The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-03-27


Chicago, killing Alexander Frank. en-
gineer. and Edward ID. Smith. fireman.
A fire that started In Cullen & Co.'S
dry goods store In Ottumwa. Ia, spread
to other buildings. causing total loss
of $l75,Oo0.
A passenger train on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad was wrecked near Oak
land, Nd, and Gen. j. S. Fullerton, Of ST.
Louis, was killed and ten other per-
sons were injured.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the ed was: Wheat,
40. 43o. 900 bushels; corn, 2d,077, 900 bush
els; oats. -, Tor, 900 bushels; rye, 3,64s,-
600 bushels; barley, 3,o6s,o0o bushels.
George Kelly was hanged in the jail
at Center City, Mimi. for completely in
the murder of Edward Paul and Jacob
Hayes.
A cyclone at Arlington, Ca, wrecked
the academy building and eight chill
dren were killed and many others were
injured.
Fire destroyed the Gleason building
in Lawrence, Mass, the loss being $780,
600. and eight persons were badly in
jured.
The Christopher Columbus Building
and Loan association of Chicago. with
liabilities of Sl13,5OO, asked for a re-
ceiver, charges being made that David
j. Sachsel, secretary, and Karl Kronen-
berger, treasurer, were short $4,000 in
their accounts.
The West Point (Ga.) State bank
closed its doors with liabilities OF
$4,000.
Richard Mannon, with his wife and
six children, living in a cabin on the
river bank In Henry county, Ala, were
drowned in a freshet that swept their
home away.
A tornado wrecked many houses near
Abbeville and Genoa, Ala, and near the
latter place family of five persons
were killed.
An earthquake shock in several towns
in Rockingham county. n. H., shook
houses and frightened the people.
The prairies of western Kansas were
covered with snow which had been fall
ing for three days. blockading all travel.
Martin, Mise & Fitzhugh, the biggest
firm Of cotton buyers in Texas. failed in
Paris for $4,000.
In LEWIS valley, near La Crosse, Wis,
Barnard Koch, a farmer, his wife and
brother-in-law, John Herman, were
drowned while trying to cross a stream
swollen by a freshet
A cyclone at Cynthiana and Washing
ton, Ind, wrecked several buildings
and in the country adjoining much dam
age was done.
Floods along the Des Moines river in
Iowa swept away many bridges and out
buildings and drowned large number
OF cattle.
National officers of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union have for
warded an appeal TO President McKin-
ley asking him TO secure the aid Of con-
gress and that OF the governors and leg
islatures of every state 10 prohibit
pugilismand the exhibition Of pugilistic
pictures.
All farms in Iown in the valleys of the
Floyd, Big Sioux. Little Sioux, Rock,
Jim, Vermillion and Ellxhorn rivers
were under water and hundreds of
bridges have been swept away and
much live stock drowned.
"Ferndale," the suburban residence
of the Cohen family at Alameda, Cal.
was burned, the loss exceeding $500 900
High water in the Minnesota river
flooded so houses at ManlSato, Mimi,
and in one street four men were
drowned. Half OF North Mankato, viii
lnge OF 700 inhabitants, was under
water.
\ slight earthquake shock was felt
at Vandalia, Ill.
The engine and four cars OF train
on the Chicago & Texas railway went
through bridge at Aldridge, ILL.,, and
Engineer Joe Forester and Fireman
James Anderson were drowned.
Nineteen business buildings in the
village OF Bloomington, Wis. were de-
stroyed by fire.
President Mckinley gave a reception
to the newspaper correspondents sta
toned in Washington and the repre-
sentativcs of the local press.
a shock of earthquake was felt at
VI, and crockery i'm several
stores and houses was broken.
The Acme bicycle works at Reading,
Pa, were burned, the loss being 500, 900.
The Farmers aud Merchants bank at
Paris. Tex. closed it's doors with heavy |
liabilities.
Dwight l.. Aloody's stay of three |
weeks In Cincinnati resulted IN the con-
version of nearly 200 persons.
Further advices from Arlington, Ga.
say that nine persons were killed by |
the cyclone that wrecked the academy |
and that five others could not live.
The celebration OF the one hundred |
and tenth anniversary of the foundation
Of tho Western university OF Pennsyl- |
sania took place at Pittsburgh.
A bill was introduced in the New
York legislature TO form a new state out
OF the counties OF New York. Kings. |
Queens, Suffolk. Wcstchcster
md Putnam.