VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908.
NO. 20.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
JIORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion, and Particulaly From the
Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Although senators went to the cap
ital Thursday expecting to devote
their time to considering the currency
hill their attention was diverted to
the credentials of Senator-elect John
Walter Smith of Maryland. The result
of a lops debate was the admission
of Mr. Smith to his seat.
The committees on patents of Uu
two houses of congress began a series
of joint meetings Thursday for the pur
pose of giving dramatic and musical
authors and others interested in a com
prehensive copyright law, an oppor
tunity to be heard on the bills intro
duced by Senators Smoot and Kitt
ridge and Representatives Curriers
and Barchfeld. The hearing Thursday
was confined to the dramatic authors.
The sub-committees on laws of the
house committee on naval affairs re
ported favorably a bill Thursday to
modify the punishment of deserters
from the navy in time of peace by an
nulling the loss of citizenship clause.
This would reduce th« prescribed pun
ishment to dishonorable discharge and
one year’s imprisonment.
More shafts of sarcasm and invect
ive were aimed at President Roosevelt
in the house of representatives Thurs
day. In one of the most scathing ar
raignments of a public officer ever
heard in that chamber, Mr. Beall of
Texas charged the president with hav
ing been guilty of a ‘’disgusting
usurpation of power,” not only to
ward the national legislature, but the
judiciary as well. Congress had, he
said, abdicated to him its powers and
the judiciary of the country felt the
effects of his influence. God and the
future alone knew, he declared, just
what niche he was to occupy ia the
temple of his country.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was considered for amendment and
when it was laid aside for the day.
there had been stricken out the pro
vision for new weather stations in the
states of Texas. Kansas, Virginia,
Michigan, Vermont, Missouri and In
diana.
A senate joint resolution authorizing
the secretary of war to permit the en
trance to West Point Military acad
emy as cadets of not more than seven
native Filipinos on graduation to be
eligible to commission in the Philip
pine scouts was agreed to Thursday by
the house committee on military af
fairs.
The Aldrich financial bill was taken
up in the senate Wednesday. Sena
tor Aldrich offered an amendment in
creasing the limit from 75 to 90 per
cent of the par value of the securi
ties which may be accepted as a
basis for circulation. It was agreed
to. Amendments eliminating railroad
bonds; limiting the retirement of cir
culating notes to $9,000,000 in any
one month and accepting Porto Rican
bonds for circulation, were adopted.
When Mr. Scott of Kansas, in
charge ..of the agricultural appropria
tion bill, Wednesday sought unani
mous consent to limit to five hours
further debate on the bill, Mr. Sulzer
of New York- objected. That action
forced the house to a vote and it.
was agreed to confine general debate
to four hours instead of five. The
house disagreed to all the amend
ments to the legislative bill and it
was sent to conference, Messrs. Gil
lett of Massachusetts, Brick of Indiana
and Livingston of Georgia being ap
pointed conferees on the part of the
house. Further commendation of the
work of the agricultural department
came from Mr. Smith of Missouri,
who strongly advocated the encour
agement of agricultural education
through experiment stations.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Blaming the Italian minister at
Washington for divulging his incog
nito on his recent visit, there, the
diike of Abruzzi is reported io plan an
effort to secure the diplomat's recall.
Gon. Foci; has refused the war
wards request to resign from the
Russian army. Fock was one of the
officers tried with Gen. Stoessel on
charges of misconduct in connection
t'ith the defense of Port Arthur.
Pestoffice Inspector R. M. Fulton re
ceived a telegram from Postmaster J.
htaflman at Shipley, Mo., informing
lm that be was “without w'ork,” in
asmu^’i the postoffice building,
^hh its contents, was destroyed by
nee Thursday night.
h>- T. Anders, president or the Com
Weiciai hank of Jackson, Miss., and
wmer director of the Central Bank
c Mississippi, has been indicted by
,e Chilis county gvand jury on the
arge of embezzllngl425.000 from the
a et institution. Anders gave bond
(
Chilapa, 125 miles south of Mexico
City, was destroyed by earthquake
and fire. Two distinct shocks were
felt. Practically every building in the
town was leveled and immediately
after the tremors ceased, fire broke
out in the ruins.
