tOoo&cuff Cowtitg
VOL. Vr
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1900
NO. 13.
II1 SI.
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INTERESTING ITEMS GATHERED
FROM AI.L SECTIONS.
SHARP COUNTY VALUES
«_ittle Rock Footpads—An Old Feud
Ended—Woman Burned to Death—
Died on Train.
Sharp County Values.
The abstract of the tax books for
1905 shows that the real estate of
Sharp county is valued, at $993,680,
while the personal property valua
tion amounted to $821,961, making a
total valuation of $1,815,041. This is
an increased valuation over the pre
vious year of $104,702. The amount
of taxes raised this year is $34,495.03.
The total number of persons in the
county liable to pay poll tax is 2,325,
of which number 33 are negroes.
Killed By Horse.
A young man by the name of
Frank Rush, living near . Decatur,
came to a sudden death one day last
week. He was returning from South
west City, where he had taken a load
of house-hold goods for John Oxley,
and when near his home in some
Aauner fell forward over the front
end of the wagon and was kicked on
the head by one of the horses, killing
him instantly.
Shipping to Scotland.
Mr. McClancy, a timber buyer,
shipped from Ratesville three car
loads of walnut timber, which was
consigned to Glasgow, Scotland. 3 he
freight on the timber amounted to
$600. Walnut timer is becoming very
scarce now, and is eagerly sought,
even the stumps of the trees being
used. The three cars shipped by Mr.
McClancy, represent a large amount
of money.
Little Rock Footpads.
Robert Seidel, a carpenter, was
shot and seriously wounded by foot
pads in Little Rock. Seidel showed
right when they attempted to hold
him up, and received a bullet
through his hand and another through
the right lung. The hold-up and
shooting occurred within a block of
where Col. Little was sandbagged
and lobbed two weeks ago.
An Old Feud Ended.
The last of the existing differences
between the Bryant Lumber Com
pany and the Fourche River Lumber
Company of Perry county have been
settled by an arbitration board, con
sisting of Judge R .J. Lea of the Cir-<
cuit Court, W. Grayson of St. Louis,
and Charles Lewis of the Lena. Lum
ber Company, of Benton.
mamma
Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. Russ Stanley, was fatally
burned a few days ago near Social
Hill. She was doing some work
about, an open fireplace, or a fire in
the yard, when her clothing became
'ignited. Though her husband and
■others were present and extended
immediate aid, the injuries inflicted
caused her death.
Died on a Train.
E. G. Slayton went to San Antonio,
Tex., from his home at Marianna a j
few days ago for his health. Soon
after his arrival in Texas he discov
ered there could be no permanent im
provement, and he started to return :
home. He died on the train near!
Wynne, 40 miles from Marianna.
Nathan Adler Hurt.
Nathan Adler, manager at Bates- :
ville for the Lesser-Goldman Cotton ;
Company, and one of the oldest and ■
best-known business men of that sec- j
tion, is suffering with a broken leg, j
resulting from a fall. Mr. Adler was
on route to the home of M. Jacobs,
when he stumbled and fell, crushing
the bone of the left leg just above
the knee. On account of the advanced
age of Mr. Adler, the injury is very
serious.
Passenger Seriously Wounded.
An unknown person carelessly or
intentionally fired a riLie shot through
the window of a Rock Island passen
ger train about three miles west of
Bonneville a few days ago. inflicting
a painful and probably serious
wound in the hack part of the neck
of a passenger, W. A. Thomas, of
Sacramento, Ky. The wounded man
stopped at Booneville for medical at
tention. Mr. Thomas will probably
recover from the wound in a short
time.
Fire Surplus for Charity.
In answer to queries sent out by
the fire relief committee of Hot
Springs to donors as to the dispos
al of $8,000 unused surplus of the
amount subscribed, after the big fire
one year ago, more than half have
signified a willingness for their por
tion of the fund to bo donated to
charity. The amount thus donated
to charity in tills manner will be
about $4,000.
Conductor Injured.
