The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-05-03

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May, Cuban independence day, has
been made a special holiday.
LATER.
Senator McCumber, chairman OF
the committee on manufactures,
spoke at length in the United States
senate on the 25th on his bill Ito
prevent the adulteration, misbrand-
ing and limitations of food, beverages,
candies, drugs and condiments" SEN
ator Carmack occupied the rest of
the day with speech against the
Philippine government bill. In the
house las pension bills were passed,
including bills to pension the widow
of Gen. William Ludlow at $50 a
month and the widow of "Parson"
IBrownlow, of Tennessee, at $50 a
month. The remainder of the day
was devoted to general debate on the
agricultural appropriation bill.
Senator Carmack completed his
speech in the United States senate on
the Goth against the Philippine govern
ment bill. The house devoted an hour
to the passage of bills and for the re-
mainder of the session listened to
tributes to the memories of the late
Representative Stokes, of South Caro-
lima, and the late Representative
Crump, of Michigan.
Fire almost wiped out the village OF
Hobbs, Ind.
The senate committee on Cuba has
!. decided to investigate the charge
that the sugar trust holds the great
: err portion of the Cuban sugar crop.
, Gustav, o., an oil town of 500 inhab-
itants, has been totally dstroyed by
fire.
j julius Gibbs, a negro, was hanged
: at Florence, S. c., for assault on a
: young married woman a month ago.
Berry Howard, alleged principal in
the Goebel assassination, has been de-
clared not guilty by the jury at Frank
! fort, Ky.
' Gen. j. S. GARRISON, of Iowa, has
: taken the oath of Office as surveyor of
: customs of the port of New York.
i. Maj. Waller and Lieut.. Day, tried by
! court-martial in Manila on the charge
: of executing natives of Samar without
trial, have been acquitted.
5 Frank Miller, George Moore and
]. Frank Halster were asphyxiated in a
: room in hotel at Coney Island, n. Y.
: Four men charged with flooding the
: country with spurious dollars, dimes
and nickels have been arrested in Cald-
: well, Kan.
: Dun G. Co.'s weekly review of trade
. reports that railway earnings for
: April increased SO per cent. over last
year.
' A general strike of workmen in Rus
{ STA is ordered to take effect May 1.
A strike of gold ore in Montana is
said to assay from s51 to $4,000 to
, the ton.
/ Severe windstorms in several states
in the Missouri valley cause losses
of life and destruction of property.
Three were killed at Joplin, Mo-, and
: five fatally injured. Omaha reports
one fatality.
!. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska City,
Neb., ex-secretary of agriculture, died
at Lake Forest, ILL.,, aged 20 years.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, in
an address before the Americas club
at Pittsburg, predicted Greater
United States.
Champ Clark has been renominat-
ed for congress by the democrats Of
the Ninth Missouri district.
Thepercentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended April27 were: Pittsburg, .77s;
Chicago, 667; Philadelphia, $50; Bos-
ton, 500; New York, 500; Cincinnati,
300; st. Louis, $50.
Five men were blown to atoms by
a powder explosion at Krebs, Pa.
A wireless telegraph test at Roanoke
island by the American system showed
that messages can be sent 200 miles out
to sea.
Statistics prepared by Carroll d.
Wright show a marked increase in the.
cost of living during the last three
years.
Secretary Root has returned to
lWAsbington from Cuba after making
Arrangements for the transfer of the
island May 20.
Fire in the business district of Glens
Falls, N. Y, caused loss of 100000.
The schooner Barlow foundered in
Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay and Capt.
Robert Pardy, of Marine City, and his
fwife and stepson were drowned.
|, The eightieth anniversary of the
birthday of Gen. U. S. Grant was cele-
brated in many places throughout the
country.
Four more bodies have been taken
from the steamer City of Pittsburg
wreck near Cairo, ILL, making 40
bodies removed to date.
Col. Guevarra, Filipino commander
In Samar, surrendered, and armed in
surrection is practically ended.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended April 81 were: Washing
ton, $50; Chicago, .667; Detroit, .667;
Baltimore, $50; Boston, 400; CIeve-
land, 400; st. Louis, 400; Philadel-
phia' 1888.