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VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902.
NO. 9.
NEWS OF THE WORLD,
Ex-Gov. Pennoyer of Oregon is
dead.
Snow fell in northern New York
May 28.
High water throughout Oklaho
ma has done great damage to crops
and other property.
Ex-Congressman Bailey has been
nominated for governor by the re
publicans of Kansas.
M. Waldcck-Rousseau, the French
premier, has resigned, and will be
a candidate to succeed President
Loubet.
The estate of the late Arnos Cum
mings, member of congress from
New York, is valued at less than
$2,000.
The Continental and American
Tobacco Companies, it is claimed,
have acquired control of the leading
tobacco concerns of Cuba.
Hall Walker, colored, proprietor
of a negro boarding house at Tex
arkana, was shot and killed by his
wife. Jealousy was the cause of the
crime.
J. Piorpont Morgan has turned
his attention to the west. Last
week he purchased a large block of
stock in one of the strongest banks
in St. Louis.
American sovereignty over the
island of Cuba ceased May 20, when
the new republic was formally turn
ed over to President Palma and
other officials.
Abe Witherup, white, was taken
from jail at Paris, Mo., by a mob
and hanged. Witherup brutally
murdered a young man with whom
he was in partnership.
Naval operations in the Philip
pines from May 1, 1808, when Dew
ey entered Manila harbor, to Jan
uary 1, 1902, cost the United States
government $18,392,000. This
amount includes pay of officers and
men, equipment, transportation and
supplies.
The stockholders of the St. Louis
Southwestern railroad have decided
to issue new stock to the extent of
$18,500,000, and $25,000,000 of
new bonds. The new issue will be
made to retire outstanding second
mortgage income bonds and to pro
vide for new equipment of the
road, for the purchase of the stock
of other railroads. A portion of the
issue will be expended for the pur
chase of the Stuttgart and Arkansas
Kiver railroad.
Scattering attempts by Moros to
kill American soldiers who wander
from the lines alone continue. Sec
ond Lieut. Robert C. Humber and
Sergt. Walling, of the Tenth infan
try, were attacked when about live
miles from Camp Vickers in the
Island of Mindinao. A single Morn
appeared with a flag of truce in his
hand. When he had come quite
close to the two soldiers he sudden
ly whipped out a creese and slashed
Sergt. Walling so fiercely that the
latter’s arm was almost severed from
the body. Lieut. Humber fired at
the Mojo, but he escaped.
President Roosevelt delivered the
Decoration day oration at Arlington
cemetery, Washington, in the course
of which he referred to lynchings
and alleged cruelties in the Philip
pines, as follows: “From time to
time there occur in our country, to
the deep and everlasting shame of
our people, lynchings carried on
under circumstances of inhuman
cruelty and barbarity—a cruelty in
finitely worse than any that has ever
been committed by our troops in the
Philippines; worse for the victims
and far more brutalizing to those
guilty of it. The men who fail to
condemn these lynchings, and' yet
clamor about what has been done in
the Philippines, are indeed guilty
of neglecting the beam in their own
eye while taunting their brother
about the mote ii his.”
Six railroads running out of
Memphis have been indicted by fhe
federal grand jury on the charge of
being members of a pool, the object
of which is to regulate the cost of
handling freight.
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The Tennessee democratic con
vention last week nominated Hon.
James B. Fraser for governor and
endorsed the 1900 national plat
form.
Simon Sam, late president of
Ilayti, who resigned and fled from
tin' country, is charged with having
taken $8,000,000 of government
funds with him.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, de
livered a speech in the senate in
favor of the administration hill
providing for the government of the
Philippine islands.
Fred Ziegenheim, son of ex-May
or Zeigenhcim of St. Louis, and pri
vate secretary to his father during
his term of ofliee, has been arrested
on a warrant charging corruption in
office.
