The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-10-15
LATER.

George d. Saxton, the only brother
of Mrs. William Mckinley, was muir
dered in the street in Caution, o., and
Mrs. Anna George, an intimate friend
OF the dead man, was under arrest,
charged with having fired the fatal
shots.
The sultan will withdraw the Turk
ish troops from Crete in accordance
with the demands of the powers.
Oakley Hall, who was mayor of New
York from 1865 to 1872, the closing
years of the Tweed regime, died sud-
denly in that city, aged 70 years.
Sherman Hoar, eN-congressman and
United States district attorney, died in
Concord, Mass. Of typhoid fever.
There were 100 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1915 the week
previous and 212 in the corresponding
period of 1897
John Burns, Michael Brennan and
two unknown men met death in burn
ing freight car at Northampton. Mass.
Gen. Greene, Col. Lee and Maj Jersey
testified before the war investigating
committee in Washington that the vast
majority of complaints were exagger-
ated, if not without foundation.
The late Thomas f. Bayard, of Del
aware, left an estate valued at $4,000.
President Mckinley notified the
United States military commission at
Puerto Rico that the island must be
evacuated by the Spanish forces on or
before October IS.
A food in the Hoosac valley, New
York, caused damage to buildings and
railway tracks estimated at 100000.
The volume Of business throughout
the country continues very heavy.
The government has informed Spain
that the evacuation of Cuba by the
Spanish army must be completed by
December l.
Admiral Sampson was reported to be
extremely i'll in Havana.
Alfred C. Williams was hanged Mt
Salem, Mass. for the murder of John
Gallo. an Italian farmer.
The government has decided to make
Camp Wikoff winter hospital camp,
and will erect there the largest and
hest equipped hospital in the world.
Large. numbers of counterfeit 500
silver certificates were discovered in
San Francisco.
Reports received by the officials
of the war department in Washington
from the Indian outbreak in Mime
sofa were of a reassuring character and
they now feel that the uprising may be
regarded as over.
Twenty buildings on the beach front
in Atlantic City. y. j.. occupied by so
the loss being 100000
The American evacuation commits
sioners gave a banquet in Havana in
honor Of the Spanish commissioners.
Lord Salisbury sent an utimatum to
Paris giving France "a hours to order
Maj. Marchand out of Fashoda, in the
Nile valley.
Joseph Simon (rep), of Portland. was
elected United States senator by the
Oregon Legislature.
Howard Clark and Matte Mahoney
were shot TO death near Rockport, Ind,
by officers from Greensboro. KY, while
resisting arrest for murder.
President and Mrs. Mckinley arrived
in Canton. o.. to attend the funeral Of
George ID. SaXton, who was murdered.
James j. Corbett issued challenge
to any man in the world to meet him in
n contest of limited rounds or to n fin
ish.
Emil and Frank Daniels and Joe Jun
kle were burned to death in a barn
near Green Bay. Wis.
Trains colided in Omaha, Neb.. and
and ten other persons were seriously
injured.
The Hotel Grand at Leeds. Ia, was
destroyed by fire and two men were
burned to death.
Yellow fever has nearly depopulated
Jackson, Miss. and persons who re-
main there are on the varge of starva-
ton.
An official statement shows that in
the war with Spain II persons in the
navy were killed and 67 wounded.
Gen. Lawton, military commander
Of the department of Santiago, sailed
for NeN York on the transport Michi-
gan. Gen. Wood will succeed him.
The Sixth United States Gmmunes)
and the Forty-seventh New York
sailed from New York for San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Admiral Miller. who raised the United
States flag over Hawaii, returned to San
Francisco on his flagship. the Philadel-
phia.
Jessie CLANCY shot and killed his d.
vorced wife at Garrett, Ind, and then
took his own life.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 9th were: Boston,
.6ss; Baltimore. $50; Cincinnati. GIL;
Chicago, .564; Cleveland. $50: Philadel-
phia. .521; New York. .507; Pittsburgh,
.4s6; Louisville. .452; Brooklyn, .37o;
Washington, $40; 81. Louis, .2ea.