The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
The News Condensed.
ImpOrtant InteIIlaenee Lon an &c.
DOMESTIC


ing houses In the United States during
the week ended on the cath aggregated
s., 36s, s04,677, against 81 $50, 354.242 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week Of 1920
was coo.
There were 200 business failures in
the United States ia the seven days
ended on the gath. against 2o4 the week
previous and 3I5 in the corresponding
period Of 1896.
Up 10 the oath there were % cases Of
yellow fever In New Orleans and -
deaths, Al cases al Mobile, Ala, and 8
deaths. 125 cases at Edwards. Miss. and
20 deaths. and 10 cases al Biloxi, Miss,
and 4 deaths.
The village OF Riverdale. Mich. was
reported 10 have been nearly wiped Out
by fire.
At the national encampment in Co
lpmbus. o.. Of the Union Veteran Le-
gion Archibald BIakely. OF Pittsburgh,
was elected national commander.
Every business house in the town Of
Alton, ]. r., was destroyed by fire.
BY an explosion Of black damp in the
Williamson county coal mines at Johns
ton City, ILL.,, FIVE men were killed and
several others were badly injured.
Wesley Nading. n grain merchant at
Flat Rock, Ind, shot and killed bis wife
and then attempted suicide. No cause
was known for the deed
A landslide on the Dyea trail in Alas
ka killed is persons.
Noah johnson. the 22-year-old ron Of
~ L. III
Ind shot aud killed his sweetheart,
Macie Mang. the l7-yenr-old daughter
Of Martin Mang. Jealousy was the
cause.
The State Bank Of Davenport. Neb.,
closed its doors because il could not Sc
cure borrowers for its deposits
ID session at Columbus, o.. the So
ciety OF the Army Of the Cumberland
elected Gen. w. S. Rosecrans as presi
dent.
The state department has been noti-
fed that the Colombian government
has suspended the export duty on cof-
fee.
Lieut.. Peary. the explorer. said in
Boston that ne should start On his next
polar expedition in the latter part 81
July 1898. and that lie would reach the
north pole or lose bis life III the at
tempt
The percentages Of the baseball clubs
IN the National league for the week
ended on the cath were; Baltimore.
.7o4; Boston, 703; New York. Gas; Gin
cinnati, III; Cleveland, .53i; Brooklyn.
.4o5; Washington. 400: Pittsburgh.
AS; Chicago. al; Philadelphia, 40.
Louisville. s02; ST. Louis. PTS.
The rye crop this season will be 90
100000 bushels 100000 more than last
year and 100000 less than il 1895.
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. the new
steamer Of the North German line. made
the trip from Bremen 10 New York IN
8 days - hours and AZ minutes making
new record
Al IIawesvilie, Ky, a mob OF 500 men
lynched Raymond Bushrod, a negro, nc
Cused OF assaulting 14-year-old Maggie
Roberts.
AZ Shamokin, Pa, Arthur w May.
aged "a. killed Cora Kaseman. nged IS.
and then took his own life Refusal OF
the parents Of the girl 10 allow them 70
marry was the cause
Victor Anderson. well.to-do farmer
az Whiteside, Mich. killed his aged
mother and himself No cause for the
deed was known.
Mons Miuson fatally shot two broth
ers named Peterson az Vincent. Ia. be-
cause they objected 90 his marrying
their sister-in-law, and then killed him
self.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt IN
Maine az Belfast. Ellsworth. Bangor and
several other towns.
Tcrriblesuffering was reported among
gold seekers on the Skaguay and Dyca
trails in Alaska because OF the setting
in Of winter.
A strange disease IL doing great dam
age 10 hogs in southern Kansas and they
nre dying by tho hundreds.
Reports Of rich gold finds continue
20 come from the Michipico;en region
on Lake Superior.
The equalizcd valuation OF the state OF
Michigan Is 81. 1o5. 100000.
Five acres OF buildings IN Chicago
romprising the works OF the Chicago
Bridge and Iron company were burned.
I'm a political quarrel al Morrison.
q. r.. Peter Praxton and John Rnmbo
killed each other.
Engineer T.. Bennett Mitchell was
killed and Fireman John r. Cawiey IA
tally Injured by the explosion of the
boiler Of locomotive az Georgetown.
Pa.
AT Girnrdville. PA. az lenst nine men
received fatal injuries and possibly 40
others were more or less seriously
wounded In riot over mining troubles
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