The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-11-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands. Throughout the Ma
ton, and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.

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tion and dense columns of smoke and
ashes are pouring from the crater. The
violent earthquake shocks have driven
the terror striker populaee to the open
country.
Ten of the thirteen members of the
crew of the German coasting steamer
Arehimedes were drowned when the
steamer was wrecked The vessel went
ashore in a snowstorm.
As the result of chr connection with
the Rustin murder case in Omaha,
Mrs. Abbie Rice, star witness for the
state. against Charles Davis, accused of
the murder, has been reeonciled to her
husband
The largest burden ever borne by
| the stork into Las Animas county, Col
orado arrived when Mrs. Alfred Val
dez of Majestic gave birth To %
pound baby boy The boy will be
named William Howard Taft Valdez.
The Ruef jury has been completed
after two weeks. over 1900 veniremen
have examined and thousands of dol
| lars expended by#the state and county.
The magnificent $7,O00.000 palace of
Charles W. Sehwab, former president
| of tn Steel trust, occupying the block
facing Riverside drive, between Sew
enty-third and Seventy-fourth streets,
is boarded up The reason given by
| Mr. Schwab is that he can 10 longer
aferd to keep the costly residence
| OPEN
Professor Peter Kramer. of st.
Louis was dashed against the chin
ney of the Methodist church and killed
at Princeton. ILL.,. while making a bal
| loon ascension at the farmers car
nival Glen Hayden a 7-year-old boy
who was standing near the church
was struck by brick falling from the
chimney which was wrecked by the
balloon, his skull was fractured and
he may die.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, .mothe:r of
the Christian Science church, has pur-
chased ninety horse power auto
and SEM out TO her Chestnut Hill
home. \ chauffeur from the agency
spent several hours giving Secretary
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have her first experience in automobile
ing Tuesday.
Train sc on the Western North
Carolina railroad was deralled at
Nebo. y. c., in a deep cut. every car
except the rear sleeper leaving the
track 1t was at first reported that a
number of persons had been killed,
but the officials of the railroad COM
pany now state that all escaped with
but slight injuries.
Fire of unknown originsdestroyed the
business section of Lovelace, Ky, 16
miles from Palueah. with a loss of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. partially
covered by insurance.
A volcanic disturbance has already
worked a complete change in the map
of Gogasiov island. co niles from Tn.
alaska. Mount Mccullough, noun
tain which was formed by volcanic
disturbance a year ago. has already
disappeared The mountain was 300
feet high To-day. in its stead, there is
a landlocked bay so fathoms deep at
the spot where it stood.
The volcano of Villarica, in
Valdivia province. southern Chile,
has been violent eruption since Thurs
day.
carnival of holdups is on in San
| francisco and daily for the past week
the thugs have become bolder In one
case a lone masked bandit held up
eight men in saloon and robbed the
cash register.
The first white woman to penetrate
the far north from Alaska will return
to Chicago this week, after spending
several months in the frozen Attic
regions She is Miss Agnes Dean
Cameron writer.
4 request that she be allowed to
spring the death trap that will drop
her husbands slayer into eternity on
November 10 was made by Mrs J. w.
ravis, widow of the railroad contract
or who was killed by Dave d. Ed
wards last March. Relatives of Davis
will be in Chattanooga from nine diff
derent states to witness the execu-
ton.
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the abolition if its comic Sunday sup
plement, declaring that the funny
side" which delight the children have
outlived their DAY
\ $500 600 shoe factory is to be
built at once near Middletown. Pa
Citizens Of that place have subscribed
100000 towards the project. The
S Krieder company, shoe manufact-
urers. who will build the factory, will
employ over 500 skilled workmen.
The presidential election in Ameri-
ca excited unprecedented interest in
London, and the result was received
with satisfaction in political circles.
where Taft is REGARDED as eminently
safe and sane The stock exchange.
by rise in American stocks. re-
fected this feeling.
\ full company of militia will ac-
companied VIII Graham, the negro
who has confessed 10 attacking a
young white girl in Cabarrus county,
n. C.. 10 his trial at Concord. A mob
threatens TO halt the trial and lynch
The prisoner