The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-05-22

George Washington was unveiled in
Philadelphia, President Mckinley TAX
ing part In the exercises.
Special Commissioner Calhoun, who
was sent 10 Cuba expressly to inyeSti-
gate the condition of affairs there. re-
ports TINT the stories of starvation and
misery forwarded by the consular OFF,
GERS have not been exaggerated.
Ahvote. Piute Indian ia Arizona who
in three days murdered ten white men.
was killed by his own tribe by the order
of miners.
Mrs. james Even and Jessie and
Eleanor Davis. sisters, aged ten and
eight years respectively. were drowned
in the Scuylkill river at Philadelphia
by the capsizing of boat.
The National Good Citizens associa-
ton met in Nashville. Tenn, for the
purpose of organizing on international
Good Citizens league.
Ten thousand pounds of sugar beet
seeds have been distributed by the gov
eminent TO farmers in four-fifths of the
states for experimental purposes.
George Francis Train, of New York,
has reopened his claim TO the land on
which the city Of Omaha, Neb., is built.
Adolph l.. Luetgert, n wealthy sau-
sage maker in Chicago, was arrested on
the charge OF numbering his wife by
casting her into vat of quiclSlime.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
2o,737,O00 bushels; corn, 1885, 600 BUSH
els; oats, 0.s76,O00 bushels; rye, 3,091,-
900 bushels; barley, 1,4G7,o0 bushels.
Forest fires destroyed the house OF
Martin WiclSs near Gresham. Wis, and
three children were burned TO death.
Rev. Ira A. Priest has been elected
president of Buchtell college at Akron,
o., vice Rev. DR.. Orello Cone, resigned.
At Fort Madison, Ia, Ruott and Hol-
land, convicts. cut off their first fingers
to avoid work.
Joseph A. Rhomberg, proprietor OF
the Dubuque (Ia.) street railway, died Of
paralysis while on the street in his car
riage.
The city council OF Galesburg. ILL.,,
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale or giving away of cigarettes under
n penalty of 500 for each violation.
At Dayton, o., four men tortured
James Dunlop until he told where his
money was hid and then secured $1,000
and escaped.
The Fountain house, the largest sum-
mer hotel on Delavan lake In Wisconsin,
was entirely destroyed by fire.
Forest fires were burning at many
points in the upper peninsula of Michi-
gan.
Daniel Evans, n life convict In the
Anamosa Qa.) penitentiary. committed
suicide with morphine.
Business men in New York city who
are interested in trade with Cuba have
sent to the secretary of state n me-
mortal asking that the war on the island
be terminated.
For the last ten months the receipts
of internal revenue aggregated $122,-
s50,404, an increase as compared with
the same period Of last year OF $6oo,0s3.
The reports as to the condition of
the crops throughout the country say
the cool weather hns hindered their
growth.
William II. Hamilton, a contractor,
his wife, his son, Lee, aged 10, and his
daughter, aged IS, were murdered in n
small village near Helena. Mont, and
robbed of $500.
w. j. Mcconnell, the noted temper
ance lecturer of Cleveland, o., became
suddenly dernnged while speaking Mt
Whitesville, Ky.
Mrs. j. N Grouse, OF Chicago, was
reelected president Of the Woman's
Baptist Home Mission society at the an
nual meeting in Pittsburgh. Pa.
Miss Grace Briggs is the first woman
to be graduated by the faculty of Union
theological seminary in New York.
Morris Sullivan. police officer In
Homestead. Pa, tried TO stop a Polish
riot at wedding and was fatally in
jured.
The Pennsylvania legislature passed
n bill prohibiting the public exhibition
OF Photographic reproductions of prize
fights.
John Smith, the colored candidate for
the naval academy at Annapolis, Nd,
has failed in three out OF four branches
of the English examination.