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The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Crops and Weather.

The following weather and crop re- port was sent out by the weather bu- reau at Little Rock, for the week end ing May l5: The first of the week was favorable for farm operations, but heavy, and in many sections, exces- siye, rains the latter part, put stop to farm work; crops are generally needing cultivation and would be greatly benefited by warm, dry weath- CT. Some cotton was planted but there is much of this work yet to be done; the early planted is generally up to fair stand and some has been worked out; in a few isolated locali ties chopping has begun. Corn is not all planted, but the early planted is generally up to a good stand and con siderable has been plewed for the first time, but in many sections the crop is in need of cultivation. Oats, wheat and potatoes are generally do- ing well. There is still some com plaint of apples dropping; however. the prospects continue good for this fruit. Peaches are generally doing well. Pastures are excellent and stock is in good condition.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
THE WEEKS NEWS
 TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epftome of the Most Important Events at Home and Abroad
 the Past Week,
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
Latest Developments In the Russo- Japnnese War, Together With Items of Interest CuIIed From the Important Happenings All Over the World.
THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

H2rbin dispatches report a regular carnival of drunkeness and dissipation among the hangers on Of taa Russian rear army. Champagne at SD a bottle, flows like rivers, dives are abundant and sharpers and gamblers are thriy- ing.
 Tokio reports occasional brushes with Russian reeonnoteEjug parties, which seem to be feeling the Japanese lines
 With Vice-AdmiraI R5iestyensky } fleet out of view the var critics in Paris are iudulging in att sorts of eoniectures as to the Russian comman- der's intentions. at the sama time erid- eising Admiral Togo for a3s aarrassIns the Russian transports.
 All foreign and commercial agents have been notified ID .eage NladiXo- stok, which is taken 10 DEasage active military operations there
 Gen. LiRevitch's army !5 said 10 be suffering from all epidemic Of plague which is resulting il man deaths.
 An unofficial reperr is current ia S. Petersburg that Niee-Aimirai RoIesi- vensky has asked 10 be relieved of hts command. ou account of nervous break down.
 \ report comes from Shanghai stat ing that the JapaHese 1aaa ander com 1T and of Admiral Togo Aas sakea np q position seujh of Formosa ~ith fle% to acting en the aggressive
 Adviees from Gen 0la.as haadaaar- ters in Maachuria say the railway has been completed and iS being operated as far as Tieling. temporary bridges replacing those destroyei bg he Rus- sians in tAeir retfeas &atS is being pushed nerth of Tie.iG4
 According to Grand Dake Alexander MikhaeloYiteh. the pre89a lerauea of naval force in the f3e eds. is still slightly in favor of the Japanese. Ro- jestyensky. including ths Etadigostok vessels has a total tonnage of 2oio9o compared with T0go5 eaS0 000. The Russian guns are figured 3 l55 and the IaDanpSF at fir
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Federal Court sentsnoes Many.

Under the charges given. the fol- lowing were sentenced by the federal court at Texarkana Lynn Parker. illicit sale of liquor. 90 days and fined sl00. sentence suspended pending good behavior; Sanders D. Smith. illic- it sale of whisky. six months in jail; Neal Davis, selling whisky. sentence suspended. has been in jail four months; John Jones. selling whisky, one month in jail. has been in jail five months; Wyatt Jones. selling liquor 90 days in jail: J F Wright. ]. w. Bottain and ]. A Stontifer, illicit Ii. quor dealers. thirty days and fined $10O each; Arthur Jones. working at wildcat still, 60 days in jail and fined Sl00.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
SEVENTY MILE HURRICANE
It Killed One Man and Started
 Things Moving at Forth Worth.
Three Churches, Fifty Dwellings, a school Building and Other
 Structures Wrecked.

Fort Worth, Tex, May 22-A heavy windstorm, blowing at the rate of TO miles on hour struck this city from the southwest at 6:30 Sunday night Part of the west wall of the Texas & Pacific passenger station was blown in, and John Young. train dispatcher, killed. The storm was most severe west of the city, and all telephone and telegraph wires in that direction are down. A passenger on a Texas & Pa eitic train from the west reports that the town of Mineral Wells was partly blown away. One church building be- longing to the African Methodist Epis- eopal congregation here was demol- ihed. Many business buildings lost their roofs, including the First nation al bank building, seven story strue- ture.
 The Baptist and Episcopalian churches in North Fort Worth were badly wrecked. while the roofs of the Grand hotel. in East Wetherford street, and the Johnson house, in West Bluff street, were torn away.
 Fifty dwellings in various parts of the city were damaged. The Second ward school building was partially wrecked
 The storm extended as far east as Terrell, but did no particular damage at that point Handley. seven miles east of here, suffered much property damage. l. is not learned at this time if any one was killed outside of Fort Worth
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.

