The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-20
LATER.


LATER.
The United States senate was not in
session on the 12th. In the house bills
were introduced providing for the APP
pointment of Il commission to regu-
late trusts, and to prevent hazing at
military academies. The committee
on interstate and foreign commerce.
ordered a favorable report upon the
bill for the construction of the Mica
ragua canal. Adjourned to the 18th.
t-NAn unknown steamer was wrecked in
Sc Mary's bay, y. f., and 20 lives were
lost.
There were PA business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 273 the
week previous and 3ls in the corre-
spending period of 1899.
w. w. Ogivic. the millionaire miller
Of Canada, fell dead on the street in
Montreal.
"Kid" Mccoy got the decision over
Joe Choynsk, through the mistake of
the timekeeper, in bout which lasted
three rounds in New York.
KEN. OllS mas Hutc IL ItpOll " lhS
war department in regard to the mill
tary operations in f.uzon, south of Ma
Mia. showing the capture of several
towns and Il large number of prisoners
with arms and ammunition.
Robert Brown (colorcd) was hanged
in Philadelphia for the murder Of his
wife.
RI Rev. Joseph Rademacher, bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese of Fort
Wayne. Ind, died at the age of GO years.
Michigan triumphed over Chicago in
the intercollegiate debate in Ann Ar
Dor.
The supreme court of Illinois decided,
that the five per cent. tax rate limit Of
the new revenue law was urconstitu-
tional.
Burglars entered the office of Joseph
Gates. town treasurer of Glen Haven,
Wis, and secured $4,000.
Julia McNair Henry. widow of Gen.
Guy V. Henry, has been granted PEN
! sion Of $50 Il month.
| The National building Trades Coun-
Gil in session in Milwaukee reelected
Edward Carroll, of Chicago. president.
| The. private banking house of McGin-
mis-, Tecl q Co.. at Owenville, Ind, was
| robbed Of $4,000 by burglars.
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler has begun
| his second attempt to relieve Lady
smith. 4 dispatch shows that some
part of his force has crossed the Lit
| tie TuCela river and occupied de-
feasible position on the south bank
| of the main river, within 5000 yards
| of the enemy's strong intrenchments.
Lord Roberts sends dispatch TO the
| London war Office that, so far as made
| public, throws 10 light on the situation
in South Africa. There have been ru-
mors of battles, but no definite news Of
recent engagements. y .
Secretary Root has taken steps to in
stitute AT once sweeping reforms in the
| judicial system in Cuba
John Woessner and George Lehman,
| OF Acklcy, Ia. enroute> to Germany,
blew out the gas in hotel in New York
city and were asphyxiatcd. y
Hundreds of farms in Puyallup,
Stuck and White river valleys in Wash
| ington were under water because of
heavy rains.
| A. Blanchard, aged Go, his wife, aged
AZ, and boarder named William Money,
| aged IS, were burned to death in their
home in Merrmac. n. IL.
The American forces have occupied
Negalanes, province Of Cavite. captur-
ing 20 Filipinos, including a colonel.
Joseph -. Irwin. aged 81, editor and
manager of the Daily Evening Post ut
Pekin. ILL.,, was found dead in bed.
| Heart failure was the cause.
Burglars shot and Killed y. X. Goss,
the leading merchant at Edinburg. o.
Frederic G.. Bonfils and II. H. Tam
men, proprietors of the Denver Post,
were shot by William w. Anderson, a
! well-known attorney, during quar-
eel, Bonfils probably fatally.
Fire destroyed one of the principal
| business blocks in Iowa City, Ia, entail
| ing Il loss of Sl50.0O0.
Senator NJ. A. Hanna, as chairman
of the national republican committee,
says the foremost issues in the cam
paign will be prosperity of the work.
ing people of the country and rete'i-
ton of the Philippines.
The customs receipts in Havana, Gu
p'' ~ i''NNhp'i hllOuhiNu W Pl,-
1851
Lieut.. Samuel Howard. the pilot and
last survivor of the crew of the ia
nous iIonclad Monitor when she de-
feated the Merrimac, died in Washing
ton. aged IS years.
Walter G. Coleman, general agent
of the Florida Central railroad, has
been appointed auditor for the Phil
ippinc archipelago and island of
Guam.
The date of the Illinois republican
convention has been changed from
April 10 to May s.
Gen. George Henry Sharpe, Of
Kingston. n. Y, died at the age of 70 |
years. lie was present as member
of Gen. Grants staff when Gen. Lee I
surrendered at Appe mattox. !