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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-05

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-05

Picked pork at Baker 5.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
HAPPENINGS OF IHE S|AIE
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
TExARkANA NEGRO HANGED.
He Shot and Killed a Farm OVerseer The Road Tax Controversy in the Courts in Two Counties-New Railroads Incorporated.
Negro Hanged for Murder.

Elias Powell, negro convicted of the murder of James Gardner. white man, was hanged at Texarkana last week. The drop was eight feet and hhs neck was broken by the fall. Powell was a eropper on the place over which Gardner was overseer, and became angered at Gardner be cause he refused to advance him any more supplies on his growing crop. In June. 1900, Powell wanted Gardner to bring him some things from TeXar- kama, and told him if he did not bring the goods on his return from town he would kill him. When Gardner re- turned, Powell asked him if he had brought the goods. and on receiving negative reply. raised shotgun and fired two charges of buckshot into the body of the oyerseer. killing him all fnOst instantly Powell escaped and was not heard of until his arrest last summer at Augusta. He was convict ed in November. but secured a stay of execution pending an appeal to the supreme court. which tribunal affirm ed the judgment d month ago.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Legislative Notes.

The senate spent the greater part of one day in committee of the whole in consideration of the deaf mute ap- propriation bill and the bill providing for an annex to the Confederate home for a home for the mothers, wives and widows of ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors.
 The senate indefinitely postponed two of it's new bills. One was to ap- propriate $500 to aid the Arkansas di- vision of the Southern cotton assso- citation and the other to appropriate S25,000 for an Arkansas exhibit at the Jamestown, Va, exposition. The bill to annul convict contracts was dis posed of the same way.
 Communications were read in both branches from the secretary of the board of commissioners for the new state capitol. inviting the members of the general assembly to visit the new state capitol, and desire was ex- pressed that it be accepted in order that the legislators might acquaint themselves with the character of work being done.
 The senate committee on railroads has had before it a delegation of Pine Bluff citizens relative to the bill pass ed by the house requiring the St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern and Cotton Belt railroads to build bridge over the yards and tracks at the intersection of Third and Fourth avenues and Ohio street in Pine Bluff.
 The house bill to establish state normal schools for girls was voted down in that branch of the assembly, but motion was adopted to recon sider
 On tie vote and four short of the required vote, the house bill to ap- proprate $500 to pay w. B. White a reward for capturing Ches Levy, a negro murderer, was defeated by the senate, but q motion to reconsider was made MT. White was formerly city marshal of Prescott and succeed ed Marshal Cox, whom Levy killed.
 A pure food bill has passed the house. Also bill providing that not more than s150 per month for resi- dence telephones and s250 per month for business telephones may be charged, was passed ty that body.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Notes on Bill Introduced.

Senator Thompson has introduced a bill to restore the permanent endow- ment fund of the state university It provides that $1,200 now in the state treasury to the credit of the endow- ment fund be coverted into the gen eral fund and a bond for $6,000 issued and deposited with the state univers- ity board, due in thirty years and bearing 3 per cent interest
 A bill was introduced in the house fixing the salary and mileage of mem bers of the general assembly It fixes the salary of the members at sG0o per session and } cents mileage each way, and the salaries of president of the senate and speaker of the house at that it be referred to the committee on constitutional amendments, which was adopted.
 A bill has been introduced in the senate to prohibit the promiscous use of firearms, The bill provides that before any person shall own or use a pistol or Winchester rifle. he shall ob- tain a license from the county judge, for which fee of 2 cents shall be paid. No license shall be issued ex- cept to a person of good moral char acter Said license shall be good only in the county in which it is issued ex- eept when secured by peace officer The penalty is fine or not less than $50, and forfeiture of firmarms, which is to be sold.
 A bill to require the state peniten- tiary board to keep up the Arkansas river levee on the state convict farm in Lincoln county passed the senate
 House bill, making it unlawful for any persons to serve as judge or clerk of any election who is related by con sanguinity or affinity within the third degree to any candidate for county, district or state office. whose name is on the ticket voted at such election, failed to pass that body
 The senate defeated it's bill to allow fish to be gigged in Madison, Carroll and Washington counties.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Suit for s1o,ooo Damages.

