I he Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIQ, Kdltor.
NEWARK- » ~ ARKANSAS*.
The Akron Savings bank at Ak
ron, 0., has closed its doors.
The Capital National bank at
Guthrie and the Citizens bank at
McLoud, Ok., have suspended.
John I). Rockefeller has contrib
uted $.'>00,000 to John Hopkins in
stitute to replace several buildings
recently destroyed by fire.
Wire-tappers worked a pool room
at Knoxville, Tenn., out of $1,500
by sending in the wrong horse as
the winner of a race at Memphis.
^ In the recent municipal elections
in Nebraska the question of high
license for the sale of liquor cut
quite a figure. A majority of the
towns voted for high license.
Gov. Beckham will be appealed
to to either pardon Caleb Powers,
under sentence to be hanged for the
murder of the late Gov. Goebel, or
secure for him a new trial.
Queen Isabella of Spain, grand
mother of King Alfonso, died at
Paris April 9 of influenza. The
deceased queen had lived in Paris
6ince her abdication in 1870.
Wm. Buchanan, president and
principal owner of the Louisiana
and Arkansas railroad, denies most
emphatically the report emanating
from St. Louis that his road has
been acquired bv the Frisco by
purchase.
The Russians have abandoned
Korea and retreated into Manchu
ria. where they are trying to carry
fcut Gen. Kuropatkin's waiting pol
icy, compelling the Japanese to be
the aggressors, and drawing them
farther inland.
A large portion of the business
/ection of Winona, Miss., was burn
ed on the 9th. The fire started in
the Times printing office and over
$100,000 in property went up in
smoke before the flames were got
ten under control.
Henry Deeter, who demanded of
a wealthy planter of near Marshal
town, la., that $1,000 be left for
him at a certain spot under penalty
of death for failure to comply, was
shot and killed by an officer when
he appeared to get the money.
While seated at the supper table,
surrounded by her family, Mrs.
Clara Warmington of St. Loui®
suddenly exclaimed that she was
tired of living and, drawing from
her bosom a morphine powder,
swallowed it. She died within an
hour.
J. C. Beatty and D. L. Beatty of
Fort Scott, kas., W. B. Sharp and
K. 1). I’rather of Beaumont, Tex.,
and D. K. Beatty of Galveston have
been indicted in federal court at
Houston charging fraudulent use of
the mails. All the men are promi
nent oil land promoters.
Lizzie McCarty of Marion. Ind., ,
enjoys the distinction of having
been married seven times in nine !
years, being divorced from her last
husband only a few days ago. Al
though so muchly married, the wo
man was never compelled to wear
widow’s weeds, the court relieving
her of her marital ties.
Roy Travis, aged 18, a press
feeder for a Chicago firm, was as
saulted by Michael Boland, a strik
er, when he drew a revolver and
shot Boland dead. The strike of
Franklin union pressfeeders in Chi
cago has been on several months.
As a result two people have been
killed and hundreds crippled for
life in riots.
It has been discovered that gross
corruption has been practiced in
Russian navy yards, where the new
battleships and cruisers intended to
strengthen the far eastern squadron
are being built. It has been found !
that the workingmen in the navy
yard have been putting only a small
percentage of the necessary rivets in
the plates of the battleships, plug
ping up all the rest of the holes
with wooden plugs and selling the
rivets to outside dealers. A ship
that had just been completed was
shattered to pieces and sunk by the
firing of a salute.
Arkansas State News
Arkansas Boy Honored.
From the humble position of
i telegraph operator at a small sta
: lion. Carl R. Gray, an Arkansas
bov, has risen step by step, and the
announcement now comes that he
has been appointed general manag
| er of the great Frisco system. Twen
ty-four years ago Gray started out
to learn the railroad business. He
served as telegraph operator at sev
eral points on the Frisco, but in
1880 he secured a place with F.
T). Russell, then general western
freight agent of the Frisco at
Wichita, Kan. In 1887 he became
commercial agent of the F'risco at
Wichita. He spent about ten years
in the tratlic department of the
road. In 1897 lie left the division
freight agency for the transporta
tion department, becoming superin
tendent of the western division.
About four years ago he was pro
moted to be superintendent of
at Springfield, Mo. In his new
position as general manager Mr.
Gray will have supervision over one
of the greatest railway systems in
thd United States.
Request From Mrs. Willis.
