The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-03-28

Alexander Mcdonald. fire boss. and |
Willie Davis. trapper, aged 10, were
killed by fire damp explosion In the
mines near West Newton. Pa.
Bertha Mcconnell. aged 20. fatally
shot Harry Thompson at a hotel in
Lancaster. Pa. because he had deceived
her. and then shot herself fatally.
The barls Havana and Robert s.
Patterson, OF Philadelphia, were lost
with their crews. numbering 30 men.
At Nashville. Tenn, al Ewing and
Archie Clark broke oil tandem bicycle
records, goin a half-mile in l:03h.
a fire in the smelling department of
the copper works OF the Pennsylvania
Salt Manufacturing company at Ma
trona, Pa, caused loss OF 100000.
BY the explosion OF gas at the Ber-
w1nd-White shaft i'm the eastern limits
OF Dubois, Pa, 10 miners were killed.
by the burning of their home near
Charleston, w. Va. Killiam Coxey. wife
and child lost their lives.
Isaac Pier (colored) was captured
and lynched by mob near Shreveport,
La, for offering violence 10 two white
girls.
Fire in the Thaclera Manufacturing
company building in Philadelphia
caused loss of 100000.
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 23d was; Wheat,
81. 3fs. 900 bushels; corn, 1859, 600 bush
els; oats, S,l64,000 bushels; rye. 1875
600 bushels; barley, 100000 bushels.
A violent earthquake shock was felt
at Machias, Me. Houses trembled,
dishes and windows ratified and clocks
were stopped.
The supreme court OF the United
States decided that witnesses must tes
tify in interstate commerce coses, or go
TO jnil for contempt of court.
Kingsland d Douglas. manufacturers
of agricultural implements in ST. Louis,
failed for 100000.
James Mccoy shot and killed his
brother Henry at their home near
Noblesville, Ind. and then killed him
self. No cause was known for the
deed.
o.. failed for $4,000.
At Martins Ferry. o.. Henry Floto,
bakery; William Mann, foundry, and
Thomas Mears, box and barrel factory,
assigned with liabilities aggregating
100000.
The Joliet Qll.) branch uf the Con-
solidated Steel and Wire company suf-
fered a loss of $50 900 by fire. throwing
500 men out OF work.
Patrick w. Snowhook, n well-known
attorney and supposed millionaire, made
IN assignment in Chicago with iiabili-
ties of S350.000.
In portions OF central New York the
thermometer marked ten degrees be-
low zero and the Hudson river for miles
was again frozen over.
Three robbers took $4,000 in bonds
and money from Christopher Schrage.
10 years old, who lives alone in Chicago.
An ordinace was passed I'm Mexico.
Mo-, prohibiting the sale or giving away
OF cigarettes or cigarette wrappers TO
minors.
Fire i'm the lumber yard of n. b. IIol-
way i'm North La Crosse Wis, and the
plant OF the La Crosse Lumber com
pany. caused loss OF $4,000.
Gypsum, n small town In Kansas,
was partly destroyed by fire.
Leon a. IL. Blum, wholesale dry goods
merchants at Galveston, Tex, made a
general assignment with liabilities OF
So ,00O, 900.
j. +. Seiberling q Co, proprietors of
the Empire mower and reaper works
at Akron. o.. failed for 100000.
The Ohio senate passed "A bill pro-
yiding for the substitution OF electrocu-
tion for hanging In the state.
William Allen, pioneer preacher. at
tended n funeral at Leavenworth, Kan,
and was called on 10 pray. As he
finished with the final amen he fell over
dead without uttering another word.
Fire that started In the Wholesale
coffee house OF the Wnshburn Halligan
company in Davenport. Ia, caused n
loss of 100000.