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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
lution against Speaker Miller, which
IN now expun0ed from the record.

luton against Speaker Miller, which
IL now expunged from the record.
The bribery investigation commit
tee, after nearly an all night session,
adjourned at 1870 o'clock this (Satur-
day. morning. Speaker Miller was on
the stand for three hours. His testi-
mony was so vague and unsatisfac-
tory, his memory was SO bad, and
his facts so few and far between,
that the committee deciGed to stop
the inquiry. 1t will report to the
house when IL reassembles on Monday
evening that as the speaker has
failed to make good" his charges the
inquiry il barren of results and a
failure. Further instructions will be
asked.
During all of the examination
Speaker Miller refused to mention
the names of anybody who had at
tempted to bride him. He simply
"stood pat on his original statement
that the attempt had been made. but
would furnish no evidence which
would help the committee I'm its in
vestigation.
The best Miller could do to make
good was to insist that he had been
approached, but that he had no per-
sonal acquaintance with the persons
who so approached him and gave him
the assurance that he could make
money by granting a roll call.
George w. Human, editor of the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, is cited to appear be-
fore the house of representatives to
tell what he knows about the bribery
accusations.
Owing to the traction situation II is
not believed the general assembly can
adjourn on April 20. as was arranged.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
RAvAGES OF TIME.
Have Seriously Affected Original
Draft of Declaration of Inde pead-
ence-RemOved from Sight.

Washington, April 25.-The Declare
ton of independence is to be seen no
more by the public. An order has
been issued that henceforth the his
toric manuscript shall be kept under
lock and key in great fire and bur-
glar proof safe. The declaration will
never be exhibited again at any of
the great international fairs. This
decision was reached Friday as the
result of an examination of the docu-
ment by a committee of the American
Academy of Sciences, now in session
in this city, who acted at the instance
of Secretary Hay, whose attention has
been called to the sad state of the
famous document by Andrew Allen,
librarian of the state department.
Most of the text of the declaration
is still legible, but only one or two of
the signatures can be made out. There
is only a trace of the autograph Of
John Hancock, the frst to sign.
The committee, equipped with pow
erful microscopes, made careful ex-
animation of the declaration. It was
found that the ink used was not Of
the first quality. The fact that the
engrosser (now unknown to history
used a sharp pen and bore steadily
upon it accounted in q measure for the
better preservation Of the text az
compared with the signatures. Tho
great damage sustained, however, was
in 1920, when a copy was taken by the
crude letter-press process. This was
done in order to secure fac-simile
Of the surviving signers Zone of whom
was Thomas Jefferson) and their fam
lilies. The committee recommended
that the declaration be shut in an
air and light-tight case and kept from
exhibition. Friday the document was
photographed and then locked up.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02

bitterly denounced the daily uewspa-
pers of the state, which. he declared,
had "hounded" him outrageously.
The senator, who labored under in
tense excitement, protested against
the persecution to which he had been
subjected by the "scavengers of the
press" who had used "assassin's meth
ods." He shouted: Before my God,
l fear them not; laugh in their faces
and spit upon them" Senator Stone
declared that he had no part in the
passage Of the anti-alum law of 1899
and did not know for nearly year
that it had been enacted. AS a pri-
vate attorney, he had assisted in the
enforcement of the state pure food
laws, and in 1901, when II was propos ed
to repeal the anti-alum law. he wrote
an argument against repeal, but he
did not visit Jefferson City. In closing
his address, Senator Stone said: II
hope God will wither my hand, palsy
my tongue and burn my heart in the
flames of hell before will Intentional
ly dishonor my position to which the
people of Missouri assign me-"
st. Louis, April 21.-Judge Ryan on
Monday refused to grant new trials to
the following members of the st. Louis
house of delegates, who were tried and
convicted of bribery, and notice Of
appeal to the supreme court was given:
Charles Gutke, convicted January 10
and sentenced to five years in the pen
itentiary; John A. Sheridan, Edmund
Bersch, Charles Denny and T. +. AL
bright, all sentenced 10 five years In
the penitentiary January Is. Perjury
cases that will soon come up are pend
ing against the defendants.
Jefferson City, Mo-. April 22.-Sena-
tor Frank Farris, who arrived here
from his home at midnight Tuesday
gave a $1,000 bond for his appearance
in the circuit court here on July 81
next for trial on the charge of bribery
in connection with the alum bill in
1901.
st. Louis, NO., April 24.-Suffering
physically and weary and worn from
fatigue, Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee, who
left Kansas City last Thursday night
and arrived in Chicago Friday morn
ing, returned to st. Louis Thursday
night accompanied by his wife. who
few days ago went to Chicago to
see her husband. 81 am done with
politics forever" asserted Lieut.. Gov.
Lee Thursday night. 81 am sick
man and / need rest. Anyone who
says that / am not sick man never
passed through my experience of the
past few days"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
FOUND IN THE RIVER.
Discovery of the Body of a Long
Missing Chicago shoe Man
ufacturer.

