The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-12-08

an encounter In New Dutch Guinea
between detachment Of Dutch troops
and a strong band of Aifours.
One man was killed. two seriously
injured and a score Of wedding guests.
including women, slightly hurt early
yesterday morning in riot following
Polish feast In Chicago.
Many persons were killed by the
blowing up of Roburit factory near
Witten, Westphalia.
Mayor Schmitz, OF San Francisco,
was put under arrest at Truckee, CAL,
on charge OF extortion found by the
grand jury.
The grand jury at st. Louis re-
turned two indictments against the
Waters-Pierce OIL company, said to he
a branch Of the Standard, for receiv-
ing rebates from railroads.
Six men were killed and 35 injured
in fire In Salvation Army hotel at
| st. Louis.
It Is reported that the federal grand
jury at Salt Lake City has voted sew
eral indictments In the coal land
fraud case.
Greeks and Bulgarians had des-
perate battle near Saloniki, Turkey,
and 25 men were killed.
The war department has called on
Maj. Penrose, of the Twenty-fifth reg
iment at Fort Reno, for an explanation
OF the statement alleged to have been
made by him in a newspaper inter-
view to the effect that the dismissed
battalion of that regiment was the
best battalion in the United States.
Mrs. Rose Handfield entered the Of
flee of John d. Rockefeller's secre-
tary in New York and threatened to
kill Mr. Rockefeller unless she were
paid $1.000,000. A check was given
her on which payment was stopped
and she was then arrested and held
for examination as to her sanity.
Sylvester Bautsch, the 12-year-old
son of A. ]. Bautsch, of Whitehall
Wis, prominent in state politics, gave
his life Wednesday to save two boy
companions from drowning.
One fireman was killed and dozen
were severely beaten in desperate
row between firemen in the stoke hole
; of the Mallory line steamer San ia
cinto as the vessel was rounding Cape
Hatteras en- route from Galveston.
A desperate but unsuccessful effort
was made to blow open the safe ant
vault of the Mendon, o., bank, II
which more than $4,000 was depos
; tied. The detonation aroused the cit
/, izens and the three masked men fled
followed by posses.
La Patrie. lie Baudy's dirigible wa
balloon, which has been formally &C
cepted by the French government
made its first ascension under the au
spices OF the Aerostatic division Of th'
army. The flight lasted an hour and |
half.
A fire In the heart of the business
district OF Peoria, ILL.,, did $4,000 dam
age, covered by 100000 insurance.
The Victoria. Australia, Legislative
council has again rejected the WON
ans suffrage bill.
Capt Amundsen, the arctic explorer
who recently went through the north
.. west passage, was presented with thu
gold medal of the Norwegian Geo
graphical society.
; Senator Benjamin r. Tillman, o.
South Carolina, in Chicago address
predicted race war and told his au
dience the negro question is the most
serious and dangerous issue of the day
A record of 1872 persons killed and
2,271 others injured by elevated and
surface traction lines in Chicago SINCE
January / gave impetus to the crusade
against the overcrowding OF cars In
augurated by the city council.
Philadelphia police charged Bridget
Carey with poisoning her husband, her
two children and two tenants, all with
in few months, for their insurance.
Nat Goodwin, who Is said to have
won 100000 recently cutting cards, was
invited by the New York district attor-
ney to tell the grand jury where he
got it.
The steamship j. II. Jones went
down in the storm on the Georgian
bay and the crew of 13 and at least 16
passengers are believed to have been
drowned. Bodies and wreckage wash
ed ashore confirm the belief that the
vessel was lost.
The governments grip frightened
about the men who are said to have
stolen public lands worth millions. In
quiry opened in Salt Lake City by the
interstate commerce commission in
J volved high officials and the land de-
partment at Washington.
Discovery Of an alleged gigantic
bribery scandal resulted in the ar
rest of the president of the Tube City
railroad and councilman In Pitts
burg. The mayor ordered sweeping
Investigation and 72 suspected council
men, besides railroad officials, are un.
der surveillance.
An anarchist was sent to prison in
Switzerland for praising the assassin
of King Humbert after winning popu.
lar sympathy by a strong argument of
his own case.
The decoration of THE Commander
OF the Order Of Christ" was conferred
uDon DR. ALEXANDER Hugh Eerp,,aon