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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF
THE SECRETARY OF WAR

tically obsolete. 1t Is desirable that con-
gress should exercise the power conferre d
upon II by the constitution to provide for
organizing. arming and discipllning the
militia. The organization and armamen mt
should be made the same as for the regular
and volunteer forces. The relations of the
Eatioral guard organizations to the ma
tional forces and the obligations and duties
OF those organizations In time Of war should
be clearly defined"
The secretary proposes In time of peace
to prepare for war. He recommends that
national guard officers and other civilians
be invited to present themselves for ex-
animation. Those who are found worthy
OF commissions shall be listed. and in the
event of war shall be subject to call to
serve as officers of volunteers.
Progress in the Philippines is discussed
at length, the secretary saying that the
only opposition to the army now Is a sort
of guerrilla warfare closely approaching
brigandage. 1t Is stated that there are now
602 military stations In the Islands, cover
ing every important town ard strategic
point.
In discussing Cuba Secretary Root says
that the constitution. although not wholly
satisfactory to him, has been treated by
the military government 'as an accept
able basis for the formation of the new
government to which the control of the
island Is to be transferred, and such a
transfer may be anticipated before the
close OF the approaching session of con-
gress.' He then urges treaty of reci-
procity with free Cuba. The Cubans hav-
Ing accepted all the conditions imposed by
the United States. should be treated as
friends and not as enemies, and the secre-
tary holds that commercial reciprocity will
be money In pocket for Uncle Sam.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07

Washington. Nov. T-In the first half
of his report Elihu Root, secretary Of war
reviews at length the work OF the army
during the last year. and gives particular
attention to conditions in Cuba. He holds
that the island rapidly is making ready
Tor home rule.
Among the important recommendations
by the secretary Is for an officers school
In which young men in civil life can be
trained In military duties. fitting them for
service In a volunteer force In case OF need
Regarding the anti-canteen law the re-
port says: when the orders were Issued
for the enforcement of this section of the
law the commanding officers OF the various
posts and military organizations were d.
rected to report upon its effects. Reports
received indicate that the effect OF the law
is unfortunate. think. however, that a
sufiicient time has not elapsed to give the
Law fair trial. and the observation of its
working Will be continued during the en-
suing year,
The full strength of the army in every
branch Is A,5l3 officers and men. of whom
1919 are In the Philippines, 4914 In Cuba
and 1.41 In Porto Rico. Operations in the
Philippines have degenerated into sporadic
brigandase. For the year ending June 30
the Filipinos lost S,S45 killed, 1913 wounded.
6.572 captured and 23.096 surrendered, with "a
total OF 1858 rifles and nearly 10000
rounds OF ammunition. The American loss
was A5 killed. 400 wounded, I1S captured and
% missing. Congress Is asked to make spe-
cial recognition Of the services of Maj.
Gems. Merritt. Brooke and Otis
Awell-trained militia organization ready
TO take Its place as a part OF the fighting
force OF the nation in the emergency, is
held a necessity. On this point the secre-
fary says: THE militia law to-day Is prac-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
REPORT OF FIRST ASSISTANT
POSTMASTER GENERAL.

crease In the volume Of mail both delivered
ard collected.
The city free delivery service now en-
braces 500 cities and towns, including four
In the new insular possessions, all these
employing an army Of 1889 uniformed car
riers, who collect and carry the mails two
or more times each working day to 32.OCO.-
600 patrons. The total cost per annum TO
the department for this service Is go cents
per capita. The gross receipts of the free
delivery post offices were T4, 296,39o, an In
crease of over II per cent. for the year.
The total estimate for the next fiscal year
for this city free delivery service Is $S,-
7i5, $50.
The average daily sales Of money or
ders in the United States, fees included,
are sgssl4. The aggregate amount Of
money orders issued was 1894 1861, en- In
crease of $50, 900 900 for the year.
In the five years just passed the number
OF presidential post offices has Increased IS
per cent? salaries of these postmasters In
creased IS per cent; allowances for clerks
in the first and second-class offices, IL per
cent; the number of free delivery offices,
IS per cent; the number of carriers, % per
cent; the cost of the free delivery service,
"a per cent; the increase 81 gross receipts
at free delivery Offices. Al per cent, and
money order business, 56 per cent.
Among the recommendations are "A re-
duction of money order fees so as to make
the maximum "a cents. instead Of 80 cents;
classification of clerks at first and Sec
ond class post offices; an appropriation OF
$50 600 600 for postmasters' salaries; the APP
pointment Of fourth assistant superin-
tendent of city delivery service, to have
charge Of the southern field. ard that at all
the larger post offices a supervisor OF car
riers" be appointed, to have exclusive
charge Of the force Of letter carriers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07