Chicago, April 25.-A mystery which
has baffled the police for weeks past
was partially cleared up late Friday
afternoon when the body of Ambrose
p. Mullin, wealthy shoe dealer,
was taken from the murky waters If
the Chicago river, near the Adams
street bridge, and removed to the
morgue. 1t is believed that he was
robbed and murdered and his body
thrown into the river. Mullin disap-
peared on the evening of February 2.
He was associated with his father,
John Mullin, in the manufacture of
shoes, under the firm name of John
Mullin e. Son, o. Kinzie street.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02

chair and the Indy bill was recalled
to second reading. Peter Knolla was
made secretary.
In the interests of peace it was de-
cidcd not to maintain physical posses
sion of the advantage occupied by the
rump house, and at 2:30 the entire
house reassembled with Miller in the
chair.
Acting Speaker Allen stood along
side Miller and forced his attention.
He then proceeded to not only inform
him verbally of the action of the house
while he was absent, but read to him
word by word, in voice that could be
heard all over the assembly, the resolu-
ton in which his action of the morn
ing in refusing roll calls was described
as Revolutionary and unconstitu-
tional"
At four o'clock four of the organiza-
ton men and five of the opposition
went into conference for the purpose
of agreeing on a settlement. This
lasted nearly three hours. Early in
the conference the Organization"
leaders recognized the right of the
other men to call on all propositions.
Then came the question of resembling
the action which had been taken on
the Indy bill. After lengthy dis
cussion it was finally agreed that this
should be done, and that Mr.. Indy
would move to reconsider the vote by
which the bill had been advanced 10
third reading and the amendments to
it adopted. Later Speaker Miller
agreed to permit roll call, and also to
accept the record of the temporary
organization as being the true record
of the house.
Springfield, ILL.,, April 25.-Feeling in
the house was high on all sides when
Speaker Miller called it TO order at
nine o'clock Friday morning. 1t was
evident that the least unusual action
would start the trouble all over again.
A conference was had with the mem
bers of the republican steering com
mittee and ii was agreed that no at
tempt should be made to approve the
journal of Thursday at Fridays ses-
sion. The plan decided upon was
to have the matter of the approval of
the journal postponed until the next
legislative day, thus leaving the pro-
ceedings Of Thursday open, and this
plan was carried out.
Charges by Speaker Miller of the
house that attempts had been made to
bride him to aid the passage of the
Mueller bill: the authorization of the
appointment by the speaker of n COM
mittee OF five to investigate those
charges, and the addition by the
house of six representatives other than
those named by the speaker; this was
the outcome of the rioting Thursday
in the house Of representatives.
This followed an agreement between
the warning factions to bring the
amended Indy bill before the house
for reconsideration, to give roll calls
on the amendments and the bill itself
and on all other matters of impor-
lance during the rest of the session.
The same agreement included the
withdrawal of the protest and reso
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
ELEPHANTS BODY AFLOAT.
steamer, Sighted by the British
steamer Colorado.

New York, April 25.-The British
ship Colorado, from Hull, which ar
rived here, reports that on April IL
the body Of the elephant lingo was
sighted. This is the animal which died
at sea while being transported from
Liverpool for New York in the steamer
Gaorgic, and was said to have been the
largest beast in captivity. The ele-
phanS was thrown overheard from the
Georgia N March IL and mp 10 the time
sighted had been floating for 80 days.
The position in which the animal Is
reported to have been seen il about
TOO miles east OF Cape Race. or about
1.5OO miles from New York.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Negro Lynched.

