The Woodruff County News.
G. W. KRAMER, Editor.
McCRORY, - - ARKANSAS*
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
A ton million dollar plaster trust
has been organized.
One-fourth of the laboring people
of Germany are said to be unem
ployed.
The family of former President
Steyn, of the Orange Free State,
have been deported from South Af
rica.
Mollie Galcateher and Ella Faged,
21 and 18 respectively, are in jail at
El Reno, Okla., charged with horse
stealing.
The city of Colon, Colombia, was
taken by liberal troops on the 20th
with but little resistance from gov
ernment troops.
Since the allotment of lands in
Oklahoma over 100 negro home
steaders have been run out of that
country by threats of death if they
remain.
Representatives of the principal
manufacturing industries of this
country, in convention at Washing
ton, D. C., voted against any revis
ion of the tariff.
The cost to Admiral Schley of
conducting his case before the naval
court of inquiry is placed at $20,
000. This represents the admiral’s
savings of a lifetime.
The department of agriculture
will send experts to the Philippines
to establish experimental stations
and make a study of agricultural
conditions on the islands.
In the neighborhood of 50 men
were suffocated in the Smuggler un
ions mine at Tellaride, Col., as a
result of a lire. Most of the vic
tims were men of family.
A woman's national auxiliary of
the Spanish-American War Veter
ans’ Association, has been organized,
with Mrs. E. H. Savage, of New
York city, as president general.
Prominent Seattle (Wash.) wo
men, wives and daughters of wealthy
business and professional men, ac
cording to United States secret ser
vice detectives, have been conduct
ing systematic smuggling operations
on a large scale.
In a passenger train wreck on the
Santa Fe near Franconia, Ariz., sev
en trainmen were killed and three
passengers and fourteen trainmen
injured. Two limited trains, one
east and one westbound, crashed to
gether while running at full speed.
Will Mathias, a negro, charged
with murdering and burning the
bodies of two deputy United States
marshals near Oxford, Miss., sur
rendered to escape death at the
hands of a mob. The man had been
pursued for several days by a large
posse with bloodhounds.
Catholics have applied to the sec
retary for a portion of the funds
held by the government for the In
dian schools, contending that where
Indian children are being educated
at the request of their parents at
Catholic schools, the Catholic schools
should be gi\’en the advantage of
a portion of the money.
Aguinaldo lias written Gen. Chaf
fee, the military governor of the
Philippines, asking the latter’s per
mission to go before congress and
express the desires of the Filipino
people. Aguinaldo further requests
to be accompanied by eight friends,
whom he designates, four of whom
are prisoners at Guam, while the
others are prominent in Manila.
The Kentucky court of appeals
has reversed the decisions of the low
er court in the contest between
liobert Breckenridge, democrat, and
C. J. Pratt, republican, for the office
of attorney general. The decision
of the court is final and directs that
Breckinridge retire immediately
from office. Breckinridge was on the
democratic ticket headed by Wm.
Goebel for governor two years ago
and Pratt was on the republican
state ticket headed by W. S. Taylor
for governor that year
The city treasurer of Buffalo, FT,
Y., is short $50,000.
The Trunk Line railway associa
tion has agreed to abolish the custom
of issuing passes, effective January
1st.
President Itoosevelt has declared
his intention to make army promo
tions strictly on the meritorious rec
ord of applicants.
Maryland Republicans threaten
to contest the coming election of
Gorman to the senate, alleging fraud
in the recent state election.
The chief collector of internal
revenue has rendered a decision to
the effect that beer, whisky, etc.,
exported to the Philippines is liable
to the internal revenue tax'.
The Bulgarian brigands who cap
tured Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
American missionary, and Mme.
Ssilka have reduced the amount of
ransom they demand to 20,000
pounds Turkish, or 75,000 in Amer
ican money.
Secretary Hitchcock has disbarred
William C. Buderus, an attorney of
Sturgis, S. D., from practicing be
fore the interior deprament because
of criticisms alleged to have been
made by the latter on the late Pres
ident McKinley.
From all parts of the Western
United States wheat is being sent
to Mexico in amounts never before
equaled. It is estimated by buyers
and railroad men that by the end
of December more than 1,500 cars
will have been delivered into the
republic.
