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The House.
H. B 448. prohibiting non-residents
from trading horses without paying a
$luu license in each county in which
they do business, was passed.
Mr. Gantt introduced a resolution
raising the fees of each janitor 50
cents per day for extra services. The
resolution passed—33 to 30.
Mr. Winn introduced a resolution
proposing an amendment to the con
stitution requiring all railroads to
furnish passes to officers and members
of the general assembly.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski called up S.
B. No. 1. the King anti-trust bill. An
amendment offered by Mr. Holland ex
empting labor unions from the provis
ions ol' the bill was recommended by
the judiciary committee
Messrs. Poole and McGuigan opposed
the amendment. Mr. Campbell of Ran
dolph opposed all amendments, as he
thought they were offered to kill the
bill. Messrs. Merriman and Toney
urged the adoption of the amendment
The amendment was adopted—ayes
4 4. noes 32.
An amendment by Mr. Burk that no
provision of the bill be construed to
prohibit the existence of horticultural
societies was rejected.
The next amendment taken up was
the one offered by Mr. Campbell of
Pulaski, exempting insurance compan
ies from the clause prohibiting rating
bureaus. The author of the amend
ment argued that as the bill stood tne
old line insurance companies would be
forced to withdraw from the state. as
they could not afford to quit business
in other states w'here rating bureaus
exist.
Mr. Chambers spoke against the pro
posed amendment. An insurance trust
was as bad as any other trust.
Mr. Cate stated that he had been
commended by his constituents for his
efforts to prevent the shutting out of
insurance companies. He made a strong
argument for the amendment.
Mr. Toney stated that the first effect
of shutting out the old line companies
would be to deprive the state of over
$ - ti.ooQ annual revenue; he was op
posed to disturbing present conditions.
Mr. Du Dancy argued that the in
surance companies admit they are in
a trust when they threaten to leave tne
state if this bill becomes a law'.
On call of the roll the amendment
was defeated by a vote of 4 6 to 26.
Mr. Campbell of Randolph moved to
reconsider the vote by which the
amendment was rejected and to lay
that motion on the table. Carried.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1
In the senate the Death* rman trial
was again on. and the defendant testi
fied in his own behalf The trial was
not concluded.
In tiie house Mr. Ganna way’s reso
lution to submit a constitutional amend
ment. exempting capital invested in cot
ton and woolen mills from taxation for
a certain period, was discussed, but was
placed back on second reading for
amendment.
The Senate.
After defeating the Perrin bill seek
ing to reduce expenses in crim rial cases
by regulating the summoning of wit
nesses. the senate proceeded with the
JLeatherman trial
A. YY. McDonald testifies that he had
brought the injunction proceedings
against the Garland Novelty Company,
but not at instigation of defendant
that in* had ntver seen defendant in
toxicat'd.
Col. M. M. Duffle of Malvern stated
that court was held twice a year at
Malvern and that lie had never seen
the judge drunk.
J C. Ross of Malvern had received
appointments as commissioner in chan
cery. and had nevt r given or loaned
the accused any money.
P M Henry of Malvern testified that
he had gone hunting and fishing with
the judge and had never seen him in
to* Icated.
Several other witnesses for t^ie de
fense testified that they had never seen
the defendant under the influence of
liquor and that his demeanor while* on
the bench was good.
Judge Deal Herman took the stand.
He denied the charge of drunkenness.
He stated that he had appointed W. H.
Martin receiver in the Sumpter case;
had allowed him a fee of $6,000; had
borrowed $1,500 from Martin. Stated he
had deeded Martin a granite quarry
thought then to be very valuable. Wit
ness said his financial affairs had not
been good; that he had spent a great
deal of montf helping his friends; had
borrowed some money from clerks of
his court as a business transaction. He
declared that tile charge that he had
offered the election commissioners $7 5
to allow him to name election officials
was absolutely false. In the matter of
borrowed $200 from S. A. Summon, pro
prietor of a poolroom, the witness said
he had a note to meet and asked Sam
mons to loan him $200. which he did
The witness said he had appointed C
S. Bell receiver of the City Savings
Bank and had authorized Bell to loan
out the money; that Mr. Place had bor
rowed $4 00 of this money and had
loaned him $150 on his due bill; that
Place had turned in the due hill which
he had paid later The testimony of
Judge Deatherman was not completed
when the senate adjourned for the day
The House.