The strike threatened t2 enter upon a new phase beginning vs-z -He morn ing of the 22d the settlement practical ly reached having fa1ea through by reason of the refusal of lie seven eN- press companies ta retas4ate any Of their men who stFHeA A.E5., tAe eX- pected extension of tha strike there cane the probability gt cal on Gov Deneen for troops.
 One of the features ia connection with the strike. on the 5 | was the sentencing of three slh2o,boys who had imbibed the strike fever. by Judge Mack, of the juvenile eoGrt-one 10 John Worthy school and TWO to the pare T al school Six warrants wfra also issued for parents of young strill- CTS in the Harrison school district
 Enoch Carlson. eight years of age. was shot and killed by q negro. a for ner empIoye of the Peabody Coal Co. In Chicago, while shooting at gang of boys who were hootins at him.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Convention of Knights of Pythias.

The twenty-ffth annual convention of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias was held in Little Rock last week The report of the grand keeper of rec ords and seal show that there are 6,280 Knights in the state The fol- lowing officers were elected to serve the ensuing year; J. W. Dollison of Rector. grand chancellor; F. Bum gardner of Fort Smith, grand vice grand chancellor: P J. Robinson of Warren. grand prelate; B. w Bart lett of Little Rock, grand keeper of records and seal; T D. Hoyler of Pine Bluff. grand master of exchequer; J. Bernhardt of Dumas. grand master at arms: W A. Moore of Junction City. grand inner guard; Frank Harby of BentonYille, grand outer guard: A. c. Thompson of Pine Bluff grand trus- tee; J N Tillman of Fayetteville, su- preme representative
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
WAS THE GALLONS CHEATED?
sensational story That n Dummy Was Substituted For Ex-
 Mayor McCue.

Norfolk, Va, May 22.-There is some doubt that Mayor Samuel McCue. the wife murderer of Charlottesville. Va, really was hanged. The Growler. a weekly political publication of this city prints story to the effect that a New York man travelling in Canada saw band of immigrants on their way to Oklahoma and that McCue, dis guised. was among them.
 The latest development in the case came in telegram from Oklahoma City. Okla. It is claimed that McCue never did ascend the seaffold at Char lottesville, but a dummy was shot through the drop instead. Sheriff Rog- CTS, who had charge of the execution of McCue. says that the ex-mayor was surely hanged.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

William E. Cramer. editor in chief of the Evening Wisconsin. of Milwau- kee, and one of the oldest newspaper men in the United States. is dead. af- ter an illness of two months He was born in 1Sl7, and was a writer on the Albany (N. Y) Argus in 1S43 He went to Milwaukee in 18i-
 Judge Albion N. Tourgee. of May vile, N Y. American consul at Bor- deauX France, is dead after several months illness which, however. only recently took serious turn.
 Empress Augusta Victoria of Ger many fell down stairs q Wiesbaden and was slightly injured on the fore head
 With pipe line to be completed in Kansas within a few days. the Stand ard Oil Go. will have connection from there to Whiting. Ind. thence to Ba- yonne, \. j.. half way across he con- tinent
 On September II next. the fourth anniversary Of the deatA of William Mckinley, the cornerstone of the na- tional monument 10 his memory will be laid on Monument hill Canton o.
 Burglars were discovered by the watchman drilling into the stamp sa3e of the San Francisco post office and escaped. taking with them sI. 400 worth Of stamps they found noI locked ID.
 Sarcastic comment is being induiged by the St. Petersburg press because United States Ambassador Meyers sends his official correspondence by special courier 10 Berlin. thus avoid ing the use of the Russian mail sery- ice
 Sol Torronski, Polish merchant of Canton. O., has received letter direct from Gen Kuroki, accompanied by two shoulderstraps taken from Russian of ficers as souvenirs. One is from an of fieer of the Third Siberian regiment and the other from a Second St. Pe- tersburg regiment man.
 A Warsaw (Poland) terrorist named Dobrowolski and two detectives were blown to. pieces and 2 persons injured by the explosion of a bomb while the detectives were in the act of arresting Dobrowolsai, who i. is said was ly- ing wait for GoyernorGeneraI Maxi movitch.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
THE M'KINLEY MONUMENT.
The Cornerstone to Be Laid on the Fourth Anniversary of His Death,
 September II Next

