The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-02-20

IL is stated that the big machine bolt
trust has gone to the wall. Itcomprised
all the leading machine bolt mnnufac-
turers in the country.
The domestic merchandise exported |
during January amounted to S95,ooo.-
1903, against $s5.543.3o4 for January,
1896. The imports amounted TO $751;
327,osl, against s6s,e47,5oo for January
last year.
BY the death of William Lampson. a
banker at Leroy. N. y, Yale college re-
ceives bequest of $1,ooo.ooo.
Mai. Mckinley was unable TO receive
callers at Canton, o., because OF an at
tack of influenza.
Miller Ripley. nged 25, and his wife
OF ten days committed suicide py
drowning in n river near Chattanooga,
Tenn. Ill feeling between Ripley and
his wife's family was the cause.
A nav train on the railroad near Can
delaria was wrecked by the Cupans ana
over 100000 in silver was secured.
The United States supreme court has
affirmed the sentence OF two years III
prison and q fine Of $1,000 in the case
of Joseph II. Dunlop, publisher OF the
Chicago Dispatch. Mr.. Dunlop was
charged with sending obscene matter
through the mails.
The exports of gold coin and bullion
during january amounted TO S57l,o44,
against sic, see, SEQ in January, 1896, ana
the imports were $3.50, 621, against $lO,-
s67 $40 during January, 1896. Silver eX-
ports amounted 10 $3,367,o4o, against
81 .oo3. 300 during January, 1896, and the
imports amounted to SST7,067, against
81 ,O57. 507 during January, 1896.
II is announced that all the leading
Kentucky distillers will keep their
plants closed this year.
John II. Hoffer, the former cashier OF
the First national bank Of Lebanon,
Pa. pleaded guilty to the embezzle-
ment of 100000 and wns sentenced TO
ten years in prison.
Three Italians, John Fanicko, Paola
! Furesak and Pedro Philipo, were run
down and instantly killed by train at
| Upton, Pa.
The annual meeting of the Depart
ment OF superintendent OF the Nation
NJ Educational Association began in In
dianapolis.
Peter Schmidt and Samuel Foster
(colored) were hanged at Clayton, NO.
for the murder of Bertram f. Atwater,
of Chicago, on January %, 1896.
The General Federation Of Women's
Clubs, presided over by Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Hcnrotin, of Chicago, met in Washing
ton.
The Warsaw On. " salt baths and
santarium were burned the loss being
100000.
The total receipts Of the 30 largest
post Offices in the United States for Jan
uary, 1897, were 2,s39.otl, and for Jan
uary, 1896, $2,o44,354, a net decrease OF
S1o4,443
Or. Arthur Duestrow, the young mil
lionaire who shot 10 death his pretty
wife and infant son in st. Louis Feb
ruary 10, 1898, was hanged in Union
Mo.
A woman suffrage amendment wa'
lost in the Nevada Legislature by vot,
Of 10 TO 8.
II is estimated that $4,000 persons
arc suffering from the grip in Phila
delphia.
: A special train on the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy road ran from Chi
cago 10 Denver. distance of 1,o95 miles
IN 1000 minutes, breaking all records.
II is stated that President Cleveland
Secretary OF State Olney and Edwin i
Uhl. OF Grand Rapids, Mich. now min
lister at Berlin, viii form n law partner
= ship in New York.
The doors OF the Merchants nationu
bank at Jacksonville, Fla, were closed
II. w. Hines & Co, manufacturers O
ladies' straw and felt goods in NeN
) York, failed for 100000
i Reports Of mills starting up ON woole
and worsted goods in different parts c
Rhode Island are numerous.
= The state national bank of ST. JOSEPH
: Mo, capitalized al 100000, will GO int
!. voluntary liquidation.