The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-25

Secretary Long has issued an order
forbidding the sale Of liquor to enlisted
men, either on board ship or within the
limits of navy yards, naval stations or
marine barracks.
The wreck of the United States bat
tleship Maine, destroyed in Havana har-
Dor on the evening OF February Is, 1898,
was decorated with a large Anne rican
flag.
The Illinois Stats Zeitung company,
publishers OF the Illinois Stats Zeit-
ung, the oldest German newspaper in
Chicago, passed into the hands of a re-
ceiver.
Fire destroyed the great machine
shops in the Brooklyn navy yard, caus-
ing loss 10 the government OF over
81 ,00O,0 900.
The keel plate of the new first-class
battleship Maine, which is to be the
equal of any fighting vessel in the
world, was laid al Cramps shipyard in
Philadelphia.
a sword and Bible purchased by the
Sunday school children of Texas were
presented at Galveston to Commodore
John w. Philip, who commanded the
battleship Texas during the war with
Spain.
Flags were placed ut half mast in the
principal cities Of the country on the
first anniversary of the blowing up OF
the Maine in Havana harbor.
The president has nominated Repre-
sentative Samuel j. Barrows, Of Bos-
ton, Mass, for librarian Of the congress
sional library.
Letter Carrier Fred Marty and his
wife and child lost their lives in fire
that destroyed the Arlington building
in Chicago.
For the seven months ended January
| 81 last the merchandise exports were
| $749, 472. 4G5, against $71s,3S7 ,407 in the
| same period in 1898. and The imports
| $3G7. ,02j. against $340, GIG. $50 for the
| seven months of the previous year.
At the trennial meeting in Washing
ton of the National Council Of Women
Mrs. Fannie Gaffney, of New York city,
was elected president.
Fire in Akron, o., destroyedt the i'm
mense plants of the Thomas Building
& Lumber company, Loss, 100000.
Sevcnty-two young men graduated
from the Military academy at West
Point. y. u, and received diplomas.
There are at the present time $4,000
American troops in Cuba.
The wholesale shoe house of futile.
Smith &. Co.. in Boston, made an assign
ment with liabilities of $250,00O,
Three hundred representative Spirit
ualists of the United States met in Chi
cago to attend the National Spiritual
lists association
In an address before the Home Mar
ket club in Boston President Mckinley
said that until congress directed other
wise it would be the duty of the eXecu-
tive TO possess and hold the Philippines;
that our concern was not for territory
or trade or empire, but for the people
whose interests and destiny, without
our wiling it, had been put in our
hands; that no imperial designs lurked
in the American mind, they are alien to
American sentiment, thought and pur-
pose, and that our priceless principles
undergo no change under n tropical sun.
Judge Thomas Mittenberger and his
wife were asphyxiated by gas in their
home at Bellefontaine. O.
Reports from the fruit sections Of
Michigan, Georgia and Florida show
that the recent cold snap has played
havoc with fruit generally, and espe-
cially with peaches.
The law interfering with ticket brok-
crs is unconstitutional, according toan
opinion handed down in the circuit
court in Chicago by Judge Gibbons.
Fire destroyed three business build
ings in Philadelphia, the loss being
100000.
G. X. Brit, managing director of
London dock company, was said to be
short S1,200000
Frank Parker, eX-county treasurer of
Vernon county, was arrested in Nevada,
Mo-, on the charge of embezzlng
$4,000.
At Elkton, Tenn, Freeman Harvey
(colored) was shot to death by Officer
Wilkerson and posse.