The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-03-02
LATER.

post Office and the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation-were passed in
the United States senate on the 22d
and Washington's farewell address, in
accordance with a custom on Washing
tons birthday, wasread. The house de-
oted the day to odds and ends of leg
islation and nine bills were passed by
unanimous consent and 20 claim bills
and 139 pension bills were passed. Mr..
Mann Gll.) introduced bill repeating
counteryailing duty on bounty i'm
ports, the intent being to avert trade
war.
On the 23d the United States senate
passed the st. Louis exposition appro-
priation bill, with an amendment for
| Sunday closing. and also passed the
fertilization appropriation bill. In the
house a resolution to investigate the
pay of its employees was adopted and
several of the large appropriation bills
were sent to conference. Tribute to
the memories of the late Representa-
| tives Clarke, of New Hampshire, and
Shaw, of New York were paid.
Washington's birthday was general
ly observed throughout the country.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro
struck a rock and was wrecked on Fort
Point Ledge while entering the Golden
Gate in fog and 1872 of the POI pas
sengers and crew persisted. Among the
lost was Consul Wildman, of Hong
Kong, and family.
| Chaos rules in the province of Pechili.
China, and thousands are starving in
! Peking.
Gov. Stanley has signed temper
ance bill which makes places where
| liquor is sold in Kansas common nui-
sances and allows the county officers
to confiscate the Illegal stock.
| Five Italians were caught on rail-
road bridge at Sharon, Pa, by train
/ and killed.
4 President Mckinley has decided not
congress until the Cuban Delegates set
tie upon the relations which the United
States are to bear to the island.
Col. NJ. c. Murphy, president of the
health board, has been appointed
chief of police of New York.
Southern manufacturers of fertil-
izers have formed trust with S12,-
000,0 capital
| Gov. Odell has signed the bill pro-
viding for single-headed police COM
mission in New York city
Pat Grove in letter to f. A. Cud-
ahy declared his innocence. of the kid
naping of the latter's son in Omaha
and offered to give himself up.
The National Buttermakers' con-
vention awarded silk banner to
Kansas for the highest state average.
The revolt in Venezuela is growing
and several British steamers have
been destroyed.
Ii Kung Chang asserts that the pun
ishment to be imposed upon Prince
Chuang and Flu Hsion has been carried
out in accordance with the demands
Of the foreign ENJOYS.
King Edward left London for Cron-
berg, Germany, to visit his sister, the
dowager Empress Frederick, who is i'll.
Col. Plumer engaged Gen, DeWet
near Disselfontein, on the south bank
of the Orange river, and routed the
Boer force.
. AT the home for old men in Paris
seven pensioners were found dead from
asphyxiation.
, Gen. Cables issued n proclamation Of.
fering ten Mexican dollars apiece for
, the. heads of Americans i'm the Philip
pines.
Mrs. Mary Erlenbaugh died at her
home near Andrews, Ind, aged loo
Z years.
Fire destroyed nearly all Of the
business portion of Thurmond, w. Va
i The home Of George James, farm
. er near Versailles, Ind, was burned
+ and James and his four daughter.
: were burned to death. Mrs. Jane.
was absent.
y Seven brick buildings in the business
: center Of Urbana, o., were destroyed
by fire.
3 A gas well flowing $4,000 900 feet
o day was struck near Cameron, w. Va.
John H. Mitchell (rep.) was electe,
: United States senator from Oregon
Minister Conger has been granite,
i go days leave of absence from Chin,
J. to visit his Iowa home.
S Latest advices say that 1913 live
s were lost in the wreck of the Pacifi
n mail steamer City Of Rio de Janeir
off San Francisco.
s Three persons were killed by tn
/ cars at railway crossing in Goshen
{ Ind.
e Patrick Moloney, of Burton, Kan
disappeared in Chicago after bein,
!, drugged by confidence men an
I robbed of $1,000, the savings of tel
years.
: Rear Admiral Hichborn, chief nava
9 constructor, has retired.
~ j. A. Dowie, before his congregation
in Chicago, threatened the entire I'LL
: nois general assembly with indictmen
. for conspiracy II it persisted in an at
tempt TO examine Zion City bank.