The Monticellonian., 1908-11-19

i Grand Duke Alexis. of Russia. an uncle of Emperor Nicholas, died in Paris of pneumonia The grand duke has lived in Paris almost continuously since his retirement from the position of supreme director of the navy, which he held for twenty-four years. Representative P. P Campbell of Kansas intends to push his anti-option bill ill congress, a measure aimed at bucket-shops and option dealers Republican leaders in Nebraska have declared war on the saloon and brewery interests, believing that it was this element i'll politics that caused the defeat of Governor Sheldon While sleeping with his brother, ] Andrew Rumfelt, 9 years old, who | lives six miles southeast of here, was shot and killed. He was single. The brother, Martin, who is few years Andrews senior has been charged by the coroner's jury with the act. Heedless of the warning of the German Reichstag and the federal
  peror William is determined to uphold his personal power and to to exercise just as great a personal influence in both foreign and domestic affairs in the future as he has i'll the past. The Chinese legation at Washington received official confirmation of the death of the emperor and empress dowager of China. The emperor died Saturday afternoon at o'clock and the Empress DoWager at ? o'clock Sunday afternoon.
 Four men, including the sheriff of Okmulgee county, were killed at Okmulgee, Okla. Sunday afternoon and a score or more of others were in- jured in a battle between white and negro citizens.
 In a boiler explosion of the Miller Lumber company plant at Pound Gap, Ky, four men were killed and four seriously injured. The dead: John Hubbard, Rollo Flemming; Willie Tackett: Mullins Ebert and Manager Miller of the plant will die.
 The Zeppelin Airship company, headed by Count Zeppelin. has an- nouneed it's intention of seeking the | north pole by means of dirigible | balloon. An airship will be built to | meet the special demands of polar | trip and the start will be made from Northern Sweden.
 In announcing for the last fiscal year the biggest postal deficit in the history of the country $1G,9f0,2IS.99, Postmaster General Meyer suggested | a means by which deficits can be pre- vented in the future. He wants a special local parcels post established | on rural routes.
 Greatly angered because he failed 10 have the pope annul the marriage of his daughter, Helen, from Samuel | Clarkson, Martin Maloney may pro- 1 bably renounce his papal title of nobility and also his post as chamber lain which gives him right to wear a cap and sword.
 The secretary of the navy has awarded the contract for the con struction of the 21,S25-ton battleship, the Utah, to the New York Ship Build l ing company of Camden, N. j.. at it's bid of $3,04G,000 for 20& knot ship Notice was served upon James G. Woodward, nominee of the city pri- mary for mayor of Atlanta under orders of Chief of Police Jennings that he must appear in the recorders court to. answer the charge of being drunk on the streets.
 Despite the reassuring words of Governor General MaGoon, there is every indication that the national ! election will be a riotous affair. Bet ting is beginning to favor Gen. Gomez. of the Liberal leader.
 Henry Leidy, a negro, attacked Miss | Elizabeth Hauser, white, 16 years old near Biloxi, Miss. He was arrested and identified by his victim. A mob stormed the jail and taking Leidy to Point Cadet lynched him.
 Jacob Sikkema, aged 25. of Grand Rapids. Mich, shot and mortally | wounded his wife, who is slightly over F years of age. He then shot himself death being instantaneous.
 l The financial department of the new | Japanese cabinet announced that the budget for next year calls for all eX- penditure of 517,120,000 yen.
 Larger than any Leviathon of his tory or fable, the North Dakota, great est of Uncle Sans battle ships. took
 her place Tuesday at Quincy. Mass,
 in the element fer which she was
 fashioned. The launching at the yards
 of the Fore River Ship Building com
 panv was witnessed by a distln-
 guished gathering that came from the
 state for which the monster is named,
 and from Washington and Boston
 Major General Leonard Wood, for
 several years commander of the
 United States army of the Philip
 hines. arrived in New York Monday
 from the Philippines. He came on
 the steamer Noordam.
 Dutch traders have decided to boy
 cott German goods, owing to tie un-
 friendly attitude of the kaiser as re-
 yealed in his interview in the London
 Telegraph two weeks ago.
 The navy department has rejected
 al, hids for the erection of the Great
 Lakes naval station al North Chicago
 m the ground that they were too high
 New plans will be drawn and bids re submitted.
 A national balloon contest will De
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