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The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
TO COMPLETE HIS SENTENCE.
James NJ. Bradley. Who Escaped From the Massachusetts Prison,
 in 1892, Back in old Quarters.

Boston, July f4-James NJ. Bradley is back again in the state prison at Charlestown. ont of which place he walked on Thanksgiving day, 1892 Bradley arrived from the Texas state prison, where on July I, he finished a>sentence. He is wanted here to complete q five years sentence. Brad ley was q member of the famous "Sewer gang" that escaped from the prison in July, 1892. He was cap tured in New York on November ?, and returned to the institution. On November 24, 1892, Thanksgiving day, while the spectators were filling out from an entertainment that was given in the chapel, Bradley walked out with them and all efforts to find him failed until recently a tip was given out that he was in the state prison in Texas. He will now be tried for escaping from an institution while serving a sentence.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Two Illicit Stills Destroyed.

Deputy United States marshals captured two illicit distilleries and a 100-gall0n copper outfit near Stewart postoffice in Sevier county last week. These stills were located near the Ar kansas and Indian Territory line. and when officers from Arkansas became too active the moonshiners have here tofore evaded arrest by crossing into the Territory. The owners, Julius Bobo and Green Brennan, were sur prised while asleep in their cabin q few miles from their stills. Inc off cers took the two prisoners to TeXar- kama. where Commissioner Summer vile bound them over to await the action of the federal grand jury. The prisoners were then taken to Fort Smith. where they are now being held for safe-keeping.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
New Road Chartered.

The Warner. Cummings and East ern Railroad company last week filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state and was given a charter by the state board of railway incorporators. The charter is for fifty years The capital stock of the road is s3S000O, and it's estimated length is 3S miles. It is to run from Warner, Lincoln county, in a south easterly direction through Pendleton. Desha county, thence in an easterly direction to Douglass. thence from Douglass to South Bend. thence in a southeasterly direction to Pendleton. Desha county, thence to Medford. thence in an easterly direction to Red Fork, and thence in southeasterly direction to Watson, where it will connect with the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana railway.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
CONGREGATIONAL PLANS.
CongregntionaI Summer Assembly to De Held, Next Month, at Pot
 toNattomie Point. Mich.

St Louis. July l4.-Prominent Con gregationalists of the United States, who have given the subject much tm9 and thought. will soon see realiza- ton of their aims in the oreanizat ion of q Nationad Congregation summer assembly. For several years they have been working for this object and next month the organization will be effected al meeting to be held at Pottawattomie Point, near New Buffalo, Michigan. where the Congre- gational summer assembly of the in terior states will hold it's annual ses- sions. large attendance of we'll known Congregationalists from all parts of the country is expected.
 The plan for the establishment of q National Congregational summer as sembly has been heartily indorsed in resolutions adopted by the state as sociations of Ohio, Michigan. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana. Iowa and Pennsylvania, all local associations in Wisconsin, and the triennial conyen- ton representing the Congregational churches of ten western and north western states. In addition. the movement has received the indorse- ment of most of the Congregation al ministers east and west.
 Rev. II. $. Wannamaker. of Elyria, O., is secretary and treasurer of the Congregational summer assembly.
 Through the generosity of Mr. F. k. Warren, of Three Oaks, Mich, laYman in the Congregational church, who has given the use of 700 acres of land, the assembly will meet this year at beautiful Pottawattomie Point, on Lake Michigan. Ii is just across the lake from Chicago, and for the meet ings a very low special rate has been made by the railroads. This tract Of land is finely wooded, and located on .he lake shore beside the winding banks of river. A beach unsur- passed for bathing with the river and lake available for boating and the grounds especially adapted to golf, lawn tennis ball. etc, the location is not far from being ideal
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
DYING PONTIFF EULOGIZED.
Special Tribute to the Dying Hend of the Roman Catholic Church
 by Methodist Minister

