VOL. I
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH (>, 1902.
NO. 48.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The cost to England of thr coro
nation of King Edward is estimated
at 100,000 pounds.
r Lggs have been retailing in the
cities at from 30 to 40 cents per doz
en the past month.
Lord Kitchener reports for the
week ending February 22 the capture
of 1G4 Boers in the Transvaal col
ony.
Despite the report of victories by
government troops, the revolution
ists in Venezuela are gaining in
strength.
Dudley Johnson, white, and Ben
Foster, colored, were legally hanged
at Asheville, N. C., last week "for
burglary.
Admiral Schley will accept the
verdict of the court of inquiry and
President Roosevelt’s disposition of
the case.
J. \Y. Edwards, D. R. Mann, Eu
gene Bangs and M. T. Moore per
ished in a fire which destroyed a
lodging house at Spokane, Wash.
Owing to the depression in in
dustrial lines throughout Germany,
thousands of idle mechanics are
flocking to the country districts to
take up agricultural pursuits.
Crazy Snake, the troublesome
Creek Indian, and nine of his fol
lowers, have been sentenced to two
years each in the Leavenworth pris
on on the charge of conspiring
against the government.
Harry G. Marquand, at one time
vice president ami part owner of the
■Iron Mountain and Southern rail
road. died in New York last week.
In 1883 Mr. Marquand donated
$5,000 for the establishment of a
public library for railroad men in
Little Rock.
The special committee appointed
to formulate a proposition for the
punishment of Senators Tillman and
McLaurin for their recent offense
in the senate recommended that the
punishment bo limited to a severe
censure, and the recommendation
was adhered to.
Lieut, (fov. Tillman, of South
Carolina, a relative of Senator Till
man, has requested President Roose
velt to withdraw acceptance of an
invitation to present a sword to
Major Jenkins, a volunteer officer,
at Charleston. Ir is now believed
President Roosevelt will decline to
visit the Charleston exposition after
this affront from a state official.
The most important event in the
visit of Prince llenry of Prussia to
this country took place at Shooter’s
Island, New York, February 25,
when the schooner yacht Meteor,
built for the prince's brother, the
German emperor, was launched. The
christening ceremony was performed
by Miss Alice Hooscvelt, in the pres
ence of the president, the prince,
German Ambassador Von Holleben
and a brilliant assemblage. The
launching proper wast without mis
hap and presented a graceful and
beautiful picture, though it was ac
complished in a drizzling rain and
other inauspicious atmospheric con
ditions.
The senate February 24 passed the
Philippine tariff bill by a vote of 43
to 29. As passed, the measure pro
vides that articles imported into the
Philippine archipelago from the
United States shall be required to
pay the duties levied against them
by the Philippines commission, and
paid upon like articles imported into
the archipelago from foreign coun
tries; that articles imported into the
United States from the Philippines
shall pay a duty of 75 per cent of
the rates fixed by the Dingley law,
less any export taxes paid upon the
archipelago, as required by the Phil
ippine commission. All articles now
imported free into the United
States shall be hereafter exempt
from export duty imposed in the
Philippines.
Presidential electors chosen in
December met at Havana February
■ 24 and formally elected Thomas Es
K trada Palma president and Louis
Mfe.Kstever vice president respectively
Efeof the republic of Cuba.
The twenty-fourth year of Pope
Leo’s pontificate closed February
20th.
Terry McGovern defeated Dave
Sullivan in the fifteenth round of a
hard fought battle at Louisville,
Ky.
The house committee on territo
ries have unanimously reported a
bill favoring the admission of New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma as
states.
A masked mob went to the home
of Rufus Brumnet in Morgan coun
ty, Tennessee, and after giving him
a seven' whipping warned him to go
to work and support his family or
the dose would be repeated.
Negroes taken to Alvin. Tex., to
work on railroads were forced to
leave by the people of the town. The
attorney for the Santa Fe has de
cided to make an appeal to the gov
ernor for protection for the men.
Gen. Chaffee has notified the war
department of the capture of Gen.
