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The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
ARKANSAS STAIE NENS.
Duties of Public Prosecutors Clearly Defined 6y Federal Judge
 John H. Rodgers.
EVENTS OF 4 WEEK BRIEFLY CHR0NICLED
Army Officer Convicted of Stealing Gov ernment ppiies-MoIsiment to Con- federate Dead at Van Buren Unveiled Moonshiners Sentenced
State Encampment, L.. C.v.

Twenty six camps were represented at the eighth annual state encampment, United Confederate Veterans. held at Little Rock October 10th. The monu- ment committee reported the sum of 6, 203. 50 on hand. The commander urged each veteran to exert his in flueDce the coming year in swelling the above fund to s10, 900, when a suita ble state monument will be erected at Lit requesting each encampment in the state to take a collectson once year ladies memorial associations in keep ing enclosures around the various ceme- teries where the Confederate dead are buried, and for beautifying the same, and for removing and burying in one of the said cemeteries all Confederate dead whose remains have not been properly cared for; also a resolution memorializing the next general assem- bly, to increase the pension levy from | to F mill. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year; Major general commanding, Virgil Y. Cook, of St. Elmo; brigadier general first brigade, j. (. Barlow, of Helena; brigadier general second brigade, II. A. Mccoy, of Pine Bluff; brigadier general third brigade, Carroll Armstrong, of Morrilton; brigadier general fourth brigade, C. C. Scott, of Philadelphia.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Convicted fo Murdsring His Daughter.

At Bentonville the jury in the case of J. c. Butler, on trial for the murder of his 16-year-old daughter, after delib. erating seven days, returned verdict of guilty in the first degree. Last May Buffers daughter was found dead in bed. having been murdered with an ak which lay beside the bed. As her father had remarked that he would rather see her dead than for her to join the Mormon church, he was arrested. But Ter claimed that the party who com. mitted the crime jumped from the win dow, and that he shot at him twice, and wounded him. Blood was found near the gate, but the prosecution set up the claim that Butler himself car ried 1t there
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

Columns headed No. contain rates to apply on shipments of articles rated "merchan- disc in current express classification
 Columns headed No. ? contain rates to apply on shipments of articles rated as general specials" Tn current express classification. except articles which are subject to the rates prescribed in columns Nos, and as prescrib- ed above.
 Columns headed No. contain rates to apply on shipments Of green fruit, including berries and grapes
 Columns headed No contain rates to apply on shipments of melons and coarse vegetables Columns headed No contain rates to apply on shipments of ice. These rates will here after be referred to as regular mileage rates :" Joint rates for the transportation Of articles embraced in section 1 of this tariff between points in Arkansas between two or more e1- press companies shall be made by adding together the regular mileage rates herein pre- scribed for application to and from points of interchange by express companies and then deducting from the sum thus ascertained 10 per cent Of such sum; provided
 That when a special rate applying to or from point of interchange Is less than % per cent of the regular mileage rates, then such special rate entire shall be employed in connection with 90 per cent of the regular mileage rates applicable over the balance of the route in making the joint rate That when joint rate between two points determined by the rules set forth in section of the existing classifea- tion packages weighing seven pounds or less1 Is lower than that made under this rule such lower rate shall govern.
 EXCEPTIONS.
 When two or more routes of express are fu operation between shipping point and point Of destination the lowest rate applicable by any Jne of such routes shall be adopted by the other express company accepting the ship ments for transportation between said points
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
BRIEF MENTION.
zingsland has a new bank.

