The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-17


OF British warships. will visit America
this autumn.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
reported to have announced his intea-
ton OF resigning from the cabinet
should charges Of leakage In the cot
ton crop report be substantiated.
A Pennsylvania train covered the 46S
miles from Chicago to Pittsburg in 40
minutes. or at the rate of IAN hours
from Chicago to New York.
Prof. Elihu Thompson, Of. Lynn,
Mass, permitted 100000 volts Of elec-
tricity. enough TO kill $50 persons, to
pass through his body and was un-
harmed.
Gov. Deneen and Alton d. Parker are
added to the list of those under con-
sideration for the craftsmanship Of the
Equitable board.
A graft bomb was exploded In Mil
waukee,r when an alleged "go-between"
of corrupt supervisors made full con-
fession. :
Storms that have swept Wisconsin al
most continuously for several days have
caused widespread damage. In the
neighborhood of Ftn nd du Lac the loss
has been especially severe, being esti-
mated at from S3e0, 900 to $500, 1000.
In wrecks caused by washouts on the
Grand Trunk, Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee and Pore Marquette railroads
in Michigan six men were killed and 10
severely injured.
President Roosevelt has informed
Gov. Douglas OF Massachusetts, that he
will attend theS Harvard commence
ment as private citizen and that he
wishes no Official reception.
Engineer Phipps. Fireman SEVERN
and five tramps were drowned by the
collapse Of Wisconsin Central bridge
near Howard, Wis, which prccipitated
train in Fox creek.
George G. Glenn, for many years
cashier of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany in Philadelphia, is missing, and
warrant has been sworn out, charging
him with the embezzlement of $4,000
from the company.
The New York state superintendent
of insurance has unearthed $40. 100000
Equitable Life steal.
Gen. William ]. Palmer, of Colorado
Springs and Andrew Carnegie have do
mated respectively 100000 and So, 900
as a nucleus to the $500, 900 endowment
fund the Colorado college is raising.
Fred Harris, Of Chicago, employed. as
deputy sheriff during the strike Of
railway employees at Saginaw, Mich,
shot and killed Henry Week, Jr., and
wounded two other men in fight with
strike sympathizers.
Clarence Young, who attempted to
rob the express car of the Northern
Pacific train two miles east of Bear
Mouth, Mont, May q, has been SEN
fenced to serve 80 years in the Deer
Lodge penitentiary.
Mrs. Belle Elsom, aged As, the
daughter of a prominent farmer, was
murdered at Axtell, Neb., by her hus-
band, George Elsom, in fit Of insan-
ity.
In the general shooting tournament
Of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma
Sportsmen's association at Ardmore, I.
T., the worlds amateur squad record
was broken. Shooting from Is yards,
the squad broke 124 targets out of 125.
Barlow Granger, pioneer printer and
newspaper man Of Iowa, died at Des
Moines at the age Of SO years. Granger
at one time set type for Horace Gree
ley on the New York Tribune.
Millers from many parts Of the
United States were in attendance at the
opening session of the third annual
convention of the Millers' National
federation at Kansas City, Mo.
Following family quarrel John Bran
shot his wife, Lottie, and then fred a
bullet into his own brain at the home
Of the couple at Cleveland, o. Bran died
almost instantly while the wife's wound
is only slight.
The Illinois supreme court has refused
the application Of the attorneys for Otis
Bolts, under senence of death for wife
murder. for a supersedeas.
A fire at Cordele, Ca, destroyed busi-
ness property to the extent of 100000.
John Bowles. "a years old and al
most blind, was struck by q freight
train and killed at Franklin. Ind.
The twentieth annual convention of
the National Editorial association was
called to order In Guthrie, Okla. with
787 delegates present.
William Gennon, q farmer, worth
$4,000. hanged himself near Washing
ton, la. This was the fourth suicide
In the county in nine days.
A runaway team at Sterling. ILL.,,
caused a harrow to fall on Cecile
Jones, aged IL years, and a steel tooth
penetrated her brain, causing death.
George Craner, aged 60, and Mrs.
Benjamin Craner, aged 81, are dead at
Marion. O., and BENJAMIN Craner and
Harry Winters are In q serious condi-
ton from damp in a well which they
were cleaning.
1t was reported on the Berlin bourse
that the Russian emperor had been as
sassinated, but dispatch from st. Pc
tersburg declared the rumor to be
groundless.
PecpleVcf Norway sre said to be ready
to make themselves independent Of Swe-
den and declare a local government
whict Will oethroLe King Oscar.
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