The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed. c
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Four sisters named Miller were
burned to death ut Pittsburg, Pa, in
blaze caused by an attempt to start
n fire with kerosene.
Cuban delegates were received by
the president and secretaries of war
and agriculture and made an appeal
for tariff reduction.
The annual report of the secretary
of agriculture says that last year
was the most successful in the his
tory Of the department.
In October the internal revenue re-
ceipts from all sources amounted to
S24,359,9 07. a decrease as compared
with October. 1900. of So, 104,672.
The house of Limerick Flax (col-
ored), near Darlington, S. c., was
burned and three children, aged from
to IL years, persisted.
The total postal revenues for the
past year were Sill ,631,1 1893, and the
expenses $3,923,727 more.
Gov. Durbin says that he will not
allow any more prize fights in Indiana
Il it is in his power to prevent them.
In quarrel at Unionville, o., Rob.
crt Viking shot and killed Jacob
Stokes, his father-in-law, and Mrs.
Stokes, and was himself killed by a
son of Mr.. Stokes.
Ben Mcknight, convicted at Sioux
City, Ia, of beating his wife to death,
has been sentenced to 25 years in
prison.
A fight has begun in New York to
break the will of Henry Hart, who
left millions to niece on condition
that she does not marry Christian.
Jamestown, Miss, has been practical
ly destroyed by fire.
The battleship Missouri will be
launched at Newport News December
% next.
George Helmorod, of Omaha, has
been appointed consul general at Apia,
Samoa.
A new baseball league has been or
ganized to take in Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Omaha, Milwaukee, indianapolis,
Columbus and Toledo. y
The appraisers of the estate of the
late President Mckinley fixed it's value
at 100000 and decided upon $4,000 as
the annual allowance for the widow.
The governor of Montana has Of
fered to join Minnesota in the fight
against the big railroad consolidation.
Col. Henry Whigham, of Ration, n. NJ,
q member of Gov. Otero's staff, died
suddenly at the Wellington hotel in
Chicago.
Twenty-seven persons were killed
and "a injured by boiler explosion
~uhsnh ,,1a 81 ba
berthy Injector company at Detroit,
Mich.
Secretary Root in his annual mes
snge praised the work of the army
the last year.
The total amount received for war
taxes up to October 81, 1901, is $343,-
S3s, 633.
Five victims Of wrecked barges
foated ashore at Toms River, N. j.
First Assistant Postmaster General
w. M. Johnson in his annual report
says the yearly increase in the postal
revenues has resulted in the free de-
livery service becoming self-sustain-
fng.
Mine operators of Ohio, West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania have agreed
to increase the price Of soft coal rs
cents ton.
A strike for increased wages of all
switchmen belonging to the Switch
mems Union of North America has
been inaugurated in Pittsburg, Pa.
All the buildings and other prop
erty of the Shaker community at
East Canterbury, N. H., have been de-
stroyed by fire.
At Medicine Lodge. Kan, David Ma
tion has been granted a divorce from
his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, "the joint
smasher."
Directum, at one time champion trot-
ting stallion with record of 2:05H,
has been bought by the international
stock farm of Minneapolis for s12, 100.
Twenty-Five dead bodies have been
taken from the ruins caused by an ex-
plosion in the Penberthy Injector
company's plant in Detroit.
Warrants have been issued in Vim
cennes, Ind, for the arrest of 30 men
who are alleged to have precipitated
the recent riot at the Prospect Hill
mine.