After routine business. Mr. Ganna
wa> moved to reconsider the vote by
which the amendment to the insane
asylum bill, prohibiting members of
the board from giving employment to
relatives, was adopted. The motion to
reconsider prevailed and the amend
ment was stricken from the bill.
The Confederate home appropriation
bill was considered in committee of
the whole. An amendment by Mr Cate
making the salary of chaplain $100, who
is also to be chaplain of the peniten
tiary. was adopted.
An amendment striking out the anti
nepotism section was adopted
House joint resolution No. 5 (Gan
na way). was read. The resolution pro
poses an amendment to the constitution
providing that all capital invested in
this state in cotton and woolen factor
ies during the next twenty-five years
shall be exempt from taxation for a per
iod of seven years after such capital
is invested.
The* resolution was discussed by
numb- r of members and . on motio
was plac'd back on second reading e
amendment.
('a motion the house accepted w,w\ in
vitatlon 1 • visit the city of Hott Jgpig8
1 be expei see of the trip tojrb
by the citizens of the dty.
THURSDAY,
Chancellor Leland
by the house
articles of
'RII« 2.
.. .. a Weatherman w:
acquitted by the senate of the charg
preferred against hir*' *»
repr*-sntatives 1
peach ment.
A mi ' -ace Trotf the governor was .
reived In the Mouse vetoing the bill pt
vidlng for th* redigesting of the st
ut. s of the slate of Arkansas and e'i
powering the lsupreme court to apt.oi
a digester. J *
A 1)1,1 nmkiVjg the sale of cigarett
and cigarette \ papers unlawful w
passed by the Iftouse.
Mr Merrlma* , bill providing for
state normal »c*0ol was defeated In
house. ■
/
The Senate.
The trial of Chancellor Leatherman
was concluded and lie was acquitted.
Judge Duffle, circuit judge of the
Seventh Judicial circuit, testied that he
saw the defendant frequently and had
never seen him intoxicated; that he re
garded him as an able judge and effi
cient lawyer.
Judge Leatherman resumed the stand
and said that Judge Sumpter’s state
ment that he had loaned him money
In order to get time extended on fore
closure of his property, was false. He
stated that the checks given him by
Mr. Waters were private transactions
and should not have been charged to the
Harland Novelty Company; that Mr
Waters proposed that he take an in
terest in the company but he refused.
The witness said that he often looked
into poolrooms but never lounged in
them; that he had bet small sums on
tiie races as he was a lover of horse
racing.
Both prosecution and defense an
nounced that they had no further wit
nesses. Each side was given three
quarters of an hour for argument. Rep
resentative Patterson, opening for the
state, took up each charge against the
defendant and reviewed the evidence
which had been presented.
Attorney Loughborough for the de
fense charged that the trial of Judge
Leatherman was the result of spite on
the part of Sheriff Williams. He re
ferred to the high standing and char
acter of the witnesses for the defense.
Attorney Mehaffey for the defense re
viewed the testimony on each charge
Representative Parks closed the argu
ment for the prosecution After deliber
ating in secret session for an hour, the
defendant was called forward and Chief
Justice Bunn announced the verdict of
the c°urt as follows:
“Judge Leatherman. this senate sit
ting as a court of impeachment, has
carefully considered the twelve articles
filed against you here by the house of
; representatives, and I am glad to say
they adjudge you on each and all the
j charges not guilty.”
The House.
The insurance committee introduced
H. B. 516 as a substitute for H. B. ^5S1.
| The substitute regulates the organiza
tion of mutual fire insurance compan
| ies; provides that all officers of such
i companies shall have lived in the state
for three years, and requires that a
| bond of $20,000 shall be filed with the
i secretary * * f state. An amendment of
fered by Mr. l>u Laney was adopted
j providing that the section of the bill
! requiring that mutual companies shall
; keep on hand 50 per cent of their un
j earned premiums shall not apply to
i companies until they have been in busi
i ness one year.
The joint committee appointed to visit
! the University of Arkansas presented a
| report, recommending among other
things the building of a boys' gymnas
i ium and the heating of the entire plant
j by steam.
II B. 472 (Keel), exempting Newport
| from the local option law. was read
j third time, Mr. Keel urged the passage
i of the measure. He declared that it
! was needed to rid the city of the blind
j tiger evil. The bill passed—42 to 23.
; SENATE
Private Secretary Jacobson appeared
| and read a message from the governor
vetoing H. B. 4 (Campbell of Pulaski).
