VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900.
NO. 49.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
aN EPITOME of the MOST IM
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EASLWEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The BanU of England increased its
discount, rate from 5 to G per cent,
causing a sensation in the money
ynarket of the world. The bank is
endeavoring to protect its gold revenue
which has grown rather below the re
quirements.
Havana was visited by a severe
cyclone, which caused damage to pro
perty to the amount of 12,000,000 and
the loss of 20 lives. The storm went
eastward, and a great tidal wave
engulfed Elliott, Ky, an island off tne
coast of Florida, about 20 miles from
Miami. A sea captain says that
every one of its inhabitants, 250, were
lost. A barge on which 100 people had.
taken refuge was found near the
Bahama island, and 50 had been wash
ed away and lost. The storm con
tinued northeastward, causing high
tides at New York and other Atlantic
ports.
On application of Gov. Brooks of
Wyoming, the president ordered fed
eral troops to round up a band of un
ruly LUe Indians, and escort them to
their reservation. Tho Ute's who were
encamped at Gillette, heard the news,
pulled up stakes and headed for
Montana.
After deliberating- 32 hours, the jury
In the case of the state of Ohio against
the Standard Oil Co. of Ohio, at
Findlay, O., returned a verdict of
"guilty” on the charge of conspiracy
agalns’. irade i»i volation of the Valen
tine imti-truot law.
A message was read from President
Roosevelt inviting the foreign dele
gates to the World’s Women’s Chris
Can Temperance union convention in
session at Boston, to meet him in
Washington on Nov. 7.
Pythians select Boston as site for
next, meet.
Eastern trunk lines contend that
the grain embargo is entirely due to
general prosperity and the lack of
equipment to handle the enormous
freignt. business now.
Mrs. Laura Cowdon, daughter of
Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York,
commits sucide at New York sani
tarium.
Regulations issued for Oklahoma
land opening place minimun price of
$5 per acre.
The address of Reverend Daniel
S. Tuttle, of St. Louis, at the Episco
pal conference at Minneapolis, was one
of the events of the session. He spoke
of the relation of the church to the
government in France, and said that
this country of ours might well be
looked to as an example of how a free
■church and free government may
work side by side, each hand lu hand,
and yet be separate.
The Bankers convention adjourned
«t St. Louis, after providing for a
special commission to consider cur
rency reforms.
The wreath which President and
Mrs. Roosevelt placed on the coffin
of Mrs, Jefferson Davis was taken to
Richmond, Va., and placed at the foct
of the monument erected at the grave
of the former president of the con
federacy.
A simple and brief funeral service
■»as held fur the late Mrs. Jefferson
Da'is at the Hotel Majestic, New
\ork. The service was private, only
the metiers of Mrs. Davis'family, rep
resentatives of the United Daughters
Of the Confederacy and a small number
of intimate friends bt ing present, a
■wriath sent by President und Mrs.
Rocsevclt was on the coffin. Inter
ment was at Richmond.
William Scully, formerly Lord Scully
of London, Kug., died in ljondon. Ho
"as a peer until 1900, when he became
a citizen of the United States, and re
sided in Washington. His fortune 's
estimated at about $50,000,000, includ
ing 200,000 acres of land in Illinois,
Kansas and Nebraska.
Ccn. Herman Sturm, brigadier
general commanding Indian troops in
the civil war, general purchasing agent
of the Mexican army during the French
invasion, afterward president of the
Mexican Cuernavaca & Pacific rail
"ay, and of late years engaged in min
mg in Colorado, died at Denver, Col
aged 75.
A delegation of five, headed by
* hlef Quanah Parker, representing
the Apache tribe of Indians, have
gone to Washington to make a last
Idea before the president and wai
department for liberty, definite loca
1 ion and allotments of land.
i'he dry goods jobbing trade a
New 7oik reports the largest reorder,
'torn all parts of the country eve
known at this season of the year
-Many cotton goods agents are unabli
10 do business owing to the inabSlit:
of in ills to name prices under presea
market conditions.
Japanese Consul Uyeno intimates
the possibility or international com
plications between the United States
and Japan unless Japanese children
are allowed to attend all the public
schools at Sun Francisco, instead of
being relegated to the oriental schools
with Chinese, Indians and negroes.
