The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-01-01

Atlanta, Ia, Whllc driving 10 rela-
tive's house TO spend Christmas.
The treasury gold reserve on the 25th
was $l60,267, 463, the highest on record.
Michael and Terence McDermott.
aged twin brothers. died at the same
time in New York.
The NJ. ID. Harter company's Touring
mill al Fostoria, o.. was burned. the loss
being s15o,0O0.
The output OF gold in Alaska this win
ter is estimated at $l0,0000O0.
Horace G.. Burt, third vice president
OF the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
has been elected president of the Union
Pacific.
Fire in the paper warehouse of w. c.
Jupp and in the Free Press Printing
company's building in Detroit caused
a loss OF Sl3o.o0o.
A prairie fire in the great Panhandle
country In Hall county, Tex, killed
thousands OF head OF stock.
Marcus Nassaunr. young man, shot
his sweetheart, Miss Katie Dosenbach,
daughter OF the ex-sheriff in ST. Louis,
and then blew out his own brains.
The Overman Wheel company. Of
Chicopee Falls, Mass, with agencies In
all the principal cities of the country,
failed for $4,000
Krey-Rcynolds & Co, wholesale gro
GERS in indianapolis, failed for 100000.
George A. Mornst, aged 56 years, shot
his wife at Bethlehem, Pa, and then
blew out his own brains. quarrel was
the cause.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 27th was: Wheat,
3G,Gl0,O00 bushels; corn, 3s,140,0O0 bush
els; oats. 12,772. 600 bushels; rye, 3,710,-
600 bushels; barley, 4,7s9,00O bushels.
VIII Burdy, James Philpot and Bob
Gregory were killed in a saloon row at
Manchester, Ky.
Frank MeDanicls broke the worlds
record for long jump on skates in Min
noapois, Mimi, clearing 81 feet and 7
inches.
John C, Palmer, deaf mute, killed
Mrs. d. p. Lenhart at Atlantic. Ia. and
then committed suicide. He was in
sane.
Mrs. Mary Anderson committed sui
eide by asphyxiation in Chicago and
also suffocated her two young step
children.
The wholesale grocery house Of Lewis
Hubbard e. Co. was burned al Charles
ton. w. Va, the loss being 100000
Fire which destroyed the Arcade
building at Detroit, Mich, caused dam
age amounting TO $4,000.
Jacob Strayer and wife were cremated
in n fire which destroyed their home
near Scottdale.' Pa.
Edward j. Ratcliffc, the actor, found
guilty Of striking his wife, was SEN
fenced in New York to six months In the
penitentiary.
A revised estimate OF the cotton crop
OF ls07-0s places il at 10,25703o bales.
Patrick Kelley, of Louisville, Ky, who
for over year has been dumb. sudden
ly recovered his speech during n fit Of
anger.
Joseph Hopkins, a negro who muir
dered two white farmers az Glendore,
Miss. was lyuched by n mob.
Mrs. Nancy Browdy, aged i6, OF Butte,
Mont, and her mother, aged 70, were
burned to death in New Haven, Pa.
The Universities OF Michigan, Chi
cago. Illinois, Wisconsin and the North
western university have organized the
Western intercollegiate Baseball
league.
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, says IL
will be impossible for the United States
to remain complacent should European
nations undertake the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of China.
The thirteenth annual meeting Of the
American Historical association began
In Cleveland. O.
Several icebergs in Lake Michigan
about 100 feet high and IS feet in diam
eter were an unusual spectacle seen at
Waukegan, III.
On wager of $50 +. l.. MnclSay ate
100 raw oysters in eight minutes i'm
New York.
Eighty per cent. of the edge tool man
in the United States have
their interests.
Fire in the Great Northern hotel In
Chicago burned the great aeolinn or
gan, valued AT $4,000.