John and Hugh Montgomery,
deputy United States marshals, who
went to the home of Will Mathias
near Oxford, Miss., to arrest him
on the charge of running a wild
cat still, were both murdered by
Mathias and their bodies cremated
in the outlaw’s house, which he tired.
United States Commissioner F. S.
Goodrich and Indian Inspector Mar
tin J. Bentley have been appointed a
delegation to visit Washington and
urge President Roosevelt to pardon
the Pottavvattomie county citizens
who arc now in United States pris
ons charged with kidnaping and
burning two Seminole Indians at
Mound, Okla., in 1898.
The new treaty between the Unit
ed States and England was signed
on the 18th inst. by Secretary Hay
for the United States and Lord
Pauncefote for Great Britain. The
principal point of difference between
the new treaty and the one defeated
by the senate is the withdrawal of
Great Britain from the joint guar
antee of the neutrality of the canal,
thus leaving the United States the
sole guarantees. The excision of
the old provision respecting the
right to fortify the canal leaves that
right by inference optional with the
United States. All commerce of
whatever nationality passing through
the canal will fare alike; there will
be no discrimination in rates in fa
vor of United States shipping. Full
text of the new document will not
be made public until it is submitted
to the United States senate for rati
fication.
ihe annual report of Commis
sioner General Powderly of the im
migration bureau shows the total
steerage arrivals in the United
States during the year to have been
487,918, an increase over the pre
ceding year of 39,346, or approxi
mately 9 per cent. Of this in
crease 2,020 came through Canadian
ports of this country. There were
also 74,950 other alien passengers
who came in the cabin, making a to
tay for the year of 546,868. The
ratio of increase of Italian immi
grants, as compared with those from
the same country last year, is approx
imately 36 per cent, or more than
threefold the ratio of increase from
all Europe, and the increases numer
ically from all other countries of Eu
rope aggregate scarcely one-fourth ol
that from Italy. During the year
363 were returned to their respec
tive countries, having become pub
lic charges within one year after
landing. The number refused a
landing was 3,518, against 4,246
last year.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Favor a Bond Issue. . —
At a meeting of the world's fair
honorary commissioners and the
citizens of Van Buren county in
Clinton, J. E. Scanlan introduced
and had adopted the following reso
lutions :
1. That we favor an appropria
tion by the legislature of $150,000
in Arkansas non-interest state war
rants for the purpose of enabling
the commissioners to creditably rep
resent the state of Arkansas in all
her resources at the world’s fair, to
be held in the city of St. Louis in
15)03.
2. That said warrants shall not
be sold for less than 95 cents on the
dollar. We believe that where it is
necessary to buy alcohol and other
preservatives for the purpose of ex
hibiting our fruit these warrants
may be disposed of at par.
3. That said warrants shall be in
the denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10
and $20.
4. That said warrants snail oe
redeemable in lines, taxes and all
dues and debts due the state of Ar
kansas.
5. That said warrants shall be
exempt from all state, county and in
corporated taxes.
(j. That each county shall receive
$1,000 in said warrants and each
county having more than one repre
sentative shall receive $500 in excess
for each representative. These war
rants to be expended by direction of
the county’s board; the balance of
said warrants to be turned over to
the state board to be used for the
purpose of state representation.
7. That we will not support any
candidate for the legislature who
will not pledge himself, if he should
be elected, to support such a meas
ure by his vote and action.
8. That the citizens of Van Bu
ren county have organized them
selves into a representative party on
the issue of state warrants, believing
as we do that it is the duty of the
citizens to formulate measures to
their interest financially or other
wise.
Federal Pensions.
The following pensions have been
allowed citizens of this state: Clara
Bunch, Bogers, $8; Mary Hammer
sley, Douglas, $8; Elizabeth Chafifin,
Hit Springs, $12; George W. Russ,
Eureka Springs, $8; James Polk,
Helena, $8; Jessie A. Whala, Bluff
ton, $8; Anthony Edmondson,
Mound City, $6; James H. Fowler,
Goldman, $G; Silvanus H. Jennings,
Beaudry, $8; David Davis, Swan
Lake, $8; Robert W. Johnson, Am
ity, $8; Elizabeth Dooley, Rector,
$8; Cyrena Reed, London, $8; Wil
liam W. Bailey, Strawberry, $10;
Francis M. Leftwich, Magazine, $8;
Daniel Whitington, Winchester, $12;
Frederick Trout, St. Francis, $8.
