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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05
WIN Address the Alumni,

WILLIAMSBURG. April 4-CSpeclal)-
Ins secretary OF the William and Mary
Alumni Association received a telegram
to-4ay from Rev. G. b. Wilmer. al Pitts
ADuis Pa. accepting the invitation of
ho coming commencement. Mr. Wilmer
- we son OF Rev. George T. Wilmer,
40ilieF pastor OF Bruton parish church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05

Cards, Blli-Heads. Statements. Letter
heads. Note-Heads. Circulars. HapdbiIls.
Dodgers. etc. printed BY the Dispatch
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we win guarantee satisfaction In every
particular.
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Sill mt LarRe.

sENOA, GA. April i-The Delks. most
badly wanted. are stu at large Jack
Delk, the youngest OF the sons, has been
captured, and Is now in jail at Zebulon
but he pleads his innocence. and has con-
siderable sympathy. The others have not
been located.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05
FIRE-sCREEys.

FIRE-sCREENs.
Large assortment Of Fire Screens. In
many different styles, and all OF the latest
japanese designs. in Pink, Lavender, Red,
White, Blue, and many more colors, rang
ing in prices at 10, 10, e. and 30c. each.
Extra-heavy quality in Cream Domet
Flannel full 27-inch wide, would be a
good &c. value; BARGAIN PRICE, be.
yard.
HOSIERY. ..
Misses Fiae Black Hose. Hermsdorf
dye, double heel and toe. z5c.
Misses Plain Tan Drop,Stitch BLACK
and Tan, summer weight. 25e. 49,.
Misses Imperial Isle, fine rib. double
knee, heel, and toe. 25c.
Infants Three Quarter Hose, In Black.
Tan, and White. Is and &c.
Infants Fine Rib Black Hose. Is. 20,
Misses Black Derby Rib Hose. double
heel and toe. 12izc.
Misses Plain Hermsdorf Hose, double
heel and toe, sizes to Sie-l2lz and l5c.
BOYS Heavy Hose, for school, 12l9c.
Ladies' Silk-Finish Black Seamless
Hose. fast color. double heel and toe, loc.
Innings.
FOR WAISTS
Light. Medium. and Dark Gray Jeans,
56-inch Light. Medium, and Dark Gray
Silesia, Sc.
S6-inch Setback sllesia, 1oc.
3G-inch Blackjack Silesla, 12hc.
SG-inch Light and Medium Gray Perca-
line. 1-3c.
Plain Crlnollne. Waite and Gray, &c.
Barred Crinollne. White. Black. and
Exfra-heavy Grass Cloth, &c.
36-inch Rice Cambria. SC.
ei-inch Fibre Interlining, special. SC.
FOR SKIRTS.
Ruetling Cambria, moire finish. Lac.
36-inch Watered Rustic Percaline, 1Oc.
4O-inch Black and Gray Singapore, 15c.
All-Isinen Canvas. 10c
Imitation Hair Cloth, l0c.
Real Hair Cloth. DC.
LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFs.
Children's Colored Bordered Hand
kerchiefs, 1-inch hemstitch. &c. each.
Ladies' Hemstitched Colored Embroid-
cred Handkerchiefs, &c.
Ladies' ls-inch Hemstiteh. lace insert
ladies' il, Y. l, 1-4-inch Hemsttched,
Ladies' Embroidered 'scalloped Edge,
ladies' Fancy Mourning Handkerchefs.
l0c. each.
Hemstitched, h-inch hem. with en-
broidered corners, all linen, l2lzc. each.
80 different styles ,'scalloped Embrold-
cred Edge, 121sc. each.
Grass-Linen Handkerchief, with col
ored embroidered corners and lace edge,
2Oc. each.
ls-inch Hemstitched Grass-Linen Hand
kerchiefs, with Pink, Tan, Blue, and
Heliotrope borders 12l2c. each.
Grass Linen, 'scalloped edge. with lace,
25c
WHITE GOODS.
Long-Fold India Linon, Sc.
40-inch Lawn, good value, S1-3c.
40-inch India Linen, very sheer, 121sc.
27-inch Corded Pique, 10c.
27-inch Fancy Pique. 12i5c.
30-inch Striped Dimity, 10c.
Checked and Striped Dimity, 12isc.
32-inch White Null, 12lzc.
S0-inch Colored Dimty. 15c.-Nlle. Blue,
and Pink.
25-inch Linen Lawn, 16c.
32-inch Persian Lawn. 2c.
47-inch French Nainsook, pc.
32-inch French Organdie, 25c.
36-inch Masolia. 25c.
67-inch French Organdie. 33c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05

