The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-20
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| y Rear AdmlrSI kcmcy reports tho
| gradual withdrawal of Americans
from China. Germany regards favor
| ably Russia's idea of referring the
Chinese situation to the international
arbitration court at The Hague. The
edict of October | ordering punish
ment of high officials is regarded in
| Tientsn rs n farccal one.
Mrs. Henry Smith living near st.
Charles, Mimi. gave birth TO five liv-
ing male babies.
| There were 223 business failures in
| the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th. against POS the week
previous and 164 the corresponding pc
Rod of 1890.
An explosion of chemicals in school
at Shelbyyille. Ind. destroyed the eve
sight of four persons.
| Ex-senator George Gray. of Della
ware, has been appointed Il member of
The Hague permanent arbitration
board.
The Michigan legislature in extra
session approved the repeal of special
railroad charters and adjourned.
| Consul Wildman, at Hong-Kong. de-
MES that Admiral Dewey promised aid
or independence to the Filipinos before
the battle of Manila.
William Ziegler, wealthy resident of
| Brooklyn. y. Y. will fit out new ex-
petition in search of the north pole.
William Schneider, the clerk who
secured over 100000 from the Eliza
bethport (N. j. bank. was captured
at New Providence, y. j.
DR.. A. G.. Bateman, of London. says
parliament will be asked to pass an
act for the suppression of John Alex
ander Dowie.
Albert II. Green. of the general land
office, has been selected as chief of
the new division of forestry of the in
| terror department.
Twenty-eight diamond rings, valued
at $4,000, were stolen from the jew
elry store of Lewis Seewald i'm Tiff
fin. o.
Patrick Murphy died at Joplin, Mo.
He was the first settler at that place
and was known as the Father of Jop-
lin"
Figures Of the bureau of statistics
show that the United States leads the
world in the chief products.
The first days proceedings of the
miners convention in Scranton dis
closed feeling on the part of ma
jority of the strikers in attendance
that the operators offer of ten per
cent. increase of wages should not be
accepted.
Four distinct elements in China
seeking for mastery or reform threat
en- big civil war. Leaders of the
-Manchu party take advantage of
foreign complications. A Paris news
paper says that the powers will block
the Chinese coast guard at Pao-Ting-
Flu and French troops will try to in
tercept communication between the
empress and Prince Tuan.
a canvass of Michigan factories
shows that zoos have been started
since 1897.
The Beers were very active in the
Kroonstad district. Gen. De Wet has
proclaimed that burghers who refuse
to fight will be made prisoners of war.
\ typhoon on the coasts of China
and Formosa destroyed 900 houses
and many lives were lost
The National League baseball sea-
son ended with the clubs standing as
follows: Brooklyn, COB; Pittsburgh,
SOS; Philadelphia, .543; Boston, AIS;
Chicago, AGA: St. Louis. .464; Cincin-
natl. $50: New York, 43j
Hogan Sealy, treasurer of the Gal
amount received is $07o.5oj.63.
In two railroad wrecks and a trolley
car accident three men were killed
and ten persons injured in Chicago
and vicinity.
\ Lake Shore express ran into an
open switch in South Chicago and the
fireman and man stealing ride
were killed and the engineer and two
passengers injured.
Charles Fargo, a director and for
mer vice president of the american
Express company, died at his resi-
dencc in Chicago. aged 60 years.
At a railway crossing near New
castle, Pa, four persons were killed
by the cars.
Capt. Shields and 81 Americans cap
turey by the Filipinos have been res
cued. Insurgents lost 20 men killed and
40 wounded in an attack on Americans
at lloilo.
Jay 4. Hubbell died at his home in
Houghton, Mich. aged II years. lie
was a congressman for ten years.
The anthracite coal miners after a
two days convention in Scranton de-
cided to accept the ten per cent. net |
increase in wages offered by the mine
owners, providing they will continue
the payment of the advance until next |
April and will abolish the sliding scale.
IL the operators consider the propo-
sition unacceptable the miners are
willing to arbitrate the questions at
issue.