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The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
The Medical Bill.

An act was passed at this session and signed by the governor regulating the practice of medicine and surgery and providing for the appointment of three separate boards of state medical examiners. The first section of the bill creating the boards Is as follows:
 That the medical examiners herein provided for shall consist of three boards. one of physicians and surgeons recommended by the Homeopathic Medi- cal Society of Arkansas. one of physi- sicians and surgeons recommended by the Arkansas State Eclectic Medical So- ciety. and one of physicians and sur geons recommended by the Arkansas Medical Society. There shall be seven members of each board appointed so as to have one member from each congress sional district upon each board. The appointment shall be made by the gov ernor from list of names presented by the respective medical societies
 The act provides that the boards shall hold four regular meetings each year to-wit: The second Tuesdays in Jam uary. April July and October. when applicants for examination and eerti- hcates will be received. The boards shall keep record of all applicants for license and whether the applicant was rejected or licensed.
 In regard te physicians now praCtic- ing in the state. the law provides that NiiNF SAidli prepare d written statement showing when and where he received authority to practice medicine and where his diploma or certificate is nn record. If it apears from this sworn statement that such person was reea- larly authorized to practice medicine under the then existing law the baarf shall issue to him a certificate IG appears that such person is not legally authorized to practice medicine. or th4t his diploma is not From a reputahIa medical school or college the boarI shall refuse to issue such a certificate Upon the failure of such person t5 make the required proof. he must stand examination as provided in the act be- fore continuing the practice of medi- cine.
 Every person practicing medicine without having complied with the pro visions of the act. shall be punished by fine of not less than S25 nor more than $500 and Imprisonment in the couaty jail for period of not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or by both fine and Imprisonment, and each day of such practice shall constI- ute a separate offense.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Bank Cashier Under Arrest.

D. P Terry, cashier of the defunct Howard County bank, at Nashville, has been arrested at that place and charged with having received deposits when the bank was insolvent. The warrant for Terry was issued on affi- daYits of Asa J Forgy and A w Reese, of Center Point When the Howard County Bank closed it's doors James Skillern was appointed receiy CT. His report made recently showed the liabilities to be S26, .06 in excess of the assets. Of the latter, SIT 484.31 is alleged to be due the bank from Cashier Terry on overdrawn drafts and notes held by the bank against him
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Large Sum for State Militia

The state of Arkansas will receive s74,33142 as her share of the appro- priation made by congress at the last session for the reorganization of the state militia of the United States. The total appropriation made by con gress for the militia in all states was about Ave million This information was conveyed to Adjutant-General Charles Jacobson in a letter from E. J. Demmicks. assistant secretary of the Interstate National Guard Associ- ation of New York. In connection with the movement to reorganize the state militia of Arkansas Adjutant- General Jacobson and Major General w. H. Haynes, A s. C., are endeavor. fing to secure an appropriation for a state encampment to be held this year It is proposed to sold the en- campment in Little Rock. The aggre. gate strength of the Arkansas militia now is 1,6f2 men
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
BRIEF MENTION.

Citizens of TeXarkana have started a movement for free public library.
 A. M. Orrick. postmaster at Van Buren. is dead as the result of a stroke of paralysis which he sus. tained several weeks ago His wife has been appointed temporary post. mistress.
 The Western Coal and Mining Com. pany has notified it's employees in the mines in the Denning district that the winter rate of so cents per ton for screened coal will continue in effect until further notice.
 Mad with jealousy. Ben Elijah. a negro of Texarkana, cut the eye of Lee Pettaway, another negro. com pletely from its socket and inflicted other serious wounds with his razor Elijah was angered by seeing his wife with Pettaway.
 The Missouri Pacific has been una ble to use that portion of its gulf line which has been completed in Arkansas. The road bed has proven nO uAioNi itCSDlt iIldi liO dlltHDI ndS been made to run regular trains over it.
 The quarterly conference of the Mena district NJ E. Church, South was held at Texarkana. Rev. B. A. Few, presiding elder of the district was in the chair. The conference showed the Mena district to be in a prosperous condition.
 The w. H. Patterson Telephone Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of s20000 The new company will operate telephone line through Woodruff, Cross Crittenden Jackson and Monroe counties and will have headquarters at McCrory.
 Engineers who were engaged on the survey of the proposed line of the Frisco from Memphis to New Orleans along the west bank of the Missis sippi have left the field and it is thought that the construction of the line has been abandoned temporarily at least
 J. W. Simmons. mayor of Beebe. has resigned and Zol ]. Woods has been appointed to the place by the governor MT. Woods is the editor of the Beebe News
 Dock Thompson. young man living near Melville, died from wounds which he inflicted upon himself through the accidental discharge of a shotgun.
 Reginald Bland. a 16-year-old boy who ran away from his home at Jack son, Tenn, to seek his fortune, was arrested at Pine Bluff and returned to his home.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Page Exhonorated.

