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The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Notes.

When the house was considering the University of Arkansas appropriation bill, an amendment was offered to prevent the admission of students un- less they pledged themselves to re- frain from joining or encouraging Greek letter fraternities in the uni versity.
 The general defeincy bill carries an appropriation of about s25,000.
 The house killed it's bill to provide for a state school book commission and state uniformity of text books.
 A bill to prohibit the use of auto matic rifles or shotguns in hunting birds or animals has passed the sen ate.
 House bill providing that fines for carrying pistols be worked out on the public roads was killed.
 The house killed the senate bill to make the place of delivery of intoxi. cants the place of sale in prohibition territory.
 The bill authorizing the appoint ment of history commission and ap- propriating s1,25o for printing, passed the senate over the governors veto.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
General Assembly News.

\ large delegation of students from 0uaehita and Hendrix colleges, ln Little Rock to attend the annual ora torical contest, were on the floors of both branches one day last week.
 The senate has passed the bill ap- propriating $S00,000 for the completion of the new state capitol and leyying a tax for two years of F mills year.
 A bill has been introduced in the senate to control the question in cit ies of for or against license without regard to how the county in which such city is located votes at the state primary election. City elections are to be held on the second Monday in May every two years. at which for or against license shall be voted. The bill was amended to exempt many counties
 Two bills, having the same pur pose relating to the ol. Francis levee district. were introduced in the house in one day. Both provide for the cleo ton of members of the board of direc- tors of the district. One specifies that land owners only shall vote, and that vacancies on the board shall be filed by the county judges.
 X bill fixing the per diem of members of the general assembly at S6 for ninety days and at 8 per day over ninety days, and providing that absent members receive no per diem, has passed the house
 
 poned in that body to require the Lit tie Rock and Southern. which has just begun the construction of a line from Traskwood. Saline county. to Fl Do rado and Crossett, to build said line through Hampton. the county seat of Calhoun county. The survey misses that town four and one-half miles.
 The president of the senate ruled out of order a house bill to change the senatorial districts in which Drew, Ashley, Desha and Chicot counties are situated, on the ground that under the constitution such changes could be made only in the years after the federal census, CT every ten years.
 The house defeated it's bill to regu- late the sale of native wine.
 The house defeated a motion to ta- ble the senate bill to repeal the bill ap9ropriating $25.6eo for the state militia.
 Accor ,ng 10 an opinion by Attorney General Rogers, the bill which prohib- it's the leasing of conyicts after the existing leases expire and fixes the penitentiary headquarters at the Cum mins farm will not interfere with the Dickinson contract, and conyicts will be kept at the new peaitentiary until the Dickinson contract expires, which will be July 1. 1909 It is the inten- tion of the penitentiary board to clear about 200 acres on the Cummins farm. There are HOOD acres on the entire tract. 11,000 of winch could be cultivated when cleared.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
LOST IN BURNING CONVENT
Fourteen, and Perhaps More, of the
 Inmates Perished.
Nine Young Girls. Sister Ragetnri, The Mistress, and Four Old
 Women the Victims.

Montreal April 22.-Iu the burning of the St. Anne convent in St. Gene yieye, near Montreal, B lives were lost, so far as known, and it is feared that the number may reach 20.
 The sisters of the convent had a number of aged women boarders and four of these are among the dead.
 Sister Ragetari, the mistress, lost her life in an endeavor to save the chil- dren. Of the latter nine are known to be dead
 Their ages were from ii to IS. :,
 The village has no fire department and an effort was made to get Mon treal by telephone so that assistance could be obtained, but the effort failed and the big building was soon a mass of smouldering ruins.
 Scenes of frightful suffering followed. as the night was cold and fierce wind was blowing There were about 100 inmates, and as they were taken from the building in their night clothes the villagers threw open their homes and took them in.
 There were four aged women in the infirmary who perished The oldest was 9S. The others were SS. 86 and 8.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Bills Introduced in the House

