The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-10-07

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nal for $25O.000 damages. The suit
grew out OF statement OF the Ladies'
Home Journal that a testimonial from
Congressman George II. White. OF
South Carolina, used by the Peruna
company, was fraudulent. The Pc
runa company claim to have the orig
inal letter OF Congressman White, and
Will offer 1t as evidence.
William H. Chandler says the vast
power OF the railroads is being used
Illegally to defeat rate legislation.
President Ripley, OF the Santa Fe
testifying In the rate cases In Chica.
go, declared that the present rates on
live stock are too low and shippers OF
other commodities have to make the
losses sustained by the railroads in
the live stock traffic.
Acting Postmaster General Hitch.
cock, In a circular mailed to all post.
masters. has renewed the campaign
started recently against Objectionable
post cards. Most of the complaints
come from persons who have been the
recipients of vulgar cards mailed an
onymously.
James Garfield, aged IL years, was
instantly killed at Gilberton, Pa, by
the collapse Of platform during a
moving picture show.
tornado struck Malmesbury, a
Cape Colony town of 5000 inhabitants
and reduced 1t to ruins. A number Of
persons were killed.
1t is officially announced that 80
cases of cholera OF which 2S resulted
fatally, occurred in Poland between
September 20 and September %.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
returned to Washington from his an
nual vacation, most Of which has been
spent on Long Island.
William r. Travers, millionaire
man OF leisure, son of the celebrated
wit and Wall street operator, William
r. Travers. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head in
his apartments in New York city. The
suicide is inexplicable.
Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan
was elected lord mayor of London for
the ensuing year. Mr.. Morgan is a
septuagenarian, a banker and bach
elor.
Attorney General Wade H. Ellis is
going to investigate the harvester
trust in Ohio, and II he finds that the
trust is violating the Ohio antitrust
law he will GUST 1t from the state.
posse of citizens in Eldorado, |
ILL.,, fought a rife and revolver battle |
with band of burglars who had blown
open the vault in the bank of C. B. |
Burnett & Sons. The thieves escaped |
With between $4,000 and $4,000.
Secretary. Wilson expects meat will be
cheaper this fall, as a natural outcome
Of the immense grain crops.
Senator Morgan. in biting letter to
Chairman Shonts, declares canal work
will fail and 1t is useless to visit Pan
anna.
The city council OF Montgomery. Ala.
which invited President Roosevelt to
visit the city, refused to appropriate
money to entertain him.
President Roosevelt is preparing 10
make hard fight in the senate for rati-
fcation of the Santo Domingo treaty.
Members of the Panama canal CON-
mission and the board of consulting en-
gineers sailed from New York for the
canal zone to decide on a report as to
he best type of canal.
Senators and congressman returning
% Washington report that the people
everywhere are aroused at the increased
.ost of living.
Fire destroyed the greater part of the
business section of Vermillion, ILL.,. in
luding the post Office and Odd Fellows
causing loss of $27 800.
Miss Helen Gould will erect $50. 900
I. NJ. c. A. building in ST. Louis as me-
norial to her father.
The National City bank of New York
vas victimized out Of 100000 by
orged check
Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee demanded
4 grand jurors that they indict him or
top rumors of graft. He told how he
threatened to kill Charles Pfister IL he
ave up the traction fight
Mrs. A. ]. Conditt and four children.
daughter of Is and three boys from
x to ten years old, we're murdered in
I'D blood at their home near Edna. ,
ex. The perpetrators OF the terrible
led are unknown.
In battle with four footpads at ;
:rkeley. Cal, Policeman John ]. Le- .
range shot and killed one Of the 9
n
David Sherlock deposed auditor of In
ana, was indicted for embezzlemert. p
The decennial census just completed e.
ows the population OF Kansas as en- lie
lied by the assessors In March. 1905, h
be 1,543,S1S, an increase of 209,OSi.
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel, who command &C
the Russian forces at Port Arthur. ca
suffering at Moscow from stroke of III
ralysis, which affects his entire left 10
lie.
Mrs. Phoebe J. Adams, a missionary. m
opped dead In the aisle of Bethany al
ptist church, in Sellwood. Ore. as &C
e was about to ask one of the church al
smbers to preside at the organ. nj
art disease was responsible for her DC
ath.
Prof. L. Eddy, the Oldest teacher at fe
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