The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-22
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

At McKeesport, Pa, the Fifth Ave-
nue. Savings and Loan association was
placed in the hands of receiver, with
liabilities of 100000.
The Western Baseball league closed
its season with Denver the pennant
winner.
The exchanges at the leading clear
Ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9TH aggregated
S1,1i5,371 ,0ss, against $1,12s.94 los the
previous week. The decrease COM
pared with the corresponding week Of
1899 was 1914.
The Chicago public schools opened
with an estimated enrolment of 240,-
600 pupils, an increase of about 5000.
INTENSE excitement prevailed on the
New York cotton exchange as the re-
SUIT of the Texas storm.
Census figures show that the men
in Chicago outnumber the women by
51,755. The figures are: Males, $751;
1G0; females, S20,415.
Prof. De Voc, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
predicted the Texas cyclone in an al
marac.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler has been
placed on the retired list, having
reached the age of "a, the war depart
ment's service limit.
Railroad men believe the gripping
of Galveston by the tidal wave will in
crease the Importance of Port Arthur
as a gulf shipping point.
The Citizens bank of Evanston, H.,
was robbed of 5000 during the noon
hour, while the cashier was talking 10
a stranger in front OF the building.
Representatives Of missionary socie-
ties arranged to have a conference in
New York as TO policy to be pursued
in China. ..
The dead at Galveston are estimated
by Mayor Jones at 5000. The city is
under martial law and several negroes
were shot while looting houses. There
is great distress among survivors.
Fear of pestilence exists, bodies being
buried in the sea and burned. The
need of relief is urgent. All undam-
aged provisions are exhausted, physi-
clans are worn out and their medical
stores expended. Disinfectants are as
necessary as food. medical attendance
and shelter. Over 1900 bodies have
been buried, it is said. A systematic
effort is being made to clear the
wreckage and the situation will be
greatly improved within few days.
Upon the request of Gov. Sayers the
mayor and citizens of Houston will
distribute the contributions for the
relief of the Texas storm sufferers.
Many cities offer aid.
Extremely high winds did great
damage throughout Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin and Michigan. The fruit
belt was damaged at least $4,000.
Union Veteran legion's national en-
campment opened at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Aside from the calamity at Calves
ton, rs Texas towns report estimated
loss of life, due to the storm, IA; es-
timated damage to property, $5,275,-
600; damage to railroads and tele-
graphs outside of Galveston, S230,000;
damage to cotton crop, estimated on
average crop of counties affected,
$4,000 bales, at $50 bale, $3,o00,o00.
Labor leaders in Chicago are ar
ranging to fix a scale of wages ten to
Is per cent. lower than present rates
with property owners or architects
who will dispense with contractor
in their building operations.
Chicago national banks are shown by
a late statement to be in excellent con-
dition to aid southern and western
shippers.
Belief exists in some quarters that
the city of Galveston will not be re-
built and that great seaport will
be founded at some place less likely
to disaster. The situation grows
worse owing to the putrefaction of
bodies. Attempts al Identification are
abandoned. Fifty men have been shot
for robbing the dead. Relief Is arriv-
ing rapidly. The first assistance re-
ceived came in the shape N two small
boats filled with provisions, which
were issued at once. They did little
toward relieving the hungered, who
have subsisted on water-soaked food
since Saturday night. An official re-
port on the storm shows wind velocity
of 100 miles an. hour and tidal wave
four feet high.