The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22

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York, was found guilty BY the correc'
tional court in Paris Of criminal a.
sault and battery on Prince Helie de
Sagan, his cousin, and fined $40. The
| prince was awarded 20 cents damages.
Charles A. Schmalhausen. post
master at Bridgeport. ILL.,, committed
suicide with a revolver.
Miss Maud Ashford Of Washington
announced that she was no longer en-
gagged to Former United States Sena-
tor Henry G. Davis, the Democratic
candidate for vice president In the last
national campaign.
The grand jury in New York re-
turned two indictments charging
grand larceny, which It was stated au'
thoritatively were for Charles W..
Morse, the financier.
The American Tobacco company
was indicted at Lexington, KY on q
charge of conspiracy.
A squad of police raided Sharry
Shomayim synagogue in Winnipeg.
Man, and stopped wedding being
performed there on the ground that
the Lords day act says no work must
be done on the Sabbath.
The house committee on naval af-
fairs voted for the construction OF
two new battleships. instead of four
as the president had urged.
Bessie Graham, aged 81, teacher OF
rural school at Carsonville, Minn.,
was shot and instantly killed by re-
jected lover, Charles Boldt, who then
fatally wounded himself.
Judge Quarles at Milwaukee ap-
pointed J. A. Halves receiver Tor the
Appleton Waterworks company Of APP
pleton, Wis, because of an unpaid
claim of $4,000.
DR.. Felix Hansberger, editor of the
Anzeiger, German newspaper of
Providence, r. l., and a prominent
leader in German societies OF the
country, died.
United States District Judge Smith
Mcpherson at Kansas City, Mo-, is-
sued an order permanently restraining
IL so-called ticket brokers from buy
ing or selling nontransferable reduced
rate railroad tickets.
After leaving a note in explanation
that his act was due wholly to hnan-
cial reverses, Frank Harris, Boston
broker, committed suicide by shooting
at the Hotel Lenox.
A fire In Latchford, Ont, caused an
estimated loss of 100000. The King
Edward hotel, Alexandria hall, EN-.
pire Lumber company, the post office
and other buildings were burned.
Thomas A. Edison and several
makers and dealers in moving picture
films formed an $8,000.000 combina-
tion to absolutely control the business.
Edison is to receive 100000 a year
for his patents.
Twenty-seven persons were injured
in two coasting accidents at Pittsburg,
Pa.
Secretary of War Taft was given
an extraordinary ovation at a great
banquet in Kansas City, Mo.
Nine miners were killed and one
other fatally injured by an explosion
of gas in the mine of the Moody Coal
company at South Carrollton, Ky.
Four men were badly scalded when
boiler tubes on the cruiser st. Louis
blew out, of Sausalito, Cal.
Very severe weather experienced
throughout Austria greatly interfered
with railway traffic. An extraordinary
snowfall was reported in eastern
Galicia, Lemberg was cut of from all
communication with Vienna and at
Cracow all traffic stopped on 16 local
railroad lines. In some places there
were IS feet of snow.
A. mob at Brookhaven, Miss, took
Ell Pigot. colored, from the custody
of a militia company and sheriff's 8
posse. after a lively fght, and hanged
him.
Hugh Bonner, the old chief of the
New York fire department, who after
his retirement from office because OF
political changes went to Cuba and
then to the Philippines and organized
the fire departments at Havana and
Manila, has been appointed fire com.
missioner to succeed Francis ]. Ian.
try, resigned.
John w. Bookwalter, the millionaire
and former Democratic candidate for
governor Of Ohio, cabled $4,000 to
Mayor Burnett of Springfield, O., from
Nice, Italy, for poor people out ol
work.
Francis T. Roots, former president
of the First National. bank OF Conners.
vile, Ind, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with q
revolver.
The executors of the Marshall Field
estate in Chicago have agreed to pay
81 100000 in settlement Of the claims
for back taxes which have been pend
ing against that estate for two years.
The full claim was $1,730,000.
The village of Cahokia, the Oldest
settlement in Illinois, was placed In
the hands of receiver because Its
financial affairs were entangled.
Rev. Charles M. Carroll, pastor OF
the Howe Avenue Congregations
church of Cleveland, O., rendered his
resignation to accept the superin'
tendency OF the anti-saloon league In
the Pittsburg district.
L. G. Hutchins, vice-president OF the
Fort Worth (Tex.) National bank, and
G. A. Beasley, president of the Amer.