The Monticellonian., 1905-07-13

P H. Rudolph. ladies tailor, was Neb.. by two lady customers who called to see about some work. Rudolph had been in poor health.
 The president of Venezuela has de clared the salt industry of that coun- try practically government monopoly.
 According to an executive order, just issued, military and naval officers must stand on their records for promotion or assignment in the service The at tempt to use outside influence will act as a bar.
 Moses Manuel. well-to-do Helena (Mont) mining man. lost his life by an explosion in the Minnesota mine near Corbin, Mont, which he had gone into alone. with lighted candle to inspect
 Judge George Gray. of Delaware as fifth arbitrator in the Illinois miners shot-irers controversy, decides that the expense entailed by the action of the law shall be borne half and half by the operators and miners. He ssid that no good reason could be urged why the entire expense should fall on the miners.
 During a fire which destroyed the upper floors of a seyen-story factory building in New York a score of fire men were seriously burned or over come by smoke
 Miss Hattie Hill, of Summers, la, delegate to the Epworth League con- vention at Denver. Col. died of heart failure after returning from an eXcur- sion into the mountains.
 Col Gorgas. chief sanitary inspector of the Panama canal zone. says that since June 9 there has been no ease of yellow fever in the city Of Panama and only one ai Colon
 Thomas B Clements, president of tho failed First national bank of Fari- baalt. Minn.. was found guilty. al St. Paul. on 24 counts of embezzlement. misapplieation of funds and making false reports.
 Fire in the lumberyard district in the south end of Boston did about $200.000 damage to yards and wharf property
 Fourteen miners were killed aud number injured by eol!iery explosion az Anderues, Belgium.
 N Jaures. the French socialist. Was debarred from speaking in Berlin on July 9. as il had been announced he intended to. for political reasons.
 Revised reports of the recent tornado in Montasu county, Tex show that 26 persons were killed and about 50 in iured. some of whom may die. The property loss will aggregate s2000
 With elaborate ceremony the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones were formally delivered To the representa- tives of the American government in Paris. on the 9th inst, and. D aeed in charge of Rear Admiral Sigsbee were escorted 10 the train for Gherbourg with an imposing military parade
 j. C. Deylin filed voluntary peti- ton in bankruptcy in the United States district court al Topeka. Kas. and Judge Pollock granted the peti- ton but deferred naming the trustee.
 Chairman Shonts. at the Panama canal commission says that life on the isthmus is to be made heathful, com fortable and enjoyable before the real work of digging the canal is begun
 In view of the exper.ences in the naval battle of the Sea of Japan. the United States naval authorities have concluded to do away with the coming tower on board of it's Warships.
 William A. Wheeler, president of the council of New York university. is dead.
 Gen Wilmon w Blackmar, com mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. accompanied by Mrs. | Blackmar and her sister. Miss Brewer. is making a tour of the western posts. The Standard Oil Go. denies every allegation in the custer suit brought | by the state of Kansas, and attacks the validity of the Kansas antitrust | law
 Rear-Admiral Whiting. |. s. N. hay ing served F years. has been placed on the retired list
 Severe storms in northern and cen lral France have caused enormous damage 10 crops Near Orleans so houses were razed and many persons in- jured Two men were killed at An i gefs.
 Two hundred printers and 100 press men have been locked our in San Fran cisco in the eight-hour day fight.
 At least 24 persons were killed and many injured as the result of q tornado that struck few miles west of Nacona. Tex. Many farm houses were demolished and much damage was done in the towns of Belcher and Mon lasue.
 Mrs. Anna Johnson was fatally burned by an explosion of gasoline from a leaky stove in her home at l Omaha. Neb,
 The Kansas City creditors of Charles J. Devlin. the Topeka (Kas) banker, have filed a petition in bankruptcy i against Devlin in the United States dis trict court in Kansas City. IL is made i returnable July %
 Mrs. James Jilich, mother-in-law of Judge J A. Ryner, Of the United States ] district court, dropped dead at Judge I Ryner's home in Cheyenne. Wyo. of heart failure. She was 66 years of age and one of Cheyennes pioneers.
 The Spring Valley QllD national i bank and the First national bank of Toluca. H., have closed their doors. c. J. Devlin. of Topeka, Kas., was pres ident of both
 The five-year-oid son of Samuel i Squillman, of Seymour, Ia, and the four year-old son of George Billiard, a i neighbor. were burned to death in i fire started by firecrackers which de- stroyed Squillman's home