VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUDY 30, 1908.
NO. 37.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest news of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion, and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.
The general opinion of leaders in
the financial world seems to be that
the decision in the Standard Oil case
tvas proper, and that it would result
in a reaction from the business de
pression and inactivity.
One man was killed and four seri
ously injured when two. engines came
together in a headon collision near the
Butfiington, Ind. plant of the Illinois
Steel Co. The victims were the crews
of the two locomotives which came
together. A dense fog caused the
accident.
Ruby Casselman, convicted forger,
sentenced to seven years’ imprison
ment for cashing more than 60 forged
checks for sums ranging from $15 to
$200 at banks and business houses in
Los Angeles, is one of the strangest
criminals that ever appeared for trial
in the southwest. She is known as
“the girl enigma.”
A rubber balloon which Miss Grace
Cochran, clerk in a toy store at Jop
lin was showing a prospective pur
chaser bursted and a fragment of it
struck her in the eye with great force.
It is feared the eye will be permanent
ly blinded.
William Bargee, one of the test
known lawyers in Illinois, died at his
home in Dixon as a result of a street
car accident near his home several
•weeks ago. Mr. Dargee was the legal
school master of many Chicago law
yers and jurists of prominence.
A Short Line passenger train bound
for Cripple Creek has been derailed
near Pairview at the head of North
Cheyenne canyon. Mrs. Williams and
daughter of Sheffield, 111., are reported
seriously injured. Six others are hurt.
A bomb was exploded in the tent in
which Gov. Deneen was addressing a
big audience at Garfield boulevard and
Princeton avenue, Chicago, causing in
tense excitement. There were many
women in the audience and they
screamed in terror and a number
fainted.
Clement W. Kirkpatrick, aged 26, of
Springfield, Mass., married his step
mother, Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Mr. Kirk
patrick's bride is three years his
senior. Kirkpatrick’s father died two
years ago.
Dr. E. B. McGraw, a well-known phy
sician, was instantly killed and An
drew S. McSwigan, manager of Du
quesne Garden and the Traction Co.
parks of Pittsburg. Pa., was severely
shocked in an automobile accident.
After several weeks of quiet prepa
rations the Minneapolis Civic Federa
tion has begun activities hv causing
the arrest of Thomas Latty, a First
avenue saloonkeeper, former president
of the Liquor Dealers’ association, on
a charge of maintaining a wine room.
Chinese highbinders of Sacramento,
Cal., have set a price on the head of
District Attorney Eugene S. Wachorst,
following his success in obtaining a
conviction for murder against Gin
Suiei, who killed another oriental in
a recent feud.
Dan Patch, the great pacer, was
taken east following the announce
ment of H. C. Hersey, his trainer, that
the horse will go a mile Sept. 12 in
Detroit in an effort to lower his own
record of 1:55.
Five members of Georgia's legis
lature are out on bail In Atlanta fol
lowing a raid on the Kimball house,
one of the city’s leading hotels, where
detectives captured the lawmakers
and confiscated a jackpot of $500.
■John D. Rockefeller's pastor. Rev.
Charles F. Aked, has prepared and is
about to publish a series of magazine
articles in which he declares the
churches are decaying and, at the
present rate of loss, will be deserted
within a century.
Fire destroyed six stables at the
Windsor race track at Detroit. In all,
1-0 stalls were burned out. All the
horses were rescued, although several
were singed and two will be unfit to
race again this season.
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg was
either insensible or in a condition of
semi-consciousness for several hours
following the suspension of his trial
on charges of perjury in connection
"ith the court scandals of last year.
Contest in Michigan for the Repub
lican nomination for governor In
creases in bitterness as the date for
fhe primary draws near; Warner,
Pradley and Earle likely to be the
candidates.
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Tex
fl3’ who for months has been ill with
throat trouble in New York, has so
far recovered that he will be able to
leave for Texas soon. Should he lin
pruve as the doctors promise, he will
*ake part In the campaign.
