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The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
MASSACRED BY MOROS.
hifty-Three Filipino MeU, Women and Children Massacred By
 Moros In NiRIuu.io.

Manila, May 24-A report has been received here from Capt Overton, OF the island of Mindanao, dated May l5 stating that a massacre had taken place. on the 12th inst, near Malabang. on the southern coast of Minanao Fifty-three Filipino men, women and children. the families of the employees of the United States military govern ment at Malabang. were surprised at midnight while asleep by the Datto Ais and a band of Moros from the Rio Grand valley and slaughtered. The chief and his followers escaped before the alarm could be given.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
236 commercial bales of the

The 741 .236 commercial bales of the crop of 1903 are equivalent to 734- 593 bales of 800 pounds This gives Arkansas a percentage of 7.5 of the total crop of the United States. and ranks her seventh in the cotton states and territories.
 The total value of the Arkansas cotton crop for 1903 was $49299. 610.25, of which the baled cotton, aggregat- ing 351 .964 ,105 pounds. amounted to S42, ,798, ,83517, and cotton seed S6,500,- 775.0S, representing ,964 tons of seed.
 In 1902 the total value of the cotton crop in Arkansas was s45, ,689. 292 B. of which the cotton. aggregating 465,- 030,957 pounds, amounted to $38.132.- 538.4S, and the seed, 465,031 tons. s7,556. .753.75.
 It is interesting to note that, owing to the advanced prices of cotton, while the 1903 crop was 113.066. .852 pounds short compared with 1902 ta falling of of 9 per cenD, the value of it was s4666, ,29669 greater.
 The quantity and value of linters obtained by the cotton seed oil mills from reginning seed from the crop of 1903 in Arkansas was 9.146. .532 pounds. or 1921 commercial bales. equal 10 1928 bales of 800 pounds, of the value of $411.59 94 The report shows g oil mills in operation in the state
 The following table shows how the total crop of 741 .236 bales for the state was raised by countless
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Knights of Honor Elect Officers

At the biennial session of the grand lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor. held at Texarkana last week, the fol lowing officers were elected Grand protector, w. s. Mccullough, Brink. ley vice grand protector, w. H. Dun. blazer, Fort Smith grand secretary, T. J. Oliphint. Little Rock; grand treasurer. W. P Weld Marianna; i; grand chaplain, Mrs. Alice Tracher, Jonesboro grand guide. Mrs. J. D. Holman. mena grand guardian. Mrs. NJ E. Owens. Batesyille; grand sen tinel, John c. Sune Nashville; grand trustees Mrs. Callie E. Harris Wynne; Mrs L. w. Izard. England {: ". T. Nesbitt, Fayetteville Grand representative Sigman Bacharaeh Batesville; alternate. ". K. Baker WYnne
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Mysterious Crime.

The remains of an unknown man who had been dead several months, were found a few miles from Hot Springs. The skull showed that the man had met violent death, as 1t had a bullet hole in it. The bullet had entered at the back of the head and come out near the eye. The cor oner's jury returned verdict of death from gunshot wound inflicted by un known parties. The only article to furnish a clew to the mans identity was a gold pin with the name "Anil'' engraved on 1t.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Bank Cashier Kidnaped.

A sensation was created at Poca- hontas by the receipt of letter by his parents from j. J Bispham. assist ant cashier of the Randolph County Bank. who left with his wife for a visit 10 Piedmont, Ala. some time ago. stating that he had been carried to the hold of vessel and was being held prisoner. In the letter Bisph- am stated that one party on the vessel was his friend. and would mail the letter
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26

Lonoke is the banner cotton county with 34.643 bales and Carroll the smallest, with Is. Benton. Washing ton and Madison counties made no report
 In 1902 the report shows 26,20l. .992 round bales, and in 1903 only 12.710,- S99. falling off of more than 50 per cent. In 1902 the percentage of round bales to square was 5.4; in 1903 it was 35.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
ROTHSCHILO'S SENTENCE.
Former President of the Federal Bank of New York City Gets
 Nine Years.

New York. May 24-David Roths- child, former president of the defunct Federal bank, who, last week, was con- v.cted of grand larceny, has been sen fenced to serve nine years in the state prison.
 Rothschild was found guilty of the theft of note of 5000 belonging to a man named Nessler. while the for mer was president of the bank.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Aged Couple Fatally Injured.

