— Woride County News.
VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 190(1.
NO. 20 .
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
TWO CONGRESSMEN CONSPICU
OUS AS FRIENDLY ENEMIES.
GROSVENOR AND CLARK.
Navy Disapproves Frequent Changes
in That Department—New Men
to Break In—Knox De
clines Honor.
V S It 1 N GTON.—
Congress is going
to lose one of its
Most picturesque
figures. Gen. Gros
venor of Ohio,
who for 20 years
has been a con
spicuous leader on
t hp Ke'pu bliean
side, has been de
feated for renomi
nation. He has
been tendered the
nomination in another Ohio district,
but has declined, as he does uot believe
in going away from home for honors.
There is genuine regret among all the
old members of the house, Democrats
as well as Republicans, at the retire
ment of Gen. Grosvenor.
Wo one will miss the gallant old
fighter more than that dyed-in-the
wool Democrat, Champ Clark, of Mis
souri. Two stronger partisans than
these men could not be found in con
gress. They have crossed swords
scores of times, not only on the floor of
the house but on Chautauqua plat
forms, where they have been star at
tractions. They have differed on near
ly every important question that has
been before congress in the last ten
years, and have paid each other many
left-handed compliments in the heat of
debate, but they are warm friends per
sonaliy.
Often after an unusually caustic en
counter between these worthies on the
floor, when the proprieties of debate
were strained to the limit, they would
be seen walking up and clown the lobby
«'j the rear of the house chuckling over
their performance and probably ar
ranging the details of a future joint
debate on some Chautauqua circle.
A Third Term.
EN. GROSVENOR
is signlizing his
last days in con
gress by advocat
ingathird term for
Theodore Roose
velt. He has come
out in more than
one strong inter
v i e w d e c 1 aring
J.hat this theory
that no man
should have more
than two terms as
president is “all rot." He says that
George Washington did not set down
any hard and fast rule when he decided
not to have a third term, but he merely
declared his own personal preference,
rie was tired of the job.
Gen. Grosvenor's talk of a third term
has attracted more than ordinary at
tention because of his prominence as a
Republican leader. He has maintained
a place in the front rank of political
prophets since the election of the fifty
fourth congress, when he predicted an
overwhelming majority for his party
and gave the figures. Since then he
has been known in the political world
as "Old Figures." The old general took
the credit for that prediction, but it
really belonged to a newspaper man
named John Kennedy.
The wily old politician stood for the
figures all right, and as they came out
remarkably close to the actual result
his reputation as a prognosticator was
at once established. He did the right
thing by Kennedy, however, as he had
muci aypumieu as a memoer oi j
the celebrated industrial commission, |
which sat tor several years collecting j
all sorts of data about economic condi- !
tions in the country and whose report, i
in ly volumes, adorns the library of
congress and various reference librar
ies throughout the land. As a com
missioner Mr. Kennedy drew $5,000 a
year for several years, which was pret
ty fair recompense.
A Practice of the President.
HE navy depart-1
ffient is beginning !
to be considered
the "trying out”
place for cabinet
officers. It is now
the intention of
the president to
transfer Secretary
Bonaparte from
the navy depart
ment to the office
of attorney gen
eral of the United
States. In this transfer he will be fol
lowing the example he set when he |
took Attorney General Moody out of
the navy and put him at the head of
the department cf justice. Some of the
officers of the navy are inclined to
eriticize the practice of President
Roosevelt of putting a man at the head
of that department until a vacancy oc
curs In some other department that
will suit the man better. They claim
it is not giving the navy a square deal.
They maintain that a man just gets to
understand the needs of the navy and
to be in touch with its officers when
•he is taken away and a new man has
to be broken in. This change means
more to the navy than it would to the
army, for the latter has a general staff
which can guide a new secretary.
Moody was just getting interested in
the navy when he was made attorney
general. Bonaparte is just beginning
to understand the administration of
the department when word conies that
he will soon be asked to succeed Mr.
Moody in the department of justice.
Ambassador Meyer at St. Petersburg
will, in all possibility, succeed Bona
parte. Mr. Meyer has had about all
the diplomatic experience he wants as
ambassador to Rome and then to St.
