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o LIBHAHY liming School OF Tnfc MICHIGAN rh CAnse Sentinel. aeoiiE3Ecni3. VOL. 19. NO. 43. IANSE. MICH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1899. TERMS: $1.50 PER YEAR. LOCAL ITEMS. Phil Voetsch was at Marquette Tuesday. P. F. Webb was at Houghton Tuesday. John Cameron, of Houghton, was in town Monday. A new veranda Is being built at the Thomas House. R. C. Williams was a Portage Lake visitor Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Norton, of Ewen, spent Sunday in town. Mrs. Jacob Boeringer was num bered among the sick this week. Mrs. W. R. Harris has removed to rooms in the Wallace block. The schooner Plow Day, of Port Huron, was in port this week. Charles Conley, of Covington, is seriously ill at the McKindlcs house Mrs. F. Eisenhart and daughter, of Kenton, are guests of Mrs. P. C. Murphy. Miss Cora Gitzen and brother Bert, of Hancock, spent Suiday in town. w Attorney P. R. McKernan trans acted business at Marquette Tues day. The large boiler to be used in heating the Court House and jail arrived Monday. Mrs. P. Brennan has been con fined to her home by illness for a number f days. Charles Kelsey, of Newtonville, was shaking hands with friends in town Saturday last. Dr. J. O. Zellen has removed his drug stock to the Brennan block. He has a very neat store. The Misses Maggie and Mary Wahl returned Tuesday from a visit with relatives in Pennsylvania. A number of gentlemen from Cal umet enjoyed several days partridge hunting in this vicinity this week. The Michigan Telephone company is laying a cable across the straits from Mackinaw City to St. Ignaee. George Boven, who is employed as telegraph operator at Newton ville, spent Sunday with friends in town. Senator James McMillan, ex-Gov. Rich and a party of politicians have toured the upper peninsula during the past week. Miss Beatrice Gillingham, who has been visiting friends in town, has returned to her home at the Atlantic Mine. Attorney Frank H. Peters, of Manistique, and F. W. Terry, right-of-way agent for the Michigan Tel ephone company, were in town Thursday. William Crebassa has contracted to get out 700,000 feet of pine at the head of the bay for W. S. Prickett, of Sidnaw. He will commence work Monday. Charles Peterson, who has been employed in P. Brennan 's store for the past year, expects to leave for Iron Mountain next Saturday, where he will reside. K. O. Ruthstrom was arraigned in justice court Tuesday morning on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. Ho pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $10 and costs. F. F. Webb has organized a class in penmanship and pen lettering here and will "hold forth" at his home the L. J. Shepard house next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Mrs. G. F. Beehler returned from Marquette Wednesday, where she had been visiting for several weeks. She was accompanied by her daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Chappell, who will visit here for a week or two.' The Sturgeon River Lumber Com pany are very busy these days their average shipments per day run from 80,000 to 100,000 feet. They have more logs on hand than they can possibly cut before navi gation closes, bupt. uobmson ex pects to get some jobbers at work next week cutting, but thinks the company will not commence opera tions in the woods for some time yet. Hancock Copper Journal. We have just received a large and elegant line of fall and winter over coats. It will pay you to see tbem and get prices. Jacobbon A Livitan, L'Anse. PENINSULA NEWS. Items of Interest Taken From Our Exchanges and Condensed. SHOT BY A COMRADE. Sad Death of a Manistee Doy In the Philippine Islands. o A letter received at Manistee Monday by the parents of Magnus Munny Nelsson, from J. B. Brisp, lieutenant commander U. S. N., commanding U. S. S. Concord, and dated Lingayen Gulf, P. L Septem ber 4, 185)1), announces the death of young Nelsson, Sept, 3d. The let ter states that young Nelsson and a number of shipmates - went on shore on that day for a swim and stroll on the beach; all were armed, as a pre caution against possible attack by insurgents. While strolling along through the underbrush in company witji others, Nelsson suddenly passed in front of a comrade's leveled rifle, and received a bullet in the brain. His funeral took place with full naval honors in the forenoon of Sept. 4th, all the officers of the ship and as many of the crew as could be spared attending. He lies buried on the island of Cabalitian, Lingayen Gulf, P. I., and a suitable headboard has been erected. Young Nelsson was ono of the first to enlist as an apprentice in the U. S. navy, when the call for such was issued, a little over a year ago. . Martin M. Foley, marshal of the village of Houghton for a number of years, has resigned to take a respoh sible position with the new Copper llunge Railroad company, which has general offices in - Houghton. Assistant Marshal Voetsch. is tem porarily at the head of the depart ment, and likely to be appointed to fill the vacancy. K. G. Dahlstroin has purchased the Peninsular Record, published at Ishpeming