The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-04-23
LATER.

After another day of debate in the
United States senate on the 18th an
agreement was reached that vote
should be taken before adjournment on
the 10th on the Cuban resolution re-
Ported by the committee on foreign af-
fairs. In the house tilt occurred be-
tween Speaker Reed and MIR. Bailey
(rex.) over the unpleasant scene Il few
days ago in the house. At the evening
session pension legislation occupied the
time.
In the United States senate on the
lGthfa resolution was passed by vote
Of G. to 2i which declares that the peo-
pie f-Cuba are and ought to be free;
recognizes the Cuban republic as the
legitimate government of Cuba; de-
mands that Spain shall withdraw from
the island, and authorizes and directs
the president to intervene and employ
the land and naval forces of this gov
eminent to carry these declarations
into effect. 1t was sent to the house
for concurrence. In the house some I'M
important bills were passed.
Fighting goes on every day in Cuba
Just rs if no armistice had been pro-
claimed.
There were 254 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 232 the week
previous and POI in the corresponding
period Of 1897.
AZ Marion, o., Jacob Myers and wife
were fatally burned while burning
corustalks.
The entire naval strength Of Spain is
being rapidly concentrated at Cape
Verde. the story OF new move for
intervention by the European powers
is thoroughly discredited.
The flying squadron has returned to
Hampton roads.
Don Carlos has announced to his fol-
lowers that he will declare himself king
Of Spain if the Madrid government fails
TO make war against the United States.
Charles Curtis (rep.) has been renom-
mated for congress in the First district
of Kansas.
The National league baseball season
opened on the 18th, the games result
ing as follows: At Cincinnati-Cincin-
natl, 3; Cleveland, .. At Louisville
Louisville, 10; Pittsburgh, 3. At st.
Louis Chicago, 2; st. Louis 1.
The president has decided to give
Consul-General Lee the command of the
Virginia volunteers in the event of war.
Thirty-two earthquake shocks of I'M
usual severity occurred at Greenwood,
CAL. and houses were twisted, Chin
fol nd
Fire at Sutton, Quebec, destroyed rs
buildings.
President Mckinley will, it is said, i'm
medately sign any resolution passed
by congress and at once forward an ul-
timatum to Spain.
Capt. Sigsbee, of the Inflated Maine,
will command the cruiser ST. Paul.
Six regiments of cavalry, % regi.
ments of infantry and the light bat
teries of five regiments OF artillery have
been ordered from their present posts
and will be modified at Tampa, Mobile
New Orleans and Chickamauga.
The Howard-Baker feud in Clay coun-
ty, Ky, has broken out again, and ten
men were killed and three injured.
The British government has declined
to join the continental powers in any of.
fer of mediation between Spain and the
United States.
The entire business portion of Hop
kinton, Ia. was swept away by fire.
Grant lie Masters, an electrician, shot
his wife in Peoria, H., and then killed
himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
The war department has mapped out
n plan OF campaign for the expected
war in Cuba.
The elevator ut the Hoosac tunnel
docks in Boston, containing over 100000
bushels of wheat. was burned, causing
a loss of 100000.
People were fleeing from the rebel
lion which is spreading rapidly in the
Philippines and Manila was panic
stricken.
Charles w. Hackett, of Utica, N. Y
chairman of the republican state COM
mittee, died in Florida, aged As years.
Freight trains collided on the Rock
Island road near Fairfield, Ia, and
Charles Dibble, engineer; Elmer Bloss-
err, fireman, and William Watterson,
brakeman, were killed.
Spanards made an attack rpon the
United States consulate in Malaga, but
no serious damage was done.
The report Of the Spanish commission
ofinquiry into the Maine explosion says
IL was an accident and denies the theory
of an exterior explosion.
During ball game in st. Louis fire
destroyed the grand stand and fifteen
persons were burned and otherwise in
jured.
The percentages Of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were: Chicago,
1000; Boston, 1000; Baltimore, 1000;
Brooklyn, 1000; Pittsburgh, .667; Gin
.667; Louisville, 1893; Cleveland,
1893; New York, 900; Washington, 900;
Philadelphia, 900; st. Louis, 900.