The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-02-05

tanned the diplomatic corps at the first
/ state dinner OF the season.
The gold reserve In the United States
treasury on the eth reached $l63, &C.,
600, the highest point in seven years.
The National Stock Growers con-
vention at Denver, COL, closed with a
grand barbecue.
The fastest trip of the season from
Philadelphia TO San Francisco was made
by the Iroquois, the time being 1913 days.
The agricultural department has Is
sued a farmers book on the subject of
forestry for farmers.
There were 342 business failures in
the United States In the seven days
ended on the 2sth, against 374 the week
previous and 331 In the corresponding
period Of 1897.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses In the United States during
the week ended on the 2sth aggregated
81 ,283, 710, 105, against $1,416,781, 1923 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1897
was 800.
Albert Motter and Henry Gelhausen
were killed and Gottlieb Ilson fatally
injured by inhaling cnrbonic acid gas
in brewing vat in Milwaukee.
The Ewart building in Chicago was
burned causing loss Of $250,0oo to
several business firms.
June IA has been fixed as the date for
the convention in Detroit of the Nation
al Association Of Labor Commissioners.
fA lypf
uay with 245 passengers aboard, struck
rock near the mouth of the Skeena
river and sank. The passengers and
crew were saved.
The Kentucky legislature passed a
resolution asking United States Sena-
tor Lindsay to resign because he ia
vors the gold standard.
At the annual meeting in Boston of
the National Divorce Reform league,
which seeks uniformity in divorce laws,
Rev. William Lawrence, ID. d., III. D., of
Boston, was elected president.
The immigration into the United
States in the last six months aggre
gated 00,175, falling off rs compared
with the last half OF 1896 Of about 5000.
reau Of statistics shows that the ex-
ports Of wheat during the calendar year
| 1897 aggregated l00000.32s bushels, n
gain of more than 26,O0O.OO0 bushels over
| 1896.
Charles Webb has been sentenced to
90 years imprisonment for the MUIR
der of his sweetheart at ST. Louis in
| 1898.
January wheat went up to $1.10 on the
2sth in the Chicago market and closed
at $1.08.
The opera house, several business
buildings and the Mason county library
building, full Of rare books and prehis-
toric relies, were burned at Maysville,
Ky.
David Scely was placed in Jail at Kali
amazoo. Mich, on a charge of having
eight wives.
In the 72-hour bicycle race in Pitts
burgh, Pa. Fixes won, going 1899
miles.
Judge c. w. Dustin, of Dayton, has
declared the Ohio anti-lynching law I'M
constitutional.
A train on KeNMaine Central road
was wrecked near|Orono. Me-, and four
persons were killed and many others
were injured.
Chief Justice Shepard Barclay, Of the
Missouri supreme court, resigned, and
Gov. Stephens appointed W. NJ. Will
liams 10 fill the vacancy.
Judge Horton sentenced Christopher
Merry to be hanged February IS in Chi
cago for the murder of his wife.
President Mckinley touched tele-
graph key at the white house and
opened the California golden jubilee
fair at San Francisco.
Mrs. Fannie Raibburn, widow, and
her daughter Mary, aged IL, were found
murdered in their cottage in Burling-
ton, la.
Tom Burns will succeed Adrian e.
Arson as manager of the Chicago base
ball team.
The Ocean Bluff house was complete
ly destroyed by fire at Kennebunkport,
Me-, the loss being 100000.
Alderman Christopher Byrne and his
wife were killed by the cars at grade
crossing near Joliet, III.