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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
WASHINGTON.

In his report on the Pittsburg in
quiry Civil Service Commissioner Roose-
welt recommends that internal revenue
officers be put in the classified service.
A decrease of $14, 500, of which
$40, 900, 900 is in the item of pensions, is
shown by Secretary Smiths estimates
for the next fiscal year.
The war department has referred to
the Encouragement for decision the
request of the interior department for
troops for use as a posse commitatus,
in Indian territory. The department
holds 1t would be illegal to use troops
to chase train robbers, and there is no
evidence the Indians have suffered.
Secretary Carlisle has held that
whisky in a customs bonded warehouse
can not be released on payment of du-
ties and deposited in distillery
bonded warehouse, thereby extending
the bonded period eight years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
SPORTING NOTES.

Flying Jib paced an exhibition mile
In 2:03h ut Louisville Thursday. The
track was slow.
Peter the Second, Immilda, @. b.
Morris, Fra Diavolo, Eagle Bird and
Dungarven were the winners at Har-
lem.
In the trial of Robert Kneebs Mt Ber-
lin for ringing" the presiding judge
ordered the production of the horse
and several witnesses who are now in
the United States.
On a straight course at Buffalo, N.
", Wednesday John S. johnson rode
mile on bicycle in 1:35 2-5, break
ing all records.
Eight heats were needed to decide
the 2:l0 pace at Louisville Wednesday.
Frank Agan, winner of the first heat,
secured the last two and the race.
Libertine beat Cash Day at Harlem
and covered the mile in 1884, lower
ing the running record for circular
track
At. st. Louis Albert G. Harding rode
100 miles on bicycle in 4:37:5G As, n
cut in the record of twenty-three min
utcs.
Pittsburg has withdrawn from the
new National Baseball association and
the organization may collapse.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
POLITICAL.

J. c. Dahlman, democratic candidate
for auditor of Nebraska, has with
drawn.
President Cleveland left New York
for Washington without registering or
saying word in behalf of Hill.
In an address at Nashville, Tenn,
Speaker Crisp reviewed the work of
the last congress and said the democ-
racy had no apologies to make.
Georgia's general assembly convened
Wednesday. w. ii. Venable was
elected presi lent of the senate and w.
II. Fleming speaker of the house.
Gov. Greenhalge and Senators Hig-
gins and Hawley made addresses at the
banquet and rally of the Republican
club of Massachusetts at Boston.
Retail liquor dealers of New York in
dorsed Hill for governor, but declared
against the Tammany municipal ticket.
Gov. Mckinley continued his tour
through West Virginia Tuesday,
making speeches at Mason City, Park
ersburg and other points.
Vice President Stevenson made
speeches at several points in Missouri
Tuesday, his audience at Nevada
numbering 10000 persons.
Democrats fought for admission to
the Academy of Music in Brooklyn to
see and hear Senator Hill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Gov. Mckinley Speak. In Buffalo.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. oc.-Gov. Nc
Kinley found an extensive program
prepared for him on his arrival here
Three meetings had been arranged, at
Wesp's hall, at Music hall and at Har-
monia hall and at each n large audi
cnce was assembled, as large as the
hall would contain; in fact, none of
the halls would accommodate all who
cndeavorcd to squeeze in. This morn
ing the governor starts out to make
nine scheduled speeches and possibly
some not scheduled, the principal
points touched being Rochester, Au-
burn, Utica and Syracuse. Contrary
to unofficial statements he will not
speak in New York, no such arrange
ments having been made by the state
committee.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
CASUALTIES.

One man was killed and eleven 9TH
ers entombed by cavern in the
Pewabic mine Mt Iron Mountain, Mich.
At least FIVE lives have been lost in
the prairie fires In Nebraska, while
great damage has been done to prop
erty.
An explosion from an unknown cause
wrecked Marion, Ind, photograph
gallery. Three persons were seriously
injured.
Two men lost their lives in prairie
fire which swept through portions of
Cherry and Grant counties, Nebraska.
The Central hotel at Ration, N. NJ,
burned. James La Point, James Nc
Cool and AL Kennedy, railroad men,
persisted in the flames.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
FOREIGN.

