The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-05


Wheat, 34,0ss. 900 bushels; corn. 40.s70.-
600 bushels; oats, l3.473,o0o bushels;
rye, $500. 900 bushels; barley. 2.i05.0oo
bushels.
Henry Heffner and wife were away
from their home in Lima, o., when
their three little children poured the
contents of a can OF powder on tho
ctove and were fatally burned.
George CoAins. aged IL. stabbed his
mother fatally at Petersburg. w. Va.
while she was trying to whip him.
The steamers Humboldt, Excelsior
and Noyo sailed from Seattle for Alas
lka with $50 gold seekers on board.
II Is said that Secretary Long has or
dered the naval feet at Key West TO be
ready TO proceed To Havana at mo-
ment's notice. as IL is feared that riots
may occur in that city.
Mrs. Leonardo Cushman and DIR. AL
cxander Fulton committed suicide In
Philadelphia.
A feet OF so schooners sailed from
various ports OF Newfoundland TO prose
cute the seal fishery.
The estimates OF the state debt OF
Iowa for the fiscal year ended June 30
last is Si22, 326.50.
In the United States district court at
Kansas City. Mo-, Judge Rogers de-
clared unconstitutional the entire sys-
tenn of government inspection of meat
which has been established in the pack
ing houses of the United States.
Fire i'm n tenement house in New York
city made 20 families homeless.
Normal conditions again rule in
Washington pending the report OF the
Maine board of inquiry. This, IL is be-
lieved, will not be ready for two or
three weeks, as the naval court is max
ing a thorough and painstaking investi-
CATION with view TO ascertaining the
exact facts on the cause OF the explo-
sion. One OF the officers OF the Maine,
after his examination in Key West, said
he believed the court would find that the
war ship was blown up by design.
The supreme court OF Georgia has up
held the compulsory vaccination law.
enacted during the recent epidemic.
In it's twenty-eighth annual report
submitted to Secretary Bliss by the Dor
der Indian commission the statement
is made that the Indians are showing
marked progress in educational mat
ters and in Industrial pursuits.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
81, 597, 1922 during the month OF Febru-
airy. The cash balance in the treasury
was $3.50, ST. ,766. The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts 70 St.01o. 104,216.
Nearly the entire business portion OF
the village OF Watersmeet, Mich, was
destroyed by fire.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
nj Paducah, KY.
The court OF inquiry into the Maine
explosion examined several more wit
nesses, but no evidence was made pub
lie. The work of divers AZ Havana con
tinucd. but nothing interesting was
made known.
Alta meeting in St. Louis Of the mag
mates of the National Baseball league a
measure for the suppression OF obscene
language and rowdyism upon the base
ball field by players was adopted.
While Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown, re-
siding on plantation near Livingston.
Ala, were away their home was de-
stroyed by fire and their five small chill
dren persisted in the flames.
At the meeting of the presidents cab
met the recent murder OF the colored
postmasters AT Lake City, S. G., and Ada,
Ga, were discussed in detail.
The statement that all the ingram
carpet manufacturers Of the country
are TO combine has been confirmed.
The American clipper ship Tacoma
arrived AT Tacoma, Wash, winning one
Of the longest races ever run. She
sailed from Philadelphia October 10,
making the time OF her passage over
10O00-mile course 1873 days.
A new counterfeit two-dollar treasury
note has made its appearance. II bears
the check letter II and plate number %.
The war department abandoned the
expedition for the relief OF the miners
in the Klondike country because there
seems TO be no necessity for II
Efligies OF Dupuy De LONE, former
Spanish minister TO the United States,
were hanged In Grand Haven, Mich,
and Troy, ~ Y.
Charles NJ. Lowe, OF New Orleans,
finding his wife out walking with a
young man. killed her aud then com
mitted suicide.
A party Of senators and members OF
the house left Washington for trip 70
Cuba TO make personal investigation
into affairs on that island.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.