VOL. I.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902.
NO. 52.
Early Returns Indicate Nomination
of Clarke and Davis.
SENATOR JONES DOES NOT GIVE UP FIGHT
Davis Probably Carries Sixty-Eight Coun
ties — Summary ot Congressional Con
tests—Close ill the Railroad Comnals
siouersiiip Battles.
Little Rock. March 31.—Saturday’s pri
maries throuhout the state passed oft
without any serious trouble, so far as
reported.
The contest for United States senator
overshadows every other race, and at
the present writing both sides claim a
victory, though incomplete returns in
dicate that Clarke will have a majority
on Joint ballot.
Gov. Davis is renominated by an over
whelming majority, probably carrying
sixty-seven out of the seventy-five coun
ties.
The contest for associate justice of the
supreme court, from unofficial returns,
will have to be fought out in state con
vention, Martin and Battle leading in
votes, with Wallace a close third.
The returns indicate that Conway has
defeated Padgett for land commissioner.
The race for commissioner of mines,
manufacture and agriculture is close be
tween McHenry and Bradford.
Following is a summary of the result
In the congressional contests:
First District—Neither Taylor, Parrish
or Macon secured enough votes to nom
inate, and a choice is left to the con
vention.
Second District—Brundidge appears to
have defeated Judge McCaleb.
Third District—Unofficial returns indi
cate the nomination of Floyd over Dins
more.
In the fourth and Fifth districts Little
and Reid had no opposition.
Sixth District—Joe T. Robinson is the
nominee over Hon. Sam M. Taylor.
Seventh District—Contest very Close be
tween Wallace and Tompkins.
For railroad commissioner:
Second and Third Districts—Very close
between Hampton and Gaines, the for
mer in the lead.
First and Sixth Districts—Returns in
sufficient to determine —e result.
Fourth and Fifth Districts—Indications
are that Hon. B. B. Hudgins defeats
Phillips.
Monday morning Hon. W. M. Kavan
augh, in charge of Gov Clarke's head
quarters. claimed 85 votes for Clarke on
joint ballot in the legislature.
Senator Jones was not at his head
puarters, having left for Hempstead
county Sunday, but his friends said they
were satisfied with the result and did
not concede his defeat, but on the other
hand claimed that he wnuld have close
to eighty votes on joint ballot, sixty
eight being necessary for a choice.
Scott Comity.
Jones carried Scott by a safe majority
and Davis lead Rector by at least 200
votes.
Hot Spring County.
Malvern, March 31.—The county is
claimed for Clarke by 75, and Davis has
a safe majority.
Millor County.
Texarkana, March 31—Senator Jones
carried this county, his majority being
placed at 2.u, with several small pre
cincts to hear from. Davis and Rector
very close, and it will take the official
count to dec de the contest.
Union County.
El Dorado, March 31.—All precincts in
except three, where a light vote was
cast. Jones 735, Clarke 000; Rector 480,
Davis 1.084.
Kevailn County.
Prescott, March 31.—Davis and Clarke
carry county by safe majorities.
I'opn County.
Russellville, March 31.—Clarke and
Davis carry county almost two to one
over their opponents.
Draha County.
Arkansas City, March 31.—Close be
tween Davis and' Rector, the former
» in the lead, and tile county is safe for
Clarke.
Ouachita County.
Camden, March 31.-Ouachita county
with only three townships to hear from
gives Clarke and Davis majorities of
300 and 350. \
Faulkuei CoAnty.
Conway, March 31.—Cllirk and Davis
defeated Jones and Rector by about live
to one.
Indeprndnnde: County.
Newark, March 31.—Returns coming m
slowly, and indications are that Jones
and Davis have carried the county.
Franklin.
Ozark, March 31.—With the exception
of three small townships the vote is as
follows: Jones 914, Clarke SSO; Davis 907,
Rector 894. It will taue the official vote
to decide between Jones and Clarke, but
the county is conceded to Davis by a
small majority.
