The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIQ, Kditor.
NEWARK- - t ARKANSAS.
The cotton boll weevil lias made
its appearance in Louisiana.
An edict has been issued for the
reorganization of the Chinese army.
The Panama canal treaty was
signed at Washington on the 2d
inst.
New England cotton spinners
announce that the price of cotton
goods will be advanced.
President Pooscvelt has refused
to withdraw the nomination of Gen.
Wood to be a brigadier general.
A bitter factional fight has been
brought about in France by the re
opening of the famous Dreyfus
case.
American Jews are now forbidden
to enter Ifussie without special per
mit from the interior minister of
that country.
Martial law has boon declared in
the Cripple Creek mining district
and by the military will now deal
with all offenders.
One hundred and fourteen fine
draft horses were cremated in a fire
which destroyed the barns of a St.
i/ouis transfer company.
Judge Parker’s friends claim he
will have the solid delegation from
New York state at the next nation
al democratic convention.
Five ex-city officials of Grand
Rapids, Mich., have confessed to
receiving bribes for voting for an
ordinance granting the municipal
water supply franchise.
It is generally believed that Sen
ior Hanna will decline re-clection
as chairman of the national repub
lican committee, owing to the heavy
strain of the duties on his health.
The problem of securing electric
al energy direct from the combus
tion of fuel without the interven
tion of power to oscillate the dyna
mo or of the action of chemicals
and metals has been accomplished
by James H. Reid of Xewark, X. J.>
according to his pretensions and the
assent of a number of electrical en
gineers and scientists.
The annual renort of Admiral H.
C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of
navigation, recommends the creation
of a general staff in the navy, the
appointment of two vice admirals,
one for the Asiatic station and one
for the North Atlantic station; a
material increase in the number of
officers and the addition of a num
ber of ships to the navy.
Now that practically all of this
season's crop has beeen marketed,
the speculators have forced prices
up to 13 and 14 cents per pound.
However the producer this year has
received good prices and are in bet
ter condition than in many a day.
The government department of ag
riculture estimates the present crop
at less than 10,000,000 bales.
I* red rnrube. a young white man,
arrested at Macon, Mo., has con
fessed to the murder o£ Miss Alice
Henniger, which crime was commit
ted on the night of November 14
hist a few miles from Havana, 111.
Strube had accompanied his victim
in a buggy to a party, and while re
turning home he spoke of the cold
manner in which she had treated
him since becoming acquainted
with another man. When tiic girl
told Strubc that she could never
marrv him, he picked up a wrench
that lav in the buggy and crushed
her skull with repeated blows, lie
then took the body from the buggy
and partially concealed it in a
field, where it was found the next
day. The murderer is but 20 years
of age and his victim was but 16.
The effect of the Bristow report is
said to be that there will be no con
gressional investigation of postal
frauds, and Perry Heath will retire
as secretary of the national republi
can committee.
The receivers of the Zion City in
dustries controlled by Alexander
Dowic- state that the asests far ex
ceed liabilities, it is possible the
receivership may be wound up in a
few weeks, as several of Dowie’s fol
lowers have come to his rescue
Santa and the Deaf Mute Children.
Superintendent F. B. Yates of
the deaf mute institute lias an
nounced to the patrons that as there
is no appropriation from which to
provide for Christmas gifts to the
pupils, and as under the rules they
are not permitted to spend the holi
days at home, all contributions for
the purpose above mentioned will be
gratefully received. In a circular
the superintendent says: “We feel
sure you will all help and be glad
to. We want each parent to con
tribute something for our Christ
mas tree. Money will be the most
acceptable and more easily sent.
Any amount from twenty-five cents
up will be received and appreciated.
Remember we have no appropria
tion at all this year, not a cent.
But our children must not suffer on
this account. Old Santa Claus must
come; they must have their usual
Christmas tree and the occasion
must be made a joyous one for
them. Join in with us and we will
make the Christmas holidays here
a groat success in every way, not
withstanding our lack of an appro
priation.'’
Oldest Minister in the State.
The oldest licensed minister in
the state, and probably the oldest in
the world, is Rev. G. \Y. Brinsficld,
who lives at Wild Cherry, in the
northern part of the state. Rev.
