Wandrukk Countx News.
VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1900.
NO 28.
THE WEEK'S HEWS
TEflSELV OUTLINED
Ad Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Ulimpn »* Wb»t C«»gre»» U Do
lus Togethct With m, Cmretallr
Digested and Condeaeed Con»»U»
tlou ot Curreut New* lteute, Both
Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTE*.
The house, by a vote of 144 to 105.
gent all the senate amendments to the
rah read rate bl.l to conference. Messrs.
Hepburn, of Iowa; Sherman, cf New
York, and Richardson, of Alabama,
were named as conferees on the part of
the house.
The senate passed the agricultural
appropriation b.ll, carrying $7,800,000,
and added to it as an amendment the
bill providing for the inspection of fre h
meats for domestic consumption.
The senate passed the bill relieving
denatured alcohol from the internal
revenue tax, also enlarging the author
ity of the Mississ ppi r.ver commission
in the matter of expenditure of funds.
The senate passed a bill designed to
secure the preservation of antiquities
on the public domain.
The immigration bill, as passed by
the senate, consists of a series of amend
ments! to the existing law, all of them
intended to permit stricter regulations
for keeping out the defective classes of
aliens. The head tax is increased from
*2 to $5.
The senate has definitely shelved ths
case of Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah,
for this session.
The house passed a bill amending
section six of the act to define and fix
the standard of value. It permits the
holding of a less amount of coin than
$10y,000,000, as now provided, and in
creases the amount of bullion (bars)
that may be held in the reserve fund.
The senate bill incorporating th.e
Archeological Institute of America was
passed by the house.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, carrying $29,
815,259, was passed by the senate with
ing three hours of first reading.
GBMCRAL KEWQ ITEMS.
During a carousal in a ranch house
at Vista, Cal., a lamp was overturned,
setting fire to the house. Patrick Swee
ney. the owner; Jim Carter, neigh
boring rancher, and Ned Robertson, an
employe of Sweeney, were burned to
death. A fourth member of the party
escaped.
It is feared in Russia that the gov
ernment’s position on the amnesty and
agrarian propositions in the parlia
ment's reply to the speech from the
throne will be followed by a general
strike.
The list of deaths in San Francisco
directly resulting from the earthquake
and fire is now placed at 402, the last
name added being that of Fred F. Stan
ley, a letter carrier.
George F. Lane, a former employe of
the Standard Oil Co., testified at the
inquiry in Cleveland, O., by the inter
state commeice commission that his
business for several months was to
drive out independent oil dealers “by
fair means of foul.”
The populace of Madrid gave Princess
Fna, their future queen, a magnificent
ovation on her arrival in the Spanish
capital.
The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda,
and party, during their recent visit to
Washington, made a trip to Mount Ver
non and paid tribute to the memory of
George Washington. “He was a great
man,” said the maharajah.
A tornado made a dip into the town
of Whiting, la., demolish’ng a house on
the identical spot w'here one had been
destroyed by a similar storm three
years ago, and ft at was all the damage
it did.
Robert P. Lewis an Hawaiian, was
•■nested in Washington on suspicion
that his mind was affected, and sent to
St. Elizabeth’s asylum for observation.
It was alleged that he had threatened
violence to the president.
A locomotive belonging to the Conti
nental Coal Co., was blown to frag
ments by dynamite near Tulsa, I. T.,
believed to have been placed by prop
erty owners adjoining the railroad,
track who are opposed to its operation.
Datto, All, the leading Mindanao
insurgent, who was reported killed Oc
tober 22 last, is now dec’ared on good
authority to be very much alive and to
he engaged, with others, in organizing
another insurrection.
The corpse of Rev. Frank W. Hoover,
a Congregational minister of Sherrard,
near Rock Island, 111., was found floating
|n a pond near his home. It is supposed
"e was drowned while bathing.
One dead and 83 injured is the result
of a co'llsion on the Battleground inter
urban line near Lafayette, Ind. The
victims are nearly all civil war veter
ans attending the state G. A. R. en
campment. With the exception of Rev.
Peter H. Owens, of Medaryvllle, Ind.,
all are expected to recover.