I.afayette Connty.
New Lewisville, March 31.—Vote very
close for governor and United states
senator and governor, and nothing but
official count can determine the results.
Yell County.
Danville, March 31.—hue vote in >Yell
county so far as reported is as follows:
Clarke 1.G05, Jones 840; Davis 1,798, Rec
tor 430.
Hempstead County.
Hope, March 31.—Hempstead, Senator
Jones’ home county, gives him in the
neighborhood of 200 majority, and Gov.
Davis will get the county by about the
same majority.
Cleburne County.
Hebcr, March 31.—Cleburne county Is
for Clarke and Davis by two to ono.
L.»Eft County.
Marianna, March 31.—Lee county goes
for Rector and Clarke by good majori
ties.
Wfialiingt on County.
Fayetteville .March 31.—Gov. Davis’
majority is estimated at 1,000 and James
P. Clarke defeats Senator Jones by at
least <oU majority.
Little Rtv r.
Richmond, March 31.—Contest for sen
ator very close between Clarke and
Jones and it will require the official
count to decide both this contest and
that of governor, with the chances in
favor of Davis.
Saline County.
Benton, March 31.—Twelve townships
show the fololwing results: Clarke 607,
Jones 419; Davis 610, Rector 276.
Benton,
Bentnnville, March 31.—The county is
claimed by ^larke’s friends, although the
contest is close. Davis leads Rector by
a large majority.
Bentonville, March 31.—Ten of the
townships yet to hear from. County goes
for Jones out very close between Davis
and Rector.
Jefferson.
Pine Bluff, March 31.—Early this morn
ing both the friends of Gov. Clarke and
Senator Jones were claiming this coun
ty, and the official count will be neces
sary to decide the result. The vote for
governor ts also close.
Sebastian.
Fort Smith, March 31.—The vote in this
county is very close between Davis and
Rector, and the official count will not
give either a majority of over 100. Sen
ator Jones carries the county by over
1,000 majority over Clarke.
Clark. ,
Arkadelphia, March 31.—This county
goes for Jones and Davis, the former
leading the latter by a small margin.
Clay County.
Corning, March 31.—It will require
the official count to decide the contest
between Clarke and Jones but the county
is conceded to Davis.
Pulaski County.
Little Rock, Ark.. March 31.—The vote
of Pulaski county for United States sen
ator and governor is as follows: Clarke
2,154, Jones],141; Davis 1,897, Rector 1,270.
Mississippi County.
t)sceola, March 31.—This county gives
Clarke and Davis sale majorities over
their opponents.
Monroe County'.
Brinkley, March 31.—Complete returns
show that Davis and Clarke have car
ried the county.
Cleveland County.
Rison, March 31.—Cleveland county in
structs for Clarke for United States' sen
ator and Davis for governor.
Jack»Q».Oouiitv.
Newport, March 31.— v ote very close,
but Clarke and Davis’ friends claim
they will win by a small margin.
Johnson County.
Clarksville, March 31.—Eleven out of
twenty-two precincts give Clarke 661,
Jones 497; Davis 645, Rector 491.
Prairie County.
j Des Arc, March 31.—The vote in this
county is very close for United States
senator, with Jones slightly in the lead
I.onoke County.
Lonoke, March 31.—Clarke for United
States senator and Davis for governor
carry this county overwhelmingly.
Monroe Couniy.
Clarendon, March 31.—Indications are
that Clarke and Davis have carried this
(Monroe) county, seven out of fifteen of
the townships giving Clarke 481, Jones
346; Davis 386, Rector 243.
Grreue County.
Paragould, March 31.—Thirty-six hours
after the polls closed only about three
fourths of the votes had been counted.
Enough is known, however, to insure
the nomination of Davis over Rector by
at least 900 majority, while Gov. Clarke
will get the county instruction for United
States senator by at least 800 over Jones.