To repeal a four-wire fence law in Lonoke county
 To change the time of holding the leyying court of White county.
 Fixing tse salary of the county judge of Cross county.
 To provide for the establishment of land lines.
 Appropriating s25O for cases in which to keep the returned Confeder- ate battle flags.
 To require the Rock Island to keep open it's station at Germania, Saline county.
 The general deficiency bill
 To repeal portions of an act to pre- vent the running at large of stock in Clark county
 To authorize Birta school district to borrow money
 To provide for the election of direc- tors of the St Francis levee district
 To reorganize the St Francis levee board
 To make an additional appropria- ton for the state hospital for nervous diseases
 To require Rock Island to keep an agent at Natural Steps. Pulaski coun- ty.
 For the support and maintenance of the state penitentiary.
 A substitute for the house fellow servant bill
 To prohibit the sale of liquor with in three miles of Piney Grove school house Hampstead county.
 TO compel Cotton Belt to keep an agent at Toltec, Lonoke county.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Il has been definitely settled that President Roosevelt's visit to Chicago will occur on Wednesday. May r. He expects to arrive there about noon of that day.
 An unconfrmed report from Shang- hai says that Fen Chien, the imperial Chinese commissioner to Thibet, with the whole of his retinae. has been mas sacred at Batang
 Fire destroyed the grain elevator of Sulley X Sons, al Camden, N J.. to- gether with a large quantity of grain and several freight cars; loss, $50 900.
 Engineer Harry Honoile was killed in Big Four collision, near Mattoon H.. and three other trainmen injured one prabably fatally.
 Northeastern Minnesota and tae western end of Lake Superior are en- veIoped in pail of smoke from forest fires which are spreading through northern Wisconsin,
 One man was killed and two women badly injured when q big sightseeing automobile. crowded with passengers, of which the chaffeur had lost control. crashed into a high billboard fence in New York city Easter Sunday.
 As the result Of thA breaking of a brake chain on trolley car while going down grade. in Dubuque. Ia. the car ran wild left the track a curve and tore the front out of a building. Thomas Moore was fatally hurt and three other persons severely injured.
 Alarm was caused in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, England. Easter Sunday morning, by an earthquake shock last ing several seconds. Only trifiIg damage 10 walls and roofs was done.
 Joseph Jefferson. the veteran actor, died at his home home, The Reefs, at Palm Beach, Fla, al 6.i5 D. m. Easter Sunday evening. The remains were taken to Buzzard's Bay. Mass, for interment Mr. Jefferson was born in Philadelphia, February 20, 1929. and had been an actor since childhood.
 Owing 10 the strike of the bakers in Moscow, and the fact that only the municipal ovens are runing the price of bread has trebled in the old Russian capital
 In fire which destroyed the con vent of St. Anne at St. Genevieve, Quebec, II lives were lost. One nun. nine children, ranging from ten to eighteen years, and four old women perished Two other nuns were so badly burned that they may not re- cover.
 United States Senator Orvlle H. Platt, of Connecticut. died at his sum mer home in Washington. Conn. on the night of Good Friday. The imme- diate cause of death vas the bursting of an abscess on the lung. causing stran- gulation. He was nearly 7S years of age.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Bills Introduced in the Senate.

Providing that report of committee sent to Fayetteville to investigate Greek letter fraternities be made part of journal of the senate.
 To require express companies to de liver goods within six hours from re- ceipt in cities of the first class.
 To compel the Frisco to remove a section house obstructing a street in Lowell, Benton county.
 To empower district No. 63 in Craw- ford county to build a school house.
 To authorize Harrison school dis triet to borrow money.
 To increase salaries of the county judges of Cross, Lafayette and Sevier counties from $500 to $1 900.
 To prohibit persons from inducing laborers to leave their employers.
 To require the Fl Dorado and Bas- trop railroad to keep agents at Lapile and Lawson.
 To require the Little Rock and Southern railroad to construct it's road through Hampton, Calhoun coun- ty
 To give certain powers to police of ficers at Hot Springs.
 To provide for the construction of certain county buildings in Chicot county.
 To appropriate $40,o0O for mileage and per diem of the general assembly.
 To give cities of the first and sec ond class power to regulate the sale of liquor without regard to whether the county went vet" or dry at the preceding election
 Providing for separate voting on the license question in the eastern district of Lawrence county.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
HAPPENINGS OF TRE SIAIE
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
SEVERE STORM IN THE STATE
Much Damage Done to Property, and Some Stock Killed by Lightning Street Car Accident in Little Rock Results in Death.
Crop Summary for Week.