Luehban, an insurgent leader. Olli
cials of the war department regard
the capture of Lucban as the most
important event since Aguinaldo’s
capture. He was run down on the
island of Samar.
The Flench bark Los Adelpher,
bound for Portland, 0., arrived at
Seattle last week after a terrible ex
perience at sea. For twenty days
the crew subsisted on one biscuit
per day to each man and were for
days without fresh water. All the
men are suffering from scurvev.
The most terrible snow slide ac
cident over known in Colorado
caused the death of from thirty to
seventy-five men at the Liberty Bell
mine on Smuggler mountain Feb
ruary 28. Nearly all the buildings,
of the Liberty Bell mine were car
ried down by the slide, all the books
which show the number and names
of the men employed being lost.
As a result of a pistcfl duel at
Lawreneeburg, Ky., Alt' Wither
spoon, president of the local bank,
was fatally wounded by Police Judge
Walker. The trouble was of long
standing. Walker having fined With
erspoon for carrying a revolver.
Walker acted in self-defense, With
erspoon making the first break to
draw a weapon.
Deputy Marshals last week suc
ceeded in breaking up a notorious
band of outlaws in the Indian Ter
ritory by arresting Bert Wilson, Bill
Watson and two others named Mot
and Williams. With the outlaws
were recovered six horses, two mules,
six buggies, fifteen saddles, 800
rounds of ammunition, twenty-five
Winchester rifles and a stack of
smaller guns.
Germany now contends that she
placed her claim for indemnity from
China on account of the Boxer trou
bles too low, and demands an in
crease of 10,000,000 taels. The
United States government lias pro
posed to the powers concerned Unit
they consent to a pro rata reduction
of claims so as to maintain the to
tal within the sum of 450,000,000
taels, which the powers agreed to
accept from China, as full indemni
ty
Four of five members of the Earl
family, living near Welsh, La., were
found butchered and the father is
missing. It is supposed his body
was taken to the woods by the mur
derers. Mrs. Earl had the whole
front of her face mashed in with
some blunt instrument, one of her
sons was shot through the head and
the throats of two others out. The
deed was committed while the vic
tims were asleep.
Tn the case of the United States
vs. The St. Louis and Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company, the
United States supreme court has de
cided that the United States is re
sponsible for damage done in colli
sion with its war vessels, when such
collision is due to the negligence of ^
officers of the vessels of the United 1
States. The transportation compa- 1
ny asked for damages caused to the J
Towboat Future City by a collision ■
with the Atlanta and the Galena, 1
both United States vessels, in the 5
harbor of New Orleans in 1883. 1
Secretary Long has confirmed the
report that lie will shortly retire
from the cabinet.
At last Miss Stone has been re
leased by her captors, the alleged
Bulgarian brigands.
Three federal jails will be built
at once in the Indian Territory, at
South McAlester, Ardmore and
Muscogee.
On account of the Tillman-Mc
Lanrin scrap in the senate, Presi
dent Roosevelt withdrew an invita
tion to the former for the white
house dinner given in honor of
Prince Henry.
The Association of Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers met in an
nual session at Dennison, Tex., last
week. One of the most important
matters considered was the adoption
of a uniform wage scale for all
roads. Business was transacted, be
hind closed doors, and the scale de
cided upon was not made public.
President Roosevelt will probably
soon have an opportunity to appoint
three associate justices of the su
preme court. The justices who are
expected to retire are John M. Har
lan, of Kentucky, appointed in
1817; Horace Gray, of .Massachu
setts, appointed in 1881, and George
Shiras, Jr., of Pennsylvania, ap
pointed in 18D‘L
The Fort Smith and Western
Railroad Company is employing full
blood Cherokee Indians on the con
struction of the line through that
nation to Guthrie. This is the fir-t
time in the southwest where full
blood Indians have accepted em
ployment. They have been driven
to it by virtual starvation. The
road foreman says the Indians are
willing and excellent workmen.
Eighteen lives were lost in a fire
which destroyed the Park Avenue
hotel, Park avenue and Thirty
fourth street, New York City. When
it became known that the structure
was on fire the frightened occu
pants appeared at every window and
many were rescued. Most of the
dead occupied quarters in the high
er stories, and were shut off from
escape by the fire getting into the
elevator shaft.
