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WASHINGTON PROTECTED.

chesapeake Bay is Amply Prepared tG
1 =. Withstand Attack.
Washington, March The war de-
partment has been working night ano
day ever since the Maine disaster in ar
effort to make the water approaches tc
the capital impregnable. 1t is now an
nounced that if,.16o hostile vessels at
tempt to enter the Chesapeake bay, ev
cry one of them wSald be blown to atoms
Besides formingssystems of torpedo
mines, Forts Washington and Sheridan
have been converted into veritable Glib
raltars. The work has been progressing
secretly and swiftly, and since work has
been begun no one has been allowed to
approach within some hundreds of yards
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WILL BUY SHIPS.

Tho President 10 Only Awaiting Assurances
From Congress.
Washington. March President Nc.
Kinley has practically decided to buy
two battleships. one protected cruiser
one torpedo boat and four torpedo de.
stroyers that have been offered this gov.
eminent. He only awaits assurances
that congress will confirm his decision te
close the deal. The only point at presen,
that delays the deal is the fact that some
Of the vessels will no, be completed tol
three months.
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Ex.Captain Dreytus is Being Hounded to
His Grave.

Ex-Captain Dreytus is Being Hounded to
His Grave.
Paris. March 7-It is reported that ex-
Captain Dreyfus, now serving sentence
of life imprisonment on the Isle du Di-
able, off the coast of French Guiana, re.
Gently attempted suicide. Since then he
has been compelled to lie on bare plank
at night with his feet chained to cannon
ball. The grating of his prison has also
been greatly strengthened as it is feared
that he may redouble his efforts to es-
cape. 1t is thought that Dreyfus is col
lapsing both mentally and physically.
He has had no knowledge of the recent
disturbances over the efforts made in his
behalf in Paris.
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ADMINISTRATION AROUSED.

Preparations for War Going on In WASH
fngtOn.
Washington, March For the first
time since the relations between the
United States and Spain have reached
an acute stage, no attempt is being made
to conceal the active preparations being
made by the administration. OneEof the
most important conferences was held to-
day between the president and the house
and senate charmen of the committees
on appropriations, and it is understood
that every assurance was given him that
his policy would be carried out in 1.-THE
purchase of warships and Strengthening
defenses,
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RUSHING PREPARATIONS.

Minneapolis and Columbia to be Commits
stoned at Once.
Washington, March, 7-Orders were
sent to the League Island navy yard to
get the full quota of seamen and officers
ready for the commissioning of the Min.
neapolis and Columbia at once. The
work of completing the vessels for serv.
ice is urged to be done without unneces.
sary delay.
The navy department has assurances
that the request for the additional sec
men will be granted by congress and the
enlistment will proceed in anticipation
of the passage of the bill. The Mime.
apolis and Columbia will each require
900 men and petty officers.
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Investigation is Progressing.

Key West, March 7-Advices from
Havana state that the return of the board
of enquiry on Saturday caused great ex.
element in the island. The board, after
hearing all the late additional informa.
ton will proceed without delay to Wash.
ington, preparing its report on the way
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Spanish Torpedo FIotilla.

Cadiz. March preparations are be
ing made for the voyage to Havana Of
the fotilla. All possible space is being
utilized for the storing of coal. The
vessels will be compelled to depend up.
on the tender Cadiz for food. The voy.
age will occupy forty days.
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DEMAND WITHDRAWN.

Spain Will Not Ask for the Recall of Gen
eral Lee.
Washington, March minister Du-
Bose today withdrew Spain's demand for
the recall of General Lee.
The Montgomery will replace the Fern
at Havana and the latter will carry sup
plies.
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ONLY THREE NEGATIVES.

The House Passes the Bill Increasing the
Navy Department.. ~
Washington, March with only
three negative votes, the house suspend
ed its rules today and passed the bill in
creasing the navy department by two
regiments.
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New Corporations,

bag Tag Gold Mining and Milling
company; 100000; Boulder county;
Ward; A. c. Burlingame. J. M. Gray and
w. E. Bemis.
Wolverine Gold Mining and Milling
company; 44oocco; Boulder and Arapa.
hoe; Denver; H. c. Meade, ]. H. Gabriel
and N. L. Watson.
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Now Torpedo Boa. Dsssroysrs.

