The Monticellonian., 1908-11-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
EORTA, EaST. SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly from the
 Great Southwest.

Ing occurred in the pit or the beilloh Coal company.
 Joseph Meyer. g years old, and Margaret Atkins. 2G years old, were drowned and five companions. three women and two men, narrowly escaped a like fate when a large automobile plunged hat6 the Calumet rive at Chicago.
 Messages from Chinese represent atives Of British commercial houses deny absolutely the stories that Prince Ching. Yuan Shi Kai and the Dow ager Empress Yehonala had been as sassinated by palace plotters, The situation is reported as quiet.
 Thirty girls. employees of the Mer- cantile Corporation of Dayton, O.. were hurt when a platform collapsed while they were posing for picture along with several hundred other hands.
 There is no truth in the Guthrie, Ok, story that Mr Bryan sent me to Oklahoma to purchase Guthrie news paper as a preliminary to his removal to that state" This is the statement issued by R. l.. Metcalf, associate editor of Bryan's Commoner.
 Mayor Tom l.. Johnson Thursday announced that his fight for scent fare and against monopoly in Cleye- land had cost him his private fortune. He will give up his magnificent home on Euclid avenue and move into smaller house. His automobiles will go too. His wife owns the Euclid avenue home. but Johnson says he is too poor to occupy it longer.
 Fourteen men have pleaded guilty to the murder of John Hayes and his family in raid made upon the cabin, and have been sentenced to various terms in the penitentiary. The muf- ders were committed in Valley county Mont. and were the result Of the Hayes family having jumped claim
 United States Minister Gummere, at Morocco. reports to the state de- partment that the dean of the dip lomatic corps has been informed by the French and Spanish ministers that the collective note to Mulai Hatid has been approved by all the powers sign ing the Algeciras act without reserve.
 Minister Roekhill at Pekin cabled the state department the request of the Chinese government that the opium congress which was to meet at Shanghai Jan. l. be postponde until Feb. l.
 Albert C. Mcdonald, former cor poratien counsel of Brooklyn, was found dead in bed at his home. He had been suffering from insomnia and had taken a drug to induce sleep.
 Joe Grinan, while speeding his automobile in practice at avannah, for the small car race, was perhaps fatal ly injured when a tire burst and eaus- ed his machine to turn over. He is in the Savannah hospital with broken hip. several broken ribs and internal injuries
 J. Nelson Vance, Edmund A. Cum mings ard Henry G. Foreman, repre- scnting a. bondholders committee of the Consolidated Traction company, brought suit in the superior court in Chicago te recover $1 50000 from the Chicago Railway company. The plain .iffs are the holders of s1.200,000 bonds Of inc Consolidated Traction company, whick are guaranteed by the Union Traction company.
 Kin Gustaf of Sweden and his queen have arrived in England. Great sim- n!ieity will characterize all the cere- monies connected with their visit.
 Breughton Brandenburg, the maga- zine writer pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging larceny in the second degree in accepting $500 from A newspaper in New York for letter purported to be from President GleFe= land. in which thc late president in dcrsfd the candidacy of President-elect Taft. His trial was set for Noyem- Der 90
 Victor H. Metcalf submitted his res ienation to the president Friday as secretary of the navy, and it was nromptly accepted. to take effect De csn,her | It was immediately an rounced that Truman H. Newberry Of Nicbigan. for the last three years as sistanf secretary of the navy, will be appointed in his place.
 In view of the fact that an interest ing event is expected next spflhg Queen WiIhelmina has been forbidden by her physicians to hold her custo- mary private audiences This preeau- ,ionary measure is for the purpose Of avoiding fatigue
 Emperior William Tuesday in con forenre with Chancellor Von Buelow
 at the Potsdam Palace, promised to
 make concessions to public opinion In
 the future. to exercise more reserve
 to interfere less in government affairs
 and to be more careful of what he says
 bofh in private and public utteranees'
 An official census of Berlin and its
 srburbs shows that there are to-day
 in that territory 40124 persons With
 ont employment. Of this number only
 | 716 are women. The fact is account
 ed for by the great demand fof
 domestic servants.