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The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
RECKLESS ROBBERS

Throw Switch in Front of Rapidly Moys ing Train, Making It Collide with a Freight, and Then. Amidst Fusillade of Firearms, Rob the Express and Go Through the Train, Relieving Passengers
 of Their NaluabIes.
 F0RF SMITH, Ark, Oct. 2t.-The south-bound Kahsas City X Memphis express oh the Missouri Pacific was held up and robbed at f0 o'clock last night by the Cooke gang of outlaws at Cowetta, small station between Wagoner and Fort Gibson. When the train was within a few feet of the switch man darted out from behind the embankment and threw the switch, running the train into the siding. It col1ided with a string of empty cars which was standing on the siding and was brought to sudden stop. The moment the train stopped the bandits began firing into the forward cars.
 There were eight or ten men in the gang who distributed themselves along the side of the train. Two of them mounted the engine and forced the en- gineer and fireman to alight. They were marched to the express car and threatened with instant death unless they compelled the express messenger to open the door of his car. The mes senger refused to open at first, but as the robbers kept firing fusillade of bullets through the side of the car he finally complied with the commands of the robbers and the entreaties of the engineer and fireman and threw open the car door.
 Two robbers immediately entered and secured all the money in the local safe. They commanded Messenger Ford to open the through safe, but when he explained that the combina- tion was only known at the main office at the end of the line, they left the car.
 Meanwhile the other robbers had been going through the train demand ing the money and valuables of the passengers Before they had com pleted their work freight train which had followed the passenger closely out of Wagoner drew in sight, and Cooke ordered his followers out of the train. The gang instantly remounted their horses, and firing parting volley at the train rode off in a northerly direc tion.
 While the robbers were at work in side the car their confederates on the outside kept up a continual firing, which had the desired effect in soaring the passengers and trainmen and pre- venting resistance Two men were wounded, one of whom, John Mahara, advance agent of minstrel company, may die He was wounded in the forehead and taken back to Wag oner on freight train for medical attendance. William Brown, of Van Buren, Ark, was grazed in the check by rifle ball. Detectives Dickinson and Hemiclx, of the Missouri Pacific special force were among those who were robbed. The entire train was riddled with bullets, every window being broken.
 Twenty deputy marshals from Little Rock passed through here this morning on their way to the scene of the rob bery.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
THE CHARS CONDITION.
His Life May he Prolonged for ssme Time
 1T Certain Conditions Prevail.


 BERLIN, Oct. 21.-The first dispa tch of the day concerning the czar's condi- tion was received here from Yalta, near Livadia, at II o'clock. Ii was substantially as follows:
 If the czar's death should not be hastened by heart failure, owing to re- curing spasms, or by apoplexy, both incidental to his malady, the doctors hope to combat the uraemia for some Bright's disease is marked with co r. vulsions, delirium, and at the last pro- longed coma. These symptoms have not set in.
 The numerous imperial princes now at Eivadia have been gathered for state as well as family reasons. They will form an interim council whose composition will be announced soon after the converting of the senate on October 29. The members of the council are expected to be the czaro- witz, Grand Duke Michael, Count Pohler and Privy Councillors Solisky, Bunge and Mouravieff.
 The effects of the first alarming news from Livadia last week was to send Russian securities down seven points on the Berlin and Frankfort bourses. During the week the prices rose slightly and at the close vestcrdav were firm. The czar's death is not ex- pected to cause panic unless French investors, who arc believed to hold no less than 9300, 900, 900 in Russians, should take alarm and try to unload their holdings.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

