The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-24

The following have born appointc1
umpires of the National Baseball
league; Lynch, Hurst. Emslie, Sheri.
dan. Mcdonald, McDermott and o'Day
The North Dakota Milling company
at Grand Forks. capital $4,000. made
an assignment.
Fred Wolhoupter. Ed Nav and Will
liam Turner were killed by snowslide
near brigham City, Utah.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 10Th was: Wheat
36,979, 900 bushels; corn, 4,103, 900 bush
els; oats, 3.657, 900 bushels; rye. $780,
600 bushels; barley. 100000 bushels,
The business portion of the town OF
Berea, o., was nearly wiped out by fire,
the total loss being 100000.
Rich gold fields have been discovered
on the Londyke river in Alaska
Floods were still doing great damage
In the south and vicksburg, Natchez
and other river points were crowded
with refugees.
During the month OF March there was
received In free and dutiable goods In
this country total of SIC, 372, 731, while
our exports were SS7,27i,52i. The inn
ports for the month were in excess OF
those for any month since April, 1903.
A police census just concluded shows
the population of Washington TO be
277,4s3, an increase Of 1911 during the
last two years.
Buffalo gnats have killed 500 horses
In west Tennessee and others were dy-
ing daily.
a cold wave swept over the states OF
Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. ice forming half an inch thick in
some places.
A milldaIn broke at Pinckney, Mich,
carrying away eight bridges and all
fences. trees and buildings along the
stream.
The Bostons and Philadelphias played
in Boston the first ball game of the
National league season, the latter club
winning by score Of G to 8.
The executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor met in Wash
ington 10 consider the question of AN
eight-hour work day.
William Haas and William Wiley were
electrocuted at the penitentiary in Co
lumbus, o. The offense of Haas was
the murder July 3. 1896, of William
Barber and his wife at Cleveland. Wiley
murdered his wife at Cincinnati, July
20, 1896. These were the first electrocu-
tions In Ohio.
James j. Corbett has formally chnl-
lenged Robert Fitzsimmons to meet
him again in the prize ring and de-
posted $4,000 in New York as forfeit.
Jesse Hidden, one OF the two men for
whose supposed murder George Jones
was hanged about three years ago at
Tort Smith, Ark, has been discovered
in prison at Wichita, Kan.
Reports from all over the country
chow that the last ten days have been
bad for crops.
The river at Vicksburg, Helena,
Natchez and all along from ST. Joseph,
La, to Bayou Sara, La, was falling.
The thirty-second international con-
vention Of the Y. NJ. G. A. convened in
Mobile, Ala.
Eight children were bitten by mad
cog In Chicago.
At the funeral in Cynthiana, KY, OF
Miss Lizzie Wagner, 20 years of age,
daughter of wealthy parents, six young
women very prominent in society acted
as pail bearers.
A dispatch from Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, reports the 500 river free OF ice.
Rev. Mr.. Call, while preaching n me-
mortal sermon at Lima, o., in honor of
Ralph Ewing, fell in the pulpit from
paralytic strike and was carried from
the church in dying condition.
Frank Corners and Ben johnson IA
tally wounded Jailer Charles Fay at
the Wyandotte (Mo.) county jail in at
temDtinp an escane