·« WAGNka LIMij News
VOL. II.
McORORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1902.
ISO. 2 3.
NEWS OF THE WOELD,
Labor day—September 1—was
observed in all the principal cities
throughout the country.
Forest fires started by lightning
have laid waste large areas of tim
ber in the forest reserve of western
Wyoming.
In a fit of jealous rage Calvin Tol
ten, of Indianapolis, Ind., aged 55
years, shot to death his wife on a
public street and then sent a bullet
through his own head.
On the night of the first inst.
the local safe on the express car of
the Louisville & Nashville north
bound train were robbed of its con
tents by two masked men eighteen
miles from Nashville. The robbers
secured only a small amount of
money.
The receipts of the treasury de
partment for the month of August
exceeded the expenditures by $5,
955,812, an unexpectedly large sur
plus. The total receipts were $48,
605,812 and the expenditures $42,
650,000. For the same month of
last year the total receipts were $45,
394,125 and the expenditures $39,
351,497, a surplus of a little over
$6,000,000.
Hon. Tom L. Johnson, mayor of
Cleveland, O., and his followers
controlled the democratic state con
vention of Ohio, dictated the plat
form and shaped the policy of the
party in that state in the forthcom
ing campaign. Ohio democrats will
undoubtedly present the name of
Mr. Johnson as the nominee of the
party for president at the next na
tional convention.
Fifteen hundred people, residents
on Isle of Martinique, lost their
lives from eruptions of Mont Pelee
from August 15 to September 2.
The destruction has been greater
than on the memorable occasion of
May 11, when the whole world was
startled by the devastation of vol
canic disturbances, though the
loss of life was not as great from
the fact the inhabitants had left the
threatened territory.
Reports are still being received
at the war department concerning
the devastating effects of the chole
ra epidemic that is raging in the
Philippines. Although the officers
in charge of the medical department
of the archipelago and the physi
cians attached to the civil commis
sion have been doing their utmost
to stop the ravages, they have been
unsuccessful in even checking the
spread of the disease, and now it is
believed only the typhoon season will
bring relief.
>v uduii, a uegiu, nau a mil
row escape from death at the hands
of a mob at Sparta, 111. The negro
entered the bed room of a young
lady, who grabbed and held to him
until help arrived, lie was placed
in jail but a mob gathered and
overpowered the guards. Battering
down the jail door, a rope was placed
around Wilson’s neck and he was
started toward a nearby hill. In
the confusion the noose parted and
before the crowd realized what had
happened the negro had slipped out
and had darted down the street. A
fusilade of shots followed but he Es
caped in the darkness.
While rounding a curve near Ber
ry, Ala., the engine and four cars
of a colored excursion train on the
Southern Railway left the track and
the coaches were completely demol
ished. Twenty-one persons were
killed outright and about eighty
others injured, many fatally. Among
the killed were H. M. Dudley and
Roscoe Shelby, white trainmen.
There were ten -ears to the train,
but the fourth broke loose from the
fifth. The four ears turned com
pletely over a number of times, and
were crushed like eggshells. The
only cause known for the car leav
ing the track is the high rate of
speed at which the train was going.
Near-Sighted Pupils.
In the elmricntary schools of
France more than 24 per cent, of the
pupils are near-sighted; in those of
Germany, 35 per cent.; in those of
the United Kingdom, 20 per cenh
The French government has sent
out expeditions to rescue the inhab- '
itants on the island of Martinigue,
where Mount Pelee is again in erup- (
tion.
Gen. Gobin, commanding the
troops in the Pennsylvania strike .
district, has issued an order to his
men to shoot down all parties who ,
attempt to interfere with non-union ,
men.
Two persons were killed, three
fatally injured and more than a
score of others hurt in a wreck on
the Chicago and Northwestern near
Waseca, Minn. The train was struck
by a tornado and hurled down an
eighteen-foot embankment.
President Roosevelt’s escape from
death in the collision of his carriage
with a street car at Pittsfield, Mass.,
was miraculous. In the carriage
with the president were Gov. Crane,
of Massachusetts, Secretary Cortel
you and William Craig, a secret ser
vice agent. The latter was killed
outright and the driver seriously in
jured. Other members of the party
escaped with slight injuries, though
the tallyho was smashed to pieces
and the horses killed.
