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The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
THE FUTURE OF THE LEAGUE.
It Will Not He Affected by President
 WhitfeId's Suicide.

Denver. Col, April 8.-Mr D. c. Packard. owner of the Denver Base ball club in the Western league. when informed of the suicide of James Whitfield, president of the league, said that his death would i'll no wise affect the future of the league, whose affairs are in good shape. Dr. Thorn as Burns, of Colorado Springs, who was elected yice-president at the league meeting in this city last month, will become acting president, and it will be necessary, Mir. Pack ard said, to call special meeting at once to elect a successor to Presi- ident Whitfield
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
JUMPED HIS BAIL BOND.
Chas. Kratz, ar Indicted st. Louis Councilman, n Fugitive. and
 His Bond Forfeited.

St Louis April 8.-Charles Kratz, indicted for bribery in connection with the Suburban deal, failed to ap- pear in Judge O,Nea Ryan.s court Monday, thereby forfeiting his bond of S2o,00o. given two weeks ago with Gottlieb Eyermann. Jr.. as security Circuit Attorney Folk at once offered a reward of $500 for the ex-council- mans arrest, $500 from his private fund. and $500 authorized by Gov Cookery Capiases were issued and deputy sheriffs and detectives went in pursuit
 kratz. ii is stated. left the city Thursday night, ostensibly for Kan sas City, but really for Mexico whence t is stated that he will take his departure for Switzerland
 Ii is said that kratz is worth probably $500, 900, and that he has made his bondsman good.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION.
Jacmel Captured By the Revolution. ists nnd PIundered of Arms, Am
 muniti0n and Supplies.

Port-au-Prince. Hayti, April s.-A number of reyofutionists, commanded by Gen. Niccolas Baptiste, attacked and captured Jacmel, town on 'he south coast of Hayti, on saturday occupied that town for 24 hours, re. leased the persons who had been i'm prisoned there. and then retired tc the hills. taking with them all the arms and ammunition they could ob. tain. During the fighting which pre-. eeded the capture of Jaemel, two ner were killed and number were wounded.
 The Hayten cruiser Crete-a-Pierot has started for Iacmcl with arms and ammunition for that place. and the minister of war, \. Gaillaame, has also left for Jaemel with q letach. ment of troops. All is quiet here.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Land Officers, BnsIness.

The quarterly report of State Land Commissioner J. w Colquitt for the quarter ending March 3l has been filed with the governor as follows Fees, $2170.40.
 Swamp land sold. 1.43745 acres, $1- 796.s2.
 Internal improvement land sold 470.73 acres, $5SS.41.
 Saline land sold. 200 acres, $250. Real Sstate Bank land sold, l9S.5 acres, S600.
 Forfeited land sold. 9,S2326 acres. s12,279.10.
 Forfeited land redeemed, 6,33712 acres, sl,22S2S.
 Forfeited town lots sold. $l14.75. Forfeited land donated, 12,735.75 acres
 Forfeited land deeded to actual set tiers. II l,3S377 acres.
 Total, 525S6.5S acres, s19,02776. Recapitulation - Currency, $16.- 118.91 county scrip, $2,90SS5; total funds, $19,027.76.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Vance Gets Twenty One Years.

The supreme court, in the case of Reedy Vance, reversed the death sen tenee of the lower COL Tt and ordered the circuit judge to seatenee Vance to twenty years in ~+9e penitentiary. Justice Riddiek, speaking for the court, said that while such a course was very unusual. the supreme court could re- verse. remand or modify the judg- ment of the lower court in criminal as well as civil cases. Vance was con yieted of murder in the first degree in Perry county for the killing of Chinaman at Little Rock.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
The Oldest Citizen.

Independence county claims to have the oldest citizen in the state His name is Uncle Billy Hooper, who was born January 16, 1S01. and is mo-, in his 99th year. He has been in Inde- pendence county longer than the oldest settler can remember. He was chain carrier when that country was being seetioniZed. He was a resident of BatesYille in 1914, when, in that year, he made trip to Little Rock on horseback, taking a large sum of mon ey with him from the land office at Batesyille to Little Rock, wearing his coon-skin cap and coat and taking along his long range, fiint-lock rifle. At that time there were only three houses between Batesyille and Little Rock
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
THE SHAH TO VISIT BERLIN.
The shah of Persia will Pay His Re- spects to Emperor William En
 Route to France

Berlin, April S.- Official circles here confirm the report that the shah of Persia will visit Berlin in May. and will pay his respects to Emperor Will, jam. The shah is going to Contre%e- vile. France. for his health. and in- quired of the authorities at Berlin whether his visit would be acceptable to his majesty, who answered athrma- lively. The visit was designed to take place last summer, but was post poned owing to the mourning for the late Dowager Empress Frederick.
 The shah probably will come to Berlin bY way of St. Petersburg. Sa far as Germany is concerned. the vis- it is devoid of political significance
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
THE CHESTERTON, IND, FIRE.
Town swept Away, EntaiiinE Heavy Loss.

