The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-03-27
LATER.

A tornado at Utica. Miss, wrecked
many houses and J. o. Hill. z farmer,
4 was killed. and his wife fatally iajured.
Dispatches from the Mississippi. Ohio
land Missouri valleys tell story OF
widespread damage and loss Of life as
a result OF foods caused by heavy rains.
| The tobacco factory Of II. Z. Robertson
I 8; Son at Mockyille. y. c., was burned,
the loss being 100000.
There were 2l6 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th. against ESQ the week
previous and 26l in the corresponding
I period OF 1896.
/ \ cyclone in Texas destroyed houses
az Plano. Denton. Hutchins, ltasca and
Fort Worth.
The admrals issued proclamation
/ TO Cretans commanding them TO lay
down their arms and promising them an
/ autonomous government. Troops were
on the way 10 Crete from Russia, France
and Italy.
DR.. Travis. of Eagle Grove, Ia, and
( farmer named Kirkberger were drowned
( while attempting to ford the Boone
! river near Webster City.
! The Michigan supreme court decided
unanimously that Gov. Pineree cannot
| hold the Office of mayor of Detroit and
chief executive of the state at the same
| time.
William Johnson was hanged at Ham
| burg. Ark, for the murder OF Henry
Hobson last June.
In Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa, Ne
braska, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky
! Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana the streams have been con-
verified into raging torrents and the loss
Ut life is considerable and the damage
to property immense.
4 cyclone swept over Lake Charles,
4 Clayton, Hornsby, Vidalia and other
towns in Louisiana, doing immense
damage toproperty and causing the loss
of several lives.
The long overdue American ship T.
r. Cakes, which left Iong-Kon. on July
4 last, arrived in New York.
Great Britain, France, Italy, Ger
many. Austria-Hungary and Russia put
in effect the blockade of the Cretan
ports.
Two daughters Of John Ellenbecli of
IIoistein, Wis. aged six and eight years,
were fatally burned by their dresses
taking fire from stove.
Mrs. Mary Skihington died at her
home in Woonsocket, Il. l., aged l02
years.
Scott Jackson, aged 81. and Alonzo
Wallng, aged 20, were hanged at New.
| Il Gov ia 10, To -.
1896, OF Pearl Bryan, aged %, who lived
near Grcencastle. Ind.
In the six-day female bicycle race in
Chicago Lizzie Claw was the winner,
making 240 miles. CHI
Floods were still doing great damage
in Arkansas, Tennessee and other south
ern states and in Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consin. .'.~,
Flames in the Conigsk9 business
block in Peoria, III, caused Il loss of
100000.
Two daughters, aged 13 and 16, of
james II. Morrell, were instantly killed
by n falling tree at Mountain Creek,
Ala.
The boiler of n Lake Shore d Michigan
Southern railway engine exploded in
Chicago. killing Alexander Frank. en-
gineer, and Edward Il. Smith. fireman.
4 fire that started in Cullen e. Co. IS
dry goods store in Ottumwa, Ia, spread
to other buildings, causing a total loss
of $4,000.
\ passenger train on the Baltimore 4,
Ohio railroad was wrecked near Oak
land, Nd, and Gen. J. s. Fullerton, of st.
Louis, was killed and ten other per-
sons were injured.
Springbok, the celebrated race stall.
lion, died of paralysis at Cynthiana, Ky.
Bee Rainwater, n farmer near Orrick,
Mo-, murdered his wife, his mother-in-
law, Mrs. William Artman: Gentry Rain.
water, his daughter, and John Thur
man, stepbrother, and then blew out
his own brains. Family trouble was the
cause.
The United States senate open session
lasted so minutes on the 10Th and was
given almost entirely to the introduc.
ton of bills. In executive session the ar
bitrntion treaty was discussed. a bill To
permit the acquisition of free homes un-
der the homestead law on lands ceded by
| iHuidnS JuSt us OH any otHcT part VI t0t
public domain was favorably reported
and the nomination of Charles U. Cor
don as postmaster at Chicago was con
frmcd. In the house the sundry civil
bill $3.50, 147,s51) and the general de
fciency bill (ss,166.21D were passed
Mr.. Dingley reported the tariff bill and
II was decided to vote on the measure on
the 31st inst.
The United States senate was not in
session on the Goth. In the house the
two remaining "left over" appropria
ton bills, the agricultural bill carrying
s3.1s2,o02 and the Indian carrying 81,
670,220, were passed. Mr.. Maxwell
(Neb.) introduced bill to encourage
the erection of mills for the manufac
ture Of sugar and strip from beets.