London. March 7-The two Spanish
torpedo boat destroyers now being built
on the Clyde are being rushed to com
pletion. Spanish officers and men are
here and the vessels will be ready On
Friday.
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Aged woman's Painful Death.

Cleveland, O.. March The home of
Mrs. Maloney aged "a, burned this morn
ing. The aged woman was burned to
death. When found she was kneeling
as if in PRAYER.
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LONDON Markets wavering.

LopuUH H"TNols "dVofHSs
London, March ION account of the
report of the Russian advance through
Thibet and the possibility of a Russian
war, stocks slumped off seriously today.
Consols experienced decided decline.
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NEWS.
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.

Appropriation.
Washington, March "A bill was in
troduced in the house by Mr. Cannon to-
day asking for an appropriation Of $50.
100000 for national defenses, to be avail.
able until June 80, 1899.
Daily camera., 1898-03-07

10 curs : Geld IN One Day
Take Laxative Dgomo QuiEine Tablets
All druggists refund the money il il fails
70 cnre- g cent?.
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CRUISERS CARRY RELIEF.
Tho Administration Will Ignore Spain'a
Protest Regarding Use Of War

ships.
Washington, March Admiral Sicard
advises the naval department that the
Fern is needed where she is in Havana
harbor in relief work on the Maine. The
government was willing to send the Fern
with supplies originally. but now intends
sending the Nashville and Montgomery
instead.
In view of Senor DeBosco's reques,
that warships be not sent to Cuba, be
may consider this order as a new affron,
to Spain.
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Silver OuoJarion.

Silver Quotation.
New York, March 7-Silver is quoted
at SAX today.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
A TYPICAL EGYPTIAN VILLAGE
II Is Made III Of Hats Of Sun-Dried
Mud, without Ventilation and
OVcrrun with ScrniE.

Built entirely of sun-dricd mud, the
small, low huts, from considerations of
economy and space, join one another
whenever possible. Narrow and tortu-
GUS lanes, left at hapha2ard, form the
only thorOughfarcs, in which at first
appears to be u huge mound of mud,
surmountcd by heaps of cotton and dur
IA stalks, which serve the dual purpose
Of thatch and fuel. Many of these lanes
are merely cus-de-sac, ending abruptly
IN neighbours courtyard and forcing
one TO retracc his steps and try again.
Experience has taught me that it is
rcver wise to assume that the streets
lead in the direction at first suggest
ed; it is often safer TO start the other
way and trust TO the winding of the
path to bring one out somewhere near
the desired spot.
As II rule, the villages have the APP
pearance of Notifications, the outside
walls being frequently without doors
or windows, and the lanes OF the village
terminating in massive wooden doors,
which are usually closed at nightfall,
and guarded on the inside by the village
guffrah, or night-watchmen.
Each 'house" has usually one door,
opening into the lane, small and low;
and the few windows, if provided at all,
are merely Sits in the mud wall, inno-
cent of glass or shutter, but ornament
ed with a lattice Of split bamboo, placed
crosswsc during building. Ventilation
there is virtually none, the smoke Of the
fire of dung or corn-cobs finding its
egrcss by the door, and well-nigh chol.
ing the inhabitants, which include not
only the family, but chickens, turkeys,
pigeons, goats and whatever live stock
the Inhabitants possess.
Every effort to exclude air seems to
be made, the houses being too low to
feel the brcczes, and the streets too mar
row TO allow OF any air circulation. The
roofs, covered with piles Of rubbish for
fuel afford accommodation for n see
ond installment OF goats, pigeons, cats,
ana especially dogs. One wonders how
life can be supported in such condi-
lions; yet the people are well-condi-
toned and healthy, living their lives in
the fields, and returning to their houses
only to eat and sleep. Insect life natur-
ally abounds, the Egyptian flea partic-
ularly being prodigy of manly vigor
and activity; but the fellah has hide
like gamoos (the Egyptian buffalo).
and even travellers like myself eventu-
ally become impervious its onslaught.
Outside the village, and almost at their
very doors, the filth and offal of the
place are deposited, resulting in the
development of that plague peculiar to
Egyptian e-"hies"-disgusting but
very necessary as scavengers, without
which and the equally valuable rat
these villages would quickly become
unnhnbitable. - II. Talbot Kelly, in
Century.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
POLITICAL DRIFT.

