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The Mena star., 1899-05-18
A Probable Rallroad Combination.

prevails among local railroad men that the Chicago X Eastern Illinois road is going to be broadened into much larger and more important system. It is said that combination is now be- ing worked on that will bring the Eastern Illinois, the Mobile & Ohio and the St. Louis Southwestern into a very close traffic arrangement if the deal does not reach the dignity of a combination.
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Equal Rights for An.

Wichita, Kan. May 17.-Federal Judge Hook, on the bench to-day, said that if the. county commissioners had remitted tax penalties for individuals that are hard up. that the corporations in difficulties should be considered equally. The Wichita X Western rail- road receivers paid the flat tax and suit was brought to recover the tax penal ties
The Mena star., 1899-05-18
Lumber Famine Ts Responsible.

Topeka, Kan, May Fifty em- ployes of the carpenter department of the Santa Fe shops were laid off yes terday. The reason given is the com. pany's inability to obtain the lumber needed to continue work on the big consignment of box cars now under construction. It is stated in railroad circles that the lumber famine is un- precedented.
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Two Men Burned to Death.

Waukegan. ILL, May 1.-The bodies of two Austrians, Joseph Zurgnis and Joseph Grants. were found among the ruins of the fire at the sugar refinery. They had been missed and search in tho ruins brought forth their partially consumed remains
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This Prisoner win Be shot.

Ogden. Utah. May'17. This morAing ct Brigham City Judge Hart pro- nounced sentence of denth on Abe Majors, convicted of killing Captain of Police Brown. of Ogden. On April 90. The prisoner elected to be shot and the sentence will be carried out July between ten a. m. and four ?. m.
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Only Conditional Pardons.

Topeka, Kan. May l7.-Gov. Stanley has announced new method of han ding the penal servitude problem. He says he win pardon criminals condi- tionaiiy hereafter. Pardoncd convicts
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BASEBALL GAMES.
National Eeapue

At St. Louis-St L ouiS 4, Louisville 1. At ashington-W ashington 5, Boston 2. At Baltimore Baltimore 5. New York 3. At Pittsburgh-Chicag 4, Pittsburgh B. At Cleveland-C Cincinnati 3, Cleveland ?. At Brooklyn Brooklyn 8, Philadelphia 5.
 STANDING OF THE CI,rBs
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James T. Tufts, of Atchison, Kan, has been appointed private secretary to Assistant Secretary Ryan. of the interior department. Mir. Tufts served as Mf. Ryan's private secretary when the assistant secretary was member of congress.
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must either leave the state or lead ex- eInplary lives. Failure to comply for feits freedom and the convict will be recommitted to the penitentiary.
 TROOPS PATROL ClENFuE0OS.
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Judge Burweil. at Tecumseh, Ok. has sentenced George c. Boggs. ex- postmaster at Shawnee. to four years in the federal penitentiary. Boggs was convicted of robbing the malls
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renshein, the national liberal membc1. ot the reichstag, has dona ted 5000, 006 marks toward the tuberculosis asyls.m movement.
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Western Iaapue.

At Kansas City Milwaukee H. Kansas City II. At Buffalo-Buffalo 5, Columbus f. At Indianapolis indianapolis 3, Detroit g.
 A nlr r,trr
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Gift to Tuberculosis Asxium. Berlin. May Baron heyl Sen 'lss-
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CUBAN SITUATION CRAVE.
A Correspondent Says That Armed Manifestation Against the
 United States Is Likely.
BROOKE'S POLICY CAUSES BITTERNESS

That Any Alarm Need Re Felt-Com. munications Received from Gen. Brooke Not Made Public-The Cuban Generals Causing the Trouble.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
BECKER CONFESSES.
Chicago Butcher, Suspected of wife
Murder, Says He Threw the
Woman Into the Lake.

