Mannow. the self-confessed
murderer OF Carey Il. Birch. suffered the
death penalty on the gallows In the
Cook county Jail in Chicago.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
weel. ended on the 30th ult. aggregated
s96s. ISL, 55s, against Sl,044, .o62 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 1913.
Rufus G.. Clark. a farmer living near
Cumberland, Wis. deliberately shot and
killed ais wife as the result of quarrel.
The known dead in the recent cy-
clone h Lincoln and Payne counties, o.
r., number seven. with three probably
fatally injured.
At Nashville, Tenn. John S. John
son maize a mile at the Coliseum on
bicycle m 2:O1 l-5. This Is the fastest
mile ever ridden on an indoor track.
a tornado At Appleton. Wis, unroofed
several paper mills and destroyed a
brewery.
Commodore Matthews. chief OF the
navy department bureau Of yards and
docks. IN his annual report 10 Secre-
tnry Hereert reduces the estimate OF
$6.a0G.62O 10 S2.245.O43.
The twenty-hfth anniversary of the
womens auxiliary OF the Episcopal
church In America was celebrated In
Cincinnati.
The Columbia cascade canal in Ore
gon, which has been under construc-
ton for IS years and upon which the
United States government has expend-
ed about $3.0oo.OOO, will be opened No
vember 5.
Rev. William u. Allworth. ogcd rs
years, n Congregational minister OF
prominence, dropped dead 10 a prayer
meeting in Plymouth church at Ian
sing, Mich.
Fire In San Francisco destroyed tho
coffee and spice works owned by ID.
Charardelli. the loss being 100000.
Albert Robinson, living in Sandstone
Mich. turned kerosene oil from Jug
into fire and Mrs. Robinson and her
eight-ycar-old daughter were burned
60 death. Robinson was injured fatally
aud the house was consumed.
A terrific cyclone passed through the
eastern part of Jefferson county, Ark.
doing great destruction TO property
and iniuring 20 persons. some fatally.
Six hundred thousand feet of mm-
Der at Green Bay. Wis. were swept from
a dock into the Fox river by "a flood.
Mrs. Frank Mayo. widow of the ia
nous actor. who passed away only a
short time ago. died very suddenly at
Canton, Pa.
The greater part Of the business por-
ton of the town OF Manila. Ind, was
wiped out by fire.
Herman Bendix q Co. manufacture
ers OF ucckwcar Ia New York. failed for
100000.
A man named Altenbach and his wife
and child were burned 10 death IN Nil
waukee by an explosion Of kerosene oil,