The Newark Journal.!
O. F. CRAIQ, JUditor.
NEWARK* • ~ ARKANSAS.
Senator Morgan lias introduced a
bill providing for the annexation of
Panama to the 1 nitcd States.
Fire at Springfield, 111., which
originated in a lumber yard, de
stroyed business properly valued at
$ 15,000.
A movement has been started at
Atlanta, Ga., for the erection of a
monument to the late Gen. John B.
Gordon.
Many members of the theatrical
profession have been forced to seek
other means of earning a living
by the closing of Chicago theaters.
A bill has been introduced in the
lower house of congress giving a pen
sion of $1'. per month to every sur
viving union soldier of the civil
war.
Fire at San Antonio, Texas, de
stroyed the mammoth department
store of L. Wolfson. The building
and stock were valued at half a mil
lion dollars.
The Japanese legation at Wash
ington lais received numerous ap
plications from venturesome Amer
icans for commissions in the .Mi
kado's army.
All railroads centering in Chi
cago, have decided to forbid pas
sengers to ride on freight trains,
which.will be a hard blow to com
mercial travelers.
The Japanese have landed over
H,000 troops at a stratogetic point
and threatens to seize Korea at the
first demonstration of actual war on
the part of Kussia.
j The coroner's jury, after an in
vestigation lasting several weeks,
has placed the blame for the Iro
quois theater disaster at Chicago on
the managers and builders.
The Produce Exchange bank at
Cleveland. Ohio, has suspended, and
(«. A. Pose, the cashier, has been in
dicted iiie-chawp* W sfHftfjdering
'v-$T5fl,000 of the bank’s funds.
The little town of Moundsville,
Ala., was almost completely wiped
out by a cyclone. Five white people
and thirty-two negroes were killed
and over 100- injured. The town is
located on the Alabama Croat South
ern railroad. The storm struck about
midnight, and’’a heavy rain follow
ing prevented the rescue work for
some time.
hire in the Masonic Temple in
Chicago caused a panic among the
4.000 occupants of the building, and
damaged the stock and fixtures of
tenants to the extent of $20,000. All
occupants of the building escaped
without serious injury through the
bravery of their elevator men, who
remained at their posts. operating
their ears while dense clouds of
smoke filled the building.
The urgent deficiency appropria
tion bill reported to the house car
ries a total of $11,251.308, based on
estimates of the various departments
aggregating .$12,188,209. Some of
the larger items in the bill are:
$2,000,000 for armament and armor
for new ships; $200,000 for.the na
val station at Guantanamo, Cuba;
$100,000 for Alaskan boundary sur
vey; $070,000 for construction of a
new office building for the house of
representatives; $115,000 for mile
age for members and senators : $300,
000 for rural free delivery, and $2,
400.000 for collecting the customs
revenues.
The Mississippi legislature has
re-elected Ended States Senators
Money and McLaurin.
The republican state central com
mitter' of Tenne.-seo lias indorsed
President Roosevelt’s candidacy.
The lfnited Mine Workers have
voted an extra assessment of 10
rents per month on each member to
support strikers in Colorado and
other states. . This assessment will
produee.;$7-";d00’ a month, or $900,
pvyear.
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Needle in Body Quarter of Century.
That a noodle can be carried in
one's body for twenty-five years,
during this time working its way
from place to place and cause no
great pain, seems strange, hut suon
was the experience of George Flip
pin. a citizen of Little Rock. 'While
doing some sewing one day the
mother of Flippin. who was then
Id years of age, stuck her needle
in a lounge and went into another
room to get some thread. Before
her return young Flippin came in
from school and lay down on the
lounge, lie felt, a slight pain in
the side, but paid no attention to I
it, thinking he had merely received
a scratch. Mrs. Flippin did not
find the needle, and she supposed it
had goltcn lost. Two years later
young Flippin felt a pain in his j
skin over the stomach, as if some
thing was sticking him. and. taking
off his clothes, he found a hard >uh- 1
stance about an inch and a half long, j
and which seemed to he a needle or i
pin there, ft did not come near the
surface, and could be felt for a year.
Then it disappeared and he forgot
all about it until a few nights ago.