Chicago. March 2.-Albert Becker,
the South side butcher, who has been in
custody for week on suspicion of hav-
ing murdered his first wife. Teresa
Becker. broke down Wednesday night
under the long-continued cross ques-
tioning of the police and made a com
plete confession. II killed her on Jan
uary o." said Becker. defantly. I'VE
were walking on the Randolph street
viaduct and began quarreling. / be-
came angry and threw her into the lake.
Then l went home"
Becker's story of the crime is looked
upon with suspicion by many officers
who have been working on the case.
All evidence gathered has indicated u
far more brutal method of murder than
drowning. and the opinion is expressed
that Becker, finding himself corncred.
told the story that reflected as Lightly
as possible on himself
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11

Gen. Reyes, the rebel commander in
Nicaragua, surrendered voluntarily at
Managua 10 American and British naval
officers.
The American flag has been raised
over Guam, and Commander Taussig,
of the Bennington, is the first Ameri-
can governor OF the island.
The Spanish senate has denied Ad-
miral Cervera the seat in that body to
which he was elected until charges
against him have been examined.
Senior Cuestas has been elected presi-
dent OF Uruguay.
Premier Sagasta handed the resigna-
ton Of the ministry to the queen regent
of Spain.
Joseph II. Choate, the new American
ambassador TO the court of ST. James,
arrived in London.
The Dominion Steamship company's
liner Labrador, carrying 100 officers and
men and SO passengers, was wrecked
on the coast of Scotland, but the passen-
gers and crew were all saved.
\ court-martial in Madrid sentenced
Gen. Toral. who surrendered Santiago
10 the Americans, TO a term in a mill
tary prison.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
HEALTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Injurious LabOrs In Home Life ana
How They Mny he Avoided. Z

Among all the misunderstanding oecupa-
tions in which the housewife may engage
none is more productive OF harm than Is
the back-breaking, muscle-twlstlng, nerve
destroying operation OF washing and scrub
bing clothes upon the ordinary wash-board.
The woman who stands over the tub inhal-
ing the hot, unwholesome vapors cannot
hope to maintain good health, to say moth
ing OF the effect of being confined to a
STOPPING, unnatural position, which, in time,
will wreck the strongest constitution. DO
not wreck health and happiness over the
washtub in this day of washing machines.
Get the best mechanism in this line, and re-
lease yourself from the CALLING slavery of
the wash.board-that instrument of domes-
tic torture which is answerable for nine
tenths OF the diseases with which our wom-
ankind is cursed. Take, for example, the
Rocker Washer, which is the representative
product in this line, and compare its work
and its results with the labors OF the old
style blue Monday wash day. Not only
does this washer do the work in fraction
OF the time consumed by the old-fashioned
methods, but it does it much more thor
oughly, the clothes being whittier, sweeter
and cleaner than could possibly be the case
were the garments cleaned by hand
For the convenience OF our readers who
realize that the highest class article in any
department OF domestic equipment is not
only the most satisfactory, but in the end
rs really the cheapest, we would state the
washer in question may be had from the
Rocker Washer Company, TT. Wayne, Ind.
The woman who insists upon continuing in
the notwithstanding methods and the man
who permits such a cruel and unnecessary
sacrifice has much to answer for. When
work can be done more quickly and far bet
ter without the slightest risk to health it
is a crime to persist in what causes such
general and widespread harm. The woman
who dscar3s the dashboard for the Rocker
Washer WILL at the end of the year, be
brighter better, healthier and happier for
the change, and could never be persuaded to
return again to the days of her degrading
and unnecessary slavery. II. Meyers, NJ.
D., in American Journal of Health
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
personal AND POLITICAL.