Petersburg. He is very wealthy and
has been able to make a good showing
as our representative, but he has a
hankering after official life in Wash
ington, where his wealth will enable
him to cut a wide swath. Mr. Moody
wants to retire to private practice and
make a fortune, which he, with his
talents and experience, will doubtless
do. Mr. Bonaparte takes a great deal
more interest in the law than he does
in the navy.
vania has done, not only once, but
three times, as did Caesar when of
fered a crown.
The third offer to Knox came the
Offered the Woolsack.
u
T IS said that
Caesar thrice re
fused a crown. It
. is almost as rare
for a lawyer who
has attained
wealth and repu
tation to refuse a
seat upon the su
preme bench of
the United States,
and yet that is
what Senator
Knox of Pennsyl
note from Associate Justice Brown that
the tatter would retire at the end of
the present court session, which will be
in May. Within an hour Mr. Roose
velt sent for Knox. The latter was in
a theater. “The first time I have been
at a matinee for years,” he said to tlie
president, “and I got caught.” The
tender was made, but Mr. Knox said
he could not accept, as his uuiy laid in
the senate to serve Pennsylvanu.
The first offer of the wool sack came
when Associate Justice Shiras retired
some two years ago. Mr. Knox was
then attorney general and interested in
the prosecution of the Northern Securi
ties cases. He was constrained to de
cline. Shortly afterward Associate
Justice Harlan offered to retire if the
president would appoint Mr. Knox.
Mr. Roosevelt was willing, and Mr.
Harlan was entitled to retirement,
both on account of age and service.
Mr. Knox vetoed the proposition, say
ing that ho would never be a party to
the retirement oi John M. Harlan from
the supreme bench, lie believed that
the court needed such men as Harlan.
The Noble Red Man.
NE of the familiar
sights in Washing
ton, especially dur
ing a session of
congress, 5s the
“blanket” Indian.
A group of abori
g i n c s par ading
down Pennsylva
nia avenue in their 1
native regalia of
blankets and
feathers is so cora
in o n p 1 a c e that
even the curious little negroes scarce
ly turn to look at them. The "noble 1
red man” comes often to Washington
i
LU oVfe lUC U1CUI, »umr i au.c.i uuu
get a few more favors. He knows tha*t 1
he will attract attention if lie wears 1
bright blankets and fancy moccasins
and leggins. He manages to have a ’
pretty good, time while here and finds ‘
his surroundings much more comforta '
ble than in a smoky and dralty tepee ‘
at home.
The Indian visitors here make a cer- *
tain hostelry their stopping place. It ,
is a comfortable hotel run by a man
named Beveridge. “I suppose 1 have
met more Indians of more different ‘
tribes than any other man in the Unit
ed States,” said Mr. Beveridge the
other day, “and I've never been a Hun
dred miles away from Washington.” f
Among the noted Indians who have
been the guests at Mr. Beveridge’s ho- *
tel was the famous embassy of Sioux
that came to snake a treaty after the
Custer mussacre. In the party were
the celebrated chiefs, Red Cloud, Spot- r
ted Tail, Young-Man-Afraid-Of-Hts- '
Horses and Crazy Horse. Some of the
warriors talked freely about that nor
rible affair. Mr. Beveridge gained the
idea that old Crazy Horse was the real
leader in that battle, although Sitting J
Bull got the credit. The latter was ’
only a "Medicine Man.” The warriors ^
knew, however, that the man who con- c
ceived the plan to entrap Custer was 1
none other than John Gall. Ilo w.i* 1
the ablest of their chiefs. *
THE WEEK'S HEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Glimpse at What CougreMa l*» l)o
Together With a Carefully
Uigcited and Condensed Compila
tion of Current Newii Items, Both
Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESSIONAL. NOTES.
The senate passed a bill providing
for the reorganization of the rnedica
department of the army by authoriz
ing the appointment of officers to take
the place of contract surgeons.
The urgent deficiency bill was passei
by the house, including an appropria
tion for the expense of the delegatior
to the international conference at Ric
de Janeiro.
