The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-16

amounting to $4,000 from coal mining
companies during period OF about
three years was admitted before the In
terstate commission at Philadelphia
by Joseph Boyer, chief clerk In the
Office Of A. w. Gibbs, superintendent
OF motive power Of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
Joseph X. Aiken, chief clerk to A. G.
Mitchell, superintendent OF the Monon-
gahela river division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, admitted owning stock
in numerous coal companies, some OF
which was given to him while for the
other shares he paid privileged
price.
John Mitchell settled the trouble
in the conference OF miners and
operators of the southwest, at Kansas
City over the wage scale. The agree
ment renews the 1903 scale.
Democrats of Indiana in convention
adopted a platform strongly indorsing
William J. Bryan for the presidency,
and selected state ticket.
George w. Sutherland died at Clin-
tonville, Wis. Mr.. Sutherland was a
veteran of the civil war, and II Is
said was the first man on top of Look
out mountain at the time Of the great
battle.
A dividend Of Is per cent will be
paid the depositors of the defunct First
National bank of Topeka, Kan, July
/ by Receiver ]. T. Bradley.
An agreement which will end the
coal strike which has been on in the
Eleventh U. M. w. A. district since
April J., was reached by the scale COM
mittee of the Indiana miners and OPP
orators.
The miners international congress
at London adopted a resolution IA
voring a uniform international card
issuable when members of the Fedora
ton leave one country to work in an
other.
Joseph j. Russell, Of Charleston, re-
ceived the Democratic nomination in
the Fourteenth Missouri congression-
al district.
The joint conference OF the Ohio
miners and operators ended in 6
complete disagreement and both side:
declare that the fight Is now on to ;
:. finish.
Wheelock Harvey, messenger for tn
First National bank, Wall street
!, New York, disappeared, taking wit
y him cash, checks and drafts to a.
: amount which is reported to be clos
to 100000.
4 DR.. Frank s. Whitman, superintend
ent OF the Illinois northern hospita
2 for the insane at Elgin, resigned.
Leaster Thompson and Benny Run
yam, aged about IL years, wer
! drowned while bathing In Paw Paw
!, river at Waterville, Mich.
John w. Foster, formerly Unite
States secretary Of state, has beef
honored by the Chinese governmen
with an appointment as its representa-
tive at The Hague conference.
q DR.. Crapsey appeals from the &c
: clesiastical courts decision on ever,
point. He contends that the court wa
illegally and unfairly organized, tina
1t erred in refusing to allow him prop
err time for the preparation of his de
i Tense, and that by its decision under
: took to determine questions of doc
trine faith and worship.
On the farm of N. A. Crawford, a
Bertram, Tex, six children were sit
ting on the farm gate when they wer
q struck by lightning. His little daugh
ter was killed.
Fire in the knights of Pythias hal
. In the Dugan block at Ashley, o.. wa
;, not extinguished until three bushes
houses had been destroyed and tire
: badly damaged, causing a total loss O
? $4,000.
Fifteen goods OF Hamline university
Minneapolis, were poisoned by impur
! milk.
Q Duck Hill, Miss, town Of ! 900 in
: habitants, was almost completely de
: stroyed by fire. More than 500 inhab
!, itants were made homeless.
r Baron Reid de Riedenau, first sec
4 rotary of the Austrian embassy Q
s Rome, was married in Pittsburg {
: Margaret Louise Magee. a niece of til
late Senator Chris Magee
!, BY an agreement of counsel, tn
e cases against the packing companies @
9 Swift, Cudahy, Armour and Nelso
g Norris charged with accepting rebate:
D were consolidated In the United State
s district court at Kansas City an
D Judge Mcpherson agreed to the attor
neys presenting the cases to the jur
5 on statement of facts. No witnesse
]. will be examined.
: Indictments against only one perso
, are to be found by the special gran
jury which has been investigating tn
: affairs Of the Mutual Life Insuranc
! company. That person formerly wa
!, high Official of the Mutual He is
] be indicted for forgery.
President Reyes. OF Colombia,
I making every effort to establish
stable currency in that country.
8 Morris Osborn, aged 10, son OF F. N
Osborn, prominent Cleveland CO;
5 operator, was instantly killed in a
: automobile accident.
/. Chester Taft. of Ann Arbor, wa
elected captain of next years ba
team Of the University OF Michigan
}. Taft has been playing first base.