The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-01-08
Mrs. Francesca Hinkel Of Newark. /

N. j., mother of former patient con-
fined In the Essex county insane
asylum. made an afiidavit and placed
II in the hands of Prosecutor Mott. at
Newark, to the effect that the woman
whose charred skeleton was found
several weeks ago hidden in the roof
Of an Abandoned building Of the asy-
lum, was that of Mrs. Katherine
Under, and that she was beaten to
death by three women nurses and her
body secreted in the roof by them,
with the cognizance of DR.. Daniel M.
Dill. superintendent of the hospital.
Acts rather than declarations"
This is the reported expression OF
President Taft to callers regarding
his program for the conservation of
natural resources. The president de-
clared that when the present session
of congress ends he will be able to
point to, the first practical conserva-
ton statutes ever placed upon the law
books of the nation as his answer to
the criticism. which has been directed
toward the White House.
Bessie May Priest, beautiful 49,
year-old girl, is dead by poison at Los
Angeles, Cal, slain, 1t Is believed, by
a woman rival. whose every other ef-
fort to break her victims betrothal to
Harry Sayre. son of millionaire of
Newark, N. j., was futile. Mystery
which surrounds the crime and the
identity of the Jealous woman may de-
velop features more sensational than
the Cornish-Molyneaux case.
James p. Connery. secretary and
treasurer of the Chicago Fire Appli-
ance Company and secretary of the
Miami Coal Company, and Michael H.
Rogers, Democratic committeeman Of
the Thirteenth ward and head of the
M. H. Rogers Coal Company, were in
dicted at Chicago by the December
grand Jury on charges of obtaining
money by false pretenses In connec-
ton with the sale of coal to the city.
Jose Santos Zelaya, resigned presi-
dent of Nicaragua, upon his arrival at
Mexico City impaired the startling
piece Of information that 400 Ameri-
can marines took part in the recent
battle between the government and
insurgent forces at Rama and that at
least twenty United States marines
were killed In an engagement on No
vember 1.
More love letters Of Frank Gould
came to light in New York in connec-
tion with Bessie De Votes damage
suit. One epistle expresses longing
for the time when the girl should be
his bride.
Seven children. ranging in age from
two to twelve years, we're burned to
death and three persons perhaps fatal
ly injured when fire. followed by an
explosion of powder, destroyed the
home of Stephen Bronosky. miner.
at Sykesville. Pa.
While the police searched for
George A. Capron. the defaulting cash
Ter of the Englewood branch of the
United States Express Company at
Chicago, accountants in checking the
records of the local office learned that
In addition to absconding with SO 800
of the company's money, gold bullion
and government currency to the
amount OF $4,000 was taken from the
company's safes.
A startling market movement on
the New York stock exchange that
had all the ear marks of corner"
came when the common stock Of the
Rock Island company, in five min.
utes from the opening rose from 50%
to 81. Then 1t settled to SO after
heavy trading. The governing board
appointed a committee to inquire into
the alleged corner"
There will be no new issues of in.
terest bearing obligations by the
treasury department before early in
March. This statement was made on
the authority of a high official of the
government.
President Taft has put the final
touches to a special message to con-
gress dealing with the amendments
which he believes are necessary in
the Interstate commerce and Sherman
antitrust acts. Recent reports to the
contrary Notwithstanding, II Is known
that the president will take up the
antitrust act and deal with It at great
length.
Five woman passengers and the
motorman and conductor on a trolley
car of the New York & Long Island
Traction Company were imprisoned
for nearly twenty-four hours in a
snowdrift on Long Island during the
recent storm.
Coroner Hamburger has reported to
the police and excise department that
wood alcohol is again being sold as
a beverage in New York city. with
death instead of stimulation for the
tipplers who pay FIVE cents drink.
The old Cunard liner Umbria. which
gave the New York water front
thrill when she came over for the
first time in 1884. will arrive here on
Saturday on what will be her last
voyage.
James F. Roach, Memphis (Tenn.)
youth. after shooting his mother. held
at bay, intrenched In an abandoned