The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-07-11


eign coins are to be received by Unite'
States customs officers during the mex
quarter. The values are increased Of
q basis of so.es769 per ounce Of silver
a. against so.6s2o7 on April /, 1906.
The American Society Of Civil En-
| Qineers held its 2sth annual convention
In San Francisco.
| Manufacturers representing 100000
spindles in the vicinity Of Boston hav'
agreed to curtail production during
four weeks In the next two months.
Pending a settlement on the wages
scale every iron mill In the Mahonine
valley In Ohio has closed, throwing
$500 men temporarily out Of work.
Work is soon to be begun on fortif
cations for the defense of New York, tc
cost $50. ooO.ooo
The assistant Encouragement OF I'LL
nois, Mr.. Newall, has rendered de
cision in which he holds that green
backs are taxable property.
On wager of 500 Lee Palmer walked
from Waterloo, Ia, to Dubuque, dis
lance of 100 miles, in 40 hours.
Benjamin Huff, of Boot Jack, Ind.
an old man, while temporarily insane
shot and fatally wounded his daughter
in-law and then killed himself.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st showed that the debt increased
s1,s2o,s53 during the month of June,
The cash balance in the treasury was
$3.50, oo5,635 The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to S36s, 1884, 1873.
Rufus Buck, Louie Davis, Lucky Da-
Wis, Naoma July and Sam Sampson
comprising what is known as the Buck
gang, were executed at Fort Smith,
Ark, for assaulting and numbering the
wife of Henry Hassan, q farmer.
]. E Hardy, high-wire performer
from Toronto. made two trips across
the gorge at Niagara Falls on three
quarter-inch wire rope which was 100
feet above the water.
1t was said that William Kruse, for
more than 80 years trusted employee
OF the importing firm of c. A. Auffmordt
& Co, Of New York, had sailed for Glas-
gov with 100000 belonging to his en-
ployers.
Troops were called for to suppress
labor riots at Cleveland, o.
Crezenzo Merola, who shot and killed
Emanuel Loro, barber ut Old Forge,
"a, was hanged at Scranton.
The national bank circulation out
standing on the LIST aggregated $685.
Oh, 900. an increase since June 30. 1898.
OF s14,312,262
The coinage executed ut the United
States minis during June aggregated
12,7s0,615 pieces of the value of 81, 623,-
92o, as follows: Gold, 14O,os2 pieces of
the value Of s2,471,217; silver. 3,143,423
pieces of the value of 1850, 6o2; minor
coin, o,496,2lo pieces of the value Of
S2c2.019.
The Mallory steamship line wharf
was burned at Galveston, Tex, the loss
being $150,000.
A two-foot vein of gold ore, assayinS
$4,000 a ton, has been found in the Bald
mountain district Of South Dakota
One man was killed and dozens were
wounded In q riot between striking
workmen and the police in the vicinity
of the works of the Brown Hosting and
Conveying company In Cleveland, and
the troops were called out to stop the
fracas-
The closing day of the encampment of
the United Confederate Veterans at
Richmond, Va, was devoted to the lay
ing of the corner stone of a monument
to jefferson Davis.
Charles Williams (colored), of Balti-
more, cut his wife's throat with a razor
at Atlantic City, N. j.. and then served
himself In the same manner.
Ten thousand coal miners in the
Birmingham (Ala.) district received an
advance of seven per cent. in wages.
Two yawls of the towboat Fallie cap
sized ut Cincinnati and threw seven
men into the river, two of whom were
drowned.
The cruiser Charleston has returned
to San Francisco after an absence Of
two years In Asiatic waters.
Uvalde county, Tex, was being dew
astated by prairie fire.
The managers of the centennial cele-
bration to be held July % at Cleveland.
o., have asked the war department to
detail government troops to take part
In the ceremonies.
The boiler of n railway engine ex-
ploded near Huntsville, Ala, killing Eli
gineer James Jones, Fireman Daniel
Aikens and Brakeman ]. Jenkins.