The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A Weeks EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST IMPoR.
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM.
IzED FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
information Gathered from All Quar-
ters Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the PerusaI Of the
Busy Man.


The six automobiles contesting II
the New York-to-Paris race started
from Times square, Forty-seconc
street and Broadway, New York
cheered by throng Of several thou
sand people. Three Of them arrived al
Hudson, n. Y, the first evening.
Lincoln's birthday was celebrated
with banquets and orations by dis
tinguished men in many cities.
The Michigan Republican state cen
tral committee fixed May IL as the
date and Grand Rapids as the place
for the state convention to elect dele
gates.at large to the national Repub
lican convention.
While exercising in the Phillips
Exeter academy gymnasium, Foster
Holmes of Minneapolis, Minn., sus
tanned injuries which were declared
to be very dangerous.
Six men were killed by an explosion
In a starch factory at Providence, X
l., and the building was wrecked and
burned.
Chauncey b. Geiger, president of the
Illinois state board Of arbitration dur
ing the administration OF Gov. Richard
Yates, died at his home'in Ashley, Ill
Letters read In the Smell will case
at Clinton, ILL.,, told how woman, al
legged to be the wife of Rev. e. A.
Hamilton, bartered her soul and sold
into bondage her young daughter for
some of the old millionaire's money.
Frank Vlna, treasurer for various
Bohemian fraternal organizations, who
fed several weeks ago, when he was
said to be many thousands of dollars
short in his accounts, returned to
Cleveland, o., and surrendered to the
police.
Gov. Davidson appointed Frederick
Thwaites and James F. Trottman of
Milwaukee as regents of the Univer-
sity OF Wisconsin.
Haunted by q dream in which he
was accused of crime, Christopher
Fagen, a coachman, committed sui
eide in Minneapolis.
Ruth Miller, the four-year-old daugh-
ter of Charles Miller of Kansas City,
Kan, died from the effects of eating
candy from box of poisoned bon
bons sent through the mail to an older
sister.
William Andrews, formerly Of Sioux
City, Ia, committed suicide in the
county hospital at Chicago by stab
bing himself with a pair of scissors.
Charles A. Coey, president of the
Aeronautique club of Chicago pur-
chased 100,000-cubic foot balloon
from Morris A. Heinmann of st. Louis,
to be used in the Chicago balloon
races July 2. 3 and 4.
State Senator william Mckay died
at Caro-. Mich, after years illness
following an operation for the removal
Of tumor. ~
Acting Secretary Oliver announced
that the war department was at last
in position to completely arm the or.
ganized militia of the country, 100000
strong, with the new high.power
army rife.
The Japanese method of wrestling,
jiu-i!tsu, Is to be introduced into all
tho military and naval gymnasia of
Germany at the express command of
the emperor.
Rev. Father p. A. Baart, pastor CT
st. Mary's church of Marshall, Mich,
and one Of the recognized authorities
In this country on the canonical law
of the Roman Catholic church, died
from pneumonia.
Franklin ]. Dlckman, 80 years Of
age, former chief justice of the Ohio
supreme court, died In Cleveland, o.
Henry Schuelle, a wealthy contrac-
tor of Alton, ILL.,, confessed that he had
been a burglar for years.
Resolutions indorsing the course OF
the national administration and favor.
ing the nomination of Secretary of
War Taft for the presidency were
unanimously adopted by the Republi-
can state central committee of Colo.
RADIO.
Carl Ludwig Won veltheim, who has
had most remarkable career OF
crime, was sentenced in London to 20
years penal servitude for attempted
blackmail.
Miss Nora Stanton.B Blatch. grand.
daughter OF Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and a graduate of the civil engineer.
ing course at Cornell, Is to be married
to DR.. Lee de Forest. the inventor.
Two men were fatally injured In a
collision between passenger train
and freight near Creason, Pa.
City Marshal William Abney OF
Marion. ILL.,, shot and killed Ambrose
Grogan and Frank Blake on the street
in fight following the marshal's at.
tempts to send the men home.
The Continental limited passenger
train on the Wabash railroad, west
bound, was derailed by broken rail
at Delhi, Ont No one was badly IN.
jured.
Eight persons were injured by q
collision between elevated trains in
Chicago.