The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-16


The republicans of the First district
of Iowa renominated s. NJ. Clark fol-
congress.
The New Jersey democrats in conven-
| ton ut Trenton elected four delegates
at large to the national convention.
The platform declares for gold money
standard and indorses exGov. Russell,
! of Massachusetts, for the presidency.
In convention at indianapolis the In
diana republicans nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For governor, james A.
Mount; lieutenant governor, w. s Hag-
gard; secretary of state, William ID.
Owen; auditor, A. C. Daley; treasurer,
Fred j. Scholtz; attorney general, W.
A. Ketcham; superintendent of public
instruction, d. NJ. Greeting; state sta
tistician, s. j. Thompson. The dele
gates ut large to the national conven-
ton are II. w. Thompson, C. w. Fair
hunks, +. NJ. Milliken and Gen. Lew
Wallace. and they were instructed to
vote for Mckinley for president. The
platform declares for "sound money"
and favors the use of both gold and sill
yer at parity.
Clifton b. Beach was renominated for
congressman by the republicans of the
Twentieth Ohio district.
The Tennessee democrats met at
Nashville and nominated Robert l.. Tay-
Tor for governor. Delegates were chosen
to the national convention and a free
silver platform was adopted.
Arkansas prohibitionists in conven-
ton at Little Rock nominated j. w.
Miller, of Arkadelphia, for governor.
and selected delegates to NE national
convention.
At Montpelier, VT, the prohibition
convention nominated Rodney C. Whit
temore for governor and elected dele
gates to the national convention.
FOREIGN.
Advices from Havana say that even
If Gen. Weyler succeeds in quelling the
rebellion in the time he has set-two
will be n mere cinder path
between the Gulf of Mexico and the
ocean. 1t will be laid waste as no coun-
try ever was before.
Col. j. Z. North. commonly known as
office in London, aged 81 years.
The Volksraad, the Transvaal par
lament, was opened ut Pretoria with
n speech by President Kruger, who de-
clared for firm but peaceful policy.
The province of Manabi, Ecuador, suf-
fered terribly from an earthquake.
Houses were blown down and many per-
sons were buried alive in the ruins.
Advices from the Transvaal say that
the sentences of death of the so-called
reformers would bc reduced to small
fine and Imprisonment.
A dance hall was set on fire in Huevia,
Spain, and six persons were burned to
death.
The university riding school at Held
alburg, Germany, was burned and four
persons were suffocated and 81 horses
also persisted.
Eleven natives were recently burned |
alive Mt Timpany, Sierre Leone, on the
,core of witchcraft.
The city of Puerto Viejo, Ecuador, of |
$1,000 inhabitants, was destroyed by an
and many lives were lost.
Col Piano was elected president Of |
Bolivia in succession to Senior Mariana |
3aptista, whose term of four years ex-
oires on August of the present year.
The trial by court-martial at Havana
II the men captured on board the Amer |
can schooner Competitor, of Key West,
Fla. by the Spanish gunboat Mensajera,
'esulted in verdict of guilty.
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe's resigna-
ion as member of the German reich
tag was accepted by the emperor.
The sum of $40 1000, 900 war indemnity
rom China to japan was transferred to
he latter's agents in London.