VOL. I.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1002.
NO. 40.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Ex-Gov. Lindsey, of Alabama, is
dead.
Young Roosevelt is recovering
from an attack of pneumonia.
Fourteen persons, most of them
firemen, were seriously injured in a
fire at Brooklyn, N. Y.
Fire destroyed the Champion
Chemical Company plant, entailing
a loss of half a million dollars.
The lower house of congress pass
ed a resolution favoring the election
of United States senators by direct
vote.
Gen. Funston, whose leave of ab
sence from duty expires March 10,
has asked an extension of three
months.
The majority of the house com
mittee on elections has agreed on a
resolution providing for an investi
gation of elections in several south
ern states.
Fighting in Venezuela between
government and revolutionary forces
occurred at several points last week,
and in a naval battle a Venezuelan
ship was sunk.
England and Japan have entered
into a new treaty, the objects of
which are to stop Russia’s territo
rial advance upon China, Korea and
the seaports of northern Asia.
The Indian appropriations bill be
fore congress carries $8,844,500. The
item for support of schools is $3,
247,920; for fulfilling treaty stipu
lations, $2,102,157. The Dawes
commission is reduced in member
ship from four to three, as its work
will be occupied in two years.
Among the general provisions is
one forbidding the withholding of
rations because of attendance at a
non-government school; also requir
ing Indian Territory judges to re
side at Muskogee.
The house of congress passed the
a bill which makes oleomargarine
or imitation butter or cheese, trans
ported into any state or territory for
use. sale or consumption therein,
subject to the laws of such states
or territories, notwithstanding that
it may be introduced in original
packages, and imposes a tax of 10
cents per pound on oleomargarine
made in imitation of butter of “any
shade of yellow.” When not made
in such imitation the tax is reduced
to one-fourth of one cent per pound.
A favorable report was made by
the senate committee on pensions on
the joint resolution construing the
pension law of 1890. The resolu
tion was intended to give a pension
able status to those who served in
the Confederate army and subse
quently joined the United States
army and are now denied the beno
tits of the act of 1899 on the ground
that they gave relief to the rebel
lion. The committee expresses the
opinion that it was the intention of
the framers of the act of 1890 to in
clude such persons within its provis
ions.
The Central Coal and Coke Com
pany, of Kansas City, has purchased
all the properties and business of
the Kansas and Texas Coal Company
of St. Louis. The deal involves
more than $3,000,000 and makes
the Central Coal and Coke Compa
ny the largest concern of its kind
west of Pennsylvania. The com
pany will now own 45 coal mines
in operation, employing 10,000 men.
twenty-three company stores doing
a mercantile business of $2,000,000
a year; twenty-five hundred compa
ny houses, used as homes for the
miners and lumbermen ; 50,000 acres
of coal lands in Missouri, Kansas,
Indian Territory, Arkansas, Louis
iana, Texas and Wyoming; lumber
mills that produce 180,000,000 feet
■of lumber yearly and offices and
agencies in every large city in the
United States. The capital stock
of the new company will be in
creased from $750,000 to $7,000,
000.
The trial of Patrick for the mur
der of Millionaire Rice in New
York is progressing. The trial has
already consumed two weeks, and
will not be closed for two weeks
more.
The monthly statement of the
imports and exports of the United
States for January, shows as fol
lows: Merchandise, imports, $79,
426,146, increase as compared with
January, 1901, $10,000,000; ex
ports, $126,023,217, decrease $7,
300,000. Gold imports $1,404,787,
decrease $f,800,000; exports $1,973,
675, decrease $6,300,000. Silver im
ports $2,187,681, decrease $1,000
000; exports $4,509,213, decrease
$280,000. During the last year the
imports of merchandise amounted to
$890,538,976, an increase over the
corresponding period in 1901 of
$72,000,000. The exports of mer
chandise for the year aggregated
$1,457,839,882, a decrease of $39,
000,000.
