The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-09


miles 5 laps; Maddox. s54 miles laps;
Ashinger. s73 miles laps; Lawson, s7i
miles 10 laps; Hunter, 81 miles 10
laps: Forster. $40 miles 10 laps.
Being a defaulter TO the extent OF
500, 600, Richard Cornelius, cashier OF
the National farmers and planters
bank in Baltimore. Md, committed sui
eide by drowning himself.
The legislatures of California, Mon
tana and Idaho met In their respective
capitals. In Montana Robert B. Smith
was inaugurated as governor and in
Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg took tbe
oath of Office.
The Wyoming state hospital Mt Rock
Springs was destroyed by fire.
The railroads In the Dakotas ard the
western part of Minnesota were COM
rletely tied up by snow.
The First city bank of Nora Springs,
Ia. suspended payment
Dennis Sullivan. 0s years old. and
James Slower. were blown TO pieces by
the explosion OF a dynamite cartridge
near Troy, n. Y.
The Merchants national bank closed
its doors at DEVILS Lake, n. D., with
liabilities of $4,000.
Maj. Edward Scofeld was inaugurated
as governor of Wisconsin.
The coinage executed at the minis OF
the United States during December
amounted to $7,0l7,410. The product
of gold during 1896 amounted to $751;
100000. an increase of 100000 over
1895. The product OF silver in 1896 was
53,500,000 fine ounces, a decrease OF
100000 ounces from that OF 1895.
James Duffy, Boston pugilist who
collapsed at the conclusion OF a ten
round boxing match with George JUS
tus in New York. died without regain
ing consciousness.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 4th was: Wheat,
54,O51 900 bushels; corn, 1o,352,0OO
bushels; oats, l4,oso.o 900 bushels; rye.
3,os7,Oo bushels; barley, 4,4o3, 900 bush
els.
The United States supreme court says
that corporations deriving their powers
from the several states Of the union are
citizens of the United States" and can
be sued as such.
Reports from different sections OF
Michigan show that great damage has
been done by heavy rains.
An ordinance passed by the Chicago
city council will have the effect of ob
liierating the high hat in theaters and
music halls.
Three stock men were frozen to death
4. 1. NJ
An explosion in II mine at llnrtshorne.
|. T.. killed five men.
Ii has been discovered that Jesse
Winner and James Nelson, who were
taken from the Jail at Lexington, Mo-,
on the night Of December 6 and lynched
by mob for the murder OF the formers
wife and two children, were innocent.
Frank A. Briggs took the oath of Office
as governor OF North Dakota. While the
oath was being administered he received
news of his eldest daughters death.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, has called
out the troops to intercept and capture
toll gate burners
The Minnesota legislature convened
ut ST. Paul and the Nebraska legislature
met at Lincoln.
Francis j. KiecBhofer, late disburs-
ing officer of the state department in
Washington, has been indicted on the
charge of embezzlng $l27,ooo.
William Downing and Charles Will
Hams, both coored and both murderers,
paid the penalty OF their crimes on the
same scaffold at Norfolk, Va.
IL ~ n 4 a.
old, hid cigarette in the bosom Of his
waist when his mother came upon him
and his clothing took fire and he was
burned 20 death. His mother was fatal
ly burned in trying TO save his life.
The fire losses OF the United states
and Canada during 1896 amounted TO
S115.655, 800. against $l29, s39, TC0 liz 1895.
Both houscsof the Pennsylvania legis-
lature convened at Harrisburg.
The next convention OF the National
Women's Christian Temperance union
will be held in Buffalo. N. y.
More than 23,ooo,0OO head of live
stock, afterward killed for food, were
inspected by government officers dur
ing the last year.
~ puSStnktI NIulU on Nht Aoh
jumped trestle near Carson. Ia, and
five persons were injured, one fatally.
At Holdredge. Neb., Mrs. ID. NJ. Con-
rad. teacher in the public schools, was
shot by her husband. who then shot
himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
The factory OF the Jacksonville (O.) Sew
or Pipe company was burned, the loss
being 100000.
Mrs. Elias Tucker, aged 50 years, and
her step-dnughter, Mrs. William Siebel,
aged 30, were killed by an explosion OF
dynamite ~ Reading, Pa.
Stories are again told by passengers
arriving in Key West, Fla. from Cubn
that Antonio Maceo is not dead. but
that he is in hospital recupernting
from his wounds.
Levi T.. Wymnn. aged 60 famous
restaurateur and the founder Of wy
mans sandwich depots." died In Boston