The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-11

/ Fire destroyed the Savoy theater ~
Hamilton, Ont. Loss. $4,000. The
theater belonged to the Stroud-Ben'
nett syndicate, but was to have been
taken over by the Shuberts.
During the funeral at Seattle OF
George E. Eccles. the wireless opera
tor who perished on the steamer Ohio.
every wireless telegraph instrument
in the western division was silent for
half an hour.
Mrs. Katherine Miller. formerly. Mrs
Kate Soffel. who served q two-year
prison term for helping Jack and Ed
ward Biddle, the murderers, escape
from the county jail at Pittsburg, died
Of typhoid fever.
Tied to a tree by robbers, an en-
ploye of the Ingram-Day Lumber Com
pany, suffered tortures for three days
near Nugent, Miss. His mouth was
stuffed with paper and rags and he
was without food, while mosquitoes
were torturing him.
! President Taft has decided that Bev-
erly, Mass, shall be the summer cap
ital again next year. and has leased
the cottage he now Is occupying for
the season.
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, and
a delegate from Austria engaged In a
war of words at the International
Trades Unions congress In Paris when
the latter attacked American labor
for not joining the organization.
The United States and Europe were
brought nearly three hours closer to-
gether when the great liner, Maure-
tania reduced her record from New
York to Queenstown to four days, IA
hours and q minutes.
After Staying Cecil Norton, Is years
old. daughter of his housekeeper; his
daughter Dorothy, aged IL, and set
ting fire to his house, Will Tibbetts,
wealthy farmer of Red Wood Falls,
Mimi, committed suicide.
Five persons, all relatives, were
killed when a street car struck an au-
| tomobile, near st. Louis.
A new tobacco war has been
started at Covington, KY, by the filing
of a suit by Clark & Scott, independ-
ent manufacturers, against the Burley
society, demanding $135,520. said to
have been overcharged on tobacco
bought by them.
| An important amendment has been
made to the navy regulations which
places the engineer officer attached to
a ship of war in line to succeed the
executive officer.
Ten square miles Of forest adjoin-
ing the Sequoia grove of big trees In
California have been devastated by
fire, though the United States cav
airy troop under Capt. Rush S. Wells
has succeeded in saving the grove
from danger
A race war is threatened at Hopes
ton, ILL.,, because John A. Lumkley Of
Ottawa, Ia, white man, was acquit-
ted in connection with the murder Of
negro, who was shot in the darkness
during a gambling row between white
and negro cannery employees.
Before 1000 persons at Coffeyville,
Kan, Harry E. Hoffman, balloonist,
fell 500 feet to death. The big bag
was released accidentally before the
aeronaut was ready and he was car
ried up hanging to a trapeze by his
toes.
Emperor William invited Orville
Wright and his sister, Miss Rather
inc, to sit with the royal family In a
box to watch the arrival of Count
Zeppelin who made 450-mile flight
In his airship to Berlin.
President Taft has accepted the res
ignation-it is believed by some that
he requested it-of Ormsby McHarg
assistant secretary Of the department
of commerce and labor, who assailed
former President Roosevelt In news
paper interview.
Much damage was done In Wes'
Scranton. Pa. when an old mine be
meath the city caved in, the city's sur
face in many places sinking five or 81,
feet.
A lone bandit held up Pennsylva
MIA railroad express train, shot thu
conductor and fed with several thou
sand dollars in coin, including 10000
of the new Lincoln pennies, which HI
mistook for gold.
Having refused to pay judgement o
$4,000 rendered against him for Sian
dering Phillip Motherill, Wilbur Glenn
voliva, general overseer at Zion, City
was placed in jail at Woodstock, Ill.
1t was discovered that seven chill
dren lost their lives in the fire which
destroyed st. Malachy's orphan asy
lum at Rockaway Park, L. l., the frs
report being that the nuns had savet
all of the inmates.
4 Organization of a subordinate al
vision of the Commercial Telegraph
ers' union for wireless operators Il
proposed by 8. ]. Konenkamp, presi
dent of the G. T. U.
Salaries between $1,000 and 5000
will be paid by the government Il
men with agricultural training VIII
pass a civil service examination a
Washington September 20, to selec
eligibles for assistants In grain stan
dardization in the bureau of plant In
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