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The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
The Senate.

President Short, who was absent at his home for several days. called the senate to order at the regular hour.
 S B. 1S7. ceding jurisdiction to the United States over certain lands on the Ouachita river for the erection of locks and dams, was read third time and passed.
 Senator Hardy's bill to require em- ployers to furnish names of employees to tax assessors when requested to do so. was read third time and passed
 Senator Adams introduced a bill No 199). amending the act establishing chancery court in the counties of Hot Spring. Garland, Saline. Montgomery and Grant.
 & B. No. 30 Logan). relating to bonds of insurance companies. was taken up and passed.
 The bill amends the present law by adding the words, provided that the same may be in full force and effect during the life of any policy issued by said company"
 s. B. No. r was taken up. It pro vides for republishing the digest and an amendment that the governor ap- point the adjuster with the approval of the supreme court. was adopted and the bill made special order for Thurs day afternoon
 s. B. 9S Hardy). providing that dts charged railroad employees must be paid within seven days after discharge was read third time and passed.
 Senator Prices bill providing tha, express companies be compelled in all towns and cities to maintain an office in the business center, and deliver packages, passed.
 s. B. IT, authorizing s250, 00C bond issue by the St. Francis levee district, passed
 Senator Pinnix's bill providing for 1 the refunding of money enormously
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
Jealous Husband Killed.

James Fike was shot and killed at Bearden by Henry Fultz. Fike en- tered the store of Fultz and, draw ing knife, started toward Fultz, when he was shot dead. Fike was jealous of his wife and accused his slayer of paying too much attention to her. He was considered very quar- relsome
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The Senate

The Senate
 The committee on federal relations reported favorably on senate joint me morial No. l. introduced by Senator Logan, relating to the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people.
 S. E. III Gogan), to amend the road law. was taken up. MT. Logan eX- plained that the bill left it to the dis erection of the county court to appoint a road commissioner when the road tax is voted also, that 90 per cent of road tax collected in cities of second class and incorporated towns be expended on the streets. etc. The bill passed.
 Senator Naughters bill legalizing pri- mary elections was read third time and passed.
 s. B. 93 Mardis, was taken up. Tha bill provides for refunding money er- roneously paid on school bonds.
 Senator Killough argued that the pas sage of the bill would disturb condf- tions all over the state and lead to endless Mitigation.
 On motion the bill was placed back on second reading and then referred to the judiciary committee.
 Senator .Sorwood's s bill regulating the sale of liquor in incorporated cities and towns. was passed. It leaves the question to the voters of such cities and towns. regardless of the rural vote.
 The House.
 petition was road from citizens oi Poinsett county protesting against the enactment of any law prohibiting thl shipment of Buffalo and catfish.
 Mir. Cate introduced II. B. No 2S5 to exempt magnetic headers from the eff fects of the law regulating the practice of medicine. Several local bills were disposed of at the morning session.
 MT. Latimer introduced II. B. 3SS to prohibit the buying, taking or re ceiving of intoxicating liquors of any kind from an unknown person within prohibition districts. Read twice.
 MT Griffin introduced H. B. 3S9. re quiring policemen to give bond each il the sum of s1,500. Read first and see ond times
 H. B. 122 (Cate) fixing passenger fare. was taken up and passed. It pro vides that lines over fifty miles il length may charge a maximum of cents per mile; those fifty miles il length or less may charge d maximum of cents per mile.
 MT. Chestnut's bill, constituting th' secretary of state, state treasurer state auditor, land commissioner anc | commissioner of mines. manufacture. and agriculture a board of commission CTS of the state charitable institutions to serve without additional compensa tiOn, was taken up.
 On motion of MT Toney the bill wa postponed for two weeks. Severa members opposed the bill as being il the interest of certain politicians House joint resolution No. l 3 (Perry) proposing an amendment to the consti tuition so as to make all contracts for greater rate of interest than 10 pc cent void as to interest only, was de feated.
 II. B. No 233 Campbell of PulaskD appropriating 5000 to assist in tn erection at Little Rock of monumen to the Confederate dead. was taken ul and passed
 This bill afforded an opportunity fo several members to display their ora torical powers. and some eloquent talk were made in favor of the bill
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
Young Men Missing.

