VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1906.
NO. 31.
An Epitome of the Most Impor
tant Events at Homfc and
Abroad the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Glimpse at Wliar Coagfeu la Do
fug Togetbu With a Carelallr
Digested and Condensed Couplla
tioa of Current Sena Items, Both
Domeatic and Forelcn.
CONGRESSIONAL. NOTES.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the bill amending the
national banking law so that a bans
may loan to a single borrower a sum
not in excess of 30 per cent, of its
capital stock provided the surplus ot
the bank is equal to at least twice its
capital stock
The house, in committee of the
whole, after an exhaustive explanation
by Mr. Burton, of Ohio, voted by a
large majority in favor of a lock canal
across the isthmus of Panama.
The senate agreed to vote on the
canal type bill on, Thursday, June 21.
A. W. Benson was sworn in as sen
ator from Kansas, vice Burton, re
signed.
The credentials of Senator-elect
Dupont from Delaware were received
and filed.
The-senate passed a bill providing for
the amendment of the militia laws
and appropriating 12,000,000 in the in
terest of the militia.
The house committee on agriculture
agreed on a meat inspection amend
ment., to . the agricultural appropria
tion bill. It places the cost of inspec
tion-an. _ the government and makes
an automatic appropriation of $2,000,
000 a year to pay the cost.
The house adopted a rule sending
the railroad rate bill back to the con
ference cbmmittee.'
Representative Bowersock, of Kan
sas, secured the incorporation of an
amendment in the sundry civil bill pro
hibiting canteens in soldiers’ homes.
The senate passed the bill extend
ing to 36 hours the time that livestock
may be carried in. transit without un
loading.,
An effort is being made to bring
about an adjournment of congress by
July .1 or earlier. The railroad rate
conference report and the meat in
spection bill, now being framed, are
practically the only obstructions:"
,,r William Pinckney Whyte qualified
as United States senator for Mary
land and was sworn in.
There appears to be but little like
lihood of an agreemeht being reached
this session on the type of canal to be
constructed across of the Isthmus of
Panama.
UUNKilAL NEWI IVEMI.
London dispatches say that Mrs.
Longworth has charmed London soci
ety by what she Is rather than by what
she has done. Her personality per
vades the largest assemblies without
perceptible effort on her part.
Penitentiary Guard C. C. Guant, ot
St. Joseph, Mo., shot and killed Rich
ard Smith, a negro porter in the Pa
cific house saloon at Jefferson City,
Mo„ because the negro asked him to
move so that he could sweep.
Leaders in congress are considering
a plan to assist San Francisco in re
building by authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to deposit $10,000,0(>(J
of the public funds in San Francisco
banks, to be borrowed by a local im
provement company which, in turn,
^will loan it to property owners wishing
to rebdild.
In a letter to Secretary of War Taft
thanking the department for its aid
following the earthquake and fire in
San Francisco, Gov. Pardee of Cali
fornia highly compliments Generals
Greely and Funston.
Revelations made in a London
newspaper show that the Chicago
packing house scandals are duplicated
there. The disclosures have created
a decided sensation in the British
metropolis. .
Representative Rufus E. Lester, of
Georgia, was seriously, if not fatally
injured by falling from the’-roof of the
Cairo apartment house, in Washington,
to the eleventh floor. Both legs were
broken and he was injured internally.
In a fight. near LawBon, Mo., be
tween two officers and three men who,
it is supposed, robbed the post office
At Mooresville, Mo., both of the of
ficers and one of the robbers were
badly wounded.
The great ball at Louisville, Ky.,
■which was the closing event of “Home
coming” week was one of the greatest
and most elaoorate affairs ever held
in the south. The illuminated parad
which preceded the ball was a gorgeous
spectacle.
Tornadoes are reported as having
done much damage in portions ot Mon
tana.
The Western Federation of Miners
has made a demand 6n Judge Smith,
of Idaho, that h« release the -Impris
oned federation officials in reasonable
hall.
A report is current in St. Petersburg
that the government is negotiating
with Germany and Austria for joint
action in case of an uprising in her
western provinces.
The cobbler Mesfeivi, who was con
victed at Marakesh, Morocco, of the
murder of 36 women, after being sub
jected to daily flogging was walled up
alive.
Vice-PresldentFairbanks entertained
the members of the National Editorial
association at his home in Indian
apolis. The association will meet at
Jamestown, Va., next year.
A statue of Daniel Boone, by Miss
Emid Yandell, of Louisville, was un
veiled in that city as one of the not
able Incidents of "home-coming week"
of the Kentuckians.