In an address at banquet ut Shelf
field, England, Premier Rosebery paid
n high tribute to the czar and ridiculed
the recent cabinet council scare.
Japanese are reported to have crossed
the Yalu river and after routing q
Chinese force captured fort.
Three thousand houses were de-
stroyed and 200 persons killed and
many injured by an earthquake in
Japan.
Six men were killed and twenty in
jured by an explosion on the French
cruiser Arethuse while her engines
were being tested.
The Swedish schooner Alene, loaded
with gunpowder, was blown up off
Petcrhead, Scotland. All her crew
persisted.
The partaking of holy communion
by the car gave rise to the report that
the last sacrament had been admins
tered
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Col. Garricl Mallory, U. S. A., re-
tired, died in Washington. He was in
charge of the signal service bureau
from 1870 to 1876.
Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, general
corresponding secretary of the Inter-
national w. c. T. u, died at her home
in Chicago.
DIR. II. r. Helmbold, of patent medi-
cine fame, died of apoplexy in the asy-
lum for the insane at Trenton, N. j.
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church are in semi-annual conference
at Middletown, Conn.
Fred Douglass addressed the Ameri-
can Missionary association at Lowell.
Mass. He said the negro still needed a
helping hand.
The German Epworth league conven-
ton at st. Paul elected officers and Sc
lected Chicago as the place of meeting
in 1895.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
To Pace In Buffalo.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 26.-M. E. Me
Henry, the driver of the PAGER, John
r. Gentry, 2:O3A, who was declared to
have paced a dead heat with Robert j
at Nashville, says definite arrange.
ments have been made for the match
between John Il. Gentry and Robert
j, :0l19, for purse of $4,000; also a
match between Phoebe Wilkes and
Nightingale for purse of 81, 200, both
races to take place at Buffalo, N. Y,
Thursday, Nov. /.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Iowa Endeavorers Gathering.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 26.-This city
is rapidly filing up with delegates to
the ninth annual convention of the
Iowa Christian Endeavor association,
which opens at the Y. M. C. A. audi
forum to-day. The gathering prom
ises to be the strongest ever held
by the organization in Iowa. Special
trains arrived here yesterday bearing
the delegations from Des Moines,
Dubuque, Council Bluffs and Cedar
Rapids.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
THE NEW SENATORS.
'rHiRTY-THREE TO TAKE OATH
OF OFFICE MARCH q.
Interest Taken In the situation-Legis-
iatures OF Many States to Elect at
the Next Assembling Indi-
cations.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The election
of United States senators to succeed
the senators whose terms expire March
is attracting much attention in
political circles in Washington. Except
in the cases where senator's have
already been chosen for the term be-
ginning on that date the legislatures
which are to meet next winter Will
perform this work. Barring unusual
circumstances, there will then be
thirty three senators to be sworn
in, including those who will
succeed the thirty whose terms
expire on that date, and one
each from the states which failed to
elect when they should have done so
in accordance with the law two years
ago OF these six senators have al
ready been sworn-viz., Donelson CAT
ferry of Louisiana, to succeed himself;
James f. Wilson; William Lindsay. to
succeed himself; Z. S. Martin of Vir-
ginia, to succeed Eppa Hunton; G. p
Wetmore of Rhode Island, to succeed
N. +. Dixon; Z. G. Walthall of Missis-
sippi, to succeed himself. In the case
of Senator Walthall, he had been
elected to the term beginning 1895,
when he resigned from the senate
last session and was succeeded by
the Hon. A. j. McLaurin. He did not
state his intentions with reference to
the new term and it is not known here
whether he will resume his seat in 1895
or again tender a resignation to cover
that term. In none of the above in
stances has there been change in
politics. OF the remaining twenty-four
senators of the regular list whose
terms expire in 1895, Senators Berry OF
Arkansas, Butler of South Carolina,
Camden of West Virginia, Coke
of Texas, Harris of Tennessee,
Martin of Kansas, Mcpherson of
New Jersey, Morgan of Ala
bama, Ransom of North Carlina
and Walsh of Georgia item arc. dem
ocrats, and Senators Carey of Wyom-
ing, Chandler of New Hampshire,
Cullom of Illinois, Dolph of Oregon,
Frye of Maine, Higgins of Delaware,
Hoar of Massachusetts,, Henderson of
Nebraska, Mcmillan of Michigan,
Pettigrew of South Dakota, Power of
Montana, Shoup of Idaho, Washburn
of Minnesota and Wolcott of Colorado
(fourteen) are republicans. The term
of none of the populist senator's will
expire in 1895. Senators Coke and Nc
Pherson have announced that they
will not stand as candidates
for reelection. Owing to the
failure to elect in 1923, and
to the fact that the terms of Senators
Carey and Power expire in 1895. Wy
oming and Montana will each elect
two senators this winter and owing to
a like failure to elect in Washington
that state will elect one, though his
term and that of senator from each
of the other two sisters who should
have been elected in 1898 will cover
only four years. The first election in
Utah can not occur until in November
of next year, so that the election of
senator's from that soon-to-be state
can not take place before the follow
ing winter
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03