Wholesale Indlctmcii's have teen
found In the federal court, at Nashville,
Teen., against individuals and corpora
tions engaged in dealing in fertilizers,
charging engagement in a combination
in restraint of trade as defined by the
Sherman law.
Col. William F. Switzler, historian of
Missouri and nestor of the editorial fra
ternity in America, died at his home
in Columbia, Mo., May 24, at 3:30 a. m.
aged 87 years. He began his newspa
per career in 1841, when he became ed
itor of the Columbia Patriot.
Edward Payson Weston, the veteran
pedestrian, now 68 years of age, walked
from the city hall in Philadelphia to the
city hall in New York, a distance of 96
miles, in 23 hours and 26 minutes,
breaking his own record made 26 years
ago.
Prof. George A. Wentworth, widely
known as an author of school text
books on mathematics, died suddenly,
of heart disease, at the Boston & Maine
railroad station in Dover, N. H., aged 71
years.
Mrs. Ellen P. Tootle, wife of J. J.
Tootle, a millionaire banker of St. Jo
seph, Mo., was promptly granted a di
vorce in the circu t couit there, within
a few hours of tiling the petition, on
the ground of desertion and indignities.
She was awarded Cloverly farm, the
family country mansion, and $100,000
alimony in gross.
The Cumberland Presbyterian church
and the Presbyterian chuich in the
United States have been formally re
united by action taken at general as
semblies of the two bodies at Des
Mclnes, la., and Decatur, 111. There
will be a small separate body estab
lished by the dissentients in the Cum
berland branch who fought union.
The New York World says that the
mutualization plan for the Equitable
Life Assurance society worked out by
ex-President. C'eveland. Paul Morton
and others will be contested in the
courts by the minority stockholders of
th* company.
Chief of Police Briggs and former
Prosecuting Attorney Henry C. Mur
phy, of South Omaha, Neb., have been
indicted and arrested on charges of
blackmailing resort keepers in South
Omaha.
Some interesting testimony was ad
duced at the interstate commerce com
mission’s inquiry at Cleveland, O., in
to the methods pursued by the Standard
Oil Co., to crush out rivals in the oil
business.
Much testimony of unusual interest
was adduced in the trial, in the federal
court, at Kansas City, Mo., of George
H. Crosby, George T. Thomas and L. B.
Taggart on charges of conspiracy in re
bating railroad freight rates.
There is said to be a growing senti
ment in the senate in favor of making
the proposed Panama canal appropria
tion applicable only to the construction
of a sei level canal. President Roose
velt is said to be much concerned.
Barney Oldfield broke the world's au
tomobile record for 50 miles, held by
himself, at Lexington. Ky.. covering the
distance ir. 1:13:2, the former record
being 1:16:20.
George Lucas, for over 20 years a
trusted clerk in the judiciary depart
ment and clerk of the supreme court of
Hawaii territory, has been indicted for
the alleged fembezzlement of $400 of
court funds.
Gov. Higgins of New York has signed
four amendments to the state banking
law, one of which will restore St. Paul,
Minneapolis, St. Louis, Milwaukee and
Pittsburg to the list of cities whose
bonds are considered safe for savings
bank investments.
Henrik Ibsen, the famous Norwegian
poet and dramtlst, died at his home in
Christiana, rather suddenly,although he
had been failing for a year past. It
was said that his funeral would be a
state function.
The grand jury at Springfield. Mo .
in the case of the recent lynching of
three negroes, found that no assault
had been committed upon Mrs. Mina
Edwards, as alleged, and that it was im
possible for the two negroes, Duncan
and Coker, to have been at the scene of
the alleged assault at the time it was
said to have been committed.
Gov. Deneen of Illinois declares the
new primary law to be the best compro
mise that coaid be obtained consider
ing that there were five factions, each
wanting a different kind of bill, and
that it is a much better law that the
one declared unconstitutional.
Social amenities between the ambas
sadors of Russia and Japan have been
resumed In Washington, Baron Rosen
taking the initiative by giving a dinner
to Viscount Aoki, the new Japanese
ambassador.
One of the grounds on which Senator
Burton, of Kansas, will appeal for a re
hearing before the United States su
preme court is that Chief Justice Fuller
was net present on the bench during the
oral arguments, being at home 111.
