The Monticellonian., 1906-11-29

republican plurality j6390.
 The annual report of Commission. CT of Navigation Chamberlain states than on June 90 last the documented merchant vessels of the United States numbered 25.00G of 6.674.9S9 gross tons. Of the l.22l vessels constructed during the fiscal year only three were ocean steamers.
 The Bank Of France continues te assist the Bank of England in the de. mand for gold made upon 1t.
 Secretary Taft, overruled by Roese- welt, directs that the negro troops be discharged. as previously ordered Wheat receipts in the northwest are far below what they were last year at this time and there is an impress sion that the farmers are holding and waiting for a raise.
 The rivers tributary to the Ohio are bank full and in several instances over the lowlands. The Ohio is rising rapidly Millions of bushels of coal have been shipped by river from Pitts burg to the south. and millions more will follow.
 Heavy wind and rain storms visited various localities in Indiana Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, doing considerable damage
 The railroads of the entire country have decided to inaugurate an era of most rigid economy, according to the Chicago Becord-H Herald. The plans which have been decided on will re- suit in decrease in expenditures dur ing the next twelve months of between sS00000 GOO and SI260090 009. as com pared with ihe sum spent during the year just closing
 President Hill Of the Grest Northern railroad declared before the interstate commerce commission that he does not own any elevator stock, and that no man connected with the Great Northern can own any stock in any thing along the line of the road.
 David R. Francis, president of the Transmississippi Commercial con gress, during the convention at Kan sas City. came ont strongly in favor of the Monroe Doctrine, expressing himself as unalterably opposed to
 
 tionai territory in America, North or South.
 On January l branch of the Deutsehe Sud Amerikanische bank of Berlin will be established in Mexico City. The banks will have paid-up capital of ld00d,o00 pesos.
 II is reported in St. Louis that An ,Jv 5a hrs Of $l ,d00 00G. the income of which is t0 be used to further the propaganda for international peace. and that Con sressns m Richard Baftholdt is to L-kaye charga Of il
 Forty-t0O passengers were drowned following the sinking in Puget sound, Aadf Sea5sla. Of the steamer Dix, which co.lided with the steamship jeanie ThiEty-nine were saved Only one woman passenger Was among the rescued.
 John D. Rockefeller. Jr., son of the richest man in the world told his Sun 1 day sehoet class that the man who aas to work for living is the hap piest man of all. All the money in
 
 friends, said he.
 Acting under orders from Secretary of War Taft. further discharge of troopers belonging to the three col- ored oInpanies charged with shoot ing up. d Texas town was suspended, to await further adyices from the president
 Before tie Transmississippi Con- mercial congress at Kansas City Elihu Root. scC.etary of state. delivered an address telling of his recent trip to south America and the wonderful commercial possibilities of the coun- | tries there. He came out strongly in | favor of q subsidized commercial ma rine, as that is the only way, he said, that the United States can compete with the subsidized lines of England, Germany and other nations. In an address at Kansas City E. H. Hartman the railroad magnate. said The impression prevails that l con | trol more miles of railroad than any other one man. That statement is | made frequently. l deny it. is is not | true. I dc not control one mile ot railroad. There are 14,000 or 15,000 persons who cooperate in the control of the railroads and other corporations in which | am interested: No one man could do the work and do it right" King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has received David Lubing, of California, in private audience. MT. Lubing is 1 the promoter of the plan for an in | ternational institute of agriculture. which has been taken up by the | king.
 The president has issued an order | completely recognizing the canal zone placing the canal work and the government of the zone under the con l trol of Chairman Shonts. Mrs Frank R. StooKton, widow of the novelist, died at her home in Washington.
 Upwards of s2.S0o,0o0 in gold is to | be withdrawn from the Bank of Eng | land for shipment to Brazil and Ar gentina The demand from Brazil is | due to prospective monetary legisla- tion dealing withe the exchange value of the currency.
 | The American Sugar Refining Co. | (the trust) was found guilty by jury