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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
MAUNA LOA SUBSIDIES.
Eruption OF the Big Volcano Ceases
ms Suddenly as 1t Bcgnn-f'nrth-
| Uuakcs Shake the Island.

San Francisco, Aug. 1.--Mauna Loa,
the big volcano on the Island of Hawaii,
has subsidized and the flow of lava has
STONED. The cessation of the flow oc-
Cured almost as suddenly rs the out
break. Those who took their last
glance at Mauna Loa's stream of fire on
the evening of July % were astonished
TO observe on the morning of the gath
that the eruptions had ceased. During
that day the whole Island of Hawaii
was shaken with earthquakes of great
err or less severity. There was no dam
age done, however. Many of the old
Kamaainas say these disturbances are
sure signs that Nine. Pele (the goddess
of the volcano) is taking u rest. only to
break forth with renewed fury in a few
DAVIS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
NOT GUILTY.
Gems. TOrnI and Pnrejn Acquitted of
the Charge of Premature Sur
rendering at Santiago.

Madrid, Aug. THE supreme court
martial before which Gems. Toral and
Pareja have been on trial, charged with
surrendering Santiago de Cuba to the
United States forces without having ex-
hausted all means of defense, has ac-
quilted both officers on the ground that
they acted upon the orders of their SUI
periors, and only surrendered when it
was impossible to do otherwise. The
judgment severely censures those in
high command in the colonies and in
Spain, as well as the governments re-
sponsible for the lack of resources for
the defense of the colonies. 1t was rem
dered by majority of one vote only,
and is not well received by the press and
public, who wanted a clearer exposure
of relative responsibility.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
A "HOT" COLD BANQUET.
Some Inside Information by a Waiter
from the Bowery Who Helped
n Serve 1t.

One of the walters at popular local res.
taurant is a bird OF passage from the Bow
cry and was a member OF the small army
that served the famous dollar Dinner" in
New York last April. good many stories
have been told of that memorable event,
but none of them surpass his own in point
OF picturesqueness and inside detail. 1T
was the funniest push was ever in in me
life" he says, contdentially. "The kitchen
was so small they had to cook everything
on the outside, and when it got there it was
I dead cold. The second course was haddock,
and each fish come served in linen bag,
so we could put EN- in tubs of hot water
and warm 'em up--see? WE'LL some of the
boys got ratified and served 'em bags and
all, with egg sauce over tn outside. Say,
you'd of died laughing seeing them fellers
tryin' to carve their fish. This is the tough
est auld paddock liver tackled in me life,
says one Tammany man at the head table );
it's got skin like rhinoceris, says he
In the. kitchen there was a riot all night
long. 1t was so small the walters couldn't
reach the dishers-up and they got to scrap
ping for front places in the line. One man
was knocked stiff with a turkey, and when
they picked him up | thought he was dead.
/ did, on the level. But it wasn't blood. II
was only cranberry sauce. Another turnkey
fell into the salad and one of the cooks put
can of ice cream in the oven, thinking it
was brown gravy for the beef. That's on
the square-just as I'm tellin' you! But the
worst OF all was when we came to the wine.
1t was 'Merican champagne in half pints,
without ice, and of all the kicking and hol.
lering! One fresh gent told me it was the
only thing he had had that night that was
good and warm, and he had hardly said it
when waiter that was little jagged ac.
cldentally poured about a quart of boilin'
coffee down the back of his neck Say, you
ought of heard him cuss! Between you and
me, good many walters got to hitting the
wine, and they found one of EN- with Is.
empty bottles in his pants leg. That's hon
est / saw it myself; 1t was the hottest ban
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
A WHITE GOVERNOR.
eminent of the samoan Islands
ms Agreed To.

San Francisco, Aug. THE United
States steamer Badger, with two of the
Samoan commissioners, arrived Sum
day, eight days from Honolulu and 10
days from Apia. United States Com
missioner Bartlett Trip and the rep
resentative of Germany, Baron Stern
berg, made the trip from Samoa with
out their conferree, c. ii. +. Elliott, the
commissioners for Great Britain, who
sailed from Apia to New Zealand, in
tending TO proceed by way of Australia
to London to report to his government,
not returning for the present to the
United States. Samoan Commissioners
Trip and Won Sternberg were landed
before the Badger locked and proceed
ed at once to their hotel. Their voyage
from Honolulu was uneventful. The
commissioners will remain here until
tonight, when they will depart for
Washington on the overland train.
The latter days of the commissions
stay in Samoa were devoted to evolving
political organism that would be sat
isfactory to the Samoans and would
work SATISFACTORILY W All par WIN
cerned under the tripartite treaty. A
scheme was adopted. The members OF
the commission decline to state its par
ticulars until it has been referred to
their respective governments, but they
have given out TINT Samoa will in flu
ture be ruled by a white governor, APP
pointed by the three powers, much ms
the chief justice is at present. There
will be native council, or legislature,
but the governor will have the veto
power and the chief justice will be the
final authority in the land, from whom
there will be no appeal
This Arrangement met the approval
of the Samoans. The day before the
commission sailed delegations of IS
men from each faction met on the
Badger and signed the articles, thus
officially approving the arrangement in
the name of their respective chiefs, Ma
taafa and Maletoa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

