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The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
To.Import the Pheasant.

State Land Commissioner Ritehie has addressed the following letter to sports men throughout the state, relative to the importation of the famous Mon- golian pheasant into this state. It is said the conditions are such that thls toothsome bird will thrive in Arkansas:
 T take great pleasure in suggesting that a club be formed in each county in the state for the purpose Of importing the Mongolan pheas- ant from Oregon to this state. and with few birds turned loose in each county We would soon have them as plentiful as the quails. and these birds are the finest table fowls known about the size of the prairie chicken, with beautiful plumage something like the bird of paradise. learn a club Tt Conway has ordered about 30 Of these birds. All who wish to get up clubs can correspond with Miss Jennie Grif- filth at Clymer Ore and I hope that each county will take hold Of the enterprise for Ia few years, with legislative protection, We could find hem all over the entire state.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
LIKE ALL SpANIARDS,
The New Minister Sticks to the
 Accident Theory.
SENIOR CEBELL0S' MISSION NOT OFFICIAL
Spain's Torpedo Fleet Coming Westward, in Accordance with Plans Long Con- templated, to Work Along
 the Cuban Coast.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-The Spanish minister, Senor Polo Barnabe, re eeiyed number of dispatches from the minister of state at Madrid and from Capt. Gen. Blanco. Those from Gen. Blanco@werc reassuring in tone, and stated that the situation at Havana and ahoreughout the island was quiet and satisfactory. The minister of state ca bled saying in substances
 The uprising in the Philippines is so insignificant that it will be ended by the time you receive this. 1
 The minister has received no intima- tion as to the findings of the Spanish naval commission which is investigate ing the Maine disaster. He says this commission is proceeding with the same formality and secrecy as the United States court of inquiry, and that no in timation of the findings will be iusti- tied until the formal report is presented to the Spanish government. Minister Polo added that his personal belief however. was that there is no doubt the Spanish commission will report tos the Maine explosion was due to accident, and said he was convinced that this also would be the conclusion reached by the people in this country when all the facts in the matter are made known.
 The minister asked that an emphatic denial be made in his name to the re- ports that Senor Juan CebaIlos had been in Washington as Il commissioner from the Spanish government to make overturcs for terms of settlement with the Cuban insurgents.
 'Senor Geballos is not a commission CT of Spain, said the minister, nor has he any authority, directly or indi- reetlf, to speak for the Spanish govern ment Fhe only person qualified to speak for Spain in the United States is her accredited minister 1 wish to make the denial as broad and emphatic Us possible
 Senor Polo.s attention was called to the reports from Spain as to the sailing Of the spanish torpedo fleet for Ha- vana. and to the significance which had been attached i'll this country to this movement The minister said that the movement of torpedo craft had
 
 before he left Madrid the queen regent had bid good-bY to the captain of the,tleet Their coming had no relation whatever. he declared. to recent conditions, as they were wanted for work along the Cuban coast. Some of them. he said, were designed for use in the Canto river while others, being swift, could be used as dispatch boats between shore points in case land communication was interrupted,
 Senor Polo djd not have occasion to visit the state department. At II o'clock he made his first formal call by appointment, on the French ambassa- dor, and at 12 o'clock on the British ambassador. Informal social exchanges had previously been made. but these calls were in the nature of the formal meetings of the representatives of the two governments.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
Judgment For a Big Sum.

The largest amount ever assessed by an Arkansas jury in q railroad damage suit was awarded at Benton to Mrs. Regina Tomlinson, who received yer diet for S5o,Ooo against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain X Southern railroad. Mrs Tomlinson sued for the above amount on account of the death of her husband, Lieut.. T. A. Tomlinson, of the Washington (D. C. Fencibles, who was killed by switch engine at the union depot In Little Rocl, Sunday night, July s, 1s91 where, with his company, he had been in attendance at the interstate drill An appeal will be taken to the supreme c0urt
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY.
It Pervades the Bureaus of the
 Navy Department.
THE RECRUITING BRANCH VERY BUSY.
A Problem Presented in Relation to the Manning of the Two Warships Pur- chased From Brazil Five Hun
 dred Men Will Be Needed.