EX-Gov. j. Madison Wells, OF Louisi-
ana, died at his home at Lecompte at
the advanced age of 81 years.
The Michigan prohibitionists met in
Jackson and nominated Frank II. Clark
for justice of the supreme court and F..
S. Goodrich and Noah W. Cheever for
regents Of the university. The plat
form fayors woman's suffrage and the
adoption OF the initiative and referen-
dun.
Samuel Mcintyre died al his home
near Princeton, y. j.. aged lC2 years.
\ new national political party. to be
known as the union reform party, was
organized in Cincinnati, its chief plank
being the initiative and referendum.
Michigan republicans met in Jackson
and renominated Claudius f.. Grant for
justice of the supreme court and III. S.
Dean and Eli Il. Sutton for regents of
the state university. The platform in
dorses the state and national admins
trations.
The prohibition convention at Provi-
dence. Il. l., nominated Joseph \. Peck
ham, of Middletown, for governor
The SEVENTEEN anniversary Of the
birth Of Carl Schurz was celebrated in
New York.
Representative John w. Crawford, Of
the Fourth congressional district Of
Texas. died in Washington of heart dis
case, aged Sc years
Herman ID. Gable. widely known in
the music trade, both in this country
and abroad died in Evanston. ILL.,, aged
so years.
X. Hayden. editor OF the Weekly Tn
derwriter and publisher Of the Annual
Encyclopedia of Insurance, died in East
Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Cornelia Jackson, better known
On the stage as Connie Jackson. the
only sister Of Joseph jefferson. died at
her home in New York, aged GO years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
Death of j. Madison wells.

New Orleans, March 1.-EN-Gov. J..
Madison Wells. notable character in
the reconstruction history Of this state,
died Tuesday M his old home at Le-
compte, in Rapidcs parish, aged 81
years. He served as governor Of this
state for two years or more. taking his
seat in 1864. and was also upon the re-
turning board the result Of whose
work helped TO place President Hayes
in the chief executive chair of the
United States For many years past he
has lived in retirement upon his ex-
tensiye plantations.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.

On the 9th the senate passed the COM
promise army reorganization bill with an
amendment providing that the army shall
not be increased permanently or beyond
July ], 1901 In the house the army aD-
preparation bill and the bill making appro-
priation for the Notifications and coast
dcfcnses were passed and n favorable re-
port was made on the proposed coEstitu-
t!onal amendment prohibiting polygamists
from being elected TO congress.
In the senate on the 2Sth ult tho sundry
civil appropriation bill and a large num-
Der OF public building bills were passed. the
nominations OF c. c. Kohlsaat as Judge Of
the United States court for the northern
district OF Illinois and William X. Day rs
judge in the Sixth United States circuit
were confirmed, and q new eNtradltion
treaty between the United States and Mex
tco was received from the president. In
the house the general deficiency appropri-
alton bill 1921, OS9. $50 was reported and
many public building bills were passed.
The senate army reorganization bin was
referred TO the military committee.
on the LIST the house bill approprIating
s2D,O00.OOO to carry out the obligations of
the treaty between the United States and
Spain was passed In the senate,
as was also the naval appropriation
bill. carrying a9.2 1853 Eulogies up
on the late Representative Dingley
were pronounced In the house the
senate Dill Tor Inc ftOTRanlHatlDn OF tne
army was passed by "A vote OF 2n3 to 90. and
the senate bill creating the Office OF adj
iniral of the navy was also passed. Con-
ference reports were agreed to on the
naval personnel bill and the census bill.
The senate amendments to the river and
harbor bill were non-Concurred in.
In the senate on the 81 the fortihcations
appropriation bill and the bill providing
n code Of criminal laws for the District Of
Alaska were passed and the calendar was
cleared Of private pension bills,.in the
house bills were passed appropriating
$500, 600 each for government exhibits at the
Niagara and Toledo cXpositions In 1901. An
attempt TO consider the resolutions re-
ported by the judiciary committee declar-
ing that Cen. Wheeler and others who ac-
Ccpted commissions in the army had there
by vacated their seats failed. ..'.,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
DOMESTIC.

