The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-05-23

President Roosevelt broke all road
records for Yosemite park travel
when his coach arrived in Raymond
from Yosemite, where his train
awaited, inten hours of actual travel.
A fierce blizzard in Montana caused
the death of tens of thousands of
lambs.
A passenger train ran into a rock
slide near Palisades, Col, killing En-
gineer George Stewart and Fireman
w. A. Woods.
Three men were killed and one in
jured in a wreck at the Whitney
mines near Latrobe, Pa.
Robbers wrecked the safe of the
Culver State bank at Culver, Kan,
and secured $4,000, escaping on u
hand car.
Fifty Pinkerton watchmen in Chica-
go struck for 81 daily pay.
Champion Jim Jeffries and James
j. Corbett have signed articles for a
heavyweight championship fight in
San Francisco August il.
Fifty thousand Jews are said to have
been ordered TO quit Kief 10y the gov
ernor, who fears a repetition of the
Kishineff massacre.
The gross earnings Of railroads in
the United States for the first week OF
May are S7,555,311, an increase Of 1914
per cent. over last year.
Twenty Pulajanes were killed in n
hand 10 hand fight with Philippine
constabulary under Col. Taylor in
Ccbu island.
Former Lieut. Gov. Knoblock was
shot and killed by James Garault, a
barber, at ThibodeauN, La. Garault
claims he acted in self-defense.
For the second time this year the
Mississippi has risen so high at La
Crosse, Wis, that the water surround
ed residences in the lower parts Of the
city.
Gen. de Raabcn, governor Of Kish-
inef, has been ordered by the ear
10 be dismissed for not ending the
Jewish massacres.
Gov. Yates has signed the Mueller
municipal ownership street railway
bill, which gives Chicago authority TO
own street railways, but objected TO
many features of il.
For assisting Ethel y. Dingle 20 COM
nit suicide in Rochester, y. Y, Leland
ID. Kent has been sentenced to 20years'
imprisonment
During bull fight at Algeciras,
Spain, the amphitheatcr collapsed and
II persons were killed and 80 injured.
Several women and children were
gored by the bulls
President Roosevelt visited Sacra-
mento, Cal, and Carson and Reno, New,
short addresses at each place,
and then resumed his journey towards
Portland, Ore.
Many veterans Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war are filing petitions for PEN
sions.
The national bank OF Southport,
Conn, closed it's doors as a result Of
the cashiers defalcation, which is re-
ported 20 be about 500, 200.
Lieut.. Walker, of the constabulary i'm
the Philippines. was killed by natives
in the island Of Cebu.
An armed man was arrested in Sac
ramento just before the arrival of
President Roosevelt for making
threats.
The circulation Of national banks
has passed the S400.000.O00 mark, the
largest amount ever before achieved.
Forty-fve families were rendered
homeless, 10 buildings were destroyed
and nearly 100000 property loss was
caused by fire in Chicago.
Three hundred deryishes were killed
in battle with the Abyssinian and
British forces at Burilli. Somallland.
Frequent strikes in Chicago have
caused the abandonment Of many pro-
posed improvements in industrial
plants
Julia Rousseau died at Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich. aged 100 years.
Thomas Card. the oldest post office
employe in the United States in years
Of service, died at his home in To-
ledo. o.
The third biennial festival or the
National Federation of Musical
clubs met AZ Rochester. \. y.
Thirteen hundred slot gambling
valued a; about Si25,0o0.
were publicly burned in Philadelphia
by city officials
The Mossberg and Granville Manu-
company in Providence. II. T.,
filed bankruptcy petition, placing liza
bilities at Sl.2G9,OOO; assets, 5000. 900
Mrs. George W. Kendrick. Jr.. one OF
the best-known educators in the United
States. died at her home IN Philadel-
phia
The United States will insist upon
fair chance at the markets 81 Man
churia. regardless OF what nation adj
ministers It's politics.
Loss 10 live stock IN northern Mon
tana as a result OF a terrific snowstorm
Is estimated 10 be $1,000. 900. cattle and
sheep on many Of the ranches being al
most wiped out, and three men lost
their lives.