Chesterton. Ind. April s.-A fire which broke out at ten o'clock Sun day night and was not under control until two o'clock Monday morning de stroyed half the business district of Chesterton and for time threatened the destruction of the entire town. South Bend and Laporte were tele- graphed 10 for help, and an engine and one fire company were brought here on special train from La Porte, but the fire Was under control before they arrived. The entire male popula- tion of the town turned out To fight the flames. Among the buildings de- stroYed were the post office and one hotel. The loss is estimated at bc- tween S5000o and $t00.00o
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
ARKANSAS STA|E NEAS.
Oen. Powell Clayton in Washing ton to Defend His Course AS
 Minister to Mexico.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY GROIN CLEO.
Alleged Embezzier From Indiana Cap tured at Hot Springs Two Little Rock Policemen scrap -IndepeDd dence Ounty 1iaims Oldest Citizen.
The Lucky Candidates,

ihe results ill the democratic pri- maries show majority for Gov. Clarke for United States senate of ten votes on joint ballot Gov Da- wis carried sixty-nine counties For land commissioner, Hon F. E. Cor way, of Pulaski. defeated Mir. Pat gett. The race for associate justice wi be settled in convention Judge attic leads in the instructions. Judge Mar tin second, Judge Wallace third. Hon. II. T. Bradford. of Lonoke de- feated Col. McHenry for commss, iner Of mines, etc. For railroad con rnis- sloner, in the northeast district, ldge J. w Phillips defeated Hon. F M. Hanley in the southern district ion. J. E. Hampton defeated Hon. A )ner Gaines. and Judge B. B. Hudgins de feated Hon. C. D. James in the north west district. The contest for con gress in the first district will ha, to be settled iii convention. Me SITS. Parrish, Macon and Taylor, being the aspirants. In the second dis rict Congressman Brundidge defe ted 9oa6S SSodleD anu IHoihpefT3 SI ds ]. Judge Little and Hon. Chas c. ieid had no opposition in the fourth and fifth districts, respectively. In the sixth Hon. Joe T. Robinson defe ted Hon. S NJ Taylor and Hon. R. NJ
 Wallace will be the nominee in the seventh. Aside from associate jus tiee. governor, land commissioner and commissioner of agriculture and ail- road commissioners, there were no
 opposing candidates for state off cess
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Mysterious ID owning.

Birney Dickens, aged 19, promneut young man of Eureka Springs, was drowned in White river six miles from the above place. Yo Ing Dickens was from the banl, when suddenly his companion, a few feet away, heard an oatery and saw [ ickens throw up his hands and plunge forward into the stream. He did not ri e and his fright ened companion ran to some section men a short distance away, who re turned and found the body plainly visible in the bottom of the stream, six feet beneath the. surface. The sin gular accident is assribed to heart failure.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
JUDGE CARAVAN A. NEWCOMB,
Death of n We1I-known St. Louis Jurist and Veteran of the
 Civil War.

St. Louis, April s.-Judge Carman \. Newcomb 78 years old, veteran of the civil war, and who has been prominently identified with the re- publican party in Iowa and Missouri since that perty's birth. died at his home in this city.
 He had been seriously sick in De- cember and January, but recovered partially in February. A relapse fol- lowed ill March, and from that the decline was gradual, but sure. A dis ease incident to old age was the cause
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
\ BULLET IN HIS TEMPLE.
Suicide of James Whitfield, Presi- dent of the Western Base
 ball League.
A VICTIM OF HARD WORK IND WORRY.
tie Was Sporting Editor of the Kan sns City star, and That With His Baseball Interests and FinancimI ReNerses OVertaNed nnd InbaI- nnced His Mind

