The Monticellonian., 1905-07-06

Secretary of State John Hay died at his summer home. Lake Sunapee. New bury, N. H., at 1925 on the morning of the 1St. Death came suddenly from heart failure, after a day in which his physicians thought he showed encour- aging symptoms. MT. Hay was in his siXty-seventh year.
 In the annual races on the Thames at New London, Conn. between Yale and Harvard, the latter easily won the four-Oared and freshman races; but when 1t came to the varsity eight pared race, there was battle royal over the fourmile course. up stream, in which every inch was valiantly con- tested, Yale finally winning by the length of an oar.
 The Merchants distillery at Terre Haute, Ind, suffered loss of Sl00,000 by the destruction of its elevator and damage to the spirits house by fire.
 In the wreck of Santa Fe passen- ger train at San Antonio, N. NJ. Con- duetor A. A. Wells, of Fl Paso Tex, was killed and five persons injured.
 The health authorities of Ecuador have declared Panama to be infected with bubonic plague and have declared quarantine against vessels from Pan- anna ports.
 Agrarian disorders are spreading rapidly throughout Russia. The whole country is profoundly stirred and the intelligent classes seem almost solidly arrayed against the government. All conditions seem ripe for the long-pre dicted revolution.
 mutiny among the sailors at Li baH, Russia, following on the heels of the events at Odessa. has produced profound impression in official circles, and all eyes are turned toward Cron stadt.
 The British steamer Tropie. bound for New York, went ashore 15 miles north of Constitution, Chili, and will prove a total loss.
 The Wholesale Grocery Association Of the United States was organized at a meeting held in Milwaukee William Judson. of Grand Rapids, Mich, was chairman.
 Eight prisoners, mostly alleged marderers-seyen negroes and one white man-were taken from the jail al Watkinsyille, Ga, by mob made mp of men from neighboring counties, and snot to death.
 Thomas Johnson, a negro police man, of Chicago, after being chased several blocks and threatened with death for protecting non-union men, fired upon his pursuers, fatally wounding Michael Mejedly
 The cruiser Charleston, in her trial run off Provineetown, Mass. made an average speed of 22.3 knots an hour, which was .03 knots above her contract requirement..
 An Odessa dispatch, on the morning of the 30th, via London. said that the battleship Kniaz Potemkine, in the hands of the mutineers, was firing on the town, and Admiral Krugers squad ron had not yet arrived from Sebasto- pol
 Four soldiers of the coast artillery, stationed at Honolulu, have been ar rested on the charge of counterfeiting, passing and possessing spurious coin.
 A Chinese mass meeting was held in Honolulu. at which the efforts be- ing made in China to boycott Ameri- can goods. on account of the operations of the exclusion law, were indorsed.
 The steamer Cottage City, which re- gently arrived at Seattle, Wash. from the north, brought word that the town of Metakahtla on the southeastern coast of Alaska, was burning on the night of June 26. when the steamer passed.
 The town of Phillipsburg, Kas.. is reported to have been wrecked by tornado. At least nine persons are said to have been killed.
 dispatch from Odessa, Russia, on the night of the 18th, said that the wharves and shipping in the harbor were in flames. fired by the mutinous crew of the battleship Kniaz Potemkin, who killed nearly all their officers and threw their bodies overheard. The so- eialists ashore were pushing the revolt along.
 Eleven men were killed in a powder works explosion at Emporium, Pa.
 Gov. D. R. Johnston of the Chicka- saw nation and ex-Goy. Palmer s. Moseley, under indictment for alleged complicity in warrant frauds, surren- dered to the federal officials and have been released on bond.
 Thousands of Chicagoans have joined in petition to President Roose- X-e1t +n hn gently set up by the Norwegian people
 John D. Rockefeller has subscribed s1 900 900 to the endowment fund for Yale university, and a member of grad uates have pledged another million.
 Luther Welsh, of Kansas City, Mo, wno stretched himself two inches to make himself eligible for ad- mission to the naval academy at An napolis, has successfully passed the mental examination.
 Grant c. Gillette the erstwhile cattle king of Kansas, who disappeared sev- eral years ago, leaving numerous heavy creditors disconsolate, has brought joy to them by returning from Mexico, where he has been very successful in mining ventures, and settling up all old scores.
 A Washington fishing company has received an order for 1000 tons of smoked dog salmon for the Japanese army.
 The Rock Island and Frisco railroad companies will, jointly. erect, at Kan sas City, at the cost of $1 ,000.00 the largest storage warehouse of the kind in the world.
 A general strike, accompanied by