Plans for the new Philippine
coinage have been decided upon, and
the coins will be issued just as soon
approved by Gov. Taft and Secre
tary Root. It has been determined
that new coins, of a distinctly Phil
ippine type, shall be poured into
Manila from the United States at
the rate of $250,000 a month, the
stream to be kept up until it has
driven out a large part of the Mexi
can money, which now monopo
lizes the field.
Hester’s annual report puts the
cotton crop of 1901-1902 at 10,680,
680 bales, an increase of 298,258
over that of 1900-1901, an increase
of 1,244, 264 over that of 1899
1900, and a decrease of 594,160 un
der that of 1898-1899. He says
that, compared with last year, in
round figures Texas, including In
dian Territory, has decreased 816,
000 bales; the group known as “other
gulf states,” consisting of Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee.
Oklahoma, Utah and Kansas, has (
increased 53,000, and the group of
Atlantic states, Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, North and South Carolina
Kentucky and Virginia, has increas
ed 461,000.
The monthly statement of the
government receipts and expendi
tures shows that for the month of
August the total receipts were $48,
605,812, as follows: Customs, $26,
582,231; increase as compared with
August, 1901, about $5,100,000.
internal revenue, $1 <,ozo,oo»; de
crease, $4,500,000. Miscellaneous,
$4,498,213; increase, $2,000,000.
The expenditures for the month
were $43,115,010, leaving a sur
plus for the month of $5,492,202.
The expenditures on account of the
war department during the month
were $10,579,387, increase, $1,250,
000. On account of the navy de^
partment, $0,032,850, increase.
$990,000.
An Associated Press correspon
dent has cabled the following ac
count of the phenomena witnessed
at the time of the recent outbreak
of Mont l’elee, Martinique: “Be
tween 8 and 9 o’clock in the even
ing of August 30 a spectacle of ter
rible grandeur was witnessed. A
pitch-black cloud hung over the is
land of Martinique, through which
shot at intervals pillars of flame high
in the sky which broke into fantastic
forms of colored fire and scattered
showers of fiery sparks. About
nightfall the clouds were darting
about like millions of fireflies and
above all those large aureoles ap
peared in the sky.” The correspon
dent then proceeds to confirm the
details of the eruption as already
known, and says: “There were tre
mendous earth rumblings and explo
sions. The ground rocked and noth
ing could stand on tables or shelves.
The boats for St. Pierre were unable
to reach the town owing to the fall
of hot ashes and the tidal wave de
stroyed the whole of the sea front
of Le Car bet.”
The Baldwin locomotive works
vill establish a branch at Memphis.
Edward Eggleston, the novelist
.nd well known writer of juvenile
tories, is dead.
Two oil wells at Somerset, Ky..
;hat pumped about 300 barrels of
>il per day for three months, sud
lenly quit yielding oil and instead
ire pumping salt water.
The Ohio state democratic plat
form endorses the Kansas City plat
form as the principles of the party,
until changed or modified by the
aext national convention.
Geo. F. Baer, president of one of
die largest coal companies iu Penn
sylvania, has refused a personal ap
peal of the governor and two United
States senators of his state to arbi
trate with the miners.
F. G." Jones, Frank Smith and
Ed J. Karr, officers of the Memphis
street railway company, have been
indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of bribery. The accused
claim their indictment is duo to
6pite work on the part of certain
witnesses who appeared before the
grand jury.
rPhf> mnnfhlv
cfnfntrtnnf fVia
public debt shows that at the close
of business August 30, 1902, the
debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $968,091,321, a de
crease for the month of $5,818,646.
This decrease is principally account
ed for by a corresponding increase
in the cash on hand.
The war between the cattle men
and farmers in west Oklahoma con
tinues unceasingly. Information
comes direct from Roger Mills, Day
and Dewe}' counties, of the destruc
tion of crops, burning of cribs and
grain and killing of stock; ambush
ing and shooting of farmers and
cattlemen, shooting into each oth
er’s houses, defying the United
States marshals and ignoring the
laws in every way. Reports state
that county officials, who have been
elected by one faction or the other,
refuse to act;.
The price of meat in Germany
continues to rise, and the town coun
cils and other bodies and the news
papers in every part of the empire
are discussing what is called the
“meat famine.” A good steak costs
44 cents a pound in Berlin. Mar
kets generally are reported statis
tically 26 per cent higher now than
in 1900, although in Rotterdam,
Paris, Vienna and Buda Pest they
tiro nnlv 1 ft fn 1ft r\&v onnf liitrhnr
Germany’s more rapid advance is
attributed to the scarcity of home
animals, the exclusion of foreign
livestock and the prohibition of can
ned meats, thus suspending large
American imports.
