The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-12-11

liquor in the senate wing of the CAPT
toll.
Mrs. Annie Fitzsimmons and Edwin
w. Quinby and his wife were fatally
poisoned by drinking wood alcohol at
Exeter. n. Y
The report OF the consolidation Of
the wire industry throughout the coun-
try has been confirmed.
Secretary Gage transmitted 70 con-
gress the estimates OF appropriations
required for the service OF the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1900. The total
amount called for Is s462 ,647.ss5.
The Olympic theater in New Orleans
was burned. the loss being 100000.
Joseph Holechek, a farmer near Hum
boldi. Neb., quarreled with his wife
and killed her.
Charles Denneller, a gardener at KAN
sas City, Mo. shot his wife while drunk
and then shot himself
President Mckinley left Washington
10 return 10 the bedside Of his mother
at Canton. o.
The Lake hotel in Milwaukee was de-
stroyed by fire and Charles Paterson
was burned 10 death.
The Cleveland, Berea & Elgin and
the Elyria q Oberlin railroads in Ohio
have consolidated.
The visible supply 81 grain in the
United States on the 9th was: Wheat,
1880, 900 bushels; corn, 3995O 900 BUSH
els; oats, 15,46700O bushels; rye, $685.
600 bushels; barley, 4,O50,oOo bushels.
The fire losses IN the United States
and Canada during the II months end
ed November 30 amounted 10 SOS, 0oi.-
600, against Sl04,293,5oo In the same
time in 1896.
The Fair Shoe and Clothing company.
one Of the largest department stores
in St. Louis, failed for 100000.
Secretary Alger made public the
reprimand administered TO Capt. Low
ering by sentence OF cOurt-martial for
brutality TO Private Hammond NJ Fort
Sheridan, I'll.
a special session OF the legislature
Of Illinois began in Springfield.
The annual report Of the secretary OF
the treasury shows that the total re-
ceipts for the year ended June 30, 1897,
were $500. 37s 1917. and the expenditures
S44s, .G22. leaving a deficit OF Sis.-
052,454 Secretary Gage recommends
the establishment OF n treasury division
OF issue and redemption 10 protect ma
tional credit; that places OF 1000 inhab-
itants be permitted 10 maintain ma
tional banks with n minimum capital
Of S25, ZOO; that the tax rate on circula-
l. .
cent. and that the government guaran-
tee all national bank notes and tax un-
secured circulation two per cent. per
annum,
Herman p Schultz. who murdered his
wife on September 21, 1896, was hanged
in the county jail at Milford, Pa.
The little town Of Stewartvillc, Mimi.
was almost totally destroyed by fire.
a state bar association has been
formed at Sioux Falls, S. d., with Bart
lett Trip as president.
Charles Burgess was electrocuted at
Auburn. n. y. for the murder Of Henry
v Whitlock at Sterling in August, 1895.
The value OF the gold deposited at
the miuts and assay Offices during the
fiscal year 1897 was S120, 1O5, 500.53.
The American Torpedo company's
nitro-glycerin magazine 40 Bowling
Green, O., exploded, and Dan Lean was
blown 10 atoms.
Gov. Atkinson. OF Georgia. vetoed the
anti-footbal bill
Judge Horace r.. Buck. associate JUS
tice Of the supreme court Of Montana,
shot himself at Helena. III health was
the cause
peace Sunday" will be observed
throughout the world on the 10th inst.
and ministers are requested TO preach
on peace and arbitration.
A company has been organized In
Chicago To maintain n permanent cx-
hibition Of the products Of the western
and northwestern states and terri
tories.
Adam Uber. who killed Hans Ander-
son at Gardnerviile, New, was taken
from Jail by mob and hanged.