The appointment of Ben Daniels
to be'United States marshal for Ar
izona has been withdrawn and an
other named in his stead. Daniels
was a member of Roosevelt's regi
ment during the Spanish-American
war, and was tendered the appoint
ment by the president on, account of
bravery shown in battle. After the
appointment was announced a charge
was made that Daniels had served
a term in state prison for grand lar
ceny. He was unable to explain
away the charge, and his appoint
ment was withdrawn.
The spectacle of two United
States senators engaged in a rough
and-tumble fight in the senate cham
ber while that body was in session
was witnessed February 22. Mr.
Tillman, in the course of a speech
upon the Philippine tariff bill, made
serious reflections upon the honor of
his colleague, Mr. McLanrin, who
was not in the chamber at the time,
being engaged in committee work,
but he was sent for and appeared
just as Mr. Tillman concluded his
speech. Pale as ashes, Mr. McLaur
in rose to address the senate, speak
ing to a question of personal privi
lege. He reviewed Mr. Tillman's
charges-briefly and then denounced
the statement made by his colleague
as a willful, malicious and deliber
ate lie. Scarcely had the portentous
words fallen from his lips, when Mr.
Tillman, sitting a few seats from
him, with Mr. Teller, of Colorado,
between them, sprang at him. Mr.
McLaurin, who had half turned to
ward Mr. Tillman, met him half
way and in an instant the two sena
:ors, having swept Mr. Teller aside,
were engaged in a rough and tumble
iglit. Mr. McLaurin received a
leavy blow on the forehead, while
ilr. Tillman got a bad punch on the
lose, which brought blood. Both
senators were declared to be in con
;empt of the senate.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Cattle Quarantine Raised.
George U. Hosier, government
cattle inspector, lias caused to be
published the following regulations
concerning the moving of cattle
from north Arkansas: ‘‘It is hereby
ordered that B A I order No. 93,
dated January 10, 1903, he amend
ed so as to permit tl>e shipment of
cattle for purposes other than imme
diate slaughter from the two north
ern tiers of counties in the state of
Arkansas into the non-infected area,
provided, that said cattle have re
mained in the above described coun
tie.' since January 1. of this year,
and have been inspected by officers
of the bureau of animal industry of
the department, and found to be free
of splenetic, or Texas fever, and
not to have been exposed to the con
tagion thereof; that proper facili
ties have been afforded for making
such inspection, and that after in
spection the cattle shall be shipped
without delay and without exposure
to the infection of plenetic or Texas
fever; provided, further, that no cat
tle shall lie allowed shipment un
der this order unless accompanied
by a written permit issued bv an
inspector of the bureau of animal
industry, nor shall such cattle be
taken into such state or terriotrv
contrary to the local regulations;
and said permission will bo granted
only for cattle which are to remain
within the state to which destined
for three months after arrival. This
order to remain in force until April
1, 1903.”
Fight With a Bear.
James E. Griffin narrowly es
caped being killed by a boar re
cently at Hot Springs, lie wont to
feed the animal, which, instead of
being caged, was chained to a tree,
The bear had not before made any
efforts to harm his keeper, and (inf
fin walked boldly within reach of his
stride. The bear jumped on Griffin
suddenly, planting his leech in the
right thigh. After a desperate cf
iVrt the bear was shaken off and
Griffin borne out of reach of tlie
animal. When Grillin recovered
from liis shock he was so enraged
that he grabbed up a large stool and
slatted after the bear again. This
time the bear caught him on the
arm, almost severing the member.
The bear was beaten back by attend
ants. who had reached the scene at
this time. Although badly wound
ed, Griffin will recover.
Foul Play Alleged.
A dispatch- says Airs. llobert Woo
ten was arrested near Alarianna to
await the result of investigation of
tin- death of her husband, who, it is
alleged, died under mysterious cir
cumstances. Airs. Wooten was until
six weeks ago a widow, Airs. W ebb,
and lived in Phillips county. Both
she and Wooten were of good fami
lies, and both had some property.
