The Monticellonian., 1908-01-02

llHe OI uSHTe W "1adO"i ' they concluded it Bl bur glar. IA
 Unofficial retm V'sa in a majority of the d. Hrited Mine Workers of Ices sor to John Mitct @ 'low the election of T. last sdge- port, ohio, by many VI, Offi- cial results will not be >d till the convention meets at indianapolis, January 21.
 A murder, combining the elements 3. mystery and deliberate cruelty that nake it out of the ordinary, was com
 tied on the Hackensack Meadows . the town of Harrison, N. J., Thurs day, and the nude body of the victim, ia comedy woman of perhaps 90 years, nearly submerged in the icy waters of la little pond. Only the feet projected when chance passersby broke the ice fu which the exposed portions were ncrusted and dragged the body shore.
 :, It was announced that the St. Jo= 9seph Lead Go. and the Doe Run Lead Co at Bonne Terre, Mo, which have been working on half time during the past thirty days, will resume work at full time Jan. 1
 Photographers are said to be secret ly reorganizing with a view to calling another strike in June.
 Papers have been drawn up by Yard, Mellen X Woodbridge. attor-
 n;s, .at the instance of certain gen
 tle69 in New England in a suit to
 question: the legality of President
 Roosevelfs sI Smary dismissal of the
 negro reeinentsN after the Brownsville
 affray of August 3. 19oG- They have
 selected ibe case Oscar ". Reid. a
 private in compan c, Twenty=ffth infantry. and parpc Io oflng acton in the lated statee ret court ot the Southern disuie w ferk.
 0minous threag 'H on all
 sides and the whites a'PPs them selves in fear of race mas ofAFesult of the iyachins Of the last wnes Garden. who killed Albers he livery man. af Henryetta. ( Mrs.
 Milton B. Owen, 19 years tiaNGt tempted to murder the entire Vily of his employer Richard Owen, of Algoma. Wis. by pouring poison in the teapot. When arrested he con fessed and said he thought it would be fun to kill the whole family. He has been adjudged insane and sent to the Northern hospital
 Sister Theresa, a nurse at St Mary's hospital in Milwaukee. was shot and killed by Gustaye Wirth. aged 32. who is supposed to be in sane He was captured after being chased several blocks. Wirth was operated upon at the hospital e.sou, a year ago, and. it T., said, showed signs af i--tseynlty at that time.
 Announcement was made that the salaries of the clerical employees of the Erie railroad who receive more than S60 a month would be cut from 2 to 10 per cent Jan. 1. Eighteen hundred men are affected.
 Rapid progress is being made in the removal of bodies from the Darr mine in Pennsylvania All of the entries except No. 27 have been cleared. and total of 124 bodies .@.e been brought from .,,.e mine A number of s.,,.er bodies have been located and it is expected that they will be brought to the surface soon.
 It is announced at the Pere Mar. quette railroad offices that headquar- ters of the road will be moved at .-"e from Cincinnati to Detroit
 ohm Mitchell, president of the Unit ed Mine Workers, spent Christmas prt pped lip in bed in an Indianapolis ho. pital, reading epistles of good will fro members of his organization. His desire to spend Christmas at home me with disappointment, for he is un- able to sit up, much less travel to Spring Valley, III.
 KT1e supreme court of Massachusetts wil have to decide whether Taunton. in hat state, is to be wet or dry, as the vote at the last election was tie with one vote turned down as de- fec i've, the mark on 1t being a circle ins cad of cross. though the voter ma ked opposite the no
 espondent because of loneliness. wh oh brought her no Merry Christ ma. Anna Haack, q, committed sui. eide by taking earbolic acid in Sagi nay, Mich.
 kJldge Wood denied the motion filed hy the defense in the Pettibone trial tha a verdict of acquittal be advised by he court.
 Mrs. Nicholas Longworth has SO far recavered from the effects of inc op- era ion for appendicitis Dec. il that she will leave the White House for Ter own residence.
 lire destroyed nearly the entire blotk of buildings bounded bv Mis-. stof, Jessie and First streets. in San Fra lcfsco. The loss will reach g GO poo. Several factories and stores were entirely consumed.