The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-31
TIE national board. of trade In session

TIE national board of trade In session
In Washington adopted resolutions ia
voring n national trademark, con struc-
tion by the United States government
OF the Nicaragua canal, and the gold
standard.
Witten Mcdonald, manager Of the Old
Fruit Farm in Howell county. Mo-, and
former owner of the Kansas City Times,
failed for S16s,000.
Secretary OF the Interior Bliss has
rendered his resignation TO President
Mckinley and hopes to be relieved by
January1.
News was received at Seattle, Wash.
Of a snowslide on the Chilkat Pass in
which six people were killed.
Ii has been decided 10 roinstate Gen.
Merritt in command Of the department
OF the east and Gen, Shafter in com
mand of the depart ment of California.
At the annual meeting in Philadel-
phia Of the Keely motor stockholders
it was announced that the inventors
secret died with him.
Samuel Gompers was reelected presi-
dent of the American Federation Of La
Dor at the annual meeting in Kansas
City.
The presidential party. after an abb
sence OF seven days In the south, ar
rived in Washington.
By direction of the president d.
sion to be, known as the Division OF
Cuba. consisting Of the geographical
departments and provinces OF the is
1an nj 49, ,,1.. l. y T. Al.
!, city OF Havana. has been created under
command Of Maj Gen. John r. Brooke
An Ecendiary fire at Maiden, Mo-, de-
stroyed 25 business houses and two
residences.
A grand jury in Lexington, KY, in
indicted 101 saloonkeepers fer sell
ing liquor on Sundays and also indicted
the mayor for not enforcing the law.
A mountain of queer-lool;ing ore
found in Lane county, Ore, has turned
out to be one of the biggest quicksilver
deposits in the United States.
The fine residence of Charles II. Ray
mond was burned in New York and Mrs.
Raymond and her sister. Mrs. Victoria
Underwood, of GAINESVILLE, o., and Har-
riet Fee, domestic. lost their lives.
Claus Spreckcls has donated $4,000
for the relief of the people of Monterey
county, Cal, who are in want, because
of the long continued drought.
Seventeen of Baltimore's brewing
companies have consolidated under the
name of the Maryland Brewing COM
pany.
The Merritt & Chapman company has
made contract with the government
for the raising of the Spanish warship
Reina Mercedes.
William Slmms. who murdered Rob-
ert Norton, of Town Creek, Ala, was
dragged from Jail by n mob and
lynched.
President Mckinley sent an order
to the secretary of war directing that
supplies be sent immed lately for the re-
lief OF the destitute in Havana and
Guines, Cuba.
The Kansas legislature met in extra
session in Topeka and heard Gov.
Leedy's message. He urged legislation
affecting railroad, telegraph and ex-
press companies.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin issued preliminary
$4,000 volunteers in the next month.
The postmaster-genera announced
the appointment of Maj. +. G. Rath-
bone, of Ohio, to take charge Of the
postal service in Cuba.
Three moonshiners were killed and
several Of their comrades wounded in
n battle with revenue officers in Knox
county, Ky.
Over 200 people were rendered home
less by fire which destroyed the Mel
rose apartment building in Chicago, the
loss being $l75,o00
Col. Edward S. Barrett, national pres
ident Of the Sons of the American Revo-
luton, was killed by falling from
window of his home in Concord, Mass.
There has been an increase Of 2.S67
miles during 1898 in the railroad mile-
age Of the United States.
A rear-cnd collision occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad three miles from
Railway, n. j., and two persons were
oiled and four others were injured.
Ethan A. Hitchcock, of st. Louis,
Mo-, now ambassador TO Russia, has
been selected by President Mckinley
for secretary of the interior.
A jury in Boston convicted w. s.
Jewett, formerly president of the Lake
national bank OF Woburn, n. H., of the
embezzlemcnt of $4,000.
Mike Henncssey, a wealthy mine
owner, and john O'Conneli burned to
death in a cabin at Crown Hill, s. ID.
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Jonathan Norcross. "the father of At
lanta," Ca, died at the age of 81 years.
Rev. DIR. Thomas Mckee Brown, for