Dunn X Powell, commission mer- chants of Little Rock have brought suit against John A. Wegan and Jules M. Wegan, comprising the firm of We gan Bros, of New Orleans, for s10.000 damages for the alleged breaking of a contract. IL is alleged that the parties to the suit entered into contract Sep. tember b, 1904, providing that the plaintiffs were to represent the de. fendants as agents in Arkansas, Okla homa and Indian Territories, and re ceive brokerage on goods sold for de- fendants. It is alleged that the de- fendants have failed to perform their part of the contract, damaging the plaintiffs in the sum of $10,000.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Road Tax Controversy.

suit has been appealed to the su- preme court from TeXarkana. which is of deep interest to every city in the state. as it involves the question as to whether the cities of the state shall receive portion of the county road tax for the purpose of improvements on bridges and streets in the city. The case was tried first in the chan cery court, and a decision rendered in accordance with the opinion of At torney General Rogers. who held that, although the residents of the city paid part of this tax, the county judge could not apportion any part of the fund for use in repairing streets and bridges in the city. Another case of interest comes from Lincoln county, where the sheriff and collector has been enjoined from collecting taxes under the road tax amendment. which has been declared not adopted.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
New Railroads.

The state board of railway assess ment has granted articles of incorpo- ration to the following: Pine Bluff North and South railroad company, to be built from Pine Bluff 10 Lonoke. distance of 46 miles. the capital stock is $600,000 The Louisiana X Pine Bluff railway company, which proposes to construct line twenty miles long from Huttig, Union county, to Will mington, same county; the capital is $500 .000 The Fourche River Valley x Indian Territory railroad company. to construct a line forty=four miles in length, starting on the Choctaw near Esau and running to three miles be- low Jenning Falls; the capital stock is S2200 The Luxora. Jonesboro & Western railroad company. capital $500,0o0, to construct q line of railway from Luxora to Jonesboro, distance of forty-fye miles The Warren & DeValrs Bluff railroad company. to build a line ninety miles in length from Warren to DeNalls Bluff, capi- tai stock, $1.000000.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Governor Pardons Many

The governor has granted the fol- lowing pardons: NJ. II Ritter, Greene county; convicted in i90l of embez- element and sentenced to a year in the penitentiary; pardon to restore citizenship. Barney Rider of Benton county. convicted of giving whisky to minor and fined $5o. Will Honson of Lincoln county, convicted of grand larceny. Sam Goodwin, Drew county. convicted of grand larceny in 1899 and sentenced to year in the penitenti- ary; pardon to restore citizenship Peter G. Garrison and Fred Thomas, convicted of petit larceny and fined sl0 and sentenced to one minute in jail each, in Bradley county. Albert Bryant, Carroll county. sentenced at the August term, 1901, for three years for burglary.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Railway Suits Compromised.

Judge Trieber of the United States district court at Little Rock and Chan. cellor Hart of the Pulaski chancery court have rendered joint decision in the raroad tax suits, granting a con sent degree by which the proposed compromise between the railroads and the state board of assessment will be carried out. The court de- clined to pass upon the proprety of the compromise. holding that it was simply it's duty to permit a decree by consent in the cases, but in any event the taxes involved in the compromise will not be tied up, and the amount which the railroads agree to pay un- der the compromise, estimated at $350,000, will be paid before April 10
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
TO COMPETE WITH STANDARD
Thirty Independent oil Companies to Form Il Company to Pipe
 nnd Refine oil.