Kingsland has new bank.
 Herena is to build a sewerage system
 Frank Gloniger was drowned in the Arkansas river at Helena
 A late arrival from Texas at Alma was stricken with small pox'
 Coal is being taken from the mines at Bonanza at the rate of 50 tons day.
 It is reported the Choctaw X Mem N. NJ.
 Mrs S. H. Key sold 75 bales of long staple cotton at Helena for Il cents per pound.
 The Northwest Arkansas Medical as sociation was organized at Sprjngdale last week.
 Jesse Martin killed Abraham Voss at Plumerville in difficulty over woman. Both colored.
 Senator Jones will remain at his home in Hampstead county until con. gress meets.
 The city electric light and water works plant at Prescott was destroyed by fire last week
 Marion county zinc ore captured first premium at the Springfield fair over the Missouri product.
 Hon. Vim. E. Fisher a pioneer of White county, living near Beebe, died on the 18th inst.
 George Coleman was fined sl, ,000 in police court at Pine Bluff op the charge of selling whisky without license.
 The state convention of the German Catholic Benevolent Society was held at Paris October 10th, 17th and 18th.
 The printer has finished the journal of the last house and the same is now being distributed throughout the state.
 Jim NJ Moore, colored, wanted in Jack son county for the assassination of Til Mallory, also colored, was captured at Batesville.
 Col. s. II. Whitthorne. of Benton. prominent in the councils of the demo- cratic party of this state the past 25 years, is dead.
 The county convict law. to the effect that prisoners shall receive 75 cents for each day incarcerated, is to be tested in supreme court.
 The office of superintendent of trans portation of the Kansas City, Pittsburg tS Gulf road has been removed from Texarkana to Kansas City
 R. H. Bowran has been appointed superintendent of the Arkansas and Missouri divisions of the Cotton Belt. with headquarters at Pine Bluff.
 Cal Morton, colored, under indict, ment in Miller county for hog stealing, came in and surrendered, stating tha. he was tired of living in the woods.
 Colored citizens of Little Rock offer R reward of s100 for the capture of Frank Bruce, the negro who murdered his wife in the above city on the 9th.
 The gap between Little Rock and Weatherford, I. T., on the Choctaw & Memphis has been closed up, the con meeting rail having been laid on the 18th.
 Recertl5 Mrs Irene Turner, widow res ding near Berryville, lost her gran cry by fire, and in few days her barn containing large quantity of hay was burned.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

The French government announces there will be financial congress at the Paris exposition, and all leading finan- eial institutions throughout the world have been asked to send representa- tives.
 A boat 15 feet beam, 4s feet long and ten feet deep is to convey Firmin Moindron, an old sea captain, from California to the Paris exposition. This vessel is to be hewn out of the trunk of redwood tree, and will be schooner rjgged.
 One of the attractions of the Paris exposition will be a gigantic umbrella $50 feet high, made by Chicago man. To each rib of the umbrella car capable of seating 50 people will be attached, and these cars will be lift ed to a point even with the top of the structure, when they will be held long enough to allow ;he occupants to enjoy the view.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Senator Goeb,
WILL STRENGTHEN THE NAVY.
The Chief Constructor of the My Tells How that Arm of Defense
 Is Being Strengthened.

Washington. Oct. l7.- Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn, chief constructor of the navy, makes this estimate in his annual for Inc fiscal year ending July l last, which he has just submitted to the navy: Final work on the battle ship Kearsarge will be completed in January next, the Kentucky will be ready a month later, the Alabama will be in condition for active service in January, the Wisconsin. May 1 next, and the Illinois in October. The Maine will be ready for sea in June of 1901, the Missouri in February of 1902. and the Ohio by March ,, 1902. The four monitors under construction will be turned over to the government in 1900, in which time all the 25 torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo-boats should be ready for delivery to the govern ment.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Movement. of the I,oer Forces.

Cape Town, Oct. 1.-The Orange Free State troops have cut the tele- graph wires and destroyed the railway track at Norvalspont, just across the Free State southern border.
 A dispatch from Dundee, Natal, says that a Boer commando, estimated at 2,000 men, with 16 field guns, has reached Dannhauser, northeast of Dun dee, with the probable intention of surrounding Dundee and in cutting off the garrison from a communication with Glencoe and Ladysmith. It is supposed that this force is commanded by Commandant Viljoen and com prises the German gunners.
 The rest of the Boer force from New castle is believed to be marching around Glencoe to sever it's connec- tion with Ladysmith, As the refugees in Capt Town threaten to become troublesome, and have hooted and mobbed a number of leading Dutch men, there is some expectation that martial law will be proclaimed.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Robbed the Governms lent.

George Eppert, former quartermaster at Fort Logan H. Roots, Little Rock, was found guilty by court martial of stealing army supplies and disposing of them to merchants and others. He was sentenced to be dishonorab ply dismissed from the service, and to be confined at hard labor for three years When Ep- pert learned of the verdict he confessed to numerous thefts of supplies for which he was not prosecuted, implicat- ing a number of prominent merchants of Little Rock. Al investigation is being made and sensational develop ments are looked for.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Daughters of Confederacy.