GyUp TO date Mark lIanna's response
biitics for the Shawneetown food and
the California earthquakes has not been
established, but the investigation is not
yet cnded.-St. Louis Republic (Dem.).
GCThc main grievance that the demo-
Gratis have against Mark Hanna is that
Hanna was the man who led the army
of sound money in 1896 which com
PEELED Mr.. Bryan to stay at hometown
State Register.
E-vSeveral correspondents want to
know what has become of Bryan. He
is still making speeches, but they don't
appear in the papers, owing to the fact
that he can't afford to pay regular adj
vertising ratcs.-Cleveand Leader.
rCrIt is well to recall amid food of
wild talk, that President Mckinley said
in his annual message, after full and
temperate discussion of the Cuban
questions: IL speak not of forcible an
neXation, for that cannot be thought of.
That, by our code of morality, would
be criminal aggression" The United
States does not want to annex Cuba.
Neither the Spaniards nor the Cuban
junta can befog the case by raising that
issue.-Troy Times.
DThe men who have been abusing
Mckinley because he did not plunge
this country prematurely into war are
the fellows who ought now to vindicate
themselves by being the first to enlist.
But of all the men who have been abus-
ing the president, very few will enlist,
either first or last. They are generally
towards who yell the loudest in such
emergencies. The presidents position
has all the way been calm, dignified
and statesmanlike. But he is not Il man
who is afraid to do the worst when the
time comes Iowa State Register.
CyThe democratic party hopes to
gain political victories because of Gre
presidents unwillingness to go to wal
while we are unprepared, and the locaI
organ of the party advises republicans
! in the country towns of this country &c
vote for the democratic candidates foI
supervisors rs a protest ;rsuirse-psesi
dent McKinley's policy of delay. The
political party which endeavors to max,
political capital out of This serious in
ternational complication will not pol
enough votes next fall to entitle it to {
column on the official ballot.-Albany
journal.
uTThe wrangles among the demo
Gratis as to which faction Of the party
is in line with Jefferson's doctrines are
breaking out with virulence now that
the anniversary OF Jcfferson's birthday
is close at hand. The funniest part OF
the fracas is that Bryan and Altgeld
two OF the most anti-Jeffersonian OF
all the prominent men now in the coun-
try, are booked for speeches on the an
niversary. II jefferson could get q
glimpse at this moment at some OF the
men who are pretending TO be his dis
ciples he would wish he had never been
born.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
AT THE ELECTIONS.
Republicans Achieve Decisive We
tories In Democratic
StronYhOIds.

Municipal elections have just been
held in many cities and towns in Wis
cousin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braslia, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota,
Ohio, Washington, New Mexico and
oklahoma, and state officers and legls-
lature were elected in Rhode Island.
AS is usual with such contests in oil
years." the various city elections failed
to show that public sentiment is swing
ing in a decisive way to either OF the
two principal parties. The democrats
won the day in Chicago, which is often
the case in minor elections there, while
in Kansas City the republicans achieved
decisive victory. The one official
elected in Cincinnati was a democrat,
because of reasons well known. The
republicans made decided gains in Ne
braska; demo-populistic combination
gained victory in Milwaukee; the
democrats won, us usual, in Little Rock,
and tho republicans had the best of the
battles in oklahoma, New Mexico and
Washington.
In Rhode Island, which was carried
by the democrats in 1889, 1890, 1891 and
1898, the republicans gained decisive
triumph, electing their ticket and de-
cided majority Of the legislative can
didates, thereby insuring a republican
senator as successor to Mr.. Aldrich,
whose term expires next March. When
ever the drift is toward democracy
Rhode Island either goes democratic
OF gives very small republican plu-
rality, but the republican majority in
that state was one of the largest which
the party has ever obtained.
For the past two months the country
has been so absorbed by the kaleido-
scopc changes in the Hispano-Cuban-
| American situation that the people
have given but scant attention to poll
tics or political conditions. But the
approach of the important congression-
al campaign of next fall will cause a
closer watch to be given to domestic
conditions henceforward, no matter
what happens abroad, and the politi-
clan, who is ever with us, will soon be
claiming and receiving far greater
degree Of attention than has of late
been allotted to him.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT.
Absolute justification OF the Course
Pursued by the Chief
Executive.