There are 24s,sss Jews in the Brit
ish empire.
The United Kingdom has 16 leading
art societies, of which eight are royal.
Norway's coast-line is 1,700 miles in
a straight line, but over $4,000 If fol-
lowed round the fjords. Fifteen thou
sand islands have been charted in her
belt of islands.
Great Britain with her colonies
owns nearly one-half of the total ton
mage belonging to the marine of 40
nations, or 100000 tons out of a
total of 2o,0OO,O0O.
A German authority states that
from the mouth to the source of the
Rhine, 725 castles, formerly the
homes of warlike chiefs, are to be
found overlooking it's waters.
Last year the pope's vineyard in the
gardens of the Vatican yielded
beautifully, but owing to some care
lessness in putting up the wine, much
of it spoiled, and had to be sold at
six cents quart. This year there
was a prospect for another good
harvest, when hailstorm destroyed
the whole crop and damaged the
vines so badly that they will probably
be barren next year.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
SAD WORK OF FLAMES
Fire Destroys a Home in Penn
sylvania Village.
Lamp Explodes While Family In
AsIeep-A Mother and Her Four
Children Are Burned
to Death.

Altoona, Pa, Dec. 2.-Shortly after
two o'clock Sunday morning five per-
sons, a mother and her four children,
ton, on the Wopsononock railroad,
three miles north of this city. The
husband escaped with severe injuries.
The dead are: Mrs. Mary G. Burk, AZ
years old; Adam q. Burk, 49,; Mary L.
Burk, 10; Joanna Burk, IL; Joseph Vic
ter Burk, eight years. Carl w. Burk,
the husband, is seriously burned about
the back.
Mrs. Burk and the children, save
Adam, retired at the usual hour Sat-
urday night. Mr.. Burk, who was in
Altoona, did not get home until late.
The lamp was burning in the kitchen
for him. Before he went upstairs he
turned it low. A lunch was left on the
kitchen table for Adam, WHO'S a stage
hand at the Altoona opera house. 1t
is not known what time Adam came
home.
Mrs. Burk was awakened by dense
smoke in her room. She awoke her
husband, who found the kitchen
ablaze. Burk's clothing was ignited,
but he rolled in the snow to extinguish
the flames. He then summoned the as
sistance of neighbors, but when they
arrived there was no hope of saving
the house or rescuing the inmates.
Burk was sent away to n hospital
crazed with grief. The house was
soon consumed and the bodies,
charred and blackened, were recov-
cred. One corpse could not be distin-
guished from the other. The general
opinion is that Adam forgot to extin-
guish the light in the lamp when he
retired and that the lamp was in some
way upset, possibly by the family dog.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07

Washington, Nov. T.-First Assistant
Postmaster General w. NJ. Johnson In his
annual report says the yearly Increase In
the postal revenues has resulted In the
free delivery service becoming self-sus--
tanning OF the gross postal revenues Oh
the United States for the past hscai year
s7l, 1874 came from SC6 free delvery
cities. The remaining 1900 presidential posi-
Offices yielded $lS, 06S. 252, while the i2,4'9
rourth-class post Offices produced slS,9l3,-
BIG. Mr. Johnson says the fact that the
postal service in the largest cities Is prac-
ticaly perfect is the explanation OF why
the annual percentage Of increase In the
revenues OF the free delivery post ofhces
should be three times greater than In the
smaller cities and five times as large as
that of the fourth-class offices. AS rural
free delivery reaches out into the country
giving equal facilities without regard TO
locality, he says II increases the revenues
at a rate at least equal to that maintained
in the free delivery cities. where during
the past five years II has averaged eight
per cent.
At the end of the present fiscal year
$500 rural routes will be In successful op-
Grafton, 5000 being in effect by December
2. The latter figure represents just bo per
cent. OF the applications for such service
filed since its Inauguration five years ago.
The infexible policy Is announced mere
after Of avoiding maintenance or unneces-
sary post Offices and superfiuous star routes
contemporaneously with rural free deliv-
cry routes. On July last the force Of 1901
rural carriers was serving 2,SiO,644 people
at fraction over IS cents per capita and
on December next 100000 OF the rural
population will be enjoying free delivery.
Every establishment of a route, the report
says, Is followed promptly by steady In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
Religious Exercises Arc Held on the
Grounds of the "Ivory City"
on Sunday.

