The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10


| War Algcr reviews the work of the year.
and especially the operations in the
Philippines. Cuba and Porto Rico. and
| gives general summary of the military
| operations during the war, The sec
rotary says standing army of 10o,0 900
is needed, iavors the enlistment OF ma
tives of the various islands, and sug-
gests shat the United States construct
Cuban railways.
The recently appointed supreme
court in Santiago was formally in
stalled in Office by Gen Wood.
A new tin plate trust was formed in
Pittsburgh. Pa, to be called the Con-
soHdated Tin Plate company. with
capital stock of $5o.O00,0O0.
Gen. Terenco Sierra has been elected
president of Honduras. He is gradu-
ate of therWest Point Military academy
and spent several years in this country.
Gen. Miles. commanding the army,
has prepared the draft of bill provid-
| ing for a regular standing army of
| 100, 900 men.
A cablegram received at the state de-
| partment says the revolution in SAL
vador is ended.
| The official returns of the late cleo
ton in Wisconsin show that Edward
Scofield (rep) for governor has plu-
rality of 3S,737.
Business throughout the country in
| November last was the best known in
the nations history
| Throughout Austria the fiftieth ami
versary of the accession of Emperor
Francis Joseph TO the throne was cele-
bratcd.
The official returns from the late
election in Michigan give Gov. Pingree
! (rep.) plurality of 1891
The exchanges at the leading clear
irg houses in the United States during
the week ended on the I'd aggregated
| $1.5G5 ,S07. $40. against $1,33i ,S44 ,7i9 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was 1873.
The British steamer Clan Drummond
was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay and
81 persons were lost.
The safe taken from the Spanish
cruiser Maria Teresa was opened by
| naval officials in Norfolk. Va. and found
to contain $4,000 in Spanish and Amer
| lean money
The dry goods firm of II. n. Bradley
& Co., of Denver, Col, failed for $4,000.
| There were PSI business failures in
| the United States in the seven days
ended on the I'd, against 1sS the week
| previous ami 306 in the corresponding
| period Of 1897.
| A snow slect and windstorm in Tn
diana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
Massachusetts and Maryland did great
damage to property. In Baltimore 500
| houses were uLroofed and telegraph
poles and trees were leyeled.
Link Thayer convicted of train rob-
| berry al Fergus Falls, Mimi, was SEN
fenced to 90 years in prison.
Fire in the Home Life Insurance
company, Postal Telegraph company
and Roger, Peet & Co. buildings in New
York caused loss of over 81 900 900.
\ flour trust has been formed in New
York to control nearly all the product
in this country and also the supply Of
three-fourths of the world.
James G, Lindsey, who represented
the Seventeenth New York district in
the Forty-ninth congress, died at his
home in Kingston, aged 70 years.
One of the worst billiards. that ever
visited Kansas ragged in many portions
of the state for "a hours.
The belief was general in Paris that
there would be "a Carlist uprising in
Spain the moment the peace treaty was
signed.
nHinin1 raf m frn IN Mt oil
ton in Colorado show that the majority
of Charles S. Thomas (fusion) for gov
ernor was 43,3S4.
William Kent murdered his brother,
Noble Kent. at Girard, III. Both
were prominent, and n quarrel over
property was the cause.
The annual report of Charles q.
Dawes, comptroller of the currency, fer
the year ended October ~, 1895. shows
that there were 3,50S national banks in
the country with authorized capital Cf
s624.552, 105, aud 5,145 state banks with
n capital of 1870, 1918, 7sS.
Town Marshal c. c. Runyon and AL
fred Allen killed each other in fight
at Jackson, Ky. An old quarrel was tie
cause.
Pierre Luzon shot and killed Mrs.
Adelaid Richot in Montreal because she
spurned his love and then committed
suicide.
by the explosion of steam pipe IN
the engine-room of the steamer Alro
in New York six men were scalded TO
death.
Freight trains colliG:d on the Bill
timorc & Ohio road at Walkerton, Ind,
and seven trainmcn were injured.
Official returns SHOW that in the re-
cert election in Minnesota John Lind,
fusion candidate for governor. has a
plurality of 90.1s0, while the republican
candidates for the other state offices
received pluralities ranging from &c 900
to $4,000.