The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-02
DOMESTIC.

| William Cooper, aged 80, shot ana
killed his father-in-law, Cornelius Smed
ley, fatally wounded his mother-in-law,
fred two shots at his wife and then
committed suicide at Fulton, n. Y.
The Great Western distillery, the sec
oud largest in the world, was burned at
Peoria, H., the loss being $350.ooO.
The Potter oilcloth works, which
covered ten acres of ground, were
burned in Philadelphia, the loss being
$500, 900.
Az Edgley, n. d., Charles Handley,
hotelkeeper, shot and killed his wife
and then shot himself fatally.
The Klondike district and Indian
river output of gold this year is esti-
mated at S2o,OoO,o0O.
The first ambassador from Russia,
Count de Cassina, was formally pre-
scented TO President Mckinley.
In a futile attempt TO hold up an ex-
press train on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad near Whitehall, Mo-,
Engineer Fred Dempsey was shot and
killed by the bandit
The percentages OF the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the goth were: Cincinnati,
.6ss; Boston, .632; Cleveland, COZ; Bal
timore, 500; Chicago, $3.50; Pittsburgh,
.544; New York, 500; Philadelphia, .472;
| Brooklyn, .4ls; Washington, $40; St.
Louis. .351; Louisville, .317.
Harvey Francisco and his son Thomas
and Sidney easier were drowned at
Mount Pleasant, Mich, while bathing.
George Scott, negro 81 years old,
charged with attempting TO outrage
Mrs. William Scroggings, was hung by
q mob at Russellylle, Ky.
i Thirty thousand persons witnessed
| the American Derby at Washington
park, Chicago. The winner was Pink
Cont; Warrenton, second; lsabey, third !;
time, 2:42M
Tom Linton, of Wales, went 20 miles
on bicycle in New York in S6:59,
breaking the worlds record.
Louis Jacobs, ST. Louis druggist, and
his son Joseph were drowned by the cap
sizing OF boat.
| In n collision between trains at
Tupelo, Miss, four soldiers from Chey-
enne, Wyo.. were killed and others were
injured
A terrific storm swept over portions
of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and North
Dakota, killing several persons and do
ing great damage TO property.
| Capt. Joshua Slocum arrived at New
port, Il. l., on the yacht Spray, after
n voyage around the world. lie left
Boston April "a, 1895, entirely alone
on the yacht, which is only 33 feet long
and IL feet wide.
A week OF carnival in celebration Of
the golden jubilee OF Wisconsin's state
hood WINS begun in Milwaukee.
The General Federation of Women's
Clubs in session at Denver, Col, elect
ed Mrs. w. b. Lowe, of Atlanta, presi-
dent.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 27th was: Wheat,
i7,225.000 bushels; corn, 22,424, 900
bushels; oats, 7.609,000 bushels; rye,
100000 bushels; barley, 100000 BUSH
els.
While crossing the Big Horn river at
Thermopolis, Wyo., Harry Beggs, wife
and child, and n young woman and n
man whose names are unknown were
| drowned.
Thousands OF dollars damage was
done In Chillicothe. o., and surrounding
country by a tornado.
Gov. Atkinson has issued n procla-
nation calling upon the people OF Geor-
gia TO observe the Fourth Of July. This
Is the first time since the war that a
proclamation OF this character has been
issued In any southern state.
OF i0i men who left Seattle for Alaska
in March only four survived. Two were
drowned and the others persisted IRON,
cold and hunger.
In the annual 400-mile fiy OF the First
Chicago Homing Pigeon club tie bird
Gen. Grant made the distance In nine
hours and forty minutes, breaking all
western records.
personal AND POLITICAL.
The republicans OF the Second dis
trict OF Minnesota renominated Con-
gresham J. H. McCleary, and in the