After a night spent in prayer, Leo
C. Thurman, condemned to die in Nor
folk, Va., as a murderer, was granted
a respite shortly before the hour of
execution until April 10. Thurman al
most collapsed from the reaction, aft
er nerving himself to meet his fate
peacefully.
Thirty-three Armenians have been
butchered and eight wounded by Bas
hi Bazouks at Van in a slaughter fol
lowing the shooting of a government
spy by an Armenian revolutionary.
Troops have been ordered from
Fort Seward, at Haines, Alaska, to
preserve order at the Treadwell mines
on Douglas island, where 800 miners
are out on strike. The strikers have
stolen large quantities of powder from
the mine stores and threaten to de
stroy the works if the non-unionists
are landed.
Massachusetts has opened a new
calling for women. A bill just signed
by acting Gov. Draper authorizes the
fair sex to act as deputy tax col
lectors. When he appended his signa
ture, the governor remarked that he
thought the law would prove a big
revenue winner.
As the result of a feud, which had
its inception at Mirano, Italy, Anthony
Comporti and Selementa Montelani
were shot, probably fatally, at. South
Bend. Ind. Their assailants have been
traced to a woods five miles northeast
of Niles. Mich. Officers are in pur
suit. Comporti came here a few days
ago from Chicago.
Chairman Payne of the house ways
«nd means committee denies newspa
per publishers hearing on the bill
changing the paper and pulp tariffs.
That many postmasters in the larger
cities fail to earn their salaries is the
iharge made by Dr. Charles P. Green
field, first assistant to the postmaster
general.
Alfred Gv/ynne Vanderbilt refuses to
deny that he and his wife have sepa
rated and agreed to live apart, but
says he has not been served with a
aotice of divorce proceedings.
It is reported that several workmen
have been killed by the walls caving
in at the Hart Weigher Co. at Peoria,
til., which was recently destroyed by
3re.
It becomes known in Washington
that Admiral Evans put on record last
summer his opinion that the armor belt
of our battle ships was too low, thus
upholding the contention made by
Henry Reuterdahl in liis recent maga
zine article.
Three men attempted to rob the
hank at Springtown, 15 miles south
west of Memphis, but a premature ex
plosion blew the head off of one rob
ber and so mutilated him that identity
is impossible. The other two left
hurriedly without any booty.
The Knickerbocker Trust Co. has
reopened its doors. Its big stone quav
ers on Fifth avenue. New York, were
the storm center of hundreds long be
fore the time set for the opening of
he doors, but not all were creditors of
he largest trust company in the city.
Judge Norcross of the Navada su
preme court wins Senator Bourne's
prize of $1,000 for the best argument
in favor of a second elective term for
Roosevelt.
Nearly half the business section of
Middleville, Mich., was destroyed by
fire. Eight buildings were burned
and the loss will aggregate many
thousands of dollars,
Harrison Houk, SS years old, died
at his home at Glasgow, Ky., of old
age. Ten years ago his neck was
broken by a loaded wagon passing
over it. He never completely recov
ered, but was able to go where he
pleased and do light work.
The president has decided to ap
point former Assistant Secretary of
State Francis B. Loomis to the posi
tion of commissioner general of the
United States to the Tokio exposition
of 1912. The place will pay $(>,000 a
year and will be created as soon as
congress passes the bill appropriating
$500,000 for our participation in the
Japanese show.
Searchers among the ruins of tha
Valley House hotel, Grafton, 111., de
stroyed by Are. found four collarbones
among the debris, which indicates that
there were two men burned to death
instead of one, as had been formerly
supposed.
Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Ban
nerman has developed a serious case
of dropsy. His friends have aban
doned all hope.
Attorney for the liquor interests
cites a dramshop license issued to
Abraham Uncoln in 1833 as showing
he was not commercially hostile to
strong drink.
A fourth attempt to destroy prop
erty of anti-saloon men in the liquor
war being waged in Joliet, 111., was
made when a firebug set fire to the
Illinois Match Co.’s plant, causing $5,
000 damage. Arrests of suspects fol
lowed and they are being held pend
ing an investigation.
