VOL. V.
INTERESTING items gathered
FROM AI.L SECTIONS.
JUDGE L. W. DAVIS DEAD
St. Louisan Goes Insane at Pine Bluff
—Fruit Weevils Abroad—Farmers
Receiving Government Seeds—Train
Held Up by a Sheriff— Druggist..
Stock Shaken up.
Judge Davis Dead.
Judge Lewis W. Davis, father of
Governor Jefferson Davis died at his
home at Russellville recently. The
cause of Judge Davis’ death was
heart trouble following an attack ot
dropsy. The judge had only been
seriously ' ill for about ten days.
Judge Davis was about 74 years of age
at his death. During the civil war,
he was Chaplain of the Nineteenth
Arkansas and was a member of Ben
T. Embry Camp, United Confederate
Veterans at the time of his death.
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very active and eventful one. He
was one of the most active lawyers
In the state, and his early life was
filled with many privations and much
toil.
Agent is Busy.
A. V. Swaty, an agent of the United
State Department of Agriculture
who is in charge of the experimental
farms in the southern part of Arkan
sas, is preparing to send out the cot
ton seed and seed corn to the farmers
throughout the district. Two sacks
of cotton seed and one sack of corn
is being sent to each farmer. This
will be planted on the experimental
farm and the crop raised will be used
for seed purposes to be distributed
in the neighborhood of the farm next
year.
Fruit Weevils Abroad.
A resident of Osceola recently for
warded two bugs to the Agriculture
Burea at Washington, believing them
to be boll weevils. The department
reports that the specimens were not
boll weevils, but were what is known
as fruit weevils, an insect that does
a great deal of damage to fruit trees,
and while they greatly resemble the
ordinary boll w'eevil which has done
so much damage in other sections of
the South, they belong to an entirely
uiucritrxiL iaiiui> kil
Goes Insane.
Sylvester Mawry of St. Louis, has
been placed in jail at Pine Bluff and
!s said to be insane. Mawry is said
to be under the hallucination that he
is going to be attached by policemen
and walked the streets of Pine Bluff,
before his arrest with his arms
crossed above his head to guard
himself from the clubbing he ex
pected to receive. The insane man
is now in the county jail at Pine
Bluff.
Train Held up.
Sheriff Kavanaugh, of Pulaski
county held up a freight train at
Argenta recently. The train carried
200 head of cattle and these were
attached by the sheriff on account of
debt which was alleged to be out
standing against the shippers of the
cattle. The shippers filed a bond and
the cattle then proceeded upon their
interrupted journey.
A Rich Prize.
The Kansas City Southern Railway
Company is said to be contemplating
the building of some new shops at
6ome point on that line. These shops
will probably be very extensive and
•will likely cost $600,000 for their
erection. All of the towns along
the line of road are anxious to se
cure these shops which will mean
an increase of 5,000 to the population
of the p>ace that secures them, it
is said that De Queen will probably
be the lucky town in the contest.
Training School Plans.
I There is a probability that the pros
pective Presbyterial Training School
at Warren, will be made larger than
first contemplated, as Ouachita pres
bytery has indicated a desire to join
(With Pine Bluff presbytery in con
summating the enterprise.
To Erect Broom Factory.
t It is reported that the machinery
bas arrived at Horatio for the broom
factory which is to be put in opera
tion at that place. Louis Perry will
be the proprietor of the enterprise.
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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1906.
J. G. Hudgins Killed.
Joseph G. Hudgins, Ex-Representa
tive and a prominent citizen of Polk
county, was shot and killed at his
home in Dallas, a few days ago. Mr.
Hudgins was about sixty-eight years
of age and one of the largest holders
of real estate in his county. Tom
and Ike Pipkin both of Dallas are
accused of committing the crime.
Tom Pipkin is in jail but Ike Pipkin
is at large. The two young men who
are charged with the deed are both
well known at their home and belong
to a family that bears a high record
in the history of Polk county. No
motive for the shooting is known at
present.
Contract Awarded.
The contract for the erection of a
double set of barracks, officers’ club
and captain’s quarters fdr Fort Logan
H. Roots at Little Rock has been* '
awarded to a contractor of Leaven
worth, Kan. The contract calls for
the expenditure of $100,000. One
clause of the contract is that the five
buildings shall be completed by the
end of the present year. The build
ings when completed will care for
two more companies, and it is ex
pected that the War Department will
send the companies as soon as the
buildings have been inspected and ac
cepted by the government.
