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The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
MOST DISASTROUS FOR YEARS.
Milwaukee Cnt o6 From the Rest of Wisconsin Fly n Disastrous
 sIset storm.

Milwaukee, March 12.-The most disastrous sleet storm in years visit ed Wisconsin Sunday, cutting the city off from communication with the out side world and demoralizing railroad traffic. Railway men of wide eXperi- enee say that such a situatio has never before presented itself to them.
 Officials of the telegraph companies report that between GOO and 700 poles are down between Milwaukee and Chicago, and that it will take large number of men several days to repair the damage.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Phoph.,ied LII. Death.

Thomas Conway. section foreman on the Iron Mountain railroad. died at Van Buren of pneumonia His wife died one week prior to his death Before he was stricken Conway told his friends he would die at the same hour his wife expired. one week later True to his prediction, he contracted the same disease the same day after her death, lingering until the same hour and minute. and expired. his last words being. q knew it from the strat."
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
A Sad Accident.

A distressing accident occurred last week near Warren. Two young sons of MT. G. w. Sanders and negro boy were squirrel hunting near home. and had wounded squirrel in a tree. The negro boy was in the act of fir ing third shot. when the squirrel fell to the ground. The three boys started on run to capture the squirrel. when the gun in the hands of the ne gro boy was accidentally discharged. the contents striking young Sanders in the side, kilang him almost in stantly. The boy was about 13 years of age.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Work of Extension Begun.

The Arkansas Southwestern Rail- way, from Smithton to Pike City. has been purchased by the Gurdon Lum- Der company, and work has already begun preparatory to the roads ex. tension. It is understood that the road will be built to Fort Smith by way of Caddo Gap. making connec- tion with the Camden branch of the Iron Mountain.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Nineteenth Annual Encampmont.

The nineteenth annual encampment of the department of Arkansas Grand Army of the Republic. will be held at Hot Springs on March 29 and 30 The commander in chief, Leo Ras- sieur, of St. Louis, and his adjutant general expect to be present and the occasion bids fair to be of more than usual interest. A rate of one fare for the round trip has ben secured over all the railroads. so that d large at tendance is expected. Canby Post No 3 of Hot Springs have appointed va rious committees to provide proper en. tertainment for the commander in chief and staff. the members of the department eneampment and visiting comrades. Commander J. H, Avery and the comrades Of Canby Post No. are making strenuous efforts to make the encampnent a pleasant re- union for the boys in blue"
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Purchssed by the Missouri Psolfic.

The Diamond Joe" railroad, be- tween Hot Springs and Malvern. has been purchased by the Missouri Pa cific. The sale was made through Joseph K. Dickson. attorney for the latter road. The purchase of this road by the Goulds creates the sharp est competition between 1t and the Little Rock & Hot Springs Western, which road was by many supposed to have become part of the Missouri Pacific system several months ago.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Two Bold Highwaymen.

A daring highway robbery took place one day recently near Hot Springs. A boy named Ed Betere was stopped OH the road by two men who took the team he was driving. unhitched from the wagon and rode away.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
On a Tour of Inspection.

Washington, March 12.-Gen. Will son, chief of engineers, has gone on tour of inspection of Notifications and river and harbor works along the southern coast, with Galveston, Tex, as his ultimate destination.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Worst of the Winter.

Akron, O., March f2.-Sunday nights storm was the worst of the winter. Reports from country dis tricts state that the lowlands along the Cuyahoga river are flooded and considerable damage done to proper
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Levee Board Appointed.

Gov. Jeff Davis apointed the follow ing board of commissioners for the St. Francis levee district: C. NJ. Bell, Mississippi county; J. c. Hawthorne, Craighead county; s. A. Martin, Crittenden county; Thomas B. Smith, Cross county; Add Harris. Poinsett county; James Russell, St. Francis county; H. P. Rodgers. Lee county; Don Mcdonald, Phillips county.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
The Modern Woman.

Many woman is forced to stand up for her rights in a crowded street car Chicago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Minister Conger Leaves Pekip

Pekin, March 12.-United State Minister Conger left this morning 7 the foreign ministers bade him v, well at the railway station. h
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15

M G. Moore, aged 72, pioneer citi- zen of Pine Bluff. is dead.
 Senator Shackleford has introduced Dill in the senate providing for the re-enactment of section II of the new state capitol bill as passed at the 1899 session, which if enacted into law will complete the capitol on the same lines as it was begun.
 The bill to reimburse claimants at Hot Springs for household property condemned on the reservation by the United States commissioners was passed .by congress. carrying an ap- propriation of about $5.000
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
R()RTO R|CANS PROTEST.
Commissioners Appointed at the San Juan Mass Meeting, February
 ?, See the President.
PROTEST AGAINST H0LLAAOER BILL.
They Declare that, Under Present Conditions, the Enforcement of the Provisions of the Law Will Work Hardship Upon an Already Impoverished People.

