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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
LOOMS RECALLED.
Ainister to venesuela Ordered Home
diplomatic Relations APP
parently Severed.

Washington, April LA grave crisis
In the relations between the United
States and Venezuela was precipita-
ted Saturday when Secretary Hay
cabled Frank b. LOOMS. United
States minister at Caracas, to return
TO this country by the first steamer.
Admission is made at the state de-
partment that there is wide dlplo-
matte breach between the two re-
publics; that this government Is dis
satisfied with the conduct of the Ven
ezuelan authorities in general and
President Castro in particular, and
that there will have to be explana-
tions and amends before formal rela-
tions can be resumed.
An intimation was given out that
unless President Castro and his adj
visers recede from the attitude which
they have assumed toward the Unit
ed States that this country may be
driven to the necessity of taking
drastic steps to protect its dignity.
However, nothing will be done until
after Minister Loomis reaches WASH
ington and makes full statement
vi III thC
not only the persecution of himself
by the newspapers of Venezuela, but
the arrest of Ignacio II. Baiz, Dam
ish subject who represents the Unit.
ed States government as consular
agent at Barcelona. Baiz was ar
rested, according to reports to the
state. department, for refusing to
make loan to the Venezuelan au-
thorities and put in Jail until the
money was paid. Minister Loomis
was instructed to enter stiff pro-
test against this conduct on the part
of the authorities, but in view of the
fact that he has not communicated
President Castro's answer to WASH
ington il is believed that the Vene-
zuelan government has paid no atten-
ton to the protest.
San Juan, Porto Rico, April Tho
North Atlantic squadron, Rear Adj
miral Farquhar commanding, arrived
off San Juan Saturday evening. It
lay to all night, proceeding Sunday
for Culebra islands, where orders are
expected directing it to go to Vene-
Zuelan waters.
Washington, April 1.-While Moth
ing has been given out here regard
ing the probable dispatch of the
North Atlantic squadron for yene-
zuela, such action is believed by many
officials necessary, owing to the Sc
Tious differences With that republic.
The recall of Minister Loomis and the
mystery surrounding the reasons for
his withdrawal give the affair de-
cidedly interesting aspect.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

only four pews away! Now threei
Now two! And now-oh, Heaven, be
merciful--he paused at the pew
Louise was in, slowly turned, entered
1t and sat down in the outer corner.
For one deadly moment the girls
heart seemed to stop and all turned
black before her eyes. Then the
blood surged back to her brain and
thoughts came quickly, as they do
to one drowning. She remembered
the insane asylum hall, and this dan
gerous maniac sitting mute and mo-
tionless, spellbound by the power of
music.
A slight move made by her strange
seat-mate brought her back to the
present situation. No longer in a
crowded, brightly lighted hall, but in
this dark and silent church she must
attempt to bind this man with
music's spell, and this time her life,
perhaps, depended on her success.
Another movement, slight but terri
flying, reused her to action. BY an aw-
full effort of will she gained control
of her throat, which fear had almost
paralyzed, and there, in the darkness,
with maniac as sole auditor, she
sang as never in her life before.
High and clear her voice rang In
the joyous Easter carols, tender and
rich in the minor strains of Lenten
hymns. The listener sat motionless
as statue. Sometimes Louise hoped
he slept, and she would pause, but
signs of restlessness ever forced her
to renewed effort. On and on she
sang-hymns, chants and carols,
snatches of oratorios, Scotch ballads,
love lyrics, college songs, and even
nursery rhymes-while the tardy
hours of the night dragged by.
When midnight chimed from a
neighboring tower the courageous
singer felt that she had reached al
most the end of her strength. Yet
in desperation she sang on, repeat
ing, improvising, singing scales and
exercises, now stopping to take
breath, now impelled by terror to be-
gin again, till one o'clock struck; and
two; and three; and then, slowly,
slowly, the blessed daylight began to
appear! The sexton of st. Stephens,
peacefully snoring away the early
morning hours, was disturbed just as
the day was dawning by loud rap
ping on the door. He raised the win
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