A terrible fire occurred at Patter
son, X. J., on the 9th, destroying
property valued at $10,000,000. The
fire burned its way through the busi
ness section of the city and claimed
as its own a majority of the finer
structures devoted to commercial,
civic, educational and religious use,
as well as scores of houses. There
was but small tribute of life and in
jury to the conflagration, but hun
dreds were left homeless and thou
sands without employment. The fire
originated in a shed at the power
house of the Paterson Traction Com
pany.
All indications point to a gigantic
street railway merger, embracing the
best traction properties of nearly all
the leading American cities, and in
its scope the amount of capital to be
involved and the number of great
financiers interested, far overshad
owing any other industrial enterprise
ever undertaken. Behind this gi
gantic undertaking arc Morgan,
Widener, Elkins, Whitney, Ryan,
Gary, Marshall Field, Focrderer and
Mack. This proposed traction mo
nopoly would operate all the street
car lines of all the principal cities
of the United States.
The census bureau has issued a
preliminary report on the cotton
manufactures in the United States.
The following is a summary of the
figures for the manufactures, exclu
sive of the small wares: Establish
ments, 9G9; capital, $460,842,772;
average number wage earners, 297,
929; total wages, $85,126,310; cost
of material used, $173,441,390; cot
ton consumed, 8,666,061 bales, cost
ing $124,905,075; value of prod
ucts, $332,804,455; total spindles.
19,008,352; looms, 450,682. The
figures for the United States for the
small cotton wares, with the above
figures, makes the grand total for
cotton manufactures in the United
States, as follows: Number of es
tablishments, 82; capital, $6,397,
385; wage earners, average number,
4,932; total wages, $1,563,442; cost
of materials used, $3,110,137; cotton
consumed, 7,213 bales; cost, $264,
541; value of products, $6,394,164;
number of spindles, 42,600; number
of looms, 5,070.
The industrial commission, in
its report to congress, makes the fol
lowing recommendations on the
subject of immigration. General
revision and codification of the im
migration laws, including such ver
bal changes as are necessary to
make the existing principles of leg
islation effective. Increasing the
head tax from $1 to $3. Effective
inspection along the Canadian and
Mexican borders to be secured
through establishment of designated
frontier ports of entry by the secre
tary of the treasury. Exclusion and
deportation of anarchists. Renewal
and continuance of the Chinese ex
clusion law. The commission also
recommended that states abandon
the general property tax-, and raise
their revenues by taxes upon foreign
populations, inheritance and in
comes, supplemented when necessa
ry by indirect taxation. That cor
porations be taxed by state boards
at rates fixed by legislation, upon
the value of their franchises, assess
ed according to the actual value of
their stocks and bonded debts, and
that real estate owned by them be
taxed locally as other real estate
and taxes. That notes, moi tgages
and other like property be taxed by
the state at full value, but at low
fixed rates, through appropriate
listing and recording systems.
Tho London war office reports
casualties for the week ending
February 10 of 69 Boots killed, 17
wounded, 57 surrendered and 574
taken prisoners. The British cap
tured 480 rifles, one porn pqm, and
the usual grist of munitions and
live stock.
The Panay scouts, under com
mand/ of Capt. Walker, in an en
gagement in the island of Samar,
P. I., recently captured seven rifles
and numerous bolos, killed a num
ber of Filipinos, and also killed the
officer in command, who was a no
torious renegade, named Winfrey, a
deserter from the Forty-third regi
ment, whom the American troops
had for months been endeavoring
to capture. A man named Long,
who deserted with Winfrey, is still
with the Filipinos.
A decision of considerable import
ance to cattle commission dealers
has been made by the Kansas City
court of appeals. The court decides
that commission dealers can not be
compelled to pay for stolen cattle
which they may have sold. It is
claimed hundreds of head of cattle
are stolen and shipped to commis
sion men in the large cities, who
sell the stock and turn the pro
ceeds over to the thieves. The court
held that as the commission men
have no way of finding out when
they are being imposed upon, they
should not be held liable to the
owner.
As a result of a battle between
moonshiners and officers near Mid
dlesboro, Ivy., five men are dead
and three seriously wounded. The
fight took place at what is known
as a “quarter house” where illicit
liquors is sold. Fifteen officers went
to arrest the proprietor, who re
ceived warning and summoned a
number of his friends, who, forti
fied in the house, fired on the posse
when they came in range. The bat
tle raged for several hours, when
a torch was applied to the house.