GhaHnte, Kas., April S.-ReDrezenta- ttyes of 90 independent oil companies which control threefourths of the oil production of Kansas. met here, Fri day. and decided to form a company representing $7,O0O 900 of invested cap ital to build fuel oil pipe line from the Kansas oil field to Kansas City. and to construct a refinery and storage tank in that city.
 The company to be formed will be the only one which will compete with the Standard Oil Co., for the markets of the middle west The producers de- eided that a consolidation of all their interests is the only salvation of the independent operators in Kansas Two months ago the producers appointed a committee to investigate the fuel oil market at Kansas City and the cost of pipe line to that point The reports of this committee influenced the pro ducers to form a company and com menee the construction of a pipe line and refinery at once. The Standard Oil Co.,, it is said, had force of men here watching the proceedings of the independent producers. The Standard forces announced that the presence Of these people was merely coincidence. There were present at the meeting rep resentatiyes of companies operating in the Indian territory, but only Kansas companies will be represented in the company to be organized.
 It is believed that the organization of the independent operators into company will insure a market for the Kansas producers independent of the Standard Oil Co.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Bills introduced in the House.

Fixing the salary and mileage of members of the general assembly.
 To fix the time of holding chancery court in Desha county.
 Providing that diplomas of the nor nal department of the University of Arkansas shall be equivalent to pro fessional license to teach in public schools.
 Allowing the selling of game of all kinds shipped from other states.
 To require fast passenger trains to stop on flag at Perrysmith, Saline county.
 To regulate the admission of out side mutual fire insurance companies entering the state.
 To require all persons convicted of violating the liquor laws to file bonds for costs and fines before appeals are taken.
 Providing that every person public ly exhibiting any obscene or indecent pictures. or figures. or written word or sentence, shall be guilty of mis- demeanor
 To require county treasurers to set tie with school directors and to re deem warrants.
 To regulate charges for ferriage in Jefferson county
 To prohibit shipping quails from White county.
 To require the Rock Island railroad to keep night operator at Casa.
 To create the Iron Point special school district in Stone county.
 To require the Rock Island to stop one passenger train each way daily at Blue Mountain
 For the relief of W. J. Hill ex- treasurer of Union county.
 Providing that state officials shall not be allowed to make contracts ex- tending beyond their terms of office.
 Providing that members of the gen. eral assembly shall not be paid for days on which they are absent, and that members shall receive S6 per day for ninety days. and g per day for each day over ninety days
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Bills introduced in the Senate.

Substitute bill authorizing leYee dis tricts in Jefferson county to issue bonds.
 To require the Iron Mountain to erect a depot at Denning.
 To authorize counties to acquire title to abstracts of records by con demnation proceedings, and make ab- stracts of title prima facie evidence of the correctness of their contents, when county records shall have been destroyed by fire It is stated that the bill applied only to Garland county.
 To restore the permanent endow- ment fund of the state university.
 To prohibit and prevent the promis- cuous use of firearms
 To give manufacturers and vendors of tiling a lien on land in which same is laid
 To prevent discrimination against residents of Arkansas in the conduct ing of race tracks.
 To establish drainage district in Jackson county, to be known as the Village Creek district
 To give cities of the first class the power to aid free public libraries by passing ordinances donating lands and moneys.
 To require the state penitentiary board to keep in good repair the Ar kansas river levee extending through the state convict farm in Lincoln county.
 To make it unlawful to fish without hook and line in Lawrence county.
 Providing that any person desiring copies of the state geological reports may secure them from the secretary of state by sending sufficient money to pay postage. At present they are sold at prices ranging from 9 cents to 8.
 To amend section 4348 to exempt burial benefit associations.
 To require the Western Union to keep an operator at Nanndale
 To provide for the weighing of coal as it comes from the mine, before it is passed over a screen of any kind
 To cure defective titles to sixteenth section school lands
 To form school districts Nos. 16 and 38, in Jackson county, into the Tuck man special district, and authorize 1t to borrow money.
 Providing for the regulation of fra ternities, secret or letter societies and clubs in the University of Arkansas.
 To prevent the sale or giving away of intoxicating liquors within five miles of the Belleyille school build ing
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Four Dead. One Wounded.