patient, advanced with measured tread
along the aisle. At sight of him, the
poor, mad creature sprang up. Then
he moved slowly backward, covering
lower and lower as the doctor APP
preached, till, crouching abjectly at
Louise's feet, he burst into flood Of
tears.
They led him away, still weeping
and humble as little child, while the
girl sat motionless, with whirling
brain and dazed eyes. Incuriously she
had recognized the patrolman and
sexton as they came within her field
of vision; as in n dream she had heard
the word of command from DR.. Bar
ton and seen the lunatic rise; numbly
she watched until he was led from
her sight. Then, freed from the fear
full tension of the night, weary, ex-
hausted, her head fell backward, and
she lapsed into Inconsistencies.
When, after weeks of illness. Louise
had fought her way back to health and
strength again, 1t was found that the
strain of those frightful hours had
hopelessly injured the delicate vocal
chords, and her beautiful voice was
silenced forever. A fearful sacrifice,
yet one that had not been in vain, for
in those few hours of singing n mir
acle had been wrought, and the dis
ordered mechanism of n brain had
found balance. The maniac, after leav-
Ing the church, wept himself into a
quiet sleep, from which he rawoke a
maniac no longer, but a sane man,
his mental poise permanently restored
by the magic of voice.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

II hope you are not afraid Of a
mouse?" She passed down the aisle
and seated herself cozily in the snug
inner corner of the family pew.
The church was not wholly dark,
for the glare from an electric light
on a high mast at the corner fell
through the clearstory windows,
illuminating part of the chancel quite
brightly, and casting broken lights
and shadows across the nave. Louise
leaned back in her pew-corner and
idly noted the effect of the aster
decorations as they were revealed in
the strange half-light. Ae her eye
fell on the left group of palms one
or two of the stiff, shining leaves
seemed to move. The girls Leart
came to her throat. Assuring herself
that her fright was due solely to i'm
agination, she looked again. All was
quiet for a moment. Then-yes, sure
ly that was movement, and surely
her ear caught a rustic. Louise
strained her frightened eyes to see
more clearly. Was there or was there
not a figure standing back of that
palm group? The electric light on
its high mast sputtered and almost
went out. For a moment the whole
church was in shadow. When the
ligh. flashed up again the figure back
of the palms was certainty. Slow
ly, while Louise felt her blood con-
geal, a mans form moved from be-
hind the clustered leaves and slowly
moved across the chancel. Lonise sat
motionless and dumb, her eyes fixed
on the advancing figure. OF what use
to scream? Vt what use to fiee? She
was prisoner, powerless to escape,
powerless to defend herself! The
man advanced to the chancel steps
and came into the Iull radiance of q
broad beam of light. His shadowy
features became suddenly distinct.
Louise saw q frightfully Scared face.
In an agony of horror she recognized
the maniac whom she had seen at
the asylum, and OF whose escape An
toinette had told her. u
Scarcely breathing. numb with ter
ror, she saw the dread figure slowly
descend the steps of the chancel and
come down the aisle. Now he was
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

dow and testify inquired who was
there and what was wanted.
at is DR.. Barton and patrolman,"
was the reply. There is something
wrong at the church, and we want
you to bring the keys and come with
us at once" The startled sexton
sprang into his clothing, seized the
keys and hurried out of the door.
The patrolman stood waiting; DIR.
Barton, in his impatience, was already
half block away.
whats to pay?" painted the little
sexton, as his short legs tried to keep
pace with his companions long ones.
The patrolman explained that he
had heard somebody singing in the
church. Remembering the escaped
lunatic he had telephoned DIR. Barton,
of the asylum. The doctor had joined
him, and both had heard the singing,
although it was evidently woman's
voice.
The three men entered the church
by a basement door. The bolt shot
back grudgingly, with grating sound.
Louise heard it, and duly wondered If
help were at hand. She paused and
listened. Did she hear footsteps in
the lower hall? Suddenly the mad
man by her side half sprang to his
feet and bent threateningly toward
her. Terrified, yet with renewed cour-
age, she opened her lips. The rescuers
on the steps halted in amaze at the
burst of triumphant melody, while the
maniac, tranquilized, sat back to his
place.
The doctor turned to his aids. go
through to the other stairs" he whis-
pered, "and up into the vestibule. I'll
wait here till see you at the door.
It's lady that's singing, but my man
is in there beside her.
The men obeyed, feeling their way
through the cellar dusk to the other
end of the church.
God will hearken, God will save"
sang Louise, all the pathos OF prayer
in her voice. As the words left her
lips the curtain at the transept stair
way wps thrust aside, revealing the
figure of the asylum superintendent.
Mechanically she sang on, while DR..
Barton, his eyes fixed upon his escaped
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
A New Easter.

