ire now
protect
fed with
1,000,000
army.
lave recently
U of provisions
fs country.
wife and five
Fir Jives in a burn
Bal linger, Texas,
irihicli destnocd the
finds at Buffalo. N. V.,
sheep were cremated,
department expert ao
arc making an iuvestiga
aceounts of the interstate
f< *■ comm1 m
department of agriculture
the corn crop of 1803 at
12,868.*01. It is estimated 2,
.70,025 bushels were grown on
F80,001,993 act
In a prize tiglit in San Francisco
between Ed Hanlon and Young
Corbett, tlie former's life was saved
by the referee stopping the tiglit in
Ne sixteenth round.
The United States geological
building at Washington, 1*. C., was
recently damaged to the extent, of
$5,000 by fire that at one time
threatened to be more disastrous.
John Walker, who died at Omaha
a few days ago, and who. it was
thought, was a pauper, had .-owed im
the lining of his ragged garjflgjf|
the sum of $20,000 in bills,
William K'-nnv. a Xew \\M
sk city
lyneh
nd cru
innocent 111 1 :
officer was
mob by follow-p
fierce battle.
a thorough investigation c
Pat the Iroquois theater. Oh
has been found that tl
|nd gas explosion, in whit
7d people lost tlu-ir lives, w;
principally to the fact that tl
asbestos curtain could not be lov
ered because it was not in prop*
condition.
r>eiore Justice
colored justice of the peace, of C’ai
ro. 111., James Rains, (', ('. Bailet
James Buster. Brant Davis are
IJeut. J. F. Parker, citizens o
Thebes, charged with being partie
to the lynching of William John
son, colored, last spring, were dis
charged.
J. L. Garrett, the town watch
man of West Point, Ya., was hek
up by three men armed with n
volvers, who bound and gage
kirn, marched him to the po^tot
broke in the door, blew open/'10
safe, and robbed it of
eons id
fble
money and a package confnwS
in bonds. Garrett «/com
pelled to witness the
fonnanee.
per
t
In anticipation of plications
that mat soon arise of he isthmus
of Panama //states armv
i? p^qiyv»‘<f to go r at a mo
ment's notice. Orders have been
issued secretly by the war depart- ’
ment to all branches of the service
stationed at convenient points upon
both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
to hold themselves in readiness to
move instantlv.
The president has approved the
proceedings, findings and sentence
of the court martial in the ease of
Second Lieutenant Paul B. Machine,
Thirteenth cavalry. Lieut. Machine
was tried at Manila on the charge
of embezzling about $100 (J sub
sistence funds while serving as com
missary on the Maraquina river ex
pedition. He was convicted and sen
tenced to be dismissed and to lie
imprisoned for a period of one year.
Death of Two Prominent Physicians.
Two of the oldest and most prom
inent physicians of Little Lock
passed away December 28. They
were Drs. \Y. A. Cantrell and .1. G.
Scarborough. Tlie lirst named had
been a citizen of Little Hock for
more than half a century. Dr. Can- j
trell tva> horn near Nashville. Term., j
January 20, 1825. After receiving
the usual common school education
of the youth of those days he at
tended and graduated from two of
the best medical colleges in the
country, later tilling a position in
Bellevue hospital. New York city.
The year 184!) found him in New
Orleans, where his services were
given in attending yellow fever pa
tient- in epidemic form. His father
having migrated to this state, he fol
lowed, and for a short time resided
on a plantation in .Jefferson county,
then taking up his residence in Lit
tle ljock, where he remained, with
the exception of the war period, un
til his death. Dr. Cantrell served
with distinction in the Confederate
army. In 18(il he was appointed
.-urgeon of Col. i. < 'miivmil s
regiment, the tir>l Arkansas jnount
ed volunteers. After hostilities
teased, hi' great -kill as a physician
being well established, he, upon
earnest solicitation, took charge of
the United States army post hospital
at Little Hock, serving thi< post for
five years. Later he tilled many po
sitions of honor and. although en
joying a remunerative practice up
to within a few years of his death,
his services were always at the com
mand of the most humble sufferer.
y^V^nt.rell was the last surviving!
Tnember of the lirst medical -ociety
of Little Hock,'an association which
included in its membership H. A.
