The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-12-19

cataract from each eye.
An exceedingly well-executed coun-
terfeit of United States fve-dollar gold
coins Is In circulation in ST. Louis.
Mrs. Catherine Corbett, aged 20. and
her daughter Mary, aged 40. were suf-
located by gas at their home in Indisn-
apolis.
The railway earnings in Iowa the past
year were S41. geo 900. a gain of S5.000.-
900 over the previous year.
The three young children of Edward
Farnsworth were drowned at Brook
line. N. H.. while playing on thin ice.
A denial is made OF the report that
the sultan OF Turkey has entered pro-
test against the language OF the presi-
dents message to congress In it's treat
ment of the Turkish question.
Samuel y. Putnam, aged Sc. of Chi
cago. president Of the free thought con-
gress, and May L. Collins, aged 20. OF
Midway. KY. promising free thought
lecturer and writer. were suffocated by
gas in Boston.
Bagots Sons, dealers In dry goods IN
New Yo.k, failed for $150.0o0.
In the six-day bicycle race in New
York. Hale, the Irish flyer. was the
winner. making 1910 miles and n new
record. Rice, OF Willesbarre. Pa. was
second, with score of 1882 miles.
+. Is. Newton. an extensive lumber
dealer al Cleveland. o., made an assign
ment with liabilities Of Sl25.O0O.
A new city directory gives Indian
apolis a population of 100000. an in
crease OF 1900 in one year.
The Free Press and Doniphan Eagle
Offices at Grand Island. Neb., were de-
stroyed by fire.
The high school building AT Urbana,
o., wns destroyed by fire. the loss being
100000.
The annual report Of Commissioner
Joseph s. Miller. OF the internal reve-
nue. bureau. shows the receipts for the
fiscal year ended June 30. 1896. 10 have
been $i46.s3O.6l5. against S143. 246. or
the previous year.
The Nonpartisan w. G. T. u. conven-
ton at Washington reelected as presi-
dent Mrs. Annie Nj. Wittenmeyer, of
| Pennsylvania.
Charles ID. Lane. chairman of the ma
tional bmetallist committee. has issued
on address 10 his followers urging them
to suspend active agitation of the sub
ject Of free coinage OF silver for the
present and to join in upholding the
hands OF Maj. Mckinley as president Of
the United States, and to support him
In all efforts TO increase the prosperity
OF the people.
The visible supply OF grain in tho
United States on the 14th was: Wheat,
54.2s4. 900 bushels; corn, n. 461 900 bush
els; oats, ii .350,000 bushels; rye, 2.5s2,-
600 bushels; barley, 100000 bushels.
The president sent TO the senate the
nomination of Charles A. Prouty, Of
! Vermont, TO be interstate commerce
/ commissioners in place of Whecloclx G..
Veazey, resigned.
In fit of insane jealous rage Ernest
l.. Chase, aged 80, cut the throat Of his
wife aged %, in Detroit, Mich, and then
cut his own throat.
The Cuban League OF the United
States was organized in New York by
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Roswell p. Flower,
Charles A. Dana, Theodore Roosevelt
and others of equal prominence. the OBJ
ject being TO demand intercession by
the United States TO end The warfare in
the island.
Dispatches from all sections OF the
United States tell Of the horror and i'm
dgnation felt at the manner in which
Gen. Maceo and his comrades were lured
to their deaths in Cuba.
James Clacher, for many years lead
ing merchant in Mexico, Mo-, died from
the effects OF sunstrolte received 1!
years ago.
The First national bank at Holidays
burg. Pa, closed it's doors. and as Il re-
suit two other banks, at Martinsburg
and Williamsburg. were forced TO sus-
pend.
Mrs. Alice Thomas. colored woman
over i02 years old, was fatally burned IN
Washington by falling against "a stove.
Fire In the business section OF Al
tcona. Pa, entailed loss OF 100000.
Preparations nre being madc to cele-
brate the one hundredth anniversary OF
Albany as the capital city of New York
on january 6, 1897.
The banking house OF John A. Prick
EFT & Son In Edwardsville. H.. sus
pended.
The sixteenth annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor be-
gan in Cincinnati.
The secretary OF the treasury sent 20
congress a statement OF receipts and
expenditures OF the government for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1896. which
shows the total receipts were S400. 49,
40s md the expenditures S434. or .654.
Patrick Coughlin was executed in
I,II III
sherifrs Thomas stagg and T.. A. Dawes
lie was shot to death by five deputies
Mrs. Josephine Martin and her two
ycnr-old daughter were drowned at
Roger. Pa. Mrs. Martin was the mother
OF 16 children.
Advices from all parts OF the country
say that men and money are being
raised 10 lend assistance TO the insur-