Mr. Flippin was undressing for lied,
and. in pulling off his undershirt,
felt it catch against something
about the left nipple. He stepped
to the light and. to his surprise, saw j
something shining, and, looking1
more closely, saw it was the head of
a needle. It was the work of hut a
moment to catch the needle and pull
it out. No blood flowed from the
wound, as the needle lay lengthwise,
just under the skin, with the point
toward the neck. He suffered no
ill effects from the experience.
County Judges Confer.
The annual meeting of the Coun-j
tv .fudges' Association was held in ;
Little Rock on the *Ylst. lion. J. j
11. Hinemon, state superintendent
of public instruction, addressed the
association on the free* school system
of Arkansas, lie spoke in favor of
maintaining and developing rural I
life, hut said it could not he done j
without good rural schools. People
were leaving the country and tak
ing their children to the cities to be
educated. This would not he so if 1
the rural schools were what tliev !
ought to he. The question of road
building was discussed at length, i
The following officers were elected j
for the ensuing \ear: President, R. ]
L. Montgomery. La level te county;]
vice-president, It. M. Griffin, Lon-i
oke county; secretary. Fugcne Cy
pert. White county.
Intruder Slain.
Ed Jenkins, a Pulaski countv
fanner, was struck in the head with
an axe in the hands of James Mor
gan and fatally injured. Jenkins
and two friends were out coon
hunting and one of the parte fell
into a creek and received a drench- ,
ing to the skin. As it was ven
cold, the men started for the near- j
est house, which jvns that of Mor
gan. This they tried to enter.
Morgan was suspicious and denied
the men admission. One of the j
party i-- said to have tired into the
door. This, it is stated, was fol
lowed by an attempt to burst open
the door. The effort sueeeded, hut
as Jenkins made his way into the
house Morgan met him and with an
axe felled the unwelcome visitor,
the blow being strong enough to
split Jenkins’ skull.
Railroad Man Found Dead.
The dead bodv of Ceorgc A. Pul- i
ley, of Hlythcsville, an employee on 1
the White river extension of the i
Iron Mountain, was found beside
the track about half way between j
Tuckerman and Campbells. As
Pulley drew a large sum of money
from his employer a few days before
the bodv was found, and but a few
dollars were found on his body, it is
thought he was murdered, though
his death might have been caused by
failing from a train.
Suicide or Murder, Which?
Jolm Calhoun, a stenographer.
’.’4 years of age, jumped or was
thrown from the free bridge at Lit
tle Ilock an 1 was drowned. On the
night of the tragedy parties cross
ing the bridge heard cries for help,
and going to the middle span,
found a man’s overcoat and hat,
which were later identified as be
longing to Calhoun. He had just
left the employ of the Iron Moun
tain, and it is known that lie had
quite a sum of money and some
diamonds, and his friends fear that
he met with foul play, although
there is no evidence to support this
theory. rI he police are of opinion
Calhoun, brooding over the loss of
his position, took too manv drinks
and that lie wandered out on the
bridge to be in the open air. He;
probably took a seat on the bridge 1
rail and. losing Ins balance, plung
ed into the water about 100 feet
below.
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Two Killed in Collision.
Two freight trains on the Tren!
Mountain collided two miles south
of Newport and in tie1 wreck two
men were killed. The dead are W.
A. Clark, a brakeman, and an un
known tramp. The collision is said
to have been due to negligence on
the part of Clark, a brakeman on
an extra. The engine of the extra. '
the boiler of which ran low in wa- j
ter, was uncoupled and run to
Newport. The oars were left stand
ing on the main line, and as no
lights were out the last freight col
lided with the dead train while go- ,
ing almost at full speed. Clark. |
who was killed, is supposed to ;
have been a-deep in the caboose of J
the extra. The unknown tramp j
was riding in a refrigerator car, :
which was demolished.
Collision at Malvern.
Tho Iron Mountain northbound,
cannon ball train was "wrecked ai :
Malvern by dashing into a string of j
boxcars on a siding. Xo one was'
seriously injured, but several bo.,
ears were demolished and the* pas
senger engine was badly damaged.
The collision was due to a misplaced
switch. It seems that some one bad
opened the switch afu r the arrival
of the El Dorado train. There was
no light on the switch stand, and
the engineer did not know <d’ the
misplaced switch until after his en
gine had turned from the main
lino into a siding. Seeing that a
collision with the string of boxcars
was unavoidable the engineer and
fireman jumped and escaped without
injury.
Capt. McCracken Dead.
