The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28
CONDENSED TeLEosAMs.

master Richard +. Lawson, editor of
the American Postmaster. who will
continue the local newspaper. changing
the name to the McKinlcyan. and It's
politics accordingly.
In the case of Matte 4. Leslie vs..
G. W. Chase 6 Son Mercantile Co. Of
Platte City. Mo. the jury. on the 22d,
gave plaintiff $1,000 damages. Miss
Leslie had jumped from a three-story
factory while IL was ON fire. The
building was the property OF the COM.
pany.
The 81. Jacobs Gl.D state bank was
Incorporated. on. Tho I'D. with a capital
stock OF $4,000. all Of which was sub.
scribod. Fred Sahlcr was elected pres.
idcnt. l. A. Spies. yice-prcsident. and
Rufus Pike. cashier. The bank viii be
ready for business about September /.
~ Wrlghts. Tenn. William ". Eus.
mingor. of Bowling Green. Mo. was
awarded $3.50 damages against John l.
Simpson. II was charged that Simpson
broke OF n love match by spreading
reports that Eusmlnger had a wife liy.
ing In Missouri.
Reliance. OF the I'D. on Sandy Hook,
y. j.. duplicated the victory Of her an.
ccstor. America. " years AFRO. by run.
ming away from Sir Thomas Lipton's
third shamrock. and In weather that
the Irish knight had prayed for.
a ERE broke out ipfhe Quincy dll)
city stables. On the 23d. causing a loss
OF something more Than i've thousand
dollars. which was quite well covered
by insurance. A valuable stallion and
two other horses were burned.
u. =. Ricketts,. editor OF the Mem.
phis Scimitar. was found dead In bed
ut the Kalserhon hotel. In Chicago. ON
the ed. lie had been IN for several
days. and his unexpected demise wa
attributed to heart disease.
The packing house OF the Ontario
Powder Co. Tweed. Ont. was blown
up. on the ed. and three men were
killed The explosion broke many
platc-gln,s windows in the town and
injured buildings.
Chaa. Poor. a Wabash brakeman,
whose home was AZ Moberly, Mo, was
Killed by q wcst-bound passenger train
NJ Montgomery city. Mo. ON the 23d
Lied salisbury. I:nEland's EXPIRE
Elsr, died At Hatfield house. his coun.
try residence. on the I'D. surrounded
by his children and near relatlyeA
Frank De Witt Becker. ono Of the
Oldest locomotive engineers In the
west. died. ON the cath. at st. Louis. Ito
ran the first engine ON the Michigan
Central railway out NJ Detroit 10 Jack
son. Mich. In 1854. and was. until dir
nbled. In continuous service with the
baltimore a Ohio. 81. Louis. Iron
Mountain & Southern ana Chicago A.
Alton railways. lie served % years
with the latter company.
No action has yet been taken by the
officials of the val department at
Washington. ID. C., ON the request OF
the Merchants Bridge Co, OF st. Louis,
To extend the time Tor a reply Of the
company Ia the departments oder re-
quosting them TO show cause why the
bridge should not be coniscated To the
government for violation of charter
under which the bridge was construct
ed.
The hearing OF the case Of Whitaker
Wright, the head Of the defunot Lon
don and Globe corporation. who was
arrested In New York and extradited
to England. was resumed before Alder
man Smallman, In Guild Hall, London,
ON the 2,th. Wright was calm and In
good spirits and was well groomed.
Great interest IL being shown In the
case, and the court room was crowded.
The attempt Of the hotel and restau-
rant employees To tie up the Chicago
restaurants. on the 2ith. proved a fail
ure, not Il single establishment having
been compelled 10 close for lack OF
help. Out of Tho 5000 members OF the
different unions ordered ON strike no
over ten per cent. responded to the
summons.
acting Secretary Of State Loomis has
received two cablograms from Minister
Beaupre. at Bogota, the latest dated
August 10. conveying the information
that Efforts are siill being made TO ind
a way Ia revive the canal treaty.
a negro, William &. Pettifore, of
trenton, N. j., on the cath. named his
twenty-seventh child Alice Roosevelt.
In honor OF the presidents daughter.
Pe'tiiore was born in slavery. Twen-
~ OF his children are living.
The Bank of Dalton. Mo-, with a zap
ital stock of $4,000, was chartered at
Jefferson City, Mo-, on the cath, by
Secretary OF State Cook. The stock
holders are Thomas II. Hamilton. II. w.
Coll and Others.
AmonS the passengers on board the
steamer Cymrlc. from Liycrnool and