The Monticellonian., 1905-10-12


 ing caused the death, by maltreatment and pc.son, Of Irene Klokow, ten years of age, who had been left in the house with him while his wife and two sis ters of the girl went to Chicago shop ping.
 The steamship Alameda, which ran ashore near Fort Point, San Francisco harber. has been foatad.
 The Rock River conference of the Methodist Episcopal church decided that hereafter all trustees of edaea- tional institutions within the bounds of the conference shall be elected by ballot
 Gov. Toele of Montana has honored the reqHisition of Gov Mickey of Ne. braska fer Pat Grove The specific charge is robbery.
 The navy department has designated the armored cruiser West Virginia as the vessel which will carry President Roosevelt from New Orlenas to Hamp. ton Roads on his return from his southern trip.
 During the annual freshman-sopho.
 
 Wisconsin, more than GOO students were tucked in Lake Mendota, at Madison. one student had two ribs broken. one q leg broken and 10 others received minor injuries.
 Harry Nasser. wanted in Little Rock, Ark. for the alleged theft Of $S090 worth of jewelry, was arrested near Ellsworth. H.
 The Great Northern Railroad Co, for itself and the Great Northern Ex- press Co., has offered a reward Of $5,099 each for the arrest and convic- ton of the men engaged in the holdup and robbery of the Great Northern flyer near Seattle. Wash
 Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. was laid cut on Soldiers field at Cambridge. Mass, by eut over the eye while prae- ticins al football
 Secretary Taft will deliver speech in Ohio during the present state cam paign.
 new high record for a seat on the New York stock exchange has been made-S85. .0oo
 
 San Francisco to Portland, Ore. went ashore. during q dense fog. at Point Gorda. a short distance south of the entrance To Eureka (Cal) harbor. and will probably be a total loss. The passengers were all saved.
 Mayor George B. Mcclellan of New York city was renominated by the Fammany Hall democratic organiza- ton for the four years term beginning January l next
 Prof. Newton C. Dougherty. superin- tendent 9f the city schools of Peoria H., for more than 20 years; president of the Peoria national bank and a re- puted capitalist, has been indicted and arrested on charges of forgery and em- hezzlement in connection with the handling of the school funds.
 Leonard Seibert, who built the first Pullman sleeping car, under the i'm mediate supervision of George NJ. Pullman. died al Bloomington, H.. aged 75 years.
 Lake Moore, banker and politician and one of the most prominent nIea in the Creek Nation, has been indicted by the federal grand jury at Muskogee, !. T., for grand larceny in securing and cashtng checks belonging to h. dians.
 Louis Carmichael. the man that his tory gives credit for the nQmination Of Horace Greeley for the presidency, in 1872, was found dead in a. barn al Sydney. N. Y
 The civil service commission is pre-. pairing to forward a circular letter to all government employees warning them against eapaign contributions as in violation of law.
 One of the recent developments in he life insurance investigation in New York was that more than S2,G00000 had been paid as commissions by the Mutual Life Insurance Co. to two members Of the family of President Richard A. McGurdy of the company. Lord Inverclyde, chairman Of the | Cunard steamship line, is critically i'll i with pleuro-pneumonia at Castle Wemyss, Scotland.
 An elaborate programme has been
  tainment of Prince Louis of Batten- berg and the officers of his squadron on their visit 10 Annapolis and New York next month.
 Insurance Superintendent Vandiver Of Missouri has found a section of the statutes which gives him the authori- ty to drive any insurance company from 'he state if he finds it is not con ducting it's business properly, without recourse to the courts.
 Some sensational developments have been brought out in the effort to pro bate the will of the late Mrs Lisette ! Schande!n. in Milwaukee, which leaves the major portion Of an immense es- tate to a favoiite sol-in-law. Mrs i Schaudein's children will contest Samuel Beaver. for many years pay ! ing teller of the Bank of California at San Francisco. recently placed Cn the | retired list on account of illness, took the matter so much to heart that he shot and killed himself
 Stanley Stoner, of Missouri, who is i in Paris, has informed the state de- partment that he will not accept the l United States consul generalship at Calcutta, because of the i'll health of his 1 wife.
 Gen Jose Miguel Gomez. the gov ernor of Santa Clara province. Cuba the choice of the liberals for the presi- dency of the republic, has arrived in New York for a couple of weeks visit i 10 this country An ica famine is imnendinp in Chi