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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The fifty-ninth birthday OF Queen Al
exandra of England was celebrated In
London.
American Jews are now forbidden to
enter Russia without special permit from
the interior minister Of that country.
Citizens Of Cleveland, g., formally
presented q handsome bronze ships bell
to the new cruiser Cleveland at Ports
mouth. N. H.
Geronimo, the famous Apache chief.
has Joined the Dutch Reformed church.
Theodore c. Hinckley, of st. Louis.
appointed district attorney Of Manila.
10 % years Of age.
G. w. Cotton, aged II. is the oldest re-
porter In the country. He works on ,
New Albany (Ind) paper.
A monument is to be erected at New
ark, N. j.. to the memory Of Thomas
Dunn English. author OF Ben Bolt"
A construction and equipment
budget Of the Pennsylvania railroad
for 1904 comprehends the expenditure
Of $50, 100000.
Jacob Kinds shot and fatally wound
ed Jerry Arnold at Cadiz junction. o..
because the latter defeated him in q
sparring exhibition.
Wilhelm Won Polenz. noted German
traveller, who wrote a book with the title
America, the Land of the Future" IL
dead.
Consul General Wormen reports that
the University of Munich, which has
thrown open its doors to women stu
dents. has extended the privilege TO
Americans.
Joseph Weber and Lew Fields paid
$500 a minute to hear Nine. Patti sing
in their Harlem IN. ~ theater. A total
Of $1,000 Of the 5000 guaranteed to her
was not taken at the door.
An accident at their wedding. by
which blood fell on the bridal cake. re-
suited in the immediate separation of
Patrick O'Malley and Mrs Mary Gala
CHER. whom he married in Chicago.
Heads Of governments have arranged
IN International exchange Of detectives
to guard against anarchy, and police
from other nations will come to protect
the president Of the United States.
After . service Of 81 years. Thomas
wentworth Higginson. the well-known
historian. has resigned a. chairman Of
the committee which inspects the course
Of instruction in English literature at
Harvard university.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
DOMESTIC.

The wages Of $4,000 cotton mill op-
eratives have been reduced about ten
per cent in New England states.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Bank of Ravia, l. T., and President
Bank is under arrest charged with en-
bezzlement.
Father Roach, Cascade Ca) priest,
was stabbed while saying the benedic-
ton at vcspers by Charles Manzene. an
insane youth. The wound Is not seri-
GUS.
A petition In bankruptcy was filed by
Frank G. Coburn, contractor and build
er of Brookline. Mass. with liabilities of
$236,448 and no assets.
Eight human skeletons, supposed to
be the remains of continental soldiers
who persisted during the revolution.
were uncovered in City Hall park, New
York.
Woodland. Del. Is suffering from a
smallpox epidemic, and SO strictly is It
Guaranteed that eight deaths have oc-
CURED from starvation.
Langley's airship made complete
failure in Washington. the craft break
ing in two at the launching stage and fall
ing into the Potomac river with the
navigator.
The Yeceivership at Zion City has
been dissolved by Judge Kohlsaat. and
DIR. Dowie Is again In full control OF
affairs there.
After quarrel Joseph Hindman killed
his wife and himself at Coraopolis. Pa.
A man was sentenced to 1000 years
for assault in a trial In Texas court.
Secretary Shaw, In his annual report.
says that all danger of financial
stringency is past. The available cash
balance at the end Of the year was $685.
686.114, exceeding that Of 1902 by $685.
49s,753.07.
The house of Clayton Fowler was
burned at Clarksburg. N. j., and he and
his wife and four children persisted in
the flames
Hyde Park residents held mass meet
ting and asked all the reform organiza-
lions in Chicago to unite to combat
crime.
J. c. w. Beckham has for the second
time been inaugurated a. governor OF
Kentucky.
The annual report OF the inspector for
Indian territory says that the five civil
ixed tribes in the territory number $4,000
people, who hold over 1000 900 acres Of
Land.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
All the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
ct Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESS IN SESSION.

