VOL. II.
McORORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lit, 1903.
ISO. 46.
A Condensed Report of the Actual
Business Transacted the
Past Week.
i MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9.
Three measures were passed in the
house over the governor’s veto, as
follows:
The newspaper and stamp bill, by a
vote of 64 to 20.
H. B. 13, an act by Mr. Gibson au
thorizing the special school district of
Atkinson to borrow money with which
to erect school buildings—67 to 7.
H. B. 166, authorizing the special
school district of Booneville to borrow
money for building purposes—ayes 67,
noes 7.
A large number of local bills were
disposed of. and a number of new ones
Introduced.
Mr. Whitthorne's bill legalizing pri
maries was tabled.
The Senate.
At the opening hour President Short
called the body to order.
The special order, Joint resolution
No. 4, a substitute for Nos. 1 and 2,
was read third time and passed. It
proposes an amendment to the consti
tution empowering the general assem
bly to pass laws to maintain schools
by a tax not to exceed 3 mills on the
dollar and a per capita tax of |1; pro
vided school districts may be allowed
to vote a tax not to exceed 5 mills;
provided further, school directors may
petition levying court of county to levy
an additional tax of 3 mills.
Senator Jobe Introduced S. B. 153.
amending the digest, authorizing the
working of vagrants on county roads
at $1 per day.
Mr. Cotton introduced S. B. 154, pro
viding that persons purchasing dyna
> mite shall make certificate stating the
purpose, use and place the explosive
is to be used, and prohibiting sale to
irresponsible parties.
Mr. Pinnix introduced S. B. 155, pro
viding that where an ex-Confederate
soldier or sailor to whom warrant is
sues under the pension laws of this
state dies before payment of warrant,
the warrant is to pass to his widow or
heirs.
Mr. King presented S. B. 156, revis
ing the law in regard to fees paid sher
iffs and county and circuit clerks.
Senator Pinnex introduced a bill pro
viding that when any person purchases
property and the vendor retains title,
the rights and remedies of the vendee
shall be the same as in cases where
mortgages or bills of sale are given.
Mr. Adams introduced S. B. No. 159.
to abolish the office of state land com
missioner and placing the state lands
in control of local county officials.
Senator Witt's bill making the pen
alty for dynamiting fish not less than
thirty days in Jail was read third time
and passed.
A resolution extending sympathy in
the death of ex-Gov. Fishback, by sen
ator Norwood, was adopted. The reso
lution provided for the appointment
of a commmittee from the general as
sembly to attend the funeral: also that
both branches adjourn at noon Wed
nesday out of respect to his memory.
Senator Plnnix's bill providing for
county superintendents of public schools
was read third time and passed. This
measures received the sanction of tho
State Teacher's Association.
Tlie House.
The house chamber presented a fresh
appearance after undergoing a thorough
overhauling and the addition of a new
carpet.
A petition was read from Baptists
at Prescott protesting against the state
going into the liquor business under
the guise of a dispensary law.
Mr. McGuigan offered a resolution
authorizing the clerk of the house to
write to Judge Reagan of Texas and
to ask him for information relative to
the workings of the Texas railroad
commission act. The resolution was
referred to committee.
House concurrent resolution No. 24,
Inviting Judge Alton B. Parker of New
York to address the general assembly,
was presented by Mr. Fletcher and
unanimously adopted.
Mr. Cate called up H. B. No. 230, giv
ing towns the right to buy waterworks
already constructed. The bill passed.
H. B. 161 (DeRossltt), declaring a
four wire fense a legal one in certain
sections of St. Francis county, was read
third time and passed.
Mr. McGuigan introduced H. B. No.
268, proposing to reduce the passenger
fare on the Little Rock, Hot Springs
and Western between Benton and Hot
Springs to 3 cents per mile.
H. B. 76, granting cities the power
to license stationary engineers, was
tead third time and passed.
Mr. McGuigan introduced H. B. 270,
making it unlawful to require motor
men and engineers to stay on duty con
tinuously longer than ten hours, except
in emergencies.
H. B. 246, providing for a court
stenographer for the Sixth Judicial dis
trict, was passed.
Mr. Whitthorne's bill to legalize all
primaries was, on motion of Judge
Moore, tabled.
Senator Norwood's resolution for the
appointment of a joint commmittee ‘to
attend the funeral of ex-Gov. Fishback
was takn up and passed.
