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House Passes Bill Providing for
New State Capitol Over
Governor’s Veto.
MOUDAT, APRIL 13.
The senate was informed that Gov.
Davis had signed the Price World’s
Pair bill. The senate considered the
blind school and insane asylum appro
priation bills.
The house made a further reduction
In the appropriation for the Univer
sity of Arkansas of $26,436, making a
total reduction of $138,878 from the
original appropriation of $257,636.76.
The Senate.
Senator Matlock introduced a resolu
tion to discharge clerks of the com
mittees on public charities, books of
state land commissioner, committee on
penitentiary and superintendent of pub
lic instruction.
A substitute discharging the secre
tary of the committee on public chari
ties only, was adopted.
A resolution was adopted providing
that appropriation bills shall have the
right of way over all other bills, and
that the senators each call up a bill
upon the roll call.
H. B. 396, appropriating $66,700 for
the maintenance of the blind school was
considered in committee of the whole.
Senator Hardy offered an amendment
reducing the item of $3,000 for a pipe
organ and two pianos to $2,000. Tin
amendment was defeated. An amend
ment was adopted prohibiting members
of the board of trustees from employing
relatives in the institution.
A messenger from the governor an
nounced that he had signed S. B. 42,
the World’s Fair appropriation bill, and
S. B. 101, providing for public libraries.
The lunatic asylum appropriation bill
was taken up. An amendment was
udopted changing the name of the in
stitution from the Arkansas lunatic
asylum to the Arkansas hospital
for the insane. An amendment was
adopted making an appropriation for
Are insurance.
A resolution from the penitentiary
board, asking the general assembly to
appropriate for the use of the peniten
tiary all money paid into the state
treasury by the financial agent of the
penitentiary, was read and referred to
penitentiary committee.
A resolution inviting W. R. Hearst
of New York to address the general
assembly was adopted.
The House.
Mr. Wofford introduced a bill provid
ing for a beer Inspector, and for the in
spection of beer and malt liquors manu
factured in this state.
Mr. Jacobs Introduced a bill provid
ing for a state normal summer school.
The house went into committee of the
Whole to consider H. B. 493. the state
(unlversity appropriation bill. Amend
ments were adopted reducing the item
for the department of philosophy and
pedagogy from $1,250 to $300; the item
for the department of history to $300;
military department from $900 to $600;
the library department to $1,000; the
heating of boys’ dormitory and other
buildings from $9,876.65 to $6,000. The
Item of $4,500 for an exhibit at the St.
Ijouis fair was stricken out.
Amendments to reduce the appro
priations for fuel and for student labor
were lost. The item of $1,500 for im
provement of tlie campus was reduced
to $400, and the item of $1,500 for the
department of physical culture and elo
cution was reduced to $1,000. The ap
propriation of $65,000 for salaries for
two years was reduced to $4 0,000, and
matron’s salary was reduced to $750
for two years.
A message from the governor an
nounced that he had signed H. B. 136,
prohibiting the employment of child
labor in factories, and H. B. 377. mak
ing an appropriation for the state mili
tia.
TUESDAY, APHID 14.
The house passed Senator Caldwell's
bill authorizing city and town councils
to regulate the price of water, gas and
electricity.
The house fniled to pass over the gov
ernor’s veto the bill providing for the
,redlgestlng of the statutes.
A bill was passed by the senate plac
ing a bounty of 50 cents each upon
hawks and foxes.
Several other bills of general Inter
est passed.
The Senate.
H. B. 290 (Parks), authorizing Indi
viduals, corporations or partnerships
operating railroads for transporting
material to mills for manufacturing
purposes, to exercise the right of emin
ent domain, was passed.
H. B. 513 (Perry), to encourage the
raising of cattle and prevent the spread
in gof disease among cattle passed.
H. B. 350 (Keith), requiring the post
olticc address to be given with each
name on the list of qualified electors,
was read third time and passed.*
Senator Caldwell called up H. B. 467,
authorizing Incorporated towns and cit
ies of the second class to hold elec
tions for the purpose of securing ad
vancement to cities of first and second
class. The bill passed.