! providing for the redigesting of the
1 statutes of Arkansas and empowering
j the supreme court to appoint a digester
The Confederate Home appropriation
! bill passed without opposition.
II B 31S (Merriman). providing for
the establishment, equipment anti main
i tenance of a state normal school, was
j taken up. Messrs. Merriman and Funk
j urged the passage of the measure. Mr
i Chesnutt opposed the bill on the
; ground thta it was class legislation.
! The bill failed to pass.
H. B 252 (Newberry), making it un
| lawful to sell or give away cigarettes or
| cigarette papers, and imposing a fine of
not less than $5 nor morp than $50 for
each violation, passed—47 to 16.
H. B 65 (Chesnutt. constituting the
| commissioner of mines. manufactures
j and agriculture ex-officio state oil in
spector and providing for the inspection
i of oil. was taken tip as special order.
1 Messrs. Campbell of Pulaski and Moore
j of Newton declared the measure would
| raise the price of oil and work a hard
i ship on the poor people. The bill failed
| to pass.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3.
j The senate passed the Fuller joint res
j olution proposing an amendment to the
constitution, providing for the issuance
i of bonds by first and second class cities,
j over tlie governor's veto.
Senator Wood's bill requiring the pub
lication of applications for pardons was
passed by the house.
The house defeated the hill providing
for the division of the liquor license
between county and school funds.
The house refused to suspend the
rules and take up the King anti-trust
bill.
The Senate.
The closing session of the senate as
an impeachment court in the case of
Chancellor Leatherman was held. Sen
ator Killgore raided the question as to
who was responsible for the expenses
attached to the impeachment trial.
Senator Hardy moved that the ques
tion of costs be referred to the attor
ney general. Senator Norwood moved
as a substitute that the record be ap
proved as read without consideration
of cost. A resolution offered by Senator
Collins providing that the costs be
taxed against R. L. Williams, the prose
cuting witness, was declared out of or
der Senator Norwood's substitute mo
tion prevailed. Chief Justice Bunn
stated that in his opinion the only rem
edy for the payment of costs was by a
bill appropriating such sum as may
be necessary.
The senate was then convened. A
motion to take up Senator Price s bill
making an appropriation for the world's
fair was defeated.
Senator Norwood called up the Fuller
bill, appropriating $0,500 for the state
inilitia. Senators Butt and Wilson op
posed the measure. The bill passed—
15 to 13.
Judge Holman’s Confederate pension
bill failed to pass—13 to 14.
Senator Butt called up house Joint
resolution 12 (Fuller), an amendment to
the constitution to allow cities of the
first and second classes to issue bonds,
which had been vetoed by the governor.
The,resolution was then passed over the
vejft nf the governor—21 to 6. The res
^Phtion had already been passed over the
'veto by the house.
Senator MeFerrin called up the anti
•sweat-box” bill, which passed.
The House.
judge Kelso called up H. B. 106. pro
viding that twenty property holders of
any township in any county may peti
tion and order an election for a stock
law. which shall be effective when a
majority favors such law. The bill
passed.
Mr. Campbell of Randolph introduced
a bill seeking to annul the contract by
which convicts' are now furnished to
the Arkansas Brick Manufacturing Co.
S. B. 113 (Gray), providing that the
liquor license tax be divided between
the county and common school funds.
; was defeated.
S B 200 i Wood), extending the char
ter of the Memphis, Arkansas and Texas
railroad, passed without opposition.
1 Mr. Fuller called up S. B. 136 (Butt),
i which prescribes the methods by which
j the vendor of personal property shall
1 retain title when the possession passes
i to the vendee, hut title is reserved for
1 the vendor until the property be paid
for or when transfer of title is depen
dent upon any condition. The bill failed
to pass.
Mr. Harris called up S. II 141 (Logan),
providing for the use of road tax col
lected in cities of the second class and
incorporated towns. An amendment
was adopted striking out that section
of the bill which required that 60 per
cent of the road tax should be retained
by the city or town.
S B. 57 (Simpson), giving black
smiths an absolute lien on the product
of their labor passed by unanimous vote.
S. B. 146 (Price), compelling express
companies in cities and towns with
more than 1.000 inhabitants to main
tain an office in the business portion of
such town and to keep an agent there,
was defeated.
