The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20

GENERAL NEWS.

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ST. LOUISA terrific cloudburst,
reported the most destructive In many
years. struck ST. Louis and surround.
ing cities at 3 o'clock in the morning
The greatest damage was done at
Alton. III. The damage TO property
at Alton totals n quarter OF a million
dollars, The Alton gas works were
destroyed The torrent of food wa.
ter was sevea feet deep In Atoms
main streets. Four persons were
drowned when a nine-foot wall OF wa.
ter from the Piasa Valley raced down
Belle and Piasa streets In Alton, del. :
uged two homes, Three others were In
jured by the cloudburst and electrical
storm within st. Louis city limits.
Lightning also struck ~ by buildings
in ST. Louis and SURROUNDING cities.
CHIcACO-Governor Woodrow VIII
son as Democratic national standard
bearer ruled in spirit the reorganiza.
ton OF the Democratic national com.
imttee at a session held in the ST.
Francis room in the Congress hotel
w. S. McC OF New York. choice
OF Gosernor Wilson, was elected chair
man to succeed Norman +. Mack OF
New York state who retlres.
Throughout the wishes OF Governor
Wilson. as conveyed 90 the national
committeeman by Robert s. Hubs
peth of New Jersey. were carried out. ,
MADRID, SPAiN-It Is az mite d that
Queen Victoria Ena is again In deli
cate condition and the event is ex.
pected toward the end OF the year
Five children have already been born
to the young queen, who Is the daugh.
ter OF Princess Henry OF Battenberg
The Crown Prince Alfonso was born
in May. 1907, about year after her
marriage to the young king. Prince
Jaime was born in 1908 and Princess
Beatrice in 1909. The fourth child
was stillborn The fifth. a daughter
was born on Dec. IL, 1911.
WASHiNGToN-The large foreign
commerce of the United States estab.
lished a new high record in both i'm.
ports and exports in the fiscal year
1919. The figures OF the years total
trade. just completed by the bureau
of statistics OF the department OF com.
merce and labor. show that the i'm.
ports were 81 ,693. 426,l74, and the ex.
ports s2,204 ,222. 06s in value. The
imports are greater by about $1,000 00,-
600 than the former high record. that
OF 1910, when the total OF imports was
$1.556,947 .4S0.
NEW YORK A ride on a rap
i'd transit railway is being taken every
day for every inhabitant OF Greater
New York. The roads April statistics
show that the total for the month was
143 500, 900, a daily average OF 4,7S0,-
900. The census for 1910 gave the city
population OF 100000 people.
The increase In the number OF pas
sengers over April 1911. was 1-3 perx
cent. Operating expenses increased ~
per cent. and operating income In
creased 20 per cent.
WlLKEsBARRE PA. - Michael
O'Brlen, the last OF those who stood
guard over Jefferson Davis while the
onfederate president was a prisoner
at Fortress Monroe, died at his homo
here at the oge OF seyenty-two.
O'Brien was a member OF Battery G,
Third Regiment OF Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, when he was selected as ono
OF the guards OF the captured southern
leader.
VIENNA - II is reported hero
from Bucharest. Romania. that car.
bolic acid was served at a wedding
banquet by mistake in place OF wine,
and all present died a few minutes
after drinking the health OF the couple
In the deadly fluid The dead include
the bridegroom. a postal official
named Chabiano; his bride; their
parents and eigh;s guests.
WAsHiNGToN - A note from
the British embassy received by Sec
rotary OF State Knox put IL squarely
ND TO congress whether American
ships shall have free use of the Pan
anna canal in the face OF vigorous OBJ
lection upon the part of Great Brit
ain or whethor the United States is
10 yield the right TO favor ships own
ed by American citizens.
WASHiNGToN-The immense sun.
dry civil appropriation bill was conn
pleted and acted upon fayorably By
the senate Appropriation committee
AS II came from the house the bill
carried s1O9.577,sil. The increase
made by the senate committee will
add more than $i,5OO,O00 TO tho total
amount.
DETROIT. MICH. - General Henry
Martyr Duffleld. prominent lawyer and
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