The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-01-26

A resolution was presented 70 the
United Mine Workers convention by
members OF Indiana district No. IL
rejecting on the record Of James
Epperson as state mine inspector and
expressing grave doubt OF his ability
to administer the affairs of the office.
Rev. Laurence J. Kavanagh, 8. j..
a professor in st. Joseph's college,
Philadelphia, Is dead. aged "a.
The Seaboard Air Line Florida
special, north-bound, ran into an open
switch two miles north of Raleigh,
N. G. The boiler Of the locomotive ex-
ploded and the train caught fire.
Count Henri de la Vaulx made a
successful voyage with his new steer
able balloon In France. He Is said to
have attained a speed of II miles an
hour and to have steered and sailed
his balloon at will. -
One Italian workman was killed and
another.-badly. injured by. the explo-
sion Of a ton of dynamite in the South
Shore Stone company's quarry, two
and half miles east of Monroe,
Mich.
The blowing up of freight engine
on the Philadelphia & Reading rail-
road at Norristown. Pa, killed FIVE
men.
Judge o. B. Gould, member of the
Minnesota board of control, died at
Minneapolis.
The late Congressman Robert Ad-
ans, Jr., of Philadelphia, who COM
mitted suicide last year, was de-
faulter to the amount Of $4,000.
Count Nicholas Tolstoi and five 9TH
er persons were burned to death in the
counts residence, near Moscow, Rus
sia.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee was retired
on account of age.
Maj. John b. Furay, a Nebraska pi-
oneer, well known all over the west,
died at Omaha, aged 81 years, of
paralysis.
A. T. Clinton, one Of the pioneer
business men of La Crosse, Wis, died,
aged 76.
w. p. Frye was elected senator from
Maine, w. Murray Crane from Massa-
chusetts. Simon Guggenheim from Col
orado, Norris Brown from Nebraska,
w. e. Borah from Idaho, Robert l..
Taylor from Tennessee, ]. M. Dixon
from Montana, III. e. Burnham from
New Hampshire, and H. A. Richard
son from Delaware.
hIdar,aoo XUilltou, TIifpnrd ond
David Mann, foreman Of stoneyard,
we're arrested in New York on charges
of bribery in the election of a recorder
of the court of general sessions to sue
coed Recorder Goff.
Heavy rains caused a sudden rise
of Rock Bridge creek which flooded
the town Of Flat Rock, Ky. The in
habitants were compelled to fee in
boats.
Announcement is made that the
Lackawanna railroad has decided upon
Scranton. Pa, as the location for the
$2,000,000 locomotive shops.
The work of laying the walls of the
new capitol of Wisconsin was begun.
The building is to cost between $4,000
900 and 100000.
Mrs. Sarah Mccall, a graduate of
Mount Holyoke college class of 1851,
and for 80 years on instructor in the
academy Of Knox college, died at
Galesburg, ILL.,, aged 70.
Bills were introduced in the Wiscon-
sin state assembly for a twocent
railroad fare and repeating the mort
gage tax law.
A typhoon swept the islands of
Samar and Leyte, Philippines, and 100
lives were lost.
Gen. Fernando Figuroa was elected
president of the republic of Salvador.
The Democratic caucus of the gen.
eral assembly of North Carolina NOM
mated United States Senator F. M.
Simmons for a second term.
A federal grand jury at Chicago
voted indictments against John r.
Walsh in connection with the failure
of the Chicago National bank.
Fire In Chicago practically de-
stroyed the big printing plant of M. A.
Donahue & Co., the loss being $780,
900.
Prince Aga Khan of India. des-
cendant of one of the oldest and most
prominent families of Bombay, ar
rived in San Francisco. The prince
came to study American industries.
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, of Cleve-
land said In New York that an organ
ization of Cleveland citizens planned
buying the Cleveland Electric railway
plant and to run the car lines of that
city on a three-cent basis.
Severe snowstorms, gales and cold
weather prevailed in the northwest.
A total eclipse Of the sun occurred
in central Asia and was satisfactorily
observed. The period Of totality was
two minutes, but the sun was partly
obscured for an hour.
The Western Implement and Vehi-
Gle Dealers association met In Kan
sas City In annual convention with
close to 1000 members present. .
King Alfonso of Spain has decided
the boundary dispute between Hon
duras and Nicaragua in favor of the
former republic.
A deal is in progress for merging