The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-08
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
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News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at IIome and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


tically agreed upon by the United
States, British and German govern
ments.
Henry Lappin and his wife, aged 45
and AZ years, respectively, were burned
10 death in their home in Philadelphia.
Richard Hale and Thomas johnson,
white men, and Sam Riycs (colorcd)
were hanged at Troy. Ala, for the muir
der of Mrs. Ira Meyers and her daugh-
tcr-in-law, Mrs. Meyers.
Gov. Gage has signed the bill which
lcgalizcs prize fighting contests in Cal
ifornia up 10 20 rounds.
The transport steamer Charles Mel
son sailed from San Francisco for Ma
Mia with 900 tons Of supplies for our
troops.
Secretary Hay informed the delegates
OF the Cuban assembly that the United
States government would not increase
the amount 10 pay the Cuban army
above the S3o00,o0O already sent TO
Cuba
Leading citizens OF Porto Rico have
organized a political party 20 be knowa
as the republican party aud have de-
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nration OF church and state and free
trade between the islands and the
United States.
During the month OF March "a COR
porations were organized in New Jer-
sey with capital stock aggregating ST.
l11.750,0U0.
Reports received by commission men
IN Cleveland from fruit growers indi-
cate poor fruit crop in Ohio.
President Mckinley has issued an or
der abolishing registry fees for foreign
vessels in Cuban ports.
Fire in San Francisco caused loss TO
business firms aggregating 100000.
Baptist Presbyterian. Methodist and
Congregational societies have made ar
rangemcnts for INSTRUMENTATION
missionary work in Porto Rico and
other islands.
The total dead OF the Windsor hotel
fire in New York now number Al. OF
these 30 are unidentified bodies. The
number of missing is 40.
Six masked burglars tortured aged
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crocker at Denni-
son, o., and secured S97.
Elisha Swan, 1o-year-old negro, was
hanged in Bastrop, Tex, for murder
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
Ss,3oS, SOS during tie month of March.
The cash balance in the treasury was
S0l0, 5G2. 0S7. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
TO Si,149, 505, 500.
y ha ,.fl
tered by the United States military au-
tborities, has yielded for the first quar-
Ter $3,500,00O as customs receipts.
Rear Admiral &. G. Carpenter retired,
aged G5, committed suicide in sani-
tarium in Boston. lie had brilliant rec
ord.
The Detroit (Mich.) common council
adopted resolution providing for d
commission OF three TO buy and operate
the city rail roads.
Mary Wilson, of Augusta, Kan, took
morphine and died because her lover.
Alva Dix, had been killed in the Philip
pines.
While en- route from Texarkann, Ark,
Mrs. w. ID. owen, wife OF the secretary
of state OF Indiana, dropped dead in the
isle OF the car.
The total coinage at the minis dur
ing March was 4,572, ore, Of which $12,-
l7G,7l5 was silver, S2,3i6,55G gold and
$iS,S0i minor coins.
John Collins and Mary Ann Ingorsoll
the kidnapcrs of Gerald Lapiner. ar
rived in Chicago from Puincsyllc, o.,
and were placed In jail.
The total circulation OF national
bank notes i'm the United States ON
March 81, 1899, was $243, O52. 317, an in- !
crease for the year of SIS, 65i POS.
John Sullivan, one OF the best. known
men in Puxico, Mo-. was shot and killed |
by white caps.
Sixteen gold hunters from Kentucky |
were killed by Indians in Alaska, the |
motive being robbery.
Twenty-eight live-suvinR stations on |
The great lakes have been opened for
service during the season OF navigation.
Tho supreme court OF the United |
States has confirmed the validity OF the /
war revenue act imposing taxes on the
transactions Of boards OF tradean sim
ilar institutions.
Mrs. T.. a. Hedges and Miss Florence
Cruzen committed suicide al Creston.
Ia.
Directors OF the Bank of the Manhat-
tan company In New York celebrated
The one hundredth anniversary OF the
founding Of the bank under a charter
obtained by Aaron Burr.
Bob Brown was hanged al Glasgow.
KY, for the murder of his fathcr.in-law,
Lewis McClclland
The visible supply Of grain In the
United States on the ca was: Wheat,
'o.0s7,000 bushels; corn. 81, 737. 900 bush
ia; oats, ii.i2o.o0o bushels; rye, 1.467,-
40 bushels; barley, 100000 bushels.