The state board of charitable insti- tutions at the regular monthly meet ing began an investigation of the charge that Purchasing Agent John H. Page had been furnished free coal by the T. H. Bunch Coal Company The following mem. bers of the board were present: State Treasurer H. c. Tipton, chair. man; O. B. Gordon Prescott; B. A. Hardy, Magnolia; J. M. Barker, L.. Atkins; c. F. Greenlee, Brinkley; c. D. James, Eureka Springs; J. R. Bush. Helena The board, after hearing all the evidence in the case, fully exonerated MT. Page. it being shown that he was guilty of no wrong doing.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Mayor Fines Conductors.

Mayor W. w. Martin, of Conway, has been playing havoc with the sal aries of the conductors of the Iron Mountain railway by fining them from s10 to s30 every time they obstruct the public highways by stopping pas senger trains across the streets. As result the conductors have joined the citizens in d movement to have the station moved to another site so that they will not be compelled to stop their trains across the streets.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Cotton Mill for Little Rock.

A number of business men of Little Rock are interested in a proposition to establish s250 900 cotton mill in that city At a recent meeting it was decided to raise, if possible, $150,000 in subscriptions to the stock in Little Rock and secure outside capital to the amount of $1O0.OOO. The promot- CTS of the project expect to build a mill of 10000 spindles. It is expected that the mill will be enlarged later the ultimate plan being to operate q mill of 100 900 spindles, which would use about 10000 bales of cotton each year.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Street Railway Sold.

Officials of the Little Rock Trac. tion and Electric Company have an nounced that the controlling interest ia that company as well as in the Lit. tie Rock Edison Light and Power Company. has been acquired by Isa. dore Newman & Son, of New Orleans. about a million and half dollars be- ing involved in the deal It is said that the change will be followed by the extension and improvement of the street railway system in Little Rock and the erection of a s50,000 power house
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Murder Suspect is Freed.

Jennie Stennls, the negroes who was implicated in the murder of Don McGhee by the confession of Jay Green who with James Ruffin was sentenced to be hung for the crime. has been dismissed by the Lincoln county grand jury. because no wit. nesses except interested parties could be obtained. Greens confession. which obtained for himself and Ruff fin stay of execution, was to the effect that he had committed the murder but the Stennis woman had planned it and urged him on to com init the deed.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12

ty and attaching 1t to Pulaski. was taken up.
 MT. McGuigan spoke in favor of the bill.
 MT. Apple. one of Lonoke's= represen- tatiYes. spoke against the bill He argued that the matter was made an Issue in the last campaign. and the citizens of Lonoke had registered their voice against the bill.
 The bill was defeated-2s to 49
 on motion of MT. Gannaway, H. B. f2S tDiNon), which passed the house was reeonsdered and placed back on second reading for amendment. As passed the bill does away with the sep arate extension by the county clerks of the different funds of the state and county taxes on the tax books.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12

bill raising the appropriation from S140.- 900 to SIS 1000 \ conference committee was appointed to meet similar com mittee from the senate
 $. B. No. 26 (NorwoodD. permitting the granting of liquor license in any ward of first and second class cities in which the vote was in favor of the li- cense was taken up. MT. Atkins and Dr. Green opposed the bill. Mr. Burl< and MT. Arnold spoke in favor of the bill. Messrs. McGuigan. Garrett Funk and Latimer spoke in opposition to the bill. After a long discussion the bill was defeated ayes 21. noes 62
 S. B. 12l. providing for the publiea- tion of the delinquent personal tax list was passed.
 The conference committee on exten- sion of the session. reporting disagree ment. was discharged
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Iron Mountain EmploYe Drowned.

w. Edward Dick, carpenter em- ployed in the Iron Mountain shops at Barring Cross, was drowned in the Arkansas river while working with a gang which was cleaning away drift from the Iron Mountain bridge. A fel- low workman, E. P. Harvey, narrowly escaped death He clung to a rope in tke middle of the river for fifteen min utes before he was rescued by Capt. Jones' of the United States boat Ar kansas.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Ready for Business.

The Little Rock freight bureau has been opened for business. A R. Bragg. division freight agent of the Iron Mountain for nearly thirty years, is manager of the bureau. the expenses of which are met by sub scriptions from the members who comprise large number of business men of Little Rock. The principal object of the bureau is to prevent dis crimination in the matter of freight rates and to secure the best possible rates for the members of the organ ization.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
State Must Keep Up Levee.

