The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-18
DOMESTIC.

previous and 262 in the corresponding
period OF 1897
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses In the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
81 1924, zoe, 412, against 1885, 1890 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was 31.2.
torpedo In the ST. Johns river at ST.
Johns bluff, IS miles below Jackson
vile, Fla. exploded, killing three men.
In Boston Eddie McDufiie broke the
worlds three-mile bicycle record, his
time being 5:o6 3-5.
Charles Langley. aged "a, shot and
killed his wife at Kalamazoo, Mich, and
then fatally shot himself. Jealousy was
the cnuse. They had been married only
three weeks.
Hundreds OF well-made counterfeit
dollars have been placed in circulation
in Rockford. Ill.
l.. b. Clark &, Co., tanners at Bangor,
Me. failed for $550.O0o.
Charles Feister, wife murderer, was
hanged at Grants Pass, Ore.
A barge containing 10 gold seeker
was capslzed on Lake Bennett, Alaska,
and all the men were drowned
The total wheat acreage OF the eoun-
try Is estimated al 43,000,o0 which is
100000 acres greater than last year.
George Washington (colored) was
hanged by a mob al Weimar, Tex, for
killing Lee Wall, constable.
a.. 81. l~,.1I -.
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were: Cincinnati,
.6s2; Cleveland, .652; Boston, GA;
Baltimore, .625; New York, 1923; Chi
cago, .511; Pittsburgh, .511; Philadel-
phia, .43o; Brooklyn, 800; st. Louis,
.364; Washington, .341; Louisville, $40.
Fire destroyed the Case Power build
ing in Detroit, Mich, the loss being
5000, 900.
The exports OF agricultural products
during the present fiscal year are esti-
mated TO be worth $so0,000,0 900, the
greatest in the history OF the country.
BY an explosion Of gas in mine at
South Wilkesbarre, Pa, ten miners
were burned, some Of them fatally.
One hundred and twenty-one years
ago (June IA, IT'D congress adopted a
resolution making the stars and stripes
the flag Of the United States Of America.
President Mckinley has signed the
war revenue bill and IL is now law.
Joseph Letter, whose gigantic oper-
atoms in wheat in Chicago have made
his rame famous throughout the com
mercial world. and whose winnings have
been estimated at S5,ooo,0oo. has been
forced to the wall and his profits swal-
lowed up by the decline in the price Of
wheat.
Philip Genrhart and Alonzo Cring,
Amish farmers near Kokomo, Ind, were
struck by lightning and killed.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
| 1859 900 bushels; corn, 21,445,000
bushels; oats, 7,113,OoO bushels; rye, L.
l7s,O00 bushels; barley 497 600 bushels.
The business part OF the town OF
| Spartansburg, Pa, was wiped out by
| fire.
Johnnie Whitaker, Darwin Wilson,
Ray Teeter and Fred Jepson, all boys,
were drowned at Ottumwa, Ia, by the
upseitiug OF a raft.
Secretary Gage issued n circular ex-
planning TO the public the proposed
bond issue and inviting bids.
The extensive plant of the Philadel-
phia (Pa.) Oil Refining company was
damaged by fire to the extent of $780,
| 600.
The National Reform Press associa-
ton met in Omaha with $50 delegates
| present.
The four Children Of Alexander Nc
Carthy were burned 10 death at Park
ersburg, w. Va.
Five men were killed in a mine dis
aster at Stats City, Mo.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt at
Evansville, Ind, Memphis, Tenn,
Padncah, Ky, and at Chester and Cairo,
Ill.
a railway engine exploded AT Ironton,
o., killing Engineer Robert Roger and
fatally injuring Fireman Andy Foit
and Brakeman Noble.
The village of Canyon City, Alaska,
was wiped out by fire.
Moses Kicks and his father (colored)
were lynched by a mob near Clarendon,
/ Ark, for assaulting a white woman.
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