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

Bankers and merchants In session
Ut Sioux City. Ia, adopted q system Of
grain checks which It was agreed
should be accepted as currency. The
Merchants National bank Of Portland.
Ore; the California bank of Oakland,
CAL; the Farmers and Merchants
bank OF Sapulpa, /. T.. and the Ravens
wood Exchange bank In Chicago
suburb suspended. The Royal Motor
Car company of Cleveland. O.. and the
Gary Wholesale grocery house Of
Selma, Ala, went into the hands Of
| receivers.
The leading New York banks were
exerting themselves actively to meet
the demands of their country corre-
spondents and depositors for currency.
They declared that the suggestions
made from several western sources
that they were not meeting legitimate
demands for currency from the west
we're entirely unfounded and that
they were, on the contrary, taking
every practicable measure to aid the
west and south.
The first direct reports from the
scene OF the great earthquake at Kara
tagh. Russian Turkestan, say the VIC
Tins number about $4,000: the city
and many villages were destroyed.
The Peoples bank of Portsmouth.
Va. went into the hands of q receiver
on petition of the directors, who gave
out a statement that the bank has
been made insolvent through defalca-
tions of the cashier.
Photographs and official data rep
resenting a summers work OF the In
ternational boundary commission In
Alaska were lost when canoe cap
sized In the Bradfield river.
1t was proposed in the Michigan
state constitutional convention to in
sert an article making voting obliga-
tory, with fine and prison sentence
as penalties.
State Senator Haines' bank OF For
est Grove, Ore. did not open its doors
for business because 1t could not OBJ
tain its balances from the Merchants
National Bank of Portland, which sus-
pended payment.
The total equalized assessment OF
personal property, lands, and lots In
Illinois for the year 1907 aggregates
| $1,138, ,622. 1893. according to reports by
| committees of the state board OF
equalization.
Checks and currency to the amount
of $4,000. intended to pay the wages
of the Carbon Coal G. Coke company's
miners at Cokedale, Col, were lost
| or stolen while in transit in stage.
Former Gov. James e. Campbell, of
Ohio, said that he is a receptive can
didate for United States senator to
| succeed Senator j. B. Foraker.
At Kansas City. Mo-, the grand jury
returned 149 additional indictments
against persons charged with violat-
ing the state law which forbids labor
on Sunday.
"a boiler at the ginhouse on the
Trulock plantation, near Pine Bluff.
Ark, exploded killing the owner. J. b.
Trulock, and five negroes.
The confession of Steve Adams,
made In the Office of the warden OF
the Idaho state penitentiary February
q, 1906, was introduced in evidence
at the trial of Adams for the murder
of Fred Tyler. 1t told Of the murder
OF Tyler and Boule and involved
Meyer. Haywood and Pettibone.
The engine and tender of a Balti-
more & Ohio train to which was at
tached private car bearing Vice
President Fairbanks and party re-
turning from the funeral of Judge
McComas was derailed at Weverton
| Junction, Md.
Immediately following the closing
OF the Peoples bank of California, Pa.
by State Examiner Bynns, oliver p.
| Piper, the cashier, and William L..
Lenhart, business man who lives in
| Brownsville, Pa, were arrested,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the bank.
A report reached Durango, Col, that
a battle occurred at McElmo canyon,
| between Ute Indians and United
States troops, in which six Indians
were killed. No soldiers were killed
| or wounded. ~
A boiler in the basement of the new
Eastman dormitory at East Green
wich Or. - academy exploded and
partly wrecked the structure. Three
young women students were severely
but not seriously injured.
In the historic hall of st. George at
Windsor Castle, King Edward and
Queen Alexandra gave a state banquet
in honor Of the emperor and empress
Of Germany and their suite.
A state convention of Democrats at
Nashville. Tenn, started a movement
for the nomination of southern man
as Democratic candidate for the pres
idency In 1908.
Ray Bricker fell 115 feet down a
mine near Boone, Ia, landed on his
feet and was unhurt.
Asserting that the cold weather has
caused untold suffering on account of
the scarcity OF coal, the residents of
Somerset. Neb., appealed to the state
| railway commission for relief.
Charles Howard. 60 years old, con-
vict in the Joliet penitentiary, made
his escape while working in the stone
| quarry.