The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23

Signor Alfani, director OF the Flor
ence observatory, has given out q
statement that sun spots. each of
which Is IL times the size of the
earth, will about the middle of No
vember cause storms, earthquakes snd
eruptions throughout the country.
| Mrs. Emma Packard, wife of 8. b.
Packard, former governor Of Louisi-
ana, died at Marshalltown, Ia, sud-
denly Of apoplexy.
Russian officials at vladivostok re-
| port raids ON the seal rookeries of
the Copper islands by armed Japan
ese sealing schooners.
The supreme court Of Mexico has
| affirmed the sentence of death against
c. T. Richardson. William Mason and
DR.. G. 8. Harle. charged with con-
spiracy to murder in connection with
insurance frauds. and the men are to
be shot December 6 at Chihuahua.
Rev. H. Allen Tupper Of the Fiji
teenth Street Baptist church In Brook
lyn announced to his congregation
that he would serve In future without
pay.
New York lawyers, acting for the
duke OF Portland, are gathering evi-
dence in this country regarding the
affairs of Robert Caldwell, who testi
fed in the Druce case at London.
Five persons, at least, lost their
lives as a result of a fire in the Hotel
Garde at New Haven, Conn. and sew
eral others were injured.
Forty men, women and children
were injured, 26 of them seriously, IN
street car accident at Seattle, when
two speeding cars crashed into each
other in dense fog.
President Gompers, addressing the
American Federation Of Labor at
jamestown, said organized labor, like
Admiral Evans fleet, was ready for
peace, frolic or war.
Burglars broke into the residence OF
Mrs. Stella Mauthner, an aged woman
in the town Of Perinton, N. Y, and
subjected her to terrible tortures In
an effort to force her to reveal her
savings.
Albert Bates was sentenced at Chip
pewa Falls. Wis, to serve one year in
| the penitentiary for bigamy. He ac-
knowledged that he had been married
often, but thought he had always wait
ed long enough for the preceding wife
to get divorce before he married the
next one.
| The entire business portion Of Wor-
land, Wyo., was destroyed by fire.
| Catherine Vosbaugh, who for nearly
| 60 years passed as man, died at a
hospital in Trinidad. Col, at the age
of 83 years.
I, c. d. Wyman, a member OF the
Stone-Webster companys executive
] committee and an official of the Bos-
ton Street Railway corporation, died
suddenly in railway train in Mon
tana.
William Jennings Bryan was the
guest of honor at a banquet Of the
Jefferson club of Milwaukee and gave
his views on trusts, railroads and the
tariff.
Henry C. Wilder, aged 95 years, a
well-known printer Of Lowell, Mass.
was married to Mrs. Esther Craw.
ford, a resident of Evanston, ILL.,, aged
| 80 years.
Rev. DIR. Sam F. Breckenridge. "a
years old, professor Of exegetical theol.
ogy in the Wittenberg Theological
| seminary and one Of the most widely
| known theologians in the Lutheran
church, died at Springfield, ILL.,. of
heart trouble.
Dexter M. Ferry, head Of one Of the
| greatest seed firms In the United
States, which bore his name, and
prominent In local business enter
prises, was found dead in bed at his
home in Detroit, Mich.
The New York building code COM
mission has adopted regulations which
| practically prevent the erection of any
more skyscrapers in that city. The
height Of buildings is limited to $50
| feet
| The federal supreme court decided
the controversy between Samuel HI.
Leathe and Edward l.. Thomas. grow
ing out of the construction in 1870 of
the Belleville city railway, connecting
Belleville, ILL.,. with East st. Louis, in
favor of Thomas.
J. Pierpont Morgan, 1t is said, will
part with his collection of high-bred
dogs, because his wife is annoyed by
the kennels at their Highland Falls
| IN. Y.) estate.
After blowing open the outer doors
Of a safe in the Offices of the Jefferson
Ice company in Chicago, robbers mis-
took a large sack, containing about
$40 in silver. for one that was locked
In another compartment and was said
to have contained $4,000.
Max Duffolk. of Munich, Germany.
performed the difficult feat of walking
on his hands from the top landing in
the Washington monument to the
ground, perpendicular distance Of
500 feet, which extended to near 825
feet by the stairway.
Bais Cunningham, Overton Decker
and Salvan Pearson, members of the
Baptist church choir at Hazleton, Ind,
were arrested on affidavits filed by
Rev. Samuel Bettis. charged with dis
turbing religious services by chewing
gum while seated In the choir.
The series Of crimes in Berlin re-