The United States military post at
Dyea, Alaska, was destroyed by fire.
Gen. Russell a. Alger was warmly
welcomed by people from every section
of Michigan upon his arrival at his
home in Detroit.
A tornado at Elizabeth, n. j., dam
aged three churches, two theaters and
several houses, causing loss of $780,
COO.
William c. Lowering, Massachusetts
congressman, was robbed in Brussels,
Belgium, of $4,000 in cash.
The yellow fever situation at IIamp-
ton, Va, is improving. No new cases
were reported.
A cloudburst in the canyon near Nor
rison, Col, caused the loss of several
lives.
The worlds bicycle record for 1000
miles was broken in Minneapolis by
a. A. Hansen, who covered the distance
in % hours and "A minutes.
Mrs. Maggie Walton and Mrs. Ida
Ontsis, sisters, were drowned in the Sa-
vannah river at Augusta, Ga, while
bathing.
Louis Henderson, negro, was
lynched by mob at Blakeley, Ga, for
attempting to assault the siX-year-old
daughter of j. w. Bowman, a planter.
In st. Mary's and Calvert counties in
Maryland n storm caused great damage
to buildings and six persons were killed.
John l.. Sullivan, eX-ehampion of TIE
prize ring, has opened n saloon in New
York.
At the annual conference in Birming-
ham, Ala, of the presiding elders of the
African Methodist Episcopal council of
Georgia and Alabama resolution was
adopted calling upon congress to APP
propriate $100,000,0C0 to deport negroes
from this country TO whatever place or
places il may be deemed best.
Arlington paced mile in 2:07H at
Youngstown, o., being the fastest mile
ever raced on n half-mic track.
Ilenna Ilauscr, treasurer of New
York theater, jumped from the Brook
Ign bridge into the water and was res
cued without serious injury.
The Pennsylvania troops from Ma
Mia disembarlcd from the transport
Senator in San Francisco and were
given hearty welcome.
The yellow fever situation at lamp
ton, Va, continues favorable and en-
couraging.
Major Taylor lowered in Chicago the
worlds bicycle record for a paced mile
to 1:22 20.
During n storm at Preston, Mimi,
mills, buildings and bridges were de-
molished.
News from Dawson, Alaska, say that
thousands Of men are idle and loahng
on every stree tcorner.
\ storm swept over Westmoreland,
Stafford and King George counties, Va,
and crops were damaged, trees blown
down, several houses were unroofed
and horses and cattle were killed by
lightning.
Violence again marked the street rail-
road strike in Cleveland, o., and the au-
thorities were becoming alarmed, par
ticularly so because all the militia, cX-
ccpt two companies, have been sent
home.
At the Epworth assembly at Lincoln,
Neb., Rev w. II. Milburn, the blind chap
lain of the national congress, was pros
trated by the heat while in the pulpit
and was in serious condition.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
FOREIGN.

Advices received in Manila from Ne
gros say that Capt. Simpson with n
force of the Sixth infantry pursued and
overlook n party Of bandits and killed
10 of them without any loss 10 the
American forces. The North Dakota,
Idaho and Wyoming infantry sailed
from Manila for San Francisco on board
the transport Grant.
Sir James Edgar, speaker of the house
OF commons, died at Toronto, Ont.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, ambassador of
Great britain to the United States, has
been raised to the peerage.
The United States cruiser Olympia,
with Admiral Dewey aboard, started
from Trieste for Naples.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
FOREIGN BITS OF INTEREST.

King Menelek of Abyssinia has sent
two zebras as u present to Queen Vic
toria.
A set of maps of the time of Ptolemy,
the geographer, has been found in some
eleventh century manuscripts in the
vatican library, according to the
Tablet.
Belgium exports 100000 dressed
rabbits yearly to England. They weigh
from six to eight pounds apiece, and
the rabbit crop sells for s1,l70,ooO on
the average.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Fee Strangely Earned.