Announcement of a carefully-planned
campaign to secure the repeal of the
15th amendment of the constitution
of the United States, that which gives i
the negro equality with the white man I
as a citizen, was made by Gov. James
K. Vardaman of Mississippi, while In
Chicago.
Two hundred and fifty-eight skilled
Flemish weavers, with their families,
have left Ghent for Bremen, from
whence they will sail on a steamer ol
the North German Lloyd line direct for
Charleston, S. C.
George B. Cortelyou to be secretary
of the treasury, George Von L. Meyer
tovbe postmaster general. Victor
Howard Metcalf to he secretary of the
navy, Charles Joseph Bonaparte to be
Charles Joseph Bonaparte to b«
attorney general, is the programm?
January 1.
Stuyvesant FIsli, president of the
Illinois road, and William Nelson
Cromwell, representing E. H. Harri
man, president of the Southern Pacific,
clashed openly before 250 stockhola
ers, at Chicago, who had come from
various parts of the country to attend
the meeting. On the face of the re
cord, Mr. Fish appears to have been
the victor, but that the victory is not
a final one is insinuated by Mr. Crom
well.
A verdict of guilty of granting re
bates on sugar shipments has been re
turned by a jury in the United States
court at New York City against the
New York Central Railway Co. and
Frederick L. Pomeroy, the company’s
general traffic, manager.
Fire, which caused a loss estimated
at f.'tOO.OOO, destroyed several build
ings at Birmingham, Ala.
D. C. Johnson's Roseben, carrying
126 pounds, created a new world's
record for seven furlongs, when he
won the fifth race at Belmont park,
New' York. He stepped the distance
in the fastest time ever made on an
American‘race course, 1:22.
After a trial lasting about ten days,
Dr. Frank L. Brouwer, indicted for
the murder of his wife by poison, was
acquitted at Toma River, N. J. The
jury brought in a verdict of “not
guilty” inside of an hour.
The grand jury" of the special term
of the United States district court at
Jac..son, Miss., Judge John E. McCall,
presiding, has returned a voluminous
indictment against the Standard Oil
Co. oT Indiana. The charge is trans
portation of separate carloads of oil
at rates discriminating in favor o.
the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. Al
leged shipments for the past three
years are covered.
Capt. Lloyd Anson Ryder, known
in California as “Old Grizzly,” and
one of that state’s pioneers of ’49,
died at the residence of his grand
niece, Mrs. Thomas H. McClintock in
Brooklyn. He was 88 years of age.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the confederacy, who had
been ill for a week, died at the Hotel
Majestic, in New York city. Death
was due to pneumonia, induced by a
severe cold, which Mrs. Davis con
tracted upon her return from the Adi
rondacks, where she had spent the
summer months. Relatives were at
the bedside. Interment beside Mr.
Davis at Richmond, Va.
Samuel Porter Jones, evangelist,
known throughout the nation as Sam
Jones, died on a railway train near
Little Rock, Ark., while on his way
from Oklahoma City to Cartersville,
Ga., his home, where he intended to
celebrate the forty-ninth anniversary
of his birth with a family reunion.
His wife and two daughters were
with hint when he died, as also his
friend and co-worker, Rev. Walter
Halcomb.
Fourteen of the 17 balloons wmcn
started from Taga], near Berlin, in
the race for Emperor William’s cup,
reported landed the following day. It
appears to be certain at this moment
that the Ernest, the smallest of the
balloons,' won.
Dr. M. G. Pingree, a cousin of for
mer Gov. Pingree or Michigan, com
mitted suicide in Chicago by locking
himself in his bathroom and turning
on the gas. No cause tor the suicidj
is known.
The middle of October having been
reached, the time set for receiving
news from the Peary Arctic expedi
tion, hope practically was abandoned
of hearing this year from the band of
explorers which sailed from New
York fifteen months ago. If Peary had
decided to spend a second winter in
the Arctic circle, it was expected that
news would come from the expedition
through the whalers when they sail
into Dundee, Scotland, at the end ol
their cruises this fall.