then on the learning of the professor --on the experience of the farmer. the mechanic and the factory hand than on the theories of the college faculty. Men whose capital is invested in pro- ductive enterprises, who take the risk of businessmen who expend their capital and energy in the devet opment of our resources, are in favor of the protective sys- tenn. The planter, the farmer, the rice grower, the miner, the vast army of wage-earners from one end of | the country to the other; the chief pro ducers of our wealth, men whose capi- tai is their brain and muscle, who as pire to better their condition and ele- vate themselves and their fellows: the young men whose future is yet before them and which they must carve out with their hands and heads, who are without the aid of fortune-those are our steadfast allies in the great contest for the preservation of the American system.
 '.One of the great lessons of history which is especially pertinent to your people is that agriculture cannot rise to its highest perfection and reach it's fullest development without the aid of commerce, manufactures and the me chanic arts. All are essential to the healthy growth and the highest ad- vancement of one another. The prog ress of one insures the prosperity of the other. There are no conflicts There should be no antagonism be- tween them. They are indispensable to each other. Whatever enfee bles one is certain to cripple the rest. Let us accept the advice of the fathers of the republic Let us l heed their patriotic counsel and walk steadfastly in their faith Let rs pre- serve the mutual harmony of the in- dustries. Let us maintain our inde- pendence-national, industrial and in- | dividual-against all the world, and thus advance to the high destiny that awaits upon us and our posterity. In the truthful words of true American, who spoke as seer and prophet forty | years ago, we may still declare that industry has it's campaigns and its battletields, and is not yet beyond the need of intrenchments and fortifica- l tions. .
 Nearly every sentence of the speech, which occupied over two hours in de. livery, was interrupted with cheers, and at times the audience fairly went wild
 At midnight Gov. Mckinley started on 1, ,200-mile trip to West Virginia, in which state he is sched to speak l on Monday.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Passed State Warrants for Money.

At Pine Bluff the other day, the po- lice were busy looking for two men who succeeded in working a number of persons by passing bogus money in the shape of old Tennessee state war rants. They first went to the St Louis pawpbrokers' clothing store at 127 Main street and bought two dollars worth ofgoods and in payment rendered a fve-dollar warrant of the state of Tennessee, and the young Ger man clerk gave in return three dollars in silver. They next visited a restaurant and then a fruit stand on Third ave hue, where they worked the same scheme. The five-dollar warrant would deceive many persons unless it was closely examined. It was of issue of 1875, and had been cancelled, as was shown by four large, round holes hay ing been punched in the bill, but these holes had been patched with portions of other bills and could not be de. tected unless closely examined.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
4 MURDERER ARRESTED.
When Covered by the omcers Revolver, He Threw Up His Hands and Surrendered.

ALBION, \. r.. Oct 22-Wilam Lake. the murderer of Emma Hunt, was arrested yesterday afternoon, while hiding in a barn and is safely lodged in jail.
 shortly after noon Constable Handy, of Waterport, located the fugitive in the large grain barn of Mrs. Rachel Hoag, about one and one-half miles northeast of Waterport, and about seven miles from the scene of the tragedy. Handy, on discovering Lake $ red cap through the hay, covered him with his revolver. Lake at once threw up his hands and surrendered. Handy started with his prisoner for the jail at Albion. 4 large crowd had gathered, and some one shouted: Hang himt' but the constable drove rapidly away and was not molested. Two hours later he delivered his pr.is- oner into the custody of Sheriff Rice, and he now occupies cell in Murder. CTS row.
 Officers Handy will receive the S3OC reward. A large crowd gathered about the jail in Albion yesterday afternoon threatening violence, but finally dispersed
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
CHARLES U. SEARCY,
The Train Robber Suspect, Taken Back to
 Virginia for Trial.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Charles J. Searcy, who was arrested at Cumbcr land Md, suspected of complicty in the Aquia Creek train robbery, was brought to this city early yes terday morning in the custody of Sheriff Kennedy of Stafford county, Va. in which county the robbery oc- cured The prisoner was closely guarded and kept secluded in the Adams express building, which was tightly closed until last evening, when, heavily ironed, he was taken to Fredericksburg, Va From there he will be taken across the country to the little village of Stafford Courthouse this morning. The prisoner being only in transit and in custody of the Virginia authorities the local polica took no part in either guarding oi transporting him.
 Robert Pinxerton who arrived from Cincinnati yesterday afternoon with Supt. Herring and Messenger Crutch. field, of the express company. accom- panied Sheriff Kennedy to Stafford.
 Pinkerton refused to answer any questions about Morganfield, the Cin- cinnati suspect, and the express of ficials were equally reticent. It is supposed that Searcy's examination will be held not later than tomorrow. as the express officials do not care to remain at Stafford longer than is nec- essary to see that Searcy is securely disposed of until his trial. No report CTS were permitted to see or talk with Searcy during his stay in this city or on rOuta
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
A Ninety-Nine Years Sentence.