Canton O., May 22-On September IA next. the fourth anniversary of the death of William Mckinley, the cor nerstone of the national monument will be laid on Monument hill Justice William R. Day. president of the Mc- Kinley National Memorial association, an intimate friend and neighbor of President Mckinley, will have the hon or of placing the cornerstone It is the present plans of the association to have tho monument completed and the dedication ceremonies held on Septem- Der II, 1907, the sixth anniversary of President McKinleys death.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
1RE MEX IN ARKANSAS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
LATE BILLS PASSED UPON.
Nine Bills and Two Proposed Amend ments to the Constitution Vetoed, and Large Number Of 5iHs Were Approved
Bills Passed Upon by Governor.


 The governor has announced that he has passed upon the following bills passed by the general assembly. which adjourned May f:
 The following were approved. Tn develop water powers of the state. to prohibit authorized insurance comma. nies from allowing nonresidents to ef feet insurance in state; regulating the taking of depostions by stenogra- phers; for election of directors in Jonesboro improvement district. to license peddlers and hawkers. five. mile liquor law for Mulberry; to re. lmburse school district No 97. Faulk- her county; 10 reguiate use of explo- siyes; to amend Tucker levee district act; to authorize sale of real estate Tn certain counties, to create BodcaW school district; to license graduates of the normal department. University Of Arkansas, 10 provide for issuance of preferred stock by corporations, to fix time for holding Desha chan.ery court to create Ledwidga school dis. trlet; to require street cars 10 be heated in winter; tD amend digest rel. atiye to county treasHrars. commits. sions' appropriation for Camp Nelson Confederate graveyard. to crate road district in Marion county. to eonso.i- date certain law and ehancery causes Tn Garland county courts, = fix faes of Sharp county officers. . provide court sten0grapher for tenth judicial circuit: to fix salary of Chieat county judge at $l 259 per annum. t8 require erection of depot at Monroe: to reg ulate sale of beef in certain counties.
 The following became laXs by liml tation: To prescribe conditions on which mutual fire insurance compa. nles may enter state t9 refund to heirs of Gen. G. D Roystga moneys erroneousIy paid iuto state treasury.
 Two joint resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution. as follows, Were vetoed: Pol. fax elee. tion qualification amanim4at. three. mill road tax amendment
 The following bills were vetoed: Creating Cache river leT+= district; authorizing incorporation ef 8ssoefa tions to do life insurance 3as9nass .on mutual or asse5sm 'uf plan. providing for payment of mileage D 5aa5rs. pro Ylding for distribution 9f s-asa gaal3g ical reports, increasing salaries of judges of first and seeoaJ circuits; for construction of county buildings in Chicot county: for remission and re- lease-of penalties against railroads fer failure to stop trains. build iepots., etc; appropriating $5.oo) for compil- ing Confederate roster; apPropriat. ing S40O0 for Arkansas cotton associa- tion; granting privileges to companies supplying electricity for public use.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Knights enpIars in Session.

The thirty-third annual conclaye of the grand commandery Knights Tenn. plars was held last week at Lit tie Rock The following officers were elected: s P. Ceilings. Hot Springs. grand commander; Peter Brickey Mariana, deputy grand com. mander Robert E. Douglas. Little Rock, grand generalissimo; c. C. Goss. Little Rock. grand captain general; Nick kizer, Eureka Springs, grand senior warden; T. H. JacKson. Brink ley, grand junior warden; j. F Todd Mena, grand prelate; John Brodie. Lit. tie Rock grand treasurer: Fay Hemp stead Little Rock, grand recorder.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Physicians in Annual Session,

The thirtieth annual session of the Arkansas medical society was held last week in the senate chamber at Little Rock, Physicians were present from all parts of the state. The ses sion lasted several days and was brought to a close by big banquet Dr. S. M. Carrigan of Hope is the new president.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
To Build Federal Monument.

