The Monticellonian., 1899-08-18
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

ham, Tex, but all save one were recap. tured
 \ spoonful Of creosotc taken acci dentaIlY caused the death of little Irene Noer@ at St. Louis.
 Reports from the Arctic whaling fleet says the season has been a com. pletc failure.
 Trade between the United States and Japan, the past five years, has mere than doubled. Arrangements are being made for special display of American fruits at the Paris exposition.
 T. iS nov sad that Gov. Stephens ot Missouri will eventually pardon Maud Lewis, the slayer of Senator Pete Mor- rissey.
 James N. Dalton. so years old, has been missing from his home, at St. Louis, since June 1s An American reconnoitcrinc party deteated 400 Filipiuos and took San Mateo. ten miles northeast of Manila. William. I,utfiens, a vcntrloquist, was arrested in Sedalia, after helping | himself to the contents of a clothing store.
 William T. Bryan will speak at Tip ton. Mo. in the Eighth congressional district. in the interest of Shackelford, at q date soon to be decide upon.
 Gos.-Cen. Davis of Porto Rico esti- mates that 100000 persons are desti- ute oE that island as a result of the storm, and that fully 1000 lives were
 lest
 The White Star liner Oceanic is now preparing for her maiden trip be tween Liverpool and New York. She
 k sol feet long.
 Police Officer Collins. of Burlington, la. closed the gambling-houses. He charges that city official received a
 rake-otfs from the proprietors for protection.
 Secretary of War Root will issue an appeal To the governors of the several states in behalf of the hurricane suf- ferers in Porto Rico. At Brunswick, Ga., in anticipation Of approaching storm, all shipping is tied down. and everything portable has been placed in places of safety.
 Il ncle" Paul Brown. of Lindsay town. Mo, the oldest man in the state, dled Sunday. He was los years old, % the neighbors say. The secretary of state of Illinois will call for statements from corporations, showing the location, extent and na- turc of their business. Two hundred and fifty Chinese men, women and children, who are to take part in the Philadelphia exposition, will reach San Francisco, September l. N. (. Elwellyn. a recruit belonging 10 Company l., Thirty-fourth infantry, organizing of Fort Logan. Denver, Col. is charged with murdering two Denver policemen Sunday. N Pointe-aPitre, La Monco. Port Louis, St. Francois and other places in the West Indies the storm caused un- told havoc to life and property, and many thousands are destitute and hemelsss.
 The government is doing everything possible to relieve the distress in Por- to Rico, caused by the recent hurri- cane, and arrangements are making to transport provisions and clothing from New York
 The five year-old child of James Scanlon. conductor of the Gulf, Coio- rado X santa Fe railway, was burned to death at Dallas, Tex. The child up set an oil lamp that gnitcd it's clothes and burned il so badly that death re- suited.
 The bnbonie plague has appeared at New Chwang. in the province of Lee Tong on the River I.iou, near the gulf ot PoChi-I.i, China.
 about nine o'clock Sunday evening severe seismic disturbance, lasting five seconds. was felt in the city of Lis lon, Portugal