Montrose, Col. May 2i.--A J Walk CT and his wife, an aged couple living or ranch near here, were fatally in iured in a runaway accident on a road leading into the city Sunday Their horse became frightened and over turned the buggy.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Jnpunese Sick and Wounded.

Tokio. May 23.-5 D. m.-About 300 sick and slightly wounded men of Gen. Kuroki's army have arrived at the mil itary hospital here, with several guns, wagons and ammunition captured at the Yalu river. which will be presented to the emperor.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
RUSSIANS ADMIT IT.
The Cruiser Dogntyr wns Blown ID
 by Admiral lessen.

St. Petersburg, May 24.-The report that RearAdmiral lessen, finding il impossible to save the protected cruiser Bogatyr, which went ashore recently in fog on the rocks off Vladivostok, caused her to be blown up, is con firmed
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Waif Finds a Good Home.

Mir. E. R. Adams. citizen of Lit tie Rock, was attracted by the bark ing of his dog one night recently, and when he went to the door found a newborn babe warmly wrapped in blankets. on his door step, The waif was taken in and is doing we'll Mir. fellow. as he has no children of his own
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
United Presbyterian As~embIy.

Greenville, Pa, May 24.-The forty first annual meeting of the Unitei Presbyterian General Assembly of North America will convene in the First United Presbyterian church next Wednesday and the session will con tinue for one week
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
DunLards in Conference.

Dayton, O., May 24-More than 1O,- 900 Dunkards, members of the old German Baptist denomination and rep resenting every part of the United States, are holding their annual con- ference at the Fiji Burn farm, six miles northwest of this city.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
List of Prisoners Secured.

St. Petersburg, May The United States embassy has forwarded 10 the Japanese minister at Berlin the names of officers and men captured on the transport Kinsu and other Japanese ships sunk by the Russiasn.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
JAPANESE USED.
Beaten Back in Making Lnnd it-
 tack on Port Artbur

St Petersburg. May 23-6 p. n- According to reports which have reached the Russian headquarters from Liao Yang from Chinese sources, the Japanese have made land attack on Port Arthur, but have been repulsed with heavy loss The truth of the re- ports is questioned here.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Going to the Dedication.

Springfield H., May 24.-Gov Yates will leave Springfield next Thursday afternoon. accompanied by Mrs Yates, and will attend the dedieatory exer- cises of the Illinois building at the Worlds fair u St. Louis.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Brakeman Sues for Big Sum.

T. H. Hall. a former brakeman on the Texarkana and Fort Smith rail road. has brought suit at Texarkana against the company for $2O,O0O dam ages. Hall alleges that while in the employ of the defendant company he received injuries that disabled him for life through no fault or negligence of hiS own
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26

We emphatically denounce any and all discrimination at the polls founded upon race or color, and deplore all attempts. Tor political purposes, to excite and race; and pointing to the fact that in congressional elections the average vote for congressman in the eleven southern states Is only ons-fourth of that in the other thirtY-four states of the union. we call upon congress to exercise their undoubted constitutional power to re- duce their representation in congress and in the electoral college proportion ately
 We condemn the practice pursued by the state government or borrowing mon ey and paying interest thereon. when there is plenty Of money in the treas
 The niggardly policy pursued with respect to the state insane asylum in- wolves the incarceration of the unfor tunate and innocent in loathsome jails We demand that these unhappy victims of disease hp released from this outrag- eous predicament
 A well trained militia being the best defense of republics. the army organ izad in Arkansas under the Dick bill de- serves our admiration and applause We commend the progress it has made without proper state aid and In the face of opposition, and we declare our priation for its maintenance. and the ex emption of its members from the road tax and jury duty.
 Believing that the cause of good gov ernment can be best subseryed and ad Vanced without the personal abuse and discussions, we nevertheless refer the question of the policy of joint debates to the judgment and discretion of the campaign committed.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
The Platform.