by John D. West for the past fifteen years. E. J. Butler, for a number of years connected with the .Marquette Daily Mining Journal will be associated with Mr. Dahl stroin. Munising's proposed 'furnace may not be built after all. The reason is that bids for -constructing the plant were too high, and the company can't just see its way clear to mak ing anything from such a big in vestment as would be necessary to erect and operate the plant. The unwatering of the Miehigam me mine has been begun by the Cleveland-Cliffs Co., the present owner. The property has been idle for fifteen years, barring a few months' work ten years ago, and will employ several hundred men when un watered. It is reported that within a year at least 2.500 more . men will be em ployed in the copper mines near Calumet. It is said that the Calu met & Hecla company will employ no less than 1,500 new men before the middle of next summer. Escanaba is figuring on a new hotel which will cost $50,000 and have accomodations for 150 guests. The plans for the building were re ceived last week. An effort will be made to organize a local stock com pany to back the enterprise. Educational Association. The Upper Peninsula Educational association will hold its fourth an nual educational rally at Ironwood from January 25th to 27th, inclusive. The president has sent letters to all the teachers of the upper peninsula, in wh eh ho requests them to state . u ,i:. .....,i I v ijiia uicjr ytiou' iv nave uistuaacu at the meeting, mis association is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the leading educational gather ings of the state. ..' n Lost v A black broncho horse, with sad dle; also had a rope around his neck. Finder will confer great favor by reporting at this office, or to Rich ard Tbebodeau, L'Anse, and will J also be paid charges. (10-21 tf) THE SENTINEL IS UNSURPASSED AS AN ADVERTISING- MEDIUM. COPPER MINING INDUSTRY. It Is Giving Employment to 13, 551 Miners This Year. It is claimed that the copper mines of upper Michigan are now giving employment to 13,551 men, and If capable miners could be se cured the number would be con siderably increased. Of this num ber all but 500 are employed in Houghton county. These figures are according to the census taken by the mine inspectors of Houghton and Ontonagon counties. Only twenty-seven fatalities have occurred so far this year. They were due to several causes, the most common being the fall of rock. Five met their death in this way. The fall of timber was the cause of the death of another. Premature ex plosions were responsible for five deaths. Falling down shafts and stopescaused the death of six others. The remaining accidents were due to a variety of causes. A point worthy of note is the nationality of the men killed. The English more closely Cornish and?.Finns are the ones chiefly employee! in the mines. The former had four fatalities against fifteen of the Finns. This fact is due in great part to the superior skill and care of the Eng lish miners. These men come here from Cornwall, where they were born and bred to their vocations. They are the best miners in the cop per country. The fatality rate is a little over two to a 1,000, which is low considering the number of in experienced miners. DEATH WAS SUDDEN. Mrs. John Hanlcy, of Atlantic Mine, Suddenly Summoned Monday Evening. Mrs. John Hanley, of Atlantic Mine, Houghton county, suddenly passed away Monday evening at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Einil Meaner, or Dollar Bay. De ceased was 05 years of age, and her death was caused by heart failure. Her husband was-killed at the At lantic mine, where he was employed, about seven years ago. Besides the daughter above mentioned, ono son residing in Detroit, and one sister, Mrs. C. D. Shea, of this village, mourn her death. The funeral was held from St. Francis church, Dollar Bay, Wednesday morning, and the re mains were buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Houghton. LOCAL. ITEMS. Mrs. D. Levitan.is expected home today from Lake Linden, where she has been for the past ten days. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shea were called to Dollar Bay Tuesday by the death of Mrs. Shea's sister, the late Mrs. John Hanley. The Copper Range railroad has twenty miles of rails -laid from the Houghton end, and will run its first passenger train next month. Secretary of Stato Stearns re ceived the first consignment of the Michigan Mauual from the state printer Wednesday. He expects to begin shipping copies to persons entitled to them in a few days. Death of Mrs. Laundroche. Mrs. A. Laundroche, formerly of L'Anse, but for the past three years a resident of Houghton, died ut her home in that city Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Deceased had been confined to her bed for over two months, her ailment being cancer of the stomach, and from which she was a great sufferer. Besides the bereaved husband, nine children are left to mourn her death, also four sisters, Mrs. J. B. Belanger and Mrs. E. Paquette, of this village, one sister residing in Minneapolis, one in Calumet, and Oie brother, Frank Collins, residing