The government report shows the
average condition of cotton on
August 26 to have been 64, as com
pared with 81.9 on July 25, 71.4
on AuguSt 24, 1901; G8.2 on Sep
tember 1, 1900, and a ten-year av
erage of 73.7. The present unprec
edented low average of condition,
which is two-fifths of a point lower
than on September 1, 1896, is due
mainly to the reports from Texas
and Alabama, in both of which
states the prevailing conditions are
nothing less than disastrous. The
average of condition in the differ
ent states is as follows: Virginia,
80; North Carolina, 80; South Car
olina, 74; Georgia, 68; Florida, 75;
Alabama, 74; Mississippi, 68;
Louisiana, 70; Texas, 53; Arkan
sas, 75; Tennessee, 82; Missouri,
73; Oklahoma, 76 • Indian Terri
tory, 68. _ x
Long-Lived Fish.
There arc now living in the Royal
Aquarium in Russia several carp
that are known to be over 600 years
old, and it has been ascertained in a
number of cases that whales live to
be over 200 years old.
The Longest Fence.
The longest fence in the world is a
wire-netting fence in Australia, 1,236
miles long, its object being to keep the
rabbits from the cultivated fields.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Partial Election Returns for Governor.
Official returns from thirty-eight
counties in last week’s election show
the following vote for governor:
Davis, 40,136; Myers, 14,589;
Greaves, 4,560; Kimball, 2,700;
Davis’ majority, 18,287. Adding to
this the estimated majority of 6,
200 in eleven other counties, the
majority for forty-nine counties is
24,487. It is estimated Gov. Davis
will have about 30,000 majority, and
the remainder of the state ticket
about 37,000 majority. For Unit
ed States senator, Gov. Clarke
claims 77 votes on joint ballot, con
ceding 53 to Senator Jones. Of
the other five votes on join ballot,
two will be cast by the republican
representatives from Newton and
Searcy counties. One is the Chicot
county vote, there having been a
tie there, leaving the representative
free to cast his vote as he chooses.
The fourth is from Polk county, in
which a republican representative
is reported to have been elected.
The fifth of the uninstructed votes
is the second representative from
Independence county, where a tie
with the independent candidate is
reported.
Prohis Made Gains.
Official returns show that the
prohibitionists made big gains in
the state at the recent election. The
official count in thirty-four counties
show the following results: Against
license—Arkansas, Ashley, Itcnt on,
Boone, Bradley, Clay, Cleveland.
Columbia, Conway, Franklin, Ful
ton, Greene, Howard, Johnson, Law
rence, Logan, Lonoke, Mississippi.
Nevada, Perry, Saline, Union, \\ ash
ington, White, Yell—24. For li
cense—Craighead, Cross, Drew.
Hempstead, Jackson, Jefferson, Oua
chita, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski
10. Arkansas, Ashley, Conway, Mis
sissippi and Perry have been “wet’'
heretofore, while Craighead, Drew
and Hempstead have been “dry.”
Will Not Affect This State.
Chairman Wallace of the state rail
road commission is of the opinior
that Arkansas will not be affected
by the reported proposed great mer
ger of the Southern railway, Louis
ville and Nashville and other rail
roads in the south. As yet then
has been no report or indication thai
such a merger of any of the rail
roads running into or through Ar
kansas was contemplated, but should
such a contingency arise in the fu
ture, Mr. Wallace says that the stat
utes of Arkansas will effectually pre
vent any combination that would
have a deleterious effect.
inangea JLOcanon.
The Arkansas Cotton Products
Company has filed with the secre
tary of state an amendment to its
original articles of incorporation,
changing its headquarters from
Morrilton to Forrest City. The
was under the name of the Arkan
sas Round-Lap Bale Company. The
name was soon after changed to its
present title. The new amendment
is signed by James K. Jones, as
president, and W. B. Mann, secre
tary. _
Lynching Near Stephens.
“Hog” Wilson, colored, was hang
ed by a party of men a few miles
from Stephens. Wilson attempted
an assault upon Miss Lue Drake,
while she was in the garden gather
ing vegetables, the family being
away from home. Her brother,
coming home a little afterward, was
informed, and soon he, with neigh*
bors, had Wilson in custody. He
confessed his crime and they hung
him without delay.
