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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14

1t is anticipated that the worlds
supply of gold will be dou bled in the
next ten years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14

One mans views nf the coal stoke
commissions decisions: The operators
won: the public lost.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14

The known facts in the Burdick
case up to date: Burdick and the Pen.
nels are dead.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14

The reports Of snow storms in Kan.
sas have set the weather croakers to
working over time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14
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Wanted to purchase from one
two thousand acres If timber LIANT
Address.
West Virginia Coal Il Iron Go.
Charleston, w. v
1925 ms.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14

For Bargains in all kinds of Mercantile
Goods keptin a Country store. He has a low
Price on everything.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-14

BY pint consent Of the State De.
patiment and The British Foreign
Office the FIRST meeting Of the Alusk-
en- buVpdpry cUmmissiOp bes heep
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
FOREIGN CITY AFFAIRS,

Berlin has 25,769 cellars inhabited by human beings.
 Paris has 51,000 street lamps, but only 39,o00 are lighted at night.
 Printed in English and devoted to commerce, a new daily newspaper is about to be issued in St. Petersburg.
 society for decorative art has been founded in Copenhagen, and opened it's first exhibition on Febru- ary l.
 In nine and half hours the police saw 11s men, 719 women and 25 boys and girls visit a kirkdale (LiverpooD public house.
 Berlin has 229,000 residences with one room that can be heated; but in ITO, 900 Of these cases this one room is the kitchen.
 The number of passengers carried last year by the various street rail ways and omnibuses of Berlin was 532 ,957,411, an increase of 33,554, ,517 over 1901.
 Baron de Sibert has entered an &C., tion against the Paris Metropolitan railway for twopence, the price of a toy balloon which his child was not allowed to take into one of the car riages, and was obliged to leave be- hind him,
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Legislative Notes.

Representative Whitthorne diselaims any connection with the resolution in troduced by Judge Holland to eensure MT. McGuigan for a certain statement.
 The Whitthorne anti-gamblng bill which repeals the Wilson act of 1901 and re-enaets the laws in force prs vious to that. passed the house by a vote of 63 to 13. Many members who voted against the bill changed their their votes after the statement was made that $17.000 had been raised by gamblers two years ago to defeat the Wilson bill. Mir. Whitthorne, in ad- vocating his bill. argued that the Will son law was dead letter.
 Rev. R. Amos. president of the Mont rose Colored Industrial College, and Dr. ]. M. Conner. president of the State Negro Business Mems Association, ad- dressed the house of representatives in support of a petition which has been presented asking for an appropriation for the school at Montrose. A large number of members and senators heard the addresses. pr. Amos declared that the southern white man is the negro S best friend, and 1t is to him that the negro must look for aid. He asked that the legislature give it's support to the movement for the education of the negro. and promised if this were done that the negroes would give the state more citizens and fewer conviets
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19

H. B. 194 to provide a state board of arbitration to settle differences between employers and employees was made d special order for the following Friday.
 The House.
 After roll call and reading of the jour nal, Judge Holland moved to recon slider the vote by which the house re fused to return to the senate S. B. 50 (Mears). which fixes the ra tes on short railway lines. Judge Holland declared that the house showed discourtesy to the senate by refusing to return the bill.
 MT. Cate urged the house not to re- consider it's vote Messrs. Thompson and Kerwn spoke in favor of retaining the bill. On the roll call the motion to return the bill to the senate prevailed
 The statement of MT. McGuigan in the house Wednesday to the effect that s17,000 had been sent by gamblers of Hot Springs to defeat the Wilson anti gambling bill in the house. was brought up.
 MT. Michigan started to speak but was interrupted by MT. Holland. who said that he would object to the gentleman addressing the house except for the pur- pose of retracting his statements.
 Judge Holland introduced a resolution stating that the remarks of the mem Der were undignihed and should never have been made, and asking that MT MeGuigan be censured and reproyed by the house.
 MT. Fuller contended that MT. Me Guigan had withdrawn that part of his language construed as reflection on any member of the house.
 MT. Michigan said that he meant to say that 1000 had been sent to Little Rock and be did not intend to say that any part of 1t had come into the hands of any legislator
 He said that if he had cast any re- fection upon the present house he was sorry and would retract.
 Being asked for further retraetion, Mir McGuigan stated that he withdrew everything which he had heard except what he knew personally was true and that was that the money was sent to Little Rock.
 Rather than make any more retrac- tions.' he said, T will say that if the house wants my resignation l will hand it in"
 Judge Holland was then permitted to withdraw his resolution, and the matter was dropped.
 On motion of MT. Holland. the Mears bill was ordered returned to the senate.
 Mir. Keel called up S B. No. l, the anti trust bill.
 MT Campbell of Pulaski moved to postpone the bill for one week. and MT. Toney moved to amend by postpening for two weeks.
 MT Keel asked for immediate con sideration of the bill.
 MT. Perry spoke against postpone ment. He said that the house would be, and ought to be. censured all over the state if it failed to pass this bill.
 MT. Campbell of Pulaski said he was in favor of amending the bill.
 The motion to postpone one week pre- vailed
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The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19

