The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-02-08


OF the mint shows the total coinage dur
Ing January TO have been S15.033. 500.
classified as follows: Gold. $l2.oi4.o00:
silver. s35. 900 ;<ninor coin. $4,000.
The Evans. Belle d Clark company.
shoe manufacturers at Waldoboro. Me-,
failed for 100000.
The plant OF the Wayne Electric
Light company Mt Wayne. Pa. was de-
stroyed by fire. entaiiing n loss Of
500 900.
DIR. Arthur Deustrow. the millionaire
who murdered his wife and child In S.
Louis two years ago. was found guilty
by jury at Union, No.. and must suf-
fer the death penalty.
Tillie Anderson. Chicago girl. won
the six-dny woman's bicycle race In
Chicago. making 344 miles and laps.
Miss Farnsworth, OF Minneapolis. was
only lap behind. The best previous
record for Is hours was 319 miles and
. laps.
Fire In Philadelphia destroyed build
ings occupied by the Baptist Pubiicn-
tion society. the American Baptist His
iorical society and dry goods firm.
the total loss being 100000.
Fire at bonneville, Ind. destroyed
five buildings on the south side of the
city square. the loss being 100000.
Fifteen thousand men and boys In tho
western anthracite coal fields In Penn
syivania were thrown out OF work by
the closing of collieries for an indef-
Unite period.
John and Jacob Mantz. brothers,
aged 60 and rs years. who lived alorc
near Wewoka. o. H.. and were wealthy.
were murdered by unknown persons.
Col. A. Il. Colt, who ordered soldiers
TO fire on lynchcrs In riot Mt Wash
ington Courthouse, o., last October,
and who was charged with man
slaughter. was acquitted by 4 jury.
The 0sages, the wealthiest tribe OF
Indians on the earth per capita. passed
bill through their late council asking
for a separation from Oklahoma and 10
be annexed TO the Indian territory.
The Iowa senate passed bill making
IL crime TO manufacture or keep ON
sale or sell cigarettes In the state.
The minis at Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco and New Orleans began the coin
age of silver dollars at the rate f@l, 5O0,-
600 per month and the work will con-
tinue until from Sis. GOO. 900 to SEC. 00o. QUO
has been coined.
Application was made in New York
for a receiver for the Weber Piano com
pany. The liabilities were placed at
$304,000.
At mass meeting in New York pre-
sided over by Chauncey M. Depew pro
tents were made against the removal
OF Commander Booth and his wife Ak
leaders OF the Salvation Army Ina the
United States.
Ii was discovered that Lee Sellers
tcolored), who was lynched at Knox
vile, Tenn, ten years ago for murder.
was innocent OF the crime.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat.
C6,734,000 bushels; corn. IL. 076.0 900 bush
els; oats, Z, 40. 900 bushels; rye, $500, oU0
bushels; barley, 2.799.0o0 bushels.
Farley G. Stearns, aged 81. the oldest
justice of the peace in Illinois in point
OF service, having held the Office SO con-
secutive years, died at Canton.
William Il. Wheelock 4 Co, piano
manufacturers in New York. made an
assignment with liabilities of S255 900.
The historic First Unitarian church
ON "meeting-house hill" In Boston,
familiar landmark and tine oldest
church in the district. was destroyed
By fire.
The treasury circulation statement
makes the amount OF gold In the
United States outside the treasury
g9.llo.535. The amount of all kinds
of money In circulation was placed at
St.5S0. a20.607.
AZ Mount Riga, N. T.. Mary Jones and
her husband. while driving across the
railway tracks were struck by a train
and both were killed.
n joint resolution was adopted In
the Iowa house asking congress to pass
a law prohibiting gambling in futures.
The Congregational church in Au-
burn. Mass. founded in l77G, was total
~ destroyed by fire.
Ina Crabtree, aged IA. was sentenced
Mt Morgan township, O., TO servo ten
days III prison and pay "a fine of five
dollars and costs for whispering in
church.
The National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial union met in annual session
in Washington.
Judge Morris ruled in the court ola
penls in Washington that while intoxi-
cation may be disease, yet IL II is vol
untary and leads TO commission of
crime Il Is crime i'm itself.
ST. Johns military academy at Della
field. Wis. was closed, owing 10 small
pox.
Israel Cohen a. Co..wholesalc clothiers
IN Boston, assigned with liabilities OF
over 100000
Fay Howard and George Richard, the !
two beer-keg rollers from Green Bay. !
Wis, arrived in st. Louis In less than |
co days, thus winning a wager OF $500.
Col. Albert j. Fountain. OF Las Cruces.
n. NJ, a prominent lawyer. and his
little boy were murdered by cattle
thieves