Several of the mountaineers, under
a heavy fire, made a break, and
the three leaders escaped. The dead
are: Charley Cecil, deputy sheriff,
Mike Welch, Frank Johnson. Perry
Watson and Jeff Prader, mountain
eers.
Secretary Root lias rendered a
decision on an interesting question
raised by Gen. Chaffee, commanding
the military forces in the Philip
pines. It appears that in many in
stances in the establishment of civil
government in the provinces army
officers who have been administering
semi-civil functions have been elect
ed to office by the natives. In relat
ing these facts to the secretary of
war Gen. Chaffee inquired if the
statutes of the United States prohib
iting army officers from holding civil
positions in the United States, ex
cept in certain specified cases, will be
applicable to civil officers in the
Philippines under existing condi
tions. Secretary Root cabled Gen.
Chaffee that the war department
does not consider the statutes in
question as applying to such cases in
the Philippines.
Fire at St. Louis on the 9th which
destroyed the Empire hotel, occupied
by men exclusively, caused the death
of ten men and one woman and dan
gerously injuring eight people. The
fire started at 3:30 a. m., and the
building was almost enveloped be
fore the lodgers were awakened. Fol
lowing is a list of the dead: Morris
Yall, of Chicago, burned to a crisp;
Tobe Davis, man about town, suff
cated; John C. Lueders, skull frac
tured in jumping from third-story
window; George Thompson, switch
man, burned to death; Sarah Har
ris, colored, chambermaid, burned;
B. E. Woodley, burned; J. A. Mc
Mullen, carpenter, burned; S. T. Co
pey, telegraph operator; Yance Mar
lin, civil engineer; A. J. Allen, Scda
lia, Mo., stone mason, burned; un
known man, who died at city hospit
al from burns. ' All the roomers who
escaped suffered severely from the
cold, as they left their rooms scant
ily clad. The financial loss is only
$20,000.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS
Terrible Railroad Accident.
A tert'ible accident occurred on
the Choctaw two miles west of Little
Maumelle, about twenty miles from
Little llock, on the 14th. It is
known that seven men lost their
lives and fifteen were injured. The
name of the dead are as follows:
B. L. Jones, white, Booneville; Or
ange Foster, colored, Little Hock;
Henry Magee, colored, Tuttle Rock;
Samuel Simon, residence, unknown;
John Williams, 417 Washington
avenue. North Little Rock, and
two unknown. The injured: Bill
Pcnnigcr, white, foreman of gang,
leg broken and hurt internally, in
juries serious; Will Logan, white,
Booneville, hurt internally, injuries
6erious; Andrew McGee, colored.
Little Rock, injured internally, will
die; Freeman Davis, white, Ala
bama, both legs broken; John Con
nor, white, Rosedale, Kan., hurt on
head; Ed McGinnis, foreman ex
tra gang, general bruising up;
Frank Powell, colored, Little Rock,
hurt about face, hands and legs;
Mose Garrett, colored, shoulder dis
located; Emmett Burnett, colored,
Dumas, arm hurt; John Hollins,
colored, Little Rock, arm and legs
hurt; Jim Carroll, colored. Little
Rock, arm broke and head hurt; W.
H. Ballew, white, Booneville, in
jured about face and legs; D. C.
Hardin, colored, North Little Rock,
head and hand hurt; Otto Raylor,
white, Missouri, bodily injuries.
A work train of six cars was
headed west, the caboose being in
front.
It was in charge of Conductor J.
R. Gamble, Engineer Nazor and
Fireman W. H. Evans. As they
were passing along the track under
the high bluffs bordering the river
the crew saw a heavy rock rolling
with awful velocity down the steep
declivity, having been detached from
the hillside by the rains. The train
was going slowly, but was almost
upon the rock when it struck the
track. Engineer Nazor reversed his
engine at once, but it was so close
upon the obstacle that the train
struck it almost full force. The ca
boose was at the head of the train
and was shivered into splinters.