here. The remains were brought here Tuesday morning,- and the funeral was le'd from Sacred Heart church Wednesday morning -at 9 o'clock, and was largely attended. The Kirby-Carpenter Co., of Menominee, has sold 13,000,000 feet ot lumber of the 1000 season cut to the Paepcke Leigh t Co., of Chicago; consideration, $112,000. THREE MEN KILLED. Were Charging ai Hole in the Cuudy Aline, at Iron Mountain. PREMATURE EXPLOSION. Two of the Unfortunates Were Blown Into Frag ments. At the Cundy mine at Iron Moun tain, at 3 o'clock Thursday morning three men were killed by an ex plosion of dynamite. The victims were Charles Nelson, Richard Stone and Albin Fosterison, all unmarried. The men were engaged in charging a hole at the time, preparing for a blast. It is thought an iron scraper was carelessly used to drive the charge home. Nelson was blown to fragments. Stone had his legs blown off and skull fractured, and Fosteri son had both arms and legs broken and was otherwise injured. lie lived about two hours. An Italian, name unknown, was also tally injured at the same time, but he may live. RUSSIA'S WAR FLEET. Rumor- of a Chiiio-Japnnesc Al liance Will Add Six Ships to Pacific Squadron. A dispatch to the New York Herald from Berlin dated Wednes day says that the Tageblatt learns from St. Peterburg that rumors are current there that the nineteen Russian men of war in the Pacific will shortly be reinforced by six ships from the eastern squadron. The Tageblatt sees in this a con nection with the rumors of the Chino-Japanese alliance. Just received, a fine line of dross goods, very latest patterns. Jacobsox & Lkvitax, L'Anse. PEQUAMING POINTERS. Special otirreM)onilfiire to Tin sentinel C. S. Hebard arrived here Tues day. Alex. Shields was up from L'Anse Thursday. Louis Olson was over from Skanee Sunday last. F. C. Proctor was at Skanee Thursday. Andrew Wahl, Jr., of Baraga, was in town Sunday. Mr. Armstrong was down from Lake Linden Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Homier arrived from Canada Friday last. D. J. Norton and M. Dellaas were in town ou business Tuesday. Charles Hebard & Son received five fine teams of horses Thursday. The City of Traverse unloaded a cargo of freight hero Sunday morn ing. Jos. Cohl, of Baraga, had a fine lino of millinery goods here Thurs day. Mrs. D. J. Norton left 'for her home in Ewen last Saturday, after spending a month here. The tug Hebard made a trip to Skanee Tuesday with supplies for the Huron Bay camps. Mrs. LaCasse, of (Baraga, had an elegant display of millinery goods at the Hotel St. Charles this week. Arnt. Aune, who has been in Wisconsin tho past week buying horses, returned home Wednesday with seven fine ones. Mr. Charles Hebard and family . lift for their home in Chestnut Hill, I Pa., Saturday . last. ' They made a ' ling stay with . us this year, and it j is hoped we may see them all here 1 nrrnin novt Vonr ' . When in Marquette stop at the Hotel Clifton. Best in the city, $2.00 per-' day. Single meals, 50 cents. ' 6-10tf 'Five Drops," the great rheu matic cure, $1.00 per bottle of 300 doses. Mail orders promptly filled. . Fred Luxdbcru, Agent, 1 10-14 t 4 Skanee, Mich. GRAND LODGE I. O. O. F. Oilieers Elected at the Annual Meeting Held in Ray City Last Week. Tho following named gentlemen were elected officers at tho annui 1 meeting of the Grand Lodgo, In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, held in Bay City last week; Grand master, F. E. Andrews, of Adrian; deputy Grand master, A. J. Stroud, of Horton's Bay; grand warden, C. E. Williamson, of Tecumseh; grand secretary, E. II. Whitney, of Lan sing; grand treasurer, B. D. Pritch ard, of Allegan. The grand master made the following appointments: chaplain, D. II. Reitcr, of Vicks burg; marshal, A. H. Brown, of Traverse City; conductor, F. H. Daley, of Kalamazoo; guardian, W. L. Barr, of Cheboygan; herald, B. J. Orr, of Bay, City. Following, are tho Rebekah As sembly officers: President, Clara E. Shover,of Grandville; vice-president, Cornelia J. Crandall, of Mus kegon; secretary, Ida Davis, of Lau sing; treasurer, May Martin, of Flint; warden Frances Wessel, of Big Rapids. WILL TRY AGAIN. Sir Thomas Llpton to Challenge for the Cup in 11)01. Sir Thomas Lipton is planning to get even on some other day. He has thoroughly discussed the matter with the New York Yacht club and in a day or two will make public his challenge for a race in 15)01. He says he would not be able to build a boat and have her in shape by next fall and as he wants plenty of time he names the year after. In again challenging, Sir Thomas does not want to get in anybody's way and says he will retire from the field if others wish to try for the trophy, being willing to give them all the advice and aid he can. The new challenger will be de signed by Fife and Sir Thomas says she miihtbe 15 or 20 minutes faster than tuj&hanirock, which will make her a faster boat than the Columbia. The Shamrock has been taking on her yawl rig, preparatory to the long sail home, which will begin Oct. 31st. Sir Thomas will leave the next day on the St. Louis. He hopes the Columbia will take a spin across the