Brinsficld attended the recent con
ference of the M. E. Church, South,
held at Walnut Ridge, and to reach
the nearest railroad station from his
home rode horseback twenty miles.
He is 101 years of age, having been
born in Gilford county, X. C., in
1799, coming to Arkansas in 1851.
He settled in Izard county, which
has ever since been his home. Mr.
Brinsficld has been a niinrod in bis
day, though he has not handled a
gun for three years. He estimates
the number of deer he has killed
at 2,000, having shot twenty in one
day just before the civil war. He
| has been a professing Christian for
1 eighty years and a licensed minister
j for forty, though lie has never spent
'a day in school.
Jealous Husband Killed.
Frank Griffith, a brakeman, was
shot and killed at a boarding house
in North Little Rock by Jesse
Clark, another railroad man. The
boarding house is run by Mrs.
Griffith, and the killing was due to
jealousy on the part of Griffith.
Clark, it seems, had on several oc
casions assisted the landlady, who
did most of her own work, and sev
eral days before the tragedy the two
men had a fight. Griffith then got
on a spree, and when he came into
the dining room about 9 o'clock at
night, and seeing Clark and his
wife seated at a table, struck the
latter a stinging blow in the face.
He then struck Clark and they
closed in a desperate struggle. Clark
managed to reach his pistol and
shot .Griffith through the left lung,
the man dying in a few minutes.
Statistics of White River Conference.
The statistical report of the se
retary of the White River confer
ence of the M. E. Church, Sotuli,
read at the session held at Walnut
Ridge, shows the following: Eighty -
five charges, 10!) local ^preachers.
23,728 members, 300 infants and
1,142 adults have been baptized, 32
leagues, 1,092 league members, 207
Sunday schools, 1,778 officers and
teachers. 14,908 students, $3,285
paid foreign missions, $1,444.91
domestic missions, $55.92 Ameri
can Bible Society, $5,075.08 to pre
siding elders, $40,853.71 to pastors,
$1,409.81 church extension, to
bishops $797.53, 337 societies, 249
houses of worship, value of houses
of worship $251,436, 72 parsonages,
value of parsonages $52,053, num
ber of districts 5, number of dis
trict parsonages 4, value of district
parsonages $0,357.50.
Where They Are At.
Speaker Cannon lias announced
the house committees, and the Ar
kansas delegation is represented by
Mr. Brundidge on the appropria
tion committee, while Mr. Little
goes on the judiciary committee.
Mr. Reid goes on the committees
on territories and Indian affairs.
Mr. Macon on the committee on
levees and improvement of the Mis
sissippi river and revision of t
laws. Mr. Dinsmore on foreign af
fairs and the committee on ac
counts, Mr. Robinson on the census
j committee and Mr. Wallace is
placed on levees and improvements
of the Mississippi river and private
land claims.
Opposed to Joint Debate.
ITon. Sid B. Redding, president
of the republican state league, has
issued an address, urging local club
oflicials to put forth every effort to
strengthen the organization for the
coming campaign. Mr. Redding
urges a discussion of the question
of participating in joint debates be
tween candidates for state offices.
The last republican state league
convention declared against this
system, and it seems to be the opin
ion of leading members of tlie re
publican party that joint debates be
discontinued in the future.
Negroes Leaving Mississippi.
Negroes in large numbers are
flocking into this state from Louisi
ana ami Mississippi, and if the ex
odus keeps up farmers by next year
will have no trouble in securing all
the labor they need. But there is
one point in connection with this in
flux, a great many of the newcomers
will flock to the larger towns, where
there are already a large class who
are endeavoring to exist bv doing as
little work as possible. There is
plenty of room in this state, how
ever, for all honest men who are
willing to work for a living.
Forsaking the Calling.
Reports show that the number of
teachers in Arkansas teaching with
a state license is constantly dimin
ishing on account of the holders of
this form of license abandoning the
profession for more remunerative
work. Below is a statement . hew
ing the number for several years
past:
1903.12G
1902.137
1901.152
1900.190
Railroad Charter Extended.
The state board of railway in
corporation has extended the char
ter of the Morning Star Railway
Company for a period of six
months. The termini of tin* pro
posed road are Yellville and New
port, tIk* route being through the
counties of Marion, Searcy, Baxter,
Stone, Independence and Jackson.
