The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06

some OF tnem Iatdiiy, Wus INC rcsuit u
a cyclone which swept through the nli-
nois towns of Monroe, Leaf River. For
reston, Elgin, Rockford. Davis Junction,
Egan City. Mount Morris and Rockton.
Edison Park, Norwood Park. Irving
Park and Ravenswood. suburban Chi
csgo towns, were badly damaged by
high winds and several persons were in
jured.
The National bank Of Jefferson, Tex,
closed its doors.
Mrs. Charles Comstock, of Fishers
Corners, O., gave birth TO seven chill
dren-four girls and three boys.
Careful search through the 20 miles
of territory in Michigan devastated by
the tornado which swept over Oakland,
Macomb and Lapeer counties shows that
fully 60 lives were lost and nearly IS
people injured, OF whom many will die.
Fifty square miles of the choicest farm
ing land, including the prosperous
towns of North Oxford, Ortonville,
Thomas and lakewood. were reduced to
wrcckage.
Mrs. Mark Frost, wife of a prominent
farmer at Cleveland, Mo-, drowned two
of her children and herself. No cause
was known.
The New York court of appeals de-
cided that the Raines excise law is con-
stitutional.
4 hurricane and cloudburst did great
damage to property at Cairo, ILL.,, and
at least IA lives were lost through the
capsizing of the steam ferryboat Kath-
crime.
The Ohio supreme court rendered
decision TO the effect that an election
wager cannot be legally enforced.
The protest made by Secretary Olney
against Gen Weyler's prohibition of
tobacco exports from Havana was sue
cessful.
Fire at Brillon, Wis, destroyed the
opera house, lumber yard, the North
western hotel, brick business block
ard several residences, the total loss be-
ing S150.000.
At the closing session in Asbury Park,
n. j., Of the Baptist anniversaries a
resolution was adopted that a petition
TO the czar of Russia, just crowned, be
forwarded, asking the exertion of his
kind offices in behalf of suffering Chris
tians in Armenia.
Fully 10000 acres of land in st. Clair
county, ILL.,, were overfowed by high
water in the Mississippi river, the fences
washed away and the crops ruined.
A tornado swept over Rush Hill, Mo-.
and in that little town of 600 inha bitants
there was hardly single house left
standing and the number of dead and
dying was large.
The third biennial meeting of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
convened at Louisville, Ky.
ST. Louis, East ST. Louis and immedi-
ate vicinity were swept by death-deal-
ing cyclone. The loss OF life was esti-
mated at from 500 to 1000. Tie injured
list win include hundreds, if not thou
sands. Hotels and business buildings
were wrecked. the east end of the great
Eads bridge was destroyed. the roof of
the republican convention hall taken off,
and steamers on the river were sunk
with all on board. At Drake, H.,
schoolhouse was said to have been de-
molished and so pupils killed.
Col. II. p. McGlincy and wife; their
daughter, Mrs. James Durham; James
Wells, a son of Mrs. McGlincy; hired
woman, Minnie Schesler. and n hired
man, James Briscoe, were killed at
Campbell, Cal. by James Durham, a
son-in-law of Col. McGincy, who made
his escape. Family trouble was said to
be the cause.
Ten persons were killed in n tornado
which struck the village of Labaddie,
Mo.
All the rye whisky distilleries in the
eastern states will suspend operations
on September next, throwing 1000
workmen out of employment.
The schooner lincoln, of San Fran
cisco, was reported lost in Alaskan
waters with her crew of 30 persons.
Gildemeister e. Kroeger, piano manu-
facturers in New York, failed for $780,
600.
Weather bureau officials in Washing
ton say the st. Louis tornado WINS the
most fatally destructive in the history
of the Office
The Northup, Eraslap. Goodwin COM
pohy' ueuieTs III seeuS In chicago,
failed for 100000.
The Bank of New England at Man
chester, n. H., closedits doors.
Latest reports from the storm that
swept over st. Louis, East st. Louis and
towns in the vicinity place the loss of
life at +63 and the number injured at
7ls. The property loss wns estimated
Mt between $4,0O0,0oo and s5,000,00O.
The total number of families who were
without homes and whose every article
OF household effects was swept away by
the storm was variously estimated at
from 500 to 500.
Nineteen dwellings were wrecked and
numerous outbuildings and trees were
torn to pieces by tornado at Mount
Vernon, Ind.
hurricane in Indiana did immense
damage at Elwood, Lapel, Alexandria,
Middletown, Muncie, Frankton, Lin
wood and Yorkton.
Three hundred feet of the roadway OF
the Northern Pacific railway sunk In
Bumars lake near Aitkin, MINI.
1t was estimated that so lives were
lost In Clinton, Washington and Jeffer-