The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-02-13
DOMESTIC.

There were 81 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9Th, against 331 the week
previous and 323 in the corresponding
period OF 1896.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 5th aggregated
$1,047, 109,7 FOG, against 1901 ,245,22s the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week OF 1896
was 40.
The president sent to congress the
complete report OF the Worlds Column
bian Exposition commission.
The First national bank OF Franklin,
O., suspended with liabilities OF $1,000.
The Northwestern national bank Mt
Great Falls, Mont, closed It's doors with
liabilities OF 100000; assets, $4,000.
John X Gowdy, chairman Of the In
diana republican state committee. an
nounces that he has been appointed and
has accepted the post OF consul general
10 Paris.
Joe Richie and John Thomas, stone
masons, were killed in n premature
dynamite explosion at Frankfort, Ky
Anderson Parker, farmer OF Rock
Castle county, Ky. in drunken rage
struck his wife and fractured her skull
with n club. lie then shot his son
through the wrist. when the boy Sc
cured a revolver and killed his father.
Cashier c. +. BREEDER. OF the First ma
t.cnal bank Of Bethlehem Pa. was said
10 be dcfaulter 10 the extent OF $4,000.
Thirty thousand people IN the towns
east of Shreveport, La, are said TO be In
q starving condition.
Charles Radbourne. the famous base
ball pitcher, so long identified with the
National League clubs of Providence
and Boston. died in bloomington, H..
aged 43 years.
A revival of industry is beginning in
the Monongahcla Pa.) valley. over 1000
men having been given work in the past
week
In a collision between freight trains
on the Louisville a. Nashville railroad
near Montgomery. Ala. Sink Kirkland.
engineer, and Brakeman Weller were
killed and the fireman fatally hurt.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at BENCHES and Chnse's stations in
Maryland and elso ut Baltimore.
After a quarrel with her husband the
wife OF Robert Cort, well-to-do rancher
living near Big Timber Mont. drowned
her three children and herself
a large portion OF the business part
OF Shellrock. Ia, was destroyed by fire.
Judge Con. of West Virginia. has. Il
Is said, declined cabinet appointment
because OF his wife's poor health.
John Hnrdisty and Miss Cora Akers
were killed by the cars near Calicntc.
Cal, while gathering wild flowers
The president has signed an order re.
ducing the number OF pension agencies
In the United States from rs too.
I'm freight train wreck near Tolono.
Ill.,. 30 fine horses were killed and five
ears OF merchandise destroyed.
The New York Centrnl's four-traclS
steel drawbridge over the Harlem river
in New York, the largest bridge OF the
kind in the world, has been completed.
IL cost over 50. o0o 900, and work was be-
gun on Il September I. 1895.
The thirteenth annual report OF the
civil service commission. covering the
past fiscal year, shows that the total APP
nroximatc number Of positions in the
civil branch OF the government Is u.s.
III. OF these s7,i07 are In the classified
service. and 01,610 unclnssifed The ag.
gregate compensation paid in the ex-
ecutivc civil service during the last fis-
cal year was 500, 100000.
The State savings bank ~ Atlanta. Ca.
closed It's doors with liabilities Of SIS
coo.
According 10 dispatch from Wash
ington Secretary OF the Treasury Car
Isle has definitely decided TO locate In
New York city.
With the Chinese New Year the Six
Companies. the most powerful and rich
chinese organization In America,
" Al OF existence In San Francisco.