The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-19

there of yellow fever three years ago,
and will take them to Panama, Whence
they will be shipped to New York.
The National League of Commission
Merchants, in session at Milwaukee,,
pledged support to the president in his
efforts for the abatement of transpor-
tation evils.
The Chinese commissioners, Tuan
Fang and Tai Hung Tue, with their
suites, 62 persons in all, arrived in
San Francisco on board the steamer
Syria and were given a cordial well
come by a representative of the presi-
dent, the military, commercial and pri-
'vate interests and the Chinese colony.
The tension between France and
Venezuela is strained. Diplomatic re-
relations have been severed, and it APP
pears m ore ahtl enllky ftheMfgbe
pears more than likely that some
will be adopted.
The German authorities are taking
every precaution to prevent any dis
turbance occurring in Berlin on Sun
day, the 21st, when 80 immense social
list meetings are scheduled to be held
in commemoration of Red" Sunday in
st. Petersburg. The military will be
the police if necessary.
Fire destroyed the Norfolk (va.)
Storage & Peanut Co.'S three-story
cleaning plant adjoining the city Jail,
One fireman was killed under a falling
wall. The prisoners were all marched
out Of the Jail and several escaped;
loss, $4,000
The works of the Carnegie Steel Co.
at Greenville, Pa, were burned, en-
failing a loss of about half a million dol
lars. Four hundred men are thrown out
of work.
George Ernest Sisling, wanted in Not
tingham, England, for forgery and en-
hezzlement, was arrested in Minneapo-
lis. Mimi, after a chase extending from
Quebec, Canada.
John A. Mccall, former president OF
the New York Life Insurance Co., has
been compelled to give a deed of trust
on his palatial home in Long Branch
N. j., to secure the $3.50, 900 note given
in part payment for moneys advanced
to Andrew Hamilton.
The Tamarack, copper mine, near
Calumet, Mich, the deepest in the
world, was reported on fire and three
men missing. Unless the fire can be
extinguished the company stands to
lose a fabulous amount, as hundreds Of
millions Of feet Of timber Is in use in
the mine.
Moses Kimball Armstrong, formerly a
prominent banker, died at his home in
Albert Lea, Mimi, aged "a years.
Upwards of 100 petitions, each repre-
senting about 1000 names, have been
forwarded from Texas to Gov. Higgins
of New York, asking for executive
clemency in the case of Albert T. Pat
rick, under sentence of death for the
murder of William Marsh Rice.
Pedro Pera, former delegate in con-
gress from New Mexico, died at his
home in Bernalillo, N. M.
William Cunard, son of Samuel Gu
nard, n of the founders of the Gu
nard steamship line, is dead in England,
aged 81 years.
Mrs. s. Spiesberger, of Chicago, n
the West hotel fire in Minneapolis, died
Of her injuries.
The members Of the 'Typothetae OF
Washington, D. c., express their deter
mination to stand by the "open shop"
China is said to be in a ferment Of
political excitement, directed as much
against the government as against the
foreigners.
DR.. William Rainey Harper, president
of the University of Chicago, died at
his home on the university campus af-
ter a long battle with the dread malady
cancer, which attacked his intestines
! DR.. Harper was born in 1856, and was
regarded as n of the foremost educa-
tors of the country and one of the most
learned Hebrew scholars.
Eight persons lost their lives and a
score of others were injured in a fire
which damaged the Wet hotel at Min
neapolis, MINI. Four CT the victims
were suffocated and the others lost
their lives By falling or jumping from
Windows
Arrangements are in progress on in
dictments for election frauds found by
a special grand jury in New York city.
Acknowledgement Mayer says he has
nearly a thousand cases to lay before
the grand jury.
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding Of
Peoria, ILL.,, has gone to st. Augustine,
Fla. to remain until early in April.
The sixteenth annual reunion Of the
United Confederate Veterans will be held
in New Orleans April 26 and ~.
England has plunged into the whirI
of the parliamentary election, and the
leaders, with the aid Of motor cars, are
here, there and everywhere addressing
meetings and marshaling their hosts.
Field Marshal Yamagata, president Of
the Japanese privy council and former
chief Of the general staff, has been APP
pointed a member of the military coun-
ell Of the empire. (