Following are the officers erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy at the annual meeting held last week in Pine Bluff: President, Mrs. J. NJ Kellar, of Hot Springs; first vice-presi- dent, Mrs E. F. Benton, Pine Bluff; second vice president, Mrs. Glementine Boles, of Fayetteville; corresponding secretary, Mrs L. K. Land, Pine Bluff; recording secretary, Miss Jamie Wood ruff. Little Rock; historian, Mrs. Wm. II. Barry, Hot Springs; treasurer, Mrs F. B. Coolidge, Helena; registrar, Miss L. E. Clegg, Van Buren.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Saved By the Fireman.

Frank Moss, blacksmith from Tex. arkana, was seriously injured by passenger train on the Arkansas River Railway near Pine Bluff. Moss, who is quite deaf was walking along the track and did not hear the approaching train. He would have been instantly killed Lad not the fireman climbed out on the pilot and pulled him on the en. zine just as 1t struck him
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
IRE YANKEE YACHT N|NS.
Shamrock, the Challenger, Out footci and Outpointed by
 the Fleet Columbia
CROSSED LINE ELEVEN MINUTES AHEAD.
The Course Was Almost Due East and the First Fifteen Miles Was Sailed Almost Against the Wind The Jockeying of CoIumbia Was Pretty Sight.

New York, Oct. 17.-For the eighth time Columbia and Shamrock crossed the starting line in a race of 30 miles, 15 miles to stake boat and return. The course was almost due east, and the first 15 miles is sailed almost against the wind. As the two yachts came to the starting line at the Sandy Hook lightship the wind was coming from south of east at about eight miles an hour. \ damp mist, not very heavy, hung over the course.
 The preparatory gun was fired at 10:55. This gave the two boats five minutes in which to maneuver for po- sitions at the start.
 The jockeying of Columbia was pretty sight and Capt. Barr got the best of Hogarth, the skipper of Sham rock and as the time for crossing came the Yankee boat was in the windward position.
 They crossed the starting line, Co., lumbia at 11:01:03 and Shamrock at 11:O1:6.
 The turn was made Columbia, 1:4S: 10; Shamrock, 1:5S:06.
 The Columbia crossed finished line at 3 3;54; Shamrock crossed at 4:O5: 00h-
 The Story In Small Chapters.
 The race was told, throughout the country. in shot bulletins, as follows:
 9:55 a. m.-Weather clearing; wind increasing; now blowing about ten knots.
 10 a. m.-The yachts have arrived in tow of their tugs; wind freshen- ing
 10:16 a. m.-Wind blowing seven knots from south of east
 10:30 a. m.-Comniittee tug signals that course will be east.
 10:45 q. m.-Preparatory gun fired.
 10:551. a. m.-Warning gun fired; five minutes for yachts to prepare in
 II a. m.-Starting gun fired. Co., iumbia crossed line first at 11:0f.03. Columbia has windward position. Shamrock crossed at 11:01:06.
 11:12 q. m.-Neither boat has an ap- parent advantage.
 11:25 a. m.-Boats have gone about four miles. Columbia is length ahead and to windward.
 12;2t p. m.-Golumbia over mile ahead of Shamrock.
 12:21 D. m.-Boats have covered about ten miles of first leg; Columbia mile ahead; wind eight knots an hour
 Far Rockaway, 2:10 p. m.-Short Beach life saving station reports that they have heard two whistles. eight minutes apart, and they suppose from this that the yachts have turned the stake boat at about these intervals.
 200 D. m.-The Columbia turned the windward mark off Short Beach at f:4s:30. The Shamrock at 1:5s:35. The time unofficial. The Columbia's lead over Shamrock about 1K miles mark 15 miles from starting line. Yachts now running home before wind ut PAS.
 2:06 p. m.-The Columbia is in sight about 51a miles from finish line. The Shamrocl; is nor yet in sight.
 On the beat down to the outer mark the Columbia outpointed and outfoot- ed Shamrock and gained on every tack. She turned stake minutes and 1T sec- onds ahead of Shamrock by official time.
 3:34 p. m.-Columbia Az miles from finish; Shamrock 5h miles.
 [Then followed the bulletins an- nouncing the fnish-the Columbia winning the first of the three races.l
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Confederate Monument, unY.iled.

