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The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Senate Procsedinu.

Little Rock. April 15.-The Mears bill. to prevent partality in the administration Of justice. was defeated
 Senator South introduced bill appropriate ing s5, 900 for counsel to assist the attorney general, and pay costs In suits brought to en- force the antitrust law.
 H. E 225 (Steele), to amend the game law of Mississippi, Crittenden and Cross counties, was read the third time and passed.
 H. J. k 2l Henderson,, to permit bond com panies to furnish bond for state and county officers was read third time and passed.
 $. C. k. IS (McGehee), providing that after the morning hour the last three days of the session shall be devoted by each house to the consideration of the business of the other body was adopted
 s. B. 4s Gankford), amending the laws in reference to the granting of license to teach by the superintendent Of public instruction, was read third time and passed.
 The senate confirmed the appointment of the board Of trustees Of the ex-Confederate Soldiers Home-John c. Fletcher. r. j. Oli- phant B, w. Green, Geo D Murphy and J F. Ritchie.
 s. E. I67 (McMulin), to allow the peniten- tiary board to establish a state cotton factory passed ayes l6, noes 8,
 5. E. ls0 (Martinl, to regulath the charges made by railroad companies and other com panies or persons for delays in loading and un- loading cars, passed
 D. D. ~oo VT ItIEuSOuj, lo ptoulOlL the uOnOp- olizing of the pasturage Of the prairie lands of the state, passed-ayes l6 noes 8
 The House.
 The following house bills were read third time and passed:
 No. 227 LighU, providing for an equitable assessment of building and loan association stock.
 No, 26s (Beloate) amending 1905 of the di- gest, the ditch law
 No. 5s6 (Grnin), amending section 1l76 of the digest so as to exempt Conway county from the provisions of the fencing law
 No. 2s3 tWalker), providing that where a number of eolored children wards not ex- ceeding 10 reside in particular school dis trict, the county court shall have power upon the petition of any person, to transfer said colored children to an adjoining district
 No. 357 to prevent the adulteration of spirit uous liquors.
 No. 2s3 OWallace), amending section 7O62 of the digest.
 g. J. R. No. 10. proposing an amendment to the constitution giving justices of the peace original jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases ex elusive of the circuit court passed
 The blind school appropriation blll was read third time and passed.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
More Roads for Arkansas.

Says a dispatch from Hot Springs: "Since the purchase of the Hot Springs Little Rock & Texas railroad, better known as the Lott railroad, by the For dyce syndicate, Col. Fordyee has been actively engaged in perfeeting plans for it's competitor. He has now gotten matters in shape to complete the road to a connection with the Choctaw X Memphis at or near Little Rock If it is built President Green, of the Texas Midland, will extend his road from Paris, Tex, to Mena, Ark, in which event a branch will be built from the latter place to Hot Springs.n
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
State NIedical soeiety.

The Arkansas Medical Society will meet in Little Rock May 10th, 11th and Eth. The annual meetings of this society are always largely attended. There will be number of new and in teresting features this year that will no doubt make the session the most largely attended of any yet held in the state. Br. J. ". Hayes, president, is at work stirring up interest and enthusiasm. The following are some of the officers to whom requests for information or dtles of papers may be sent: Drs. J. c. shenluIt Helena; ". c Cardwell, Car rollton; J. E. Bolton, Eureka Springs; C. A. Warren, Imboden; J. II. Gargile, Bentenville; NJ. A. Norwood, Loekes- bargh. All are section officers, and represent every part of the state.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
A Guerrilla Warfare.
THE FLORIDA SENATORSHIP.
The Legislature is All Democratic,
 Hut the Fight VIII He Fractional Instead of Partisan.

Tallahassee, Fla, April 1s.-Ballot- ing for United States senator will be- gin in the legislature Tuesday There will be no caucus. Every man in the legislature is a democrat. There are 100 of them. In the fight for the or ganization of the senate and house the Talliaffro faction won. This would seem to indicate the ability of the faliaffro men to elect the senator, but the best count which Taliafrro and Pasco can make falls short of the requisite 51 votes. ShreNd politicians predict deadlock. with another strug- gle resembling the famous one be- tween Bloxham and Perry.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Third Effort Was sncc s.fu1.

