The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-03-17

control over the Nicaragua canal,
was reported to the United States SEN
ate on the 9th, and Senator Lindsay
(Ky.) spoke in opposition to the Por-
TO Rican tariff bill, In the house Mr..
Hepburn Qa.) II reduced n billie pre-
vent any picture or description of a
prize fight being. transmitted through
the mails. Ninety-seven pension bills
were passed.
The United States senate on the
10th passed the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill, after defeat
ing an amendment to give former
Queen LiIiuokalani of Hawaii $4,000
and an annuity of $4,000. In the
house it was agreed to take up the
bill providing for the government of
Hawaii on April 3, the final vote to
be taken on April ) at four p. III.
Edward Williams (colored) was
hanged in Trenton, \. j., for the muir.
der of Minnie EiZley (white).
There were 205 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 222 the week
previous and 1872 in the corresponding
period of 1899.
The wife of Allen Mcdonald gave
birth in Detroit, Mich, to two boys
and two girls.
The social democratic party has
named Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana. for
president, and Job Hartman, of Cali
fornia, for vice president.
Anthony Hopkins was hanged at
EAx fn ia, ,t,.1a
1t was stated in London that Presi-
dent Kruger had appealed to Lord
Salisbury for cessation of HOSTILE
ties, offering at length by cable the
terms which he is willing to, accept.
Lord Roberts was reported to be ten
miles nearer Bloemfontein.
Sixteen miners were killed by an ex-
plosioninacoal pit at Besseges, France.
Congressman L. +. Burton was re-
nominated by the republicans of the
Twenty-fifth Ohio district at Cleve-
land.
Frank Sprague shot and killed Mrs.
Guy /. Gale and then killed himself at
logging camp near Tacoma, Wash.
Lieut.. j. c. Gilmore arrived at San
Francisco from Manila.
Edward j. Phelps, head of the law
department of Yale university and
minister TO England under President
Cleveland, died in New Haven, Conn,
aged IS years.
The cash balance in the treasury now
amounts 10 S200,OO0,0O0, exclusive of
the $100,000,000 gold reserve.
\ Manila dispatch says that the in
surgents in Luzon were resuming OPP
erations. Liberated priests from New
Caceres reported that the insurgents
killed 6S Cinnamon and 40 Spaniards
Mt the town of Calabanga. Gen. Bates
troops have occupied the Daet and
Mambulao gold fields without resist
ance.
Fire wiped out the business portion
of Redfeld. Ia.
Thousands of organized Filipinos
were resisting Col. Houston's battal-
ion at Antique. province of Panay,
which is the only province which
Americans do not occupy. The Amer
leans have lost seven killed.
a negro who killed two white men
named Carver rear Jennings, Fla, was
lynehed by mob. r.,
Acting Secretary of State Powers.
Capt. John w. Davis. of the capitol po-
lice, and Lieut.. Peake, of the Taylor
militia. were arrested in Lexington,
KY, charged with completely in the as
sassination of William Goebel. Demo-
Gratis and republicans are now divided
into two armed and organized factions.
John l.. Thompson, the oldest man in
Wisconsin. celebrated his one hundred
and fifth birthday in Racine.
Men on United States tug forced
wreckers to give up $4,000 in gold
taken from the sunken Spanish torpe-
do-boat destroyer Furor.
At Mount Olivet Baptist church in
New York 1S4 negroes were baptized.
Thirty men were lost by the sinking
of the British steamer Cuvier, run down
in Dover Straits.
Great Britain rejects the Davis
amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote
tically dead.
The grip has assumed an epidemic
form in Boston.
Twelve more bodies were taken from
the Red Ash mine near Fire Creek,
w. Va, making a total of AZ dead re-
covered.
Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon began on his
weeks effort to edit the Topeka Capt.
tai "as Jesus would do"
Fierce fighting took place in the
Orange Free State between the Boer
and British armies, and 100 dead
Beers were left on the field, while
the list of British killed and wounded
was about the same, President Kru-
gers appeal to Lord Salisbury for
cessation of hostilities is taken as fore
shadowing that the end will soon be
in sight.