Gurdon, Ark, April 24.-In an alter
cation Wednesday between DIR. j. II.
Guffman. well-known physician, and
Alexander Thompson, a negro, the for
mer was seriously cut in the neck. The
dispute arose over medical services
for which the negro refused to pay.
Thompson was placed in Jail and short
ly after midnight mob quietly sur
rounded the Jail and took possession
Of the negro. His body was found
Thursday hanging from railroad
trestle near here. The lynching was
performed quietly and no excitement
prevails here.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Labor Co.tracts Held Legal.

Austin, Tex. April 2o.--Attorney
General Bell rendered an official opin-
ion to the effect that the antitrust law
passed recently BY tbe legislature docs
not prohibit contracts between en-
ployor and employe in which stipu-
lated price or scale Of wages for labor
is agreed upon. The opinion was given
in reply to an application from the
union employees of San Antonio brew
cry. The company had refused 10 re-
new the annual contract unless such an
Npiniop WAS secured
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
low. in HARD Luck.

Pensacola, Fla, April 22.--The bat
tleship Iowa, which left Monday to
complete her target practice in the
gulf, was towed in Tuesday night to-
tally disabled ny her steam pipe
bursting and tearing away the steer
ing gear. The accident happened at
$3.50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
three government tugs were imme-
diately sent to the ships relief. The
extent of the damage is very great
and 1t will require ten days or more
60 make repairs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
BIds Op.,.d.

Washington, April 21.-Bids were
opened ut the bureau Of insular affairs
of the war department Monday for 49,
100000 certificates Of indebt edness of
the Philippine islands, authorized by
the last congress. The certificates are
to be dated May I, and bear interest a.
the rate Of A per cent. and are redeem
able in one year in gold coin OF the
United States. The best bid was by
Fisk and Robinson for all or any part
CT the loan at J02.5i3. The next beat
bid was that Of the National City bank
of New York at 102.2576.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
sreavy Less BY TFire.

La Crosse, Wis.,. April221 For three
hours last night the entire business
district of La Crosse was threatened
by fire. At 1880 this morning. wheb
the confagraiion was finally under
control, the loss was estimated at be-
tween 100000 and 100000. The fire
started at about 1880 o'clock in the
back of the Park store, and before It
was under control the store was in
ruins. The fire worked its way from;
the Park. the largest department
store In the city, to the Farland mill
linery store, which was quickly de-
stroyed. ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
XIII Fifty-FIve In Revenge.

Vienna, April 25.-Dispatches from
Sofia, Bulgaria, announce that band
of Macedonians recently surrounded
and slaughtered 40 bashi-bazouks
and IS gendarmes near Petrich,
Macedonia, out Of revenge for the
murder of their leader, Capt. Saeff,
who was killed in an engagement in
the district of Melnik.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Mansfrr Ccscinca.

Victoria. Is. g.. April 23.--Adviccs by
the steamer Empress of China tell Of
the crucifxion Of a Chinese desperate
in Kwang Tung. who confessed to 60
murders. When he confessed to so
many crimes IL was decided that de-
captatior was too lenient punish
ment, and he was crucifed. He waa
nailed by hts hands to wooden cross
and plnced ON one OF the cedar BRIDGES.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
ResiCnation Dema,AeA.

San Juan, Porto Rico. April es.-
Gov. Hunt has sent u letter to Senior
Fajardo asking for his tmmedfnte
resignation. Fajardo h The mayer of
Mayagues, who has been charged
with municipal frauds.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
nrltl.h Force ]. KIIIeA.

Alden, Arabia, April 24.-The British
transport Hardinge arrived here
Thursday from Berbera, the capital Of
Somaliland, East Africa, and con-
firmed the report of British defeat in
Somaliland. The officers of the
Hardinge say that ten officers and $50
men, out of total British force of 220
men, were killed recently in an en-
pagement with the Somalis.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
y0t Guiltr.

