VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 190«.
NO.
52.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IM
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
north, east, west, south
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The federal grand jury, in its inves
tigation of the Shelby tube scandal at
Pittsburg, Pa., returned indictments
against three individuals, charging
them with conspiracy to defraud the
government by selling it defective
boilers. Some of these tubes, accord
ing to the grand jury, are in use on
the battleship Louisiana, on whioh
President Roosevelt is making his
Panama trip.
A lone boy bandit, weighing scarcely
UO pounds, held up the Uolden State
Limited, the fast Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific train, near Slater, Mo., and
telling the passengers that he was
from Missouri, robbed the rear Pull
man car. forcing the porter to collect
in his cap the booty from the occu
pants of each berth. He allowed the
women in the car to go unmolested,
saying that: "Jesse James never
robbed ladies.”
It is stated that a general investi
gation of what is known as the Harri
man system of railroads, under the
authority conferred by law, is one c?
the subjects that has been discussed
for some time by the interstate com
merce commission, and that body, it
is said, really stands commited to an
inquiry.
Bradstreets, In their review of trade,
say: “Marked advances in wages of
railway employes, greatly improved
collections, large filling in orders (in
dicating heavy consumption), good
business on spring account, a contin
ued scarcity of labor and record-break
ing outputs of iron and steel, are pre
eminent business features.”
The directors of the State bank of
New York have declared a dividend
of POO per cent., payable in cash, on
the bank's capitalization of ?100,000.
The directors also declared the usual
semi-annual dividend of 50 per cent.
Gov. Manly has decided that Rev.
William E. llinshaw, convicted in 1895
of the murder of his wife, has broken
the parole given him as the last offi
cial act of Gov. Durbin in 1905, and
that he must return to the Michigan
City penitentiary to serve for iife.
Every member of the faculty of Cen
tenary college, Jackson, La., except
President Moncreif, has resigned, as a
consequence of the recent stabbing
of Rev. Miller by Moncreif. Two days
previous the entire student body left
the college on account of the reten
tion of Prof. Moncreif.
Mount Culebra, which is located 40
miles west of Trinidad. Col., is report
ed to be in a state of eruption. Smoke
and vapor can be seen issuing frolri
the mountain.
Giovanni Bruno, a Sicilian, believed
to be one of the most dangerous and
daring Italian anarchists, was arrested
at Keon, a small station on the Bur
lington railroad, forty-seven miles east
of Denver, where he was employed as
a section hand.
The president, accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, Surgeon-General Rixey of
the navy and M. C. Latta, one of the
assistant secretaries at the White
House, is away on a trip to the isth
mus of Panama to Inspect the canal.
They are due to return Nov. 27
A great tire raged in Canton, China,
destroying the section where the res
taurants and gambling houses were
located.
Hon. Robert L. Henry, chairman of
*le demopratic caucus in congress,
as issued a call for a meeting of the
democratic members to be held in
"e house of representatives Dec. 1.
Lasalle A. Maynard, associate editor
of Leslie’s Weekly, and a prominent
Sure at Lake Mohonk peace confer
• i ences, died at Claremont, Cal. His
home was in Oneonta, N. Y.
fen men perished in the wreck of
e fulh-rigged Russian ship Sovinto,
>ch struck the ledges at Priest's
P°nd, Charlottetown, Prince lidward’s
“and, during a severe gale.
eleven indictments were handed to
Judge Lochran in the United States
district court at St. Paul Minn., by
6 federal grand jury, covering the
u'IlK °f rebates by certain railroads
, ,lle receiving of the same by
fc'am firms and individuals,
in o n ®tone> of Brooklyn, who died
of hflat°ga’ N’ Y” °ct- 27> left haI*
his estate, valued at 1200,000, to
”°“s educational and charitable in
tutions. Tuskegee Institute, Book
Honed 'Vas^lngton s school is men
United States circuit court of
e<] ",a 3’ Hhul, Minn., lias hand
lidit °Wn a <leci8ion upholding the va
an i "V ?f contracts for the purchase
as it ^ 6 0f 8rafn for future delivery,
of pract,ced by the Chicago board
of «r,a ,e and the Merchants’ exchange
01 at. Louis.