Henry B. Johnson, of near Helmet, Faulkner county, committed suicide on the 10th inst. This was his third trial at self.destruction. Last March he left home and took with him a stick of dynamite, fuse, caps, etc, and after reaching his field buried the explosive In the ground, lighted the fuse and laid down to await the explosion. When it came the hair and skin were blown from his head, but on account of not being directly over the explosive he escaped death. He was evidently un- balanced mentally.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Richard Croker Refu.ed to Answer

New York, April 17.-Before the Ma get assembly investigation committee to-day Richard Croker refused 5o an swer questions as to how much he paid for his stock in the United States Fidelity Bond Co.,, or whether the stock was given him. The refusal was noted, and MT. Croker will probably be reported to the assembly in session at Albany, with a view to his being proceeded against for contempt.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Senate business was taken ur- and 2 bill ap.

Senate business was taken up. and Q bill ap- propriating S2sl l5 to supply deficiency in the water supply expenses at the deafmute in- stitute was passed.
 $. B. B Douglassl, giving httel and board ing house keepers lien upol baggage and personal effects for board, was read third time ana passed
 S F. pop CDouglass). amend,ng an act pre- scrbing conditions upon which foreign corr poratious may do business in this state passed
 Senator Shaekleford's bill, for the benefit of ex-Confederate soldiers was read third time and passed. It provides for the granting of pensions as follows Those whose wounds render them totally incompetent to perform manual labor s100 per annum; those who have lost foot CT hand, S75 those disabled other wise or by old age or disease, not exceeding S75, to be determined by county boards; to all indigent widows Of -Confederates whose husbands died or were killed during the war, and who have remained unmarried S25.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
- Discontented akotans.

Washington, April 1s.- Senator Pet tigrew, of South Dakota, has written letter to the president requesting the return of the South Dakota volunteers now in the Philippine islands He says that under the law they are entitled to come home, and that they should not be retained against their will. The senator says he has received requests from 1t9 members of the South Dako- ta regiment asking 10 be discharged and sent home.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
BRIEF MENTION.
Conway has a curfew law.

Conway has a curfew law
 The water.works plant at Paragould has been completed and is now in opera tion.
 The bank of Fayetteville has in- creased its paid-up capital stock to s1O, O0O
 Robert Garvin, young marble cut ter, was found dead in his room at Tex arkana-
 There were 21 deaths from spinal meningitis in Little Rock during the month of March.
 Green Hogan died at Conway on the 10th as result of injuries received in falling from hay loft.
 The wheat crop of northeast Arkan- sas bids fair to be the largest ever raised in that section.
 Track-laying was commenced on the Choctaw < Memphis eastward from Howe, l. T.. April Sth.
 The Eureka Springs city officials were discharged in the Easing Springs contempt controversy.
 Under the allotment made for the 1900 census, there will be six supervis- ors' districts in Arkansas.
 Miss Lima Mitchell, of Dardanelle, died from the effects of an overdose of morphine, taken by mistake
 During the month of March the sec retary of state turned into the state treasury the sum of s4 ,570 in fees.
 Will Hall was appointed circuit clerk of lndependenee county, to fill the un- expired term of G. E. Moore, deceased.
 The second trial of Dr. R. L. Ramey, charged with attempted assault, at Fort Smith, resulted as did the first trial in hung jury.
 John Allen, a visitor at Hot Springs, shielded by taking laudanum because he was sick, penniless and without friends. His home was in St Louis
 The large plants of the Little Rock Oil and Delinting Company, and the Aurora Manufacturing Company, at Lit tie Rock, were destroyed by fire Sun day night. Loss, s7o,OO0; insurance, s33 ,000.
 Chas. Conran, convicted in Faulkner county last July of slapder and sem fenced to three years in the peniten- tiary, was granted a pardon on condi- tion that he leave the state and never return.
 J. B. Redmond e years old, and lit tie daughter, Ii years old, were thrown from a wagon in runaway at Little Rock and seriougly injured Redmond s right thigh was broken and both the child's wrists were broken.
 J. D. Conant, who killed Joe Town send at Little Rock about two months ago, was acquitted. Conant plead self defense. The men were partners in a gambling establishment and quarreled over division of their winnings.
 Adjt-Gen. Neill recently wrote to the war department asking if the men and officers of the First Arkansas regiment l are entitled to an extra months pay under the act of congress giving each soldier and officer who served in the Spanish war within the boundaries of the United States an extra month s salary. The department replied that they were not
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
sannte Prnceedln r..