In the case of Prof. c. L. Bryant, charged with the murder of Prof. George T. Ellis, in Texarkana, on trial in the district court of Bowie county, Tex, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty and fixing the punishment at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary Bryant was president of the Texarkana State Normal and Business college, and Ellis was formerly teacher in the school. About five months ago, how ever, they quarreled, and Ellis pro- ceeded to set up a rival school. Bryant became insanely jealous, and set about bounding Ellis in the most annoying manner, and finally wound up by kill ing him in the local yard of the Cotton Belt railroad, about five weeks ago.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
PRAYERS FOR THE CHAR.
Widespread Excitement Caused by a Pre- mature Announcement of His Death

LONDON, Oct 2l.-High mass was said in the Greek church here to-day and special prayers were said for the czar
 A dispatch received from St Peters burg by the Central News this evening says:
 Much excitement was caused to- day by widespread reports that the czar was dead and that the news would be suppressed officially until next week to enable the Princess Alix to declare her adherence to the Greek church and be married to the ezaro- witz before the announcement. No confirmation of these reports can be obtained.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
FIVE LABORERS KILLED
And Many Injured by Explosions in a
 Drainage Camp.

JOLIET, H., Oct. 22.-Two explosions of giant powder in Kicker, Lee X Co. $ camp on the drainage canal Saturday night resulted in the killing of five la borers, while three others were so badly maimed that they will die. Both explosions were caused by premature blasts.
 The first explosion took place al 9 o'clock and caused the death of two men. By the second explosion, which occurred several hours later, three men were killed outright and three were fatally injured.
 The dead men have not yet been identified, as their companions fled when the accidents occurred and have not since returned.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
Poison In aCistern.

dispatch sent from Walnut Ridge the other day states: A sensation in- vo1ving quite a number of prominent people has developed in Sharp county. Sheriff Hutchinson has arrested Dr. Nixon, Dr. McCabe and Mrs. McCabe, all of Callamine, Ark, charged with attempting to poison pr. A. D. Barr and family by placing poison in a cis- tern on Dr. Bars premises Dr. Barr and Dr. McCabe have been litigants for some tune, and a very bitter feel ing has been engendered. Four mem bers of the Barr family drank from the cistern, and their escape from death was narrow. More than pound of poison was found in the cistern.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
Shot by a Fellow Tramp.

Thomas Riley, tramp, was shot at the outskirts of Fort Smith by mar with whom he had been travelling. Rley's assailant was travelling dentist, but his name is unknown. The dentist attempted to pull a tooth for Riley and broke it off. This led to quarrel. The next morn- ing the campers arose and were cook ing their breakfast when a freight train on the Frisco came in sight Riley snatched can of coffee which was on the fire and started toward the train, intending to board it. The dentist objected and a quarrel ensued, which ended in Riley being shot through the body. He will probab bly die. His assailant escaped
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
4 Young German Creates Panic at a
 Dance by Shooting Himself.

ALLIANCE, O, Oct. 22.-Gottfreid Joseffer, young German, at a society dance Saturday night, during the waltz "lIome Sweet Home, shot himself with a revolver in the left breast and created terrible panic among the dancers. His wound is fatal. The cause of the suicide is that his sweet heart, a very pretty young woman, re fused to allow his attentions on ac- count of quarrel. She was not pres ent at the dance, and from what Is learned, he intended to kill her and himself at the height of the dance.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
Closed on an Attachment.

