The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-01-19
Items OF Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
TWO MINERS KILLED.
Matt Meehan Dumped Into an
Iron Ore Pocket Near
Happening.

man In 6ectlOn 10 mine OF the Lake
Superior Iron Co., was killed Tues
day night. He came from the bot
tom Of the mine in the skip loaded
with ore and died soon after being
taken from q pocket into which he
was dumped. John Pintern, a
miner, was killed Monday by falling
ore at section 81 mine OF the same
company.
It is understood that Marquette
has been selected as the location for
the charcoal blast furnace to be
erected by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron
company.
Ex-County Treasurer Rudolph J.
Haas, Of Houghton, and Miss Mary
Sailor, of Calumet, will be married
Thursday, January 81, at the latter
city. They will make their home in
West Houghton.
George w. Shaw's grocery store
at Marquette was totally destroyed
by fire early Monday morning.
Loss between $1,000 and 81. 900,
with only $4,000 insurance. The
origin of the fire is mystery.
Miss Hattie May Williams, OF
Houghton, and James G. McCallum,
Of Marquette, were united in mar
riage at Houghton Wednesday. Mr..
McCallum is a conductor on the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
railroad, his run being between
Marquette and st. Ignace.
At the instigation of the Upper
Peninsula Undertakers' association,
Rev. Byrnes, of Ishpeming, will in
troduce bill into the next legisla-
ture to license undertakers. The
bill requires all undertakers to pass
satisfactory examination by the
state board OF health before engag-
ing in the business; also undertakers
not competent to pass that examina-
tion be prohibited from preparing a
body for burial.
The Mansfield mine, high-grade
Bessemer ore property near Crystal
Falls, has been taken possession Of
by the Oliver Mining company. The
deal was consummated at Chicago.
The mine was owned by the DeSoto
Iron company, the principal stock
holders of which were George B.
Penwe,l, OF the Penwell Coal com
pany, OF Pana, Ill, and Crerar,
Clinch & Co., Of Chicago. The
Mansfield is noted for the drowning,
in the fall of 1893, of twenty eight
men, who were caught in the mine
by cavern, which allowed the
Michigamme river to flow into the
workings of the mine. In 1896 the
Crerar- -Clinch interest conceived the
idea of digging q canal to turn the
river away from the workings, and
did SO at a great ex pense. The mine
yields high-grade Bessemer ore
and is looking better than it ever
did. S. G. Bennett, lately with the
Corrigan- Mckinney mines, will have
charge OF the property.
Sunday morning last about 8
O'Clock terrible accident occurred
at the landing near Booths mill.
John Mattson, late Of Dollar Bay,
was working on the0landing unload
ing cars from Bergland's camps at
Lake Gogebic, and was caught by
log that had been started from the
car by workmen. 1t appears that
Mattson lost his head and attempted
to stop the log with his hook, but
failed, then instead Of seeking safety
to the right he undertook to run
down the rollway ahead OF the ap-
preaching log. At the end Of the
rollway bis feet slipped and he fell
on his back. The log passed over
his entire body, crushing him ter
ribly, causing almost instant death.
Justice Kennedy, Of Kenton, arrived
In the afternoon aud viewed the re-
mains and decided that under the
circumstances no inquest was neces.