The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-10
DOMESTIC.

house was not In session.
ft DOMESTIC.
The government receipts from Gus
toms during March amounted TO $22,-
s33,s56, against $13,344.215 for March,
1896. The receipts from internal rev.
enue increased about $375,000 over
March Of last year.
II Is announced that Associate Justice
Stephen j. Field, of the United States
supreme court, proposes TO retire from
the bench July /.
Francisco Gonzelas, Antonio Gonzelas
Sauriano Alarid and Patricio Valencia.
who murdered ex-Sheriif Frank Chavez
on May 20, 1902. were hanged together
on one scaHrold at Santa Fe. n. NJ.
Christian Schultz, bookkeeper for
the Kuh, Nathan a. Fischer company
in Chicago, was assaulted and robbed
OF $4,000 belonging to the corporation
by Edward Wilson, another employe of
the company, who made his escape.
The Blanc brothers were executed at
Lafayette. La. for numbering Simon
Begnaud. n merchant at Scott. La.
about yenr ago.
Lyman Cutting and wife, while driy-
ing over a railroad crossing i'm Shirley,
Mass. were instantly killed by train.
The monthly statement issued by the
treasury department gives the money
circulation per capita as $23.0i. based on
an estimated population OF 72,547.000.
Mai. Gen. Thomas II. Ruger, COM
manding the department OF the east OF
quarters in New York. has been retired.
and is succeeded by Maj. Gen. Wesley
Merritt.
The exchanges nj the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the cd aggregated $685.
9s6,642, against $ss7, 800, 00s the previous
week. The decrease compared with the
corresponding week Of 1896 was So.
Secretary Sherman has protested
against the execution of Gen. Ruis Ri
vera. the Cuban leader in Pinar del Rio
who was recently captured by the Span
ish forces.
Maj. Charles l.. Dick. OF Akron, o.,
has been selected as secretary OF the
national republican committee.
Five men near Indian Bay, Ark.
were drowned while fleeing from the
rising waters in White river. and five
more persons lost their lives i'm the food
near Madrid. Mo. In Greenville, Miss,
the streets were nnvigable only by
boat, and plantations never before un-
der water were submerged
There were 4.o42 business failures In
the United States reported during the
past quarter, compared with 1912 in the
first quarter Of 1896. falling OF of
about IL per cent. The total liabilities
amounted TO $62. 513. 900. n falling of Of
JIG per cent. from the corresponding
total last year.
A cyclone passed over the southern
portion OF Cleveland county, Ark. de-
Stroying 10 residences and wounding
ten persons. William Shirley was killed.
The steamer j. II. c. Grggs sank In
the Chnttahoochee river near Columbia.
Ala. and five persons were lost.
The Maple Leaf hotel was burned at
Richmond. Mo-. and James Herman and
Frank Anderson persisted in the flames.
An ordinance prohibiting buildings
In ST. Louis OF greater altitude than
$50 feet was passed by the city coun-
ell.
The petition OF Joseph II. Dunlop.
publisher of the Chicago Dispatch for
executive clcmency has been denied by
the president. Dunlop Is under sentence
for sending obscene literature through
the mails.
AZ jamestown. n. ". Willard Spencer
fatally wounded his stepdaughtcr and
Miss Helen Van Syclsle, OF Union. Pa.
who was visiting her. set fire 20 MS
barn, burning 10 head of stock. and cut
his throat
AZ Norwalk. Wis. William Westphal
fatally shot Mrs. Carrie Deitsch. wife OF
William Dcitsch, and then shot him
self dead. lie was insane.
A sailing skin capsized in the Niagara
river near Niaghrn Falls. n. ". and
Thomas Dowd. nged %. and Edward
Bowling. 30 years old. were drowned.
Edward Graham and Daniel Shirley.
miners. were caught by an avalanche
near Tacoma. Wash. and killed.
DIR. !. II. Walton. well-known ply
stefan OF Dubuque. Ia. committed sui
eide In Lincoln park. Chicago. while
temporarily insane.
The Richardson building In Chatta-
nooga. Tenn. was destroyed by fire and
Boyd Ewing and s. NJ. Patton persisted in
the flames. The property loss Is $780,
900.