The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-08-01

r. ID. Walker Of South Africa won
the 100meter dash at the Olympic
games. defeating J. A. Rector Of the
University OF Virginia A worlds rec
ord, by @. J. Bacon OF the Irish-Ameri-
can A. c., in the 400-meter hurdling.
which no won in IS seconds; al
Olympic record of ~ feet 6h inches
by F. G. Irons Of the Chicago A. A., In
the running broad jump; and the vic
tory Of @. 8. Dole of Yale, In the
featherweight wrestling. we're the win
nings Of the Americans.
American athletes won two more
gold medals In the Olympic games at
London. n. w. Sheppard won the
S00-meter run and Harry #. Porter
the high Jump, both setting new
Olympic records.
American athletes captured three
more gold medals In the Olympia
games at London, winning the 100
meter swim, the broad jump and the
bantam wrestling finals.
Safe-blowers robbed the post once
at Bardolph, Ill, Of $500.
August Eberhard. arrested at Pater.
son, N. j., confessed that he lured his
aunt from Vienna, murdered her and
robbed her body OF $1,000 which he
needed to marry New York girl.
Two children were burned to death
In fire that destroyed the dwelling
of James Jarasky near Cleveland, 0.
In an opinion bristling with caustic
comment and criticism the United
States court Of appeals in Chicago
unanimously reversed the decision OF
Judge Lands imposing fine of $780,
100000 upon the Standard OIL Com
pany of Indiana for accepting conces-
sions from the Chicago & Alton rail.
road, and remanded the case for re-
hearing.
Desperadoes shot up Jamaica
Plain, a surburb Of Boston, in trying to
escape the police, and killed one per-
son and wounded dozen others.
President Roosevelt delivered a
spirited and characteristic address at
Newport, r. l., before an important
conference Of American naval officers.
The purpose Of the meeting was to dis
cuss the battleships which the United
States Is to build in the future, and
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke warmly In favor
of hard-hitting navy, as good as any
in the world, and capable of finding
the enemy and "hammering him into
quits"
The Atlantic battleship fleet sailed
from Honolulu for Auckland, N. 2.
While swimming in Lake Norman,
near Norman, Okla, John w. Holland.
a prominent business man, and for Is
years a preacher in the Methodist
church, was drowned.
Miss Evelyn Walsh, daughter of
Thomas Walsh of Colorado, was secret
ly married to Edward Mclean, man.
aging editor of the Washington Post.
Santo Purquo of Chicago killed his
wife and wounded a man whom he
found in her company.
President Castro has expelled J. H.
de Reus. the minister resident of the
Netherlands, from Venezuela.
A pretty young woman was found
shot and killed in tool shed In VIII
liamsburg. N. Y.
Three bandits held up saloon in
Jamaica Plain, suburb of Boston,
and killed one man and shot two
others.
William Pohlman, somnambulist,
cut his throat in his sleep at st. Louis
and only prompt work by physicians
saved his life.
Typhoid fever is epidemic in Man
kato. Mimi, about $500 cases being
reported.
In view of more than hundred per-
sons in the ballroom of the Fort
Lowrey hotel at Bath Beach, L. l.,
John Hanna shot 16-year-old Augusta
Walz. with whom he was In love, and
Ralph MANI with whom she was dane
ing, and killed himself.
The Minneapolis, Red Lake & Mani
toba Railroad company served notice
on the Minnesota railroad and ware-
house commission that beginning Au-
gust / 1t would charge passenger
fare Of three cents mile. thus ig-
noring the two-cent fare law.
William Winter, the veteran dra-
matte critic, was taken to a Los An
geles hospital In critical condition.
The Pennsylvania Democratic state
committee recognized Col James M.
Guffey Of Pittsburg as the leader of
the Democracy of Pennsylvania, de-
spite the fact that he was ousted from
the state chairmanship at Denver, Col
i Honduras officials denied that war
was imminent between their country
and Nicaragua.
Two men were killed and third
seriously hurt by an explosion In the
Red Dog mine at Webb City, Mo.
immigration to the United States
from all countries, particularly Russia
and Japan, showed marked falling
OF for the month of June as compared
with the same month OF 1907. accord
ing to figures made public by the bu
reau of immigration and naturaliza
ton. The total immigration aggregated
31,947, compared with 154.734 in 1907
Dependent because of ill-health and
fearful of the fate which might await
her two little children II they were
left alone to face the world, Mrs. Gus
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