New York, July IA special tribute to the dying head of the Ro- man Catholic church was uttered. Sunday, by Rev. G. W. Brinton. of the Forty-fourth Street Methodist Epis- copal church.
 Tt is generally the rule" he said, ito criticize man unmercifully while he lives: to expose all his weak nesses and follies. If he be a public servant, to caricature him and hold him up to worldwide ridicule. and then. when dead, to gather up his good deeds in wreath and place them on his casket.
 This rule has been reversed in the application to the pontiff about whose health and well being millions of per sons have been deeply solicitors and whose good acts have been recorded in all lands.
 His love or justice, simple dignity. kindly sympathy, have endeared the pontiff to the Catholic world, who de light to pay tribute to the statesman- ship tact and splendid genius of their loved pope, who has done much for the progress of civilization. From crowned head to peasant; from presi- dent 10 laboring man, prayers and good wishes have been expressed for this remarkable man.
 Leo has known no nationality, but has been interested in all. Deprived of temporal power. he has possessed greater power, a dynamic that has controlled the hearts of men and shaped, in many instances, the poli- cies of monarchies and republics. He has restored the golden age of the papacy in its best sense. As philan- thropist, poet, educator and reformer, the name of Leo XIII. will be placed among the very great if not the greatest pope in history
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
SECOND DECREE MURDER.
Mrs. Minnie Cummings Found Guil- ty of Murder in the Second
 Degree at St. Louis.
SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND LAST APRIL.
The Jury, After Twenty Hours De liberation, Found Her Guilty ani Assessed Her Punishment at Ten Years Imprisonment in the PSni- tentiary.

St. Louis, July f4.-Mrs. Minnie Cummings was found guilty of mur- der in the second degree in the killing of her husband, Dennis Cummings, i'll April last.
 The sentence was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.
 The jury reported it's verdict at ten o'clock Monday morning in Judge Douglas division of the circuit court.
 The ease went to the Jury at 10:55 Saturday night, and the verdict was reached at six o'clock Sunday night, after 20 hours of deliberation. It was sealed and turned over to a dep- uty sheriff at that hour. the jurymen being allowed to go to their homes.
 Mrs. Cummings Was in court with her lawyers when the verdict was announced.
 Mrs. Cummings slept soundly Sun day night and rose with the sun Mon- day morning, bright and cheerful. She Was confident of aequittal, and talked to the other prisoners about her approaching release.
 Her condition was in marked con trast to that of Sunday morning. when she was cross and qucruIous after a sleepless night of anxiety.
 She went to bed early Sunday night, and slept sonndlY all night.
 She was the first woman in the jail to get up, and ate her bread an1 drank her coffee as if she enjoyed it. At eight o'clock she went with the other women to walk in the court yard. She talked and laughed with them as if only petty charge hung over her.
 I'm not 3. bit worried" she said The jury will acquit me. I'm sure that's what their long delay in re- turning q verdict meant. l don't see how they can believe anything ex- cept that l killed Cummings in self defense"
 Mrs Cummings has vet to stand trial for the murder of Harris her husband preceding Cummings That ease was doeketed with the Gum mings case. and the prosecuting off qials chose to try the Cummings casr first.
 of Nationad Congregational summer
 The Harris trial has been set for July 20
 When the verdict was read in court, and the jury had been boiled, at the request of Col. John I. Martin, Mrs. Cummings attorney. the prison ar seemed dazed; it was different from what she expected. and those around her feared for moment that she would collapse, but she soon ral- lied and was returned to the jail.
 Col. Martin filed notice that he would ask for new trial His grounds are that he was compelled to do without certin witnesses, and that certain witnesses of the stat4 were incompetent. He says that one of them was, until recently, an in- mate of the insane asylum.
 The jury accompanied their verdict with letter to Judge Douglas, plead ing for leniency for the woman if in his power to grant it; they gave her the shortest sentence permissible un- der the law.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16

The Change Does Not Indicate nm
 Immediate Climax.