Whisky Causes Trouble.
At Elliott, a small station on the
Gurdon branch, three young men,
Will Ponder, Sam Sales and C. N.
McFall, while under the influence of
liquor, became involved in a dispute
and the two latter were shot by the
former. Sales lost a finger and M«
Fall received a bad wound in the
thigh.
A disastrous wreck occurred near
Goldman, on the Cotton Belt, on the
20th. The engine jumped the track"
followed by sixteen loaded cars,
which were demolished. Conductor
Walter Noble, of Jonesboro, was
killed and a brakeman, the fireman
and engineer were seriously, prob
ably fatally, injured.
Maniac’s Terrible Crime.
John Femberton, aged 35, a ma
niac, murdered his mother at their
home fifteen miles from Eureka
Springs and made an unsuccessful
attempt on the life of his brother.
Pemberton developed a violent ma
nia several months ago, but his rela
tives arranged to confine him at
their home. He was closely guard
ed for a few weeks, when his im
to relax their vigilance. lie arose
from bed at night and beat his
mother to death with a rifle.
Conductor Killed.
caused the family
Royal Arch Masons.
The fifty-second annual meeting
of the Royal Arch Masons, chapter
of Arkansas, was held in Little Rock
last week. The following officers
were elected: Grand high priest, J.
R. Carter, Batesville; deputy grand
high priest, J. B. Baker, Melbourne;
grand king, G. J. Klak, Eureka
Springs; grand scribe, J. R. Don
nell, Conway; grand chaplain, Rev.
J. R. Connelly; grand marshal,
John L. Cook, Texarkana; grand
secretary, John C. Bont, Batesville;
grand treasurer, John Brodie, Little
Rock; grand captain of the host, N.
P. Richmond, Malvern; grand prin
cipal sojourner, John T. Hicks,
Searcy; grand royal arch captain,
Sam H. Davidson, Evening Shade;
grand master of the third veil, Jeff
Davis, Fayetteville; grand master of
the second veil, Riley Mahon, New
port; grand master of the first veil,
S. E. Dodge, Little Rock; grand sen
tinel, Ed Metcalf, Little Rock.
Royal and Select Masters.
Following is a list of officers elect
ed at the thirty-ninth annual ses
sion, Royal and Select Masters, held
at Little Rock last week: G. J.
Klock, Eureka Springs, grand mas
ter; S. I). Dodge, Little Rock, depu
ty grand master; G. W. Skidmore,
i Little Rock, conductor of work;
{John Brodie, Little Rock, treasur
er; Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, re
corder; Nick Kizer, Eureka Springs,
captain of guard; J. S. Westerfield,
Conwgy, conductor of council; F. S.
Baker, Harrison, grand chaplain;
M. E. Aakin, Little Rock, marshal;
S. Daltroff, Wynne, steward; Ed
ward Metcalf, Little Rock, grand
sentinel. \
No Punishment for the Crime.
The man Rathbun, who is sup
posed to be under arrest at Jeffer
sonville, Ind., charged with murder
ing an unknown man and shipping
the corpse to his wife at Little Rock
as his own in order to defraud an
insurance company, will first be
tried in Indiana on the murder
charge and if acquitted will then
be taken in charge by United States
army officials to answer for deser
tion. Attorney General Murphy
says there is no law in this state
to punish attempt to defraud life
insurance companies.
Trespassers Cannot Recover.
In a suit for damages in federal
court at Texarkana, where a party
was killed by a railroad train,
Judge Trieber held that the public
using the track of a railroad as a
pathway are trespassers. In this
particular case the plaintiff offered
evidence that the public had used
the track for a number of years at
the point where the accident occur
red without objection on the part of
the railroad, and the defendant
proved that signs had been posted
warning the public to keep off the
track.
The Baptists.
The annual convention of Baptists
was held at Paragould last week.
1,000 delegates and visitors being in
attendance. Ex-Gov. James P.
Eagle, of Little Rock, was re-elected
president for the twenty-first time.
Gov. Jefferson Davis was elected
first vice-president; Lient-Gov. M.
P. Huddleston, second vice-presi
dent; Hon. W. T. Smith, of Cam
den, secretary; Sam Campbell, of
Searcy, assistant secretary; J. H.
Kitchens, of Jonesboro, treasurer.