Conductor J. T. Williamson of the
Kansas City Southern Railroad was
' seriously injured last week in an ac
cident between Glllham and De
Queen, getting his left hip badly
bruised and dislocated. The accident
was caused by the train breaking in
two, throwing Mr. Williamson against
the stove in the caboose with such
force as to dislocate his liip.
$30,000 Fire Loss.
The entire plant of the Helena box
factory was burned at that place sev
eral days ago. The property burned
was a box factory and saw-mill com
bined and the plant was valued at
about $30,000, which was covered by
insurance. It was a total loss, the
entire building being destroyed and
the machinery broken and rendered
useless.
Jail Delivery.
Pierce Wesson, a. negro, charged
with selling whisky and a white man
named Murphy, charged with rob
bery, made their escape from the jail
at Murfreesboro a few days ago by
digging a hole through the brick wall.
The other inmates will not tell at
what time they left or where they se
cured the tools to effect their escape.
Did Not Appear.
C. H. Babcock accused of conspir
acy to injure his former wife by
employing a man to throw vitrol in
her face was fined $125.00 in Police
court at Hot Springs recently. The
defendant was not present and his
attorneys pleaded guilty for him.
Forfeiture was taken on a $200 bond
by Babcock’s non-appearance.
Young Lady Injured.
Miss Agnes Cox was seriously
burned at the residence of Mr. Davis
in Macedonia, where with others she
was sitting up with a sick member of
tlie household. While a midnight
supper was being prepared Miss Cox
discovered that her hair was on fire.
Although help came immediately she
was badly burned.
Will Go Underground.
The City Council of Pine Bluff lias
granted the right of placing their
telephone wires underground to the
Southwestern Tel. & Tel. Co. All
the wires along the principal streets
of the city will be placed in under
ground conduits which will render
the streets much safer during fires or
severe storms.
Robbers are Busy.
Two bold hold-ups occurred at
Texarkana recently. Bruce Collins a
resident of Vivian, La., was beaten
into insensibility and relieved ol hla
valuables. L. Kosminsky a Texar
kana merchant was held up the same
night and robbed of $100. The per
petrators of these outrages are still
at large.
Leaves Seven Children.
Mrs. W. H. Camp is dead at her
home at Redfield from the effects o
being burned last week. She was
burning grass In the garden, w'hen
her clothes caught fire and wen
burned off entirely before assistant
arrived. Mrs. Camp leaves seven cliil
dren.
Fruit Growers are Pleased.
Fruit growers and truck farmers
of this neighborhood are said to be
well pleased -with the timeliness of
the recent cold snap.
THE NORTHERN
As the northerner listens and looks
in Texas all the illusions he brought
■with him are dispelled. Instead of the
embattled hip pocket there is a tele
phone consultation with one's at
torney. Instead of a chooting affray
There is a lawsuit. I.t lieu of the red
shirt there is boiled and bosomed linen
and the bandana is replaced hy a col
iur from Troy. Where one expected
to find leather-trousered cowboys there
are store-clothed hackmen, including,
MAN IN TEXAS.
at. San Antonio, the second son of i
British nobleman who went broke anc
is now earning his living by driving
visitors about the city. As for Jaw anc
order in Texas, a man with a coucealeii
elz-shooter in New York is safer frorr
arrest than the man with a concealed
toy pistol in Texas.—Sunset Magazine
Always Coming.
Giving the devil his due proves that
there is always the devil to pay,
THE WEEK'S NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
What Cougrcaa i* Uu.uk, Together
'With Luteal l)cfclo|>ui«ut> in tin1
Internal Troubles in Husain, nnd
lteuis Culled trout liuportuut Itup
peuiutts AH Over tbe World.
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CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
the senate passed the urgent deii
ciency bill practically as reported from
the committee on appropriations. An
attempt to strike out the provision re
lieving alien workmen in the Panama
canal zone iron. the operation of the
eight-hour law failed.
The senate passed the bill giving
civil war telegraphers a pensionable
status.
The house passed the Hepburn rail
road rate bill by a vote of IMG to 7.
Those voting against the bill were;
.Littlefield, McCall, Perkins. Sibley,
Southwick, Veerland and Weeks, all re
publicans.