Belfast, Ireland. July 1.-The pope's condition took a turn slightly for the worse Monday morning. but the change does not excite apprehen- sion of an immediate climax. The night was rather sleepless one. par ticularly during the early morning hours. The official bulletin frankly speaks of agitated periods during the night and confesses that the general condition of the patient is somewhat more depressed.
 It developed soon after the issu- ance of the bulletin that this depres- sion was quite marked, and it con tinued to manifest itself throughout the forenoon, at one time assuming an alarming aspect This was when the pope seemed to lose his grasp on tangible surroundings. For the first time since his illness began there was a momentary hallueination, the pa- tient believing that a shadow fitted through the room. The doctor and the attendant succeeded in quieting his fears. Outside of these passing periods of depression, the general condition of mental alertness con tinnes. When Doctors Mazzoni and Lapponi made their morning call the patient inquired about Dr. Rossoni, asking: Why doesn't he come to see me-" Being told that Dr. Rossoni was i'll. he said: Tell him that he must take care of himself"
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
His Unlucky Day.

Will Lemon, who began term of three years in the penitentiary a few days ago for the killing of w. J. Rex road in 1901, is strongly convinced that Saturday Is his unlucky day. On Saturday he was born; on Saturday he shot and killed Rexroad; he was bound over to the grand jury by a justice of the peace on Saturday; he was indicted by the grand jury on Saturday; he was convicted in the circuit court on Saturday; when his case was appealed to the supreme court the papers were filed on Satur- day; that court affirmed the decision of the lower court on Saturday, and on Saturday he was taken to the pen itentiary.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
CAPT. OERTEL HEARD FROM.
The Master of the German Bark Edith, Wrecked in the south Seas,
 Heard From in Australia.

Port Townsend, Wash, July 14.- A private cablegram from sydney, \. $. w.. brings news of the safety of Capt. Oertel, of the wrecked German bark Edith. that sailed from this port lumber laden for Port Pirie. The Edith struck the Nereus shoal, reef northwest of Caledonia, during a ter rife gale, and broke mp March 10. The crew escaped in boats, but Capt. Oertel and II men had been given up for lost until the receipt of news to the effect that the party had, af- ter heroic efforts, succeeded in reach ing Norfolk island.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Chicago's new three-million dollar railAay station is now open for use.
 One man was killed and other in iured by lightning at Washington, D. (.
 Thomas ]. Mostellar, of Hazel Run, Mo, who weighs 5o5 pounds, is said to be the largest man in the state
 Secretary Root held conference with President Roosevelt on work be- fore the Alaskan boundary commis- sion.
 The National Teachers association broke camp at Boston, Sunday. and the majority of the teachers departed for their homes.
 Three persons were killed and 50 injured in collision of fast ex- press and stalled excursion train near Lees summit. Mo-
 Indianapolis colored business men are taking steps to rid the city of objectionable negroes in the hope of averting race trouble.
 Evansville. Ind, enjoyed the quiet est Sunday in 9 years. all the saloons and clubs being closed by order of the chief of police.
 noted Italian physician claims to have discovered serum for yaccina- tion which will render patient inn munc from tuberculosis germs.
 New Jersey horse has astonished it's former and present owners by making perilous cross-mountain journey, over country unknown to him, to return to his old home.
 St. Louis police believe Bill Ru- dolph is in hiding in that city. The the bank robber in the northern part of Jefferson county has been aban- doned.
 New York college students who went to the Kansas wheat fields ex- pecting picnic telegraph their friends not 10 come The hardships are more than some of them can stand.
 Jack Meek has been arrested in connection with the murder of Leon ard Lamb at Washna Junction, Okla. June 9. Meek was formerly marshal of Oskeene. He is in the Arapahoe jail.
 The government has ordered townsite company in the Indian terri tory to cease cutting the timber in a valuable walnut grove which it pro posed to make a town site.
 City Marshal T. l.. Goodman shot and seriously wounded Gus Thomure in personal encounter at Festus, Mo. Thomure beat Goodman with cane. Both are reported in critical condition.
 Frightened because he had set fire to his fathers barn, at Perry, la, Abner Carpenter, Jr., five years old, hid away in the hay mow of the burning building, and was eremated.
 Statistics compiled by the depart ment of commerce show that the na- tion's business is keeping pace with the country's growth. Special atten- tion is paid to the livestock indus try.
 Searching investigations of the financial affairs of the St. Louis Worlds fair at the instance of the national commission and of the secre- tary of the treasury have resulted in proof that every dollar expended has been correctly accounted for.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
ORGANIC TROUBLES GROWING.
Functional Disorders Indicate Grnd- uaI Approach of Dissolution.

