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The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
PROSPECTS OF
 \ SETTLEMENT
Outlook For a Settlement of the Chi cago Street Railway Strike
 More Promising.
THERE REMAIN SEVERAL POINTS
 FOR TIE kEDIAT0RS TO SETTLE.
Mayor Harrison and His Mediation Committee of Aldermen Encour- aged Over the Fact Thut the Street Railway Company De- clined Strike Breaker.s Services.

Chicago, Nov. 22-Prospects of a settlement of the street car strike seemed brighter Saturady than at any time since the walkout. Leaders an both sides inclined to this view, passing their hopes largely on the ''get to- gether" spirit manifested by those in authority. When the work of media tion was resumed Saturday, however. there were still too many questions un- settled to warrant a confident predic- ton of any early settlement. At least one proposition of the strikers ad yanced by Mr. Darrow at Fridays conference with Attorney Bliss, of the coispany, had not been acted upon by the directors of the railway company, and the executive committee of the trainmen had net taken official action on two of three propositions made by MT Bliss.
 Mayor Harrison Encouraged.
 Mayor Harrison and his mediation committee of aldermen assembled early at the city hall to receive reports oi the progress of negotiations. An nouncement of the fact that the com pany had refused the service of a we'll known eastern strike breaker gave them much encouragement.
 Four Lines in Operation.
 Four lines of the City Railway Go. were in operation, as on Friday, cars running on the Cottage Grove, Indiana and Wentworth avenues. and on Hal sted street lines. The police declared 1t preferable to run an increased num- Der of cars on the lines already in op- eration, and did not undertake to pro tect service on additional streets.
 SuccessfulIy-W Worked Ruse.
 To avoid attack by piekets or other persons, closed carriages were em- ployed to convey supplies to the pow erhouses and barns where the non union men are quartered The pickets were unusually quiet about the office and buildings of the company, and the ruse worked successfully.
 Riot On Archer Ayenue.
 A riot in which several hundred men, women and children took part. occurred on Archer avenue Saturday The mob, which gathered to intercept a number of wagons under escort con veying food to the car barns, charged the police and constables, shouting and throwing stones A constable was struck on the head and badly cut
 The police drew their revolvers and made a stand about the wagons, but refrained from shooting.
 Rioters Driven Back.
 The rioters were finally driven back, ard consoled themselves by burning a wagon previously wrecked in the yi- oinity of the barns.
 Sensational rumors that an attempt had been made to blow up cars on the Wentworth avenue line by means of dynamite caps proved groundless. Three railroad signal torpedoes fas- tened to the rail were at first believed to contain dvDoD1ita
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
okIahomn Farmers Indicted.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov 22.-The grand jury at Lawton has returned 22 indict- ments against farmers of the vicinity of Richards for forcibly removing the property of an oil company which was operating on their claims.
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
Samuel Gompers Re-EIeeted.

Boston, Nov. 22-Samuel Gompers was reelected president of the Amer ian Federation of Labor by a large plurality.
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
Cubnn Reciprocity Treaty.

Washington, Nov. 22.-The senate commmittee on foreign relations has authorized a favorable report on the bill giving effect to the Cuban ssci procity treaty.
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26

H, P. Lawson. a telegraph operator, was shot and killed at McGehee by G. w. Ford, section foreman. Lawson, who was drinking, struck Ford over the head with a club. when the latter pulled 9 revolver and shot him dead.
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
REUNION OF MASONIC BODIES.
Large Glass Initiated Into the Myster-
 ies of the Scottish Rite.