New York, April 25.-The jury in the
trial of John NJ. Wisker, the engineer
OF the Harlemrailway train at the time
Of the Park avenue tunnel disaster of
January s, 1902, which caused the
death of II persons, brought in a YER
dict ofnot guilty. wiskcr was charged
with criminal neglect.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02

Berkeley, CAL, April 2s.--AiSs Annie
Day Kellogg. the adopted daughter
Of ex-President Kellogg. Of me Oni-
versity of California. committed sui
eide by swallowing carbolic acid. Miss
Kellogg was 30 years of age. She
had been Respondent for soma time.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Granted Reprieyes.

Pretoria, April 25.-Reprieves have
been granted in the cases of four of
the five private soldiers belonging to
the Second battalion of the LENS
ter regiment who were sentenced to
death in the supreme court here last
Tuesday. Three of the men will un-
dergo /, years penal servitude, while
the fourth will get 20 years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
striLe D.cI.,.A M

New York. April 25.-Officials of the
American Bridge Co. have been noti
he'd that the strike OF the Information.
al Association OF Bridge and Struc.
turai Iron Workers against the com
pany has been officiAlly declared on.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Demand GRANTED.

Oswego, n. Y, April 25.-The strike
Of 300 laborers for an eight-hour day,
which was inaugurated April /, has
been settled, the contractors granting
the demand. This action forestalls a
general strike Of all building trades to
have been inaugurated Nay l.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Bir Cargo sf Opium.

San Francisco, April 24-The steam
er China has brought to this port one
OF the largest shipments Of opium that
has ever come from the orient. Itcon-
sisted Of s15 cases of 80, AIS pounds, on
which the duty amounted to $500. 400.
The commercial value of the opium Is
about S534.34O.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
on for the PhiIIppines.

Plattsburg, N. ", April 81. = The
Twenty-third regiment, United States
infantry, 1000 strong, under command
of Col. j. NJ. Thompson, left here Mors
day for the Philippines, via San Fan
cisco,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Four KILLED.

Glace Bay, N. s.. April PA gas
explosion brought death to fonr zen
snd probably fatal injuries to an
other in the Reserve colliery Friday,
while fire damp overcame a score ~
more of men who are now In st.
Johns hospital,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
Root Defeats Mccoy.

Detroit. Mich, April 23.-Jack Root
was given the decision over Kid NJ. :
Coy "Wednesday night at the end Of
the tenth round.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-29
A Military Afternoon.

Mrs. f. p. Cruice entertained about
forty or fifty ladies of Prescott yester-
day afternoon in honor of her mother.
Mrs. j. r. Holloway and her sister
Mrs. p n. Richardson, jr., both OF
Oklahoma City, who are visiting her.
The entertainment furnished was quite
unique and interesting being military
euchre, and in keeping with the game
the rooms were decorated with flags
and bunting, which were everywhere
in sight. There were nine tables,
a number of guests not engaging in
the game, and each table represented
some military post from which the Am
erican colors were gaily streaming,
with the name of the post it repre-
scented printed on it. The seating of
the guests at the table was done by
lots, there being four white silk rib
bons or badges for each table, each
ribbon having the name of the post
represented by it printed on it, Fort
Whipple corresponding to the head
table in the ordinary game of prog
ressive euchre. These ribbons also
represented four different military
officers major general, colonel,
captain aud lieutenant. The game
is played the same as progressive
euchre, the winners progressing. but
instead of the game being credited to
the individual player, it was credited
to the post or table where the player
originally commenced. For instance
when game was won by any one of
the four ladies starting in at the
Whipple table, the game was credited
to that table and a ribbon was tied to
the flag pole of the post to indicate
the winning of the game, and the same
with each of the other tables. At
the conclusion of the series of the
games the ladies were all seated at the
tables they started from originally
and d count of the trophies of the re-
spective games was made to ascertain
upon which the victory for the after
noon belonged. Fort Logan in com
mand of Mrs. Il. f. Sloan was found
to be the victorious post and its off
GERS were each presented with a beau
tiful hand painted face of a lady. the
work of the hostess of the afternoon,
and by the way an exquisite souvenir,
as it showed great artistic skill ard
ability in its production. Fort Whip
pie was the winner of the consolation
prize aud by The way il is rot the first
tine that the Old Fort has been sub
ject of consolation, bad in real in !
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-29
Hotels For the Canyon.

