The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-24
NEWS OF A WEEK
TERSELY OUTLINED
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST I'M
PolTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM
Complete Review Of Happenings of
Greatest Interest from All Parts
Of the Globe-The Latest Foreign
Information.

The United States government |
made the initial move to dissolve the |
Standard OIL so-called monopoly by
filing in the United States district |
court in st. Louis a petition in equity
against the Standard OIL company OF
New Jersey and its 70 constituent cor
porations and partnerships, and seven
defendants, including John d. Rookie
Teller and William Rockefeller, ask
ing that the combination be declared
unlawful and in the future enjoined
from entering into any contract or
combination in restraint Of trade.
President Roosevelt crossed from
Colon to Panama, seeing much OF the
canal and the famous Culebra cut on
the way. He took a trip around
Panama bay. and was welcomed in
Panama city, which lies outside OF the
canal zone, by President Amador and
other officials Of the Panama republic.
The grand Jury at San Francisco
brought FIVE indictments against Eu.
gene Schmitz and Abraham Ruef on
the charge of extortion On each
charge the bail was fixed at $4,000
and bond at $4,000.
The deep water ways convention,
which held its opening session at ST.
Louis, passed a resolution calling on
congress to appropriate $3l ,000,0
for water way between the great
lakes and the Gulf OF Mexico. 1t
was evident from the start that the
delegates were emphatically opposed
to the effort to limit the amount OF
water Chicago may turn into the
drainage canal.
Several lives reported lost, the
town of Catlin. swept away by the
Cowlitz river, railroad traffic between
Puget sound and Portland at stand
still, the railroads Of western and
northwestern Washington in the same
condition, the Union Pacific and Ore.
gon Railroad G. Navigation track TEN.
porarily blockaded by land slide at
Dodson, briefly summarizes the known
destruction wrought by the storm in
Washington.
A small fire occurred in the Ameri.
can embassy at st. Petersburg. Start.
ing at the fireplace in Ambassador
Meyers office, 1t crept beneath the
flooring for a considerable distance.
Firement tore up the floor and extin-
guished the fire.
The insurance department OF the
state of Connecticut has issued an Of
fetal statement giving the figures of
the net amount of fire insurance paid
out by Connecticut companies by rea-
son Of the San Francisco disaster.
The total amount is $17,56S,190
Six Columbus, O., ice companies
and firms alleged to be in combina-
ton to control prices were indicted
for the third time. the first and Sec
ond indictments having been dis
missed by the court as defective.
The American National Red Cross
sent $4,000 to San Francisco for use
in relief work during November
Copies of an order recently issued
by John F. Stevens. chief engineer of
the isthmian canal commission show
that since October % all non-contract,
unskilled labor on the isthmus has
been worked on ten-hour basis on
any work where such hours were
deemed necessary.
Rev. DR.. James Mason Hoppin, pro-
fsssor emeritus OF art at Yale univer-
disease incident to old age. He was
retired from active connection with
the art school IN 1899.
Official returns from county can.
wasting boards in Iowa gave Cum
minis (Rep) 2O,453 plurality for gov
ernor over Porter (Dem). The total
vote was: Cummins, 216,505; Porter.
196,052. Cummins' plurality In 1908
was 79,097.
Embodying membership Of over
than oneseventh of the entire popula-
ton Of the country, the American So
ciety Of Equity, the recently formed
national farmers union, Thursday be-
came affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, now in conven.
tIou at uihhtapoho anu oBiCCd W Oil
Interchange Of labels.
The Bank of Beckwith & Co.. at
Evanston, Wyo., closed owing to finan-
cial troubles. The bank is one of the
Oldest In western Wyoming.
Following general disorder at per-
Torrance Of a negro minstrel troupe
at Macon, Ga, DR.. w. ID. Shepherd,
a negro deputy marshal, was wound
ed and his home destroyed by a mob
of citizens and an unsuccessful at
tempt made by negro to assassinate
County Officer Clark.
Mrs. b. e. Bingley, wife Of Rev.
Frederick G. Bingley, OF Chicago. died
at Kansas City, Mo-, of heart disease.
Henry II. shufeldt, ~ years old, .
multi-millionaire OF oconomowoc and
Chicago. died at Oconomowoc. Mr..
Shufeldt was one OF the best known
and richest distillers In the country.