The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21

Five street car men were severely
injured In a labor riot In San Fran
cisco.
Oficials OF railroads operating In
Kansas held meeting In Chicago and
decided to ignore the state railroad
commissions order that fiat two
cent passenger fare be put into effect
October s. They based their stand on
the fact that, during the session OF the
last Legislature they offered important
concessions, in return for which two
cent fare was not to be passed.
Judges Wilson and Audendried OF
the common pleas court in Philadel-
phia declared unconstitutional the
two-cent railroad fare law passed by
last legislature they offered important
case upon which the decision was rem
dered will be taken to the supreme
| court.
With the formal welcome OF Gov.
Charles K. Hughes Of New York state,
| the forty-first national Grand Army OF
the Republic encampment was opened
in the convention hall at Saratoga
Mrs. Carrie Sparklin. OF st. Louis,
national president of the Women's Re-
lief Corps, presented to the Grand
Army the silver jubilee offering, which
was raised by the relief corps In CON-
memoration of the twenty-fifth ami
versary OF the organization.
A combined Chinese and Japanese
organization of Vancouver made over
lures to the Hindus to join them In an
Industrial strike all along the British
Columbian coast. The Hindus refused.
The Japanese government had assur-
| ances that Canada would make amends
for the Vancouver riots.
John N. Hazlett, city editor of the
Pittsburg Leader for the past 40 years,
resigned from the position and retired
from active newspaper work.
Anti-Semitic rioting broke out again
in Kishinev and 80 Jews were report
| ed to have been killed. Their quarter
OF the city was looted and they fled
| by thousands.
Gov. Swanson Of Virginia offered a
reward Of 5000 for the capture of the
murderer of Mrs. Roschach, wife OF
Lieut.. Frank Roschach, U. s. NJ, who
was slain by burglar In her home in
Portsmouth, Va.
Five negroes who we're sitting on
| the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks
near Newburg, w. Va, engaged in
shooting craps, were run down and
killed by train.
Edgar A. Davis, of Detroit, Mich,
| AZ years old, committed suicide at the
home of his sister, Mrs. e. F. Taylor,
of Hartford, Conn. by inhaling gas.
Crazed by jealousy over attention
paid to his wife by another man, Lee
Leedy, proprietor of the City hotel at
Weatherford, Okla, fred three shots
at Mrs. Leedy, killing her instantly.
Two hours later Leedy was shot and
killed by a posse Of citizens.
The committee of the peace confer
ence at The Hague to which the Ques-
tion was submitted approved, by a
vote OF 26 to 2, the project providing
for the establishment of a supreme
tribunal to deal with prizes captured
at sea.
The failure of Miss Lucia s. Thomp-
son of Boston to explore the "Purga-
tory" cave near Worcester, Mass, has
aroused the interest of scientists.
Miss Thompson found the cavern ice
bound short distance from its
mouth.
Three persons were slightly hurt
when the Los Angeles limited train on
the Salt Lake road was ditched near
Cottonwood, Cal.
Judge Sands at Scranton, Pa, set
aside the will of Jerome Lillibridge, a
wealthy coal man, which gave an es-
tate Of 100000 to the widow. Two
sisters, who contested the will, assert
ed the testator had been unduly infiu-
enced.
The Countess Montignoso, formerly
Princess Louise of Saxony, divorced
wife OF the present king of Saxony,
was married In London to Sig. Toselli,
an Italian singer.
Gus Ormsby, a fisherman, while
lifting his nets OF Van Zaren point on
Lake Erie discovered the wreck of the
Dean Richmond, loaded with lead and
copper ore and valued at 100000 by
the underwriters.
John Rhodes, q negro bootblack.
was arrested at Phoenix, Ariz., sus-
pected of being Jesse Coe who killed
Policeman Charles Russell in Indian.
apolis In 1906.
Masked robbers broke into and blew
open the safe In the Royal Savings
bank at Chippewa, Ont. Oficials say
that the safe blowers were frightened
away before they got into the safe
deposit box, where the most of the
banks money was kept.
Elsie Reed, who says she is Chi.
cago girl, applied to Waukesha (Wis.)
citizens for aid, declaring that she had
been held a prisoner by the holy
jumpers" and compelled to do menial
work.
Nellie Wolkswitz, a Russian girl,
was arrested In New York, charged
with the theft of brooch from Mrs.
Bourke Cochran. The jewel contained
a religious miniature which awakened
the girls reverence and 1t is alleged
she possessed herself Of It to satisfy
| this passion.