The Central Passenger association
members have individually granted a
one-cent rate for the round trip for the
G. A. R. encampment in Minneapolis.
Samuel Unterneyer, counsel for the
international policy-holders’ commit
tee, has notified President Peabody of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. that
the officers of the company will be
held personally responsible for the
Mutual advertising now appearing in
the newspapers.
The Dutch warship Piet Heim col
lided with the Belgian steamer Meuse
off Haak's lightship, In the North sea,
and sank her. The captain of the
Meuse and 11 of her crew were
drowned.
Alexander Dowie is “seein’ things
at night” in the shape of celestial
pyrotechnics accompanied by "the
sweetest music imaginable."
Insurance companies involved in the
San Francisco losses which are in
clined to scale down their obligations
are notified that an attempt to do so
will result in their being driven out
of California and discredited before
the world.
Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of Presi
dent Roosevelt, and himself prominent
it politics for many yefcrs, died at his
country home at Lotuslake, Long Osl
aaj, aged 77 years.
The adoption of the conference re
peat in congress, assuring the admis
sion of Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory to statehood, was the occasion
of much- noisy rejoicing in the terri
tories.
The committee of the National
Association of Manufacturers ap
pointed to make an examination of
the packing establishments at the Chi
cago stock-yards, have made their re
port, in which they say that while
they found room for improvement in
some respects, the reports sent out as
to conditions have been grossly exag
gerated.
First Lieut. Edward C. Bolton, Sev
teenth infantry, governor of Davao
province, Island of Mindanao, and
Benjamin Christian, a former soldier
and foreman of the government farm
at Malita, were murdered by three
natives who were acting as their
guides.
President Roosevelt is not at all
satisfied with the new meat inspection
amendment formulated by the house
committee on agriculture, declaring
it Inadaquate to meet the conditions.
A rumor is again current in Rome
that the pope intends to leave the
Vatican and take up his quarters at
Castle Gandolfo, on Alban lake, two
hours’ drive from Rome.
Rev. Dr. Charles Scaddings, of La
Grange, 111., has been elected Epis
copal bishop of Oregon.
A jury in the federal court at Kan
sas City, Mo., returned a verdict find
ing the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railway Co. guilty on four counts of
granting'rebates to the Armour, Swift,
Cudahy and Nelson Morris packing
companies. Sentence was deferred till
June 22.
me uuiveisu^ liimutS) gifluuaicu
a class of 370 men and women.
The Castellane divorce case Is pro
ceeding uninterruptedly toward a final
hearing in Paris. All efforts at recon
ciliation have ceased.
Rear-Admiral Bowman H. McCalla.
who led the forlorn hope of the relief
expedition to Pekin during the Boxer
trouble In 1900, is to be retired July
19" next.
It is suggested, on behalf of 20,000
schoolless children in San Francisco,
that a day be appointed in every state
and territory and that the children of
the country be asked to contribute to
ward the rehabilitation of the San
Francisco schools.
The Japanese army Is to be reor
ganized along radically modern lines,
and Is to be made into a perfect fight
ing machine.
By the conference agreement on the
statehood bill, Indian territory and
Oklahoma are to be admitted as one
state, and New Mexico and Arizona
as one state, provided the people of
each territory vote for Joint statehood
at an election November 6 next.
King Haakon and Queen Maud of
Norway, accompanied by their son
Olaf, made their progress toward
Trondhjem, for the coronation, stop
ping at various points on the way and
receiving the homage of their sub
jects. They expected to reach their
destination June 19.
J. Bruner, W. • H. Michael and a
stranger were shot to death white
trying to forcibly enter the apart
ments Qf Daisy Jackson, in Louisville,
Ky.( by Clarence Sturgeon, who says
the men were drawing guns.
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
May Get Big Mill.
A probable result of the building of
the new railroad from Nashville to a
Kansas City Southern connection will
be the location of a large hardwood
mill and furniture factory at Nash
ville of the Henderson Hardwood
Company, one of the largest concerns
in the South. This company owns
8,000 acres of hardwood timber lands
on Little river and the Saline, and it
is said that if they can secure the
proper concessions from Capt. Hen
derson in the way of freight rates
over the new railroad the plants will
be established at Nashville.
Just as he had seated himself at the
noon meal at his home in Magnolia,
Capt. W. R. Eads was stricken with
paralysis and in an instant later was
a corpse. The neighbors were noti
fied and a physician summoned, but to
no avail. Death resulted from a
stroke of paralysis in the heart. Capt.