Watkins, president: Win. A. Can
trell. secretary; A. \V. Webb, Craven
Pevton, M. I).; Ceorge Sizer and
(’orvdon MeAlmont. lli~ demise
mark’s the passing away of a -outli
>rn gentleman of a school of which
few remain.
dr. Scarborough, whose death is
above, was also an old
mention . ,
citizen b°ck and distm
i_ruished,a^or an llonora^'e P>'°
r , le was also a native of
iession ...
Tonnm 'J(Mnkr born m Mtllivan
i 1835, but at the age of ' 1
5 parents removed to South
where he attended ^ehool |
It
count
year
Oil V *
raduated with honors in his
j,.i profession. In 18G0 he lo
at Favctteville. but. like bis
1 friend, at the outbreak of
be enlisted in the ('un
arm
deco
army, and served with the
vf surgeon of cavalry. \\ hen
was proclaimed I >r. Searbor
r^° 'located at Washington. I lentp
\d county, where he practiced his
ofession. and in 1810 he removed
Little Hock. Dr.« Scarborough
-erred a number of years as a mem
i>er of the state board of examiners
for physicians and surgeons, and
was a man of high literary attain
ments. lie retired front active prac
tice about four years ago owing to
failing health.
Youngest Mason in State.
W. L. Calloway, secretary of
T’a liner chapter 23, Order of the
Eastern Star. Jenny Lind, is prob
ably the youngest Master Mason and
Eastern Star member in the state.
He was born on the 2nd day of Sep
tember, 1882. On the 12th of Sep
tember lie became an Entered Ap
prentice of Jenny Lind lodge b03.
(Hi the 10th of October be par-sed as
fellow-craft and on the 14th of No
vember be was raised to the sublime
degree of Master Mason. On the
28th of November be became a mem
ber of Rainier chapter 24.
Killing at a Dance.
At a country dance given near
Mulberry, a tight occurred, in which
several young men engaged, and one
of the parties, named Sam Foster,
was struck on the head with a single
tree, fracturing his skull, death re
sulting. John Roberts, aged 20, was
arrested and placed in jail on a war
rant charging him with murder in
the first degree.
State Capitol Case Decided.
In the state supreme court a de
cision was handed down affirming
the right of the legislature to p:o
vide for the selection of the state
eapitol commissioners in the way
pointed out hv the act of 1903, and
declaring that the appointment of a
separate set of commissioners bv the
governor was without any authority
in law to support it, and conferred
no power whatever upon the gover
nor’s appointees to act as such com
missioners. The style of the case
was Thomas Cox et al, appellants,
vs. The State of Arkansas ex rcl.,
attorney general, appellee. J. K.
Hidick delivered the opinion sustain
ing the legislative commission.
Concluding, the court savs:
“We deem it unnecessary to go
into a discussion of the cases re
ferred to by counsel, nor do we
think it i> necessary to undertake
to define what is meant hv the term
public oHice or officer, as counsel has
invitf d u> to do; for wnotnor the
mem hers of this board can be said
to be public otlicers or not, it is cer
tain that, though the duties devolv
ing upon them are of great impor
tance. the position- they hold are
of such a peculiar and limited kind
that they do not come within the
provisions in reference to the regu
lar officers of the state found in the
constitution, as we see it. There is
nothing in the constitution which
forbid- that the member- of such a
board .-hall he selected by the legis
lature. Th ■ method of sedating the
memhi rs of such hoards is a matter
left to the discretion of the legisla
ture. which can leave it to the gov
ernor to make the appointments, or
an. if deemed safer, confer the
pow» r upon the legislature itself. We
ire. therefore, of the opinion that
the legislature had the right to pro
vide for the selection of the state
•apitol board in the way pointed out
by this act, and that an appoint
ment by the governor of the defend
ants to serve as members of that
board was wihout any authoritv in
law to support it. and conferred no
power whatever upon them to act as
such hoard.”
A new Line to Memphis
It i- reported the Arkansas Cen
tral will extend from Paris, Logan
enunty. to Russellville. and intersect
the Little Lock and Fort Smith
railroad, then build to ITehor, Cle
burne county, and on to Bald Knob,
White county, making a direct line
to Memphis, Tenn. This road has
been talked of for some time, and, it
is said, will afford tbe most direct
route to Memphis. It is generally
understood that the Goulds are back
ing tbe Arkansas Central. The line
will go through some of the finest
farming and timber country in Ark
ansas. A prominent railroad of
ficial says the distance from Bald
Knob to Paris, Ark., is 133 miles,
and that actual work will be started
during tbe month of January. It is
also reported that the road will be
built to Lardanelle and to Hot
Springs, \ia, Ola, Yell county.