WASHINGTON. March 15.-Conditions appear to be quieter on the surface at the navy departments Probably this was because Secretary Long, Capt. Crown inshield, chief of the navigation bu- reau. Engineer-in-Ch Chief Melville and other leading bureau officers of the de partment were called to the capitol during the forenoon to inform the ap- Iropriatious committee of the needs of the naval service in the matter of legislation. In the various bureaus, however, there was q hum of industry, and the work progressed as necessarily and steadily as for the past two weeks.
 The recruiting branch of the navy de- partment is naturally one of the big gest branches of the service just now. 1t is in the temporary command of Capt IIewhitt, during the absence, in the south, of Capt. Hawley, and he was busy with representa- tives of the railroads engaged in ar ranging for terms for transportation of recruits to the seaboard and of sailors already in the service from one port to another, made necessary by the com mission of new ships. \ problem that eonfronts the recruiting office is to pro cure the necessary force of enlisted men for manning the two ships which have been purchased the Amazonas and the Admiral Bren. The officers of the nav igation bureau are making all arrange ments for the specdiest possible deliy- cry Of the two ships on this side of the Atlantic. Itprobably will require about 20 men for each ship. and the question k whether these men shall be hired abroad in England under special arrangement for the one trip or whether q irregular crew shall be sent ont from the nited States to bring them home The first method is un- doubtediy the quicker but it will not be available in ease there should he an open rupture before the completion of the two ships
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
AUXILIARY CRUISERS.
The Board to Select Ghe Vessels Has Taken
 Quarters in New York.

NEW YORK, March l5.-The board of auxiliary cruisers of the navy, which was appointed to acquire ships of the merchant marine for use in the event of the breaking out of war. met for organization in the Havemeyer building, where the board has se- cured temporary quarters. Permanent quarters will be taken later as the board will have a great amount of work to do here. The new board snpereedes the office of United States inspector of merchant vessels which has been held by Lieutenant-Co Commander J. D. J. Kelly, in this city. since May of last year. Commander Kelly is member of the new board
 A member of the board said that it had power to pre-empt any vessel that had been constructed under the sub sidy of congress and was engaged in carrying the mails. All vessels will be carefully examined, and no worn-out hulks will be accepted We can easi- ly secure fine fleet on both coasts :" said this gentleman, from oeean-go- ing tugs to fleet liners ike the vessels of the American line.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
COL. J. WARREN FILLER.
Death and Burial of a Known IIIi-
 nois Veteran.

EFFINGHAM IL, March 15.-Col J. Warren Filler, aged 7oyears, died in St Louis Saturday, and was brought here sunday and buried ander the auspices of Yates Post No. ss, c. A. k.
 u. Warren Filler came to this county from Perry county, O., in ls57, and located at Ewing ton, the county seat of this county He was tae editor of the first paper printed in he county. He moved his paper to this place. and continued it's publiea- lion until the breaking out Of the war when he raised the first company organized in this county, in April ls6l which was assigned as Company c in the Eleventh Illinois, Filler being elected lieutenant colonel He returned home, but re-enliSte1 as first lieutenant in the SiNtF-second Illinois serving until lS62, tie resigned and located in St. Louis, but re- tIrned to this county, and in 1869 was elected county clerk, and was elected three times with out opposition. He served one year as a cap tain in the Mexican war
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

