The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-12-17

Joe Bergstrom of Dies Moines, is
dying from a wedding juoke. Berg.
strom left for Colorado Springs with
MS young wife to escape the ravages
or tuberculosis. developed from cold
he contracted on his wedding night a
month ago, when friends dashed him
10 tree In front of the officiating
minister's house and left him in the
cold. He stayed there till the min
lister. Rev Neis Peterson. released
MIN, and has been i'll ever since.
President Roosevelt and supporters
or the administration believe they
nave discovered a determination on
the part of senators of both parties TO
discredit the administration in its
closing days. The president has call
ed to his support his friends in the
senate and is planning a vigorous de-
Tense, if not counter aggressive
| movement
Presidert-eleet Taft will visit Pana-
ma some time in January. He prob
ably will leave for the isthmus about
January 20. unless the plan he has
confided to friends miscarries. Mr..
Taft's desire is to see the progress of
the work on the canal before he enters
the White House next March.
A giant blast of dynamite was pre-
maturely exploded in the canal work
ings at Bias Obispo Ten men were
killed and fifty injured. It may be that
others have been killed. for the debris
is piled up in all directions. Bias
0bisDo cut is about thirty miles from
CSolon, and the shock of the explosion
was distinctly felt here.
An order for the arrest of p. H.
Keiran, head of the Fidelity Funding
company of New York. was issued, but
Keiran had disappeared when officers
arrived at his hotel. the New Willard.
He had packed his trunk and left the
hotel.
William Nelson Cromwell in a 1000
word statement makes sweeping de.
NAL of all charges of graft and crook
edness in Panama canal deal
A transaction involving millions of
dollars has just been closed in New
York City, whereby the United States
Steel Corporation takes over the
Standard Steel Car company, with
plants at Butler and Newcastle, Pa,
and Hammond. Ind, and the Pressed
Steel Car company, with plants at Nc
KEGS Rocks and the lower North Side
Pittsburg.
President-eleet Taft and Speaker
Cannon had an hour and a half con-
ference Wednesday morning. At its
conclusion Judge Taft said that both
had agreed not to disclose the details
at this time.
Robert Bruce Kelly. native of Ma
coupin county, Ill, Union Army
veteran of the Forty-frst Illinois In
fantry, was killed by an electric ear
in South Dallas, Tex He was y
years old
The Dutch commander of the fleet
now off the shores of Venezuela has
been given full discretionary powers
in the matter of opening fire on
Venezuela according to a statement
issued by Dutch court officials
President-elect Taft declared in
favor of an educational qualification
for suffrage in the southern states in
order to free them from the DONNA
ton of ignorant classes, white or
| black, in his speech at the annual
banquet of the North Carolina society.
The secretary of treasury in the
book of estimates advises the appropri-
alton for the new St Louis postoffice
be increased from less than 100000
to 100000, that the building may be
faced with stone instead of brick.
When the contract was let, provision
was made for the proposed change.
Francisco Martinez, who murdered
four members of the Garcia family at
Tecolte. Las Animas county. and
then kidnapped Margaret Garcia and
fed, murdered the girl and committed
suicide in a lonely cabin twent-six
miles from Tecolte when overtaken
by an armed posse.
Justice Stafford at Washington i'm
posed a sentence of two years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fine on Fred
erick A. Hyde, millionaire real estate
operator of San Francisco. and one
wear and two months and $1,000 on
.Joost T. Schneider of Tucson, Ariz.,
convicted of frauds Bonds were given
by the defendants to carry the case to
the appellate court.
The Chicago city pure food ordln-
ance for condemnation of food found
, to be deleterious to the public health,
was upheld as constitutional by the
sunreme court of the United States.
The case came to the highest court
, through appeal by the North American
Cold Storage company.
! Mrs. Emma r. Chesebrough one OF
, the best known society women Oh
Rhode Island and chum of Mrs. John
n Rockefeller, Jr., committed suicide
: bv shooting herself through the mead
with a small ealiber revolver. She was
> ca determined TO die that when the
: first shot didn't kill her instantly, she
fred another in almost the same
place.
Four =nrominent Chicago men are
marked for death by mysterious
ononvmous letter write-two ministers
one physician and the assistant chieI
, of police and the efforts OF the posi- ,,
, office authorities, and the local poile'
;. are being directed towards the ais
= ,,,,,tion of the knights of the Whit'
Death band of blackmaiiers'
= Appropriations aggregating sez4
u Ans e4s Of will be necessary for various