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The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
Mine Counties co Dry.

Detroit, Mieh.-Indieations are that nine more counties were added to the dry" column as result of Mondays elections. As only one county. Van Buren, was heretofore dry the to- tal is now ten.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
THE WINNERS.

THE WINNERS.
 First Prize, Boys Declaration Eugene Brady Little Rock High School.
 First Prize, Girls Recitati9a-Aiiss Alice Morton. Little Rock High School.
 Second Prize. Boys Defamation Christopher Otto. Hot Springs High School.
 Second Prize. Girls Recitation Miss Florence Smith. Arkansas Con ference College, Preparatory, Sloan Springs.
 Third Prize. Boys Deelamation- Ernest T. Hays, Amiiy High School.
 Third Prize, Girls Recitation-Miss Lillian Fortune. Clary Training School, Fordyee,
 Fourth Prize. Boys Declamation- Ellis Butcher. Prescott High School.
 Fourth Prize, Girls Recitation Virginia Buxton, Nashville High School.
 The Auditorium rink on West Mark ham street, Little Rock, where the contests were held, was elahorateiy decorated From every beam and raftef in the huge building streamers and festoons of bunting. lavish dis plays of the national colors and gar lands Of colored crepe paper appeared. In the center Of the east side of the building an elevated platform was erected, and this was banked about with dozens of large palms. The cups contested for were displayed on pedes- tals.
 The elimination contests held at the Y NJ. C. A. Auditorium Friday morning resulted in the selection of ten young women who had part in the final contest Friday night. These girls. the schools which they repre- sent and their subjects were:
 Mary Louise Hammersley. Fort Smith High School, Mark Anthony,s Grafton"
 Marie Bennett. Hope High School. How the LaRue Stakes Were Lost"
 Clare Curry. Texarkana High School, As the Moon Rose"
 Violette Park, Pine Bluff High School, "The Battle of Ivry."
 Lillian Fortune, Clary Training School, Fordyee, Come Here"
 Virginia Buxton. Nashville High School. "Zingarella."
 Florence Smith. Arkansas Confer enee College. "Hagars"
 Hazel Davis. Stuttgart Training School. "The Soul of the Violin
 Sallie Bain, Portland High School. "A Mornings Mails
 Alice Morton. Little Rock High School. Chariot Race From Ben Hur."
 The program for the afternoon be- gan promptly at 2:3o, State Superin- tendent J. j. Doyne presiding and in trodueing the various speakers. The Hendrix (Conway) male quartet were first on the program The first con testant 10 appear on the platform was Ellis Butcher, representing the Pres colt High School, and he was followed by Woodlief Thomas of Fl Dorado, Christopher Otto of Hot Springs, Charlie Smith of Wynne, Will O'Shea of Fort Smith, Ernest T. Hays of Am ity. Robert W. Freeland of Malvern, Edward MeFadden of Hope, <od Ben Carter of Teaxrkana.
 By winning first place MT Brady secures for his school the silver loving cup, valued at S20, which was donated by the Bates Catering Company. For himself he wins a prize of s25 in gold
 The second prize, won by Christo- pher Otto, was S10 in gold; the third prize, awarded to F. T. Hays. s5 in gold, and the fourth prize, awarded to Ellis Butcher. consisted of ten vol umes of Bryans World Famous Ora tions. All the young men were called to the platform after the decision had been announced and given their prizes by J. J. Doyne. state superintendent Of
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
Arkansas Bear Cubs.

Arkansas fame as "The Bear State' will live if two cubs. captured by z. T. Hodges near Earse, Ark, and sold to the Memphis zoo Wednesday enjoy good health. The little teddys were exhibited at the city hall at Memphis and given home for life in the zoo that afternoon.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
Tammany Man In the Valley.

w A. Watson, big Tammany chief. who usually represents the organiza- tion at Washington during the session of Congress, is a visitor at Hot Springs.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
-Less Ant to Rreak.

There's many slip twixt the cup and the lip quoted the moralizer
 Yes rejoined the demoralizer '1t's safer to drink out of tin bucket"
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
sa.eoo. 900 compress Merger.