Union county is to have new jail
 Berryville has organized military company.
 A colored Y NJ. c. A. has been organ ized at Pine Bluff.
 An incendiarY burned a school build. ing at Rover, Yell county.
 The Tri-County Medical society meets at Harrison April 15 and l6
 In raid in Pope county Deputy Bur ris and posse captured five moonshiners.
 By the first of April Little Rock and Fort Smith will have telephone connee- tion.
 James Mansee, Sr, of Monticello, died suddenly. He was over 70 years of age
 At England, Lonoke county, Ben Dur ham shot and killed George Standford, a darkey.
 J. NJ. Braddex, Cotton Belt brake man, was killed by the cars near New Lewisville.
 Buford Rogers and Winfred Brazil were seriously injured in a cutting atfray at a dance in Perry county.
 The contest of the Arkansas Inter collegiate 0ratorical association will take place at Little Rock April 20.
 A negro named Fayette Wilson was shot and killed at TeXarkana while re- sistng arrest. He bore bad reputa- ton.
 Captain Matthew Moss died at his home near Washington, at the age of 91 years, after continuous residence in the state of g years.
 Auditor Sloan has decided that a life insurance policy is taxable to the amount of it's cash surrender value on the first Monday in June of each year.
 Gov. Jones granted a pardon to Chas. Willis, 17-year-old convict, sent to the penitentiary for one year from Mont gomery county for assault with attempt to kill.
 Mrs l. II. Dellmon, of Pine Bluff. at tempted to commit suicide by taking poison because her husband did not answer her telephone call and she thought he was angry.
 In row at Neely, Yell county, Allen Brashear clerk in his brothers store at that place, fatally cut Andy Dooley The latter was intoxicated, and is said to have been the aggressor.
 The Mississippi River, Hamburg & Western railroad will make connection with steamboat lines on the Mississippi river, and with the Georgia Pacific the Illinois Central and othas railroads east of the river.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
Sixteenth-Section School Fund.

The bill introduced by Representa- tive MeRae in congress relative to the apportionment of the sxteenth-section school fund passed both houses and is now law:
 The bill gives the assent Of congress to change of the compact entered into between the United States and the state of Arkansas on her admission Into the Union so as to allow the state to apportion the funds derived from the sale of siXteenth-scction lands to common school purposes, for the promotion Of eduea- tion in proportion to number of children Of school age. Funds derived from this source heretofore were required to be devoted to eda- cation in the particular township where the section vas located. without regard to the num- Der of children in that township. or the boun- diaries Of school districts of which that town ship formed part. The law just enacted was in response to q resolution of the Arkansas legislature Of 1895, and provides that funds from sixtocnth-seetons shall be thrown into lump sum and appOrtioned out to the several school districts according to the school popula-
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Zaeharie Topelius, the Swedish poet, is dead.
 Sir Richard Quain, Queen Vctorias s l physician, Is dead.
 Russia will protect the Philippine islands from Japanese invasion. Four persons were drowned in the flooded streams near Fayetteville, Ark
 \ Sedalia man who has been there advises Missomians to keep away from the klondite.
 1t is reported that band of white caps are terrorizing the negroes near 1 TeXarkana, Ark.
 The output of Krag-Jorgensen rifles have been ordered heavily increased by the war department.
 The president was generously app plauded Sunday as he walked to his pew in church at Washington
 Francis A. Alley, of Gran, Mo, died suddenly at Olney, H., of heart dis ease. He Was on q visit to his son.
 Capt. Gronmeyer of a German liner says that he saw submarine mines laid ill Havana harbor nearly three years ago.
 The belief is growing that the con spiraey to destroy the Maine was matched by petty Spanish officials at Havana.
 An expert says that he found no trace of arsenical poison in the stom- aeh of Mrs George II. Rice, of Sando- val, Ill.
 The old veterans of Commodore Foote Naval association at St. Louis say they are willing to again serve the govern ment in the event of war.
 An alliance of the United States with England at this time would provoke general war with Europe, according to the reasoning of a prominent Washing- ton diplomat
 Orders were received by the master mechanics of all railroads entering At lanta Ga, sunday night, to have every engine steamed ap and ready for use at d moments notice
 The Indiana division of the League of American Wheelmen will immediate ly raise five companies of 250 men each for immediate service should war be de. clarcd against Spain.
 X new NJ. E. church edifce was dedi- eated at Mount Pleasant, Okla. Sun day, the dedieatory sermon being preached by Rev Dolph Carrion, full blood Pawnee Indian.
 It is intimated that the battleship Iowa may be detailed to carry the Maine court of inquiry 10 Key West, and the New York to convey Capt. sigs- bee and other officers.
 At Holly Springs, Miss, Sunday af- ternoon, little May Briggs, the four year=old daughter of James Briggs, swallowed q button, and choled to death in Il few minutes.
 Spain, 1t is announced, will not de- clare war The Madrid policy. it seems, will be to goad the United States to such d declaration, in the hope of thus securing European aid
 At Cleveland. Okla, Mills Sloan was fatally wounded by the accidental dis charge of a revolver in tine hands of Hiram Case, who was showing off and tossing revolver in a crowd
 A secret meeting of senators was held in Washington, sunday, at which it was decided by those present that Gu ba $ independence must be assured be- fore they will agree to adjournment.
 King oscar of Norway and Sweden will accept the offer of Walter We'll man, the American journalist, to af- ford facilities with his polar expedi- tion for seeking Andree, the missing balloonist. in Franz .Josefland
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
Moon sinner Killed.