A Good Year’s Business.
O. C. Ludwig, deputy secretary
of Hate, reports*the business trans
acted last year by the force in the
M-cretarv of state’s office as greater
than in any previous year. The re
ceipts from books and fees during
I ‘*03 aggregate $*-24,391.15. This
record has never been equaled by any
former administration of affairs ii
that department and indicates tha
II ir> state is making rapid progress
in the formation of new corpora
tions. Mr. Ludwig predicts that
the year 1904 will he a busy one in
the secretary of state's office, and
expects the gross receipts of Mr.
Crockett’s last term will be in ex
cess of $50,000. His first tenn
showed gross receipts of $43,182.21.
Endorse HooseveltJ
At a meeting of the re pub f
state executive committee, held
Little Kook last week, it was d
cided to call a shite convention for
May ]7 at 10 a. m. in Little Hock
for the purpose of electing four
delegates at large to the republican
national convention and of nomi
nating a state ticket. The basis of
representation was lived at one
delegate for each county, or one
delegate for each tfOO votes and a
fraction over 100 cast for William
McKinley for president in Novem
ber, 1000. The county conventions j
for the election of delegates to the
state convention will be held upon
at least two week.-' notice, not later
than May 11.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted :
“ltesolved, That this committee
desires hereby to record our sin
cere and hearty appreciation of the
arduous sendees rendered during
the last campaign, and since that
period, by our honored and worthy
chairman, Hon. H. L. Kemrnel,
and secretary, lion. W. S. Holt, so
freely, so ably and so successfully
performed; and that we manifest
our thanks therefor by a rising
vote."
Die following rismution was :
, adopted:
‘‘W hereas, Since the last me . t
ing of this committee, two of our
. members have passed to the dark
house and the long sleep; therefore
| be it
"Eesolved, That in the death of
D. H. Huss-lk and of ,T. 1*. Cox this
j committee has sustained the loss
1 of two valuable and highly respect- i
| ed members, whose counsels will be
I sadly missed in its deliberations;
that the republican part;, has lost
two leaders, devoted to it- print i
plcs and polities, who were faitli
i ful and earnest worker-, always
I steadfast and true; and that in
j their death the state of Arkansas
| has suffered the loss of two worthv
i anti honorable citizens.
| “Eesolved, That, the -e< -rotary
furnish a copy of these r-olutions
to .Mi>. Eussell and Mrs. Cox.*’
(itn. Powell Clayton offer'd ihe
following resolution, whieli was
i unanimously adopted:
“Whereas, President Eoosovelt,
having bet n called to tin- discharge
! of the supreme duties Maidenly de
volved upon him as president of
| the lnited States, under cireum
, stances peculiarly trving. has -o
performed them, both those con
nected with the domestic admin --
tration of the government and
those arising out of otir eoraplieat- i
ed relations ns n world power, as to j
win for himself the approval ami j
admiration not only of his own
i party, hut of men of all parties, en
titling him to the highest rec-ogni- 1
tion and endorsement which the re
puhliean party is capable of be
stowing: therefore, he it
“Eesolvcd, by the republican
committee of the -tate of Arkansas,
That a continuance of the splendid
administration of Theodore Roose
velt would be, in our judgment,
for the best interest of the coun
t ry.
“Resolved, That the chairman
anti secretary of this committee he
requested to transmit to the presi
dent a copy of these resolutions.
J. \V. Skipper of Arthur was
elected a member of the committee
to succeed I>. P». Russell, deceased.
•T. \V. Locke of England, Lo
noke county, was elected a member
of the committee to succeed J P.
| Cox, deceased.
The committee endorsed John
Edwards for postmaster at (Iunion
and A. <L Learning at Waldron.
I'oth the.-" offices have recently been
raised to the presidential class.
i-eiier v,arners meet.
The executive committee of the
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
of Arkansas held a meeting at Mor
rilton a few days ago and was ad
dressed by Congressman C. ('. Reid,
who pledged ids best efforts to secure
better pay for the rural carriers. It j
was decided to hold the regular an- j
nual meeting at Dardanelle on the
22nd of February.
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