The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-02-11
Retractions of statements charging

candy to children inD Philadelphia.
made In an article written by Cleve-
land Moffett and published In the
February number OF Hampton's Maya
zine, were made public. Suits for
$350.000 damages. alleging libel. had
been instituted by the Standard OIL
! company.
Seventy-hye revolutionists and
| twelve soldiers were killed in battle
at Sierra Monija. near San Lorenzo.
| Chihuahua, January 20, according to
an official telegram received In Mex
| leo City.
Prince Tsai Chun. brother OF the
prince regent of China, will pass
through the United States on his way
to London to attend the coronation Of
King George w. The prince will leave
China in May.
The kaiser and the twenty-five other
ruling sovereigns in Germany will not
have to pay the new tax on the un-
| earned increment from land. When
| the reichstag read the bill for the
third time II restored the exempt
| clause.
Trapped like rats. twelve workmen,
all negroes. were suffocated at New
ark, N. j., in caisson In the Passaio
river. It is understood that the acci-
dent was caused by the dropping Of
huge metal bucket loaded with mud
and stone.
Champaign county's grand jury In
vestigation of alleged voting by Uni
versity of Illinois students fizzled out
completely when the inquisitors ad-
journed without taking action.
The United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea convention at Columbus, o., adopt
ed by vote of 1.213 to 967 an amend
ment to the constitution expellins
any member of the organization who
belongs to the American Civic fedora
ton. John Mitchell. an officer In the
federation, is given until April / to
withdraw from one organization or
the other
The executive committee Of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
roads at New York voted to complete
double tracking of the lines from the
Missouri river to San Francisco. They
will also double track the Oregon
Short Line. total of 1878 miles. The
cost of the double tracking will ag-
gregate upward of $75.000.OO0. which
will be distributed over a period OF
five years.
The battleship Delaware sailed from
Hampton roads carrying to Valparaiso.
Chile, the body of the late Chilean
minister, Don Anibal Cruz. who died
In Washington last year.
Relatives and attorneys who have
been searching for Dorothy Arnold.
the pretty New York heiress, who has
been missing for nearly two months,
have practically given up the search
for her and announce that it Is their
belief that she has met with foul play.
Joseph G. Robin, the New York
bank wrecker, whose latest conten-
ton Is that he Is the second son of
Alexander II. of Russia. was declared
sane by Jury in the face OF the tes-
timony OF a notable array of alienists-
that he is insane.
Fire which caused panic and for a
time threatened the lives OF 40 young
women students destroyed the main
building of the Maryland College for
Women at Lutherville, Baltimore
county, Md, entailing loss of $4,000
Bankrupted by his losses In gamb-
ling, which his wife and young son
had vainly begged the police to stop.
Gustave Postler held up the bank at
the Saratoga Social club, San Fran
cisco. and was shot dead in the revol-
yer fight which followed.
While attending a meeting OF Epis-
copal clergymen in the Philadelphia
church house Rev. J. Saunders Reed
rector emeritus of Trinity church,
WATERFOWL, N. Y, was stricken with
heart disease and died In a few min
utes.
Friends of Carrie Nation have re-
ceived information that she Is sinking
rapidly and that her death Is immi-
nent. Mrs. Nation suffered a nervous
collapse fortnight ago and recently
was taken to a private sanitarium near
Leavenworth. Kan.
The last PUBLIC -utterances OF Pres
ident Mckinley in favor OF reciproc-
ity. made the day before he was az
sassinated at Buffalo. N. Y. were re-
called by President Taft in an nd-
dress at the Ohio societys anpiver-
sary banquet at Washington in COM
memoration OF the Mckinley birth
day. in urging the adoption Of the
Canadian-United States tarif agree
ment
The flood situation in the Ohio river
valley Is exceedingly grave Three
lives have already been lost by drown
ing while property damage has been
considerable.
The first blind pupil to graduate
from the public schools OF New York
is William Schenck., fifteen years old.
Of Bayside. l.. J., who will receive his
diploma next week.
A miniature gas plant like the one
which brought death to thirteen per.
sons In New York. December 10, has
been set up In courtroom to aid the
coroner's jury In reaching verdict.
Overland trains on the Western
Pacific road have been compelled to
return to San Francigco and Winnie