Gen. Miguel Nlbold has been ap
pointed Mexican consul at St. Louis
He succeeds Rafael P. Serrano, wlic
was dismissed from the service by
President Diaz because of his alleged
relations with the revolutionary junta
whose headquarters were in that city
Senor Nibold has been iu the consulai
service for the past teu years, acting
in the capacity of an agent
A BIG HAUL
FOUR ROBBERS STOLE TWENTY
EIGHT SACKS OF ORE.
Entered Shaft House and With
Drawn Pistols for Engineers To
Load Vehicle.
Goldfield, NeV.—The Hayes-Mon
ette lease on the Mohawk mining
property was robbed of $50,000 worth
of ore by a band of robbers whose op
erations were of the most daring
character.
Just before daybreak October 20,
four men drove up to the Hayes-Mon
ette shaft house and jumped from
their wagon. Entering the shaft
house, they ordered the two engineers
to throw up their hands. They were
heavily armed and under their drawn
weapons ordered the engineers to
carry twenty-eight sacks of high
grade ore from the shaft house to
the wagon. After making the engi
neers load the wagon, the robbers
drove off. An alarm was given, but
the robbers have not been apprehend
ed.
The Hayes-Monette men had been
preparing for a million-dollar ship
ment of ore. Some of the ore being
hoisted runs as high as $50 per pound.
Cubans Are Grateful.
Havana.—Words expressive of the
warmest appreciation and gratitude
were heard on all sides when Pres
ident Roosevelt’s message of sympa
thy to the people of Cuba because of
the damage wrought by the storm was
made public. Reports received by
Magoon from the provincial governors
show that the hurricane was less dis
astrous in its results than was at first
believed. The storm was confined
mainly to the provinces of Havana and
Pinar del Rio. Batabano, 32 miles
southeast of Havana, is the only town
except the capital which suffered
greatly. The mayor of that place re
ports that nine persons we: : killed
and many are missing. The American
steamers Campbell, plying between the
Isle of Pines and the coast, and Sara,
went ashore, and many small craft
were wrecked. Numerous houses were
blown down and hundreds of persons
are homeless and destitute. The loss
there is estimated at $600,000.
To Panama on Battleship.
Washington.—Isthmian canal af
fairs were discussed at a conference
between President Roosevelt and Sec
retaries Root and Taft. In anticipa
tion of his coming trip of inspection
to the isthmus, the president is fam
iliarizing himself with as many feat
ures of the undertaking as possible.
He has gone over various details of
the form of contract for the work of
construction of the canal for which
the commission invited bids several
weeks ago. The president will leave
New York on the battleship Louisiana
on November 8. Because of the limit
ed time intervening before the con
vening of Congress in December, he
has decided to shorten his visit to the
isthmus to three days. He will be
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt.
A Great Big Merger.
Chicago.—The Evening Post prints
a story to the effect that a gigantic
combination of packing industries in
this country is under way. The story
is to the effect that the combination
is to have an aggregate capital of
$500,000,000, and to oe controlled from
England. It is declared that tne Arm
our interests are to dominate the com
bination, and tuat it will contain the
following concerns in this City: Arm
our Packing Company, Swift & Co.,
Nelson Morris &. Co., National Pack
ing Company, Schwarzschild & Sulz
berger and the Cudauy racking Com
pany. According to the Post, the
prolonged stay of Sir Thomas Lip
ton in this country is connected with
the alleged concern.
Panic at Cut-Rate Sale.
Louisville, Ky.—Twelve persona
were injured in a panic during a bar
gain sale at a store here. Fully two
thousand persons were in tne store,
attracted by a cut-rate sale of some
articles of chinaware of trivial value.
Luring the rush for the counters in
the rear of the establishment where
tne bargains were on display, there
was a cry of “There s a $5 bill on tne
floor’’ by some person evidently face
tiously inclined. Several persons bent
over to pick up the bill and in the
wild scramble that ensued women and
children were thrown from their feet
and trampled on. Otners were thrown
over and crushed against the coun
ters. .
“A Water Haul.”
The safe in the ofuce of the Bor
der City Lumber Company at Foil
Smith was blown open recently, bui
the burglar got nothing. The safe was
blown to pieces and the papers it
contained were scattered all over the
room. No one in the neighborhoo.
heard the report and the discover}
that yegg men had been about was
not made known until Manager Ail
bright entered the oflice the next
morning.
