The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-01

Eight men were killed by gas ex-
plosion In mine near Brownsville,
Pa.
The Arena, q high class free silver
monthly in Boston, has suspended pub
LEGATION because Of lack of support.
Rosser @. Brown. farmer, and his
two young daughters were killed by
lightning near Batesville, Ark.
Charles w. Woodruff. under arrest
in Buffalo, n. Y. is said TO have mar
ried more than so women since 1885.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 25th were: Boston,
600: Baltimore, .647; Cincinnati, GIL;
Cleveland, 1856; Chicago, .543; New
York. 1928; Philadelphia. $40; Pitts
burgh, .4s0; Louisville. 444; Brook
Ign, 1902; Washington, 1923; ST. Louis,
.267.
BY the laundering of the lighter
Monitor In ST. Marys river Joseph
Prior, William Corbier. John Robare
and Emanuel Robare, of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, and John Foley, OF Bay
City, were drowned.
Joseph Terrell (colored) was hanged
at Charlottesville, Va. for the murder
Of his mother-in-law. Malinda Brown.
Corbett announces that his fighting
match with Mccoy in Buffalo, n. Y,
is off.
Forest fires in Colorado threatened
over half the timber in the state.
The annual report of c. NJ. Barnes,
governor OF the territory Of oklahoma,
shows rapidly-increasing immigra-
ton and a prosperous condition of all
the industrial interests of the terri
tory. and says statehood Is earnestly
desired.
At The races in Wichita. Kan, Mar
tina b. broke the record for two-year
pacing by making half mile in 1904.
A congress of mothers, under the
auspices OF the national organization,
will be held In Omaha, Neb.. October s,
and 10.
A tornado swept over Lima. O.. and
vicinity. doing an immense amount OF
damage Elmer Baty was crushed TO
death and 80 other persons were in
Jured, TWO tatally.
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows in session in Boston decided
that no more insurance licenses will
be issued.
Every state in the south has estab-
lished rigid quarantine against all
portions of Mississippi because OF yell
low fever.
The Omaha exposition has in bank
$50, 900 above its liabilities.
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the Goth was: Wheat,
o.. 30s. 900 bushels; corn, 1862, 900
bushels; oats, 4,754,o00 bushels; rye,
100000 bushels; barley, 1,156,ooo bush
els.
Thompson Smiths Sons sawmill.
valued at $150.00o. was burned at Che
boygan, Mich.
John Williams. a negro who serious
ly stabbed Sherman Dunn, was lynched
by a mob at Mountain City, Tenn.
The New England Loan & Trust COM
pany went into the hands Of a receiver
with heavy liabilities. The home Office
is In Des Moines, Ia.
The Allegheny bank at Clifton
Forge, Va. closed its doors with liza
bilitles of $4,000.
A train went through trestle near
Dallas, Tex, and 20 persons were In
jured and Judge G. w. Davis, of Oak
Gin, was killed.
The resignation OF Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford as minister to Spain has
been accepted by the president.
Rev. Thomas f. Green has declined
the election 10 be bishop of the Episco-
pal diocese OF Iowa.
The barn OF John Lieol near Fair
fax, Mimi, was burned, and his two
children and three horses persisted in
the flames.
The three men who robbed the post
Office in Blissfield, Mich. snd shot Sam
uel Rothfuss, have been captured by the
sheriff
Mrs. Rose Sanger and her 13-year-old
daughter were asphyxiated by illum-
mating gas in Milwaukee while they
slept.
Several thousand veterans attended
the Illinois state fair AT Springfield,
making "old soldiers day a great
success.
Robbers blew open the safe OF the
Farmers bank In Flora. Ind, and es-
capped with over $4,000 after seriously
wounding w. II. Lemon. the proprietor.
The president and four members OF
his cabinet will leave Washington Oc-
tober 10 for their trip to the Omaha
exposition.
The American Mail Steamship com
pany's steamer Admiral Sampson was
launched at the Cramps yards In Phil
adelphia.
The long arctic winter has begun in
the Yukon valley In Alaska.
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Richard Malcolm johnson, the lee
turer and novelist. died In Baltimore,
Md, after an illness OF several months.
Charles A. Schacffer, president OF