The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-04-11

man and Representative J. G. Clancy
OF Sullivan as permanent chairman. A
platform was prepared indorsing the
candidacy of vice-President Fairbanks
1 and demanding tariff revision
Mayor Anderson of La Crosse. Wis,
clamped down the lid on that city,
which had been considered one Of the
most wide-open In the country.
Alexander Dickson, a carpenter on
the United States collier Aberanda,
was acquitted at San Juan, Porto
Rico, OF the murder of Chief Oficer
Walter Weichert.
Facing adverse conditions In the
way OF high winds and heavy seas. the
armored cruiser Montana exceeded
her contract requirements by slen-
der margin on the Rockland trial
course
The Hennepin canal was opened to
navigation without ceremony.
The Pike County Bank and Trust
company of McComb City, Miss, cap
italized at 100000, was placed In the
hands of receivers.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
picks dropped from the hands of as
many bituminous coal miners Of the
United States, not to be used again
until wage settlement has been
reached and a scale adopted between
the members of the United Mine
Workers of America and the coal
operators of the various fields.
Gus Johnson, wealthy farmer who
lived five miles south OF Kenmare, N.
d., was murdered and r. s. Noah and
Patsy" Coyle are in jail charged with
the crime.
Judge Smith Mcpherson In the fed
eral court at Kansas City decided that
he has full jurisdiction over the
maximum freight rate and the two
cent passenger fare cases in Missouri.
Percy M. Houston, recently elected
secretary and treasurer of the Yazoo-
Mississippi levee board, was shot and
killed by j. T.. Lowe, a prominent
attorney of Tunic, Miss.
Flora Winston, one of the girls who
testified in the case against Raymond
Hitchcock. the comedian. was In
dieted by grand jury in New York
on charge Of perjury.
The receivership for the Westipg-
house Machine company last October.
at the beginning OF the financial de-
preston, was vacated by Judge James
s. Young Of the United States circuit
court at Pittsburg. on petition of the
company and the receivers.
New York police failed to prove that
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist
leader. had in any way instigated the
attempt of Selig Silverstein to muir
der policemen with a bomb.
The federal grand jury at San
Juan, Porto Rico, returned an indict-
ment against Capt George Worley.
master of the United States collier
Aberanda, charging him with inhuman
treatment of his men,
The house Of commons adopted by a
vote Of 313 to 157 a resolution moved
by John E. Redmond, the nationalist
leader, that ''in the opinion of this
house solution Of the home rule
problem can only be attained by Civ
Ing the Irish people legislative and
executive control Of all purely Irish
affairs" after the resolution had been
amended by adding the words "all
subject to the supreme authority Of
the imperial parliament"
Its credit restored, with $4,000, 900 in
cash and exchange with which to pay
a deposit account of IL millions, and
with financiers of national prominence
In charge, the National Bank of Com.
merce of Kansas City reopened.
o. A. Bailey OF Kansas City, an ex-
press messenger of the Wells.Fargo
Express company, was killed by rob-
Der on Santa Fe train No. 115, be-
tween Florence and Newton, Kan. The
robber escaped with about $1,000.
Between 55 and 70 men lost their
lives in two explosions In coal mine
No. /, owned by the Union Pacific
Coal company at Hanna, Wyo. The
explosions were caused by gases and
coal dust and each was followed by
fire. The first explosion occurred at
three o'clock, when Is mine workers.
including superintendent and three
bosses. were killed. The second oc.
Cured at 10:30 o'clock at night,
snuffing out the lives of from 40 to
30 members OF rescue party, includ.
Ing State Mine Inspector d. M. Elias.
Archbishop John Ireland of st. Paul
has written a letter to the clergy and
laity OF his archdiocese on the sub
ject of marriage and divorce, in which
he characterizes the marriage con.
tract OF the times a mere commercial
| exchange
William ]. Bryan, addressing the
Democrats OF Missouri at Kansas
City, said President Roosevelt should
have selected Senator La Toilette to
succeed him.
The circuit court at Toledo, O.. az
firmed the decision Of the lower court
in the cases Of 20 prominent lumber
men OF the city who we're sentenced
to jail for violation of the Valentine
antitrust law.
Gov. John A. Johnson is willing to
accept the Democratic nomination for
president, but is not seeking the
honor. This is the gist of his reply
to letter sent him March 20 by Swar
J. Turnbald, publisher of the Swedish
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