The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-31

Two huge grain elevators belonging
70 the Chicago & Pacific Elevator com
pany. together with their entire con
tents, were destroyed by fire in Chica-
go. the loss being 81 100000 W. II. Har-
per and {. Is. Fnrwell were the losers.
Patrick lyman, the alleged dynamiter
who was recently released from a
French prison az Boulogne-sur-Mer. de-
spite the efforts of the British authori-
ties to have him extradted 10 England.
arrived at his home In New York.
The next annual meeting OF the Farm
ers' National congress will convene in
Indianapolis. Ind. November 10.
1t was discovered that Carleton r.
Wells. who was supposed 10 have died
buried ulive.
Brown Brothers department dry
goods store at Houston. Tex, fniled for
100000.
Isaac II. Lionberger. OF 81. Louis. has
been appointed assistant nttorney-gen'
eral of the United States for the interior
department.
Two men were killed and Ave persons
injured, three seriously, by nm explosion
of nitroglycerine near Hutton. ia.
Jimmy Michael rode ten miles in
21:35 l-5 at Nashville. Tenn. which low
crs the American bicycle record made
~ him NJ Chicago OF 2l:AlA.
The United States battle ship Massa-
chusetts, just returned from her final
trial trip, has no superior In the world.
-Four masked robbers fatally beat and
stole $4,000 from Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Monhagssl in the mining villnge OF Rap
pahnnnock, Pa.
Auburn township, in Sangamon conn
ty. has been selected by Frank III. Jones,
first assistant acknowledgements as
the place for testing the rural free de-
livery service in Illinois.
The Sac and Fox Indian agency, CO
miles southeast OF Guthrie, O. r., was
held up and looted by gang OF bandits
In quarrel over a small matter Ed
ward Day shot and killed his brother
near Cassville. wis.
Josephus Clemmons. aged so years,
and the oldest pilot in the United States,
was killed in the bay at Mobile. Ala.
while in the discharge OF his duty.
DR.. w. w. Palmer and Miss Fanny
Palmer. his granddaughter, ~ years Of
age. OF Keansburg. y. j.. were killed
and William Naoran. of Atlantic City.
was fatally injured by the cars.
The schooner Sandhill. OF Wharton
Can. went down in Lake Erie and the
captain, mate, three seamen and cook
were lost.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hart. n widow 60 years
OF age. and her daughter. Mrs. Sarah J.
Stevenson, IS years old and also a wild
ow. were suffocated by gas at their
home In Boston.
Rev. l.. W. Eckert. OF Easton. Pa
asked his congregation to take $500
from his salary of So. 800 because OF hard
times.
Pneumatic tubes are 20 be placed on
the Brooklyn bridge TO carry letters be-
tween the New York and Brooklyn post
Offices.
Charles James fatally shot Jacob Gar
rison at Richmond. KY. because he oh
iectcd to Garrison's attentions TO his
daughter.
The faculty OF the Ohio stnte un,-
vcrsity at Columbus refused 10 reinstate
4. IT, French because he gave his whole
time TO the football team MS captain.
An attempt was made To rob the
Farmers bank NJ Townvillc, Pa. bit
the burglars were frightened away
A fight in New York between George
Lavigne, of Saginaw, Mich, and Jack
Everhardt, Of New Orleans, 10 decide
the lightweight boxing championship
of the yorld was won by Layigne in the
cath round.
Advices received at New Bedford,
Mass. from the Arctic ocean whaling
fleet state that the season has been \
failure.
The entire business portion of Mil
ton. n. Y. was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Jesse Winner and her three chill
dren. aged s, 3 and ~ years. who lived
IN small log cabin near Richmond,
Mo-. were all murdered by some un-
| known assassin.
Ronald's factory building in Brook
| Ign was burned at loss OF S125.0O0 and
a number OF the 200 girls employed were
injured in making their escape.
As the result OF experiments the -four
mill Mt Castalia. s. D.. will this winter
use the Russian thistle for fuel in place
OF coal.
At Nashville, Tenn, Jimmy Michael,
the Welshman, still further lowered the
ten-mile indoor paced bicycle record.
making the distance in 2l;33 3-s.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.