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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14

No further business the committee
adjourned subject to call of chairman.
MEMBERS PRESENT.
John Coontz, Madison Schofe'd,
proxy for j. w. Plowmau; John L.
Schnitzer, DR.. D. H. Shields, r. H.
Settles, John Stickman, proxy for
G. H. Murphy; T. G. Lear, proxy for
Josh Brashears: s. j. Harrison,
proxy for w. G. Rouse; 7. J. Cousins
j. F. Wright. proxy for j. w. Fields;
c. G. Dudley, DR.. F. NJ. Bush, Rich
ard Cummings, f. II. Sosey, w. f.
Ho well, VIM. Arnold, c. NJ Cearfoss,
j. V. Rogers, Z, Il. Lear, John 7.
Feaster, j. T. Hansbrough. \. j.
johnson. Il. F. Poague, Jno. r. Smoot
proxy for j. w. Scott: w. NJ. Phillips.
proxy for G. NJ. Scott.-Palmyra
Spectator.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14
RESOLUTION FOR NEW CON-
MITTEE.

Resolved, that township MEETINGS
for the selection of delegates to the
State delegate convention and state
judicial convention and for the cleo
ton of members of the central commit
tee to be held in Hannibal and Pal
myra on Friday evening at $50, May
% and in the country townships at
, O'Clock Saturday afternoon May -.
This resolution was adopted. On
motion chairman Shields was author
lied to appoint a committee to assess
the various officers for campaign
purposes. The committee consisted
of the chairman, 7. j, Cousins and
w. f. Howell: the assessment made
is as given below: When more than
one candidate aspires to an office the
assessment is divided between them.
GOVERNOR. ...,. .................S 40 90
Representative -..................... 80 90
Collector ...... 100 90
Sheriff .. ..... 100 90
Prosecuting Attorney .................... IS co
County Judge (each district ,..... 10 90
Treasure. 80 90
Public Administrator ................... % 90
Coroner. 10 90
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14

Justice Peace (Masontwp ..... 10 90
Constable - ... 10 90
All other justices of the Peace. 90
:" constables .......... 90
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14

No further business the committee
adjourned subject to CAL of chairman.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14

The following substitute was ther
offered, which was adopted by a vote
of 20 to ID:
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
BRIEF MENTION.

Sterling Couch, aged IT. of Cabot,
was accidentally shot through the
right hip while carelessly handling a
revolver.
The government reports cotton in
fairly good condition as a whole. While
the stalk is generally small. it is
healthy and well cultivated
Hot Springs authorities have served
notice on all idlers and tramps that
they must get hence or put in time
improving the public thoroughfares.
The double residence occupied by
Mrs. w. II. Adams and NJ B. Buckley
at Pine Bluff was destroyed by fire.
Loss. $4,000. partially covered by in,
suranee.
Patents have been issued at Wash.
ington to the following Arkansans:
William T. Marrs and T. j. Wolf, De
Queen. agricultural boiler: Carl F.
Rohwer. Hot Springs. non-refillabla
bottle.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
'Fear God, Tell the Truth and Make Money"
lunatic Killed By Posse.

John Price, the insane man who
killed his uncle, Jeff Price. near De
Queen, was shot and killed by the
posse which started in pursuit of him
soon after the killing. The dead man
had been demented for some time, but
was considered harmless, and only a
few days before the killing his uncle
had procured his release from the
county Jail and put him to work on
his farm. He and his uncle were at
work in a field with a negro farm
hand. John Price quarreled with the
negro and left for the house, where
he procured a shotgun. His uncle. ex-
pecting trouble, started back to the
house to intercept him. They met in
narrow trail. and the elder Price
was shot through the heart, dying al
most instantly. John Price escaped,
gun in hand, and the sheriff started
in pursuit, but lost the trail A posse
or citizens then started out to capture
him. When discovered by the posse
he was called upon to surrender, but
refused to do so and prepared to dis
charge his gun at the party. One of
the party then shot him. He fell. with
his gun cooked, and lived but a few
minutes. He had in his possession
eight shells and some provisions. All
efforts to take Price alive were fruit
less
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Act Of Crazed NeRress.

negress by the name of Emily
Williamson shot and killed her daugh-
ter at her home near Brinkley. The
shooting was done with a single-bar-
relied breech-loading gun and the
charge entered the left side of the
head of the girl under the eye, going
through and tearing off the back Of
her head. Her reason for killing the
girl. she said, was that God told her
to do so, that she was intended for
a sacrifice. She picked the girl up
after killing her and carried her to
the house and laid the body on the
floor in the middle of the room. She
then took the twin brother of the girl
and set him down in the same place
where she killed the girl and shot at
his forehead, but missed him. The
boy ran and she shot at him the second
time. without effect. She was deter
mined to kill both children, as she
said God told her to do so, as they
were only sacrifices. The woman was
married when nineteen years OF age
and is the mother of twelve children.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Lightning Claims Two Victims.

