The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-29

rollton, o.. we're damaged BY firs.
v. X. w. Koo. . Chinesc. has beer
selected a. one Of the Columbia uni
versity debaters who will oppose thu
mixed trio at Cornell.
A general strike Of marble cutters
all over New England IL threatened
because OF the employers refusal Of
an increase Of wages and Saturday
half-holiday.
Reports have been received at
Tifiis from Armenia that all the
Turkish army reserve forces In Van,
Mush and the other vilayets of Asia
Minor have been called to the colors
and are proceeding rapidly for the
frontier. In st. Petersburg the reports
of impending war are taken seriously.
The jury in the Smell $2,000,O00 VIII
case at Clinton, ILL.,, was discharged
by Judge Cochrane. being unable to
reach a verdict.
James p. Hayes, agent OF the
Traders Dispatch In Kansas City, Mo-,
and John O'Donnell, a well-known
cigar dealer, were shot and seriously
wounded by ]. d. Cosby. proprietor OF
the Cosby hotel, In the office OF the
hotel because they assaulted his clerk
Following an operation for a twist
of the bowels, Senator Asbury Q. Latf
mer of South Carolina was said to be
in a critical condition in Washington.
A roundhouse worker, name un-
known, was found dead, his head
crushed in a water tank at Harvard,
III. He had been robbed of his pay
check.
Mr.. Madden Of Illinois introduced
bill in congress appropriating 100000
to be paid to the Lincoln Farm asso-
citation to build on the Lincoln birth
place farm In Kentucky a national
patriotic shrine which shall consist OF
a memorial hall, costing not more than
$250,000, of which sum $15O,OOO shall
be paid by the association.
Twenty-eight miners were impris-
oned in the Midvale colliery near
Mount Carmel, Pa, by the breaking OF
dam, but it was believed all were
alive and would be rescued.
Third Engineer William Davis, one
OF the men suffering from yellow fever
on the steamer Crispin in Galveston
roads, died.
The Merchants National bank OF
Portland, Ore, reopened for business
after remaining.1 IL weeks in the hands
Of bank examiner.
Charles w. Morse, the New York
financier, was indicted again, for
perjury while testifying before the
grand jury.
Mrs. Andy Baker and her five-year-
old daughter of Rainsley Place, KY,
were accidentally burned to death.
Ensign & Sons private bank in
Northwest, Pa, closed its doors. The
Institution has been in existence since
1858.
Rev. Father Andrew Salmon was in
stantly killed and Father Murphy was
perhaps fatally injured at South Bend.
an electric car. Both priests have
been connected with Notre Dame col
lege.
Rumors were current in Paris that
King Alfonso of Spain had been as
sassinated, but no confirmation or de-
nial of this could be obtained.
Gov. Deneen issued proclamation
designating April "a as Arbor day and
October "a as Bird day in Illinois
In an heroic attempt to rescue her
companion, David Rogers,
from in front of an approaching train
at Cartersville, Ca. Lilly May Kline,
IL years old, was struck by the train
and both were crushed to death.
John F. Randolph of West Orange,
N. j.. treasurer of the Edison Manufac-
turing Company, of which Thomas A.
Edison is president, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head.
Virgil Mcknight, member of the.
Kentucky legislature from Mason
county, died of cardiac asthma.
William Sells, son Of one of the
three brothers who organized the ia
nous Sells Brothers circus combina-
ton, died suddenly in New York.
Frank II. Hitchcock, former first
assistant postmaster general, resigned
and took official charge of the Taft
boom In the east and south.
William L. Day, son of Associate
Supreme Court Justice William r.
Day, was appointed United States dis
trict attorney for the northern district
os Ohio.
Douglas II. Riker, a New York pub
Usher, Ill In bed with pneumonia, bat
tied for life with an infuriated bulldog.
He finally smothered the animal in
the bedclothes.
A horse crazed with blind staggers
plunged into New York restaurant
and injured half dozen persons.
Man for man, gun for gun, and ship
for ship, the American navy is second
to none in the world, according to the
report of Admiral Converse, called
forth by the many criticisms recently
made In magazines and otherwise.
The navy department was officially
advised Of the arrival of the American
torpedo boat flotilla at Talcahuano,
Chile. four days ahead Of the schedule.
Charles w. Morse. financier and
promoter of many large combinations,
returned from his brief trip to Europe,