The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
LATER.

A Cape Town dispatch says that the
meeting of the British and the Beers
in decisive battle probably will come
soon, that the battle-ground will be in
British territory, and the Beers will
be the attacking force. Three columns
of the Beers were advancing upon La
dysmith.
Rev. G.. +. Morrison was hanged at
Vernon, Tex, for wife>murder.
There were 100 BUSINESS failures in
the United States I'm The seven days
ended on the eth, against 145 the week
previous and 226 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
Samuel WatrolIs, one of the murder
ers of G.. W. Engberg and his wife, was
hanged at Austin. Tex
Anna Judge (colored), aged nearly
100 years, was burned to death at New
Albany, Ind, by the explosion Of an oil
stove.
The bank of ID. a. Sayre d Co., the
Oldest in LeNington KY. closed its doors
with liabilities of 100000.
Forest fires were raging throughout
the Great Dismal swamp in Virginia
and millions of feet of standing timber
have been burned.
John Goosby (coloredD was lynched
by mob at Rcagan's Mills. Ga, for
killing John Robinson, his employer.
John Alexander Dowie. of Chicago,
the apostle of divine healing" and n
score of his elders and assistants were
chased from Hammond, Ind. by an in
furiated mob of townspeople
Judge William &. Parker was shot
dead in his courtroom AZ Leadvillc, Col,
by Michael Muller. The deed was en-
tirely unprovo<ed.
The strike begun by the 1000 coal
miners AT Spring Valley, ILL.,, on Octo-
Der II has been called Off
In II football game at Lima. o., George
Winemiller was fatally hurt and four
others were badly injured { y
The transports Tacoma and Sheri-
dan arrived at Manila with American
troops.
Walter Ford. who murdered his sweet
heart, Lucinda Moore, was hanged at
Waco. Tex.
4 Manila dispatch says that Gen.
Ioung's troops drove n force Of rebels
from their trenches near the Tuboatin
river. The Americans lost two killed
and one wounded. Ruperto Santiago,
one of the wealthiest Nisayans. who
had taken the oath of allegiance to the
| United States and who posed as a fricud
| of Americans, was arrested at lloilo,
charged with organizing revolution
AIRY lunta.
Latest advices from South Africa
gave promise of battle at Ladysmith.
| The situation was causing great alarm
in London. where the impression pre-
| vailed that the British forces in Natal
were at n disadvantage. Mafcking was
| hombarded by Beers and at last ac-
| counts was still besieged. and the water
supply had been cut off. Further de-
| tails of the engagement at Dundee
how the British retreat to have been 4
rout.
The sheep pens ut the stock yards in
Kansas City, Mo-, were destroyed by
| fire. COO sheep being cremated.
Stephen B. Lewis celebrated his one
hundredth birthday in Baptist church
ne built 40 years ago near Elizabeth
ton. Tenn.
\ cave-in occurred i'm the San Pablo
nine near Gavilanes. Mexico, and caused
the death of five miners.
Ottmar Mergenthaler, the famous in
entor of the Mergenthaler typesetting
machine, died of consumption at Balti-
more. Md. aged 45 years.
The Twentieth Kansas regiment was
mustered out in San Francisco. z
Gen. Hernandez has started a(revolu-
ton in Venezuela against Gen. Castro,
who recently ousted President Andrade
and assumed control of the government.
New Boston. n suburb of Portsmouth,
D.. was almost wiped out by fire.
The annual report of the dead letter
office shows that il received 6,s55.0S3
pieces of mail matter in the last fiscal
year. nearly nine per cent. increase
over the previous year.
The transports City of Picking and
Centennial sailed from San Francisco
for the Philippines with troops.
Continuous heavy rains and winds for
four days did extensive damage
throughout, the province of Santiago
dc Cuba.
Commodore George Hamilton Per-
kins. u. S. N. retired, diedat his home
in Boston of apoplexN aged 63 years.
A hand car was run down by an en-
CINE near Atwater, ILL.,, and John Nor
vii. George Cramer and Samuel Allen
were killed.
The business portion Of Wakarusa.
Ind, n thriving town, was destroyed by
fire.
a dispatch from Manila says that
Gen. Young scattered the insurgents
north of San Isidro, and Capt. Evans
struck robbcr band on Negros and
Killed ten, wounded many and captured
30 prisoners. Refugees report that
Aguinaldo is moving! to Baynmburg
with 1000 men instead Of attacking
Gen. Young.