Little Rock. April 12-Much of the days ses- sion Was consumed in consideration of appro- priation bills In committee Of the whole
 The deficiency appropriation bill was passed as reported from committee Of the whole. The senate eoncurred in house amendments to $. E 23s, making appropriations for the dcaf-mute institute.
 $. E. 2qa to pay pensions of ex-Coufederate soldiers was read third time and passed.
 :. B. 24s tHillhouse) was taken up and read third time The bill provides that the charac- ter of life insurance policies shall be printed in red ink the same The bllI passed.
 message from the governor announced the appointment of Mir Henry L. Fitzhugh, Of Van Buren, to the state senate to fill the va cancy oecasoued by the death Of Senator Douglass.
 $. E. 2i7 (Rainsl, to permit defendants in certain felony cases to give bond after convic- tion in the circuit court, was read third time and passed
 Il. K 3s7 Civilians Of PulaskD, to amend an act establishing fencing district in Pu- laski county, was passed.
 :. E 213 eHardy) to amend the revenue laws Of the state, was read third time and passed. S. S 260 tCollinsl, to provide state convicts whose terms have expired with transportation to their homes passed
 Il. E. 40 O}eetor of Izard. providing that claims shall be allowed for payment of taxes enormously collected by the state within two years after such erroneous payments have been discovered, was read third time and passed
 Senator McMullin called up senate bill 245. to better protect the estates Of widows and or phans and for other purposes. Read third time and passed.
 The House.
 As in the senate, a greater part of the day was consumed in consideration of appropra- tion bills
 The conference reports recommending the retention in the general appropriation bill Of tee clause permitting the superintendent of education to accept passes on railroads, was adopted
 The deaf-mute institute appropriation bill was taken mp and passed
 The report of the conference committee, recommending that the anti-nepotism clause in the state university appropriation bill be retained to go into effect September l, 1900, was adopted.
 Senate amendments to Il. B, 372w were read and adopted
 motion by MT Forster, to take up the tel- low-seryant bill. preciptated parliamentary fight lasting the greater part Of the afternoon session,
 MT Short moved to table MT. Fosters mo- tion. The roll was called and the vote on the motion to table resulted-ayes a, noes 45. The motion to take up the bill was voted on ayes 42, noes S0.
 MT Herrn raised the point of order that 1t required two-thirds vote to postpone special order and take up the bill, which point of order Speaker Nanderyenter sustained.
 MT FoSter appealed from the decision of the speaker.f f The vote on sustaining the speaker resulted Raves 43, noes 30, so the effort to take up the bill failed.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Hon. John D. Steele.

Poinsett countys representative in the house, Hon. John D. Steele, died in
 Little Rock Sunday of pneumonia. He was native of Tennessee, 46 years of age and farmer by occupation. His remains were accompanied to his home at Bay Village by a l.. latiye com mistee, This is the third h among the members of the general assembly since it convened in January-Senator Douglass, of Crawford, and Kepresen- tatiye Barker, of Clay, being the others.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Stabbed to Death.

Bob Doyle, deputy sheriff, was killed by Joe Mize, a farmer near Straw berry Postoffiee, Lawrence county. The cause of the trouble was contro- versy over a prisoner Mize had in GUS tody and who had escaped. Mizc ac- cused Doyle of permitting the pris- oner to escape, the lie was passed, and when the men came together Doyle was stabbed to death
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
senator Jones, Daughter Weeds.