Polk County.
Mena, March 31.—Polk county goes for
Jones and Davis, the latter’s majority
estimated at 400, about 200 ahead of
the former.
l.awrence County.
AJicturv ivutiv, iuuii.il ox.—nu iuc luwir
ships in Lawrence county have reported,
Davis carrying the county by two to one.
Senator Jones carries the county by 230
over James P. Clarke.
Howard County.
Nashville, March 31.—Unofficial returns
from two-thirds of the voting precincts
in Howard county give the folowing re
sults: Jones 533, Clarke 641! Rector 404.
Davis 722.
Nothin definite had been received from
the folowing counties at Little Rock on
the morning of March 31:,
Crawford, White, Pike Cross, Arkan
sas, Garland, Conway, Ashley,, Critten
den, St. Francis, Sharp, Woodruff, Ran
dolph, Dallas, Scott and Drew.
The Tramp Tree.
The late D. de Forrest Douglass,
of Springfield, Mass., who originated
the manufacture of wooden legs just
before the civil war, “was particular
about his dress,” says the Republic
an, “and it is said that he wrought
his artificial legs wearing as neat
and as careful a raiment as he wore
in public. His was a most cordial
and gentle nature, and he was an in
teresting talker. Naturally he had
pride in lire own special invention,
which has been of so great impor
tance. One of his favorite stories
was of the ‘tramp tree.’ This was a
red willow which sprung from the
staff of a tramp to whom the Shak
ers of Somers gave a meal. He
stuck his willow stick at the edge
of a brook, and there it took root
and grew to a lusty tree, which Mr.
Douglass bought and used in his
making of legs. He had been curious
to follow the fortunes of this tree,
and used to say that it had the
genius of the tramp himself, for it
was now walking over a great part
of the earth—-in Australia, in ludia^
and as well over much of the United
States.
\
NEWS OP THE WORLD.
Over two hundred wells are now
producing oil at Beaumont, Tex.
The New York general assembly
appropriated $100,000 for the erec
tion of a monument to the late Pres
ident McKinley at Buffalo.
Mrs. Hattie Hand and her two
children were caught in a prairie
fire near Anadarko, Okla., and all
three perished.
During the week ending 'March
28 Lord Kitchener reported the
capture of 135 Boers and a large
quantity of ammunition and sup
plies.
A passenger train on the Southern
llailroad was wrecked near Char
lottsville, X. C., by a landslide, caus
ing the death of a porter and an un
known white tramp.
Mr. Tsilka, husband of the wom
an held prisoner with Miss Stone
by Bulgarian brigands, lias been ar
rested by Turkish officials charged
with being responsible for the kid
napping.
News comes of the massacre of
sixteen Christians by Chinese reli
efs in Pi Yang Province. The
throne has issued an edict ordering
the execution of the rebels when
captured.
\V. If. Wallace, a negro sleeping
ear porter, was lynched in a corner
of the court house square at La jun
ta, Col., by being hung to an elec
tric light pole by a mob at 4.000
people. Walker was charged with
assaulting a woman G5 years of age
who occupied a berth on the train
on which lie worked. The woman
is not expected to live.
Heavy rains fell over portions of
Mississippi and Louisiana March
27. At Vicksburg the precipita
tion reached a fraction less than
eight inches, and the damage at that
point is placed at nearly half a
million. Traffic north and south
of Vicksburg was at a complete
standstill for thirty-six hours, owing
to heavy washouts. At Yazoo City
the town was flooded and many
buildings were undermined. In
the lowlands of Louisiana many
families were compelled to make a
hasty exit to the hills. It is im
possible to estimate the loss from
fences destroyed and cattle drowned.