Plans are being made to erect a monument in Little Rock to the fed eral soldiers who are buried in the various national cemeteries in the state The movement was first start ed about a year ago, and $3,000 was raised. An effort will now be made to raise $10,000 It is thought that about 16000 federal soldiers are bur jed in the national cemeteries at Lit tie Rock, Fort Smith and Fayette- vile. About 6.000 are buried at the first named place.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Shoots Negro in seIf.Oefense.

Charles Blakeley. a negro railroad employe, shot and probably fatally wounded another negro named Rob ert Smith at Fort Smith Smith wife assaulted Blakeley with a butch CT knife because he threatened to in form her husband that she was ire. quenting the railroad yards at night. Smith then sent Blakeley word that he was marked for a killing He then came upon and attacked Blake. ley with a knife. Blakeley shot him through the right breast and then gave himself up to officers.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Where shall economy begino

Where shall economy begino
 Granting that the man of the house sees with clear eyes what he ought to do in the case. should he not have the CO., operation. the hearty assistance. and the discreet counsel of his wife and daughters? Cut down opportunities first. Decide what the superfiuities are Com forts are essential. but luxuries may often be foregone, to the benefit of health and self-respect Plain living and high thinking befit us as citizens of great republic.
 A common temptation with us is to emulate in our ordinary expenditure the style of some one who is better of than ourselves. Men come to grief be- cause they have not the firmness to say no to those they love.
 In little rural township a man was financially in desperate straits. but as his name was a synonym for integrity. and his honor was unquestioned. aequaint- ances who had means were prepared to accommodate him with timely loans His beautiful young daughter Jessie 7. it happened. had set her heart on new furnishings for her room. and a costly summer outfit. at the very instant of his greatest stringency Unfortunately. in common with too many men. this father did not tell his family the exact state of the situation. Every family ought to know when disaster menaces it, or when flppp . anXipfV tn nJ, legations. and to dc women justice they would seldom plead for personal indulgence if they realized the cost
 Jessie supposed her father able to give her whatever she wanted, and merely thought it was papa $ way to be a wet blanket when she had something surprising to propose When he refused her requests she still pleaded and he could not resist her tears. He told her to % on do what she liked and send the bills to him. trusting to good luck to pay them later on.
 Jessie -- can get anything in the world she wants, said Jessie's dearest chum, a day or two after this incident Her father thinks nothing of letting her have $50 or $l00 whenever she asks for it. My room is horrid Jessie is having hers done over beautifully. It will be perfect dream"
 As fate would have it. this girls father was president of a bank, and had been about to extend helping hand to the struggling man. He decided. influenced by his daughters chatter, to withhold the aid he had meant to give, and Jessie's father went under. After middle age it Is hard to retrieve lost position and bitter poverty was the final portion of that household
 Mayer to expend on externals that
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Medical Society Meets.

The house Of delegates of the Ar. kansas Medical society met in Little Rock last week An extensive pro gram was gone through with The following are the officers of the soci. ety: J. P Runyan, president. Little Rock R. c. Thompson, treasurer, Pine Bluff; c. c. Stephenson, secretary, Little Rock.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Value of Cream.

Cream is without exception the best of all fats for nourshing both adults and children, Of course, it is not needed equally by all persons. and there are many who cannot digest 1t. When a fat is needed and it can be digested cream should be tried. and it may be pushed" to the greatest extent the di- geStiOn will allow
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Arrested on Old Charoe

F. F. Niswanear, charged with em bezzling $250 of the funds of the Odd Fellows lodge at Ozark, has been ar rested at Mount Vernon Wash, and brought back to this state. He was arrested in Colorado about year ago but escaped by jumping out of car window while the train was running thirty miles an hour.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25

fronts. graced by a stitched box plait, are opened to display the grandfather frills of the shirt worn beneath.
 Very good ready-made linen coats are seen in the shops, usually on the red ingote order Some smart ones have colored collars and cuffs. others are all white or tan Linen suits are to be a feature of the season.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
A TRIM LITTLE COAT.
Both Short and Long Coats of Linen Are to Be Worn and Linen Is the
 Material of the Summer.