The president is vindcated. From
amid storm of calumny and hatred
scarcely paralleled in American history
rene realm of established and eternal
right. Never was a policy more vio-
lently and viciously aSsailcd than his.
Never was one more absolutely justi-
fled, in general and in detail, by the
ncontrovertible logic of events. The
voice of denuncia4on, yesterday so
stridulous, to-day is dumb. Opponents
have become supporters. And the ma
iorty of congress, and the great mass
of the American people, who have all
along trusted the president and be-
ieved in his policy, rejoice in the
amplest possible confirmation of their
confidence.
For what is of supremest Importance
tothe nation to-day is this, that, no mat
ter which way the scale may incline
toward peace, as is still hoped, or to-
ward war, as some men fcar-the atti-
tude of the United States is justified in
the minds Of its own people and in
the eyes of the impartial world. y
month ago that could not have been
said. 1t was true then, as now. that
this country was in the right. But the
fact had not been made evident to the
world. nor even proved TO the fun salts
faction of all our own people. There
was IGNORANCE of the real state of af-
fairs in cuba. There was doubt as to
The rirht of this country TO Intervene.
There was still lingering notion that
autonomy might prove TO be the
paracra for All Anii1lcan ills. Above
all, there wa, The feeling that diplomacy
had not vet done lis best, THAT, nouall
pcact rrl means of settlement had been
employed. AMI that therefore anything
looking to the last dread alternative Of
war would be prcma tire and uniusrti-
fable. ANY overt act. or liltimatum, or
decree of Intervention, by this gGvrrnI
mrnt would have placed the United
States on the defensive i'm Hhc court
of the nations. and would have assured
TO Spain certain amonut OF sympathy.
Put nv the tact and patience of Presi-
dent Mckinley all that has been
charrc,l The emp OF Spanish obsti-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
HUMOROUS.

The Difference.-"They say man Is
always nervous when he proposes
"And girl is always nervous when he
doesn't. Judge.
Lord ST. Agnant-"I say, old man,
deuced queer people in this country
Lord Nozoo--"Ies; nevah let y know
when they're going to tell joke, y
know."-Puck.
"They say poor Clara consulted the
stars before marrying him." And
what was the result?" They all gave
him good character except one vaude-
vile star."-Life.
sometimes" saT Uncle Eben, "a
man Is like de bottom number OBJ u
fraction. De bigger he tries ter be, de
smaller what he stands foh really isl
Washington Star.
Wanted Everything Clear.-Editor-
81 shall want about 500 words on the
subject / mentioned" New Reporter
Yes. sir: about what size do you
want the words ?"-Puck.
Ethel-"IIave you noticed how Lord
Slabsidcs drops his aspiratcs"' Pene-
loDe-"Oh. but that's nothing TO the
way he drops his vowels-papa says he
has got more than a dozen Of his
U's.'.Tit-Bits.
TO Insure -Mistress-"So
your cousin sails for ireland on Satur-
day? You must let her take your pho
tographs home 10 your mother" Katy
--"lndade, ma'am, thin ships do be
rollin' an toSsin' SO, think I'd better
siud no nbDtoora mis- bv mail Truth.
She-"Poctry seems to have deterio-
rated in late years: DOM You think so"'
Ilc-"Oh. | don't know. read quite
moving littlc verse a day or two ago.
she Indeed! Whfrc?" lIe-"ln
street ear 1t was an advertisement of
sOmclhing or othcr.' ChicngO News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
STILL FOR FREE SILVER.
Dryanites strive to Keep In the
background All Other Nation
III QucstiOns.