The house passed Lhe pension appro
priation bill with a provision enact
ing into statute the celebrated order of
the president declaring age conclusive
evidence of disability to perform man
ual labor.
The senate passed the bill of Senator
Warner, of Missouri, which provides
for an investigation by the treasury de
partment into what is known a,s the
“Third installment Missouri war
Claims.'’ The bill has been urged
through a number of congresses.
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA.
War is on in St. Petersburg be
tween the "fighting organizations” cK
the revolutionists and the “black hun
dreds." A band of “reds” surrounded
a cabaret on the bank of the Nevsky
river, above the city, and threw a bomb
among an assemblage of workmen, and
then opening fire on the panic-stricken
inmates, killing- two and wounding IS.
Troops interevened and many arrests
were made.
The Russian peasants while intense
ly land hungry, have no idea of ac
quiring tile coveted acres by purchase,
but are determined to receive it as a
gift from the government.
The Russian insurance men, at a
conference in St. Petersburg, decided
not to pay losses sustained on account
of agrarian riots or armed revolts.
The false emperor and his suite, who
have been stirring up the people of the
Volga region, have finally been arrested
near Dnieprovsk.
The elections for the Russian nation
al assembly are fixed for April 7. The
opening session will be held April 28.
Thirteen revolutionaries were con
demned by a drumhead court-martial
and summarily executed in Xainoden
district.
GENERAL SEWS ITEMS.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the “poet of
the negro race,” (lied at his home in
Dayton, O., of consumption, aged 34
years. lie began active life as a news
boy.
Allan J. Chantry, Jr., of Malvern, la.,
is the honor man of the graduating
class of the I'nited States naval acad
emy, closely followed by Whitford
Drake, of Waltham, Mass., and John
Paul Miller, of Lancaster, Kv. The
figures of their standing are 517.25,
515.21 and 514.79 respectively.
Charles (1. Deign, charged with the
murder of R. K. Lewis, of West Farm
ington, O., a wealthy farmer and stock
dealer, has confessed the crime.
The London Statist calls upon Presi
dent Roosevelt to step into the breach,
as he did with Russia and Japan, and
save the situation at Algeciras, which,
it fears, is otherwise foredoomed to
failure.
A movement started recently by the
district bench of Hennepin county,
Minnesota, has resulted in all the
judges in the state returning their an
nual railroad passes.
Eight hundred of the 1.500 inhabi
tants of Littleton, a West Virginia oil
town, were rendered homeless by a fire
that swept away nearly every business
place and much of the residence por
tion .
The Royal Astronomical society of
Great Britain has conferred upon Prof.
William Wallace Campbell, of Lick ob
servatory. California, ihe gold medal
for" 1905, for his achievements in spec
troscopic work.
Countess Howe, daughter of the sev
enth duke of Marlborough and aunt of
the present duke, is dead.
A stauie lo Ralph Waldo Emerson
is lo be erected at Concord, Mass., the
town where he lived and died.
Prof. Emil von Behring, the German
discoverer of Ihe diphtheria serum, has
announced his determination of keep
ing his tuberculosis remedy secret till
next autumn.
The next session of the Transmissi>
sippi congress will be held in Kansas
City, Mo., November 20-23, 1906.
The president anti Mrs. Roosevelt ask
the kind consideration of their many
friends whom it i.- impracticable, by
reason of the limitations of the White
House accommodations, to invite to the
wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt and
Mr. Nicholas i.ongworth.
The Frances Shinier academy at. Mt.
Carroll, III., affiliated with the Univer
sity of Chicago, was destroyed by fire.
The trustees decided to rebuild at once,
A. Howard Hinkle, of Cincinnati, has
subscribed $11,001) as the nucleus of a
fund for the erection of a memorial to
Theodore Thomas in that city..
The Urazilian congress lias voted
$400,000 for the reception ami enter
tainment of the delegates to the Pan
American congress in Rio Janeiro next
spring.
An insane ex-soldier, Joseph Kiszsi
um, who wanted President Roosevelt to
pay him $9,000,000, was arrested, at the
White House in Washington, and sent
to the government hospital for the in
sane.
