The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-04-13

Mrs. Joseph Jack. Of Trenton. N. j..
'is blind. with little prospect OF re-
gaining her sight. as the result OF
violent attack of sneezing.
Bishop John C. Cranberry Of the
Methodist Episcopal church south.
died suddenly at his home in Ashland.
Va. He was 76 years old and had
been bishop since 1882.
Six trainmen were killed In head
on collision between two freight
trains on the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad six miles south OF
Fort Worth. Tex.
Four men are missing as the result
OF a collision In the North river. New
York, when the tug John ID. Dai}Sy
was run down and sunk by the ferry
boat Musconetcong OF the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad
company.
The Peterson planning mill. St
Louis, was almost totally destroyed
by fire. entailing a loss OF $4,000.
I. c. Towner, a resident OF Elgin,
Ill, for so years and one of that eitys
pioneer merchants. is dead.
Rev. Richard Hall, aged 80 years,
died at his home in st. Paul. Minn.,
after an illness OF about ten days. He
was born In Ipswich, N. H., in 1877
and was one Of the first Congregation
al, missionaries in the territory OF
Minnesota.
F. A. Holbrook, promoter OF the
church and school furniture trust
pleaded guilty. at Chicago, to charges
OF violating the antitrust law and OF
conspiracy in restraint of trade.
Mrs. Charlotte Graf, OF Chicago,
was killed with an ak by her husband
after quarrel
The trial Of Haywood. one of the
officers of the Western Federation OF
Miners. for connection with the MUIR
der Of former Gov. Steunenberg, was
set for May 9 at Boise, Idaho.
Republicans elected their state tick
ct in Michigan by majorities of about
$4,000.
Fire, believed to be incendiary, des-
troyed the plant of the West Kentucky
Coal company at Sturgis, KY, causing
a loss of about $4,000.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
postponed their visit to Madrid until
the autumn.
One thousand grooms employed In
New York riding academies and livery
stables struck for recognition Of their
union.
Abraham Ruef asked the supreme
court of California to free him from
the custody of Elisor Biggy and order
him into the charge of the sheriff.
whom Judge Dunno disqualified on the
gound of personal interest.
The carpenters Of Minneapolis and
Vancouver and laundry workers Of
San Francisco went on strike.
One of the largest cold storage
warehouses on the Isthmus of Pana-
ma, with its contents, was burned.
The Griffin law. which prohibits all
games OF chance, went into effect in
Montana.
Don Carlos Taft, former professor
of geology in the University Of I'LL
nois. died Of apoplexy in Chicago
A portion of the city of Havana,
Cuba, was inundated from the sea and
many lives were endangered.
The United States Steel corporation
decided to build a big iron and steel
plant in Duluth.
A band of Bulgarians attacked the
old Servian towns of Rudnik and To-
polcha, burning 80 houses, killing
seven men and maltreating a number
of women and children.
Former Congressman Galusha A.
Grow died at his home in Glenwood,
Pa, as result of general break
| down attributed to old age.
Fire in the Palazzo del Drago, Am
bassador Griscom's house In Rome,
did about $4,000 damage. Mr.. Girls.
com was slightly burned.
Victor l.. Berger announced the
plans Of the national executive board
OF the Socialist party for spreading So
cialism in 26 states of the union where
interest is lukewarm. He said Presi-
dent Roosevelt had stolen many OF
the ideas Of the socialists.
Chili's failure to send a minister to
Washington is due to the failure OF its
plan to raise the Chilian representa-
tive to ambassadorial rank.
Druzsaninnikoff, an ex-policeman
who was sentenced February 21 to a
years Imprisonment for torturing Rus.
sian peasants during punitive expedi-
tion, has been killed by peasant pris-
oners In the jail at Kursk.
Mrs. E. s. Loveland, niece of the
late Coils p. Huntington. was killed
while operating a new automobile, at
Oneonta, N. Y.
II Is currently reported that ]. Pier
pont Morgan, of New York, has ac-
quired for $L200,O0O the unique col
lection of Jules Van Den Poreboom, of
Brussels, which comprises furniture,
pictures, arms, brasses. ancient en-
cravings and chimney pieces.
William b. Thayer, a member of the
Emery, Bird Thayer Dry Goods COM
pany, conducting a department store
at Kansas City, Mo-, died, aged 55
years.
The dead body of Paul ]. Weller, of
Chicago, clothing cutter, was found
In a swamp near Johnstown, N. Y.