The Monticellonian., 1906-05-31
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the report that StCessel has been con demned to death by court martial i'll Russia and has wired St, Petersburg to learn if the report is correct
 It is feared in Russia that the gov ernment's position on the amnesty and agrarian propositions in the parlia- ment.s reply to the speech from the throne will be followed by a general strike
 The list of deaths in San Francisco directly resulting from the earthquake and fire is now placed at 402, the last name added being that of Fred F. Stan ley, letter carrier.
 George F. Lane, former employe of the Standard oil Co.. testified at the Inquiry in Cleveland, O., by the inter- state commerce commission that his business fer several months was to drive out independent oil dealers by fair means of foul"
 The populaee of Madrid gave Princess Ena, their future queen, magn fcent ovation on her arrival in the Spanish capital
 The Maharajah Gaekwar of BaroGa. ard party, dur ng their recent visit to Washington. made trip to Mount Yer non and paid tribute to the memory of George Washington. He was a great man" said the maharajah.
 tornado made dip Into the town If Whiting, Ia, demol.sh ng a house on the identical spot where one had been destroyed by a similar storm three years ago. and that was all the damage 1t did
 Robert P Lewis an Hawa. ian. was arrested in Wa hiEgtcn on suspicion that his m,nd was affected. and sent to St E.izabeth's asylum for observation. It was alleged that he had threatened violence to the president.
 A locomotive belonging to the Conti- mental Coal Co. was blown to frag ments by dynamite near Tulsa, L T.. believed to have been paced by prop. erty owners adjoining the railroad track who are opposed to it's operation.
 Datto. Ali, the leading Mindanao insurgent, who was reported killed Oc tober p last, is now dec ared on good authority to be very much alive ard to be engaged, with others, in organizing another instruction
 The corpse of Rev. Frank w Hoover. q Congregational minister of Sherrard. near Rock Island. ILL. was found floating in pond near his home IL is supposed he was drowned while bathing
 Wholesale indictments have been found in the federal court at Nashville Tern. against individuals and corpora tons engaged in dealing in fertilizers, charging engagement in a combination in restraint of trade as defined by the Sherman law.
 Col. William F. Swtzler, historian Of Missouri and nestor of the editorial fra ternity in America, died at his home in Columbia, Mo. May 24, at 3:30 a. m. aged S7 years He began his newspa- per career in 1911, when he became ed itor of the Columbia Patriot.
 Edward Payson Weston, the veteran pedestrian, now 6S years of age, walked from the city hall in Philadelphia to the city hall in New York, a distance of 96 breaking his own record made 25 years ago.
 Prof George A Wentworth. widely known as an author of school text books on mathematics died suddenly, of heart disease, at the Boston & Maine railroad station in Dover, N. H., aged Il years
 Chief of Police Briggs and former Prosecuting Attorney Henry c. Mur- phy, of South Omaha, Neb., have been indicted and arrested on charges of blackmailing resort keepers in South Omaha.
 Some interesting testimony was ad- duced at the interstate commerce com missions inquiry at Cleveland, O., in to the methods pursued by the Standard Oil Co.,, to crush out rivals in the oil business
 Much testimony of unusual interest was adduced in the trial, in the federal court, at Kansas City, Mo, of George H. Crosby. George T. Thomas and L. B. Taggart cn charges of conspiracy in re 1 batting railroad freight rates There is sad to be a growing senti- ment in the nate in favor of making the proposed Panama canal approprfa- | tion applicable only to the construction of a sea level canal. Pres dent Roose- welt is said to be much concerned.
 Barney Oldfeld broke the worlds au- tomoble record for 50 mics, held by himself. at Lexington. Ky, covering the distance iE 1:13:2, the former record being 1:16:20.
 George Lucas, for over 20 years a i trusted clerk in the judiciary depart ment and clerk of the supreme court of Hawaii territory. has been indicted fer the alleged embezzlement of s400 of court funds.
 Social amenities between the ambas- sadors of Russia and Japan have been resumed in Washington, Baron Rosen taking the initiative by giving a dinner to Viscount Aoki, the new Japanese ambassador.
 Henrik Ibsen. the famous Norwegian | poet and dramtist, died at his home in Christiana, rather suddenly, although he lad heen falling for year past 1t was said that his funeral would be a state function.
 Empire dly, May 24. the anniver- sary of the birth of the late Queen Vic toria was celebrated on elaborate scale | throughout Great Britain
 Mrs Ellen P Tootle. wife of J. J, |