The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01

NllS RlIOuSO OI SDdlu Is keeping tue road between San Seba.tian and Biar- ritz tWhere Princess Ena is staying) warm with his automobile in wooing his bride-eect
 The doWager empress of China has sent to the American legation at Pekin q number of wedding presents for Miss Alice Roosevelt, consisting of costly jewels. silks and ermine robes
 The remains of Thomas Mast the car toonist and former United States consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador, vino died there of yellow fever, arrived in New York on board the steams Finance from Colon.
 Charles Henry Faneher. a prominent New York banker, ed a. his home in' Ycnkers after two years illness follow ing stroke of paralysis.
 James Names. alleged to have been implicated in the conspiracy by which the Bank of Liverpool, England, was defrauded of $S90 900. upwards of four years ago, and for whom the police of the world have been looking ever since, was picked up, by mere chance, on the st, eet in New York and is being held for the English authorities.
 Thirty-eight rescued persons of those who were on board the ill-fated steamer Valencia, wrecked on Vancouver island, are accounted for. leaving the probable death list 1lG. Of the many women and children on board not one survive.
 The senate interoceanic canal com mittee drew from Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the lsthmian canal com mission, the admission that he eontin- ues to draw $12,000 annually from the Clover Leaf route as it's president.
 The Cuban senate, by exclamation. passed bill appropriating $25. .000 for the purchase of wedding gift for Miss Alice Roosevelt. as an indirect means of testifying their love for and appre- eiation of the efforts in behalf of Cuba of President Roosevelt.
 All worlds records for the kilOmctcr ard for the mile were broken in the automobile tournament al Ormond- Daytona. Fla. Fred Marlott driving his cigar shaped steamer. covered the kilo- meter in fS2-5 seconds. and the mile in s8 1-5 seconds
 Policeman John A. SieolIard. of St Louis suspended under charge of unbe- coming conduct in living with q woman moi his wife. shot himself in preference to appearing before the board to an sNer the charge. infiieting wound that proved fatal several hours later
 The proceedings at Tacoma, Wash, against Fred T Sherman. charged with paving bribe to Mayor Wrishtin con Hection with paving contracts. were dismissed on the ground that the charge was not sustained by evidence.
 The New England States limited on the Vermont Central railroad was wrecked at Bolton Vt. by some mis- ereant tampering with q switch. Six cars Jeff the rails and were practically demolished. but fortunately no one was seriously hurt
 Acting Governor Fred N Parks of Colorado found il necessary to call upon the adjHtaHt general 10 enforce an or der granting a pardon To girl confined in the state home for dependent chil- dren. the board of control refusing to recognize the order
 Six women lost their lives in a fire that partially destroyed the Richardson hotel at Lowell, Mass. A large number who were injured were removed to hos pitals
 Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has announced the dismissal from the naval academy of stephen Decatur, Jr., of New Hampshire, convicted by eourtmartial of countenancing haz- ing
 The Ohio senate, by unanimous vote, passed the Rathbun two-cent fare bill. Railroad men are indignant at the re- porting and passage of the bill with out a hearing having been accorded them.
 The bank of San Luis Obispo, Cal, has been closed on account of it's be- ing unable 10 meet the demands Of it's depositors. President Crittenden of the bank claims that the institution is perfectly solvent.
 District Attorney Jerome, in the course of the Hapgood trial in New York. placed in evidence letter from iOlHltI IeSluelt 1lONtI AitNGitHds who had been given an honorary sub scription to Pads and Fancies, stat ing that he had examined the publica- ton and thought il "an admirable book
 Latest reports from the vicinity of the wreck of the steamer Valencia on Vancouver island, indicate q loss of about l20 lives Those who have sur. yiyed are in dpelorable condition as the result of exposure. Of 20 who were rescued from life raft by the steamer City of Topeka, none were able to help themselves, and nine at the Darling River telegraph hut were unable to stand.
 The will of the late Marshall Field makes specific bequests aggregating $25, ,56S. .0o0, including $S,000,000 for the Field Columbian museum and $4,000,- GOO to his daughter, Mrs Beattie. of bennington, England. The residuary estate Is left in trust for the descend ants of Marshall Field, Jr., who died November 2 last, to be kept intact un- til the eldest reaches the age of 90 years The widow is given $1 1,000,000 and a life interest in the Field home.
 The preliminary examination of F. o. Finstad and Louis C. Coughener. of Los Angeles, Cal, before the Mexican