Miss Mary S., daughter of Senator and Mrs. James K, Jones, was married to MT Frank Waghorne, of St. Paul, Minn., at Washington, D. C., April 11th. The officiating clergyman was the ven- erable Arkansas divine, Rev. Andrew Hunter, of Little Rock, who performed the marriage ceremony for the brides parents and officiated also at the sec ond marriage of the senator's father.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Governor Offers Reward,

Gov. Jones offered reward of s100 for Bob Davis, colored, who is accused of murdering one Henry Cannon and his wife in Cross county, IS years ago. Davis was arrested at the time with his brother, Wesley, but before the trial came of both escaped. Wesley was captured in Phillips county several months ago, tried and sentenced to 91 years in the penitentiary.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Sad Accident to n Child.

The 2year-old son of Mir and Mrs. R. L. Rutherford, of Pine Bluff, died from the effects of eating a box of pills containing poison. During the abtence of it's mother from the room the child got upon chair and took the pills frou, the mantelpiece. They were red in color, and the little one douh h,isD mis. took them for candy.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Senate Proceedinrs.

Little Rock April 1S-After routine busi- ness, Senator Buckner called up s. B. 294 to provide for payment of the court stenographer of the Eleventh judicial district The bill passed.
 S. B. 293, regulating salaries Of certain ofa- cers Of Madison county, was read third time and passed.
 The blind school appropriation bill was taken up and passed without debate.
 Senator Kirbys bill, providing that inde- pendent insurance companies may do business in this state, and repeating sections 4127 and APO of the digest, was called up
 Senator Kirby urged the passage Of the bill, as d relief to the present lire insurance situa-
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Convicted of Criminal Assault.

James Maxey, colored, was convicted of criminal assault at Van Buren, at a special term of court and sentenced to hang May 18th. Maxey assalted an old lady nearly 70 years of age, and but for the promise of the circuit judge that he would be given a speedy trial, it IS more than likely he would have been mobed at the time of his arrest.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
pIscharged by Grand Jury.

The Garland county grand jury re- ported to Judge Duffie that after a thorough inquiry into the circumstances connected with the recent killings of T. c. Tolar, Thomas Goslee, Louis Him kle and J. E. Hart at Hot Springs, that they had dismissed the charges against Coffee Williams, R. L. Williams, El Spear and Will Watt, held for the kill ing. Judge Dufiie thereupon ordered all the parties released from bond.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Took Hir Own Life