Rome, July 13, 12:5o p. mt de- veloped during the morning, as the re- suit of careful medical examination, that the condition of the pope's kid neys is worse, as the component parts of the urine are not normal. The diminution of certain elements leads the doctors to fear that his sys- tenn is gradually approaching state of dissolution. No traces of albumen were found, indicating, although the kidneys are not performing their functions properly, that they are not themselves organieally diseased.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
AN OFFENDED COMPRESSOR.
MET. PiTeri, the Pope's Confessor, Feels Himself an Injured Man.

Rome, July 13.-Monsignor Pifferi, the confessor of his holiness, feels rather offended because he is not all lowed to enter the sick chamber, and is especially dissatisfied with the at tending physicians, believing it is due to them that he is excluded. Mon day morning he again asked to be per mitted to see Pope Leo. On hearing the request the pontiff said:
 "When | need him l shall send for him." and Monsignor Pifferi left the vatican, considering himself an in jured man.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
ORANGE CELEBRATION.
Hundred Thousand Men Partict~ pated in the Orange Celehra-
 ton nt Belfast.

Belfast, Ireland, July 13.-The orangemen, Monday, engaged in eeie- bration of July F in their customary way. About 100000 men participated in the celebration here. The entire police force was on duty, and the troops were confined to barracks, so as to be ready in case of emergency. At Restrevor, County Down, there are 1,70o police and soldiers in the town and vicinity, which gives the place the appearance of being in a state of siege.
 The nationalists mostly refrained from counter demonstrations.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
CELEBRATION IN OKLAHOMA,
Southwestern OlsIohoma Win CeIe- brnte the Opening of the kiowa
 md Comanche Country.

Guthrie, Okla. July 1.-The first celebration of the opening of the Kowa and Comanche country, termed the new country" in Oklahoma, will take place at Lawton and other cities in southwestern Oklahoma, August s. Noted speakers have been engaged, and the day will be made an eyentful one in the history of that portion of the territory
 The kiowa-C -Comanche district has experienced wonderful growth in population since its opening, and is considered one of the best crop raising districts in Oklahoma.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Another Law to Be Tested.

Mayor w. E. Lemon, the board of aldermen and a number of prominent citizens of Little Rock have applied to the Pulaski chancery court for an injunction to prevent the citizens of the Eighth (Argenta) ward from hold. ing an election on July 21. the object of which is to annex that territory to North Little Rock and sever it from the city of Little Rock proper. It is alleged in the petition that the act authorizing such elections Is unconsti tutional
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
\ KIND OF MENTAL CONFUSION.
Momentnry Loss of CODsciOusness
 of Ills Surroundings.

Rome, July 13, 12:15 p. m.-The dig ziness from which the pope suffered was kind of mental confusion, dur ing which he seemed to lose con sciousness of his surroundings. while he believed he saw a vision. He ex- plained afterwards that he thought he saw an undefined shadow moving about the room and slowly approach ing his bed. whereupon the pontiff became agitated and called for his valet, Pic Centra. saying: "Pio! Pic! Who it is? Whot it is?'
 Dr. Lapponi and Centra rushed to the patients bed and soon succeeded in tranquilizing him.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
NEW YORK POLICE BUSY,
One Hundred and sixty-Tyyo Arrests In Manhattan ana Brooklyn
 Under the Excise Law.

New York, July 14.-There were 162 arrests during the Sabbath in Manhattan and Brooklyn for alleged violations of the excise law. This was said to have been the largest number ever made in one day. Just what caused the activity of the police in the enforcement of the liquor law is not made known.
 At the big hotels the usual condi- tions prevailed-those who wished refreshments were served with real sandwiches, for which they had to pay.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
SLIGHT TURN FOR WORSE.
The Change, However. Does Not Necessarily Indicate Pope's
 Immediate Death.
MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Periods of Mental Depression and the Development of Organic Lnpses Indicate That the system ia Gradually Approaching n state of Dissolution.

