The Monticellonian., 1908-10-22

nav pefi5heu. Inc HergeseI was
found floating half debated 100 miles
northwest OF HeIisolaad by the Nor.
wegian steamer Naddod and brought
TO Yarmouth. Eng.
In The presence OF hundred per.
sons, Judge David b. Howell. of the
first criminal court of Newark. y. J..
twice shot himself in the head In
Branchbrook park, inflietng wounds
from which he died in a hospital two
hours later.
Boldly stopping the motor of his
aeroplane while Go feet above the
earth Wilbur Wright proved his con.
tention that accident would not fol.
low. The big machine glided a dis.
lance OF Go yards with wonderful
ease and steadiness, alighting on the
| earth without even serious jar.
Rendered desperate by a fire which
destroyed 100000 worth of property
In that city, already staggering under
the loss of the great flood a few
months ago. Bisbee business men are
planning to abandon the town site
The chemists OF the department OF
Agriculture believe they have solved
the problem of cheaper paper that
Will dispense altogether with the
use of wood fiber. The new material
from which five grades of paper al
ready have been made is the ordiu-
airy eornstalk, and the officials pre-
dleted when the manufacture of the
new kind of paper is started on
large scale it will be at least 50 per
cent cheaper than the print paper
now made from wood pulp.
Fearing exposure of his forgery of
deeds to neighbors' farms. D. o. Sea
man. a wealthy farmer, respected
throughout Macon County. Mo, STOOD
his three children in a row in the barn,
made them little speech, then mort
ally wounded one, killed another and
sent bullet into his own head, ending
his life instantly
King Peter of Servia is in imminent
Danger of assassination as the result
of his refusal of the war party's de.
mand TO abdicate the throne in favor
of Crown Prince George
\ kingship awaits the Duke o:
AbruZzi, whose engagement with Miss
Catherine Elkins was recently broken
off. If the proposed international con.
ference will grant the Balkans their
independence
The body of Charles Mcconnell.
who two years ago died at a hospital
at Wheeling. W. Va, has turned 10
stone. The body has been kept since
death at the city morgue. in hopes that
relatives might claim H. II is be-
lieYed that this is the first case of
body that was never buried under
ground turning to stone.
The Chicago Cubs again are the
baseball champions of the world. For
the second time they won a series that
means the title from the Detroit Tigers
pennant winners of the American
League. OF the five games played this
year for me championship. Detroit
won only one Last year the Tigers
tied and lost four. OF the 10 most i'm
portant games they have played in the
past two years, therefore, the Cubs
have won eight, lost one and tied one
j. w. Lewis, chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Speakers Bureau, in
Kansas received a telegram stating
that William J. Bryan will spend the
last day before election. Monday Nov
ember Q, in Kansas. 1t is likely that
he will travel in the state in a special
train. returning to Lincoln, Neb.
where he will speak at night.
Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candi-
date for president. who was taken i'll
while making a campaign tour on his
Red Special" was so i'll that he
could not meet a delegation of Social
lists who had called TO express SYM
patty. His physicians says be is suf-
fering from tuberculosis to small
degree.
Before quitting the military grounds
at Auvours, where be has won all the
worlds aeroplane records, Wilbur
Wright announced Tuesday that he
would attempt to sail his aeroplane at
| a height of .000 meters. or $50 feet,
and also would attempt flight with
sails. discarding his motor.
Invoking an old blue law which
makes ii crime for man TO kiss
his wife in public on the Sabbath.
Dennis Burns was arrested at Nauga-
tuck. Conn, and spent the night in the
lookup. He was then fined.
George Roeman, son of the superin-
tendant of the municipal electric
light plant at Escanada. Mich while
testing wire connections. received
shock of 800 volts and was killed in
stantly
Bonner Springs, Kan. was almost
entirely destroyed by fire early Tues
| dav. Nine of the largest stores and one
| residence were burned to the ground
| and scores of other buildings and res
| idenee were scorched or badly burned.
The dust and SCOT in the admo-
sphere of Chicago, as shown by tests
| lust taken by the health department.
| is three times as great as tnat in the
| atmosphere of London. Samples OF
| the air taken at a height of 10 feet
above the street level at four points
of the city were subjected to analysis.
| After recess of more than four
| months, tt.a supreme court OF the
| United STATES began business with
| larger calendar than 1t has had at the
beginning of term since the passage
of the court of appeals act. At the
close of business there We're 572 cases
ON the docket. as against $50 cases at
| this time last year.