London, March 17.-John Flower, chairman of the shareholders' com- mittee which instigated the prosecu- tion of Whitaker Wright, the direc- tor of the London ~ Globe Finance corporation, who was arrested, Sun- day, on his arrival in New York from France, says:
 ''I see Wright is quoted as saying he had powerful protector in an ex- alted quarter. That statement is not new to us. It is the keynote of the whole case. Prior to the failure of the London X Globe, certain persons maintain, Wright had in his possess sion letters from leading members of the English royal family, showing they were mixed mp in his transac- tions. We have no documentary proof of this. Wright himself is probably the only man in the world who could prove it. If he has such letters they ought now to be in the hands of the police, as we suppose they searched his effects, and Wright is not likely to let such a powerful weapon of de- fense out of his personal keeping. Within few weeks the chief issue in the Wright case will be the ques- tion of the complicity or otherwise of the most exalted persons in the empire in Wright's schemes. We do not anticipate any difficulty in obtain ing his extradition, but if what Wright's friends maintain turns out to be true his genuine prosecution will become an extremely delicate matter. We believe, however, that the lawyers at present engaged will sift the matter to the bottom, regard less of any considerations"
 Referring to the interview with Wright, published in the New York Herald, Monday, Mir. Flower said:
 ''I quite sympathize with Wright when he says the failure of the Lon don x Globe was due to the treachery of others. There is no doubt of that, but it must be remembered that for three months prior to the failure the London & Globe had not a cent in it's lockers, yet it was doing over half million pounds in speculation at every settlement. The governments deci- sion that the directors, as a body, could not be proceeded against, does no prevent Wright, as the prime fac tor in the rotten conditions which ex- isted before the failure, being made to take the responsibility"
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
The Blouse.

The house passed an act levying taxes for working roads and highways and raising the pay of laborers em- ployed on the roads from 75 cents to s1 per day.
 H B. 466. compelling railroads to stop all trains at the nearest point to the state lines was passed without op- position.
 MT Campbell of Pulaski called up his bill ceding to the city of title Rock enough property for street from the grounds of the blind school Mir Toney spoke against the bill arguing that the public buildings did not have enough ground as it was.
 MT. Bell said the city should buy the land If it wanted it.
 MT. Campbell said the city was will ing to buy the land. bnt the charitable board would not sell it.
 The bill failed to pass-ayes 20. noes 50
 H B. 40 to relieve persons over so years of age from the poll tax, was read twice
 The house resolved itself into com mittee of the whole to consider H. B. 402. which apropriates $3.S07.s5 to pay for suplies purchased of the Rhodes Hayerty & Jackson Furniture Co for the deafmute institute.
 Messrs. Butler and Campbell said that the debt was a just one and should be paid
 The bill was referred to the com mittee on charitable institutions.
 The vote tS which MT. Latimer's bill amending the digest in regard to coun- ty bridge building failed to pass. was reconsidered and on roll call the bill passed,
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Victim Of Confidence Men.

