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The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, Editor.
NEWARK- - , ARKANSAS.
President Roosevelt celebrated
his forty-fifth birthday October
2Tth.
Mrs. L. Q. 0. Lamar, wife of the
noted Mississippi statesman, is
dead.
The yellow fever situation in Tex
as is improving with the advent of
cold weather.
Two Chicago aldermen have been
indicted for conspiring to procure
illegal voting in a municipal elec
tion.
Labor riots are of daily occur
rence in both France and Spain,
where thousands of workingmen
are on strike.
The union express drivers em
ployed by all the express companies
in St. Louis are out on strike out of
sympathy for the Pacific strikers.
Santos Domingo is in the throes
of another revolution, said to be the
result of custom house frauds and
corruption of the minister of
finance.
It is generally understood that
Senator Hanna will retire as chair
man of the republican national
committee at the expiration of his
present term.
A white man of the name of Mc
Alpin was lynched by a mob it*
Smith county. Mississippi, after *
difficulty in which he fatally wound
ed a neighbor.
Louise Mediae], the aged rreneh
radical, is spending her last years
in seclusion in Paris. Whenever
she appears in public she is scoffed
at and insulted by the populace.
An order has been issued by the
Pullman Palace Car Company, the
Xashjvillc, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railway and the Louisville
and Nashville railway, prohibiting
negroes from riding in the same
sleeper and from using the same
dining cars with white people in
Tennessee.
Following the run of depositors
on St. Louis trust companies was
the shipment from Washington to
the above city the largest sum.of
money that ever left the treasury
department at Washington in one
day for one city at any one time,
ft is estimated over -$5,000,000 were
received in St. Louis in one day.
A company with $150,000 capi
tal has been organized at St. Louis
to operate a goat dairy. Leading
physicians are at the head of the
enterprise, and their object is to
supply pure goat milk for infants
by renting the gnats to families. It
is well known that goat's milk is
the best upon which to raise chil
dren.
-Millard Lee, white, was hanged
at Atlanta, CJa., for the murder of
Lillie -May Suttles. The tragedy
< + urred in a church at a country
\ilhige near Atlanta, May ‘JO, long.
Lee was desperately in love with
the girl, who was only IT years of
age, and just as the congregation
was being dismissed, shot her three
times, after being refused the priv
ilege of escorting her home.
The Interstate Mississippi Riv
er Improvement and Levee Associa
tion concluded its session at New
Orleans October Id) after adopting
a series of resolutions in favor of
governmet jurisdiction of levees
and for appropriations for their
control if government control is
not proper, and endorsig the water
way from the gulf to the great lakes
and the Chicago sanitary canal as a
part of that project.
By a decision of the Xcw York
court of appeals, Albert T. Patrick,
murder of Millionaire Rice, loses
his alleged interest in the Rice es
tate, which lie claimed by a will
supposed to be a forgery.
Thomas Bechtel, confined in jail
at Allentown, Pa., on the charge
of murdering his 18-year-old sister
while under the influence of whis
ky, mutilating her head with a
hatchet, suicided by cutting hi*
throat with a small pocket knife.
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Interesting Church Statistics.
A religious census recently taken
of Little Lock furnishes some in
teresting statistics. The census was
taken under direction of the asso
ciation of churches, each church
performing its portion of the work,
the city being divided into districts.
Of the population of 40,000, only
16,358 are included as church-go
ing, and of this number 5,067 are
under 18 years of age. The num
ber attending church once a month
is given at 7,489, and the number
attending Sunday school at only
3,156. The church preferences are
given as follows:
Methodist Episcopal, South..
Baptist .
Catholic .;.
Episcopal .
Presbyterian.
Disciples, or Christian .
German Lutheran .
Methodist Episcopal .
Jewish .
Cumberland Presbyterian ...
2,722
2,529
2,018
1,272
1,260
606
559
509
501
341
Associate II. Presbyterian ... 245
German Evangelical . 66
Salvation Army . 48
English Army . 48
Engli-h Lutheran . 40
Congregationalist . 30
Holiness . 28
Universalist . 26
Adventist . 5
Spiritualist . 2
Infidel . 1
Unitarian . 0
Xo church preference . 743
Thirty families refused to give
the information sought, and at 195
residence no one was at home.
State Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.
The annual meeting of the state
grand lodge, 1. 0. O. F., was held
at Jonesboro last week. The at
tendance was the largest in the his
tory of the order, which is in a
most flourishing condition. The
report of the board shows the wid
ows and orphans home at Batesville
to have been ably managed, and it
is proving a great blessing to those
for whom it was built. The follow
ing officers for the ensuing year
were chosen: ('has. V. Beloate of
Corning, grand master; J. W.
Ugh-by of Caulkesville, deputy
grand master; F. 0. Butt of (Irecn
Forest, grand warden; John P.
Paul of Sulphur Springs, grand
secretary; L. S. O'Xeal of Fort
Smith, grand treasurer; (ieo. 1).
Bobbin of Salem, grand represent
ative. Pine Bluff was chosen over
Little. Flock to entertain the next
session of the grand lodge.
Price of Coal Advanced.
Local dealers at Little Rock have
advanced the price of soft coal to
$7 per ton, giving tho excuse that
a famine of fuel is threatened.
This contention appears absurd
when it is known tint within a
short distance of the capital city
there is an exhaustible supply of
coal. The worst feature of this ad
vance in fuel is the fact that the
sufferers are of a class the least able
to stand it, as those of ample means
generally put in their fuel in the
summer at about one-half present
prices. This is a ease where “the
weak must bear the burdens of the
strong.”
A Pathetic Scene.
Spectators in federal court at
Little Rock a few days ago wit
nessed a most pathetic scene when
sentence of four years in prison
was passed upon Hugh Reynolds of
Van Buren on the charge of moon
shining. The wife of the convicted
man was in the court room, and
when the words fell from the judge’s
lips condemning her husband, she
fell limp to the floor, and it was
with difficulty she was revived. Mrs.
Reynolds is a frail woman and the
parting with her husband affected
all those in ihe court room.
Baptists Will Re-unite.
At a meeting of messengers of
the General Baptist Association
held, in Little Kook, a majority
voted in favor of ratifying tho
action of the peace committee and
agreeing to reunite with the Baptist
State Convention when that body
amends its constitution in accord
ance with the terms proposed by
the peace committee. Following
are the terms upon which the Ger
cral Association stands pledged to
reunite with the State Convention,
which meets in Little Ilock on the
13th inst.:
“1. The scriptural right of in
dividual churches to commission
and send forth missionaries.
"2. The arranging of mission
ary methods so that the reports of
missionaries shall include only the
work already performed by the
missionaries and paid for In mis
sionary tout ributions.
“3. Recognition of each church
as a unit and entitled to eijual rep
resentation with any other church
in association or convention.
‘*4. The absolute abolition of
tho office and expense of the cor
responding secretary under what
ever title.
The right of the churches
to instruct their messengers on any
subject to be recognized.
"b. The abolition of the present
plan of co-operation with the home
and foreign mission boards of the
Southern Baptist Convention.”
Killing at Helena.
P. Wccdman, a hack driver, was
shot and probably fatally injured
at Helena by T. C. Crawford, a
dry goods sale.'man. The men
quarreled over Crawford depriving
the hackinan of two fares by vol
untarily escorting two ladies fr m
the depot. fleeting Crawford Weed
man dec-1 ared his intention of giv
ing him a beating and proceeded to
put his threat into execution. After
being knocked down, and while be
was being pummcled, Crawford
drew a revolver and shot \\ eedman
in the abdomen.
Methodist Orphanage in Good Shape.
The board of trustees oi‘ the Ar
kansas Methodist Orphanage, locat
ed at Little Ilock. report that dur
ing the last twelve months thirty
three children were received, twen
ty-three were placed in comforta
ble hoim - and ten remain in the
institution. The Arkansas .Metho
dist Orphanage lias been in exist
ence something over two years. It
is supported by tin* three confer
ences of the -M. E. Church, South,
in Arkansas.
Will Accept No Compromise.
Hon. Ben Foreman, one of the
most active of the insurgent wing of
the republican party, declares the
insurgent' will hold a convention
and send a complete delegation to
the next national republican con
vention. Mr. Foreman says his
wing of the party will accept no
compromise with the prc*M nt state
organization.
