The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-05-27
LATER.

commissioners submitted no new prop
osition but requested an armisticc,
which request Gen. Otis absolutely re-
fused to entertain. Gen. Luna seems TO
be the only Filipino leader who is
standing out against negotiations for
peace. lie Is acting independently. and
is trying TO prevent any Filipinos from
communicating with the Americans,
but it is generally conceded that fur
Their opposition TO American sovereign
f. is useless and ridiculous.
Following the plague, cholera has be-
come epidemic in northwest provinces
of British India.
There were l47 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10Th, against l65 the week
previous and 25j in the corresponding
period Of 1905.
The town of Jerome, \. T., was near
ly wiped out by fire and a woman and
child persisted in the flames.
Charles l.. liuckalew, United States
senator from 1868 to 1870, and "A con-
gresham in the Fiftieth and Fifty-frst
sessions, died AT his home in Blooms
burg, Pa. aged rs years.
The will of exGov. Roswell p. Flower,
of New York. leaves $G.000,OO0, mostly
To his widow and daughter.
Prof. Nathorst's expedition, which
will seek to find or learn the fate of
Andrec, sailed from Stockholm for
Northeast Greenland.
The schooner Wcrfa. which left Dune
din. New Zealand, on an intciisland eX-
petition, was lost and IS persons per-
iShcd.
The american Bankers association
has decided upou September ). 6 and
rs the dates for its next annual convcn-
ton in Cleveland O.
The American Glass company, the
combination of window glass concerns,
has advanced the price of its product
FIVE per cent.
James T.. Dubois secretary of the Col
orado state board of agriculture, com
mitted suicide at Fort Collins. Grief at
the death Of his wife was the cause.
The ear of Russia has ordered a
commission to consider The question
OF substituting another penalty for
transportation to the Siberian mines.
Admiral Dewey left Manila on board
the Olympia for lIong-kong on his way
home to New York.
As n result of Il meeting of the coal
mine operators. the state board Of arb-
tration and United Mine Workers Off
Gals the ii months struggle between
union miners and operators in Pana,
H., is ended.
Mai Gen. Otis has declined TO recog-
nize the Filipinos to the extent of
agreeing 10 an armistice, but he has
notified the American commanders to
refrain temporarily from aggressive
action. Thus he is in position to re-
sumo hostilities at any time. The in
surgcnt commissioners say that they
are without power to bind the so-called
Filipino government in any particular,
and can only refer any results of the
present negotiations to Aguinaldo.
Mrs. Judith Tanning died at Nalpa,
raise, Ind, aged 100 years.
The American line steamer Paris
struck on the rocks off Falmouth. Eng
land, but her ESQ passengers were land
ed in safety.
Eighty-siN vessels were wrecked and
3s5 people lost their lives in a hurricane
on the north coast of Queensland
Ernest Austin, aged 25. a farmer, shot
and killed his mother and his brother
William at Mddiebury, o., because he
was opposed in his wishes to marry
neighbours daughter, and then shot
himself
Rear Admiral w. S. Schley and Mrs.
Schley are the guests of Senator Man
derson in Omaha.
Fire swept away the business portion
of Dawson City, the metropolis of the
Klondike. One hundred and eleven
buildings were burned, and the loss is
estimated at S4.O00,OO0.
President Mckinley and party have
returned to Washington after most
enjoyable vacation of IL days at Hot |
Springs, Va.
The town of Porosow, Russia, was de- |
stroyed by fire and ~ lives were lost
and 5000 people were made homeless.
Snow fighters are still at work with
dynamite and shovel on the mountain
system of the Colorado g. Southern
road in Colorado.
Fifteen culprits were publicly |
whipped in the Newcastle Jail yard at
Wilmington, Del, with the cat o. nine
tails.
Twocattle thieves, John Washtub and
Joseph Starr, were publicly logged
with 100 lashes each at San Bois. I. Il.
A monument to the late Marie Fran
rois Sadi Carnot, fourth president of
the third republic of France, was UNI
yelled Mt Dion.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
,nded on the 21st were: st. Louis. .721;
brooklyn. 700; Chicago, .655; Cincin-
,ati, .615; Philadelphia. .607; Boston,
COZ; Baltimore, .517; New York, $40;
Louisville, 1857; Pittsburgh, 1857; Wash.
ngton, .241; Cleveland, ZOO.