1t was on the night of the JeifriesFitz-
simmons prize fight, and a man reached the
West side apartment house in which he
lived about two o'clock. A search of all his
pockets failed to bring forth his bunch of
keys. He rang the bell repeatedly for the
jantor, but could get no response. lie was
exceedingly tired, there was no hotel in the
neighborhood, and, besides, there were fam
lily reasons why it was inadvisable for him
to spend the rest of the night away from
home. The sight OF physicians night bell
gave him an idea. He pushed the button
hard for 80 seconds or more. In due sea-
son the physician came to the door and
opened it.
What is your fee for night calls?" asked
the locked-out individual.
-Four dollars was the astonished reply.
All right, here you are. | was locked out
and couldn't get in. Sorry TO trouble you"
and he began his weary march upstairs,
happy in the thought of the evils he had es-
caped.-N. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

Last year the North German Lloyd
took in SAIL O5, as compared with
$2,779,73O in 1897 and s2,4s4,25O in 1896.
The amount distributed in dividends
was $1,050,O0O, while in 1897 it was
100000 and in 1896, 100000. The
greater part of the increase came from
the Atlantic trade.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Mrs. johnson
Saved from
Insanity by
Mrs. Pisskkliasss

menccd to have spells with my spine.
Every month grew worse and at last.
became SO bad that 1 found 1 was
gradually losing my mind.
1.-THE doctors treated me for female
troubles, but I got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
i was advised by friend to give Lydia,
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before / had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise It,
advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give It a
fair trial. / thank you for your good
medicine. "-MRs. GERTRUDE M. JOHN
son, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Population of Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 7.-Oficial fig
ures show Kansas is making steady,
healthy advance in population. The
enumerating made by assessors for
March, 1899, compiled by the state board
of agriculture, gives total of !, 425,112
inhabitants. which is net increase over
1895 of 81 LAB, or 2.5 per cent.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

Secretary Hay, as is well known, is
n devout Omar Khayyamite. 1t is not,
however, so we'll known that his collec-
ton of editions of the Rubaiyat is sec
oDd only in this country to that of
Nathan Haskell Dole.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Twenty Dead.

BY noon II had been recovered. Three
other persons were taken on board the
Sappho and died on the way to Bar
Harbor. The exact number of dead
will not be known for some time yet,
as strong tide sweeps under the pier
and some bodies may have been carried
away by it. A diver, who was set to
work without delay, was engaged in
his search until five o'clock, but only II
bodies were found.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Mrs. Perkins Letter.

"I had female trouble of all kinds.
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
/ began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS, PEARL, La.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth of my first
child, / COM
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Thrown INTO THE WATER.
4 Score of Persons Perish mt Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. IA score Of
persons were killed Sunday by the
collapse of the gang plank of the Mount
Desert Ferry. Seventeen were drowned
and three died from the terrible ex-
periencc of immersion in the wa
ter and injuries while struggling
for life The Maine Central rail
road ran excursions 10 Bar llarbor from
all sections of its line in Maine, the at
traction being the warships which were
expected Sunday. All the morning long
trains packed with eXcursionists were
rushing 10 Bar IIarbor. The train
which left Bangor AT S:25 consisted of
- ears damned with people. At Mount
Desert Ferry, the terminus of the line,
the train is left for the boat, for an
eight-mie sail 10 Bar IIarbor. From
the wharf slip or gang plank 40 feet
long and ten feet wide, led up TO the
boat The slip was hinged at the in
ner end, and was raised or lowered to
suit the tide. The wharf extends on
both sides of the lush with the end of
the wooden gang plank. Five timbers,
four by twelve inches, set vertically,
ran the length of the plank, and these
were crossed by two-inch planking. 1t
is said that there was no support for the
plank between the hinges at the outer
end
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

LETTER TO MRS. PISKHAN NO. o3.1841
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-For some
time have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit 1
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
HARVEST FOR DEATH.
Disasters in the East Cause Loss
of Many Lives.
Trolley Car PIunges from n Trestle In
Connecticut - Thirty-Six Killed -
Gang PIank BreuIs In Maine
and a Score Perish.

bridgeport, conn.,, aug. Nearly ~
persons were killed by an accident on
the Stratford extension of the Shelton
Street Railway company at four o'clock
Sunday afternoon when a loaded troll
ley car went off the trestle over Peck's
millpond at Oronoque, about six miles
north of bridgeport, and sank in the
flats 40 feet below. Thus far 30 people
are known to be dead and several more
injured.
Only Two Escape.
Only two persons are known to have
escaped unframed. 1t is believed that
there were 43 passengers on the car,
but the Indicator was removed by con-
ductor of another car and spirited
away, so that at present it is impossible
to state accurately the number aboard.
The scene of the accident is midway
between Shelton and Bridgeport. The
ear was north-bound, running toward
Shelton. II was in charge of Conductor
John Carroll. of Bridgeport. who was
among the killed, and Motorman Ham
llton, of Bridgeport, who escaped by
Jumping.
Plunged from the TrestIe.
The trestle is 440 feet long, made Of
iron, with stone foundations. and was
not protected by guard rails. South
of the trestle is an incline, down which
the car ran at high rate of speed.
After it ran onto the trestle for about
ten feet the trucks left the rails and
then the ear continued on the ties for
about IS feet, when it went off the
trestle and dropped into the pond be.
low, overturning completely and up
ending. When the car struck the four
ton motor and the heavy trucks crushed
into it, instantly killing many of the
passengers.
The Stratford town hail. where the
bodies were taken, was soon besieged
by more than 1000 persons, some of
| whom had relatives or friends among
the dead. and the deputy sher-
ifs in charge had much difficulty
in handling the crowd of weep
ing women and anxious men. All the
bodies of the Bridgeport dead and the
few unidentified were taken to the
morgue at Bridgeport. 1t has been as
certained that 40 fares were registered,
and these with the young children that
did not have TO pay, the motorman and
conductor and an extra motorman who
was being taught. make the probable
number on the car AZ.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