Washington, March 12.-The presi- dent granted a special audience to Messrs. Weneeslay Borda, Jr., and Nincente Balbas, members of the Por- la Rican commission, which was app pointed at q mass meeting of the eiti- zeus of the island held at San Juan on February ?, to protest against the law enacted by the legislature known as the Hellander bill. This measure provides for the raising of revenue by property and excise taxes. Messrs. Borda and Balbas were accompanied by Mir. Freeman Halstead, the secre- tary of the commission, Mir. Pedro Salazar, the secretary of the commis- sion; Mr. Pedro SaIazar, the third commissioner. being detained in New York
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15

The Pike county grand jury ere ated big sensation by returning in dictments against number of off cials and prominent citizens, charging them with gambling.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
BY EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
Terrible Catastrophe in Chicago by Which Number of Lives
 Were Lost.
MANY OTHERS WERE BADLY INJURED.
Explosion of n Boiler in the Dorcmus steam Laundry. West Madison strect-The Building was " rocked and the Ruins at once Took Fire.

Chicago, March 12.-The boiler ot the Boremus laundry, occupying part of the old Waverly theater building on West Madison street, between Throop and Loomis streets. blew up shortly after eight o'clock Monday morning, and uP to noon eight bodies had been taken from the ruins, while the list of injured will reach g, a number of whom will die. Several other employees are reported missing
 The following is list of the dead and injured, so far as known;
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Eeauests Preferred.

The commissioners ask the presi- dent that Gov. Allen be directed to call special session of the legisla- ture to amend the law in a manner which will relieve the people of the burdens complained of. and that tho governor be directed to exercise care Ill the appointment of the assessors.
 The commissioners also presented q petition of bankers, merchants and other business men of New York and Philadelphia praying that the pro test be given due consideration.
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
RIOT AT MANLLEU, SPAIN.
Two Persons Killed by Gendarmss and a Number Wounded Be-
 fore Order was Restored

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The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15
Formal Protest Presented.

The commissioners presented for nal protest which enumerated a se- ries of Is objections to the law It is contended that there exists today in Porto Rico three taxes levied and collected for the same purpose from the impoverished pockets of the peo- ple"-the new excise taxes under the Hollander law, the old insular and municipal taxes, and the customs du- ties under the Porto Rican civil gov ernment act. Under the bill $500, 900 or more will be collected semi-annual- ly, in advance, thereby. the protest says, lessening the money in circulat- tion (of which there is less than s2,- ooo,0o0) and producing state of im- poyerishment and business stagna- tion, as the taxes are collected by sum- mary procags
The Monticellonian., 1901-03-15

The people of Porto Rico, the pro test sets forth. are ready and willing to meet all taxes necessary for the maintainance of order, justice and good government, but they strenuous ly object to tax law, the amount of which is uncertain, since no valuation of property has ever been made in the island, and which hase been inn posed upon them without due regard to the actual conditions of the coun- try, the necessities of the tax payers, and in manner which severely op- presses the wealthy producers of Por- to Rico at a time when the island has not yet recovered from the ruinous effect of the recent hurricane and from the 40 per cent. reduction of it's circulating medium by the exchange of the provincial money for the Unit ed States currency, still further re duced by the excess of imports over exports
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

coming summer. This will make a
beautiful spectacle. Sixteen years ago,
when a private company owned and
controlled the land in Prospect park,
on the American side of the Falls, eff
forts were made to light the Falls by
arc lamps. The result was only par
TALLY successful, but even under the
unsatisfactory conditions of those days
the public enjoyed the casting of the
lights upon the falling waters. Colored
glasses were used to create changes in
color, and the effect obtained was such
that big excursions ran to the Falls
nightly to witness the illumination. 4
fountain in Prospect park added to the
enjoyment of the visitors. and it was
generally agreed that there was no dis
appointment in the scene.
The years that have passed since then
have wrought numerous changes in the
locality of the Falls. The lands all
about, on both sides of the river, have
been opened as free parks, and the peo-
pie Of the world have perfect freedom
there night and day. Niagara has been
redeemed and restored to its original
and primeval beauty. and a spirit of
glad welcome is found everywhere. Ev-
cry possible view of the Falls is free TO
all mankind, and one may worship the
sublimity of the grandeur of all TO
the hearts content. BY day the Falls
Of Niagara form a wondrous spectacle,
and now the world is to be called upon
to express a verdict on how the great
waterfalls look when lighted BY cleo
trieity, 50 gloriously plentiful at Nj
agara.
The years above referred to have
been years of wonderful progress in the
electrical field. In fact, they mark the
period of surprising progress. and what
was impossible Of accomplishment 16
years or so ago has now been perfected
in every part. Electric lighting was in
it's infancy 16 years ago, and the great
powerful beams Of the beautifufsearch-
light Of to-day were unknown. The
progress Of these years is now about to
announce and display itself at Niagara,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