Mrs. Richard B. Willis, state his
torian, Arkansas Division, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, is
sending out the following circular
letter: ‘‘It. being the duty of the
state historian, Arkansas division of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy. to collect memorable inci
dents of the war between the states
as waged in Arkansas, a request is
hereby made that all available mat
ter, hitherto unpublished in any per
manent form, be forwarded to my
address. Lid us rescue from oblivion
the names and deeds of the brave
men and women who bore the brunt
of the contest. The lips that relate
to our children stories of prowess,
honor and achievement will soon be
hushed in the silence of death. Let
us perpetuate the deeds though the
doers are passing away. It is also
our duty to examine the kind of
text-books on American history used
in our schools and to avent the pos
sibility of garbled facts and truths
omitted. Let us not neglect this
duty.*’
State Land Otfice Business.
Below is the quarterly report of
the state land office for the quarter
ending March 31:
Fees, $2,311.35.
Swamp land sold, 880.5 acres,
$1,100.60.
Internal improvement land sold.
COO.48 acres. $870.60.
Saline land sold, 284.0 acres,
$355.75.
Forfeited land sold, 10,283.14
acres, $12,853.91.
Forfeited land redeemed, 4,
956.82 acres. $813.31.
Forfeited town lots sold, $230.
10.
Forfeited land donated, 12,402.
69 acres.
Forfeited land deeded to actual
settlers. 9,365.54 acres.
Total. 38,929.8 acres. $18,535.68.
The funds received were divided
as follows: Currency, $14,943.77;
county scrip, $3,591.91.
Woman Prevents Panic.
The presence of mind of Mrs.
Mabel Ford Kinney checked a pan
ic at Judsonia in Briggs' hall dur
ing a recital given by her music
class. A large crowd filled the
hall. Near the end of the program
the curtain, while being lowered,
caught fire from the side lights and
in a moment was ablaze. Cries of
“Fire!’’ caused alarm and excite
ment through the audience, but
prompt action quickly extinguished
the blaze before much damage was
done. The teacher, observing the
panic-stricken condition of the au
dience, moved quickly to the piano,
which was within a few feet of the
fire, and with the touch of an ar
tist poured forth strains of music
that at once seemed to appeal to
the people and brought them back
to their scats, and the rest of the
program was given.
Medical College Graduation.
At the annual commencement of
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, held in Little
j Rock, diplomas conferring the de
gree of Doctor of Medicine were
awarded to the following grad
uates: A. L. Carmichael, Neosho.
Mo.; John W. Davenport, Oakman,
I. T.; James L. Dibrell, Little
K-oek; Charles A. Glover, Brook
side, Ark.; Oscar Gray, Pollock,
La.; Benjamin H. Hawkins, Parks,
Ark.; Marion J. H. Joyce, Mill
ville, Ark.; John \V. Melton, A him,
Ark.; Robert L. Mitchell, Tahle
quah, I. T.; Daniel K. McCurry,
Alpena Pass. Ark.; Mahlon D. Og
den, Little Rock; William D. Poe,
Choctaw, Tex.; Krton E. Poyner.
Osage, Ark.; Charles Prickett, Tar
ry, Ark.; James B. Roe, Calico
Rock, Ark.; Horace P. Routh, Gar
field, Ark.; Charles V. Scott, Little
Rock; George G. Woods, Hunting
ton, Ark.; George Yates, Morrilton,
Ark.
Treasurer Tipton's Quarterly Report.
State Treasurer Tipton’s report
for the quarter ending March 31,
shows a cash balance on hand of
$690,000.-17. During the period
mentioned insurance companies
paid in taxes $42,096.23, and in fees
$10,999, a total of $33,095.23. The
cash on hand is apportioned among
the following funds: General rev
enues. $207,353.25; common school,
$26,281.68; state capitol, $336.
774.77; permanent school, $11.
538.88; swamp lands, $4,199.37 : in
ternal improvement, $1,977.70; Con
federate pensions, $3,561.77; sink
ing fund, $83,305.04; tax due coun
ties, $12,411.05; tax due cities.
$279.83; penitentiary deposit,
$119.30; state school interest,
$036.80; direct tax, $419.93; uni
versity endowment, $1,200; teach
ers' fund, $80.50. During the quar
ter the receipts for the capitol fund
were $14,253.33, and disbursements
were $41,450.01.
Didn’t Whip the Reporter.
Ernest Baxter, a newspaper re
porter, and an Englishman named
Kennedy, had a rough and tumble
scrap in the latter's room in a Hot
Spring- hotel, Kennedy coming out
second best. The newspaper man
went to the Englishman's room to
solicit a write-up when Mr. Kenne
dy, it is alleged by Mr. Baxter,
locked the door of his room and
proceeded to tell what he would do
to a reporter who would write hit
up in the style other guests of the
hotel had been written up. This
precipitated a fight, and in the
mix-up Baxter grabbed a w a tier
pitcher and crashed it over the
head of the Englishman, cutting
the scalp in several places.