A scandal has developed in San Fran
cisco over extortionate charges made
for rent of automobiles during the first
two weeks following the fire. Enough
in rentads has been demanded to pur
chase a'l the machines owned in the
city.
Mayor Barth of Louisville, Ky., has
announced that he will enforce the
Sunday laws against saloons, theaters,
road houses, beer gardens, amusement
parks, etc. The operation of railroad®,
ferries, street cars and drug stores will
be permitted.
AR
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
Cotton Meeting Planned.
Nearly 2,400 invitations have been
sent out for the cotton men’s banquet
and ball which is to be given in Mon
te Ne June 20 and 21.
W. H. (Coin) Harvey, who is the
chairman of the arrangements com
mittee, has invited the governors of
the 12 cptton raising states of the
South. Each governor has been re
quested to appoint additional dele
gates to the convention to represent
his state. These 10 delegates are
carefully selected from the leading
cotton brokers, bankers, merchants
ffnd farmers of the state, and the gov
ernor is supposed to appoint no one
as a delegate who will not agree to
attend the convention.
Twelve representatives of the De
partment of Agriculture have been in
vited.
Invitations numbering 339 have
been sent to representative cotton
merchants, buyers, commission men
and representatives of the Southern
Cotton Exchanges. Theodore Price
and several members of the New
York Cotton Exchange are also ex
pected to attend the convention.
Big Hoo Hoo Meeting.
Arrangements are being made for
a big Hoo Hoo meeting to be held in
Litle Rock June 23. The meeting will
not only be a concatenation, but a
general gathering of the Hoo Hoo of
the Seventh jurisdiction, which in
cludes Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, In
dian and Oklahoma Territories and
New Mexico. It is expected that sev
eral hundred will be present from this
jurisdiction, together with a large
number from other points, including
members of the Supreme Nine, the
House of Ancients and other of the
prominent men of the order.
New School House at Nashville.
Only eight votes were cast against
the proposition authorizing the di
rectors to borrow money to build a
new school house at Nashville. At
the annual school election in that
city the proposition to build a new
school house was voted on and car
ried by a large majority. The board
recently purchased four acres of land
on a hill in the western part of the
city for a site for the building, and
it will erect a $10,000 building on it
in the course of the next few months.
Oil Mill at Atkins.
The question of establishing an oil
mill at Atkins is being earnestly dis
cussed by the business men of that
town. They argue that there is no
necessity for sending away the seed
marketed in Atkins. They believe
every enterprising farmer would sub
scribe for one or more shares of stock
and by working together make the
mill of mutual benefit and profitable
to ail.
Valuable Barn Burned.
The barn on the J. H. Krickell
place, 11 miles northwest of Helena,
was totally destroyed by fire, together
with all its contents. In it was stor
ed grain, peas and other feedstuffs.
The barn was a large one and the
building and contents were valued at
$1,800. Mr. Krickell says that he be
lieves the fire was an incendiary one
and offers a reward of $100 for the ar
rest and conviction of the person or
persons who set fire to the buildiug.
Basinger Still Alive.
W. E. Basinger, who was shot by
Lee Best, at Rosebud, recently is still
alive. His death was reported, but
latest advices indicate that there is
a chance for his recovery. Basinger
was shot in the neck and shoulder
and his side paralyzed. Best is be
ing held by officers to await the result
of Basinger's wounds.
City to Own Plant.
The commissioners of the various
Improvement districts of Jonesboro
have closed a deal by which the city
is to become the owner of the water
and light plant. It is agreed that the
city shall pay the owners $125,000 in
cash and assume the outstanding
bonded indebtedness of $50,000, mak
ing a total of $175,000.
The Berryville Odd Fellows will re
sume work shortly on their building.
The building wil cost $3,000, and will
be quite an addition to the public
square.
Sunday School Convention.
Fifty delegates were present at the
Independence Sunday school conven
tion which met at Batesville. Many in
teresting papers were read during the
meeting. The reports of officers show
ed an increased membership in near
ly all the Sunday schools throughout
the county.