A motion by Mr. Campbell of Randolph
to suspend the rules and take up S. B. 1,
the anti-trust bill, was lost.
Mr. Burk moved to reconsider the
vote by which the house failed to pass
S. B. 177. increasing th»* salary of the
statp mine inspector from $1,500 to
$2,000. • The motion was lost.
S. B. 2.*? (Wood), regulating the grant
ing of pardons, was read third time.
The hill prohibits the governor from
granting a pardon until there is filed
in his offioo a certificate of the county
clerk or affidavits of two responsible
persons showing that the application for
pardon, together with the grounds for
the same and list of petitioners uniting
in the request for pardon, has been pub
lished. The bill passed—37 to 29.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4.
The house passed the hill provide.7
for the protection by lien of mechanics,
laborers and contractors and other per
sons furnishing either labor or material
for improvements oppurtenant and con
tiguous to any property.
The bill providing for separate com
partments in street cars for white and
colored passengers, was signed by the
governor. Fifteen new bills were in
troduced in the house, making the total
number 63 4. The senate was not in ses
sion.
The House.
A large number of new bills, chiefly
of local importance were introduced
If. B. 500, providing for a board of
trustees f<»r the University of Arkansas
was called up Mr. Du Laney offered an
! amendment, striking out the section au
! thorizing the board to elect one of its
; members president and providing instead
I that the governor shall be president of
! the board, but shall have no vote except
| in case of tie. The amendment was
adopted, as was another one providing
that the board shall elect members of the
! faculty at least 90 days before the expi
ration of the college year.
Mr. Brooks called up H. B. 2IS. provid
| ing for the better protection of meehan
j ics. laborers and contractors, furnishing
j either labor or material for improve
ments, appurtenent and contiguous to
I any property. Mr. Brooks explained
1 that the bill did not repeal any part of
the lien law in force, but would affect
work done on the improvement of prop
! erty. The bill passed—41 to 25.
A message was received from the
j governor announcing that he had signed
; H. B. 314 requiring street car companies
to provide separate accommodations for
! white and colored passengers, and house
| concurrent resolution 36. providing for a
joint committee to prepare a general
j road bill.
Mr. Toney presented a petition from
Lafayette county in favor of amending
j the insurance clause in the King anti
trust bill. Mr. Bell presented a petition
| from business men of White county
against the passage of the King and
; Keel anti-trust bills.
MONDAY. APRIL 6.
A reduction of $93,900 was made in
tho University of Arkansas appropria
! tion bill by the house. The original
! bill called for $257,636.76.
A concurrent resolution was adopted
i by the house memorializing congress to
! make a ship drainage canal of the Mis
| sjssippi river.
j sented proposing a constitutional ame
A resolution was offered in the »en
! ate proposing a constitutional amend
ment authorizing the general assembly
: to pass special laws for the govern
! rnent of Hot Springs.
The Senate.
Senator Caldwell introduced a bill au
thorling the council of cities and towns
to fix or regulate the price to be paid
for water, gas or electricity.
The bill provides that a complaint
of exorbitant charges may be tiled by
live citizens, and that if upon investi
gation the council shall And Just grounds
I for the complaint, it shall fix the rate
to be charged.
The senate In executive session con
firmed the nomination by the board of peniten
tiary officials made by the penitentiary
board.
A bill introduced by Senator McFer
rin to regulate the expense of obtaining
witnesses in criminal cases, was tabled.
Senator Simpson, chairman of the
special committee appointed to draft a
bill revising the chancery districts of
the state, presented the bill which had
been prepared by the committee. The
bill was read once and 300 copies ordered
printed.
Senator Hardy introduced a proposed
amendment to the constitution which,
if adopted, will empower the general as
sembly to create a commission to gov
ern and enforce the laws at Hot Springs
Senator Huddleston’s bill authorizing
government surveyors to enter lands of
citizens of tills state for the purpose
•*f making surveys for tl. geological
department, was adopted.
Senator Logan moved that the senate
non-concur In the house amendment to
the road law giving the quorum court
the power to abolish the office of road
and bridge commissioner at their dis
cretion. and provides that all the road
taxes collected on all property of the
county be applied to roads, and not to
streets and alleys. The motion pre
vailed.
The House.
Mr. Cate called up H B. 409. the in
sane asylum appropriation bill, which
passed without opposition.