NJ. K. Key, Phillips county planter residing about 20 miles from Helena. shielded by shooting himself through the heart with pistol. Business re- verses seem to have been the cause of the act. The deceased was descended from an illustrious family, and had always been popular. His father, David Nick. Key, was postmaster-general of the United States under President Hayes
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Congressman Baird. of Louisiana, is dying At Washington
 J. D. Steele, member of the Arkansas legislature. died of pneumonia at Lit tie Rock.
 The government soon will issue the last volume of the Records of the Civil War"
 The Red Lion inn, the London resort made famous by Charles Dickens, is being dismantled.
 One person was killed and several others injured in a terrific hailstorm, Sunday, in Texas.
 The pope attended thanksgiving mass at St. Peters and gave his bless ing to the congregation.
 Lady Frances Anne Milley, dowager duchess of Marlborough, died sudden lily, Sunday, in London,
 Late reports indicate that crops iD Nebraska will not be damaged to the extent that had been feared.
 Two elevators of the St. Louis hay exchange and q number of freight cara were destroyed by fire Sunday.
 William Beatty, of Cincinnati, in B fit of jealousy, shot and killed John Madden and wounded Mabel Day.
 The cutters and fatteners refuse to join the windowglass and bottle blowers strike in Bridgeton, N. J.
 Gen. Henry, at San Juan, has issued a warning to Porto Ricans that any uprising will be promptly crushed.
 The United States cruiser Raleigh was enthusiastically welcomed by thousands of New Workers Sunday.
 A practical demonstration of the utility of compressed air as a motive power was made in New York Sun day.
 Heavy rains fell throughout Texas Saturday and Sunday, greatly bene- fitting cattle ranges and farming dis tricts.
 The United States gunboat Nashville has arrived at New Orleans from Cuba. She may ascend the Mississippi to St. Louis.
 Maj.-Gen. Lawton has returned with his flying column to Manila, and is preparing for another important move ment.
 Farmers living near Sappington and Spring Park, Mo-, will organize a law and order society to apprehend cattle prisoners.
 Mrs. Cook, wife of Capt. Frank Cook, who commanded the cruiser Brooklyn during the war with Spain, is dead at Annapolis, Md
 John H. Aymes, of Galveston, Tex, died from an overdose of cocaine. The coroner's verdict WIS that the drug was taken with suicidal intent.
 Gladys Watson, or Gertrude Walters, of Robinson, H.. committed suicide in the Indianapolis dnd.) workhouse by jumping from the third tier of cells.
 Senator Morgan, of the foreign af fairs committee, believes that the solu- tion of the Samoan problem lies in the partition of the islands by the three powers interested.
 Thomas r. Kelly. part owner of the National theater, Philadelphia, and its manager, died Sunday at his home in that city of rheumatism of the heart. He was B years old.
 An unsuccessful effort was made to rob the post office at Flora, III. The thieves gained an entrance at the back door, broke the knob and combination on the safe and then were scared away, leaving lot of tools.
 Miss Viola Horlocker has returned to Hastings, Neb., and will face the charge of having attempted to kill Mrs. C. F. Mercy by sending her box of bonbons containing arsenic.
 The plant of the Little Rock (Ark,) Oil and Delinting Go and the Aurora Manufacturing Co. were partly de- stroyed by fire Sunday evening. Loss, S75 5,000; insurance about one-half
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Carried No Insnrnnce.

The Missouri Hoop Company's plant at Helena was totally destroyed by fire early on the morning of the 17th, to- gether with several carloads of manu- factured products The plant was new one, and had been in operation only three weeks. The owners had been unable to place their insurance, and the loss falls heavily on them.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Will Not Wait for Decision.

Attorney Davis has given notice that he will not wait until suits now pending under the antitrust law are decided, and the law construed in the courts, before instituting further suits, but will bring action daily against all companies and agents who hereafter attempt to do business in this state in violation of the said act.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Hardin Will Not Hang.

Will II. Hardin, twice convicted and as many times sentenced to hang for the murder of an old man named Pat terson, in Van Buren county on the night of December 13, 1897, will not be hung, Gov. Jones having commuted his sentence to 21 years in the penitentiary. Lee Mills, Hardin's pardner in the crime, was executed last Septemb Der, Hardin turning states evidence against him
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Difference of onininn-

There is difference of opinion be. tween Gov. Jones and Attorney General Jeff Davis as to whether the new state house bill was constitutionally passed by the legislature. The latter holds that it required two-thirds vote to legally pass the measure on account of it carrying an appropriation, while the chief executive takes the view that a majority was sufficient Gov. Jones approved the bill.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
Fntnl Street Duel.

A special from Augusta says: IA tragic duel took place at DeView be- tween number of citizens, in which B. C Ashburn was instantly killed. A. j. Black and his son Lee were perhaps fatally wounded. Ali and Henry Miller were both shot in the arm, and B. NJ. Ashburn and several others were slightIY injured.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
LiverpooI Grain Imports.

Liverpool April 1s.-Imports # wheat into Liverpool for the week. From Atlantic ports 89,7oO quarters Pacific ports, none; other ports, td,oe5 quarters. Imports of corn into Liver pool for the week from Atlantic ports, S7,90O.
The Monticellonian., 1899-04-21
An Official Denial.

Washing ton, April 1s.-The story printed this morning that the resig- nation of John Addison Porter, sec- retary to the president, was now in the hands of Mir. Mckinley, to take ef- feet at the latter's convenience, is otfi- cially denied at the White House.