Eads was one of Columbia county’s
pioneer citizens, having attained his
70th year. For many years he was en
gaged in the mill business but of late,
owing to his advanced age, had lived
quietly at his home cultivating small
patches.
Died Suddenly.
Growing Ffcnce Posts.
Mr. Polly, a man from Boston, has a
tract of 160 acres on top of a mountain
eight miles from Fayetteville and is
going to have an orchard of black
locust to make fence posts. He has
10,000 or 20,000 sprouts now and will
plant seed. They will grow in five or
six years large enough for fence posts
and, Mr. Polly says, will pay better
than an apple orchard.
New School Building.
Contractor Sanford has begun work
on the addition to the Cental School
Building at Eureka Springs, and by the
time the fall term of school opens it
is expected that everything will be in
readiness for what is hoped will be
the best year of the Eureka Springs
public schools. Three new rooms are
to be added, which will do away with
the neccessity of renting and will
properly house all departments.
Private Wire Is Being Strung.
The special wire being strung by
the Western Union, for H. B. Ake &
Co., the Little Rock brokers, from
Fort Smith to Leslie, will be com
pleted in a short time. The line,
which is standard construction No. 8
iron, will be 233 miles in length, with
offices cut in at Eureka Springs, Ber
ryville, Harrison and Marshall. A
representative of the company will
he in Harrison soon to arrange for
opening the office there.
Want Fruit Growers7 Association.
The citizens of Magazine are agitat
ing the Question of organizing a
fruit growers' association. All the
farmers in that section have made a
success with their orchards. It has
been demonstrated that the Elberta
peach crop compares favorably with
the peaches of that variety grown in
any other section of the State. It is
very likely that a fruit farmers’ or
ganization will soon be a permanent
institution in Logan county.
Will Go to Fort Riley.
Capt. Penny of the Jefferson Fen
cibles, at Pine Bluff, has been in cor
respondence with Gen. Haynes of the
Arkansas State Guard relative to
the home guard to Fort Riley, Kan.,
to take part in the combined maneu
vers of the regulars and the national
guardsmen which will take place in1
August. Capt. Penny states that it;
is very probable that his company
will go to Fort Riley.
Experimenting With Rice.
R. L. Cobb is experimenting with
rice culture on a small tract of the
Beak ley land north of the England
and Clear Lake Railroad, He has
only put in a few acres,v but ha* se
cured a good stand, and if it proves
successful a large portion of that part
of the farm will be planted in rice next
year.
Real Estate Active.
A great deal of property is chang
ing hands at Prescott. Timber lands
are in great demand, and there is
quite a demand for farms. Land that
could be bought in Nevada county a
few years ago for $5 per acre is now
bringing $10 and $15 per acre.
Girl Severely Burned.
Joy, the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Freeman, of Conway, was
severely burned recently. She was
visiting with her mother at Mrs. Hard
in’s, on North Front street, and while
playing around a fire in the yard fell
in the flames and was terribly burned
before assistance could reach her.
Killed Many Rats .
Mrs. Benson and her son killed 117
rats at their home near Grange re
cently, and the latter was badly bit
ten by one of the savage little ani
mals
Found Dead in Box Car.
Recently at Fort Smith, while Fris
co employes were breaking up a train
of empty cars which came in the even
ing before, they discovered the body
I of a man, evidently murdered, in one
of the box cars. The entire right side
of his head was crushed and beside
the body was an iron bar Vvith which
the killing had been done. There was a
pool of blood on the cty floor near the
door and then a streak of blood to the
spot where the body "lay in the end of
the car. The supposition is that the
man was killed while near the door
and the body dragged out of sight.
Three handkerchiefs, one soaked with
blood, another soaked with blood and
water and another wet with water,
were found near the body, indicating
that an attempt had been made to
wash the blood from the wound. The
location of the wound indicates that
the fatal blow was struck while the
man was asleep. In a pocketbook was
found a miner's traveling card in the
name of C. Mundowski, which was is
sued from the secretary of the local
at Gowan, I. T. There is no evidence
upon which to found a theory as to
where or why the mhrder was commit
ted. The condition of the man’s cloth
ing did not indicate that IMs pockets
had been searched.
Big Bee Colony.
Joseph Winslow, who lives near
Marked Tree, has a bee colony consist
ing of 50 hives. He expects to gather
and sell this season 3,000 pounds—
one and a half tons—of honey. Mr.
Winslow always obtains a good price
for his honey in the market. He us
ually receives 12 1-2 cents per pound.
Next season he expects to increase the
number of his hives to 150.
New Schoolhouse at Nashville.