The fall reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies of the valley of Little Rock was held in Albert Pike Con sistory at Little Rock last week The reunion opened with banquet to vis- itors and members of the Rosenbaum class. A. & A. $. R. The reunion closed on the Fist inst by the conferr- ing of the 32d degree upon a class of fifty five candidates. The ceremony conferring the 33d degree upon fou. members selected for that honor did not take place The honorees are: William Letzig, Dr. F. l.. French. F. M. Jefferson of Little Rock and Mur- ray Taylor of Hot Springs.
 The following composed the class: P. H. Mccarthy, NJ. J. Kenney. w. H. Buckley, ". H, Marshall, J. B Bond, L. A. Pollock, John L. Deason D. H. Cantrell, J. H. Byers, J c. Kirk, A $. Lang, F. A. Brown, D. c. Taylor. J. s. Barkman, NJ Helman. w. NJ. Purvis, Little Rock; r NJ Crossar Hot Springs; ". B. Allen. Mer Rouge. La; w. A. Dickey. Wynne; H. w. N4ulIIo, hdIF Ill, D. IiddS, hOuIOe La; F. Fadner, Esau; F. E. Parker Sayre; F. NJ. Rogers, II. Townsend. Arkansas City; G. w. Adams. Laco- nia; D. Litehtack, Texarkana: D. A. Hollinger, Alma; S. Heeht, Sweet Home; H. Walker, w. H. Walker, Mena; Wm. Berse. Sr., Cabin Creek Joel Mills, Welton; R. E. Burke Texarkana; Dr. B. c. Wood Cominto; B. Lavo, Garnett Kan; " II Row land, Van Buren; H. L. Wood Comin- to; C. s. Drake, Clover Bend L. R. Bowen, Biloxi. Mich; Chas Esscomb. Cominto; c. H. Hostetter. Warren. C. Turner Chas T. Turner, Warren; M. H. Patterson, Augusta Dr. Nor gan Simth, Fl Dorado; G. J. Klock. Eureka Springs; D. s. Hayworth. Gottef; J. s. Cliatt, Laconia; 0. Oliy- CT, Van Buren,
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
Ginner Meets Horrible Death.

Morgan Kinsey. white man. met a horrible death at a cotton gin in Montgomery county. In some man. ner Kinsey, who was feeding the gin got his left arm caught in the saws and the flesh was stripped off to the shoulder. The man died after suf- fering for several hours.
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
Number of Animals in State.

Notwithstanding heavy purchases of horses and mules in this state by outside the tax books do not show any big decreaes in the number of those animals in the state. The fol lowing figures, showing the total number of horses and mules in the state are taken from the records in the office of the state auditor
 1900 1901 1902. Horses .255,567 2G4.743 25I,072 Mules .....1S0,223 194.S13 SI,791
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
Order of Eastern Star.

Seyentythree out of 40 chapters of this order were represented. he of ficers elected for the ensuing year were: Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs Jennie E. Ellis of Fort Smith; Wor- thy Grand Patron. John NJ. Oathout of Bonneville; Associate Grand Matron, Mrs. Alice Bowser of Sheridan; Asso- ciate Grand Patron, w. L. Rodgers Of Nashville; Grand Treasurer, Mrs. Cora Westerfield of Conway; Grand Secretary. Miss Carrie Hampstead of Little Rock Grand Conduetress, Miss Mollie Morgan of Weeks; Assistant Grand Condustress, Mrs. Lucy Hal stead of Pine Bluff. Appointive of fieers were announced as follows: Adah Mrs. Minnie McKelyey. Green wood; Ruth, Mrs. Myrtle McCollum Greenbrier; Esther. Mrs. vestai, Little Rock, Martha, Mrs. Sarah Woodson Bonanza Electa, Miss Grace Hixon, Blaine; Grand Lecturer, Mrs Blanche Kloek. Eureka Springs; Grand Chap lain, E. H. Owen. Dixie; Organist, Mrs. Alexander. Mansfield; Marshal, Mrs. Belle Rainey; Warder. Miss Mag gie Burton, Cove; Sentinel, Frank Bartlett. Conway.
The Monticellonian., 1903-11-26
RoYsl Arch Masons.

