I he Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, Kdltor.
NEWARK- « ARKANSAS*.
John Mitchell has been re-elected
president of the United Mine Work
ers’ union.
Fred Boyd, a citizen of Litchfield,
111., choked to death in a restaurant
on a piece of beefsteak.
The cashier of the Citizens' Bank
of Arlington, Tex., is missing, as
is also $7,000 belonging to deposi
tors.
The army appropriation bill as
passed by the lower house of con
gress carries the sum of $75,000,
000.
Operators of South Carolina cot
ton mills have agreed to curtail
production one-fourth, giving as a
reason the high price of cotton and
inability to sell at a profit.
Senator Burton of Kansas,
against whom a federal grand jury
at St. Louis returned an indictment
for accepting a bribe from the Biul
to Grain Company, lias waived all
his rights as a United States sena
tor and delivered himself up to the
authorities, demanding an immedi
ate trial.
The trial and conviction of Whit
aker Wright, the noted English
financier and promoter extradited
from the United States about two
years ago, ended in a tragedy. With
in a few minutes after sentence of
seven years servitude was pronounc
ed by a London judge, Wright was
taken violently ill and expired in a
few hours. It. is generally sup
posed he committed suicide.
Col. Arthur Lynch, who was sen
tenced to life imprisonment for
high treason for fighting with the
Boers against the British in the
Transvall, and who previous to his
arrest was elected to the British
house of commons from an Irish
constituency, has been released from
prison. Col. Lynch did not receive
a royal pardon, but was released
on what is termed a royal release.
Secretary of the Xavv Moody has
recommended that congress appro
priate $55,000,000 to defray the ex
penses of building vessels and es
tablishing naval stations the next
two years. The secretary recom
mended building naval stations at
Guantanamo, Cuba, and Subig bay,
P. I. The station in Cuba ulti
mately is to cost $1? 000.000 and
the one in the Philippines $9,000,
000.
Mrs. May brick, the American wo
man serving a life sentence in a
British prison on the charge of
having poisoned her husband, has
been released. Mrs. Maybriek’s
husband was a victim to the use of
a certain drug, which caused his
death, but Mrs. Maybriok was con
victed of administering the fatal
dose. Friends in this country have
for years endeavored to secure her
release, and finally succeeded.
Mrs. Maybriek will return to this
country to claim a large estate left
her by relatives.
Mrs. Lula Prince-Kennedy-Kram
er, who shot and killed P. If. Ken
nedy, her husband, at Kansas City
in 1901, two weeks after their mar
riage, was acquitted by a jury last
week. The defense set up the pleo
week. The defense set up the plea
of emotional insanity. At her first
trial she was sentenced to ten years
in prison. The case was reversed
and during her release en bond she
married John Kramer, the attorney
who defended her. Kennedy, who
refused to live with his wife on the
grounds that he was forced into the
marriage, was shot down while
working at his desk.
The New York stock exchange
has struck from its list of securities
stock of the American Steel Foun
dries companies, alleging misrepre
sentation from Schwab of the finan
cial condition of the corporation.
The victims of the Chadwick mine
explosion, near Pittsburg, Pa., num
ber 94. A millionaire mine owner
who was the first to enter the mine
after live*explosion was overcome by'
gas and died before he eoulJvbe tak
en out. \
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Supreme Court on Sabbath Breaking.
A syllabus of Arkansas state laws
and supreme court decisions on the
subject of Sabbath breaking has
been prepared, and is being circu
lated by the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union as follows:
“The statutes of the state and the
decisions of the supreme court upon
the question of Sabbath breaking
are very clear. There can he no
mistaking the intention of the leg
islature, nor the language of the
court upon the point. They have
called a “spade a spade" in point
ing out the duties of citizens, so
that the most ignorant cannot be in
the dark as to what the law is.
“Section 1801. of Sandcls &
Mill's digest, provides: ‘Every per
son who shall, on Sunday, keep
open any store or retail any goods,
wares and merchandise, or keep
open any dram shop or grocery, or
who shall keep the doors of the
same so as to afford ingress and
egress, or retail any spirits or wine,
shall, on conviction thereof, be lined
in any sum not less than $25 nor
more than $100/
“Section 18SS provides: ‘Every
apprentice or servant compelled to
labor on Sunday shall he deemed a
separate offense of the1 master.'
"In the ease of tin? State vs. Goff,
20 Ark.. 280, the supreme court
said: ‘The defendant was poor:
had no implement' of his own with
which to cut his wheat, which was
wasting from over-ripeness; could
borrow none until Sulurady even
ing: swapped work with his neigh
bors during the week ; hired a negro
and cut Ills own wheat on Sunday.
