The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-10
BY the bursting OF n supply pipe at

the cotton compress In Marion, Ala, six
negroes were fatally scalded.
The village of Morristown, Mimi, was
nearly wiped out of existence by fire.
Gov. Taylor declared a state of insur-
rection in Kentucky and adjourned the
legislature to meet at London on Feb
ruary 6. Troops prevented the legisla-
ture from meeting at the capitol in de-
fiance of the governors proclamation.
The democratic members met at n ho-
tel and declared Goebel and Beckham
elected; the chief justice of the court
of appeals swore them in and Goebel or
dered the troops to disperse. Two rival
state governments are likely. GoebePs
doctors think he will recover.
The new census gives Cuba's popula-
ton as 1,572,s40, which is $4,000 less
than in 1897. Porto Rica has 057,G70, n
gain of $50, 900 since 1897.
When Mrs. Lawton arrived III San
Francisco she received the first news
that friends of her husband had raised
n subscription of $4,000 for her and
she was overcome with gratitude.
To wipe out the plague in Honolulu
10 acres Of buildings were burned in
the section known as Chinatown.
Mai. Davis reports that yellow fever
has been completely stamped out of
Havana.
a new antitrust law has gone into
effect in Texas which releases debtors
from payment for goods bought of
trusts.
The body Of man about G5 years old
was found in the express Office in Sioux
City. Ia, in box marked Books" sup
posed 10 have beer shipped from Balti-
more.
The South Carolina Legislature killed
a bill to repeal the law requiring coun-
ties in which lynchings take place 10
pay the heirs of the deceased $4,000.
Admiral Dewey asked the house PEN
sion committee to grant pensions TO
his officers widows.
The public debt statement issued on
the Isl shows that the debt decreased
$s,GG3,7s0 during he month Of January.
The cash balance in the treasury was
S292. 490,973. The total debt less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to $l,125 .G3G,227.
Mrs. Samuel Thurman, aged 60, and
daughter, aged II, were asphyXiated by
natural gas nj Sheridan, Ind.
At Muncie, Ind, the livery barn of
Boor & Munshowcr was burned and
Cecil Weekly. a cab driver, was killed,
and AZ horses persisted.
moi 10 nj A mi n &c N
the United States during January
amounted to $14,O53,43l, as follows:
Gold, $11,515,OO0; silver, $2,364, 161;
minor coins, $174,270.
Mrs. ii. +. Wills sight was restored
in Chicago by an operation after l /
years of blindness.
The governments Of the United States
and Italy have entered into an arrange
ment for reciprocity.
During January the government re-
ceipts amounted to $4s,012,164, against
$41,774,o3o for January. 1899. The cN-
penditures aggregated $39,lS9006,
against SOL ,l22,77o for January, 1899,
leaving surplus last month of S.
S23,O6S
Three persons were killed in a rail-
road wreck near Tampa, Fla, and a
number Of others were injured.
Mrs. E!linor c. Baker, "a years of age,
and Mrs. William Devinc, aged e., were
burned TO death in Charleston, $. c.
Fire among business houses H. Day
ton, o., caused a loss of $IjO,COO.
Mrs. Kate y. Pier and her daughter.
Miss II. II. Pier, of Milwaukee, were
admitted to the bar in the United
States supreme court in Washington.
Sister Stanislaus, a teacher, and Mary
Foley, pupil, lost their lives in a fire
which destroyed a parochial school in
ST. Louis.
In n sa,oon fire in East Grand Forks,
\. d., w. ID. Kelly, one of the propric-
tors, and Il. j. McAdam, former mayor
of the city. were burned to DEATH
The rival state governments in Ken
lucky refused TO leave issues TO the
courts. The militia supports Taylor
and Goebcl followers are organizing n
new national guard. Taylor asked
President Mckinley for federal recog-
milton and interference, but met with
refusal. The democrats will ask for
an injunction restraining Taylor from
acting as governor. Goebels condition
was still considered critical.
Nicholas IIetzler fatally stabbed Mrs.
Louisa Schaefcr. in whose house in
Chicago he had been given u home out
OF charity, and then killed himself.