The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-25
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| Inc NeWlanuS RESOLUTIONS 1Or inc
annexation of the Hawaiian islands
was favorably reported to the United
States senate on the 18th, and the con-
ferees, report on the bankruptcy bill
was also presented. A resolution was
introduced and referred extending the
thanks of congress to Naval Construc-
| tor Hobson and the volunteer crew Of
the Merrimac. Adjourned to the Goth.
In the house the general deficiency bill
occupied the time. At the evening ses
sion several private pension bills were
passed.
The United States senate was not in
session on the 18th. In the house the
session was devoted chiefly td>eulogies
upon the life and character of former
Senator Harris, of Tennessee.
Admiral Dewey reported to the navy
department that he was still maintain
ing the blockade at Manila and that the
insurgents entirely surrounded the city.
| The four negroes who murdered Mr..
Garden and his wife and an old man
named Carlee near Wetumpka, Ala.
were lynched by mob.
| The council general of Catalonia, rep
resenting the mercantile intelligence Of
| Spain, has called on the Madrid govern
ment to sue for peace on any terms.
Mrs. John T.. Sawyer was shot and
killed at Moline, Kan, by her husband,
a prominent man, who mistook her for
a burglar.
| Capt Ger. Blanco has refused to en-
terrain proposition to exchange the
Merrimac prisoners.
| During the absence of her parents
Mary Seldom, the 17-year-old daughter
of Thomas Seldom, was murdered near
Pepin, Wis, and the house robbed Of
500 and burned.
| A cloudburst in st. Charles county,
Mo-, washed away bridges, flooded
farms and caused great damage near
the city of st. Charles.
Dispatches from Shanghai to London
say the American troops have reached
| Manila. The news is not confirmed
from other sources.
Maj. Gen. Miles arrived in Washington
to consult Secretary of War Aiger. He
reported that Garcia's army, in pursu-
ance of his request, was closing in upon
Santiago de Cuba.
The gross earnings of 1872 American
railroads for the first five months Of
the present year were 1924, 761 Ill, an
increase, as compared with the CORE
spending period of 1897, of $4,000, $40.
The Cadiz fleet was sighted off Ceuta,
OH the north coast of Africa, sailing
eastward into the Mediterranean.
The insurgents in the Philippines are
making remarkable progress and are
saidto have captured the family of Capt.
Gen. Augusta and the governors of the
provinces of Cavite, Balucan and Ba-
taan.
The democrats of the Tenth Indiana
district nominated John Ross, of
Lafayette, for congress.
Admiral Sampson has decided to re-
duce Moro Castle at Santiago. lie has
learned that Hobson and his men are
no longer held in the fort as n shield
against the fire Of the American ships.
The business portion of Garwin, Ia,
was destroyed by fire.
Advices to the navy department con-
firm the report that the fleet of trans
ports were off Santiago and that Span
ish troops were numerous along the
coast in the vicinity, prepared to re-
sist the landing of the United States
troops.
Since the opening of navigation ten
gold seekers have lost their lives in
White Horse rapids in Alaska.
In an interview in Madrid Capt. Au-
non, the Spanish minister of marine,
ca ha In nj itno "a.
a fleet to Philippine waters regardless
of cost or the result.
The inhabitants of Caimanera, Cuba,
have strewn the streets with straw and
oil with the intention of destroying the
city and fleeing to the hills.
w. w. Hamilton, of Denver, lowered
the worlds professional bicycle record
for one mile unpaced at Denver, his
time being :55 AS.
Park City. Utah. was almost entirely
destroyed by fire, the loss being over
S ,0OO,O0
Spanish infantry made a hasty re-
treat for cover at Guantanamo under |
heavy fire from American warships.
Shocks OF earthquake were felt in |
many towns in eastern Tennessee, but |
no damage was done.
A careful inspection of the fortifica-
lions defending Santiago harbor since
the bombardment shows that the Amer
lean gunners spread wreck and ruin
everywhere. Some of the batteries were
demolished beyond repair.
Alice Stitzel and Mamie and Minnie
Corner were drowned in the river at
Defiance. o., while bathing.
The percentage OF the base ball clubs
n the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were: Cincinnati,
CO..; Boston, CAT; Cleveland, geo;
Baltimore, $50; Chicago, 1858; Pitts
ourgh, 500; New York, $50; Philadel-
phia, .426; Brooklyn, AT; Washing
on, 1913; st. Louis, 1913; Louisville,
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