Most of the men who were killed
and injured were in the caboose.
There was a crew of fifty-four men,
white and colored, and they were go
ing to a point further up the road
to clear a slight wreck. There were
just back of the caboose three cars
of sand, and many of the men were
buried underneath the heap of sand
thrown forward by the terrific im
pact.
Five cars and the caboose were
completely wrecked, and only one
car and the engine left practically
uninjured.
Received Death Penalty.
The second trial of Lathe Hembe,
charged with murder, which took
place at Center Point last week, re
sulted in a verdict of guilty and the
death penalty was assessed. Friday,
March 1, 1900, Win. Willis, who was
in the employ of the Hammond Sig
nor Tie Company, with his home in
Texarkana, as a paymaster and tie
inspector, was found dead two and a
half miles north of Rust, bullet
wounds showing that he had been
6hot twice. Lathe Hembree was ar
rested a few days afterward and was
tried and convicted at the March
term of court in Polk county. Evi
dence submitted seemed to prove con
clusively that Hembree had murder
ed Willis for the money he had on
his person, and in less than an hour
after the case was given to the jury
a verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree was rendered. Judge
Fcazel sentenced the prisoner to be
hanged May 18. • He was granted a
new trial on a very small technicali
ty in the wording of the jury's ver
dict by the supreme court several
weeks afterward. His second trial
was scheduled to take place in
March, 1901, but Hembree escaped,
but was captured by two farmers.
A man named Tube was arrested
near Harrison on the charge of being
one of the parties who robbed the
bank at Clarksville and murdered
Sheriff Powell.
i
Address to Colored People.
J. M. Conner, general manager of
the negro department of the Arkan
sas St. Louis world s fair board, has
issued the following address to his
people: ‘‘For the lirst time in the
history of our great state an opportu
nity is extended for the negro to
place himself upon record as a po
tent factor in the intellectual and
material development of the state.
The world's fair commissioners are
hereby authorized and requested to
assemble their people in their various
counties and precincts and lay this
matter properly before them, and or
ganize and collect funds for the
fostering of this movement. For
this purpose thousands of dollars are
needed to carry on the work. Each
teacher is earnestly requested to lend
his and her aid and especially in
fluence to the movement by collect
ing the sum of $5 from each school
for the cause, and send it to the sec
retary, and take his receipt for the
same. Also, each minister and con
gregation is requested to raise the
small sum of $5 for this cause, and
forward to the secretary of the board
of directors, Alonzo \V. Stone, of
Hot Springs, Ark., and take his re
ceipt for the same.”
Two Congressmen Retire.
There will be two vacancies to fill
in the Arkansas delegation in con
gress at the election next November.
Mr. McRae, who represents the
third district, has declared that un
j der no circumstances will he be a
candidate for re-election, and Mr.
McCulloch, of the first district, has
also declined to be a candidate for
re-election. Mr. McRae has been in
public life for twenty-five years. He
served his state in the legislature
I and his city in several capacities.
He was elected to the forty-ninth
congress and ha? been re-elected to
every succeeding congress, practical
ly without opposition. “My health
has not been good for several years,”
saiil he, in discussing his proposed
retirement, “and I have decided to
return to Arkansas and take up my
legal work there.” Mr. McCulloch
i has been in congress ten years. Prior
i to that time lie held a number of
| offices in his district. “I am just
I going to quit,” said he. “This con
gress will make ten years I have
been here, and 1 have decided it was
time for me to go home and try to
earn some money.”
The Confederate Home.
Col. John G. Fletcher, president
of the board of trustees of the Con
federate soldiers’ home, has filed
with the secretary of state a report
showing the amount of moneys ex
pended for the support and main
tenance of the home. The recapit
ulation says the following sums are
now in the treasury of the state to
the credit of the home: Support
and maintenance, $9,184.03; cloth
ing, $2,202.55; drugs, $215.85; to
bacco, $436.58; postage and station
ery, $91.73; incidental expenses,
$359.50; poll tax, $77 ; repairs, etc.,
$73 ; heating, waterworks, etc., $125 ;
physician, $437.65; chaplain, $125;
secretary, $150; superintendent and
employes, $3,450.
