The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-09

I Gov. Hastings refused to grant q 70
spite TO II. II. Holmes, who II to IL
hanged In Philadelphia on May 7 fol-
the murder of Benjamin +. Pitzel.
Another incendiary fire at Cripple
Creek, Col, destroyed nearly every
building in the place, the loss being over
s1,5OO,OoO. Several persons lost their
lives, many were injured and thou.
sands were homeless and destitute.
At Seattle, Wash, Albert Rieuiiff shot
and killed his wife and then committed
suicide. Jealousy was the cause.
The abandoned factory Of the Denver
Hardware Manufacturing company was
burned at Denver, the loss being
100000.
Bill Taylor was hanged at Carrollton,
Mo-, for the murder of the Meeks family
In Linn county on May 10, 1894.
BY the sinking Of the steamer Wyan-
dotte off Newport News eight persons
lost their lives.
Hamilton Disston, the well-known
saw manufacturer, was found dead in
bed at his home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. o. ID. Lyon, of Mayfield, KY, gave
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thew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul.
Robert Ward, living near Henshaw,
Ky, fatally shot his wife and then COM
mitted suicide. Mrs. Ward was at
tractive and only 20 years old. Ward
was 40 years old and jealous.
The New York legislature has nd
iourned sine die.
The Farmers Advocate of Malone,
v. Y, the official organ of the Patrons
of Industry of the United States, was
placed in the hands of a receiver.
The Baltimore IL Ohio cannonball ex-
press was derailed near Washington,
Pa, and Patrick Flaherty, fireman, was
killed and Henry McBurncy, engineer,
and j. NJ. Nicely, baggagemaster, were
fatally injured.
A fire among business buildings in
Quincy. H.. caused loss of 100000.
At the annual congress in Richmond,
Va, of the national society of the Sons
of the American Revolution Gen. Horace
Porter, of New York, was reelected
president.
Four persons lost their lives in the
great fire ut Cripple Creek, COL, 10 were
injured and % were missing. Great
distress prevailed among the people.
The village of Naylor, Mo-, was sold
at public auction to satisfy eastern cred
itors.
The 1000 miners in the bituminous
field in Indiana struck for an increase
in wages.
The great eight-hour demonstration
by the trades unions of the country
scheduled for May did not take place,
only n very few strikes being reported.
The City savings bank at Hot Springs,
Ark, closed its doors.
The twenty-second quadrennial con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church convened in Cleveland, o., with
537 delegates.
The body of ex-Secretary of State
Gresham was taken from Chicago to
Washington, where it will find u resting
place in Arlington, the national ceme
terry.
OK. WILDER, for ten years the efficient
western passenger agent of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern railway,
has recently been promoted to the posi-
ton of assistant general passenger
agent of the same road, with headquar-
tiers in Chicago.
The Bank of Falkland, ILL.,, closed its
doors with $4,000 due depositors.
Official treasury figures make the gov
eminent deficit for the ten months Of
the fiscal year $23. 455,, 100.
The national bank note circulation
outstanding is seq ,1o1, 345. an increase
during April OF s2,s73,540.
Coinage executed at United States
minis during April aggregated S3,47l,-
670, Of which gold amounted to 81 $780,
600 and silver to 1881 900.
The j. l.. Hudson company, clothiers
in Detroit, made IN assignment with
liabilities of 100000.
The business portion of the town Of
Indianola, Miss, was destroyed by fire.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST showed that the debt incl eased
$5,545.417 during the month of April.
The cash balance in the treasury was
SS6S, 700,556. The total debt. leas the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
TO $o4s, 1887, $40.
The exchanges a. the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended OH the LIST aggregated $3.50,
Ss5,511, against $1,012, 353,s00 the pre-
,ious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding weekin 1895,
was 1912.
Bob Ward shot and fatally wounded
bis wife, Ella Ward, and killed himself
in sawmill camp near Henshaw. Ky.
There were 23s business failures in
the United Staes in the seven days
ended on the LIST, against 23s the week
previous and 231 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
pERcONAi AND Dol iTiNft