Meets to Consider Reciprocity for
Cuba ana other Affairs.
The first regular session Of the Fifty
eighth congress began at noon on the
9TH. The business transacted In the
senate consisted Of the reading OF the
presidents message and the beginning
Of the discussion of the Cuban reel
procity bill. The nomination Of Gen,
Leonard Wood to be major general or
the army was received from the presi-
dent. In the house the presidents mes
sage was read and bills were introduced
to increase the pay Of letter carriers;
providing for postal currency notes In
the denomination Of Eve. ten. rs and 80
cents. to be issued by the postmaster
general and kept on sale by all postmas-
tiers; making McKinley's birthday. jan
uary 20. a national holiday. to be known
rs Mckinley day"
The recent investigation into frauds In
the post ONCE department was the basis
OF a sharp debate In the United States
senate on the 9Th by Senator'S German
and Lodge. Senator Teller spoke In OPP
position to the Cuban bill. The Panama
canal treaty was refererd to the foreign
affairs committee. In the house bills
were introduced: To prevent the
sale Of intoxicating liquors in buildings
owned or controlled by the government;
to protect anti-gambling laws from null
lification through Interstate gambling
by telegraph. A resolution was adopted
requesting the postmaster general to
furnish the post ONCE committee with
all papers In connection with the recent
Investigation of his department.
Senator Hoar (Mass) introduced a
resolution in the United States senate
on the 9th calling for information cover
ing every phase connected with the
founding of the new republic of Panama.
Senators Teller and Morgan spoke
against Cuban reciprocity. In the house
bills were introduced for the upbuilding
of the navy; to create commission to
consider legislation for the development
of the American merchant marine; to APP
propriate 100000 for the erection Of q
federal building at Lincoln. Ill.
Bills were introduced in the United
States senate on the 10th providing that
after March 4, 1904. salaries of senators,
representatives and delegates in con-
gress shall be $500 per annum. and to
make the provisions Of the naturaliza-
tion laws of the United States appli-
cable to Porto Rico. In the house the
pension appropriation bill, carrying
$138,150, 100, was reported. A bill was in
troduced limiting the meaning Of the
word conspiracy" and the use of in
functions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
FOREIGN.

|
Frau Fischer, a lion tanner, was torn
to pieces by four lions in menagerie
cage at Dresden. Germany, her children
being present and witnessing the trag-
edy.
Herbert Spencer. the famous philoso-
pher. author and scientist, died in
Brighton, England. after a long illness.
aged SO years.
Russia's reply to Japan Is said in St
Petersburg to make peace certain. It
will grant the mikado's claims In Corea.
and drop the Manchurian question.
Russians defeated band OF Chinese
robbers on the Liau river. Manchuria.
killing 200.
The American consul at Alexandretta,
Asiatic Turkey, was assaulted by the po-
lice. and he lowered the consulate flag
and severed oflcial relations with the
Turkish authorities.
A company of marines from the Unit
cd States cruiser Dixie were landed ct
Colon to give them relief from their long
confinement ON the vessel.
Fifty passengers on the Greek steamer
Pyloros were drowned ~ the result Of q
collision with the Asses at ithaca.
The government Of Sweden and Nor
way has recognized the republic OF Pam
anna ~ an Independent state.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

