The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-05-19

, mineral wells a pas
| senger train went through a broken
trestle at Dry creek. ~ miles from
Dallas, Tex. Twenty persons were
more or less seriously hurt.
Tom Witherspoon. a negro. recently
released from the Missouri pcnitcn.
tlary. was lynchod Mt Belmont. Mo-.
for forcing Fred Hess, who lives three
miles from Belmont to go to town
and get 5000 for him under pain Of
having his wife and child killed II he
failed.
Federal Judge Elmer d. Adams has
been selected tor the federal circuit
bench to succeed Judge Amos ". Thay-
er. deceased. and Judge q. A. Finkel.
burg, OF st. Louis. will succeed Judge
Adams az district judge.
The tornado that devastated Snyder,
OKLA. Killed nearly a hundred persons.
some cntlrc families. and injured $50
more. some 81 badly that they can not
I recover Several other localities In
Oklahoma suffered In a less degree.
Thc casualty list by the wreck and
dynamite explosion on the Pcnnsyl-
yanla railroad. In the southern part Of
Harrisburg. Pa. according 10 the Of
hclal report is 20 dead and upwards
OF lnO Injured.
Martin T. Elliott who. as a director
~ the American Railway union. vas
imprisoned with Eugene V. Dcbs and
others. In iS.Ii. In connection with the
Pullman strike In Chicago. died a,
Butte. Mont. after q long Illness. aged
~ Years.
The Benton public school buildine nj
Nevada. Mo. was struck by lightning
during an electrical storm. aud a num-.
Der Of tho school children we're
shocked. but none badly hurt
During n fierce storm Mt Eldofaio
Springs. Mo. flying plate glass struck
+. ~ Cyhorl. cashier of the Crucc
bank, se,er.nr an artery Of his arm.
Several other persons received minor
Injuries.
Wilbur II. Reading. u st. Louis law.
yer has been disharred In Judge Me.
uonald's court on the petition Of re
committee on grievances OF the 3.
Louis iiar association. for m%alpraeti..
In a bankruptcy vase.
m" Paris Temps denies a publishs3
statement from Saigon, French Indo'
China. 'o the cncrt that Admiral
Rlie-ttrnsky sold. No SAIGON. oargocs
OF rice captured by Russian warshlps
Nliss Helen Gould will pay for the
education OF Leroy Irving Dixon. the
nlL,-ycar-old boy who sayed n Rio
Gfando train from running Into q rock
Slide last October.
The recall IT Count Casslni. the Rus
Sian ambassador IN Warrington. will
mako Sirnor Edmondo Mayer DIS
Planchrs. tho Italian ambassador. dcar
of the diplomatic corps,
The torraho epidemic reached ovei
into Iowa. doing considerable damago
IN Clay county IN the way " dcmolish
lng buildings. H. H. llulbcrg was
probably fatally Injured.
President Roosevelt arrived safely
back Ia Washington after hlH holiday
Journey OF 6.ooe miles by railroad. to
say nothing Of the miles covered Ia hi,
hunting iaunts. Hc Is In splondit
health.
The labor leaders ~ Chicago pre-
scented |, strongly woTded protest 20
President Roosevelt, during his visit
there. against tho use II federal troops
In connection with the strike. The
president received the men and thci'
protest couricouHly, aud assured them
that the government had not been
called upon for troops.
II Is estimated that q will cost each
person accompanying Secretary Taft's
official party To the Philippines about
$50 a week for necessary expenses. The
goycrnmcn only furnishes Transports
ton.
Cticf Clerk Wallace n His Of Tia
treasury department was found dead
IN his bed at his hotel In Carzozo. n.
VI Mr llills lett Washington. May :,
on onirial business. apparently In good
health.
\ charter bes been granted a. Tope
Ia. kas. 10 the Midland Valley Rail-
road Co. Of Fort Smith. Ark, which
II building q line Ia connect Fort Smith
with the Chlrtnw. Oklahoma a Cult
line In Indian territory.
Secretary Taft. speaking at the ban.
Quet 10 the International Railway ron
gross. In Washington. declared that
railway rate legislation must come,
and that II the railway men OF the
country were wise they would aid. not
hinder II.
The banquet to President Roosevelt
by the lroquols club In Chicago was
one Of the most notable affairs Of the
kind ever given In that city. The key
note of the sentiment expressed by the
PRESIDENT hosts was admiration for
his rugged honesty of purpose and his
qualities as a thorough Christian gem
tleman.
At the %lroquois club banquet In Chi
sage, President Roosevelt declared that
the most ,imid need have no fear of
the triumph Of mob rule In this coun-
try, for when the need arises, hack Of
the city sands the state, and back II
the stntp stands the nation.