Louis Alexander, a prominent mer-
chant, and Albert Dolick. clerk in
his employ, were instantly killed by a
bolt of lightning while on a Sunday
fishing trip to Lowry bayou, eight
miles east Of Little Rock The dead
men were of party of six, and had
just started to return to the city to
escape a threatening rain, when a
binding flash of lightning struck the
steel rod of large umbrella attached
to one of the seats. Five of the party
were knocked to the ground, and
Dolick was caught in the harness and
dragged sone distance, but from the
manner in which his body was burned
death was evidently instantaneous. AS
soon as they recovered from the shock
those who escaped death went to where
Alexander lay and tried to revive him,
but he was beyond human aid. Ted
Rozelle, another member of the party,
was badly burned. Mr. Alexander
leaves a wife and three small children.
Dolick was unmarried.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Well Known Citizen of Hot Springs
Thrown From a Wagon
and Killed.
EVENTS OF 4 WEEK BRIEFLY CaRoNICLeD
Two Members of Sunday Fishing
Party Killed BY Lightning Near lit
tie Rock DR.. Parchman Acquitted
Betrayed by the Wife He Beat.

Will Sheffield, who. with his broth
er, was once tried and acquitted of
the murder of Mrs. Horn, whose mys-
terious disappearance from Hot
Springs created great sensation, the
mystery to this day never having been
cleared up. tried to commit suicide
a few days ago. Sheffield was arrest
ed at DeQueen on information fur
nished by his wife. who told the local
officers that he was wanted at Nal
vern. While returning to Malvern
with an officer Sheffield complained of
being sick and at Texarkana was al
lowed to go into a drug store for
some medicine. Instead he purchased
beladonna, a deadly poison, and just
as he stepped from the train at NAL
vern, swallowed the drug. When the
poison began to take effect Sheffield
told the officer what he had done. and
requested the removal of handouts,
that he might die a free man. He
was hustled to physician, who sue
ceeded in saving his life after work
ing for several hours. 1t seems Shelf
field had beat his wife and out of re-
yenge she gave him away to the au-
thOritieS
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Teachers Suggest Changes.

At the close of county institute
county. resolution was adopted en-
dorsing the following propositions ::
First. that the number of school
districts be decreased and the dis
tricts enlarged thereby making them
stronger financially and enabling them
to have better teachers and longer
terms Second, that there should be
a high school in each county, articu-
lating with common schools on the
one hand and with the leading col.
leges on the other. Third, that we
have county supervision. Fourth, that
a state normal school should be es-
tablished and maintained
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
PROBABLY HIS DEATH WOUND
Max Mueller Shot and Probably Fa-
tally Wounded In His store
at st. Louis.

St. Louis, June 29.-Max Mueller,
conducting a confectionery store at No.
6lS Franklin avenue, was found in the
rear room of his store, Monday even
ing, with bullet wound in his head.
Henry Koenberg, aged II. who was in
the room with. Mueller, is held by the
police charged with the shooting.
According to Mueller, Koenberg en-
tered the store, and calling Mueller into
the back room, shot him and took
$3.50 from his pockets. Thirty-three
dollars in bills was found strewn over
the floor.
When the shooting occurred no one
was in the store except the two men.
The shots were heard by several pass
ers-by. On entering the store they
found Mueller lying PROSTATE, with
Koenbers standing astride him.
Koenberg was arrested and Mueller
was taken to the city hospital. where
it is thought that he is fatally injured
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
KENTUCKY WHIPPING POST
FOurtcen-Year-Old Negro Given
Fifty I.nshes In the Public
square of Lexington, Ky.

Lexington KY, June 29.-Ir accord
ance with Police Judge Johr Riley's
whipping post decision, recently deliv-
cred, John West, a 14-year-old colored
boy, was given so lashes in the public
square. His coat was removed and the
lad was whipped with buggy whip in
the presence of over a thousand citi-
zens. Injuring private property was
the charge against him. This is the
second lad 70 be publicly whipped. The
colored people seemed restive while the
punishment was being given and there
are threats of lgal test of the deci-
sion.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Iron Mountain Branch Line.