As the spring makes itself felt, the providing of linen coats becomes an i'm mediate necessity. The one pictured above is at once very pretty and simple, the back being quite plain. while the
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
DUTY OF ECONOMY
CRITICISM OF THE AMERICAN
 LACK OF THRIFT.
Erugality Is Uncompromising = Fa- ther Who Could Not Refuse Ex- travagant Daughter-Shabby Fur niture More Endurable Than Wakeful Nights and Visits of Creditors-Do Not Economize on Children's Education.
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.


 Copyright. Igo5. by Joseph E Bowes)
 The duty of laying up some provision for the future, of preparing for the rainy day 5f sickness. misfortune or old age is incumbent on every householder. If there !s an income that can be depended upon. no matter how small. some part of f should be regularly laid aside, and some thought should be taken for the future when there may be need and feebteness and inability for effort.
 Tats fs so obvious | truth that no ar gument is called for to sustain il lu theory We all accept it. and reflect with more or less severity on the needless people who go dancing through the days taking no steps to secure the coming nights from disaster and sorrow. The parable of the foolish virgins .ho took ID oil in their vessels for their lamps has more than one modern application.
 h practice, vast number of busy Americans throw prudence to the winds and sg0ru the homely and commonplace virtue Of mere thrift They habitually live up to their income perhaps never going beyond it's limit but saving nOth= ing By and by they mean to save. but saving implies self-denial. makes nee essagy a good deal of sacrifice and alto getaer is thing that is rather out of fashion and not in the least agreeable.
 Frosality wears a stern face It speaks ia an nneompromising voice T. fr0wHs on indulgence t0 the flesh and on the pomps and yanities We will save t0-morrow, cry the easy going light. hearted crowd who always see to-mor. row through roseate mists. and today VIZ will have a good time and e1joy our selves.
 \ man died the other day. as some. times men do. without an instant pre- monitiou. He had been carrying large interests; he had made from years end t0 years end very generous sum. which had slipped like water through the sieve of an extravagant family to whom nothing that he could give had eyer been denied An immediate and sweeping reduction of expenses followed hs death. Possibly the same wise re- treaehment twelve month sooner wosid have saved his life.
 Tae whole aspect of the home outlook was hanged literally in the twinhing of aa eye for wide circle of kin folk whe looked to the head of the elan for help that was forthcoming at hint or susBsstionof need. while for some young children the future assumed a different phase Life is uncertain for everyone. Nobody knows definitely the appointed time he shall stay on the earth. For the sake of ones dear ones, there should be looking beyond the moment and looking onward to the possibilities of ten. twenty or more years yet to be.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Shaded Ribbons

Shaded ribbons are now modish for trimming hats, for stocks and girdles In blue. red or green a four-inch rib bon can be purchased for 39 cents . yard.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Judge Adams succeeds Thayer.

Washington. May 22-The presi- dent has appointed Judge Elmer 5. Adams to the judgeship of the Eighth federal circuit at St Louis, Ivice Amos NJ. Thayer, deceased. c. A. Fin kelnburg has been appointed to sue ceed Judge Adams on the bench of the eastern district of Missouri.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25

A washout on the Valley road near Tillar caused the wreck of freight train. Six loaded cars went into a ditch and a negro was killed. Two white tramps were seriously injured.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Fiaht at Street Fair.

panic was created on a merry. go-round at a street fair in Van Buren by a fight between ticket-tak- CT and boy patron. The boy refused to pay his fare, and the taker attempt ed to put him off, when the boy drew pistol and shot a finger from the takers hand.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Twenty-Five Years in PenitentIarx.

St. Louis, Hay 22.-Edward Kelleher was found guilty of murder in the sec ond degree for the killing of St Louis Tommy" Sullivan, and punishment fixed at 25 years in the penitentiary.
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25
Fatal Railroad Wreck

A caboose attached to train was derailed near Felsenthal Union coun ty, seriously injuring L. L. Decou. travelling salesman for grocery house of Fl Dorado, and injuring the roadmaster J. NJ. Hummer These were the only persons in the caboose It is thought that Decou cannot live
The Monticellonian., 1905-05-25

A negro dishwasher by the name of Mitchell was shot and seriously wounded at Hot Springs by a white hotel porter named Frank The man who did the shooting escaped.