The Stowers Furniture Co, with stores at Little Rock, Birmingham, Ala, and ViclIsburg, Miss, was closed the other night by an attachment placed on the stock by Frank M. For tune an employe. A receiver will be applied for, as under the Arkansas state laws creditors of a corporation can not obtain any advantage by exc cutions or attachment. Assets or lia- bilities of the concern could not be earned.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
Rison Acquitted.

The trial of George Rison in the cir cuitfeourt at Little Rock, charged with the murder of John Gear, came to a close the other night. It took the jury just three minutes to arrive at yer diet of not guilty. Rison killed Gear for alternating his wife's affections. He was fleeing from Rison when the latter shot him in the back three times.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
She Has a Protector.

Will Thomas. colored brakeman at Warren, while choking and beating his wife a few days since, was knocked on the head with an ax by his 16-year old boy, and is now in vary precari, ous condition.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
A Law-and-Order League.

A law-and-order league has been or. ganized at Plummerville with the avowed purpose, it is stated, of ridding the town of "blind tigers"
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

A SQUAD of police visited the Tech nological institute in St. Petersburg, on the night of the 10th, and, proceed ing to the dormitories, took into GUS. tody thirty of the students on a charge of engaging in nihilst conspiracy against the government.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
The Best Argument.

The best agument against cotton as an only crop is it's price. Five cent cotton ought to settle the question. = Little Rock Democrat.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
Springdsle's Apple Sbow.

The Springdale annual apple show was well attended, and the apples dis. played were pronounced to be the finest ever grown in Arkansas.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

THE Reimer family, charged with having started the numerous fires at Dalton. O., one of which destroyed half of the town a few weeks ago,
 ere released from custody, on the 79th, there not being sufficient evi. dence to hold them over for trial
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

Ar Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th, the United States grand jury found true bill against Division Freight Agent James Means of the Pittsburgh, Gin einnati, Chicago < St. Louis railway for violation of the interstate com merce law.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

TnE dead bodies of Miss Mary Duff and her betrothed husband, Elett L. Titus. of Brooklyn were found, on the night of the l7th. in a bath house be- longing to Peter C. Duff, the young lady's father, at Sea Cliff, l.. l. It is supposed that Miss Duff dlcd from the effects of chloroform, administered by Titus to relieve Il severe headache, and that the frantic lover then shot him. self
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

A LARGE naphtha spring at Gresno, Asiatic Russia, became ignited in some unexplained way, on the 10th, and the flames spread to a number of buildings in it's vicinity, and seventeen worltmen employed in the buildings referred te were burned to death.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER RoosE- WELT went from Washington to Pitts burgh, Pa, on the 2Oth, to assume con trol of the investigation which is go- ing OF there into the charges of assess men@s for campaign purposes.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

THE news of the illness of the ameer . nf Afghanistan is regarded in Calcutta 91vith the utmost seriousness, and grave .,na an fxiety is felt for the safety of Euro pe' g in Cabul in the event of the
 ameer>s death.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

AN encyclieal letter to the church in America will be issued shortly, the pope being engaged in revising and correcting the document. The letter will contain an important passage in regard to the church in South Amer ica
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
Big Lumber Fire at Thornton

A fire destroyed the mill plant, to. gether with 400, 900 feet of lumber of R. Buchanan at Thornton. on the St. Louis Southwes tern railway.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
The Christian Endeavor.

The state secretary of the Christian Endeavor reports 1O3 societies in Ar. kansas. The report says the society has membership of 1, 200 in the state,
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

GAS wells supplying the town of Cary, O., have failed completely, and the supply has been shut off. Many other places will follow suit before the close of winter. Natural gas in north western Ohio is almost at an end. New wells are few and far between and the present ones are failing rapidly.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

ACCORDING to the best returns ob- tainable s30 765 names were placed on the poll lists in Chicago, on the 16th, the first day for registering. Of this number 10,445 were women, who will for the first time go to the polls No vember 6.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