Every call to self-denial is call to a
new Easter. The lower is to be sacri-
feed for the sake of obtaining the
higher. AS in the grain of wheat is
hidden secret of value and growth
which can be realized only through
the dying of the grain in the earth,
so in every fragment of human happi-
ness and comfort there is covered up
secret of blessing and of good which
can be brought out only through the
losing Of it, the giving 1T UPS. S.
Times
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
Best Of/Au Our Hopes.

Is not the best of all our hopes-the
hope Of immortality-always before
us? How can we be dull or heavy
while we have that new experience
to look forward to? 1t will be the
most joyful of all our travels and ad-
ventures. 1t will bring us our best
acquaintances and friendships. But
there is only one way to get ready for
and that is to love this
life and live it as bravely and cheer
fully and faithfully as we can.-Henry
Van DYKE
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.

Cyclists will make Buffalo their Mec-
ca this coming season. The l.. A. w.
annual meet will be held there in con-
nection with the professional races
given by the N. CA
a remarkable fish yarn comes from
Metropolis, ILL.,, where q Lake Michi-
gan perch was caught in the Ohio
river. Chicagoans say the fish de-
scendcd the drainage canal to the I'LL
nois. thence to the Mississippi and
down to Cairo, where II turned up the
Ohio.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
The Le..on OF Hope.

The great lesson of Easter is hope.
1t tells of life triumphing over death.
It's picture is broken grave, empty
now because He who lay in it could
not be holden of death. The lesson is
great deal wider in its reach, how
ever, than the ordinary application
of it. 1t is wondrously comforting to
know that all who sleep in Jesus God
viii bring again from death to life.
But the victory of Easter included
all that belongs to the Christian life.
We suffer many defeats before we
come to the last faintness, which men
call dying. But there is not one of
those which the glorious Easter fact
may not change into a victory. Always
Christian faith brings life out of
death.
Many times we seem to fail, but
there is way to bring good out of
every failure. Indeed, ofttimes the
best thing that can come to us is de-
feat. 1t takes the self-conceit out of
us. It reveals to us our weakness, and
thus sets a new lesson for us-the
strengthening of the weak point. 1t
makes us more patient and sympa-
thetic with others who fail. Then 1t
inspires us to new courage. We rise
to try again, and we determine yet to
be victorious. Thus depending upon
Christ we become more than conquer
ors through Him that loved us, and out
of the graves of our vain struggles
comes resurrection life.-Dr. j. r.
Millar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

81 think thsse jokes about Easter
bonnets are downright stupid" said
Mr.. Meckton.
"Indeed!"
eyes. The idea of woman's asking
her husband for money to get bon
net with! just as II she didn't have
It all the time and wasn't thinking her
self pretty generous IL She gave him
25 cents to buy lunch with!"-wash-
inQton Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
strike Ayerted.