The headquarters in Chicago, from
which city the national Republican
campaign is to be managed chiefly,
will be opened by Chairman Frank
H. Hitchcock on Aug. 15.
Sixteen Japanese who had illegally
entered the United States from Mex
ico at Eagle Pass, Tex., were deport
ed on board the Pacific mail liner Ko
rea.
Richard Croker, the old-time leader
of Tammany Hall, is to return to New
York this fall, according to advices re
ceived. While denying that he would
take active part in the campaign for
Bryan, Croker said he hoped the Ne
braskan would win, and thought his
chances good.
Wm. Stamm, a farmer residing 15
miles north of Chester, Illinois, was
arrested and lodged in jail, charged
with the murder of nis two sons, who
disappeared about a year ago. The
preliminary examination has been de
layed while search is being made for
the bodies.
Matthew Cummings of Boston, was
elected president of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, over J. P. Dolan of'
New York at the convention.
Michael Scereiznski, real estate
dealer of Gary, Indiana, was attacked
by a wolf in Broadway, the main
street of the new steel town, and his
condition is critical. His legs were
badly torn and doctors fear blood
poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Foster, the oldest woman
in Randolph country, Illinois, died at
the home of her daughter, Msr. Eliza
McConachie. She was born in Abbey
ville district, South Carolina, Nov.
17, 1809, the year Illinois Became a
territory.
Philip B. Mans Jr., who killed Ar
thur W. Krafts and shot Mrs. Krafts,
killed himself by shooting himself
through the head. A fanner driving
along the road near St. Matthew's,
near Louisville, found the body.
The most desperate struggle that
has yet taken place between the revo
lutionists and the shah’s troops in
Tabriz is now being w'aged. Mes
sages received from Tabriz tell of
musketry battles between the Loyal
ists and the Nationalists mobs.
The federal Grand Jury in Chicago
returned indictments against 29 al
leged “get-rich-quick" concerns, in
volving the use of the mails to de
fraud clients out of $5,000,000.
An unknown thief hurled a brick
through the plate glass window of C.
D. Peacock Co., pewelers at Adams
and State streets, Chicago, early Wed
nesday and escaped with a tray of
rings valued at $1,000.
Judges Grosscup, Baker and Sea
man, sitting in the Federal Court of
Appeals at Chicago, knocked out
Judge Landis' $2^,240,000 fine imposed
on the Standard Oil Company for re
bating. The higher court reversed the
decision and remanded the case to the
lower court for a new trial. The
Standard Oil attorneys left court with
their faces wreathed in smiles of
triumph.
Night riders burned the station
houses of the Illinois Central railroad
early Wednesday morning at Gracy,
in Christian county; Cerulean, in
Trigg county, and Otter Pond, in Cald
well county.
The Minnesota, Red Lake & Mani
tobe Railroad Co., of St. Paul, Wed
nesday served notice on the state
railroad and warehouse commission
that beginning Aug. 1 it w'ould charge
a passenger fare of 3 cents a mile,
thus ignoring the 2-cent fare law.
Henry Codman Potter, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of New York, died
at Cooperstow'n, N. Y., after an illness
of several weeks.
Despondent because of ill health,
Mrs. Anna Rheasa, 44, went to the
basement of the south side Chicago
flat building, in which she lives, and
blew off one side of her face with a
revolver. She is still living.
John T. Burford, a Chattanooga
(Tenn.) real estate man, lost a suit
case containing $10,000 worth of
stocks and bonds. He fears they have
been stolen. Burford was a witness
before the federal grand jury in Chi
cago and, after testifying, got his suit
case and hired a boy to carry it to
the station. He stopped at a store
to buy a cigar, and when he emerged
the boy had disappeared.
Twenty members of a tallyho party
were scattered about the road at Col
ma, near San Francisco, when a San
Mateo electric car smashed the ve
hicle in splinters. Five of them are
still in a precarious condition.
