The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-10-08


At a meeting of the Chicago plat
form democrats in New York Henry
George, son of the single tax advocate,
was nominated for governor TO head
an independent democratic ticket.
Floods in Japan destroyed over 1000
houses and $50 persons were)killed.
1t has been decided that the American
army shall begin its movement into the
island of Cuba as early as October -
if possible.
In fight at Alashgorb between the
Turks and Armenians so of the latter
were killed.
The Wisconsin battleship commission
has chosen Miss Elizabeth Stephenson,
of Marinette, TO christen the new war
vessel which is to bear the name of
Wisconsin.
The business portion Of Ipswich, S.
d., except one block, was destroyed by
fire.
United States Senators Cullom and
Morgan and Congressman Hit, mem
bers of the Hawaiian commission, ar
rived in San Francisco from Honolulu.
In Washington Col. John Hay was
sworn into Office as secretary of state.
| Forest fires, both in Wisconsin,
South Dakota and Colorado, continue
| with destruction.
| Charles Pittelkow, doing real estate,
loan and insurance business in Milwau-
kee, failed for $l3S,00O.
| All the European governments have
now consented to Italy's proposal for a
conference for the suppression of an
archists.
Admiral Dewey reports that Manila
is far from being an unhealthy city, and
says the climate is as fine as that of any
place in the tropics.
Reports show that the volume of bust
ness doing the country over is a heavy
one.
| There were 1875 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on he both ult., against 173 the
week previous and 19i in the CORE
spending period of 1897.
DR.. Frederick A. Todd, aged 80, as
sistant superintendent of the Ohio state
hospital for the insane at Toledo. died
of hydrophobia in Chicago hospital.
| Jehu Baker, the veteran Illinois poll
tcian, has become blind as the result of
a serious illness four years ago.
] Martial law now rules in Pana, ILL.,,
and the streets are patrolled by armed
militiamen. An armed body of strikers
| held up train at Tower Hill and COM
PEELED the negroes who were en- route
| &c u ;,,rr or IN IN orb
in the mines to return to Indiana.
| The public debt statement issued on
| the 1st shows that the debt increased
| $54, COS. ass during the month of Septem-
her. The cash balance in the treas
Jury was S940. 105.524. The total debt,
less the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts 10 81 ,O67. 479.2Oj.
4 dispatch from Shanghai says that
the emperor of China committed sui
eide on September 81. 3
| Despondent over the death of her
father. Bertha Beilstein killed her
mother in Pittsburgh, Pa, and then
took her own life.
| Gen. Shafter reached New York. and
will take charge of the department of
the east.
Eight blocks of the best portion OF
Colorado Springs. Col, were de-
Istroyed by fire, including the Antlers
hotel The loss is 81, 00O, 900.
Mrs. 5. l.. Williams, insane over re!i-
gion. poisoned her two children and
cut her own throat at Detroit, Mich.
Lawrence Greenwood. president Of
| the Gainesville Pa.) National bank,
was robbed of $4,000 worth of bonds
in Philadelphia.
Rev. Thaddeus S. X. Freeman, Of
Logansport, Ind, chaplain of the
cruiser Baltimore, died at Manila.
More than 100 persons are missing
in the burned-over sections in the
northern part of Wisconsin and many
bodies of others have been found, but
all so badly burned that Identification
Is in most cases impossible.
John Ilollingsworth. murderer,
and some of his friends, killed five men
near Murfreesboro. Tenn.
The war department; has decided to
send officers to Cuba to investigate and
report upon locations of camps for
the army of occupation.
The statement of the government re-
ceipts and expenditures for September
shows the receipts to have been $780,
77s.07 and the expenditures S54. ,o21.
\ fire in the Midvale mine at Wilkes
barre. Pa, caused the death of five
men.
Robert Lesh shot andlilled his wife
at Indianapolis, Ind. and then killed
himself. Domestic troubles were the
cause.
Snow and rain have checked the prog
ress of the forest fires i'm Colorado.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the cd were: Boston,
$40; Baltimore. .655: Cincinnati 603;
cleveland, .55s; Chicago, $40; New
York, .5ii; Philadelphia. .5O7; Pitts
burgh. ,isG; Louisville, AGA; Brooklyn,
$40; Washington, .3i3; st. Louis, ,254.