The Monticellonian., 1907-08-15
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ordered that American flag be lowered and nearly caused a riot.
 Lightning kills two and fires barn at Olney, III.
 Oscar Schroeder. Chicago million aire, fieeced by St. Louis fake prize fighter, dies under peculiar circum- stances.
 Following reprimand, man in priests garb shoots two Pittsburg hotel keep CTS.
 Texas health board orders exterm- inatioh of mosquitoes and sounds vel low fever warning.
 Chinese deserters to be returned to German consul
 Acting Attorney General Russell makes statement concerning the pol icy of the government in trust pros cautions and rate-law controversies.
 Special grand jury at Chicago will probe the relations of several rail roads with the Standard Oil Go.
 Hillsboro, H.. negro employees or. dered to leave town as result of at tack on aged man.
 Fighting" Judge Lindsey. of Den yer, makes a sizzling reply in Chicago to Governor Buehtels recent attack.
 United States Steel corporation adds s45, 900, 900 to the appropriation for it's mammoth plant at Gary, Ind.
 Interview of Attorney General Bona parte, in which it was intimated that criminal prosecution might soon be commenced against [. H. Hartman IS not taken seriously in Washington, be. cause the government up to date has failed to secure tangible evidence that he has been guilty of a crime.
 English school teacher who mas queraded as the daughter of an earl is held in the Tombs. New York, being unable to secure bail.
 Skeleton of N J. Barney. whom Steve Adams confessed to murderins, is found near Telluride, Col, in the spot pointed out by the alleged assas- sin.
 Laurer party organization in Can ada confronted by serious defection, headed by French, in the leaders own province.
 Delegates from forty-oHe states have been named by governors to take part in the National Civic Federation con ference on trusts and combinations to be held in Chicago in October.
 That, American Warships will go to the Pacific on account of the ap- preaching crisis in Japanese affairs, is the opinion in well informed circles in Washington.
 Railroads of country protest yigor- ously against provision of new ac' counting system requiring them to set aside from gross earnings and main tain goodly fund to meet depreciation of equipment.
 The Chicago Federation of Labor finds former Trustees Harding and !5ontesby, deposed members of the board of education, not guilty of the charges preferred by Mayor Busse.
 Mayor Busse is reported as ready to offer his support to Edward J. Brun- dage for governor, and IS expected to bring out candidate for state treas urer if Brundage refuses.
 Gambling again brisk in Chicago, with Jim OLeary. Pat O'Malley and Mont Tennes leading the wolf pack
 Wheat load is getting heavy under increasing supplies of new and bur densome load of old grain. Coarse grains gaining in favor on short crop prospects.
 Unfavorable news during the past week affected all securities on Wall street and sent prices downward, Judge Lands' big fine against the Standard Oil company being the eli max.
 A massacre of Christians by Turk ish troops las just occurred in the little Persian village of Mawahe.
 Tommy Burns is ready for battle, but Jack Johnsos does not seem as eager as before the Burns.Squires go.
 The spirit of mob vengeance has seized the outraged citizens of New York Numbering 10000 in all infuri- ated men and women in four different parts of the city attempted to take the law in their own hands because of the inability of the authorities to cope with the unparalleled number of crimes against women and children.
 Miss Katherine Eddy daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus x. Eddy. os Chicago, is married in Berlin to Sen ator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana.
 Money in Chicago holds firm, with per cent the ruling rate.
 Fighting" Chaplain Lozier, famous figure in the civil war, is dead at Mount Vernon. Iowa.
 Crew of steamship arrived in New York reports witnessing great battle at sea between whales and sharks.
 Commander Peary leaves Portland. Me, for New York, ready to go at once on his hunt for the north pole.
 Prof Charles Zueblin declares John D. Rockefeller. J. P Morgan and E. H, Hartman are the greatest friends of socialism in America.
 Relatives of John Laiadiz, who placed him in the county hospital, learn of his death two months after his hurial.
 Commissioner of Corporations Smith, in report to the president, makes . scathing denunciation of the Standard Oil monopoly, and asserts that it's prosperity it due, not to eff cient management, as claimed. but to ~-A ttiaoaf