The agitation in Italy against the
action of the government in placing
an order for armor plate for an Ital
ian man-of-war valued at $1,000,000
with the Midvale Steel Co. .of Penn
sylvania, is assuming a serious char
acter.
The Riga correspondent of the St.
Petersburg Bourse Gazette has sent
in harrowing details of the execution
by shooting of three boys, who had
been condemned by a court-martial
for robbery. The firing party was com
pletely unnerved at the sight of mere
children before them for execution
and fired wildly, and it was only after
several volleys that all the condemned
were killed.
Mrs. Henry Williams, about 50 years
old, was found murdered in her home
near Stafford Springs, Conn. Robbery
apparently was the motive, and the
murderer is believed to be a tramp.
By the election of J. T. Harahan a3
president of the Illinois Central Rail
road Co. tosucceed Sturyvesant Fith,
It is believed that E. H. Harriman has
at last realized the fulfillment of his
plan to control a railroad line from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. In thi3
great plan the Illinois Central was the
one link missing to complete a line
of track from New York to San Fran
cisco and Portland, Ore., from the
great lakes to the gulf of Mexico and
from the gulf to the Pacific ocean
again.
Reports from Washington of a case
in preparation for prosecution of the
Standard Oil Co. has received some
attention in Wall street and on the
stock market.
After a stormy scene, lasting
several hours, the coroner’s jury at
Atlantic City agreed to place the
blame for the Thoroughfare wreck of
Sunday, Ocf. 28, upon Daniel Stewart,
the aged bridge tender.
Congressman-elect Judge Geo. K.
Favrot shot and instantly killed hi3
life-long associate and former school
mate, Dr. H. H. Aldrich, one of the
best known citizens at Baton Rouge,
La., while hundreds of persons were
near the scene of the shooting, but
none knew what happened between
the two men. Judge Favrot refused to
talk beyond letting It be known that
the matter was a private quarrel.
Secretary of the Interior Ethan Al
len Hitchcock will retire from the
cabinet March 4, and will be succeed
ed by James R. Garfield, a son of
former President James It. Garfield,
who is at present commissioner of
corporations.
A report is in circulation in Moscow
that the “League to Combat the Re
volution” has sentenced former Pre
mier Count Witte to death in the event
of his return to Russia.
It is stated at vVashington that the
president has decided to discharge
rioting negro soldiers.
The interstate commerce commis
sion modifies its ruling and permits
railroads to issue mileage for adver
tising.
Texas railroad commission takes
steps to compel the Pullman company
to reduce its charges 20 per cent.
Henry W. Hering, cashier of Paul
Stensland’s bank in Chicago, goes to
join him at Joliet penitentiary.
George T. Dexter, vice president of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co., has
announced that he will not go from
New York to Tennessee in response
to the summons of Insurance Com
missioner Folk to answer complaints
of policy-holders that their money was
being used in an effort to re-elect the
present management of the company.
He intimates that if the commissioner
desires to see him, he can be found in
his office.
Dispatches have been pouring into
Halifax, Nova Scotia, bringing news
of vessels wrecked or in distress, of
wires prostrated, and of damage done
by gale and sea along the coasts of
Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, N. B., and
Prince Edward island.
District Judge Stanly Welch was
assassinated at Rio Grande City, Tex.
The judge was asleep in bed at the
time.
Because she feared her husband
was going to leave her, Mrs. Vivian
Garfinkle, of St. Louis, aged 25, and
handsome, fired a bullet through her
heart, at New Orleans. Garfinkle's
relatives in St. Louis did not know
that he was married.
While a westbound Santa Fe pas
senger train was standing on the
tracks at Gallup, N. M„ three men,
armed with revolvers, entered the
coaches and forced the passengers to
hold up their hands. They secured
several hundred dollars in money and
several grips and overcoats from the
passengers, and made their escape.