city, and Maurice Daily will join the trio,
making IT a four-handed game. The
purse at Boston will be 1900 The tour
ney will conclude with a series Of iS-inch
balk-line games at Chicago. when the
purse will be 5000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05
Clean 'Ens Outi

People who raise poultry ought 10 az
Polk Miiler's Victory" Poultry-F Food. II
thoroughly purges them Of all impurities
and starts them 10 laying early and OTTER
IA the spring. Al. dealers. at Is cents.
FOLK MILLER nRtI1 COMPANY,
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Cleopatra.

CIV. J. Lampton.)
Thou fated sorceress OF the Nile,
A kingdom crumbled at thy smile.
Men pledged their hearts and souls to
thees
Whose loneliness was fancy free. 4.
or all who felt thy lotus breath.
Only a serpent knew not death.
And we. who write In modern times.
This style Of Fitzpatrick rhymes:
Perhaps IL scarcely need be said
We wouldn't if thou vert not dead:
Oft wonder II that asp did not.
Before he bit into the spot,
Take out In some good company
A lifs-insurance policy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05
Acquitted of Murder.

OCAI.A, FLA. April 4.-Samuel Jen-
kins. who killed Marshal Cone. OF Ocala,
six years ago, and was captured In Savan-
nah during last year. has been acquitted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05

WASHINGTON. April A-The ram
Katahdip left the Brooklyn navy-yard this
morning for New London. conn, whence
ssh instant. The cruiser PHILADELPHIA
sailed from sandiego yesterday for San
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05
ORDERED TO THE FRONT.

LONDON. April A dispatch from
Massowah to the Central News says that
Colonel Stevani, commanding the garri-
son at Kassala, estimated that there are
1890 dervlshes In the vicinity OF that
town. He has applied to General Baldizs-
seri, the commander in chief, for REIN
forcements, and the latter has ordered in
fantry and artillery to proceed to Kassala
from Keron.
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Orders for printing sent to the Dispatch
Company will be given prompt attention,
and the style OF work and prices WIN Dc
snre to please you.
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THE GRANDEST
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Battle Between Dervlshes and Ital'
fans.

MASsOwAH. April 4.-On Thursday last
5000 dervishes attacked between Kassala
and Swaba a mixed Italian and native
battalion that was conveying a caravan
from Kassala. The dervishes were re-
pulsed. The Italians lost about 100 killed
and wounded. Among the latter are Major
Amadori and Captain Brunelli.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-05
Springtime Money-SaMng Fete|
RARE SELLING OF FLRSTCLASS MERCHANDISE
~NGII.I1EEI EIE1OAD5~
MERCHANDISE.
It's the distribution of choice goods that
You know that the measure of your s
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
LATER

