The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-04-09

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Charles G. Pepper has filed suit at
st. Louis TO break the will OF his
father, Christian PEPPER, the tobacco
manufacturer, who left an estate val
ued at 100000, OF which 100000
was wllled to Christian Cornelius.
Burton II. Nation. formerly state
senator OF Connecticut and treasurer
of the Watertown Savings bank. plead
ed guilty at Winsted. Conn, of max
ing false entries in the banks books.
President Roosevelt has asked the
editor of the Army and Navy Journal
to explain the insinuatlon in his paper
that influence from Washington was
brought to bear in the courtmartial
of Capt. Cowles, the presidents broth
er-in-law.
william T. Nasha, former deputy
sheriff, and Thomas X. Dempsey and
Hon Toon, Chinaman, were convict
cd at San Francisco OF conspiracy to
defraud the government by substitute
Ing old Chinese for young men who
had been ordered deported.
The body of Sam Jones, son OF John
Jones, the special officer who sum-
moned the first jury in the Jett-White
murder case In Breathitt county, was
found near Jackson, KY IL bore stab
wounds and had been partly inciner-
ated.
Louis Wilbert. aged 10, shot and
killed Gus Mcintosh at Warrington.
Ky. An old grudge is said to have
caused the murder.
Much valuable machinery was
ruined In a fire which destroyed the
paper mill OF the Hollingsworth a.
Vose company in East Walpole, Mass.
The loss Is $1,000 fully insured.
j. s. Rector, in charge of carload
OF race horses bound for st. Louis
from Hot Springs, Ark. was shot and
killed near Mill Springs. Mo. Two
men named Lantille and Mcmillan
were taken from the train and placed
under arrest on suspicion. They de.
clare Rector killed himself by acct
dent
The three children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Holmes--Laura, aged 10; Ha-
eel. aged IL, and Wendell, aged
years-residing near Tustin, Mich.
were drowned in a large pond less
than forty rods back OF their home.
Tho pond was covered with a thin
coat of ice, on which the children ven.
tured.
Roman Catholic rectors and
ecclesiastical advisers OF Archbishop
IL nj Ilngfnn
selected three prelates from whom the
Vatican authorities will select an arch
bishop coadjutor for the Boston arch
bishopric. The names were not made
public, but those most prominently
mentioned we're Bishops Matthews
Harkins OF Providence, Brady and w.
II. O'Connell OF Portland.
Henry Jamison. aged 1S, white. was
shot fatally in an alteration with
negro in the streets OF Indiana, Pa,
and in arrestlng the negro the sheriff
had To break down his shanty and
shoot one OF his companions.
Robert Fay, alleged leader OF n
gang OF cracksmen in western Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and Ohio and
John Kisser were captured by posse
setting on fire a shanty in which they
were surrounded at Morado, Pa.
Andrew Fegley of Philadelphia and
n man supposed 10 be Sig. Hirsch OF
Baltimore were killed and dozen
others injured in a collision between
| n Pennsylvania express and coal
train near Pottsdam. Pa.
Capt Robert Mccullough OF Chica-
go has assumed charge OF the lines
OF the St Louis Transit company as
vice president and general manager.
Mayor Ziegier OF Carmi. ILL.,, has
received a request 10 watch for the
bodies OF three men who lost their
lives in tho food at Golden Gate on
the Little Wabash river
Yale receives $4,000 under the will
| OF Mrs. Anna Sophia Farnam, widow
OF Henry Farnam. formerly n profess
sor at tho university. The income from
$50 900 is 10 be added 10 the medical
school endowment fund and that from
the balance is to be used To purchase
hooks for the university library.
The Baltimore conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church adopted
resolution recommending that appoint
ment OF commission 10 meet n like
commission from tho Methodist Prot
estant conference. looking To the uni
hcation OF the two churches.
Thomas II. Woody, one OF the
wealthiest men in Petersburg. com.
| mltted suicide by shooting.
The American Locomotive Company
has obtained a controlling interest in
the Rogers locomotive works al Pater-
son, N. j., and may combine Il with
Tho companvsa paforsnn hrannh