The senate passed Mr. Stockard's bill
placing a bounty of 60 cents each on
hawks and foxes.
Senator King called up the bill re
quiring railroads to furnish cars to
shippers at the rate of six per day
when needed or requested. Senator
Hardy moved that the bill .be placed
back upon second reading. Senator
Price urged the passage of the meas
ure. as It would benefit the farmers
and poor people of the state The
motion to refer prevailed.
Senator Logan's bill, dividing the
road tux paid by cities or towns be
tween the cities or towns and the coun
ty. was taken up. Senator Short moved
that the senate concur in the house
amendment allowing the entire tux to
go to the country roads. Senators Wil
son and Collins opposed the house
amendment. Senators McFerrln and
Huddleston favored It. The motion to
concur In the amendment prevailed, 15
to -*14.
The House.
H. B. 542 abolishing fraternities In
the University of Arkansas, was called
up nnd referred to the committee on
education.
(Caldwell), authorizing city
nnd town councils to regulate and fix
the to be paid for water, gas nnd
electric lights upon petition of five citi
gviis, was taken up. A motion by Mr.
Toney to pmee the bill back on second
reading was lost and the bill passed,
76 to 7. .
S. B. 165, providing that when a Con
federate pensioner dies the warrant
for ills pension shall be payable to his
widows or heirs, passed without op
position.
S. B. 113 (Gray), dividing the liquor
funds, amended to apply to twenty
five counties, passed.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski called up H.
B. No. 4, providing for the redigesting
of the statutes of the state and au
thorizing the supreme court to appoint
a digester, this bill iiaving been vetoed
by the governor. Mr. Campbell moved
the passage of the bill over the gov
ernor’s veto. Messrs. Horton and Parks
opposed the motion. On roll call the
motion was lost, the vote being 38 to
37, necessary to pass, 57.
S. B. 179, providing that registered
pharmacists may he granted renewal of
certificates without re-examination, was
read third time and passed.
■WEDNESDAY, APHID IS.
A message was received from the
governor in the house vetoing the Mer
riman bill providing for the comple
tion of the state capitol building. On
motion of the author of the bill it was
passed over the veto.
The general appropriation bill for
maintenance of the state government
was introduced by Chairman Merriman
of the ways and means committee.
The house passed a bill abolishing
chancery courts.
Senator Simpson’s bill providing for
redigestlng of the statutes and au
thorizing the governor to appoint a di
gester was defeated in the senate.
The Senate.
H. B. 366, roviding that all fast trains
shall stop at stations nearest the state
boundary lines, was the first measure
passed.
Senator Simpson introduced a bill ap
propriating $7,500 for the relief of suf
ferers from the recent tornado in Van
Buren, Cleburne and White counties.
Senator Matlock's bill, requiring sick,
accident and health benefit insurance
companies to file a bond of $20,000, was
defeated.
Senator Norwood called up S. B. 17
(Simpson), providing for the redigest
ing of the statutes, the digester to be
appointed by the governor subject to
the approval of the supreme court.
Senator Norwood spoke in favor of
the measure.
Senator Wilson opposed the measure,
which failed to pass.
H. B. 371 (Chestnut), providing for a
state board of examiners for osteo
pathic physicians passed.
S. B. 164, providing for the confirma
tion of tax titles, was taken up and
passed.
A motion by Senator Short to sus
pend the rules and take up the Keel
anti-trust bill was lost.
Senators Huddleston. Smith and Butt
were appointed a committee to act with
the house Committee in inviting W. R.
Hearst to address the general assem
bly.
The House.
Judge Merriman, chairman of the
ways and means committee, introduced
H. B. 552, the annual appropriation bill
for .the maintenance of the state gov
ernment. The total amount appro
priated is $41S,847. an increase of $26,
000 over that of two years ago. The
house, sitting as a committee of the
whole, adopted the bill without amend
ments and recommended that it pass.