H. B. 494 (Jacobs), appropriating
Si 4.500 for the support and maintenance
of the Branch Normal College (colored),
was considered In committee of the
whole An amendment was accepted
reducing the salaries of the teach
ers from $9,900 to $8,200. Amendments
were adopted striking out the appro
priation of $500 for contingent expenses,
reducing the fuel fund from $600 to
$500, reducing the appropriation for
student labor from $1,500 to $1,000. and
striking out the appropriation for a
printing outfit.
Mr. Pindali introduced a bill appro
priating $600 for the purpose of pre
senting a silver service to the monitor
Arkansas.
Upon motion of Mr. Poole, the senate
was requested to return H. B. 315, re
pealing the Wilson anti-gambling act,
which had been passed by the house.
li. B. 514. providing for the protec
tion of poultry and quail from hawks,
was taken up and passed.
Mr. Cook of Chicot offered a concur
rent resolution asking our senator and
up: . sentatles to Join those of ot'.iic
states in asking congress to make ojf
the Mississippi rier a ship •'ana) ano^
drainage waterway. The resolution was
adopted.
The house went Into committee of
the whtle to consider the University
appropriation bill.
The item npproprlatIng $50,000 f-»r a
new building for mechanic art* waa re
duced to $26,000.
Item No. 2. carrying $50,000 for a
girl’* dormitory, was, on motion of Mr.
Tarver, stricken out.
The following items were also struck
out of the bill: The sum of $5,000 for a
dairy; $5,000 for a veterinary building;
$2,500 for additional land; $3,000 for
farmers' institute; $2,400 for salary of
entomologist.
The committee reported progress and
was granted leave to sit again.
TUESDAY, A?RIL 7.
In the senate the Gantt bill seeking
to prevent the practice of drumming
at llot Springs was passed. The llale
drainage hill was also passed by the
senate.
The anti-trust bill was again up in
the house and consideration of amend
ments consumed about half the day's
session. An amendment was adopted
providing that the bill take effect Jan
uary 1 1904.
The Hill hill constituting certain
state officials a hoard of commissioners
to manage the penitentiary and state
charitable institutions was defeated in
the house.
The Senate.
Senator Butt called up H. B. 133
f Harris), which provides that where
the general road law of 1S99 is adopted
road overseers shall be elected by the
people and not appointed by the county
judge, and fixing a bond for the road
overseer at $1,000. The bill was de
ll. B. 262 (Baskin), requiring the
weights of grain, chops, bran, meal and
flour to be stamped upon each sack,
barrel or package containing the same,
passed without a dissenting vote.
Senator Gray called up H. II. 3 42
(Gantt), providing for the punishment
of physicians for deception or other un
professional conduct. Mr. Witt ex
plained that the bill was intended to
give relief to residents and visitors of
Hot Springs The bill passed.
H II. 417 (Matheny), providing regu
lations whereby surety companies may
become suetiey upon official bonds, was
passed.
The Mears mussel fishing bill was
taken up.
Senator King explained that the Hill
was an act to amend the hill passed
in March which by mistake prohibited
the use of the device kn«*wn as the
"cfowfoot.” The bill passed.
Senator Mardis called# up B 324
(Hale), providing for the establishment
of drainage districts.
Senator Hardy offered an amendment
to the effect that no action could be
taken to form a drainage district un
less two-thirds of the property owners
in the affected district sign a petition
therefor.
The amendment was lost and the bill
passed—ayes 13. noes 7.
The House.
H Ti. 435 (Hill), was read third time.
It provides that the governor, secre
tary of state, auditor, treasurer, at
torney general, commissioner of state
lands and commissioner of mines
should compose a board of manage
ment of the penitentiary and state
chariabie Institutions. The bill failed
to pass.
S B. 153 (Jobe), providing for the
working of vagrants on the streets of
cities and towns, passed.
The house as a committee of the
whole recommended that S. B. 217, al
lowing teachers of the deaf-mute insti
tute amounts due them on contract, do
passs.
Mr Chesnut called up senate joint
resolution No. 4. proposing an amend
ment to tin* constitution providing for
a three-mill tax levy for common school
purposes Instead of the present two
mill tax. The resolution failed to pass.
A motion to suspend the rules and
call up S B. No. 1. the anti-trust bill,
prevailed.
An amendment to the fire Insurance
clause to insert the words "in Arkan
sas" where it refers to pools and rat
ing bureaus was defeated.
Mr Chestnut moved to amend by
providing that the act take effect Jan
uary 1. 1904. After considerable dis
cussion tills amendment was adopted.
