The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-11

Gen. Chaffee.
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The steamer Walla Walla was sunk
lin a collision with French bark off
4 Mendocino, CAL, and Al of the pas
sengers and crew of the steamer are
missing.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has accepted
an invitation to christen Emperor
Williams yacht.
Bradstreet's review of trade says
traders are highly pleased with the
business of the old year and have
\ much confidence in the new.
The Beers are said to be willing to
accept autonomy under British
suzerainty.
The board of directors of the Panama
canal have decided to offer the proper
ty and franchises in the United States
for $40,000,0O0.
Fire at Catoosa, I. T., burned nearly
levery business building in the town.
The will of Frank H. Peavey, the
minneapolis elevator king, disposes OF
an estate estimated at $2,350,000 in
InundredS OF requests.
Bob Brown, a negro, who murdered
Mr.. Mcleod, road overseer, was
hanged at Clayton, Ala.
Margaret O'Connor, aged 60, and
her two grandchildren, John and
Annie Drummond, aged three and six
years, were killed by illuminating
gas at Germantown. Pa.
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Seattle for the murder of his uncle,
Daniel Richards, December 16, 1900.
Ernest Outland was hanged at Syl-
wanna, Ca, for the murder of Thorn
as Mitchell a year ago. Both were
negroes.
Sofa is unable to confirm the re-
ported liberation of Miss Stone, the
Icaptive missionary.
A street car carrying nonunion
workmen at Springfield, ILL.,, was
blown up with dynamite, but no one
was hurt.
Brig. Gen. William II. Seamans, adj
jutant general of California, died in
Washington, d. C.
The American Steel e. Wire COM
pany will pension employees who have
rendered long and efficient service.
About 10000 employees will be af-
fected by the new scheme.
John Robinson, negro, was hanged
at Dublin, Ca, for assaulting and muir.
dering negro woman.
There were 27O business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sd, against $50 the week
previous and 237 the corresponding pc.
Rod of last year.
The national university, for which
Andrew Carnegie gave $1o,00O,00o, has
been incorporated at Washington un-
der the name of "the Carnegie insti-
tuition"
The Exchange bank at Bethany, ILL.,,
owned by A. r. Scott, was robbed of
over 81, 900 in money.
Gov. Shaw and Secretary Gage, at a
conference, decided upon January 25
as the date for transferring the Of
flee to the new incumbent.
DR.. John p. Wood, of Coffeyville,
Kan, celebrated his one hundredth
birthday.
James McGrath, foreman, and Jo-
seph S. Brown, Mack Anderson and
Samuel Mettler, section men, were
killed by the cars near Monmouth,
III.
A vigilance committee has been APP
pointed at Denver to put down crime.
The Beers ambushed a party of
Scots Grays 40 miles east of Pretoria
and the British casualties were six
men killed and ten wounded.
The First national bank of Glass
port, Pa, was robbed by burglars Of
SO, 500.
John Poo!er, 102 years old, died in
Waterville, Me-, from old age. A
widow, aged 95, whom he married rs
years ago, survives him.
The University of Chicago has ac-
lquired the title to so more acres Of
land.
The total reduction of Great Brit
aims military forces in South Africa
from the beginning of the war to De-
cember amounts to $4,000 men.
Morgan Bates, author, playwright
and newspaper man, died in Traverse
|City, Mich, Of pulmonary paralysis.
The entire tobacco crop of 1900 Of
Wisconsin has been cornered by east
ern manufacturers.
Edmund Peck, retired Methodist
clergyman, aged 80, and his daughter,
Jagged IS years, were burned to death at
Bethany, Conn.
|, The French vessel that sunk the
Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino, CAL,
is the bark Max, which twas badly
damaged by the collision. Victims Of
the Walla Walla may reach AZ.
A new counterfeit one dollar silver
certificate of the series of 1909,
Isigned Lyons, register, and Roberts,
treasurer, is in circulation.
The war department is in posses
sion of document signed by nine
iAmerjcans, in which soldiers in the
philippines are urged to desert, being