A sensation was caused in the
lower house of congfess by the pre
sentation speech by Mr. Bichardson
of Tennessee, of charges alleging
the corrupt use of a fund of $500,
000 in connection with the sale of
the Danish West Indies. The
charges were contained in an alleged
secret report of Capt. Walter Christ
mas to the Danish government,
which declared That he had employ
ed corrupt means to bring the ne
gotiations for the sale of the islands
to a consummation. According to
some of the extracts recited from
Christmas's alleged report, he him
self, while acting in a diplomatic
capacity for the Danish government,
was guilty of bribery.
A disastrous wind storm swept
through Vermillion parish, Louis
iana, on the night oi' March 24,
causing the loss of a number of lives
and destruction of thousands of
dollars in property. The home of
John t’cllis, near Crowley, was
blown down and his sister was con
siderably bruised by the falling tim
bers of the house. Delmas Richard
was buried in the ruins of the house
and was killed. A young man who
was sleeping in an upper room felt
the house moving, and as it was
about to go over he leaped from the
window and was caught up by the
wind and carried several rods to an
adjoining field and fell into a wire
fence. The fence broke the force of
his fall and with the exception of a
few scratches he was uninjured. At
another place a few miles away a
man named Sill.- was killed. At
least a dozen houses were demolish
ed and it is feared the loss of life
is greater than at first reported.
President Roosevelt has given no
tice that no deserters, either in the
civil or recent war, will be pardoned
by him, which would enable them to
be restored to the rolls and entitle
many of them to pensions.
Maj. Gen. E. S. Otis closed his
native career in th e army Mareh 25
by reason of having reached the age
limit.
Frank Hartman, a farmer, was
shot and killed, his wife fatally
wounded and his daughter seriously
injured by unknown outlaws at
their home near Noble, Ok.
The trials arising from the embez
zlement of Cuban postal funds have
resulted in the following sentences:
C. F. IV. Neeley, ten years' impris
onment and to pay a fine of $5(5,
701. \V. H. Reeves, ten years’ im
prisonment and to pay a fine of
$35,156. Estes G. Rathbone, ten
years’ imprisonment and to pay a
tine of $35,324.
Secretary Root has made public
his order to Gen. Wood, directing
him to turn over the control and
government of Cuba to its people
on May 20 next. The order requires
the Cuban government to assume all
treaty obligations, and directs Gen.
Wood to continue a small artillery
force to avoid leaving the island en
tirely defenseless until the Cuban
government shall have opportunity
to organize its own force. Gen.
Wood is also directed to convene the
Cuban congress before May 20. lie
is also directed to consult with Pres
ident-elect Palma and substitute
such persons as he shall desire for
those now holding official positions
in Cuba.
Cecil Rhodes, the South African
millionaire, is dead. Rhodes had
been in poor health since the early
days of the South African war,
when he was in danger of falling
into the hands of his enemies, the
Boers, who held him to be largely
responsible for it. During
the period when Kimberly was
in danger of being captured it
was generally believed that one of
the Boers' first acts in the event of
the city's fall would be to put
Rhodes to death. The mental strain
upon the man who was known as
“Africa's uncrowned king," was re
sponsible for the breaking down of
his health, from which he never re
covered.
A special commission of medical
officers of the marine hospital ser
vice, appointed to investigate the
origin and prevalence of leprosy in
the United States, report the ex
istence of 278 known cases, as fol
lows: Alabama, 1; California, 24;
Florida, 24; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 5;
Iowa, 1; Louisiana, 155; Maryland,
t; Massachusetts, 2: Minnesota,
20; Mississippi, 5; Missouri, 5;
Montana, 1: Nevada, 1 ; New York,
7: North Dakota, 1(5: Oregon, 1;
Pennsylvania, 1 : South Dakota, 1 ;
Texas. 3; Wisconsin, 3. Of the to
tal known number, 1T(“> arc males and
102 females: 145 American born,
120 foreign born and the remainder
uncertain. The commission recom
mends the establishment of a feder
al retreat for lepers, and expresses
the opinion that it should be in the
arid southwest or in a similar region
farther north, or on an island in the
gulf of Mexico or on the Pacific
coast.
