The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-21
LATER.

sacre of foreigners has taken place in
Picking.
The Nebraska prohibitionists named
L. o. Jones, of Lincoln, as candidate
for governor.
All the news from South Africa indi-
Gates that the Beers in the TransvaaI
are making a supreme effort to relieve
the pressure on De Vets army in the
Orange Free State.
The yield of wheat in Minnesota and
North and South Dakota is estimated
at 140,000,000 bushels.
There were 1876 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against LAG the
week previous and 169 in the CORE
spending period of 1899.
Lewis q. Tewksbury, a New York
broker, is missing. 1t is said he owes
100000.
John Chapman and liver Lawson rode
a mile on a tandem bicycle in, Salt Lake
City in 1:47R, breaking the worlds
record.
Perry S. Heath will be secretary Of
the republican national committee,
and will resign his place as assistant
postmaster general.
Two of the men who robbed the Illi-
n OILS Central train at Wickliffe, KY, are
in custody.
Mrs. Laura Grant May, famous artist,
killed herself with poison in Bloom
ED, n. j.
Indianapolis has been, selected as
headquarters of the middle of-the-road
populist national committee.
The worlds Christian Endeavor con-
ference opened in London.
Gov. Charles A. Allen, of Porto
Rico, was in Canton to consult with
the president.
The transport Hancock reached San
Francisco from Manila with 101 gen.
eral passengers and SAT soldiers.
Dun's and Bradstreet's reviews show
general improvement in trade through
out tie country.
The Baptist Young Peoples union in
session at Cincinnati reelected John A.
Chapman, of Chicago, as president.
John Billingsley, aged LOG, died at
Loudon, Ky.
Russia is aroused almost to a state
of frenzy by the report from Admiral
Alexyeff that NJ. de Giers and the en-
tire legation have been murdered in
Peking after being subjected TO most
horrible torture.
There seems no further room 10
doubt that all the legations in Peking
have been destroyed and all the foreign
l. ~
London papers demand retribution and
the Russian army is almost in frenzy
in its eagerness to obtain revenge. The
insurrection is spreading over China.
Fierce storms prevailed in Texas,
one destroying most of the town of
Llano and injuring many persons.
During last weeks scouting opera
tions in Luzon three American soldiers
were killed and two were wounded.
Buencanimo, formerly secretary OF
state in Aguinaldo's cabipet, urges a
plan for peace on the Filipinos.
The United States government has is
sued a warning against assaults upon
Chinese in this country and says they
will be protected.
Four masked robbers blew open the
safe of Charles Y. Bussy's private bank
at Hudson. o., securing $500.
John Henry Gear, United States sem
ator from Iowa. and twice governor of
his state. died suddenly in Washington
of heart failure. aged IS years.
American athletes won eight ont Of
ten events in the finals for the worlds
amateur championships in Paris.
Driven desperate by poverty, Louis
Eizen, shoemaker. 81 years of age.
killed his wife and infant in Baltimore
and then killed himself.
Iowa gives promise of finishing the
century with the banner corn crop of
its history.
A fire at Prescott, Ariz.. DESTROYED
the business portion of the town and
60 dwellings, entailing loss of $780,
600.
A. V. EskriGge. aged 81. editor of rhe
Emporia (Kan.) Republican, and ex-
lieutenant governor of the state. COM
mitted suicide by shooting.
Sixteen persons were injured in ST.
Louis street railway wrecks and one
car was blown up by dynamite.
A dispatch from Pretoria says that
Gen. Rumble, believing he had the en-
envy in trap, had started out TO cap
ture Steyn and De Wet and the whole
Free State army.
The census Office issued its first bulle-
tin, giving the population of the Dis
trict of Columbia at 27s.7ls. an increase
since the last census of 4s,326.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 18th were: Brook
lyn, .642; Philadelphia, .536; Chicago,
$50; Pittsburgh, .535; Cincinnati. .492;
St. Louis, .463; Boston, .430; New York,
.344.