The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25
DOMESTIC.


The president issued his annual
Behring sea proclamation warning
sealers from plying their vocation dur
ing the closed season, from May 10
August 1.
Harry Schaffer. nged %. Harry Brown,
aged 10, Stanley Early. aged %, and ID.
NJ Cafe, aged 10, were drowned in the
river at Pittsburgh. Pa.
A fire at Chandler, the county seat OF
Lincoln county, g. T., burned the post
Office and nearly all the business portion
% the town.
George ID. Wethcrill a. CO., mnnufac-
turers OF paints and dealers in window
glass In Philadelphia, failed for $175. 600.
The New York Legislature adopted q
resolution TO adjourn finally on April
90
There were 223 business failures in
the United States In the seven days
ended on the 18th, against ESQ he week
previous and 241 in the corresponding
period OF 1895.
The exchanges Mt the leading clearing
houses In the United States during tine
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$7s4,33s,7C4 against $926.220,e55 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared ,=!sh the corresponding week IN
1895, was SO.
IL has been decided 10 change the
place of burial of Secretary Gresham
from OalSwoods cemetery ar Chicago to
Arlington at the national capital.
A rninstorm In Vernon county, Wis.
swept away many barns and granaries
and a large number of cattle, hogs and
sheep were drowned. The entire viii
lage of 0danah was under water and
great damage was done.
Fruit In the orchards OF the central
part Of California was severely dam
aged by frost.
Joseph Daugherty shot his wife, aged
60 years, and then shot himself at Lltz.
Pa. No reason wns known.
Josephine and Edward Courmatine.
Lena and Annie Dubois and Rosie Bon
MEN Gall children) were burned TO
death in a tenement-housc fire at Tur-
ner Falls. Mass.
Andrew Olson and his wife were fn.
tally injured by lightning at Wallace.
Mich. and their two little children were
killed.
james III. Eckcls. comptroller of the
currency. addressed an audience OF
1000 Cincinnati business men on the
financial question from the gold stand
ard point OF view.
A counterfeit ten-ccnt silver piece
was discovered at the treasury in Wasn-
ington.
Four men working In the slope OF the
Eddy Greek colliery near ELEPHANT, Pm,
were instantly killed by the ground cav.
ing In.
Two firemen were killed and severnl
Others seriously injured by fire which
destroyed the old depot of the Penn
sylvnnia Railroad company Ina Philadel-
phln. Loss, $4,000.
Startling Savage was taken from his
bed nc Irving College. Tenn. by mob
of "moonshincrs" and hunged. lie was
suspected OF being "spotter" for the
United States revenue officers
Cloudbursts In various parts of Wis
consin washed away bridges and cul-
yer,s, lightning struck many buildings
and heavy damage followed, and rs cows
and four horses were burned to death In
Brighton.
The works Of the Dauntiess bicycle
company and Baker brothers machine
fnctory were burned nc Toledo, o., the
total loss being 100000.
The supreme tribunal OF the Knights
Of pythlos W session az Denver decided
that the law excluding gamblers and
drunkards from the order did not affect
those who were members of the order
before the law was raised.
busincss was reported as quiet
throughout the country.