The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-06-05


TO frame a new constitution for Vir-
ginia has been defeated.
S,rs. Mamie L. Barr, her four-year-
old babe and her sister, Miss Matte l..
Alexander. aged IA, were all drowned
In q tank near the house in Abbot, Tex.
A train struck a wagon full of chill
dren near Denver, Col, and four of the
little ones were killed and two others
were fatally injured.
The Cheyenne Indians went on the
war path In Montana and killed dozen
men. including five United States sol
diers
While driving from Primghnr. Ia. TO
his farm between Sibley and Ocheydan
i. ID. Frey. an aged man, was frozen to
death.
George Repshire and his son Herbert,
aged 40 and IS respectively. were
drowned at Shady Bend, Kan, in the
Saline river.
a distinct earthquake was ex-
peIienced throughout the south At
lantic and middle southern states.
+. The month of May just passed was
the coolest on record.
Constantine Kerr and Corporal Hoclsin,
Of the mounted police, and Ernest Grun-
dy. postmaster of Duck Lake, Man.
were shot dead near that place by In
dians.
A tally-ho, with party OF 81 persons
from the Greene Avenue Baptist church,
Brooklyn, n. ". was struck by train
at Valley Stream and five of the young
people were killed.
The Hubbard Milling company at
Mankato. Mimi, failed for 100000
Maria and Frances Butler, unmarried
sisters about 80 years Of age, committed
suicide ut their home i'm Lowell, Mass,
because OF financial losses.
Miss Mildred Brewster, is years old,
shot Miss Annie Wheeler, also IS years
Of age, at Montpelier. VI. and then sent
n bullet into her own brain. Jealousy
was the cause.
Snow fell at Oshkosh and other por-
tions of Wisconsin and in some places
in Minnesota.
The percentages Of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 3lst ult. were: Baltimore,
.S42; Cincinnati, orc; Pittsburgh, .G72;
Boston, GOO; Cleveland, .567; New York,
$40; Louisville. 500; Philadelphia, .4s5;
Brooklyn. .484; Chicago. 1888; Wash
ipgton, 800; st. Louis, .1sS.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the LIST was: Wheat,
20,sS9,000 bushels; corn, 12.21s,0 900 BUSH
els; oats, s, 100000 bushels; rye, 2,G21.-
coo bushels; barley, 1,4i4,000 bushels.
The government receipts during May
were 500, 7o7, 300 and the disbursements
were $29,1oo,25o, leaving the surplus
for the month $6ss,131. The deficit for
the II months Of the present fiscal year
amounts to $50 1878, 12l.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST shows that the debt decreased
81 ,5G00S0 during the month of May.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$S67, 400, 82G. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to s996.Cs4,O52.
Samuel A. Jervis, n switchman. Al
years DID, stabbed to death Mrs Bertha
johnson, aged 30 years, at New Orleans,
and then killed himself. Jealousy was
the cause.
James Roberts and his wife and three
children were killed by an engine Mt a
railway crossing near Alma, H.
The Merchants bank at Lincoln. Ncb.,
closed its doors with liabilities of $780,
900.
Griswold g. Gillet, bankers and brolI-
ers in New York. have made an assign
mcnt with liabilities OF 100000.
Five children were burned TO death in
the residence OF j. IT, White. two miles
from keystone, w. Va, during the abb
sence Of their parents.
A railway engine blew up near Chris
tinnshurg, w. Va, killing Joe WnslSie,
engineer, Jim Gillespie, fireman, and
Flagman William Byrne.
The reporta as 10 the condition of the
crops throughout the country show
that cold weather has caused slow
growth.
Thomas Il. Reed, speaker of the house,
received a letter warning him that un-
less certain specified legislation was
promptly expedited he would be as
The one hundred and first anniver-
sary of the admission Of Tennessee into
the union was appropriately celebra-
ted at the Centennial exposition in
Nashville.
Mr.. Preston. tho director OF the mint,
says the production OF gold in 1896 was
Sj3,000,0O0. an increase of over $G,250,-
600 as compared with 1895. The pro-
duction OF silver was 57,7OO,0OO fine
ounces, an increase Of 100000 ounces
over 1898.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
At Lincoln, Ncb., the prohibition state
nominated ID. NJ. Strong. of
Dodge county forassociate justice OF the
supreme court, and Mrs. Isabella Spur