The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-07-20
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to his rank in the army with such pro-
motion as he would have gained by
continuous service. Col. Piquart, who
%espoused the cause Of Oreyfus, will
also be reinstated.
Seven girls, ranging in age from sev-
en- to sixteen years, were drowned in
the river at Cedar Rapids, Ia, where
they had gone wading as an incident
to q picnic frolic. Four of them be-
longcd to one family named Sweeding,
the youngest of whom slipped into
deep water, the others losing their
lives in frantic efforts at rescue.
Vice.Admiral Chouknin, who was
shot by a sailor In the garden OF his
villa at S~ebastopol, Russia, died with
out regaining consciousness.
London Punch is having a lot of fun
of the Longworths. Some Of the
American colony ire inclined to get
riled.
H. Clay Evans was nominated for
governor by the Tennessee republican
state convention at Nashville.
Three alien machinists imported
from st. John, N. b., by the Hoopeston
CIll.) Horse Nail Co. are held by the
secretary of m and labor to
be of the class excepted by law, be-
cause mechanics with requisite knowl-
edge of the machines could not be
found in this country,
Reports from London show an al
most total suspension of trade in
American canned meats.
Miss Mile Ellison, of Ellsworth,
Wis, who was murdered in a Mime
apolis (Minn.) hotel, is believed to
have been the victim of a robber who
knew she had a large amount of
money in her possession. N. NJ.
Riggs, a railway engineer, was us
pected, and while under arrest at FL
roy, Wis, committed suicide.
At the sanitary inspectors confer
ence in Bristol, England, a delegate
said that if the British public only
knew a quarter of what was going on
in the slaughterhouses of their own
country the Chicago scare would be-
come insignificant by comparison.
Judge James Harvey MacLeary, Of
the supreme court of Porto Rico, and
Mary King MacLeary, from whom he
was divorced in 1901, have been re-
married in Philadelphia.
At least seven persons were killed
and a large number injured as the
result of a cloudburst and landslide
at Ocampo, in the state of Chihuahua,
Mexico, which nealy destroyed the
town, including mining property owned
by American companies.
Thomas w. Alexander, head Of the
firm of Alexander & Alexander, cotton
factors of Augusta, Ca, has disap-
peared, and there is a discrepancy of
about $145,000 in the assets of the
concern.
President Roosevelt is said have
signified his intention TO keep his
hands out of the republican political
situation in the state Of New York.
J. G. Phelps Stokes, the young New
York millionaire, who for several
years has devoted himself to slum
work, has formally announced that he
will cast his lot with the socialist
party.
No lives were lost rs the result Of
Diamond 10 line, which struck a snag
in the Mississippi river near Trempea.
leau, Wis. The passengers were all
safely landed and were cared for at
Winona, Lacrosse and st. Paul.
Ex-State Senator Lyons of Kansas
City, Mo-, who or a capital of 5000
started in the ice business in 1900 and
says if he had the making of the
price Of ice it would be higher than it
is now. That 1t is not is due to the
timidity of the other fellows.
The ice investigation at ST.. Louis
has shown that it costs G5 cents to
produce a ton of ice, for which the
domestic consumer is charged IS.
The Massachusetts state board of
health, in the curse of it's investiga-
ton of canned meats, found n sam
pie of ported ham to consist of "a
small amount of normal muscle, con-
siderable epidermis in large pieces,
numerous blood vessels and nerves
and the salivary glands ground into
a paste, the material being largely
scrap"
Five persons were killed and a
number injured by a collision of troll
ley trains, due to an open switch.
near Martinsville, N. Y.
Vice.President Fairbanks, while
driving his automobile near Danville
ILL.,, collided with a buggy in which
Jos. NJ. Dougherty, a prominent demo
cratic politician, was riding. The lat
ter was thrown out and considerably
bruised. Mr.. Fairbanks made profuse
apologies, and after an exchange Of
greetings with his victim resumed
his journey.
The British cabinet is said to BIZ
split in twain on the vital question al
to whether the navy shall be main
tanned in a condition Of invulnerablt
efficiency, or rival nations be per
mitted to outdistance the country II
the race for naval supremacy.
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