At the annual meeting of the board of inspectors of the Linwood and Auburn levee district held at Warner, the Gummins plantation recently pur. chased by the state as a convict farm was excluded from the district on the ground that the state should stand
 the expense of keeping up the levee at that point. The resignation of pr. c. NJ. Taylor president of the board was accepted and Nick Smith. of South Bend, was elected to the place.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Appointed His Father.

Gov. Davis has appointed his fath, CT. Judge Lewis w. Davis, judge of Pope county to succeed Judge George w Berryman, who died recently. while serving his second term. In making the appointment the governor issued a proclamation to the secretary of state in which he stated that the appointment ot Judge Davis had been made upon the recommendation of the entire bar of Russellville. as well as all the county officials.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
All Rivers are High,

Reports from various parts of the state have showed all the rivers to be very high. It is not thought that the water will interfere greatly with the spring planting, however, unless heavy rains continue for another month. The Ouachita, Red and White rivers were reported full and either rising or stationary. The Arkansas river has fallen although the back. water of the Mississippi has extended up the river about 65 miles. Scores of cattle have been drowned in the overflow of the bottom lands.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Distinguished Visitors.

John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate. spent several hours in Little Rock and made a sightseeing tour of the city. The multimillion- aire was accompanied by Mrs, Rocke- feller. Mir and Mrs. Rockefeller, Jr., Dr. Biggar and Miss Spellman. The party arrived in Little Rock from New Orleans. travelling in the private llcar of George J. Gould, of the Mis- Souri Pacific
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Express Train Wrecked.

The Kansas City express. on the Fort Smith road. was wrecked near Plummerville. The baggage and ex- press cars were derailed and Pacific Express Messenger Hiram L. Boren. of Little Rock. was severely injured about the head and legs.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Excitement Causes Death.

As result of excitement caused by a severe hail storm. E. F. Shendall. a prominent business man of Hot Springs, died of paralysis of the heart. He had been driving when the storm arose. but left his buggy and entered a house. While sitting in chair he expired
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
THURSDAY, MARCH 5.

The appointment of Judge F. O. Ma honey, of Union county. to be chancel- Tor of the new seventh district. was unanimously confirmed by the senate. The house refused to accept the senate amendment to the resolution extending the session of the general assembly. mak- ing the date April II instead of May II. as in the original resolution The sen ate refused to recede from the amend ment and conference committees were lr,
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
FRIDAY, MARCH 6.

Ihe b1li providing for separate street cars for whites and blacks passed the senate and goes to the governor for his signature.
 The senate also passed the bill ap- propriating S5.000 for the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead at Little Rock
 The house refused eo acccde to th, senate amendment reducing the insane asylum appropriation bill to $140.000.
 The Senate.
 long discussion was aroused by the i bill appropriating 5000 for a Coufed crate monument An amendment rais- ing the appropriation to S15.000 was voted down, IS was another amendment pro vding that the monument should be erected on the ground of the new state capitol The original bill passed by a vote of 25 to 5.
 House joint resolution No. 12. propos- ing an amendment to the constitution authorizing the issuance os bonds by cities of the first class to pave streets and make other improvements was passed.
 II. B 2SO (Cate). providing for the manner in which municipal corporations may erect and maintain system of waterworks was passed
 The South bill, known as the Jim Crow street car bill, providing for sep arate cars for whites and blacksshrdlr arate street ears for whites and blacks in cities of the first class was passed after long discussion by vote of p to l.
 Senator Caldwell opposed the bill on the ground that it would work q hard ship on the street car companies Sen ator Butt and Covington also spoke in opposition to the bill
 Senator Sengel Gray and Witt spoke in favor of the bill
 The conference committee on exten- sion of the session reported a disagree ment. The senate then adopted a reso- luton extending the session to May L
 The House.
 The bill creating a board of pardons, composed of the governor the chief jus tiee and the attorney general was called up by Mir Crisp. The vote by which the bill was placed on third reading was reconsidered and MT. Flannekin intro duced anamendment making the secre- tary of state a member of the board in- stead of the chief justice. The amend ment was adopted and the bill referred to the expressing committee.
 The house refused to recede from it's amendment to the insane asylum annex
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Federal Building for Pine Bluff.

The erection of government building at Pine Bluff is assured by the passage of a bill by congress be- fore its adjournment. appropriating S7,000 for the purchase of a site. It is thought that there will be no difficult ty in securing large appropriation for the building itself during the next regular session of congress.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Took an Expensive Ride.

Ivory Davis. a young colored boy, got drunk at Forrest City and rode another mans horse home. He was arrested on a charge of larceny When he appeared before Judge Sanders he was released on that charge, but was compelled to pay fine of s20 and costs for using the horse without tt e owners permission
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Wes Hudson Refused Bail.