Exequaturs have been issued by the
President to the consuls and vice-con-
suls to the new Hawaiian republic.
To put an end to lawlessness in In
dian territory Secretary Smith will
recommend abrogation of the treaties
and establishment of territorial gov
crnment
The appeal of the government in the
sugar case, brought under the anti
trust law, was argued in the Supreme
court.
Postmaster General Bissell has issued
a~circular letter calling attention to
the sectiop3 of the civil service law re-
lating to forced campaign contribu-
tions.
In his annual report Gen. Otis urges
the requirement by the government OF
strategic points on Puget Sound.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
DIREFUL NIGHT IN SAND HILLS.
Terrific Gales Lash the Flames Into De-
structivc Energy.

Wednesday night was direful
night in large portion of
the sand hills. Devastating fires
swept through the western part of
Cherry and Grant counties all day,
burning on the north side of the Bur-
lington railroad track to within about
four miles of Hyannis. dashed on by
furious wind, the fires travelled at
pace that carried CONSERVATION and de-
struction. The fire on the railroad
was started the first of the week by n
man and his pipe about ten miles
northwest of Alliance. The man was
drunk, and in filing and lighting his
pipe threw the burning match to the
ground, where it ignited the grass. In
an instant fire started, which, famed
by the northwest wind, at once set out
on its mission of destruction. A num-
Der of lives is reported lost
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
NEGROES RIOT.
One Man Killed, Two Fatally and Others
Seriously Wounded.

CoRISTH, Ga, Oct. 26.-At State
Line, a postoffice on the line between
Georgia and Alabama, bloody riot in
which one man was killed, two fatally
wounded, and several others were laid
up with gunshot wounds took place
last night. The riot occurred at a
Baptist revival. Two of the white
men were severely shot, and their
death is expected. 1t is not known
how many negroes were killed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Church Property Valued at s3O,OOO,OO0
Involved In a Change.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Oct. 26.-At meet
ing of the Pittsburg conference of the
Evangelical church, composed of about
100 churches, located in western Penn
sylvania. eastern Ohio and West Vir-
ginia. held here yesterday resolu-
ton was adopted severing all connec-
tions with the old Evangelical church
and entering into the new religious
organization known as the United
Evangelical church. The withdrawal
voted means that most of the property
of which the seceders have had the use
in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky and New
York, valued at $50, 900, OOO will revert
to the Evangelical association.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
CRANK AFTER GROVER.
Man Who Challenged Germany's EN-
peror Wanted to Sec Him.

Man Who Challenged Germany's EN-
peror Wanted to Sec Him.
New YORK, Oct 26.-The first cam
paign crank 'materialized yesterday
at the residence of DIR. Joseph d. Bry-
ant, where President Cleveland was
stopping. About 10 o'clock well
dressed, heavy set man, with gray
beard and wearing eyeglasses, rang
DIR. Bryant's door bell. He told the
servant who opened the door that he
wanted to see the President. The
servant called DIR. Bryant. who came to
the door and at once recognized the
caller as DR.. Richard Goerdeler, whose
eccentricities, both in this country
and abroad, have caused him to be
stamped as q harmless crank. Dr.
Bryant politely but firmly refused to
admit DIR. Goerdeler. Goerdeler be-
came excited and demanded to be
shown in to the President at once.
you have no right" he said, ito
keep citizen from seeing the Presi-
dent of the United States"
Goerdeler said he had been trying to
see the President for nearly two years
and have Mr.. Cleveland remove the
stain of insanity from his name. He
began to tell about his having chal-
lenged the Emperor William to fight
duel, but DIR. Bryan interrupted him
and closed the door.
Goerdeler was formerly professor
of music. He was once a lieutenant in
the Prussian army and once challenged
Emperor William to fight duel. He
was arrested and held a prisoner for
several months. He was finally re-
leased.it is saba the request of Presi-
dent Cleveland, and returned to New
York in July 1891. He has since
bothered prominent persons with his
appeals for aid in righting his imagin-
airy wrongs.
The President left New York late
in the afternoon without having regis
tered or said word about the pending
contest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
CRIME
tered.