The bill went over f»*r future con
sideration. there being about a dozen
amendments pending.
THE MEN WHO TOIL.
There are 142 union barber shops
in Indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa records show, 720 local union*
in thp state, with a membership ot
45,000.
Unemployed union members in the
British government engineering
trades were recently estimated at
5.6 per cent.
During 1002 JO.695 men were em
ployed in the mines of New South
Wales, Australia, as compared with
36,615 men in 1901.
The annual report of the Inspector
General of the British army, which
has just been issued, confirms many
, previvous statements that the phys
ique of the British working class,
from which the bulk of the recruits
must always be drawn, is deteriorat
ing.
Three hundred newsboys met re
cently at Toronto, Canada, to form a
union. They propose to protect them
selves against increase in the price
of papers, cutting of rates, etc. The
boys will wear a union button, and
will serve notice on various news
papers that boys who cannot produce
the badge must not be served.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The chemical forces are nearer
akin to the vital forces than to the
physical forces.
An offer has been made bv the
Hamilton and Lake Krie Bower com
pany to the mayor of Toronto to de
liver 30,000 horse-power of electrical
energy in Toronto at #20 per horse
power per year.
With an iron wire telephonic con
versation cannot be carried on at a
distance exceeding 250 miles; but
with a compound wire, consisting of
a steel core surrounded by copper, it
can be carried on very well over a
distance of 1,000 miles.
Sweden's railway department re
ports that the experiments in the
substitution of peat for English
steam coal on locomotives have
proved a success. The best results
have been obtained by mixing peat
kwith coal. Such mixed fuel will there
Itore be gradually introduced on the
Swedish railways and a great induB
try\be created in the country.
Arkansas State News
Abandoned Wife and Suicided.
W. S. Iloskinson, a former rail
road man, committed suicide at a
hotel in Van Buren. He was found ;
in a dying condition by the woman
vrho was registered as his wife upon
her return from the theater, A
package labeled strychnine was
found in the room and at the coro
ner's inquest it was found that the
man had purchased the poison at
Pino Bluff. The inquest also re
vealed the fact that Iloskinson had
deserted a wife and child at Eureka
Springs and left that city with the
girl whom he represented as his
wife. The girl said she was mar
ried to Iloskinson. She said she
could not read, but the marriage
license was read to her and her
name was in the license.
One Officer Takes Seven Prisoners.
Seven men were arrested by one
deputy in White county and taken
to Little Rock, where they were
arraigned on charge., of illicit dis
tilling and retailing liquor with
out a license. The officer was Dep
uty United States .Marshal Fred E.
Johnson and his seven prisoners
were James Lauderdale, Frank
King, Jasper Duj^, Dick Williams,
J. B. Wright, IF IF McGrew and I
John Magness, all of whom are
farmers. In securing his prison
ers, tin* otlicer was obliged to drive
through the flooded district of the
White river and at some places the
water was so deep that his horses
were compelled to swim for a con
siderable distance.
Bo: * A ( uitted of Murder Charge.
Tra and Lennie Lane, two young
white men, who were charged with
the murder of their father, were ac
quitted in the circuit court at Ma
rianna. The two boys with their
father moved to Woodruff county
from Browmvnod. Tex., about a year
ago and engaged in the pearl fish
ing business. A short time later
the father was found dead and the
sons were arrested as they started to
return to their old home in Texas.
To prevent a threatened lynching
the prisoners were hurried from
one jail to another until the excite
ment had subsided.
Life Sentence for Wife Murder.
Lee Weigel was convicted of the
murder of his wife at Texarkana
and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the penitentiary. The crime
for which Weigel was convicted was
committed at the Cosmopolitan ho
tel at Texarkana while the couple
were on their honeymoon. The wo
man was dead when the crime was
discovered and Weigel lay by her
side, suffering from wounds sup
posed to have been inflicted by him
self. Attorneys for the defendant
entered a plea of insanity.
Fret Baths at Hot Spring*.
The interior department has
formulated plans for thi improve
ment of the free bathing facilities
at Hot Springs. The pools which
have been provided on the govern
ment reservation fur the use of in
digent persons are to he displaced
by individual tubs. An appropria
tion of $25,000 was secured at the
last session of congress for this
purpose. Bids for the contract of
supplying sixtv-five of these tubs
will be received by the department
within a short time.
