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The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
WORSE THAN INUNDATIoN.
Farm Animals Dying in Great Num- ber- From Gharbon in the
 Lower Mississippi Valley.

Jackson. Miss, July There is no room to doubt that charbon is play ing havoc with the farmers of the Mississippi valley [. II. Moore. of Bolivar, a leading member of the state senate, says the epidemic is worse than an overflow He states that farm animals and cows and hogs are dying by the hundreds i'll his county, in fact that the most of them are already dead. So far only one or two persons have contracted the dis ease
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
REVENUE STAMP RULING.
The Stamps. in Amounts of Less than Two Dollars. May be Trans
 ferred to Banks.

Washington, July 9.-There has been so much clamor over the re-
 demption of the war revenue stamps placed on bank checks that the com missioner of internal revenue, Mir Yerl,es, has decided to permit of the redemption of stamps by banks for their customers. His ruling in this line will permit of the sale of stamps by customers 10 banksin quantities of less than g.. The law provides that the government must not redeem stamps in quantities of less than S2
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
FACTORY FIRES REKINDLFD.
Three of Muncies und.D Manufnctur- ing Industries Resume After
 the Summer shutdown

Muneie, Ind, July 9-Fires have been kindled in three big Muncie in dustries, and these, with one other big factory, have resumed work after q brief sumner shutdown, giving em- ployment to 2,000 hands. The Indiana iron works, the Muncie iron and steel works and the nut and bolt works of the Republic and Steel Co. have re- sumed work. The Anchor Plate silver works, employing 25o hands, will also resume after two weeks shut down.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Is II Legal?

The anti-gambling act passed by the last General Assembly will be passed upon by the supreme court at an early date. Bob Furth. Little Rock saloonist and conductor of a gambling house before the laW was passed, re-opcncd his place on the lst inst, declaring his intention to test the legality of the act. Ii is said gambling has never ceased in the principal cities of the state since the measure became a law. but no places were open to the public at the state capital nntil Furth determined to renew business.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
.Iy. stock Markets.

St. Leu,s-Cattle-Fa exports $j.iJG9 6.l0: butchers $i25a5+j; stockers, g.. .65lD 2.G5 cows and heifers. sZ.00Q3.2 .25 Hogg-- Packing, s570a6.o0 butchers, s5.S5G6 i2is; light, s.00G5.1J. Sheep-Mutton sheep, F 50031e lambs, $s.5e@45n
 Chicago Cattle Good to prime steers. 5.20a5.2o; poor to medium. H10Q5 10; stockers and feeders 9 50li4. 60. cows and heifers, & j0d5.00; eanners. g. 00Gfa 2O; calves A 50m6.25: Texas steers, S4 25Ql5 , 3g HoEs-Afxed and butchers 8. 7DQt6 07Ia good 10 choice heavy. s S546 15: rough heavy, Sj.IO@5S0; good to choice heavy, $5S546.15; rough heavy. s570d5 50 light. s5.70a6OO Sheep-Good to choice wethers & l0a4 20; fair to choice mixed. s 00H3.i5; western sheep. $.35M4 70. year. lings, s3.6Jp4.35; native lambs. $300lf5. e5: western lan bs s. 25Q5.20
 Kansas City-Cattle-Nativ steers, s4aJ M5-75; Texans and Indians, S4156t4. 75 Tey- as grass steers, S3.00d4 DO; native cows and heiters $2Stlt4.g0: stoclers and feeders. $}. 4cd4. i5: calves. s. .0Ga5G0 Hogs-Heavy S5 92i2H5.971e; packers S5.S3a5 92lz mixed. s1,t94t5@: light, S..1ft5S5. Sheep-Mut tons, S3.75n4.4o; lambs s. 15Ir5 10; grasI Texans. g. 0063.s0
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
INDICTMENTS ARE EXPECTED.
The Indianapolis Grand Jury Tnk- ing Testimony as to the
 "fnsanity Trust.

Indianapolis Ind. July 9.-The grand Jury began taking testimony as 10 the so-ealled Indianapolis in- sanity trust. IL is alleged that clique of doctors and officials have taken part, for two years, in hun dreds of insanita. .inquests, and large fees have been collected. Dr. " R. Fletcher, one of those pushing the in- quiry, says that =fally q fifth of those committed are perfectly sane In- dietments are expected.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
A NEW BEGUNY OUTBREAK.
Twenty Russian Peasants, ImpIicat- ed in FannticnI Atrocities,
 Arrested.