The crew at the time were in the
dining room.
At San Francisco, Louis Dabner has
confessed to Chief of Detectives Duke
that he and John Siemsen had com
mitted a number of crimes that re
cently have startled that city. He
stated that he and Siemsen killed
William Pfltzner and William Friede,
merchants, robbed the Japanese bank
and murdered Cashier M. Munataka,
and also robbed Dr. T. D. W. Leland,
though for this crime another man is
now serving imprisonment.
The Farmers' and Miners’ bank of
Ladd, 111., a mining town, was held
up and robbed by two men in broad
daylight, who bound the cashier and
secured several thousand dollars
ROCK ISLAND
REACHES OUT AND TAKES IN
MEXICAN CENTRAL.
Most Important and Only Road Owned
by Mexico Purchased by
Americans.
El Paso, Tex.—It is reported on re
liable authority that the Mexican
Central Railroad has been purchased
by the Chicago, Rock Island and Paci
fic and is now a part of the Rock Is
land system. A connecting link will
be built from Brownwood to El Paso,
to be used by the Rock Island in place
of the El Paso and Southwestern
tracks in entering El Paso. This is
said to be the important announce
ment which President A. A. Robinson
stated in committee would be made
within a week. The information is
derived from both Mexican and Amer
ican sources.
The Mexican Central is the most
important line in the Republic of
Mexico, and is the only road in Mexi
co that is not largely owned by the
government.
At present the Rock Island enters
El Paso via Santa Rosa, N. M., over
the El Paso and Northeastern. Col.
J. L. Bell, who built the El Paso and
Northeastern, who has been here for
some time, says that he is here for
the purpose of constructing an impor
tant line of railroad from El Paso to
the northeast, which is understood to
be the connecting link between the
Rock Island and its new property,
the Mexican Central. This will be ei
ther from Brownsville or Amarillo.
He Blew It in on Cotton Futures.
Birmingham.—The taking of testi
mony in the case of R. Chisolm, former
paying teller of the First National
bank of Birmingham, who defaulted
for $100,000, has begun in the United
States court. The first witness was
W. P. G. Harding, president of the
bank, who testified that the shortage
of $100,000 in the bank's cash was first
reported to him on August 7. At that
time Chisolm was away on his vaca
tion. When Chisolm returned he was
questioned and said he was sorry to
hear of the shortage; that the cash
was all right when he left and that he
left $150,000 in the reserve box. Later,
said Harding, Chisolm confessed to
the shortage and said he alone was
responsible. He also gave the details
of how he abstracted the money from
the reserve box. Harding testified
that Chisolm had told him that he lost
the entire amount in cotton specula
tion and "had not blown in any of
it.” Harding said he had not threat
ened Chisolm or offered him any re
ward for a confession.
A Timely Precaution.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The four
companies of the Twenty-eighth In
fantry which started for San Antonio
on a special train for Fort Reno were
sent as a precautionary measure, so
as to be present during the discharge
of Companies B, C and D, which were
recently ordered dismissed in disgrace
by President Roosevelt as a result of
riotous disturbances in Brownsville,
Tex., in August.' The negro troops
will soon be dismissed and the citi
zens of El Reno fear trouble will fol
low.
Imprisonment for Debt in England.
London.—A sensation has been
caused here among many unsophisti
cated people by the “discovery” of
the fact that although imprisonment
for debt was nominally abolished in
Great Britain many years ago, the
number of persons actually imprison
ed for nonpayment of civil debt is in
creasing every year. More than 11,
000 persons were imprisoned last year
for nonpayment of debt. About one
lialf of these owed less than $10.
All Well on the Louisiana.
Norfolk, Va.—A wireless message
received at the Cape Charles station
from Capt. Couden, commanding the
battleship Louisiana, on which the
president and party are en route to
Colon, stated that at 11:30 o’clock
November 10 the ship was about 475
miles southeast of the Chesapeake
capes at a point about opposite Savan
nah proceeding at a 13-knot gait, with
smooth water, good weather and all
well aboard.
