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

City. MIch., went on strike against the
check system of payment.
Two of the leading banks In St. Louis.
the Commercial and the 81. Louis ma
tionni. consolidated.
A windstorm did great damage In a
dozen towns In Kansas.
Lightning destroyed the house of
Jacob Refill. a farmer at Spring Valley.
Mimi. killing his wife and two sons and
the hired man.
The Glenmore worsted mills in Phila-
delphia were burned. the loss being
$4,000.
A windstorm blew down the house OF
II. A. Vaughn In Cleveland and Mrs.
Sarah bradford and Miss Emma Deit-
rich. who were In bed asleep. were
crushed 10 death.
Pulaski Duckworth. prominent
farmernca Bentonville. Ark. while i'm
sane killed his wife and child with an
AK and then cut his own throat.
The entire business portion of Wes-
ton, ". Va. WINS burned. the loss being
over Sl5o.000.
Alvin N. Stone. "A wealthy farmer,
aged 0s; his wife, Serena. aged 81.
were murdered by some one unknown at
their home near Tallmadgc. o.. and Ira
Stillson, the hired man. was fatally
and two daughters. Emma, aged 20,
and Hattie, aged 20. seriously injured.
Two warehouses OF the Pleasure
Ridge Park DistiIlery company at
Louisville were destroyed with oil their
contents. including over 10000 barrels
Of whisky. the loss being s425,Q0o.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
at Rawlins, Wyo., houses being swayed.
but no serious damage was done.
Royce a. Koch, toy importers at Bal
timorc. Md. failed for 100000.
Leyinew. Berger a. Co, wholesale
clothiers In Louisville. KY, failed for
100000.
Ice gorges in Tonnwanda, N. y, and
vicinity did damage estimated at $500,
900.
Newberger. FranlSel & Co, wholesale
furnishings and notion dealers In Louis.
Vile, KY, failed for 100000.
The First national bank of Morris,
Mimi, closed it's doors with liabilities
of 100000.
dollars by altering the figures and the
last two letters of the 1.-TWO" were in cir
culntion In Muncie. Ind.
The North Indiana Methodist confer
ence in session at Richmond cast c
unanimous vote In favor of the admis-
sion of women as delegates to the gem
erai conference.
John Mcguire, of Butte, Mont, has
discovered records that lead him to be-
lieve that the Chinese knew how to use
cathode rays centuries ago.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 30th ult. was:
Wheat. 81 ,o2s.000 bushels; corn, 16,17i.-
600 bushels; oats. s,63l 900 bushels;
rye, i,4ss,0O0 bushels; barley, 100000
bushels.
Many Assyrians at Quincy, H., were
becoming citizens of the United States
IA order to escape military duty in
Turkey.
At Kansas City, Mo-, Harry Hill aged
%, shot and killed his wife, aged 81. in
jealous rage. and then killed himself.
Mime. Duret Berthel, the leading con-
trnlto Of Louisville and one of the best
known vocalists i'm the south, was
stricken blind.
A treasury statement shows that the
government receipts for the nine
months Of the fiscal year were $780,,
600, $40, the deficit for the nine months
Icing $ls.slo.70s.
Four thousand persons were out of
work at Phoenix City. Ala, in conse-
quence OF a strike ut the Eagle and
Phoenix mills.
A cloudburst laid waste a strip of
country about five miles wide along
Little Sexton creek In Clay county. Ky.
and the wife and child OF Wade Marders
were drowned.
Floods In the streams OF central and
western New York did immense dam
age.
Mrs. Olga Deuss killed herself and
three children in San Francisco. the
eldest being eight years old. by gas
osphyxiation. She was jealous of her
husband
The Cutter SIX Manufacturing com
pany OF West Bethlehem. Pa. made an
assignment with liabilities OF 100000.
The Omahn city council passed the
curfew ordinance over the mayor IS veto
and the law went into effect.
Manuel Mendoza. Spaniard swim
died the Belmont bnnk in New York
out OF $4,000 by means OF forged
check.
Dayton. o., celebrated the tooth an-
niversary OF the foundation of the city.
All traffic at Duluth, MIMI. and SUI
perior, Wis, was blockaded by a snow
storm, and in St. Paul street car lines
were tied up.
Over eight inches OF snow fell
throughout the greater part of Col
orado.
The president sent To the senate the
nomination OF William A. Little, of
Georgia. 10 be assistant attorney-gen-
crnl, vice John Hall, resigned.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.