Drowned in a Barrel.
The 3-year-old daughter of AY. F.
Wells, of Sevier county, was drown
ed in a barrel. The child was plav
I ing on the porch, which was rather
! high from the ground, and a barrel
I was setting at one end of the porch,
1 the top being on a level with the
floor. The barrel was nearly full of
water, and was frozen over with a
thin sheet of ice, and it is supposed
that the child stumbled and fell
into the barrel, breaking the ice, and
was not discovered until thirty min
utes thereafter.
Child Burned to Death.
Lulu Johnston, aged 8 years, was
burned to death at the home of her
parents a few miles from Hot
Springs. The child took some coals
from the kitchen stove and started
to the woods to make a fire. While
crawling under a fence the wind
blew her dress against the coals and
in a moment she was enveloped in
flames.
Wife Murderer to Hang.
A jury at Van Buren found Mc
Whorter guilty of murdering his
wife and assessed the death penalty.
The testimony introduced by the de
fense in favor of the insanity plea
was most revolting and showed that
McWhorter was but little removed
from the brute. Since the jury re
turned its verdict McWhorter has
passed the narrow confines of the
murderer’s cells and cried piteously.
He grasps and shakes the iron bars
and cries that he cannot escape.
Kit Helton, who is his cellmate, and
who is now under sentence of death
for a like crime, sits by and laughs
at McWhorter's display of grief.
Committee Appointed.
Superintendent J. J. Doyne, who
was appointed by the national com
mittee to promote the establishment
of the University of the United
States as chairman of the Arkansas
committee, has appointed as his col
leagues the following: T. A. Fu
trall, Marianna; W. F. Condray,
Searcy; A. L. Peachcr, Van Buren;
S. J. Bloeher, Bentonville; J. W.
Sail is. Clarksville; J. H. Hinemon,
Pine Blulf; W. A. Crawford, Arka
delphia, being one for each congres
sional district.
Prominent Physician Arrested.
A physician giving the name of
G. W. Mitchcner, who recently moved
to Jonesboro and opened an office,
gaining a large practice among the
elite of the city, was arrested last
week on the charge of unlawful co
habitation. It is alleged the doctor
ran off with the wife of a prominent
citizen of Owensboro, 111. At Jones
boro the couple were received in
the best society and his arrest was
quite a surprise.
Fort Roots to Remain an Army Post.
A dispatch from Washington says
Fort Logan H. Boots, near Little
Bock, will remain an army post,
practically ungarrisoned. In the
report of the army post, board which
was submitted to the war depart
ment, Fort Boots was designated as
a temporary post. Nearly one hun
dred other posts throughout the
country were made permanent and
garrisoned.
BRIEF MENTION.
Rev. A. C. Millar has tendered his
resignation as president of Hendrix
College at Conway.
Dan Dalv, a prominent citizen
from Startcrville, A"a., suicided at
St. Mary’s Infirmary, in Hot
Springs, by cutting his throat with
a penknife.
Miss Mary Weaver, aged 20 years,
attended a dance near Fayetteville,
and during the evening she fell to
the floor and died. Her mother fell
dead a few months ago.
Adjutant General Chas. Jacobson
last week received from the war de
partment at Washington fifty-three
large cases of quartermaster’s sup
plies for the state militia, represent
ing a value of about $13,000.
The board of bishops of the A. M.
E. Zion church, comprising nine of
the most learned and enlightened
men of the negro race, will hold their
annual conference at Little Rock on
February 26.
Gov. Davis has notified the sheriff,
county judge and county clerk of
each of the drouth stricken counties
that he will make them the disburs
ing agents for funds being raised for
those in need.
Martin A. Eisle, superintendent
af the Hot Springs Reservation in
Arkansas, in a report to the interior
department, makes a plea for an
appropriation of $48,212 for im
proving the reservation.
Alex Hughes, colored, who was to
have been hanged at Osceola on the
ith for assault, was granted a thirty
Jays reprieve by the governor, in or
Jer that his attorneys might set an
jppeal before the supreme court.