The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-11

There were 1SC business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sd, against 1o1 the week
previous and PSI in the corresponding
period of 1898.
Mrs. John A. Clark, of Lucknow,
Tenn, gave rough on rats TO her three
children and took a dose herself. She
was demented.
In a fit OF jealousy Frank Krause
killed Maggie Good at ~Cedarville, Pa,
fatally shot Owen Kern and badly
wounded Mrs. Kern.
The exchanges at the leading clear
Ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Sd aggregated
$2,151, 3o3, 092, against 81, $50, 0i0,613 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 39.4.
The best estimates available place the
aggregate of the appropriations OF the
Fifty-ffth congress at S675,ss5 4s9.
Mrs. Margaret Stout, a boarding
house keeper at White Pine, Col, and
five men were buried in an avalanche OF
snow that swept the house off n noun
tain side.
The farmhouse OF Joshua McGee was
burned near Onawa, Ia, and Mrs. Nc
Gee and two children persisted in the
flames.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, 45 years old,
and Mrs. Mary III. Perkins, 60 years cd,
were killed and Abraham b. Hill, So
years OF age, was fatally burned in n
tenement house fire in Boston.
The latest development of the war de-
partment court Of inquiry into Gen.
Miles beef charges was the appearance
of Maj. Lee as counsel for the general
commanding the army.
Gen. Gomez informed Governor-Gen-
eral Brooke that the Cuban army num-
bers 5000 men.
Engineer Robert McCutchin and
Fireman j. c. Trace, both OF Harris
burg, Pa, were killed in n wreck near
Huntington.
William ii. Hoxie, 6s years old, was
killed by lightning while ringing the
bell of a church in Chiltonville, Mass.
Frederic Norton killed his wife and
took his own life at T~orrington, Conn.
The Kanawha valley In West Vir-
ginia was visited by one of the worst
floods in local history and the city OF
Charleston was almost entirely under
water.
The nomination OF William II. Mer-
riam, OF Minnesota, 10 be director Of
the census was confirmed In the exec
utivc session OF the mats before final
adjournment.
A cyclone which swept across East
Tennessee caused serious loss OF life
and destroyed property valued at So
O00. 1000.
The president has appointed Osborn
w. Deignnn, of Iowa, the Merrimac
hero, n naval cadet.
The wife and two children OF John
Hutchinson were drowned at Owlsley,
Ky, while fording a swollen stream.
Three small children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rhinehart, OF Walkers Valley, Wash,
were burned TO death during the alb
sencc OF their parents.
Ii Is said that Gen. Cassius VI. Clay,
of Whitehall, Ky, is losing his mind.
Since the divorce from his child wife
ne has been in n moody condition.
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 9th was: Wheat,
29,477. 900 bushels; corn, 1892, 600 bush
els; oats, 10,023, 900 bushels; rye, 1.542,-
600 bushels; barley, 2,5B3,OoO bushels.
Josephine Kipling, the si%x-year-oid
daughter OF Rudyard Kipling, and the
oldest Of his three children. died in
New York from pneumonia. Mr.. Kip
ling Is slowly recovering from the same
disease.
The Sixty.frst general assembly OF
Indiana adjourned sine die after the
usual two months sessions.
At the recent session Of congress n
bill was passed that prohibits the sale
Of intoxicating liquors on Sunday In
the District OF Columbia.
Two men were killed and II injured
in n collision on the Lake Shore road
at westheld. N. Y.
Martha May NcFillen. who was
found guilty In Sandusky, o., OF the
murder OF her lover, George Koehle,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary
Cor life.