The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26

Driven TO desperation by starvation,
the locked-out shiners at Leadyille. Con-.
attacked the Coronado mine. Troops
were called out TO stop the disturbance.
Ed n. Crane. famous In sporting cir
cles as a great ball player and holder
OF the throwing record, committed sui
eide I'm Rochester. N. Y.
A. A. Ball & Co. bankers al West Lib
erty, Ia, made an assignment with AS
sets OF $4,000 and liabilities of $780,
600.
The seventy-second annual session of
the sovereign grand lodge ~ the Inde-
pendent Order OF Odd Fellows convened
at Dallas, Tex.
The Michigan Methodist conference
in session at Lansing placed itself on
record in favor of the election OF wom-
en- delegates TO the general conferences
Of the church.
The battle ship Indiana. through Gov.
Matthews, of Indiana, was presented in
New York harbor with a silver service
by the state. Ex-President Harrison
was among the guests and made short
speech.
Four dead bodies and half dozen
wounded, with damage to property 10
the amount OF $25, 900, are the visible
effects OF lawlessness at the Coronado
mine in Leadville. Col, and the city IL
under the protection OF the state mi
litia.
The cat boat Hcbe, OF Dorchester,
Mass. with six men. was lost in a storm.
The Hodgman Rubber company in
New York failed for 100000.
The worlds team record of 2:15H for
2 mile was lowered TO 2:12H al Cam
mack. l.. l., by Marietta and Miss Ida,
owned by Henry G. Havemeyer, Of New
York.
Commissioner OF Pensions Murphy in
lis report for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1896, says that the whole number Of
pensioners on the roll on that date was
970,67S. The expense estimate for the
coming year is $4,000. 900. During the
year there were 2o.303 deaths Of vet
Grams reported.
AZ Portland, Me-, Jupe lowered the
worlds two-year-old racing record
from 2:t5 TO 2:14h.
Antonio Cauze. young Swiss living
near Aspen. Col. shot and killed his
wife and her mother. Mrs. Mary Quinn.
lie says that the taunts OF the women
made bin mad.
BcsD Fitzsimmons was arrested in
New York for trying 70 arrange fight
with Corbett and held for trial in 81, 900
bail.
The free turnpike mob destroyed eight
more toll-gates in Washington county,
KY. making 43 thus far torn down.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 2lst was: Wheat,
40,056. 900 bushels; corn, 1861 900 bush
els; oats, s,460,000 bushels; rye. 1903
600 bushels barley, 1880 bushels,
The Lithicum Carriage company. OF
Defiance. o., failed for 100000.
A dangerous counterfeit made its APP
pearance at Toledo. o. 1t is a So Win
dom silver certificate raised to $40.
Edison Keith, aged GO years, the mil
lionaire banker and merchant prince 81
Chicago and head Of the firm of Edison
Keith g. Co., committed suicide while
temporarily insane by drowning him
self in Lake Michigan
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers in annual session at Peoria. H..
reelected Frank T.. Sargent. of that city,
grand master.
The twenty-second annual conven-
ton Of the American Bankers associa-
ton commenced nj st. Louis.
The Pawnee bank at Pawnee. H..
closed its doors with liabilities OF $5l.
600; assets. $4,000
Charles Pfeifer killed his wife and
child AT Brightwood, Ind, while insane,
and then hanged himself.
The sovereign lodge, Independent Or
der OF Odd Fellows. In session at Dallas,
Tex, elected Fred Carlton. Of Austin.
Tex. grand sire.
Delegates from IS states were in Mt
tendance when the twenty-seventh am
nual national convention OF insurance
commissioners began in Philadelphia.