The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-03-27

The United states weather Jul eau
says that 500 square miles OF the state
Of Arkansas is under water. Thou
sands OF people are homeless and de-
pendent on charity and ma 4iy baye been
drowned.
Washington He-dng. candidate for
mayor, sent in. dis resign alton as post
IT. aster of Chicago To President Nc
kiuley.
TIE Indiana wheat crop will be 30
DIT cent. short of the average for nor
NAL years.
Cash wheat smashed all records for
tn. last SIX years in St. Louis by reach
ing the dollar mark.
| In the prize fight az Carson City, New
between Corbett and Fi:zsimnons for
the worlds championship and purse
Of $1,000 the latter won in the four
tcenth round.
In Philadelphia Frederick Franks
shot and killed his son William, aged
nine years, shot and fatally wounded
his daughter Amelia, five years old. and
! then killed himself.
wholesale charges Of legislative cor
r,rption caused Speaker Byers, OF the
Iowa house, 20 resign until an inyesti-
CATION could be maze.
Five toll gates were destroyed in Gar
rarl county, Ky, by a mob Of masked
raidcrs.
James Lane celebrated his l0Ist birth
dag at his home in Chicago.
John Hull, an ernploye Of the Erie
railway at Servia, Ind, shot his wife
and then killed himself. Domestic
trouble was the cause
J.E. Crosby & Co.. Of Danyers. Mass.
boot and shoe manufacturers, failed for
1 100000.
President Mckinley sent 10 The senate
the following nominations: Powell
Clayton, Of Arkansas. to be minister OF
the United States 10 Mexico; William NJ.
Osborne. of Massac husetts, consul-gen-
eral at London; JOHN x. Gowdy. OF In
| diana, consul-general at Paris; Joseph
| II. brigham. of Ohio. 70 be assistant sec
retary of agriculture. and Perry ;.
Heath. OF Indiana, TO be first assistant
| postmaster-gene
Near Marion, Ark, Eta Liz and her
four children were drowned in flood.
William Fees, farmer living near
! War!cgo. Kan, fatally shot his wife and
| his mother-in-law, Mrs. S. II. Johnson.
and her daughter, and then killed him
self. Domestic trouble was the cause.
! Fitzsimmons has decided to retire
| permanently from the ring and settle
! down in New York.
The floods in the Mississippi valley
were growing worse and the situation
in many towns was appalling.
/ Dave Pennington, q worthless charac-
ter at Odebolt, Ia. shot aad killed
Luther Trayer, fatally wounded Mrs.
Frank StoIl, seriously wounded Mrs.
Hiram Johnson and then killed him
self. &}
! The passing Of mutilatcd or defaced
/ coins and the mutilation AMI dcface-
u,cnt of coins has been made criIui-
nal offcnse by congress, punishable by
imprisonment not TO exceed five years
and fine not to exceed $4,000.
The levec 80 miles below Caruthers'
Vile. Mo-, broke and II persons were
drowned.
The gunboats Marietta and Wheel,
ing. twin screw boats Of 1000 tons each,
were launched at San Francisco.
The Turkish minister has declared
vacant the Office OF consul OF the Otto
man empire at Boston, Mass, held by
/ Joseph Iasigi, who is under arrest on
charges Of cmbczzlcment.
Patrick Casey. Edward Hayes and
| Hugh Mcbride were scalded TO death in
ii railway collision in Denver, Col.
The towns of Leeds, Lynn, James
| Hinton and Merrill in Iowa were food
ed, and several drownirgs were re
/ ported.
John Smith, a negro preacher, was
shot to death by mob at Scottsboro
Ala: Smith was charged with outrag
! ing the wife Of white farmer.