The Monticellonian., 1906-09-27

mark for the course. Her mile in ? .02 flat is quarter of a second better than the time Cresceus made on the same track in 1901.
 It is believed that over ten thousand lives were lost in the typhoon at Hong Kong. Six hundred vessels were wrecked
 Twelve deaths. the injuring of scores of other persons, and five hundred thousand dollars, worth of damage to property was caused at Jellico, Tenn. when carload of dynamite, standing on track near the Southern railway depot. exploded with report that was heard for 20 miles.
 At Cape Girardeau, Mo. in the fea. eral court, the jury in the Smith case returned a verdict of guilty against Charles NJ. Smith and Charles NJ smith, Jr., and the five tenants of their farms, on the eleventh count in the peonage case.
 Fowler Mccormick. aged ni..e years. son of Harold F. and Edith Roekefel- Ter Mccormick. is staying at Forest Hill, Cleveland. O., his grandfather's home. The lad plays about the grounds near the house. but never for an instant is he left by a French maid. Within calling distance two or more stalwart guards walk about.
 Wilbur Glen Voliva has been chosen by the people of Zion City as their leader. by vote of 1911, to 6 for A. N. Bliss. This practically makes Al sxander Dowie, the self-styled prophet and Elijah H." founder of the order. an euteast
 The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. has awarded contracts for the construction of 12,400 freight cars, at an estimated cost of s15,000.060
 The establishment of a permanent peace in Cuba without armed inter- vention on the part of the United States is apparently impossible.
 Count Boni de Castellane may delay divorce proceedings by demanding to be paid alimony
 Four proposals have been submitted to the isthmian canal commission for the furnishing of Chinese labor to be employed in the construction of the Panama canal, but the award. if any, will be announced later. One firm agrees to furnish 15,000 Chinese la borers a 9 cents per hour.
 John T Morse, who was Haryard's oldest living graduate and sole sur yiyor of the class of 1892, died at his home on Beacon street, aged 93. He was born in Boston, and came of a long line of Harvard graduates. He fitted for college at the Old Round Hill school at Northampton when 1t was under the direction of George Ban croft. the historian.
 Brigadier General Samuel NJ. Mills. chief of artillery. will be placed on the retired list September 30, upon his own application, after more than fort five years of service. He will be succeeded as chief of artillery by Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Murray.
 A typhoon ragged two hours at Hong Kong, destroying and damaging many vessels and causing much loss of life The harbor was strewn with wreck age and the city with debris.
 Final preparations have been made for filing objections to the probation of the will of the late Russell Sage. Several ot the financiers relatives have expressed their intention of try ing to get bigger share of the estate than is coming to them according to the provisions of the will It looks now, however, as if the brunt of the contest will be borne by Edson Con rad, the eight-year-old grand-nephew of MT. Sage, in whose name papers will be filed.
 A crowded express train on the Great Northern railway in England jumped the track near Granthan, the engine and several coaches going off the bridge to a roadway. The debris caught fire, but neighboring fire eXtinguished the flames. At least ten people were killed and many others were injured.
 The president has issued a procla- nation opening the kiowa and Co., and Apache Indian lands in Oklahoma. The interior department will announce the date for the recep- tion of bids for the 505, 1000 acres of land to be disposed of to homestead CTS.
 Secretary of War Taft and Assis- tant Secretary of State Bacon, on their arrival in Cuba, began to hear the stories of both sides of the Cuban It is believed that the United States administration will de wise means of settlement which will mean virtual occupation of the island
 John Prick, aged B years, car penter. went into Mayor Boehnes of flee at Evansville. Ind, and it is de- clared, made threats. The mayor, fearing the man would assassinate him, called for help, and Prick was locked up. Both Prick and his wife were declared to be insane by a later. It is said Prick had made several threats against Mayor Boehne, because he imagines he is a relative of Henry c. Prick.
 All counties in Arkansas have re- ported the vote on the educational amendment, showing that it received 93,237 votes, with 47,375 votes against.
 Secretary Taft counsels Cubans to avoid intervention, and expresses the belief that when they are brought