The magnificent monument to the Confederate heroes whose remains found last resting place in beauti- ful Fairview cemetery. Van Buren, was unveiled on the 10th inst The credit of erecting this memorial shaft is due to Mary Lee Chapter. Daughters of the Confederaey. and especially to Miss Fannie Scott The monument is twenty-five feet in height. of Italian granite. the uppermost part of which is a life.size figure of Confederate scout, with his right hand on his rifle while his left hand shades his eyes as he looks eagerly towards his beloved southland. On the south die immedi- ately in front of the figure are two furled Confederate flags, above which appears the words, "Furled. But Not Forgotten. On the west side is list of the following states whose soldiers lie buried at that place Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri. Indian Ter ritorv
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
EXPRESS RATES.
rnrin Promulgated by tho State Railroad
 Commission.

The railroad commission has issued Express Tariff No. l, giving express freight rates to govern in this state, as follows:
 This tarir will supersede and cancel all ex- press tarirs and rates now in force and opera tive between points in Arkansas. save and ex- cept such special rates as are lower than the rates prescribes in this tarin.
 The rates in the following table shall apply on shipments transported by single express company. 1t being understood that when one company operates over two or more independ- ent lines Of railroad, joint short line mileage of such lines of railroad shall be employed In determining the express rates applicable be- tween points on one, and those on another Of such lines Of railroad.
 RATE PER HUNDRED POUNDS
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
MIR. BRYAN IN KENTUCKY.
Urges tue Kentucky Democracy to Upite-NigorousIy Denounces the
 wnr in the Philippines.

Bardwell, Ky, Oct. 1.-The Bryan party left Cairo, ill.,, at a. m., the weather being all that could be de- sired. Among those on the train were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Bryan, National Committeeman WoodSon of Kentucky; Vim. Goebel. democratic candidate for governor; Capt. Joseph Blackburn, brother of Senator Blackburn; G. G. Coulter, candidate for auditor. and others well-known to Kentucky democ- racy, and an array of newspaper cor respondents. Rardwell was the first stop. An enthusiastic crowd greeted the train. MT. Bryan said in part:
 Whether the next president of the what upon what you do in Kentucky this year. Four years ago. or rather three years ago. Kentucky did not help the democratic party to any great extent, believe the people voted better than the country counted. am not sure but we carried the state, but l am sure we did not get it. Kentucky is a democratic state and we have a right to expect 1t to go democratic In 1900.
 'f the state goes republican this fall. Ii may be difficult to carry next year. You will encourage the republicans and dis courage the democrats if you try to divide the democratic party You can not whip the republicans by dividing the democrat ic party in two.
 Denounced the Philippine wnr.
 Mir. Bryan vigorously denounced the war in the Philippines and the pres ent large standing army, claiming it the duty of the democratic party to seek the reduction of the army to the peace footing of 2.,00o men. Mir. Bryan also at some length paid his re- spects to President McKinley's an nouncement of the intention to hold the Philippine islands, and said 1t was the first announcement of president of the United States against the spirit of the declaration of independence. In referring to the presidents declaration that congress would provide for the government of the islands. he said: You should substitute parliament for congress, and revert to the time when the colonies asked recognition of King George" He ridicued the claim that we had right to the islands because we had purchased the islands from discredited monarchy. and averred that We can not buy the Philippines after we had armed them to fight Spt in.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
state Trsnsurer's Report.
Prosecutors Duty.

In his instructions to jury at Fort Smith recently, Judge Rodgers used the following language; The district al. torney has no right to convict an in. nocent man. It is his bounden duty tc inquire into the guilt or innocence ot the defendant. and if he be innocent to cease trying for conviction. IL is un. fair for him to express any opinion he may have as to the guilt or innocence of a man at the bar.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
At Fulton,

Fulton, Ky, Oct. 17.-There was a good crowd here, and Mir. Bryan spoke from the rear platform, as did Candi- date Goebel and Mir James Blackburn. Mir. Bryan said:
 You can do some pretty good yelling here. but I want to tell you, If you will elect Mr. Goebel governor. and Joe Black burn senator there will be more yelling in Nebraska than We have here"
 Senator GCebel said:
 I've know in Kentucky that in 1896 d ma jority of its popular vote was cast for MT Bryan as president. We also know that next year a majority of this vote will be cast for him. If the democratic ticket is elected this year. when Mir. Bry- gets the vote of the state next year it will be counted for him"
 The biggest crowd of the day was met at Mayfeld, where MT. Bryan and Mir. Goebel spoke.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Escaped Convict Writes From Honolulu