A dispatch from Eureka Springs says: In a raid made on an illicit still south of Carrollton Granville Phillips, who operated the plant. was shot and nor tally wounded. Phillips was at work in his moonshine factory and showed fightwhen the officers appeared. Sev- eral shots were exchanged between the posse and moonshiners, the latter sue ceeding, however in getting away. The officers destroyed the still and then went in search of Phillips, who was found short distance away in a dying condition. Five buckshot had entered his body, two in the right breast, one in the face, one in his leg and one in the neck
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
Mystery Cleared Up.

The following note was found in a bottle in the Arkansas river near Fort Smith, and furnishes clew to the iden- tity of the body of a welI-dressed man found on a sand bar near Van Buren February b, and buried by the county as an unknown The bottle had been in the river, according to the date of the note found therein, 26 days:
 NEAR FoRT SMITH, Feb. 13 1898 Despon- dent, hungry and otherwise being tired of life has caused me, or will cause me in few min utes, to take my own life by drowning in the Arkansas river. The finder of this will please notify Willie Goneoway Omaha Neb.
 "G J. GONEOWAY"
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
FlFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
(First Regular Session.)
 sEN AIE.

WASHINGTON, March IA beautiful, tender and touching prayer was deIiy- cred by the chaplain of the senate at the opening of the senate in memory of Wm. E. Spencer. journal clerk of the senate, who died last Friday.
 \ bill extending for one year the time within which the Pittsburgh X Mansfield Raj lread Co. is authorized to construct bridge across the Mo nongahela river was passed.
 HOUSE.
 Rev Edward Everett Hale, of Bos- ton, delivered the invocation in the house
 This being the second Monday of the month, it was given over. under the rules, to the consideration of business relating to the District of Columbia
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
GRAND REPUBLIC BURNED.
The Big st. Louis Excursion Steamer To-
 tally DesIroNed.

ST. LoUIs. March l. The Grand Re public, the largest steamboat on the Mississippi river, was burned while ly- ing in its winter quarters just below the mouth of the River des Peres, Sun day morning. She is total loss, only worthless hull being left, lying un- derneath the water Capt. Thorwegen. his wife and two children, Will and Frank, aged ! and 9 and Mate Stephens. who were on board, narrowly escaped death in the burning boat. The boat belonged to the Columbia Excursion Go. was valued at $6o, GOO, and insured for S30,000.
 The fire started accidentally in the kitchen, on the starboard side of the boiler deck, while Mate Stephens was preparing his breakfast.
 The Grand Republic was originally the steamer J. E. NJ Kehlor, built at Pittsburgh, Pa, in 1878 at a cost of SlOO 00O
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
"WEVEZG GOT EM2

Report of rncte Sam.s Acquisition of Two
 Brazilian Cruisers Confirmed
 WAsmNdroN, March l5.=The report ed sale te the nited Sstates of the two Brazilian cruisers Amazonas and Ad- miral Breu, now receiving their finish ing touches in an English ship yard is confirmed here. It is learned also. that spain has not secured the OHig- gins. and that Chili will not sell her to Spain. It is said. furthermore, that Spain has not and can not purchase ships from either Chili or the Argen- tine Repnhlic.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
Warming to Home steaders.

The Little Rock land office has given warning that settlement upon govern ment land confers no rights whatever upon the settler unless he make proper application at the land office or through his county clerk, and pay the legal fee and commissions Settlers now living Illegally upon government land are ad- vised to make application at once for the tracts, as otherwise they will cer- tainly lose them in the course of time
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
What a Thorough Canvass of the Native
 Hawaiians shows.

