The Monticellonian., 1906-03-29

men in Milwaukee, was found in his room with a bullet hole in his head an undoubted case of suicide, but from what cause is unknown.
 Robert Spriggs. the negro keeper of a white slave" pen in New York city, was found guilty of the offense of ab- duction by jury, and was remanded for sentence.
 Secretary Of the Navy Bonaparte wants to keep pace with Great Britain and Japan, and advocates the construe- tion of 19, ,400ton battleship to carry ten Pinch guns.
 Ed. Jasper. weil-known race track official. who, with Mrs. Jasper, left Los Angeles, Cal, for Cincinnati, to attend the funeral of Mrs Jasper's father, de veloped q yirulent ease of smallpox by the time he reached Chicago He and Mrs. Jasper are in the isolation hospital
 V. Gordon Gray, a former Chicago newspaper writer, who was married a few weeks ago to I'rixie Shapcott, at Marsh&lltowa. la, was sentenced at the latter place to 20 years imprisonment on his plea of guilty to three counts for forgery.
 President Roosevelt is credited with having suggested to the Algeciras con- ference mixed police force at all ports, including Casablanca, but France is not likely to accept it on account of the likelihood of petty personal rival ries among the officers, which Morocco would be sure to foster.
 District Attorney Samuel H. Cady at Green Bay, Wis, has applied to the county board for a special assistant to aid him in prosecuting 26 alleged fel onies growing out of municipal graft iLg.
 The president has vetoed the bill for the creation of new division of the western judicial district of Texas.
 It is now generally admitted that be- tween flo and 50 persons lost their lives in the Rio Grande collision rear Adobe, Col
 Fifty-seyen= case of smallpox are re- ported in the farming districts Of Linman and Bridge in Uinta county, Wyoming The southern part Of the county has been quarantined
 A brewery agent at Kansas City kas, testified in the custer proceedings against County Attorney James S Gib- son that for many months he paid Gib- son $3 a month fer each joint" owned by the brewery for immunity from pros ecution.
 By all explosion of gas in the Cen tury Coal Co $ mine at Century, W. Va over 100 miners were entombed, some of whom were rescued in a horrible condition. The loss of life is estimated at upwards of 75. from a hurried can Yass of tn miners "uarters.
 Judge Humphreys. in the federal court, in Chicago upheld the plea of immunity from prosecution so far as individual packers CT their employees were concerned, but not as to the cor porations.
 As an illustration of how seriously the Russian workmen take the national assembly in one case they nominated Q pet dog, on the score of economy, and in another the factory chimney, as that wouldn't be hurt by machine gun fire.
 The Texas law assessing a special two per cent, tax on the gross earnings of all railroads has been declared un- constitutional by the court of civil ap- peals.
 It is estimated that the Georgia peach growers have suffered a loss of at least g. ,00o000 by the recent cold spell.
 Mrs. H. E. Huntington, wife of the principal heir of the. late Colli5 P Huntington, has sued for divorce in San Francisco
 Judge Nandeyanter. of the United States circuit court of appeals, denied the application for writ of habeas corpus for Leonard Imbodau and lame A Hill, convicted in Denver of con- spiracy to wreck the Denver savings bank.
 Gov. Hoch of Kansas has finally de clined to pardon A. R. Ireland a la tor organizer. serving six months jail sentence for assaulting a railway detective, notwithstanding he admits that the jail at Winfield it not Q fit place for man to live in.
 The house judiciary committee con- cludes that there is no constitutional authority for federal control of insur- ance or other state corporations other than railroads.
 The March grand jury al Peoria III. could find no evidence of value to sup port the charge of bribery made against the agents of the sanitary dis trict of Chicago in the recent $55, ,000 damage suit.
 John k. Gubbins, the well-known English horse owner, is dead. He mad owned some noted cup and stake win ners.
 Secretary and Mrs. Taft were the guests at a banquet given at the New Willard, in Washington, by members of the congressional party which ac- companied him to the orient last year. George WeatherwaX, conductor. and Jap" Smith, block signal station op- orator iE the yards az Chillicothe. H.. have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with the Santa Fe wreck last January.
 Edward B. Thomas, a former United States forestry inspector, was convict ed at Los Angeles, Cal, of the charge of having issued fraudulent vouchers and sentenced to three years imprison- rocOf and to nav hppc aCprppatiuo S5