 John McGuire, who was convicted in Perry county in 1894 of murdering one George Cambell at Little Rock, and who escaped from convict camp in Conway county last May, has been heard from In letter to the Gazette written in Honolulu September 18th, McGuire says he desires to let his friends and enemies know that he is still in the land of the living. of his conviction of murder Mcclure says: '1 was bitterly prosecuted, and before God am innocent of the crime for which l lay for more than four years behind prison bars. I would like to be able sometime to prove what l say. and the time will yet come when the world will know the truth.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Jail Delivery.

J. A. Williams, white, charged with stealing lumber; D. MeClendon, col ored, charged with grand larceny: Will Armstrong, colored. charged attempt to rape, and Dock Tucker, white escaped from the Woodruff county jail with the assistance of outside friends
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

Emperor William, it is authoritative. ly announced, will not visit England this year. He had made Qreen Vic tcria conditional promise to do so, but the altered political complexion has compelled his to abandon his in- tCntion
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

to have crossed the Natal frontier at various points and entrenchments arc said to have been thrown up at Van Reenan's Pass.
 The Evening News publishes a dis butch from Cape Town saying that as the Cape ministry refused to call out the volunteers for the defense of the colony, the imperial authorities have done so.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Counterfe,ter Captured.

Henry Loven, d dairylnan, was ar rested at Little Rock by secret service officers on the charge of making and passing counterfeit silver dollars. The evidence against Loven is very strong, as the molds were found on his prem. ises
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
The HarrisOns in Europe.

Berlin, Oct. 17.-Gen. Benjamin Har- rison and Mrs. Harrison are now vis- iting Amsterdam, Delft, and The Hague. On October 19 they will dine with King Leopold of Belguim at Brussels.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

The founding of the City of Alexan- dria, Na., 150 years ago, was celebrated, on the 18th, with an elaborate outdoor display. The weather was delightful, and crowds of visitors from Washing ton and the surrounding country tEIonged the streets.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

An unconirmed rumor prevailed in London, on the 11th, that Conyngham Green, the British diplomatic agent at Pretoria, had been assassinated. The report, however, was discrcdited at tke colonial office.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Plead Guilty.

George and Bryant Dunston, and Am prose Beasley, from Montgomery coun ty, plead guilty to moonshi' ing T. fea eral court at Little and were each ser. fenced to year and day ia the peni tentiary.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20
Must Get Consent of Commission.

An order has been made by the rail. road commission to the effect that ex. press rates cannot be diminished or in. creased except upon the authority oi the commission.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

At Ponce, Porto Rico, on the 18th, tEe United States provisional court, and q jury of prominent natives, con victed Izio Diaz. editor of Fl Com hate (formerly La Bomba, which Gen. Guy Henry suppressedD, of sending ob- scene matter through the mails. Diaz was sentenced to IS months imprson- ricnt, with q fine of $500.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

The Thirteenth Minnesota yolun- teers, just returned from the Philip- pines, were breakfasted at St Paul. on the morning of the 12th, and pro- ceeded to Minneapolis, where they were reviewed by the president, ban quoted and formally welcomed home by President Mckinley and Gov. Lind, amid the most inte0se enthusiasm.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

More than 3,1Oo immigrants passed through the barge office at New York on the 18th. Of these $40 arrived on the Oceanic, $50 on the Ems, 320 on the Trave and 253 on the Alsatia.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

The naval inspection board left Washington, on the 11th, for New York to examine the cruiser New Or leans, which had just arrived there, and reeaNmend the changes neces- ess ny tS put her into condition for her voyage to Manila.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

At the session of the 18th of the So- cialisr congress, at Hanover, Herr Eebels resolution, declaring that the party should remain what it is. name ly, class party, of which the histori cal aim is to acquire political suprem- ecy, and declaring that there is no req son why it should alter it's programme. tactics or name, was adopted by vote of PTS to 222.
The Monticellonian., 1899-10-20

The Protestant Episcopal congress at St. Paul, Minn., held it's closing ses- sion on the 18th. The general topic was '"The Prayer Book in the Life of the People,