The Monticellonian., 1899-06-02
,19 : lei VOL. XXX.-NO. B.
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Five persons were injured, one of them probably fatally, by a tornado hear Keswick. Ia.
 The total production of coal in the United States in 1898 greatly exceed ed that of the previous year.
 Austin (Tex1 lawyers say that the recently-enaeted antitrust law con. tiicts with the federal patent laws.
 Oscar <. Jones, q railroad laborer, was drowned in attempting to cross the Grand River at Ghillcothe. Mo.
 The growth of the postal business is indicated by the unusual number of otficer&,adyanced to higher salaries.
 The saloons and gambling-houses in Galena, Kas., and Joplin. Mo-, were closed Sunday, for the first time in several years.
 Engineer John Isan and Fireman H. Johnson of the Texas X Pacific were killed in d freight train wreck near Whitesboro, Tex.
 Nine persons were killed and mum. Der injured by wreck, caused by q Washout, four miles east of Waterloo. la, Sunday morning.
 Fire destroyed the Wisconsin Cen. tral freighthouse, Harrison and Frank lin streets, Chicago, together with it's contents; loss, S5O,00
 The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that the gov ernment exhibit at the Worlds fair will surpass all others.
 Rev. J. Schild, negro preacher. was almost drowned in an East St. Louis Qll9 pond while preparing to immerse a number of converts.
 Howard kretz made q successful jump from the Brooklyn bridge. Sun. day. He was not hurt in the least. though the shock quite unneryed him for a while.
 Dr. Pagenstecker, the eminent Ger man oeulist, will endeavor. by an op- eration, 10 restore the sight of one eye of Queen Victoria, which has been sightless for long time.
 James Lynch, an East St. Louis -Ill.1 saloonlleeper, shot and dangerously wounded his wife, slightly injured hi: stepson, William. and then shot him self in the head at his home.
 The jury in the case of Edward iynes, who was tried for murder q Clayton, Mo, failed to agree and wai discharged. They stood seven for ac quittal and five for conviction.
 The government soon may be called upon to determine whether the Isit of Pines. 60 miles off the coast of Cuba is part of that island and included il the territory surrendered by Spain.
 Bredell and Taylor. under arrest. al Philadelphia, on charges of counter feiting. confessed to t.e government officials the location of SID counterfeit plates in Maryland. The plates were found.
 Dl. Richmond Cornwall. who killed his brother, at St Louis. a few years ago, and was acquitted of the charge of murder, committed suicide at Kan. sas City, Mo. on account of financial troubles.
 The remains of Col. John M. Stotzen. burg, late commaAder of the First Ne- braska regiment, killed in the Philip pines, April 23, lay in state at the Ne braska capitol building, at Lincoln, for two hours Sunday morning
 Seven houses were damaged by light hing i'll Benton Harbor. Mich, Sun day. Coloma and Watervliet report sev- eral houses badly damaged, and in the latter place bicyclist, whose name is was instantly killed
 A terrific hailstorm struck Hastings Neb., Sunday afternoon, and continued l5 minutes, during which time over 2.- GOO panes of glass were broken. fruit and grain destroyed, chickens and birds killed and injured and several TprSoDS hnrt