The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

that the government is negotiating
with Germany and Austria for joint
action in case of an uprising in her
western provinces.
The cobbler Mesfeivi, who was con-
victed at Marakesh, Morocco, of the
murder of &c women, after being SUBJ
jected to daily flogging was walled up
alive.
Vice-President Fairbanks entertained
the members of the National Editorial
association at his home in Indian
apolis. The association will meet at
jamestown, Va, next year.
A statue of Daniel Boone, by Miss
Enid Yandell, of Louisville, was un.
yelled in that city as N of the not
able incidents OF Homecoming week"
of the Kentuckians.
The Central Passenger association
members have individually granted a
one-cent rate for the round trip for the
G. A. r. encampment In Minneapolis.
Samuel U%nterneyer, counsel for the
international policy-holders' commit.
tee. has notified President Peabody OF
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. that
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held personally responsible for the
Mutual advertising now appearing in
the newspapers.
The Dutch warship Piet Helm col.
lided with the Belgian steamer Meuse
off Haak's lightship, in the North sea,
and sank her. The captain of the
Meuse and IL of her crew were
drowned.
Alexander Dowie is "seein' things
at night" in the shape of celestial
pyrotechnics accompanied by the
sweetest music imaginable
Insurance companies involved in the
San Francisco losses which are in
clined to scale down their obligations
are notified that an attempt to do so
will result in their being driven out
of California and discredited before
the world.
Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and himself prominent
in politics for many years, died at his
and, aged n years.
The adoption of the conference re-
port in congress, assuring the admis-
sion of Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory to statehood, was the occasion
of much noisy rejoicing in the terri
tories.
The committee of the National
Association of Manufacturers ap-
pointed to make an examination of
the packing establishments at the Chi
cage stock-yards, have made their re-
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they found room for improvement in
some respects, the reports sent out as
to conditions have been grossly exag-
gerated.
First Lieut.. Edward c. Bolton, Sew
teenth infantry, governor of Davao
province, Island of Mindanao, and
Benjamin Christian, a former soldier
and foreman of the government farm
at Malta, were murdered by three
natives who we're acting as their
guides.
President Roosevelt is not at all
satisfied with the new meat inspection
amendment formulated by the house
committee on agriculture, declaring
it inadequate to meet the conditions.
A rumor is again current in Rome
that the pope intends to leave the
vatican and take up his quarters at
Castle Gandolfo, on Alban lake, two
hours drive from Rome.
Rev. DR.. Charles Scaddings, of La
Grange, ILL.,, has been elected Epic
copal bishop of Oregon.
A. jury in the federal court at Kan
sas City, Mo-, returned a verdict find
ing the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railway Co. guilty on four counts of
granting rebates to the Armour, Swift,
Cudahy and Nelson Morris packing
companies. Sentence was deferred till
June %.
The University of Illinois graduated
a class of $40 men and women.
The Castellane divorce case Is pro.
ceeding uninterruptedly toward a final
hearing in Paris. All efforts at recon.
ciliation have ceased.
Rear.Admiral Bowman H. McCalla,
who led the forlorn hope Of the relief
expedition to Pekin during the Boxer
trouble in 1900, is to be retired July
10 next.
1t is suggested. on behalf of 10000
schoolless children IN San francisco,
that a day be appointed in every state
and territory and that the children OF
the country be asked to contribute to-
ward the rehabilitation of the San
Francisco schools.
The Japanese army is to be reor-
ganized along radically modern lines,
and is to be made into a perfect fight
ing machine.
BY the conference agreement on the
statehood bill, Indian territory and
Oklahoma are to be admitted as one
state, and New Mexico and Arizona
as one state, provided the people OF
each territory vote for joint statehood
at an election November 6 next.
King Kaakon and Queen Maud OF
Norway, accompanied by their son
Olaf, made their progress toward
T~rondhian for tho rorCuottOp ct0n.