The situation of the fami ne
st ricken peasants in Russia contin
ues to grow worse. In 241 villages
of the Ninnelinsk district govern
ment of Cebu, 6,813 cases of scurvy
were officially recorded April 14, as
compared with 2,723 cases reported
March 14. This is only a sample
of the existing conditions in the
other famine districts.
At the outside estimate the total
appropriations by congress for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1903,
will not exceed $775,000,000. The
total appropriations for the current
fiscal year, made by the last con
gi’css, are $730,338,576. This would
mean an increase by the present con
gress at this session of less than
$45,000,000.
An attack on the constitutionality
of the Sherman anti-trust law will
be made In' the packers in the course
of their defense to the government’s
bill for an injunction. Their coun
sel will take the position that the
legality of the act itself never has
been passed upon by the supreme
court of the United Stales.
The Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, a
noted Presbyterian divine, died at
New Orleans, last week from inju
ries received in collision with a
street car. Dr. Palmer was one of
the strongest leaders in the southern
pulpit during the civil war. In
18(51, when the southern churches
withdrew from the Presbyterian as
sembly at Philadelphia, Dr. Pal
mer was chosen moderator of the
southern branch.
Commander Thomas C. McLean,
commanding the Cincinnati, cables
the war department from Fort de
France under date of the 29th, as
follows: “Eruptions volcano con
tinue. Occasional great outbursts
at intervals of few days. Mostly
columns and masses of clouds,
steam, smoke and ashes shooting up
quickly to great heights. These
alarm the people, but no serious
damage is being done outside of the
district where the first devastation
occurred. Plenty of supplies here.’’
President Roosevelt has revoked
the old executive order of August
29, 1901, by which the lieutenant
general commanding the army
(den. Miles) and the adjutant gen
eral (den. Corbin), in turn, are to
assume the duties of secretary of war
in the absence of the secretary and
the assistant secretary. The presi
dent's order of revocation leaves the
department without a head in the
event of the absence of the secretary
and assistant secretary, unless such
head is specifically designated on
each occasion.
The statistics of the department
of agriculture has completed his es
timates of the acreage, production
and farm value of the cereal crops
of the United States in 1901, the
grand totals being as follows:
Porn—91,319,928 acres, 1,522,
519.891 bushels, $921,555,708.
Wheat—19,895,004 acres, 748,
400,218 bushels, $467,350,156.
Oats—28,541,476 acres, 736,808,
724 bushels, $293,658,777.
Barley—4,293,744 acres, 109,
932,934 bushels, $49,705,163.
Rye—1,987,505 acres, 30,344,880
bushels, $16,909,743.
Buckwheat—811,861 acres, 15,
125,911 bushels, $8,532,318.
Tommy Noonan, a pugilist, died
in Boston from injuries respited in
a prize fight.
All the first-class restaurants in
St. Louis have been consolidated un
der one management.
Lord Pauncefote, British ambas
sador to the United States, died at
Washington May 24.
Another great mine disaster is re
ported from Bernie, B. C., where
175 men lost their lives.
A general sirike of all miners in
Virginia and West Virginia has
been ordered, to take plaec June 7.
Former Governor Thomas, of
Colorado, has announced for ihe
United States senate in opposition
to Senator Teller.
It is reported 1 hat the president
lias about decided to appoint Sena
tor MeLaurin of South Carolina to
the vacancy on the court of claims
bench. Senator MeLaurin recently
withdrew his name from considera
tion by the democratic primaries of
South Carolina for a renomination
as senator.
W. II. Lane, colored, who on
April 1 murdered Mrs. Ella Jordan,
by whom he was employed as a ser
vant, and her two young daughters
at their home in Philadelphia, was
hanged May 27. Lane had stolen
money from his employer, and fear
ing arrest, he deliberately murdered
the family.
A distinct earthquake shock was
felt at Chattanooga about 2 o’clock
on the morning of May 28, accom
panied by a low rumbling sound.
Houses were shaken and windows
rattled in all parts of the city and
suburbs. The shock lasted several
seconds. Many people were awak
ened and greatly frightened.