JupGE MACON E. ALLEN, the first col ored nlan admitted to the bar in the United States. died in Washington on .- tho 18th He was admitted to the bar from the office of Hon. Samuel Fessen- dcn (fathef of the secretary of the treasury, at Boston, May 2, is45. He removed to Charleston, S. C., after the war. and was judge Of the criminal court and of the probate court ot Charleston county
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

HERR HENGLEMULLER voN HEN GERvAR, formerly Austrian minister to Servia, and at present minister to Bra gil, has been named as Austrian am bassador at Washington
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

A CONSCIENCE contribution of sa26., 25, in an envelope postmarked Massil- lon, O. and from an unknown person, was received by United States Treas urer Morgan, onthe 16th, and placed to the credit of the conscience fund.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
SIR HALLIDAY MAcARrNEY. secreta

SIR HALLIDAY MCCARTNEY. secretary of the Chinese legation in London, de. clared in an interview, on the 17th, that whatever negotiations might have been entered into between England and Japan with a view of terminating the war, China had not assented to any proposals for peace.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

KING ALEXANDER OF SERvIA arrived, on the t7th, at Potsdam. He was wei comed at the station by Emperor Will liam and a number of German princes A gala dinner in his honor was given in the new palace.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
The New Legislature.

Senate-Dem., sl; rep, l. House Dem, 119; pop, 9; rep, 4. There are l2 farmers in the senate and in the house there are 42 farmers.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

VIscouNr AoKt, the Japanese envoy to London, has been decorated with the highest Japanese order, and has also had his pension largely increased, as a reward for the great assistance he rendered in concluding the Anglo JapaneSe treatY.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
On a Bad Charge.

In Little Rock Charles Dippey white, was arrested on the charge of attempt. ed criminal assault upon a 16-year old girl of a delicate constitution.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
The End of Famous Murder Trial.

PINE BLUFF, ARK, October 22.-The verdict in the celebrated trial wherein Lee Jenkins was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Dr.
 c. NJ. Mcintosh has been rendered and reads not guilty" Owing to the prominence of all the parties and the sensational features of the case, the trial was the most noted of all that have taken place in this part of the state. It is thought by the friends of the contestants, and so expressed by them tonight, that the divorce suit of Jenkins against his wife and her S50,- 900 damage suit against P. N Vaugine. the wealthy planter and merchant, and uncle of Jenkins, will be quashed and reconciliation between them will be the end of the drama upon the last ac t of which the curtain has just dropped
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

IT was rumored in Shanghai, on the 18th, that Port Arthur, the Chinese stronghold, where the Chinese fleet had been refitting after the battle of Yalu river, had been captured by the JananeSe.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

1T is said that overtures looking to a declaration of peace between China and Japan were made by the former, on the 18th, but Japan rejected them, consid- ering them inadeauate.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
A Chapel Car,

The chapel car 'Evangel, with Rev. J. $. Thomas in charge, was at the Baptist state convention. It is making tour of the Iron Mountain system.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

SPEAKER CRISP has cancelled his en. agreements to speak in Missouri during the present campaign. owing to the slliness of Mrs, Crisp.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

rested in Williamsburg, Pa, on the lsth asa fugitive from justice, charged with having, in 1889 cmbeazled fromI Lay, ton Greer, owner of canning estab lishment in Kent county, Del, property valued at about Sl0, 900.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

THOUSANDS of Salvationists gathered in the Salvation army "barracl<s" in l.oudon, on the 18th, to witness the marriage of Miss Lucy Booth, daugh. ter of Gen. Booth of the Salvation army, to Col. Helberg, Swedish mem bcr of the army. It is the intention of the couple to go to India and engage in missionary work.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

phis without his knowledge. Through the influence of her relatives she had the notice of the wedding published in the Memphis papers This she did un- known to her supposed husband. Van Dykes first wife has couple of stall wart brothers and from this publica- tion they first learned of the second ceremony They at once came to Mem phis and took steps to secure personal and legal reprsal and they are SCOUT
 ing the city for him tonight swearing vengeance As yet he cannot be found.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26

A tornado is reported to have struck the town of Geuda Springs, Kan. doing much damage to farm houses and crops