The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
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
noMEsTIC.

ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the LIST aggregated
$1,443, 564,sS7, against $l,527, Cos the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1898
was 1919.
There were 131 business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 1st, against 1853 the week
previous and 1914 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
All the yellow fever patients at the
soldiers home at Hampton, Va, are
well.
Jim Jeffries, OF California, and Tom
Sharkey, OF Ireland, will fight for the
heavyweight championship of the
world at Coney Island, n. u, October %.
President Mckinley and wife arrived
in Washington from Canton, o.
Four girls and one boy, children of
farmers living in Easton, Conn, were
drowned while sea bathing.
A boiler explosion at the Republic
iron works in Pittsburgh, Pa, killed
five men and seriously injured seven
others.
Anexplosionin Sargent's bowl factory
at Copemish, Mich, killed three men
and four others were fatally injured.
Communication with Key West, Fla,
by the rest of the world has been cut
Off on account Of yellow fever.
Rioters stoned street ears in Cleve-
land, O.. and ten of them were arrested.
Fire in the Jacob Dold fertilizing
works in Kansas City, Mo, caused a
loss OF $250.00O.
A very dangerous fve-dollar counter
felt is in circulation in New Orleans. IL
is treasury note of 1850, series a."
Thomas Ii. Reed, former speaker of
the house Of representatives,, has be-
come New York lawyer.
The transport Warren sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with 1921 re-
cruits ard eight officers.
Gen. Wood in n report 10 the war de-
partment says the Cubans are not fit
for self-government, and that Ameri-
can control must be continued indef-
initely to bring about needed reforms.
Henry Emde killed his wife and five
year-old daughter in Chicago and then
took his own life. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
At AtolIa, O. T., the commissioners
who are enrolling the Chickasaw In
dams enrolled Pah-He-Dah, aged 1870
years.
Admiral Dewey has notified the navy
department that he will remain at
Gibraltar until the middle of this
month, when he will sail for New York.
The tug Red Cloud, of Lorain, o., was
wrecked of Cedar Point and three lives
were lost.
The yellow fever has become epidemic
at Key West. Fla.
Nicholas Fass, William Holl and Au
gust Schirck was killed by the cars at
a crossing in Cedar Grove, Wis.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 3D. were: Brooklyn,
.6s4; Boston. .621; Philadelphia, .613;
Baltimore, $50; St. Louis, .562; Gin
cinnati, .5i7; Chicago, .5O4; Pittsburgh,
500; Louisville, .452; New York, .435;
Washington, 1857; Cleveland, .l56.
Fire at Pinconning, Mich, destroyed
IL business houses and 20 dwellings,
with their contents.
Michael Burns shot and killed his
himself. Jealousy was the cause.
The war department offers reward
of $50 and travel pay not TO exceed 500
TO any civil officer who viii deliver 10
the military authorities any deserter
from tile United States army
Gen. Brooke informed the war depart
ment that the Cuban army had been
paid, and of the S3,0O0,000 set apart for
that purpose there was 100000 left.
Insane from illness, a. Van Guilder.
carpenter in Salt Lake City, killed his
daughter and boy and then committed
suicide.
James, Henry and Puss Campbell
(brothers) were suffocatcd by foul air
in n well near Kcnnnrd, Ky.
The National Woman's Christian
Temperance union will hold its twenty
sixth annual convention in Seattle.
Wash, October 20-25.
The thirty-third national encamp-
mcnt OF the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie was formally inaugurated I'm Phila-
delphia. President Mckinley was in at
tendance.
Labor day was very generally OBJ
served throughout the country.
The national convention of the Letter
Carriers association was formally
opened in Scranton. Pa.
Senator Carter. OF Montana, in an in
terview in Washington said that in his
opinion the war In the Philippines
would be ended by January /.
Al Grcentown. Ind, James BAH, la
borer, fatally shot his father-in-law,
Henry Murdcn, well-known real es-
tate and insurance man. and then killed
himself. Family trouble was the cause,
The central Porto Rican relief com
mittee In New York has issued another
appeal to the people Of the United
States on behalf of the sufferers from
the hurricane.