The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-03-14


has decreed that none of his subjects
shall hereafter have more than that
number.
Venezuelan peace protocols were
unfavorably received at Caracas, md
may not be ratified by congress.
LATER.
In the United States senate on the
9th the Colombian canal treaty was
reported, but Senator Morgan OBJ
ljected to its consideration and it
went over for the day. The oath of
office was administered TO James p.
Clarke (Ark), w. j. Stone (Mo.) and
Senator Gallinger IN. H.
Senator Morgan occupied the time in
the United States senate on the 10th IN
discussing the Panama canal treaty.
James L. Gardner, assistant city
editor of the Enquirer, died suddenly
in Cincinnati of heart disease.
One hundred families living below
Alton, ILL.,, have been rendered home
less and many lost their belongings
by rise in the Mississippi river.
The Sixty-third general assembly
o< Indiana has adjourned sine die.
| Twenty-Five persons were killed
and over so injured by burning oil
freight wreck at 0lean, N. Y.
Homer Bird, who murdered two com
panions on the Yukon river, was
hanged at Sitka, Alaska.
The Missouri legislature has passed
bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
and cigarette paper to children under
IS years Of age.
The department. Of agriculture has
issued an order quarantining the state
OF New Hampshire because of the foot
and mouth disease.
Four thousand union men OF the AL
lied Bricklayers' Trades struck in St.
Louis 10 enforce demands for recog-
milton of their union.
Henry Thomas, negro who at
tackled the ten-year-old daughter of
Porter Keene, was lynched near Par
ish, Fla.
The United States warships Machi-
as, Cincinnati and Chicago have ar
rived at Naples.
The rebellion in the Kwang-Si pro-
vince Of China is spreading seriously.
Several villages have been captured
and the authority of the government
is at an end.
Vesusvius has again become active.
The volcano is throwing up ashes and
explosive incandesccnt globes.
Three hundred families living In
Columbus, Neb., have been compelled
TO leave their homes and seek higher
ground because Of floods.
In an interview i'm New York Grover
Cleveland said that he was out OF poll
ties for good.
The Wabash railroad strike injunc-
ton was answered in the United States
court at st. Louis by fremen and train
men, who declare conspiracy charges
unfounded and restrictions on roads
employees were not demanded.
Indiana coal operators on trial in
Chicago for conspiracy admit having
entered into an agreement TO fix the
price and restrict the output OF fuel.
James Sparks, veteran of the Mex
lean and civil wars, died at Hartville,
Mo-, aged 100 years.
The Kansas legislature has passed
a bill providing that the operation
OF slot machines in the state shall be
a felony.
Archbishop Quigley has been in
stalled as head OF the Roman Catholic
province of Chicago.
Six deaths from disease resembling
cholera occurred on board the steam
er Karamania, which arrived at New
York from Naples.
Floods in the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys are, growing more serious.
In the so leading post Offices In the
country the gross postal receipts for
February show a net increase OF over
IL per cent.
Andrew c. Wheeler, better known
as "Nyn Crinkle," well-known
newspaper writer. died at his home
at Monsey, N. Y.
Michigan democrats i'm convention at !
Detroit nominated Judge George l..
Yaple for the supreme bench and Wei
lington II. Burt and Willis j. Abbot for
regents of the University Of Michigan. |
Isabella IT, Horton, l6-year-old
negro girl evangelist, preached TO 1000 |
negroes in Chicago ms leader in an old
fashioned revival.
a government report shows that
the amount OF wheat remaining i'm
farmers hands March l was 1874 OOO.- /
900 bushels. corn 100000. 900 bushels
and oats 65.OO0,O00 bushels.
N IL.
state constitution and make an educa-
tional qualification for voters and de-
feated woman suffrage.
Arthur II. Pennell. one OF the chief
figures in the mysterious murder
case OF Edwin l.. Burdicl. was killed
in an automobile accident in Buffalo
and his wife was probably fatally in
iured.
The fortieth anniversary OF the mar.
ringe OF King Edward and Queen Alex.
andfa was celebrated in London.
Governor Garvin, OF Rhode Island,