John Dow, a negro at Sulphur Rock. shot and killed his father-in-law, and mother-in-law, his wife and another negress. Dow lives at Batesville, and his wife left him and returned to her fathers home at Sulphur Rock Dow went down with the intention of bring ing her back, but she would not go. and he shot her. also her mother and another woman His father-inlaw in the meantime had secured his gun and wounded Dow, when Dow turned th'e gun or him and shot him dead. Dow was seriously wounded
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Bills Passed the Senate.

In addition to the senate bills pass ed. the following house bills have passed the senate and were turned over to the governor for his signature:
 To prohibit the sale of whisky with in three miles of the Salem school house.
 Granting to coal and other mineral companies the right of eminent domain in constructing short lines of railroad.
 To authorize the De Queen special school district to issue bonds and mortgage property.
 To prohibit seining in Chicot, Inde- pendence. Ouachita, Pike, Yell and Woodruff counties. An amendment was offered to strike out Indepen. dence, Pike and Yell counties.
 To require the Iron Mountain to erect and maintain depot at Le. vesque.
 To organize the Lakeside special school district in Chicot county.
 To require Iron Mountain to keep agents at Curtis. Clark county, and Bonair. St. Francis county.
 To create the Kensett special school district in White county.
 To regulate practice in the chan cery district, in Saline county.
 To create the Mount Olive school district in Faulkner county.
 To appropriate s15,O00 to build an annex to the Confederate home for the wives, mothers and orphans of Confederate soldiers.
 To make the general game law ap- ply to Mississippi county.
 To authorize the enclosure of cer- tain lands in Cleburne county to form fencing district.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Met His Death on a TrestIe.

Erastns Brown. one of the oldest ex- slaves living in Crawford county. was overtaken on a long trestle across Flat Rock creek. two miles northea st of Van Bnren. by a passenger train and ground into an unrecognizable mass. He was half way across when the fast train came around a sharp curve through a cut and reached the bridge behind him. Instead of jump ing into the shallow stream, he turned and ran toward the engine with hands raised as if to ward off the blow, fall ing face downward an instant before the engine struck him.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
HE WEEKS NEWS
 TERSELY OUTLINED
An EpitOme of the Most Important Events at Home and Abroad
 the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
Latest Developments In the RussO- Japanese War, Together With Items of Interest GulIcd From the Important Happenings All Over the World.
THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

A St. Petersburg dispatch intimates that the three Russian warships at Vladiyostok have been ordered out to menace the Japanese rear, thus plac- ing Admiral Togo between two fires, or at least weaken his fighting strength and give RojeStvensky better show ing.
 A Singapore dispatch mentioning the passage of As ships of Rojestyen- sky's squadron, including fighting yes sels. tenders, hospital and salvage ships. notes the absence of the most important fighting craft, including the battleships Kniaz Souvaroff. Alexan- der IL, Borodino and Orel, with their complement of cruisers and other craft
 Baron Suyematsu, formerly Japanese minister of the interior, in an evident ty inspired article in the Outlook. gives Russia some meat to digest on the question of indemnity.
 Owing to rain, snow and thaw, the roads in Manchuria have become prac- tieally impossible. Active field opera tions. therefore, are impractieable.
 \ Batavia (Java) dispatch says that Japanese warships are reported as po- lieing all the straits available to Ad- miral Roiestvensky in an attempt to reach the China sea.
 Invalided Russians who have been sent within the Russian lines by the Japanese. say they met several Jap anese officers in Mukden who formerly were in the Russian service i'll Man churia.
 The Japanese are said to be adyan- eing in crescent formation. 0ku on the left. Nodzu in the center and kuroh and Kawamura on the right, in all about 475.00O strong. and it is feared in St. Petersburg that Gen. Lineyitch will be compelled to withdraw
 Russian war correspondents are complaining of the rigid censorship which prevented them giving the true story of tine battle of Mukden. They say il was not an overwhelming and unprecedented disaster.
 Gen. Gouchkoff. of the Russian Red Cross service who remained in Muk- den with the medical staff to care for the wounded. in his report to Gen. Lineyitch, pays high tribute to the Japanese treatment of the Russian wounded, sisters of mercy and doctors.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS.
They Are Generally Favorable EK- cept in the south, Where Cotton
 Planting is Backward.

