The Monticellonian., 1905-06-01

'utll.'5 W a9 4l'4"@uIdttu III IHe historic hali of the Italian capitol in the Eres- enee of King Victor Emmanuel and Queec trtIeEa
 Reports from different sources credit the Russian warships with having Slnk an American steamer in far east ern Walers In the absence of other information, il is presumed in Wash inston that the vessel was carrying contrabdnd of war as many American vessels are doing just now.
 In target practice in San Pablo bay. Cal. kempstchorn Scott, an apprentice on board the torpedoboat Preble. made l9 hits out of 2l shots al the 1000-yard range with siX-inch gun, with the Preble moving al ten knots.
 The steamer Arctic ran down gaso- line launch in the bay off San Fran cisco and Robert Howell, engineer of th1 launch, and Alexander Miller were dlowned.~T
 Ge<onimo, tn aged Apache chief. Tfode his sorrel horse Geronimo i'll a l race at the Lawtea tOklas) fair grounds and won a $150 ptrse.
 The overflow of 1e Rio Grande river is doing much damage to crops north of Fl Paso. Tex. Many adobe houses in the Misella valleg have erumbled and collapsed.
 The Prairie Oil & sas Go. has re- sumed the work of cokYtructon of it's pie line from BaslesNille to Caney. Kas. It will be comple ed in a few weeks
 Miss Frances B. Johnson cashier for D. D. Drake. a Kansas ,ity money lender, has been fined s1O0 ,nd sent to jail for 90 days for exaetint usurious interest.
 The police of Paris are adolting the
 lost stringent precautions aga nst the essence of anarchists in Paris turing tn visit of King Alfonso of Span.
 7ayor Weaver of Philadelphia 5 op- tim stic over the outcome of the gas east ordinance. He believes that by he ne the attempt is made to p ss f ovt his veto enough members If the co ncils will have seen the errt- of heh way to prevent it's passage.
 Secret, " Hay has finished his course of bafhs t Bad Nauheim, and has left for Paris and London. where he will remain qu tly until his return home.
 Arm.fage Mathews, Samuel l. Fer sIsou and 7hn N Wooten. lawyers. have been in iicted by the grand jury. iu New York city for conspiracy and grand larceny in connection with the handling of n estate for David Rethsehild. whe is serving a term in Sing Sing fer N recking the Federal l bans
 A storm cloud h. wing the appearance Of tornado swept across a large DOT ton of north Texas on the 18th inst, doing damage in s. verdi towns aud bady frightening the people along its pathway.
 King Leopold of Belg um, while on q visit 10 Bad Nauheim. s. ent two hours With Secretary of State ) ohn Hay,
 Df. J. |. Lows, capit dist and po- iitieal leader of Dayton, O., died a: Pasadena Cal aged U yeaa 5.
 Judge Scott. al Cheyenne, Vyo.. over ruled the motion for a neN trial of i Col Cody's divorce suit, and the case wi, go to fhe state supreme ourt on appeal
 Cap5. Richmond Pearson Hobs on and Miss Grizelda Houston Hull, da ghter of AIr and Mrs George H. Hull. were married at Tuxedo Pack. N Y, oi stbe 25th inst. Owing to the recent death of relative of one of the parties tha wedding was quiet one The banking firm Of Burnett. Cum | mings X Co.,, of Boston. has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. with l liabilities of S1,714, ,36S. Seventy-one banks and trust companies are among the firms creditors. The assets are of uncertain quantity and quality
 Counsel for Mayor Weaver of Phila | delphia secured from the state su- | preme court a special supersedeas su5- l pending the county courts temporary injunction affecting the decapitated city officials, and Mayor Weaver was, at last accounts. in full control. There were rumOrs afioat of impeachment proceedings against Mayor Weaver.
 The supreme council of the Royal Arcanum has ordered abolished all side associations using the name of the ar canum for private ends. Commander Dyer. governor of the island of Guam, reports that a dsas | trous fire occurred at Agana, the prin- eipal town of the island, causing great loss to the poorer natives, and suggest ing that aid from the United States would be acceptable.
 The Frisco system is to be extended 100 miles west of Quanah, Tex.
 Joseph Johnson who, on April B. shot and killed John H. Fox in the lobby of the post office at Trinidad. Col, has been convicted of murder iu the first degree. The death penalty ap plies
 Three gold medals given by Presi- dent Roosevelt 10 three German sailors who saved the lives of several sailors of the United States monitor Monad- mock. in Chinese waters, have reached the German ministry of marine.
 Senator Ben Tillman, of South Caro- lima. was quite badly injured by his carriage being driven over on embank- ment al Edgefeld 5. C.
 Apartments occupied by Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia in Paris hotel were entered by thieves and jewels valued at about s2000 belonging to Col. Brunner. the dukes aide-de-camp, stolen.
 Empire day" May 24 the anniyer- sary of the birth of the late Queen Victoria, was more widely observed n England than usual.
 F E Davis, of Los Angeles. Cal, who owned majority of the stock in the Wrecked hanl, at Gnldfield Nav