The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-03
The prize fight in New York city be-

Gently detached from command OF the
| Pacific station. has been placed on the
retired list.
willis l.. Moore, chief Of the weather
bureau In his annual report says over
$4,000, 900 forecasts were distributed
| during the year, exclusive Cf those
printed in the daily papers.
The post Office in Cleveland, o.. was
robbed by sneak thieves Of SLIGO.
| The secret service gives notice OF a
new counterfeit So legal tendcr note
! series of 1850, check letter 4: j. Fount
| Tillman, register; ID. y. Morgan, treas.
urer.
| Fire i'm Princeton, Mo, destroyed the
new opera house and three other busi'
ness buildings on the public square.
| y prairie lire burned over an area az
70 miles square in Indian territory,
causing n loss of $250,000.
a party of 10 gold seekers, including
Rev. Mr. Webber, n Moravian mission
airy, were massacrcd Ivy Indians at the
mouth Of the KuSkown river IN Alaska
| All the gambling houses in Denver
! have been closed, and Cl(icpOf Police
| Farley says lie will keep them SO.
William Miller, Of lIonesdale, Pa,
shot and killed his wife and then took
| his own life. jealousy was the cause.
Edward Mcrriwcther, u negro who.
murdered Joseph Pope, popular white
| man, was hanged by mob at Month
cello, Ga.
The Vermont legislature passed Il bill
compelling statcattorneys shcritis and
municipal judges 10 enforce the prohib-
tory law, under heavy penalty
Rafael lglesias, president of Costa
Rica, arrived in New York.
Charles Nil5irk and Henry Lemon
were killed and several others injured
by the premature explosion of dyna-
miteat limestone quarries near Middlos-
boro, Ky.
| A message received at Harvard col.
| lcge observatory announces the dis
covery ef faint comet by Mr.. Chase,
assistant at the Yale observatory, New
Haven.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, has com
mutcd to life imprisonment George a.
Portwood of Lexington, Ky, sentenced
to hang November 30 for the murder of
Richard Perkins.
by the explosion Of powder at the
Hercules powder works at Ashburn,
Mo-. six men were blown to pieces.
George Newman. contractor, was
shot ana killed at Creensburg Ind, by
Robert Mccoy. prominent and
wealthy farmer.
On application Of the Business Mems
league, OF ST. Louis, the Missouri SUI
premc court has awarded an Il alternative
writ Of maudamhs against the Amcri-
can and the Wells Fargo Express com
panies to compel them to pay the war
stamp tax.
1t was said the president had com
plc;ed his message tocongress and hat
it confirms about 10000 words. which
is above the average, being, in Fact, full
~ twice as long rs usual.
Heavy losses in stock were reported
from Texas, oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory dnring the recent blizzard.
In fire nj San Francisco which de-
stroyed the Baldwin hotel two persons
were burned to death, II were missing
and a loss Of $l.5O0,oOo was entailed,
Mrs. Thomas Stephens was burned TO
death and Alex Ross fatally burned
during fire in Mrs. Stephens house at
Elkton. Mich, caused by the explosion
of an oil stove.
White men rescued three negroes
from furious mob at Monticello, Ga.
who were about TO lynch them for an
alleged murder.
The steamers Tampa and Arthur Orr
were wrecked on the north shore of
Lake Superior. The two vessels rep
resenting about $450,0O0 with their car
goes. are Il total loss.
BY the explosion Of locomotive
boiler near Jones Station. o., Fireman
Donaldson was killed. and Engineer
Charles Boyer fatally injured.
The Wilson bank in Utica, o., was
robbed by sneak thieves of $4,000 in
money and $1,000 in bonds.
A National Association of Managers
of Newspaper Circulation was organ
lied in Detroit, Mich. with w. II. Gil
lespic, of that city, MS president.
In his annual report George +. Rob
crts director of the mint, says the gold
coinage of the world in 1897 was the
largest recordedS amounting to $i37.-
1882. against s105, So9.5l7 in 1896.
Mrs. Nancy Stnley and Minnie France,
her niece. were Burned to death in their
home at Huntington. W. Va.
\ strike among cotton mill workers
at Augusta. Ga, against reduction in
wages affects 5000 men.
| Thanksgiving day was very generally
observed throughout the country.
Capt Crowninshield, chief Of the bu-
rcnu of navigation, navy department,
in his annual report recommends that
congress authorize the increase of the
naval force to 10000 men for general
service and $500 apprentices.
Later advices say that by the burning
Of the Baldwin hotel in San Francisco
five persons lost their lives.
In football game ut Richmond. Va.
the University of North Carolina de-
feated the University of Virginia by n
score of TO g, securing the southern
championship.
\ riot at Admission, Ala. between
members of the Third Alabama negro
regiment and the white soldiers result