At the close of the Methodist con
ference in Dallas, a difficulty occur
red between Dr. Cannon of Virginia
and Dossier Hoss, son of the newly
elected bishop. Young Hoss struck
Dr. Cannon several blows before the
astonished delegates could restrain
him. Hoss claims Cannon, in an ar
ticle published in a. church paper,
reflected on his mother.
The resources and liabilities of
the 4,426 national banks in the
United States on April 40 last were:
Capital stock $611,176,612; indi
vidual deposits, $3,111,690,195 out
standing bank notes, $309,781,739;
loans and discounts, $3,172,757,
485 ; total resources $5,962,135,451;
and average ratio reserve held 27.2
per cent.
The latest report on internal com
merce from the treasury bureau of
statistics shows no substantial loss
in receipts of live stock at five west
ern markets for the first third of
this year. For the first four months
of 1902, 10,076,373 head were re
ceived at these centers compared
with 10,106,495 head in 1901 and
9,735,324 head for the correspond
ing period of 1900.
Gen. Chaffee has disapproved the
action of the court-martial in acquit
ting Major Waller and Lieut. Day
of the charge of killing natives of
Samar without legal process. Gen.
Chaffee says that the verdicts arc a
miscarriage of justice and the find
ings are opposed to the evidence. He
holds that while the laws of war jus
tify summary executions in certain
cases, such cases did not arise in the
Samar campaign.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Ar
eola, a small town in Missouri, in
which three people were killed.
A young man went to the home of
Mrs. Wm. Friend and fatally shot
both Mrs. Friend and her daughter
He then put the muzzle of the re
volver in his own mouth and blew
off the top of his head. The girl's
refusal to marry him led to the
triple tragedy.
The bill passed at the present ses
sion of congress giving Mrs. Wil
liam McKinley, widow oi' the late
president, the right to transmit mail
matter without the payment of post
age makes the list of women in the
United States who aro given this
privilege three. The others are
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Grant, wid
ows of presidents. The privilege ac
corded them of a “postal frank'’
dates back to 1SS1 in the case of
Mrs. Garfield and 18S6 in the case
of M rs. Grant.
NEWS OE ARKANSAS
World’s Fair Commission
The Arkansas world's fair com
mission met at Little Hock May 27,
with all members present—Messrs.
Geo. Bolding of Hot Springs,
Japics C. Itcmbert of Helena and
George T. Lake of Fayetteville.
Attorney General Murphy sustained
the board in its contention that the
oil board had no authority to make
contract for a building at St.
[mis to cost $100,000, when only
iff0,000 is available. Another
question decided by the attorney
general is that the old board ex
eritded its authority in allowing the
nlcmbers mileage and hotel ex
panses in attending meetings of the
bflard, the law being specific in the
designation of the uses to which
ninney may be put. The attorney
general says that the legislature
n»iy not have intended such a con
sfruction, but that the act is very
clear upon that, point. Several bun
dled dollars have been paid out on
that account. President Bclding
stfvs that a literal construction of
the law may force the closing of
the cilice until further legislation
edki be secured, which would be a sc
rifnis loss, but they must move in
strict accordance with the law. A
resolution was adopted revoking the
contract made by the former board
with Architect Hart for a $100,
000 building at St. Louis. Another
resolution was adopted continuing
the officers until July 1, when defi
nite action will be taken. A third
resolution adopted requests the
former members of the board to re
fund moneys they collected as
traveling expenses.
To Organize a State Fair.