IhlS was the hfty-fOurth annual conyoeation of this body, and a large number were in attendance. Capitu- lar Masonry was established in Ar kansas in 1S41, when the general grand high priest, NJ. E. Paul Dean, issued his dispensation for the forma- tion of Far West chapter at Fayette. vile. which received a charter in 1S42. At the close of the session the follow ing officers were elected: Grand High Priest G. J. Kloek of Eureka Springs; Deputy Grand High Priest, J. R. Don nell of Conway; Grand King. N. P. Richmond of Malvern; Grand Scribe, J. T. Hicks of Little Rock; Grand Sec retary, J. c. Bone of Batesyille: Grand Treasurer, John Brodie of Little Rock; Grand Chaplain, F. E. Taylor of MeCrory; Grand Marshal, w. c. Rogers of Nashville; Grand Captain of the Host, s. H. Davidson of Even ing Shade; Grand Principal Sojourn- CT, Rees B. Hogins of Little Rock; Grand Royal Arch Captain. Jeff L. Da- wis of Fayetteville; Grand Master of the Third Veil, J. R. Mayhan of New port Grand Master of the Second Veil, s. D. Dodge of Little Rock; Grand Master of the First Veil, Mark r. Olney of Mena; Grand Sentinel, Edmund Metcalf of Little Rock.
 Royal and Select Masters.
 The forty-frst annual assembly of the grand council of Royal and Select Masters of Arkansas met in the Ma sonic temple on the 18th, Grand Mas ter s. D. Dodge of Little Rock presid- ing. Officers were elected for the en- suing year as follows: M. l. Grand Master, G. W. Skidmore of Little Rock; Deputy Grand Master, Nick Keizer of Eureka Springs; Grand Principal Conductor of the Work, J. S. Westerfield of Conway: grand treas urer, John Brodie Of Little Rock; Grand Recorder. Fay Hampstead of Little Rock; Grand Chaplain, F. E. Taylor of McGrory; Grand Captain of the Guard A. F. B, Oden of Hot Springs; Grand Conductor of the Council, Nj. E. Akin of Little Rock; Grand Marshal Durand Whipple of Little Rock; Grand Steward. c. T. Brown; Grand Sentinel. Edmund Met calf of Little Rock; Grand Lecturer, T. M. Horsfall of Hagen.
 Order of High Priesthood.
 The exercises of this body conclud. ed with a repast after the election and installation of the following of ficers: G. A. Dannelly, grand presi- dent, reelected; George Thornburgh, grand vice-president, reelected; Chas Kantarowicz grand treasurer, re-elect- ed; Fay Hampstead, grand recorder, reelected; s. D. Dodge, grand master of ceremonies, reelected; c. w. De Vaughn, grand conductor, reelected: N. P. Richmond, grand herald. re-elect, ed; T. M. Horsfall. grand steward. reelected; G. J. Klock, grand guard,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
LARGE TONNAGE MOVING
LINES USING EVERY CAR AND LOCO
MOTIVE TO MOVE TRAFFIC..
Interest In Coming Exposition mt st.
Louis-Ticket ScaIpers Giving the
Associations Trouble.

The train records show the tonnage of
limited to cars and power 10 haul them,
and this. in spite OF the light shipments Of
grain TO the Eastern seaboard, which are
not more than 30 per cent. OF what they
were in years past when grain for export
went by the Eastern export points. In a
domestic way about the usual quantities
OF wheat, corn and oats are being handled
and increased amount Of -four. Ship
ments in other lines, usually sent TO the
while west-bound shipments are in excess
Of any October In years past. Coal in i'm
mense quantities is moving, especially the
soft Goals of Indiana and Ohio. and 1t is
with great difficulty that congestions of
business avoided; in fact the Big Four
and the Pennsylvania are blocked at some
points. heavy is their coal traffic, COM
bined with other lines OF business. Local
business is very satisfactory. The move
ment of farm produce is large. as are
shipments OF dressed meats, hog products
and manufactured goods. All manufac-
tories in this territory are running full
handed and full time, the exceptions being
very few. and with this. aside from the
fact that 1T is tax-paying time, money
Is in good supply and farmers as we'll as
other money .earners, are liberal .pur-
chasers, which makes local traffic large
beyond precedent with merchants and
manufacturers. Nothing is heard of rate
cutting. the question being to furnish cars
on the part OF the freight men with the
prOmptness desirable. The following table
by the respective lines for the week ending
Oct. IL and the total OF emptieS:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
LOCAL WHOLESALE TRADE
VERY SATISFACTORY WEEK WITH
THE COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Grocers Also Have Been Very Busy-
Higher Prices for Fresh Meats
Grain Markets Are Better.

Trade in the week ended Saturday was very
more fruit and vegetables were sold than in any
previous week Of the past season. People have
begun laying I'm winter stocks OF potatoes. sp-
Piles. cabbage and onions 10 some extent. though
II Is little early. but prices are so low that
there Is a great temptation to stock up for the
winter. Potatoes Of excellent quality are selling
l6c TO 2oc per bushel lower than q year ago and
apples sell at lower prices than usual in the
fall. So do cabbage. onions. turnips and like
products. The produce market Is active. with a
good demand for eggs. poultry and butter. Eggs
are very firm at the advance Of &c on Friday
last and still higher prices are Indicated Re
ceipts OF poultry increasing. but prices are
well maintained. Butter is coming in quite
freely and il a cent pound lower than a week
ago. Wholesale grocers had q big week. Farm
ers are prosperous and retail merchants over
the country tributary TO Indianapolis selling
large quantities OF goods and enjoying the best
trade in their history. Druggists are having an
unusually good trade and prices in all lines rule
steady and Arm. there having been change
is quiet at unchanged prices Sales OF paints
few months. Iron and steel merchants report
business at high tide. Prices steady and
very firm. but no higher. In hog products there
IS an active movement, fresh meats being so
high that 1t increases sales OF all lines OF pro-
visions. prices of which advanced in some lines
during the week &c, Flour carries a steady tone
and sales are quite large Confectioners are hay-
ing good trade. which will improve as the holt
DAYS draw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