George Dean and Arthur Bellew, two young white men. are missing from thier homes in Montgomery county and it is feared they were drowned, as a capsized skiff was found where it Is supposed they at tempted to cross a stream.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
Justice Day sworn In.

Washington, March Civilian R. Day, the new associate justice of the supreme court, to-day took the oath of office and sat with the court for the first time
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
The Senate.

Several bills were introduced. as fol- lows:
 No. 191 Gogan), to prevent the sale of spurious articles co1ored to represent butter.
 No 192 Pnnix). adding Nevada and Clark counties to the Eighth chancery ditrict.
 No 196 6eotham1. to compel eorpo- ratiens te pay up 2o per cent Of their capital stock before they may exercise corporate laws
 No. 197 dIuddleston), authorizing persons to enter upon any lands in mak- ing geological survey for the govern ment
 s B 149 by MT F1ennillen. providing that all moneys from leasing of school lands be converted into the common school fund. was taken up and passed.
 A number of house bills were read second time and placed on the calendar.
 H. B. 1f2. to allow fish traps to be used in Logan county was defeated. and number of local measures were p9SSel
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE House Adopted Resolution to Ex- tend the Session Sixty
 Days.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24.
 The Senate.

This being house day. but little busi- ness of importance was transacted the greater part of the session being taken up In first and second readingof bills and the passage of local measures.
 II. E. 147 (Horton), to facilitate court proceedings against assessment insur- ance companies and mutual insurance companies, was read third time and passed.
 Senator Gray called up H. B. 24, the Merriman fellow servant bill. Senator Adams offered an amendment striking out the enacting clause and inserting "all corporations doing busi- ness in this state shall be responsible for all damage done te any agent, ser want of employe caused by the neglect of any other agent. servant or employe." /" Senator Gray opposed the amendment, He called attention to the democratic platform which pledged the enactment of such a bill as the one under consid- eration.
 Senator Cotton argued that the object of the amendment was to kill the bill. therefore he was opposed to it.
 Senator Sengel favored the amend ment
 The amendment was adopted by vote of IS to 13.
 II. B. POS (NorfeeD. to change the boundary line between the counties of Scott and Logan, was taken up and passed after some discussion H. B. 296 (Mardis), providing for the taking of census of cities and towns Tn certain cases was read third time and passed
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
suiians Troops Defeated.

Madrid March 3.-A dispatch to the Imparcial from Ceuta, Morocco, reit- crates the report that the suItan's troops have been defeated and that War Minister Menebhi has been killed.
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The Senate.


 March 12.
 The Senate.
 After roll call and reading of min. utes the secretary read communica- ton from Judge Parker of New York expressing regrets at his inability to address the present general assembly. II. B. 14S OButler). to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, failed to pass-20 to 9.
 Senator Kilgore introduced S. B 1SS. to repeal certain sections of act of 1901. prohibiting mill companies and other corporations from issuing time checks to their employees.
 s. B. TT, increasing salary of mine inspector to s2,00O per annum. was read third time and passed.
 Senate joint resolution No. was in troduced by Senator Gotham. proposing an amendment to the constitution to create board of pardons. composed of the governor, secretary of state and auditor.
 MT. Norheet's bill permitting gradu- ates of the law department of the state court without examination, was taken up and passed.
 H. B. 370. providing for the erec- tion of waterworks and electric light plant at Augusta. was read third time and passed.
 motion to reconsider the vote by which the Adams amendment to the Merriman fellow servant bill was adop- ted, was called up. The Adams sec tion applied to all corporations whue the original bill applies to only rail roads.
 Senator Gray made an able argument in favor of striking out the Adams amendment Senators Wilson and Witt spoke in | opposition to the bill in any form The motion to reconsider failed and the bill as amended failed to pass by l the following vote: Ayes-Adams. Caldwell Gray, King | Simpson. Smith Naughter-7. Noes-Brown, Collins, Gotham. Cot. | ton, Covington. Flenniken, Hardy. Hin I kle. lobe, Kilgore. Mardis. McFerrin | Mears, Norwood. Price, Wilson, Witt | Wood-1S.
 H. B. S9. requiring passenger train: 10 stop at all county seat towns. failed | to pass.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ga.