(apt. E. L. Met rack'll, superin
tendent of the Confodc rate home,
mar Little Week, died on the 10th
after a week’s illness from pneumo
nia. ( apt. McCracken wa- (11 years
of age and had lived in Arkansas
nearly all his life, his home being
at Seottsville, Pope county. lie
was a prominent man in the public
affairs of that county and was sent
to tho legislature from Pope in j
18?0, taking a leading part in the j
deliberations of that body. It was i
only a few weeks ago that he an
nounced his candidacy for repre
sentative from Pope comity at the
ensuing democratic primares.
Brothers Kill Brothers.
Dave and John Forshee, broth
ers, were shot and mortally wound
ed in a difficulty at Lockcsburg,
with Thomas and Will Taylor, also
brothers. The shooting grew out of
the killing of A. P. Taylor, in
DoQueen, July !. 1002. The elder!
Taylor was a prominent farmer and
fruit grower and a large property- |
owner in DoQueen. lie was shot
and killed by Dave Forshee at the
time stated. The trial of Forshee,
who was out on bond, was to have
come up for trial the day following
tlie last tragedy. It is alleged the
Forshee brothers were unarmed.
Burning Order Sustained.
The state supreme court has af
firmed the constitutionality of the
law authorizing the seizure and de
struction of gaming devices. The
case in which this decree was made
was that of K. A. Furtli vs. The
State, appealed from Pulaski chan
cery court. On June (i, 1903, the
sheriff, upon affidavit made before
Judge Lea. seized several tables in
Purth’s place of business, and the
same was ordered burned by the
court. Appellant Furtli filed a sworn
petition to be allowed to intervene,
claiming lack of jurisdiction on the
part of the circuit judge. The court's
opinion follows:
“I he testimony of witnesses was
as to the character and use made of
the property, and we think that it
was clearly shown that the articles
seized, being two tables, were gam
ing tallies; that they had been used
and kept and were used and kept
as gambling tallies, and that they
were of hut little value or use except
as gambling devices. The appellant.
Furth, was sworn as a witness and
objected, and refused to testify on
the ground that his evidence might
tend to eliminate him, but his ob
jection was overruled, and he was
compelled by order of the court to
answer questions propounded by the
rourt, the court stating to him at
the time that if he asked him any
question, the answer to which would
tend to criminate him. he might de
cline to answer it. and he objected
to testifying, and his objection be
ing overruled he excepted.
“The appellant moved for a jury
trial, that the issues he tried by a
jury, which was denied, and ho ex
•opted. The issues were determined
by the court for the appelle. The
ippellant tiled a motion for a new
trial, which was overruled, and lie
excepted and appealed to this court,
lie gave bo ad and obtained a super
sedeas.
“The objection that there is re
versal error in the court's overrul
ing the objection of the appellant
to giving testimony in the ease on
the ground that it might tend to
Eliminate him is not tenable, we
think, for the following reasons:
“It does not appear to us that
the testimony he gave would tend in
fact to criminate him.
“The appellant contends that the
let providing for this proceeding is
void, because sections 1G1S and 1010
of the statute are unconstitutional,
because they are uncertain and am
biguous. We do not consider this
objection sound. These sections
read as follows:
“Section 1618, Kandels & Hill's
Digest, says: ‘It is herein- made atel
declared to be the duty and required
of the judges of the supreme court,
the judge s of the circuit courts and
of the justices of the peace, on in
formation given or on their own
knowledge, or where they have rea
sonable ground to suspect, that they
issue their warrant to some peace of
fieer. directing in such warrant a
search for such gambling tables or
devices hereinbefore mentioned or
referred to. and directing that, on
finding any such, they shall he pub
licly burned by the officer executing
the warrant.
“Though (ht' moaning of this sec
tion might have been made plainer,
more particularly in the use of
language, it is easily understood hv
any one who does not search to mis
understand, and the court has no
difficulty in determining what it
means, and this objection on ac
count of uncertainty is not sustained.
Section 1 (ild only provides for the
fees of the ollieer executing the war
rant to he paid by the person keep
ing such gambling devices, in case
they are adjudged to he burned.
There is no uncertainty in this sec
1 ion.
“We do not think these sections
repealed by what is known as the
Wilson act. We do not think the
two acts inconsistent, or that the
Wilson act. covers the entire subject
matter of those sections iri such
manner as to amount to a repeal, or
that the legislature intended by the
latter to repeal the former act”
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