The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-01

Rev. Mr.. Call, while preaching a me
mortal sermon at Lima. O., IN honor OF
Ralph Ewing, fell in the pulpit from q
paralytic strike and was carried from
the church in a dying condition.
A dispatch from Sault Ste. Marie
Mich. reports the 500 river free OF ice.
Al Bay ST. Louis, Miss. fire destroyed
l2 buildings in the business part OF the
town, including the post ofiice.
The bureau of statistics OF the treas
ury department says the damage caused
agricultural interests by the Missls-
sippi river food is over sl4.ooo.ooo.
The curfew ordinance is now a law in
Springfield, O.. and boys and girls under
16 wears must be intheir homes by nine
o'clock in the evening.
f. L. Carpenter, of Salt Lake City.
paymaster of the Pleasant Valley Coal
company, was robbed Of $500 by two
burglars.
The New York legislature has passed
a bill taxing inheritances.
Terrific sandstorms swept over the
Arkansas valley in southwestern Kan
sas. doing great damage.
AT Lima, O., Clinton Hawk fatally
shot his father and fatally wounded
Fannie Watkins. No cause Is known
for the deed.
In Lake county. Tenn, Jose Cans ano
his entire famny-wife. two sons ana
dauphter-were drowned by the up
setting of skiff.
The Western league baseball season OF
1897 opened in indianapolis, the nome
team beating the Grand Rapids club by
a score of 10 to 0.
Fire destroyed . block Of nine houses
in the business part OF Shoals, lnd.
George Hobson. the clerk OF the courts
of Hamilton county. o.. has been FOUND
short $4,000 in his accounts. de Is IN
sane.
Frost has done damage amounting TO
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars 10
early fruits in Maryland. Virginia Deia-
ware and North Carolina.
John McCleash, aged 40. and John
covne. aged 10, were burned 10 death in
a fire in Chicago, the former losing ms
life while trying to save the boy. !.
The business portion OF the town OF
TpIlahoma. Tenn, was destroyed by
fire.
A the result Of landslide near
Sheep Creek, b. C., on the Red Noun
tain railroad. six railroad employees
| were killed. 4,
Joseph Mccoy (colored) was lynched
by a mob at Alexandria, Va. for assault
ing his employers two daughters.
| Sanborn's tower elevator was burned
at Port Huron, Mich, the loss beng
100000.
Frank Evans died in San Jose, Cal,
from the effects of blow received in
prize fight, and William Vernon died IN
| philadelphia from the same cause.
President Mckinley nominated and
the senate confirmed Harold NJ. Sewali,
OF Maine, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Hawaii:
| A memorial was presented to The
president and members of the cabinet
by the executive council of the Fedora
ton Of Labor urging the enactment OF
legislation calculated TO relieve thu
wage-earners
| Fire destroyed so houses ut 1850
Vile, Pa
Mai. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. command
cr of the army, has been authorized 0.
the president to go to Europe to witnes
the war between Greece and Turkey.
The National league baseball season
opened, the percentages Of the club
at the close of the games being as fol
lows: Philadelphia. 1000; Brooklyn
900; Baltimore, 1000; Cincinnati
1000; Pittsburgh, 1000; Louisville
1000; Chicago. 900; New York. 900
Washington. 900; Cleveland. 900; s.
Louis, 900; Boston. 900.
, The paper mills at Ellsworth, Ind
were burned, the loss being 100000.
Dispatches from all the flooded SCI
tions in the south report no substar
tial change in the situation.