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

A cyclone swept across Polk county
and into the eastern edge of Jasper
county, Ia, leaving death and destruc-
tion in its trail. There were 90 per-
sons known to be dead, at least as many
others seriously injured. and the towns
Of Vnleria, Bondurant and Santiago
were in ruins.
By the explosion Of gasoline stove
in the house of Otto Malm in Chicago he
and three of his children were burned to
death, another child was fatally burned
and Mrs. Malm was badly injured.
The whole Sawyer family, consisting
of father, mother end grown-up son,
were murdered in their home near Ava.
Mo-, by Edward Perry. Robbery was
the motive.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 25th was: Wheat,
S4,244,O bushels; corn, s,07s, 900 bush
els; oats, 100000 bushels; rye. 49,
900 bushels; barley, $4,000 bushels.
August Guenther, As years old. shot
his wife in Cleveland, o., during quar-
rel and then killed himself.
The United States supreme court sus-
tanned the validity of the appropriations
to carry out the sugar bounty act, re-
versing the action of Comptroller of the
Treasury Bowler, who refused to permit
the payments of the bounties.
Fire at Fort Worth, Tex, destroyed
Ginhochio's hotel, the union depot and
the freight rooms of the Pacific, Ameri-
can and United States Express COM
panies. the total loss being $l5o,ooO.
The Aultman & Taylor warehouse in
Mansfield, o., was struck by lightning
and burned. the loss being 100000.
Misses Georgia Rickett and Birdie
Cassaday, well-known young society
women of La Cygne, Kan, while boat
riding in the flooded streets of that
place were drowned by the overturning
of their boat.
A cyclone by which probably over 100
lives were lost and fully 100 persons
injured more or less seriously swept
over Oakland, Lapeer and Macomb
counties, Mich. The towns struck
were Ortonville, Thomas, Metamora,
Mount Clemens. lakewood and ST. Clair.
The Cotton States exposition which
was to have been held in Chicago this
fall has been officially declared of.
Fifteen persons were drowned by a
flood in the Bloody Run river at Du-
buque, In.
The 72d anniversary OF the American
Baptist Publication society began Mt
Asbury Park, n. j. The report showed
that the receipts during the year were
$65s,59o. against $532,T63 the previous
year.
Hugh Conroy and Steve Jansen and
his wife were drowned In the lake near
Oak Harbor. O.. by the upsetting of g
boat.
La Fontaine. Kan., a village OF 200
souls, was almost destroyed by q
cyclone. and score of farmhouses
north, east and west were destroyed
Aaron Edwards, n farmer, was killed
and many others were severely hurt.
A fue in the boiler of the steamer
Rhoda Stewart exploded off Presqus
Isle, Mich, and Henry Kesten, second
engineer, Robert McNorton, fireman
and Court Schrader, a deckhand, were
fatally injured.
A cyclone struck Palaria, Ia, Is miles
north of Des Moines, killing nine people
and ipjuring q number.
In railway collision near Ely, MIMI,
Engineer George Weaver and Fireman
Wallace Moulton were killed.
At Chico. CAL, Richard Little, aged
&c, shot and killed hir wife, nged 10,
and then killed himself The murderer
was insane.
The Town of SAILOR, 8. D., was nearly
demolished by cloudburst.