The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-11-27

H.rris. editor OF the Times, was fatally
$40 and his brother killed by Judge q.
b. Gerald.
For the murder OF his paramount,
Vinie Bell. George Weston (colorcO
was hanged al Paducah, Ky.
About II per cent of the railroads Of
the country have been equipped with
safety appliances.
Sixty students az Vassar college In
Poughkeepsie. y. Y. were seriously III
from eating improperly cooked veal.
Since the present administration came
into Office March last 81 American
prisoners have been released In Cuba.
miners train was wrecked nelr
Coal BLUM. Ind. and three men were
fatally injured and 90 Others hurt
In the upper peninsula CT Michigan
nine men have been mistaken for deer
and killed In as many days.
An unsuccessful attempt was made 10
wreck the fast New York and Chicago
express on the Erie railroad at Green
Vile. O.
The government has decided 10 make
no further experiments with Indians
as soldiers.
Chinook winds and rains were playing
havoc throughout western Washington.
Martin Bartholemy and George Roehl
were fatally injured and Robert Loren
was severely beaten In an attack OF
masked men on miners AT the Kolb coal
pit near Mascoutah. III.
Frosts In the south have practically
killed out the yellow fever.
The National Grange adjourned at
Harrisburg, Pa, 90 meet at Concord.
n H.. i'm November, 1898.
A fight at Bayou Lacombe. La. be-
tween Arthur and Edward Jolie on one
side and Laurance and Edward Cousin
on the other resulted in the killing of all
four.
Samuel. the 11-year-old son OF David
johnson, Of Philipsburg, n. j., recov-
cred his speech during a fright after
being dumb three years.
Deputies captured and destroyed six
Illicit stills in Pope and Scott coun-
ties, Ark, aud arrested IA moonshiners.
In his first annual report Secretary
Alger urges military protection for
Alaska, commends the work of military
colleges. recommends two additional
regiments OF artillery, the revival Of the
grade Of lieutenant general, more gem
erous treatment Of the national guards.
and his estimates for the next fiscal
year aggregate 500 ,25s,445
At Watsontown, Pa, the tannery
owned by Langdon 6 Co. Of Boston, was
burned, the loss being $500
Two distinct shocks Of earthquake
were felt AT Randsburg, Cal, and build
ings shook perceptibly.
Mrs NJ. A. Trigg, aged % years, and
her ll-year-old daughter Ethel lost
their lives In fire at Topeka Kan
The State bank OF Holstein, Neb.,
closed its doors with liabilities OF SlG,-
0OO
The wife and five children OF Will
liam Meyer, of Elizabeth. n. j., died of
malignant diphtheria within ten days.
a new counterfeit teu-dollar national
bank note has been discovered on the
Los Angeles (Cal) national bank.
Mrs. Margaret Kecgun. n widow
woman in Chicago. was robbed OF So 900
The money was kept In barrel In a
closet az her home.
Alderman George Durham. OF Mime
apolis, convicted of demanding a bride
of $4,000, was sentenced TO six years
in the penitentiary.
Farmers OF west Tennessee are plant
ing more wheat this season than was
ever known any previous year in the
history Of the country.
Frank Woodward, Jim Hemphill and
Fayette Norton were killed by an ex-
plosion in n mill at Louisville, Miss.
The bikes at Mount Vernon. Wash.
broke, and within nm hour the whole
town was under two feet OF water Hun
dreds OF head OF stock were drowned.
Willie Cornell, aged six. and Lille
Cornell, aged four, were found with
their Threats cut at their home i'm Ocou-
omowoc, Wis, and Ernest Cornell, their
father, was suspected Of the crime
Out OF revenge John De Silva set fire
20 the stock barn OF Fritz Dahler at
Pnna. H., and 30 head Of fine registered
milch cows. five calves and five horses
were cremated.