The Monticellonian., 1905-08-10


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 The people of Nome. Alaska. are reported to be up in arms against the government officials. who are said to be taking advantage of their positions to file upon the most valuable mining claims
 The Milwaukee county CWisconsinl grand jury has returned five more in dictments, including one against Chas. F. Pfster, one of the citys most prom inent citizens, charging larceny by bailee
 What promises to be one of the most disastrous Caye-ins ever known in that district is occurring al Duenweg, a mining camp near Webb City. Mo, due to defective timbering. The King William Mining Co. will be a heavy loser
 NJ. Witte, the principal Russian peace plenipotentiary after his first visit to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, said he had conceived the high est opinion of MT Roosevelt, and was particularly struck with his energy and broadmindedness
 Acting on the request of Gov. Blan- chard of Louisiana, President Roose welt directed Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine hospital service to take every step in his power to meet the situation in New Orleans
 Ed Lewis and Kid George, ne groes, were lynched at Hattiesburg. Miss, by mob. They were charged with being accessory to the murder of convict guard J. s. Smith
 Between twenty and thirty men are reported to have been killed by an ex plosion at the dynamite factory of the Nitro Powder Go. al Mingo Hollow. near Esopus. N. Y.
 4 report is current in Berlin which is regarded by the press as probably true. that meeting has been arranged between Emperor William and his un- cIe King Edward of Great Britain.
 Gov Mickey of Nebraska has surren- dered to the state of Colorado Frank Buster alias Frank Martin. charged with the murder of Martin OConnor, a miner, on April last.
 After killing two persons seriously and probably fatally shooting two oth- CTS, one woman. and less seriously woaRding two more. Ike Kinney des- perate negro. was killed at Doella. Ark. Kinney had previously killed a negro al Stamps and was being pursued.
 The city council of Mena Ark. re- fused 10 Quarantines against yellow fe- yer infected points. but invited refugees to go there. Mena is in the Ozafks, 1,300 feet above sea level, where yellow fever germs can not exist
 Portsmouth. N. H.. during the ses- sions of the peace conference. will en- terfain one of the most notable gath erings of special newspaper correspon- dents that has got together in many a day George Smalley of the London Times. aged 72. but still active and alert will be dean of the gathering.
 Percy Pembroke. aged 16 years. one of three boys charged with the murder of T. w Cook, al Oakland. Cal. has made a full confession. He says the crime was deliberately planned, but thar the other two. John Snyder and George Bloker. did the work
 Gov Magoon's report for July shows an improvement in the yellow fever sit- uation on the Isthmus of Panama over the preceding month.
 w H Hartman expects to spend 10000 900 in railroad building in Ore gon. Washington and Idaho within the next year.
 Thomas A. Edison announces that he has at last perfected his electric motor. IL is not designed for scorching, but for a pleasure vehicle. under most favor able conditions it will give a 20mile an hour speed for 150 miles.
 The a@ets of the defunct German bank of Buffalo. N. Y, which had a face value of S6,799,176. are shown by the appraisers report to be actually worth about s3,930,707
 If NJ. Witte's words are 10 be taken literally he has not come over here to make peace, but merely to ascertain if Japan's demands are such as to form reasonable basis for future negotiations.
 The proposed Bennington mem orial at San Diego, Cal, may take the form Of a club house for the use of sailors if the ideas of the promoters are carried out. The government will erect a fine shaft in memory of the dead Seamep.
 As a result of a meeting of insur anee commissioners of several states in Chicago three large insurance com panies of New York are to be inyesti gated, and it is likely that interstate investigation of all the large com paaies will be instituted
 The Foresters. in national conyen ton at Atlantic City, N. J., decided 10 reduce the minimum age 10 1e years and the maximum is made ,; years policy will be issued as low as S250 while before $500 was the smallest
 Col Henry Watterson. of Louisville Ky. has been observing the aris tocracy across the water He says it is of a better grade than the American article. There it means lineage and brains. Here-weil, it ranges chiefly between bad whisky and Standard Oil.
 Percey Pierce. of Buffalo. N r.. was awarded the s2,000 trophy offered by Charles J Glidden for the best show. ing in the recent automobile endurance test from New York to Mouec Wash. ington and return.
 Two wealthy Chinese merchants have arrived in Washington to discuss lChinese-American matters with spe cial reference to the boycott against American goods.
 Luther GiIliham was arrested nea1