Practical Farmer.
Although on most farms the hogs are
pushed forward after the fall is nearly
over they are not always put up in con-
dition in which TO facilitate the fattening
operation. The true way TO use corn is to
finish off, with it, thereby hardening the
fat To really fatten hog he should be
fed in such a manner, previous to being
penned as to force growth. First build
up the frame for the reception of the meat
that may be laid upon it, and to do so
feed such food as will not only forward
growth but keep the animal in a condition
that will entail but little expense when the
time arrives for getting him fat And to do
this in the most economical manner, pump
kins, beets, turnips, carrots, winter
sauashes and parsnips; together with finely
suits. 1t will not do, however, to feed such
subs tances in wasteful manner. cal
dron or steamer should be used for cooking
a large quantity OF roots, and warm feed
should be thickened with one part bran and
two parts ground oats. AT noon a feed
composed solely of chopped roots, fed raw,
but not too cold, will be sufficient. At night
they should receive a slop. slightly warm.
composed of ground oats, one part, and
corn, with a little bran to somewhat
thicken the slop. Such food will not only
keep the hogs in good health. but will be
the cheapest diet at this season that can
be allowed. as 1T will rapidly push them
forward Wnlle the weather is severe.
The hogs will become very fat, and need
be fed corn in large quantities only for two
weeks before being slaughtered. 1t should
not be overlooked that the sweetest and
tenderest meat is always produced when
the process OF fattenng is done quickly,
and If this is followed but little jrcise
need he allowed the hogs. Exercise always
hardens the muscles. and the hog Is no ex-
ception to the rule; consequently. the more
exercise taken. the tougher the meat.
While ii may, no doubt. be advisable to per-
nit of some exercise. for the sake of keep
ing the animals in health, yet the hogs that
quietly eat their food and take their rest
will always fatten readily. Nor should
hogs be surfeited with food. They should
be so fed as TO receive il at regular hours.
and in such quantity that they will eat il
up clean, but no more. In October or Mo-
vember they can be better managed than
later in the season. as the quarters can
then be more easily cleaned. 1t does not
pay 10 keep hog during winter. 1t should
be slaughtered as soon as the weather is
cold enough, for the food is partially
wasted during the winter months in pro-
vidng heat. This is avoided in the fall
season, and the hogs should be made fat
now. When the cold season sets in let
them b. quickly finished on corn and then
slaughtered soon as possible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
The st. Louis Exposition.


Many inquiries are being received by
general passenger agents OF the lines
running into st. Louis. Every mail brings
letters asking for details regarding hotel
accommodations. railroad rates and other
points which are to be considered. In all
parts of the country clubs are being
formed the members advancing each week
a certain amount of money which is to be
put into a common fund which will be
used next summer TO pay the expenses of
the trip. In addition To this. companies
have been formed in St. Louis who are
sending out agents to engage visitors. TO
whom they will furnish all the essentials
of the trip, including lodging and resting
place and admission to the grounds. 1t
Is expected that the crowds to St Louis
will surpass those that went to Chicago.
There will be lively competition among the
roads for the business. as the lines leading
to st. Louis numerous. What the rates
will be is still matter for future settle
ment. Absolutely no official action has
as yet been taken by the passenger asso-
Citations. Fine equipment will be used on
all trains that will be run. The roads are
already making arrangements for special
Pullman equipment. and orders for extra
day coaches are being received.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