light illumination will be TO experience
new pleasure in a spot most gracious in
its pleasure giving qualities. 10 has
been said, and well said. that those
who have seen Niagara only in summer
have but half seen it, intimating that
the winter beauty is equally delightful.
Now this saying must be changed to
read, Those who have seen Niagara
only in daylight have but half seen IT,
for the Falls by night, under these new
conditions, will be full of fascination
and weird enhancing magnifcenee."
Free your imagination. Let It run
riot for the time being. Conceive, II
you can, the beam OF a s|earehlight so
diverged that it lights up the full con-
tour OF the Horseshoe Fall and gently
falls upon the rapid. dashing waters
just as they are about to make the ter
rible leap into the gorge. Follow the
beam as 1t penetrstes the spray CON
stantly rising from the foot OF this
body Of falling water and IL carried
aloft to unknown heighths by the mist.
Place this spectacle, this spot OF glo-
rious illumination, in a frame OF the
darkest density. and. oh, what a pic.
ture it makes. Compare It with the
frame Of beautiful green with which
nature surrounds the Falls in glad
summer time. and then you win under
stand the change that Is to be wrought
at Niagara.
What a tribute this illumination Of
the Falls of Niagara IS to be to tie
Pan-American visitors! On the part OF
the Falls there will be no extra labor:
no extra touching up to make 1t APP
pear at its best, for Niagara Is ever
glorious. The piercing Of the darkness
Of night will simply be significant OF
the progress of the age. showing how
this wonderful scenic feature may be
placed on exhibition night and day for
the qualification and elevation Of all
that is good in humanity, and people
who look upon it and enjoy It's rare
beauty cannot fail 10 be impressed With
the conviction that the American peo-
pie enter the twentieth century fortified
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
ELECTRIFIED BY NIAGARA.

ern lights, during the winter of the
northern hemisphere, when their long
and dreary night is made brighter by
this strange light.
Throughout the Exposition grounds
and on the various beautiful buildings
hundreds of thousands of electric lights
will be burning in all their beauty, and
high over the enhancing, favored spot
will rise an auroral arch that will COM
mand attention miles away. Like the
luminous arch of the aurora borealis, it
will remain visible for several hours
of the night, and from its crown
there will shoot forth rays that will
meet responding rays many miles dis
tant. These pronounced and brighter
rays will come from the two powerful
80 inch projectors to be placed on the
$50 foot level of the Electric Tower,
while the rays that will be met miles
away from the Exposition grounds will
come from a protector of similar ca
pacity and brillianey to be installed or
top of the great Observation Tower at
Niagara Falls, more than % miles
away.
Through the sky these wonderful
beams of light will flash with the ra-
pidity of lightning There will be no
fading to their brightness, but they
may f1utter like a ribbon in the wind
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

to the delight Of all who visit that beau
tiful spot this summer, and for the
first time in the history Of the great
and mighty cataract it will be fully
illumined by night under the bright
and brilliant beams of modern pro-
jectors.
For a century. or more man watched
the waters of the Niagara pour over the
precipice and hungered Tor a plan
whereby they might be harnessed for
his benefit, and finally it was developed
and perfected. Ever since the Falls
were first viewed by a human being
they have been objects of avs. inspira-
ton and admiration. To many the
longest days have been far too short
for a full enjoyment of the spectacle,
but the coming of night forced a cessa-
ton of observation until morning
should come again, and thus for half of
mans life these beautiful waterfalls
were pouring. plunging, tossing IN in
deep darkness, unnoticed and unad-
mired. Humanity has ever been boun-
teous in its expressions in regard TO the
glory of Niagara and no doubt Will
welcome the new conditions under
which the heart and the mind may on
tinue their worship well along into the
night.
There is no doubt that the illumina-
ton of the cataract OF Niagara will be
the greatest feature of the kind in the
world. There is only n Niagara BY
day. and there viii be only one Niagara
by night. To look upon the greatest
waterfall in the world under search
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Wonderful Effects to Be Produced at
the Pan-AmeriCan.

