The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-01
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

In boarding house fire in Memphis,
Tenn, Mrs. Chaplin and her two chill
dren and Thomas Bull persisted in the
flames.
James w. Cole, who on December ~
shot and killed his sweetheart, So
phronia Ford, was hanged at Bismarck,
n. ID.
Gov. Pingree has signed the bill an-
thorizing the citt Of Detroit, Mich, TO
purchase and operate the street rail-
ways of that city.
In the annual report Of John Hyde,
statistician Of the department Of agri-
culture, the total value OF farm ami
mails is estimated at Sl,097, 01o, 4o7, an
increase OF S10s, 355,4s2 during the last
year.
Ex-Secretary John Sherman was
safely moved from the American line
steamer Paris in Santiago TO the
United States cruiser Chicago.
The secretary Of the treasury has Is
sued an order for the free admission
OF binding twine to the United States
from Canada.
Up to the cath % dead bodies had
been taken from the ruins Of the Wind
sor hotel fire in New York and 40 per-
sons were still missing.
The exchanges az the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the cath aggregated
$1.Ss4 ,5O4, 701, against S1,s45 l726 ESQ the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 73.4.
Pate Burton (colored), the murderer
Of Henry Meyer, his wife and baby, was
hanged al Houston. Tex.
Joseph Wright (colored) was hanged
at Chesterton Md, for the murder of
William Newcomb, an aged colored
man.
Fire destroyed the Dangler Stove &
Manufacturing company's plant in
Cleveland, o., the loss being $450000,
and Lieut. Roch. n fireman. was killed.
In 2O-round prize fight in San Fran.
cisco kid" Mccoy was given the de-
cision over Joe Choynski.
The international convention OF the
Young Mems Christian association will
be held in Grand Rapids, Mich, May 25
90 %, inclusive.
Seven miles OF ship canal connecting
the waters OF Sabine lake and Gulf OF
Mexico were formally opened with n
celebration in Port Arthur, Tex.
Frederick T. Clark, OF McKeesport,
Pa, shot and fatally wounded his wife.
who had refused TO live with him, and
then killed himself.
While asleep in bed NJ Tacoma, Wash,
DIR. Charles II. Corey, prominent drug
dist, 80 years OF age, imagined he was
being chased by burglars and shot and
killed his wife.
In fit OF jealousy Matthew Orsini IA
tally shot his wife at Joliet, Ill, and
then killed himself.
The Western Wholesale Druggists
association In session in ST. Louis de-
cided TO cut off sales 10 department
stores and drug stores that cut prices
George Bidwell, one OF the two
brothers who defrauded the Bank OF
England out OF sS,000.O00 in 1872, died
In Butte, Mont. His brother died three
weeks ago.
Smiths livery stable was burned "a
Fostoria, o., and As horses were burned
TO death.
The village OF Harrison Valley. Pa.
lost almost its entire business portion
by fire.
John and Paul Zeltncr murdered AZ.
torney Westhaven in n courtroom In
louisville, o., and also killed Clarence
Widenmayer before they were cap
tured.
Before the army court OF inquiry in
New York Gov. Roosevelt said the bee
mt it's best was unpalatable and in many
cases IL was unfit 10 eat.
In n freight train wreck near Pitts.
burgh, Pa, James A. Brackcn. engineer
and James II. Lowe. fireman, were
killed, and c. r. Brandenblugh, brake
man, was fatally hurt.
John Webb and Will Toney, negro
boys is years old. were killed II
Charleston, s. C., by n mob of whit,
boys.
Charles Mccoy and Carl Cromcr hnt
friendly boxing contest at Kokomo
Ind, In which young Mccoy was killed
by heart blow.
After April the postage rate of tn,
United States will prevail in Cuba.