The secretary of the navy, Hilary A.
Herbert, in his annual report warns the
country of the insufiiciency of it's navy
for the requirements of war. There are
AZ vessels in commission, and S,i65 en-
listed men and 1873 apprentices in the
navy. The department expanding dur
ing the year $4,000, 625.
Twenty-Five. store buildings and five
dwellings We're burned at Shaw. Miss,
entailing n loss of 100000.
The lumber schooner Nathan F. Cobb.
of Rockland. Me-, was wrecked Oh the
Florida coast and three men were
drowned.
An international six-day bicycle race
with 2S starters began in Madison
Square garden. New York.
In navigating the great lakes during
the season now closing &c lives were
lost. Compared with previous years
this list is much below the average.
The estimated wheat crop of Great
Britain is 2O.0OO,O0O bushels above that
of 1895.
Blanche Bishop and Ella and John
Alpha were drowned at Hawley, Pa,
while skating.
The total vote of North Dakota in the
| recent election was 1881. of which Nc
Kinley received 2s,336; Bryan, 2O,6s9;
Levering, 3j6. McKinley's plurality is
7,647.
The new gunboats Vicksburg and
Newport were launched from the yards
at Bath, Me. They cost 1920. 400 each.
At Hartford, Conn. William Bourke,
years old; Josie Bourke. IL years old;
Daniel Ryan, G years old, and Martin
Burns, 10 years old, were drowned while
skating.
The Baxter bank at Baxter Springs,
Kan, closed it's doors.
The Henry county bank at Clinton,
Mo-, closed its doors with liabilities Of
S125,0O0.
Fire destroyed the wholesale grocery
house of ID. II. Flaspoller & Sons in New
Orleans, the loss being 100000.
A mob tore down six tollgates in
Mercer county, KY. making S@er 300
destroyed in the state in the last three
months.
Mrs. A. +. Gleisner, wife of a glass
blower at Newark. o.. shot her infant
child in the head and then shot herself.
She was thought to have been insane.
An earthquake shock was distinctly
felt at Smith Lake, MINI.
A head-end collision between two
freights on the Southern Pacific road
near Waelder, Tex. resulted in the
death of two engineers, two firemen
and a brakeman. n
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
LABOR NOTES.

Shiploads of wheat are leaving C.,,
fernia for Sydney.
Small merchants of Toronto b,v,
combined to fight department stores
The label of the Boot and Shoe Wo,l
ers' union is now used by 10 factories
A. young woman in st. Louis b..
opened a cooperative dining-room ~,
members Of her sex.
Associated retail liquor dealers a,
Duluth agreed to handle only upo.
label cigars.
Miners in the Monogahea valley
threaten to strike unless their waco,
are advanced.
More than 100000 cotton SPINDLE.
have been added to the cotton facilities
of japan in less than year.
Textile workers throughout the south
are being unionized by American Fed.
Grafton of Labor organizers.
Nailmaking machines now produce as
many nails in a given time as were for.
merly made by 1000 men.
Six thousand African Kaffirs working
in the Transvaal mines have struck
work against reduction of wages.
OF the $4,000 persons employed direct.
ly in the sugar industry in Queensland
5000 are composed of Japs, Kanaks,
and Chinese.
A project of the managers of the 81,
Louis house of refuge to start a weekly
paper and teach inmates the printing
trade is being bitterly opposed by or.
ganized labor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
Tho Intelligent Jury.

II don't believe everything l hear
about the ignorance of the average
.sury," said an old lawyer in reminiscent
mood, but once, when visited back
woods court in the mountains of North
Carolina, l did happen OH an incident
that shook my faith for time. The
case was up for hog-stealing. 1t was
the rudest court and surroundings
ever got into, and 1 should not have
been surprised at anything, but was
After couple Of jackleg lawyers had
gotten in what they had to say, the
court turned the case over to the Jury,
and it adjourned to barn TO decide the
innocence or guilt of the prisoner. And
such jury! can never forget what a
motley gang that jury was. In half
an hour it came back and resumed it's
place in court.
"'Have you found verdictT asked
the squire.
What's that" responded the fore
man.
"'Have you found verdict, that's
what replied the squire.
"'Why, squire hesitated the fore
man with a foolish grin, I'VE didn't know
thar wuz one lost; did we boysT and
even that court couldn't stand it, but
got up and swore. Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
VOICES TO SUIT.
A French Scientist Claims They May Be
Easily Acquired.

