The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-09-03

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LATER.
The peace commissioners selected
by President Mckinley are Secre-
tary Of State Day, Senator c. Z.
Davis, of Minnesota; Senator William
p. Frye, of Maine; Whitelaw Reid, of
New York, and Justice White, of the
supreme court.
Gen. Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader
in the Philippines, says he is anxious to
support the authority of the United
States in the islands, and that he has
persuaded the other rebel leaders TO
accept his views.
Gen. Shafter and his staff left San
tiago on the United States transport
Mexico for America.
Admiral SchleyA was given most
hearty reception by the people of
Washington. where he went to confer
with the president on Cuban affairs.
| Commodore John p. Philip, of the
battleship Texas, has been assigned to
the command of the Nerth Atlantic
squadron. Admiral Sampson has been
assigned to duty as member of the
military commission to attend to the
Evacuation of Cuba by the Spaniards.
At the session in indianapolis of the
supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias,
Thomas G. Sample, of Allegheny, Pa,
was elected supreme chancellor.
Spanish volunteers were terrorizing
the people in the vicinity of Arecibo,
Puerto Rico. They burned large
number of buildings near Adjuintas
and tried to drive the planters from
their homes.
The government has established a
line of steamers to run between New
York and Cuban ports to carry mail
and supplies.
DR.. l.. C. Lewis was horsewhipped,
tarred and feathered and driven out of
Carrollton. H.. by mob of indignant
citizens He had threatened the life
Of John Hensler. his father-in-law.
Three Spanish transports left San
tiagod de Cuba for Spain with 4,56S Span
iards.
made as follows: Alabama, Fourth
district, G. A. Robins (dem.). Indiana,
Third district, Rev. George 7. Mayfield
| (pop.); Fifth, w. Z. Carpenter (pro.).
Ohio, Seventeenth district, Frank Tag
CART (rep.).
The steamer Stickeen Chief was lost
on the way to Alaska and 43 persons
were drowned.
The volume of business throughout
the country is. 20.4 per cent. larger
than last year and 26.S per cent.
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year of the largest business and
highest prosperity ever known.
The transport Scandal sailed from
San Francisco for Honolulu and Ma.
Mia, carrying troops, supplies and ST.
100000 for Gen. Merritt's army, and
also the balance of the New York regi-
ment for the Hawaiian islands.
The New York socialist labor party
has nominated Benjamin Hanford, OF
New York city, for governor.
In the Second Nebraska district tn.
fusionsts nominated Gilbert NJ. Hitch
cock, publisher of the Omaha World
Herald, for congress.
The czar of Russia wants an interna-
tional conference held to secure uni
versal good feeling.
The California silver republicans
have endorsed the nomination of
James Mcguire (fusionisD for gov
crnor.
The report of Chief Wilkie. of the
fiscal year 705 arrests were made and
the value of counterfeit notes recov-
cred was sll7,243.
| President Mckinley and his wife ar.
rived at Somerset, Pa, on n visit to hi,
brother. He will be absent from Wash
ington one week.
George Whiting. his wife and two
daughters, and the crossing boy were
killed instantly at Whiting Crossing.
Mass, on, the Massachusetts, Central
railroad.
Ex-Gov. Claude Matthews, of Clinton,
Ind. died at Meharry's grove from a
second stroke of paralysis, aged SO
years.
In railway wreck near Birming-
ham, Ala, two soldiers of the Sixty
ninth New York volunteers were
killed, another was fatally injured and
four were slightly hurt.
Aguinaldo has decided to send dele
gates to Paris to present the cause Of
the insurgents to the members of the
peace commission.
Gen. Castillo, who has been in consul
tation with Gen. Lawton in Santiago de
Cuba. expresses the opinion that the
disbandment of the Cuban insurgents
can be effected without trouble.
Silver republicans and democrats in
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