The worst storm of the season so far
as the railroads are concerned was rag
ing in Wyoming and all railroad cuts
were filed and no trains moving.
The cotton manufacturers Of Rhode
Island and New Bedford, Mass, will re-
store the wages of their operatives TO
the 1895 schedule.
Roland Il. Molincux was placed in the
Tombs in New York. accused of sending
10 ii. S. Cornish the poison that killed
Mrs. Katherine j. Adams on Deem.
Der 2S.
At caucus of the democratic mem
bers of the house of representatives in
Washington resolution was adopted
declaring that the United States here
by dsclaims any disposition or inten-
ton to exercise permanent sovereignty.
jurisdiction or control over the Philip
pines"
The Windsor hotel, the opera house
and several other buildings were de-
stroycd by fire in Holyoke, Mass, the
loss being 100000.
In a tornado at Tazoo City, Miss, two
persons were killed, 100 people were
made homeless and pcnnilcss and the
losses to property will reach thousands
OF dollars.
Fifty-three Spanish miners who ar
rived in New York on the Umbria des.
tined for the west were ordered de-
ported.
The last Of the annual series Of cabi-
net dinners was given by Secretary of
the Navy Long. who entertained the
president and Mrs. Mckinley aboard
the Dolphin.
The customs receipts for February
were Sl6,021, 900, the largest received by
the United States treasury since 1898.
Fire in Louisville, KY, wiped out sew
eral business houses, entailing loss
of 100000.
The president sent TO the senate an
inventory of the property of the Ha-
waiian government transferred to the
United States under the act of annexa-
tion, the total valuation being placed at
s1o,s73, 4oG.
In Baltimore Gov. Lowndes present
ed to Rear Admiral Schley, on behalf
of the people Of Maryland, a medal OF
gold and diamonds Of great intrinsic
worth.
Jesse James, Jr., charged with COM
plicity in the robbery Of n Missouri
Pacific train near Leeds. Mo-. was de-
clared not guilty in Kansas City.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST shows that the debt increased
$5,279,641 during the month of Febru-
cry. The cash balance in the treasury
wns soos, 350,971 The total debt, less |
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to $157.o04.391.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
GIVES PROOF OF FRIENDSHIP.
Germany Orders Withdrawal of All
Her Vessels frem Philip
pine Waters.

Washington, March 1.-The German
government has set at rest, effectually.
the rumors of a purpose on its part, di-
rectly or indirectly, to embarrass the
United States in the Philippine islands,
and has given a signal manifestation of
its desire to promote the most cordial
relations between Germany and the
United States by ordering the with
drawal OF all vessels of its navy from
Philippine waters, and placing the lives
and property of its subjects there under
the protection of the United States gov
eminent. The action taken is regarded
here as master stroke in diplomacy by
which will be removed all possibility of
a clash between German and American
interests in and about Manila, and
notice TO all the world and especially to
any Americans who entertained any
suspicious of sinister designs by Ger
many, of the wish and purpose of the
German empire TO cultivate the friend
ship of the United States. By ii Ger
many al once places the protection of
all her large interests in the islands al
most completely in our hands.
TheeGerman government followed
its announcement TO the state depart
ment of purpose TO order its vessels
away from the Philippines with for
NAL application TO the United States
government to take the protection of
all the Germans in the Philippines. not
only in person, but in property. This
was regarded as q signal manifesto
ton of confidence that the administra-
tion felt could not be resisted, and as
practically formal notice that the Ger
mans have no Interior purpose in the
Philippines, and rather than be SUBJ
jected TO suspicion on that score had
taken the course of turning over the
care of the welfare of their citizens to
the United States government.
r-fhe president very promptly accept
ed the trust, and there will be no Ger
man ships at either Manila or Iloilo to
disturb the relations between the two
countries by forming the base of SEN
sational and false rumors.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
WAGES ARE RAISED.
Thousands of Employees Will Be
Benefited.
General Prosperity In the Various
Industries Warrants the In
crease-voluntnry I'm
Many Cases.