SAN FRANCISCO, March i5. Benjamin Cuff, Jr president of the Brigham Young academy at Provo, Utah, has re turned from a visit to the Hawaiian islands, where he went al the solicita- tian of United States Senator Frank J. Cannon, to determine the status of the annexation sentiment among the Ha- waiian islands. He speaks the KanaEza language huently, and has made thorough canvass among the natives of the islands of Oahu, Maui and lilo. H. said
 As result of my investigation, 1 would say that probably one-half of the intelligent natives of the islands are pronounced advocates of annexa- tion. of the remaining half, l would say the great majority are, primarily, in favor of the restoration of the monarchy, and, secondly. they much prefer annexation to the United States to d continuation of the present gov ernment.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
The Helena
4 SPANISH STORY.
Insurgents About to Surrender Reported Captured and Killed by Compa triots.

HAVANA, March 15-The military commander of santa Clara reports that as the insurgent leaders, Gayito, Alvares, Nunez and others, were upon the point of surrendering to the Span iards near La Esperanza, province of Santa Clara, they were surprised by the insurgents under Roberto Der mudez, and a collision occurred. Later on the farm of Luzo, d force of guer- rilas found the naked bodies of Alvarez. Nunez and Maj Espineza, of the in surgent army, who had evidently been killed by the insurgents who discov- cred their intention of surrendering to the Spaniards. The bodies were buried at La Esperanza
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
THE BATTLESHlP OREGON.
Taking Coal and Ammunition Her
 Probable Destination.

SAN FRANCISCO, March l5-The bat tleship Oregon is lying in the stream with schow schooners all about her. From two of the seows coal is being discharged; from another powder i5 being hoisted on board the war ship and from a fourth shells for the big guns. The ultimate destination of the Oregon is presumably the Atlantic coast She is taking in 100 tons of coal, which it is figured will carry her to Callao as already stated She will gMait oLders at NaIparaisn.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
Shot and Killed a Negro

NEW ORLEANS, March 15.- Everett E Box, a young white man of Hillsboro Tex, follower ofraee horses, and em. ployed at the local track, shot and killed Jim Sanford, negro, sanford who was giant in strength. had ire quently abused Box, and the shooting was in self-de fense
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
BIG HAY BLAZE.
The Louis Hay Exchanges Big warehou se
 Destroyed.

ST LorIs March l.. What IS sup posed to have been the work of an in cendiarY resulted in the destruction of the St Louis Hay exchanges big ware house at Main and North Market street Sunday afternoon. The loss on the building was s25,000 and stock s20,o1a The insurance on the building was Se.ss#= o0o and the hay. which was owned by commission houses, was insured for nearly it's value. Eddie Brock. an ils year-old boy, fell from d humber pilg during the course of the fire and one al hif legs was broken.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
THE CRUISER BROOKLYN.
The Big Beauty Arrives at Fort Monroe
 From LaGuayra.

WAsHINGToN. March l5.-The big armored cruiser Brooklyn has arrived at Fort Monroe, direct from LaGuayra, Venezuela. She made fine run up, and, it is expected. will await at Hamp- ton Roads the arrival of the Min neapolis and Columbia, which are just fitting out at Philadelphia. This force will form an excellent neuclus for the projected flying squadron.
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
PROCTOR AND ALGER.
Conference at the War Department Over
 the Formers Cuban Trip.

WASHINGTON. March 15. Senator Proctor called at the war department to see Secretary Alger. He was giyeI. right of way over number of persons who were waiting for the secretary in the reception room, and for nearly half an hour recited to Secretary Alger the events and observations of his Cuban trip.
 Later senator Proctor called at the White House and had quite an extend ed conference with the president, to whom he narrated his observations in Cuba
The Monticellonian., 1898-03-18
INQUISlTlVE MICHAEL.
Questions and Answers in the British
 House of Commons.

House of Commons.
 LONDON, March l5.-In the house of commons the parliamentary secretary for the foreign office Mr. Gurzon, re- plying to Michael Davitt anti-Parnell- ite, who asked the government wheth- CT Great Britain had offered to lend men-of-war 10 the nited States, in the event of a conflict between the nited States and an European power, said the government had not made such an offer.
 Answering series of questions which Mr Davitt propounded, with a view of elieiting whether there have been any negotiations for an alliance between Great Britain and the United States or whether Great Britain had offered to mediate in the Cuban crisis. Mr. Cnrzon said these questions were of such a nature that it was inexpedi- ent to reply to them.