The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-10-15
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injured Daniel Scanlon, a wealthy res
ident of Hastings, Neb.
Nick Mcintosh, a negro. was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life at
Savannah. Ca, for trying to wreck
. trolley car.
ID. l.. Miller. returning from Chicago,
who was found unconscious beside
the railroad track at Oakland, CAL,
IS dead
National Secretary w. p. Wilson OF
the Miners union, spoke at Jellico.
Tenn. advising the miners to discon-
tnue the strike.
Frank Van Fleet, an aeronaut, died
from injuries received in falling when
making balloon ascension in Grand
Junction, Col.
The annual convention of tho Mas
sachusetts branch OF the American
Federation OF Labor appropriated
100000 for the Fall River cotton mill
strikers.
II. M. Mcfarland, vice president OF
the defunct National bank at Holden
vile, !. T.. was arrested and placed
under $4,000 bond on a charge OF
misappropriation of funds.
Thomas l.. Wilson, fourth vice pres
ident OF the International Association
of Machinists, was acquitted at We'll
lington. Kan, for interfering with a
Santa Fe nonunionist during the ma
chinists' strike.
Earl 0. Devore, bookkeeper in the
First National bank OF Woodsfield,
Ohio. has been arrested on the charge
OF robbing the Woodsfield postoffice
Sept. 20.
Hugh N. Swain. an attorney in
Houston, Texas, is under arrest there
on the charge of killing C. w. Jones,
secretary of the Houston Fire and Ma
rine Insurance company, who was shot
down In his Office. The case is yelled
in mystery.
Sunjimiyao. a special envoy of ia
pan, has arrived at Lima, Peru.
Gen. Pedro X. Gallardo, Mexican
minister TO England, will start for
London by way of the worlds fair
Oscar G. Murray, president of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, who re-
turned from Carlsbad, has arrived in
Baltimore.
Emil Paur, former conductor OF the
Philharmonic society. has arrived at
New York after two years absence
from America. He will succeed Vic
tor Herbert as conductor OF the Pitts
burg orchestra.
A sale OF the stock OF the subsidiary
companies of the United States Ship
building company at public auction
has been ordered by the United States
district court at Trenton, N. j.
William A. Hoffman, was found
guilty by Waterloo, Iowa, jury of
killing William Brandt at Mayestown
Sept. z. 1908.
Harvey Morris was burned to death
and Edward Bartlett, William George
and John Smith probably fatally In
5ured by the overturning OF ladle
OF molten Stag on a furnace train at
Wharton. N. j.
Herbert o. Barber, former vice
president of the failed Commercial
bank OF Cambridge Ohio, who disap-
peared June IL, returned home and
was arrested and indicted on charges
of embezzlement. He gave n bond for
$4,000. The shortage OF Barber and
his brotherin-law, p. G. Patterson,
who was cashier of the bank, is es-
timated at $4,000.
The report that foundlings from
New York city were being sold at Mo-
renci and Clifton, Ariz., is said TO
have been started by trouble over the
class of families into which G. w.
Swayne. the agent, placed the chill
dren. 1t is denied that children were
sold, but Americans objected TO their
being placed in Mexican families.
Swayne is at Clifton awaiting instruc.
tions from New York.
Charles Saunders and Mrs. Ella
Hammond of Newark, Del, were in
stantly killed at Elkton. Md, by fast
train.
The National Municipal league. the
League OF American Municipalities
and the American Civic association
held joint meeting at the worlds
fair.
Automobiles to the number OF 427
were brought to America through the
port OF New York during the nine
months ended Oct. /, according to fig
ures Issued by Appraiser Whitehead.
This is almost double the number inn
ported during the same period last
year.
Several through trains on the Atch-
isen. Topeka & Santa Fe from Cali
fornla are tied up at Ardmore, l. T..
unable TO reach the main line at Pur-
cell on account of tho Canadian river
flood.
Monarch. Pa. mining town of sew
cral hundred inhabitants, is in the
throes OF terrible black diphtheria
epidemic. There are a score down
with the disease and several deaths
have already occurred.
The annual meeting OF the League OF
Iowa Municipalities will be held in Ce-
dar Rapids next Tuesday and wednes.
day.
Jack Ellis and Walter Reldy. living