The week was cool with frequent and in some sections, heavy showers. Very little progress was made in the preparation of land for spring crops. Little cotton land has been prepared, and. except in few isolated locali- ties. none has been planted. Not much corn was planted during the week. and there Is still considerable of this work to be done; where plant cd 1t is generally coming up slowly: the stand is fair to good. Oats and wheat are doing nicely. Potatoes are mostly planted. and are coming up to fair to good stand. The outlook is for a good fruit and berry crop in all portions of the state except the north west portion. where the peach crop was generally winter killed Ranges are generally good. and stock is i'm proving in condition
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Bills Passed the Senate.

In addition to advancing a number of it's own bills, the senate passed the following house bills and sent them to the governor for his signature: To require express companies to settle for damages within twenty days.
 To compel the Choctaw to keep open it's depot at Riverside.
 To repeal portion of the Clark county stock law. passed early in the session.
 The blind school appropriation bill. To prohibit the sale of intoxicating | liquors within three miles of the Null berry school house.
 The Pine Bluff branch normal bill, appropriating s12,00o.
 Appropriating $1,500 to establish the Arkansas history commission.
 To repeal the act placing the off cers of Hot Spring county on salary.
 To require Frisco to erect a depot at Foreman
 To require water. gas and electric 1 light companies in cities of the first and second class to furnish meters l free of charge and furnish their com modity at the printed and established rate
 To develop the waters powers of the state. The state reform school bill.
 To authorize Hope school district to 1 borrow money.
 To divide Union county into two ju- dicial districts.
 To compel eireuses, shows and other exhibitions to exhibit all they advertise.
 To pay reward of s200 to Nathan Williams for capturing Chas. Young at Forrest City
 To require the building of a depot at Arkansas City To legalize the acts of woman dep- uty clerk in Benton county.
 To pay w. B White at Prescott 5000 i for capturing Ches. Levy, a reconsid- cred bill
 To make it felony to damage or destroy wire fence.
 To empower city of Jonesboro to ex- tend it's corporate limits.
 To authorize any special school dis triet to mortgage property and borrow money.
 To declare Black river a lawful fence in Independence county.
 To authorize Harrisburg school dis i trict to borrow money To create the Irons Point special school district in Howard county
 To require the Frisco to fence it's right of way in Fulton. Sharp, Law. renee and Baxter counties. To require the accommodation pas senger trains to stop at Higginson To quiet the title of persons claim ing to own sixteenth section lands
 To make fye-wire fence lawful in certain sections of Jackson county
 To amend the Linwood and Auburn leyee district act.
 To prohibit the building of barns and outhouses on the rear end of lots running from street to street.
 To prohibit the sale or giving away of intoxicants within three miles Of the school house in district 36 Searcy county.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
HE WEEKS NEWS
 TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important Events at Home and Abroad
 the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
Japanese War, Together With Items of Interest Culied From the Important Happenings All Over the World.
THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

