The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
DOMESTIC.

ylQS Tor lU,UOo SdlurlSS, was pdSSco M"
journed to January B.
DOMESTIC.
John krual and his wife were killed
By the cars near Denlson. la.
President Cleveland, who has been
hunting ducks in South Carolina waters
for u week has returned to Washington.
Gov. Drake has issued u proclamation
recommending that the people of the
state tittngly observe on the 2Sth inst.
the tiftieth anniversary of the admis-
sion of Iowa into the union.
Martha, Elizabeth and Charlotte VIII
Dor, three aged sisters, were burned to
death in a fire at their home IN Newport.
Il. /.
The National bank of Illinois one
OF the oldest and best-known banking
institutions in Chicago, with assets
amounting TO nearly $lj,O00,00o, has
closed its doors.
At Fort Scott, Kun., George Bryant
fatally shot his young wife and her
father, W. b. Reno. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
Nilvanau Braul and his wife and
Arthur Fisher and ID. l.. Baker we're
killed by the explosion of boilers in u
wooden mill at Centerville. Il. /.
Randall, Selby d. Bell, agricultural
implement jobbers at Des Moines, la,
failed for $l30,000.
The business portion of the town of
Fitzgerald. Ca. was destroyed by fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aelo and their grand
child were burned 10 death in their
home at Sheffield. y.
The dwelling house of Aaron Gold
smith and family was destroyed by fire
ia New York ana Mr.. Goldsmith and his
wife and three children were burned TO
death.
The Carlisle (Pa.) Indian school foot
ball team defeated the University of
Wisconsin ii at the Coliseum in Chicago
by score OF go to s.
Fire at Elizabeth, N. j., destroyed
20 buildings, entailing loss of SOU, 200.
George Finley (colored) was iynched
by mob near Maytield, Ky, for at
lacking white man with knife. in
ficting a slight wound.
Fire at Bridge, Mass, destroyed four
large business blocks, the loss being
$2OO.0O0.
Fifty horses were burned to death at
q fire In Bernard Soy's stable in New
York.
The Masonic hall atNew Brunswick,
N. j., was burned, the loss being $780,
900.
Lincoln Baird andWilliam Gailor, two
young men, founght duel near Knox
vile, Tenn. and both were killed.
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 21st was: Wheat,
SIS, 163, 900 bushels; corn, 1904, 900 BUSH
els; oats, 12,434,o00 bushels; rye, 2;S3l,-
600 bushels; barley, 5,130.0OO bushels
A large number of families in Union
county, Ark, are in a destitute condi-
ton, and many of them are starving be-
cause of the failure of crops.
Secretary Carlisle in his annual re-
port on the state of the finances shows
therevenues OF the government from all
sources to have been $400, ATS ,40S, and
the expenditures $434,67s,654, which
leaves deficit for the year ended June
80. 1896, of $25,203.246.
The failure of the National bank of
Illinois caused three other Chicago banks
to close their doors, as follows: +. =.
Dryer d Co., liabilities, 81 200, 900; Was
niansdorif, Heinemann d Co., Liabilities,
$4s0,000, and the Roseland bank, liabili-
ties, $4,000.
Jim Stone (colored), who assaulted
Mrs. j. M. X. Green, of Mayfeld, KY,
was taken from Jail by mob aud
Tnched.
Twenty men were imprisoned in q
mine ut Wilkesbarre, Pa, by an explo-
sion. and six were probably killed.
Mrs. Foss was murdered and her
mother fatally wounded by negro near
Pontachoula, La. Robbery was the mo-
tive.
Cuban sympathizers held a mass
meeting in Cooper Union, New York,
and addresses were made by Col. Ethan
Allen, Gen. Bradley I. johnson, of Vir-
ginia, and others.
A Southern Pacific passenger train
was held up by masked men 200 miles
west Of San Antonio, Tex, but they only
secured $40.
The supreme court of Utah handed
down a unanimous opinion sustaining
the validity of the late election In the
state.
The will Of the late Henry L. Pierce,
OF Boston, leaves $4,000, 900 in public
requests and over s2,5oo,000 to relatives
and friends.
William Waldorf Astor's vast hold.
ings of real estate in New York are to be
sold as fast as possible without sacri-
flee and he will become a resident of
England.
Hon. William J. Bryan opened his lee
trre tour ut Atlanta, Ga, his subject be-
ing ''The Ancient Landmarks"
jay Van Scyoc and Earl Campbell.
two young men Of Valley, Neb., were
drowned while skating on a lake.