tofore has been mysterious will be
made clear, and the public will marvel
at the present day facilities for casting
powerful beams of light many miles on
missions of peace or to pick out from
the darkness the lurking place of a hid
den enemy.
During the months in which the Pan
American Exposition is to be held on
the Niagara frontier the Niagara-Buf-
talo region is to he the scene of the
greatest ~searchlight exhibition ever
witnessed. This display will have a
material tendency to educate the Wis
itors to the Exposition in regard to the
wide field in which searchlights may be
applied for various purposes, while it
will also serve to demonstrate very
fully the extent to which electrical sci
ence has advanced in this respect dur
ing the last few years.
In the Niagara-Buffalo locality there
is such a bounteous supply of electrici-
ty developed for the use of mankind
that all visitors to the Exposition will
look forward to being entertained by
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

unusual displays and features. Natu-
rally they will expect that, inasmuch as
Niagara is the greatest electrical store
house in the world, the features that
will be attached to and operated by its
current supply will be of unusual char
acter, magnitude and brilliancy, and in
this respect there will be no disappoint-
ments. Never yet has an event of the
character of the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton been SO rich in its electric power
advantages, and for miles and miles
along the Niagara border. for miles and
miles on every side of Buffalo and the
Exposition grounds, for miles and
miles across the country of King Ed
ward, even to Hamilton and Toronto,
there will flash through the sky Won
derful beams of light projected from
the lamps operated by Niagara power.
Progress is the inspiring word of the
Pan-American Exposition, and its ex-
tent is well defined by the determina-
ton of the management to make the
night scene of the Exposition a feature
of wondrous beauty. 1t is but a few
years ago that the opening of an ex-
position 1T night would have been an
impossibility owing 10 the lack of light
ing facilities, but with the coming of
the twentieth century the artificial
lighting mas attained such wonderful
prominence that enthusiastic persons
are found who predict that the Pan
American Exposition will be far more
wonderful by night than by day. With
the sinking of the summer sun in the
west the vast power supply OF Niagara
will be called into service. and as the
light Of the sun becomes dim the light
of Niagara will intensity in brilliancy.
1t will be the greatest transformation
scene the world has ever looked upon,
this change from day TO night at the
Pan-American, and it will be welcomed
with somewhat the same delight and
spirit as the inhabitants of the arctic
zone greet the aurora borealis, or north
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

when being changed from point to
point about the locality. At the zenith
of the sky, midway between Niagara
Falls and Buffalo, the two great beams
of light will meet as though in appar-
ent effort to pierce the celestial sphere.
Thus placed they will form a crown Of
light for the Pan-American Exposition,
which is to be a marvellous demonstra-
ton of the prosperity, the influence and
the greatness Of the American people.
In this spectacle of the sky there will
also be presented a remarkable juno
ton of the forces of the w great pow
er plants of Niagara The searchlights
of the Electric Tower will be operated
by electricity generated in the central
station of the Niagara Falls Power
company at Niagara Falls and trans
mitted over miles Of cable TO the Expo
sition grounds, while the s~earchlight of
the Observation Tower will be operated
by electricity supplied by the central
station of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic
Power and Manufacturing company of
Niagara Falls. Thus a long distance
from both Buffalo and Niagara the
forces of these two power plants will
meet high in the sky, signalling the
perfect unity with which the people Of
the Americas acted to make the Pan
American Exposition a success and a
truthful portrayal of their progress.
It is the expressed opinion of experts
that the beams of these powerful
%searchlights can be thrown from so to
70 miles. This is indeed a long distance,
but the penetrating powers OF the lights
will be increased 5y the fact that they
will be operated at a height Of over 800
feet 1t is expected that the search
light on the Observation Tower at Nj
agara will be visible across Lake On
tario in Toronto. while the beams Of
the Niagara and Buffalo projectors
may be concentrated with good effect
on Lockport or some point of similar
distance with very fine results As the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

the voltage at points on the grounds
and then witness the bright and won
derful beam from the searchlights. An
other picture TO look upon in fancy is
the station at the waters edge at the
Niagara gorge, where the current of
the Niagara searchlights is generated.
1t passes from the station to the pro-
jector. and the answering beam flashes
across the country to meet the beam
impelled to brightness by the turbine
in the mighty pit, a great, grand and
glorious demonstration OF the wonders
of the electric age.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
NIAGARA ILLUMINATED.

The Energy Generated by the Water
falls VIII serve TO Light Them For
the Pleasure OF Visitors.
The Falls of Niagara are to be illu-
minated by searchlights during the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
SIGNALS
From the Electric Tower of the Ex-
position to the Observation Tower
mt

position to tho Observation Tower
mt
Recent wars have brought search
lights prominently before the people,
and they have read how in both the
army and the navy projectors have
been successfully used for transmitting
messages across land and water. To
many no doubt the manne in which
this is accomplished has been more or
less of a mystery, but through the op-
Grafton of the great and wonderful
searchlights to be used in connection
with the electric display of the Pan
American Exposition much that here
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
They Will Give a Realistic and Startling Portrayal Of a
Thunderstorm With Vivid Lightning Accompanying,
The Current For This Electrical Display Will
Come From Niagara and Is the Re-
suit Of Remarkable Invention.
Niagara Illuminated by SearChIghts = Glorious Nominations
About the Court OF Fountains of the Exposition.
BY ORRIN E.

HE production of thunder and
lightning by artificial means
is one of the highly sensation
al latter day achievements of
electrical science.