Youngstown, o.. April 1.-The blast
furnace operators Of the Mahoning
valley have acceded to the demand Of
the furnace workers by granting them
the increase of 20 cents per day asked
for. The men would have gone on
strike mt ak o'clock this morning *
the operators had refused the de-
mand.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

"Judson thought he might pull
through without making an assign
ment, but just as he was about arr
ranging satisfactorily with his cred-
TORS"
"What happened?'
"The bill for his wifc's Easter hat
came in."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

London, April i.--Oxford crew de-
featcd Cambridge in the annual row.
ing event over the Putney-Mortlake
course by three-fifths Of length n
the slowest time (22:al) in "a years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06

Wife-Women always have the best
of it when it comes to Easter head
gear.
Husband-Of course they do. The
men have to pay the freight.-Chica-
go Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-04-06
THELOfA
Mhe1gN0IcE.
Z W --sareae.a--
10y Wasv>Ov Sveww Swlms.-

Z WAS Easter eve,
and half n dozen
girls of the Altar
Child were dec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
WORDS OF TRUTH AND SOBER
 MESS

The Richmond Times, in some editorial comments on the much-exploited race question, has this to say:
 But the Northern people. most of them at least seem to be utterly blind to the fact that it is q very different propo- sition to deal with a few negroes here and there and to deal with them as a mass. The Northern people deal with the negro as an individual; the Southern people deal with him as a race and as a multitude. Is 1t possible that the Southern people have learned nothing by their long years of experience with the negroo Is it possible that men of sense and education have been studying this serious problem all these years to no purpose? In point of fact, there is no one question that the people of this sec tion have studied quite so closely and so earnestly and we may say prayer fully as the so-called negro problem, and the result of our study and ou- every day experience is that there must that each race must live to itself; that there must be separate churches, sepa- rate schools, separate places of entertain ment and strict laws against miscegena- tion, and absolute intolerance of any thing approaching social equality. And the negroes of the South understand and appreciate this fact as fully as the whites do.
 In point of fact ali the trouble over the race issue has its origin outside the South. It has been so for more than
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Monopoly Hurrying to the Front.

Indianapolis News.
 The friends of protection for the sake of prott ction are gallantly rallying to the support of the Dingley tariff. Mr. Payne of New York, Mir. Steele of Indiana and Mir Grosvenor of Ohio are convinced that there should he no tariff tink ring. They are doing their best to convince the President of the unwisdom of mo frying a system which imposes heavy burdens and grievous to be borne on the American people and which takes from their pock- cts every year millions of dollars which the Governm mt does not need. And then the S cretary of the Treasury ii forced to go into tn market every once n a while and buy bonds at a premium In order to keep the money in circulation money which should never have been taken from circulation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16

The St. Louis Republic has been moralizing over the late elections and concludes thus:
 "The one and only State in which Democracy failed to realize expectation was Nebraska. The disappointment In Nebraska was due, not to Democratic weakness, but to the defection of Re- publican Populists. who thereby proved again that they can not be drawn away from their allegiance to Repubicanism no matter what sacrifices may be made by Democracy to enlist such Populists fn the cause of the people, which l. always the Democratic cause"
 The Republic need not have expected Nebraska. Democracy-real Democra- cy--doesnt't expect anything from that State until there Is an entire change of leadership. Nebraska did just what any other State will do when it abandons political principle and substitutes unde- paocratie Experiments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16

half a century. There would have been no slavery troubles, no secession, no civil war. had 1t not been for fanatics. mar gotten the impression in their cfanfums that the curse of slavery" as they view
 ed it was their especial business, and that they had been called and set aprt to abolish 1t.
 It is the same spirit of inpertinent interference which Is causing all the trouble. Beginning with negro enfran- chisement-the most damnable wrong ever perpetrated by a civilized govern ment against any people--those who have inherited the meddlins fanaticisfn of the old abolitionists are just as inischievous now as they were when they were de-
 nouncing the Union as "a covenant with | death." because slavery was recognised by it's Constitution and laws. They are
 still not content with the duty of right ing the many and palpable evils existing
 at their own doors. and the regulating or abolishing of which would occupy all their time and talent. They are unable to see. Of are unmindfuI of, the wick edness and corruption and crime per-
 meating every vein and artery of theig
 own social and political system. They are serenely unconscious of the fact that they have enough dirt at their own doors
 to occupy their brooms for many years These Pharisees are wasting a great
 deal of time to little purpose, unless their Nplv ohiacf Ia hrpad and fOmept
 trouble. Whatever race question there
 Is belongs to the South. and the South
 must abide by 1t, suffer from 1t or cor
 rect it. No outsider can deal with it
 and all interference from other sections
 makes matters worse. The Southern
 people understand the negro as no other
 people can. They know his nature and
 habits, his likes and dislikes, his wants and needs better than others can, and 1t Is their duty and their province and their desire to deal with and settle the problem in the way that will be best for both races and for the country.
 And the people of the South will deal with this question in their own way, unmindful of oficious meddling. Ala bama has made a beginning by adopting a Constitution which is the first step to- wards a settlement of a question which had become so serious as to be unbeara- ble. Under the new organic law which the best of Alabamas citizens have just
 endorsed the greatest curse resulting from negro snfranchisement will be so modified or eliminated that we will have no other serious trouble over it, if we are not interfered with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Rapacity Without Limit.