The departure of Admiral RojeStyen- sky.s fleet from kamranh bay. in French Indo-China, is officially con- firmed by Paris dispatches, which fur ther stated that heavy firing was heard outside, possibly exchanges with Jap anese scout ships
 A Manila dispatch to the London Daily Mail said it was understood there that Admiral Togos main fleet would assemble south of Formosa on April 26.
 London doesn't take much stock i'll reports concerning Admiral Togo s movements, the belief being ex- pressed that the Japanese commander Is not going to lift the veil except to mislead the enemy.
 Peremptory orders have been issued at Saigon, French Cochin China. for he disarmament of the Russian cruis- CT Diana, which sought refuge there in August last and was supposed to have been disarmed in accord with the neutrality requirements.
 Rear-AGmiral Train, in command Of o ' hilSu OIdtto otluduiOli III I 4iiliPp4'0 waters, is maintaining rigid patrol to prevent the Russian squadron yio- lating United States neutrality.
 St Petersburg hears that the Japan ese are advancing northward, preceded by cavalry.
 Russia is placing orders abroad for 100000, 900 cartridges, and is in the market to purchase ironclads
 New interest is awakened in England by the actual presence of large Rus sian sea force near the seat of war and the probability Of it's being reinforced by another squadron. It is beginning to be realized how much depends oa the strategy and skill of Admiral Togo in the approaching contest.
 Adyices from Russian sources say that the vigor of the skirmishes talk ing place on the east flank of the Rus sian army would indicate that the Jap anese are planning a movement north eastward to interpose a force between Harbin and Vladiyostok.
 A press correspondent who has re turned to St. Petersburg for a brief respite, says he does not expect any serious fighting for al least a month or SIX weeks. The Russian army he says, occupies a naturally strong position.
 Russian agents are reported to have cut the cable between Foo Chow and Formosa.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
TACOMA UNDER RUSH ORDERS
United States Cruiser Ordered From Pensacola to San Domingo to
 Protect |. .. Interests

Pensacola, Fla, April 22-Rush or ders for the cruiser Tacoma to proceed to San Domingo were received late Friday afternoon. That vessel began to coal immediately. moving down to the navy yard, where fuel and stores were taken on board, and it was ex- pected that she would get away from port before daylight. It Is stated here that number of warships have been ordered to San Domingo by the Italian government, and as trouble is antici- pated, the Tacoma was ordered there to protect American interests.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Bold Attempt to Break Jail.

Six prisoners in jail at Paris made a bold attempt to break jail By some means they had freed them. selves from their cells in the second story of the jail and were quietly waiting in the outer chamber for an opportunity to break for liberty. When the jailer's wife unlocked the door leading to the stairway to de, iiYer their meals to them they made arush for the door In an instant however. the door was bolted from without and aid summoned.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS
Summary of the Work Done by the General Assembly During the
 Fifteenth Week

The close of the week finds the sen ate with it's work well advanced. The house still has a vast deal of work on the calendar, some of which will fail of consideration this session. The branch normal, reform school and deaf mute appropriation bills were passed and sent to the governor. Other ap- propriation bills under consideration were the state university, general de- al appropriation, blind school for com pletion of new state capitol and sup port of penitentiary bills. The gen eral deficiency bill was passed by the houSe
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
CEASELESS INWARD FLOW.
Good Friday Brought the Largest Single Days Arrivals of Immf-
 grants in New York;

New York. April 22.-Four transat- lantic steamers which arrived at this port Friday brought 9,675 steerage passengers, the largest number ever passed in quarantine in one day It was impossible to handle the great threng in one day, and at least 1000 were compelled to remain over night aboard the ships on which they ar rived, as 5000 is the limit of Ellis isl- and's clearing capacity Until Friday night, 62,791 immigrants had been landed this month. compared with 42.- 427 to the same date April last year.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
THREE CHILDREN CREMATED,
Terrible Results oe 4 Fire in Greens. burg, Pa, CaS ed by ExpIo-
 sion of Gasoline.

Greensburg, Pa, April 21.-Three children of John E. Kunkle were burned to death and fourth so fear fully injured that her recovery is a mat ter of doubt, as the result of fire, Thursday night which originated from the explosion of a bottle of gasoline in the Kunkle home. Three members of the fire department were also badly injured while working to save the property from destruction. Property loss, $1S,000.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Narrowly Missed Electrocution

Chief of the Hot Springs Fire De partment Roy Bedding and his assist ant. John Woods, were almost cleo trocuted while putting up a fire alarm wire in the burned district of that city. A wire which they were hold ing fell across a trolley wire. Red ding was thrown to the sidewalk by the shock and his neck and muscles are stiff from contact with the wire
 Woods also received a severe shock.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
WAS HARD ON THE COYOTES.
Many Ran Themselves to Death Try ing to Get Away From the
 Roosevelt Clutch.

Lawton, Okla, April 21-Cowboys coming in from the Kiowa- -Comanehe pasture reservation in which President Roosevelt hunted last week, state that dead wolves are being found over the entire tract. It is frequently the case that coyotes drop dead suddenly after running several miles. These are sup posed to have escaped the dogs and died of hard running.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Blind School pormitory Burned.