A New Orleans company. which controls the Luce system of compress ing cotton, and a Little Rock concern which controls another system. will be merged into a s3,000000 corpora tion with headquarters in New Orleans and then a campaign will be started to introduce the system into every cotton gin in the south The two systems are somewhat similar, but each had some advantage over the other; and. by combining. it is claim ed. the best of the two will be in ciuded in one device. The new system will permit of 100 bales of cotton be- ing placed on one car. and this means enormous saving in local and ocean freishts. It is claimed that this pro cess will solve the question which seemed to be uppermost in the minds of the English spinners on their re- cent visit to the souh-that of i'm proper packing of the cotton. w. G. Wilmot, of New Orleans. is now in Chicago perfecting details of the new corporation.
 The Little Rock Company is the Thomas Gin Compress Company. Dr. A. D. Thomas, who lives al HIS Cum. berland street, Little Rock, is the in- ventor of machine 10 compress the bales al the gin Some time ago the Luce company in New Orleans was sued by the Little Rock company for alleged inffingements of the Thomas patents.
 Recently overtures were made look ing toward the consolidation of the two companies, and the details of the consolidation have been arranged, so il is stated by pr. A. D. Thomas. The new company will be known as the Southern Gin Compress Company.
 The consolidation Of the two inter ests will not affect Little Rock It means simply that the new company will use the patents of the Little Rock company The Thomas Gin Compress Company will not be moved from Little Rock. pr. Thomas con frmed the statement in the New Or leans special to the effect that a cam paign to place the compress in com mon Use throughout the south will be commenced al once.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09

Sir William Henry Broadbent, phy sician-in-ordinary to King Edward, whose death was recently announced, received 5000 a year from Lord Rothschild for visit once a week.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
Intend To Build lnterurban Line.

". F. Campbell of Redeld announces that the Pine Bluff-Little Rock Tran sit Company, a company which intends 10 build an interurban line from Pine Bluff to Little Rock, has already been formed, and that the company is now preparing to receive its charter. Ac- cording 10 the statements of MT. Campbell, who is president of the company, it is the intention to begin work on the line as soon as all of the right=of.way is secured
 The officers of the new company are as follows: President, W. r Campbell; vice president, Ben F. Foreman of Texarkana; secretary and treasurer. Mrs F A Gibson of North Carolina. now residing al Redfeld; board of directors, J. \. Noodson of Little Rock. C. w. Turner of Casa, Ill. and J, W. Corber of Pine Bluff.
 It is said that the company has al ready secured a portion of the right of-way between Pine Bluff and Little Rock, and that the remainder will be secured at once.
 The line is to be built along the south side of the river and is to be 40 miles long
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09

Edward Yates. who recently died ia Walforth. England, leaving a fortune of s 5000000 in real estate in and about London, began business life as poor bricklaYer.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
State House GossIn-

Capt John A. Hinkle of BatesyTIie was a visitor at the state house Sat urday.
 Dr. Sims of Fort Smith called Sat urday al the state house. While in the city he visited the insane asylum also.
 pr. Avery E. Moore. state auditor. was in Conway Saturday attending to business matters.
 Sheriff A. l.. Dunlap and County Clerk Albert Sims, both of Indepea- dence county. were visitors Satur- day at the state house.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
Certificate Filed.

The certificate of commissioners to secure subscriptions for the Little Rock, Maumenue and Western Rail way Company, has been filed with the secretary of state The certificate showed that s7,000 in subscriptions had been secured for each mile of the road.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
Fire In Business Section of Hope.

Fire which broke out at Hope about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, de stroyed several buildings In hte center of the city and threatened to consume thousands of dollars worth of proper ty in the business section of the city before it was brought under control. Three one-story brick buildings, own ed by Henry Yerger, a negro school teacher, which were occupied by a negro restaurant and a negro barber shep. were destroyed with all their contents. The buildings were valued at about $3.000. with ;1.700 insurance. The loss on the contents of the three buildings was about S1,000. with no insurance. The fire spread to frame residence owned by s. W. Cox, which was destroyed with a loss of s1,200 covered by insurance. The rear end of the Capital hotel building was dam- aged to the extent of about s100. The fire sarted in the negro retaurant. but it's origin is unknown
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09
' NEWS OF -
 ARKANSAS
Fights Brother and Four Nephews.