.. Work Stopped.
The surveying corps of ihc Mena
and Eastern Railroad has been ordered
to Mena by the chief engineer and
the work of surveying has been sus
pended for an indefinite period. The
Mena and Eastern, which is a line
projected from Mena to Hot Springs,
was purchased some time ago by the
Kansas City Southern, and a few
miles of the road out of Mena was
graded. The route was never perma
nently located the entire distance.
Boom in Homesteading.
An unusual interest is being taken
in the fruit and berry industry in
Marion county in the sections where
mining is not carried on, and seven
homesteads were proved up before
the County Judge at Yellville recently.
There are yet several hundred acres
of land in that county subject to entry
i as homesteads, but the mining land
has about ail been patented.
Railroad Wanted.
Cane Hill, in Washington county,
is growing tired of being without a
railroad, and a movement has been
started to connect that place with
the Kansas City Southern, the tracks
of which are 25 miles distant. The
movement is said to have inspired i
citizens of Fayettteville to hope for
the extension of the Kansas City
i Southern to that city.
Officer Wounded.
Charles Kruz, city marshal of
Lake Village, was seriously shot re
cently by John Inman. Inman had
been required to secure two fines
previously assessed against him, and
became angry over it. It is alleged
he was drinking. The ball struck
Kruz near the shoulder and lodged
j in the body, piercing the lungs. His
condition is serious.
Scalded to Death.
The 4-year-old-son of J. W. Stepp,
living about three miles south of Potts
ville, fell into a kettle of boiling
water and was so severely. scalded
that he died from the burns 36 hours
later. The boy was playing about it
and lost his balance and fell into it
backward. He suffered intensely un
til death came.
New Health Resort.
The Kansas City Southern has ac
quired property at Sulphur Springs
and proposes to boom the town as a
' health resort. A representative of
| the railroad visited Sulphur Springs
' a few days ago and a public meeting
was held and citizens pledged them
selves to co-operate with the railroad.
Dream Mine Work.
The workers on the gold mine at
Rogers, which is being carried as
the result of a dream, have a carload
of dirt ready to ship to St. Louis.
The backers of the enterprise are
confident of ultimately gaining wealth
from the mine.
Lodge Organized.
A lodge of the Odd Fellows society
has been organized at Snowball.
Searcy county. The lodge commences
its existence with a membership of
fifty.
Timber - Cutter Arrested.
James Webb was arrested near
Black Fork, Scott county, on a charge
of cutting government timber near
Janssen. He was takeji to Fort
Smith and admitted to bail in the
sum of $250.
Sentenced to Hang.
Yes Harper, convicted of the mur
der of his father-in-law in Mississippi
county, has been sentenced by Judge
Hughes to be hanged May 4 at Blythe
ville. It is probable an appeal will
b? taken to the Supreme ourL
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OUR UNCOMMON CARRIERS
Minneapolis Journal, — 11'l
‘Carrying Water on Both Shoulders ”on Very Uncertain Footing.
DOWIE'S DOCTRINES DON’TGO
PRAYER IN LIEU OF MEDICINE
IS NOT UP TO DATE.
Corporation Counsel Lewis of Chica
go Upholds tlie City Health De
partment in Interfering
Chicago.—The municipal health
department is justified in forcibly in
terfering in cases of extreme sickness
where the services of a physician are
refused, according to an opinion ren
dered by Corporation Counsel Lewis
Since the advent of John Alexandei
Dowie in Chicago, many cases of this
nature have been brought to the no
tice of the city authorities, but no defi
nite action has even been taken in sucl
cases until now, when prayer insteac
of medicine was being used in the
treatment of Mrs. Ella Turner, who is
a believer in Dowie's teachings. The
woman had been suffering for over 2e
hours, and her life was in immineni
peril, as her condition called for an im
mediate operation. Instead of caliini
a physician the woman's husband am
relatives appealed to Overseer Volivs
of Zion City, who sent one of his dea
cons to pray for her. The woman-!
pain increased so much that her crie:
attracted the attention of a neighbor
who reported the case to the police. Thf
police at once placed the mat
ter in the hands of the health de
partment, and was referred to Corpora
tion Counsel Lewis, who expressed thi
opinion that the health department wa:
justified in interfering in such extremi
attend the woman and her suffering wa:
stopped.