Following the president’s suggestion
the house adopted several resolutions tc
correct the useless printing of public
documents and to grant discretionary
power to the priming committees of the
The senate passed a bill granting
right of way through the Fort Keogh
military reservation, in Montana, to the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Co.
CEMiRAI, SEWS ITEMS.
The Newfoundland sealers are hav
ing the greatest success in 43 years
and now expect the season's catch tc
aggregate 400,000.
The joint conference of bituminous
coal miners and operators at Indian
apolis finally adjourned without being
able to reach an agreement on the
wage scale, the miners standiing sol
idly for the 1903 scale and the opera
tors, with the exception of t';e inter
ests represented by F. L. Robbins
standing as solidly against it.
A convention of independent win
dow glass manufacturers, at Pitts
burg, Pa., voted to advance the price
of their product ten cents a box.
Mrs. Daniel Clark Chadwick, moth
er of Rear-Admiral Chadwick, U. S
navy, died at Englewood, N. J., aged
84 years.
The use of Polish as the language of
instruction will henceforth be permit
ted in ail the schools and universities
of Poland.
The Russian constitutional demo
crats have won a sweeping victory in
the municipal elections in the cities
and towns of the St. Petersburg dis
trict.
An attempt was made by a party ol
college boys and technical students at
Kharkoff, Russia, to rob the Volga
Komma bank in broad daylight, but
Dne cool-headed clerk frustrated it.
Four of the would-be robbers were
captured.
Elmer Jordan, recently converted at
a Methodist revival at Vermillion, S.
D., has confessed to participation with
Richard Brueszhweiler in causing a
number of fires in Vermillion last
summer.
David Burhaus, coachman for Cor
nelius N. Bliss, in New York, shot and
fatally wounded Thomas Hegerty,
groom to Mr. Bliss, and then killed
himself. The cause of the tragedy is
unknown.
Lawyer Albert T. Patrick's plea
that an actual test be made to prove
>r disprove his contention that em
balming fluid and not chloroform was
the cause of the condition of Wm.
Harsh Rice’s body has been granted.
District Attorney Jerome's office in
'lew y ork will undertake the investi
gation.
Th« Kansas X'fitni’nl Hud ’o hipp
fas well below Caney, which was set
>n fire by lightning February 23, has
inally been extinguished.
The bituminous coal mine operators
if the central district met in Indian
polis, after the disruption of the joint
:onference, and ‘adopted resolutions
isking President Roosevelt to appoint
i commission to investigate condl
litious and the wage problem.
The street railway employes of
Winnipeg, Man., went on strike for
ligjier wages, and attempts to run
ars were followed by serious rioting,
'here was some talk of calling upon
he mounted police for aid.
Associate Justice John M. Harlan
f the I’nited States supreme court
rill resign from the bench to take up
hurch work with the united New
fork Avenue and Assembly Presby
erian churches of Washington.
Miss Nina Virginia Brandt, who has
eturned to her homo in St. Louis
,-ith her father, Rev. Dr. John L.
trandt, now says that the robbery
tory she told was all an hallucina
ion.
Mrs. Emma Ledcux, who had posed as
tie wife of Albert N. McVickar, whose
oc'.y Was found in a trunk at Stockton,
fab, was arrested at Antioch. Cal .
harged with tne murder. She lays it
> a man named Joe Miller. It ia
toi.ght that a $5,000 life insurance
olicy cut some figure in the case.
The elevator of the W. T. Kemper
Elevator Co., in the East bottoms at
Kansas City, Mo., was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $155,000; insurance, $135,-'
000.
The national W. C. T. U. convention
will be held in Hartford. Conn., Octo
ber 26-31 next, following the world's
convention in Boston.
The part taken by the American del
egates to the Algeciras conference in
drafting the final text of the Moroccan
police regulations is favorably com
mented upon by the Paris press.
In her standardization trip off Rock
land, Me., the battleship New Jersey ex
ceeded her contract requirements (19
knots) by .48 of a knot per hour.
A Japanese fishing boat struck a
relic of the late war—a floating mine—
off the province of Echizen, Japan, and
was blown up, losing seven out of a
crew of ten.
