The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-25
DOMESTIC.

previous and pa in the corresponding
period OF 1897.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
Sl,2G9, csc, 4s0, against 81 1924, 7G6, 4l2 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was 20.04.
Mrs. John T.. Sawyer was shot and
n prominent man, who mistook her for
"A burglar.
The four negroes who murdered Mr..
Garden and his wife and an old man
named Carlee near Wetumpka, Ala,
were lynched by mob.
A cloudburst In St. Charles county,
Mo-, washed away bridges, flooded
farms and caused great damage near
the city of St. Charles.
The gross earnings OF 1872 American
railroads for the first five months Of
the present year were s224,761, iii, an
increase, as compared with the CORE
spending period of 1897, of $4,000, $40.
In saloon fight at Brunswick, Mo-,
Mayor Heisel shot and killed City Mar
shall Ashby and was himself fatally
wounded.
During the absence of her parents
Mary Seldom. the 17-year-old daughter
Of Thomas Seldom, was murdered near
Pepin, Wis, and the house robbed of
$500 and burned.
Fire wiped out the entire business
portion of Tracey, Cal.
The percentage OF the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were: Cincinnati,
GOT; Boston, .647; Cleveland, 600;
Baltimore, .5s3; Chicago, 55s; Pitts
burgh, 500; New York. $40; Philadel-
phia, .426; Brooklyn, All; Washing
ton, .373; ST. Louis, .373; Louisville,
200
Alice Stitzel and Mamie aud Minnie
Corner were drowned in the river at
Defiance, o., while bathing.
The business portion Of Garwin, Ia,
was destroyed by fire.
James T. Gatewood, OF Ashland. Va,
private secretary 10 Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, Of the Seventh army corps, was
struck by lightning and killed at Pablo
Beach. Fla.
Shocks OF earthquake were felt in
many towns in eastern Tennessee, but
no damage was done.
Since the opening OF navigation ten
gold seekers have lost their lives In
White Horse rapids in Alaska.
Charles Sargent, aged "a, and his sis
ter Goldie, aged II. were drowned in the
river near Dawson, Ill.
w. w. Hamilton, Of Denver, lowered
the worlds professional bicycle record
for one mile unpaced ct Denver, his
time being 1855 As.
Park City, Utah, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire, the loss heing over
81 10000
4 terrific windstorm in Orleans coun-
~, y. u, entirely destroyed hundreds OF
orchards.
Jesse Ford, druggist; Mrs. Switzer
and Rev. Parkinson, pastor OF the Epis-
copal church, were drowned near What
Cheer, Ia. 10y the upsettipg OF boat.
The sloop Senorita, which sailed from
Seattle, Wash, in January for Juneau
with seven men. has been given up for
lost.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the Goth was; Wheat,
l0,Oss,000 bushels; corn, 22,172,000
bushels; oats, 1902 900 bushels; rye, 1,
o3o,ooo bushels; barley. 523, 900 bushels.
The gas belt window glass workers
have organized n stock company 10
build a cooperative window glass plant
In Elwood. Ind.
All the coal mines in the Pellico dis
trict In Kentucky and Tennessee have
been transferred 10 an English syndi-
cate.
Fire destroyed the Grant opera house
building IN Albuquerque. n. NJ, causing
a loss OF 100000.
The Illinois building at the Omaha ex-
position was dedicated.
In an address at Lawrenceyille, N. j.,
ex-President Cleveland stated his oppo-
sition TO the annexation OF additional
territory by the United States.
The collections OF internal revenue
| for May amounted TO $l4.09S,Ii7, an In
crease over May, 1897. of 81. PSI ,225. The
net increase in receipts during the last
IL months was Si0,93s,S0S.