President Ramsey, of the Wabash. denies
that all the Gould system lines are to be
consolidated
The Canadian minister OF finance has in
troduced bills calling for railroad subsidies
to the extent of Sl2092. 500
Information from every division of the
Baltimore & Ohio indicates that employees
grievances are being settled amicably.
The Louisville & Nashville has issued an
order against its clerical employees joining
labor unions. nnd some fifty employees are
now hunting jobs.
The general Offices of the Lake Shore road
will be closed at noon on Saturday the ar
rangcment to continue through the winter as
we'll as the summer.
w. T.. Walker. a conductor OF the Lake
Shore road, who died last week in n hospital
at Toledo. had been in thirty-one accidents
before the one which proved fatal.
David Brown. a railroad veteran. now
manager of the Milwaukee & Michigan and
the Crank Trunk Dispatch fast freight
line. has just returned from trip TO his
old home in Scotland.
Frank h. Gowing. formerly with the To-
ledo a. Ohio Central. has been appointed
acting general passenger agent of the De-
troit Southern and will probably be APP
pointed general passenger agent.
George j. Gould. when approached by a
reporter OF the Philadelphia North American
concerning the Wabash making Philadel-
phia its terminal rather than Baltimore,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
Farm Notes.

The old geese make better layers and
mothers than the young ones, and can be
are not readily salable in market the young
ones only should be sold. If given a good
range geese will cost but little, they de-
light In green food and insects and will
forage industriously.
IN estimating the profit from butter
cow something is due the cow for the skim
milk and buttermilk furnished the pigs. A
lot Of pigs should always be kept where
cream is sold or butter sent to market.
The pigs provide source for the disposal
of refuse milk, and a portion of the profit
should be credited to the COW.
In some States oats are sown in the fall
and cut early the next season before the
dry period appears. In this section oats
are sown in spring. but it will perhaps be
found that certain varieties may be used
here for fall sowing as we'll as elsewhere.
Farmers should test a small plot and IL
successful a great advantage will be gained
by sowing in the fall.
The best way to convert cider into Vine
gar is to add some of the cider to old vine
gar, which hastens the formation of acetic
acid. When vinegar is frequently drawn
from a barrel more air enters, hence If the
wire, the cider will become vinegar much
sooner than when the barrel is kept COM
pletely closed. New cider should not be
added to the vinegar, as ii may ferment
too much
There may be disadvantages in fall plow-
ing. as it is believed by some that the
blowing of the land i'm the fall permits of
the loss of soluble plant food in winter by
teaching, but when the land is plowed late
in the year, and then cross-plowed early in
the spring, there is brought 10 the surface
the larvae of insects, which perish on ex-
posture to cold al the surface. To prevent
teaching of the soil after blowing the work
should be done in the fall and the land
seeded to rye.
The removal OF the horns from adult
cattle seems at first thought to be shock
ingly cruel. When a horn is forcibly
wrenched off by accident Ii doubtless
causes great suffering. But 30 great has
been the Improvement in implements and
methods that a horn may be taken of with
less shock and pain than caused by
pulling tooth Trials carefully conducted
at various agricultural experiment stations
all tend to show that when the operation is
skillfully performed Ii involves evry little
suffering and very little falling of In the
milk yield.
About four times as much material can
be secured by cutting hay on the meadows
experiments demonstrate that more profit
is derived by pasturing the meadow plot
than by using it from which TO secure a
crop of hay. owing to the great saving and
labor in the care required when cattle are
given the use of the pasture, while the
greater digestibility and dietary effects of
the green food secured on the pasture are
such as TO promote thrift of the animals
and increase the flow of milk. as well as
add TO the weight Of the young stock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

Canton Qnd) Argus.
The newly-built trolley lines are having
a marked effect upon the prices and buy
ers. A few years ago the chief query from
the buyer was. us il near a pike road?"
Now the question is: lis 1t near a trolley
line" or ''how many street car lines are
there I'm the township. Where until re-
Gently from IS to SIS an acre was added to
the prices of a farm because it was on a
pike. now this amount and in many cases
much more. is put on the farm which is
passed or intersected by a trolley line. The
reason is not hard to see. With the pike
farmers were obliged to haul their own pro-
duce to town TO the station and their
team often had to be taken out Of the field
when their service there was worth 81 or
more a day. Oftentimes the loads were
small not more than half ton, but being
perishable goods 1t had to be taken just
then. although the time of the team and
the farmer was worth more in the field.
With the electric line passing his farm the
farmer can ship his produce five. ten or
twenty miles for FIVE cents a hundred and
keep the team busy. Added to this con-
venience for himself and family in getting
away from home, the ride to the town or
the station being made in one-fourth the
time IL formerly required to drive. These
considerations are weighty ones with the
man hunting a farm home and are
causing brokers to look carefully at the
trolley location of farms before they list
them.