A $600,000 Monument.
New York.—Four descendants of
Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam
boat, have given their consent to Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, president of the Ro
bert Fulton Memorial Association, to
remove the body of Fulton from a
vault in the Trinity churchyard in
this city to a tomb in a $600,000 monu
ment, which the memorial association
intends to erect in this city.
$150,000 Cotton Fire.
West Point, Ga.—Fire which for a
time threatened the entire business
section of the city, damaged cotton
stored in the warehouse of Darden &
Kennedy, about $150,000.
AB
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
Appropriation Used Up.
The Penitentiary Board at its re
cent meeting announced that the ap
propriation to pay the current ex
penses of the penitentiary has been
exhausted, and all salaries and sup
plies must be secured on credit until
the next meeting of the legislature.
This, despite the fact that there is at
present $21,000 in the state treasury
to the account of this fund, but it
cannot be used for this purpose.
Drowned in White River.
While attempting to cross White
river near Calico Rock, the current
seized the boat in which was seated
a man by the name of Smith, his wife
and four children, and overturned it.
By a supreme effort Mr. Smith saved
himself and his wife and baby, but
the other three children were drown
ed.
Killed By a Train.
A train near Senath, on the Frisco
road, struck the wagon in which Rev.
Van E. Rice ahd wife were driving.
Mr. Rice sustained a fracture of the
skull from which he died, and his
wife is in a serious condition from
internal injuries. The wagon was de
molished and both mules killed.
Concrete Walks at Lonoke.
The town of Lonoke has been dis
tricted into improvement districts, and
a cantract for forty blocks of concrete
walk has been let, at a cost amount
ing to over $7,000. It is the intention
of the town council to replace all the
old plank walks with concrete dur
ing the next twelve months.
Bride Attempted Suicide.
Mrs. Lula Tinsley attempted suicide
recently by fracturing her skull with
a hatchet from the effects of which
she will probably die. She is a bride
of only a few days, and the only ex
planation she gives, is that some pow
er she did not understand seemed to
compel her to the deed.
New Company at Newport.
A big hardwood company has been
organized at Newport with a capital
stock of $150,000. In connection with
the mill the company will operate a
steamboat and barge line for the pur
pose of bringing the heavy woods to
the mill.
Hurt in Runaway.
David E. Lewis, an early settler
in Crawford county, was hurt recent
ly in a runaway. He is believed to
be the only survivor of the company
enlisted in Crawford county in 1846,
for service in the Mexican war.
New Industry at Helena.
The plant of the Helena Wooden
ware Company is in course of con
struction, and occupies a tract of ten
acres. The company will manufacture
all kinds of woodenware articles and
will employ about 100 men.
Prominent Mason III.
While suffering with a severe head
ache, J. M. Lucas, district deputy
Grand Master, F. & A. M., took an
overdose of morphine and was found
in his room in a Camden hotel in au
unconscious condition.
Too Young.
Although he had the written consent
of the mother, a young man was re
fused a marriage license at Evening
Shade recently on account of the ex
treme youth of the girl, who was but
13 years old.
At Work on Reform School.
The Penitentiary Board reports that
the work on the new State Reform
School is progressing rapidly, the
foundation having been completed,
and work on the building proper is
being pushed.
$25,000 Damages.
John T. Furlow, of Magnolia, who
was caught in a wreck on the Cot
ton Belt near Stephens, some time
ago, receiving injuries which, he
claims will make him a cripple for life,
has brought suit against the road for
$25,000.
Badly Scalded.
A 12-year-old son of Beecher Dil
lon, living near Murfreesboro, was
badly scalded recently by the explo
sion of the boiler of a toy mill which
he had made himself.
A Prominent Newspaper Man Dead.
John W. Underhill, a well known
newspaper man of Conway,- died re
cently at the State Hospital for Ner
vous Diseases, at Little Rock, after
an illness extending over twelve
months.
Attempted Wreck.
A passenger train on the Arkansas
and Louisiana road came very neai
being wrecked at Clow recently by
heavy bridge timber being placed
across the track. The timber was
struck by the pilot but the train was
not derailed.