Held, that, even under these cir
cumstances, he was not justified in
breaking the Sabbath/
"In Shover vs. The State, 10
Ark., 259, the court said: ’Keeping
a grocery door open on the Sabbath
is a temptation to vice, and there
fore criminal. * * * Any person
who lias control of a grocery may
l>e indicted for keeping it open on
Sunday, whether lie be owner or
not.’
"It was held in Petty vs. State,
58 Ark., 1, that: ’ Ives ping a butch
er shop open and selling meats and
vegetables from it on Sunday is a
violation of section 1891 of Sandals
& Hill’s digest, imposing a fine on
every person who shall on Sunday
keep open any store or retail any
goods, wares and merchandise. To
commit the offense of Sabbath
breaking by keeping a store door
open on Sunday, it is not necessary
to keep it so opened as to induce
customers to open and trade. It is
sufficient if the door is partially
open, or intentionally left unlocked
so that any person may enter as
readily as if left open. Or, if it is
opened to the knocking of a strang
er and he be admitted or invited in.
this is keeping open, within the
prohibition of the state. The fore
going is from the opinion of the
supreme court in the ease of Seelig
vs. The State, in 4d Ark.. 9G. And
it is to he remembered that each day
such store is so kept open consti
tutes a separate offense, for which
the offender can he indicted and
made to pay a separate fine; arm
this, whether it is kept open by
himself, his clerk, or anyone else
for him.
“The law upon this question is
very broad, embracing in its terms
every department of business or la
bor, and every line of their daily
conduct, and it will be quite impos
sible to escape conviction for a vio
lation of any one of iis many pro
visions.”
Dr. 0. T. Watkira.
Dr. 0. 'I'. Watkins, a pioneer citi
zen of Izard county, passed away
several days ago at hi- home, La
Crosse. Dr. Watkins was among
the most prominent and widely
known citizens in north Arkansas,
having resided in Izard county fully
half a century, lie was more than
eighty years old.
Passenger Trains Collide.
The worst wreck on the Iron
Mountain for several years occurred
last week at Diaz, when the south
bound fast express No. 1 crashed
into tire \\ hite river branch passen
ger, which was taking coal on the
main line at Diaz chutes. The ex
press train was running nearly six
ty miles an hour when it struck the
rear end of the other standing train
and plowed its way through the en
tire length of same, completely de
molishing every coach. No. Ts
engine was badly damaged and the
mass of splintered rubbish was soon
a mass of llame that did not end
until the coal chute had been com
pletely demolished. Joe Penning
ton, newsboy on the branch train,
was standing on the rear end when
he saw the headlight of the oncom
ing train. Disking his own life, he
ran through every coach, warning
the passengers of the impending
danger. Nearly all reached the
ground before the collision occur
red, and it is almost miraculous that
those left were not killed, as the
coaches were literally splintered.
The responsibility for the wreck
lies with the branch crew, who had
no orders to take the main track.
Jack Ilequa was conductor and
Stove Mullen engineer. D. L.
Fluke, fireman on the St. Louis
train jumped but was so badly in
jured that he later died on the way
to the hospital at St. Louis. Nine
people were seriously injured. En
gineer Hill of the fast express,
stuck to his post, and, notwith
standing his engine was demolish
ed, he escaped with only a slight
buise on the left arm. Pennington,
to whose bravery an 1 presence of
mind many passengers owe their
lives, is a hunchback, lie rendered
valuable assistance in rescuing the
wounded from the burning wreck.
Supreme Court Passes on Liquor Case.
The supreme court last week af
firmed the dec i.-ion of the lowei
court in the ease of Kirkland, ct al.,
vs. The State, appealed from Jack
son circuit court. The question in
volved was the seizure and destruc
tion by the sheriff of a stock of li
quors, stored within a prohibition
district. The owners of the liquor
set up the plea that they had form
erly been engaged in the saloon bus
iness in the district, within the
hounds of the law; that after the
voters declared for prohibition they
removed to another point : that they
left their stock stored in a building
at Newport, taking therefrom from
time to time only such small quan
tities needed for a retail business.
The state contended that liquor had
been sold front an adjoining room
where Kirkland's goods were kept,
and the court held the evidence of
fered by the state sufficient to war
rant an order of destruction under
act of February 13, 1S0!>. The
owners of the liquor gave bond and
appealed to the higher court, which
has sustained the finding of the low
er court. The value of the liquor
seized is about $1,000.
Free to Officers of State Guard.