Kansas City, Mo, April James Whitfield, president of the Western
 Baseball league, and for many years sporting editor of the kansas City Star, committed suicide at his home here early Monday morning
 Mir. Whitfield was well known in l sporting circles throughout the west. For the last ten years he has been in charge of the sporting department of the Star, and ill that capacity has al ways kept in touch with the politics of the national game. He was active ly engaged in baseball as carly as the eighties. He was one of the organiz- CTS of the original Western league and Sas its first president. h lss6 his presence at the National league meetings in Chicago and New York and his pleas for Kansas City on those occasions won for him it's first and onlN franchise in the big league.
 Mir Whitfield was made secretary of the club The tornado in May of that year spoiled the teams chances of making money, by destroying the grandstand and flooding the diamond. In 1888 Mr. Whitefield again acted as Kansas Cfty,s rep resentatixe, this time at Ameri- can association meetings in Cincinnati and New York and he was again successful in securing what he went after, franchise for Kansas City. That was the last active ap- pearance in the baseball field until he was elected president of the pres ent Western league, at St. Joseph, last winter.
 The work of organizing the new leagae proved very great and since he decided to head the league that is fighting the American association. Mr. Whitfield had toiied night and day Recently the tax upon him be gan to tell. and for the past two weeks he has been under a physicians care. On March 2s he returned from his last trip in behalf of the league. from Peoria. and was compelled to take to his bed
 Last week at the Great American handicap shoot Mr. Whitfield. by sheer force of will, attended the six days contest Saturday last found him on the verge of nervous pros tration. and on Sunday he was out If his head part of the time. Moth ing serious was thought of his case, however. Early Monday morning he arose and dressed himself. and then without making any remark. stepped to the next room and fired bullet nto his right temple. He was dead when members of his family reached him.
 Mir. Whitfeld's plight is laid to overwork and worry over financial affairs. He had lost heavily on sev- eral enterprises in which he was in terested.
 Mr. Whitfield was born in England r years ago. He came to Kansas City in 1ss4, and with the exception of one year, when he was proprietor of The Referee, q small weekly. he had been with the Star since that time. He had lived in St. Louis. Pe- oria and Pekin, H., and was married in the latter city
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
THE SENATE RECEDED.
An Agreement Reached On the War Revenue Repeal Bill Hy the
 Conference Committees.

Washington. April s.-The confer ence on the war revenue repeal bill reached an agreement, the senate re ceding from its amendment which re- tained the tax on "bueket shops r. WAS stated that, taken in eonsidera- tion with the repealed sections of the law, i, was doubtful whether the sen ate provision would stand. and also that it was quite likely that the pro visions would permit members of stock exchanges engaging in the bus mess which the amendment would prevent among so-called bucket shop dealers.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Hendrlx Won.

The third annual ouachita Hendrix college oratorical contest took place at Conway on the ght of March 31. 250 Ouachita stude Its making the trip from Philadelphia in a special train. The subject of the debate was: Resolved, That municipalities in the United States should own and operate plants for supplying light and water D Hendrix cpampioneC the affirmative side of the question. The contestants were J. Bruce Cox and NJ. E. Dunna- way for Hendrix, il, the affirmative. and J. E. Lawless and C. E. Condray for 0uachita, in the negative. The judges. Hon. Jacob 1rieber Col. J. M. Moore and Judge Joln H Rogers, de cided i'll favor of Hendrix.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
AT THE PENITENTIARY DOOR.
and Now Has to Face Charge of Murder

Toledo, O.. April S.-"Ben Wade, once q member of the notorious Lan. dis gang, just dismissed from the pen itenti,rX, and re-arrested at the door and brought to this city on a charge of attacking the sullivan sisters and killing one of them, has admitted. i. k said, to Detective Carew and othet officials that he planned the murder, Ever since the crime Carew has been working on the suspicion that some member of the Landis gang was gull U and had made many trips to he penitentiary to secure evidence.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Poiicsuen Fipht

Low Roberts and Joe White. two Little Rock policemen. quarreled over the result of the recent primaries and started in to settle the matter with fist and pistol Roberts shot White in the knee. when he was knocked down, receiving an ugly wound in the head by coming in contact with the stone pavement White then sat down on his opponent, and kept him quiet until another officer arrived and put them under arrest.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Stage of the Rivers.
THE MARKETS.
TUESDAY. April 8. Grain and prDyiSions