The comparative statement of th
commerce of the Philippine island
i'or the nine months ended Septem
ber 30, 1901 and 1900, shows: The
total value of merchandise import
ed during the nine months was
$21,818,212, against $17,187,991
for the corresponding period of
1900, and the exports of merchan
dise amounted to $18,866,798.
against $17,883,'100 for 1900. These
figures show an increase of '17 per
cent for the imports and 6 per cent
for the exports during the .nine
months, (told and silver were im
ported during the nine months of
1901 to the value of $2,082,644.
same period of 1900 $2,363,291; ex
ported during the 1901 period $730,
107, corresponding period of 1900
$2,222,807. The value of merchan
discanning from the Tinted States
for the nine months ended Septem
ber 1. 1902. was $2,112,190, an in
crease of $1,140,218 over the cor
responding period of 1900, while
the export:- for the same period of
1901 amounted to $2,137,059, an
increase of $620,534.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
The Arkansas Building.
The Arkansas building at the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition will be
one of the most imposing in the
group of state buildings on Art Hill
in the World's Fair site. The plans
for the building have been approved
by the director of works of the expo
sition, and it will lie the tirst state
building to be constructed. The
plans call for a building loO by lot)
feet, with two wings ?r> feet each,
with broad, sweeping verandas on
all sides, where visitors from Ark
ansas at the fair can rest in the
shade and enjoy the cooling breezes
that will sweep across them, for the
Arkansas building will occupy a site
on the highest elevation in the fair
grounds, and from it can be had a
panoramic view of all the other ex
position buildings. The building
is to be constructed exclusively of
Arkansas material and labor, and
will be ready to set up when it reach
es St. Louis.
The main entrance to the build
ing will lead to a reception hall 28
by 30 feet. The floor is to be of
native wood, with an inlaid border of
light and dark wood contrasting;
a large rug or fountain in the cen
ter. The walls are to be tinted in
dark, rich empire green, with a
deep border frieze about three feet,
decorated by hand with boughs of
apple blossoms, the state iioral em
blem. glimpses of sky and cloud
showing through. Facing the en
trance it is proposed to have a hand
some marble mantlepieee of Eureka
Springs onyx, light color and high
ly polished. There is to be an open
fireplace, with hearth tiled with na
tive marble. Over the mantlepieee
is to be a mirror, in front of which
will be placed a clock, the case made
of irregular Hot Springs crystals,
with a large Hoi Springs diamond,
cut and mounted, if possible, for the
jfmdulum. It is proposed to have
large photographs of noted and pic
turesque Arkansas scenery in frames
of native wood, decorated by Ar
kansas artists in wood carving; also,
two or three carved wood chairs and
a hall seat in tarred wood.
Wife Suspected.
The police of Little Lock have ar
rested two persons on suspicion of
having murdered Green Thompson,
a wealthy colored citizen. Thomp
son's son, who was taken into custody
the morning the crime was discov
ered, was released, there being no
evidence against him. The parties
now in custody are W. S. Caswell
and Thompson's wife. Caswell is
charged with the murder and the
widow with alleged complicity. The
officers have been working on the
theory that the murder was eom
mited by some one in Thompson's
house, when he returned home from
the church sociable about 1 o'clock
at night. Mrs. Thompson spent
the evening at the home of Caswell,
who accompanied her home about 10
o’clock. She says the man did not
go into the house, but the police
will try to prove that he did enter
and was not seen to come out. Cas
well is a musician, who was often
seen in the accused woman's com
pany. Mrs. ’Thompson is much
younger than her murdered hus
band, and was his second wife.
Bridge Company Sued.