An inventory of the estate of the late
William B. Thompson, of St. Louis,
shows the actual value to be $X0O,41G.5O,
instead of the reputed $4,0(H),000.
The Japanese have added to their na
val establishment, six battleships, three
cruisers, two coast defense ironclads,
two gunboats and three destroyers, that
had been -sunk by the Russian.-* at Port
Arthur.
Rufus John: < n. charged with ihe
murder cl' Mi s Florence W. Allinson.
near Moorostown, N. J.. was tried and
convicted :ii Mt. Holly, N. J., and sen
tence.] to bo hanged February 23.
Rev. Justin U. Wade, charged with I
sending improper letters through the j
mail to a boy. attempted to commit sui
eiuo by ihrowing himself in front of a
train at Waukegan, 111., a few hours |
before he was to have been arraigned, i
He was seriously injured.
St.Paul's Methodist Episcopal church,
at Ashland avenue and Harrison street,
Chicago, was destroyed try fire; loss.
$125,000.
The last of the White House evening
levees for the season was given in lion- j
or of the army and navy, and was very
largely attended.
Gov. Pattison of Ohio has signed the
two-cunt car fare bill. It. will not. go
into effect, however, till March 10. j
The house of representatives will net j
take official cognizance of the wedding 1
of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Represen
tative Lougworth, but all the same will
hold no session on February J7.
The world's largest sailing ship was
launched at Bremerhaven. Germany. It
is 43S feet long and 54 feet beam, and
is of 8,000 tons burden.
Nevadans are making strenuous ef
forts to secure the reinstatement of
Trenmore Coffin, the midshipman from
that state expelled for hazing.
Count Beni de Caste'.lane is said to
have contracted debts for jewelry, un
known to the countess, to the extent of
6,000,000 francs. The countess declares
that she will not foot the bills.
Mrs. Ethel Beattie, daughter of the ,
late Marshall Field, who is beneficiary
by lmr father’s will to the. extent of
$6,000,000' says the amount is "more
than sufficient.”
And now Miss Edith Crater, a young
Denver (Col.) actress, is butting in on
the honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
Mizner with a breach of promise suit,
backed up, it is alleged, by a bunch of
torrid love letters.
Henry White, the principal Ameri- |
can representative at the Algeciras
conference, is credited with having
done more to smooth the differences
between France and Germany than all
the rest combined.
Cuba’s wedding gift to Miss Alice
Rossevelt will be a collar of pearls.
It has been purchased in Paris by the
Cuban minister there, and forwarded
to Mr. Quesada, the Cuban minister j
in Washington, who will present it.
The trustees of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor, at a meeting
in New York, unanimously decided j
upon Seattle, Wash., as the place for
the next general convention, in 1907.
The emperor of Japan has conferred
the first class order of merit on Gen. I
Daniloff, the Russian commissioner in !
charge of the transfer of the Russian
prisoners of war.
A condition of mutiny is said to ,
have existed for a time on board the j
cruiser Marblehead while in southern
Pacific waters on account of lack o*£
shore leave and absence of fresh veg
etables.
One soldier was reported dead, an- !
other dying and eight others seriously
ill in the hospital at Castle William,
the military prison on governor’s isl- ,
and, New York, as the result of drink- !
ing wood alcohol that had been smug
gled In. Gen. Grant has ordered a
rigid investigation.
The Greater Pittsburg bill, provid- '
ing for the consolidation of Pittsburg
and Allegheny, subject to a joint vote
of both cities, has been signed by Uov.
Penny-packer of Pennsylvania.
Paul Carey, a 15-year-old negro, was
caught, in the act of rifling letters stol
en from lock boxes in the post office at
South MeAlester, I. T. The office had
been robbed before in the same manner,
and several thousand dollars’ worth oi
checks are missing.
The bodies of J. M. Christmas, his
wife and son, with the heads almost
severed, were found in their homo
near Cottonwood, Ala. The murders
are supposed to have been committed
in connection with robbery.