Fights Brother and Four Nephews.
 Marion Cook. residing 15 miles south of Camden, had a desperate encounter with his brother, James Cook, and his four sons Tuesday. The trouble arose over a horse which had been a subject of contention for nearly 30 years.
 Jim Cook and his sons and Marion Cook met at the home of the latter and had fight in the morning, in which Marion Cook was cut with hoe and otherwise hurt. lie attempted to get his gun. but his wife pre- vented him He then went to the field 10 work, taking his gun with him. Later in the day the men met again. all being armed, and shooting began at once. At the second round Marion received a Winchester bullet in his trigger hand which ploughed up his arm and shattered the bone near his shoulder. He was also hit in the face with some bird shot.
 Jim Cook and his boys went to Camden and surrendered to the sher- iii. They are out on bond.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-09

A proclamation offering s100 reward for the capture and conviction of N. L. Albright, who is wanted at New port on the charge of shooting and seriously wounding City Marshal w C. McDougal of that place. has been issued by Governor Pindall.
 
 A petition for vendors lien was filed Saturday afternoon in the Cir cult Court against Caldwell & Drake by the Thomas -Fordyce Manufacturing Company It is alleged the contract ing firm owes the company s324 for merchandise.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28
WEDDING STORY is DENIED
IN PARIS: COMING LATER

Paris. May PIN. Cacnard, attorney
for Nine. Anna Gould. who at present
is engaged in preparing a contract for
Nine. Gould's marriage to Prince
Helie de Sagan, authorizes the Asso-
ciated Press to deny absolutely the
story that the couple was secretly mar
ried at Hoboken on the evening of their
departure from America last month.
AS already stated in these dispatches,
the Gould famil,,'s opposition to the
marriage has been withdrawn. Bans
will be published next Sunday; the
later. There will be both civil and re-
ligious ceremonies. Later. under the
Protestant rite. the couple will be mar
ried under what is known in France as
separation of property regime" each
party to remain in absolute control Of
his or her own fortune, which, in the
event of death, shall not pass to the
survivor, but to the heirs of the de-
ceased. After the marriage the couple
will reside in France
Count Boni de Castellane, divorced
husband of Nine. Gould, is prepared the
suit to transfer the custody of the Cas-
tellane children to himself on the
ground that De Sagan is not fit to be,
their stepfather. The count. however,
evidently has not yet been apprised OF
the exact situation, as he imagines
Nine. Gould is still hesitating with re-
gard to marriage. He counts upon con
ttnued opposition of George Gould.
who, he says. is expected in Paris with
in a fortnight. There is intimation
from sources friendly to Nine. Gould
that Boni woul not dare to bring q
suit for the custody of his children, as
it would assuredly provoke the revela-
ton of certain damaging matters affect
ing him. which heretofore have been
held in reserve.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28
HELlE AND ANNA
WE'D MONTH AGO

N@A&HHHE aAaIEt N&# S4F sb
New York. May 81. Anna Gould is
now the wife of Prince Helie de Sagan,
having beer welded to him by Justice
of the Peace w. G. Budenbender. in
Hoboken. on the night of April 10 last.
according to the acknowledgement OF
Justice Budenbender.
The ceremony has been denied by the
principals. first because Mr.. Gould de-
sired to avoid a break with the family;
second. because of legal complications
possible in France. and third, because
of the desire of the principals to get
the sanction of the pope to the cere-
mOny.
So far the at Hoboken has
not been officially recorded, owing to
the fact that Justice B~udenbender, who
is said to have received a $500 fee for
doing the work, has held up the certifi-
cate beyond h legal time at the re-
quest of the principals. The fact that
he is facing a fine of $50 for doing this
is said to have been responsible for the
official decision not to keep the secret
longer.
1T is true I performed the cere-
mony," Budenbender is quoted as say
ing, and / am sure that the parties
who figured in it We're Prince de Sagan
and Nine. Gould. I kept the matter
secret at their request. but canno do
so longer
Al Midnight.
According to Budenbender the cere-
mony took place near midnight on the
date named, the details having been
arranged previously by an agent of the
prince. the exit of Nine. Gould and the
prince from the st. Regis hotel being
made quietly through a back door in
order to avoid spies of the Gould fam
lily and waiting newspaper men.
Justice Budenbender said he had
been engaged three weeks in advance
to tie the knot. Tuesday, he said, the
details of The ceremony would be given
to the public, with the names of the
witnesses and all the particulars, which
made SO much delay necessary. He
intimated that representatives of the
Gould family had exacted a promise OF
silence that would not permit him to
tell mole than already had been given
out.
A conference, participated in by
George, Edwin and Helen Gould, was
held last night at the home Of Miss
Helen at Observation-Disclosures It
is understood they were much exer-
cised over what they considered a pre-
Gould nuptials.
George Gould said the family would
not make any statement. He intends
to sail for Europe this month. The OBJ
ject of the visit is for the purpose of
making a final settlement with his sis
ter.
1t is now asserted by those in the
confidence of Nine. Anna that the civil
ceremony in Hoboken was resorted to
only after she failed at all interviews
with members of the family to gain
their consent to her alliance with De-
Sagan, and they are said to have final-
ly given in.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28
THE MISTLETOE y