At Mascoutah, ILL.,, George Centril
pleaded guilty to the murder Of Fred
Kahn and was sentenced to be hanged.
Citizens of Battle Creek, Mich, have
surrounded swamp in which tramps
who shot police officer took refuge.
Gibson Station, !. T., was raided by
the Cock band Of desperadoes, rewards
for the capture of whom have been
offered.
Friends of Bart Carter, sentenced to
be hanged Dec, 81 for the killing OF
Hunter Wilson, went to Mountain
Home. Ark, and liberated him.
burglars broke into the safe OF the
postoffice at Lebanon, ILL.,, and secured
about 81 900 In cash and stamps.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Great Turnout for Reed Meeting.

WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 20. Barring
the possibility of unfavorable weather
the Reed meeting here to-day promises
to be one of the largest political meet
ings ever held in Iowa. All the avail
able halls have been secured and, be-
sides, three outdoor stands have been
arranged. Mr.. Reed will make one
long address in the park and during
the day and evening will make four
other short speeches.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
MINE HORROR NEAR IRONWooD
One Man Killed and Eleven Others En-
tombed and May BE Dead.

IIoNwoOD, Mich, Oct. 26.-What
may prove to be the worst accident in
the history of the Menominee range
occurred on the fourth level of Shaft
No. at the Pewabic mine yesterday
afternoon. One man is known to have
been killed and eleven others are en-
tombed and their fate will not be
known for eighteen hours. The acct
dent was caused by the sandstone cap
ping which overhung the room giving
away with sufficient force to crush the
timbers without any warning. In an
interview Supt. Brown expressed him
self as being confident all the entombed
men would be taken out alive.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
SMALLPOX AT THE CAPITAL.
Serious Scare Among Pension ONCE. SUI
preme Court and Treasury Employees.

preme court ana treasury LhplOyes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.--There is q
bad smallpox scare in Washington.
The disease seems to have started in
the family of clerk in the pension
Office. Already there have been two
deaths and six cases attributed to the
same source. There are fifteen or
twenty members of congress in town,
who came here principally for the pur-
pose of looking after pension cases,
but not one of the party has visited
the pension Office to-day, owing to the
fear which prevails that the contagion
may be in the atmosphere of the big,
barn-lilSe building. There is great de-
moralization among the clerks and en-
ployes down there. There is also an
uneasy feeling in the vicinity of the
Supreme court because the secretary
of one of the justices is a boarder in
the house where the disease was dis.
covered.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
A TORNADO OF FIRE.
COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA SWEPT
BY FLAMES.
Homes, Stock and Crops of Ranchmen
Completely Ruined-May BE Many
Deaths-settiers Seek Safety In Water
Courses