The'following c all has been issued
by <*iti zctis of Little Rock:
Whereas, The slate of Arkansas
in the last decade has rapidly in
creased in population, in the devel
opment of her agricultural and min
eral resources, and her people have
put forth large individual efforts
for the improvement of her differ
ent enterprises, especially in the
raising of hogs, poultry, grain, cot
ton and fruit; and
Whereas. Xo state effort has been
made on the part of the people for
any organized attempt to exhibit
and develop her agricultural, indus
trial, commercial and other indus
tries, and the stale has long been a
laggard in this line, while other
states have far outstripped her by
systematically displaying their ad
vantages at state and county fairs
and industrial exhibits. Xow, there
fore, he it
Resolved, For the purpose of or
ganizing a state fair, so as to give
an exhibition of the various prod
ucts, including livestock and other
resources, a mass meeting of the cit
izens of this state, county and city
is hereby called at the board of trade
for June 10. 1902, at the hour of 8
o’clock p, m., for the purpose of
taking steps to incorporate a state
fair association and to put on foot
all necessary movements to success
fully accomplish said end ; that all
citizens having in mew the develop
ment of the industries and resources
of the state are hereby cordially in
vited to attend said meeting.
Storm Damage at Texarkana.
Texarkana was visited by a de
structive storm May 25, the church
es being the special prey of the wind.
The Christian church. Oak Street
Baptist (colored) and 0. M. E. (col
ored) were nearly ruined. The
Fairvicw Methodist and Episcopal
churches were also badly damaged.
The Odd Fellows lull, a mammoth
structure, was shifted over a foot.
The damage to fruit and shade
trees, fences and outbuildings was
terrible and many tine residences
were stripped of porches and shut
ters. The business houses of S. M.
Ragland and the Hoffman Hard
ware Company were unroofed. Will
Chance's house and a smaller one
west of town were totally destroyed.
Dozens of dwellings under course of
construction were leveled.
The Lawyers.
At the annual meeting of the
State Bar Association held in Little
Rock last week the following legisla
tion was recommended to the legis
lature :
‘‘In the last two meetings of this
association various plans have been
brought forward by able and distin
guished lawyers for the relief of
the supreme court. It is quite evi
dent that it is the earnest desire of
this association and of the bar of the
state, that the accumulated business
of the supreme court be disposed of
so that appeals may be determined
shortly after filing therein. Our
own views, strengthened by the prior
discussions in this associations are
that the relief of the court must
come from the court itself, and not
in the curtailment of appeals or the
creation of additional judges or
courts.
“Taking it as the concensus of
opinion that the court itself must
furnish the relief, and believing that
such is the only practicable plan, eve
recommend:
"J. To the legislature that it
furnish to the court such a number
of stenographers and clerks as may
be necessary to relieve the judges
from all clerical work in the prep
aration of opinions.
“2. To the court, that, it exercise
the discretion vested in it by sec
tion 1062 Sandels & H ill’s Digest,
authorizing the court to award 10
per cent damages on the affirmance
of all judgments where the appeal
is taken for delay.
“We think that where it is evi
'dent to the court from an inspec
tion of the record that the appeal
has been prosecuted for delay that
the 10 per cent should be added,
whether the case has been treated as
a delay case or not, and that such a
course will relieve the court of many
vexatious appeals.
“We recommend to the legislature
that it either establish an additional
insane asylum or increase the ca
pacity of the present one. It is the
first duty, and it is the pleasure, of
our people to care for those unfort
unates who arc bereft of their rea
son, and we regard if as a reproach
to our state that many of such peo
ple have to be confined in the county
jails, instead of being properly and
tenderly cared for in hospitals erect
ed for that purpose.
“We recommend to the legislature
the establishment of a reform school,
where juvenile criminals may be
confined, and while undergoing con
finement for crime be trained to be
educated workmen and useful citi
zens.
“We recommend to the legislature
the submission to the people of a
constitutional amendment vesting
the pardoning power in a commis
sion, irremovable during their term
of office, except for cause; that it
shall be the duty of such commis
sion to investigate all applications
for pardon and to obtain, so far as
practicable, all facts in regard to
the crime and the reason why clem
ency should be exercised.’’