Charleston, s. c., Dec. 2.-Impressive
religious exercises intended as pre-
lude to to-day's opening of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
exposition were held at the exposition
grounds Sunday afternoon. The nam
ing of December as the opening of the
exposition was without consulting the
calendar, and the fact that December
/ was Sunday was discovered only a
short time ago. 1t was then decided
that proper way to fulfill the promise
made in the resolution as to the open
ing was to hold exercises appropriate
to the day.
Ellison Capers, Episcopal bishop OF
South Carolina, made the invocation.
A dedication ode by George Herbert
Sass, of Charleston, and set to music
by Theodore Saul was sung by large
chorus, accompanied by the First ar
tiIlery band. Addresses were made by
several ministers and the benediction
was pronounced by Mgr. Quigley.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
FIRE IN ON AHA.
Three Firemen Injured and Property
Worth $4,000 Destroyed
Sunday Night.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2.-Fire which
started at $3.50 o'clock Sunday night
in the local supply house Of the Cream
cry Package Manufacturing company,
Eleventh and Jones streets, resulted in
the serious injury of three firemen and
loss of $4,000. The injured are:
Lieut.. NJ. j. Cuff, engine company No.
/, taken out unconscious, left shoulder
broken, badly burned about face and
body; may die; Fireman George Trek
Ter, face burned, arm dislocated; j.
Greenman, pipeman, face and hands
burned. All the injured were removed
to st. Joseph's hospital. The accident
was caused by falling wall. Cuff was
partially burned beneath the debris,
but two of his comrades heroically ran
into the burning structure and pulled
him out.
The building was five stories high
and it was feared for awhile that the
flames would spread to a large gas
tank and adjoining buildings, and a
general alarm was turned in. 1t was
confined to the Creamery Package
building, however, with slight loss
to the Northwall Implement company,
adjoining. The package concern is
managed by S. L. Kelley and the head
quarters are in Chicago. The loss on
stock is $4,000, with $4,000 insurance.
The building was valued at 100000, but
the amount of insurance is unknown.
The Lewis Supply company, betting
and rubber goods, also lost $4,000 on
stock
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
VIII Fight Exclusion.

Pittsburg, Dec. 2.-Chinamen Of
Pittsburg and surrounding towns will
make every effort to prevent the re-
gress of the Chinese exclusion act. Que
Wong Lee, of San Francisco, repre-
sentative of the Six Companies, who
has been in the city several days, pre-
sided at a meeting Sunday which was
attended by over 400 Cinnamon. After
the meeting leading Chinaman said
his countrymen in this district would
contribute $4,000 to the cause. In
about ten days meetings will be held
all over the district by Six Companies
representatives with the object of hav-
ing every Chinaman contribute $50 to
the fund.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
Public Protected.

Hon. Judge Wing OF the Federal Court
of Cleveland has issued permanent injunc-
ton with costs and damages ienjoining a
lawyer named Corey from the manufacture
and sale of an imitation of Cascarets. Corey
initiated the boxes, the shape OF the tablet
and used similar sounding name. Any
dealer who will offer substitute or say
that something sis just as good" when Cas-
carets are called for, does it for the purpose
of making few cents extra profit, which
must always be at the expense of the Gus
toners health.
Cascarets have been advertised freely in
our columns and as the result Of making
them known, Cascarets to-day have the
largest sale Of any bowel medicine in the
world. They are always packed in metal
boxes with the long tail &C" on the cover
and each tablet stamped G. G., c. They are
never sold in bulk or from jars. Readers
are warned against limitations or substitutes
of this meritorous medicine, and il at any
time they have been offered substitute
or an offer 10 sell something "just as good"
when Cascarets have been asked for, write
direct to- the Sterling Remedy Company,
New York or Chicago.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
POSTMASTER GENERAL SMITH
ON ABUSES OF THE SERVICE.