New York. July 9.-A dispatch to the World from St Petersburg says;
 Twenty peasants, twelve of them women have been arrested and inn prisoned in the province of Bassana- bia and Kherson for having been inn plicated in new outbreak of Beguny atrocities. The Beguny is a strange sect which kills many of it's votaries, the victims willingly consenting to the sacrifice The fasorite method is to bury alive those selected for the sacrifice.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Chnrged Win Mnrder.

A warrant has been sworn out against Mr. and Mrs. Il. Barris, liy- ing near the Missouri line in Car roll county, charging them with the murder of their daughter. Several days ago Burris notified the author ities that his daughter had commit ted suicide. In both tine girls hands Was clasped q pistol and through her head Wis bullet.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Whole Family in Trouble.

Maude Wiley and her two younger brothers were arrested at a small place named Shady. about 9 miles from Mena. charged with attempt ing to blow up the house of C. w. Lance with dynamite. It is claimed the girl and her brothers wished to get away with Lance on account of in- formation furnished by him which les to the arrest of their father for a murder committed in Texas
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
BRIEF MENTION

Lawrence MaNfeld. tie mallel from Sharp county. was run over and fatally injured by train at Bates vile.
 Mrs k W. Jones. wife of Pine Bluff carpenter. shielded by taking strychnine
 The annual meeting of the eolored State Bar Association was held Little Rock last week.
 l. |. James, son of a prominent citizen living near Mena, shielded by cutting his throat with razor.
 Tom Tyler, pearl fisherman, was drowned while attempting to swim across Black river near Swifton.
 James Garland, prominent citi- ztn of Malvern, cut his throat with razor Domestic troubles the cause.
 Chas. Anderson, colored. will be hanged at Little Rock July 26. An derson was convicted of assaulting q white woman.
 Jack Dalton, a painter, was killed by train at Winchester. He at tempted to board moving train and lost his hold
 J. H. Parham. who was shot at Dumas by a man named Ridgeway, died in a Little Rock hospital where he was taken for treatment.
 Martin Rafter. of Coal Hill. has been appointed by the governor as state mine inspector, to succeed w. II. lite, of Sebastian county.
 Citizens of the counties of Carroll, Boone Newton, Marion, Searcy, BaN- ter. Stone. Ozark, Fulton, Sharp and independence will arrange for a special exhibition of minerals at the St. Louis exposition.
 Ed De Hart. an eX-member of Quantrcll's band of guerilla's and later member of the Jesse James gang, worked out a fve-dollar fine for yagrancy on the streets of Little Rock last week.
 Munroe Floyd, colored, was arrest ed and placed in jail at Marianna, charged with causing his own son to murder his step-son for interfering when he was abusing the boy $ mother.
 The report of Prof. Branner, of the Leland Stanford University, on the coals, clays and llaolin of Arkan- sas. is to be printed by the United States geological survey and is now in press.
 A colored planter of Desha county, in treating a horse for charbon, ac- cidentally got some foam from the animals mouth in a cut on his hand. He became sick in a few hours and lived but one day. The supreme court has decided the act of the last legislature creating the southern judicial district of Woodruff county invalid, the bill fixing the date of holding court the same at both Cotton Plant and in St. Francis county.
 Mrs. Art Shendall created sensa, ton by firing four shots at John Pet tit. a young widower, on public street at Hot Springs. Mrs. Shendall claims that Petit insulted her on sey- eral occasions, and she had deter mined to kill him.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
AN EMERGENCY SESSION.
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias to Inquire Into the Finances of
 the Endowment Rank.

Chicago. July 9. Over 100 members of the Knights of Pythias supreme lodge have reached Chicago to take part in the preliminary meetings to inquire into the financial condition of the endowment rank. This subject will be the principal matter consid- cred at the emergency session of the supreme lodge, to be held at the Lex ington hotel. A report of the board of controls findings will be made by President C. F. $. Neal.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
REGULATIONS IF LABOR.
A Move That May Block Settle ment of the Iron and Steel
 Workers Strike.
MANY COMPANIES SIGNING THE SCALE.
No Conference Will be Held in New
 Nork-philHdelphi Nehaihe
 Freight Handlers strti<e-brehch Between Master Builders nnd Strikers at Easton, Pa, Widening.

