The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-17
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC.


Ontonagon. Mich. have been burned by
forest fires, aud much farm property
has also been destroyed
In the fourth and final game a { Cleye-
land of the Temple cup National league
baseball series OF 1876 between the Bal
timorcs and Cleveiands the former club
Won. the score being too.
The morocco factories OF Garrett d
Barr, Charles Baird a. Co. and Washing
ton. Jones d Co.. in Wilmington, Del.
we're damaged 10 the extent of $500 900
by fire and William McNeal, fireman,
was killed by falling walls.
The National Wholesale Druggists
association In session ia Philadelphia
elected as president John Il. Purcell, of
Richmond.
The exchanges AZ the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
weed ended on the 9th aggregated
81 OBS. i12, i53. against $S04,27l,4l9 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
Is SO.
A large tar still at the Standard oil
refinery in Lima, o., exploded. fatally
burning two workmen, William Pat
rlcks ana a. j. McElfOy.
John 5. johnson broke the worlds
two-nile bicycle record. riding the dis
lance in 1898 3-5 on the Garfield park
track in Chicago.
Two gamblers, Jones and Evans,
buncoed gang of Usage Indians at
Perry. o. H.. and the Indians ran the
gamblers out of town and beat them
10 death.
Two inches OF snow fell at Blue Noun
tain lake and other points in the Ad-
irondacks in New York.
Burgarsentered he bank al Brainnrd.
Mimi. and demolished the vault with
dynamite. but failed TO secure any
money.
There were 200 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against si5 the week
previous and POS in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The National Association OF Life
Underwriters in session in Washington
elected as president Il. w. Christie, Of
Cleveland. ..
In celebration of the twenty-iifth an
niyersnry OF the great Chicago fire near
ly 100000 citizens marched on the 9th
In the business mems sound money"
parade in that city. In the evening the
advocates OF free silver 10 the number
OF about 10000 niaded the streets.
All kite-tlyng records were broken
nj the Blue Hill observatory near Bos-
ton, where nine kites went TO the height
OF O,3Ss feet above the sea level.
John Lunn. wholesale grain dealer in
Dlflo1alnhta failed for 500 UfD
Burglars robbed every store aud shop
at Atwatcr. q.
The Minnesota conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church in session
at Austin voted In favor of admitting
women as delegates To the general CON
ference.
A man entered the bank 81 Hardie.
Ia, covered the cashier with ID revolver
and escaped with $7o0.
Mrs. Henry Grundy. rich widow aged
90. died at Youngstown. o.. as the re-
suit OF starvation. Her husband re-
Gently died and she afterward refused
all food.
Albert Bray, aged 30. a farmer living
near Noblesvile. Ind. cut the throats OF
his wife, his 0-year-old son. Carl. his g
year-old daughter. Edna. and then killed
himself. No cause is known for the
deed.
The Jasper county Jail at Paulding,
Miss, was burned and two prisoners.
l.. A. Strickland and Mollie Daniels. a
negro woman. were cremnted.
George Sanders fatally assaulted
with club piano tuner named Fisher
ut la Grange, Ind. and then hanged
a a. l.. "A 4
Corning. Ia. was visited by fire
which destroyed one-third of the BUSH
ness houses. the loss being 100000.
DIR. Andrew J. Purdy. aged 80. pas
tor OF the Asbury Methodist church in
Buffalo. dropped dead on the street at
Corning. N. y.
For splitting in his sons face Temple
Houston shot and fatally wounded j.
u. Jenkins at Woodward. o. 4.
Fred Pratt, the companion OF John
ID. Sair in the bank robbery and double
murder at Sherburnc. Mimi, was ar
rested at Albert Lea. In that state.
james Anderson and Henry CyHt.
both colored. were shot TO death by n
mob near Taylor's Ferry, Ala. They
were accused of having murdered and
robbed Randolph Falls, farmer.
hurricane caused immense damage
70 property on the New England coast
and the loss OF several lives.
AT Garfield park. Chicago. James Mi
chacl. the Welchman. clipped IS seconds
of the American five-mile bicycle rec
ord. Ills time for the distance was
0:2O.
The exports of specie from the port
of New York for the week ended on the
10th amounted 20 $1,000 In gold and
Ss73.7f0 In silver. The imports werei
Gold, s2,2i5, FOG; silver, sb1,0Q7.