The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-06
LATER.

LATER.
The senate was not in session on the
30th ult. In the house the urgent def
cheney appropriation bill was passed
after an amendment had been adopted
striking out the double mileage clause
| One man was killed and 13 injured by
the wrecking of the Colorado flyer on
the Missouri Pacific near Miller. Kan.
January established new weather rec
ords, among which was the lowest maxi
mum temperature for the month since
observations began in 1871.
A dispatch says that Russia will not
declare war unless she Is attacked by
Japan. -
William X. Vanderbilt broke the
worlds automobile records for so, 20
and 10 miles, going the first in 40:49 AS.
the second in 1902, and the third in
7:294-5
A cable dispatch from Bogota says the
Colombian government is unable to pre-
vent war on Panama.
Secretary and Mrs. Root spent their
last evening of official life in Washing
| ton in dining with the present and Mrs.
Roosevelt at the white house.
Five men were killed in the Maple Hill
colliery at Mahanoy City, Pa, by an ex-
plosion Of powder.
| Fire at Hollandale, Tenn, destroyed
every building except two dwellings.
Thirty bodies of men who persisted In
the Nevada desert from thirst and hun
ger have been found by body Of sur
veyors.
Mrs. Abby B. Frost, sister of the late
George Francis Train, died at Omaha
at the age of 81 years.
During 1903 there were 50,213 patents
applied for and 81 500 issued, and the re-
cepts of the Office were 81 GIG. sos, leav-
ing a surplus Of $188,000.
A. B. Baxter & Co., the biggest cotton
brokerage firm in the country, failed in
New York. They had offices in 125 cities.
Twelve hundred men were locked cut
by members Of the Carriage and Wagon
Manufacturers association in Chicago.
Lucinda Hoosier, colored, died near
Wartrace, Tenn, aged 127 years.
Leigh Hunt, an American promoter in
the far east, has plan for colonization
of negroes of the United States in the
rich valley of the upper Nile.
For the first time in many years there
Is not gold coin in the vaults of the
United States treasury.
Mrs. Florence e. Maybrick was re-
ported to have been releasedfrom prison
by order of King Edward, after having
served IA years and half of a life SEN
tence for the alleged poisoning of her
husband.
A resolution was adopted in the
senate on the Goth calling on the
president to state whether the senate
has been supplied all facts bearing on
the controversy of Panama and a res
olution looking to the adjustment OF
our differences with Colombia by arbi-
tration was considered. Adjourned to
February /. In the house carnation
adorned the lapel of the coat Of nearly
every member In commemoration OF
the late President McKinley's birth
day. Bills were introduced for the
distribution of $25, OOO,0OO annually of
the surplus In the treasury among the
states and territories for the recon-
struction and maintenance of post
roads; granting to each soldier who
enlisted prior to July %. 1861, and
who served until the regiment was
mustered out a bounty Of $3.50.
Mrs. Julia Flynn died at her home
in Chicago, aged 100 years.
Another worlds automobile record
was smashed at Ormond, Fla, by W..
X. Vanderbilt, who covered five miles
in three minutes and 81 3-5 seconds
Trade reviews show the situation
to be satisfactory and the prospects
for the future to be unusually bright.
Three men were scalded by the
breaking of an iron elbow connecting
the boiler and engine in the basement
of the Hotel Metropole in Detroit and
died.
A loan OF $4,5O0,0OO is asked by the
st. Louis exposition from the govern
ment.
All the state Offices in Columbus, o.,
we're closed on the birthday of VIII.
liam Mckinley as a tribute to his
memory.
Thirty-four persons were, killed by
steam railroads or street cars in Chi
cago during January.
Harry d. Egbert. who murdered
John c. Saxton and John West last
October, was hanged at Salem, Ore.
Ex-Mayor Ames. of Minneapolis, con-
victed of accepting brides, has been
freed from the penitentiary. by the
state supreme court, which held that
the offense was not proven.
Secretary Root took formal leave Of
the cabinet and his successor, William
II. Taft, was greeted.
The will Of Capt. ID. G. Parr. Of Lou
isville, KY, provides 100000 for a
home for aged and INDECENT women.
An expedition against Panama Is
planned by Colombia on assurance by
Gems. Reyes and Cavallera that the
United States will resist landing only
In Ia canal zone.