PLOT NIPPED IN THE BUC
Mne Men Arrested in Atlanta, Gn.
Alleged to Have Been Preparing?
to Release Federal Convicts.
Atlanta, Ga.—Wednesday the poliei
of Atlanta have arrested, in a cheaj
hotel near the federal prison, nine men
who, it is alleged by the police, wen
preparing to carry out a plot to dyna
mite the penitentiary in an effort t(
release certain criminals undergoini
long sentences.
The men all gave fictitious names. Om
of them has been identified by tin
warden of the penitentiary as a des
perate western outlaw, who has a“pal'
in the prison doing time for train rob
bery.
Warden Moyer says he had informa
tion some days ago that there was '<
plot to attack the prison, and sinct
then the guard has been increased
Warden Moyer says the men under ar
rest are nearly all from Oklahoma am
Indian territory.
A woman has appeared in the case
said to be the wife of one of the con
victs. She visited the prison as i
stranger and learned how the place wa:
arranged. She has not so far been lo
cated by tho police.
The nine suspects are in the count;
jail. When arrested they had a largi
outfit of dynamite, nitroglycerin am
fuse. They were all heavily armed.
WILL MOVE FROM NEBRASKA
Woodmen ot the AVorld Resent th<
Proposed Taxation of Their
Reserve Fund.
Omaha. Neb.—On Monday. Sovereigi
Commander Root of the Woodmen o
the .World assounces that the head
quarters of the order will be remove:
from Omaha, because this state pro
poses to tax the reserve funds of th
order. The executive committee wil
decide the new location Wednesda;
next. It is believed Chicago or Detroi
will be chosen.
CHARGED WITH COWARDICE
Japanese Officers, Mourned ns De&it.
Fonml to Have Surrendered
To Russians.
Victoria, B. C.—The Japanese steam
er Kanagawa, from Japan, brought
news that Lieutenant Commander Mi
zoguchi and other officers of the trans
port Kinshiu, sank by the Russian
Vladivostok squadron at the beginning
of the war, are being court-martialed
for alleged cowardice.
On the occasion of the disaster the
war department at Tokio issued a bul
letin that none of the soldiers on board
were taken prisoners; that with the
exception of the survivors who re
turned all had been killed or had com
mitted suicide Extended accounts were
given in Japanese newspapers of how
Lieutenant Commander Mizcguehi and
other officers committed hari-kari, hut
with ihe return of these officers among
the prisoners from Russia, Japanese
newspapers say they regret their sym
pathy. Lieutenant Commander Mizo
guchi said he and other officers went
on board the Russian vessels when
called to surrender, but the men re
fused to surrender, many committing
suicide on the deck after firing with
rifles at the enemy, which torpedoed
and sank the ship. Among the prison
ers were the crews of the sailing schoo
ners Hokttsei and Koie, which were
seized by Russian cruisers. There was
an American named Thompson among
them.
BACK TO FACE THE MUSIC
_
Andrew Hamilton Returns to Xew
York to “Face the Music, Dis
cordant or Otherwise/’
New York.—Lobbyist Andrew Ham
ilton returned to New York, Tuesday
on the steamer Deutschland, on whicl
he was registered under the name ol
WT ATiltrtn l\»Tr Honiiltrn x\:oo of tin
head of the legislative bureau of the
i New York Life Insurance Co., and hat
i charge of the legislative work of sev
■ eral of the large companies.
' Explaining the cause for his returr
to the United States, Mr. Hamiltor
1 j said:
! "I heard something about crimina
proceedings, and here I am."
■ “You have come back to face the mu
1 sic?" he was asked.
“Yes, discordant cr otherwise.”
A VICTORY FOR LOUISIANA
Awarded tile Peninsula of St. Ber
nard and Great Oyster Beds
1 Claimed by Mississippi.
Washington.—On Tuesday the su
preme court of the United States ha
• decided the case of Louisiana vs. Mis
sissippi, involving the water boundary
• line between the two states, in favoi
of Louisiana. The dispute involved
1 the peninsula of St. Bernard, and the
1 opinion holds that the peninsula an<
adjacent islands are a part of the ter
ritory cf Louisana. In its pleading
Louisiana claimed the disputed terri
- tory covers 1,000,000 acres of oystei
1 beds.
TO OUT-EIFEL THE EIFEl
The Jamestown Exposition Muj
Have a Tower That Will Beut
That of Paris.