After their marriage they lived in
Lee county. Shortly before the hus
band’s death it is claimed the couple
had a misunderstanding concerning
some property. Wooten just before
retiring took a drink of whisky from
a bottle he kept in the house, lie
fell asleep, but the next morning
was found dead.
Buchanan to Retire.
It is reported Dr. J. L. Buchanan
will retire from the presidency of
the State University at Fayetteville
in June. Dr. Buchanan is widely
known, not only in Arkansas, but
throughout the country as an emi
nent educator. llis determination
to retire is said to be due .to ill
health. Dr. Junius Jordan and
Hon. J. J. Doyne have been men
tioned in connection with the pres
idency of the university.
Suspect Will Die.
J. P. Dunn, one of the men ar
rested at Wichita, lvas.. on the charge
of robbing thee bank at Clarksville,
is not expected to live. He has
a wound in the abdomen, and blood
poison has*set in. He refuses to tell
by whom the wound was inflicted.
Geo. Durham, the other suspect, has
been brought back, and is now in
jail at Fort Smith.
Suspected Bank Robbers.
A special dispatch from Wichita,
Kns., says: The United States au
thorities have cornered two men who
are suspected of being the despera
does who recently robbed the hank at
Clarksville, and* killed (lie sheriff
in a pitched battle. One of the sus
pects J. P. Dunn, is at St. Francis
hospital suffering from a bullet
wound. George Dunham, the other,
is lodged in jail. There is a reward
of $8,000 for the arrest of the men
who committed the deed. United
Stales Inspector Hawk caused the
arrest of Dunham while the lalter
was visiting Dunn at the hospital,
and at the same time caused an
armed guard to be placed over Ihe
wounded man. Dunn was brought
to the hospital by Dunham, who re
fused to give his name to the hos
pital authorities, and said that he
wn»s shot by a woman who was jeal
ous of him. Ilo refused to divulge
his home, except to say that it was
in Oklahoma, .and steadfastly re
fused to give any further explana
tion of his condition.
Ladies’ Aid Solicited.
iMi-s Sue Walker, assistant lady
manager of the Arkansas world’s
fair board, requests contributions
from those desiring lo aid of all
kinds of useful and ornamental
work, coming under the heads of
the fine arts, liberal arts and indus
tries of women will be appropriate.
Fancy needlework, embroidery of
all kinds, laces, point lace, batten
burg, etc.; drawing, designing and
illustrating; painting—in oils, wa
ter colors, pastel, china decoration
and tapestry ; sculpture, modeling in
clay, plaster, etc.: woodcarving, py
rography, burnt, leather, photogra
phy; collections of relics and curios,
heirlooms of special interest, with a
short sketch of same; anything that
will make an interesting, instruct
ive and attractive display.
Tough on the Officers.
Two Little Lock policemen re
cently had an unusual and unpleas
ant experience with three highway
men. The officers were shadowing
the suspects, who suddenly turned
and leveled drawn revolvers, com
manding the guardians of the peace
to throw up their hands. The offi
cers were* so taken by surprise they
offered no resistance. The bandits
disarmed them, took what money
and valuables they had, and then
compelled them to march out in tire
country a distance of ten miles. At
this point the robbers returned the
weapons of their victims, after
drawing the cartridge*, and told
them to "hotfoot it" back to town,
it is believed the trio of bandits had
planned to rob a Choctaw train on
the night of the above occurrence,
but abandoned the idea.
Government Aid Secured.
A Washington dispatch says:
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson lias
promised Senator Berry and Con
gressmen Brandidge and Dinsmore
to furnish one thousand bushels of
corn and three hundred bushels of
oats for field seed to go to the
drouth-stricken districts in this
stale. The seed will be sent by
Congressmen Dinsmore and Brun
didge to the counties in the districts
where they are most needed and
where the greatest distress prevails.
The secretary stated that this would
be all that the department could
possibly do along this line, and
that they must not expect more.
Ngero Dangerously Wounded.