The report of the committee on plat form and resolutions was adopted, as follows:
 The republican party of Arkansas, proud of it's heroic struggles In the past enters upon the coming campaign with Tratifying assurances of signal victory
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26

We reiterate our unswerving adher- ence to the cardinal doctrines of ths
 republican party-its sane financial pol icy, by which every dollar in circula-
 tion is upheld as the equivalent of the gold dollar; its expansion of the na-
 tionat commerce over the round worldi its masterful eXertiOn of the national
 influence among the powers of tha world. and it's crowning achievements in
 creating and preserving q degree of national prosperity never before known. The republican party accomplishes re- suits. II gives wages to the working man; value to the farmers crop fire to every enterprise
 The tragedy which robbed the na-
 tion of William Mckinley, and the ca lamity which deprived us of Marcus A. Hanna inflicted upon us the national
 loss of the author of our national ex-
 panssion and prosperity and of his great coadJutor. Cordially united in their chief life'S work. they will be forever
 intimately associated in their countrys history.
 The inustrious deeds of the Roose- welt adm...fo traIlon. to-wit: The satis- factory arbitration of the mdable coal strike which created a commanding precedent for the future adjustment of
 the mutual rights of labor and capital: the effective assertion of the Monroe pean powers from the forcible enforce- ment of their claims against the repub- lie of Venezuela. and effecting their ref
 erence to The Hague arbitration tribun-
 al, the relentless prosecution of the
 postal frauds which originated and be-
 came firmly rooted in past adminstra-
 tons. the courageous and triumphant suppression of the mammoth railroad
 merger, the greatest combination of cap
 ital ever effected and of other gigantic combinations in restraint of trade and commerce; the grave assumption Of a masterly attitude among the powers of
 the world in q ministry of peace and of restrictions of the aggressions of war and. finally. the timely recognition
 of the young republic of Panama. and the happy inauguration of the inestima-
 ble enterprise of the Panama canal, the
 long dream of centuries, now for the first time put in process of speedy real ization; these, with other magnificent achievements of Theodore Roosevelt
 and the republican party upholding his
 hands, constitute a platform of princt- pies with which we unhesttatingly chal lenge our adversaries. and with which we enter upon the national canvass with Confdanpa
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
RUSSIAN PRESS AGIrATED.
Proposition of Peace Consress
 Arouses Russian Ire.

St. Petersburg. May 24.-Considera- ble agitation is manifested by the pa pers over the suggestion made by NJ. De Bail, the French Ilnister al Pekin, that a congress of powers Ls to be held for the purpose of effeeting a conclu- sion of the war. The Noyoe Vremya says
 The war is Russia's personal affair, and she asks no ones assistance When ii is ended she will negotiate with the mikado but not with Europe There fore. we regret that the representative of Russia's ally should be the first to pronounce the word congress. i'
 The same paper. speaking of the re- ception of the news of the Japanese naval disasters by the British press says:
 The hymn of uninterrupted triumph by Japan which was sung by the friendly choir of the English press. has been changed by few pounds of dyna- mite from allegro maestoso to agitato assai"
 St Petersburg 4:S5 n m-The glips
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
Interesting Cotton Statistics

The following table, prepared by the department of commerce and la bor, shows the quantity of cotton ginned in Arkansas for the past five years:
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26
THE MONEY INFLOW
 FROM COTTON CROP
i1ore Than $4oo, 1000, 900 Brought Into the United States in the
 Last Fiscal Year.
THE VALUE OF TIE BY-PRODUCTS
 REACHES ENORMOUS FIGURES.

They Include CottOn-Seed Oil, Cot tOn-Sccd Meal. Cotton Waste and Cotton Seed In thc Natural State European Countries Are the Chief Consumers of All.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26

There was a slight frost at Sloan Springs on May IA. It did no daEl. age.
The Monticellonian., 1904-05-26

St. Petersburg, 4:S5 p, m.-The guns of the Bogatyr were removed before she was destroyed No loss of life at tended her destruction.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03
the EVOLUTION OF RUSSIA.