St Louis = Flour = Patents, 8. e093 80: other grades. 8 9Ou3.55. Wheat-No red, I12Gt.se Corn-No. ? mixed. 60l6013c Oats No. 2 43i2e. Hay-fimothy. S11.59 alA50; prairie. $ll .00a l3.00 clover, Sg 504p 1900. Butter Creamery 22u2Sc; dairy, fS422e. Eggs Fresh, 14c. Lard-Ghoiee steam, 930c. Pork-New mess, Sl6 l5H17l5 Bacon-Clear ribs l0lsc. Woo.-fub-wash 1ia24c; Mis- souri and Illinois medium combing. 16la9 lse; other grades l2ql7c.
 Chicago-Glosing quotations: Wheat April, i0@lc; May, uAQ14sc; July, uAc: September. H$sWl1l2c; December, 72ssc. Corn-April. 5i44c; May, 573su5s; July. 5sasc; September 5S4c; December. 47l9c. Oats-Aprii, 42lsc. May, 4219c; July. 3324 4c; September, 2s$,a2Sjsc; December 29Ac. p'ork-April, $lo.%ig; May sl6. .42lA: July. Sl6.57la. Iiard-April, S9.45; May. s l7Ia: July, $9.57le. September, S9.6ll4. Ribs April. $s.70; May. $S.75; July, SS.S7l2. Sep tcmber. S9 9ll2.
 Indiana polls =Whcat-No. ? red. .75laql7Gc; No red. 72474c Corn-No- ? white. Gle; No. ? yellow, 6lAc. oats-No , white, 45a i5l2. Hay-11mothy, Slh.G0Gg t2 U.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
OTHERWISE IINNOTICED.

President Kruger's eldest son and 24 other relatives of the name have taken the oath of allegiance to Great Britain.
 The output of the Missouri coal mines the past year exceeded aay former like period by more than 500. GOO tons.
 The Illinois fund for Boer recon centrados has been forwarded through the state department for dis tribution 10 the consul general at Cape Town
 The navy department will recom- mend plan to congress under which the na4Y will eventually consist of a0, GOO men.
 Owing to the difficult eommuuica- tion between the Boer leaders. efforts at peace negotiations are progressing slowly.
 The programme for the meeting of the house of bishops of the Episco- palian church, at Cincinnati. on April l6-15 has been announced.
 \ mob at Amherst courthouse, Va, took negro prisoner who had shot and seriously wounded white man out of jail and hanged him.
 The administration will make fight for the confirmation of Capt. Crozier as chief of the bureau of ord nance, with the rank of brigadier- general.
 The threatened outbreak between whites and negroes at EaWton. Okla. 
 did not take place. Many negroes are leaving the town through fear of De- ing driven out.
 \ man named Seiourne. carrying revolver, approached the carriage of President Loubet of France. Sunday. and said: ..I demand justice" He was arrested
 Senator Hanna is preparing to give bond in the sum of SlQa.o9o for Mai. Rathbone. pending his appeal for new trial before the supreme court of Cuba
 II is said the New York bankers and capitalists are not disposed to lend any encouragement to another season of wild stock speculations.
 Senators Clark and Ell1ins. two iiit4 Atotitiiit Stllti blS. iiIAe Dttn warned by the Washington police against running their automobiles at a dangerous rate of speed.
 Secretary Hay and representatives of Costa Rca and Nicaragua have completed the canal treaties with the exception of the price to pc paid Nicaragua.
 ,,1ro'. served with elaborate ceremony. at Baltimore. Sunday Cardinals Mar tinellt and Gibbons participated ir the services.
 \ desperate negro at Tuseumbia Ala, killed two deputy sheritfs, nor tally wounded the sheriff and three deputies, and seriously wounded three other deputies before lie was killed.
 In commenting the will of Cecil Rhodes and the foresight of the au- thor, Andrew Carnegie repeats that the future of the Anglo=saXon race is on the Hudson. the Ohio and the Mississippi
 Emperor William of Germany com ments on Cecil Rhodes. gifts to Ger many Europe and the United States as supplying a constant incentive to friendly relations among the leu tonic nations.
 Worlds Fair Commissioner John Barrett says that nearly all of the foreign governments have unofiicially informed the United States or the Worlds fair management that they will be unable to make q proper rep resentation at the Worlds fair if it is held in 1903.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
AdmiraI M,ans in snn Erancisco.

san Francisco, April Rear-Ad- mral Bobley D. Evans has arrived here from Washington and will leave sn Tuesday for the orient to become cnior squadron commander under Rear-Admiral Rogers, whom he will succeed as commander-in-chief of the Asiatie station, six months hence.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
\ Negro and His Winchester

Tuscumbia, Ala, April 8.-As the result of an attempt to arrest Will Reynolds, a negro, for obtaining goods under false pretenses, Sunday. three men are dead, three mortally and four seriously wounded, all except Reynolds falling under the latter's deadly aim with a Winchester rifa.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Punishment for Treachery.

Manila. April S.-Col. Espado, who surrendered and took the oath of ai- legianee. in 1901, and later rejoined the insurgents. was recaptured re- gently. His trial, resulted i'll his con Nietion, and he was sentenced to death, but his punishment has been committed to imprisonment for life.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Getting the GnIIows Ready.