A message from the governor an
nounced the veto of two local bills and
the newspaper and stamp bill. The
measures were taken up at once and
passed over the veto authority.
H. B. No 60. by Mr. Chrisp, was read
third time. The bill provides that thirty
days notice through a county newspaper
or by circular be given by applicants
for liquor license. The bill passed.
H. B. 226, making it the duty of
county clerks to prepare a tabulated
statement of receipts and expenditures
to be pullshed by authority of the pro
bate court, was read third time and
passed.
Mr. Chestnut introduced H. B. No.
277, to constitute the state treasurer,
auditor, secretary of state, the com
missioner of agriculture and state land
commissioner a board of trustees of
the state charitable institutions.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
In the senate the Chapllne bill, to
establish two Judicial circuits in Mon
roe county, was defeated after a, spir
ited contest.
The Merrtman fellow-servant bill was
reported unfavorably by the senate rail
road committee and the committee on
public buildings and grounds reported
that the removal of Hon. James P.
Eagle from the state capitol commis
sion was not done in acordance with
the strict letter of the law, and was
without cause.
The newspaper and stamp bill was
also passed in the senate over the gov
ernor’s veto.
The Senate.
The special order, Mr. Gannaway’s
bill adding Bradley county to the Sec
ond chancery district, and taking Ar
kansas county therefrom, was taken
up and passed.
S. B. 160, requiring firms or corpora
tions operating- mills, factories or any
manufacturing enterprise to give the
names of employes to tax assessors
when demanded was read second time.
A report was read from the committee
on public buildings signed by a ma
jority of the committee, holding the
removal of Hon. James P. Eagle as
a member of the state capitol commis
sion by the governor was without
cause. The committee report says:
"No lawful cause for the removal has
been disclosed, and in our opinion none
ever existed, nor any reasonable pre
text. But if there had been a lawful
cause, the attempt of the governor to
summarily remove the commissioner
and to appoint another in his stead,
without first giving him notice of any
charges against him. or an opportunity
to be heard in his defense, was without
effect and void at law. The report was
signed by Messrs. Sengel, Wilson and
Vaughter.
A minority report was also submitted
by Messrs. Rison and Hardy, as fol
lows: "We find that under the act of
the legislature creating said board the
governor of the state is clothed with
authority to remove members of said
board for cause, and to report his pro
ceedings in this behalf to the senate.
We, the minority of said committee,
are of the opinion that the governor
is the sole judge of whether or not
there was sufficient cause for removal.
We, therefore, report that, in our opin
ion the governor had power and au
thority under the law to remove from
the board James P. Eagle.
Bills fixing salaries of county judges
of Boone and Desha counties were
passed.
H. B. 118 (Chapline), providing for
the establishment of two judicial dis
tricts in Monroe county, one at Clar
endon and one at Brinkley, was called
up and after considerable discussion wa3
defeated.
The morning session was consumed
in second reading of bills and consid
eration of local measures.
When the first reading of the Pinnix
county superintendency bill was con
cluded a motion to Indefinitely post
pone was defeated.
There was considerable speechmaking
during the consideration of this bill.
Mr. Latimer introduced H. B. 2S3,
providing for the apointment of bridge
commissioners and regulating the let
ing of contracts for the erection of
bridges.
Mr. Rountree presented H. B. 2S4,
to secure prompt payment of mill em
ployes once a month.
H. B. 285 making it unlawful to at
tempt to Influence the vote of any
member through lobbying, was intro
duced by Mr. Whitley.
S. B. 49 (Caldwell), requiring pur
chaser of land sold for taxes to pay a
fee of $1 for deed, was read third time
and passed.
S. B. G4 (Logan), prohibiting tne
killing or transportation of English or
Chinese pheasants in this state for a
period of ten years, was taken up and
passed.
H. B. 61 (Myers), to protect railroads
against trespassers, was read third
time and passed. It makes it the duty
of officers to arrest and fine persons
.lumping on or off trains while same
is in motion.
House joint resolution No. 12, pro
posing an amendment to the constitu
tion authorizing cities of the first and
second class to issue bonds, subject to
tiie approval of the voters, was read
third time.
M. Fuller explained the bill, which
passed—ayes 77, noes 2.
Mr. Horton introduced a concurrent
resolution directing the special state
capitol committee to investigate and
report as to whether a building could
be erected on the foundation already
completed for $1,000,000. and also if
a proper building can be erected on
the present state capitol for the same
sum. Adopted.