G. W. Rowland of Cynthiana, Ky„
for two years clerk in the state peni
tentiary, has confessed to the board of
prison commissioners that he is short
$1,600 in his accounts of “convicts
fund.”
Charles Sherman King of Fort
Wayne, Ind., his w'ife and two daugh
ters, Carl Timmins, the chauffeur, and
Miss Fayma Bradshaw, were killed
in an automobile accident by being
struck by a train on the Pennsylvania
railroad west of Columbia City. The
party was In Mr. King’s automobile
and was going from Fort Wayne to
Lake Wavvasee to spend Sunday.
P^NEWS OF ^
\ ARKANSAS /
Pindall to Leave State After Sept. 14.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall will
attend the sixteenth annual meeting
of the National Irrigation Congress at
Albuquerque, N. M.p September 29 to
October 3, inclusive, and the Lakes-to
the-Gulf Deep Waterways Convention,
to he held in Chicago October 7, 8 and
9, and all other national conferences
in which Arkansas is interested, when
the duties of the office of governor
will permit, following September 14
of the present year. Mr. Pindall is
authority for the statement.
On Thursday he appointed twelve
of the fifteen delegates to the Irriga
tion Congress, as follows: George
W. Donaghey, Conway; O. C. Ludwig,
Little Rock; Guy R. Tucker, El Dora
do; Jacob Fink, Helena; Hal L. Nor
wood, Mena; W. M. Kavanaugh, Little
Rock; H. L. Ponder, Walnut Ridge;
Sid B. Redding, Little Rock; Hughlett
Coleman, DeWitt; Jas. H. McCollum,
Hope; Roy D. Campbell, Little Rock;
James Gould, Pine Bluff.
Mr. Pindall will this week name the
delegates from Arkansas to the Lakes
to-thc-Gulf Deep Waterways Confer
ence in Chicago in October. He is
especially anxious to have the deep
waterways conference hold its next
meeting in Little Rock, and when the
delegates are appointed he will ask
that they assist him in urging the
conference lo vote to meet in Little
Rock.
The remark of Acting Governor
Pindall that he will attend these con
ferences "after September 14" of the
present year, recalls the visit of the
acing governor to Washington, when
Allen H. Hamiter, speaker of the
house of representatives, assumed
the chair. The term of Mr. Hamiter
will expire September 14, the date his
successor, Tillman Parks, will be
elected.
Severe Storm at Fort Smith.
In a terrific rain and thunder storm
which swept over Fort Smith Thurs
day afternoon one woman was killed
and a number of residences were dam
aged by lightning. The victim is Mrs.
Isabella Baxter of S street, aged 51
years. She was at work in her kitch
en and a bolt of lightning struck the
house and killed her instantly.
The downpour assumed the propor
tions of a cloudburst and for a time
a tornado was feared, as dangerous
looking clouds gathered in the sky
and the wind blew' at a terrific rate.
Within an hour the rainfall reached
1.76 inches, which is the average rain
fall for the entire month there. After
an hour the storm ceased and it was
found that wires had been put out of
commission and streets and stores
inundated. Several business houses
on Fifth street were completely flood
ed.
In speaking of the storm, Weather
Observer Guthrie said:
“I have been in the weather bureau
service for seventeen years in this
country, Central America and the
West Indies, and 1 never saw rain
and hail fall so fast as this afternoon.
The record breaks all records of thi
office.”
Sues for $10,000.
Claiming that her character was
damaged to the extent of $10,000:
through being publicly charged with
the theft of an ordinary cotton um
brella, Miss Mamie Simmons at Hoi
Springs Thursday filed a suit against
H. A. English for defamation of char
acter. Miss Simmons sets forth in
the complaint that English made state
ments several times in public places
that she had appropriated the um
brella described in the papers, and
that she has suffered to the extent ot
$10,000 by these statements.
Killed by Cars.
Peter Dickinson, a negro, 18 years
of age, was crushed to death between
two cars in the Frisco yards at Hope
Tuesday. The boy was hanging on
the side of a freight and was struck
by another car that was being switch
ed in the yards.