Washington, Nov. 2S-Were II not for
the abuses of the second-class mail priv
ilege, the post Office department would
have large annual surplus instead OF
the usual deficit, according to the report
of Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith, just made public.
The greater portion of the postmaster
generals report is devoted to the prob
lem Of reform in second-class matter. the
enormous loss to the government in the
transportation and handling of 1t being
related at length. On this subject the re-
port says:
1.-The second-class matter constitutes
nearly go per cent. of the weight of the
entire mail of the country, and yet, while
the postal revenue for the last fiscal year
was Sill ,631 1888, the second-class matter
paid only A.294.4 AS of that amount. That
is. while making three-ffths of the mail
in weight, 1t furnished only one-twenty-
eighth part of the service. The trans
portation of the mails is paid for chiefly
by weight. The enormous disproportion
OF return to cost in second-class matter
is thus apparent at glance.
The second-class matter which paid
the pound rate amounted for the last
fiscal year to 429,444.57S pounds. At five
cents pound II cost 81 Az, 22S to carry
It. 1t paid in postage ii5, leaving
net loss to the government of ,7S3
on transportation alone.
'Of this vast mass of second-class mat
ter II Is estimated that one-half does not
come within the meaning and intent of
the law and is not rightfully included In
that class. and thus is not entitled to be
mailed at the pound rate.
Fully 200.0O0.000 pounds Of mail n year
is carried and delivered at one cent
pound. when IL ought either to pay the
third-class rate. equal to eight cents
.nf hA tad Mt n
counting the expense of handling, 1t costs
the government 900 year to trans
port this matter. 1t returns in postage
5000. 900. thus involving a direct loss on
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
A cLERGYMAN'S DISCOVERY.

Fredericksburg, Ind, Dec. 2.-Ac-
cording to the positive declaration of
Rev. f. =. Stevens, of this place, that
gentleman has found remedy for all
diseases of the Kidneys and urinary
organs. For years he suffered severe
ly with these complaints, inconti-
hence of the urine, making life bur-
den to him, but he never ceased ex-
perimenting in the hope that some
day he would discover remedy.
After many failures he has at last
succeeded and is to-day perfectly
cured and well man, and explains
that his recovery is due to the use of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. This remedy has
been successfully applied to many
cases of Lame Back, rheumatism,
Bright's Disease, Diabetes and other
Kidney Diseases, and there seems to
be no case of the kind that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills will not cure. This is the
only remedy that has ever cured
Bright's Disease.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07

transportation alone OF 5000 900. II II be
charged with Its fair share of the total
cost or the mail service on the conserva-
tive calculation heretofore given, the loss
to the government is not less than Si2-
100000. Had that loss not been sustained
there would have been surplus of S.
000. 900.
THE government is thus not only con.
tributtng largely and rightly to the dis
iribution of legitimate newspapers and
periodicals with public object and COM
ing within the law, but 1t is paying a
subsidy OF N2,0O0,000 a year for purely
private publishing enterprises, run sole
ly for private profit This wrongful SUBJ
sidy would pay substantially the net cost
of extending rural free delivery over all
the feasible part OF the whole country.
1t would pay the cost OF three battle
ships. 1t would pay the largest amount
that has been proposed to be set apart
for the upbuliding of a great American
merchant marine and leave s3,000.oO0 to
spare every year."
The total receipts of the department for
the fiscal year ending June 80 are sl1l.-
63l.l93 and the expenditures $ll5,554,92O.
Rural delivery Is declared a success
and an extension of the system Is recon-
mended. The postmaster general holds
the plan of incalculable value to the ma
ton and the people. and he urges that 1t
be given to the entire country. "At the
opening OF December 6,0O9 routes will be
running, ard under present plans the
number will increase by July /, 1902. TO
5000 The rural population now receiving
daily service is about 100000, and at the
end of the fiscal year 1t will reach $780,
900. The delivery system will then cover
more than a quarter of the eligible por-
ton of the country. and at the present
rate of establishment the entire area
,1I To he haf 10 n or II
mated. million square miles OF terri
tory with H,O00.000 of rural residents
will be brought within its scope in less
than tour years"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
Inauepce Of Food.

