The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-02-16

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THE president approved the bill Gre
ating the rank of lieutenant general Of
the army and nominated Gen. John M.
Schofield for the place.
MRS. M. +. NICHOLS, of Center Nor
iches, l.. l., was arrested for swindling
western men by advertising for hus-
band.
INTENSELY cold weather prevailed in
New England and much suffering was
reported, especially among seafaring
people.
MRS. Macy FREEMAN and two daugh-
tiers were arrested In Chicago for con-
spiracy to defraud railroads for alleged
personal injuries.
EXTREME cold weather with high
winds prevailed throughout the north
west.
FRANK MoGAN, timer, and Charles
Eagle and Phil johnson, two youths,
were fatally injured by the falling of a
chimney during fire at Rockville, Md.
The first installment of 200 negro
families from Georgia, who are to col
onize vast tract of land Is miles from
Wapimi, Mexico, reached that place.
THE barge Van Zantford foundered
in Long Island sound and the captain
and his brother were washed OFF and
drowned.
DURING saloon fire at Evansville,
Ind. David Eastin, the proprietor of the
place, and his bartender were burned
to death.
OVER 200 oil wells in the Mcdonald
field near Sisterville, Pa, were com
PEELED to suspend operations on ac-
count of the severe cold weather.
The Michigan populists in state con-
vention at Greenville nominated r. B.
Taylor, of Bay City, for justice of the
supreme court, and George ii. Smith,
of Benzie, and v. ]. Bowers, of Ma
comb, for university regents. Resolu-
tions were adopted deprecating gov
eminent bond issues and the enlarge
ment of the privileges and powers of
banks, and condemning the alleged at
tempt in congress to outlaw silver.
The attitude of the administration upon
financial questions was denounced us
subversive of free government.
BITTERLY cold weather prevailed
generally throughout Great Britain.
For the first time in fourteen years the
docks at Southampton were frozen
over.
in ice, went ashore on the north coast
of Martha's Vineyard and Capt. Joseph
Bostwick, Mate Martin Lee and an
other sailor were found on board frozen
to death.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS damage
was done to the Denison house at In
dianapolis by fire.
A JOINT resolution passed the Oregon
Legislature for a constitutional amend
ment extending the elective franchise
to women.
JOSEPH GRANT, II years old, farmer
of Richland township, Mich, shot his
wife and then killed himself. Family
trouble was the cause.
Don ERNEsTo MARQUEE, aged 30, and
his brother, Enrique Marquee, aged 20,
killed each other in New York in
quarrel over woman.
INTENSELY cold weather prevailed in
all sections of the country, interfering
with business, and several persons
were frozen to death.
THE big bingham mills of Walker
Richmond in Philadelphia were totally
destroyed by fire, the loss being 800, 900.
For stealing jam valued at six dol
lars August Young was found guilty at
Sheffield, Mo-, and sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary.
THE wife and l3-year-old son of Rev.
G. S. Gresham, Baptist minister, were
drowned in the Broad river by the
sinking of n ferryboat at Fish Ferry,
SC
jim FRENCH and Slaughter Kid, the
last of the Cook gang, were killed
while trying to rob u store at Catoosa,
1T.
A BILL prohibiting prize fighting and
all kinds Of sparring exhibitions, pub
lie or private, passed the New York as
sembly.
MRS. JOSEPH CHoPERINsKI and her z
year-old daughter Mary were burned
to death ut Priceburg, Pa.
ALL the sugar refneries in Philadel-
phia cut the price of refined sugars one
sixteenth of cent
AFTER an unsuccessful search lasting
five hours, nine men who went to the
relief of the men on the intake tunnel
AT Milwaukee were given up as lost.
MAYOR STRONG, of New York, ac-
copied the designations of all the Tam
many officials
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggre-
gated 1919, 1905, 040, against 042, 53l ,O65
the previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was ITO.
SEvENTY-sIX men were killed and 233
fatally injured while mining coal in
the Wyoming pa district last year.
THERE were 2s1 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the sth, against 354 the
week previous and 3s5 in the CORE
spending time in 1904.
JABEZ WIGGINs, who murdered three
persons in Georgia while resisting ar
rest, was hanged at Augusta.
THE home for friendless women at
o., was destroyed by fire,
and many of the inmates had narrow
escapes from death.
EUGENE BYARs, well-known 6e-