The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-05-28

OF o letter written by Oscar Lawler,
assistant attorney general Of the In
terror department. President Taft. In
. letter to Senator Nelson, assumes
full responsibility for the letter pre-
pared by LAWYER generating Bal
| linger. ~
Frederick M. Kerby, who gave out q
statement concerning the memoran-
dunn Of Assistant Attorney General
Lawler of the interior department re-
garding the CLAWS charges. was dis
missed by Secretary Ballinger from
the public service.
Assistant Attorney General Oscar
Lawler, author of the famous Lawler
memorandum. testifying before the
! Ballinger-Pinchot investigation. ac-
cused both Frederick M. Kerby and
Attorney Brandeis of uttering DELHI
crate untruth.
The sessions of the thirty-sixth an
ual meeting of the National Conference
of Charities and Correction attracted
hundreds of philanthropists, social
economists and social workers to st.
Louis.
Thousands Of persons marching in
double file on either side of the cata-
falque on which rests the coffin Of Ed
ward VII. passed through Westminster
hall, and when the doors were closed
at night there were seemingly miles of
them still in line.
Two almost simultaneous explosions
Of dynamite, supposed to consist OF
5000 pounds, completely demolished
the rural guard barracks In the city of
Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Fully a hundred
persons were killed and nearly as
many were wounded.
The excursion steamer Uncle Sam
collided with sand barge In the Mis-
souri, river, at the foot of Grand ave-
nue., Kansas City, and sank. One hun
dred and fifty passengers, 25 of them
women. had narrow escapes from
death.
The steamer Faustin foundered in
the Detroit river, one mile east of Bar
Point lightship. The crew Of seven
men took to small boats and were
picked up and taken to Amherstburg,
Ont.
A Jury which tried DR.. Guessing Ha-
tired Chase Jordan, who administered
YARDS" to the Swope family. on
charge of practising medicine without
license. disagreed at Kansas City,
Kan.
Lieut.. B. d. Foulois has been expert
menting with the army's Wright aero
plane at Fort Sam Houston, Tex, by
placing the rudder of the aeroplane in
front and constructing new rudder
for the rear. Two flights we're made
with this change and the speed of the
machine was increased about ten miles
an hour.
Martin Hughes Gerry, feet engineer
under Admiral David Farragut at the
battle of Mobile bay. died at his home
in Minneapolis, MINI. Mr.. Gerry made
an enviable record In the United
States navy in the civil war and served
in the Spanish-American war.
Bart Mae, a special officer, and David
Allison fought out an old feud in the
midst Of the centennial celebration
throng at San Bernardino, Cal. Allison
fell dead with four bullets through the
body.
u. G. Walker, former president of
the defunct South Cleveland Banking
company, was sentenced to Eve years
in the Ohio penitentiary. Walker
was found guilty Of perjury In making
false statements to the state exam
liner.
A Lake Shore switch engine backed
into circus wagon at South Bend.
Ind, and as result three circus en-
ployes, Louis Houdghon, Cincinnati,
O.; George d. Hutchinson, Danville.
Va, and Charles Schauefele, Canton,
O., are in hospital seriously injured.
Not one midshipman In the class
which was graduated from the United
State Naval academy in 1908 passed
the recent tough" examination for
promotion to the grade Of ensign. ac-
cording to a statement published In
New York.
The biggest convention of Socialists
ever held In the United States opened
in Chicago with delegates present
from every state and territory and
from Europe.
Mrs. Grace Hartenstein, wife of
Frederick Hartenstein, superintendent
of the Long Island railroad, commit
ted suicide in her apartments at New
York by taking poison.
Demands that the interstate com.
merce commission investigate the
freight rate increase. proposed by the
railroads. were made by the shippers
In conference at Chicago. Fair play
was the keynote Of the convention.
William Powers was released from
the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson
City, where he has been serving q
two-year sentence, on his promise to
marry Miss Mamie Snapp Of Gault.
whom he rejected several years ago.
The trial Of Lee O'Neil Browne.
Democratic leader in the lower house
OF the Illinois legislature. on a charge
Of bribery In connection with the cleo
tion of United States Senator Lorimer
at Chicago was postponed In the Grim
inal court until May "a.
Large attendance marked the open
ing Of the National Conference Of Jew
ish Charities in st. Louis.
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