The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-06-06


The devastation in the middle west
| by wind and flood continues. Within
| the past week nearly 100 persons have
been killed and many hundreds injured
and millions of dollars worth OF prop
erty has been destroyed. o,
Dennis Connolly, native of County
! Claire, Ireland, died in Elmira, \. T.,
aged 1903 years. a.
The Pennsylvania republican con-
vention Endorsed President Roosevelt
for reelection and opposed any change
in the present tariff schedules.
w. c. Clifton, murderer of Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. Church, was lynched by
mob at Newcastle, Wyo.
Edward West, IS years old, the first
teacher OF a public school in the terri
tory of Wisconsin, died at Appleton,
Wis.
The annual international arbitration
conference began at Lake Mohonk,
Y. y.
Henry Field, Will Terrell, Walter
Parker and ID. b. Craig were drowned
at Tamaha, !. T., by the upsetting OF
boat.
| Mrs. Julia Wardling and her three
children were suffocated by fire at
their home in New York city.
A. w. Machen, superintendent Of
postal free delivery, was arrested at
Washington on the charge of taking
brides amounting to $4,000.
Ohio prohibitionists have nominated
a full state ticket headed by Rev. \. ID.
Creamer, of Columbus, for governor.
Six thousand laborers at the stock
yards in Chicago have been granted in
crease in wages, and danger Of a strike
is passed.
In collision at sea the British steam
er Huddersfield sank and 20 persons
were drowned.
Plans nave been completed by a Sc
cret organization with headquarters
in Boston for great negro exodus
from the south.
Victor Murdoch (rep) has been
elected to congress from the Wichita
(Kan.) district by 10000 plurality.
In a collision on the Southern rail-
way near Bryan, Ala, three engineers,
four firemen and one brakeman were
killed.
The Union Pacific strike that has
been on at all of the shops of the sys-
tenn has been declared off.
President Roosevelt was the guest 4
labor men in Butte, Mont, and in an
address to 10000 persons he said, in
speaking of the rich man and the
| a.. 4 L l.. L.
regardless Of their personal wishes.
President Roosevelt, in speech at
Pocatella, Idaho, expressed hope for
the Indian and commented on increased
evidences of the races civilization.
| Two thousand persons perishedin an
earthquake at the town of Melazgherd,
in Asiatic Turkey.
Kentucky feudists attacked the Jail
at Jackson, where Jett and White, al
legged murderers of j. b. Marcum, are
imprisoned, but were repulsed by mi
litia.
Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock
H., the new challenger for the Ameri-
ca cup, left Greenock for NeWYork.
w. j. Bryan has renowned demo-
cratic leadership, but reiterates that
the need of silver standard is as evil
dent as ever.
Iowa prohibitionists nominated a
full state ticket headed by j. p. Han
son, of Mahaska county, for governor.
Several post Office department sub
ordinates are threatened with dis
missal because of corruption leading
to A. w. Machen's arrest.
Mrs. Eliza beth Reibsomer celebrated
her one hundredth birthday at her
home near Richmond, Ind.
All Of the nine Ashland (Wis) saw
mills closed down rather than grant
demand Of employees for an increase in
wages.
A ferryboat capsized on the River
Wharf.-The, near Dembro, Prussia, and 20
children were drowned.
The Presbyterian general assembly
at Los Angeles unanimously adopted
the revision of the confession of faith.
The flood at Des Moines, Ia, sub
merged the powerhouse, cutting off all
electric lights in the city and tying up
street cars.
WI ing rang, Iotiner tnlneSe min
ister to Washington, has been made a
member Of the Chinese foreign Office.
Fire at Mariesville, Canada, de-
stroyed 80 buildings.
Jerry Hannigan, former member Of
the st. Louis house of delegates, was
found guilty of boodling and SEN
fenced TO serve five years in the pen1-
Tertiary. This makes IL boodlers con-
victed.
Statistics on 2o,344 suicides in the
United States show az males to one
female. and that two-thirds are be-
tween 90 and so years old.
The prospective visit of the Euro
pean squadron to KieI is especially or
dered by the president as compIi-
ment to- Emperor William, and the
American sailors will be guests Of
honor. 4. ~ -.'- - >. -'''