They Got Damages.
A conclusion reached at Helena re
cently in the two damage suits lor
$50,000 each that were instituted by
Adelaide Vitt and Marian Emmons,
both of St. Louis, against Thomas H.
Musgrave, a well-to-do Arkansas farm
er, of .Barfield, Mississippi county.
The jury assessed damages at $025
in favor of Miss Vitt and at $1,000
In favor of Miss Emmons. Musgrave's
counsel stated, after the verdict was
rendered, that he would not prosecute
an appeal, and that he would termi
nate the proceedings by paying the
amounts assessed against him. The
young women claimed damages on
the allegation that they were lured to
Musgrave’s place in Arkansas and
held there against their will. Mus
grave, on the other hand, averred that
he went to St. Louis and secured Miss
Vitt to come to Barfield to act as
housekeeper for him. He declared
that Miss Vitt expressed a desire for
a companion, and that he accordingly
engaged Miss Emmons. The two
plaintiffs alleged that after they were
induced to go to Barfleld#they were
virtually held as prisoners by Mus
grave, and that no one else occupied
the house. Miss Vitt said that she es
caped and that Miss Emmons was
later rescued by deputy sheriffs.
Argenta Wins Two Suits.
Chancellor Hart, in the Chancery
Court has rendered two verbal deci
sions in suits that, have involved vital
interests in Argenta. The first case
was that of John Speiser and others
against J. G. Vogel, W. C. Faucette,
mayor, and the members of the City
Council of Argenta, the object of the
suit being to obtain an order re
straining them from entering into a
contract with J. G. Vogel for the fur
nishing of electric light, heat and pow
er for the city of Argenta. The sec
ond suit was that of John Speiser
against the Little Rock Railway and
Electric Company, the Western Union
Telegraph Company and the Board of
Improvements for district No. 3, City
or Argenta, an order being sought to
prevent the companies and board
from removing poles on the side
walk to make way for the construc
tion of the new steel viaduct on Main
street.
Of Much Interest to Arkansas.
Circulars containing an extended
announcement of the deep waterway
convention that is to he held in St.
Louis, November 15 and 16 have been
sent out. The announcement includes
a map showing the streams which
will be benefited by the building of
a deep waterway from the great lakes
to the gulf. The rivers shown ire
the Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and
Ohio. The object of the meeting, it
is announced, is to explain to the peo
ple of the Mississippi valley the plan
for a deep waterway from the lakes
to the gulf, and to form a permanent
organization to carry out the plan.
Governor Jeff Davis is to deliver an
address, and among those who have
accepted invitations to be present are
Congressmen Little, Macon, Wallace
and Floyd of Arkansas.
Will Face the Music.
The adjourned term of Boone Coun
ty Circuit Court met recently with
Judge Mitchell on the bench, and
Prosecuting Attorney Frazier at his
post. D. A. Eoff, who for more than
ten years served as sheriff of that
county, and svho was indicted in sev
eral counts for alleged forgeries, re
turned of his own accord, and pre
sented himself for trial. He left the
county several months ago, and has
been residing in Indian Territory.
Prosecuting Attorney Frazier asked a 1
continuance of the cases, as he was
not expecting Eofl’s return, and was
not ready to try the case. Eoff an- j
swered ready, and seemed disappoint- '
ed that he would have to make an
other trip.
Killed a Big Rattler.
Dr. R. H. White of Higginson sent
the rattles of a rattlesnake to the Lit
tle Rock Gazette recently, showing’
13 rattles and a button. The snake
was killed near Walker, by Dr. White.
The doctor had been at the home of
Jay Walden, near Walker, on a pro
fessional call, and was returning down
the lawn, when he heard the snake.
He went back to the house and got a
shotgun, but the gun would not work,
and he went at the snake with a
club and killed it. The snake was
■stretched across the lane, and Dr.
White was forced to kill the snake
before he could get past. It was six
Vet in length, and was of the slender
and extremely poisonous variety.
A New Camp Organized.