H. B. 523 (Horton), granting to rail
roads a right of way over state lands,
was read third time and passed.
H. B. 39S (Scrlmshire), to compel rail
roads to settle for damages to merchan
dise within a reasonable time, passed.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments and passed H. B. 467, regu
lating the manner in which cities of the
second class may become cities of the
first class.
H. B. 404 (Rountree), fixing passen
ger rates on railroads over twenty
miles in length at 3 cents per mile, was
called up and passed.
Mr. Scrimshire's bill requiring own
ers of sawmills and factories to pay
wages of discharged employes on the
day of discharge was read third time
and passed.
H. B. 26 (Moore of Newton), abolish
ing separate chancery Judges, was
taken up. Mr. Moore urged that the
circuit judges could do the work now
performed by the chancellors. The bill
passed—40 to 36.
A message was received from the
Governor, vetoing H. B. 400 (Merri
man), which provides for the comple
tion of the state capitol building.
Mr. Merriman moved that the bill
be reconsidered and that it be passed
over the veto. Mr. Whitley spoke in
opposition to the bill. The motion to
pass the bill over the veto was carried,
71 to 10.
* THURSDAY, APRIL 16.
The house passed the general ap
propriation bill without amendment,
also the appropriation bill for the Uni
versity of Arkansas reduced by amend
ment from $257,000 to $1112,U00.
The bill appropriating $7,500 for tor
nado sufferers in northern Arkansas
passed the senate. The senate passed
the blind school and Confederate Home
appropriation bills. .
The Senate.
S. B. 272 (Simpson) appropriating
$7,500 for tlie relief of the tornado suf
ferers of Van Buren, Cleburne and
White counties, was taken up as a
special order. The bill passed, 25 to 7.
Senator Killough called up H. U. 400
(Merriman), providing for the comple
tion of tlie state capitol building, the
bill having been vetoed by the governor,
and passed by the house over the veto.
Senator Killough moved that the bill
be passed over tile veto. Without de
bate, the motion was adopted, 24 to 8.
A motion to suspend the rules and
take up S. B. 1, the anti-trust bill, was
lost.
II. B. 346, making appropriation for
the support of the Arkansas School for
the Blind, and H. B. 488, providing for
tlie support of the Confederate Soldiers’
Home, passed by a unanimous vote.
Senator Killough introduced a bill
authorizing the St. Francis levee board
to issue bonds for the purpose of repair
ing and strengthening tlie levee.
S. B. 113, setting aside $200 out of
every liquor license for the school fund,
was taken up and the house amend
ments concurred In.
Tlie senate went into committee of
tlie whole to consider the appropria
tion bill for the deaf-mute school.
Amendments were adopted reducing
the item of $22,200 for teachers' sala
ries to $19,200, the item of $600 for den
tal work to $200( the item of $5,000 for
repairs and construction of fences,
walks and driveways to $2,000. The
Items of $3,000 for a barn, $1,000 for
engineer's house and $8,000 for deep
well and steel tank were eliminated.
An amendment, providing that no rel
ative of the board or superintendent
be employed in the school, was adopted.
The House.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the opening of the morning sessions
at 8:30 o'clock.
H. B. 552 (Merriman), tho general op
propriation bill for the maintenance of
the state government, was called up.
A motion to place back on second read
ing for the purpose of amendment,
was lost. The bill passed without a
dissenting vote.
Mr. Du Baney called up H. B. 493,
making appropriation for the Univer
sity of Arkansas. The bill as amended,
passed.
A resolution was introduced providing
for the holding of night sessions by tho
house.
H. B. 179 (Apple), appropriating
$1,000 for the care of the graves of
Confederate soldiers buried at Camp
Nelson, Lonoke, passed.
H. B. 547 (Jacobs), appropriating
$1,000 annually for two years for the
purpose of maintaining state teachers'
institutes, was taken up. Mr. Campbell,
of Pulaski explained that if tho bill
was passed, the state would get a sim
ilar amount from the Peabody fund.
The bill passed.