Pittsburgh. Pa, July 9.-The per emptory dismissai, on Saturday, of 12 members of the Amalgamated as sociation at the WelIseille plant of the American Steel Sheet Co.,, may seriously affect settlement this week of the ion anl steel strike. When seen President Shaffer. of the Amal- 2amated association, was very much exercised over the turn affairs had taken. T can Tot say when or where the conference will take place, said he. but one thing is certain, there will be no conference until the men discharged at WeHsYille are re instated These men come to Us. They violated no law of the land, anl We shall protect them If they are not reinstated and the conference postponed the general strike will come As usual, the trouble comes from some middleman, who can not realize that he may be undoing the conservative work of thoughtful men on both sides, or that his action may involve the commercial world.
 Looking For H Note.
 Although. as yet. no word has been received officially by the officers Of the Amaigamated association from the American Sheet Steel Go. and the American Steel Hoop Co, requesting that the wage conference be fe- opened. if is expected that such note will be received during the day. If the Wcllsville matter can be set tied. -ha conference wil then, it IS believed. be quickly arranged, an agreement reached. and the strike de eIared oil before the end of the week.
 Resumption in Many Mills.
 There has been q resumption of work in many iron and steel mills. The mills have been idle for two weeks for repairs. It is supposed that fully a,006 men have returned to work.
 The following concerns have signed the AmaIeamated scale: Standard Chain Co.. Columbus, O.; Niles Iron k Steel Sheet Co, Niles, O.; La@e Erie Iron Go. Cleveland; Empire Rolling Mill Co, Empire, O., and the Pittsburgh Forge & Iron Co.,, of this city.
 All the independent companies Tn the Pittsburgh district have now signed the scale but A. II. Byers x Co.,. and their signature is expected as soon as the repairs to the plant are completed.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
The explosion of a gasoline stove in Hot Springs tailoring establish ment caused a s12,00 fire.
Husband an, Wife Take Morphine.

Tex Wilson and his wife commit led suicide at Hot Springs within a lew hours of each other by taking mofphlne. The woman was the first to swallow the drug. When the doc tors told Wilson she could not recov- CT he left the house, wandered out on the mountains and there took a large dose of the poison. A daugh- ter, when apprised of the fate of her parents, tried to kill herself, but was restrained by friends.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
sailed for European Waters.

Washington, Jul. The navy de- partment received cablegram an- nouneing the departure of Eear-Ad- miral Cromwell aboard his flagship, the Chicago. from Rio de Janeiro. Bra gil, for St. Vincent, Canary islands, en route to the Mediterranean.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Bitten bYn Mad Dog.

X Mr.. Bratton, of Grant county, was badly bitten by a mad dog. She immediately started to the home of friend at Benton who possessed a mad stone. The stone was applied and adhered to the wounds about one hundred times. It is said six per sons bitten by rabid dogs have been treated by this stone, all of whom are alive.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
The New Philippine Tarin

New York. July 9.-The new Phil ippine tariff has received its finish ing touches at the war department, the Washington correspondent of the Tribune reports, and it will be sent by mail to Gov. Taft in day or two.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
THE BREACH WIDENING.
The Master Builders and Strikers at
 Easton. Pa, Can't Agree.

Easton. Pa, July 9.-The breach between the local master builders and the strikers is wider than at any time since the strike was inaugural
 ed. The builders have refused the re- quest of the carpenters to arbitrate the differences, taking the ground that there is nothing to arbitrate. They further state that all shops will
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
The McCniIa ramiI, Reunited

New York. July 9.-Capt McCalla, of the United States cruiser Newark. greeted his wife and daughter here, after they had eireumnavigated the globe i'll differeas directions, having said good-by in China Capt. McCalla will assume command of the battle ship kearSarge.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
AZDoIIbla Murder

A double murder occurred near Turner. in Monroe county Saturday Some unknown party or parties killed Jim Johns. eolored and his 17-year- old niece and placed their bodies in q burning building. The girl had been stabbed through the heart and her head crushed with an ax, while Johns head was crushed in
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
 Ca-h It.ceipts.

The cash receipts of the seeretar, of states office, from books and fees, for the quarter ending June 90, was Sf.5ff.2o. The receipts for the first six months of 1898 were $f4.3S010, for l9oo it was s5,976.$5, and for 1901 it fs $1i. .s05.25.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12

he open Wednesday morning, wheO the men may return to work under the old conditions. All the journey men plumbers have gone out, and the carpenters union claims that 2a non union men joined their ranks.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Turned hN nners

London, July 9.--A special dispatch from Cape Town says Scheeper's Boer command has entered Mnrraysburg, Cape Colony, and burned 9he p1blic buildings and residences. The town was not garrisoned
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Fire at Springfield, Mo.