French Scientist Claims They May bo
Easily Acquired.
Are you a soprano, and have you a
difficulty in reaching and emitting the
high "c?" Are you n tenor, and, il not,
do you want to be? Are you dissatis-
fed barrytone, and wish to become a
basso profundo?
If so there is no reason why you
should not. These questions and the
answer one DR.. Sandras, medical lu-
minary of Paris, makes the burden of
song that is just now interesting
Parisians, and especially embryo Pat
tbs. De Reszkes and Plancons.
These latter naturally reply that they
do, and the disciple of Esculapius forth
with buttonholes them and proceeds To
explain the means by which they are
to accomplish the feat. He is quite sure
about his discovery being one of "
wonders of the age. He claims that in
order to modify the sounds of the hui
man voice one has only to inhale the
vapors of certain liquids and essences.
Thus, inhalations Of curacao, according
TO DIR. Sandras. will raise the voice two
iotts, thN vi aoSihthN
add one high and two low notes. and es-
sence extracted from pines will give
two low notes. A dissolution of coffee
beans in rum, he cloims, will strength
en- the medium notes.
There are other odors that are said
to be even more efficacious, though
they have the disadvantage of not tick
IT, he, oil 81 hlxy
But no singer would stick ut such n
triAe as this, il he or she Desired 10
reach a much coveted and hitherto un-
attainable note.
For instance. there are kerosene and
turpentine, and-yes-even strychninc.
The effect Of the latter, according to
the doctor, is positively marveious. He
than five notes, and will enable almost
anybody to deliver with ease Tamoer-
lick's famous chest G, that never failed
to bring down the house.
But, declare jealous rivals of DR.. San
dras, there are other vapors that have
contrary effect--that of aniseed, for
instance. which occasions hoarseness,
hfu hcitih iics a uubSeI W sluRtTS. III
agine the consequences to the great
Signora Uppersee il, when about to ''go
on" for the mad scene in Lucia di Lam
mermoor," she inhaled aniseed. surrep-
titiously substituted for strychnine by
her jealous rival, Nine. Semibreve di
MiniIn.
But just rs there is no rose without n
thorn, so there is no great discovery
that has not its drawbacks, and as the
contretemps referred to can be general
ly guarded against. DR.. Sandras' theory
may soon be put into widespread prac-
tice. Then, when the lovesick Juliette
is seen ecstatically burying her nose in
= bouquet thoughtfully flung to her
balcony by Romeo. the unpoetical Phil
istine in the audience will surmisc that
she is only inhaling kerosene fumes
from Il bottle artfulIy concealed among
the fiowers.-Chicago Tribune
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
PARIsIANs TAKING TO SKIRTS.
Bioomers Are Not the Smart Thing Any
More.

Bloomers Arc Not tho Smart Thing ANY
More.
Boomers are not the smart thing
any more. Since the smart houses re-
fuse 10 make this unbecoming garment
the better class of French ladies has
taken to wearing skirts; at least.
apologies for skirts, such as we see at
tached TO bathing suit and barely
reaching to the knee. The middle-class
women still cling to the masculine at
tire. however. As to the difference in
the wheels themselves, the tin or metal
rims, instead of our wooden ones, are
the most notable feature. A police
regulation demands a name plate, with
the owners name and address on every
wheel, so that stolen or lost property
may be identified or returned. In many
many cases the bells, which are also
a necessity. are replaced by largesized
rattles which swing from the handle
bars and jingle along the streets until
one feels as though the seasons were re-
vcrsed and the sound was that of di-
minutiye sleighs spinning past. At
night there is picturesque chang"
from our regulations. Instead of oil
lamps, gay-colored Chinese lanterns
hang on the handle-bars and sway with
every motion of the wheel. They do
not cast as good light on the road for
the benefit of the rider as do our favor
lite lamps, but they are certainly i'm
mensely effective for the lookeron, anil
suggest at once the idea of "feast of
lanterns" on wheels. The more prac-
teal part of French bicycling is seen in
the militia. Gendurmes riding by in
their red uniforms is common occur.
renee, while the sight of an officer,
booted and spurred. with shoulder
cape and sword. receiving and return
ing the salutes of his regiment. all OIL
wheels, is something quite unique
Paris Cor. n. Y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12


