The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
The Bank Of Hutchinson. Kan. a pri-


vate concern. closed its doors
william Van OrdstraDd & Co. private
bankers at Heyworth, H.. closed their
doors with liabilities of $4,000.
The regents of the state university at
Ann Arbor, Mich. gave President An
CELL years leave Of absence to be ao-
sent as minister to Turkey.
James Brooks, farmland. fatally
shot Mrs. John Qualle and her daughter
lulu at Red Bank. Cal, and then killed
himself.
Mrs. John Newell and her two chill
dren. aged eight and five years. and Mrs.
Celia Barnett were burned 10 death in
a fire in Brooklyn, y. "
The Hood situation in Missouri
was unchanged. All the bottom lands
from ST. Louis TO Hannibal were over
flowed and the towns of Gregory, Al
ezandria, Canton and La Grange were
submerged.
Consul-Gcneral Lee reported to the
state department the arrest OF two nat
uralized American citizens in Cuba
A cloudburst in West Guthrie. o. l.,
DESTROYED hundreds of houses and ..
persons were known to have been
drowned. For miles farms were COM
pletely ruined and bridges and tracks
were washed out. The estimated prop
erty loss is 100000.
The general executive board of the
Knights of Labor has formally declared
war against the American Federation OF
Labor.
Several hundred women assembled In
philadelphia TO take part in the ma
,ionaI convention Of working womens'
societies, whose chief object is the bet
terment of the condition of the working
women.
According TO returns received at the
mint the gold yield last year in Cah-
fornia was sl7.lsl.562. which is an in
crease over 1895 of S1.s47,2i5. The yield
of silver was 1922 36, a decreased pro-
duction for the year of S177,353.
Gen. Williams. formerly consul gen
eral of the United States to Havana.
saws business is completely Frustrated
| in Cuba, and the inhabitants are re-
duced from opulence TO the direst pow
crty.
/ In freight wreck at Warrenton, o.,
Engineer George Docksettler, OF Mas
! sillon. was killed and Fireman Muir
! and Brakeman Jewett were fatally in
jered.
! Col. ". j. Calhoun, of Danville, H..
has accepted the position Of special le-
/ gal counsel for the United States in the
! investigation of the Ruiz case in Cuba
Loss of life and great damage 10 ma
rine interests along the west shore Of
Lake Michigan were caused by violent
northeast gale.
The New Hampshire Banking COM
pany at Nashua, Y. H.. suspended, ow-
ing depositors sSio.2j2.
President Mckinley and party re-
turned TO Washington from New York
Eugene Taylor, linotype operator on
the Denver Coli Times. in eight hours
made a record of 1Ol, 500 ems, beating all
previous records.
Severe rain and windstorms through
out the lower Mississippi valley d't
great damage to leyees and caused grea'
suffering among refugees camqed OF
the levees without shelter Of any kind
Nearly hall the people IN me o'eIA o"fe
section of Louisiana were without
shelter.
Fire in the H. P. Eckhardt's whole
sale grocery establishment az Toronto
Ont, did $4,000 damage.
Later adYices from the flooded dis
trict in West Guthrie. o. T., say tina
. he death list will not exceed p
, though 80 or more were still missing
Five hundred homes We're swept ava.
end the contents ruined. Over IS
, houses were wrecked. 20 streets were de
vastated and ruined. thousand peopl
were homeless and half as many NOR
destitute.
. The Central Union Telephone com
pany at Dayton, o.. filed mortgage {
, the Illinois Trust q Savings bank TO
, 81, O00, 900.