The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-04-03
LAT Err.

paper offices and the post Office in a
fright.
The Mississippi river was seven miles
wide at Quincy, H., and many people
had fed TO the hills for safety.
John Henderson, Carl Wright and
Thomas Stiles were killed by an explo-
sion in the works of the Dupont Chem
ical company at Gibbstown, n. j.
Heavy frosts were reported from all
over Tennessee, north Georgia and
north Alabama.
Amos Riggs shot and killed young
Boyd and his father, w. r. Boyd. near
Mount Gilead Ky. A family quarrel was
the cause.
Two bills were introduced in the Cana
dian parliament to prohibit the impor-
tation of labor under contract or agree
ment.
George Elder (colored) was hanged
at Watllinsville, Ga. for the murder of
Bob Jones, another negro.
1t was asserted in Constantinople
that in consequence of the refusal Of
Lord Salisbury to join in blockade of
Greek ports Germany has given notice
to the powers of her intention to with
draw from the concert
The Rock Island railroad has served
notice of withdrawal from all the traffic
associations, passenger and freight, of
which t has been member.
There were 291 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Goth, against 216 the weel;
previous and $50 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
President Mckinley will make an adj
dress at the dedication in New York of
the monument to Gen. Grant on April 81.
One-half of the sand ridge district at
| burlington, Ia, was under water and
the inhabitants had moved to higher
ground.
The filibustering steamer Laurada
landed in Cuba the most important eX-
| petition ever sent from this country.
The secretary of agriculture says that
the worlds wheat crop for 1896 is :, 42s,-
$4,000 bushels, against 2,54G, 40l, 900 in
| 1896
| Mrs. Margaret j. Preston, the we'll
| known writer of southern war poetry.
died in Baltimore.
! \ terrific cyclone swept through Aus
tin, Tex. iniuring many persons and de-
| Inolishing thousands of dollars worth
of property.
a fire at Portsmouth, Va, made 50
| families homeless and caused 100000
| damage.
Floods still continue in the west and
south and from Cairo, ILL.,, to Hickman,
| Ky, a distance of over 100 miles, the
Mississippi river is 25 miles wide.
The supreme court of Illinois rem
dered a decision at Ottawa which prac-
tically holds the indeterminate SEN
tence law to be unconstitutional.
THE Elms,' the magnificent resi-
Gence of Col. \. G. Tyler at New Lon
den, Conn, with all it's elaborate fur
nishings was destroyed by fire, the loss
being over 100000.
In a siX-day ladies' bicycle race in
Louisville, KY, Dottie Farnsworth was
the winner, making 334 miles.
1t is said that President Mckinley has
decided to send Il special commissioner
to Cuba to ascertain facts on the pres
ent condition of affairs.
Cisneros, president of the Cuban gov
eminent, reported dead some time ago,
is said to be alive.
William T. Adams, the well-known
writer, who, under the pen name of
Oliver Optic, has entertained boy read
ers for more than 80 years, died at his
home in Boston, aged IS years.
The American exchange bank at Buff
falo, y. V, went into voluntary liquida-
ton. Depositors will be paid in full.
Reports from various places in Crete !
show that there is not the slightest i'm
provement in the condition of affairs |
in that island. The fighting between
the Moslems and the Christians con-
tinues and the burning of villages is a |
matter of daily occurrence.
A resolution was adopted in the |
United States senate on the goth asking |
the president for information as to The |
death of two American sailors at San
tiago de Cuba and a memorial from the |
Michigan Legislature was presented pro-
testing against the executive order at |
the close Of the last administration con-
solidating pension agencies. and, in eff
feet. abolishing the agency at Detroit.
In executive session the arbitration
treaty was further discussed. Adj
Journed to the Goth. In the house the |
tariff bill was thrown open for amend
ment under the five-minute rule and
nine OF the 162 pages of the bill were
disposed of.
The United States senate was not in
session on the 27tb. In the house bills
were introduced to modify the national
banking laws so as to provide the people
with a safe, ample, elastic and cheap
currency, and to call in and cancel the
paper money now in circulation. Five
more of the 162 pages of the tariff bill
were disposed Of.