In the Agricultural line, Texas leads al
other states in the variety Of its products.
Cotton, corn and the cereals grow and are
raised in every section of the state and In
the central and southern portions sugar
cane and sorghum are profitably cultivated.
On the Gulf Coast two and three crops Of
vegetables are raisei each year. Berries are
shipped six weeks In advance Of the home
crop In the north. Pears, peaches, plums,
oranges, figs, olives and nuts oil grow sbun-
dainty ard can be marketed from two To
three weeks in advance Of the California
crops. Large quantities OF rice are now
II the land seeker, the home seeker and
the settler desires TO secure farm larger
than the one he occupies, on vastly more
reasonable terms; II he wants more land to
cultivate, greater. variety OF crops to
harvest, with proportionately increased re-
Enumeration, At y less outlay for cost Of pro
duction IL he wants an carrier season with
correspoudingly higher prices; II he wants
milder winters, all the year pasturage for
his stock, improved health, increased bodily
comforts and wealth and prosperity, be
should 60 to Texas.
Send for pamphlet descriptive OF the re-
sources Of this great state mailed freel.
Low rate Homeseekers excursions via the
Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas Railway on Nov.
Srd and 18th. Dec. lst and 18th, lss6. d. a:
CHgRRIBR, Northern Passenger Agent, $40
Marquette Building. Chicago,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

Supervising Inspector General Du-
mont. OF the steamboat inspection
service. in his annual report says that
500 100000 passengers were carried on
steam vessels during the year and that
221 lives were lost, a decrease from the
previous year Of 173.
Arthur Palmer. Of Montezuma, o..
and 4. L. Godfrey. of Emlenton, Pa,
both oil men. were drowned at st.
Mary's. o.
The battle ship Texas, which cost
the government $4,125, 900. is said to be
a complete failure.
w. f. Dupree, dealer in hardware and
agricultural implements at Waco. Tex,
failed for S250,O00.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
HUMOROUS.

Teacher-"Who is that whistling in
school?" New Boy-"Me. Didn't you
know could whistle ?"-London Figaro.
Dukane-"Spiffins has refused to
honor that sight draft" Gaswell-
Perhaps he regarded it as on oversight
draft. "-Pittsburgh Cronicle.
Hicks-"By the way, they have trip
lets up at Quiver's." Wicks-"Isn't
that rather poor management for a
family living in a fiat ?"-Boston Tran
script.
Broker Ito his valet)-"John, have
lost lot of money, and have had to get
IN inferior brand of cigars. Do you in
tend to remain with me?"-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Bingo-"How is the new cook doing?'
Mrs. Bingo-"Splendidly. Why, she has
only been here three days, and she can
already ride my wheel quite nicely
N. Y. Herald.
Smith, wish had studied boxing
" hen was boy. You see, need it so
much in my profession" Jones (sur-
prised) as lawyer?" Smith
mo. AS a father."-Harper's Bazaar.
$50 you feel i'll, my little lad?" asked
the kind minister. You should go and
tell your mother. She will give you
sage advice" That's jest it," said the
boy SIN doggone sick o. sage."-N.
Y. Press.
'The age of chivalry is entirely past"
she said. 81 don't know about that"
the young man answered. "Men can't
engage in duels to settle affairs of the
heart" mo. But they can join rival
football teams. Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
Following Instructions.

