The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-06-06
DOMESTIC.

The Bank of New England at Man
chester. n. H.. closed it's doors.
The schooner Lincoln, of Snn Fran
cisco, was reported lost in Alaskan
waters with her crew of 30 persons.
Gildemeister g. Kroeger. plano manu-
facturers in New York, failed for $780,
600.
Weather bureau officials In Washing
ton say the st. Louis tornado was the
most fatally destructive in the history
OF the office.
The Northup, Eraslnn. Goodwin com
pany, dealers in seeds in Chicago.
failed for 100000.
Latest reports from the storm that
swept over St. Louis, East ST. Louis and
towns In the vicinity place the loss OF
life at 400 and the number injured al
us. The property loss was estimated
at between $4,000,000 and S5,OO0,0O0.
Tho total number OF families who were
without homes and whose every article
of household effects was swept away by
the storm was variously estimated at
from 500 to 500.
Nineteen dwellings were wrecked and
numerous su;ba;!a.ngs and trees were
torn to pieces by tornado at Mount
Vernon, Ind.
1t was estimated that 80 lives were
lost in Clinton, Washington and Jeffer-
son counties, H., in the recent cyclone
and vast amount of farm property
was destroyed.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses In the United States during the
week ended on the 30th ult. aggregated
So17, 2o0, 1853, against 1891 1896, 020 the pre-
vious week. The increase, compared
with the corresponding week In 1905
was 1910.
The National Junior Prohibition
League of America held its first annual
convention In Pittsburgh, Pa, and
elected G. w. Hopkins, of New York,
as president.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
I'm the National league for the week
ended on the 30th ult. were as followsi
Cleveland, Gas; Baltimore, .62o; Cincin-
natl oil; Philadelphia, Gil; Boston,
1888; Pittsburgh, .563; Chicago, .4se
Washington, All; Brooklyn, All; New
York, 400; st. Louis. .314; Louisville
.220
ntIG WtIt sou OhHinfre ~
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 3oth ult.. against 227 the
week previous and 2i5 in the correspond
ing period OF 1898.
Col. II. +. McGlincy and wife; their
daughter. Mrs. James Durham; James
Wells, a son OF Mrs. McGlincy; n hired
woman, Minnie SchesIer, and hiret
man, james Briscoe, were killed al
Campbell, Cal, by James Durham, q
son-in-law of Col. McGlincy, who made
his escape. Family trouble was said Il
be the cause.
Ten persons were killed In n tornado
which struck the village of Labaddie
Mo.
All the rye whisky distilleries In Tn,
eastern states will suspend operation,
on September next. throwing 2.ooC
worlmcn out Of employment
Fully 10000 acres of land in St Clai
county. ILL.,. were overfowed by higl
water In the Mississippi river, the fence
washed away and the crops ruined.
The third biennial meeting of th
General Federation OF Womens Club
convened at Louisville, Ky.
A tornado swept over Rush Hin, Mo
ana In that little town of6o0 inha bitans
there was hardly q single house lei
standing and the number OF dead an
dying was large.
Nine. Nordlcn. the famous prlm
donna. or Lillian b. Norton. TO usc he
real name. and Znltain 7. Doenc, Gel
man tenor whom she met while sins
ing at Bayrcuth last year, were marine
in the Dennison hotel at indianapolis.