The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-11

Judge John w. Barr, dtotinguienod
Kentucky jurist, died In Louisville Of
pneumonia at the age Of 81.
In spite of the recent financial de-
preston. the port Of New York col.
lected $212.6s7,9 ,926 in duties during
1907. an increase OF $3.131,018 over
| 1906.
After long illness, Mrs. Charles
Gibson, rs years old, widow of Sir
Charles Gibson, died at her home in
st. Louis. Her husband died eight
years ago..
Wireless messages from Sitka,
Alaska. were received at Mare Island
and Point Iona, Cal.
The torpedo boat fotilla arrived at
Para, Brazil.
Mrs. A. B. Upton committed sui
eide in Elgin, ILL.,, by drinking car
bolic acid. Her husband. formerly q
merchant of Elgin, deserted her three
weeks ago.
The Herbert Baxter Adams prize
for the best essay on European his
tory was awarded to William Spence
Roberts of Cleveland and Edward b.
Krehbiel of Chicago, by the American
Historical association at Madison,
Wis.
Prof. Thomas Day Seymour, senior
professor OF Greek in Yale university.
died in New Haven, Conn. after a
short illness of pneumonia.
The body Of Thomas Charles Druce,
In Highgate cemetery, London. was
exhumed and the coffin was found to
contain the remains Of human body,
thus exploding the romantic tale told
by Robert C. Caldwell and others, who
swore during the recent hearing OF the
Druce perjury case that 1t contained
roll of lead.
An alleged attempt was made to as
sassinate Father Volitas, pastor Of st.
AIMS Catholic church at Spring Val
ley, Ill.
Secretary Taft made three speeches
at Boston, in which he combatted the
ideas OF the anti-imperialists as to the
Filipinos, argued in behalf Of power
full navy and upheld the policy Of Pres
ident Roosevelt In relation to the
trusts.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was filed by Henrietta Crosman, the
actress, and her husband, Maurice
Campbell, in the United States district
court in New York.
The New Jersey pardon board re-
fused to pardon Walter A. McAllister
and William Death, who were SEN
fenced to 80 years Imprisonment in
1901 for completely in the murder of
Jennie Bosschcieter of Paterson.
Gov. Sparks of Nevada called an ex.
ira session of the legislature to con-
vene January IA, 1908, to take action
on the Goldfield troubles.
A severe earthquake, probably in
Central America, was recorded by
seismographs in America and Euro
pean cities.
The grand Jury in San Francisco re-
turned four indictments for alleged en-
bezzlement against officials Of the Cali
fornia Safe Deposit and Trust COM
pany.
The Archaeological institute, in ses-
sion In Chicago, was told of the dis
covery OF new saying OF Christ that
belonged in the sixteenth chapter of
St. Mark. 1t was found by Charles
i. Freer of Detroit in Egypt.
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese am
bassador, left Washington on his way
home to report to the emperor.
Because Rev. Ernest Sweeton in a
sermon at Newburg, Ind, said that
any woman who danced was of ques-
tionable character, young men of New
burg attacked the minister with de-
cayed eggs and with clubs.
Andrew Carnegie donated $4,000
for public library for Fairbury, Neb,
under the usual conditions-the dona-
tion Of site and the appropriation of
$4,000 year for maintenance.
Receivers were appointed for the
Passaic Steel company Of Paterson,
N. ].
Twenty-three hundred barrels of
beer, valued at $17,500, was poured
into the sewers of Oklahoma City,
Okla, by United States Internal Rev.
enue Collector Charles Howard.
Judge r. e. Lewis of the federal
court IN Denver, COL, quaSned all IN
dictments and sustained all the de-
murrers In coal land fraud cases,
thereby releasing about so prominent
defendants from prosecution.
Mrs. Mollie Desmond, of New York,
who attempted to commit suicide 18
months ago by swallowing package
of 144 needles, died after physicians
had made 25 surgical operations.
DR.. Simon Flexner, head Of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search In New York, asserts that he
has discovered an antitoxin serum
with which he has fought successfully
60 cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Transatlantic passenger traffic dur
ing 1907 was increased by nearly l..
100000 over 1906. A total of 2,957,32S
was carried, according to figures given
out by the North German Lloyd COM
pany in New York.
The body of Miss Emogene Kinner
of Penn Yam, N. ", who disappeared
from Michigan City, Ind. on Decem-
ber IL. was found on the bank Of