New York, March BIN its review of
trade conditions, the Iron Age says
that the iron and steel markets are
booming and seem now entirely out
of the control of the sellers. Advances
have taken place along the whole line
of finished iron and steel. \ sharp adj
vance has taken place in wire products,
and in tin plate further upward move
is imminent.
VIII Affect 10000 Hands.
Manchester. y. H., March 3.--The di-
rectors Of the Amoskeag corporation
voted TO restore the wages of 1897 after
April 3. The increase amounts 10 more
than ten per cent. The company en-
ploys 10000 hands.
VIII Raise wages April 1.
Lebanon. Pa. March 3.--The manage
ment OF the Pennsylvania bolt and nut
works announces a ten per cent. in
crease in wages in the pudding and
rolling mill departnents TO take eff
feet April /. The lebanon Solliug mills
also gives notice of similar increase
in the wages Of the employees Of that
establishment. The employees Of
Swede's furnace at Norristown have re-
ceived ten per cent. advance.
Advance Wages OF Mil Hands.
Cleveland, O.. March within the
past two days fully 5000 workmen,
largely employed in the various mills
controlled by the American Steel and
Wire company in this city, have been
notified of an increase in wages ranging
from five to ten per cent. The food of
orders, revival in the steel trade ard adj
vance in prices for finished material
are given as reasons for the advance.
VIII Benefit Thousands.
Chicago. March 3.-The American Tin
Plate company on Thursday gave no.
ticc Of an increase in the wages in all
its plants. The men affected are those
who have been receiving less than $3.50
per day, the increase ranging from five
TO ten per cent. day. Fully 10000 men
will be benefited by the advance.
4 Voluntary Increase.
Lawrence, Mass. March 3.-The Pa
cifc mills is 10 restore voluntarily the
wage schedule of its 5000 employees TO
that of year ago.
Marylle, Il. l.. March 8. - Every cot
ton mill in the Blackstone valley from
Woonsocket TO Providence will restore
to its employees the ten per cent. cut
down Of a year ago. About 200 per-
sons are benefited.
Chicago. March 1.-The Federal Steel
company has sent out notices of an adj
vance in wages in the Illinois and Wis
consin mills Of eight per cent. to take
effect to-day. The advance affects about
1900 workmen in Illinois and Wis
consin, and makes a difference in the
pay rolls in these two states of about
100000. President burlington. of the
FEDERAL Steel company. said the adj
vance was warranted by the general
pros perity in the iron and steel bust
ness. Coincidont with the advance of
the FEDERAL Steel company. the Ameri-
can Wire & Steel company increases
wages eight per cent, to go into effect
to-day
Baltimore, March 2.-The Maryland
Steel company. of Sparrows Point. has
announced 10 per cent. increase in the
wages of all its employees.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
HORRIBLE MURDER.
Clay Center, Knn.-HusbnnJ
and Father Missing.

Clay Center, Kan, March "a terri
bic murder was discovered Thursday
evening in Athelstone township, this
county. When a neighbor drove John
Gilbert's hogs home he was Mortified
TO find Mrs. Gilbert and her four chill
dren murdered. The boy was nine
years old, and the three girls three. five
and seven years, respectively. The
family had not been seen since Tuesday
night. The door was found locked and
the husband missing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
Iowa Republicans.

Des Moincs, Ia. March 3.-The re-
publican state central committee met
here Thursday to arrange for the next
state convention. Charles f. Pickett,
of Waterloo. was chosen for temporary
chairman of the state convention and
Howard L. Tcdford, of Mount Ayr, for
temporary secretary. The date and To-
cation OF the convention was not fixed.
but il is practically agreed that it shall
1e held in Dcs Moines early in August.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
Children Perish by Fire.

Omaha, Neb., March "A special TO
the Bee from Onawa. Ia. says: The
farmhouse occupied by the family of
Joshua >McGee, six miles from this
place, burned Friday forenoon and his
two children, boy three years of age
aud a baby girl, were burned to death.
The mother was fatally burned in at
tempting to rescue the children. The
husband and father was away from
Nome al the time
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-11
777-7-l77----
Killed a Young Girl.

Allentown. Pa, March Am fit of
jealousy Friday night Frank Krause, a
hostler at the Cedarville hotel. three
miles west of Allentown. shot and in
stantly killed Maggie Good, 20-year-
old servant at the hotel. lie also shot
Owen Kern. the proprietor. in the
head and abdomen, and he may die.
Then he shot Mrs. Kern in the arm.
Krause fed but was found at his broth
er's house helplessly drunk.