Penalties Remitted.
Gov. Davis has issued a proclama
tion freeing the deliquent taxpayers
of Izard county from the penalties
and forfeitures incurred by the non
payment of taxes within the time
specified by law. The proclamation
states that it was shown to the gov
ernor by satisfactory evidence that
the failure to pay taxes was not wil
ful, but the result of last year’s
drouth and the consequent bad
crops.
Railroad Commission Report.
The Arkansas railroad commis
sion lias completed its second an
nual report. The preface to the
statistical reort is as follows:
Railroad Building.—During the
time covered by this report, en
couraging progress has been made
*ii the construction and extension of
railroads running into practically
new and undeveloped sections of the
state. The White River railroad, a
branch of the Missouri Pacific sys
tem, is being built from a point
north of Batesville up White river
in the direction of the zinc fields
of northeast Arkansas.
The St. Louis and North Arkan
sas railroad has been extended from
Eureka Springs to Harrison, a
distance of some forty-five miles,
and the construction is being push
ed, with Marshall as the present ob
jective point.
The Ozark and Cherokee Central
railway, the Fort Smith Western
railroad, the Arkansas and Choctaw
and the South Missouri and Arkan
■m n U n n 1 mn rl r\ nAn.-i ilorolil A
progress in construction.
Upon the whole, the conditions
seem to have been reasonably favor
able to railroad building, and great
and costly improvements are con
stantly being made in the tracks
and equipments of the long lines.
Itates—Prior to the publication
of the first annual report, the
standard freight distance tariff had
been adopted and put in force on
the long line roads. While this tar
iff may, in some respects be imper
fect and inadequate to meet all pos
sible exigencies, time has proven it
a vast improvement on the roads
prior to its adoptiom Hence, it
has been deemed best to allow it to
remain undisturbed in its essential
features. Tariffs have also been
promulgated and put in force upon
a number of short-line roads of the
state.
Litigation.—In the suits institut
ed against the commission, the same
are now pending and are being dili
gently pressed for final adjudica
tion.
Recommendations—We have seen
no good reason to recede from the
position taken in the first annual
report, with reference to additional
legislation needed to make the com
mission a more efficient agent in
producing the beneficent results
for which it was created. With this
end in view, appropriate bills were
drafted and introduced in both
houses on the last legislature, but
failed of passage. We feel that no
useful purpose would be subserved
by bringing these bills upon the rec
ord at this time. This, however,
will be done in a subsequent report.
Complaints.—Many complaints
of inadequate transportation facili
ties have been filed by shippers, re
citing their inability to procure
cars for the piompt transportation
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these complaints have been removed
with reasonable promptness upon
application to the proper railroad
officials. Others have required
more decisive action upon the part
of the commission and several cita
tions have been issued, hearing had,
orders and opinions rendered. In
one instance, suit has been ordered
in a state court with a view to a
final settlement of a very important
point in issue.
Overcharges.—Our attention has
been called to many instances of
alleged overcharges in freight rates,
demurrage, etc. Each case has been
given a thorough investigation and
when just cause of complaint was
found, the matter was brought to
the notice of the proper railroad
officials.
In a large majority of instances
these claims were amicably settled,
the amount of overcharge refunded
to the shipper, or the demurrage re
mitted. Others have, however, re
quired hearings.
Correspondence. — The corre
spondence of the office has been vo
luminous, but only such letters as
are deemed of public interest, be
cause relating to tire construction
of the law, or explanations of the
tariff, are brought upon the record
in the appendix.
School Apportionment.
Superintendent of Public In
struction Doync has made public
the apportionment of the common
school fund for 1902. The per cap
ita is $1.09, the sum of $539,951.12
School
Counties. Population.