Monroe Burchfield Drowns.
Monroe Burchfield, aged about 35
years, was drowned in the Ouachita
river about fifteen miles byttw Cam
den Thursday afternoon while fishing.
Ris body has not been recovered.
Want Murderer Rurr Down.
So worked up is Fort Smith over
the killing of Lee Ilann, the China
man, that a fund is being created to
be used as a reward for the arrest and
conviction of the murderer. So brutal
was the murder, which followed sev
eral hold-ups, that the citizens feel
that some move should be made to
put a stop to the lawlessness. The
matter lias been agitated, aud Wed
nesday afternoon $ 1 Op was raised
without a paper being prepared, and
it is the purpose to fix the reward at
$1,000.
Sunday Pool Now Under the Lid.
For the first time in many months
the pedestrians along the business
streets of Fort Smith were not greet
ed by the clicking of the ivories, the
discordant thumping of the cues on
the floor or the confused mumbling
of voices issuing from the Sunday
pooihall. The lid has been placed on
Ihe city by the municipal and state
authorities and a few nails driven and
clinched to hold it down.
The closing of the pool halls on Sun
day is the result of a long and bitter
fight which has been waged for many
weeks past. The matter was brought
to a head by the recent Grand Jury,
which severely censured Police Judge
Freer. Previous to that the poolroom
owners appeared in police court each
Monday morning by proxy and paid
a fine of $5 each. The Grand Jury
urged the police magistrate to increase
the fine to the maximum, but this he
refused to do. although the fine was
made $10. In the meantime, the state
prosecuted each week, but failed to
secure a conviction before juries.
The action of Judge Freer in refus
ing to put a stop to Sunday pool arous
ed such a storm of indignation that
talk of impeachment was becoming
common. So stormy was public senti
ment, that, during the past week con
victions were secured against Sunday
poolroom men and the maximum fines
imposed, although 41 cases had been
tried previously. Sunday the rooms
were closed for the first time and on
one a large sign reading "Keep Out,”
was in evidence.
Negro Shot at Barbecue.
Ed Gardner, also known as Ed Wil
lis, a negro, was shot and killed at a
negro barbecue about three miles from
Monticello Saturday afternoon about
4 o’clock. The shooting was done by
Hosey Henderson, a negro. Hender
son is section boss on the Iron Moun
tain railroad and bears a good reputa
tion for honesty and peaceable dispo
tion. He came to town and sur
rendered to the sheriff immediately
after the shooting. Another negro, a
bystander, was rather seriously
wounded in the groin by one of the
bullets.
Ten Days in Prison for Manslaughter.
In the case of the state against Hub
bard Johnson, who was indicted at the
last term of the Calhoun County Grand
Jury, for manslaughter, the jury re
turned a verdict of guilty Saturday
and his punishment was fixed at a
term of ten days in the state peniten
tiary. It is said by Johnson and his
friends that he will appeal to the Su
preme Court.
Illicit Still Destroyed.
A United States marshal made a
raid near Birta recently and destroyed
an illicit still and arrested Eston Pier
son and Bill Ellis as the operators.
They were given a preliminary hear
ing before L. C. Hall, United States
commissioner at Dardanelle and were
sent to Fort Smith to the federal jail
to await the action of the federal
grand jury.
Poor Fences Caused Two Deaths.
Poor fences, allowing one man's
stock to tresspass upon the property
of another, is believed to he the im
mediate cause of the death of two citi
zens of the Bear Creek neighborhood,
in Boone county, Thomas Crawford
dying late Friday afternoon, while
Thomas Cox passed away Saturday
morning, following a difficulty Friday.
Cow Has Smallpox.
A cow belonging to the Gwynne fam
ily near Lorado is reported to have a
severe case of smallpox. The Gwynne
family has just recovered from a siege
of smallpox. A little girl who attend
ed to *he milking of the cow while she
was affected with a mild case of the
disease is supposed to have communi
cated it to the cow.