Springfield, Mo, July 9.-lFire total- ly destroyed the three-story jobbing and manufacturing plant of the F. C. Hermann Saddlery Go. Loss. about S5oooo; partially covered by insur- ance.
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
River News.
THE MARKETS.
TUESDAY. July 3. Grain and Provisions,

St Louis - Flour = Patents. 8 4003 50: other grades. E. 30gt3 30. Wheat-No. , red 6ii2d65c Corn-No. 2 mixed 46I5c Oats-No. 2. S2e. Hay Timothy. S. 50G1 15o; prairie, $S.5Fall50; clover. si0.OOlO l2qo Butter 3i Creamery. 15q2Oc; dairy, u4iie Esgs - Fresh. 647c. Lard - Choice steam. S.42l5c. Pork New mess. Sl5.75. Bacon-Clear rib, 9Hc. Wooi-fub- washed, 16u24iac. Missouri and Illinois medium eembing. l6laai7c. other grades, l54lbl2; angJrH goat hair s6il5c
 Chicago Closing quotations: Wheat July. 63I2462aSc; August, 639se: Septeln- Der, 64s6G;Ac; Octener. 6i7sc. Corn-JuIy. 46@sn46t2c; September 4Sd4S1s. Oats-July. 29lzc; September, 30c. Pork-July. $13 70: September, sl4Oo: October, SIS 971s: Janu- ary. a400. Lard-July SS.5O6S.52Ie; Sep tember, %.55l2dS60; october, SS5. No Vember sS4712; December, SS2212. Janu- aty, Si1. Short Hibs-July, $7.S5. Septe.n- Der. $9l. Octoher. $I sll. JannarN. sl,l
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
state Treashrar's Report.

The report of State Treasurer H. c. Tipton for the quarter ending June 30 shows the balances on hand:
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
 Cotton

,aS ogotat,o9s t, for mlddlI1g raAir sr Memphis, 3-16c. <r.s5H n Ss:.<,,..
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-12
Financial.

New York July 9.-Mo,l e N4i2 per cent sterlingSh, nf.l2 pe.' cent; sterliny ' steady, with actual bf- -H3 bills at 4SIlaMlS14. fsi15 sl tS5A4is5is for 60 da
 and 4ssi2; commercial f yer certificates, nom4yx>1 yer, 5Sss; Mexican doi xx1 bonds strong, W
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14
Educate Your Bowels With Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
iOc, 26c. If G. G. c. fail, druggists refund money
ORCHAnns non snurn nAKnrA.


A reader of these notes writes in
Quiring how he shall so to work to set
out large commercial orchard in the
vicinity of Sioux Falls, S. d. He also
wants to know whether soil and eli
matte conditions there are such as to
warrant such an undertaking. What
follows in the way of reply is predi-
Gated upon two assumptions-one, that
the soil there is not the loess soil Of the
Missouri valley, but, instead, the ordi-
nary loan soil of the Dakota prairies;
the other, that the average rainfall of
that portion of Dakota does not ex-
coed - inches per annum. In assum-
ing these two facts we may be in error
though we understand the facts to be
as stated. A large variety of fruit may
be successfully grown upon the lOess
soils referred to which, in the same
latitude upon the average prairie soil.
would be failures. Why this is so we
do not know; the fact remains that it
is SO, nevertheless. We should regard
an average rainfall of only - inches
as very serious drawback to success
full orcharding and, for that matter,
the growing Of any sort of trees. Ii is
not wafer enough to insure the healthy
growth and development of the tree.
Still, this difficulty may be to some ex-
tent overcome by thorough cultivation,
mulching and the Use of all means
which may serve to conserve the mois-
ture. The apple loves Il cool and moist
/ climate, and these conditions are not
normal in South Dakota during the
growing season. An orchard set in that
! locality should by al means have q
! timber belt protection on the south and
west sides to modify the action of the
| hot winds, and we should plant trees in
north and south rows near enough to
| gether so that their branches would
interlock when they were 10 years
old. We would be sure to have 4
/ good cover crop over the whole of the
/ orchard for the winter. As to varie
/ ties-Duchess, Wealthy, Melinda, Hiber
nal, No. 20, Yellow Transparent, Pat
/ tens and Northwestern Greening, Vol
River, Longfeld and many of the hardy
] --N-H-SAN--@ '~AA A~NANo 1AAOhAh BC AtLlNAl
| enough for the latitude referred to. but
a mistake can be very easily made il
planting too great a variety. CONNER
cial orchards should be limited to mo-
more than three or four varieties oil
the sort which experience has shown
to be best adapted to the locality wher,
the orchard is to be planted. Give1
the same care as to conservation OF
moisture and protection, any of til,
Americana plums should do well IL
that locality. Answering the query as 8
whole, we should say that commercial
orcharding would be a far more risky
undertaking there than in the southern
or eastern half of Iowa, which is t,
some extent offset by the excellen
market so near at hand. While Their,
viii be the common enemies of tn,
orchard to look out for-borers, blight
sun scald, etc.-there will, in addition
be the two things referred tO-ho
winds and lack Of rainfall-to be guard
ed against.
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14
BOX Manufacturers.