St. Louis. April s.-The sheriff is having the galews made ready for the execution of Henry Fletcher, 2 negro. convicted of the murder of Louis Roth, 14-year-old boy, in 1000 The execution, which is set for Friday, will be the first 10 occur in St. Louis for three years
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Corpse Found in a Cave.

Frankfort, Ky, April s.-A corpse was discovered in cave on the farm of Mason X Hoge, near here, Sunday, by young boys. It is thought to be that of Ambrose Morton, who has been missing since Christmas. The roroner is inNestipating.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
The Wheat Area for 1902.

Chicago. April s.-American far mers seeded, last fall. 9 ooo, ,oo0 acres of winter wheat. an area 10000 acres in excess of that which they reaped i'll the summer. This great planting far surpasses any other in the history of American farming
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
BRIEF MENTION.

Frosts on the nights of 1st and End in l., killed manly strawberry blooms in the berry sections.
 Ion. E. Martin has been appoint ed assessor of Faulkner count, vice Jo, Roden. deceased.
 Hon. c. F. GreeIflee. of Brinkley, has bee appointed a member of the state boa I'd of charities. vice Ed Barton. re- sig led
 The annual report of City Phy hysician Wa kins shows that S45 deat's oc- cur ed in Little Rock during 1901, aga nst 52S births.
 c c. Nelson, the bigamist, who con fess es to having three living wives. one in this state, was convicted on one chai ge at St Joseph, Mo, and sen tene d to three years in the peliten tiar,
 Secretary of State j. W. Crockett has ;ubmitted to Gov Davis his.report for he first, quarter of 1902, CT ding March 31. The receipts from fees were S4,S75.25, andafro sale of looks $fs7. 10. The expenditures were $2.oS994.
 Jof n Dugan, alias Ed Huff, has been bount over to the federal ground jury at Ii tie Rock on charge of counter feitin ,. When first arrested TIufj, or Dugall piloted the officers to a point where he had concealed counterfeit ing o'ltfit
 
 The state encampment of the e. A. K. I'll be held at Siloam Sp,ing May i.
 Bud Mitchell, colored. was shot md fatally wounded at Morrilton by J, E. Gordoll an officer. Gordon attempted to arr ast Mitchell. who resisted nd was ge ting the best of the officer NJ len
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Trailing Bank Robbers.

St. Joseph, Mo, April s.-The Rus kin tNeb.1 bank robbers. four in num- Der, who secured $i5,00o. were chased bv posse of farmers for 50 miles, Sunday. until the robbers crossed in- to kansas and separated near Belle- vile \ running fire was kept up for several miles.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Andrew Draper BadI, Hurt.

Champaign, H., April s.-President Andrew : Draper of the University of Illinois and Mrs. Draper were thrown from their carriage while driving, Sunday afternoon, and the presidents left leg was broken above the knee. Mrs. Draper escaped seri- ous injury.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
wife's Presence Betrayed Him.

M. N. Johnson form e.,.sea promi- lent business man of Ander on. Ind, md who is wanted at the above place on a charge of issuing forged papers
 the amount of s100,000 WIS arrest ed at hotel in Hot Springs. John : on was confined to his room from a Serious illness, and his wife's presence tD nurse him led to his iden .ity.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Fire Visits Lemars. In.

Lemars. In. April Sire, Sunday, destroyed the grocery and dry goods stores of Baron Bros, the building and printing plant of the Lemars Post, and the furniture store of tho Grand Rapids Furniture Co The loss is S5o,000. with $31 900 insnranee
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Murdered for Ten Dollars.

The dead body of Henry Lansky Was found on, the roadside near Lake Haze, his breast riddled with buck shot When last seen alive he had about $10 in his pockets, wh ch was m ssing, showing that the crin was e mmitted for the purpose of .obhery.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Indicted for Wife Murder.

Waterloo, H., April s.-The grand jury Saturday, returned an indict- ment against Anton Stocllel, charging him with the murder of his wife. Much interest is taken in the case in this vicinity.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
Earl of kimberIey Seriously III.

London April The earl of Kim berley. liberal leader in the house of lords and former foreign secretary, who has been ill for some time past, suffered a serious relapse this morn ing.
The Monticellonian., 1902-04-11
T.yenty-One Persons Killed

London, April S.-As the result of the collapse of the 25=yard stand at lbroN park, Glasgow, Saturday, where s0,00o people had assembled to witness the Seottish-Englsh football match, 2l persons were killed and nearly three hundred injured.