The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21


. IN an augmentation OF the feeling II
the foreign community at Peking tha
the European and American govern
ments are unwise In weakening theil
: positions In the eyes OF the Chinese
In case of local disturbances the bur
. den of the first defense will fall upon
the Americans. The Chinese have
fort on the wall which commands the
American position.
Chief OF Police Collins. Of Chicago
urges the death penalty for the burg
| lar who carries a deadly weapon. and
the whipping post for the wife beater
and assailers of little girls.
Changes In the Russian laws which
will give more personal liberty to the
people will be recommended to the
lower house OF parliament by COM
mission which has outlined important
alterations.
Judge Speer, at Atlanta, Ca, In SEN
fencing Greene and Gaynor to four
years in prison and fine OF $575, ,749
each, scored plunder of the public
through graft and pointed the need Of
remedying defects In the laws by
which rich criminals obstruct justice.
Dowie is willing to turn Zion prop
erty over to board of trustees less
five per cent, which shall be his prop
erty absolutely.
>fhe United States cruiser Pennsyl-
vania broke records with six-inch gun
In practice off New York.
Building is practically brought to a
standstill in st. Louis by strike of
1000 briclxlayers.
Secretary Root has informed Russia
that any date later than September
20 will be acceptable for The Hague
peace conference.
Fire destroyed seven horses and sew
eral barns at old Lexington (KyO
track.
Prof. Wurtenberger, inventor of a
powerful explosive, was fatally in
jured by an explosion In his labora-
tory near Mount Vernon, N. Y.
After lying in the dead letter Office
at Washington over As years letter
from a young soldier lad Of the civil
war to boyhood sweetheart, has just
been delivered to the 92-year-old father
of the dead soldier. Elisha Halves, of
North Stoughton, Mass, and will
reach the person for whom 1t was
originally intended.
Coal Is taken out OF the mines by a
company owned by the Baltimore G.
Ohio, transported over railroad
owned by the Baltimore G Ohio. and
distributed by retailers by companies
in which the Baltimore & Ohio is in
terested.
The anthracite coal miners gave the
operators choice Of two propositions.
Failure to accept either makes strike
order inevitable.
Premier Witte of Russia, has finally
succeeded in overthrowing Minister
Of the Interior Durnovo.
Fourteen hundred Russian steerage
passengers cheered Maxim Gorky and
waved red flag in midocean as the
ship bearing the authorrevolutionist
passed their boat.
King Peter of Servia will not abdi
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made to dethrone him April 26.
The Chicago Flying Machine Op
orators union is newest addition tc
labor organizations.
The Rev. DIR. Jenkin Lloyd Jones
attacked rich Chicagoans and won
ems clubs as being partly responsible
for civic wrongs in Chicago.
Several hundred Chicago school
children have been exposed to small
pox. One pupil has been taken to the
isolation hospital.
| Prominent church and Sunday
school workers were arrested In Sioux
City, Ia, following the discovery OF q
plot to rob store.
Only FIVE of tho 17S members of the
lower house OF the Russian parliament
are reactionaries, the progressive and
liberal parties winning other contests.
Miss Mary e. Mcdowell and Miss
Amelie Hofer, of Chicago, have inter.
ested President Roosevelt In the move
| ment to provide national Fairgrounds
for children and he has promised his
support.
Maxim Gorky declared Gapon a
traitor to the Russian revolutionary
party.
In fight over can Of beer among
three employees at the Gerts-Lumbard
brush factory, at Chicago, Andrew
Heapman was fatally stabbed. He was
taken to St. Mary's hospital, where he
died.
Chicago ts to have new post Office
building, to be devoted exclusively to
the postal service. according to the
statement OF member OF the house
public building committee, who says
the next congress will make the ap.
preparation.
The commission investigating the
project to tunnel under Bering strait,
In big Russian railroad scheme, has
finished It's labors.
Dick Remp. who was suspended
from the University Of Wisconsin by
the faculty. has instituted mandamus
proceedings against that body to re-
instate him.
j. Hamilton Lewis, corporation
counsel of Chicago. is threatened with
jail sentence for contempt of court.
The United States district court has