The prairie fires which have
prevailed in this (Grant), Cherry,
Sheridan, and Thomas counties
since Nebraska, have lately assumed
vast proportions. They started in
Sheridan county and have thus far
burned over a section of country forty
miles in width. The damage to hay,
ranch property, and cattle is enormous,
but nothing like an accurate estimate
is yet possible. Many lives are sup
posed to have been lost, and thousands
of tons of hay have been burned,
leaving the cattlemen destitute. Homes
: and stock were also burned, and the
cattle ranges are ruined. The list of
known victims at present is:
BLISS, -, ranchman.
| LACHER, E. L., ranchman.
TWO FARMERS. names unknown.
RANCHMAN, at Mullen.
The. two first named were attempting
to save their property by back burn
ing, but the high wind drove the
flames on them and cut off all escape
before they were aware of their dan
ger. Lacher lived long enough to tell
his story to ranchmen who came to
his rescue after the flames had passed.
The fires are burning in several direc-
tions and the wind is blowing almost
tornado.
Hundreds of thousands of head of
cattle are grazing in Cherry, Thomas,
Grant, and the other counties where
the fires are raging These cattle
were sent there from the southern part
of the state, where the drouth has
been felt SO heavily, to Craze for the
winter. 1t is feared large proper
ton of these cattle have persisted.
Several ranch houses are reported to
have been destroyed and there is
probability of a large loss of human
life.
Nothing like the present disaster has
happened for years. As there are num-
erous streams in the afflicted section it
Is presumed many of the ranchmen
have succeeded in taking their families
to these water courses and thus avoided
danger. The flames are not driven
high, since the grass is not tall, conse-
quently any one reaching a stream can
escape death unless overcome uy the
dense smoke.
1t is reported that two men were
burned at Mullen. One is dead and
the other is lying in critical condi-
ton and will die. At the same time
fire started on the south side of the
track, burning everything clean from
Lakeside to the Blue river. This re-
port comes from Whitman, in the
southern part of Grant county. Fires
have been burning north of Whitman
since Tuesday. Several thousand tons
of hay have been burned and several
miles of range burned over.
Another fire has started in the north
and is burning down east between the
middle and north prongs of the Middle
Loup this morning
Citizens in the locality of Thedford,
Thomas county, were out until a late
hour Wednesday night burning fire
guards and at this time the town is
considered safe, unless the fire should
come in north of the strip burned over.
The wind is blowing at the rate of
sixty miles an hour and grave fears are
felt, as the atmosphere is full of smoke
and cinders. SO far no loss of life is
reported in that locality, but the loss
of range will be great to stockmen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Falcon Given Up.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 26.-All
hope for the safety of the British
whaling steamship Falcon, which
brought to this port the members of
the Peary expedition and which sailed
Oct. 3 for st. Johns, N. F., has been
given up and there no longer exists
any doubt that it has gone down at
sea with all hands
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Panic in n Church.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26 During the
conservation of church in the village
of Trokh, near Ostroviansk in the Don
province, a lamp was upset, a cry of
fire was raised, and a panic followed.
During the rush for the doors two
women and three children were tram
pied to death and twcnty-seven people
were seriously injured.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Esploslon On a French Cruiser.

BREsT, France, Oct. 90. While the
cruiser Arethuse was testing her en-
gincs preparatory to sailing for
the east in order to reinforce the
French squadron in Chinese waters,
one of her boilers exploded, killing six
men and badly scalding twenty.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
To settle boundary at Melilla.

TANGIER, Morocco, Oct. 26.-The sui
tan has ordered Muley Amin to go to
Melilla with force of 700 infantry,
700 cavalry and four guns to delimit
the Spanish and Moorish frontier. The
Riff tribesmen have hitherto prevented
the accomplishment of this portion of
the agreement arrived at between
Spain and Morocco.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
Immense warehouse to BE Built.

TACOMA Wpsh. Oct. 2d.-The North
ern Pacific has completed arrangements
to build here a wheat warehouse $50
by 200 feet, two stories high, to hold
1000, 900 bushels and to DO completed
at the commencement of next seasons
grain shipping business.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
FOUNDRY BURNS at Hubbard. ohio.

HUBBARD. Ohio, Oct. % The Hub
bard Foundry and Machine company's
plant was destroyed by fire last night
The loss is 49, 900 and insurance $4,000.
Fifteen men were thrown out of en-
ployment. The works will not be re-
I.,,,l<
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03
killed HIS sister with a large. r

QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct. 26.-Leonard
Poland, 81 years old, son of Bruce
Poland, prominent citizen of Clay
ton, shot his 17-year-old sister, Minnie,
through the forehead with target
rife and instantly killed her. 1t is be-
lieved that the shooting was accidental
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-03

social organization from the ranks OF Chcngos
of
including pho This dinner formed marked departure from
of club banquet hall dressed
decorated rural such shown in the
took Chicago completely by surprise and generally
the recorded the banqueting line