Couldn’t Get Married.
On account of a restraining order
iron:-, the County Court, secured by
his son, Rev. E. B. F. Reai was re
fused a marriage license at Benton
ville recently. The son claims that
his father is 8J years of age, and of
feeble mind and health, and therefore
Incapable of attending to business.
The case will be tried in the court.
Held Up By Masked Men.
R. Stanton, a farmer, living near
Marked Tree, took his cotton to that
place recently, but the price not suit
ing him, he stored the cotton in the
warehouse. On his way home, he was
held up by three masked men and
relieved of his surplus cash which in
this instance amounted to—25 cents.
Shot By a Stray Bullet.
Red Cannon, a bystander, was
struck by a bullet discharged from
a falling revolver knocked from the
hands of Lee Bray, who was engaged
in a difficulty with Charlie Morgan,
at Mena. Bray is under arrest on a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
Wreck at Wynne.
A wreck occurred at Wynne, on the
Iron Mountain, recently, in which the
sleeper was knocked from its trucks
and turned completely over on its
side, but not a single one of the large
number of passengers was injured.
Cold Storage Plant.
For the purpose of storing apples
until the prices are better, the citi
zens of Green Forest have a commit
tee at work soliciting funds to be
used in building a cold storage plant.
Died at Brinkley.
L. B. Mitchell, a prominent and high
ly respected physician, died at Ins
home in Brinkley recently. He was
an old ex-Confederate soldier, and a
Mason in good standing.
Acquitted at Hot Springs.
After being out only four minutes,
the jury acquitted R. L. Williams of
Hot Springs who was charged with an
assault to kill committed on John L.
Smith.
Planning a Colony.
Parties in Kansas City, who recent
ly purchased 8,300 acres of land near
Dermott are making arangements
for establishing a colony thereon.
Chairman Eveland Indicted.
C. O. Eveland, chairman of the Dem
ocratic Central Committee of Garland
county has been indicted by the Grand
Jury on a charge of bribing an elec
tor in the recent general election.
Cotton Receipts Heavy.
The farmers around Nashville are
bringing in their cotton so rapidly
that the railroads and 'warehouses
are unable to handle it and flat cars
are being utilized for loading it.
Killed at Stuttgart.
While resisting arrest at Stutt
gart, Ed Kelly was shot and instant
ly killed by City Marshall William
Harper. At the coroner's inquest
Harper was exonerated.
Mrs. Weil Dead.
Mrs. Charles Weil, a prominent and
highly esteemed lady of Pine Bluff
is dead at her home in that city af
ter an illness extending over a period
of three years-.
New Buildings at Stephens.
The business men of Stephens are
erecting five new concrete buildings
at that place to take the place of the
frame buildings they are now occu
pying.
A New Plant.
A bonus of $3,000 is being raised by
the Texarkana Board of Trade for the
purpose of inducing the Browne Wag
on Material Company to locate in that
city.
Major Hill Dead.
Major A. J. Hill, an old citizen of
Hot Springs died recently. He was
postmaster of Hot Springs under
Cleveland's administration.
A Mammoth Wolf Caught.
A man by the name of Rinly, living
near Maynard, captured a large wolf
in a trap in the Current river bottoms.
The animal measured five feet from
the end of its nose to the tip of its
tail.
Found In Ditch.
An old man by the name of Ed W.
Cormay. was found severely injured
'n a ditch near Hot Springs. Other
than to say he was struck with a
rock, he can make no clear state
ment.
County Buildings Completed.
The court house and jail at Nash
ville have been completed and the
commissioners have turned them over
to the county. The court house was
built by the citizens of Nashville but
the jail was built by the county.
Improving the Levee.
The citizens of Osceola are raising
i subscription for the purpose of
strengthening the levee in front of
he town, the St. Francis Levee Board
laving promised to contribute $1,200
to the fund.
Hurt in Explosion.
