The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-11-26

the contention Of counsel DOR the de'
fendant that the United States had
failed 70 prove the sllegatiols 81
forth I'm the indictment that the com
pany had received freight rate Icon
cessions in violation Of the Elkin'a'
law kN5| ~ . ~ - "a
Word was received BY President
Taft as he was crossing the Panama
isthmus. howeward bound, after his
inspection Of the canal. that strike
Of the American employees on the
canal was begun by 100 boilermakers.
who served notice that they were quit
ting.
The wooden duty frauds against
which the federal authorities began
liz campaign are declared by the gov
eminent attorney to involve the great
est swindle enearthed since Collector
Loeb, Jr, began his house cleaning at
the port of New York. It Is said that
the losses I'm duties claimed by the
government will amount to upward Of
SIC, 100000 ~ sd
The British house Of lords adopted
without division resolutions offered by
Lord Rosebery for the reconstruction
OF the upper house. +"
Aroused by the report that the I'm
perial Window Glass company of Pitts
burg, Pa., whose officers were recently
fined $1,000 for alleged violation Of
the antitrust law. intends to reduce
wages Of employees to regain the
amount Of the fine, Attorney General
Wickersham has determined to urge
prison sentences instead of fines for
convicted corporation ofiicials.
The constitution of New Mexico, as
written by the constitutional conven-
tion. is now practically complete. II
is expected that the convention will
adjourn within q week. rs IA \
\ Lord sCrewe, the British government
leader in the peers chamber, intro
duced in that body the house Of lords
veto bill which was called for by Lord
Lansdowne,. the Conservative leader
Lord Crewe did not place any limit on
the debate. but he announced that the
government will consider when the
bill shall have its second reading. It
passed the first reading. y
The coroner's jury inquiring into
the wreck at Kalamazoo, Mich, when
Michigan Central train crashed
through an interurban car, killiug
seven persons and injuring many,
places the blame upon the railroad
company. 81 ~
The first division of the American
battleship cruising fleet, which IN
cludes Rear Admiral Schroeder's nag
ship, the Connecticut, arrived at Port
land, England. The men Of the feet
have been given all the privileges of
the naval canteen at Portland and Of
the sailors home In Weymouth har-
Dor. This is courtesy never before
granted to the men Of foreign ships.
Chris. Frederick. retired farmer
Of Bloomington, ILL.,, bought a GENE
terry lot and monument and mailed a
check to, an undertaken with instruc-
lions to And the body on the lot. The
body was found with. a bullet in the
brain. ~
Andrew Wayland Of Cleveland, d.
vorced few days ago, on the eve OF
bis second marriage fell down the
steps at the home Of his fiancee and
broke his neck. y
Representative Robert E. Wilson,
reelected to the Illinois house, was In
dicted again by the grand jury at Chi
cago on charges of perjury. The true
bill was based on the same testimony
he gave before the May grand jury.
when he denied having presided over
distribution of an alleged Jack
pot" in the Southern hotel at St.
Louis.
Ninety-six hours Of practically con-
unuous roll call will be necessary be-
fore the constitutional convention at
Santa Fe. N. NJ. can adopt constitu-
ton. Three hundred sections are to be
voted upon.
With several thousand members
from all parts of the country in at
tendance, the National Grange, Patrons
OF Husbandry, opened its annual con-
vention at Atlantic City, N. ].
Losing his balance, Richard Wyles,
a bricklayer's helper, pitched to the
ground from the seventh story of
building where he was working at
Bismarck, N. D., and the only IN
juries sustained were two broken
ribs, cut on the head and a general
shaking up.
Theodore Roosevelt's denunciation
Of the courts was upheld by Governor
Hadley Of Missouri before the Amerf-
can Federation OF Labor convention at
st. Louis He said Roosevelt was
right.
The Panama canal will be complet-
ed December 1. 1913. This Information
was given to President Taft while he
was inspecting the famous Gatun dam,
on which he spent several hours. The
oficial date Of the opening remains
January /. 1915.
Intense excitement prevails along
the Mexican border, both In Texas and
Mexico, as a result Of reports of i'm
minent armed clashes OF hot.headed
bands OF invaders. Governor Camp
bell has ordered rangers TO Rock
Hnriu1a IN aid tho aherfR IN rrof act