London. Dec. s.--Herbert Spencer, the
famous author, died Tuesday morning
at his home In Brighton. His health had
been falling for some months. The III
ness took critical turn q few days ago
and he became unconscious Monday
night. passing away without pain.
BY his own desire the least possible
Information was given out during Mr..
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Spencer's illness He was born In 1920.
The newspapers all publish long APP
precautions and anecdotes Of Mr..
Spencer, whom they universally de-
scribe as the last Of the great thinkers
Of the Victorian age"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Johnny Drunner, who II Side
Tracked TO let the Limited 80 BY
expresses his sentiments regard
ing that superb Train.
at has been my dream Of joy supreme
To ride in plush and velvet splendor
Parlor car Tor swell tailender
Platform fenced with swell brass fender
On the Regular Limited Train
Electric bell right under your nose
Porter to come and brush your clothes
Grub in the diner the best that grows
A downy bunk for nights repose
On the Regular Limited Train
Chorus
Biff! Bang! mile minute
No other method of travel 10 in It
l want to 60 ripping, skipping and slipping
Away on the Limited Train"
These lines are not original with me. They
are taken from . tuneigl little ditty sung
The jingle danced through my brain the
other day as we lay on the siding at Prairie
Junction, or some such place, to let the
Santa Fe's west bound California Limited
60 by. 1t was gorgeous. train OF palace
cars. and behind the plate glass observation
windows beauty and fashion and md youth and
cushions, some visiting, some reading, some
pleasantly doing, some making wreaths OF
cigar smoke, some gazing dreamily through
the windows at the passing cities, and
fields, and forests and rivers.
/ stood on the rear platform Of the last
car of our train and watched the California
Limited a. she faded away toward the gold
en- west. And ! thought OF the difference
between travel now and travel IN the days
of 10, when it took the gold-eeeker halt
long, weary year, filled with all kinds of
hardships, to travel the distance that Is now
covered in three days. thought OF the
slowly moving wagons, the dust, the stones,
the jolting, the thirst, the hunger, the
homesickness, the snail-like crossing OF
plains, the laborious climbing Of mountains,
the weary dragging weeks, the never ending
trail.
In these palaces that had just glided by
were people going to the same place to
spend the winter months where the climate
is perpetual summer. And they were not
to endure a single hardship on the journey.
When night came they were to lie in beds
whose soft embrace makes sleep luxury
and in the day time the velvet cushions OF
their seats were to be made deeper still by
pillows-and thy were to spend a delightful
part of their time in the gilded and glitter,ng
dining car, where every dainty that ever
tickled the palate is enticingly served-in
short, they were to have on the trip all the
comforts Of home-and of the best kind OF
home.
I stood there and watched them pass out
of sight while my soul was consumed with
envy. But derived some consolation out
of resolving that sometime l. too, would
see California, and promised myself that
i ever did GO thsTs i w TRdM sf SEsR the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

youngstown. o., Dec. 1.-THE roof Of
the casting house Of the Andrews &
Hitchcock furnace in Hubbard. I've
miles from here. collapsed Il midnight.
killing John Patrick. Slav0nian. and
probably fatally injuring two other men.
both foreignera
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
Murderer lGust Die.

Peoria, ILL.,, Dec 1.-THE Illinois SUI
prene court Thursday refused to grant
q supersedeas In the case Of John Nc
Crea. convicted Of the murder Of Detsc-
tive Murphy. June %, and he viii be ex-
ecuted Friday morning in the county
fail.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
New Trial Granted.

Springfield. o., Dec. 12.-John T.
Norris, the detective who was convict
ed Of blackmail in the common pleas
court and sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary by Judge Fisher. of
Eaton, was granted new trial Friday
evening by the circuit court on tech
meal error In the judges charge to
the Jury.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

THAT man Brown has Just bought fur
cap and a pair of skates" what forY'
ITO serve his own ends, l suppose. Prince
ton Tiger.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an ipfalli-
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Provided the collar of servitude is thor
oughly modish and up to date, it doesn't
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

A man is never too old to learn; but some,
times he is too young to realize it.-Philadel
mia Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
Personal AND. POLITICAL.

Mrs. Catherine I. Curtin, widow OF
Andrew G. Curtin. Pennsylvania war
governor. died in Bellefonte, Pa, aged
"a years.
Elections were held in 20 cities in
Massachusetts,. the republicans electing
13 mayors and democrats z.
Rev. John Lanahan, one Of the most
widely known ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal church in the country, died
In Baltimore, Md, aged 88 years.
Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull, editor of
the Sunday School Times, and author
died at his home in Philadelphia, aged
70 years.
Rev. Seth X. Mitchell. an evangelist of
national reputation. died at his home In
Dorchester, Mass. aged 70 years.
The town of Abbott. Tex, has been al
most wiped out by IRE.
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi ire
tired) died at his residence in Stratford.
Conn, aged II years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Tess-"He was pleased to say i sing like
bird" JEST heard him say that to
you, ard just after that he began to talk to
phia Press
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
stopo the Courh

and works off the cold Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cent,
per package.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19

Mr.. Trucker-"I think shall give up my
business, my dear. l might as well have
some good out of my money" Mrs. Truck
er-"Oh, not yet, Samuel! But when enc Of
see little of the world."-Town and Coun-
try.
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Monod
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
Pardoned By the President.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE president
has pardoned John Barbaglia. who was
convicted in St Louis for using false GER
tifcates of naturalization, and was SEN
fenced on May 20, 1908, to imprisonment
for three years in the Missouri peniten-
tiary. The movement for his pardon
was initiated by the United States at
torney and Judge for the reason that the
prisoner voluntarily gave full and COM
plete information concerning his ac-
completes. which led to their conviction.
Would Pension Aged Toilers.
Knoxville, Tenn. Dec. 10.-Tke Ten
nessee state labor convention In session
here passed a resolution asking con-
gress to pass a law granting pension Of
$12 month to every workingman who
shall have reached the age Of 60 years
and have earned less than $1,000 per
year. The law Is to be modelled along the
lines of the New Zealand pension law for
laborers
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
Homeseekers and Settlers Rates {
the sunny south.