The senate held it's first full Saturday session and transacted considerable bus mess.
 In the house charges were filed against Chancellor Ieatherman, and re ferred to the judiciary committee. The charges. which are sworn to by Sheriff Williams. of Garland county, are of q most serious nature.
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The 3-year-old son of Wm McCutch- con, of North Little Rock, was run over and killed by wagon. The ac- cident was unavailable
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05

New York March 3.-Money on call firm at 324 per cent; prime mercantile pa per, 5Q5A per cent; sterling exchange easy, with actual business in bankers bills at 4S7. 1256I4S7.375 for demand and at 4S4QD4S4.25 for 60 days; posted rates. 4s5 and 4SS; commercial bills, 4S3l444s44; Mexican dollars, 3S. Government bondA steady.
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Cotton.
FfnancIal.

Quotations for middling range as fol- lows: St. Louis, s7sc; New York, lO74ei Memphis, 10lsc.
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New Churches at Texarkana.

Three new churches are under way at Texarkana. The Christian church is nearly finished, the Presbyterian church is rapidly nearing completion and the First M. E. church, under the ministry of the Rev. James Thomas. has raised the necessary funds for the building of a $30,000 structure.
 The infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. L. C. Mead, who live near Pine Bluff, while sitting in a high chair, fell forward on fire and was very SC. veiely burned.
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Stage of the Rivers.
Stations.
THE MARKETS.

Fall. .Trace. " Frozen.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
The House.

H B. 375 (FutralD. empowering county judges to appoint county boards of health. to be composed of three phy sicans, was read third time and passed The committee on military presented
 bill creating the office of adjutant- general, to be filled by the governors s private secretary
 Mr Hinkle's bill providing for the transportation of conVicts to the peni-
 tentfary by the sheriff. expense to be paid by the state was taken up and passed
 & B. E tcotham1. exempting cotton factory insurance companies from the provisions of the insurance laws of the
 state was read third time and passed.
 Mir. Killough's bill allowing nle St. Francis leyee board to increase its tax for levee purposes from to cents on the acre. was taken up. MT, DeRossitt, chairman of the house committee on levees, urged the adop- ton of the measure. He stated that the increased tax was absolutely necessary
 in order that the gap of seventeen miles | may be closed all the rest of the dis l trict now being protected Speaker Moore favored the bill. The measure passed-ayes @, noes 9. Mr. Stafford introduced H. B. 37s. pro | posing to place members of the general assembly on a salary of $500 per ses- | sion.
 MT. Myers introduced H. B. 379 to | change time of holding probate court l in the eastern district of Lawrence | county.
 II. B. 3so to limit the time a rail | way train may block a crossing to ten minutes. was introduced by MT. Thomp- | son.
 MT. Eldlridge introduced H. B. 3S1. to | regulate the organization of fire insur- l ance companies and requiring them to | give an indemnity bond and keep re- | serve fund of not less than 50 per cent. A messenger from the governor an nounced the approval of a number of | local bills.
 MT. Keith introduced II. B 3S3 to | amend section 1891 of the digest. The | bill imposes q fine of s100 to $500 for | keeping open saloons on Sunday. and | forfeiture of license for the second of | fense.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27.

session, as the house refused to adopt q resolution to extend the session to May 2. So far none of the appropria- ton bills have been considered and the regular sixty days session closes March 12.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-05
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25.

One of the most important ques- tions yet before the general assembly was disposed of. that of the removal of Hon. James r. Eagle as a member of the state capitol commission.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2e.

