The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-07-18

The National Amateur Press associa-
t,on In session ut Washington elected
James Z. Morton, of Boston. president.
and named San Francisco as the place
OF the ED annual convention next JuiJ.
The property of the ST. Johns Nanu-
featuring company at ST. John's, Mich.
passed into the hands OF n receiver with
liabilities Of 100000.
Jennings Bros. g. Co., opera ting the
West Pennsylvania steel works ut AIlc'
gheny. Pa, failed for 100000.
Crazed with hatred and jealousy VIA
liam johnson. 80 years old, r'ssideE'
OF Chicago, fatally shot William Sutton
in New York and then killed himself.
The Methodist church and nearly
every business house ut Mobiie, Ala,
were unroofcd by tornado and the
streets were made impossible by fallen
trees. The damage is fully 100000.
By the capsizing Of a skin Mt Wells
burg, W. Va. Miss Kate Roberts, Miss
Alice Baxter and. james Licyd were
drowned.
A cyclone visited portions of Dinwid-
die and Prince George counties, Va,
leaving destruction and ruin in its wake
and killing four men.
The town of Marepgo, o.. was almost
completely wiped out by fire.
At the 10th annual conclaye in Elk
hart. Ind. of the supreme temple, Patri-
archal Circle of America, c. II. Love-
well. of Chicago, was elected supreme
councillor.
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tian Endeavcr convention convened in
Washington. President Clark in his
address said that ench year OF the IS
wears had been noted for some advance
step. The report of Secretary Baer
showed total membership OF 2,7o0,0oo.
1t was decided to hold the next conycn-
ton in San Francisco.
H.F. Allen and his>sister. Mrs. Charles
W. Grant. among the heaviest property
owners in jamestown. y. Y. made an
assignment with liabilities of 100000.
In Philadelphia the Robert Smith
India Pale Ale Brewing company. or
ganized in 1713. went into receivers
hands with liabilities of $4,000.
Ry the caving IN Of trench ut Kon-
sas City. Mo-. Frank Scantfile. ID. Holtnn
md Charles Jackson were killed.
The exchanges at the leading clenr-
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
s9s5.244,072. against SUCCESSORS the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
waA $40.
There were 219 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th. against 217 the week
previous and 1875 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
The Security Warehouse company's
warehouse b in Minneapolis was de-
stroyed by fire. the loss being 100000.
James d. GAVIN. an architect, was
convicted at Elyria, o.. Of burning u
schoolhouse in order to get contract
for drafting new plans.
"Oklahoma" Harry Hill, a well-known
frontiersman whose life has been TO-
ruance interviewer with the early his
tory Of Kansas and Oklahoma. died in
Wichita from the effects of being
thrown from buggy in a runaway.
The Retail Clerks National Protective
association in session at Denver elected
II. J. Conway, of ST. Louis, as president.
Robert VI. Steel. of ST. Johns, Mich.
reputed to be the wealthiest man in
that section of the state, made an as
signmert with liabilities of 100000.
j. L. Klecknor, cashier of the broken
Citizens bank at Edwardsville, Mich.
who confessed TO shortage of $4,000
in his accounts, has left his bondsmen
in the lurch.
For the first time since February, 1896,
the government net gold reserve held in
the treasury to protect the issue of
United States notes was on the 10th be-
low 100000.
The government report makes the
winter wheat condition 1856, indicating
a yield of 1884 900 bushels. and the
spring wheat condition 93.3, indicating
n yield of 173,294,O0 bushels-a total
spring and winter wheat yield of 443,-
s5s,000 bushels. The average condition
of corn Is 02.4, against 1913 in July last
year.
The California Ally Palomacita es-
tablished new state record in Nyiscon-
sin for seven furlongs, going the dis
lance at Milwaukee in 1:27.
The Music Teachers National associa-
ton in, session Mt Denver elected as
president H. W. Greene, OF New York. i
pEpeoNAi ANN M, tr,on,