11,261,163 Bales 1907 Cotton Crop.
The census report issued shows that
the cotton crop grown in 1907 aggre
gates 11,261,163 running bales, count
ing round as half bales and includ
ing linters, and showed a total of 27,
577 active ginneries for 1907. This
i& against 13,305,265 bales in 1906 and
10,725,602 in 1905. The statistics in
clude 127,646 bales returned as remain
ing to be ginned after the time of
the March canvass. The total num
ber of running bales as given is equiv
alent to 11,302,872 five hundred pound
bales.
The average gross weight of the
bales for 1907 is 501.8 pounds.
The items for the crop of 1907 are
10,798,596 square bales, 198,459 round
bales, 86,793 Sea Tsliad bales, linters,
276,500 bales.
The number of running bales by
states follows:
Alabama, 1,126,028.
Arkansas, 760,162.
Florida, 57,616.
Georgia, 1,891,900.
Kansas, 34.
Kentucky, 4,205.
Louisiana, 676,823.
Mississippi, 1,464,207.
Missouri, 35,997.
New Mexico, 447.
North Carolina, 648,517.
Oklahoma, S04,106.
South Carolina, 1,175,375.
Tennesse, 274,536.
Texas, 2,271,714.
Virginia, 9,466.
Kentucky’s total includes linters of
establishments of Illinois and Virginia.
In the entire crop the quantity of
linters included is 276.500 bales for
1907; 322,064 for 1906, and 230,497 for
1905; round bales are 198,549 for 1907,
268,219 for 1906, and 279,836 for 1905;
Sea Island bales are 86,793 for 1907,
57,550 for 1906, and 112,539 for 1905.
Average gross weight of the bale
for 1907, including linters, as given
is 501.8 pounds against 510.9 for 1906;
that of the round bale is 246.1 for
1907 compared with 245.1 for 1906 and
the Sea Island 391.6 pound for 1907,
compared with 387.2 for 1906.
Robber Killed While at Work.
In an attempt made by robers at 3
o’clock Thursday morning to blow the
safe in the bank at Springtown, a
small place 14 miles west of Spring
dale in Benton county, the building
in which the bank was located waa
wrecked by an explosion of dynamite
and one of the robbers was killed by
having his head blown completely
from his body.
It is thought that the explosion oc
curred while the robbers were attempt
ing to put in the charge, as the man
who was killed seems to have been
very close to the charge when it ex
ploded. Though it is believed the
dead robber was not working singly,
nt> clue as to his companions has been
found. From the clumsy way in which
the explosives were handled it is
thought the robbers may have been
amateurs. They secured no money
from t he bank.
The dead man has not been identi
fied.
Peach Euds Are Dropping.
Reports from Siloam Springs say
peach buds are dropping very badly
and what promises to be a bumper
peach crop may be only a moderate
one. Some growers claim most of
the dropping is from young trees, but
there are, however, many growers re
porting the same conditions from old
trees.
The apple trees are putting out
enough blooms to make only part of
a crop, the Ben Davis crop being un
usually backward.
A Rogers man was there a few days
ago and made the ’’Ten Thousand
Club" a proposition to build a can
ning factory, providing a bonus of
$1,000 was raised.
Assassin Slays William Fried.
William Fried, one of the oldest and
most prominent merchants of Fulton,
was assassinated Tuesday night while
on his way home from his store. There
was two shots fired. Persons near
by heard Mr. Fried’s cries, but before
they got to him he was dead. There
is no clew so far to the assassin.
The town is very much excited over
Ihe murder and there is probalibity of
a lynching if the assassin is taken.
Alois Endelmann Killed.
' While hunting Thursday on Texas
road near Fort Smith. Alois Endel
mann, aged 1(5, was shot in the right
groin and fatally wounded by the ac
cidental discharge of his own gun,
which he was carrying by the barrel.
He was removed to Bellepoint Hospi
tal, where he died at 4 o'clock.
The Sturges Bros, a bankrupt gro
cery company in Hot Springs, has
applied in the United States District
Court for a discharge from bankrupt
cy.