! A "league" composed OF free silver
ties in the Ohio Valley states had a
meeting at indianapolis the other day.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
! that:
1--WE regard the financial question as the
paramount political issue OF the day. and
hereby pledge ourselves to commune the
battle for bimetalism until the free and
unlimited coinage of both silver and gold
at the present legal ratio Of sixteen TO ono
with full legal tender quality Is secured,
without waiting for the consent or cooper
alton Of any other nation"
1t is evident hat the free silverites of
Indiana and adjoining states are eager
to borrow other peoples property and
then have the laws changed SO that they
cannot be obliged TO return more than
two-iifths of what they have borrowed,
and remain the happy posscssors OF
three tifths of the borrowed property.
IL is true that this yearning 10 get
hold of and keep the property of others
is not set forth in the resolution adopted
ut Indianapolis That vital principle
of the free silver agitation is mentioned
in no resolutions. II is discussed by no
free coinage leader or speaker.
The free silvcritcs are as guarded in
their speech as are gang of counter
feitcrs or of burglars. When The mem
bcrs Of such gang are making the final
arrangements for putting counterfeit
notes in circulation or robbiug u ignk
they speak Of "going to work. or Of
being "dll ready for business" They
never, oven among themselves, use the
ugly words which fitly describe their
trades.
SO the Bryanites never intimate that
the object Of coming silver free at the
ratio Of sixteen To one ana making the
cheap silver dollars which would be
coined n legal tender rctroactivcly in
the PAYMENT Of obligations based on
the gold standard is TO cnahlclmcn who
have borrowed gold standard money
for real estate or pcrsonal property 10
pay their creditors in 4O-cout in
stead of 1o0-ccnt dollars.
That is Ill there is to free silvcrism.
It. has yarnish OF professions of love
for humanity" and for labor" With
in it Is fostering mass Of cowarlly
and concealed dishonesty.
Bryan was at the convention and was
( The star actor That individual is dis
turbcd in mind over the Cuban question,
which inevitably thrusts him and his
free silver speciality on one side. or
course he has TO declare himself in fa-
vor OF the Independence of Cuba and
wear a "flrc Cuba" badge, but he dis
( likes exceedingly this new question
I which he cannot utilize for presidential
/ purposes. ~
Therefore he asserted in his speech
/ that 1.-The war has been a factor in our
elections, but it, shall be no longer.
and the welfare OF our country shall
be the factor" In other words, Cen
| tlcmen. do not let us allow this Cuban
question to take possession Of the pub
lie mind If we can avoid il. The policy
which aims at the violation of contracts
and the spoliation Of creditors must
not be forced into the background by
new issues. Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23

A nnR That WnrI<a

Philadelphia has one-leggcd knife
grinder who Is particularly proud of
his dog, and no wonder, for the intelli-
gent animal aids him greatly in his
daily toll. 1t was formerly the mans
custom-his crippled condition pre-
venting him from working the pedal
TO pay stray youngsters to turn the
wheel for,him. This, of course, greatly
curtailcd his profits: so he set about
training n Newfoundland dog to do the
dTN--The canine pupil was apt, and
is now installed as the grinders regular
assistant. The grindstone is a very
small one, and, by standing on n box,
the dog is able to reach the handle and
turn it fast or slow, as his master de-
sires.-Golden DAYS.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
True Church Ideal.

Churches coming to a consciousness
must realize they are missionary
churches. All must not depend on the
minister. true. church ideal is moth.
ing but laymon acting as dissSminators
OF the Gospel. The genius of the Chris
tian church is sancti6ed individual
ism. Rev. DIR. Lamsou, Congregation
alist, Boston, Mass
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23

r1Mr. Bryan is not enthusiastic for
war. Mr.. Bryan has been making too
much money in time Of peace and fears
the disturbance Of his business inter-
ests."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
The Only MnY.

He-Am I ever to have my way about
anything?
She--Of course; you can have your
way when your way is the same as my
way, but when our ways arc different,
then I'll have my way.-Tit-Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23

UThe republican national platform
favors the independence Of Cuba, and
IL Is the invariable custom of repub-
leans to stick to their statement Of
principles.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
EOrecnsts.

Brownc--somebody its taken my
umbrella.
Towne-Then there is sure to be n
storm.
at was silk umbrella, too"
"Then IL is sure TO be n very hard
rm."-Up-to-Date
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-14

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Probably
the navy has fought its last war with
black powder. Bids were opened to-
dny a1 the navy department. Tor sup
plying the new war ships with one
million pounds of smokeless powder,
a quantity sufficient TO supply at least
the secondary batteries Of all the ships
in the service, and this supply will be
augmented from time to time until
within the course of year or two all
the black powder will have been re-
tired, except possibly some that will
be retained for saluting purposes.
There were six bids received to-day at
the department, and opened by Judge
Advocate Lemly, in the presence Of
representatives OF most Of the bidders,
prominent among them being Mrs.
Maria Dittmarr, head Of the powder
concern bearing her name. The bids
on an average were about the same as
the navy is now paying for its powder,
and slightly below the figure paid by
the ,,rmy under the emergency created
by the war.