ocean to show tho Britons what sort of a yacht she really is. The baronet cannot speak without thank ing the American people for their kindness toward him, and he is ex tremely gratified, as it places him right before the eyes of his own coun trymen and shows what a no-account sportsman Dunraven was to yell the way he did after his boat was beaten. School Laws and Manual. Superintendent Hammond wishes school officers throughout the state to understand that copies of a new edition of the school laws and Michi gan Manual will soon be ready for distribution by the secretary of state. and the former will be shipped to county school commissioners for distribution according to the follow ing schedule: In District Schools One copy to each assessor, director and, modera tor. In Graded Schools One copy to each superintendent of schools, president of a school board, secretary of city board, chief of police and truant officer. IifTownship Districts One copy to each supervisor, treasurer, clerk, school inspector, school trustee. , The legislative manual will be sent direct by the secretary of state to the county commissioners, and the new law makes it the duty of the latter officials to distribute these volumes and see that they are kept for use In tho schools. Every dis trict, graded and city school is en titled to a copy. Superintendent Hammond will have, under the new law, 2,200 copies of his forthcoming report for distribution among the 3,382 school libraries in Michigan. For this rea son each county commissioner will be sent such a number of volumes as ho may designate to supply the de mands of districts whose officers and teachers will take proper care of them. No shipment will be made until the commissioners are heard from. NATION'S THANKS. President McKinley Gives Rea sons for General Rejoicing. A DAY OF THANKSGIVING) He Designates Thursday, No vember iJOth to He Ob served as Such. President McKinley Wednesday issued tho following Thanksgiving proclamation: "A national custom dear to tho hearts of the people calls for the setting apart of one day in each year as an occasion of special thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessjjjgs of the preceding year. This honored observance acquires with time a tenderer significance. It enriches domestic life. It sum mons under tho family roof the absent children to glad reunion with those they love. Seldom has this nation had great er cause for profound thanksgiving. No great pestilence has invaded our shores. Liberal employment waits upon labor. Abundant crops havo rewarded the efforts of the husband man.' Increased comforts have como to the home. The natioual finances have been strengthened and public credit has been sustained and made firmer. In all branches of industry and trade there has been au un equaled degree of prosperity, while there has been a steady gain in tho moral and educational growth of our moral character. Churches and schools have flourished. American, patriotism has been exalted. Those engaged in maintaining the houorof the tlag with '.such, signal success have been in a (large degree spared from disaster 'and . disease. An honorable peace i has been ratified with a foreign nation with which we were at war iand we are now on friendly terms with every power ou earth. "The trust which we have as sumed for the benefit of the people of Cuba has been faithfully advanced. There is marked progress toward the restoration of health' industrial conditions, and under wise sanitary regulations the island has enjoyed unusual exemption from the scourge of fever. The hurricane which swept over our new possession of Porto Rico, destroying the homes and property of the inhabitants, called forth the instant sympathy of tho people of the United States, who were swift to respond with gener ous aid to the sufferers. While the insurrection still con tinues in the island of Luzon, busi ness is resuming its activity, and confidence in tho good purposes of the United States is 'being rapidly established throughout the archi pelago. For these reasons, and countless others, I, William McKinley, presi dent of tho United States, do here by name Thursday, the thirtieth day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed as such by all our people on this continent and in our newly acquired islauds, as well as by those who may be at sea or so journing in foreign lands; and I advise that on this day religious exercises shall bo conducted in tho churches or meeting places of all denominations, in order that in tho social features of the day its real significance may not bo lost sight of, but fervent prayers may be of fered to the Most High for a con tinuance of the divine guidance without which man's efforts are vain, and for divine consolation to those whoso kindred and friends have sacrificed their lives for coun try., ' ' "I recommend also that on this day, so far as may be found prac ticable, labor shall cease from its accustomed toil J.ind charity abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor. "la witness whereof I have set ray hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. (Signed) William McKihlit.m CO