The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-06-10
A WEEKS RECORD
All 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


The exchanges az the leading clear
ing houses i'm the United States during
the week ended on the I'd aggregated
$l,377 ,033, 9s3, against sl,ss3. 403,5 0s the
previous week The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 1917.
There were las business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the I'd, against 142 the weeE
previous and 222 i'm the corresponding
period of 1898.
Congressman Albert j. Hopkins has
withdrawn from the speakership con-
test, throwing the Illinois delegation 10
Col. David B. Henderson, of Iowa.
Six masked bandits held up a Union
Pacific passenger train west OF Wilcox
Wyo., blew up the express car with dyn-
nmite, severely wounded the engineer
and escaped with their booty.
Vice President Hobart left Washing
ton for Long Branch. n. j., where he ex-
poets to spend the summer and autumn.
San Francisco was shaken by severe
earthquake.
Day Terbush. "A wealthy farmer at
Holly, Mich, was swindled out of $4,000
by two bogus real estate men.
Marie Wainwright, the well-known
actress, was married I'm San Francisco
10 Franklyn Roberts, an actor in her
company.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars i'm gold
were found missing from the treasure
room of the steamer Alameda. which
arrived in San Francisco from Sydney.
The cabinet at it's meeting decided
that Gen. Otis should be given the 10000
men for which he asked, but that there
was no present necessity for the enlist
ment OF volunteers. The additional
5000 or 5000 troops TO make up the 3d.
600 are to be taken from the regulars
now serving in Porto Rico, Cuba and
this country.
William McAlpin. a well-known CAPT
talist, dropped dead at his residence in
Cincinnati.
Fire destroyed the Smith wagon
shops In Pekin, H., the loss being
100000.
Evangelist w. G. Erwin, of Lincoln,
Neb., was robbed OF 5000 in a Chicago
hotel.
The percentage of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 9TH were: Brooklyn, .73S;
Boston, .Gs5; st. Louis, $40; Chicago,
1896; Philadelphia, .575; Baltimore, sol;
Cincinnati, .53s; Pittsburgh, .436; New
York, AIS; Louisville, $40; Washing
ton, $40; Cleveland, PIG.
During parade in Jersey City, n. j.,
crowd of Italians seized an American
flag and trampled IL under foot and
two of them were shot.
Fire destroyed % buildings at Repub-
lie, WASH, causing loss OF $250,000.
A consolidation OF the Harper d
brothers and the $. s. Mcclure publish
ing houses was effected in New York.
Diplomatic relations with Spain,
broken off April 81. 1898. were formal
lv resumed when President Mckinley
cordially greeted Duke DArcos, the
newly-accredited minister to the United
States
Rev. William Herbert Perry Faunce,
j. d.. pastor Of the Fifth Avenue Bap-
fist church. New York, has been elected
president OF Brown university at Prov
idence, RI.
In view of the continued publication
of inilammatory editorials in the local
press, Coy. Gen. Brooke appointed a
press censor Tor Santiago.
The receipts of the patent Office in
May were $116,3sG. against SsS.55s for
the corresponding month of 1898. The
nnmberbf applications for patents was
$3.50. against $50 for May, 1898.
Ten thousand Christian scientists
from all over the country met in Bos-
tom 10 attend the annual communion
service.
The st. Charles thcnter, built In 1885,
was destroyed by fire in New Orleans.
John Mays. Choctaw Indian, was
publicly logged TO death at San Bots,
I. r., for cattle stealing.
After quarrel with her husband
Mrs. johanna SchilIng, IS years ofage,
killed her two young daughters I'm New
York and then took her own life.
w. G. Stiles. well-lnown ship-tim-
Der manufactures, committed suicide
I'm Warren, O.. because OF poor health.
Lieut.. Gov. McSwceney was inaugu-
rated governor of South Carolina mt Coz
lumbia 10 fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Gov. Ellerbe.
The First bank OF Skaguay. Alaska,
closed its doors with liabilities Of
$4,000.
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 5th was: Wheat,
cG,is5. 900 bushels; corn. u, 3o2. 900 bush
els; oats. s.236,000 bushels; rye. o32.-
600 bushels; barley, i.342.000 bushels.
Isaac Reck and daughter, Mrs. Mary
y. Cope, while standing on crossing
mt Alliance. o.. were run down by an
engine and killed.
The Cocheco On. IT, savings bank and
the Cocheco national bank closed their
doors owing 70 q dcfalcation.
Lightning struck the state industrial
school building In Lansing, Mich, and
a was destroyed.