Though half a million armed men at this mo-
nent arc engaged in desperate encounter at Lao
Yang the result will not be decisive through defeat
slams stood off the assaults of the enemy and in
fctcd great loss. At this writing Thursday the
tide of battle seems TO favor the japanese.
But suppose that ultimately Russia is beaten
and driven out OF Manchuria, and peace is declared
with Japan in possession of the territory she won
from the Chinese Even that unlikely result of the
war would not place Russia il the catalogue of sec
Russia may gather interior strength through adj
versity should the empire take on the courage now
going to renew prosperity i'll the kingdom south
of the Pyrcnees. One thing is ccrtain-Russia has
enough to make her great without Manchuria.
Japan needs more, and thus the present war for its
national existence.
The reverses of Russia have been wrought for
Russia's ultimate good. Adyersity is the best of
teachers, always. 1t points out that no country is
strong without the love and loyalty of its people
Mighty as may be the power of the ear, numbering
his Cossacks from the Baltic TO the Black Sea and
over the steppes of Siberia, such fact counts for
naugght when call for volunteers is made. The
national virtue which speaks oudest is the rover
encc which the Russian has for his car for his
'little father" and for "Holy Russia It is this
veneration for the head of the Greek church as
much as the hatred of Russia's foe which has unit
ed the empire Really it would seem that the Nj
hilist has boon east outthrough the exorcis1h of
the ikon None Of The predicted uprisings anb4rev-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03

outions have taken place Instead Joy Oh e'e''
hand over every Russian victory. lie Deuh9 o'ei
the birth of male Romanof.
Victorious or beaten, one can almost see nus
STA entering upon period of introspectlon ana
evolution Its first act, to purge itself OF the cor
rupt nobility about St. Petersburg, even though
their portion be exile Clear itself of the grand
dukes responsible for the shoddy equipment OF Its
army and navy-the bad advisers who mast
ened war, and opposed every reactionary measure
which favored the peasant. Then the putting INTO
effect of the czars manifesto, royal thank offer
ing because of the birth of a son will do wonders
for Russia. The advent of an heir gave Nicholas
opportunity to proclaim reforms he long had
in mind but which were most dstasteful to the
bureaucracy and probably to some members of
the imperial family. Summarized they
The remission of the arrears due to the state by
the emancpated serfs on account of the lands al
lotted to them This will emancipate the peasants
economically, as they emancipated physically
by Alexander H. crushing burden of debt will
be taken off their shoulders. 1t is polite we'll
as merciful act. 1t will confirm the loyalty OF
the peasants to the car.
The setting apart of 81 100000 as a fund for
the benefit of landless Firms the grant of amnesty
to those who have emigraed without leave, and the
remission of fines levied OF Finnish communities
This shows the car does not believe the assassna-
ton of General Bobrikoff should put Finland out
side the pale of mercy.
The remission of the fines imposed upon Jew
ish communes as a punishment for the evasion of
military service by Jews. This is an indication
that there is to be departure from that stern anti
Semitic policy which has seemed to other nations
so cruel and unwise.
The abolition of fogging in the rural communes,
and in the army and navy for first offenses. THIS
may shock the Russian conservatives, who believe
that discipline cannot be maintained in civil life
out of it without the knout. But the abolition of
foggigng is forward step in civilization.
Whatever the result of the fermentation now
agtating Russia it must be in the line of progress
and improvement 1t will be not only right, but
also good policy OH the part of America to refrain
from embittering Russian sentiment against this
country The Russians are bound to play great
part i'll the worlds history, and narrow-minded hos
tility to people, however much we may crticise
the acts and policies of their rulers should find no
place among those enjoying the human rights de-
MED to others.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03
Posed as Sister of Charity.

Chief Of Police Rogers Of Harrison. y. j.. -.g
a woman dressed as a Sister Of Charity y.-..-..
houses in Hamilton avenue III chat town aa ~..a.
day and his suspicious were aroused oocau-. ..
was alone. He questioned her and concluded r...
she was woman whom he had ueceI LOOKING ..
for several days upon information that frau,u.r.
collections were being made in the Hamo OIL parrish
institutions and churches i'm Newark LIS. N,..-.
Harrison and Kearny.
The woman was taken to the police station .r.
searched by 1Ge matron, who found that ST.. .au
over $12 in bills and COIN string Of n.s.. ..i
a cricifx. She broke down aud admitted tua. -.-
was an impostor and said that she hyd l.. u..
duced to take up this line Of fraud by w.ua.
who lives in West One Hundred Fifticth -tr..- r..
city. She said that this woman furnished COSTUME,
for several other women who we're going a~.n.l
collecting in the garb of Sisters Of various .a...
The woman said She was Mabel Nariu>.i. e..
years old, and the wife Of Charles lIariu-oa
man who has been making inquiries about pcrporu
motion machines of the commissioner of patents 1T
Washington and has been lodging from one r,-.-
dence to another in Newark East Ncwari, and Hat
rison for several months.-New York sun
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03

