The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-08
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

The storehouse OF the Central Milling
company's -four plant and the elevator
at Niagara Falls were destroyed by fire,
the loss being 100000.
The mine of the old Pittsburgh Coal
company az Hyinera. Ind. was burned
by a. mob of strikers.
w. Is. Clarke a. Co, one of the most
prominent OF the bookselling firms in
Boston. failed for 100000.
BY n collision between trains on the
West Jersey and Atlantic City railroads
near Atlantic City, n. j., 81 persons lost
their lives and nearly 100 others were
injured.
w. Z. Burt. a member Of one OF the
best families in Austin. Tex. murdered
his wife and two children, aged two ond
four years. placed their bodies in a els
tern and then left for parts unknown.
No cause Is known for the crime.
A clondburst at Steubenville, o.,
swept away houses and other property.
rendered 200 persons homeless and
caused loss Of 100000.
The report of the commissioner Of
internal revenue for the fiscal year
ended June 30 shows .hai the receipts
aggregated STAG. o,6l5, an increase Of
S3.5S4,5s7 over the preceding fiscal year.
The expenses approxiinated $4.044 :3i.
The exchanges aJ the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 3ist ult. nggre-
gated $s11, 433, 2O3, against $0S9, SOC, 40i
the previous week The decrease com
Jared with the corresponding week IA
1895 is Ito.
There were 2s1 business failures in
the United States in the seven DAYS
ended on the 3ist ult., against $50 the
week previous and 2Gl in the cor
responding period Of 1896.
Frank Agan paced d mile in Clcye-
land, o.. In 2:04. defeating Joe Patchin
and Robert j.
The Cunard steamer Servia, which mr.
rived at East Boston, broke all records
on her trip from Queenstown to Boston.
the time being days and II hours.
All union men have been ordered cnt
ngain from the Brown hosting works
in Cleveland, o. They claim that the
settlement OF the strike was trick
The Delta Veneer and Box company
plant was burned at Friar's Point, Miss.
the loss being 100000.
Later advices from the railway coll
lision near Atlantic City, n. j.. say that
AZ persons were killed and 43 injured.
The Liberty Bicycle company in n sw
York failed for 100000.
Abram Tinkey, postmaster, AMI Rob-
crt Stark, merchant, died at Seguoin.
Wash, from the effects of drinking al.
cohol made from wood.
Godfrey Gould (colored) was lynched
by mob at Clarendon, Ark, for as
saulting Florence Wright, n white
woman.
The Staver q Abbott Manufacturing
company. makers of wagons in Chicago,
failed for 100000.
Chairman Jones has sent out call
for meeting OF the national democratic
committee at the Fifth avenue hotel,
New York city, on August IL.
The Columbus Buggy company at Co
lumbus, o., failed for 100000. W
The Emerson & Fisher company man
ufacturers of buggies and carriages in
Cincinnati. failed for $4,000
At Galveston. Tex. viii Gruber, a
fisherman, shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself. No cause is known.
Henry Hendrickson. Anna Amsrud
and Lizzie odstad, three young people,
were drowned I'm the Mississippi river
near La Crosse, Wis. by the capsizing
of boat.
Forty strikers nj the Brown hosting
works in Cleveland have organized =
military company and armed them
selves with revolyers and say they will
fight the police and militia and shoot
non-union employees of the company.
The percentage of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 2d is as follows: Cincin-
natl. .0Si; baltimore. .675: Cleveland.
.e44; Chicago. .576; Pittsburgh. Sal;
Boston. .53G; Philadelphia. 459; Brook
Ign. $50; Washington, 400; New York.
-so5: ST. Louis. .3is: Louisville. POS.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST showed that the debt increased
$i0,s57,35s during the month Of July.
The cash balance in the treasury was
S256,16s,472. The total debt. less the
cash balance In the treasury. am cunts
20 $3.50. i54,5i2.
AZ Edinburgh. Ind. bolt Of lightning
killed 10 head of horses belonging 10 j.
A. Bradley.
The large canning factory OF J. T.
Polk. at Greenwood. Ind. failed for
$1,000
Willard Mastick and his wife and
granddaughter were killed by the ears
Mt n crossing near Plattsburg. n. Y.
All records Of kite flying were broken
nj the Blue fill observatory in Boston.
kite being sent 1898 feet into the ar.
The two negroes who attempted 20
hssassiuate Col. G. ID. Hunter near Sell
ma, Ala, we're bnched by mob.