W. D. Attwood, a wellknown mer
chant, farmer and banker of south
east Arkansas, has on exhibition a
corn tapsel and small roasting ear of
corn of this years’ growth. The pro
duction U unusually early.
Receiver Appointed.
Charles McKee of the Mercantile
Trust Company of Little Rock has
been appointed by Judge Trieber of
the Federal Court receiver of the
Park Hotel Company of Hot Springs.
The receiver was appointed upon the
application of the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank of Chicago, which
brought suit some time ago to fore
close a mortgage which was execut
ed by the Park Hotel Company to se
cure a bond issue of $100,000. It was
alleged in the' complaint that the ho
tel company had defaulted on the in
terest and that under the terms of
the mortgage the entire amount of
the bond issue became payable at
once. No application was made
for a receiver at the time the
suit was instituted. The Park
hotel, which is one of the largest in
Hot Springs, is now operated under
a lease which will not expire for sev
eral years, and no change will be
made in the management of the prop
erty.
Division Point,Decided.
It is said upon good authority that
the division offices of the White Riv
er branch of the Iron Mountain are
to be moved from Aurora, Mo., to Cot
ter within thhe next 30 days. This
will make Cotter the big division
point on the line, and means much
for that young town. It was rumor
ed that Crane would be the division
point, but it has since been announ
ced that thet place will be only a loc
al freight division point. It is also
said that 20 new train crews will be
stationed at Cotter after June 1,
which probably means that more
trains are to be put on the White Riv
er division, among the number will
be a passenger train each way daily.
At the time the White River line was
being built it was said that after the
road was in thorough operation there
would be 52 trains daily over the line.
This seems probable if the Missouri
Pacific handles all its Southern traf
fic over the White River line, as it Is
the shortest and fastest way to the
South at present.
Gift to Y. M. C. A.
In accordance with agreements,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lane have exe
cuted a deed to the trustees of the
Young Men’s Christian Association
for the lot at the corner of Main
street and Jefferson avenue at Jones
boro. F. B. Shipp, secretary of Miss
Helen Gould in the Southwest, was
in that city and at a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the association
was authorized to negotiate at once
with Mr. Link of St. Louis to draw
plans for the Young Men’s Christian
Association building at Jonesboro.
As soon as these plans have been
made and approved by the Building
Committee, contracts will be let and
work will commence. Mr. Shipp's
mission in the city was to assist the
board in its work for plans and in
suggestions as to conduct of the build
ing and operation and also to confirm
an offer made by Miss Gould of $1,000
for library and $1,500 for baths, this
to be conditioned on the giving of
$1,200 by the employees of the Cotton
Belt system.
Meet After Long Separation.
John Hilangstiihlar of Booneville
and Henry Hilangstiihlar of Erick
shof, Germany, who had not seen
each other for forty-two years, met
recently. John Frederick Hilangstii
hlar left his home in Germany forty
two years ago. He went to New Or
leans and subsequently located at
Booneville. In all these years the
brothers had carried on very little
correspondence and they had passed
from each others memory. The broth
er from Arkansas had become thor
oughly Americanized during his long
stay in this country and had lost his
hold on his mother tongue. The one
from Germany could only talk in the
language of his country. This made
the meeting of the two somewhat
ludicrous and also necessary for the
little daughters of the German broth
er to act as interperters.
Progress on New Factory.
All the trusses of the main build
ing of the car factory which is being
built by the St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Company in Pine Bluff have
been erected and the corrugated iron
roof is being put on. Work on the
blacksmith shop adjoinging the main
building has begun, and in about a
month and a half the entire building,
lights. The sides of the building will
as it will be partially of glass sky
lights. The sides of the building will
also be of corrugated iron and glass,
making it the best-lighted building
at the Cotton Belt shops.
Missouri Farmer Seeks Son.
J. T. Mayberry, a farmer from Al
ton, Mo., came to Jonesboro recentlj
searching for his 16 ye*- aid son
who was visiting in Jonesboro and
was arrested for trespassing on rail
road property. The fines and costs
amounted to $100 and the boy was
unable to pay the amount and was
sent to the county farm at Decker
ville. Mr. Mayberry says his son
writes him of the cruel treatment of
the guards of the farm. The authori
ties of Craighead county will in/est
igate the matter.