Killed by an Explosion.
T. Flannery, a sub-contractor,
was killed by an explosion while
blasting for the roadbed of the
White River railroad near Bates
ville. There was about ten charges
of powder in at the time, and Flan
nery, thinking that all had been dis
charged, walked up to the location of
this charge just as it exploded, be
ing blown about 50 feet in the air.
He died about three hours later,
never regaining consciousness.
Henry Williams and a man named
Routon, working on the Choctaw
bridge over the Saline river near
Benton, quarreled as to the manner
of doing some work, when Williams
hit Routon on the head with a maul,
knocking him off the bridge into the
river, a distance of thirty feet. Rou
ton’s skull was fractured.
Order Eastern Star.
The twenty-eighth annual session
of the order of the Eastern Star of
Arkansas closed at Little Rock on
the 20th with the installation of the
following newly elected officers:
Grand matron, Julia M. Gill, Lit
tle Rock (re-elected) ; grand pa
tron, Mark Olney, Mena; grand as
sociate matron, Blanche Klock, Eu
reka Springs; grand associate pa
tron, J. M. Oathout, Bonneville;
grand secretary, Jennie B. Hopkins;
Little Rock (re-elected) ; grand
treasurer, Cora Westerfield, Con
way; grand conductress, Miss Athea
Barker, Bradley; grand associate
conductress, Jennie B. Ellis, Fort
Smith.
Reports showed the order in a
flourishing condition, but during
the past year forty-seven members
passed away.
Arkansas’ Delegation.
The following delegates represent
ed Arkansas at the national W. C.
T. U. convention, held last week at
Fort Worth, Tex. Mrs. M. A. Dor
sey, Newport; Mrs. L. A. Mark
well, Little Lock; Mrs. E. Ethridge,
Hope; Mrs. J. C. Pittman, Pres
cott; Mrs. S. E. Payne, Fort Smith;
Mrs. F. H. Brown, Fort Smith;
Miss Bessie Yantis, Paragonld.
BRIEF MENTION.
The annual meeting county and
circuit clerks’ association will be
held at Little Rock December 16.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carmack, aged 57,
living a few miles from Little Rock,
suipided by taking a dose of strych
nine.
C. L. Moore, a young railroad
man of Paragould, was killed in a
Cotton Belt freight wreck near
Weiner.
The postoffice and store of G. F.
Chamberlain at Magnet, were de
stroyed by fire last week, the work
of an incendiary.
The state Baptist convention ad
journed at Paragould on the 19th
inst. Conway was selected as the
place of meeting in 1902.
A gang of juvenile criminals
broke into a Little Rock hardware
store and carried off about $250
worth of goods, mostly cutlery.
Several complaints have recently
been tiled with the railroad commis
sion of the failure of railroads to
promptly supply cars to shippers.
Mrs. H. E. Cole suicided at Har
rison by shooting herself through
the heart. Despondency is said to
have caused the woman to take her
life.
A drummer giving the name of
Shaw was badly used up by a citi
zen of Sherrill for being too fresh
in his remarks to the said citizen’s
wife.
The railway station of the Iron
Mountain at Varner, Lincoln coun
ty, and the saloon of Capt. Bob
Rice were destroyed by tire on the
17th.
The mill and gin of Carter Bros,
were burned at Riverside. Three
stores were also burned. Total loss,
$30,000. Origin of the tire is un
known.
A farmer named Harlin, living
near Jacksonville, Pulaski county,
was robbed at his home by a bur
glar of $240 in cash, the proceeds
from the sale of his crops.
The report of the treasurer at the
recent Baptist state convention, held
at Paragould, showed the receipts
for the past year from all sources to
have been $2,348.89; disbursements,
$2,668.69.
At Anderson Mill, on the Cotton
Belt, south of Pine Bluff, Fred Hil
ler shot and killed Pan Williams.
The men had quarreled over Wil
liams’ domestic troubles. Bith
were negroes.
U. S. Brown, while operating a
pile driver on the White River rail
road near Batesville, was instantly
killed and a companion fatally in
jured. It is not known just how the
accident happened.
The Choctaw has a corps of sur
veyors in the field between Mansfield
and Hot Springs. It is generally
understood that the Frisco and
Choctaw are racing for an entrance
to Hot Springs from the west, and
that there will be no delay in the
eonstruction of the road.