The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-22
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
DOM STIC.


Four distinct storms visited Michi
gan during "a hours, causing wide
spread destruction of>property and the
loss of at least 20 lives. The fatalities
were largest ut Detroit and Benton Har'
Dor. In Saginaw 50 buildings were dam.
aged.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 10th was: Wheat,
46,429,0 900 bushels; corn, 12,2ls, 900 bush
els; oats, G,945,000 bushels; rye, 1916
600 bushels: barley, G30 900 bushels.
Final arrangements have been made
for the dedication of the Grant monu-
ment in New York on April 81 next.
Grants birthday.
William Wright. negro who killed
his wife with an ax in June, 1895. was
hanged at Nevada. Mo.
Hot weather still prevailed through
out the country OH the 10th and the
number Of deaths reported from pros
tration was large.
The losses in South Water street, Chi
cago, during the heated period have
amounted to $4,000 on fruit alone.
The nth annual meet OF the League
OF american w nteIHlcn convened IN
Louisville, Ky.
Four men were killed by gas in the
Phillips chemical works at Cauden,
y. j.
Many buildings were urroofed and
large trees were snapped like pipe
stems during storm at Baldwin. Wis.
Linn O'Neill. of Toledo. o.. aged five
years and blind, one of the greatest mu-
steal prodigies the world ever pro-
duced, died from the effects of the
heat.
During a storm at Cleveland many
small boats on the lake were wrecked
but no lives were lost.
Amelia Holman, Rose Rreininger.
Mary Breininger, Charles Minnick and
John T. Dexter were drowned opposite
Bridesburg, n suburb of Philadelphia,
by the capsizing of rowboat.
A cloudburst did great damage at Fort
Wayne, Ind. ..
Bob Pierson and Morris Jacobs. pngil-
lists. who attempted to fight near Gin
cinnati, were arrested and fined 500
each and sent to Jail for so days.
Harry X. Brown, exchange clerk of
the Bullion and Exchange bank Of Car
son, New, is said to be defaulter to
the extent Of $4,000.
The Security bank of Duluth Mimi,
one of the leading banks of the city,
closed its doors with deposits of $780,
0G0.
A fire on the water front Of Norfolk,
Va, destroyed property valued at $780,
600.
Five lives were lost in fire which
occurred in a. X. Warren & Co.'S cleo
trical supply mandatory in New York,
the property loss being 100000.
The Murray Hill bank in New York
suspended payments with liabilities Of
100000.
S. X. Martin. president of the 8. X
Martin Lumber company of Chicago,
the largest lumber firm in the world,
died ut Alma, Mich, aged so years.
Joseph Kohler and his wife were
liIled by the cars at crossing near
Canton, o.
Fire in the penitentiary at Anamosa,
Ia, destroyed the large library-room of
1000 volumes, the tailor shop. the din
ing-room and chapel.
The hot wave was broken in the north
west on the 18th. but continued in the
east and south. On the date named 14G
persons died from the heat in New York,
90 in Brooklyn, Is in Philadelphia. IL in
st. Louis, 16 in Terre Haute, Ind, 8 in
Chicago and several in other towns, the
total reported being 265.
The reports as to the condition Of the
crops throughout the country are ia
vorable. corn especially having been
greatly benefited by the hot weather.
During Il thunder-shower at Rogers,
Ark, b. J. Bryant and his five-year-old
daughter were struck by lightning
and killed.
w. ii. Treworgy, wholesale lumber
dealer Ia Boston. failed for 5000, 900.
North &c Taylor. private bankers In
Chicago, suspended payments. with liza
bilities of 100000.
Lena Rivitt, aged 16, and Cora Goar,-
cite, aged ten, were drowned while
bathing in Pinedale pond near Athol,
Glass.
A ten-year-old boy named Mills
killed the two little children of Frank
Powers at Hollywood, n. c.. because
they would not stop crying.
BY flood in the Uptown river in the
vicinity OF Bourbon, Ind, houses. barns
and crops were destroyed and % per-
sons lost their lives.
+. S. Sanborn G. Co. of Lynn. Mass.
manufacturers OF ladies' shoes. failed
for 100000.
A strike has been ordered in all mines
in Ohio where the men are working for
less than the rate established at the last
scale meeting, and all mines operated
under the contract lease system.
Josiah +. Kelley, for 81 years assistant
cashier Of the First national bank at |
South Bend, Ind, killed himself because
Of shortage OF $4,000 in his accounts.