H. B. 113 (Briant). amending the
pharmacy law, was read third time and
passed. It provides that pharmacists
certificate must be renewed every two
years by the board of pharmacy, the
fee for proprietor being $1 and 50 cents
for employes.
H. B. 271. fixing the time for hold
ing court in the Third judicial cir
cuit, was taken up and passed.
WEDNESDAY, FEBBTTABT 11.
The house was the only boily in ses
sion anti adjourned at noon out of re
spect to the memory of ex-Gov. Fish
hook, in accordance with a joint reso
lution adopted Tuesday.
Homi Proceeding's.
But little business was transacted
during the short session, the time be
ing taken up principally in speechmak
ing.
H. B. 47, regulating the conferring
of degrees by literary and educational
institutions, was read third time and
passed.
The next matter taken up was house
concurrent resolution No. 22 (Perry),
providing for the appointment of five
holdover senators to investigate the Tor
rens system of registering lands, now
in use in several states, to report to the
next general assembly. The resolution
was defeated.
Mr. Futrall's bill (No. 108). abolish
ing boards of equalization and placing
the duties on assessors and justices of
tile peace, was read third time.
Messrs. Futrall, Bell. Merriman. Me
Guigan and Allen spoke in favor of the
measure and Messrs. Campbell of Pu
laski and Atkins in opposition. The
bill passed—ayes 66, noes IS.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13.
In the Senate Mr. Price's bill, bring
ing the World's Fair appropriation up
to $100,000 was passed. Another im
portant measure passed upon in this
branch was a concurrent resolution
creating a joint committee to prepare
a bill for chancery districts in the en
tire state.
In the house quite a discussion took
place between the two Messrs. Camp
bells over a bill to increase the state
school tax.
Th« Senate.
The first measure up for considera
tion was S. B. 27, which provides that
parties warned to do road duty shall
pay $1 instead of 75 cents, as the
old law provides. The bill passed.
Senator Price's world's fair appropri
ation bill was passed.
Senator Price made a most telling
speech in advocacy of the above bill,
calling attention to the great advant
age that will allow a creditable exhibit
of the state's natural resources at this
exhibit, to be held at the very doors of
Arkansas. Only seven votes were re
corded against the bill. The vote as re
corded was as follows:
Ayes: Butt, Caldwell, Collins,' Cot
ton . Covington, Flennikeu .Fletcher,
Gray, Hardy. Huddleston, Killough,
Mardis, Matlock, McFerrin. Mears. Nor
wood, Pinnix. Price, Rison, Sengcl,
Simpson, Vaughter. Witt, Wood—30.
Noes: Adams. Hinkle. Jobe. Kilgore,
Smith. Wilson and Mr. President—7.
A bill by Senator Hinkle making
the salary of the county judge of Clark
county $1,000 per annum was passed.
S. B. 123, Axing the salary of the
county clerk of Independence county
at $2,000 per annum and that of the
circuit clerk at $1,S00 per annum was
passed.
No. 161, to declare a four-wire fence
a lawful fence in certain territory of
St. Francis county, was read the third
time and passed.
S. B. 119, by Mr. Klllough, to aid the
St. Francis levee board in order to pro
tect the counties of Bee, Phillips and
Crittenden from overflow, was passed.
In advocacy of the bill Mr. Killough
stated that there was two million acres
in this district, and there has been ex
pended in the past ten years over $1,
625,000. The levee is now 157 miles
long, and when completed will be 1ST
miles. It is the second longest levee
in the world. The tax books show that
the district paid in $50,000 more since
the system had begun than before.
Wild lands had been reclaimed from
practically nothing in value to from
$10 to $15 per acre. This bill increases
the tax from 4 to 6 cents per acre, and
the people are anxious to pay it.
Senator Matlock introduced a bill in
creasing the salary of the secretary of
state to $2,250.
Senator Rison introduced S. B. 162.
to reorganize the board of penitentiary
commissioners. The bill adds the treas
urer to the board and takes the governor
therefrom.
Senator Cotton introduced S. B. 166.
which provides for the erection of a
new state house. It creates a board of
seven members, one from each con
gressional district, to be elected by the
generall assembly in joint session, to
hold office till the completion of said
building, unless removed for cause by
the general assembly. Each to give
$20,000 bond, to be approved by the au
ditor. Vacancies to be filled by the
board till next meeting of the general
assembly. The building is to be erected
on the foundation already completed.