Roy Coker Drowned.
News was received at Warren
Monday of the drowning of Roy
Coker of Warren at Chicora. Miss.
-All that is known is that he was
drowned while in swimming. He is
a son of R. B. Coker and had been
working at a mill at Chicora for some
months.
Schoolhouse Burned.
The Purcell schoolhouse, three miles
southwest of Rector, was destroyed bj
fire recently. The fire is believed tc
have been of incendiary origin.
Heresy Trial Stirs Texarkana.
The trial and conviction last week,
on a charge of heresy, of Dr. P. E
Maddox, pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church on the Arkansas side of
Texarkana, has stirred religious cir
cles as they were never stirred before
in Texarkana. Dr. Maddox is one of
the most popular ministers ever serv
ing a church in that community, and
during the four years of his pastorate
there has built up one of the strong- j
est congregations in the city, numeri ,
cally, financially and otherwise.
3 KILLED IN FRISCO WRECK
Engineer and Express Messenger and
Unknown Hobo Dead, Messen
ger’s Helper Missing.
Fort Smith.—Train No. 6 on th*
Frisco, known as the Cannon Ball,
was ditched near Goodland Sunday af
ternoon, and three killed and one miss
ing.
* The dead:
M. J. HICKEY, engineer, Fort
Smith.
ED CLARK, messenger, St. Louis.
UNKNOWN HOBO, riding the blind
baggage.
Injured:
Janies Jenkins, fireman, Fort Smith,
fatally.
The messenger's helper is missing
and is thought to be under the wreck
age.
The wreck occurred just out of
Goodland, and it is believed it is due
to spreading rails. The engine left
the track completely and went in the
ditch. Three coaches were also de
railed, and the passengers were badly
shaken up. Several were slightly hurt,
but no serious injuries have been re
ported.
The railroad officials and wrecking
train have gone out from here. An
effort is being made to clear up the
wreckage, although little of the details
has been received. This is the second
time within two weeks this train has
been ditched. A story ran riot here
for a time that many of the passengers
met death in the wreck, but an inves
tigation proved this report to be un
true.
The engine, upon leaving the track,
struck a telegraph pole and wires
were torn down, cutting off communi
cation to this place.
The wrecked train was due here at
6:20, and the wife of the dead engi
neer was at the station to meet her
husband, when she was informed by
the railroad men of his untimely
death. She became hysterical and is
prostrated. G. W. Clark, the father
of the dead messenger, is a local bag
gage agent, and is frantic because of
his inability to reach the scene of
the accident.
Death Gets a Life on Toss of Coin.
Los Angeles, Ca.—The toss of a
dime sent John W. O’Brien, Shakes
pearian student, mining expert and
globe trotter to a suicide's death Sat
urday night in an apartment house on
Grand avenue. O'Brien was well
known in the Southwest, having visit
ed there frequently.
Goaded to the deed by financial re
verse and possibly by a suicide pact,
which was hinted at in letters from
a friend found among his possessions,
O'Brien placed himself in front of a
large mirror and sent a bullet through
his heart. On the floor by his side
was found a dime lying "tails” up. and
on the table a note saying he would
flip the coin to determine whether he
should kill himself. Among his pos
sessions was found a volume! of Shakes
peare’s works, besides numerous note
books and newspaper clippings con
cerning the writings of the English
author. Many passages were mraked.
The letters which hinted at the sui
cide pact, were from G. W. Langford,
an official of the Philippine fishing
company in Yamboango, Philippine is
lands. In one of these, dated March
25, 190S, Langford advised O'Brien
against getting married, saying that
such "entanglements would bring
grief and sorrow to dear ones when
the time came for them to fulfill their
pledge to each other, unless fortune
soon smiled upon them.” Many let
ters in the same vein were found.
Cotton Crop Reports.