On first and third Tuesday of each month
to, and including April, 1904. Write Jno.
NJ. Beall, A. q. p. A., Mobile 4 Ohio r. R.,
st. Louis, Mo-, stating to what point you
wish rates
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-12-19
SIX PLEAD GUILTY.
Men Charged with Taking Bribes I'm
Michigan Water Scandal
Confess.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Dec. six Of
the men charged by Liant X. Salisbury
in his first confession to the prosecuting
attorney with accepting brides from him
for supporting the project to supply the
city with water from Lake Michigan
appeared in the superior court Saturday
and pleaded guilty before Judge Newn-
ham, as their attorney had announced
they would do. Their names are: Corey
p. Bissell, ex-member of the board OF
public works, and Aldermen John T..
Donovan, Clarke e. Slocum, John Nc
Lachlan and Royner Stonehouse. Bis
sell was charged with receiving $500;
the aldermen with receiving $3.50 each.
Sentence was deferred until next week,
to give the Judge time to give each Of
the men a private examination. The
penalty provided by statute is imprison-
ment in the county Jail for period OF
not to exceed ten years, or a fine OF not
to exceed $1,000 and imprisonment Ia
jail not more than one year.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 9.-With-
out service of warrants and on informa-
ton by telephone from police court
seven of the eight men for whose arrest
warrants were issued Monday evening
in connection with ex-City Attorney
Salsbury's confession of q water deal
conspiracy appeared in court Tuesday.
entered their plea and furnished surety
as demanded by the court. Judge Hag-
gerty fixed the bond for those charged
with conspiracy at $4,000. and in the
perjury cases at from $4,000 to Sc, 200.
Those who waived examination and
were held to the next term of the SUI
perior court, which begins December
IA, were: Charles s. Burch. manager
of the Evening Press; j. Clark Sproat,
manager Of the defunct Democrat; Eu-
gene d. Conger. manager Of the Grand
Rapids Herald; ]. Russell Thomson,
formerly reporter for the Evening Press,
all charged with conspiracy. Those
charged with perjury and who demanded
an examination were: Attorney George
e. Nichols. Ionia. Mich; Garrit H. AL
bers. attorney. Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. lex
Alderman James O. McCool. of the
Eighth ward, made no defense in his
examination Friday on the charge Of
accepting bride Of $3.50 from ex-City
Attorney Liant X. Salisbury. Judge
Haggerty, Of the police court. held him
to the next term Of the superior court
for trial.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-06
BUTTONS ON BUSHES.
Strange Nut from Which Buttons Are
Made in Great Numbers.


No, the ivory buttons you wear do
not represent the death of an elephant
in the wilds Of Africa; your pearl but
tons were probably never nearer than
you took them to the shell of bivalve
mollusk, and the probabilities are that
no rubber tree was ever tapped to pro-
duce the hard rubber buttons that
adorn your oyercoat. Down In Cen
trail America there Is a fruit produc-
ing palm that has quite metamorphos-
ed the button business and formed
the nucleus for one of the most i'm
portant Industries In the United States.
The seed Of this fruit contains a milk
that is sweet to the taste and relished
by the natives. The milk when allow.
ed to remain In the nut long enough
becomes indurated and turn into sub.
stance as brittle and hard as the ivory
from the elephants tusk. The plant
that produces these nuts Is called the
ivory plant, Most of the buttons now
used In America, whether termed
ivory, pearl rubber, horn or bone
come from this ivory plant. Thus the
probabilities are that your buttons are
made from vegetable milk, and they
grow on bushes.
The ivory plant Is one Of the mar
wells of the age, and is rewarding It's
growers with vast fortunes. The nuts
are brought to the United States by
the shipload and hauled across tn,
continent to the big button factories
from which they Issue forth in every
conceivable design, color, grade and
classification of button.
The ivory plant has recently beer
discovered in California, but the nu
IL produces In its wild state Is OF In
ferior quality and will not make gooS
.buttons. 1t s9believed though, tina
with the proper cultivation the frul
iwould be as valuable as the Contra
American. II 80 the growing of bun
tons In America would become an IN
;dustry OF Importance second emily t
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-06