Senator Hardy presented concurrent
resolution No. 10, providing for a com
mittee of three from the senate and five
from the house to prepare a bill redis
tricting the entire state into chancery
districts. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Caldwell introduced S. B. 162,
making it false pretense for farm ten
ants to secure supplies when they fail
to carry out a contract.
Th* House.
After the routine a number of local
bills and petitions were presented.
Mr. Arnold introduced H. B. 290, pro
viding for the creation of a state bank
ing board.
H. B. 274, by Mr. Toney, defining the
manner in which electric wires shall be
constructed where they cross railroad
tracks, was taken up and passed.
House Joint resolution No. 1 (Camp
bell of Randolph) was called up. It
proposes an amendment to the constitu
tion so as to increase the state school
tax from two mills to four mills. Quite
a spirited discussion took place between
Messrs. Campbell of Pulaski and Camp
bell of Randolph, and at one time it
looked as though the gentlemen would
come together. The speeker, however,
interposed and both gentlemen made
satisfactory explanations of language
used. The resolution failed to pass.
Discussion of tills measure consumed
almost the entire day's session.
Mr. Wliitthorne introduced bill No.
292. to amend act of 1S99 providing for
building bridges, improving roads, etc.
Read first time.
FEED AY, FEBEUARY 13.
A resolution was adopted in the house
instructing the ways and means com
mittee to investigate the accusations
made by both sides in the Cummings
convict farm purchase.
The house passed a number of local
measures, among them one detaching
a portion of Scott county and attach
ing it to Logan county.
The Senate.
Senator Norwood made a motion to
recall tlie Price world's fair bill from
the house, explaining that he had
changed his mind as to the sum needed
for a creditable exhibit. Senator Price
spoke against recalling the bill The
meriting hour expired before a vote
was reached on the resolution.
II. B. 96. the Myers mussel Ashing
bill, was taken up. A substitute for
tlie committee amendment was offered
by Senator Norwood prohibiting the use
of dredges, and an amendment by Mr.
Hinkle extending tlie close season thir
ty days, both of which were adopted,
and the bill went over on the calendar,
subject to call.
H. B. 13 (Gibson) was called up by
Senator Covington, who explained that
this was the Atkins special school dis
trict bill, vetoed by the governor. He
made a lengthy argument in favor of
passing the bill over the veto, and on
roll call the bill passed—ayes, 27;
noes, 3.
On motion the senate adjourned till
Monday.
Tka Rouae.
In tlie house a number of local bills
were read ttrst time.
H. B. 296, by Mr. Cate, was intro
duced. It authorizes the taking of cen
sus in incorporated towns where it is
desired to incorporate as cities of the
first class.
Mr. Butler introduced H. B. 207, to
prevent adulteration of food, drugs, etc.
H. B. 300 was introduced by Mr.
Latimer. It provides for the election
of railroad commissioners by tlie state
at large, instead of by districts as at
present.
Sir. Martineau introduced H. B. 301,
requiring sacks of corn, corn meal, etc., ;
to be marked with the name of the ar
ticle and the weight.
Mr. Perry offered house concurrent
resolution No. 26, providing for the ap
pointment of a Joint committee to in
vestigate the Torrens system of reg
istering land titles and report a bill on
the subject, if deemed advisable. It
was adopted.
H. B. 188 (Crisp), to repeal section 3
:>f an act of 1901. authorizing the con
struction of a bridge across Tuttle Red
river, in White county, was taken up
is unfinished business. Mr. Crisp ad
vocated passage of the bill, and his
colleague, Mr. Bell. antagonized it.
The bill passed.
On motion of Mr. Toney, the Pinnix
county superintendent bill was post
poned till the 17th.
Considerable time was consumed in
second reading of senate bills.
Senator Norwood’s resolution invit
ing Judge Parker to address the general
assembly, was passed.
Mr. Merriman introduced a resolution
providing for an investigation of Gov.
Davis’ officials acts and the manage
ment of the state penitentiary. The
resolution provides that the judiciary
committee take testimony and make a
thorough investigation of all the acts
of both Governor Davis and members
of the penitentiary board in all matters
pertaining to the management of ths
penitentiary.
SATUBDAT, FEBIUABY 14.
