The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-30
PENINSULA ! rs news.
Items Of Interest ciken From Our
ExchanaS Table and
Condemned.

Patients from seventy-eight counties
of Michigan, and from fourteen other
states, were treated last year at the
University homeopathic Hospital in
Ann Arbor.
And now from Houghton county
comes the announcement that while a
dog was idly wagging his tail over one
OF its streams voracious trout sprang
for it, pulled the dog into the river and
the poor creature was drowned. We
pass.
Congressman Young has introduced a
bill in congress calling for the appropri-
alton of $3.50, 600 for the extension of
the breakwater at Marquette for the
purpose of forming harbor of refuge.
The candidacy of William L. Stan
nard for secretary of state is progress
ing. He is finding that he will have
good support below the straits and it is
safe to predict that he will get the en-
tire upper peninsula delegation.
Saturday last Charles O. oliver re-
ceived his commission as United States
Commissioner in and for the Western
District of Michigan to succeed the late
Silas w. Goodale of Houghton. The
appointment was made by Loyal E.
Knappen, United States District Judge
Of the Western District of Michigan
and the commission was given effect on
May 81.
Chas F. Anderson, of Crystal Falls
charged with attempt to murder his
wife, was found dead in his cell: Friday
afternoon of last week. He hanged him
self in his cell at Iron County Jail using a
piece of Irvine used by express COM
panies to wrap parcels with. He fast
ened one end Of the Irvine to two
wires in one corner of his cell, placed
the other about his neck, and then set
tied down off box that he stood on.
Miss Annabelle Chisholm, formerly a
resident of L'Anse, is receiving recog-
milton at Missouri, Montana, where she
is filling position as teacher of Ian
guage. She has been re-hired for the
coming year at salary of $1,000, or
$3.50 per month for the nine months
term, a substantial increase over what
she has received during the past year.
At the monthly meeting of super
intendents of copper country schools
held Saturday last Messrs E. T. Abrams
of Dollar Bay, w. j.. Galbraith, of
Calumet and A. D. Edwards, of Atlantic
were named as the candidates from this
section for positions on the committee
composed of fifteen representatives of
the schools of the state. The committee
will hold meeting some time within
the next two months at which the ad
Victor vachan, of Florida mine loca-
ton, Houghton county, was found hang
ing to clothes line by the side of ladder
leading from his bed room to the gar
ret of his home Monday morning by his
wife. The woman rushed to her hus-
bands assistance and managed to hold
him up, at the same time screaming for
assistance. A neighbor heard her and
rushing in cut the man down. Howev-
er he died about 10 o'clock Monday as
the result Of congestion of the brain,
due to strangulation, a direct cause of
his unfortunate act.
Assessment rates of the Independent
Order of Foresters must be raised and
the old members must make up the
difference between their rate and the
rate of members admitted since 1898 or
their certificates must be scaled down
to an amount that can be paid at the rates
in force. The matter has been slowly COM
ing to head since 1906, when Cana
dian government commission began an
investigation of the adequacy of the
rates and reserves to insurance in force.
Their conclusion was that reserve Of
per cent must be maintained to make
sure the payment of death certificates.
The reserve for the old l. O. F. mem.
bers is said to be per cent.