The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-17

the death OF tnSlI VSVph0ss eno boASe
amy among members of the church Il
increasing. said . witness before the
senate committee. which resumed
hearings in the case OF Senator Reed
! Smoot.
Mariner w. Merrill. an apostle OF
the Mormon church, died at Richmond,
Utah. aged ~ years. He had been
married nine times. and leaves seven
widows. 40 children and 40 grand
| children.
At the Smott investigation In Wash
fngton a number OF Mormon church
songs alleged to be hostile to the gov
eminent OF the United States were put
into the record. A witness testified that
these songs were sung frequently.
Flames nearly wiped out the town
OF Littleton, w. Va. making 500 out OF
1900 people homeless.
President Roosevelt issued a state
ment asking kind consideration Of
many friends not invited to the we'd
ding through the limited capacity Of
the White House.
The grand jury indicted six men on
charge Of defrauding the city Of
Brooklyn of hundreds of thousands OF
dollars on sewer swindles.
Beginning with subscription Of $5,-
600 from A. Howard Hinkle. former
president of the May Festival associa-
ton, fund was started for the erection
of suitable memorial to Theodore
Thomas in Cincinnati.
Fifty-five natives were drowned owing
to the flooding Of South Rose. a deep
gold mine In the Transvaal.
All the judges of Minnesota will hence
forth scorn railroad passes. A move
ment started recently by the district
bench of Hennepin county has resulted
in all the judges In the state sending
back their annual passes.
Charles c. Deigen, charged with the
murder of r.. X. Lewis, at West Farm
ington, o.. has made signed confession
of his guilt.
Frank Dostat killed himself in the
Secor Trunk factory in Racine. Wis, to
escape going to the insane asylum. He
had been growing steadily insane fol
three years, ever since he gained wide
notice over the birth Of triplets in hi
family.
Vice Admiral Chouknin, commando,
OF the Russian Black Sea feet, wa
wounded by woman who attacked hir
In his Office in Sebastopol A sentry wh'
rushed to the admiral's assistance, sho
the woman dead.
Joseph Lapine, proprietor of a resor
near Madison, S. D., was shot and kille,
by his wife during quarrel. The won
an is under arrest.
g. Political partisans of two rival loca
factions had pistol fight in front of tn
city exchange in Savannah, Ga. On
man was killed and three wounded
Gov. A. B. Cummins, of Iowa. has au
thorized the Des Moines Register an,
J Leader to announce that he Will be can
didate this year for the Republican
nomination for governor.
J Gen. John Eaton, a distinguished civil
war veteran and noted educator, die
in Washington, aged n years.
. Viceroy .Tuan Fang and Tai Hum
Chi, the imperial Chinese commission
: ers, enjoyed the first sleigh ride of thei
lives In Ithaca, N. Y.
The jury in Milwaukee, Wis, cour
brought In verdict Of acquittal in tn
case Of Herman Haasch. former chair
man Of the county board. charged wit
: accepting a bride in connection wit
county building contracts.
Wisconsin farmers held conventio
in Madison and adopted resolutions ir
sisting on general tariff and rate r,
form.
Russian rebels have ceased activit
, for the present and are preparing 70
, q new uprising in the spring.
, The Bolivar County bank, stat
institution at Cleveland, Miss, failet
Its assets are given at $4,000 wit
liabilities Of $4,000. Inability to col
lect outstanding obligations is given a
the cause of the failure.
jury was secured in Omaha, Neb
for the trial of Pat Grove, charge
with robbing <. A. Cudahy of $500
in connection with the kidnapping @
the latter's son December 10. 1900.
The supreme court of Illinois Il
Springfield administered the last lega
death blow to the hopes of johann
Hoch, the Chicago wife murderer. Tn
petition OF his attorneys for a rehear
ing Of his appeal was decided agains
him. Unless Gov. Deneen gives an
other reprieve, hoch will be hange,
February %.
The executive committee of tn
Trans Mississippi congress fixed upol
Tuesday, November 20, 1906, in Kansa
City, Mo-, as the time and place of tn,
seventeenth congress. The session will
continue four days.
According to report issued by tn,
department of commerce and labor
the aggregate volume of internal com
merce during 1905 was undoubtedl!
the largest for any corresponding peri
cd In the history of the country.
| In a fight between Andrew Dirker
a wealthy farmer. and Robert Copeley
at Ironton. O., the latter struck Dirke
win his fist, killing him instantly
Copeley was arrested.
The situation In China makes tn,
powers reconsider their determination
to withdraw troops from the empire.
John Cremens, of Chicago. retired