The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-09

death OF the FORMER anu TING '~"t
OF the latter.
Two trays OF diamond rings. valued (
at $1,000. were stolen from the store OF |
NJ. G. Cohen IN Pittsburgh. Pa.
After thres years litigation over the |
estate OF the late tofStanford, Mrs. |
Stanford has heen enabled 10 pay the |
bequest Of 81, 500. 900 which the senator
left 10 Leland Stanford university. San |
Francisco.
The national electrical exposition
under the auspices OF the National
Electric Light association was opened
In New York by Gov. Morton, who
pressed n golden key which sent out an
electric current that discharged can
non In San Francisco. New Orleans, 81.
Paul, Augusta, Me-. and London, Eng
land.
Flames that started in the Goodyear
rubber company's store in Buffalo.
n. ", caused loss OF 100000.
Edwin Plant of Clayton. Mass. shot
and killed his wife, Ada, and their two
weeks-old child. and then killed him
felf. Domestic trouble was the cause.
Fire destroyed the Adirondack hotel,
Emerson bank, the music hall and sew
eral residences and stores at Narrens-
burg. ~ ", the total loss being 100000.
Near Sturgeon Bay. Wis, Mrs. 4. \.
SaIler, aged IS, drowned her two chill
dren, aged four and two years, and then
drowned herself. Family trouble was
the cause.
The business portion OF Pike Grove,
Col, was destroyed by fire.
The Investment Trust company OF
America, doing business In Topeka.
Kan, went into the hands of receivers
with liabilities of S2,sO0.000.
At Camden, n. j.. Thomas j. Potter,
painter, and his wife were killed by
the cars.
Three women delegates 10 the Mctho-
dist conference in Cleveland withdrew
their claims in order 10 avoid strife.
Thomas Brennan, engineer, and
Douglas Wilcox. conductor, were killed
in freight train wreck near Liberty,
Neb.
All the street car lines in Milwau-
l<ee were tied up by strike Of employees
for an increase OF wages.
A five-story building was blown MP In
Cincinnati by an explosion and six per-
sons were killed and many others were
injured, some fatally.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 4th was: Wheat.
"a, $40 900 bushels; corn, ii,319,000 bush
els, oats, $4,000 bushels; rye, 4,4i4.-
600 bushels: barley, 100000 bushels.
The annual report of John $. Sey-
mour, commissioner OF patents, says
that during the year p, 0os patents and
designs were issued. The aggregate
receipts were sl.245.247; expenditures,
| 81 ,0s4, 400.
The fire losses in the United States
and Canada during the month of April
we're $i2,0l0,6o0, about $i.o00,o00 more
than the total for the month In 1895.
An investigation OF the trust funds
collected by the state department. In
Washington shows a shortage OF $780,
600.
The firm OF Il. & G. Friend g. Co,
| wholesale dealers in leaf tobacco In New
York. failed for 100000.
The dwelling Of William Harris in
ALTERNATE county, Va, was burned
and his four children were crematcd.
Rev. Prof. William Henry Green, ID
d., celebrated the 5Oth anniversary OF
his. appointment as instructor in the
Princeton On. J.) theological semi
nary.
! A broken rail on the Baltimore &
Ohio road mt New Haven, o., caused I
freight wreck. fatally iniuring two per
sons and seriously injuring numbe'
of others.
Mrs. II. Eastby and her danghtcl
Clara started from Spokane, Wash.
10 walk to New York. They live on
farm and hope TO make enough none.
in the venture to lift mortgage.
The German-Amerlcan Title com
pany Of Louisville, Ky, failed 70
S225, 900.
"Cotton Head" Schmidt, the 17-year
old German boy, and sam Foster,
negro. convicted OF the murder O
Bertram Atwater. the Chicago artist
In St. Louis on january %, were sen
fenced TO be hanged june Is.
IA the result Of an explosion OF
gasoline stove in Brooklyn On. \.
, tenement house Mrs. Rcbecca Cohe
. and her two children and Mrs. Faster
were killed.
: An additional shortage of about $3.50
COO was said 10 have been found in III
. accounts OF ex-City Attorney Williar
c. Morelnnd. OF Pittsburgh, Pa.
A vast labor organization OF house
! maids was formed in New York. nearl
every kitchen In the city being rel
z resented on the rolls OF the union.
: The American Medical associatio
: met in 47th annual session at Atlanti
!. Ga.
Crop reports from Illinois, lndian'
2 Michigan. Wisconsin and Town wer
favorable.
The American Trading society {
New York, with liabilities OF $4,000
= went into a receivers hands.
z PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.