The boys dormitory at the Arkan- sas school for the blind at Little Rock was partially destroyed by fire. Only the absence of the students from the building prevented loss of life, as thirty-eight students occupy this hall. but at the time of the fire they were at breakfast in the main build ing. It was three-story brick struc- ture and will have to be rebuilt. The loss is about 5000 and fully covered by insurance.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Fort Smith Man Suicides

The dead body of W. H. Ainsley, special representative of the Choctaw nation at Washington. D. C.. was found on a sandbar in the Arkansas river five miles from Fort Smith. About the 10th of April he visited a doctor at the latter place and wanted medicine to quiet his nerves, saying he was fighting a suicidal mania. He then disappeared. and no trace of him was found until his body was found on the sandbar.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Stabbed Himself tn Death.

At Hot Springs, Frand Heinold of Rochester. N. Y. iabbet the blade of a small pocket-knife in an old wound on his neck. and was killed by the decoration inflicted He had been ar rested for petit larceny and sentenced to fifty days work oa the streets. He preferred death rather than serve the sentence.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Severe Storm in Pulaski County.

A severe storm swept over portion of Pulaski and other counties the lat from the southwest The houses on a plantation near Sweet Home were neary all wrecked, with a loss of thousands of dollars A gin house. wagon shed and blacksmith shop were swept away besides barns, tenement houses and fences which were levele1 to the ground Two mules were kill ed on q sandbar by lightning.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Stabbed to Death by His Wife.

A one-armed negro named Stan field was stabbed to death at his home in Little Rock by his wife He came home drunk and began to abuse her. She took a small penknife and stabbed him five times One wound in the region of the left nipple sev- cred the artery, produced immediate death
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Jury Failed to AIree

The jury in the trial of J. V. Roberts at Marianna failed to agree and were discharged. Roberts was accused with desecrating the grave of Edward Pitts at Searcy last April in eonnec- ton with the grave robbery and life insurance swindle charges. The jury stood nine to three for acquittal.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Methodists Accept Hospital.

Carlyle, H., April 22.-The mission ary conference of the Methodist con- ference, in session here. accepted from the authorities of East St. Louis the Protestant hospital, which was donated to the church on condition that the debt thereon be assumed. The hospital is valued at s30,000
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Serious cuttino at Pine Bluff.

dying from loss of blood after being serious cut in the throat at Pine Bluff. He engaged in quarrel with man named Hamerstein, when Hamerstein slashed him across the throat Schultz almost bled to death before a doctor could reach him.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
High Army Officer Visits the State.

Lieut.. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, chief of the general staff, and the only lieu. tenant general in active service in the army of the United States, accom- panied by Gen. Humphres, quarter master general of the army. and their aides, inspected Fort Logan H. Roots at Little Rock. Orders have been is sued for the enlargement of this post in order to accommodate four com. panies.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Bills Become Laws.

The governor has announced that he has approved the following bills, and that they now become laws:
 Organizing special school district in Nevada county.
 Appropriatng s15.000 to construct an annex to the ex-Confederate home for the indigent mothers, wives and widows of ex-Confederate soldiers.
 Fixing the salaries of the clerk, sheriff and assessor of Searcy county.
 Quieting titles of persons owning sixteenth section lands.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
ON WAY TO VALDlVOSTOK.
St. Petersburg Learns That Rojest- vensky's Squadron Has Left
 knmranh Bay.

St. Petersburg, April 22.-Reports are current here that the Russian sec ond Pacific squadron has already left kamranh bay, and is on the way to Vladiyostok; but the government will proceed with action on the Japanese protest as if the squadron had not con tinued it's voyage
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-27
Deserted from the Navy.

The mayor of Little Rock has been notified by the navy department at Washington that two young men who enlisted in the navy at Little Rock had deserted. One was Bert E. Lur- tey. who deserted from the United States ship Colorado at Celebra, w. |. and the other was r.rnest Gorden. a coal passer on the United States ship West Virginia a Newport News.