1t is authoritatively stated that con-
struction will begin not later than
August 1, 1904, on the Batesville and
Jacksonport railroad. which was char
tered May 18, 1903, to be built from
Batesville to Jacksonport, distance
of about % miles. The road will fol-
low the line of the old Batesville and
Brinkley railroad, which was char
tered December l, 1881, to build from
Batesville to Brinkley. The line for
it was surveyed the following year.
The route is on a water grade from
Batesville to Jacksonport, and is
through the rich White and Black
river bottoms, crossing the latter at
Jacksonport. 1t will be a branch of
the Iron Mountain.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
DEAD AT THE SEAT OF WAR
Death of Henry j. Middleton, the As
sOciated Press Correspondent
with the Russian Army.

New Chwang, Monday, June 27.-H.
]. Middleton, the Associated P!ess cor
respondent with the Russian head
quarters near Lao Yang. in Man
churia, died Sunday, from enteric dys-
entery.
Henry John Middleton, the first of
the American war correspondents to
lose his life at the front in the present
conflict, was representing the Associat-
ed Press al Gen. Kuropatkin's head
quarters near Lao Yang. He was taken
sick with enteric dysentery less than a
week ago, and only on Sunday was a
dispatch received from him in which
he requested that substitute be sent
to relieve him He was about SO years
of age, unmarried and was born In
London
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Temperance Figh. Causes Trouble.

occurred at Mena between prohibf
tionists and alleged operators of blind
tigers The prohis employed strang-
er who follows the trade of carpen-
ter to procure evidence against the
tiger" people. and when he gave IN
his testimony it caused considerable
bitterness The carpenter-detective.
after being attacked. armed himself.
but was arrested and fined for carry
ing concealed weapons Polk county
went dry at the last election, but IT
is claimed a number of federal IL
censes have been issued at Mena.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
NINE MILLIONS OF ACRES
The Last of the Great Openings of
Public Lands for Homeste:ds.
The Cattle Bnrons said to he Inter-
fering with the Homcstcadcrs
Seeking Claims.

Omaha, Neb., June 29.-Nine millions
of acres of government land in Ne
braska were opened for homestead en-
try, Tuesday, under the provisions of
the Kinkaid law, which permits home
steaders to file on $40 acres of land.
The land opened by the Kinkaid law
is known as semi-arid land, and is
mostly adapted to grazing. 1t is the
last great opening of government land
Of this nature that will ever be made,
and was the occasion of a rush for
choice sections by those desiring to
establish homesteads.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.
The labor Difficulties in Colorado to
Be Investigated by the Conn
missioner of Labor.

Washington, June 29.-The bureau OF
labor is making an investigation of
the labor difficulties in Colorado under
the organic act OF the bureau which
charges the commissioner OF labor to
investigate the causes of and the facts
relating to controversies between en-
ployers and employees. The investiga-
ton. which is already under way, may
last for some time. as it is the inten-
tion of the bureau to go TO the very be-
ginning of the trouble and endeavor
TO ascertain exactly what the difficult
ties are and the causes leading to them.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Thrown From Wagon and Killed.

John kizziar, well-known race
horse man of Hot Springs, fell from
his wagon while driving home and
was instantly killed. He was stand
ing up in the wagon. when his team
became frightened and swerved to one
side of the road, and he was thrown
out, striking the street head first.
Death was due to concussion of the
brain. His death recalls a bitterly
fought murder trial of eighteen years
ago. in which he was the defendant.
He killed a young man that vas pay
ing attentions to his daughter. and it
cost him his worldly effects to secure
his liberty. Col George w. Murphy,
now attorney general of the state, de-
Tended him in the trial
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
CATTLE BARONs DIE HARD.
They Have Sent Their Cowboys to
File on Fenced-In Lands.

They Have Sent Their Cowboys to
File on Fcnccd-In Lands.
Lincoln, Neb., June 29.-Gov. Mickey
has received several requests from Of
ficers and sheriffs in Custer county,
Neb., for militia to help keep order at
Broken Bow and in the surrounding
country. where thousands of persons
have gathered for the opening OF home-
steads under the new Kinkaid land
law. The governor has ordered Com
pany NJ, OF Broken Bow, to be held
in readiness under arms, and II there
is an outbreak the national guard will
be put into action at once The trouble
arises from the fact that the cattle bar
ons have sent their cowboys to file on
government land that is now fenced
and to interfere with homesteaders
who are seeking claims under the pro-
visions of the new law The disputed
! land, which was thrown open to set
tiers, has been used by ranchmen for
grazing purposes. 1t has been fenced
in by them, and these fences the gov
ernment ordered taken down in bill
passed last session of congress There
is great rush for the claims. Many
OF the homesteaders at Broken Bow
are armed. and bloodshed Is expected.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Prisoner Burned to Death.