Wes Hudson. who killed United States Marshal Keys at Jasper a short time ago, has been placed in the peni- tentiary at Little Rock for safekeeping under orders from Circuit Judge Mitchell, of Harrison. Hudson ap. peared before Judge Mitchell on a writ of habeas corpus and asked to be released on bail. The petition was refused.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Senator Clark in Washington.

Senator Elect James P Clark went to Washington to take the oath of office and assume his seat in the United States senate at the beginning of the extra session of congress called by President Roosevelt MT Clarke has announced that he will not ap point a private secretary until short time before the opening of the next regular session of congress.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4.

In the senate a resolution was ad- opted extending the session to April Il. in lieu of May II. as provided in the house resolution. The bill author izing school boards to establish kin dergarten departments was defeated.
 The bill authorizing the attorney gen eral to institute suit to determine the boundary line between Arkansas and Tennessee at Flour Island, and between Mississippi and Arkansas at Buck Is- land was passed in the senate.
 In the house the bill to detach Gum wood township from Lonoke county and attach same to Pulaski was de- feated. and a bill was passed empower ing cities of the first class to compel the laying of sidewalks
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
The House.

poned. Several bills if general inpor- tance were passed
 The House.
 Mir. McGuigan introduced II B 413. to limit the amount of stock and bonded debts of railroads. according to mileage and value of rolling stock. and to make public the value of such properties
 H. B. l63. to prohibit the sowing of Johnson or cocoa grass in the counties of Clay. Greene. Craighead. Randolph. Poinsett. Washington and Conway, was read third time and passed.
 H. B. scr. the agricultural committee substitute for the De Rossit game bill, was read third time and. after some discussion, passed-6s to 14 The bill makes 1t unlawful to trap. net, shoot or kill by any method whatsoever any 4..2il or partridge from February IS to November 1 deer or fawn from Feb ruary l to September 1; wild turkey from May 1 to September 1. It makes it unlawful for non-residents to shoot, hunt. fish or trap at any season of the year in this state, and constitutes the sheriff of each county or any consta ble game warden. and their deputies game wardens. The bill makes il unlawful to shoot after sunset or before sunrise upon any waters of the state, nor shal. any person shoot any wild duck before sunrise of after sunset It is also made unlawful for any common carrier to ship out of the state any deer. turkey, wild fowl, game fish or game of any description, the fine for violation to be not less than S100 nor more than $500.
 MT Chapline introduced a resolu- tion calling upon the penitentiary board to demand the resignation of M. D. l.. Cook, financial agent of the Ienten- tiary, the resolution alleging that the agent had not compiled strictly with the law fin the payment of s30.000 on the Cummns plantation.
 After considerable discussion mo- ton to indefinitely postpone the reso- lution prevailed. The argument was advanced that a special committee had under investigation the whole transac- tion relating to the farm purchase. and that the house had no authority to pass upon anything connected herewith be- fore the committee should submit it's report.
 H. B. 56 tBurlo. to protect coal miners and defining the duties of the state mine inspector. was read third time and passed.
 MT. Keiths bill requiring that in the printed lists of persons paying poll tax the township in which they reside and postotfice address be given. passed.
 MT. Stevens introduced H B. 421 to repeal the act passed at this session creating the Seventh ehaneery district.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Investors Examine Coal Land.

Eastern investors have been looking over the coal properties in the semi anthracite coal belt of Arkansas. Fred J. Gould, of Chillicothe Mo, represent ing a number of capitalists, spent sew eral days at Clarksville. and expressed himself as greatly pleased with the outlook for the further development of the coal mining industry in that dis. tript
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
Stole Groceries and Jewelry.

Thieves entered the grocery store of s. l.. Gannaway at Pine Bluff and secured large quantity of groceries and jewelry. The burglars bored a hole in the back door through which they could unlock the spring lock and open the door. The county blood hounds were put on the track, but failed to locate the thieves.
 Fl Manager, a negro, was shot and instantly killed by another negro, Berkley Maddox, at Van Buren, as the result of quarrel over a woman.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-12
MONDAY. MARCH g.

The house judiciary committee re- Chancellor Leatherman of Hot Springs, recommending that impeachment pro- ceedings be taken tip in the senate.
 The house receded from it's amend ment increasing the insane asylum an nex appropriation from s14O.0O0 to $1S0 000
 The question of extending the session was discussed in the senate, bat no definite date was agreed to-
 The house passed a bill constituting the governor. secretary of state and at torney general a state board of par dons.
 Several other matters of importance were disposed of in both branches. and in the afternoon Hon. Private" John Allen of Mississippi addressed the zen eral assembly in joint session.