New York, April S.-Bradstreet's weekly review says:
 Trade, grain crop and industrial re- ports are in the main very favorable. exceptions being quoted in the south, where cotton planting is backward and a reduced acreage is expected. and at few points in the west, where inelem- ent weather and bad roads tend to cheek the otherwise full tide of spring activity. Western merchants who, earlier in the season. bought conserva- lively are now reordering freely. Money continues easy at most points. Collections show improving tendencies. though many cities report them only fair.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

As the result of the official canvass houses of the St. Louis municipal as sembly.
 The saloonkeepers of St. Louis sim ply laughed at the intimation that they were expected to observe the Sunday lay and all were run practically wide open.
 When the late Augustus King, of Minneapolis. Minn., made his will, he remembered the love of his boyhood days by leaving a handsome fortune to Miss Henrietta Bateman, the daughter of his first and only love
 Che feGeral grand jury at Portland, Ore, has indicted l5 well-known men of Oregon and Washington on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government of portion of it's public lands
 Moses Simmons and Miss Mary Pear CT, while buggy riding at Ardmore, I. T., were killed. their rig being struck by freight train at railway cross ing.
 '-lieI JuStlNt Jtoot iNlIl7iit Oi lALC Wyoming supreme court is dead
 The seat of government was tenn porariIy located in Fort Worth. Tex with Secretary Loeb officiating, while the president hunted coyotes and jack rabbits on the Kiowa-C -Comanche res eINation.
 A prairie fire in southwest Greer county. Okla, resulted in the de- struction of a vast amount of property and foodstuffs and some live stock.
 Satisfaction has been caused in Pan ana by receipt of the news that Sec retary of War Taft has proposed a de- crease in railroad rates
 Barnet Philips, soldier. traveller and journalist, for more than thirty years connected with the New York Times is dead, in his seventy-seyenth year.
 Eight men were instantly killed as the result of an accidental explosion at the Ardway quarry. near Roanoke Va. Several others were injured.
 It is learned that George Wilder aged S4 years. who recently disap- peared from Denver Col. deliberately committed suicide by jumping over board from the steamer Concha, on which he sailed from Galveston.
 Within the shade of the old Ala mo, in San Antonio. Tex, whence he departed, seven years ago at the head of the Rough Riders, Theodore Roose- welt. returning to meet his comrades as president of the United States. received such a welcome as rarely falls to the lot of mortal It was his day of days.
 The coroner's jury at Birmingham Ala, that investigated the Virginia mine disaster. which cost III lives, charge four mine operators with wilful and criminal negligence.
 Manly Tello, former editor of the Catholic Universe, died in Cleveland. O., aged 57 years.
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
Changes at Penitentiary.

The change in the management of the state penitentiary has been made EX-Sheriff J 4. Pitcock of Crawford county succeeds K. E. Hogins of Pope county as superintendent. the latter having held the position for about four years. following E. T. MeCon- nell. Robert E. Bradford of Lonoke county succeeds Walter E. Taylor as clerk. and Dr R. L. Russell of Searey county succeeds Dr. C. F. Witt as physician. Financial Agent Joe Moore remains in the capacity of clerk, under the new aet for the government of the institution
The Monticellonian., 1905-04-13
SIGHTED MANY WARSHIPS.
Japanese Policing the Straits Avaii- able for Rojestyensl<y to Enter
 the China sea.

London. April S-A dispatch from Singapore to the Daily Express says that the captain of coasting steamer reports having sighted 27 warships 70 miles southwest of Penang.
 A Batavia, Java, dispatch to the same paper says that Chinese junks report that Japanese warships are po- licing all the straits available to Ro- jestyensky in an attempt to reach ths China sea