The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-04-14
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that he would move to refer the Gre
| dentials of former Senator j. c, ).
| Blackburn ,as a senator from Ken
| lucky to the committee on privileges
| and elections. he Indian appropria-
| ton bill was discussed. In the house
| the substitute for the senate bill, pro-
vidng for territorial form of govern
ment for Hawaii, was passed by a
vote of 100 to IS. The bill now goes
| to conference. Mr.. Jenkins On. c.
introduced bill looking to the con-
troll of trusts, ,
The United States senate on the 18th
occupied the time in discussing the In
dian appropriation bill. In the house
the agricultural appropriation bill (S4,-
100000 was reported and eulogies
were pronounced upon the life. services
| and character of the late Richard II.
Bland, of Missouri.
The New York legislature has adj
| iourned sine die.
Albert Michaud was hanged at Ia
coma, Wash. for numbering his Ill
vorced wife.
The physical laboratory of the Le-
| high university Mt Bethlehem. Pa,
was burned. the loss being 100000.
The Iowa legislature has adjourned
sine die.
James Seely. a well-known maker
of perfumes, died at his home in Rcch-
ester. y. Y.
The Kentucky court of appeals rem
dered a decision holding that j. c. w.
Bcckham is governor. The republic
ans will carry the case to the United
States supreme court
The Dublin police suppressed an IS
sue of United Ireland in which hos
tility was shown to Queen Victoria.
The National Railway building and
Loan association at Atlanta, Ga, went
| into receivers hands with liabilities
! of 100000
4here were 1s2 business failures in
! the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th. against 203 the week
previous and 220 in the corresponding
period of 1899.
Five natives were garroted at Ponce,
Porto Rico, for murder.
The country southwest of Austin,
Tex. was visited by cloudburst, and
at Water Valley 60 houses were
wrecked. Immense property losses
were sustained on farms and cattle
ranches.
c. Q. Hildebrand has been nomi-
mated for congress by the republicans
of the Sixth Ohio district.
Five whole companies of British
troops were captured not far from
Bloemfontein. Gen. Methuen's men
left Kimberley to relieve Mafeking
and reached BISHOP. Near this point
6s Beers were surrounded by British
and after losing eight killed and six
wounded surrendered.
Shoughnassee, the famous chief of
the Pottawatomies. died at Nadeau,
Kan, at the age of 90 years.
Three large wholesale firms in Chica-
go and the Burlington Railroad com
pany have forbidden employees to smoke
cigarettes.
Frederic E. Church, one of the most
renowned American landscape paint
ers, died in New York, aged "a years.
John Wright Dean, the Quaker evan
gelist and coworker with the late
Dwight l.. Moody, died suddenly in
Pawtucket, II. J., aged 20 years.
The great dam across the Colorado
river at Austin, Tex, was swept away
by flood, causing damage of 81, 900, 900
to property in Austin and vicinity and
the loss of over so lives.
The house of a negro at Claremont,
Va, was destroyed by fire. and five of
his seven children persisted in the
flames.
The republicans have nominated
David Ross for congress in the Seven
teenth Illinois district, w. NJ. Horton in
the Twelfth Missouri, and renomnated
II. c. Van VOORHEES, in the Fifteenth
Ohio district.
Reports of encounters between the
American troops and the insurgents
continue to arrive in Manila from
many points. Gen. Young, in north
ern Luzon, and Gen Bell in the
south, say their forces are INSULT
cient to preserve order.
Gen. Otis will retire from his COM
mand in the Philippines at his own
request May ! or shortly thereafter,
and will be succeeded in chief COM
mand by Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
For the second time in three years
the department store of Joseph Horne
& Co. was burned at Pittsburgh, Pa, !
the loss being nearly $2,O00,000.
The Beers attacked and defeated a |
large force of British cavalry at De
Vets dorp. southeast of Bloemfon-
TEN, capturing $50 prisoners and a |
large quantity of ammunition and |
camp stores and infiicting heavy loss.
The federal loss was two killed and |
four wounded. The Beers were NOV
ing into Natal as II to attack Gen.
Buffers forces or to prevent any adj
vance toward Pretoria.