Arkansas. 4.741
Ashley. 7,604
Baxter. 3.446
Benton. 11,812
Boone. 5,557
Bradley. 3.737
Calhoun. 3.178
Carroll. 6,739
Chicot. 5.977
Clark. 8.000
Clay. 6,942
Cleburne. 3,376
Cleveland. 4.183
Columbia. 7,338
Conway. 8,259
Craighead. 8,103
Crawford. 8,992
Crittenden. 5,090
Cross. 4,191
Dallas. . 3.949
Desha. 3.545
Drew. 7.675
Faulkner. 7.744
Franklin. 6,695
Fulton . 4.211
Garland. 6,962
Grant. 2,713
Greene. 6,964
Hempstead. 10,448
HotSprtng . 4,874
Howard. 5,349
Independence. 8,288
Izard. 4,831
Jackson. 6,695
Jefferson. 16,509
Johnson. 6,819
Appor
tionment
t 5,167 69
8,288 30
3.756 14
12.875 08
6.057 13
4 073 33
3,461 84
7,345 51
6.514 93
8,720 09
7,560 78
3,679 84
4,559 47
7,998 42
9,002 31
8,832 27
9,801 38
5,548 10
4,568 19
4,304 41
3,664 95
8,365 75
8,440 98
7,297 55
4.589 99
7,588 58
2,957 17
7.590 76
11,388 32
5,312 66
5,830 41
9,033 92
5.265 79
7,297 55
17,994 81
7,432 71
Lawrence. 8.454
Lee. 8,522
Lincoln . 4,399
Little River. 5,088
Logan. 7,894
Lonoke. 9,202
Madison. 7.345
Marlon. 3.763
Miller. 7.142
Mississippi . 6.916
Monroe. 5.974
Montgomery. 3.983
Nevada. 6.547
Newton. 4,722
Ouachita. 7,149
Perry. 2,918
Phillips . 8,763
Pike. 3,995
Poinsett. 2.831
Polk. 6,190
Pope. 8,360
Prairie. 4.412
Pulaski. 23,159
Randolph . 6.S19
Saline. 4.829
Scott. 5,601
Searcy. 4,585
Sebastian. 13,009
Sevier. 5,979
Sharp . 4.2*59
St. Francis. 6.406
Stone. 3.067
Union. 8,448
VanBuren. 4,383
Washington. 13,257
White. 8.774
Woodruff. 6,793
Yell. 2,794
7,034 86
9,288 98
4.794 91
5,545 92
8,386 48
10,030 12
8,006 05
4,101 67
7,784 78
7,538 44
6,511 66
4,341 47
7,136 23
5,146 TO
7,792 41
3.180 63
9.551 67
4,354 55
3,085 79
6,747 10
9,112 40
4,809 08
25,243 31
7,432 71
5,263 61
6,105 09
4,997 65
14,179 81
6,517 11
4.6.'3 *1
6,982 S
3,343 03
9,206 14
4,777 47
14.470 13
9.563 66
6.313 28
9,585 48
Tiv.il
495,368
*539,951 12
Applegrowers Organize.
Applegr°wers of southwest Mis
souri and north Arkansas met at
Springfield last week and perma
nently organized by electing the fol
lowing officers. President, P. A.
Rogers, Gravette; vice-president,
George T. Lincoln, of Bentonville;
secretary, G. A. Atwood, of Spring
field ; treasurer, W. T. Flouruay, of
Marionville, Mo.; executive commit
tee, T. C. Love, Seymour; George
AVoolsey, Bentonville; H. E. Nel
son, Lebanon; W. A . Gardner,
Springfield; B. Logan, Logan, Mo.;
transportation committee, Lewis
Erb, Cedar Gap; S. A. Haseltine,
Springfield; X. 0. Cole, Springfield;
F. H. Speakman, Neosho.
Must Be Good.
Gov. Davis last week granted a
pardon to W. R. O’Neal, convicted
in Jackson count}- and fined $3,000
for the illegal sale of liquor. The
pardon was conditioned that O’Neal
give a bond, to be approved by the
circuit clerk of Jackson county,
that he will not in the future vio
late the liquor laws of the state.
Spontaneous Combustion.
A freight car containing powder
and dynamite blew up on a side
track at Luxora. The report of
the explosion was heard for miles
around, and fortunately no one was
close enough to be injured. Spon
taneous combustion is supposed to
have been the cause of the explo
sion.
BRIEF MENTION.
John Blanton, charged with the
murder of Wm. Bleet, a miner, at
Spadra, surrendered and has been
placed in the penitentiary for safe
keeping.
A Mrs. Means, en route to Mis
souri, with her husband and seven
small children, in a wagon, was kill
ed near Imboden. She fell from
the wagon and the wheels passed
over her breast, killing her instant
!y
There are 649 patients in the state
insane asylum, according to the re
port of Superintendent Stinson to
the charity board. During August
there were 141 cases of sickness and
one death. Three patients escaped
and have not been located.