Thos. VI. Adams has brought suit
in the federal court at Little Rock
against the Iron Mountain Railroad
Company and the Kansas City and
Memphis Railroad and Bridge Com
pany for $*35,000 damages. The
suit is the result of the plaintiff be
ings ejected from a train on Novem
ber 4, 1 ‘>61 i having boarded the
train at Memphis to go to Arkadel
phia and refusing to pay the 50
cents bridge fee exacted of all pas
sengers over the bridge. It is held :
in the complaint “that the demand
was unlawful and unreasonable, and,
plaintiff knowing of that fact, and,
being unwilling to submit to extor
tion, offered to pay a reasonable sum
for passing over said river and for
his passage over said railroad to his
place of destination, but refused to
pay 50 cents as a toll for passing
over said river on said-bridge.”
Not Fellow Servants
The United States court of ap
peals, in a decision affirming the
opinion of the lower court in the
ease of Warren G. Fury, a fireman,
who sued the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco railway and secured a verdict
awarding him $16,000 damages for
injuries received in a collision near
Van Buren in 1807, caused by the
failure of an operator to deliver an
order, held that the operator and the
fireman are not fellow-servants ac
cording to the Arkansas statute.
Judge Thayer, who gave the opin
ion, found that they were not fel
low-servants and were not working
together for common purpose, their
work being of a different char
acter and they were only brought
together casually. This was agreed
to by Judge Caldwell, but Judge
Sanborn gave a dissenting opinion,
holding that the operator and fire
man were fellow-servants, according
to the statutes of Arkansas, the
terms department and service being
interchangeable and having the same
meaning and that the judgment
should be reversed.
Against the City.
In the ease of the Home Water
Company against the c-ity of Little
Rock, Federal Judge Trieher, in a
very elaborate opinion, overruled the
demurrer of the city to the com
plaint, and required it to answer or
plead within sixty days, thus neces
sitating a trial of the case on its
merit. The court in effect held
that it has jurisdiction of the sub
ject matter, and that the allegations
I in the complaint, if substantiated by
proofs, entitles the guarantee com
pany to that part of the relief pray
ed for, which asks for an order re
straining the city from annulling
its contract wfth the water company
and declaring the water franchise
forfeited. The effect of Judge
Triebers ruling is that, while the
United States court has jurisdiction
to determine the question of the
right of the city of Little Rock to
forfeit the water company’s fran
chise, the question of the city's in
debtedness for hydrant rentals will
have to he determined in the Hate
courts and by a jury.
A Narrow Escape.
Judge Joseph W. Martin, of Lit
tle Rock, had a narrow and thrilling
escape from death recently. Judge
Martin and Mr. IV. H. Andereck
were returning from a political
meeting, walking along the Iron
Mountain railroad track. Seeing
an approaching engine, Judge Mar
tin started to get off the track when
he slipped and fell. He was so
stunned that he could not arise.
Taking in the situation, Mr. An
dereck rushed to the rescue of his
companion and by almost superhu
man effort lifted the Judge from the
track when the epgine was less than
ten feet away, Mr. Andereck himself
being knocked down beside the track,
but was not injured.
Arkansans Promoted.
In the brevet nominations recent
ly sent to the senate by President
Roosevelt the following Arkansans
figure: Capt. W. 11. Sample, for
gallantry in the battle at Santiago;
Lieut. A. S. Brooks, for distinguish
ed gallantry in action at Pilar Pin
ay, March 22, 1900; First. Lieut.
Lloyd England, Third artillery, for
distinguished gallantry in action at
Manila and near Calooean, March
25, 189!). Lieut. John C. Green
way, for distinguished gallantry in
action at Santiago.
Cattle Quarantine.
James Hollis, colored, aged 27,
in jail at Paris, 111., has confessed
to the murder of his brother-in-law,
William Lewis, at Laconia, this
date. Hollis was arrested on sus
picion of another crime, and, on be
ing “sweated," admitted shooting
Lewis, claiming self defense. Hol
lis and Lewis were farmers.
BRIEF MENTION.
Trinity chapel at Searcy was
struck by lightning March 2G and
burned to the ground.
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