The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-05-31

senate on the Esd. A bill was passed
making an additional appropriation of
$5s,50O to the urgent deficiency bill for
the current fiscal year. Adjourned to
the Goth. In the house the day was de-
voted to private pension bills, los be-
ing passed, and to few other minor
measures. A bill was passed appropri-
ating $4,000 to establish storm-warn-
ing stations at South Manitou island,
Lake Michigan. Adjourned to the
26th.
Half of the business section OF Mil
ford, Ind, has been destroyed by fire.
c. F. w. Nicely and Estes G.. Rath-
bone, convicted of Cuban postal frauds,
are to be freed, the Cuban house hav-
ing granted amnesty to all Americans.
An explosion in the coal mines at
Fernie, b. c., killed 100 miners.
Alfred Hamilton was hanged at
Whatcom, Wash, for the murder of D..
NJ. Woodbury. at Anacortes September
Z, 1899.
John w. Churry, of South Bend, Ind,
killed Susanna Kecskemetti, his sweet
heart, and himself.
The German foreign Office hears from
its agent in Pretoria that the Anglo
Boer war is practically ended, and sus-
pension of hostilities is expected to be
announced at any hour.
The panic at Fort de France, Mar
Unique, continues, two ship loads of
frightened residents leaving the place
and others clamoring to GO.
Four boys, Harry Meyers, Fred
Schwake, Edward Miller and Harold
Craig, were drowned at North Vernon,
Ind, by the upsetting of a boat.
Charles Reeves was hanged at Boon
Vile, Mo-, for the murder of his wife
February "a.
President Roosevelt was rendered
a luncheon by members of the Roch-
ambeau commission on board the
French battleship Gaulois at Annap.
oils.
A cloudburst at DEBORAH, Ia, caused
the drowning of three persons. The
town was flooded and many houses
washed away.
The town of Glover, Va, has been al
most destroyed by fire.
An earthquake destroyed the town
Quezaltenango, Guatemala, con.
tanning $4,000 people. Business in Qua
temala is suspended and the coffee
crop ruined.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended May "a were: Pittsburg
.s4s; Chicago, .667; New York, .4o5;
Boston, AGA; Brooklyn, 1857; Cincin'
natl, 1857; Philadelphia, @67; st
Louis, 1857.
A score of business blocks and resi-
dences were destroyed by fire at
Johnstown, o.
The statue of Marshal de Rocham.
beau, the compatriot of Washington
and the commander in chief of the
French forces in America during the
revolutionary war, was unveiled in
Washington.
Lord Pauncefote, British ambassa.
dor to the United States, died in
Washington, aged "A years.
First reports from scientists in the
Indies show that volcanoes gave
warning of approaching activity
which were ignored by islanders.
Abe Winthrop, white man, was
lynched by mob at Paris, Mo-, for
the murder of William Grow.
Six persons were killed and many
injured in tornado at Union, S. c.,
and great damage was done to prop
erty.
Allie Petty, living near Arcola, Mo-,
shot Mrs. Friend and her daughter
and then himself. The mother may
recover, but Petty and the girl will
die.
Nearly 100 bodies have been taken
from the Fernie mine in British CO.
lumbia and about 30 miners are still
missing.
Frank Wilson shot and seriously
wounded his wide, killed Abner Cam
ter and then committed suicide in
Arkansas City, Kan. Jealousy was the
cause.
Miners and operators are prepar-
ing for a test of strength June Q,
when men protecting mine property
have been ordered to strike. The
struggle already has cost millions.
A train on the Wabash road made
a accommodating run from Mont
pelier, o., to Detroit, Mich, dis
lance of o. miles, in SO minutes.
President Roosevelt is planning a
trip to various states of the east and
middle west.
A food of lava from Mont Pelee
swept away and ruined the town Of
Basse Pointe, Martinique. No lives
were lost.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended May 25 were: Chicago,
.5s3; Detroit, $50; Boston, SIT; st.
Louis, .565; Philadelphia, $50; Balti-
more, .4e2; Washington, .4o7; Cleve-
land, 900.