H. B. 610. which provides that mutual
life insurance companies shall set aside
50 per cent of premiums for the pay
ment of losses and for the benefit of
policy-holders, was read third time and
passed.
H. B. 447, to allow jurors mileage of
5 cents per mile, was passed.
Mr. Merriman introduced a bill mak
ing appropriation for the maintenance
of the railroad commission. The bill
was considered by the house as commit
tee of the whole and reported favorably.
Mr. Perry introduced a bHl to reduce
the expense in criminal cases by limit
ing the number of witnesses.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17.
A concurrent resolution was adopted
by both branches of the general assem
bly providing for a Joint session, Tues
day, April 21, for the selection of the
state cupitol commission.
Senator Wilson's bill exempting
Christian Scientists from the provis
ions of the medical bill, was amended
by tlie house to prevent Christian Scien
tists from making any charge for their
services.
The house passed Mr. Whitley's bill
providing that no franchise shall be
granted by a municipality until it has
been submitted to a vote of the people.
The Senate.
Senator Witt introduced a bill to pre
vent the keeping of poolrooms for re
ceiving bets on the races and to prevent
betting on horse races at the race
track.
S. B. 277 (Killough) authorizing the
St. Francis levee board to issue bonds
to the amount of $500,000, passed with
out a dissecting vote.
A resolution was adopted fixing Mon
day, April 20. as the day for selecting
the five members of the state capitol
commission provided for by 11. B. 400.
A communication from the bar of
Garland county protesting against the
abolition of chancery courts, was read.
H. B. 552, the general appropriation
bill was passed to its third reading
without amendment.
H. B. 493, the appropriation bill for
the University of Arkansas. was
called up. Amendments were adopt
ed increasing the appropriation for me
chanical and horticultural departments
from $2,000 to $4,000; for campus im
provement from $400 to $1,000; for
teachers’ salaries from $40,000 to $50,
000.
Amendments appropriating $25,000
for a girls' dormitory and $3,000 for
a summer school were lost. The sen
ate adopted amendments appropriating
$3,000 for farmers’ institutes; $1,000
for expenses of entomologist; increas
ing tlie appropriation for library from
$1,000 to $1,500 and the salary of ma
tron to $50 per month.
Senator Gray's bill, setting aside a
portion of the liquor tax for the school
fund, passed.
Senator Butt called up Mr. Whitley's
bill, providing that before a franchise
Is granted by a municipal corporation,
thirty days' notice must be given and
an election held. The bill passed.
Mr. Kerwin’s bill, providing for a
uniform pay day for railways, was read
third time and tabled.
A resolution was adopted providing
for a joint session of the general as
sembly. Tuesday April 21, for the elec
tion of the state capitol commission.
The House.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the selection of the state capltol
commission. Monday, April 20.
H. B. 558, making appropriation for
salaries and expenses of railroad com
mission. and H. B. 494, the appropria
tion bill for the Branch Normal School
at Pine Bluff, were passed.
S. B. 276, appropriating $7,500 for
tornado sufferers in Cleburne. Van Bu
ren and White counties, passed 69 to 5.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendments to the appropriation
bills for the blind school and the Con
federate Soldiers' Home.
S. B. 219, the Christian Science bill,
was called up. Dr. Daniel offered an
amendment providing that Christian
Scientists shall receive no compensation
for offering prayer. Messrs. Merriman
and Whitley opposed the amendment,
which was adopted 39 to 37.
S. B. 168 (Matlock) increasing the sal
ary of secretary of state from $1,800
to $2,200 per year, was passed.
S. B. 106 (Kilgore) prohibiting non
residents from hunting and fishing, with
out paying a license of $100 per year
in each county in which they hunt or
fish, was read third time and passed.
S. B. 149 (Flenniken), providing that
tho proceeds from the sale of sixteenth
section lands shall be paid into the
state treasury, was passed.
S. B. 162 (Caldwell) to prevent dis
crimination in prices of manufactured
products, coal oil and dressed beef, was
read third time. Mr. Tarver explained
that the bill sought to prevent discrim
ination in prices by the oil and beef
trusts. The bill passed, 50 to 12.