No session of' the senate was held
and the house adjourned at noon.
The house judiciary committee has
decided to make the investigation of
the convict farm purchase open to the
public.
The following bills were passed:
Creating the office of tax collector
in Greene county: relieving S. H.
Bradley, treasurer of Van Buren coun
ty and bondsmen of liability for J2.400
stolen by burglars; requiring iron Moun
tain railroad to stop passenger trains
at Whitehall and Hickory Kidge; au
thorizing county judges to allow in va
cation claims for road work; amending
act declaring four-wire fence lawful
in Lee county.
Mr. Horton introduced H. B. No. 302,
to establish mining districts in each
county containing mineral lands still
belonging to the United States, and to
regulate the location of mining claims.
Mr. Gannaway moved to reconsider
the vote by which H. B. 113, amending
the pharmacy law. was passed. The
bill provides that all registered phar
macists be examined every two years
and that proprietors of drug stores be
charged a fee of 31 and elerks 50 cents.
The motion prevailed and the bill
was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Martineau introduced H. B. 303,
to confer enlarged and additional pow
ers upon cities of the first class In re
gard to sidewalks and curbing.
Legislative notes.
Senator Price led the opposition to
the Brinkley district court bill.
During the illness of Chief Clerk
Hays Representative Fuller of Carroll
rendered valuable assistance to the house
clerical force.
Hope, Searcy. Pine Bluff and Hot
Springs, through their representatives,
will endeavor to secure the location of
the insane asylum annex.
Senator Jobe desires to amend the
law applying to vagrants ir. order that
they be compelled to work out fines
on public roads in road districts.
Senators Wood. Sengel and Butt and
Representatives Weaver. Crutcher, Du
1, aney, Gibson and Whitley attended the
funeral of ex-Gov. Fishback as a com
mittee from the general assembly.
Through a mistake it was stated in
several papers that the Chapline bill
creating two judicial districts in Mon
roe county was passed. The bill was de
feated in the senate by a vote of 22 to 1R.
A delegation composed of many of the
largest planters in Lee. Crittenden and
St. Francis counties appeared before
the levee committee and urged the pas
sage of a bill authorizing the issuance
of bonds in order to raise money to
erect levees. The loans are to be paid
by a tax levy on the property in the
section benefltted.
Gov. Davis gave as his reason for
disapproving two local measures per
mitting the directors of school dis
tricts to borrow money to build school
houses and for other improvements
"that under section 1. article lt>. of the
constitution, cities, towns, counties, etc.,
were forbidden to ever loan their credit
for any purpose whatever."
Senator Logan’s absence for a week
is easily condoned for the good work
he has done in the past and is doing
In the present in furthering scientic
and practical horticulture. As presi
dent of the State Horticulture Society,
his presence was necessary at the an
nual meeting, held at Green Forest.
Senator Logan is one of the solid men
of the general assembly.
By name Senator Cotton is undoubt
edly the best known member of the
general assembly. Not that he has
personally met more people than other
members, but from the fact that he
is the author of the present roads law.
now in force In a majority of counties
in the state. That the law as first
passed was not perfect. Mr. Cotton has
never denied, and on several occasions
at this session he has given Ills ap
proval of proposed amendments, in or
der that the original idea of the parent
measure might be made satisfactorily
operative. While there is a wide diver
sity of Ideas as to the practical work
ings of the Cotton good roads law as
originally drafted and passed by a
former legislature, all concede to the
tuthor of that bill a spirit or progress
in the right direction.
Tot* on Plnnlx Bill.
Following is the vote by which the
Pinnlx county superintendent of edu
:aticn bill passed the senate:
Ayes—Butt. Caldwell, Collins. Cot
mm. Hinkle, Huddleston. Kilgore, Kil
ougli. King. Mardis, Matlock. McFer
■in. Mears. Norwood. Pinnix, Price.
Jengel. Wilson and Wood—19.
Noes — Adams, Cotton. Covington.
Fletcher. Hardy. Jobe. Rison. Smith,
daughter. Witt and Mr. President.—11.
Available Ca«h on Hand.
State Treasurer Tipton has presented
o the general assembly the following
itatement of the amount available for
ippropriations: Amount on hand Jan
lary 24, 1903. $329,000, amount unex
pended balances January 24. $248,000:
caving balance of $81,000; estimate of
•eceipts for period ending January 24,
1905. $1,523,000: estimate of amounts
ivatlable for appropriation. $1,604,000.
i'his estimate is based upon the re
•eipts of tlie past two years. Amount
*f unexpended balances Include appro
priation of $100,000 for expenses of gen
ual assembly.
