The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-08-06
DOMESTIC.

The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the goth aggre-
gated s1,039, 315.oo2, against s1152, ss9,-
653 the previous week. The decrease
compared with the corresponding
week in 1897 was 0.3.
There were $50 business failures in
the United States In the seven days
ended on the Goth, against 207 the week
previous and ESQ in the corresponding
period OF 1897.
The business situation throughout
the country shows unusual indications
of n season of general prosperity.
A dozen farmhouses near Cover,
Mo-. were demolished by cyclone and
many persons were injured.
Peter Knas and Herman Elbek were
suffocated by foul air in well near
La Sale, III.
On the race track in Cleveland the
worlds mile record TO wagon was
broken by Grace Hastings, the time be-
ing 2:C9H.
The percentages Of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
cinnati, .Gs1; Boston, .65l; Cleveland,
GIG; Baltimore, .5o5; Chicago. 1856;
New York, $40; Pittsburgh, .5lI; Phil
adelphia, .476; Brooklyn, .3si; Wash
ington, .3G5; Louisville, .356; ST. Louis,
.26I.
Five persons were drowned by the
capsizing of boats at the cloaltmnllers'
picnic at Columbia park, near Chicago.
The town OF Beckwith, Cal, having q
population of about 500, was almost
wiped out by fire.
The farmhouse of Mrs. j. hartman,
near Waterloo, n. y, was destroyed by
fire and Mrs hartman, her married
daughter and hired man were burned
10 death.
4 balance has been struck OF the
conscience fund" in the treasury of
the United States, showing that the to-
tai amount received since il was opened
in 1911 was $2o7, 1852.
teConnolly, William White. Frank
Kelly. George Hansen and G. A. Holmes
were burned 10 death in a fire in San
Francisco.
Five young women and one young
man were drowned near Humansville,
Mo-. while attempting TO ford a river
In q wagon.
All the Chicago morning papers have
raised the price from one 10 two cents
per copy.
Three hundred head of fine cattle
were attacked by bees near Bancroft,
Ncb.. and jumped over a high bluff
into the Missouri river and were
drowned.
Fire wiped out two business blocks
in Escanaba. Mich, the loss being
100000
Jesse Johnson, Fred Johnson, James
Stewart and Luther Stewart, ranging
in age from Is TO 10. were drowned at
Several persons lost their lives and
others were badly injured In a fire
in the Berwyn hotel in Chicago.
Andrew Warge, an insane miner,
shot his wife and two small children
and then killed himself at Rosslyn.
Wash.
Hosmer, Codding q Co, boo: and
shoe dealers In Boston. failed for $780,
600.
John and VIII Parker and james
Keys were killed near Hamilton, Mo-,
by the caying in of bank OF dirt.
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 1st was: Wheat,
1908 600 bushels; corn, 17,775,000
bushels; oats, 3,444,000 bushels; rye.
100000 bushels, barley. $4,000 bush
els.
During July the government receipts
amounted 10 S43,s47, 10s. n gain OF 81
$4,000 over July, 1897. The disburse-
ments aggregated $74,263,475. an in
crease OF $24,i60,0oO.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST shows that the debt decreased
Sf9, ,4s6 during the month OF July.
The cash balance In the treasury was
$500. O69, 963. The total debt, less the
cash balance In the treasury, amounts
to S97s. 0Si .00G.
Martin Thorn was electrocuted at
Sing Sing. n. y. for the murder OF Will
liam Guldensuppe on June 20, 1897.
Stevenson Archer, who, as state
treasurer Of Maryland. defaulted for
over S132 900. died In Baltimore.
The town OF Center Ridge, Ark, with
n population OF 500. was entirely de-
stroyod by fire.
Mrs. Hanna Lillis and her little
daughter and Mrs. Bessie Whether
were fatally beaten by an unknown
man In Baltimore.
Wade Kounts and his son Thomas
were murdered by unknown persons
near Parkersburg. w. Va.
a Santa Fe Pacific passenger train
was wrecked near Holbrook, A. T., and
two persons were killed and IS others
were badly injured.
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