The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-04-20
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A Week. S EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST IMPoR.
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
Information Gathered from All Guar.
ters Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal Of tho
Busy Man.

The case against Harry X. Thaw
was given to the jury, and six hours
later, not having reached an agree
ment, the jurors were locked up for
the night. Jeromes closing address
was merciless fiaying of Thaw and
his wife. The judges charge was con.
sidered unfavorable to the defendant.
Senator Foraker in a speech at Can
ton, o., declared his independence OF
dictation, defended his public course
and denied any part In or knowledge
of the alleged rich mems conspiracy
to thwart President Roosevelt.
John Temple Graves, speaking at a
banquet at Chattanooga in honor Of
w. J. Bryan, urged that Bryan nomin-
ate Roosevelt for president on the
Democratic ticket.
Secretary Taft declared that Cuba
was to be turned over to the Cubans
as soon as possible, made recommend
ations as to the holding Of elections
and sailed for Porto Rico.
President l.. w. Hill announced
that the Great Northern would build
a plant for the manufacture of cars in
Superior, Wis.
Fifteen persons were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed an
apartment house in Lisbon, Portugal.
Congressman Longworth came out
in favor of Taft for the presidential
nomination.
The New York Herald, James Cor
don Bennett, its proprietor, and its
advertising manager were fined $751;
900 for sending improper matter
through the mails.
Seven hundred members of the
union organized at Bisbee, Ariz., By
the Western Federation of Miners,
employed by companies which refused
recognition of the union, went on
strike.
! A train bearing $40 political exiles
left st. Petersburg for Siberia. This
Is the largest consignment of politi-
cal prisoners sent to the far east for
several months past.
Commander Eva Booth of the Saliva
tion army became seriously i'll at Can
ton, o.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis |
and Omaha railroad and III. M. Pearce, |
acting freight agent, were found gull
ty of granting rebates by a jury at
Minneapolis.
Four trainmen were killed on the
Southern Pacific in California by the
explosion of two locomotives.
Mrs. Mary Bechtel, aged "a years,
and her son Charles, aged AZ years,
were burned to death In their home
in Philadelphia.
The Akron Printing and Paper COM
pany went into bankruptcy, with liza.
bilities amounting to $4,000 and as
sets the same.
The crew of naval barge No.
which went adrift in storm, were
rescued by the steamer Professor
Woermann.
Directors Of the Provident Securi
ties and Banking company Of Boston
are accused by the receivers Of hav-
ing squandered 100000 of its money
Annie Adair of Triumph, ILL.,, Is
dead from swallowing muriatic acid,
which she mistook for sleeping
medicine.
Richard Croker is in exceedingly
poor health, according to John Fox, a
Tammany leader, who has just re-
turned to New York from England.
With bullet in her brain Mabel
Guy, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Guy of Middleton,
N. Y, walked mile to Thrall hos
pital for treatment. She may re-
cover.
The United Engineers society
opened its new home in New York
for the erection of which Andrew
Carnegie gave $1,500,00O.
The Lincoln Savings and Trust
of Philadelphia was closed
by the state commissioner of banking
because it's capital was impaired.
1t Is said that the death of the late |
Galusha A. Grow was
fastened by gang Of New York |
swindlers, who levied blackmail upon |
him, using woman as their willing |
tool
One person was killed and about |
Is injured in wreck on the st. |
Johnsbury & Lake Champlain railroad
near Hardwick, VT.
Richard M. Waite, assistant to the
president of the Colorado Fuel C
Iron company, died at Denver.
Or. Paul Bettix, professor of Greek
and Latin In the Central Holiness
University of Oskaloosa, Ia, Is
new crusade and branded
his forehead with a cross.
State Senator David Campbell of
Illinois was appointed postmaster Of
Chicago to succeed Mayor Fred
Busse.
p. A. B. Widener asked permission
Of Philadelphia authorities to erect q
SIC, ,000.0 900 municipal art gallery on .
Ute to be furnished by the city.