A bill was passed in the house by a vote of 62 to 30 appropriating the sum of s5,000 to assist in erecting Confed crate monument at Little Rock.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
WIDE-oPEN DIVORCE LAWS.

Ihe new divorce law, we learn from the Raleigh
Times, "allows two years abandonment prior to
January l, 1908, as a ground for divorce, provided
the person bringing the suit has been a resident
of North Carolina for five years. Then five years
must elapse before the person divorced can re-
marry. Another provision is that the Judge must
carefully examine each case, and if he finds that
the cause is not meritorious, he shall set the YER
dict aside" This law, in our opinion, is entirely
too lax. We had hoped that the Legislature would
adopt a more stringent act than that of 1901,
but it seems to have moved in the other direction.
Colonel Odds says of the matter in his correspond
ence:
GA prominent lawyer, while listening last night
to the debate in the Senate on the divorce bill said
the divorce laws of North Carolina are about as
wide open as those of South Dakota, as to causes
for divorce; that the only thing required here was
longer residence, the required term being two
years, while in South Dakota it is six months.
Efforts have been made several times to get the
term of residence here reduced. It is said that
under the act which was ratified to-day, granting
divorce for two years abandonment, with leave
to re-niarry five years after divorce, there will be
scores of cases. One lawyer said he had heard
of a dozen, and that the new law would make con-
siderable business for his profession. A number
of lawyers were deeply interested in getting the
bill through"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

The March Country Life in America is a double
number-a gardening manual, it is called. We
have but one criticism to make of this universally
popular magazine: the illustrations are so beau
tiful that we always get too much interested in
looking at the pictures to read the articles.
A very charming story of Kentucky life-the
scene shifting from the mountains to the Blue
grass region, Goods country" and back again
is now running in Scribner's under the singular
title, "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come"
The author is John Fox, Jr., and Chad, his little
mountaineer hero, is one of the most delightful
characters that we have found in recent fiction.
The American Sheep Breeder Company, 1872
Ontario ST., Chicago, Ill, has just issued "Angora
Milk Raising and Mich Goats" a 23O-page book
by Prof. George Fayette Thompson, of the Blu
reau of Animal Industry. We are prepared to
accept the publishers claim that "it has more
boiIed-down information on the=subject than any
other book ever published" and we commend it
to those interested in the subjects indicated. The
retail price is 81 and it may be ordered of The
Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

city messages, which includes a suburban area of
a radius of 10 miles beyond the city limits, the
rate is - cents for messages of ten words and the
address; for messages of the same length to any
point within the same State,-and the States are
generally very much larger than any American
State, the charge is Is cents while for similar
messages to any station within the common
wealth,-and from Northampton, in Queensland,
to Perth, in West Australia, the distance of wire
is more than $500 miles,-the uniform charge is
"a cents. It is calculated, on the basis of past
experience, that these rates will return~a revenue
sufficient to pay operating expenses of every
kind, including the cost of maintenance, and in
addition interest on the original expense of con-
struction, amounting to fully $18,O00,O0O. This
apparent anomaly, when compared with American
experience, is at least in part explained by the
fact that Australians send more than twice as
many messages over the lines at the lower rates
as Americans do at the present charges, and that
where every post-ofice is also a telegraph station,
and every country postmaster a telegraph opera
tor, the cost is greatly reduced.-Hugh III. Lusk,
in the American Monthly Review of Reviews for
March.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

The Australian Government Telegraph and It's Low
Rates.
The statistics on which the Australian post
master general founded his telegraph rates
showed conclusively two things,--that the facili-
ties already supplied in Australia to the public
for the use both of telegraph and telephone far
exceeded those supplied, either by governments
or by private enterprise, in any country of Eu-
rope or America in proportion to the number of
the populations; and further, that the charges for
these services were much lower in Australia than
in any of those countries. They showed that both
in post-of1ces and telegraph stations the people
of the young commonwealth were far better pro-
vided for than either in England or America, and,
apparently as a consequence, that they made more
use of the conveniences, enabling all telegraph
rates to be reduced to a point far below those
charged elsewhere without any loss to the reVe-
nue.. The new commonwealth rates provided for
in the act illustrate the truth of his boast. For
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
The Debauching After-COst of Our Wars.

