The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-17
At charle.ton, s. G.. the Americnn

troit. Mich. and vicinity was the worst
experienced in ~ years, and caused ar
immense amount of damage.
Simonson. Whiteson & Co., owners al
the largest department store in Louis
vile, KY. failed for 100000.
The secretary Of the treasury trans
mitted TO congress the estimates of Ap
preparations required for the serve,
OF the fiscal year ending Juna 30. 1900
They aggregate $500, 04S,37s
Three coal barges from Bay City
Mich, were lost in gale off Portland
Me. and 10 men and two women were
| drowned.
Frank Waller, of Boston. broke tho
worlds bicycle record in New York !cI
continuous riding. going 314 miles and
| s laps In IS hours and 10 minutes with.
out dismounting.
Frank Brush murdered his wife a.
Fort Madison, Ia, and then committed
suicide. They had lived unhappily for
several years.
A storm at Hamilton, Ont, damaged
property TO the extent OF 100000.
The Farmers National congress be-
gan it's annual session at Fort Worth,
Tex, with several hundred delegates
present.
Four men were killed Mt Fort Inde-
pendence, in Boston harbor, by the ex-
plosion Of mine.
In his annual report Secretary Of the
Treasury Gage discusses the need Of
banking reform and the necessity of
meeting new conditions.
The Michigan supreme court has de-
clared the state oleomargarine anti
coloring law null and void.
Powell Clayton, minister to Mexico,
has been raised to the rank of am
bassador by President Mckinley.
V. X. and A. IL. Jones, boot and shoe
manufacturers at Boston and Lynn,
Mass., failed for 100000.
Two negroes, Hearn and Richardson,
under arrest at Benton, La, for the
murder of Larry Vance, were tried by
citizens, found guilty and hanged.
Gen. Nelson a. Miles in his report to
Secretary Alger says that n standing
army of 100000 men is public neceS-
sity.
partisan Womens National Christian
Temperance union began in Cleve-
land, o.
The report of the Hawaiian commits
sion TO the president provides for the
erection of the islands into territory
of the United States to be styled the
territory of Hawaii and contains pro-
visions for the government of the terri
tory, giving il executive, Legislative and
judicial officers.
The total receipts of the United
States patent Office during the past year
were 1888, 04S.44. The expenditures
were $1,Os1 ,633.70, leaving surplus Of
$172,3 1465.
The Cuban Educational Association
of the United States has been organized
in New York to carry out offers made
by American colleges TO give free tut
ton to Cubans.
The dock of a coal company at West
Superior, Wis, caught fire and caved in
and four men were buried under thou
sands Of tons of burning coal.
The hat factory of John w. Green &
Co. at Danbury, Conn. was destroyed
by fire. Loss. $125,0OO.
City Marshal A. ID. Bryant, of McKen-
zie. Tenn, was shot and killed by Hugh
Mccall, mere boy, who afterward
committed suicide.
At the annual meeting in Cleveland
o., Of the National Nonpartsan Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union Mrs
ri Ia Of To n
was elected president.
On her trial trip at San Francisco the
torpedo boat destroyer Farragut made
30.6knots an hour, and she is the fastest
vessel flying the American flag.
Jake Glover (colored) was taken
from the Jail at Monticello, Ca, by a
mob and hanged for murder
The report that Wcyauwega, Wis,
had been destroyed by fire was prema-
ture. Only hotel was burned
An explosion Of gas in the mines near
Birmingham, Ala. killed three men
and fatally wounded three others.
Acknowledgement Griggs in lis an
nuai report says the amount realized
from the sale of captured vessels and
Vel SpSS Pii1S III tue
Spanish war is SOL ,034.
The Central house at Wadena, Mimi.
was burned and two men lost their
lives.
Mrs. Frank Brooks killed her nine
daughter and herself in De-
troit, Mich. No cause was known for
the deed.
The report of the commissioner of
fish and fisheries shows an expenditure
of $ls7,S00 for the propagation of food
fisheries during the last fiscal year.
The private bank of Taylor & Nc
Clure at Arrowsmith, H., was entered
by robbers who secured $4,000 worth of
paper and escaped.
Ernest Clevenger. OF Missouri City,
Mo-, shot and instantly killed George
Allen and fatally wounded his cousin.
Della Clevenger. Jealousy was the
cause.
The Office of the Daily Morning Post
Mt Pekin, ILL.,. was almost destroyed by
fire.
Safeblowers wrecked the big safe in
the Bank of Antioch. H.. with dyna-
mite and robbed II of S., 100 and some
valuable paDers and ESCAPED