Scientists Up Arkansas River.
Arkansas archaeology is the subject
of research being prosecuted in this
state by a party of scientists connect
ed with the Academy of Natural
Sciences at Philadelphia. Dr. M. G.
Miller, Clarence B. Moore and Arthur
W. Cline, the archaeologists in charge
of the expedition, are now on board
the steam yacht Gopher.
Dr. Miller was in Little Rock a few
days ago and gave a brief account of
the expedition. The “Gopher,” which
is a sea-going yacht drawing four feet
of water, started at Charleston, S. C.,
and skirted around the Florida penin
sula and coasts of the Gulf states
to the delta of the Mississippi, which
it entered.
The earthern structures of the an
cient mound builders on the banks of
the Sunflower and Yazoo rivers in
Mississippi were examined and excav
ated, but few archoeological remains
of value to science were discovered.
It. was found that most of the mounds
in the Mississippi lowlands had been
thrown up by these prehistoric peo
ple for purposes of protection against
high water, and that dwellings of
earth were found on top of them.
After lying at Greenville, the Goph
er proceeded up the Arkansas, and
about 30 miles from its conjunction
with the Mississippi excavations were
made at what is known as the Menard
place. Here some of the richest speci
mens of pottery were found and most
of the barrows were found to be burial
mounds, which invariably offer more
to the archaeologist than the mere
dwelling places of the builders.
All bones exhumed by the members
of the expedition must be turned orer
to the Museum at Washington. Other
excavations have been made since
last fall at Douglas, Old River Land
ing, near Arkansas Post, and at Gieer.
On some of the ancient pottery
found in Arkansas were found vhria
tions of the mystic symbol of the
swastika which can be traced in the
artistic, designs found on the handi
work of all peoples of ages past jn
Egypt, Chaldea, Japan, Corea and
China. The origin of the sign is a
mystery, but it is thought to have
some universal religious significance,
ft survives among the ultra-moderns
in the shape of the faddish swastika
pin.
Negress Kills Negro With Gun
Willis Brown, a negro about 20 yeais
old. was shot and killed Tuesday af
ternoon about 5:30 o'clock by Mary
Jane Done, a negress aged 35, on the
bridge which crosses Fourche bayou
two miles east of Sweet Home, on the
Frazier pike. The woman used a shot
gun. She was taken to Little Rock
and lodged in jail.
There were no witnesses to the kill
ing, but it is said that the negress was
trying to get the boy to go home and
upon his refusal she shot him with a
shotgun. He fell dead on the bridge.
The women then went to the house
of her brother-in-law, Henry Done,
nearly a half mile distant, and hid in
a wardrobe, where Alien Hunter, a ne
gro constable, and negro deputies
found her. She was then taken to
the city.
She asserts that she was only play
ing with the weapon and that the kill
ing was accidental.
Injured In Sawmill.
W. B. Corey, one of the foremen
in the Williams mill at Leslie, was the
victim of a painful accident. While ad
justing some machinery he fell
against a stave saw that was in mo
tion. His leg was cut in several
places. His -wounds are painful but
not dangerous. He is now on crutches
and will be for some time.
Union Cotton to Memphis.
The farmers of Clark county have
shipped several hundred bales of cot
ton. which was stored in the Farmers’
Union warehouse at Arkadelphia, to
Memphis, and cotton is still being
shipped as fast as it can be brought
there.
Miss Elizabeth Savin Shall, one of
the oldest residents and best-known
women of Little Rock, died at 8
o’clock Monday night at her home, C02
Scott street. Death was caused by
a natural decline due principally to
old age. Her health had been failing
for the past year or more.
Miss Shall was born in Gallatin,
Tenn.. about 85 years ago, and moved
to Arkansas with her mother when
she was a small girl. She came to
Little Rock during the administration
of her uncle, William S. Fulton, who
was then governor of Arkansas,
In the preliminary oratorical contest
held at Henderson College, Arkadel
phia, Tuesday night, James W. Mehaf
fy of Little Rock was selected to rep
resent Henderson in the state oratori
cal contest to be held at Little Rock
• in April. There were three men in
the contest, Mr. Meliaffy, whose sub
ject was “Growth Toward a Perfect
Union:” Gus Brown, whose subject
was “Life and Services of Jefferson
Davis,” and S. W. Adams, on “The
Xegro and the South.” Miss Opal
Reed will represent the music depart
ment of the school.