ARKANSAS BRIEFS
Lovie D., the 9-year-old sister of
Mrs. Charles Reed, was accidentally
shot and kiled by the little son of
Judge Shipman at the home of Mrs.
Reed at Bertig, on the St. Francis
river. Several little boys and girls
were playing in a room, when one of
the boys found a 32-calibre revolver
hidden under a etack of papers. He
took the pistol from its hiding place
and the little son of Judge Shipman
then got possession of it. He was
playfully toying with the revolver,
when it was discharged, the bullet en
tering the abdomen of little Lovie,
ranging straight through and out of
her back. The little girl never fell
or even screamed, but walked into «n
adjoining room, where she was placed
upon a bed, and died about 30 min
utes after the accident.
The official schedule for the annual
excursion of the Little Rock Board of
Trade which will be held June 12, 13
and 14 has been prepared by the offi
cials of the Iron Mountain railroad
and delivered to the secretary. Ac
cording to the schedule the special
train bearing the excursionists will
leave Little Rock June 12 at 7:30 a.
m. and after making numerous stops
will arrive at 7 p. m. at Warren, where
part of the night will be spent. The
second night will be spent at Cam
den and the train will arrive in Lit
tle Rock at 6 p. m. on the 14th of
June. Accommodations will be pro
vided for only 100 persons, and half
that number of tickets have already
been sold.
Pine Bluff is to have an eight-story
office building in the near future. The
building will be put up by the Arkan
sas & Texas Consolidated Ice and
Coal Company at the northeast corner
of Second and Main, now occupied
by Fred Senyard's saloon and Sulli
van’s cafe. Jeff Hicks, president of
the company, has had the plans for
the building for several months and
the prospects now are that the build
ing will be erected as soon as the
present lease on the property expires.
Thomas P. Johnson, 94 years of age
the oldest negro lawyer in the state
died recently at his home in Little
Rock after a 36 years’ practice of
law. He was licensed as attorney in
July of 1870. He was a slave and be
longed to a planter in Desha county
of this state. He was twice elected
president of the Negro Bar Associa
tion. This Association attended the
funeral in a body. The services were
held from Mile’s Chapel, Fifth and
Collins streets.
The stockholders of the PaKon
Singing School, which organized last
year, met a few days ago and reor
ganized by electing A. W. Coulter
president and Leslie J. Savage secre
tary. The organization is known as
the Patton Normal Musical Institute,
and its purposes having conducted
under the supervision of Prof. Pat
ton a class in singing at Hamburg
some time during the month of Sep
tember. Prof. Patton has contracts
for several classes throughout the
county and this school is the last of
the series.
Fayetteville has already begun to
feel the effect of the coal strike. Most
of the large coal users have been
making turns one way and another
to keep up their stock of fuel. The
city waterworks company's supply of
coal was short and they bought 50
cords of wood, which they are now
using. Washington county, however,
has an abundance of as good coal as
can be mined anywhere, and should
the coal shortage continue it will re
sult in developing the home product,
any of which is worth $5 a ton.
A ponderous lemon is being exhib
ited at Elliott. It weighs 32 ounces
and measures 16 inches in circum
ference. It was raised by Miss Lutie
Frazier.
The remains of B. F. Walker were
taken from the river near Combs the
other day. Mr. Walker, who lived
with his wife and daughter near Cin
cinnati in Washington county, disap
peared from his home about two
weeks ago. When found he had a
15-pound rock tied to his neck.
R. F. Ballard of Little Rock, has se
cured a patent on an automatic re
frigerator and cheese-cutting cabinet.
He is having the first one manufac
tured, and is considering the organi
zation of a company for the manufac
ture of the cabinets.
The Paris Coal Company, of which
Joe Pendleton is manager, will begin
sinking a shaft about one mile north
of Paris in about thirty days. Presi
dent Wright of the Arkansas Central
was in Paris recently and went over
the ground for the purpose of select
ing a route for a switch to the mines.
The school election at Tuckerman,
resulted in the re-election of S. W.
Harvey and W. M. Tims as directors.
