The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-10


met in Milwaukee.
Lake Ann, a Michigan village of 500
people, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire.
The village OF Barnum, Mimi. was
partially destroyed by tornado.
Mrs. Mckinley, mother OF the presi-
dent, fell on the porch of her home at
Canton, o., and was quite seriously In
jured She is ss years old.
Fire nearly wiped ont the village of
Eric. III.
Thomas Morgan and his wife were
driving near Youngstown, o., when
their horse backed the rig over Man
ning's heights and both were killed.
BY the upsetting Of boat at Little
Rock. Ark, Joseph and Jacob Dante
and Miss Mary Arbor and Miss Josie
Sanders were drowned.
Six persons lost their lives in Chicago
from fireworks.
An exhibition sparring bout in Brook
lyn, y. Y, between Robert Fitzsim-
mons and John l.. Sullivan was stopped
by the police.
The shafting department Of the Ak
ron CO., Iron and Steel company's
works was destroyed by fire, the loss
being 100000.
Daniel Mcdonald and his brother and
sister and Burton McCreary were
drowned at West Superior. Wis. by the
upsetting Of skin.
Henry h. Stone, of Chicago, formerly
vice president and general manager OF
the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy rail
road, was killed Mt his summer home in
Nonquitt. Mass. by an explosion OF
fireworks.
Erastus Brown (colored) was lynched
by mob near Wharfage. Mo-, for as
saulting Annie Foerving, white girl.
Edward Robertson and his wife were
killed and John Wall was fatally in
jured by boiler explosion in mill at
Syracuse, Mo.
Charles ii. Seymour, an engineer, and
his wife were drowned in the Blue river
at Beatrice, Neb.. while bathing.
The great wage struggle of the coal
miners was inaugurated throughout
the Pittsburgh (Pa.) district.
~ We hlNiis VI uHi
canals, refused 10 sanction the opening
Of the canals in Canada TO traffic ON Sun
days.
President Mckinley and his party re-
turned 10 Washington from Canton ..
A cyclone obliterated the town of
Lowry, Mimi, and ten people were re-
ported killed and several injured.
Proprietors of the &c breweries in
Detroit, Mich, are planning 20 sell out
TO a syndicate OF English capitalists.
The national conference of the peo-
pies party at Nashville, Tenn. adopted
a plan for reorganizing and building up
the party and declared against fusion
and free silver.
George Weston, an aeronaut, and his
assistant, S. Cotton, fell from n balloon
at Eureka, Cal. and were killed.
John Henry Barker (colored) was
clectrocuted at Sing Sing, N. T., for
wife murder.
The National Educational association
convened in Milwaukee with 1900 cd
ucators in attendance.
-Four persons were fatally hurt and
is others were more or less injured in
street car collision at Pittsburgh, Pa.
a boiler explosion on the farm of W.
A. Allen, near Huntsville, Tenn, killed
nine persons and five others were badly
injured.
Ten OF the largest breweries in Allie
gheny county, Pa, have consolidated
under the name OF the Pennsylvania
Brewing company.
Wesley Robinson and John Dresher
rode on n tandem bicycle from Orange,
y. j., TO Atlanta, Ga, distance of 1000
miles, In ten days.
While drunk james Butler, farmer
at Lisbon. Wis, hacked his wife TO
pieces with an nx.
Henry Whitaker, a young farmer
near Cameron, Mo-. in tit Of jealous
rage killed Miss Thompson, TO whom
he had been paying attention, and then
took his own life.
The reports as TO the condition OF
crops throughout the country were IA
vorable.
Patrick Lennon. engineer; Bert Peb-
bles. fireman. and q. +. LANCE. brake
man, were killed in railway wreck
near Woodsville. n. III.