Vo!. 2 No. 8.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY JANUARY 31, 1902.
| STATE NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of a Week Gathered
From Various Parts of
the State.
Richard Bragg, one of Little
Rock’s oldest and wealthiest
citizens, died at his home in that
city Sunday.
At Corning G. J. Owens shot
and almost instantly killed his
fton-io-law, Henry Hall. The
trouble occurred laet Saturday.
Jim Kitt, Lawrence Dunlay and
David Joe are under sentence 10
haug on Friday, February 28 at
Arkansas City. The are a!!
uegroes and were each convicted
of a seperate murder. Their
victims were also colored.
The contractor on the St. L. &
If. A. road are making the dirt
fly and the grade is fast nearing
Lealio, the eurtern terminus. It
is not known when the track
laying wilt commence, but pre
^ aumably about the first of Febru
} **y
A sad accident occurred at the
home of James Tabor at Green
Forest one day last week. His
lit*Ie son, six years old, had been
having trouble with a toqtli. The
tooth was extracted and the little
fellow immediately begat, losing
his eyesighpand is now completely
blind. The tooth was a jnolar
andhoW'it affected the eyesight
ii yet unsolved by the physician.
i Abooting Affray at Brinkley.
I Brinkley, Jan. 25.—A sbootiu
EM affair occurred on Cypress ,-tm
PR in front i f Fiibetg’* stoic ye.
jj^&tetday morning in which Ale
H^KCeigor snot Heiir„ Morgan wi!
I
gun. Tin
double barrel shot
rtlble between {) Vt.
be fact that Mo^Ktn was (*,<
l*)t 1
tuvn ^¥SHHe makers and livV* ne t:
Hunter. This is the second turn
withiu a few months that Geigci
has shot Morgan. Geiger ha:
keen arrested. The wonudet
man has received medical am
surgical attention. The wound i<
of a serious nature.
Killed by the lram.
I Prescott, Jan. JfV, — Sunday
night a*Hiui G o'clock VV. <1. Hitt
await instantly killed null his son
l>«riou*ly hurt at thin place by
Iha northbound cannon ball. Mr.
Rlilt lives at Morris, sixteen
Iwiles southeast of Prescott nud
pad come to town that, day in bis
wagon- While crossing the rail
[road track during a blinding
jsl**«t atom: the engine ot the
e&uuon ball struck bis team with
[the above result. The wagon was
toru to pieces, but h.s mules
were not injured. The deceased
(was a prominent merchant and
liighly eateetued citizen ol Nevada
county. . v.
The Campaign In Arkansas.
The democratic primaries in
Arkansas will be heldjhis year
roach earlier than formerly, l oi
this reason many ot the candi1
dates will not* be aide to do :u
roach cumpuingn work as the)
would like, not because of.tin
lack of time to appear in person
I^NffunpIcst remedy for in- j
ligestion, constipation, bilious-j
ea* and the many ailment: !
[rising * rising from a disorder
'd atomoch, liver 01 bowels is
iipu’is Tabulea. They have
iccomphabed wonders and their
unely aid removes the nceoa
§y of calling a physician for
Ip nianvJlitlle ills that beset
Ankindl They go straight to
A seat M the trouble, relieve
■riistPlsa, cleans and cure
HBKecded parts and give the
HBr^ge 11 era 1 t'ming up.
U enough for an <>r
■■Bifcion. The family hott.e.
a supply for ayi- i'
and present their claims to the
I voters, but on account of the
' weather conditions, which pre
clude the possibility of making
the rounds in the rural districts.
As a rule, February in Arkan
' sas is a rainy month and many of
the roads leading from the towns
'll to the country are at times al
most impassable. Had roads are
not favoral.de to successful cam
paigning. Many of the candidates
will not be able to see their
friends in the agricultural dis
tricts.
Duiing the blustering month of
March the weather is colder than
in February and when the mer
cury hovers near tire freezing
point the farmer prefers to re
main at home and look after the
comforts of his family and stock
rather than attend political meet
ings and listen to the eloquence
ol the candidates for office.
But this inconvenience will not
prevent the farmers from taking
an interest in the primary
election, They have been Hooded
with campaign literature for a
month or more and in their hours
at home they have had every
opportunity to study the political
situation in Arkansas. If they
are not able lo make lip their j
minds as to how to vote on March
29 they will have no one to j
blame but themselves,.