SATUBDAT, APRIL 18.
The Hodman bill, creating a state
board of arbitration, was defeated in
tlie senate. Three appropriation bills,
for the University of Arkansas, hospi
tal for the insane and deaf mute in
stitute, were passed by the senate.
The house killed Mr, Campbell’s bill
annulling the Dickinson convict con
tract, by striking out the enacting
clause. Mr. Du Laney's. bill, making
the carrying of pistols punishable by
imprisonment, was defeated In the
house.
A bill appropriating 1100 for a re
ward for the capture of a criminal,
was passed over the governor's veto
by a unanimous vote.
The Senate.
Senator Jobe culled up Dr. Brlant's
bill appropriating $100 to pay reward
to the sheriff of Hempstead county
for the capture of a thief, the bill hav
ing been vetoed by the governor. On
Senator Jobe's motion the bill was
passed over the veto by a unanimous
vote.
The appropriation bill for the Branch
Normal School at Pine Bluff passed.
Senator Collins called up a bill pro
hibiting the purchase of liquor in pro
hibition termory from unknown per
sons. The bill passed.
Mr. Rodman’s bill, creating a state
board of arbitration, for the settlement
of labor disputes, was taken up. The
bill was defeated, G to 21.
Senator King asked consent to call
up Ills anti-trust bill, which was re
fused. A motion to suspend the rules
and take up the bill was lost.
The appropriation bill for the Uni
versity of Arkansas was read the third
time. Senator Jobe spoke against the
bill. He urged that it was not right
for all the people of Arkansas to pay
for something which only benefited a
few. The bill passed.
The bills making appropriation for
the maintenance of the hospital for the
insane and the deaf mute school, passed
without opposition.
The House.
H. B. 486 (Chesnutt) permitting
county examiners to renew teachers’
first grade license without re-examina
tion. was passed.
H. B. 279 (Funk) appropriating $25,
000 for the reprinting of Arkansas su
preme court reports, was read third
time and passed.
H. B. 519 (Campbell of Randolph) to
annul the Dickinson convict contract,
was taken up. An amendment to
strike out the enacting clause was of
fered. - Messrs. Chesnut. W'hitthorne
and Campbell of Pulaski opposed the
bill. Messrs. Horton and Campbell of
Randolph supported it. The motion to
strike out the enacting clause was car
ried, 45 to 38.
H. B. 487 (Du Laney), making the
carrying of a pistol punishable by im
prisonment from thirty to sixty days
in addition to a line, was taken up.
Mr. Parks urged that the bill would
place the law-abiding citizen at the
mercy of the desperado. Mr. Garrett
spoke in favor of the bill because it
would break up the practice of carry
ing pistols. Messrs. AVnitley and To
ney opposed the measure. The bill
failed to pass, 30 to 52.
H. B. 357, permitting the erection of
public buildings in Improvement dis
tricts, was passed.
CURIOUS BITS OF SCIENCE
Ivy growing' on a house, so far from
making the house damp, as is usually
supposed, actually extracts all mois
ture from the walls.
The milky sea, ns it is known to
mariners, is not yet fully understood.
It seems to be most common in the
tropical waters of the Indian ocean,
and is described ns weird, ghastly
awe-inspiring,and as giving the ob
server on shipboard the sensation of
passing through a sort of luminous
fog in which sea and sky seemed to
join and all sense of distance is lost.
The phenomenon is probably due to
some form of phosphorescence.
Non-actinic white light, first made
known by a French photographer
some years ago, is produced by filter
ing sunlight through a colorless solu
tion of three parts of nickel chloride
and one part of cobalt chloride, ultra
violet rays .being absorbed by coat
ing the containing vessel with collod
ion mixed with sulphate of quinine
slightly acidulated with sulphuric
acid. Sensitive paper has been ex
posed to this filtered white light for
a week without change.
There was an indoor snowstorm on
a very clear, cold evening recently at
a party given in Stockholm, Sweden.