-.c5A@ =EUnWH
The mistletoe hung In the castle hall
The holly branch shone on the old oak
wall;
And the baron's retainers were blithe and
gay,
And keeping their Christmas holy day:
The baron beheld with a fathers pride
His beautiful child, young Lovell's bride;
While she with her bright eyes seem'd
The star of the goodly
Oh, the mistletoe bough!
Oh, the mistletoe bough!
I'm weary of dancing now" she cried;
Here tarry a moment, I'll hide-IIl hide!
Ard Lowell be sure thou'rt the first to
trace
The clue to my secret lurking place."
Away she ran and her friends began
Each tower to search and each nook to
And young Lowell cried, ooh. where dost
thou hide?
I'm lonesome without thee, my own dear
BRIDE
oh, the mistletoe bough!
oh, the mistletoe bough!
They sought her that night, and they
sought her next day.
And they sought her in vain when a week
pass'd away!
In the highest, the lowest, the loneliest
Young Lowell sought wildly, but found
And years few by, and their grief at last
dS lold dS Il SOTTON1ul td!e lOlS past, .4
And when Lowell appeared the children
cried,
bride!''
On. the mistletoe bough!
oh, the miStletoe Dough
At length an oak chest that had lorg
Was found in the c~astle-they raised the
lid
And a skeleton form lay Wondering there
In the bridal wreath of the lady fart
Oh. sad was her fla te! in sportive Jest
She hid from her lord in the old oak chest:
1t closed with a spring, and her bridal
bloom
Lay whitening there In a living tomb.
Oh. the mistletoe Dough!
Oh, the miStletoe Dough!
no sudden Shrek of delight, and she
went back to her little bedroom.
Everything was as she had left it.
With a strange dizziness, a quick beat
ing of the heart, she turned to go
downstairs to seek for the truants
there, and perhaps scold them a little
for their game. the game that lasted
too long, when all at once she caught
sight of one object in the room out of
place. On the foot of the bed lay the
empty tray from an old trunk. 1t was
a useless thing, the trunk. Nothing was
ever kept in it except a few of the
ChlldrenS toys. But to the three little
girls it was the most wonderful trunk
that ever happened.
Even their mother knew some of
the wonderful things it could do. 1t
was an enchanted trunk. Sometimes 1t
was a pirate ship, and carried a crew
Of three. Sometimes it was a robber
cave. Sometimes it was the little
brown house in the woods where the
seven dwarfs waited for Snow White.
And sometimes it was just a cuddly
corner, just big enough for three
youngsters to curl down In and tell
stories.
And looking at the empty tray, at
the closed trunk lid, Mrs. Van Slette
wondered with a foreboding dread that
gripped her very heartstrings what the
trunk was tonight in the game of
make-believe.
She raised the lid fearfully. The
clasp had caught on the outside; ever
in her ear and haste she noticed that
But the babies We're in the trunk. and
at first glance a a of joy swept
over her. They had een playing a
game Of make-believe after all. Tucked
cozily in the trunk We're the pillows
from the bed, n on them lay the two
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28