Norfolk, Va.—It is officially an
1 nouneed by the management of th'
^ Jamestown Exposition Co. that a tow
‘ er, exceeding in altitude the celebratei
* Eifel tower at Paris, will in all proba
' bility be erected on the expositioi
grounds. A cablegram has been sen
1 to London for plans and specifications
’ The tower would carry upwards of 10,
1 000 incandescent lights and could bi
seen for miles at sea at night.
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE
VERDICT AGAINST VAUGHAN,
RYAN AND RAYMOND.
Tlie TK»et* Missouri Convicts Who
Committed Murder In an Attempt
to EKeape To Ilunu.
Jefferson City, Mo.—The three con
victs Vaughan, Ryan and Raymond
were declared guilty of murder in the
first degree by a jury in the Cole coun
ty circuit court, which returned its
verdict Thursday. Sentence of death
will be passed on ail by Judge Martin.
Ail were convicted of the murder of
f hn Clay, penitentiary guard, killed in
the dash which they and Convict Blake
made from the prison iu November
last.
The men were taken to the sheriff's
office shortly before nine o’clock, and
promptly at. that hour were taken into
the courtroom. In anticipation of the
verdict, they were guarded by seven
men. As they entered the courtroom a
guard held the arm of each convict.
Oilier guards were before and behind
each man.
The prisoners were not shackled or
handcuffed. They were seated in a row.
with guards between and one at each
end of the row.
The men sioad up as the clerk read
the verdict. The expression of their
faces did not change as the clerk read
the words which meant death for them
ail. "When the verdict was read they
sat down without saying a word or
looking to the right or the left.
There was a slight mistake in the
wordinc of flip verdict, and the inrv re
tired to correct it. While thin was be
ing done the men remained in the
courtroom, sitting between the seven
guards.
It is understood that the verdict was
reached on the first ballot.
TREES HIS ONLY MONUMENT
Walnnt ami Pecan Trees Hie Only
31oiinment to Mark tlie Grave
of Former Gov. Ilo&g.
Houston, Tex.—Deciduous trees are
the only monument that will mark the
grave of former Gov. Hogg at Austin.
Monday morning the body lying in
state in the reception room' of the
state capitol, was viewed by thousands.
The' funeral took place in the afternoon.
Interment was made by the side of his
wife.
In accordance with a request made
by the ex-governor several months ago.
when he was thought to be dying in
Fort Worth, the only monument that
will mark the grave will be pecan and
walnut trees, one planted at the head
ar.d tho other at the foot cf the grave.
It was the dying wish of the deceased
that the people of Texas might come
and gather nuts from the trees for
planting in other localities.
GIVEN ANOTHER RESPITE
••Lord'* ltnrrinptoit’s Cane Taken to
Missouri Supreme Court
Eu Ilaiic.
St. Louis.—The action, Tuesday, of
his attorneys in carrying his case be
fore the state supreme court in banc
will act as an indefinite stay of execu
tion for "Lord’' F. Seymour Barring
ton, who was to be hanged at Clayton,
March 15, for the murder of James P.
McCann.
Press dispatches from Jefferson City
say that the supreme court has granted
a motion that the case be reviewed by
all of the judges. Division No. 1 af
firmed the death sentence passed by
the lower court. No date has been set
for the hearing in banc.
FART OF ROOF COLLAPSED
One Man Killed nml Three Injured
by Collapse of Roundhouse
Roof at Pueblo, Col.
Pueblo, Col.— By the sudden col
lapse of the concrete roof over a sec
tion of the huge new roundhouse of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, in the
course of construction here, during the
afternoon, Harry Robbie was instantly
killed and three others badly injured,
one, W. H. McFadden, probably fatal
ly. Oscar Keel and Bert Walter were
badly cut and bruised by falling debris.
Five or six other men were working
on the top of the roof over the first
i section of the house when the crash
came, but managed to escape serious
injury by jumping to the ground.
HENRY V. BEMIS A SUICIDE
The Well-Known Cliicnsro Hotel
anil Hoard of Trade Man
Tak.es IIis Own Life.
Chicago.—Her.ry V. Bemis, wrho was
one of the best known hotel men in the
country and a member of the Chicago
board of trade since 1859, killed himself,
Tuesday night, at his residence on In
I diana avenue. Mr. Bemis shot himseli
behind the right ear, causing instant
death, after four unsuccessful attempts
. to pierce his heart with a paper knife.