Memphis.—The following is the
Commercial Appeal's weekly cotton
crop summary:
"The cotton crop made excellent
progress last week. Reports are more
uniform than for several weeks, show
ing that conditions were generally fa
vorable. The only exceptions noted
are the localities where no rain fell
and the sections of Louisiana where
the weevils are active.
"The rainfall during the week was
moderate and beneficial. It covered j
the entire belt, with the exception of j
the Atlantic coast states. In the Mis- j
sissippi valley states and Aalabama
the planters are enthusiastic. Not in
recent years has the prospect at this
time been so flattering. A large move
ment of new cotton is expected in Tex
as in a few weeks.”
$50,000 Necklace Found.
Berlin.—A pearl necklace of extra
ordinary beauty and valued at $50,000,
which mysteriouly disappeared from
the apartments of Countess Von War
teusleben, one evening last Febru
ary, when she was attending the
opera, has just been found. The coun
tess’ maid had been arrested in con
nection with the abstraction of the
necklace, but no evidence was secured
against her and she was permitted to
go free. The maid has been rearrest
A TERRIBLE CONDITION.
Tortured by Sharp Twinges, Shooting
Pains and Dizziness.
Hiram Center, 518 South Oak
street, Lake City, Minn., says: “I
was so bad with kid
ney trouble that I
could not straighten
up after stooping
without sharp pains
shooting through my
back. I had dizzy
spells, was nervous
and my eyesight af
fected. The kidney
secretions were ir
regular and too fre
quent. I was in a terrible condition,
but Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
me and I have enjoyed perfect health
since.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
More Than Proof.
Cautious Official—Has your friend
tact and administrative ability?
Enthusiastic Indorser—He never
umpired a baseball game yet where
anybody kicked.
It Knocks Malaria Out.
The old reliable Cheatham's Chill
Tonic cures quicker and more perma
nently than any other remedy. One
bottle is guaranteed to cure any one
case. You can’t lose. Try it.
Decollete.
“Did you see Mrs. Locutte at the
hop last night?” asked Mrs. Gaddie.
“Yes," replied her husband.
"This morning's paper says she was
dressed entirely in black. Is that so?"
"Well—er—no. I wouldn't say that
she was dressed entirely.”—Philadel
phia Press.
Instantaneous Action.
“I was almost distracted by a ter
rible itching which defied all treat
ment until I obtained a box of Hunt's
Cure. The first application afforded
instant and absolute relief. The one
box effected a complete cure.
"It is simply wonderful in its in
stantaneous action.”
GEORGE GILLILAND,
Manitou, O. T.
Proof Positive.
There is usually some convincing ar
gument to a question of doubt, if one
is only bright enough to think of it at
the time of controversy. The farmer
was able to produce the indisputable
without delay of circumlocution. A
number of people were gathered
’round the bulletin board of the Read
ing Eagle, on which was announced
"Death of Frank Miller.”
Two farmers from the extreme
backwoods were gazing at the various
items of news, when one of them
spied the lugubrious statement, and
pointing it out to his rustic comrade,
remarked innocently:
"It says on that board: 'Death of
Frank Miller.’ Is that you?”
“No,” replied the other, in all seri
ousness. “My name is John.”
THE EFFECT OF WEALTH.
Billie—Who Is that awfully freckled
girl on the horse?
Tillie—Why, that's Miss Gotrox. She
has several millions in her own name
Billie—So? My! Aren’t her freckles
becoming?
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.
Good sturdy health helps one a lot
to make money.
With the loss of health one’s income
is liable to shrink, if not entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
“I am alone in the world,” writes
a Chicago girl, “'dependent on my own
efforts for my living. I am a clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap
plication to work and a boarding
house diet, I became a nervous in
valid, and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
a half day at a time.
“A friend suggested to me the idea
of trying Grape-Nuts, which I did.
making this food a large part of at
least two meals a day.
‘‘Today I am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an
overworked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts I owe
the recovery of my health, and the
ability to retain my position and in
come.” ‘‘There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to IVell
ville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.