Two confidence men at Texarkana obtained $900 from a woman named Hart. whose home is in Shreveport. Mrs. Hart was sitting in the depot waiting for a train when enc of the men introduced himself as the station agent. Later he introduced his con federate as Shreveport banker who was going home on the same train. The latter discovered that he needed s900 to pay the freight on a lot of goods which he was shipping to Shreveport, and he secured the amount from Mrs. Hart, giving her as security worthless check for S250O
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
EUROPEAN ECHOES.

Sixtythree million eight hundred and eighty thousand cows are milked in Europe every day in the year.
 In Belgium there are no extensive forests or timber lands, and wood for all purposes must be imported.
 Capital sentence cannot be pro- nounced upon criminal in Sweden until confession of the crime has been obtained from him.
 Russia has AGA, ,5o0, ,O00 acres of for est. That is to say, more than one- third of the whole country is covered by trees; and there are four acres of forest to every inhabitant.
 The Canton of Zurich, in Switzer- land, is probably the only place where man need not cast his vote in person. He may inelose the filed in form in an envelope and post it.
 In the Muotothal, near Schwyn, in Switzerland, is cave which was only explored year ago. 1t proves to have over 5000 yards of galleries, and so is probably the largest in Flu rope.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
WILL RETURN TO ENGLAND.
Wright VIII Waive Extradition Pros
 ceedings and Go Back.

New York, March 17.-Whitaker Wright. arrested Sunday, was taken to the federal building, Monday morn- ing to be arraigned before Commits sioner Alexander.
 Miss Florence Browne, said to bs his niece, who arrived with him, and who disappeared from the Albemarle hotel later in the day, went to the off, flee of United States Marshal Henkel. with her counsel. She was not prisoner.
 Miss Browne, while she repeatedly asked to be excused from answering questions, made partial replies when questioned by representatives of the press. She said she was the niece of Whitaker Wright, but knew nothing aboNt his financial affairs.
 MT. Wright said he did not bring large sum of money with him. Ut is not the custom of English people to travel with large sums," he said. "They secure letters of credit or drafts, instead of carrying largs amounts of money. 1 have only small sum with me. enough to carry me along, but of course l am able to secure any amount need for any purpose
 Miss Browne said she would return to England very shortly.
 Wright says he will waive extradi- tion and returned to England, but will insist on an examination here before doing so.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19

Senator Sengel appealed to the mem bers to defend their honor. and bring to justice the party or parties who would slander them in such a manner He favored indefinitely postponing the bill and apointng committee to in vestigate the matter.
 motion to indefinitely postpone prevailed.
 The articles of impeachment in the case of Chancellor Leatherman were read and President Short appointed Sen ators Wilson and Simpson a committee to outline a course of procedure.
 Senator Hardy offered resolution that the trial be commenced March 25 It was referred to the committee
 Senator Hinkle introduced a bill pro- viding for state road commission. con- sisting of the commissioner of agricul- ture and the attorney general.
 The House.
 The committee apointed by the house to prepare articles of impeachment against Chancellor Leatherman presen- ted a report. The charges which, it Is alleged. were not sustained by the evil dence. were omitted from the report The house adopted the report and di- rected the members appointed for that purpose to proceed to the senate for the purpose of prosecuting the accused before that body.
 A which the Worlds Fair appropriation bill failed to pass. was carried without opposition.
 MT. Parks stated that he understood that if the bill was amended so as to make the appropriation s50,000 it would pass.
 On motion of Mir Fuller. the vote by which the bill segregating school taxes passed was reconsidered.
 H. B. APO (Myers(, regulating the supply of cars to shippers, passed with out position.
 II. B. Al Poole). providing for change of venue in civil cases, failed to pass.
 A message from the governor an nouneed that he had signed the bill en- ttling graduates of the University law school to practice without being ex- amined.
 H. B. PA. making it unlawful for common carriers to accept for transpor- tation outside the state any package containing fish other than buffalo and catfish was taken up and passed.
 Mir. Whitthorne's bill repeating the Wilson antigambling act of 1901 and re-enaeting the gaming laws which were In force before that time was taken up.
 MT. McGuigan charged that two years ago s17,000 was raised to defeat the Wilson bill.
 The speaker stated that that was serious reflection on the present house
 MT. Holland declared that unless the gentleman retracted his statement he would offer a resolution to remove him from the house.
 Mir. McGuigan stated that if he had reflected on any member of the house he would take back his remarks.
 The bill passed.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
MONDAY, MARCH 1e.

