The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-21

send q cpmmission 10 the Philippines to
naxt a thorough study Of The situation
AID advise HIM as 10 what the policy OF
LIE United States should be regarding
tboo( Islands.
& A4fycione swept over the northeast
part ~ Gregg county. Tex. doing much
damage. and Mrs. McEwen and five
chiidIfn were fatally injured.
THe Arlington hotel and sanitarium
aIf Marlin. Tex. was burned.
Two Mormon leaders were tarred and
feathered by citizens ut Fowerwood.
Ky. aud driven from town.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 10th was: Wheat.
27.955, 600 bushels; corn. % .302, 900 bush
els; oats, G,700,oOo bushels; rye. 1885,
600 bushels; barley. 3.7o6,oo0 bushels.
During the calendar year 1898 the
United States exported sG2i. ECO 535
more Of merchandise OF all sorts than
IL imported. gain over 1897 Of 1924. 146.-
TO.
The main building Of the Swedish
Lutheran Orphans home at vasa.
Mimi. was burned 10 the ground.
Prof. Goodloe Bell. one OF the oldest
professors Of Battle Greek (Mich.) Al
ventist college. was killed in runaway.
The derailing Of train on the Erie
railroad ut Monks station. y. j.. caused
the death of three men and injured "a
others.
The farmhouse OF Fayette Meacham
was blown 10 atoms by dynamite at
Pittsfeld. Wis. killing Meachara and
fatally injuring his wife and four chill
dren.
Twenty-eight head OF cattle and IS
horses were burned with the barn Of
. j. Clark. near Kankakee. III.
Near Mena, Ark, the wife and child
of Joseph Bates and a young woman
were drowned in a river they were at
tempting to ford.
A plot OF anarchists 10 blow up IL
hotels in San Francisco was discovered.
Six prominent persons near Mountain
Home, Ark, have died in sudden ard
mysterious manner in the past few
days.
Plymouth church in Brooklyn. N. Y,
has called ms pastor Rev. Newell ID. Hill
lis. of Chicago.
Theodore Alcan. 30 years old. West.
ern Union operator. and his wife, Carrie,
% years old were sufrocated by gas in
New York hotel.
The adyices received at the war de-
partment from Gen. Otis al Manila con-
tinue reassuring in character.
Marcio Garcia, n son Of the late Cal
ixto Garcia, has entered Union college
in Schenectady, y. y.
Five small boys. from seven to ten
years of age. met death by drowning in
South Gibson, Pa. They were coasting
and ran on to thin ice.
Col. William A. Stone was inaugu-
rated governor Of Pennsylvania.
While w. j. Bryan was speaking In
the coliseum al Denver platform gave
way and 40 persons were injured, some
seriously.
After fasting As days Rev. A. ID. Hen
erickson died in GAINESVILLE, Wis, aged
81 years. -le was unable TO eat because
OF a stroke o. paralysis.
Michael Rulinski, under sentence OF
death in Pittsburgh for the murder
OF his wife. committed suicide In the
county Jail by hanging.
While endeavoring TO escape from
their burning home in Cleveland Mrs.
Fred w. Tisdel was killed and Mr.. lis
del fatally injured.
Holiday e Co. wholesale dealers in
dry goods in baltimore. failed with as
sets of 1892 900 and liabilities of 1917 900.
Thomas w. Lawson paid $4,000 in
Boston for the carnation that bears his
wife's name and for the 5000 plants
which Florist Calvin has raised.
President Mckinley decided 10 order
n court martial to try Commissary Gen
eral Eagan for the language he bad
used res pcc,ing Maj, Gen. Miles.
Attorney-General Goddard holds that
the special session of the Kansas legis-
lature called by Gov Leedy was illegal
and that all laws passed at that session
are void.
The Ohio supreme court declared un-
constitutional the law changing the
time OF commencement OF term OF sher-
ifs from January TO September.
In session in Pittsburgh the United
Mine Workers OF America elected John
Mitchell, of Indianapolis, PRESIDENT.