mond, Mr.. O'Kcly and W. Bourke Corzr.,
Ten thousand dollars either suhsc.bod a.. POKE
in cash toward the fund for carrying OF. t I pi'n
movement. Mr.. Redmond said in par: '''-H
1T IS now two years since [ Appealed fl. r....
Americans for aid and for what you have .r. .'.'
done L have nothing but thanks Dur.n. ,.-.l
years we have so strengthened our pg-.-.n,. .'
we are in position to boldly attack tI. F-.I:.
government We have met the revival o.. ca'.-.-.
Trial by jury mad beeen suspended; La, i.'-
resumed. The new form m Of eo9nspirae whereby ta.
been met, thanks to the aid Of the American .,-.-
Never again will free speech or trial b. .u.,. -
denied to us arbitrary imprisom. h. .
ficted"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03

on the train loaded with soldiers and army sup
plies. Not so despicable as this but at the same
time a most cruel act of war, that which
placed the emancipated blacks to the front in the
battles around Nashville toward the close of our
civil war. Hated by Confederates and despised By
Federals, the negroes were given rifles and com
manded to go ahead and keep going. To the poor
darkey that meant "de dog or eat the Ratchet;
when night closed over the battlefield there were
found more dead negroes than wounded ones What
a store of irony there is in Fate! Was it an antic
of Fate that years afterwards, placed the descen-
dants of these negroes into the army that liberated
Cuba and gave them opportunity to sheer at the
courage of the white man! 1t must have been.
Witness the Twenty (coored) infantry leap
ing over the PROSTATE poltroons of the Seventy
first New York to get chance at the Spaniards
at San Juan hill.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03
Our literary Cable.

What is probably the most complete and accurate
catalogue of Catholic books compiled country
VIII be issued in few days in Milwaukee Wis. The
catalogue prepared by committee of Milwaukee
council Knights of Columbus, and gives complete
list of the Catholic books in the Milwaukee public
library. The catalogue numbers 156 pages and lists
4,0i5 volumes.
There is in Dublin small theatre. popularity known
the Mechanics famous in the days of Young Ire
land and of the Fenan movement as a raying place
of the enemies of the Castle which has of late years
fallen into decay. a wealthy English woman-an en-
thusastic admrer of Mr. Yeats-has applied for a
patent to produce drama at this theatre.
II is her intention to spend about $4,000 in
waiting the building and then TO hand it over to the
Irish Theatre society, of which Yeats is president
for the production of Irish and classic Her
application opposed by the other theatre propri-
otors in Dublin and was supported by a number of
prominent in literary and other walks of life
Eventually the application was held if an
agreement could be effected with the opponents of
the application. The result is awaited with consid-
cradle interest.
The story of Catholic emancipation in ireland the
which yet. is told, among other things of
intensely human interest to every Irshn1an and
every Roman Catholic in the world. by the many con-
trbutors Irish Literature deal with this and
kindred subjects in it's The work in ten vol
unles, which John D. Morris &, Co. of Philadelphia
will publish this fall touches Irish at every point
in its history well every point in social life
and social development. 1t gives we'll examples
OF all that is best brightest and attractive
amusing readable and interesting IN the work of Ire
lands authors from the days when they wrote in the
ancient Gaelic language, which is today hardly de-
cipherable by scholars. down to the present time
when the Irish people once again find literary ex-
preston in their native tongue.
The edltor-m-chief is the Hon, Justin Mccarthy
NJ. p. The assistant editors DR.. Douglas Hyde
Lady Gregory. DR.. Maurice F. Egan, James jeffrey
Roche, and the managing editor is Charles Welsh
the biographer of John Newbery who the friend
and publisher of Oliver Goldsmith.
In these volumes which will be fully illustrated
both in black and white and in color, the choicest
specimens of Irish literature are brought within the
reach ali. Mythology, religion fables folklore no.
etry, essay research history science, memoirs anec-
dotes fiction, drama, w.t. hunor and pathos of the
Irish all represented and it forms worthy nonu-
the literary genius and national spirit of the
Irish people