Master-McFlynn, told you want
ed hot water, and the first thing in the
morning, too; this is as cold as ice.
McFlynn-Shure, it was hot when Oh
brought it up, and didn't Oh lave it at
the dure last noight so as to be in tonne,
sor ?-Wnshington Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

They say your father used to drive
a mule"
"Who told you?"
"One of my ancestors"
Just what expected. always told
father that mule was smart enough ~
talk."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

BETTER times come 10 all cl7cc Of scnes
and pains by ST. Jacobs Oil.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

1T is brave to overcome; 1T is sanity Y
endure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
Cheap Excursions to tho West, North and
Northwest.

On December aud 10, 1896, the North
Western Line Chicago & Northwestern
Railway will sell excursion tickets 70
large number Of points in the west, north
and northwest. For full information apply
to ticket agents Of connecting lines, or aa-
dress w. b. KNIsKERS, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, g. q N. W. R'y, Chicago
Ill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

THE devil can meet eloquence wlthou,
trouble, but he has never been able 70 spanu
before love.-Ram's Horn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

WHILE man Is growing life Is in decrease
and cradles rock US nearer TO the tomo-
Yong.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

Coon times. Happy state. st. JACOBS w
cures pain right up TO date.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

No MErAPHIsIcIAN ever felt the deficiency
Of language 30 much as the grateful.-coI
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

j. Hervey Jones, who during his life
took out over 80 patents on farm imple-
ments. one of the most important being
the Standard mower, died in Rockford.
Ill, aged SO years.
John Scott, United States senator
from Pennsylvania from 1869 to 1878.
died In Philadelphia. aged "a years.
Miss Leila Farrell, who was one of
the most beautiful women on tho
American stage. died suddenly in New
York.
The official count Of the vote of Wis
consin gives Mckinley, for president, a
plurality of 102,612, and Scofield (rep.)
for governor plurality of 95.724.
Col. r. U. Hardeman, ex-state treas
urer and one Of the most prominent
men in Georgia, died at his home in
Oxford.
Mrs. Sarah E. Mink, national presi-
dent of the woman's auxiliary of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, died at
her home in WATERFOWL, N. Y, aged SO
years.
The official canvass OF the vote for
president in Massachusetts, shows that
27s,976 ballots were cast for Mckinley,
105.7l1 for Bryan and 11,749 for Palmer.
McKinley's plurality. 1925.
Rev. Benjamin Tappan. d. D., express
ident of the Bangor Theological semi
nary, died in South Norridgewock, Me-,
aged 81 years.
The official canvass of the vote of Ore
gon in the late presidential election
gives Mckinley plurality of 1912.
FOREIGN.
Terrific floods on the Islands Mont
serrat and st. Vincent in the West In
dies have been attended by great loss
of life and widespread destruction of
property.
A fire that broke out in Mrs. Turner's
confectionery store in Ottawa, Ont, de-
stroyed several other buildings, the to-
tai loss being s3SO.00O.
Signor Cecchi, the Italian consul at
Zanzibar, and 10 other members of an
exploring party were murdered by ma
tives on the coast of Somaliland, East
Africa.
Ten thousand Kurds raided the prov
ince of Mamouret-Ul-Aziz and burned
and pillaged the villages and massacrcd
the inhabitants.
Emigration to America has created SO
great a dearth of labor in the agricul-
tural districts of Germany that Chinese
coolies are now being imported there
in perfect hordes.
On account of the crop deficiency
Australia requires 100000 tons of wheat
and -four from America, and half of that
quantity has already been ordered.
The seasons catch of seals by the
Canadian sealing fleets was 55,67s skins,
against 70.730 taken last year.
Local newspapers in Cuba are urging
the necessity for carrying on farming
operations in the island, otherwise a
disastrous famine is inevitable.
Joseph James Chcesman, president OF
Liberia. Is dead, and Vice President
Coleman succeeds him.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
The News Condensed.
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