BRIEF .ARKANSAS MENTION.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina
tion at Little Rod: February 27 and
28 to secure elegibies from which to
make certification to fill vacancies in
the position of assistant examiner in
the patent office, at an entrance
salary of $1,200 per year. At*, exami
nation will also be held on March 11
and 15 for vacancies in the position
cf aid in the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey at $720 per annum each, and
similar vacancies as they may occur.
A deal was closed recently by
which H. H. Luckett of Batesville,
has bought from J. B. Harvey of
Calico Rock, 40,000 cedar posts. The
posts are piled on the bank of
White river, about three miles from
Calico Rock, and will bo hauled to
Batesville for shipment.
While the two children of Kli Lamb
of Finch, wore playing with a pistol
a few days ago the boy accidentally
shot his 2-year-old sister in the
mouth. The ball passed through the
upper lip, shattering the teeth and
jawbone, and lodged under the ear.
The government has announced a
reward of $200 for the arrest and
identification of the man who as
saulted Miss Hattie Westbrook, near
Trasltwood recently. An additional
reward for $200 has been announced
b. the young lady’s father.
There is talk of forming a baseball
league composed of the towns of
Jonesboro, Newport, Osceola, Pop
lar Bluff, Mo., and perhaps two other
towns, to play three games a week in
each town.
It has been announced that a ten
story office building will be erected
at Little Rock in the near future. It
this building is constructed it will be !
the first skyscraper erected in !
Arkansas.
Shelton Bean, a white man was
shot and killed by Sherman Lovelett,
a negro, at Rob Roy several days j
ago. The negro was wounded while :
resisting arrest and is not expected
to live.
The North Arkansas Telephone
Company will soon have strung a
long-distance wire from Rogers to
Seiigroan, Mo., where it will connect
with all the principal cities of Mis
souri.
A building committee for the erec
tion of a new Methodist church has
been appointed at Rison. It is the
intention of the church to erect a
commodious and handsome building.
Sam’l. Rogers, an employe of a
transfer company at' Hot Springs, died
in an insane condition a few days
ago. Excessive drinking is thought j
to have caused his death.
The body of an unknown white
man was found in a field 3 miles
north of Portland, several days ago.
Efforts ta identify the body have
been unsuccessful.
Sixteen cotton and corn demon
stration farms established by A. V.
Swaty of the United States Bureau
of Agriculture, are now in operation
in Arkansas.
A young man known as Grannisou
charge of murder near Henderson,
was arested in Judsonia recently on a
Ky., June 3 last. He was taken back
to Kentucky.
•‘Kid” Wedge of Hot Springs :
defeated Billy Rhodes of Kansas
City In the twelfth round of a boxing
contest at Walnut Ridge a few days
ago.
A carload of imported seed rice '
has been purchased for distribution \
to Stuttgart rice growers, and the car j
will arrive shortly from New Orleans. 1
The appnratus for heating with |
steam the Odd Fellows' Orphans’ |
Home at Batesville has arrived and
will be installed in a few days.
Hill Solomon was struck by an
Iron Mountain train a few days ago
and killed one mile west of Earle.
He was walking on the track.
A contract has been let for the
building of a Jewish Temple at Hot
Springs. The cost of the building
H 'll be about $10,000.
Jesse Wilcox, aged 15 years, son
of Smith Wilcox, was frozen to death
near lAs home at Liberty, about 15
miles east of Mena.
Twelve recruits for the United
States Army have been received at
the recruiting station at Little Rock
since January 1.
Mrs. Carrie Nation is conducting a
lecture tour in Northwest Arkansas
and is speaking tc largo audiences.
• Trapped.
The Wolf—So you married a woman
of few words, and now she bosses you?
Thought you owls were wise.
Newly-wed Owl—That’s just it. She
says a word to the wise is sufficient.—
Judge.
Hard to Understand
The British find considerable difficul
ty in understanding certain American
institutions. For instance, in London
they are objecting just now to the
itreet car strap.
SEEKING OUTLAWS’ GOLD.
Effort to Locate Treasure Stolen from.
Soldier* and Buried in In
dian territory.
