The Monticellonian., 1905-08-31

case to The Hague tribunal
 By an explosion of giant powder at Paris. Cal. Mrs A w McRae, wife of prominent mining man. and her son George and Oscar Du Close. another mine owner, were instantly killed and Mir MeRae probably fatally injured.
 King Oscar of Sweden has with drawn his opposition to his son Carl accepting the crown of Norway and it seems likely that a Bernadotte will oc- eupy the Norwegian throne
 The battleship Kearsarge eollided with the kerosene oil schooner N. $. Gallup off Newport, R L. and damaged the craft about $500 The Kearsarge was not injured
 Two men We're killed and a third badly sealded by an explosion on the Donaldson line steamer Lakona, just as she was leaving Montreal. Can. for Glasgow.
 Mrs Gharlemagne Tower, wife of the American ambassador To Germany, Is bringing her two sons to America to place them in one of the eastern uni versailles
 With the exception of two buildings, an entire block at Steyenviil, Mont, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of sl00. .000.
 The Japanese transport kinio and the British steamer Haralong eolided in the Inland sea. the transport being sunk and f27 inYalided soldiers drowned
 Alexander Buchanan. secretary of an alleged get-rich-quiek concern, known as the Northwestern Trust Co.,. has been arrested in Council Bluffs. la, charged with conducting an unlawful business.
 Mrs. Hope foang was found guilty at Digby. Nova Scotia. Of the murder of Minnie Young. her ward. and was sentenced to be executed Wednesday, December 29.
 During an electrical storm al Allan la. Ga. James McDaniel aged Is. was killed by lightning the kimball house and the state capitol were each struck twice, bat not seriously damaged and fully thousand telephones were burned out. Tie electric railway lines also suffered
 Glaybarn Webb. said to have been the last survivor of the Seminole War. during he whole of which he served under Gen. Zachary TaElor died at his hone h B0eHner Mo. aged 90 years.
 r A. Peekham, New York broker, has teen arrested on an indictment ehafsins eef spifaes to defraad the l government in connection with the CO., lon crop report of the department oI agriculture.
 NieeAdmiral Rojestyensky writes his family that he expects 10 have fully re- covered from his wounds by the middle of September. when, with the permis- sion of the Japanese government, he will return to them
 The date for the celebration al An napolis Md, in honor of Admiral John Paul Jones has been set for April 24 1906. the anniversary of the capture of the Drake hy Capt Jones.
 Ben. r Ebert, prominent Iowa capitalist was drowned in a smaI. stream south Of pes Moines His team ran away and jumped eff a bridge into l lIt olItdNlt I4tDei1 Gdl AtI ONtl Sstbp,- 900 life insurance.
 A monument in commemoration of the patriotism Of the soldiers Of the l civil war was dedicated at Ogdensburg 1 N. Y. on the 23d inst The exercises were preceded by a grand military pa rade composed of regulars. state troops. a company from Brockville Ont. and the Grand Army posts which was re- viewed by Niee-President Fairbanks N ho was the orator of the day.
 David T. StHbbs. cashier of the Citi- zens' Gas < Electric Co. of Council Bluffs. la has been arrested charged with embedding sl,S75 of the company's l funds
 Rev. G Campbell Morgan. on the point of sailing for Europe, sharply crideises the American Protestant i churches, which he declares have be- come little else than social ergaHiza- tions, with the old religious fire prae- tcally dead
 Carlos Wood. cashier: R A Brown receiving teller and Joseph Davis. pay Ing teller of the detunct Denver Cob savings bank, have been arrested on charges of larceny in receiving depos- it's when they knew the bank vas in solvent
 Four men were killed by the explo- sion of boiler on dredge boat near l Norborne. Mo They were: James Lynch. of BosWorth. Isaac Wade. of Norborne. and two other unknown la borers A! were mans,ed beyond recog- nition
 Yeoman Sutton. of the cruiser De troit, has received q letter of commen- dation from Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte for his actioI: in rescuing Apprentice H C. Miller from drowning in Boston harbor
 Mrs Mary Harris, who was accused of the murder of her husband, James Harris. who was found dead. August ,. with a bullet hoe in his head al Ot- tumWa la. was discharged al the pre- liminary hearing.
 Chicago hotel men. wholesale butch CTS and restaurant keepers have formed combination against the beef trust. and will erect slaughtering plants oS | thei. own.
 The town of Roosevelt Ariz.. was struck by a tornado and almost every house overturned. Only one person was injured
 Hon Edwin H. Conger of Iowa. United States ambassador 10 Mexico, has rendered his resignation 10 the president, to take effect October IS next. and the president has accepted the resignation.