The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-05-12
LATER.

| The United States senate on Inc
4th passed the army reorganization
bill, which practically revolutionizes
the present staff arrangements of the
army, the Notifications appropriation
bill, carrying $7,733,62s, and the bill
to create the rank of lieutenant gen.
eral and make the adjutant general
major general. Adjourned to the 18th.
In the house 70 of the 1872 pages of the
sundry civil appropriation bill were
completed. President Mckinley sub
mitted his first veto. 1t was on bill
to open a part of the Navajo Indian
reservation to settlement under min
ing laws.
The United States senate was not in
session on the 5th. In the house the
senate amendments to the army appro-
priation bill were disagreed to and the
bill was sent to conference. The sun
dry civil appropriation bill was passed.
The general deficiency and military
academy appropriation bills are now
the only general supply bills Enacted
upon by the house.
The post Office department will is
sue an order forbidding use of the
mails by divine healers."
The president has appointed San
ford B. Dole, of Hawaii, to be govern
or of Hawaii, and Henry f. Cooper, OF
Hawaii, to be secretary.
Sandon, British Columbia mining
town, was all but obliterated by fire.
The mounted infantry with Lord
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the south bank of the Vet river, IS
miles north of Brandfort. The head
of Lord Roberts columns has thus adj
vanced SO miles north of Bloemfon-
tein.
The British steamship Nire MIA was
wrecked off Hatteras and six of the
crew were drowned.
John Green and Charles Brown were
hanged at New Iberia, La, for the
murder of Young Sorrell at Oliver Sta
ton, La.
The republicans Of the Sixth Illinois
district have renominated Henry S.
Boutell for congress.
Marshall Jones. negro. implicated
in the murder of Allen Crosby. white
man. was taken from jail at Douglas.
Ga, by n mob and lynched.
The state G.. A. Il. encampment at
Jacksonville. H.. elected Joel NJ. Long
necker, of Chicago, commander.
Ten union labor piclcts were in
dicted by the grand jury in Chicago
for melting riots.
Snow fell and ice formed in Ashta-
bula, O., and vicinity.
Gen. Otis sailed from Manila on the
transport Meade for the United States.
He will be succeeded in the Philip
Before sailing he reported to Wash
ngton that leading Filipinos express
confidence in the early pacifcation OF
the islands. They say the war has
terminated Leading insurgents are
surrendering."
The business part of Glasgow, KY,
was swept away by a fire.
A hurricane wrecked many buildings
in central Kansas and at Ellinwood
George Helfrich and his wife were
killed. y
Ohio socialists nominated state
ticket headed by Samuel Barton, of
Valley, for supreme judge.
Gen. PANTHEON Garcia, the highest in
surgent officer except Aguinaldo, was
captured by Americans in the town of
Jaen. province of New Ecija.
Burglars entered the First national
bank at East Brady. Pa, blew open the
safe and secured $4,000.
William G.. Endicott, secretary of war
under President Cleveland's first adj
ministration, died in Boston, aged 70
years.
A tornado wrecked many houses at
Wilsonville, Neb.
The percentage of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 9th were: Phila-
delphia, .714; Cincinnati, .643; Brook
lyn, ST.; Chicago, ACT; ST. Louis, .467;
Pittsburgh, .429; New York, 1856: Bos-
ton, .30s.
An unknown negro about 20 years old
was lynched near Geneva, Ala, for as
saulting n 12-year-old white girl.
Sophia Everson. 81 years old. and her
cousin, Melvina Wilson, % years old,
were accidentally smothered TO death
In Deu In 81. LOUIS.
Churches, theaters, schools and clubs
at Marsballtown. Ia, were closed be-
cause OF smallpox.
The date of meeting of the Ohio
democratic convention has been
changed to June 12 instead of June 6.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were greet
ed by a crowd of 1000 people at Mem
phis, Tenn.
Fire destroyed the Mallory line
steamship pier in New York, the loss
being $1.000,00O.
The occupation of Winburg by Ham,
ilton's column was reported; fierce
battle along the Vet river continued
all day, but the Beers were vanquished
during the night; there was also hot |
fighting near Thaba N'Chu; Mafeking's |
relief was deemed far away.