Adjutant General Charles Jacob
son lias received copies for distribu
tion of circular Xo. 21, bsued by the
war department at Washington, and
containing information which will
he of interest to officers of the state '
militia all over Arlean.-as . This
circular explains the provisions un
der which officers of state troops j
may attend the United States mil
itary schools, secure free instruction
and have all their expenses paid bv
the war department. The govern
ment allows state militia officers
who may desire to attend the gov
ernment military schools of instruc
tion, which arc located in different
parts of the country, the same mile
age that is allowed regular army
officers on duty, provides them with
rooms, two for a lieutenant and
three for a captain, and pays them
$1 a day for subsistence.
Condition of State Treasury.
,Hon. T. li. Flippin of Marion
county, appointed by Gov. Davis to
make the annual examination of
the eonditon of the state treasury,
makes the following report of funds
on hand:
Currency and coin.$ TOC,OSS 9T
Auditor s warrants redeem
ed during present quarter,
for which eerdit has not
been taken . 59,973 77
Total count .* 760,062 74
Amount certified by auditor.} 766,060 97
Excess .$ 1 77
1 attribute the small excess in this
fund to tiie inabilit" to make exact
change in the numerous transactions at
the cashier's window.
SCnilJ S TATEMENT.
County scrip belonging to
different counties .$ 6.726 65
Amount certified by auditor 6.6S6 09
Excess 40 56
The excess in this fund is probably
caused by the overpayment of cheap
county scrips by parties purchasing
state lands, caused bv the inability or
the cashier to make exact change.
City scrip counted . t 4 50
Citv scrip certified by audi
tor . .... 4^0
Excess . } 60
Auditor's Certificates count- „ „„
<Hl . 962 10
Certificates certified by
auditor . 962 10
3 per cent Funding bonds
coupons .
3 per cent Funding bonds
certified bv auditor.
NOTES AND BONDS.
Gov. Jones notes counted . J
Gov. Jones certified bv audi
tor .
902.130 00
962.130 00
103.915 95
103.915 95
3
per cent Funding bonds
counted .$1.233,o00
00
per rent
certified
Funding
bonds
1.233.500 00
5 per cent Fayetteville
bonds .$
5 per cent Fayetteville cer
tificates .
5 per cent Fayetteville
bonds coupons .
5 per cent Fayetteville
bonds coupons certified by
auditor .
9,000 00
9,000.00
8.550 00
8.550 of)
In order to verify the correctness of
of the above report. I have compared
the statement of the auditor as abov_
shown with the records, receipts and
files of tlie treasurer's office, and found
the aggregate to be:
f 3.090.851 94
As shown bv auditor's ccr
certifieate . 3,090.809 11
Excess .S
The excess is found in the following
funds:
Currency .S * ' '
County scrip . 40 nj*
scrip .
City scrip .
Total excess .S 42 83
“It affords me pleasure to attest
the neatness and accuracy with
which the books, records and ac
counts of the treasury department
are kept, and the thorough efficien
cy of the clerical force of the of
fice, as well as the painstaking and
watchful care of the state treasurer.
H. ('. Tipton, who extended mt
every courtesy during the progress
of the investigation. 1 am also
grateful to Messrs. J L. Yates, J.
C. Mascv, G .11. Travathan and E.
E. Tipton, the efficient clerical
force of the dopartnnnt. for the
material services rendered me dur
ing the examination.”
Kegro Murderer Handed.
John Bo!I, colored, was hanger}' at
Clarendon, January 2N. The crime
for which Bi ll paid the penalty was
the murder of a twelve-year-old
white boy. Bell and another negro
were hauling cotton to a gin and
the white boy went with them. Bell
took a pencil from the boy, who
cried and threatened to tell bis
mother. Bell thereupon seized a
piece of rail and struck him back of
the head, killing him almost in
stantly. The body was thrown into
a stall in the gin and covered with
seed cotton. Norman Conch, a
younger negro, who was with Bell,
testified to the manner of the kill
Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.
President llenrv S. llartzog of
the Cnivcrsity of Arkansas, as
chairman of the committee for A r
kansas. requests that candidates
who d'sire to stand examinations
for the Cecil Rhodes scholarship.*
should file their applications before
the end of January. The time and
place for the examination will be
announced later. Arkansas, as well
as each other state in the union, is
awarded two scholarships at Oxford
university by the terms of the will
of Cecil Rhodes. He left $10,000,
000 for the foundation of Anglo
American scholarships, tenable at
Oxford for three years.
Frozen to Death.
Alex Adams, a dairyman living
a few miles from Little Rock, while
returning home lost his way and,
overturning his buggy, wont to
sleep and was frozen to death. It
is supposed Adams was under the
influence of liquor, wnieh accounts
for Ills not being able to reach his
bom a
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