The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-09-12

vote also showed decrease.
The crew on board the racing bal
loon Vile de Dieppe tried to descend
at Niagara Falls. The rip cord failed
to work properly. resulting In poor
landing. The three men in the basket
got a bad shaking up and narrowly
escaped death in the whirlpool.rapid
Secretary George Mclaughlin OF the
state commission OF prisons in a report
on recent inspection protested
strongly against the keeping of Harry
X. Thaw in the Duchess county jail
at Poughkeepsie.
Delegates and visitors to the Grand
Army encampment gave their atten-
ton to the dedication OF the Fort
Meigs monument at Perrysburg and
to an elaborate civic parade in To-
ledo.
Judge A. II. Huston declared uncon-
stitutional the Oklahoma school law
providing separate school boards and
separate schools for negroes in the
new state.
Fire In Atlanta, Ca, destroyed the
plants of the Atlanta Trunk factory
and the Empire Printing G. Box COM
pany. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
A crowd Of men and boys in Chi.
cago tried to lynch negro who had
attacked a white girl in the hallway
of building in which she worked.
Standing at the stern of motor
boat which he had stolen and with
bullets whizzing over his head, Ed
ward Burnett, full-blooded Pottawat-
tonne Indian. led two detectives an
exciting chase through the downtown
section of the Chicago river clear to
the drainage canal before he was cap
tured.
Mrs. Arch Pickett shot and killed
her husband. well-known resident of
Ark, because, she alleged.
he was mean to her and abused
her."
Mrs. Earl (Hallam of Springfield.
H., declared that George Richardson
was not the negro who attacked her.
1t was hB removal from the city
which ,caused the bloody race riots.
The national encampment of the |
Grand Army of the Republic opened
N Toledo with a Venetian night" on
he river and big reception. About |
100000 visitors wereS in the city, |
which was beautifully decorated.
The British bark Amazon. for Iqui-
lue from Port Talbot, has been
wrecked near the latter port. Only
I've out of her crew of 32 were saved
Fire destroyed the tannery of Davis,
dedary & Platz, in La Crosse, Wis,
he loss being about $4,000.
The members of the American team
,hich captured chief honors at the
olympic games in London were re-
eived by President Roosevelt at Sag |
more Hill.
The great coal mine strike in the
(Ala) district was called
n by an order signed by President |
ewis, Vice-President White and Sec
Ryan Of the United
line Workers Of America. In Wyo-
ling the coal mines were closed be- !
ause operators and miners could not
gree.
AT Manzanillo. Manuel Elias, editor
I the Conservative Ell Vigilante, was
hot and killed by Manuel Estrada,
ditor of the Liberal Taper Ell Re-
orter and also Liberal candidate for
A shortage of upwards of $4,000
as been discovered in the bureau of
upplies and vouchers in the general
ost office at Havana, OF which Senior
rodriguez is chief. Rodriguez is miss
lg.
Charged by his wife with non-sup-
ort, Rev. William C. Cummings, for
,erly an Episcopal rector at Ionia,
Itch, was arrested at Saul Ste Marie
! the company of woman said to be /
Is slster-in-law.
Dispatches from Picking said the
hinese government was likely to re-
all Minister WI Ting Fang from
because of dissatisfaction
nth his doings and public speeches.
Becoming financially involved. two
rothers, Ben 8. Woolaver, aged SO.
nd Elmer, aged 80, committed suicide
the Sangamon river not far from
heir homes near Edipburg, Ill.
George Bailey, aged 20, and Miss
ida Dams, his sister-in-law, aged 40,
'ere fatally burned in an explosion
[ natural gas that wrecked their
ONE In Wellington, Kan.
The Queen Louise balloon, which
scended from Columbus, O., with
lieut.. Benedict and T. L. Semple
board. landed In Lake Erie and the
eronauts were rescued by steamer.
President Roosevelt has approved
he plans of the proposed new battle
hips Florida and Utah which were
uthorized at the last session Of con-
ress.
While two-thirds OF the city's fire.
zen were at their annual picnic, fire in
he business section Of New Orleans
estroyed 100000 worth Of property.
was the most disastrous confiagra-
lon In the history of New Orleans.
e. M. CARRIER, aged 40 years, a dele
ate from Holton, Kan, to the meet
,g of the Illinois Life Insurance as
ociation in Philadelphia, was mysteri.
usly drowned at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Matthew Berna of Hampshire.