A 5-mill tax was voted and the propo
sition to build an JS.000 school build
ing was Voted on and carried.
' ABOUT FLOOR COVERINGS.
Denim May Be XTsed to Cover Center
of Worn Carpet—Rugs of
Home-Make.
It is real economy to cover the
floor of two or more rooms with the
same kind of carpet, then when they
become worn through the center the
best part can be put together to make
one carpet.
Many housekeepers use a large
quare of denim in the middle of the
room when the floor is covered with
a thin carpet, or with one that is bad
ly worn. It saves the carpet wonder
fully and is made hy sewing several
widths of denim together. Be sure
and select a denim that will go well
with the carpet. It is said that denim
itself makes a very satisfactory floor
covering for bedrooms if several thick
nesses of paper are placed underneath.
It is a real blessing to the careful
housewife that rugs continue to be
so popular as floor coverings, as there
are so many ways of making them at
home by using the cast-off and out
grown garments. It is a good plan to
have the carpet bails woven into rugs
instead of the old-fashioned rag car
pets.
The rugs look very neat and pretty
if they have a solid middle of some
plain color with a contrasting border.
The middle may he of the hit and
mi^s and the border of a plain color.
I saw two very handsome rugs recent
ly. One had the middle of a solid
green with a rich dark red border.
The other had a blue, center with a
Striped white border.
White and faded cotton pieces can
be colored any of the bright shades
with the diamond dyes for cotton and
the faded woolen pieces with the dyes
for wool. The wovdh rugs are much
easier to make than any other home
made rug, all that is needed is to cut
the rags evenly, sew and wind them
into balls, and for a few cents a yard
the carpet weaver will do the rest—
Prairie Farmer.
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
If alum is added to the paste used in
covering boxes with paper or for scrap
books moths or mice will not invade
them.
Ink and fruit stains may be removed
from white linens and cottons by soak
ing them for a few hours in kerosene,
then washing in hot water.
Allow a shorter raising for bread to
be cooked by steam, since the dough
will rise during the cooking because of
the lower temperature employed.
You can free a moth-infested closet of
the “creatures,” larvae and eggs, by
pouring hot vinegar into a red-hot Iron
or tin pan set upon hot bricks in the
closet. Shut the door as soon as the
vinegar hisses upon the heated surface
of the pan and don’t open again that
day.
In shaking blankets care must always
be taken fo catch them about a foot from
the selvedge, otherwise a risk is run of
tearing them.
Skewer baked fish with thin slices of
salt pork or bacon. Fresh fish will be
improved in flavor if fried in fat used
previously for the same purpose.
Coffee and tea stains, if rubbed with
butter and afterward washed in hot
soapsuds, will come out, leaving the
table linen quite white and fresh.
To have one’s kitchen free from
smoke or odor when frying griddle
cakes try adding one teaspoonful of
melted lard to the batter and do not
grease the griddle.
If you suspect that pickles have been
colored with copper, you can satisfy
yourself with a very simple test. Put
some pieces of the pickle into a vial
containing a mixture of equal parts of
ammonia and water. If there is any
copper present the liquid will become
blue in color.—Chicago Daily News.
An Old Story.
“Did you ever experience a change
Of heart?” asked the kind old lady.
“Well, I should say!” laughed the
girl. “I’ve been engaged four times.”
—Detroit Free Press.
His Hope.
Mother—Oh, you bad boyj Dirty
hands again! I’m afraid you’re a
hopeless case.
Tommy (eagerly)—Oh, ma, does
“hopeless” mean you’re going to give
up talking about it?—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Number Twenty-Three.
Washington had just cut the cherry
tree. “Although it’s a cherry,” he
mused, “I fear that it will soon be a
chestnut.” Giggling at the bon mot.
he buried the hatchet.
Bough on the Count.
Lord Freelunch—Ah, count, did yon
make a favorable Impression on the
father of the heiress?
Count Brokem—Favorable? Why,
when I told him I was looking for his
daughter’s hand he said he thought
I was looking for a handout—Chicago
Daily News.
Chinese Volunteers
In China volunteer militias are be
ing formed. Thousands of young men
are enlisting and meet twice a week
for drill.