Besides number of local measures several bills of general importance were disposed of in both branches.
 committee of Confederate veterans presented a memorial to the house in favor of an appropriation to secure and preserve the muster rolls of Arkansas troops in the Confederate army.
 The Senate.
 Senator King introduced a bill to regulate the employment of railway telegraph operators. and to create a board of examiners for the same
 House concurrent resolution No. 36 Campbell of Randolph) appointing a special committee to draft bill for a general road law, was passed.
 s. B. l54, which provides that cer- tfieate must be issued on the sale of dynamite, giant powder, nitro glycer- inc and gun cotton. passed without op- position
 Senator Simpson called up his bill. to prevent discrimination in the price of coal oil or dressed beef. Senator Simp- son said the bill would prevent large corporations from driving the inde- pendent dealers out of the state. and would protect home institutions.
 Senator Gotham said the bill would do more to restrain the trusts than any that had yet been introduced.
 Senator Covington said that the bill would force trust instead of pushing them out
 The bin passed-19 to 8
 s. B. 19S (Vaughter). to prevent the sale of liquor within ten miles of Hem drix College. passed.
 The Gotham bill. making certain liens assignable. was passed.
 Senator Caldwells bill amending the game laws as follows was taken up: Deer January 1 to October 1 turkey, May 1 to November 1 quail May l to November l: grouse. May 1 to Novem- Der l. The bill passed.
 s. B. 106 (Kilgore). prohibiting non- residents from hunting or fishing in this state without paying license of sl0O, was read third time and passed
 Senator Short introduced s. B. 230, regulating fees of circuit clerks and simplifying the extension of taxes.
 Senator Mears moved to reject the bill and heated discussion on the motion took place between MT. Mears and MT. Short.
 The motion to reject was lost and the bill was read second time and re- ferred to the judiciary committee.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
ARKANSAS SIATE NEVIS.
A Farmer Who Had no Confidence in Banks Robbed of
 Large Sum.
EVENTS OF AWEEk BRIEFLY CHRONlCLED
The Central Arkansas Railroad incor- porated = Depositors Sue Stock holders of a Defunct Bank-Oam- ages Awarded for Death of Hus- band.
Policeman Found Dead.

John s. Connor popularly known as Big Jack" veteran of the Little Rock police force was found dead in his room, and his negro servant, Levi Harper, has been held to the grand jury on charge of murder. Connor had been dead several hours when his body was found. The cor oner's inquest developed the fact that Harper bought a quantity of nor phine the day of Connors death. It was supposed that the negro put the morphine into some whisky which Connor drank. Harper claimed that Connor committed suicide. It is known that the latter had been drink Ing heavily and was in poor health. Connor had been member of the Little Rock police force for thirteen years and was the largest man on the force
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Disastrous Wind Storm.

disastrous cyclone struck the town of Moro Bay, Bradley county injuring several pers IS and causing considerable damage. The store of w. E. Ederington & Co. suffered the heaviest loss, the building being blown completely away and the stock of goods scattered for miles in every direction. A negro who was in the store was blown against tree hun dred yards distant and seriously in jured Two other customers were slightly hurt, while the proprietor escaped uninjured. The storm was not felt at any other point than Moro Bay.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Deserter Charges Oppression.

A young man who gave his name as Carl E. Schultz was arrested at Fort Smith and held as a deserter from the United States army. Schultz admitted that he had deserted from Fort Croak, Dakota, but said he did it to escape oppression on the part of the non-commissioned officers at the fort, most of whom were serving their first enlistment. The young man said he had served through the Spanish-American war and three years in the Philippines and exhib- tied scars of three wounds received in the Philippines.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Detective Killed at Wynne.