Many people were gathered in a
single room, which became so warm
as to be insufferable. The window
sashes were found frozen and a pane
of glass was smashed out. A cold
air current rushed in, and at the
same instant flakes of snow were
seen to fall to the floor in all parts
of the room. The atmosphere was
so saturated with moisture that the
sudden fall in temperature produced
a snowfall indoors.
Many strange forms of the hen's
egg have been collected by Clement
L. Webster. In one an elongated
large egg is connected by a narrow,
neck to a small egg, both parts being
soft-shelled, while only the smaller
has a yolk. Another elongated egg
is club-shaped, while a similar one
has the small end bent up like that
of the crook! neck gourd. A triple
^ egg. consisting of three distinct eggs
joined, has a hard shell and contain
ed only albumen, with no yolk; while
a large normal-shaped egg contained
three yolks. In one egg was a second
complete egg, including the shell.
IN THE MIMIC WORLD.
Tommaso Salvini will shortly take a
final leave of the stage. He will, pre
vious to doing so, perform in the
principal towns of Italy, in company
with his son, Paola Salvini.
Fanny Herring, the actress who
charmed the audiences of the old
Bowery theater SO or 40 years ago,
celebrated her seventy-first birthday
recently. After nearly 50 years on
the stage she retired to her farm in
Coneetincut, where she now lives in
the best of health.
Arkansas State News
Homeopathic Society Formed.
A state organization of Homeo
pathic physicians was formed at a
meeting held in Little Eock. The
name of the new body is the
“Homeopathic Medical Society of
Arkansas.” The officers elected
were: President, Dr. W. E. Green,
Little Rock; vice president, V. 11.
Halloman, Hot Springs; secretary,
Z. N. Short, Hot Springs; treasur
er, P. C. Williams, Texarkana.
The organization was formed in
order to comply with an act passed
by the present legislature provid
ing for three medical examining
boards, the members to be recom
mended by the state associations of
allopathic, homeopathic and eclec
tic physicians.
Witness Confesses to Perjury
A. L. Fitzgerald, one of the wit
nesses for the defense in the trial of
Poly Carlisle, charged with robbery
at Eureka Springs, is said to have
confessed to perjury, implicating
several others. Carlisle was sen
tenced to three years in the peniten
tiary. The robbery alleged to have
been committed by Carlisle was one
of the boldest in the history of the
state. Entering a bank at Rogers,
he covered the cashier with a re
volver and secured $5,500. He es
caped into the mountains in a
buggy, which he had previously
hired. When a posse set out in pur
suit of the robber he joined in the
search.
Reward for Ex-Cashier
A proclamation has been issued
by Gov. Davis, offering a reward of
$500 for the arrest of D. 1*. Terry,
who is charged with defalcation in
connection with the failure of the
Howard County Bank, at Nashville,
of which he was cashier. It is al
leged that he was indebted to the
bank in the sum of $17,500 without
security and that besides he was
short in his accounts to the amount
of $25,000. Terry was arrested some
time ago and released on $1,000
bond. He is said to have given his
bondsmen a mortgage on his prop
erty and disappeared, forfeiting his
bond.
New Law May Be Tested
Joseph F. Hunt, of Little Rock,
was convicted of grand larceny in
the Pulaski circuit court and sen
tenced to five years in the peniten
tiary. Hunt was alleged to have
stolen $(>00 from his wife and gone
to California with a woman known
as Bird Sheppard. They were ar
rested at Los Angeles. One of the
questions involved in the trial was
the validity of a law passed by the
present legislature permitting a wife
to testify against her husband in
case of a property loss. Judge Lea
admitted the testimony of the wife.
Plumbers Meet at Eureka Springs
The Master Plumbers Association
met in annual convention at Eureka
Springs. A. V. Rogoski, of Little
Rock and W. N. Bruce of Fort
Smith, were elected delegates to the
national convention at San Fran
cisco. Hot Springs was selected as
the place for holding the next an
nual meeting.
