The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
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ton of S3I ,s21. os5 since March IL last.
The receipts from customs in June ag-
gregated S2l.56O.l52, against Sll,35i,-
sos for June. 1896. The receipts from
internal revenue during June were Sl2,-
ss1 ,0s5, a loss as compared with June,
1896, of about 100000.
Ten persons-nine men and n woman
were injured by the explosion of To-
connective boiler at Morgan Park, Ill.
The wife and three children Of John
Stephens, of Belmont, Ind, died within
a short time of each other and poison
ing is suspected.
Fires at Aboo Tor and Nit Hobeish. in
Egypt. caused the loss of 02 lives and
4 .400 persons were made homeless.
The Iowa legislature met in special
session in Des Moines and passed bill
putting the new code in operation Oc-
tober /.
The biennial session of the Pennsyl-
vania legislature adjourned sine die.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
S1O,027.9 900 during the month of June.
The cash balance in the treasury was
Ss71.3s9.35s. The total debt. less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 55,404.34i.
man living near Bentonvlle. Ark. and
his wife were murdered by burglars.
AS the result of the failure of the Joint
wage conference of the Amaigamated
Association of Iron and Steel Work.
ers and manufacturers to agree upon
the scalelat the Youngstown (O.) con-
ference all the union mills closed down
and between $4,000 and $4,000 men are
idle.
The queens jubilee celebration con-
cluded in blaze N glory with the great
military review on Laffan's plain.
The corner stone of statue of Brig
ham Young was laid with imposing GER
emonies at Salt Lake City.
The National Reform Press associa-
ton met at Nashville, Tenn.
A cyclone passed over Cancer town
ship in Illinois and large number of
live stock were killed and many build
ines were damaged.
Fire in the mountains in the province
of Tucharia, Spain, destroyed many vii
lagos.
Kansas City (Mo.) packers broke all
records during the first half of 1897.
This is the record: Hogs killed, 1885,
600; cattle killed, $4,000; sheep killed,
100000.
President Mckinley, accompanied by
Mrs. Mckinley. left Washington for
Canton. o.. for n few days rest.
There were PAL business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the I'd against ZIG the week
previous and 257 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
A general strike of miners of the
United MineNWorkers of America was
ordered for-July 4. Some $4,000 men
are involved.
In the four-mie race on the Hudson
river at Poughkeepsie between the
Cornell. Columbus and Pennsylvania
crews the former won in 20:47 As; CO.
lumba, second 21:20 2-5.
The exchanges ut the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the ed aggregated
S1.065. 101 400. against S979, 269.23S the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 81.
In n battle between 400 Greek raiders
! and a detachment of Ottoman troops
near Matzovo the Greeks suffered loss
of 100 killed
S. G. Wentworth. aged 81, founder OF
Wentworth Military academy, died in
Lexington. Mo.
1t was semi-officially announced THAI
the president would soon send specia
message to congress recommending the
creation OF currency commission &c
| consider revision of the monetary
| system of the United States.
In the tariff bill revision in the
United States senate on the 1st cottor
bagging and cotton ties were placed
on the free list and the duty on white
pine lumber was reduced from two dol
lars to one dollar per thousand. Thu
bill was completed with the exceptions
of the reciprocity section and som'
comparatively minor paragraphs. IL
the house Mr.. Settle (dem.. Ky.) de
MED the right to adjourn for three day.
at n time and arraigned the repub
leans for not acting on the oankruptc,
and Cuban questions. Adjourned Il
the 5th.
Reciprocity and retaliation were tn
two phases of the tariff bill to occup,
the attention of the United States sen
ate on the I'd to the exclusion OF ri
other subjects. Both provisions wer
agreed to. Senator Thurston intro
duced an amendment to the bill to pro
bibit trusts. The nomination OF VIII
liam W. Rockhill, of the District o
Columbia. 10 be envoy extraordinary
minister plenipotentiary and consu
general to Greece. Roumania and Ser
via. was received from the president
The house was not in session.