the growing Of corn, wheat and cotton,
for everybody wears buttons.
The best ivory nut for commercial
purposes is found on the banks Of the
River Magdaleria, In the United
States Of Colombia, where by some II
is called the Tagua palm. The fruit
! forms n globuar head about twice the
size of mans head and weighs from
twenty TO twenty-eight pounds. Tho
head Is kind Of cluster of bulbs, and
in all contains from fifty to sixty seeds.
The seeds are allowed to dry and are
harvested several times year by the
natives.
The Apparel Gazette, the great deal.
ers' authority on everything that peo-
pie wear, says: "rhe ivory nut la
used almost solely I'm the manufacture
of buttons, though some factories also
make poker chips from them. The
nut, however, has superseded the
archaic mud. rubber and bone buttons
in vogue formerly. 1t admits of wild
or and more varied treatment for thla
purpose than any other known sub
stance, and Is easily worked. The
United States consumes more than one
half of the worlds product Of ivory
nuts and nlne-tenths of the vegetable
ivory is manufactured into buttons.
when the nut reaches the button
factory II is cut into three slabs. In
the process of cutting out, the button
Is partially shaped. Afterwards the
thread holes are drilled and counter.
sunk. The button Is then sent to
the polisher who uses the shavings
and powder made in drilling to polish
them in their white state. Afterward
they are sent to the designer, who
traces on the buttons in indelible dyes
the designs needed to make them
match the various weaves, coloring
and textures OF fabrics. After receiv.
Ing these outlines, IL the buttons are
to remain smooth and receive another
coat of coloring, they are put into dye
If they are to be stamped with ser
rated pattern, they are put into .
pressing machine fitted with dies OF
the pattern desired. Popular Me
chanicS
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-06

The Usage hedges which rider thou
sands of Illinois forms are gradually
disappearing. This hedge, introduced
a half century ago by Professor j.
b. Turner of Jacksonville, became very
popular, and for many years was a
favorIte fence, not only with farmers,
but with lot owners in the smaller
towns. and with the railroad com
panies.
The high price of fence posts and
lumber made the Usage an economical
fence, also, and in spite of Its faults
1t gradually became extensively used.
1t held its own until wire fencing APP
peared. Then it became evident that
the csage was doomed. Wire fehclng
was more effective was cheaper, took
up !, SIS room and required less care.
The railroads began grabbing up their
hedges and substituting wire. The
farmers followed their lead. and where
there used 10 be niles of hedge there
are only rode OF Il aow
The Cs &c Is sill ased for wind
breaks. but CIV n, u The fact II Is in
furious 10 yc~ ,oi.,n near ii is be-
coming Gacd Re It will probably
soon be 'bmd - ii ely.-Chicago
Inter &C a.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-06
MONUMENT TO ST. CLAIR.

Daughters of the American Revo1u-
tion Wish TO Honor His Memory.
The Daughters of the Revolution,
who have done so much permanently
to mark historic spots In the country,
are now once more agitating a move
ment to honor fittingly General Arthur
st. Clair by placing handsome monu-
ment over his grave. This Is proper
move, says the Philadelphia Inquirer
not because ST. Clair deserves to be
honored above others who are still
without monuments, nor because he
was great general or administrator
He should be honored because in a Pc
culiar way he was connected with our
history for very long period. He
was one Of the first of typical Ameri-
cans"
Born OK wealthy and titled house
in Scotland, he entered the army and
served in the French and Indian war"
under Wolfe. Settling in the Ligonier
valley, he became one of the wealth.
est and most enterprising of our West
ern citizens. He served throughout
the war for independence and, though
a man Of high qualities, he had many
most unfortunate experiences. though
re was officially cleared of any blame.
A CLOSE friend of Washington, he be-
came thehead Of the army. and after