The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-29

ran ~ .Ihicd8b 10 buftuStoit, inss -
distance OF zoo miles, in is7 minutes.
Maj. Francis 3. Dodge has been Sc
lccted TO disburse the $1,000, 900 allotted
for the payment Of the troops Of the Gu
ban army.
An unknown woman threw carbolic
acid In the face of w. III. Salter ut Mil
waukee and both OF his eyes were put
out.
The board Of inquiry concerning beef
furnished the army held it's last open
session In Washington and is preparing
it's report.
Rev. "Lige" Strickland (colored).
charged with being implicated In the
murder of Alfred Crawford. was hanged
by mob on the outskirts of Palmetto,
Ga. after his fingers and ears had been
cut off.
kid" Levelle. Chester (Pa.) pugil-
list injured in his fight with John Cava-
naugh at Homestead, died in Pitts
burgh.
The snow blockade which has pre-
vented trains entering Breckenridge,
Col, for &c days. has been broken.
A combination OF the leading worsted
yarn mills of this country has been
formed with n capital of $40, 100000.
The warehouse of the Kingmnn I'M
plement company ut Omaha, Ncb., was
burned. the loss being $4,000.
The New York legislature has passed
an antitrust bill.
A trust 10 control the copper output
OF the country has been formed with
capital Of $50O.000.o0O.
The jury in the Windsor hotel fire in-
quest in New York brought in verdict
that the fire was caused by accident.
Edward Waldo. an instrument maker
in Camden. y. j., stabbed TO death his
wife and eight-ycar-old daughter and
then cut his own throat.
In a quarrel near Williamsport, NJ d..
James Caldwell killed his brother
Joseph and then took poison and died.
At Lancaster, Pa. an examination Of
the books of W. NJ. Jacobs, cigar manu-
facturer, showed that he had dcfrauded
the government out of $125, 900 with bo-
gus revenue stamps.
party of six returning Klondikers,
one Of whom is said 10 have been bring
ing out considerable treasure, were
drowned near Fifty Mile, Alaska.
Charles Williams (colorcd) was shot
TO death in the city iail in Galena, Kan.
by mob of negroes. Williams was
charged with killing Laura Canafrax,
negress.
Adam Peshta, Hungarian violinist.
said Ion thewitness stand in Wilkcsbare,
Pa, that he had 20 wives,
Gov. POINTER has appointed Lieut.. Col
Cation 20 be colonel Of the First Ne
braska in place of Col. Stotscnberg.
killed in battle near Manila.
Two violent earthquake shocks were
felt at Fort Bragg. Cal.
An Italian killed a man and woman
nt Annapolis, Kan, and while endeayor-
ing TO escape plunged headlong into a
shaft at the salt works. 1000 feet.
Acting Commander in Chief Of the g.
A. II. w. c. Jackson has issued general
order directing commanders of posts
20 have President Lincoln's Gettysburg
address made feature Of Memorial day
exercises.
The annual meeting of the national
chiefs OF police will be held in Chat
tanooga. Tenn. May Q.
The rise OF the Missouri river at
Omaha has resulted in driving COO peo-
pie from their homes and nearly the
total submergence Of bottom lands tor
ritory six miles long and two miles
wide.
Rather than stand trial on the charge
ofincepdiarism Reuben Frnntz. a young
farmer OF Worth township, O., shot him-
self.
Colorcd miners were arriving In
large numbers 10 take the places Of
striking white miners in the district
about Dcs Moincs, In.
The ninth international fourteenth
nationnD Sunday school convention
met in Atlanta, Ga.