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


the antitrust bill on the grounds that
II was harsh and unreasonable.
A terrific windstorm struck the towns
OF Enos. Hagaman, Eldred and Colum-
biana. in Illinois. wrecking many build
ings.
Douglass Reece after 80 hours of hyp-
motto sleep in a coffin in ChilI.cothe, o..
buried five feet below the sod, was resur-
rccted and said he felt as well as ever.
Miss Phoebe Couzins has renowned
woman suffrage and repudiated its lead
ers.
A fire in the George q. Otfe company's
carpet store in Cincinnati destroyed the
entire stock. valued at 100000.
Forest fires were doing immense dam
age in the Pocono and Blue Ridge noun
tains in Pennsylvania.
A freight train went through span
OF a railway bridge at Woods Run, Pa,
and Fireman William Haggerty was
killed instantly and Engineer William
Graham was fatally injured.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 9Th was: Wheat,
3s,612, 900 bushels; corn, 25,3ls,0o0 bush
els; oats, l3,6I6,000 bushels; rye, 3,602,-
ocO bushels; barley, 2,sl2,Oo0 bushels.
The Globe savings bank in Chicago
closed its doors with liabilities Of $780,
COO and assets estimated at $650,000.
George Hackney, aged II, and his
wife. aged 20. OF Chicago, celebrated
their golden wedding in Topeka, Kan,
by taking a spin ON their bicycles.
Joseph Webb, John Murphy and John
Haningnn were killed by gas in a brew
cry at Montreal.
The sweetheart OF j. A. Jenkins, a
young merchant at Savannah. Mo-, died,
and soon after jenkins shot himself
through the heart.
j. II. Aldrich, for years cashier and
paymaster of the Kansas City. Fort
Scott & Memphis railroad, was arrested
in Kansas City, Mo, and confessed that
he was short $4,000 in his accounts.
Capt. Evan +. Newell, for years the
head OF the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution,
has retired from the management of the
paper.
President Mckinley has received from
the governors Of Louisiana, Arkansas
and Mississippi kilograms all emphasiz-
ing the need of help in relieving the
food sufferers.
The fire loss of the United States and
Canada for March shows a total of $l0,-
502,050. against S14.s30.0Oo in March,
1896.
-Four weeks have elapsed since the
terrible railway wreck near Hazelton,
Ind. In which five lives were lost, and
not one Of the bodies has been recovered.
Secretary Gage has taken steps for a
more vigorous enforcement OF the inn
migration laws against the admission
into this country of alien women OF inn
moral character.
In the United States and Canada
the fire losses for the first three months
OF 1907 were $31 ,229 400, against $685.
600, 700 during the same time in 1896.
James II. Brewster & Co, manufac-
turers OF carriages in New York, as
signed with heavy liabilities.
Henry Struiye and two sons were
drowned near Frankfort. S. d., in a
flood. In North Dakota rise in the
rivers near Fargo was doing immense
damage.
Advices from the flooded sections in
the south state that from Marion, Ark,
north of Memphis, TO Greenville, Miss,
so towns and villages are under water,
and territory extending from 100
miles north OF Memphis 10 200 miles
south, and five to forty miles wide, is
submerged and devastated by the flood,
and $4,000 persons are destitute.
The Florida legislature convened at
Tallahassee.
II is estimated TINT there will be
100000 visitors in New York city on
she 27th inst. when Gen. Grants tomb
is dedicated.
The first government crop report OF
the year shows that in most OF the states
too much rain has hindered farm work
and the season Is reported late. The
outlook. however, is very encouraging.