The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-28

TO proceed to Samoa at once to repre-"
sent the United States interests there.
LATER.
Senator Gear offered a joint resolu-
ton in the United States senate on the
Goth appointing Oscar W. Deignan, of
Iowa. Il cadet at the United States naval
academy. Senator Nelson (Minn.)
spoke in favor of expansion, and the
Nicaraguan canal bill was further dis
cussed. In the house Speaker Reed an
nounced the appointment OF S. +.
Payne (N. 90 to be chairman of the
ways and means committee, TO succeed
the late Mr.. Dinglcy. a lively debate
took place between Mr., Grosvenor (O)
and Mr.. Lewis (Wash) over army con-
tracts. The post Office appropriation
bill was passed and the river and har-
Dor bill $20,a94.G7d) was reported.
by vote of ~ to 6 the United States
senate on the 2lst passed the Nicaragua
canal bill, the cost limit being fixed at
The In'lian appropriation
bill was discussed The credentials of
Julius c. burrows, reelected Il senator
from Michigan for a term of six wears,
beginning March 4. 1899, were filed. In
the house IA favorable report was made
on the bin providing that the standard
Of value in the United States shall be
the gold dollar
The post Office and her buildings,
occupying an entire block in the town
of Davis, |. T., were destroyed by fire.
The American officials in Porto Rico
have been ordered to enforce the Chi
nesc exclusion laws of this country on
that island.
John and Henry Hall, both negroes,
were hanged ut Montgomery, Ala, for
the murder Of James Belzer.
Germany has been called upon by the
United States to explain satisfactorily
or disavow the action of the German
consul. Rose, at Apia. Samoa.
Rear Admiral Schley was presented
with jewcled sword by his brother
members of the Royal Arcanum a Car
negie music hall in New York
Advices from Manila say that Amer
lean soldiers had landed on the island Of
Guimaras, about three miles from
Iloilo. The landing was effected with
out opposition.
Vandals wrecked the offices of the
Amigo Republican, the Weekly News
and the German Herold at Amigo. Wis.
A. +. Keith and wife, prominent resi-
dents of Creston, Ia. were burned 10
death in steamboat fire in Memphis,
Tenn.
Porter J. McCumber (rep.) was elect
ed United States senator in the joint ~
sembly of the North Dakota legisla-
ture.
job a. Cooper, governor of Colorado
from 1889 to 1891. died suddenly of
heart failure in Denver. aged Sc years.
Wreckage Of the missing yacht Paul
Jones was found at Breton island, in
the Gulf of Mexico. and those on board
were given up as lost. They were Will
liam Yocum and daughter, of st. Louis;
Miss Margery Woodland,of Chicago;
Miss Taggart, daughter of Mayor Tag
CART. of indianapolis. and a crew of four
persons.
Three children of John and Susan r.
Shear were drowned in the reservoir at
Ravcnna. O.
Germany has informed the United
States and Great Britain that if her
consul in Samoa acted in the manner
described by the American and Brit
ish repre- he acted without au-
thority and she will disavow his action.
John Deithloff killed his wife and
himself in Chicago. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
More than $Sj0,000,000 worth of farm
products were exported from the
United States last year, against $780,
100000 in 1897.
Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, of Chicago,
has accepted the pastorate of Plymouth
church in Brooklyn, n. Y.
A man named Ferrarini and his wife
and four children jumped into the sea
from the steamer Oriene near Genoa,
and all were drowned.
Advices from Tacoma, Wash. say $780,
100000 is n conservative estimate of this
Klondikc output.
In fit OF insanity Mrs. S. J. McCul-
Tough, wife Of n well-known man in To-
lcdo. o., committed suicide after poi
soning her four children, one of whom
died
The German national bank at Pitts
burgh. Pa. which suspended payment
on October IS last, has resumed bust
ness. paying all creditors in full.
Two brothers known as the Barton
twins" aged IS years, were burned to
death in their home near Shelbina. Mo.
Abe c. Nanmeter, for 30 years cditoy
of the st. Croix Republican, died at New
Richmond, Wis. aged 50 years.
Judge George W. Stipp, for years
circuit judge Of the Ninth Illinois dis
trict, died in Princeton. aged 81 years.
a distinct earthquake shock was felt
Mt Richyiew, ILL.,. but no damage was
done.
Washington officials have decided up
on plan for the treatment of the Phil
ippinc situation in case Filipinos at
tack the American troops. The plan
the blockading of the islands
OF the archipelago, the isolation of each
and the subjugation of the islands one
by one.