Architect Sid Stewart of Texarkana
has been employed by the Nashville
School Board to furnish plans and
specifications for the new school build
ing to be erected in that city. The
building will be ready for occupancy
by January 1. Mr. Stewart advised the
board against constructing the build
ing of concrete, and the board has de
cided to use brick.
First Trip on New Road.
The committee that went to Rogers
from Siloam Springs over the new
road returned a few days ago. The
party was met at Cave Springs by Mr.
Felker and the engineer who runs the
construction train, nnd at 6 o’clock
the party left that point aboard flat
cars loaded with ties, enjoying the dis
tinction of being the first party of Si
loam Springs people transported over
the ten miles of track of the Rogers
Southwestern.
Poison in a Dinner Pail.
A man by the name of Miller has
been arrested at Hatfield charged with
placing poison in the dinner pail of
Phillips Stone. Stone detected that
there was something wrong with the
food and gave some of it to his dog,
which died in a very short time af
ter eating it. Prosecuting Attorney
Lake was in Mena reecntly to have
a portion of the contents, of the din
ner analyzed.
Business Men Organize.
The merchants of Marked Tree have
organized what is to be known as the
Marked Tree Merchants’ Association,
the object of which is for the mutual
benefit and advancement of the retail
trade against the evils of bad credits,
price cutting, early closing and mis
understanding among competitors.
Nearly every merchant in Marked
Tree is a member of the organization.
U. D. C. Chapter Organized.
A number of Prairie Groves’ loyal
Southern women met at the residence
of M. L. ftildebrand and organized a
chapter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. The chapter will be
known as Prairie Grove Chapter, U.
D. C., having been named for the bat
tlefield, and will meet the first Wed
nesday in each month at the homes of
its members.
Large Apple Crop.
At Rogers the apple crop is grow
ing fast, and as the apples have begun
to show up on the trees the fact be
comes plain that the crop will be larg
er than was at first expected. It is
now estimated that from 800 to 1,000
cars will be shipped from Rogers dur
ing the season and fall. While there
probably are not as many apples on
some of the trees as heretofore, there
is a larger number of bearing trees in
the county at the present time than
ever before, and the total crop will
be pretty large.
Prisoners Escape.
Three prisoners, David Wills, Jos
eph Jones and Robert Jenkins, escap
ed from the Ashdowm jail a few days
ago. Deputy Sheriff B. T. Brown went
to the jail at noon in his shirt sleeves,
and the prisoners seeing that he was
unarmed, overpowered him after a
hard struggle and escaped.
Will Convene July 2.
The Little River County Circuit
Court will convene at Ashdown July 2.
The docket will not be very heavy and
the business of the court will proba
bly be completed in two weeks.
ARKANSAS BRIEFS
The man who tried to get $300 a
Helena on a draft through the Inter
state Bank and Trust Company, ant
who said his name was J. A. Kemp, is
3till in the hands of the police, anc
confined in the Phillips county jail ot
a warrant charging him with forgery
It developed that his real name is noi
Kemp, but W. L. Kelley, Kemp beinj
the name of a partner of his, a Texan
who made his escape as soon as Kellej
was nabbed. It has also developec
that Kemp, alias Kelley, first tried tc
work the draft scheme on the Firsi
National Bank. When he stated his
purpose, however, Cashier Faulkner
of the First National would have noth
ing to do with it, saying they did noi
do that. sort of business. According
to Chief Clancy, as soon as the sus
pect had been cross-questioned closely
by the chief and city attorney, Edwir
Bevens, he confessed that his name
was not Kemp. Hfc said that his
partner was named Kemp, but his
name was Kelley. City Attorney
Bevens looked up the law, and says
he feels secure in holding the suspecl
for forgery, now that he confesses tc
an alias. The forgery was signing
another man’s name to the telegram
The annual Chautauqua will take
place at Fort Smith June 24 to July
4, in the new auditorium. The build
ing of the new auditorium is nearing
completion and the doors will be open
ed to the public for the first time on
the occasion of the Chautauqua. Ex
Governor “Bob” Taylor, Sam Jones,
Dr. Gunsaulus, Senator LaFollette,
and other good features will be heard.
There will be a new M. E. Church
built in Earle soon. The members
have already bought the lot and made
up $600 of the building fund. They
propose to build a $2,500 edifice.
The new bank building of the Bank
of Earle will be a two-story brick.
The contract has been let to Eberhart
of Memphis, and the work is now
progressing nicely. The contractor
bid the work in for $7,777.77. The up
stairs will be elegantly fitted offices,
and the bank will occupy the lower
floor. The entire building will be
wired for electric lights. When com
pleted the Bank of Earle will have one
of the most commodious and elegant
buildings in eastern Arkansas.
