The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-01-05
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
HOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HOME TOLD IN CON-
DENsED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items Of News Gathered
from All Parts Of tho Globe and
Outlined in tho Briefest Manner
Possible.

Ten representatives and one senator
sailed on the steamship Alliance from
New York for Colon, for the purpose
OF making a fve-day inspection OF the
Isthmus of Panama and learning for
themselves the existing condition rel
alive to the digging Of the canal.
A mob at Las Animas, COL, vainly
stormed the county jail in the attempt
to lynch a tramp who had brutally
murdered a farmer.
A maniac held possession OF the
switch tower at Cavanagh. Ind, FOL
hours, disorganizing traffic on three
railways.
Quiet has been restored at SCOOPS
and Wahalak, Miss, where race riots
have been going on.
Nearly all trains were sent out on
schedule time by the Southern Pa
cific and the firemen's strike seemed
about broken.
Minnesota began action to prevent
the contemplated stock issue by the
Great Northern railway.
Archbishop Ireland's statement on
the F-anco-Vatican conflict did not
please the pope.
II was rumored that big deal was
about to be closed whereby a Mime
apolis company will consign large
quantity of Minneapolis -four for Rus
sian consumption.
Commissioners of immigration Sar
geant says fewer Japanese are coming
to Hawaii now.
Half of the town OF africa, Chile
was destroyed by an earthquake.
Capt. James Il. Lehman, famou:
Pacific coast pilot was drowned a
juneau.
Harrison Parkman, who frs
brought alfalfa from South Americs
and planted 1t In the United States
died at Emporia, Kan, aged 73 years.
Benjamin Brown, financial manage
OF the American and United States Elk
press companies, shot and probabl!
fatally wounded himself.
The Chicago Bar association com
mittee found that Judge A. II. Chef
lain had committed improprieties ant
merited severe censure.
Count Eugene Zichy. the Hungari
an statesman and Central Asian ex
plorer, died of apoplexy. He was borl
in 1887.
The residence OF Gov. McInnes, o
the Yukon, at Dawson, known as Gov
eminent House, was burned. Loss
100000.
George Davis, aged %, Of Morris
town, N. j., lost his life in an unsuc
cessful attempt to rescue John Arke
an elght-year-old boy, from drowning.
Hiram Mullins and his son William
were shot and fatally wounded in
feud battle fought at their home II
Kentucky with gang Of desperadoes
headed by Charles and Bud Little ant
John Brewer.
The cotton harvest In central ASH
is extremely good, 1900 carloads In
stead of the usual 10000, being avail
able for export. Railroads will re
quire special facilities to transport tn
cotton.
French, German and Russian expe
ditions have arrived at Tashkent
Asiatic Russia, to observe the ECLIPSE
January IA.
Gen. Joseph X. Hudson. editor ant
publisher of the Topeka (Kan) Her
aid, is Ill at Topeka and his physicians
say his recovery Is doubtful.
Fire originating from defective
gas lighting system destroyed three
business blocks In Perry, la. The los.
aggregates 100000.
The employees in the blast furnaces
in the Mahoning and Shenango val
leys have been notified that they will
receive an increase OF ten per cent
with the beginning Of the lew year
The increase will affect about 1900
men.
Henry Newman. SIS years OF age
founder of the cotton firm of III. & G
Newman and a member of the cottor
exchange, died at his home In New
York
A heavy snowstorm In Great Britain
has delayed trains and several schoon
ers of the coast we're wrecked by the
gale.
The Zionists congress, In session a.
Crajeva, Roumania, was invaded BY
members OF the anti-Jewish society.
riot ensued, during which many Jews
we're injured.
A strike Of locomotive fremen went
into effect on the lines Of the Southern
Pacific company In Texas and Louisi
ana. About 300 or 400 men are In
volved.
James Bryce, who is to be British
ambassador to Washington, has de-
clined q peerage.
As a result of fight at country
dance on Cane Creek. Breathitt coun.
ty. Kentucky. Thomas Gullett was
shot through the body and instantly
killed; Walker Cole was shot through
the arm, shattering the bone and ne
cessitsting amputation, and Bill Little
\ was shot through the back.