Jacob H. Schiff, the New York finan
cier, was decorated with the Order of
the Rising Sun, personally, by the em
peror of Japan, during an audience.
A' score of states were represented by
about 600 veterans who wore both uni
forms at the opening session of the
«me and tne Gray reunion in Atlanta,
Ga. The utmost harmony prevailed.
Former State Auditor David E. Staer
rick, of Indiana, convicted of embez
zling $120,000 of state funds, was denied
a new trial by Special Judge McCul
lough, at Indianapolis, and was sen
tenced to serve from two to 21 years in
the state prison at Michigan City.
Gen. Luke Wright, the newly-appoint
ed United States ambassador to Japan,
will sail from Seattle, Wash., for his post
April 29.
The Modern Samaritans of the World,
a fraternal order doing business in In
diana, Illinois and Michigan, with head
quarters at Elkhart, Ind., has been
pk'Ced in the hands of a receiver.
By an explosion in the Takashima coal
mine, near Nagasaki, Japan, 250 miners
were killed.
George W. Perkins, former first vice
president of the New York Life Insur
ance C#.. has been arrested in New
York, on a charge of grand larceny, at
the instance of District Attorney Je
rome, in order to test the status of cam
paign contributions by corporations.
The question will probably go before
the highest judicial authority.
Petitions in behalf of Shelby M. Cul
lom and Richard Yates for the United
States senatorship for Illinois have
been filed with the secretary of state
in Springfield. III., that for Mr. Cullom
bearing 121,676 signatures, and that for
Yates 24,000.
The hacked and mutilated/ bodies of
six’ Bulgarians, evidently workmen,
were found lying in pools of coagulated
blood in a little tumble-down house, in
Minneapolis, Minn. Four of the bodies
were found in a sleeping room on the
second floor cut and slashed in a shock
ing manner, while in the cellar were
two others with their thr ats cut from
ear to ear.
Charles E. Baines, mayor of Milford,
111., and Gilbert Vennum, a politician,
charged with enticing Myrtle Taylor
and Essie Childs, 16-year-old girls, were
acquitted after trial in the circuit court
at Watseka, 111.
The Russian tide of emigration has
set in. They are leaving by thousands
for America by way of Copenhagen and
German ports.
Century No. 1, of Chicago, took the
first five-man team bowling prize at the
Louisville (Ky.) tournament with a
score of 2,794. Lersy No. 1, of Peoria,
111-, was second, with a score of 2,781.
Hundreds of veterans who wore the
blue and the gray assembled at Atlanta,
Ga.. and paid tribute to the memory of
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the old hero of
two wars
Members of the firm of R. D. Wood
& Co., iron manufacturers, are on trial
in the federal court in Philadelphia
charged with accepting rebates from
the Great Northern Railway Co. and
Mutual Transit Co. on shipments to
Winnipeg, Man. Other cases are to fol
low'.
Attorney-General Hadley of Missouri
has completed the taking of testimony
in New York city in his suit to oust the
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, the Waters
Pierce Oil Co. and the Republic Oil Co.
from the state of Missouri, and the tes- <
timony will be certified to the supreme .
court of Missouri. John D. Rockefeller
managed to evade service to the last. •
Willie Hoppe defeated George Slos
son, in New York, in a billiard match
for the championship at 18-inch balk
line, one shot in, by 500 points to 392. .
The man arrested in Vienna in Oc
tober last for robbing a depositor at the ,
teller's window of a bank there, has |
admitted that he is Joseph Killoran, the
American post office and bank robber ‘
who was concerned in the post office
robbery at Springfield, 111., in 1895.
Prince Arthur of Connaught and
suite, homeward bound from his trip to
Japan, arrived at Victoria, B. C-, on <
board the steamer Empress of Japan. ]
The National business college at i
Quincy, 111., has made an assignment. 1
Liabilities, $30,000; assets, $100,000, s
largely in tuition notes. President i
John R. Hutchinson, manager of the 1
college, has been arrested for false pre
tenses. in connection with the sale of
stock of the institution.
’ John A. Locke and H. C. Harris have !
been arrested in San Francisco on the '
charge of safe breaking and train rob
bery committed near Richmond, Ind
AR
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
Refitting Baggage Room*.