'The following resolution was also
adopted:
“Resolved, It is unprofessional
for any member of the bar to accept
or receive any compensation for his
services or use of his influence in
procuring or defeating legislation,
either state or municipal, and this
whether it be for making an argu
ment before a committee or other
wise; and no attorney for a corpora
tion receiving a salary should ever
undertake to influence legislation in
behalf of such corporation.’’
Officers elected for the ensuing
year were: President, George B.
Rose, of Little Rock; vice president,
J. C. Hawthorne, of Jonesboro;
secretary, II. H. Armistead, of Lit
tle Rock; treasurer, George E.
Dodge, Little Rock.
Women Fatally Shot.
Two negro women were fatally
shot bv Marshall Top, husband cf
one of them, near Luxora. It seems
that Top had some trouble with his
wife. Going to the field where his
mother-in-law and wife were work
ing he shot both of them with a
Winchester.
Preacher in Trouble
llev. II. S. Owner is under arrest
at Batesvilie on tlie charge of forg
ery. It is alleged ltev. Decnerr
while pastor of a church at the above
place ten years ago, forged paper on
business men to the amount of $10,
000. He left the country and locat
ed in Mexico, where he remained,
until a few months ago, when he
returned to this state, taking up
his residence at Huntington. Deen
ers wife returned to her parents in
Lee county a few weeks ago, and her
presence gave the clew that resulted
in his capture.
A Grewsome Find.
The dead body of an unknown
man was found hanging to the limb’
of a tree two miles south of Fayette
ville. The decomposed condition of
the body indicated that it had been
hanging to the limb for several
weeks. There were no papers about
the body tending to identify him.
He was hanged with a piece of
train bell cord. The man appeared
to have been of medium size, brown
curly hair. Two fingers were miss
ing from the right hand.
The Thompson Murder.
The Pulaski county grand jury
has returned indictments against
Willis Caswell and Mrs. Mary E.
Thompson, colored, charging them
with murder in the first degree in
the killing of Green Thompson, the
woman’s husband, March 19 last.
Thompson was murdered at his
home, his body being horribly muti
lated. He was last seen alive at 12
o’clock the night before his body was
found in his horse lot. Both the
accused have been released on bond.
Mrs Ware Acquitted.
Mrs. Bessie P. Ware was acquit
ted at Hot Springs of the killing of
her divorced husband, John D.
Ware. The defense did not attempt
to disprove the charge that Mrs.
Ware shot her husband, but made
the plea of insanity, showing that
the unbalanced state of her mind
was caused directly by Ware’s abu
sive treatment.
new JLine upen.
The first passenger train passed
over the Iron Mountain extension
west from Batesvillc to Tenters
Bluff, a distance of twenty-four
miles, May 27. The contract has
been let for the extension of this
line to ellvillc by Setpember 1, and
600 men are now at work on the
extension into the zinc regions.
BRIEF MENTION.
Martha Stacy, colored, is in jail
at Wynne, charged with murdering
her husband by administering poi
son in his food.
Two orphan boys named Bates,
living with a farmer named Davis,
were drowned while bathing in the
Ouachita river in Montgomery
county.
Cadet J. E. Jones, of Jonesboro,
won the gold medal given by Kemp
ner military academy, of Boonevillo,
Mo., in the declamatory contest held
last week.
The Second Baptist church of Lit"
tic Bock has withdrawn fellowship
from Gov. Davis on charges prefer
red by the discipline committee of
the church.
Ilenrv Johnson, a well known
negro of Helena, was assassinated
while at a picnic near the above
place. Several suspects have been
arrested.
Walter Dickerson,, a laborer, at
the Sawyer & Austin Lumber Com->
pany plant at Pine Bluff, was struck
by the logging skidder and crushed
to death.
Mrs. Marianna Vogel, aged 85
years, suicided by jumping into a
well at Little Bock. She had been
in feeble health and was not in
her right mind.
In a shooting scrape noar Tucker
man, M. F. Sharp was killed, and
Jim McDaniels received a painful
wound in the side. The shooting was
done by Jim Itcnfroe, who surren-.
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