It is estimated that $3,000,000
will be the cost of construction, the
line covering a distance of 1.25
miles.
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Negro Girl Burned to Death.
A 3-vear-old colored girl named
Barnett was burned to death at Hot
Springs. The girl and her 5-year
old brother wore left in the house by
the mother, who works out. The
somehow set the house on
o boy escaped from the
burning '^HjBlding and tried to get
his sister oV, but she jumped in the
bed and rol'w'd to go. By the time
neighbors gomthere the house was
in flames and^rescue was impossi
ble.
fire,
Levee Tax Collection Good.
Reports of taxV'ollections have
just been turned iiVfrom Craighead
and UTittenden eoulties, to the sec
retary of the St. 1 Francis levee
board, and those of Voinsett county
are now being check* up. The re
turns £n the hands onthc secretary
show at? average of considerably bet
ter tlia^x 90 per cent di the total
assessment for the past\year al
ready in the hands of thewcollector.
Fire at Luna Landing.
Several business houses in the
town of Luna, Chicot county, were
recently destroyed by lire. The
heaviest losers were Ed Bryan, gen
eral merchandise, and Mr. Whit
thorne, who operated a saloon. The
aggregate loss is placed at $12,000,
with only $2,000 insurance. One
thousand dollars in Bryan's safe,
which had been left open, was
burned.
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Convict Commits Murder.
Edmund Warren, a negro convict,
made bis escape from the Cummings
plantation and went direct to the
home of his father-in-law, near Eng
land, and tried to persuade his wife
to leave with him. The woman re
fused to go, and when her father,
Dan Moore, tried to reason with
Warren, the latter shot him dead.
Long Sufferer Suicides.
W. W. Robinson, a prominent
planter-merchant, died at his home
at Sennott, on the Pine Bluff-Ar
kansas River railroad, from the ef
fects of an overdose of laudanum,
taken with suicidal intent. Mr. Rob
inson had been a sufferer for years
from spinal trouble.
Boy Missing.
Tommy Cappell, a 17-year-old
pupil at the Deaf-Mute Institute,
Little Rock, has been missing for
some time. Superintendent Mates
says he knows of no reason what
| ever for his leaving the institution,
j 11 is home is at McCrory, Woodruff
county.
Old Citizen Dead.
George Bolding, father of Mayor
Bolding of Hot Springs, died No
vember JO, at the age of 11. Mr.
j Bolding was the oldest native citi
' zen of Garland county, and perhaps
the oldest native born resident of
that section of the state.
Three Workmen Injured.
Three colored employes of a com
i press at Little Bock were injured
| by the blowing off of the mud valve
to the boiler. Engineer Jones and
Fireman Curtendale were fright
fully scalded, and the latter will be
disfigured for life if he recovers.
Fought Duel With Knives.
Richard Bolk and Dave Green
wood. young white men residing near
Texarkana, fought a duel with
pocket knives. Greenwood was
| stabbed through the heart and his
antagonist was badly cut about the
neck and face, but will recover.
Buried Alive.
Chas. Williams, a negro laborer
working in a deep sewer excavation
at tattle Rock, was completely bur
ied alive by one of the walls caving
in. Companions quickly dug Wil
liams out, but not until life was ex
tinct.
BRIEF MENTION.
A hotel to cost $50,000 is to he
j erected at Pine Bluff by local capi
talists.
Charles Heatherington, an Iron
Mountain switchman, fell under the
cars at Pine Bluff and lost a leg.
At a meeeting of the directors of
the Johnson county fair association
a 20 per cent dividend was declared.
Conservative estimates of the Ar
kansas crop place it at from 700,
000 to 800,000 bales, against a mil
lion last year.
A company composed of Michi
gan capitalists recently purchased
24,000 acres of valuable timber
lands in Desha county.
Everything points to. a large at
tendance at the state good roads
convention, to be held in Little
Ilock January (1 and 7.
Five negro prisoners made their
escape from the Jackson county
jail j. It is believed the prisoners
were aided by outsiders.
Citizens of Little Hock arc pre
paring to entertain a large delega
tion to the good roads convention,
which meets in the above city Jan
uary 20.
Bentonville now has a curfew
law, and all persons under eight
een have to be off the streets by 8
o’clock unless they can show “a
good excuse.”
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