Theie are twe candidates for
governor and two tor United
Stales senator. The tight in each
case is between a pair of demo
crats. every <»;>: of whom, in each
contest, ha« long been in public J
life and has a record well known
to the citizens of Arkansas who
read the newspapers and keep
posted on mailers of current
nu.iot t;iuce. To all citizens of
! jvery community the primary
a election is of great importance
i and as ihe election will be held on
| a uniform date it is expected
j that a large vote will he polled,
j The coolest on March 29 will
i be a family affair. It is between
democrats and every ileinocr.il
should cast his vote for the
candidate of Ins choice.—Gazette.
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The Frank Browning Case.
The Frank Browning case was
closed late Saturday afternoon,
when the jury returned a verdict
of involuntary manslaughter and
. tixed his punishment at one hour
in the penitentiary, lie served
his time-in jail al this place and
was released from custody. He
was indicted for murder in the
first degree, for tire killing of
Fred Stevater in Morris’ Addition
in March, 1900. He addmitted
the killing, hut claimed self
defense.—Newport Herald,
The Journal, $1 per year.
Harried by Phonograph.
•' Toledo, ()., Jan. 20. — Miss Nel
lie Stone was married yesterday
at Oswego by phonograph to ,J,
F. Duncan of this city. The
regular marriage ceremony was
impossible, owing to the fact that
the home of Miss Stone was
suddenly placed under quarantine
for smallpox.
The bride's physician came to
her relief and - hit upon the
phonograph. Acting on his sug
gestion Miss Slone in the presence
of witnesses spoke these words
into the recorder:
**I, Nellie Stone, do take this
m.in, James F. Duncan, to be my
lawfully wedded husband, for
better or for worse, till death do
part us.”
The record was then removed,
fumigated and taken to the
Duncan residence, where the
bridegroom and a clergyman did
tlie rest. The marriage is said to
j be perfe Jly legal.
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! BE HONEST WITH THE CUBANS
Following the holding of a
mass meeting in the interest of
reciprocity with the United
States the. citizens of Havana
formed a procession, marched’ to
the palace occupied by Governor
General Wood and there petition
ed that official for American help
to save Cuba from ruin and deso
lation*
The disaster which threatens
Cuba is one solely the conse
quence of a proscriptive tariff if
that burden is placed on Cuban
products. The pe »ple of the
island must needs look to the
American people alone for res
cue. The tariff tax which they
fear is being concocted by the
United States government. Cuba
is forbidden by u» to make treat
ies with any other nation calcu
lated ti protect and encourage
her trade, agriculture or industry.
If we place a high tariff on her
products the tesult will lie
calamitous.
On our part, we have solemnly
pledged the uational honor that
we shall deal fairly and justly
with Cuba. The public senti
ment of the United States de-1
mauds the fullillmeut of this
pledge. Violation of the pledge
is urged by certain, special inter
ests which will profit from the
destruction of Cuban industries.
The final decision in the matter
rests with the American congress.
All the pressure possible to the
syndicate masters of the republi
can majority in congress is being
brought to bear to impose a high j
tariff ou Cuban products. The >
unhappy outlook at the present
moment is that congress will
yield to this pr» ssure.
The Havana procession to the
gates of the American .governor
general’s palace, there to entreat
justice at his hands, was a pat hot- 1
ic historical event. Also will it
be an ominous event for us if we 1
refuse tins people’s prayer. We
cannot do wrong to a weaker peo
ple and escape the penalty. Go 1
w ill not permit the world's great
est free govenineut to sin against
the spirit of freedom and lit t he 1
punished for that sin. What
shall be our answer to the prayer
of the Cuban people? Just and j
humane dealing with a weak and i
helpless nation holding our prom- t
isc for such dealing, or high
handed oppression in the form of
a tyranical taxation for the furth
er enrichment of American pluto
crats? The decision in this
solemn matter is of tremendously
greater moment to ourselves than
to Cuba. If we wrong that little
people, being too mighty for
them to resist, we shall pay for
the wrong in disaster mid humili
ation as sure as God’s justice pre
vails.—Republic.
A Little Too Far.
Representative Lovering, of
Massachusetts, we think has varied
the joke just a little too far in in
troducing in congress a bill pro
viding that at the expiration of the
term of service of the president
of the I nited States, he shall
thereafter, during his natural life,
receive a salary of $25,000 per
annum, payable monthly. This
would seem the capstone of the
monumental pension folly, and we
hesitate not to express our. opin
ion that any man favoring such a
measure is unworthlyof any posi
tion of trust at the hands of a peo
ple who believe in the “equality
of all men before the law." Fair
I pay for services performed and
nothing for services not performed
is the only honest manner of deal
ing with public servants. Any
other course is absolutely dishon
est, for it is robbing the taxpayers
to enrich the tax-eaters. There is
a tendency in this country to build
up a prrvilegod class in civil life
to be supported by the people,
which is as dangerous to republi
can liberty as anarchists.
