The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-02-06

| Nantucket lies under Is fathoms OF
sea on No Mans Land. near MarthaS
Vineyard island, on the Massachusetts,
coast. The Republics captain and
crew were taken on at the last min
ute before the great ship went down
by the revenue cutter Gresham. The
hundreds of passengers. first taken ON
board the Florida following the col
lision and later transferred to the
liner Baltic. were landed at New
York. They owed their safety to the
wireless. which called vessels to the
aid of the cripple steamers. Two OF
the Atlantic's passengers and four OF
the Florida's crew were killed In the
collision.
Several hours after the Baltic ar
rived at New York with the 1850 pas
sengers of the Republic and Florida,
the derelict destroyer Seneca came in
with Capt. Sealby of the Republic, his
volunteer crew and Jack Binns. the
wireless operator, who stuck to the
rammed liner until she went down.
The Florida, badly smashed, also
reached port
The New York senate adopted res
olution expressing admiration for the
heroic services rendered by the Mar
conf operator on board the steamship
Republic during the collision with the
Florida, and by the officers and crews
Of the colliding steamships, the
steamer Baltic, the revenue cutter
Gresham and the derelict destroyer
Seneca.
Owners Of the steamers Republic
and Florida both began suits for dam
ages in the court Of admiralty at New
York, the White Star line asking
$2,000,0O0.
James Mooney of Missouri, mem.
Der Of the national executive board Of
the United Mine Workers of America,
in a speech opposing resolution pro-
testing to congress against a repeal
of the tariff on coal, criticised the po-
litical trend of the convention of the
organization.
Ten persons were badly hurt when
passenger train on the Southern
railway was derailed near Point Wood,
Ind.
1t was reported that King Menelik
of Abyssinia was dangerously i'll.
Fire in London, KY. destroyed the
Stillwell hotel, Methodist church
and several dwellings.
Three men were killed at South
Bend, Ind, by being buried in a cave-in
of gravel in sewer excavation.
Emperor William has established
government monopoly of the trade in
all diamonds found in German South
west Africa.
Statistics from the foreign office at
Tokyo show that for every Japanese
that is coming to America, three are
going home.
Leroy White. an ordinary seaman
on the United States steamship Yank-
ton, while that vessel was en- route
from V.llefranche for Gibraltar, was
thrown overheard by the heavy roll
of the vessel and drowned. White en-
listed at st. Louis, giving his home as
Jerseyville, Ill.
Jose Miguel Gomez was inaugurated
president Of the Cuban republic and
Gov. Magoon and the other American
officials withdrew from the island.
s. G. Cosgrove was inaugurated gov
ernor of Washington. His serious Ill
ness had compelled postponement for
two weeks.
Action in the anti-Japanese meas
ures was postponed one week by the
California legislature.
Robert Bacon was sworn in as sec
rotary Of state and ]. c. O'Laughlin
as first assistant secretary.
Miss Georgia l.. jeffrey of Juneau,
Wis, was married in Canton, China,
to Prince Alfred Ahrenhein Gargarin
of Russia.
Cabling from Peking, the CORE
spondent Of the Times says that the
infant Chinese emperor is suffering
from continent smallpox.
George Fitzmaurice shot and in
stantly killed his sweetheart, Miss
Gusta Nelson, and then killed himself
at Mohall, N. d.
August Belmont, the New York
financier, was operated on for appendi-
citis.
Fire destroyed most of the small
towns Of Portal and Kermit, N. d.
Three men were said to have been
indicted at Muskogee, Okla, by the
federal grand jury inquiring into town
lot frauds.
District Attorney Jerome said he was
ready to begin action for criminal libel
against the publishers of the New
York World II Douglas Robinson
would appear as complainant and the
federal government would give his pro-
ceedings precedence.
A violent earthquake shock was felt
in Pierce and Knox counties, Nebras-
ka.
Five men were killed by the gas
explosion and fire In the Merchants
mine at Boswell, Pa.
Secretary of State Root refused Rus
sia's request for the extradition Of
Christian Rudowitz on charges Of
murder, arson and other crimes, on the
ground that he was really wanted for
political offensso.
Five persons lost their lives In IRE
that destroyed the Southern hotel,