Painful Accident.
Harris l’owcll, the 11-yoar-olJ
son of Pr. J. M. Powell of 1 lot
Springs, was s riouslv injured a
few days ago. The little fellow was
attending a picnic given on Gar
land creek, and in the afternoon
fill and stuck a large thorn in his
eye. The thorn penetrated through
the lid into the ball, and the phy
sicians have grave fears that the
sight will he impaired forever.
Smothered in Cotton Pen.
The 5-ycar-old daughter of W.
It. Liggon, living near Mount Car
mel, was suffocated to death a few
days ago. While playing in a pen
of cotton with some other children
they dug a hole in the loose cotton
and the little one fell into it and
was covered with cotton and was
suffocated before she could bo tak
en out
U. D. C. Officers.
At the recent meeting in Hot
Springs, of Arkansas Division,
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, the following officers to serve
the ensuing year were elected:
President, Mrs. Ilall, Dardanelle;
treasurer, Mrs. Fichu; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Sue L. James;
state historian, Mrs. II. B. \\ iilis.
Body of Unknown Man Found.
The body of an unknown white
man, between 35 and 40 years of
age, was found in the woods about
thirty miles from Little Rock. There
were no indications of pool play,
and it is supposed his death was
due to natural causes. He wore a
suit of black clothes, a derby hat,
and a blue striped percale shirt.
Celebrated Golden Wedding.
Judge and Mrs. U. M. Rose of
Little Kook celebrated their golden
wedding October Judge Rose,
distinguished the world over as a
lawyer, was born in M rion county,
Kentucky, March 5, 1331, and his
wife, nee Gibb, is a member of one
of the most distinguished families
of Kentucky.
BRIEF MENTION.
In a difficulty at C >tton Plant
T. A. Smith, city marshal, shot and
killed K. F. Koch, a butcher.
Joe Osborne, a fireman, from
Van Huron, was killc 1 in a head
on collisii n on the Fort Smith road
near Ashlv, I. T.
Hal Harvey, oldest son of W. H.
(Coin) Harvey, of l\hute Xe, was
accidentally killed at Hugo, 1. T.,
while coupling cars.
Pink Williams, the negro who
murdered his wilk- near Helena.
October 21. has been convicted
and sentenced to be hanged.
'J’he thirty-third se-sion of the
Arkans, s conference of the A. M.
E. chr.ie’i openod at Little Pock
O-tober 2S. Bishop Tyree presid
ed.
The WdK-Fargo Express Com
pany has succeeded the Pacific on
the line of the While and Black
Piv: r railroad, a branch of the
; Choctaw.
The elevator at T> varkana of the
Arkansas and Texas drain Compa
ny was totally destroy, !} by fire, 'file
loss is placed at $G,U0<», with no in
surance.
The Hot Springs Medical Socie
ty, at a recent meeting, decided to
; lend the co-operath>n of its mem
bers in the suppression of the drum
ming evil.
Little Rock street cars have boon
forced to stop running on several
! occasions recently, owing to the lack
of proper fuel with which to get up
sufficient steam.
Frank Cretian, aged 10, fell from
a tree near Little Rock while gath
ering hickory nuts and sustained in
: juries from which he died after
lingering two days.
Henry Hollister oi iexarkana,
while examining a revolver lie
thought was not loaded, was badly
wounded in the face by the dis
eliarge of the w» apon.
The body of Bud Cl i 1 ion, a young
: negro, was found buried in the cot
ton in a gin room near Brinkley.
His skull was crushed and there
| was other evidence of murder.
.fames Swearingen, largely inter
ested in the oil mill at Walnut
ltidgc, committed suicide at his
home in Dyorsburg, Tcnn., by swal
lowing an overdose of laudanum.
Maroene Robinson, manager of a
plantation near Wildon, died un
der mysterious circumstances and it
is suspected that he was the victim
of poison administered in his food.
Paul Kubeseh, a tailor, dropped
dead in front of the counter of a
Little Rock lunch stand. He was
apparently in the best of health a
few minutes before he was stricken.
Chancellor Loathennan of Hot
Springs recently handed down a de
cision declaring constitutional the
anti-drumming law applying to
physicians passed at the last session
of the legislature, and known as tht
Gantt law.
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