Captain R. c. Brown, a private de- tectiye of Memphis, was killed near Wynne while trying to protect ne gro from alleged whitecaps It Is said notices were posted some time ago on the plantation of R. W. Falis, warning all negroes to leave the country. Brown was employed to prevent the exodus which threatened to follow the warning. On the night following the expiration of the time given the negroes to leave, Brown was sitting in a room with a negro when he was hit and instantly killed by load of buckshot fired through the window
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Damages for Husbands Death.

Mrs. David Morrison has been awarded damages to the amount of s6,000 in the federal court at Fort Smith, against Casey Brother and Hanson for the death of her husband, who was killed while in the employ ment of the defendants. Morrison's death was caused by a blast fired in connection with work on the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad near Piney, Johnson county, where Morri- son was employed
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Feud Ends in Killing.

pr. E. F. Cavins, of Cavinal, was shot and instantly killed by Riley Roberts short distance from Perry
 vile. The shooting was the result of an old feud between the two men, which reached it's height when Rob erts caused Dr. Cavins' arrest on a charge of violating the postal regu- lations. There were no eye-witnesses to the tragedy. According to Rob erts' statement he met Cavins on the road The latter drew revolver, but before he could fire Roberts opened fire on him with fatal effect
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
Farmer Killed By Son-ln-Uaw.

Frank Walls. a farmer residing in Logan county, was killed by his son in-law, Noah Woodbridge, as the re- suit of a quarrel over ditch which separated the farms of the two men. Walls attemped to pravent his son in-law from building a dam in the ditch, claiming that it caused the water to overflow a portion of his farm. An altercation followed, in the course of which Woodbridge picked up a rife and shot Walls. The lat. ter is said to have been unarmed. Walls died within a short time.
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
BANKS DOORS ARE CLOSED.
The First National Bank of Florida, at Jacksonville, Closed by Or
 der Of the Comptroller.

Atlanta, Ga, March 17.-A Journal special from Jacksonville, Fla, says: "The First national bank of Florida closed it's doors, Monday, by order of the comptroller of the currency. A ma tional bank examiner has been placed in charge. No statement has been given out by the president nor any of the officials. The First national was one of the oldest and strongest institutions in the state"
The Monticellonian., 1903-03-19
The Rouse.

Dr. Myers bill regulating mussei fish- ing in the state. and making the closed season from January l to March 30, was called up.
 Mir. Keel spoke in opposition to the bill
 MT York argued that the bill would protect the fisheries well as the farm CTS.
 The bill passed by vote of 52 to 27.
 H. B. 206. regulating the payment of school taxes in the county to which children have been transferred was read third time and passed.
 II. B. 206. causing the t1th day of June to be Known as Garland day and to be a public holiday in commemora- tion of the birth of Hon. A II. Car land, was taken up and passed
 H B. 125. by Mir, Tarver. to compel all practicing physicians to be regis tered pharmacists. was taken up and passed.
 MT. Hale introduced H. B. 450. au- thorizing county judges to lease wild lands belonging to the sixteenth sec tions for term not exceeding five years.
 Mir Brooks introduced H. B. 451. ap- propriating $33,0 ,050 for the erection of heating plant at the state lunatie asy- lum.
 MT. Latimer introduced II B. 453, prescribing time in which married wo- men may sue to enforce their rights of property.
 MT. Campbell of Pulaski introduced a bill making husband and wife jointly responsible for expenses of educating their children.
 MT. Whitley withdrew II. B. 199 and introduced in lieu thereof H. B. 455, making the office of chancellor elective for term of six years.
 Mir. Kerwins bill requiring railroads to pay their employees once a month on a stated date, was taken up and passed.
 II. B. 270 CMcGuigan1. limiting the hours of labor of locomotive engineers. firemen, conductors and brakemen to sixteen consecutive hours, was read third time and passed.
 MT. De Rossitts bill requiring long distance telephone companies to con- meet with local and short lines, was passed.
 A committee from Arkansas Division. U. C. ", appeared and plead for an ap- propriation to defray the expense of compiling roster of Arkansas troops participating in the civil war.