A camp of United Sons of Confed
'rate Veterans was recently organ
zed at Fort Smith, with a member
hip of about (10. Col. T. P. Winches
er was elected commandant, E. B.
vlcCorkle first lieutenant, Claude
loffman second lieutenant, Judge W.
.. Falconer chaplain, William Mc
.uley color sergeant. Frank Parke
.easurer and Winfield Parke quar
rmaster. The organization will be
nown as Pat Cleburne Camp, United
ions of Confederate Veterans-.
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
A Family Monument.
A. V. Swaty, in charge of the gov
ernment demonstration farm works
Arkansas, has sent out invitations to
farmers of Columbia county to meet
with him October 27, at Waldo. The
meeting is for tho purpose primarily
of securing the co-operation of tho
farmers in establishing a demonstra
tion farm in Columbia county, but it
is expected that some action will be
taken by the farmers in attendance
regarding the boll weevil investigation.
The reports of the government ex
perts show that the weevil has not
extended as far north in Columbia
county as Waldo, but the farmers in
that section are deeply interested in
the investigations now being made,
because if the weevil migrates far
ther north it will be in their fields
by the middle of the winter. It is
probable that a committee will be se
lected at the meeting to ascertain
what steps can be taken, if any, which
will tend to chock the spread of the
weevil to the northern part of the
county.
Is It a New One?
Much interest has been caused by
the report that men excavating in the
•rear of the Rector bath house on Cen
tral avenue. Hot Springs, had dis
covered a new hot. water spring, un
earthed a good quality of'slate, and
found good indications of coal. The
property is owned by Col. E. W. Rec
tor. who was having the excavations
made to install a new house heating
plant for the Rector bath house. It is
the general opinion that the spring is
not genuine, but only from a leak in
the hot-water pipes leading into the
bath house. The fact that it is just
across Central avenue from the other |
hot springs leads other people to be
lieve that after digging deeper, a gen
uine hot spring will be opened. The
temperature of the water is 100 de
grees Fahrenheit.
Threatened Bagging Shortage.
Among telegrams recently received
at Little Rock over the Board of
Trade wires, was one bearing the in- J
formation that bagging for cotton was
scarce in the interior and that orders
amounting to 50 car loads had been
canceled recently. It is said that one
firm in New Orleans was offering 9 1-2
cents for 200,000 yards of two pound
bagging, or a 1-4 of a cent above the
listed price. Inquiry among the job
bers of Little Rock revealed the fact
that enough bagging is on hand there I
to supply the local demand. One firm
said that in addition to its Little
Rock supply it had bagging stored at
St. Louis and Memphis.
Meeting of Masons.
The sixty-fourth session of the
Grand Lodge, F. & A. Masons of Ar
kansas, will be held in Little Rock,
November 20 and 21. During the
same week there will be meetings of
the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Ma
sons, the Order of High Priesthood,
the Grand Council, Royal and Select
Masters, and the Order of Eastern
Star. The meetings will continue
throughout the week, commencing
November 19, and it is expected that
there will be about 500 delegates
from throughout the state in the capi
tal city.
Will There Be Another Lawsuit?
Despite the decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of Rice against Pal
mer from the Lincoln Circuit Court,
Gov. Davis made an appointment to
fill the unexpired term of a sounty
official. The appointment is that of
Roland Roberts of Hoxie to succeed
N. E. Judkins, county treasurer, who
died recently. Judkins was recently
re-elected to the office and would have
entered on his new term November 1.
Big Fire At De Queen.
Losses aggregating $10,000 were
caused by a tire at De Queen recenly.
Six wooden business buildings were
destroyed. The fire originated in a
warehouse filled with hay, and burned
out all the frame buildings in the
block. The insurance is in the neigh
borhood of $5,000. The buildings will
be replaced by brick structures in
the near future.
An “Oldest Inhabitant” Dead.
“Uncle” Ab Abney, the oldest man
in Pope county, died at his home at
Gravel Hill recently. His exact age
is not known, but it is claimed by
some that he was 103 years old, oth
ers estimating his age at 97. Mr. Ab
ney was an early settler in Pope coun
ty, and leaves descendants to the
fourth generation.
It Costs Too Much.