the question of insanity that no hearing
was accorded him; that he was deprived
of his liberty without due process of law,
and that the statute under which he was
committed does not provide a method by
which his mental condition as then exist
ing could be legally ascertained or any
method by which his sanity could be
shown.
Not Deprived Of Liberty.
The people contend that Thaw was not
deprived of his liberty without due process
of law, because he knew that If he chose
TO prove upon the trial of the indictment
that ne was insane when he killed Stan
ford White and # that was the defense
and the jury acquitted him of the charge
against him on that ground it became
the duty of the court, If it deemed his
discharge dangerous to the public peace
to the state lunatic asylum until such
time as he should be legally a~djudged
son and to be represented by counsel and
he had the right to introduce evidence
of his present sanity.
/ nave made careful examination of the
authorities and | do not find that this
statute has ever been passed upon by any
of the courts in this state. 1t has been in
existence and operation for many years
without question and 1t is the duty Of the
court to presume in favor of the validity
of the statute until it's Violation of the
constitution is established beyond all rea-
sonable doubt, and upon such a determin-
alton the result which may follow from
one construction or another is always a
potent factor ana Is sometimes IN and OF
itself conclusive.
The relator claims that the statute does
not provide a method by which Thaw can
be discharged.
Section SO of the insanity laws pro-
vides:
Any inmate, not a convict. held upon an
order of a court or judge in a criminal
proceeding may be discharged therefrom
upon the superintendent certificate of re-
covery, made to and approved by such
court or judge"
Gets Off Lightly.
1 believe no injustice has been done to
Thaw or will be done to him by depriving
him of his liberty until such time as he
can be discharged by the method pre-
scribed by law.
Bearing in mind that the usual punish
ment for the act which led to the deten-
ton of said Thaw is death. or a long term
of Imprisonment and that said Thaw es-
capped the consequences of such act solely
by reason of his existing mental condi-
ton, | do, not deem it proper to allow
Thaw his freedom, suffering as he is from
some form of insanity with the possible
recurrence of an attack similar to that
from when he killed Stanford White.
In view of the existing mental condi-
ton of the said Thaw the safety of the
public is better insured by his remaining
in custody and under observation until he
has recovered or until such time as it
shall be reasonably certain that there Is
no danger of a recurring attack Of the
delusion or whatever it may be.
The writ is dismissed. TIL order re-
manding the said Harry X. Thaw can be
settled on notice pursuant to stipulation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28
PEACE COMES IN COAL
INDUSTRY SOUTHWEST

Kansas City. May 27. : Thirty-five
thousand coal miners of Missouri, Kan
:as oklahoma, Arkansas. ember of
the United Mine Workers of America,
who have been out on strike since
March 4, last, will return to work next
week. The convention of the miners
hero today ratified and signed the
agreement reached by the joint sub
committee of miners and the operators
cate last night. Price conditions re-
h.Eain the same as last year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28

Dallas, Tex, May 81. One man
drowned and so families cor in
the submerged section of the city. the
electric power engine rooms under wa
ter, street cars out of commission, two
bridges destroyed and hundreds of peo-
pie homeless in the suburbs, are a few
of the results of the flood, which fol-
lowed a sudden and terrific rise in the
Trinity river, between midnight and
daylight this morning.
The property damage will be heavy
In Fort Worth seven people are
known to be dead, 5000 are homeless,
and a dozen or more are reported to
have been killed.
Stock valued at many thousands of
dollars. including $500 sheep penned
up in the stock yards in North Fort
Worth. was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss cannot be
estimated as yet. +
The paralysis of the railroad service
is almost total.
The village of West Dallas. across
Trinity river, is partially inundated.
Hundreds Of families were forced to
seek higher places. A section of the
Texas & Pacific railway bridge has
gone down. Fifteen men were thrown
into the river and six were drowned.
The Brazos river. at Waco, is higher
by two feet than ever known. Thou
sands of acres of land are overflGwed.
The damage to crops is heavy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28

with her perfectly, Sc the teacher vas
called to explain.
But never told them any such
thing declared the puzzled young
woman. Il have not said anything
about turnips since school began"
The child, however, per sisted and the
matter remained unsettled.
After both teacher and pupil re-
turned to the s%choolroom, the former
announced the music lesson, and put
the drawing of the staff on the board.
Now children, who will tell. me how
many beats in a measure?" she in
quired sweetly.
The hand Of the recalcitrant pupil
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-28
STRIKERS CONFESS TO
DYNAMl TING THE CARS

Cleveland, May 2~7.-According to the
statement of Chief of Police Kohler,
today, our striking conductors and
motormen have confessed to taking
part In dynamiting street cars in vari-
Gus parts of the city last week. The
men are in custody. Other arrests will
follow.
Cars on nearly all the lines were oper-
ated on practically normal schedules to-
day.