The Monticellonian., 1905-05-18

-@l1Ilu or JolO between troops under the personal command of Gen leonard Wood and an outlaw Moro chief named Pa1a With Gao followers. Three hundred Moros are said 10 have been killed, while Gen. Woods loss is placed al seven killed and nineteen wounded.
 Ilerbe~i V Crcher. a son of Richard Crokar the New York political leader was found dead ir a seat on a south bound santa Fe train. when nearing Newton, Nas. He had been placed on board ,Ec train at Kansas City. ap- pareutly in a da2ed condition, and is thought to have been drugged
 The relief committee at Snyder, Glla.. has issued an appeal for aid to care for the injured and homeless through the recent tornado.
 Secretary of State Hay is reported 10 have greatly improved in health during his stay at Bad Nauheim. He will sail from London for home June |.
 President Roosevelt has approved the recommendation of Secretary of the Navy Morton that the remains of Ad- miral John Paul Jones be inferred at Arnaf olis, Md
 William ]. Bryan expresses admira- ton for the position taken by President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft on the question Of railroad rate legislation.
 Martin ]. Elliott who. as a director of the American Railway union, was imprisoned with Eugene Y Debs and others. in 1S93, in connection with the Pullman strike in Chicago. died at Butte, Mont, after a long illness, aged IS years
 Nan Patterson. thrice tried for the murder of Caesar Young in New York city, and no jury being found to agree as to her guilt or innocence. has been released on her own recognizance It is doubtful if she is ever called for trial again
 Seven men were killed and one se- riously injured by an explosion e dynamite in the Corra mine. one of the Heinz properties al Butte Mont. Some of the victims were literally blown 10 fragments.
 The betrothal of Prince Eitel Fritz of Germany and Princess Victoria Mar garet daughter of the duke of Con- Taught. is forecasted as the result of the princes visit to London to be in troduced to his cousin. the princess. The death list by the wreck and ex- plosion at South Harrisburg. Pa, has been increased to 22. by the death of some of the injured and it was ex- pected that others would suecumb.
 A man calling himself William Daly has been arrested at Stroudsbur@. Pa. charged with the larceny of $2I000 from the Equitable Life Assurance so- eiety by means of forgery. Two coaches of the Weatherford. Mineral Wells X Northwestern pas senger train went through d broken trestie at Dry creek. T. miles from Dallas, Tex. Twenty persons were more or less seriously hurt.
 Tom Witherspoon. a negro, recently released from the Missouri peniten- tiary, was lynehed at Belmont. Mo, for forcing Fred Hess. who lives three miles from Belmont to go to town and get $500 for him under pain of having his wife and child killed if he | failed.
 Federal Judge Elmer B. Adams has been selected tor the federal circuit bench to succeed Judge Amos NJ. Thay- CT, deceased. and Judge G. A. Finkel- burg, of St. Louis, will succeed Judge Adams as district judge
 The Benton public school building at Nevada, Mo. was struck by lightning during an electrical storm and a num- Der of the school children were shocked, but none badly hurt. l During fierce storm al Eldorado Springs, Mo. flying plate glass struck F. NJ. Osborn, cashier of the Cruce bank, severing an artery of his arm. Several other persons received minor l injuries.
 Wilbur B. Reading. a St. Louis law yer, has been disbarred in Judge Me Donalds court on the petition of the committee on grievances of the St Louis Bar association. for malpractice in a bankruptcy case.
 l The Paris Temps denies a published statement from Saigon, French Indo- China, to the effect that Yice-Admiral Rojestvensky sold, at Saigon, cargoes of rice captured by Russian warships
 Miss Helen Gould will pay for the education of Leroy Irving Dixon, the nine-year-old boy who saved Ric Grande train from running into rock slide last October.
 The recall of Count Cassni. the Rus sian ambassador i'll Washington, will make Signor Edmondo Mayer Des Ranches, the Italian ambassador, dean of the diplomatic corps.
 The tornado epidemic reached over into Iowa, doing considerable damage in Clay county in the way of demolish- ing buildings. H. H. Holberg was probably fatally injured
 President Rooseyel arrived safely back in Washington after his holiday journey of 6,006 miles by railroad tC say nothing of the miles covered in his hunting iaunts. He is i'll splendid health.
 The labor leaders Of Chicago pre- seEted strongly-Worded protest tC President Roosevelt, during his visit there. against the use of federal troops in connection with the strike. The president received the men and theiI protest courteously, and assured them that the government had not been called upon for troops.
 Ambassador Choate was formally called to the bench of the Middle Temple. in London, with the quaint ceremony of olden times There was great enthusiasm among the grave old lawyers over the new and distinguished accession to their ranks.