The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-01

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A large forest fire is spreading rap
lily aro"Td !Toulon, France Troops
and blue Jackets are strenuously fight
Ing the fire. Three soldiers were
surrounded by flames and burned to
| death.
The national convention of Sons OF
Veterans closed their sessions at Pc.
oria, ILL.,, with the selection of Day
ton, o., as the next meeting place
Edward M. Amies, of Altoona, Pa,
was elected commander-in-chief.
| The First National bank of Birming.
ham, Ala, entered suit against p. G.
Smith, and the Odell Stock & Grain
company to recover $4s,203 of the
banks money. said to have been lost
by the bank teller.
Maud Kyler, IA years old, died at
| Taylorville, ILL.,, of revolver wound
inflicted by her mother, who mistook
her daughter for man who had been
annoying the family, and shot the
girl at two o'clock a. m.
Montana Socialists nominated H. L.
Murray, of Butte, for assistant justice
of the supreme court and John Hud-
son, of Carbon county, for representa-
tive In congress-.
After prolonged deadlock at four
previous conventions, the Republicans
of the Thirty.seventh Iowa district
nominated Charles F. Peterson, of
Clarion, for state senator.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, aged SO
years, of New York, died at her sum-
mer home near Little Falls, N. Y. Her
son Is the husband of Corfnne Roose-
welt, sister to the president.
A seat on the New York stock ex-
change was sold for $4,000. This is
the record price.
Republicans of the Thirteenth Ohio
congressional district in convention
renominated Grant b. Mouser, Of
Marion.
Democrats of the Sixth Nebraska
district nominated G. l.. Shumway, OF
SCOTS Bluff county, for congress.
The appointment of T. H. Schu-
macker to the position Of traffic man.
ager of the Ell Paso & Southwestern
railroad is announced.
1t is reported that the steamer Es-
peranza which sailed for Cuba from
New York, carried in her hold COM
plete field battery of artillery con-
signed to the Cuban government at
Havana.
There have been great number of
arrests at Riga of leading revolution
lists, including the whole of the social
revolutionary committee and members
of militant organizations.
Leslie M. Shaw, secretary Of the
treasury, will open the Republican
campaign in Tennessee with speech
at Nashville, September IA.
Gen. Fernando Figueroa has re-
signed the Office of minister Of war to
become candidate for the presidency
OF San Salvador.
Secretary Root, who is on his way
to the Straits Of Magellan. probably
will not be heard from again until he
reaches Punta Arenas, the only stop
he Is to make in the straits.
The Fifth Ohio district Republican
congressional convention renominated
w. w. Campbell, Of Napoleon, for con-
gress.
William Macdonald, a representa-
tive of the agricultural department of
the Transvaal is travelling through
this country studying agricultural
conditions and methods.
For go days prior to August 4 the
department of commerce and labor
had assessed in fines on steamship
companies $500 for bringing into
this country diseased aliens. Since
the 4th the aggregate Of fines for the
same offenses has been proportionate-
ly as large as during the previous 60
days.
Three Italian laborers are dead, two
are dying and Is more are lying in
jured In the Charlotte house at Char
lotte. Mich, rs the result of an acci-
dent on the Michigan Central rail-
road
Articles Of Incorporation were fled
In South Dakota for the Sioux City.
Pierre & Northwestern railway The
line Is to run from Sioux City to
Pierre, thence to Minneapolis.
Severe thunderstorms and hail
storms occurred in many parts of
Austria and Hungary. A great deal |
Of snow fell in the Alps and many
tourists G.o slowed I'D in shelter huts. !