The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-09
LATER.

interior is being vigorously pushed and
the American troops continue to drive
back and disperse the scattered bands
encountered. Gen. Conon has surren-
dered 500 officers and men with rifles,
several American and 20 Spanish pris-
oners and the garrison at Bayombong.
Secretary of State Hay denies that
there is an alliance between England
and the United States.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST shows that the debt decreased
$6.531.75l during the month of Novem-
ber The cash balance in the treasury
was $l,043, l2S.2sS. The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to $l,42G, 40S,2 70.
Mamie DeLong shot and killed Lizzie
Sessions, her rival, and Calvin Andrew,
her lover, near Tampa, Fla.
Absence Of war news causes uneasi-
ness in London. \ Berlin dispatch says
that Lord Methucn is unable TO cross
the Modder river and that his retreat
is cut of by Commandant Delarraye,
who is operating near Kaflirs Kop.
The schooner Clara was sunk by the
steamer Ericsson in the Delaware river
off Thompson's point and four of the
crew were drowned
The will Of Vice President Carrot A.
Hobart, filed ut Paterson, y. j., leaves
IN estate of 81 100000 mostly to his
widow and son.
Kentucky democrats nominated j. w.
Gale for congress in the Seventh dis.
trict and ". C.. Owen was nominated
in the same district/by fusionists.
The circulation of national banks on
November 80 was $2i3. 760,24S. an in
crease of $I,0js.21O compared with the
same date last year.
masked robber held up two ex-
press messengers near Branchville, S.
c.. and secured $l,7O0.
Richard Smith (colored) was hanged
at Perry. Ga. Smith murdered Bob
Pine, also colored, al Beach Haven, last
May.
Carl Boyer died in Chippewa Falls,
Wis, aged 10G years.
The annual report Of Elihu Root. Sec
rotary of war. gives n full history of the
military operations in the Philippines
from August 12. 1895, up 10 the present
time. and says that there are now 400
officers and 1896 men in the islands.
The report favors an increase of the
regular army and artillery service, the
establishment of a departmental head
for artillery and the establishment OF
a war college.
From latest reports a battle seems inn
mipent between the Beers and British
at Spytfonten and dispatches from
Estcourt indicate an early battle at CO.
lenso. The British now have 7s,50O sol
diers and ia guns in the field, exclusive
of naval brigades and colonial contin-
gent, estimated at over 10000.
The Spanish consul at Manila an
nounces that 1855 Spanish prisoners
have been released by the Filipinos.
After a fight lasting 1G hours the city
of Maracaibo, capital of the state of
Zulia, Venezuela, was captured by the
Hernandez revolutionary forces.
Fifteen persons were injured in
railway collision at Bushnell, Neb.
President Mckinley has designated
Adelbert +. Hay. the son of Secretary
Hay, to succeed Mr.. Macrum as consul
in Pretoria, South Africa.
The livery stable of Payne g. Sons
was burned at Boone, Ia, and 40 howes
were cremated.
John !. Blair. the oldest business man
in America, the owner of millions of
money and one of the pioneer railroad
builders. died AT his home in Blairs
town. y. j., aged 81 years.
Mexican troops killed As Yaqui In
dams in battle near Cocori.
Secretary Long calls for a larger
navy in his annual report. He recon-
mendS the construction of three ar
mored cruisers. three protected cruisers
and - gunboats. On June 30 the enlist
ed force numbered 1870 petty officers
and 10,131 men and apprentices, total
of 1851. The estimates for 1901 are
$74.230, 300.
Messages were exchanged between
New York and Chicago by the Pollak-
Virag rapid automatic telegraph de-
vice at the rate of $4,000 words an hour.
In n railway wreck~near Great Falls,
Mont, Engineer Daniels, Fireman
Riley and Brakeman Edmiston were
killed.
The treaty that divides the Samoan
islands between England, Germany and
the United States has been signed by
Secretary of State Hay.
F.. G.. Adams, one of the pioneers of
Kansas and secretary of the State His
torical society, died at Topeka, NJ. ed rs
years.
Postmaster General Smith in his an
nual report urges reform in the laws
governing second class mail matter to
make the postal service self-supporting
and the extension of the rural free de-
livery service. The total receipts in the
fiscal year were $95,021 ,3s4.17 and the
expenditures s1o1, 632, 100, leaving a de-
felt of $6,610,776.