The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-01-13

A petition signed by 100 prominent
men, including Grover Cleveland and
Mark Twain. has been presented Il
Gov Higgins to save Patrick from exc
cution.
! A fire in the business center Of Kan
sas City, Mo-, destroyed three large
buildings, including bank, and the los:
is over 100000.
r. G. Dun q Co. report that the new
year has started with favorable condi
tions In all branches of trade.
Mrs. Carl o. Almberg and ]. e. Noel
Ter were found dead in an alley In
Chicago. 1t Is thought the man killed
the woman and then committed sui
eide.
Mrs. Thomas Gorton and Mrs. Bert
Allen were killed In grade crossing
accident two miles south Of Flint
Mich. by q Pere Marquette passenger
train. The two women, who are sis
ters, were driving In a double rig when
the train struck them.
The Speciality Furniture company's
plant burned at Evansville. Ind, en-.
failing q loss estimated at $4,000.
The large dry kiln OF the william
Ritter Lumber company at Panther.
W. Va. containing &.coo.ooo feet OF
dressed oak and poplar lumber. was
totally destroyed by IRE. with q loss
Of $iesS ese.
Attorneys for Johann Hcch, who Is
In the Cssk cesaty Jail under sentence
o. death fer wife murder. have filed
In the illszess STATE supreme court q
molten ser q rssesr;ng Of the case,
TIE sxsSssss, companies have decided
20 ion wSsA the railroads in refusing
% issue passes for the carrying of
business free Of charge,
Great ACTIVITY prevails among the
TROOPS N the garrisons at Manila
Tars< regiments are under field orders
in v5sw q possible evenualities in
Ccsra.
At Genano, q town Of 5000 inhab-
isaasS in the province Of Potenza, Italy,
the earth suddenly opened, engulfng
ten houses and shattering many others.
Many persons were buried in the ruins.
Fourteen dead bodies have been recov-
erd
The bodies Of % miners killed in the
gas explosion in the Cooper coal mine
at Coaldale, W. Va, have been recov-
cred.
Chicago bankers refuse to discon-
tinue the new system Of charging for
checks, and the Illinois
Manufacturers association threatens
prosecutions.
The prosecution In John w. Hills
trial for graft on Philadelphia filtra-
ton contracts showed that three items
of Doodle aggregated 100000.
The Vatican authorities deny reports
in England that peace has
been concluded between the pope and
Italy.
The smaller railroads refuse to con-
sent to absolute prohibition of passes.
Harvard will prohibit football unless
the rules are changed.
The wife of a discharged official was
dragged away from the White House
after an unsuccessful attempt to see
the president. She Is a sister of an
Iowa representative.
The Armstrong committees recon-
mendations on insurance reform to the
New York legislature will be extreme
ly radical. Control Of trust companies
will be barred and wild speculation
stopped.
Jacob Schiff, the banker, issued a
warning in a speech before the cham
Der of commerce in New York that
financial panic will result unless an
elastic system Of currency is adopted.
Witnesses who are silent in the
court-martial case because they might
incriminate themselves indicate that
hazing at Annapolis is universal.
Fire destroyed the Bennett & Nor
gan rectifying plant at Marion, N. c.,
the largest in the state. II not In the
south. The loss is put at from 100000
to S250,000.
Curtis Guild, Jr., who was inaugu-
rated governor Of Massachusetts, at Bos-
ton, in his message declared that
Massachusetts, demanded tariff
framed to meet modern competition
and more friendly trade relations with
other nations.
Thirty thousand OF London's desti-
tute inhabitants are to be taken to
Virginia for the purpose OF working
the farms of the state.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
announce that the wedding of MISS
Alice Roosevelt to Mr.. Nicholas Long
worth, of Cincinnati, will occur on
Saturday, FEBRUARY II, at IL o'clock
noon. in the east room of the White
House.
The Illinois state board Of health's
annual report shows that there were
about $1,000 deaths and 10000 births
In Illinois in 1905. OF the births $4,000
we're males and $4,000 females. Con-
sumption caused the most deaths.
John A. Mccall resigned as president
of the New York Life Insurance COM
pany. The resignation was accepted
by the board of trustees and Alex
ander f. Orr was elected to the presi-
dency Of the company. Mr.. Orr's sal
airy was fixed at $4,000.
Admiral Rojestvensky accuses the
British Of Intention to destroy his feet
II the Japanese failed and the British
envoy promptly asks an explanation
o. Russia.