While engaged in blasting a rock
quarry near Hot Springs, Frank Crim
and Taylor Brease were severely in
jured and narrowly escaped with their
lives. They had placed a blast of dy
namite which failed to explode at tha
proper time, and thinking that the
fuse had been extinguished they un
dertook to dig out the charge, when a
terrific explosion occurred.
A $40,000 Suit.
The Union Sawmill Company, locat
ed at Huttig, has been sued by J. E.
Kavanaugh and John F. Rutherford for
$40,000, the result of a difference be
tween the parties as to the amount of
timber sold and delivered to the de
fendant.
Big Day at Jamestown.
All the cotton harvested within
several miles of Jamestown, Independ
2nce county, has been stored in the
warehouse at that place and will be
sold in a lump. The price asked is
11 cents.
City Council Gets Busy.
The city council of Fayetteville haa
passed ordinances requiring physicl
ins to report all births and all cases of
nfectiousor contagious diseases, under
1 penalty of from $5 to $25 for viola
ion of the ordinances.
Killed in Wreck.
The bodies of Engineer Arthur Ma
son and Fireman C. B. Haden, who
were killed in a railroad wreck at
Halile, La., recently, have been
irought to their home at Felsenthal
’or interrment.
A Rich Strike.
In the vicinity of Yellville recently,
i rich strike of lead was discovered.
At a depth of 7 feet a run of lead 18
inches thick was struck and 3,000
pounds of lead was taken out in one
lay.
Agricultural Statistician in the State.
F. W. Gist of the Bureau of Statis
tics at Washington, is making his reg
nal- quarterly trip through Arkansas,
securing figures for the crop reports
furnished by the department ut Washi
ngton.
Kills Brother.
Eugene Dixon, a negro boy. aged
18, shot and killed his brother, Charlie
Dixon, near Texarkana, and is now in
jail. The trouble is said to have
Driginated over the dead negro’s wife.
Sandifer On Trial.
H. M. Sandifer, is on trial at Hot
Springs for the murder of Neil Dough
erty at the county poor farm. The
killing is said to have occurred over
the right to occupy a rocking chair.
Compromised Case.
Dr. Brownson has compromised his
cases with the city of Fayetteville,
paying $50 and all costs. He was con
victed last summer on two charges of
jelling whiskey, and fined $300.
A Serious Fall.
M. O. Keith, a fireman at Hot
Springs, was seriously hurt by fall
ing from the front, porch of a second
story building. He was struck by a
falling chimney.
A Big Yield of Peanuts.
A. L. Bates planted an acre of pea
nuts near Hiawassee, from which he
harvested 75 bushels, all of which he
has sold at a dollar per bushel.
Won First Honors.
Charles Cook of Fort Smith, a cadet
at the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis, stood at the head of his
class at ike recent examination.
A New Theatre.
The citizens of Fort Smith are malt
ing arrangements to raise a bonus ol
$5,000 to secure a $40,000 vaudeville
theatre in that city.
A Big Shipment.
The Ozark Orchard Company at Gen
try, owning one of the largest orchards
in northwest Arkansas, has shipped 40
cars of apples from that place.
Temporary County Judge.
Governor Davis has appointed Geo.
H. Lower of Hot Springs, County
Judge, pending the hearing of charges
against Judge O. H. Sumpter.
Killed By Tree.
John Henson was caught by a fall
ing tree at Watson recently and re
ceivcd injuries from the effects ol
which he died two days later.
Arrested for Running Blind Tiger.
T. Garrison was arrested for run
nlng a •'blind tiger” at Brinkley re
cently, and a fine of $300.00 was
assessed by the county judge.
Frisco Bridge Burned.
The Frisco bridge at Leighton was
burned recently, making the sixth
bridge belonging to that road to burn
within the past three weeks.
A Federal Pensioner Dead.
Carroll Bradley, a federal pensioner
aged 90, died at his home about ten
miles from Conway, shortly after at
tempting to shoot himself. Some
years ago, he stabbed W. H. Evans
to death, but was never, indicted, if
icing a case q.f self denfense.