The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-12-05

lhB Al tthtltHc1 TOT 'AiS year u @@os 49,
2a6. or $l7.60i.077 less than during the
preceding year. The public debt cut
standing was si.7s9. $40, 323. against
81 GIG, i20. 1853 on June 30. 1898.
Henry Powb-s. aged 80 years. a farmer
living near Marion. o., killed his wife
and then took mis- own life while tenn
porarily insane.
The Citizens bank of Midlothian.
Tex. has suspended business.
w. T.. Coe. county treasurer, was fatal
ly shot by burglars In his Office at Dali
las. Tex. and robbed of $4,000.
The passenger steamer City Of Kali
amazoo was burned AT South Haven.
Mich, and Robert Van Ostrand. Joseph
Lang and Miss Rosa Germs persisted In
the flames.
An immense ice gorge 80 feet high
formed across the Chippewa river be-
low Chippewa Falls, Wis. and farms
md farm buildings along six miles of
the Chippewa valley were under water.
Zenas Varney's carriage factory in
St. Louis was damaged by fire TO the ex-
tent OF 100000.
c. NJ. Blaine. aged SO. chaplain of the
army post at Fort Ringgold. Tcx. and
his ii-year-old daughter were burned
TO death In their home. Mr.. Blaine was
cousin Of the late james G. Blaine.
The next annual encampment OF the
G.. A. X. will be held In Buffalo. n. T.,
beginning August %.
The First national bank OF Tyler.
Tex. closed it's doors with deposits of
( Sa3l 900.
The house of Sam Henderson (col-
ored). near Conway. Ark. was burned
and five OF his children persisted in the
| flames.
The deserticns Of sailors from the
navy have left some of the ships with
hardly sufficient men 10 man the yes
sells.
George Edwin Dean. aged i2 years,
and John Selcer. aged nine. were
drowned at Des Moines. la. while skat-
ing.
The Missouri national bank OF Kan
sas City closed It's doors with deposits
of $i.l3l.0OO.
The richest and most extensive dis
covery OF rock phosphate in the history
OF the world has been made in Tennes-
see in the counties OF Davidson. viii
hanson. Rutherford and Maury.
As the result Of political luminosity
j. V. and l.. ID. White (brothers) were
killed al Bethany, S. C.. by L. j. Will
liams. prominent politician.
The report OF MIR. Kimball. the gem
eral superintendent Of the life-saving
service. for the year ending June 30.
shows that the crews saved and assisted
10 save 472 vessels. valued. with their
cargoes. at $4,s53.ii0 The cost OF main
tanning the service for the year was ST.
401 sos.
United States Register 1ilman. OF the
treasury. in his annual report states
that during the year there were issued
143,4T6 bonds OF the value of S25s. 595.
so. and during the same period there
were cancelled 64.579 bonds OF the value
OF $1,000 ,450.
Morello. the once three-year-old king
of the turf. died near San Francisco. In
his best days he was valued al $780, 900.
The two i6-year-old twin daughters
Of Riley Taft. OF Orange, Mich. were
instantly killed at a railway crossing
a bill has been introduced IN the
Georgia Legislature prob ibiting the
playing of football IN the state; also
prohibiting the sale OF cigarettes or
cigarette paper.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST showed that the debt increased
$s.270, 203 during the month of Novem-
Der. The cash balance in the treasury
was $s35.0Gl. 520 The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts TO 1921. l26.257.
The German-American bank Mt Port
age. Wis. made an assignment for the
| benefit Of its creditors.
The visible supply OF grain in the
| United States on the 1st was: Wheat,
! 5S.0l4.00O bushels: corn. 1S.22s.O0O bush.
els; oats. i2.474.O 900 bushels: rye. $3.50.
600 bushels: barley. 1887 900 bushels.
The monthly statement OF the comp
! troller OF the currency shows that on
\ November 30 the amount of notionai
bank notes in circulation was $235.3i2.
1903. an increase for the month OF SIi4.-
446. and for the last ~ months OF S2l,
44O,aO7.
During the month Of November the
| total coinage AZ the minis Of the United
1 States was S7.4sS.T22. OF which S50G4.
700 was gold. $2.305.O22 silver and $50 :
600 minor coins The coinage Of stand
ord silver dollars wns $I.0i4OO0.
The Cincinnati chamber OF commerce
passeda resolution pctitioning congress
20 create new cabinet position, that
OF commerce and manufactures. 10 be
presided over by secretary.
1
along the Chippewa river IN Wisconsin
were under from one to five feet OF
water aud hundreds ~ people had been
driven from their homes.
The wife OF ex-Mayor Joseph 3.
Brown. OF Somerville, Mass. was burned
e death In fire which destroyed the
family residence.
AZ the annual convention In Sacrn-
mento Of the California Fruit Growers
association the president said that the