The calaboose at Marked Tree,
Poinsett county. was recently destroy
ed by fire. A negro was imprisoned
and he set fire to the building in or
der to burn his way out. The fire
got beyond his control and soon the
entire building was in flames. The
frantic cries of the unfortunate wretch
awakened the citizens of the town
and they at once hurried to the
scene, but could render no assistance
as the building. which was wooden
structure. was a seething mass oi
flames. The negro's head was burn
ed completely from the body. which
was charred beyond all resemblance
of human shape.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
REPORT PRONOUNCED FALSE
The Reported Finding of Kent j.
Loomis' Body at Che rbourg,
France, Pronounced False.

Cherbourg, France, June 29.-The re-
port, circulated by a London News
agency, that the body Of Kent J.
Loomis had been washed ashore near
here, IS false The Investigations made
do not disclose any warrant for the cir
culation of the rumor as no body has
been found near Cherbourg recently.
The American consular agent, II. J.
f. Hainneyille, after an inquiry into
the matter, also pronounces the report
false
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
VANDALISM OR
RANK JEALOUSY
M. Santos Dumont's Airship No.
VII, Ruined by Vandals.
The SILK BAG BADLY SlASHED
.he DispicabIe Act PcrpetrntcI In
the Aerodromc ut the Worlds
Far, Where II Hal ncca
Hung Ip.

st. louis, June 29.-"S Santos Dumont
No. T." the airship built for the st.
Louis races, and with which NJ Santos
Dumont was to have made an ascension
on the Fourth of July, was ruined Mon
day night by vandals.
The silk balloon of the ship was
slashed scores of times with razor
or sharp knife.
The discovery was made when the
aeronauts assistants entered the aero
drome at nine o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Wild With Rage and Grief.
The men were wild with rage and
grief when they discovered that the
treasured airship had been ruined.
They ran about in desperation and
one or two of them even shed tears.
M. Santos-Dumont was informed of
the vandalism at once. and hastily left
the hotel for the fair.
In the excitment following the dis
covery it could not be learned what
theory the aeronaut and his men have
OF the destruction of the balloon.
Was Unpacked MOnday.
The ship was taken out OF its box
Monday morning and the silk balloon
was hung up in the aerodrome No
guard was placed over it, for it was
not dreamed that anyone would care
to destroy it,
The aerodrome. or airship barn. Is a
big shed TO which it was an easy mat
ter for vandals to gain access. They
are canvas-covered sliding doors, and
these might have been easily slashed
to get into the structure.
a Great Disappointment.
1t Is supposed that this occurrence
will prevent the flight planned for the
Fourth, If. indeed, it will not altogether
remove the Brazilian from the airship
contest. He has seldom repaired any
of his balloons when they have been
cut or torn, preferring to build new
one rather than risk his neck in a
patched balloon.
Santos-Dumont made the ship in
Paris, devoting almost all of last year
to its construction.
1t Is not known that he has any
duplicate balloon with which he can
replace the one destroyed.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
KILLED At wA-FANG-TIEN
Edward r. knight, Correspondent of
the London Morning Post, Killed.

Tien Tsin. June 29.-It Is reported
that Edward F. Knight. the correspon-
dent of the London Morning Post, with
the Japanese army, was killed at Wa
Fang-Tien.
Several engagements between the
Russian and Japanese forces have been
reported as having occurred. at or
near Wa-Fang- that town being
occupied by the japanese June 10, and
It is possible that II the report of
Mr.. Knights death be true. he was
killed in one OF these battles. Spec
tators at one Of the engagements state
that they saw three horsemen appear
on a hill, one OF whom resembled either
an American or British attaehe. Phis
man fell from his horse when the Rus
sians fired, and was evidently killed.
The Forrest City times., 1904-07-01
Alleged Horse Thief Captured.

Sheriff Milton captured man by
the name of A. c. Jones in a remote
section of Johnson county and placed
him in Jail at Ozark. Jones is wanted
in Kentucky on the charge of horse
stealing and enticing from home the
wife and children of another man
When arrested he was accompanied
by woman and several children.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-21
INSURANCE ON TORON TO
FIRE is 100000
Nearly Two Hundred and Fifty Firms
Are Put Out of Business.

