The L'Anse sentinel., 1903-01-10
All tho News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
ut Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

died at Hammond after attending a
meeting against his physicians or
ders.
Binger Hermann, commissioner of
the general land Office, has resigned.
Gov. Durbin, OF Indiana, has removed
Sheriff Dudley, Of Sullivan county,
holding him blamable in the billiard
iynching. ~
Twelve thousand miners in the Flat
Top coal field in West Virginia will be
given an advance in wages Of ten to 20
per cent.
Nine thousand Chicago union truck
teamsters have been granted $S00,000
annual wage increase.
Oliver Miller, an actor, was acciden-
tally shot and killed by William Fogle
son during performance at the Ma
rion (Ind.) theater.
Earnings of emigrant bureau rail
roads for 1902 gained 33.3s per cent.
over 1901. The arrivals at New York in
creased 31.5 per cent.
The public school, system of Illinois
Is arraigned as loose end inefficient by
President Tracy OF the III oois Teach.
ers' association.
While attempting to cross Cumber-
land river near Gainesbo Tenn, in a
canoe, Miss Verdi Rich, Miss Hattie
Rose and Walter Rich were drowned.
Mrs. Daniel Himer, Mrs. William Nc
Mahon and Miss Louise Mcmahon were
instantly killed by train at Rock
Falls, n. Y.
Old time Methodist hymns and re.
vivals are discrcdited by Chicago min
insters of that denomination.
The new battleslip Maine has been
placed in commission a. the League
Island navy yard.
Atlanta, Ga, and the post Office and
adjoining buildings at Braddock, Pa.
Emphatic denial is made of the story
that the president had been injured
during q fencing bout with Gen. Wood
in Washington.
Representative educators propose a
memorial to the life and work of the
late Alice Freeman Palmer former
president of Wellesley college.
In accordance with her wishes the
body of Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont
was cremated.
A train on the Wabash road made
the run from Montpelier, o., to Lo-
gansport, Ind, 112 miles, in 40 min
utes.
President Castro's answer to the
allies proposal to arbitrate the Vene-
zuelan troubles has not as yet been
received in Washington.
A I,av L.
ment at Marion, Ind, and 16 persons
were injured.
In freight wreck on the Monon
road at Quincy, Ind, Engineer Bar
ker. Fireman Eglin and Brakeman
Perry were killed.
At the port of New York 5I5.751
immigrants arrived the past year, a
gain of $4,000 over 1901.
Charles Vessel, a New York metal
lurgist, fell dead in crowded ele-
waited car. He had been obliged to
stand, although he was 65 years old
and weighed 225 pounds.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson de-
clares that cattle diseases in the
United States are disappearing.
American cattle are already the
healthiest in the world. He says
farmers are investing surplus funds
In bonds and savings banks.
Chicago has 2s distinct railroads,
and 1889 passenger trains arrive and
depart daily, according to Railway
Age statistics.
The agricultural department bull
letin reports winter wheat acreage
of the United States for 1902, 2s,5s1,-
426, with Al ,7ss, ,666 bushels produc-
tion; corn acreage, 94,043,613; produt
tion, 2,523,64s,312.
The Battle Creek Review and Her
aid Adventist printing plant, the
largest publishing house in Michigan,
was destroyed by fire. Loss. $500, 900;
insurance, 100000.
Justice Shiras, of the United States
supreme court, who will retire in
February, will probably be succeeded
by Judge Taft, now president of the
Philippine civil commission.
In spite of some crop shortages.
added to record breaking strikes and
reduced foreign trade, the failure
record for the past year is on the
whole a favorable one.
Customs figures for the calendar
year December estimated) show inn
ports of gold and silver of $i0.5os.-
3s7 against $19,367, ,7s5 last year. Mer-
chandise imports aggregated $685.
6z1,495 as against se55,020,575 last
year.
Andrew Carnegie has given New
Orleans a quarter of a million dollars
for New Years gift. The money
n to be devoted to main library
building and three branches.
Fire did damage to the amount of
100000 in a seven-story building,
Nos. 167 TO III Wooster street, New
York, occupied by smau factories and
printing establishments.