The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-05-25

i IdrIuerB were bTFeBleO duO lmpTlbOu
ed. charged with murder, following al
investigation into the death OF Lois
Nance, daughter of John Nance, 9
farmer. 1t is charged the girls death
/, was caused by an illegal operation
| The men arrested are Taylor Phipps
Byron d. Davis. William Sharp. Oran
X. Allen and Cullen Allen.
One OF the largest burglaries In the
history of the City of Mexico was
committed when band OF robbers
broke into the large jewelry establish.
ment known as La Acacia, In Refu.
| gio street, in the center Of the bust
ness district OF the city, and carried
away goods valued at $4,000.
A case Of yellow fever In Guatemala
caused the marine hospital service at
New Orleans to quarantine Puerto
Barrios, Guatemala's eastern seaport,
against passenger traffic to the Unit
ed States. The case of fever Is 80
miles away from Puerto Barrios and
in the interior.
Abraham Ruef. former political boss
of San Francisco, astounded that city
by pleading guilty to extortion. He
will be sent to prison. In remarka-
BILE statement he barred his soul, tell
ing of the political ring he created
and how, unwillingly. he says, 1t drew
him into maze Of corruption.
The president plans criminal action
against E. II. Hartman for his railway
deals based on finding of special In
vestigators.
Clashes between counsel during ex-
animation of jurors In Haywood trial
at Boise forced the court to interfere
and presages bitter contest.
Storms and frost in various locali-
ties caused damage, snowfall In the
northwest establishing new record.
The Illinois senate passed a resolu-
tion to adjourn to October 15 without
taking action on the deep waterway
bills, and 1t becomes known that the
interests of a big Joliet power COM
pany block legislation.
Secretary Wilson says that Chicago
packers are heartily cooperating In
enforcing the pure food law and that
their plants are models of sanitary
conditions.
Twenty-one persons are placed in
the roll of heroes by the Carnegie hero
fund commission at Pittsburg, which
awards medals to those who risked
their lives for others, or to relatives
of those who died in performing heroic
deeds.
Bad river, south of Ashland. Wis,
has overflowed its banks and Is the
highest in years. The village of
Odanah is flooded and one-third Of the
inhabitants have been forced from
their homes.
The village of Finch, Ont, has been
almost wiped out by fire. On Monday
night there was a $50,000 blaze, which
started up again Tuesday night, caus-
ing additional damage of $4,000.
Fire at McCann, N. D., destroyed the
st. Anthony and Dakota elevator, the
Imperial elevator. the Great Northern
depot, house and barn and box car
Loss, $4,000.
The sheriff destroyed $4,000 worth
of liquor in the street at Independ-
ence, Kan. The liquor was seized some
time ago from saloons in the county
The destruction was witnessed by an
immense crowd of people.
oliver Dalrymple says the wheat
acreage of North Dakota is greatly re-
duced, owing to the backward season.
The total crop of the country will be
00,000,000 bushels short, he says.
Later returns from the Austrian
elections show enormous gains by the
socialists and anti-Semites.
The extensive forest fires which
have been raging in President and
Pine Grove townships, Venango coun-
ty, Pa, covering an area of ten square
miles, are believed to be under con-
troll. The timber loss is estimated at
$4,000.
President Roosevelt received Rear
Admiral Huet De Bacellar, command.
ing the Brazilian fleet now at Hamp-
ton roads, and the personal officers of
his feet and his staff, who are the
guests of the United States govern
ment.
William Kenney, an employe of the
Walker distillery at Walkerville, Ont,
just across the Detroit river from De-
troit, was drowned In vat of whisky
mash.
or five Italians who came to Cranes.
| vile, near Amsterdam, N. Y, from
Schenectady to seek work on the con.
struction OF the barge canal, three
were drowned by the capsizing of a
boat in which they were rowing across
the Mohawk river.
On plea Of guilty to a charge of
murder In the second degree John
Stapp, Is years of age, was sentenced
by Judge Williams in st. Louis to 80
years In the penitentiary
Russian reacionists met and de-
manded stringent laws for the guard.
ing Of public safety.
Witnesses at the senate investiga.
tion of the Brownsville ARRAY at
Washington testified to seeing the
negro troops firing their guns during
the riot.
The Missouri supreme court az.
firmed the death sentences imposed
on Convicts George Ryan, Harry
Vaughan and Edward Raymond, who
broke out of the penitentiary Noyem.