Mill Owner Crushed by Boiler
J. L. Clfapman, owner of a saw
mill near Fulton, was killed while
working at his mill. Chapman was
preparing to move his mill to an
other place and was taking down
the machinery for that purpose.
Without warning the engine boiler
rolled over on him, crushing him
and killing him instantly.
Escaped Through Car Window.
John Helms, of Eureka Springs,
was arrested on a charge of steal
ing a gold watch from a burning
house in that city. Helms started
to leave town, and when an officer
began to search the train, Helms
jumped through a car window. The
officer jumped from the train and
captured his man. Helms stated
that he bought the watch,
Twelve Graduates In Medical College.
Twelve gtudents were graduated
from the medical department of the
University of Arkansas at the twen
ty-fourth annual commencement
held in Little Hock. Gov. Davis
presented the diplomas to the grad
uates. The following were the
graduates: W. I. Blackwell, Esau,
Ark.; Eugene A. Callahan, Carlisle,
Ark.; C. W. Donaldson, Cape Fair,
Mo.; J. E. Elliott, Bryant, Ark.;
T. M. Fly, Fourche Dam, Ark.; R.
C. Foster, Jacksonville, Ark.; G. H.
Gibson, Trinity, Texas; J. D. Leon
ard, Mount Holly, Ark.; J. A. Phil
lips, Hot Springs, Ark.; C. J. Steed,
Hurricane, Ark.; J. B. Stewart, To
kie, Ark.; J. G. Watkins, Mount
Ida, Ark.
Blue Law for Pine Bluff.
Mayor H. King White, of Pine
Bluff, who has recently assumed
that office, has issued a proclama
tion announcing that the Sunday
closing law will be enforced to the
letter. He has given warning to
all cigar stores, news stands, bar
ber shops, fruit stands, confection
ery stores and business houses of
all kinds that they must remain
closed from 12 o’clock Saturday
night to 12 o’clock Sunday night.
The agitation to secure the en
forcement of this law was started
by the Ministers’ Association of
that eitv.
Havoc From Tornado at Pearson
The first reports of the damage
wrought at Pearson by the tornado
which swept over the northern part
of the state were received a week
after the storm. Telephone and tele
graph wires were blown down and
roads to the outside world were im
passable. Two residents of Pearson
were fatally injured and a score
were injured. The fatally injured
were Matthew Holoman and his
wife. Only two dwellings were left
standing in the entire town. The
people were left without protection
and in many cases, without food.
Three houses were swept away en
tirely and not a whole piece of the
furniture which was iu these houses
could he found.
Shoots Girl and Hills Himself.
William Alexander, of Carlisle,
shot aud seriously wounded Miss
Irba Young, and then killed himself
within a block of the busiest part of
Little Rock at 1 o’clock in the af
ternoon. The deed was committed
while the couple were walking along
the street. Jealousy is supposed to
have l)een the cause of the act. Miss
Young’s home is at Lonoke, but she
formerly resided at Carlisle. She
and Alexander are said to have been
sweethearts years ago, hut both of
them had been married since that
time. The injured woman has been
employed as a milliner at Little
Rock for some time.
Receiver for Compress Company.
The El Dorado Congress Compa
ny of El Dorado was^placed in the
hands of a receiver by Chancellor
Hart of tile Pulaski chancery court
upon petition of Senator James P.
Clarke, receiver of the Bank of Lit
tle Rock. An injunction was also
granted prohibiting the proposed
sale of the property to satisfy a
debt of $15,000. The petition for
a receiver stated tliat the assets of
the company were between $30,000
and $35,000, and that the liabilities
were far in excess of this amount.
Fire in Railroad Shops
The freight car repair shops of
the Iron Mountain railroad at Little
Rock were destroyed by fire with
all their contents. Thirty-four
freight cars and two cabooses which
were in the shop were destroyed and
a number of cars standing near the
shop were damaged. The total loss
is estimated at $17,000, about $3,000
of which was upon the tools of the
hundred men employed in this shop.
The fire etarted n a caboose in the
center of the shop about 7:30 in the
evening.