In discussing the work of the Ar
kansas State Fair Association, Hon.
Hamp Williams of Hot Springs says:
SAll our plans have so far carried
out satisfactorily and everything is in
working order. Every department has
been organized and we are now ready
to assign tlie exhibits, concessions, etc.
The fair will open on October 1, and
close October 10, and the citizens of
the entire state are rallying to the
support of the enterprise. It will be
undoubtedly the greatest event in
which the entire state Is vitally inter
ested, which has taken place in Ar
kansas for many years.
“One thing that gives the manage
ment an advantage and untold help,
is the fact that the Oaklawn race track
and grounds have been given us free
of charge. This track represents an
outlay of half a million dollars and is
itself worth the trip to Hot Springs
to see. We can care for 20,000 visitors
a day in our city and we expect that
many on the opening day of the fair,
October 1.”
Attorney Norwood and Alley, repre
senting citizens of Mena in the con
troversy over the Mena Hendrix
Academy, have filed a suit in the
Chancery Court against the president
and Board of Directors of Hendrix
College and J. E. Wooten of the Com
mercial College. The suit is brought
to oust the defendants named from
any right or title now claimed in the
property and to quiet the title in the
city of Mena. The papers as filed pro
vide that if the lease now held by
Prof. Wooten shall be declared valid,
the hotel property, now claimed as
rental for the lease, shall become the
property of Hendrix Academy.
At a meeting of the Peach Growers’
Association at Rogers, it was the opin
ion of all that the crop is not as badly
damaged as at first reported. The
members present thought the pros
pects were good for fifteen cars at
least and decided to ship in car load
lots as formerly. The crop is scat
tering and no uniformity was notice
able in the reports of the various
growers. Some orchards will be prac
tically bare while others will have
fairly good crops.
J. W. Voohers had the misfortune
of losing his store building and con
tents at Weidman, on the White Riv
er railroad recently. The building
probably caught fire from being struck
by lightning. His loss is about $3,000.
The Russellville Chautauqua will be
held at that place July 11 to 18th.
Capt. Richmond P. Hobson is an
nounced as one of the speakers at this
meeting.
The Western Union telegraph line
has been completed to Pike City. Mr.
Jamison, the depot agent, has a i/ranch
line into his residence.
TONIC TREATMENT
Weak Stomach and Sick Headache
Cured by Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills.
The symptoms of stomach tronble
vary. Some victims have a ravenous
appetite, others loathe the sight of food.
Often there is a feeling as of weight on
the chest, a full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses on the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he haa
heart disease. Sick headache is a fre
quent and distressing symptom,
i A weak stomach needs a digestive
.; tonic and that there is no better tonic
for this purpose than Dr. Williams’ Pink
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Calif., a veteran of Battalion C, Third
U. S. Regular Infantry.
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If you want good health you must have
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actually make new blood and restore -
shattered nerves. They are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re
ceipt of price, 50c. per box, six boxes for
$2.50 by the Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
NOTES FROM ABROAD.
It is considered probable that the
British parliament will increase the
tax on motor cars this year. It will
be levied in the purchase price.
An improvement in the latest Lon
don “tube” is stations painted dis
tinctive colors, so that passengers
may recognize them without hearing
their names called. Not much of a
change, suggests an English paper—
merely the substitution of a hue for a
cry.
England was represented in Swit
zerland last year by 53 commercial
travelers; Germany, which enjoy3 the
lion’s share of the Swiss import trade,
employs an army of nearly 5,000
“drummers,” and is followed by
France, with 1,386, of these enterpris
ing agents, who annually sell there
$40,000,000 worth of French merchan
dise.
Few lawyers in Great Britain make
over $50,000 a year, but Mr. Moulton,
who has just succeeded Lord Justice
Mathew, is believed to have given up
a practice worth at least twice that
much. He is regarded as one of the
most widely read men of the time. In
classics, languages, mathematics and
several sciences he is an expert. His
mastery of electrical science made
him a tremendous power in patent
cases._.
New Commandment.
Secretary Wilson does not agree
with those who say that the eleventh
commandment is “Do not be found
out.” A day or two ago he had occa
sion to reprimand a subordinate who
in conversation with a friend let slip
some information which was of a con
fidential nature. “Never forget tha
eleventh commandment again,” said
the secretary, ‘and in case you do not
know what it is, I shall write it on a
slip of paper for you.” The subordi
nate looked at the slip, on which Mr.
Wilson had written: “Keep your
mouth shut.”
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