"What do you think of the theory that
food has potent influence in determining
character" asked Mr.. Smithfeld, as he put
three Jumps OF sugar in his coffee.
Il guess it's all right" replied Mr.. Wood,
1T always seems a little cannibalistic to me
when you order lobster"
"Well," retorted Mr.. Smithfeld, good
humoredly, II ought to have known 1t was
dangerous to lend you money after discov-
cred your fondness for beets. But, serious
ly, il there were anything in the theory,
wouldn't it make a man sheepish to eat
muttony"
1T would, and prize fighters ought to
restrict themselves to diet of scraps. =
Pittsburg Gazette
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
suicide Of Ex-clty treasurer.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 2s.-Short in his
accounts many thousands of dollars,
unable to make it good, and unwilling
70 face it, Stuart II. Young, until q
week ago city treasurer of Louisville,
shot and killed himself Wednesday
evening when the fact that experts
were at work on his books had been
made public. A shortage of $4,000 has
been found so far, and the investiga-
fion is not near completion. The to-
tai Is believed to be at least $500
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
New nn.ebnm Circuit.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 27.--President
Hickey, of the Western Baseball
league, states that a circuit compris-
ing Minneapolis, st. Paul, Kansas
CITY and Omaha in the west, and Mil
waukee, indianapolis, Columbus and
Toledo in the east, has been formed.
This will be distinct from the new
Western league, as now planned, and
which is to comprise Denver, st. Jo-
seph, Colorado Springs, Sioux City,
Des Moines and probably Lincoln.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
WIN Meet In Chicago.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 3o.-A meet
Sng of the executive committee OF the
Grand Army of the Republic will take
place at Chicago, Thursday, December
IL, at II a. m, when the question OF Sc
lecting city for the next encampment
will come up for consideration. Dem
yer, Atlantic City and Washington, ID.
c.. are figuring most prominently In
the contest for the meeting.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
More Turkish Ontrnges.

Constantinople, Dec. 2.-Official re-
ports received here from Mush are
to the effect that Andranik, leader
of Armenian bandits, has again occu-
pied an Armenian monastery in the
neighborhood of Mush, where he and
his forces are surrounded for sec
ond time by Turkish troops. Fresh
Turkish outrages on Armenians are
reported from the Mush, Sassun and
Bitlis districts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
Dronned Dead.

Milwaukee, Dec. 2.--Henry J. Baum
gartner, leading politician and
business. man of this city, dropped
dead Of heart disease at his home
Sunday. He was candidate for
mayor year ago, and few years
ago was president of the common
council. He was well known through
out the state.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07

Chicago, Dec. 2.-Lake traffic for
the year 1901 broke all records. With
the exception of coal, the shipments
of which will be long delayed by the
scarcity of stocks in Lake Michigan
ports, the general lake carrying trade
of the season Is about closed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
Removed BY the President.

Washington, Dec. 2.-Gov. Jenkins,
of Oklahoma, has been removed by
President Roosevelt for conduct unbe-
coming government official by inter
esting himself financially in public
contracts. Thomas b. Ferguson. Of
watonga, was appointed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
Very Popular Plan.

The route between New York and Chi.
cago by way of the Lackawanna Railroad
is growing in popularity. 1t takes people
through some of the finest scenery in Amer
lea, over splendid roadbeds, in excellent
cars that are noted for their fine riding
qualities. The dining-car service is worked
on the principle of order what YOU. want
and pay for nothing elsa plan that is
very. popular. You may have your meals
as cheap or as expensive as you please.
Service is on the European plan. Individual
club breakfasts or suppers, calculated to
please the most fastidous, are furnished at
q minimum cost of 35 cents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07
Ex-Jurist Dead.

Milwaukee, Dec. 2.-Ex-Judge
Charles A. Hamilton, of this city,
died at Baytona, Fla, aged rs years.
Judge Hamilton was grandson of
Alexander Hamilton. He served with
distinction in the civil war as lieu
tenant colonel of the Seventh regi-
ment of Wisconsin, and was circuit
Judge of Milwaukee county from 1880
IN 1886