The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

Four men were killed by the col
lapse of the pier Of q new bridge at
Williamsport, Md.
The doors Of the First National
bank OF Somersworth, N. H., were
closed, following the discovery OF a
shortage, placed at $4,000, and Fred
H. Varney, the cashier Of the bank.
was arrested on charge q being a
defaulter.
Men cried and women tainted In
the streets OF Napoleon, O., when they
found a notice of assignment posted
on the doors Of the Citizens State
bank.
Oscar 2. Bartlett of Milwaukee and
Albert Kunz, chauffeur, were
drowned when an automobile plunged
into an open draw of bridge.
Fifteen persons were killed and 80
injured in a railway collision In a
tunnel near Limoges, France.
The trial Of Beach Harris. charged
with the murder, last February at
Jackson, KY, of his father, Judge
James Hargis. was opened at Irvine,
KY.
Nine companies, with their subsid-
iaries, are named as constituting an
illegal combination In the final de-
cree, filed in the United States cir
cult court at New York, putting into
effect the judgment recently OBJ
tanned by the government In its suit
to dissolve the so-called tobacco
trust.
The body of Chief OF Police Buggy
OF San Francisco, who was drowned
from the police launch Patrol, has
been found floating in the bay.
The Dutch battleship Jacob van
Heemskerk captured the Venezuelan
guardship 20 de Mayo and towed 1t to
Curacao. In Berlin President Castro
called on the German chancellor and
was examined by a physician.
Mrs. Charles Gardner, aged 80, was
asphyxiated at her home In Cheswick,
a suburb Of Pittsburg. Pa, and her
husband and two-year-old child were
seriously burned In an explosion
which followed the finding Of her
body.
Tom Longboat, the Indian runner.
won the Marathon race In Madison
Square garden, New York. Dorando
Pietri collapsing when near the goal.
Leo P. Stout, young naval appren-
tice who is being held In the naval
prison at the Mare Island navy yard,
on suspicion Of completely in a murder
and robbery in Pittsburg In November
of last year. made a complete confes-
sion to the naval authorities.
A commission appointed by the
postmaster general has reported that
1T is not feasible or desirable at the
present time for the government to
purchase. to install, or to operate
pneumatic tubes"
In an opinion by Justice Holmes,
the supreme court OF the United States
held that e. H. Hartman and Otto
Kahn, the latter New York banker,
should not be required to answer the
Interstate commerce commissions
questions concerning dealings in
stocks between the Union Pacific and
other roads.
On hearing of the seizure by the
Dutch OF the guardship Alix, Acting
President Gomez declared Venezuela
In state of defense. President Castro
arrived in Berlin and was given an
ovation.
That the latest battleships built by
this country are vastly superior to
Englands Dreadnought, Is emphatical-
ly stated by Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans in an article in the latest num-
Der of Hampton's Broadway Magazine,
wherein he strongly defends the
American navy and replies to criti-
cisms OF 1t made some time ago by
Henry Reuterdahl and others.
Crazed with jealousy over the at
tention paid to his wife by Carl Clapp,
William Barnhart of Roodhouse, ILL.,.
killed the pair He then gave himself
up and was hurried to Carrollton be-
fore a mob that had gathered could
secure him.
Abbes Bouysson and Bardon, who
are conducting excavations at Cha
pelle-aux- Saints, in the Correze depart
ment. have discovered what are
believed to be the oldest human re-
mains, dating back ITO. 900 years to the
middle of the Pleistocene age.
The United States battleship feet
arrived at Colombo. Ceylon, and was
greeted by vast throngs Of Europeans
and natives. The health of the men
on the ships was excellent. with the
exception of one case Of smallpox on
the Georgia
Gov. Hughes announced the appoint
ment Of committee of nine, consist
ing Of bankers, business men and
economists, to inquire into the facts
surrounding the business of ex-
changes in New York.
Prociaiming himself TO be John the
Baptist. come to save the world" an
armed fanatic, wrought up to Ligh
pitch of maniacal fury, terrorized
Edgewater. N. J. He appeared sud.
denly Oh the main street. waving big
revolver, held up the proprietors Of
several stores, exchanged many shots
with a hastily formed posse and at
last was wounded when the police and
a mob of citizens ran him down.
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