Also Wheelwrghting, BIacksmhing and Horse ShOeing
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14
pEATH oF eoVERNoR SANFORD
Had Been III Since Before His lnaug.
uration Last December.


Tuscaloosa, Ala, June 12.-William
]. Sanford, governor of Alabama, died
last night in this place, where he has
been i'll for some time. Disease of the
heart was the cause of death.
Governor Sanford has been in Tus
caloosa several weeks, having come
here to attend a meeting of the trus
tees of the State university. He had
been i'll since before his Inauguration
as governor, but It was believed that
immediate danger of death was past
While in Tuscaloosa, however, his Ill
ness returned with renewed violence
and he became so dangerously sicl
that the physicians feared to remove
him to Montgomery.
Governor Sanford was about 81
years of age, and was q native of Ala
bama. He had served in the state sen
ate and in congress, was a member o
the constitutional convention of 1876
and held other important public OF
fees. He was elected governor in Au
gust of last year, and was inaugurater
| Dec 10 last.
Hon. w. D. jerks, president of tn
state senate, will succeed him as gov
ernor.
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14

toU IN greater or less ABUNDANCE IN
all northern rivers, an industry
VII d gives employment to thousands
ii people, which has made America in
dependent of foreign countries in the
matter of its supply of pearl buttons
and incidentally is furnishing a line of
pearls as gems which are hard to
equal; the other. the development of
the utilities of the common and much
despised wire grass so common in all
the peat sloughs of the northwest
From a very small beginning four
years ago this industry has become
one of the nations greatest industries,
the uses to which this natural fiber can
be put being almost illimitable. More
than a dozen large factories. some of
them employing hundreds of hands,
are engaged in working up this hither-
to waste product of western swamps.
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14

Washington, June 12.-Mrs. McKin-
ley's improvement yesterday was less
marked than it has been of late, though
at late hour last night it was stated
that she had a little more than held
her own. The weather here yesterday
was very warm, and to this it is
thought may be attributed the check
on her recovery.
Crescent Marks Africa For It's own.
The most interesting field of Mussul-
man activity is Africa. the land which
saw the glory of the faith and which the
Crescent seems to have marked for its
own, says a writer in the New York
Tribune. Here is fanaticism which re-
calls the middle ages; here, too, on the
other hand. is Moslem learning at its
highest and best The people Of northern
Africa believe that it will be possible for
them some day to recover their ancient
glory and do not look favorably upon the
Christian usurper. History and the talk
of the faithful have taught them Of the
religious wars and the time when the
crescent dag lloated over Spain and SEEM
ed to dominate all Europe. Then, too, in
an oasis of the Sahara is situated the
great convent of the Senouissia, that So
ciety from whose ranks, legend says,
shall arise the mahdi who will put all
things under his feet. It is no wonder
that missionary zeal finds a fertile field
In Africa.
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14
Ealth curists Cannot Nealect chlIdren

Faith curists Cannot Neglect Children.
Chicago June 12.-Children of Chris
tian scientists and of believers in vari-
Gus kinds of mind cure" faith cure"
and divine healing" will hereafter be
committed for medical treatment to
various institutions. Such was the an
nouncement made yesterday by Judge
Tuthill, of the juvenile court, in COM
menting on the case OF John Chamber
lain, who, while suffering from a
shrunEen leg, was taken out of the Gus
tody of his mother, a Christian scien-
fist, and committed to the Crippled
Childrens Home. Judge Tuthill holds
1t is time for the court to step in and
demand protection for the young. The
parents failing to afford it, he says, in.
situations should care for che children.
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14

Boston, June IA great congrega-
ton greeted President Edwin L. Shuey,
of Dayton, o., as he called to order the
the international jubilee convention of
the Young Mems Christian association
in Mechanics building yesterday.
From all over the globe the delegates
are here, bringing with them individ-
ual enthusiasm in the great work for
young men. William e. Dodge, of New
York, presided at the evening meeting
In Mechanics Hall, when the state and
city welcomes were delivered. The
principal address was by Gen. McCool1,
of New York.
Milford chronicle., 1901-06-14
"successor 70 Ao,,inaldo -

Washington. June 12.-Emilio Eur.
bano, of Tabayas province, has pre-.
claimed himself the successor of Agui.
naldo and governor of Tabayas and
the Philippines" according to copy
of a Manila paper just received at the
war department. Emilio is said to
have been always a rather theatrical
insurrectionist, and to have sworn to
fight the Americans down to the last
bOlO. The publication does not take
the Filipino's announcement seriously