The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-04-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

Fire destroyed the convent Of st.
Anne OF st. Genevieve, Que. One nun,
nine children, ranging in age from 10
to 1S years. an1 four old women per-
ished in the flames.
United Skates Senator Orville Hitch
cock Plat, of Connecticut, died at his
summer home in Washington. Conn,
his native town, from pneumonia. He
was first elected TO the sena e in 1879
TO succeed Senator w. II. Barnum, a
democrat, who had been elected to I'll
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Senator Orris s. Ferris, republican. His
last reelection was in 1923.
Maj. William w. Armstrong, prom
inent in the democratic party through
out Ohio, died in Cleveland after one
days Illness of pneumonia. aged Y
years. lie is said to have been the
man who suggested the rooster as the
emblem for the democratic party.
Right Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
church for til, east Carolina diocese
died at his home in Wilmington, n. c.,
alter an II nass cf nea"ly two years,
following s.roke of paralysis.
Jacob Stoffer, agei 60. farmer liv-
Ing two miles west CT Athens, o., killed
himself by blowing off the top of his
head. He secured shotgun and,
placing the muzZ,e of tn, weapon in
his mouth, pulled the trigger with mis-
foot
=. J. PJtters SoIs, private bankers,
with a capital of S7j,00) and $3.50, ,O0)
deposits, filed d:ci o. assignment at
Bowling Green, Ky. 1t was one of old
est banks in southern Kentucky. 1t Is
announced that they VIII pay dollar
for dollar.
James J. Carroll. bett known as
"Virginia" Carroll, and for many years
one of the most noted figures of the
American turf, Is dead in New Orleans
of cancer at the age of AZ.
Four transatlantic steamers which
arrived at New York brought 9,G75
steerage passengers. the largest num-
ber ever passed in quarantine in one
day.
Fourteen thoroughbred horses,
among them Visalia, entered in the
Lexington (KyD Futurity, perished in
flames which destroyed the barns of
the Frankfort (KyD Driving associa-
ton. The loss is fixed at $4,000.
The eruption Of Mount Nesuvius is
increasing. and frequent explosions are
heard Streams of lava are running
down the mountain. and the crater Is
emitting smoke, ashes and red hot
stone.
A dispatch from New York an
nounces the death Of William II. Rog-
ers, business manager of the Boston
baseball club of the National league.
He was As years of age.
Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton,
when he retires from his present posi-
tion, will become an official Of great
financial institution In the city of New
York.
M. Paul Lessar, Russian minister to
China. whose foot was recently am
putated, died In Peking.
M. Delcasse announced his determine
tion to resign the French foreign port
folio because OF attacks on Moroccan
and neutrality policies, but other gov
ernment leaders induced him to delay
action.
Missouri's attorney general complains
of the oil trust and asks the federal gov
ernment to help him crush the sensa-
tional sitting OF competition.
Kaleieff was tried before the supreme
court In st. Petersburg for the assassina-
tion Of Grand Duke Sergius. He was sem
fenced to death.
The Wisconsin State Federation Of
Women's clubs will hold its annual con-
vention in Kenosha October rs, 26 and 27.
A new wage scale that is to go into
effect on the Iowa Central railroad May
]. affecting telegraph operators and all
agents doing telegrapher's duty. in
ereases salaries ave per cent