Department Won't Pardon Deserter.
Governor Pindall has received a let
ter from the War Department to the
effect that that department, together
with high officials of the government,
could not see fit to pardon Jas. J. At
kins, who is wanted at El Dorado this
month to stand trial, but who is now
serving a term of imprisonment at
Alcatraz island, Cal., for desertion.
The petition for pardon was made in
order to help Atkins’ bondsmen out
of a predicament, as they will likely
be compelled to pay the bond they
furnish for Atkins unless he shows
up at El Dorado for trial this month.
It is possible, however, that they will
not be relieved from the payment of
the bond by the governor, considering
the cireun|3tances in the case.
Atkins was tried on the charge of
desertion from the army at Fort Slo
cum, N. Y., August 16, 1906, and sen
enced to 15 months’ imprisonment and
hard labor at the Pacific branch of
the United States military prison on
Alcatraz island, Cal. His term will
expire November 19.
Transcript Filed.
The transcript in three cases on ap
peal from the Sebastian County Cir
cuit Court in which the Kansas City
Southern Railway Company brings
suit to condemn property, was filed
with the Supreme Court Thursday.
The railroad company is plaintiff in
each case with the following as de
fendants: Mary M. Barnes, in the first
case; D. A. Anderson, in the second
case, and Catherine K. Boles and oth
ers in the third case. In the lower
courts the defendants were awarded
the following amounts respectively:
$8,000, $12,000 and $32,500.
Coapany Incorporates.
Articles of agreement and incorpor
ation have been filed with the secre
tary of state by the Union Ware
house Company which will engage in
a general warehouse business at Ash
down. The incorporators are: T. J.
Lott, Charles P. Smith, P. M. McCard,
H. P. Haizlip, J. H. Shaw, A. Gold
11. L. Toland & Co., W. O. Sims, J.
Smith, Ashdown Hardware Company,
M. Johnson, C. N. Thill, A. D. Dulaney,
W. M. Sykes, R. M. Price and others.
The company incorporates with a capi
tal stock of $3,500, of which $1,325 has
been subscribed.
Suit Over Whiskey Freight.
'The freight on a car of whiskey
from Pennsylvania to Little Rock, ac
cording to a suit filed in the Circuit
Oourt Thursday, is $528. The Rock
Hland railway filed a suit for that
; Atiount against the Blocli-Lyon Com
pany, alleging it to be the amount
due for freight on a car of whiskey
shipped over its lines from Pennsyl
vania to Herman Kahn, whose busi
ness was taken over by the Bloch
Lyon Company.
Pardons Granted.
Governor Pindall has granted par
dons to the following:
Rufus Lawley, who was convicted
at the January, 1908, term of the Clark
County Circuit Court of Sabbath break
ing, and who was fined $50.
Tony Homer, who was convicted at I
the September term, 1907, of the St. |
Francis County Circuit Court of grand
larceny and sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary.
State Agent In Little Rock.
J. A. Evans, state agent of the
Farmers’ Co-operative Demonstration
work, was at the state house Thurs
day going over demonstration work
in Arkansas with Special Agent A.
V. Swaty. Mr. Evans’ visit to Ar
kansas is of no significance, as he is
attending to routine matters only.
Schools Close Soon.
State Superintendent of Instruction
J. J. Doyne returned Thursday from
a trip to Leslie, where he inspected
the public schools of that place.
These schools will close next week
for the summer vacation. A new
school building is to be erected soon
at Leslie.
Charity Board Case In April.
The State Board of Charities ouster
suit has been set for trial in the Su
preme Court for April 20. The case,
being an important one, was advanc
ed on the docket as far as possible
in order to give it an early hearing.
The attorneys are preparing their
briefs and will file them soon.
New Insurance Company.
