The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-15
DOMESTIC.

nc Bunk Oh l4lHll SlcSN' 'io., " Pa
waite concern, closed its doors.
The Joseph Calm Clothing company,
one of the oldest wholesale houses in
Kansas City, Mo-, failed for 100000.
+. Richter & Sons, foundry and ma
chine shop proprietors in Milwaukee,
failed for 100000.
The law calling for n mulct of $500 on
retail dealers of cigarettes has passed
both houses of the Iowa Legislature.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat,
34,412, 900 bushels; corn, 16,077,0OO bush
els; oats, II, 722, 900 bushels; rye, 3,11O,-
600 bushels; barley, 2,294, 600 bushels.
John V. Crum, aged "a, the famous
sprinter, died in the hospital ut Des
Moines, Ia, as the result of an opera
ton for appendicitis.
The banking houses of ]. B. Wheeler
G. Co., both in Manitou and Aspen, COL,
went into the hands of assignecs.
While walking on the railway tracks
near Martinsburg, w. Va, Benjamin
Shepard and Martin Rizer were killed.
Both were farmers.
The incorporated towns of Indiana
held elections. Local issues only were
involved.
The town of Pulaski, Va, was Sc
verely shaken by an earthquake, but no
damage resulted.
Reports from many towns in south
western Michigan say an earthquake
shock was felt for several seconds. At
Holland the front of n brick building
fell into the street.
The Woman's building, which is one
of the chief features of the exposition
Mt Nashville, Tenn. was thrown open
to the public.
For the first time sircc May 1, 1881,
when the prohibitory law went into
effect, a saloon opened its doors in To
peka, Kan.
\ ten-ton block of cut stone smashed
through the side of train on the Chi
cago 6; Alton railway in Chicago, in
juring five passengers and wreckin9
three cars.
The famous racer Joe Patchen ha:
been sold for $4,000 to c. w. Marks, o
Chicago.
The biennial reports of the grand Off
GERS of the Brotherhood of Railwa,
Trainmen show receipts of 81, POI ant
disbursements Of S1,1O9.360. Tota
membership 23,532, with $50 lodges.
Over 1900 men were at work on tn
levees south Of Red river, near New
Orleans, putting them in condition TO
expected high water.
Three thousand miners went out o.
strike in the coal collieries Of uppe
east Tennessee and southern Kentucky
Jacob S. johnson (colored), an eS
preacher, was hanged at Somerville, \
j., for the murder of Annie Beekmal
He died protesting his innocence.
Lee Reilly set 1O5, 300 ems of nonpt
reil on n linotype machine in Leadvill
Col, in hours and 10 minutes, brealdn
the worlds record.
The exchanges at the leading clearin
houses in the United States during I'll
week ended on the 30th ult. aggregate
Ss55,566,106, against S034,210,710 tt
previous week. The decrease compare
with the corresponding week of IS!
was 1873.
Howard C. Hackett, aged 80, sportin
GATOR OF The new 1OTh NoIiu, uiSa eu'
denly.
At the national congress in Clevelan
O., of the Sons of the American Revolt
ton Edwin s. Barrett, of Massach
sets, was elected president.
The Tennessee centennial expositic
opened with appropriate exercises
Nashville. At noon President McKinle
started the machinery by pressing
button at Washington connected wit
O telegraph wire at the cxposit'f
grounds.
During the month of April the tot
coinage at the United States minis W;
$10,41O,0s0. OF this amount $500, Al
was in gold, $685. 900 in silver and So
$50 I'm minor coins.
On April 80 the total circulation {
national bank notes in the country wa
1922, so2,244, gain for the year of IS
7oo,s9o.