The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-15
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
ut Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Just ended shows the full value 10 be
$50, 70i. 4Ol.7o.
For the first time in its history the
United States army Is to have full
fcdged drum majors TO head its bands.
A fire did $350,O0O damage in the
Irving Bush company's warehouse in
Brooklyn, n. Y.
All but four tin plate mills in the
country have closed, and nearly $4,000
workmen are now idle.
Two young storckeepers, j. NJ. Rogers
and Clinton d. Wingfeld, were muir
dered Mt Camp Verde, A. T., by robbers.
Rev. b. Fay Mills, of Boston, was re-
elected chairman Of the National Social
and Political association at the session
in Buffalo, n. Y.
After n service of 90 years Judge Wal
ter S. Cox, justice of the supreme court
of the District Of Columbia, has ten
dercd his resignation to the president.
lie presided at the trial of Guitcau, the
assassin of President Garfield.
The Spanish legation in Washington
is closed for the summer and the duke
and duchess of ARGOS have gone TO Man
chester, Mass.
James Hoyka, bohemian, shot his
young wife probably fatally at Mar
shalltown, Ia, and then killed himself
jealousy caused the tragedy.
Victor and Ira Dobson, son of John
Amos and two unknown men wer>
struck by lightning and killed at Ulys-
ses, Neb.
AT Bowling Green, Ky, fire destroyed
Potter's opera house and several bust
ness houses.
President Mckinley has presented to
the French ambassador, NJ. Cambon, n
superb silver loving cup in recognition
of his friendly services in the negotia-
tons which restored peace between the
United States and Spain.
Gov. Pointer, on receiving word that
the First Nebraska regiment had sailed
from Manila for home. issued proc
lamation calling upon the people of the
state to give them fitting welcome on
their return.
The navy pay officers have prepared n
table showing the rate of pay of naval
officers. Admiral Dewey will receive
$3.50 n day, 1926 n month and $4,000
year.
During the fiscal year just closed TO-
1913 men were enlisted in the naval serv-
ice, of whom 2,14T were enlisted for the
war only.
The receipts of the United States pat
cnt Office for the last fiscal year were 81, :
2O0,G54, which leaves a balance to the
credit of the patent fund of $40, 900 over
expenditures.
Fred Culvert, who claims to be the
champion walker of the world, started
from Milwaukee to walk 400 miles in
80 days.
A flood washed away the village of
Dewey, Tex, and il was feared that
many lives were lost.
At New Brunswick. n. j., the large
plant of the Beacon Light Lamp com
pany was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss, $150,0O0.
A Denver & Rio Grande passenger
train was wrecked eight miles west of
Leadville, Col, and nine persons were
injured.
William Ludwig, of Rockwell City,
Ia, shot and killed his former fiance,
20-year-old Bertha Whiteside. at her
home in Dcs Moines, and then killed
himself.
The corner stone of the new state
capitol was laid at Helena. Mont.
William j. Elliott, former editor of
the Columbus CO., Sunday Capital, was
pardoned from the penitentiary where
he was serving life sentence by Gov.
Bushnell on condition that he leave the
state. ~,
United States secret service agents
arrested five men in Pittsburgh, Pa, on
suspicion of their being implicated in
counterfeiting scheme. The city was
flooded with bogus dollars.
Twenty-eight Chicago couples took
advantage of the national holiday and
crossed the lake and mere married in
st. Joseph, Mich.
Fire destroyed the Gayoso hotel, one
of the oldest landmarks of Memphis,
Tenn, and several other buildings, the
loss being $4j0,O00, and ex-Fire Chief
Cleary was killed.
The twenty-fourth annual convention
of the National Amateur Press associa-
ton began in CHICAGO.
Fire at Pratt City, Ala, burned 40
buildings.
Pleas Wynn and Catlett Upton were
hanged at Sevierville, Tenn, for the
murder of William and Laura Whalley
on December %, 1898. ~
The fire losses Of the United States
and Canada for the first half of 1890
aggregate $65,699, $50 or about 81, ACC, 900
more than in the same period of 1898.
Rev. DIR. Francis T.. Clark was re-
elected president of the United Society
OF Christian Endeavor at the annual
meeting in Detroit, Mich, and John
Willis Baer was reelected secretary and
William Shaw treasurer.
A tornado at Ainsworth, Neb., killed
one woman and wrecked houses, barns,
fences and bridges.