Fraudulent Pensioner Sentenced.
In the federal court at Little
Rock Xute Goodloe, alias Newt
Brown, a negro, entered a plea of
guilty to an indictment charging
him with making a false affidavit
to an application for a pension, and
was sentenced by Judge Trieber to
fifteen months at hard labor in
the United States penitentiary at
Atlanta, Ga. Goodloe was a rc-i
dcnt of Jeffcrsofc county, and was
charged with making affidavit at
Pine Bluff, June 15, 1901, that ho
was a soldier in the civil war,
serving in the Fiftieth l nited
States colored troops, and that he
was shot in the left leg, below the
knee, in battle.
Appointment By the Governor.
Gov. Davis has appointed the fol
lowing new members of the St.
Francis levee board: E. J. Badi
nelli of Wynne, to succeed Thomas
B. Smith, term expired. D. H.
Robertson of Chaighead county to
succeed J. C. Hawthorne of Jones
boro, term expired. Hawthorne
was attorney for the board, and in
the last campaign was a strong
anti-Davis man. J. F. Williamson
of Crittenden county, vice S. A.
Martin of Poindexter, term expired.
Old Landmarks Burned.
Fire which started in the gro
cery store of Jaoe Stanley on Main
street, Beebe, destroyed three build
ings and contents. These build
ings were among the first erected
in the town thirty years ago. The
losses are: Major Strange, hard
ware, $2,000, insurance $1,500 ; Dr.
Wilson, groceries and drugs $300,
no insurance; dace Stanley, groce
ries, $500, no insurance; Doss &
Thompson, hay, $100; no insur
ance; Campbell’s butcher shop,
$100, covered by insurance; San
ders & Jones, bakery. $200, no in
surance. Mr. Sanders lost his
household furniture and Dr. Smith
lost all his office supplies.
W*rm Times »t Texarkana.
The election on the Texas side of
Texarkana on the 5th was the most
bitter and hotly .contested in the
history of the city. The entire citi
zens’ ticket, headed bv A. C. Stuart
for mayor, was elected, defeating
the straight democratic ticket, head
ed by L. A. Whatley, by 130 major
ity. A large number of democrats,
some of the party leaders, support
ed the citizens’ ticket on the al
leged ground that the nomination
of the Whatley ticket was irregular
and against the will of the majori
ty of the democratic party.
Arkansas Doctor to Visit Arctics.
Dr. M. F. Mount of Hot Springs
has accepted the appointment of
surgeon of the Ziegler arctic relief
expedition. The expedition will
sail for the most northern part, of
Norway the latter part of May.
After landing supplies the expedi
tion will start on the return trip,
bringing back members of the ex
ploring party who are sick, and the
entire party if they have finished
their explorations of the north pole
and accomplished the object of Mr.
Zeigh r.
Horseman Injured.
Ed Purcell, who has a string of
horses at the Essex Park track
near Jlot Springs, and Jockey
Enos were injured in a runaway as
they were driving in from , Law
rence. Their horse took fright and
overturned the buggy. Enos suf
fered a broken collarbone and a
badly sprained wrist. Purcell was
badly bruised and shaken up.
Long Runs Abolished.
On April 23 the St. Louis ami
Texarkana division of the railway
mail service on the Iron Mountain
railroad will he divided into two
parts. The northern division will
he known as the St. Louis and Lit
tle Rock division and the southern
division as the Little Rock and Tex
arkana division. There will be JOT
clerks affected.
Charged With Kidnaping.
Negroes at Texarkana are consid
erably stirred up over the death of
a 13-year-old negro girl, and have
caused the arrest of Samuel Jeffer
son. It is alleged Jefferson kid
naped the girl about a year ago.
and, notwithstanding he had a wife,
lived with her until her death.
Rot a Candidate.
In reply to a resolution adopted
by the Crawford county democrat
ic convention endorsing Hon. I).
It. Francis for president, that gen
tleman lias written a letter express
ing gratitude for the compliment,
but declares he is not an aspirant
for any office.
BRIEF MENTION.
Jack Carter and James Kunn,
residents of Conway, were drowned
in the Arkansas river at Ludwig.
J. 0. Collier, county clerk of
Carroll county, died on the 9th of
pneumonia.
A large veneering plant to cost
$150,000, which will give employ
ment to 200 men, is being built in
Pine Bluff. The site was donated
by citizens.
The regular and insurgent re
publicans will hold their state con
vention at Little Rock May IT. A
movement is on foot to bring the
two factions together.
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