The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-17

Anohn, Mihna gave way entaAAnk
loss OF 100000.
Solemn and impressive conservation
meetings marked the end of the Chris
tian Endeavor convention at San Fran
cisco.
A Washington dispatch says the nd-
ministration has taken steps TO keep
it's grip on Hawaii, and any aggressive
interference on the part OF japan will
result in the landing OF marines and
the hosting OF the American flag.
l.. j. Belts and wife. who resided on
farm Ave miles from Delhi, N. u, were
killed by lightning.
In fit Of jealousy William Black shot
and killed his brothers wife near Nor
ristown, Tenn. and then killed him
self.
Georgia Coulter, aged IS. and Bertha
Yarnell, aged 10,were drowned at Eagle
Lake. Ind. by the capsizing OF yacht.
Prof. Coulter. of Chicago university.
and the second was the daughter OF Ed
ward Yarnell. OF Fort Wayne. Ind.
There was a strong indication Of
coal famine confronting the country
because of the miners strike, and an eff
fort to secure arbitration of the trouble
was being made.
Lightning struck the state militia
camp at Peekskill, N. T., and Corp. J. J.
Mcdonald was killed and many others
were badly hurt.
u. Il. Lewis, the famous bond forger,
pleaded guilty at Urbana, o., and was
sentenced TO eight years in the peniten-
tiary.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
0,6OO, 900 bushels; corn, II, oo7. 600 bush
els; oats, G,94o,000 bushels; rye, 2,Oo7,-
600 bushels; barley, sol 900 bushels.
The corn crop in Iowa, Nebraska and
Missouri has been saved by general
rainfall.
Adam Winebrenner, Of Beatrice, Neb.,
was taken from jail by mob OF indig
nant citizens and tarred and feathered
for crually beating his stepdaughter.
Eight tramps were said TO have been
killed in railway wreck near Boone,
Ia.
NicholasC. Creole, a millionaire mine
owner. after whom the town of Creole,
Col, Is named, committed suicide at Los
Angeles, Cal, because of domestic
trouble.
The remains of the late Senator
Harris were inferred with appropriate
ceremonies in Glenwood cemetery at
Memphis, Tenn.
The city Of Oakland, Cal, entertained
in n most hospitnble manner $4,000 del
egates to the Christian Endeavor con-
vention.
The Midland national bank and the
National bank Of commerce in Kansas
City, Mo-, have consolidated.
w. J. Immel shot and killed his
sweetheart, Kitty Askcw, and then shot
himself at Vancouver, B. c. A quarrel
was the cause.
Three men named Blackstone, Bott-
cher and Mollique were frozen TO death
In Alaska while endeavoring to carry
mail from Sunrise City across the gla-
cier TO Prince William Sound.
The reports as TO the condition of the
crops throughout the country were ia
vorable.
AuTOn JOHNSON. MISS Della NeNlnS
and Mabel Yoke were killed in run
away near Belle Plainc, la.
During a fit of insanity Alexander
Alatiguy fatally cut his wife in San
Francisco and then killed himself
The eleventh annual convention OF
the Association OF Agricultural Col
leges began in Minneapolis, MINI.
The Minnesota board OF pardons re-
fused TO grant pardons to Cole and Jim
Younger, the surviving members Of the
outlaw band who attempted to raid
bank at Mortified. Mimi, in 1876.
Thomas Il. Ripple was hanged ut
Hartford. Conn, for the murder of his
wife.
The consolidation ut Peorin, ILL.,, OF
the Bank of Commerce, state institu-
ton, with a capital OF 100000, with the
Merchants national bank was an
nounced.
The number OF silver dollars coined
at the United States minis during the
last fiscal year was 81 ,2O3,70 on which
the seigniornge or profits TO the govern
ment amounted TO $6,336. 104.