Rome, July 13.-At 9:15 this morn- ing the doctors issued the following bulletin regarding the condition of the pope:
 Up to midnight the pontiff re- mained tranquil, but afterwards he experienced agtated intervals. A physical examination of the thorax shows no change since day before yes terday. The action of the kidneys continues slight and the general con- dition of his holiness is somewhat de- pressed. His pulse is S2, respiration B and temperature 36 eentigrade. Signed. s.LAPPONI.
 M AZZONI
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
TWAS HIS LUCKY SEASON.
Texas Student, Vacation, Cleans Up Thirty Thousand
 Dollars in Four Weeks.

Sour Lake. Tex, July 14.=Another instance of remarkable rise to for tune has come to light here. James Coehrane, student in the State uni versity at Austin, came here four weeks ago for the purpose of making some money during his vacation sea- son. He rode Texas broneho into town. The animal was worth prob ably S10.
 A week after he arrived. heavy rains made the roads impossible, and he traded the broncho to an oil op- orator for an acre of land situated far outside of what was then tine proven oil fields. A few days ago T gusher was struck within 100 feet of his acre, and it is stated he has just closed deal for the sale of the acre tract for $30,000 cash.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
In Memory of His Friend

New York, July 14.-In memory of his friend Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, George W. Vanderbilt has had executed handsome stained glass window which will be placed in All Souls church, which Mir. Wander bilt erected at Biltmore, N. C.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Three Boys Drowned.

Three boys, Curtis Brown. John Brinllley and Albert Harvey, were drowned in Little river near Cero Gordo, Little River county The boys were seining when their boat was overturned and they became entangled in the meshes of their net.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Famous Old Racehorse Dead.

Lexington. Ky. July s14.-The for mer race horse and sire. Fonso, died at C. F. McMeekin's Oak wood stud. Fonso was 24 years old by King Alfonso, dam Imp Weather with by Weatherbit. He won the Kentucky Derby in 1880, defeating Iuke B1ackburn
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Offer Reward For Murderer.

Citizens of Union county have sub scribed a liberal reward for the arrest and conviction of the party who as sassinated w. H. Lee several days ago. The total reward for Lees mur- derer has reached the sum of $6,000. Lee was shot from ambush at his home twelve miles from Fl Dorado, the assassin using Winchester.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Prayers For the Pope.

Chicago, July 14.-Prayers for the speedy recovery or happy death of Pope Leo were said in all the Roman Catholic churches of Chicago Sun day Even in Grace Methodist Epis- copal church prayer was offered for the pontitf.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Arkansians Honored.

At a meeting of the National Ed ucational Association, held in Boston, George B. Cook was chosen vice. president, and Hon. John Hinemon member of the board of directors Both gentlemen are well known Ark ansians
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Neqro Waylaid and Shot.

Richard Jenkins. colored. was way. laid and shot while on his way home from Warren by three negroes. After being shot Jenkins was beaten over the head with clubs and left in a dy. ing condition Robbery is supposed to have been the motive
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Died at One Hundred and Two.

Oakland, Cal, July 13.-Miss La vinia Wheeler is dead in this city at the age of 1o2 years. She was in full possession of her faculties almost up to the moment of her death. She died, according to her physicians, simply of old age.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Contract for Insane Asylum Annex.

At a meeting of the state board of charities held in Little Rock last week, the contract for the insane asylum annex was awarded to Casey x Collins for $119,350 The building is to be ready for occupancy not later than February l, 1904 The annex is to cost $140,000 all told the last legislature having appropriated that amount. There will be two wings. one for. males and the other for fe- males, and it is believed that when completed there will be room at the asylum for the hundreds of insane now confined in the different county jails of the state.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Thirty Lives Lost.

Breslau, Prussia, July 14.-Thirty lives have been lost in a flood which has destroyed 50 houses at Graeffen- burg, a village of Austria, in the val ley of Friewaldau.
The Monticellonian., 1903-07-16
Caborer Murdered.

A laborer of the Frisco Construction Company was found dead one mile from Ashdown, with bullet hole through his head and one through his back. He had recently drawn his wages and as no money was found oh his person it is supposed the murder was committed for the purpose of robbery.
 A rural route has been established at Fort Smith, effective August l, with Will Mckinley carrier and Birt
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-11

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