The Nickel Plate Road with its Peerless
Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily and I'm
excelled Dining Car Service, offers rates
lower than via other lines. The Short Line
between Chicago, Buffalo, New York and
Boston
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

1t is a mighty good thing that the Lord
Ananias. Washington 0a.) Democrat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
Gang Plank Gives Away.

When the excursion train from Ban
gor arrived at the ferry there was Il
rush for the steamer Sapphet. The first
few passengers had crossed the gang
plank safely, and it is estimated that
200 people were massed upon the plank
Suddenly they felt the plank give way
beneath them. The long timber sup
porting the plank broke in the middle.
The hinges held up one end and the
chain the other, while the broken ends
of the plank dropped, and a struggling,
screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water, Is feet below
the wharf. A few clung to the inclined
sides of the plank, but at least $50 were
struggling in the water. The piling of
the wharf partially penned them in on
three sides and the boat lying at the
wharf closed the other end of the open
Ing.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-01-19
Does a Land office Business"

A smooth scoundrtl has been operating
among the people of Kittitas county and
forty or more people are now mourning
the loss OF their hard earned cash. This
man, who will be nameless for the pres
ent IN order to more effectuaily assist in
his apprehension, has been working a
confidence game on the uDsuspecting that
in its far reaching effects throws the time
dishonored gold brick fake into innocu-
GUS desuetude, il the use of this term is
not above the reporters station in life.
The bunco steerer goes to person and
tells him he can put him onto good
piece of timber land and If he will pay
the steerer $25 and for the publication,
$3.50, the steerer will help him make final
proof and deposit the necessary $500 pay.
ment to the government, taking a prom
issory note with interest to reimburse
himself. BY some such scheme over forty
people in kittitas county were swindled
last November, and about all they have
to show for the $1,000 paid to the swindler
is the advertisement they got in the
Ellensburg Capital notifying the public
that they desired to avail themselves of
an act of congress for the sale of timber
lands, etc. What action the government
may take with these swindled and de-
luded people remains to be seen. though
clearly, if they have done wrong, it has
been through ignorance. In taking up
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-01-19

Prof. Barge returned from Olympia on
Friday night. He says that Representa-.
tive EDglehart is the most sought after
of any legislator there. The re election
OF Wilson, he thinks, is assured, hut in
the event OF his defeat, the election of
Foster would be very probable. The
message of Gov. Rogers was highly
spoken of in the main
The persuasive power of printers ink
is something startling at times. The
Chicago dry goods store made liberal use
OF THE HERALD's presses last week, and
shortly after the store were opened this
morning there was such a rush that the
doors had to be locked to keep the crowd
away until those inside were supplied.
Frank Rudkin and II. J. Snively on
Friday last secured a new trial and stay
OF Judgment in the case of the State vs..
Harry Roberts, charged with false swear
ing as an election officer, he having made
bet on the result OF the election while
acting as judge. This practically ends the
matter.
George Hanlon died in Yakima City on
Sunday OF consumption and was buried
on Monday. He was a middle aged man
and leaves a wife and six children in
poverty. Tom Butler secured some
money by subscription to bury him and
had surplus of $l5 for the family.
A. j. Bailey, presiding elder OF this
district for the Congregational church,
arrived 10 North Yakima on Monday
from Seattle. He held business meet
ing of the directors of Ahtanum acad-
envy at Hotel Yakima before leaving the
city.
A. ID. Sloan returned from Roslyn last
night much improved in health, but is
still pretty weak, and will not be able to
resume charge OF the drug store for sew
eral days.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-01-19
The CALIFORNIAN Banquet.

The Robert Burns anniversary on the
18th of January promises to excel all
others held in Yakima. The Hotel Yak
ina will be the scene of feast of reason
and flow of soul that will not be con-
fined solely to Scotchmen. Many Of the
finest speakers and singers of the valley
will be there, and the menu, or "viberis
an gestics," will regsle the inner man as
never before. VIM. Ker will act as toast.
master and in that respect he is a host
within himself. A piper, also, will play
Scottish airs and the singers add to the
general enjoyment. A great interest is
manifested and the numbers admitted
must be limited or there will be standing
room only.