TORONTO, Ont, April 2O.-The fire
that ragged throughout the night and
up to an early hour today in Toronto's
wholesale and retail business district
was the most disastrous in the history
OF the city. The total loss is estimated
at $12,000,000, with $500, 900 insurance.
The principal warehouses Of the city
were reduced to ashes and nearly $50
firms were put out Of business The
area covered by the fire is three blocks
In length and varies from half a block
to two blocks in width, or fourteen
acres in all, while about 10000
persons are thrown out of en-
ployment. Every building on Bay
street, from Melinda street south
ward to the Esplanade at the wa
ter front, was wiped out, and the fire
spread on Wellington and Front streets
and the Esplanade, along the water
front, from their intersection with Bay
street for distance Of whole block.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-21
SAYS NO TO SENATE
House Objects to Lake Naval
Station Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 20.-The
house today after an extended debate
sent the naval appropriation bill back
TO conference, the only disputed SEN
ate amendment accepted being that
providing for the construction in navy
yards of two GOLFERS. A separate vote
was demanded on the senate amend
ment regarding a naval training sta
ton on the great lakes. Mr.. Foss
moved that the amendment be agreed
to with an amendment providing that
the site shall be selected by the secre-
tary of the navy, instead of by a COM
mission, and at a price not to exceed
$3.50 per acre.
Mr.. Cooper (Wis) moved that the
house recede and accept the senate
amendment as it appeared in the bill.
This motion, after discussion, was lost
SO to 108
The Foss amendment was carried
~ to 81. Mr.. Cooper secured the yeas
and nays. The vote resulted: Yeas 1870
nays lZ4, so the Foss amendment was
lost. The house then insisted on its
disagreement to the senate amend
ment.
The senate listened to a protective
tariff speech Of almost two hours dura-
ton on the trusts by Mr.. Dolliver and
afterwards completed consideration Of
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
again devoting much time to the pro-
visions for an extension of the east
front Of the capitol and for an addi-
tional office building for the senate.
The Office building amendment was
agreed to as reported from the com
mittee, but the extension paragraph
was so modified as practically to pro-
vide for plans only. the appropriation
being reduced to $4,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-21
Few of the Branch Offices Where Ads Are Received
"The Globes Paying Wants.

CONGER BROS, Druggists SeIby ave-
nue., corner st. Adams; 499 Selby ave-
nue. and $40 University avenue.
CAMPBELL BROS. Selby and Victoria.
s. H. REEVES, Druggist, Seven Corners.
j. J. ABERWALD, Druggist Corner Rice
and Iglehart.
STRAIGHT BROS, Druggists, ROndo
and GrOtto streets.
SEVER WESLEY, Druggist, Maria ave-
nue. and East Third street
w. A. FROST & CO, Druggists, Selby
and Western avenues
RIETZKE & CO.. Druggists, Selby and
Western avenues.
"A. & @. SCHUMACHER Druggists 400
West Seventh street.
J. w. NELSON, Dale and University.
c. 7. HELLER, COlOnnade, St. Peter and
Tenth streets.
c. F. RUTHERFORD, St. Peter and
Fourth streets.
J P. JELTNEK & CO.. 961 West Sew
w K. COLLIER, East Seventh street,
corner Sibley.
"A. A. CAMPBELL, Louis and Rondo
streets.
II. I. MCCALL. 4S3 Broadway
DREIS PHARMACY, corner Ninth and
St. Peter streets.
GEORGE c. DAVENPORT & CO., 973
East Seventh street.
II. W. DICKMAN. Druggist. $50 East
Seventh street. corner Beech.
JOHN BODIN & CO., 881 Payne avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-21

B. A. TREAT, 442 Broadway
P. H. INCIDENTS. 472 Wabasha.
NJ. S. COURTNEY, ATS Wabasha
w. E. LOWE, Prescription Pharmacist,
corner Twelfth and Robert streets.
J. A. BATTO, Druggist, 300 Jackson
street.
A. H. SONNEN, Druggist, ga Rice
L. H. LUEDERS. Pharmacist. $40 Rice.
WALTER NELSON, Druggist, 284 Rice,
corner Summit.
WALTER NELSON, Druggist 500 Rice
street.
WALTER NELSON, Druggist University
avenue and Rice street.
DIR. MARKS, Pharmacy, 11S S. Wabasha.
HALL & KRAFT, Druggists 42S S. Wa
HANS MADISON. Druggist. 156 Concord
ECLIPSE DRUG STORE, 113 s. Robert
G. A. WOLFRUM, Druggist, 572 Kent
D. c. KISSEL, Druggist SCI Thomas.
S. LUEDERS, Druggist, Front and Gaul-
tier streets.
A. L. WOOLSEY, Druggist. 301 N. Prior
F. A HOLCOMB, Druggist, 954 Payne
CENTRAL PHARMACY, Tenth and Wa
EDMUND J. FUCHS, Druggist, 79S East
Seventh.
E. E KEEPER, Druggist, $50 South Rob
G. F. UMLAND, Druggist, AL University
avenue.