The recent stealing of checks from
baggage rooms at stations in many
cities in tfyis section, whereby a num
ber of trunks have been lost, has
caused the Rock Island Ry. to relit its
baggage rooms at Little Rock and
other points on their line so as to give
better protection. The check board
will be put into a glass case and it
will be impossible for any one to ob
tain a check unless he can show his
baggage. Wire screens have also
been placed about the place where
the luggage was formerly exposed to
the access of any one desiring to in
spect it.
Alleged Whitecappers Acquitted.
M. D. Jones and Albert Jones, two
white men, who were arrested at
their home near Conway recently on
a charge of whitecapping, were ar
raigned before the United States
Commissioner at Little Rock and ex
onerated. No evidence was present
ed to show that the men were impli
cated in the alleged crime. The men
were charged with intimidating negro
residents of their neighborhood by
posting signs on the negroes* houses
warning the occupants to leave the
country.
Fire at Texarkana.
The freight depot and general offi
ces of the Texarkana and Ft. Smith
Railroad, located at Texarkana were
destroyed by fire Sunday morning.
The Grand Central hotel and the
Rhineheart rooming house were also
destroyed. A residence valued at
$1,000, was burned by the same fire.
The loss to the owners of the hotel
property is probably $10,000, while
the Ft. Smith and Texarkana Rail
road is thought to have lost about
?4u,000. The railroad property is
said to have been insured at Kansas
City.
Believes In Madstone.
A child of H. F. Shewmake of Col
lins, was bitten by a mad dog a short
time ago, and he at once started on
a search for a madstone. He found
one six miles from Butterfield and ap
plied it to the wound on his child's
arm. The stone, he declares, did the
work, and the wound is now healed.
The dog which bit the child, also bit
two negroes in that vicinity recently
and was hunted down and killed.
Eoy Accidentally Killed.
Marion, the 4-year-old son of Allen
Royal, living at Deane, was accident
ally killed by being run over by a pair
of heavy log trucks. Some negro boys
were rolling the trucks up an incline
in the track and ridng back down.
Marion wandered on the track un
noticed until the car had been turned
loose, and was run over. He lived
only a few minutes after the accident
occured.
Freight Train Collision.
A freight train on the L. & A. Rail
road ran into the rear end of another
freight, crushing the legs of Sol Ross
tnd John James, negro brakemen.
Engineer Dahlberg had his shoulders
tnd hip badly hurt and several other
oersons were slightly injured. Both
jngines were badly damaged and
several cars were burned.
I. M. Motor Cars.
It is expected by June 1 the motor
:ars that will be used by the Iron
Mountain in interurban service will
oe finished and ready for use. They
rvill be 82 feet in length, including
heir pilots. The cars will be built
,o burn crude oil, coal or wood, and
will be able to make a speed of about
:prty miles an hour.
Shot In The Face
S. M. Clamet, a white man, was
shot in the face at Pine Bluff recent
y. M. Durham, who did the shoot
ng claims that Clamet was engaged
n stealing chickens at the time the
ihooting occured. Clamet was arrest
?d and is said tp have had 41 shot in
lis face, and to have in his posses
>ion a sack containing a revolver and
wo chickens.
Negro Shot By Police.
Will Hudspeth, a negro, was shot
>y the police at Little Rock, while he
vas endeavoring to escape arrest.
I'he bullet struck the negro in the
>ack of his neck, lodging beneath the
ikin of his throat. The ball narrow
y missed the jugular vein and all vi
al parts escaped injury.
Church House On Fire.
The Cumberland Presby t e r i a n
■hurch at Hot Springs, a newly eom
>leted concrete block structure, was
lamaged to the extent of $800, by fire
ast week. The loss is covered by in
surance. The lire caught in a pile of
ubbish in the basement and is be
ievcd to have been incendiary.
Lady Accidentally Killed
Miss Younblood, the 17 year old
laughter of Marion Yor.nblood resid
ng near Ileuver, accidentally shot
terself a few days ago. The young
ady died a few hours aiterwards.
Switchman Injured.