It is believed the Batesville Power
Company will not be able to utilize
the power at the White River dam
because of the price asked by the
government for its use, which is $10
at its last sessiontaoin S-?? -a. om
per horse power per year.
Coming Out of the Wilderness.
“In thirty flays the Ola and Darda
aelle Railroad will be completed,”
said Col. C. C. Godman recently, at
Dardanelle. Only a mile and a half
of steel is to be laid and a few bridges
are yet to be completed. Col. God
man has about 150 men now pushing
the work to completion. The work
was started March 12, 190G, and it
would have been finished, he says,
if there had not been so much rain
and such a scarcity of labor. There
is one thirty-foot fill and two cuts of
about 20 feet. The slopes of two
mountains were cut through—one
about thirty feet deep for nearly one
hundred yards and the other about
one-half as long and ten feet deep.
There are five bridges in the 17 miles
and one trestle over Petit. Jean bot
tom is at least one-half a mile long.
Col. Godman, in speaking of Darda
nelle, says It is one of the finest bus
iness points in the state, having much
fine farming country to back the town.
Hendricks to be Deputy Secretary.
An announcement lias been made
that Walter G. Hendricks, present
assistant attorney general, will suc
ceed John W. Crockett as deputy
secretary of state, January 1. Mr.
Crockett was elected railroad com
missioner in September and will take
his office about the middle of Janu
ary. O. C. Ludwig, secretary of state,
will be sworn in at that time as secre
tary of state to succeed himself and
Mr. Hendricks will go in at that timo
as deputy in place of Mr. Crockett.
E. L. McHaney, corporation clerk, and
Clyde Lowry, clerk, will remain in the
office of the secretary of state in their
respective positions.
Fruit Growers Organize.
The Johnson County Fruit Growers’
Association has recently been organ
ized here. A code of by-laws and a
constitution were adopted, and 30
members joined at the first meeting.
The Association is composed of fruit
growers and shippers who have or
ganized for their own protection and
welfare. T. B. May was elected pres
ident and R. P. Walton secretary.
The growers shipped 55 cars of El
berta peaches this season, and hun
dreds of bushels of fine apples have
been shipped to various points. One
man shipped 200 bushels of apples to
one Little Rock firm recently. Hun
dreds of acres of peaches and apples
are being put out in this county.
A Valuable Public Document.
The biennial report of J. H. Hine
mon, state superintendent of public
instruction, will be one of the most
complete reports ever issued by a
state official. The statistics being
compiled cover the past two years
and summaries are given for
four years and comparisons made of
school work from the time the office
was created. The introduction to the
report now being written by Mr. Hine
mon includes a general review of
conditions and recommendations for
the good of the school system of the
state.
Sudden Death of Citizen.
Harry N. Newbold, a prominent
citizen of Siloam Springs, dropped
dead from heart trouble recently. Mr.
Newbold hitched up liis horse to his
buggy and went out for an hour's
drive. Death overtook him a short
distance from his home. He fell from
the buggy and his lifeless body was
picked up in the road a few minutes
after his death.
Held in Abeyance.
The ordinance prohibiting wine
rooms, which is of considerable inter
est at present, was not passed by the
Argenta Council, but was given a sec
nod reading and referred to the city at
torney and Ordinance Committee for
amendment or approval and will not
come before the council until its next
regular meeting.
Big Mining Deal.
North Missouri capitalists purchas
ed recently several hundred acres of
mining land in the northwestern part
of Baxter county. The latest im
proved concentrating machinery has
been purchased, and the prospective
mines will be developed at once.
Goes to Arizona.
State Senator-elect K. Oldman, of
the Pulaski county district, will leave
shortly for Tucson, Arizona., where
he expects to spend a few months for
the benefit of his health, returning to
Little Rock in time for the legisla
tive session which opens in January.
Commissioner Conway's Report.
The biennial report of F. E. Con
way, commissioner of state lands, has
been prepared and sent to the gover
nor. Commissioner Conway calls at
tention to the fact that much six
teenth section land, sold on credit,
has not been paid for, and that suits
to recover such lands were instituted
some years ago, but were never pros
ecuted. A number of such suits, he
says, are now pending in the Chan
cery Court of Pulaski county and he
recommends that steps be taken to
ward the early settlement of these
suits.