For more than two years he had been
\ in poor health and this, coupled with
| recent heavy financial losses in a busi
ness venture, is assigned by his friends
as the cause of his suicide.
WHITE SLAVERY IN CHICAGO
One of Them, Wlio Tried to linns
Herself, Declare** There \re Three
Thousand In the
Chicago.—According to the story of
Alice Wilson, aged 24, who tried to
hang herself in a cel! at the Harrison
Street station, Thursday, there are
more than three thousand white slaves
in Chicago, and almost every saloon,
where women congregate, is a slave
den.
The woman, who was arrested on a
charge of disorderly conduct, claims
the saloon men pursue their slaves to
the death if the women try to brealc
away and lead better lives.
Improvising a rope out of strips, torn
from a shirt waist, Miss Wilson, who
was once the wife of a merchant,
broken-hearted over her arrest on a
charge of disorderly conduct, tried to
commit suicide by hanging. Mrs. Har
rison, the matron, discovered her and
cut her down.
“There is no justice for us." declared
the young woman after she had been
revived. “I am a white slave.”
Then she told the pitiful story of th©
white slaves and declared there was an
organized band of slave traders in tha
city, who pay from $100 to $500 for
each woman who can be induced to
loiter in the saloons.
The police are investigating.
CEN. WHEELER MEMORIAL
The Event, at Atlanta, Go.. Promise*
To Itrln;? a Great Outpouring
of Veterans Together.
Atlanta, Ga,—The detailed report
made Thursday by Col. Thompson H.
Jones, chairman of the committee hav
ing in charge the arrangements for
the memorial to Gen. Joseph 11. Wheel
er, which will be held in Atlanta
March 27, indicates a widespread and
general interest in the event from all
parts of the country. Already the oc
casion promises to be the most repre
sentative if not the largest gathering
of veterans from north and south since
the civil war. The programme, as
planned, includes as speakers Gen.
Bennett H. Young, commander of the
Kentucky division United Confederato
Veterans, as orator of the day: “Cor
poral” James Tanner, commander-in
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic; Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander
in-chief of ihe United Confederate Vet
erans; Gen. Julian S. Carr, of North
Carolina, commander-in-chief of the
Blue and the Gray; Maj. Charles S.
Miller, of Cleveland, commander-in
chief of the Spanish War Veterans;
Col. Thomas M. Owen, Montgomery,
Ala., commander-in-chief Sons of Con
federate Veterans, and the governors
of several states.
A FRENCH CABINET^ CRISIS
The Ronvier Ministry Defeated anil
Has Designed—The Hi'Kigua
tiou Accepted.
Paris, France.—Like a bolt from a
clear sky the Rouvier ministry was de
feated in the chamber of deputies
Wednesday night and immediately re
signed.
The defeat of the government came
on a comparatively minor debate over
the church disorders. The govern-"
JJ.VJUL OUVVV l. uv,u ill UU1UU15 KJUIJ
j votes, while the various elements in
opposition—clericals, socialists and na
' t.ionalists—united and polled 267 votes,
j thus placing the ministry in a minority
j of 33.
VOLUNTARY REDUCTIONS
Western Railroads Said to Have
Decided to Hake Voluntary Ile
Uuetious ia Freights.
Chicago.—All of the western rail
roads, according to the Herald, have
decided to make voluntary reductions
in transportation charges amounting in
the aggregate to many million dollars
annually. The proposed reductions are
to be made in all the rates of the six
classes into which freight is divided
and will be effective in the entire terri
tory between the Atlantic seaboard and
Missouri river. In general the reduc
tion will amount to approximately 15
per cent.
CELESTIAL EMPEROR ILL
Order* All Viceroy* to Send Beat
Physicians In Empire
to rekiu.
Pekin, China. — The emperor ot
China, Tsai-Tien, is ill. Telegrams have
been dispatched to all viceroys asking
them to send their best physicians to
Pekin.
The physicians at the palace say the
emperor’s illness i3 serious, but not
alarming.
Reprieve Asked for Patrick.
Albany, N. Y.—Governor Hig
gins has .received a request from the
law firm of Elack. Olcott & Gruber that
the reprieve of Patrick, which expires
March 19, be extended ninety days, al
so a request from District Attorney
Jerome that the reprieve lie extended
60 days.
Miss Anthony Improving
Rochester, N. Y. — The con
dition of Miss Anthony steadily im
proves.