If there we're no other reasons why peace at
any honorable cost is desirable to a democratic
government, there is reason enough in the long
after-cost of war. We have paid more than two
and three-quarter billions of dollars (f anybody
can comprehend such a sum- in pensions on ac-
count of the Civil War, and the expenditure goes
on at the rate of one hundred and forty-fOur
millions a year. But the cost of pensions is not
the worst fact. The worst fact is the demoraliza-
ton of a large part of the public. All these years
systematic and organized fraud has been prac-
tised in the name of patriotism, and thousands
of men and families have come to regard the
Government simply as a dispenser of incomes.
The administration of the pension bureau now
prevents all the palpable frauds that it can, but
under the loose laws that exist there is no way
to suppress the activity of the pension attorneys,
who continue to debauch the character of veter-
ans and the kinsmen of veterans. There are even
at this late day about a million names on the pen
sion roll.
The pension after-cost to July 1, 1902, of each
of our wars was:
War Of the Revolution ............ $7O,OOO,OOO
War OF 1872 43,Oz?,z9I
Indian wars 5,8l4,2O6
Mexican War 31,00l,5o!
War with SPAN .............. 3'ZIo'lo4
Civil War q, 728,878,276
How large a part of this sum has gone to the
degradation of character and how large a part
to veterans whose pensions are properly badges of
honor nc man will ever know. All that we know
is that the granting of pensions has revealed the
weakest place in our system of government. No
political party has shown itself strong enough to
withstand the threats and the criticisms of the
cold soldier" vote, nor has the private virtue of
vast muItitudes of men and women withstood the
organized seduction of pension attorneys.
We have very nearly got rid of the scandal of
the spoiIe system, to which the Generalization
that followed the Civil War gave a strong i'm
pulse; but we shall yet have to endure the twin
scandal of pensions till by the sheer lapse of time
most of the children and the wives and the CON
nections of the soldiers of forty years ago are
dead. In the meantime we shall for a cOnsidera-
bic period continue to disbUrse about one hundred
and fifty millions a year, much of it to the degra-
dation of citizenship and manhood. The shame
of it is not that so much money is wrongly spent
by the Government Though this we're shame
enough), but that it is so spent as to encourage a
debasing conception of the function Of govern
ment.-Dr. Walter II. Page in the Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

lie that lives to live forever never fears dying.
Penn.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-03
R.BRooks.
Daughter Of One Of New York's Best
Known Families Wsds = Blue.
Biooded Bostonlan.

NEWPORT, r. Il. Sept. 3.--The
world OF fashion turned out In full
force Mt noon today for the wedding
OF Miss Gladys Brooks TO Mr.. Eugene
". X. Thayer. which took place ut
Trinity church. The sanctuary was
deliberately decorated. and the altar
filed With white roses, over which d
number Of lighted tapers cast their
soft light. The Rey. Ernest ]. Dcnne.
assistant rector. performed the cere-
mony, assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Hall
81 Groton school, Mass. Tho brides
maids were Miss Marion Fish, Miss
Constance Liyermore. Miss Anna
Thayer, Miss Adelaide Randolph and
Miss Fannie Iselin. Mr.. Thayer was
attended by Mr.. james jackson OF
Boston, and the users were Mr.. Regl-
maid Brooks. Mr.. Delaney Jay, Mr..
Philip L%iyermore. Mr.. Theodore Dou.
glas Robinson. Mr.. Charles IL. Per.
kins, MIR. Gordon FaIrchild. Mr.. Hugh
Minturn. Mr.. George Snow and Mr..
Reginald Boardman.
The bride Is the daughter or Mr..
and Mrs. II. Mortimer Brooks. and