-.
 For many years editorials entitled High Water Mark in Pensions" have been appearing in the newspapers The high water mark editorials are appearing now and some of the newspapers seem to think that the pension charge never will be any greater, but did they not have that opinion when Garfield said on the floor of the house that the pen sion charge would never be greater than s30, 900, GOO annually? They did not have then, and they have not now. com prohensive understanding of the willing ness of the average congressman to h. crease his chances for reelection by squandering the peoples money or the tireless persistency of the pension sharks in pursuit of fees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Coming Here to Learn.
Colombus (O.l Dispatch.

ColombuS tOl Dispatch.
 There is a certain atihcatlon and sat isfaction in the knowl dge that France has in prospect tn" establishment or a chool In th country for the purpose oi tudying American m usrrios To b. rec 'sniEed a tn" ading industrial nalon [ the worl1 1 wpl' mt weVer " Il may adv know thi t. b. ue.
 apc, announces that it i~ not h pur- ose to pry to th, secrets the v'ri- M d t'i , hut mcr | to TO I'd ont
 @ ducaion of her industrial stud nts ith pf actica k1owledgc of American N, thOds and ( nt rDrise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Lows Choice of Assistants.

New York Tribune.
 The officers who ought to surround Mir. Low are not those who seek or are ready to accept appointments because the service appeals to their ambition. offers them a better income than they make in business or furnishes an opportunity to build up political influence. Such officers might be honest and faithful, but they would not appeal to the pride of New York and immediately command that faith which fortifies the public against the influence of unjust criticism. Men are wanted to whom the offices mean nothing politically or financially; who would make sacrifices in serving; who would consider an appointment not a favor bestowed, but draft to service for which no reward was possible but the consciousness of patriotic duty done. Such men would keep aroused the public spirit of this city and consolidate it for the perpetuation of nonpartisanship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Farming by Main Strength.

CentreViIIe Press.
 We hope our farmer friends will read and ponder the article. from The Mont gomerv Advertiser headed Scientific Farming" Some forty years ago, when we were attempting to farm by main strength, we rem mber reading clipping from a Philadelphia agricultural paper which advised farmers scientifically to plant corn on poor land close in the row and thick in tho drill; but in rich land, plant corn both wide in rows and wide In tho drill f. e. give it room to grow and spread! w. knew at once the editor was talking through his hat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Better Grade of Appointments.

Philadelphia Times.
 Some of the postmasters and collectors and other federal officers inflicted upon Southern people have been enough to keep them from voting sny Republican ticket, however strong theIr convictions may have been. President Roosevelt evidently appreciates the circumstances and understands the facts. and if he will keep on in his determination to appoint only the best men irrespective of the national committeeman he will win the cordial regard of the Southern people and increase the respect of the whole country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
No Questions Put.
Sheffield Reaper

We caution those thoughtful persons who. after committing burglary, stole something less than a wagon load of our winter provision of preserves, fruit. Der ries and cordial, not to fiatter themselves with the thought of secusi ing another turn on the same terms. We have sympathy for a hungry thief and unspeakable con- tempt for a hoggish one. If the person who smashed the lock on the spring house door will go there and pick up his cigarette stumps, no questions will be put to him, not even one interrogatory.