The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-02
LATER.

President Mckinley in an address at
Ocean Grove, y. j., said that the pur-
pose in the Philippines was peace first;
then, with charity for all, to establish
u government of law and order, protect
life, property and occupation for the
well-being of the people; government
in which they shall participate under
the stars and stripes.
Concord, n. H., was shaken by an
earthquake. ~
Both Gen. Brooke and Gen. Wood
have denied to the war department re-
ports of riots and disturbances in San
tiago.
The annual meeting of the National
Association of Mexican War Veterans
will be held i'm Indianapolis September
IL and II.
There were 153 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 25th, against 1S2 the week
previous and 179 i'm the corresponding
period of 1898.
Since the beginning of the Spanish
war there have been enlisted in the
regular army 00,611 men.
The transport Ohio arrived at Ma
Mia with 726 soldiers and ! | officers.
An entire series of new notes is to he
issued by the treasury department TO
replace the old ones of the denomina-
tons of 81, So, So, $40, S20,$50, 500 and
$500.
Troops were called for TO put a stop
to race troubles in Darien, Ga.
Farmers and business men in Topeka,
Kan, have organized the Farmers Fed
Grafton of the Mississippi Valley with a
capital stock of 20,0O0,000, to control
the prices of farm products.
The Third cavalry. consisting of I15
men and Ii officers, left Seattle, WASH,
for Manila.
The exchanges ut the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 25th aggregated
81 .527, SIP Cos, against $l,j76, iIl ,102 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1898
was 22.1.
AT Warsaw, H.. Judge William ".
Grover, prominent lawyer, dropped
dead on the street from heart failure.
The new cable between Miami, Fla,
and Havana. Cuba, has been completed.
Edmund Routledge. head of the we'll
known publishing firm of Routledge d
Sons, died suddenly in London.
An official report from Porto Rico
says that there have been 2,S12 burials
of victims of the recent hurricane. One
thousand families are missing. together
with their houses, and the number of
destitute persons is 100000.
st. AIMS convent at Sparkill, y. w.,
was burned. and il was feared that
many of the 500 children i'm the building
persisted in the flames.
Forest fires have destroyed large
quantity of valuable timber in Laramie
county. Wyo.
The revenue receipts of the Philip
pine islands from the date of occupa-
ton by the United States to July 81
were $5.24o,411.
In the village of Reading, Mich, 20
buildings were burned. causing loss
of $4,000.
William Moran, railway fireman,
shot and killed his wife in Marshfield,
Wis, and afterwards killed himself.
Family troubles were the cause.
President Kruger. it is said, has
backed down in the controversy with
Great Britain.
In San Francisco George Tanner, n
saloon keeper. murdered Deputy Sheriff
James X. Brown and Fannie Barnes.
jealousy was the cause.
The United States cruiser Boston ar
rived in San Francisco from Manila.
The roundup of riotous negroes in
Mcintosh county, Ga. by the military
resulted in the surrender of several of
the leaders.
Gen. Otis issued an order thanking
the troops in the Philippines for their
loyalty.
Peter Stansley, aged 1902, and his wife,
aged 81. both colored, celebrated their
eighty-first marriage anniversary in
Upper Sandusky, o.
In Rayenswood, Ill.,, Tom Butler, of
Boston, beat the ten-mile worlds BIZ
cycle record. his time being 1857 3-5.
II is said that President Mckinley
will soon issue proclamation to the
effect that the census ordered for Cuba
is to be the beginning of the movement
looking toward the establishment of an
independent government for that is
land.
Demetri Friedlander.. leader among
the Russians of Chicago, and man of
wealth. is mysteriously missing with
$4,000 belonging to his countrymen
and placed in his hands for safe keeping.
The one hundred and fftieth ami
versary of the birth OF Goethe was cele-
brated at Frankfort-on-the-M Main.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the eth were: Brook
lyn, .676; Boston. .6l5: Philadelphia,
.607; Baltimore. .607; ST. Louis. sol;
$50; Chicago, sos: Pitts
burgh. .495; Louisville, .45O; New York,
.444; Washington, 1896; Cleveland, .1G7.