George Keeney, a switchman in the
employ of the Iron Mountain at aT
genta, was buried beneath a mass of
bricks and although it required about
three-quarters of an hour to dig him
out, the only injuries he sustained
are bruises on his head and leg. The
accident occurred on the east side
of the old power house and car bam
of the Little Rock Railway and Elec
tric Company, a short distance east
of the Baring Cross bridge, and was
caused by a train of cars smashing
through the sixteen-inch brick wall.
The cars left a gap in the wall about
ten feet wide and twenty feet high.
College Debate.
Committees from Ouachita and
Hendrix Colleges have arranged for
the Annual College Debate to be held
in Little Rock April 16. R. E. Holl
oway and J. S. Utley, will represent
Hendrix College in the debate and
E. L. Compere and W. A. Matlock
are the debaters for Ouachita Col
lege. Ararngements have been made
| for securing excursion rates from
several cities of the state, and special
excursions will be run from Conway
and Arkadelphia to bring students to
Little Rock.
Child Burned to Death.
Clinton, the two and a half year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ogle
tree, was burned to death at Fordyce
a few' days ago. The mother and
child were in the kitchen, and the
mother, thinking that the cook was
with the child, went into the yard to
get some eggs; but, upon hearing
the scrcfims of the child, rushed in
to the kitchen to find him alone, with
his clothing almost burned off and
his body badly burned, from the ef
fects of which he died in a few hours.
Six Miners Injured.
Two kegs of powder exploded uv.»
expectedly in mine No. 2 at Den
ning, severely injuring Eugene Nich
ols, Guy Jones, Loyd Row'e and Wil
liam Baker. Two other men wtiose
names are not known were also in
jured. The accident is supposed to
have been caused by the tiro from
the lamps coming in contact with
j powder that had been shaken out of
I a can in handling.
Kills Wife And Child.
Will Bradford, a machinists help
er in the Iron Mountain shops at
Baring Cross cut his wife‘s throat
and attempted to kill himself with
morphine, recently Fearing that he
would be arrested before the poison
did its work, the frenzied man blew
out his brains, with a shot gun. The
tragedy is thought to have resulted
from jealousy.
Heavy Rains are Destructive.
Heavy rains in the hills of North
Arkansas and South Missouri have
brought a deluge upon the section tra
versed by White river. It is thought
that the overflow will not destroy
much livestock as the animals have
probably been driven to places of
safety. The highest water is report
ed at Batesville. It is said that the
Black river is also out of its banks.
Oars for British Navy.
At the plant of the Wells Boat Oar
Company, one mile north of Camden,
a special oar is being turned out for
use in the British Navy. This oar
is smaller in the handle and narrower
in the blade than the average, and
is from 12 feet to 17 feet long, and
the material used is first class.
New Bank At Mulberry.
The Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
of Mulberry, has commenced business,
me officers of the new institution
are G. W. Wagner, president; D. A.
Carroll, vice president; S. B. Haw
kins, cashier, and W. B. Hoyle, as
sistant cashier. The bank is to have
a paid up capital of $15,000.
Theater Opening.
The opening of the Majestic Thea
ter, at Little Rock, on Monday, April
— “Huai uapjicumg ui
its kind at that city for the past
thirty years.
Bankruptcy Proceedings.
A petition for involuntary bank
ruptcy was filed with Referee Chasw
F. Cole at Batesville last week against
H. J. Warshavsky of Pocahontas. The
liabilities are placed at $9,000 and
assets about $0,000.
Child Choked to Death.
Eunice Bramon, the 2-year-old child
of Mr. .and Mrs. E. A. Bramon, who
live n#ar Rison, choked to death on
a peanut several days ago. The child
died before a physician could be se
cured.
Registered Bloodhounds.
City Marshal Patterson of Yellville
has just received two handsome reg
istered bloodhounds from Kentucky,
at a cost of $50 for the pair. While
the dogs are Mr. Patterson's personal
property, he will use them whenever
they are needed in the discharge of
his duty as an officer of the law.
Teachers Examination.
At Marshall last week, out of a total
number of 45 examined for teacher’s
license, eight received second grades,
31 third grades and four failed. No
first grades were issued. Ten had
their licenses renewed.