During the closing years of the civil
war. when the Indian territory was the
habitation o£ scores o£ lawless bands
who lived by pillaging the country, a
cask of gold was taken from a party of
soldiers on their w ay to Fort Gibson and
buried somewhere in the vicinity of
what is known as Willow Springs, says
the Vinita Chieftain.
I pon the arrival of the soldiers at
the tort, without the gold, a large de
tachment. of soldiers was sent out
against the bands of outlaws. A battle
ensued in which all of the outlaws were
killed except one. This or.e was sen
tenced to a life term in the peniten
tiary at Fort Leavenworth.
Hope had never faded from this man,
and he expected some day to be par
doned and then to return for the hidden
treasure. As the years rolled by, how
ever, the confinement broke this man in
health, and a few weeks ago he passed
atvay in his cell in the government pris
on. Before he died, though, this man
told his attendants the story of the rob
bery and as nearly as possible where
the treasure was buried.
A party has been in the Willow
Springs country for several weeks
searching for the lost geld, but no trace
has been found. So much faith has
been pinned to the dying man’s story,
though another search is to be insti
gated. The previous hunters have been
persons entirely unfamiliar with the
country, but now one of Vinita's young
men who has livec^near Willow Springs
since childhood will he employed and a
thorough search made.
HIDEOUS AFRICAN SHOW.
The Ocuya or Giant Dance, Which Is
Performed by Natives
on Stilts.
If you look on the map of Africa
just below the equator you will see
the country where the merry black
Aponos live. They are an honest,
light-headed set of savages who tor
several months of th-: year do noth
ing but dance, sing and drink palm
wine. When the season is over they
settle down to their ordinary pursuits.
They have many dances which would
seem very strange to an American,
but the weirdest dance of all is per
formed upon stilts and is called ocuya
or giant dance.
The ocuya is an object made of
wickerwork with an enormous head
of wood. There is no word hideous
enough to describe the ugliness of
this ocuya. it has outstretched
wooden arms and monkey skins form
the hair and beard while a long skirt
of* grass cloth hides the stilt-walker
who places this grotesque monster
over himself. The arms are kept out
stretched, and thus costumed the
dance proceeds, sometimes hundreds
of the Aponos taking part in it at
once. American children, even those
advanced enough to have forgotten all
about the hobgoblins of their youth,
would he terrorstruck at meeting a
single one of these ocuyas. The chil
dren of the Aponos don't mind them
a bit. They laugh and clap their
hands at the antics of the giant dan
cers with as much merriment as yon
laugh at the wit of some Punch and
Judy show.
In British New Guinea.
Cannibalism has not yet been quite
stamped out in British New Guinea.
The natives havo well-cultivated gar
dens, tuey occupy long-settled villages
and their relations with Europeans
are generally harmonious. In each
village one of the most influential
chiefs is selected as village constable,
receives a uniform, a pair of hand
cuffs, a brass badge and S5 a year,
and is kept under constant personal
supervision by the six white magis
trates. Crime is comparatively rare,
owing apparently to the fact the na
tives are not allowed to obtain any;
Intoxicating liquor.
Oldest Woman Author.
Mrs. Francis Alexander, of Florence,
Italy, is one of the oldest women, if
not the oldest, writing to-day. Mrs.
Alexander is in her ninety-third year,
and has just translated from the Italian
more than 120 miracle stories and sa
cred legends.
Died for Doll.
Marie Favre, five years old. dropped
I her doll into Lake Neufchatel, and at
| ance plunged in to rescue it. The doll
| was clasped in her arms when her
i body was recovered.
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Silver from Volcanoes.
Silver has been thrown out by vol
' cauoes in two instance:?''recorded by
J W. Malet. Ash from an eruption of
| Cotopaxi in 1883 showed one part of
silver in 83,000 and that ejected in
i I860 by Tungurague, in the Andes of
Ecuador, contained one part of silver
in 107,200.
Growth of Cannon.
Gunboats covered with four inches
of iron were shot-proof in 1854. Now
the latest cannon shot will penetrate
24 inches of the best at eel.