The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-03-18
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.

Ulttu DlultS Oll tue VII NuSs NHNh''
20.477, 900 bushels; corn, 30, 332 900 bush
els; oats, 10, O23, 900 bushels; rye, 1872
600 bushels; barley, 2,5G3, 600 bushels.
Josephine Kipling, the six-year-old
daughter of Rudyard Kipling, and the
oldest Of his three children, died in
New York from pneumonia. Mr.. Kip
ling is slowly recovering from the same
disease.
The Sixty-frst general assembly OF
Indiana adjourned sine die after the
usual two months sessions.
At the recent session of congress a
bill was passed that prohibits the sale
of Intoxicating liquors on Sunday in
the District Of Columbia.
Martha May McFillen, who was
found guilty in Sandusky, o., OF the
murder OF her lover, George Koehle,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. .. ~
John Gilbert, in Jail at Emporia,
Kan, confessed that he murdered his
wife and four small children near En-
terprise n few days ago.
The bodies of Mrs. Edwards, Par
thcnia Smith and Willie Jones were
found in the ruins Of burned house
near Wntonga, o. T. They had been
murdered.
Two men were killed and 10 injured
in collision on the Lake Shore road
at Westfield, n. Y.
President Mckinley has appointed
DIR. Fred II. Wines, of Springfield, ILL.,,
10 be assistant director of the census.
Waterbury & Marshall, formerly
members of the cordage trust, filed II
petition in bankruptcy in New York
with liabilities OF 100000
The Mary Holmes college for girls
and cotton press sheds were burned at
West Point, Miss, the loss being
100000.
Walla Tonka, the Indian murderer,
was not executed, as reported at South
McAlester, I. T., but was saved by the
intervention OF the United States
court.
Prairie fires were doing immense
damage to property in Nucces, Starr
and Duyal counties. Tex, and several
persons were burned to death.
John Lawson, of Chicago, known as
the Terrible Swede," won a 1O0-mile
bicycle race in San Jose, Cal, in 4:34: 80,
ma king new record.
The total number Of post office nom
nations sent to the senate by President
Mckinley at the last session was S3S.
Austin Bidwell, of Chicago, famous as
the man who swndled the Bank of
England out of SIS, 00O, 0CO, died in Butte,
Mont, aged SO years.
Both houses Of the legislature passed.
n bill prohibiting the practice Of Chris
tian science in Oklahoma.
After suffering for 25 years with pin
in her throat Mrs. Catherine Iiackman
died at Lebanon, Pa.
Anthracite coal mines of the east
and all of the railroads which control
them have been merged into n trust,
with a capitalization of $o00,00o,000.
Gov. Smith has vetoed the prize-fght
bill passed by the Montana legislature.
Fifty families in New York city were
made homeless by fire.
John c. Scofeld, now private secre-
tary to the assistant secretary of war,
has been appointed chief clerk Of the
war department.
President Mckinley has decided not
TO organize the provisional army of
$4,000 volunteers authorized by con-
gress, believing the regular army of
G5,00O will be sufficient.
The lower section Of West Virginia
was entirely under water and great
damage to property was reported.
All the hotels and n large number of
business places at Taiya, Alaska, have
been destroyed by fire.
Fire destroyed the Hungarian elc-
vators in Denver, Col, containing 3oo,-
600 bushels of wheat, the loss being
100000.
Gov. Tanner, of Illinois, has signed
the bill passed by the legislature re-
pealing the Allen railway law.
The governor vetoed the bill passed
by the legislature prohibiting the prac-
tice of Christian science in Oklahoma.
The president has decided that all Of
the volunteer troops in Cuba shall he
brought home and mustered out.
Fifty masked men rode into Missouri
City, Mo-, visited the homes of seven
men and gave each 40 lashes. The vic
Tins were accused of petty crimes.
The Kansas legislature has adjourned
sine die.
The nomination of William II. Mer-
Ram, Of Minnesota, to be director of
the census was confirmed in the exec
utive session OF the senate before final
adjou ument.
The xchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Sd aggregated
$2,151, ao3,992, against $1,e56, 01o, 613 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 1914.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, As years old,
and Mrs. Mary Fl. Perkins, 80 years old,
were killed and Abraham b. Hill, SO
years of age, was fatally burned in a
tenement house FIRE in Boston.