The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-12-27

DR.. Vincent was arrested but soon fell int,
unconsclousness. having apparently takcr
! poison.
| In freight wreck on the Louisville ant
Nashville road near Memphis Junction
| Tenn. d fireman named West was killed
and Engineer. Coleman fatally injured
Tho disaster wss caused by misinterpre
tation OF orders.
In the City OF Mexico Antonio Guerrero
alias Chalequerot 1.-THE Jack the Ripper OF
Mexicol was found guilty. He was con.
victed OF eight murders and sentenced u
death.
In a saloon brawl at Sioux City, Ia, over
25-cent finger-ring John Erickson fatally
stabbed James Shannon, slashing. him
frigbtfully In the abdomen.
Three armed men entered the Chicago
and Erie ticket Office at Kemp, o. and,
after covering the agent, William Scherbor-
der. with their revolvers, went through the
safe and took about $500. After compelling
hun TO give up his watch and money they
left.
Fire at Waycross, Ca, destroyed the
Grand Central Hotel and Murpliy's brick
block adjoining. Loss, $4,000; partly
insured. DIR. McMaster jumped from u
second story window, fracturlng his leg,
Arthur Hoyt Day, who murdered his
wife by pushing her over a cliff ut Niagara
Falls In July last, was hanged at Welland,
Ont. lie walked TO the scaffold firmly and
with smile OH his face. Ills death was
easy.
William Robinson, a miner, was found
dead Oh the dump OF the Clifton mine, near
Lundy, Cal. Robinson's partner. Jacob
Weaver, is thought to be dead inside the
tunnel. The cause Of their deaths is be-
lieved to have been the premature cXplo-
sion Of giant gunpowder.
Mrs. Hannah Nelson of Chicago drank q
dose OF carbolc acid and died in short
time.
A laborer named Hass, working fon +. j..
Armory OIL street contracts, nj Duluth,
called ut the latter's Office and demanded. his
wages. lie was told he had been paid all
that was coming TO him. Then he pulled
out revolver and fired two shots at Mr..
Armory, one of which took effect in the
arm. lie then turned the revolver upon
himself, shooting himself in the head
fatally.
Two young women whose names are not
known, were Instantly killed on the Fitch
burg railroad Mt Somerville, Mass. They
were waiting for freight train TO pass and
did not hear an approaching passenger
train ON the track upon which they stood.
Their bodies were terribly nianged, the
head Of one being entirely severed.
Joseph Stance, Bohemian boy IA years
old, was struck by train and instantly
killed in Chicago. His companion. John
KoiOuzne, IS years old, who was also struck,
escaped with broken leg and some painful
bruises.
Near Brandcnburg. Ky, Mrs. Jessie lIg-
bee was taken IN custody for poisoning her
four children.
james ii. Stevenson stepped from train
ut Filters Station, Pa. and was struck and
killed by u train.
Two men were executed in Columbus,
o., Elmer Starkey, who killed his mother,
and Henry Popp, who killed Morris G..
Rether, saloonkeeper ut Canton, o.
Three little girls broke through the ice
into the river ut Aurora, Ill, and two were
drowned. They were sisters, daughters Of
Mrs. Kate Melchert.
A genuine robbers cave was discovered
ut South Haven. Mich, in which guam
tity OF goods stolen ut the time OF the dis
aslrous lire In that place was found.
Bob Anderson. u deputy sheriff, was
killed by Il. l.. Smith, planter, near Ar
cola, Miss. The difficulty grew out OF n
bill for costs OF court.
Frank vinson killed a man named Agent
ut Haddock. Ky. lie knocked him down
with stone and then Drained him with
an nX.
John Henry Orrick was found guilty of
the murder Of Hiram Aintiss at Gads Hill,
Mo-, july IS, 1888, and was sentenced to be
hanged Friday, February p, 1891.
At Burlington, H., John Ackman, IA
years of age, citizen OF Columbus, o., fell
down an elevator shaft. lie died OF his in
juries.
Wilbur Flynn, who has been on trial at
Kalamazoo on charge of assaulting Lizzie
Schrader, was convicted.
Petroleum has been struck in an artesian
well at Chinook, Mont, ut depth Of Sl5
feet and is flowing In considerable quantity.
j ust after the adj ournment of the trial at
Athens, o., OF Eli Foster, charged with
numbering saloonkeeper Bottomly, another
tragedy occurred. Lew Davis, while drunk,
was determined to fight in John 5. Roses
saloon. Rose struck Davis al blow above
the eye, which proved fatal. Rose was ar
rested.
At st. Paul Miss Tracy Baumgartner OBJ
tanned u verdict of $4,000 against John Gra-
ham, now living ut Ottumwa, Ia, for de.
famation OF character.
Henry Gebhardt, buyer for st. Louis
commission house, was sent to st. Paul
with 5000 to purchase potatoes late in No
vembcr. lie has not been seen since.
Charley Gillard, county commissioner,
was waylad and killed Mt Bastrop, Tex.
1t Is reported that he made dying state
mcnt which implicated several white men
IN the neighborhood. Gillard was a colorcd
man and defeated j. z. Shooner, a white
man, ut tho last election.
Henry Hulpa, OF Calumet, Mich, was
killed by falling down a shaft 100 feet deep.
At Carey, o., two oil-well drillers-Henry
Wilson and Charles Henderson-were fat
ally burned. When they struck oil the
fluid forced out by rush of gas spurted all
over them.
J. T.. Phelan shot and instantly killed his
wife ut Cardiff, Col. He barricaded him
self In tho house after the shooting and
deficd the authorities. An engine was sent
to Glenwood Springs and the scarborough
10 Cardiff. The sheriff and crowd closed
In upon the house and captured Phelan.
Ed l.. bradbury, OF Sioux City, Ia, pres
dept OF the Importers. and Breeders Live
Stock Insurance Co., was arrested on q
charge OF having obtained 80, 600 upon false
pretenses from the widow of Conductor NJ.
Lewis, OF Minneapolis.
Seven Alpine chasseurs who were work