Bell Wins Mayoralty Conteat.
With less than a month of his
term remaining to be served, May
or D. C. Bell of Pine Bluff won
the decision in the case in which
Gen. H. King White contested the
election of Mayor Bell at the city
election in April, 1901. The case
has been fought in the courts for
two years and will now be appealed
to the supreme court, it is said, by
Gen. While. The latter will suc
ceed Mayor Bell within a few
weeks, having been elected this
year.
Business Man Sentenced to Hang.
J. K. Shutt of Texarkana, who
was convicted last September of the
murder of J. C. Whitener, his form
er business partner, has been sen
tenced to be hanged, the date being
May 19. Shutt had appealed to
the supreme court, which affirmed
the decision of the lower court.
Both of the men were prominent
business men of Texarkana pre
vious to the tragedy.
I a
Killed Her Husband.
.Tamos W. Wove of Little Rock
was shot and killed by his wife, to
whom he had been married less than
four months. The killing occurred
at the home of the dead man and
was preceded by a scuffle between the
man and his wife. After tiring the
fatal shot, the woman called a phy
sician. The police were notified
and the woman was arrested and
placed in jail. Weare was employ
ed as a machinist in the Iron Moun
tain railroad shop at Little Rock.
Ho had boon married twice during
the past ten months, his first wife
having secured a divorce on grounds
of cruelty. Hi/ second wife and
the one who did the shooting was
Miss Mattie Du Vail, to whom he
was married December 12. At the
preliminary hearing, Mrs. Weara
was released on $1,000 bond.
Safe-Blowers Raid Cotton Plant.
A gang of safe-blowers raided the
town of Cotton Plant, burglarizing
the depot, express office, postotfico
and the office of Dr. R. It. James.
Only a small amount of money was
secured in the entire raid. 'The rob
bers gained entrance to the build
ings by the use of section tools,
which they obtained from the rail
road yards. The safe in Dr. James’
office was completely demolished,
but it contained only about $6.
One package was taken from the
express office. The burglars cut
the telegraph wires running north
and south and escaped on a hand
car to Brinkley, where the ear was
abandoned.
Dardanelle May Get Road.
A proposition has been submitted
to the citizens of Dardanelle, where
by that city may be included on th6
line of the railroad to be construct
ed from Paris to Hot Springs. At
a mas* muutu
railroad offici
citizens provide the railway with
free depot grounds and right of way
to Petit Jean river, and pay one
half of the expenses incurred in
constructing the extra seven miles
of railway necessary to include Dar
dauelle on the route.
m^of the citizens
als proposed that' the
Broke Into Jail.
Frank Bigger, a young white
man, of Texarkana, pleaded guilty
to a charge of burtrlarv and was
sentenced to two venrs in the peni
tentiary. The charge was the re
sult of an attempt on the part of
Bigger, together with another
ty jail a short time age. The men
refused to make any statement and
their object in breaking into the
jail has remained a mystery, as tho
young man, to break into the coun
only man confined in the jail at
the time was a tramp.
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Fell Dead Wfelle at Work._
A. J. Brown, a carpenter 69
years of age, living at Eureka
Springs, was stricken suddenly with
heart failure and fell dead from
a Bcaffold upon which he was work
ing. While preparing the body for
burial, a secret band was beneath
his underwear inside of which waa
$800 in currency.
Child Killed in Bnnaway.
The 10-year-old daughter of B.
IT. Hardin of Warren was killed in
a runaway a short distance from
that city. The team attached to a
wagon in which the child was rid
ing became suddenly frightened and
the girl was thrown to th* ground
receiving injuries from which she
died within a few hours.
Indications of Oil.
Indications of oil have been found
in Searcy county. Workmen un
covered some black limestone rocks,
in which were a number of pocket*
containing oil. When a match waa
applied to the oil it readily ignited.
After the rocks were removed from
the ground they retained a distinct
odor of oil. _
Penitentiary Officials Elected.
The state penitentiary board haa
re-elected Bees B. Hogins superin*
tendent of the state penitentiary.
Joseph Moore, formerly commissa
ry clerk of the penitentiary, waa
elected financial agent to succeed
M. I). L. Cook. W. E. Taylor waa
re-elected clerk and, l>r. N. F.
Brewer, chaplain. Dr. C. E. Witt
of Little Rock was re-elected state
penitentiary physician on the seT%
enty-sixth ballot.
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