1 WA5H10T0N POLITICAL CHAT
Swift’s News Bureau. )
Washington, 1). C., January, 24. f
The democrats of the House
greatly disappointed the republi
cans by holding a perfectly har
monious party caucus today, the
action of which was confined to
the adoption of the resolution re
ported by the committee appoint
ed at the December caucus Jt
would have been simply playing
into the hands of the republicans
for the democrats in caucus to
have attempted to make a party
platform. It will be more than
two years before the next Demo
cratic Natimnl Convention will
he held, and it will be the duty of
the delegates to that convention'
to foi mulate the platform upon
which tlie party wi'l stand in the
next national campaign. The
congressional campaign is much !
nearer, and the first duty to dem
ocrats is to see that a democrat is
returned from every district now
represented by a democrat and
from enough districts now repre
sented by republicans to give the
democrats control of the next
House—a task that is likely to be
made easier by the Koooevelt
administration and the republican
majority in congress.
KOOSKVKLT AS A. Do DO EI{.
That Mr. Roosevelt can dodge
upon occasions was shown when
lie turned Schley’s appeal over
to Attorney General Knox and
asKed that he go ovei it and make
a reccomendation. Air. Roose
velt may regard this as a clever
way for him to evade responsibil
ity, but the people will hold him,
and not Attorney General Knox,
responsible for what action iic
takes upon the appeal of Schley.
Admiral Schley isn’t losing any
sleep over what Mr, Roosevelt
mav do with his appeal. Accom
panied by Mrs. Schley he left
W ashinton today for Chicago,
where the ovation he received
down South will be duplicated
Judging from reports, it will not
be possible to excel it in earnest
enthusiasm and good will. Ami
the pcple everywhere feel the
same wav.
BUY I -'ll SOUTH CAROLINIAN.
Kepresentmive Lever, of South
Carolina, is the youngest man in
tlie House, and he looks nun-*
younger than he really is. lie is
twenty-seven, hut he would have
no tiouhle in passing for twenty,
if he wished to do so. And he
does so without wishing some
times, as a little story that has
just become public proves. It
happened when Mr. Lever first
took his seat. The House official
who gives notice to those not
entitled to the privilege of the
floor to get out just before the
opening of the sessions, had
noticed a boyish looking fellow
for several days who didn't pay
the sligntest attention to the
notice. Finally the official ap
proached Amos Cummings and
remarked in a nettled tone, “If
that boy don’t get out of here
before 12 o’clock I'll throw him
oat.”
“What boy?” asked Cummings.
“Sitting over theic,” replied
the official, 'pointing to nr.
Lever.
“I wouldn’t throw him out,”
said Cummings,
“ \\ hy not ?”
“Because, you might lose your
job, He is a member of t tie
House.”
SCANDAL IX TRANSPORT SKUVICK.
It is to be hoped that the Sen
ate will get all the facts asked fol
ia the resolution adopted calling
on the Secretary of War for full
information as to the number of
vessels, owuership and cost of
the U. S. transport system. If
lit does, somebody will have a
.lively time, ns there is little doubt
that there have been some scan
I dalous things connected with t!ie
transport service. Perhaps Sec
retary Root hasn't known of
them, and perhaps he has. At
any rate several senators, in
cluding Mr. Tillman, have inti
mated on the floor of the. senate
that they knew of then*, and if
I Secretary Root fails to simply
| the information, they may do so.
MUST BK CONSERVATIVE.
Ex-Senator Faulkoei, of Vest
Virginia, when asked what he
thought of the political outlook,
said : “I think it will not ho very
much longer before the pendu
lum will swing hack and bring
with it a return of the democracy
to power. This will depend iti a
huge degree on the conduct of
the party in congress. If, in
their opposition to the republi
cans, they adopt a course too
radical to suit the solid business
interests, they will not he entrust
ed with the reins of government.
After all, the people who have
the say in determining party
supremacy, are those who con
trol the finances of the country.
The democrats have a golden
opportunity, hut to gain the sup
port of this class they must be
conservative.”
DENOUNCES IIA V EM El ER.