Bids are to be opened tomorrow in
Los Angeles for the construction of
the big new hotel al the rim of the
Grand Canyon at Bright Argei trail.
If satisfactory bid is received it is
said that work will be commenced at
once, on its construction. The esti-
mated cost of the structure is 800, 600.
At Grand View, sixteen miles east of
Bright Angel, a large hotel is now
under course of construction, and
about the LIST of August a force of
men will be put to work erecting Il
21-room hotel at the head of the old
Hance trail, still further east. To
the west, at Mystic Springs trail, a
large hotel will be erected, while
from Bright Angel to Cataract Canyon
a wagon road, such as can later be
used for an electric car line, is being
constructed. This road will be oper-
ated by electricity generated from a
power plant which will be installed in
Cataract Canyon. 1t is the intention
of the promoters to construct this
line from the hotel at Bright Angel
down Cataract Canyon to the Colorado
river. which will make it, without
doubt, the greatest scenic line in the
world
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-29
CAUSE FOR REJOICING.

Milford Winsor, in the first issue
of the Phenix Enterprise, under his
newly acquired management, gives
the Journal Miner the following very
unkind prod under the short ribs:
'FThe Prescott Journal Miner seems
unduly excited over the fact that
elections are sometimes held in Mari
copa county. The people in PheniX
are lovers Of liberty and they recog-
nize the fact that liberty will weep
briny tears if there are no elections,
and, as they are cut off from the Ma
tional elections, they do the next best
thing. However, we pay for these
elections with our own hard money.
and if we want to get up an election
every Sunday to see whether or not
the dogs shall be allowed to run at
large it is not the business of the
Journal Miner. That paper will do
well to keep Prescott straight. s"
Brother Winsor evidently misun-
derstood the journal Miners motive
in its reference to the frequently call
ed elections in that county. In
stead of being unduly excited, over
the fact that elections are "some-
times heidi there the Journal Miner
is extraordinarily delighted over the
fact. We're it not for the elections
sometimes held there the newspa-
pers would die of ennui. A cam
paign. preceding an election, always
affords spice for the newspapers, even
if no more serious question is to
be decided than to determine whether
CANNES may roam the streets unmo-
Tested.
Variety is said to be the spice of
life,'i but elections, special and gen
eral, are the spice of Phenix newspa-
pers. Whenever an election procla-
nation is published down there and
the campaign sets in, in earnest, the
whole force in this office is under the
keenest tension of suspense every
morning until the arrival of the train
bearing the PheuiX papers. After
their arrival and perusal business for
the day proceeds.
Excited? Mo- The more campaigns
and elections in Phenix the better we
like it.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-29
New Under Sheriff.

Several weeks ago Under Sheriff c.
W. Plat informed Sheriff Roberts
that his mining business had reached
place when it would be impossible for
him to neglect it any longer, as part
les in the east were about ready to
take up the property for development,
and that it would be impossible for
him to longer remain in the sheriff's
office as under sheriff He was per-
suaded to stay until his presence at
the property was necessary, but within
the past few days developments have
taken place that demanded his i'm
mediate attention, and he has been
relieved of the duties and will leave
for Kirkland this evening. During his
administration as under sheriff Mr..
Plat has made a host of warm friends
by his courteous and careful atten-
ton to the business of the office, and
has been very valuable assistant to
Mr.. Roberts. Mr.. Roberts insisted
that he still represent the sheriff s
Office in the Kirkland district, and he
has accepted a field deputyship.
j. r. Sias, who has been with Mr..
Roberts for about two years as book
keeper at the o. X. meat market, and
has been found to be thorough, care
full and trustworthy, has been appoint
ed to fill the vacancy, and entered
upon his new duties today. Mr.. Sias
says he feels quite at home as deputy
sheriff as he held this position in
Eureka county, Nevada, number of
years. Mr.. Sias is a very courteous
gentleman and the Journal Miner pre-
diets that those who have any deal
ings with that office will find him al
ways ready to serve them in the best
possible manner and that he will
make good record for himself and
the office.