Chas. II. Floyd, a hard working
negro of Little Rock, whose duties
kept him away from home at night,
received word that one Bob Hall,
a worthless character, was at hi:
home with his (Floyd's) wife.
Floyd lay off from work and went
to his home, entering without being
noticed. Sure enough Hall was
there, and Floyd opened lire on him,
hitting him three times and inflict
ing dangerous wounds.
Choked Wife to Death.
William Ward, a negro of Sher
rill. has been lodged in jail at Pine
Bluff, charged with a brutal murder.
During the night Ward and his wife
quarreled, when the man choked her
to death and so vice-like was his grip
, that he broke her neck.
V ,A
Double Hanging at Arkansas City.
A double hanging took place at
Arkansas City February 28. The
men hanged were Lawrence Dunlap,
colored, for the murder of Nat
Smith in Arkansas City and David
Jobe, colored, for the murder of a
negro named Jackson. James Kitts,
a traveling musician, was also to
have been hanged on the above date
for the murder of Jim Johnson at
Arkansas City, but he was granted
a respite, as his ease was appealed
to the supreme court.
New Postmasters.
The foil awing nominations of Ar
kansas postmasters have been sent
to the senate by President Roosevelt:
Mabel R. Sharuni, Walnut Ridge;
J. R. (irconwood, Stamps; John P.
Cox, Fordyce; Henry R. Houghton,
Jonesboro; Samuel T. Clark, Helena;
John W. Howell, Hot Spring-;
James C. Brown, Magnolia; Win.
K. Baker, Wynne.
Killed by a Train.
Louis A. Brown, collector for a
furniture house, was killed by an
Iron Mountain switch engine at Lit
tle Rock. Brown was crossing the
track and did not see the approacit
ing train, which was backing up.
Hi* body was badly mangled. The
man was from Mississippi and had
been in Little Rock only a few
weeks.
Killed Her Sister.
Ella Ward, aged 1 (J, shot and kill
ed her 18 year old sister near Pina
Bluff. Both were colored. They
were participating in a social at the
home of a neighbor, when Elia play
fully seized a gun and aimed it at
her sister, with a jesting remark.
The gun worked fatally and the vh -
tint’s head was almost blown olT.
BRIEF MENTION.
Miss Cora Foster, a young lady of
Fayetteville, was burned to death,
her clothing catching fire from a
hot stove.
Tt i.- estimated that it will cost
candidates for state offices $.5(1 to g- ;
their names printed on the various
county tickets for the primaries
March 20.
Miss Hindu Hall, of Clarksville,
won the prize in Peabody normal,
Nashville, for the best essay in the
colonial dames contest, decided a few
weeks ago.
In a contest at Little Rock, John
J. Sumpter, of Hot Springs, de
feated C. E. DeLoiig for the state
live bird championship' by a score
of 37 to 36.
Miss Hallie Derrich. head nurse
at the state insane asylum, fell dead
from heart disease February 26.
She went to Little Rock from Eu
reka Springs.
Cha.«. Mays, colored, was killed
near Parkdalc by Tom Young, his
cousin. Young claims the shooting
was accidental, but was arrested and
held to the grand jury.
Frank Banks shot and seriously
wounded Ike Feistor in a Pine Bluff
saloon because the latter asked him
for a cigarette. The men had not
spoken for several months.
Much excitement prevails at
Mansfield over the discovery of a
gas well at that place. It is esti
mated the flow from the well is
about a million feet a day.
Chas. Jenkins, who it is alleged
murdered his wife at Texarkana
about two years ago, was arrested at
Greenville, Tex., last week, through
the confession of his second wife.
A camp of Spanish-American
war veterans has been organized at
Little Rock named Camp Julian Da
vis, in memory of an Arkansas boy
who fell in battle in the Philippines.
The executive committee of the
State Sunday School Association
has sent out a circular urging the
organization of a Sunday school as
sociation in each county of the
state.
Gov. Davis has pardoned Larkin
Meeks, convicted in Randolph coun
ty of bigamy. The petition fort
pardon stated that Meeks was un
der the impression his first wife was
dead when he married the second
time.