Henry F. Oxnard, president of
the American Seel Sugar Awsoci
ation, who was before the House
Ways and Means committee this
week to oppose "euioval of the
tariff from Cuban sugar, de
nounced H. O. Havemeyer, the
head of the sugar tr»st, as the
“iusrtgator-in chief of all this
Cuban free sugar scheme.” He
also said that to encourage an in
crease in the production of Cu
ban sugar would result in bring
ing the American farmers into
competition with Chinese coolie
labor, which the Cuhan«£ugar
planters would getf as so on gs
Cuba was an independent gov
ern men t.
THREATEN TO RESIGN.
The delegates id congress from
New Mexico, Ariimna and Okla
hom t threaten to re-Wgn their
seats if tire House does not pass
the bills giving statehood to
those territories
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Wanted—flen of Ski!!.
m* a of muscle may carry a
hod, dig a ditch, or even man a
plow, and have a dollar a day for
his labor, and he is worth every
cent of it. The man of skill may
not have half the strength of the
other, but he gets $5 a day, and
! often more. One works with his
hands and logs and the lumbar
| muscles; the other works with his
| mind. The mind is the officer in
command, the boss of the job; the
muscles are the privates, who come
and go as the mind directs. Skill
is entitled to more pay than phys
ical power, because it is a higher
and rarer function. Applied to
farmers, this principle holds good.
The plodder labors industriously,
but to bad advantage, gathers his
corn and cotton and renews the
mortgage of last year, for he must
have bacon and coffee and sugar
and salt and baking aoda and u
sack or two of flour, and his crop
has barely paid his last year's bills.
The farmer of skill breeds and
selLs some fine stock, or he grow*
marketable fruit and vegetables
that bring high prices in their
season; or he grows a nursery of
trees and' plants and makes his
acres yield bwn to $100 each. At the
end of the season he has surplus
which he may utlize in enlarging
his business,or iend some of it to
the plodder at a good rate of in
terest, with good security. The
world wants more men 61 skill on
the farms and everywhere ek»e.—
Farm ana Kancii- *
GENERAL NEWS N<> 5 b
'St Gather
r* of
Items of General Interest Gatt
from Four Corner* of
the Union.
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The Middle \\ estand South badly
is in the grasp of blizzard.
Eleven men mere injured in ft. verdict
freight wreck near Mexico. Mo. ,->f her
Counterfeiters were arrested and j|
a large amount of bogus silver coin
found in Porto Rico.
New York anarchists propose to
hold a public meeting to denounce
Prince Henry of Prussia.
A New York drink mixer has
invented a new drink which he
calls Hohenzollern punch
The Commercial Club Lawton,
Ok.- asked that the county in which
it is located be made a part of*
Texas.
The National Liberal partywi
just orgrnized at Cincinnati, prof|
poses to abolish chaplains and tax
church property. jM:
The Southern Pacific Railroad
has arranged to use Beaumont oil
for its locomotives on the eastern
part of the system.
Republicans in the new twenty*
fourth Congressional District of
Illinois are all in a tangle over the
nomination for the office. ^
The New Orleans .ltattrd c*
Trade is consider;-.g^jfrie advisabil
ity of the introduction of Beau* x
mont oil for fu<jl in that city.
Colonel T. M. Campbell has
withdaawn from the gubernatori
al nice in Texas and left Congress
man Lanborn alone in the field.
A mob at Kokomo, Ind., threat
ened to kill a smallpox suspect and * '***
the man who hod him in custody
shot a watchman through a mis
take.
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Two sections of a stock train
collided in a dense fog near Fort
Worth, Tex-, and one stockman
was killed und another fatally in
jured- -
Warden llealy of the Cook
(bounty Hospital forbids opera
tions on women before crowds of
medical students that visit the in
stitution. »
Bishop Coppin, just returned
from South Africa, where he
organized two A- M. E. confer
ences, says the Boers are facing
extermination. , , .
The Kaiser is deeply interrested
in Prince Henry's visit to the
United States and has prepared
written instructions about what f
shall be said to Presient Roosevelt.
The Bath County, Kentucky, oil
held is on a boom. One firm on
Monday begun pumping twelve
well* simultaneously. One of the
three largest oil tanks in the world
has lieen erected by this firm.
At Auburn, 111., a young man
accidentlly shot his landlady with
a pistol which ho was cleaning and,
in his remorse for the deed, at
tempted suicide. The pistol is an
inferior weapon, and both manaud
woman may recover.—
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thing wo can use, taken on sub-,
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