The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-16
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
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Three miners, Fred Hamilton, Clar-
ence Hardesty and Eliza Powers, lost
their lives in mines near Fairmont, w.
Va, by a powder explosion.
There were 132 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the sth, against l31 the week
previous and 164 In the corresponding
period of 1898.
ST. Xavier's academy and inc Sisters
of Mercy convent was destroyed by fire
at Ottawa, H.. the inmates, 60 sisters
and pupils, escaping in their night
clothes.
Because he was refused n peddler's
license Henry Fry killed in ST. Louis
William c. Pape. general superintend.
ent of parks, and then killed himself.
The attorney general OF Illinois says
that the treatment OF disease without
medicine by Christian scientists is not
an offense under the state criminal
code.
One man killed and a number wound
ed is the result Of fresh outbreak OF
the French-Eversolc feud at Hazard, Ky.
storm swept over Wayne county, o.,
causing great loss 10 farmers.
The number OF yellow fever cases at
Key West, Fla, is above the 100 mark.
AT the cabinet meeting in Washing
ton Secretary Root reported plans for
sending large force TO the Philippines.
as soon as the rainy season should end.
Fire destroyed the stove foundry OF
Bridgeford a Co. and the Phoenix Can
ming compnny's works in Louisville
Ky, causing n loss of $250,000.
4 boat was overturned in the bay az
Quincy, ILL.,, and two women and one
man were drowned.
The schooner Gen. Hardcastle, OF Bal
timorc, was wrecked in Pamlico sound
and Capt. Todd, his son and the crew of
six men were lost.
Six persons were seriously hurt by
the collision OF two electric street cars
in Cleveland.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week end
ed on the 10th were: Brooklyn, .694;
Philadelphia, .624; Boston, cor; Balti-
more, SOP; ST. Louis. .563; Cincinnati,
.563; Chicago, SIG; Pittsburgh, 500;
Louisville, .455; New York. AS; Wash
ington, .347; Cleveland. las.
At the national encampmcnt in De
troit OF the Sons OF Veterans Lieut..
Gov. Asa w. Jones, of Ohio. was elected
commander ia chief and Syracuse. n.
", was selected as the meeting place
next year.
Four masked men held up a southern
Pacific train AT Cachise, A. r.. blew open
Wells. Fargo & Co.'s through-money
safe and secured probably $4,000.
At Pittsburgh, Pa, Mrs. Mary Gal
iagher, aged IS. poisoned herself and
her three children with laudanum. Mrs.
Gallagherand her four-months-old baby
are dead.
The war department reports won
derful increase in commerce between
the United States and its new posses
sions In the last seven months.
Rev. O. II. Sproul, presiding elder OF
the Methodist church for the Aberdeen
district, died at Worthwhile, $. d.. while
preaching.
III. Y. Halves, of Johnstown, Pa, sold
the famous PAGER, Joe Patchen, 20 Sen
ator Mccarthy, of Goshen, n. Y, for
over $4,000.
The annual reunion of the Society OF
the Army of the Cumberland will be
held in Detroit September 2G-27.
A freight train went through tres
tie near Columbia, S. c., killing En-
ginecr Wcatherly, Fireman RennicL
and two other men.
The war department issued an order
for the enlistment OF two additional
regiments of volunteer infantry 20 be
composed of negroes. This will pro-
vide for military force OF nearly GG,0o0
men for service IN the Philippines.
Adlt. Gen. Corbn In n statement
showing the contributions OF the va
rlous states and territories TO the vol
unteer army says Georgia has fur
nished more volunteers than any other
state in tho country.
Instructions have been sent TO Mai.
Gen. Otis by the war Departmental pro-
vide for the full cooperation of the navy
in the coming campaign 10 the Philip
pines.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
80. 900 bushels; corn. 100000 BUSH
cIs: oats. 5.o6i. 900 bushels; rye. 5o7,-
600 bushels; barley, cis,ooo bushels.