The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-14
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


ing on the LIST were: Brooklyn, .Gsi;
Philadelphia, .G22; Boston, .G2l; BAL
timore, .504; St. Louis, 500; Cincin-
natl, .547; Chicago, .504; Pittsburgh,
.493; Louisville, .4s0; New York, ABB;
Washington, .34s; Cleveland, .135.
Alexander Wustlich, an aged and
wealthy German, was killed at Stock
dale, Pa, and his wife fatally wounded
by burglars.
Fred Pelton, "A negro who assaulted
six women, was sentenced in Little
Rock, Ark, to rs years Imprisonment.
The Halliday Milling company's new
elevator, containing 100000 buscls OF
wheat, was Burned at Cairo H., the loss
being 100000.
The plant Of the Illinois Cereal com
pany near Bloomington was burned,
causing II loss of $2J0O00, and Melvin
Penn and Burt King persisted in the
flames.
Joseph Burns was killed in a football
game at BClyidcre, Ill.
Capt. Obcrlin NJ. Carter, Of the United
States army engineers, was convicted of
malfcasancc In Office. discharged from
the army and sentenced to five years
imprisonment in the military prison at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Municipal elections will be held
throughout Porto Rico on the Goth inst.
The Australian system is to be used and
the officers elected will hold Office UNI
Ill November, 1900.
S. i. Rcmscn, county surveyor, claims
10 have witnessed the outbreak Of vol
cano 20 miles from Creole, Col.
New York wound up her official re-
ccption TO Admiral George Dewey with
the presentation OF loving cup, valued
ut $1,000, and great land parade.
In the evening the crews of the Olympia
and other vessels of the fleet were en-
tCrtained at n smoker at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel.
Thirty-two business houses and res
licences in Ncbo, H., town Of 500 in
habitants, were destroyed by fire.
treasury statement shows that for
the three months ended September 80
the receipts of the government exceed
ed the expenditures by $3,703,S Ol.3o.
Mrs. Fanny Scott, widow, locked
her three children in her home near At
lanta, Ga. to go TO a dance, and the
house was burned and the children ere
mated.
Admiral Dewey arrived in Washing
ton and was given a magnificent reccp-
ton. He was given the freedom of the
District of Columbia, greeted by his old
friends of the navy department and
then was presented to the president and
Mrs. Mckinley. Later in the evening
he reviewed n parade that filled Penn
sylvania avenue from one end to the
other.
The public debt statement issued on
the I'd shows that the debt decreased
Ss,4OO,77j during the month Of Septem-
Der. The cash balance in the treasury
was S1,O15,o41, csc. The total debt, less
the cash balance i'm the treasury,
amounts TO is,005,7S0.
The town of STAFFORD, Mo-, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire.
The total circulation of national bank
notes on September so was S2i3,29O,1 2s,
an increase for the year of $7,033,17S.
Capt. a. S. Barker has been assigned
10 the command of the Norfolk navy
yard 10 succeed Rear Admiral Farqu-
har, who takes command of the North
Atlantic squadron.
The total coinage executed at the
minis Of the United States during the
month of September was $9,jGG,79i.
T.. l.. Cowden, an Eastman college stu
dent from Texas, died in Poughkeepsie,
n. V, from injuries received while play
ing football.
The town Of DeQuecn, Ark, was de-
stroyed by fire. Fifty-four buildings
were burned, entailing loss of $780,
OC0.
Mrs. Kate Jungels and her 11-year-old
son and John Teidt were asphyxiated
by gas in Chicago.
The elimination Of Admiral Dewey's
triumphal homecoming was reached in
the shadow of the dome of the national
capitol. Here he received from the
hands of the president the magnificent
jeweled sword voted him by congress
In commemoration of the victory Of
Manila bay.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat,
AZ, 132, 600 bushels; corn, 12 400, 900 bush
els; oats, 7,32s,000 bushels; rye, 709,-
900 bushels; barley, 1,441,0 900 bushels.
Fire destroyed several business build
ings in Des Moines, IIaa, causing loss
of $500,000.
NJ. NJ. Mckinney killed his wife and
Paul Norman at Stranger, Tex, and
then killed himself. No cause for the
crime was known.
The first race off New York OF the
series for the Americas cup between
the Columbia and the Shamrock was
declared off. neither yacht finishing
the 30-mile course within the time al
lowed.
The nineteenth annual convention of
the Farmers National congress began
in Boston. 30 states being represented.