Stave Auditor Avery E. Moore has
issued a license to the St. Louis Na
tional Life Insurance Company, incor
porated under the laws of Missouri,
which will oporate in Arkansas. A
license was also granted the Columbia
Insurance Company, incorporated un
der the laws or New Jersey.
Paul Little Answers Rumors.
Paul Little, secretary to Acting Gov
ernor X. O. Pindall and son of Gover
nor John S. Little of Greenwood, Tues
day issued a statement to the effect
that his father would never be permit
ted by either his family or physicians
to return to the office of governor of
Arkansas during the present term to
which he has been elected and, furth
ermore, that rumors to the effect that
Governor Little was recovering at
such a rapid rate that he intended to
return to his office within the next 60
days were the work of state politi
cians, who desired to gain votes and
profit in the present Democratic pri
mary by the rumor.
Paul Little’s statement, which was
issued Monday, was as follows:
“March 23, 1908.
“To the Public—From communica
tions and statements which Governor
Pindall is receiving in his office, he
and I are convinced that the various
reports concerning my father’s condi
tion, which have recently appeared In.
the public press are being circulated
for political effect throughout the
state. It seems almost inhuman that
I should be expected to be constant
ly called upon to deny these false
rumors, concerning a matter in which
the people, the press, the politicians
and the public should at least consid
er my feelings. My father's unfor
tunate condition i3 not political prop
erty, and no friend of mine, nor any
,iust man would seek to use his condi
tion for political advantage.
“To a kind and generous public,
however, now that the matter has
again been brought up for discussion,
I desire to state for their satisfaction,
that though my 'father is greatly im
proved, and may, with the help of
God, completely recover, yet he will
never be permitted by his family and
physicians to at any time again take
up the arduous duties of the gover
nor’s offieo during his present tenure
in that office. Very respectfully,
Paul Little.’’
Transcripts Filed.
The transcripts in the following
cases have been filed with the Su
preme Court:
The transcript in the case of Wil
liam Caton against the Western Clay
Drainage District, D. Hepson, A. H
B. McKinney and H. H. Williams, on
appeal from the Clay County Chan
eery Court, has been filed with the
Supreme Court. The case is one in
which the plaintiff prays judgment en
joining the defendants from collecting
a tax of two cents per acre and from
assessing and collecting any assess
ment against said lands in the drainage
district in Clay county for any pur
pose whatever. The constitutionality
of the act which established the drain
age district in Clay county and which
created the drainage district direc
tors, is also attacked in the same
case on several different grounds.
Requisition Issued.
Acting Governor Pindall Tuesday
issued a requisition for John Wool
fork, alias Will Smith, who is wanted
in Pulaski county on the charge of mur
der in the first degree. He is charged
with killing Tony Leas in October,
1907. Detective S. L. Morgan of the
Little Rock Detective Department
went after Woolfork, who is said to
be in Louisiana. The requisition waS
issued for the governor of that state
to sign.
Tuesday a Dull Day.
Tuesday was one of the most quiet
days that has been seen at the stats
house for some time. More than half
of the state officials, clerks and of
fice employes left for their respective
homes in the morning to vote and
practically no business was transact
ed in the state capitol building.
Nothing but politics and the prob
able outcome of the Democratic pri
mary were discussed in any of the of
fices.
Company Files Articles.
The Texas Life Insurance Company,
incorporated under the laws of Tex
as, has filed a copy of its articles of
agreement and incorporation with the
secretary of state. The company
claims to have $256,564.42 assets and
$206,226.20 liabilities. It also claimi
to have $100,000 invested in Arkan
sas. The company will have its offices
at Texarkana and names as its agent
in Arkansas, S. J. Seaburn.
Commission Issued.
Thb secreary of state Tuesday is
sued the following commissions: No
tary public, J. O. Tippett cf Nat tens,
J. T. Newberry of Finch, J. R. Brown
of Van Buren, A. B. Gould of Fort
Smith, and Joseph Greenhaw of New
port. justice of the peace, I. M. Gray
of Hardy, D. F. Brawley of Mena, T.
W. Reyburr. of Pocahontas and I. 3.
Gingrich of Beirne.