Arkansas State News
Poly Carlisle Convicted.
After deliberating forty-eight
hours a Carroll comity jury last week
decided that Polv Carlisle was guilty
of robbing the Springdale hank De
cember 19, 1901. The case was
tried in Eureka Springs on change
of venue. This was the second trial
of the case, and such was the local
interest manifested in the case that
the high school was dismissed in or
der that the pupils might listen to
the arguments of the attorneys* On
the day the bank was robbed a man
got off a train at Rogers, hired a
team from a livery stable and drove
to Springdale. Hitching his team,
the lone occupant entered the bank,
and with a drawn revolver compell
ed the cashier to hand over the sum
of $5,500. Hastily entering the
buggy, the bold robber made for the
mountains, but so closely was he
pursued that he was forced to aban
don the conveyance and take the
brush. All the money was found
in the trail of the bandit, with the
exception of about $000. Several
hours after the robbery Carlisle
joined the posse in pursuit, but was
subsequently arrested as the robber.
The first trial resulted in a hung
jurv. 'Jdie principal witness for the
prosecution, who hired the buggy to
the supposed robber, was drowned
in an attempt to ford a stream
while on his way to Eureka Springs
to testify at the” last trial. Carlisle
was given three years in the peni
tentiary, but the case will be ap
pealed.
Outsiders Alarmed.
The introduction and favorable
consideration of several game laws
in the present general assembly has
greatly alarmed the sportsmen ot
Memphis. Members of hunting and
fishing clubs whose reservations are
located in this state, and who have
considerable money tied up in land
and clubhouses, are fearful that thr»
proposed legislation will deprive
them of their accustomed sport, as
well as force them to dispose of
their property at a sacrifice. The
measure that is causing the most
worriment was introduced several
davs ago by Representative DeRos
sett, of St. Francis county. To the
Memphians the objectionable fea
tures of the bill are the sections
which prohibit any non-resident of
the state of Arkansas from hunting
in this state, as well as the prohibi
tion of the exportation of game from
the state. A controversy has been
pending for some time between
members of a fishing club at Mud
Lake and the citizens of St. Francis
countv, and the matter is now in lit
igation. Angered at being refused
permission to fish in the lake, citi
zens of Forrest City have secured a
title from the St. Francis levee
board and are attempting to oust
the Memphians.
Ladies’ Auxiliary W 0. W.
The ladies circle Woodmen of the
World held a three days' session in
Little Rock last week. The meet
ing. which was well attended, con
cluded with a banquet. Officers for
the ensuing year are as follows:
Mrs. Lulu A. Markwell, Little
Rock, grand guardian; Mrs. Ma
mie Brown, Argenta, grand adviser;
Miss Erla Poyner, Clarksville,
grand clerk; Mrs. C. Williams,
Morrilton, grand banker; Mi’s. S.
Bumpass, Pine Bluff, grand magi
cian; Mrs. Maggie Price, llot
Springs, grand attendant.
Bank to Reopen.
President Stiewell, of the Bank of
Little Rock, which was forced to
suspend payment several weeks ago.
and of which Senator-Elect Clark
is the receiver, announces that he
has made t> ;incial arrangements to
reopen the institution. In such an
event all depositors and creditors
will be paid in full.
Activity in Railroad Building.
There is considerable railroad
construction work going on and
projected in this state at present,
as shown by the following items in
the current issue of the Manufac
turers’ Record under that heading:
Fayetteville.—The Ozark and
Cherokee Central Railway is re
ported to have awarded the contract
for its line from Muskogee, I. T.,
to Shawnee, Okla., via Okmulgee,
about 100 miles, to the Kenefiek
Construction Company of Musko
gee.
Helena.—The Eastern Arkansas
Railroad Company has been organ
ized to build a line 110 miles long
from Helena northward along the
eastern edge of Crowley’s Ridge to
the southern bank of the L’An
guille river, three miles east of Ma
rianna; thence across the river and
northeast to the St. Francis river,
to a point near Ralph Bayou, and
thence to a point between Big Lake
and Crowley’s Ridge, on the south
ern border of Missouri.
Huntington—The Arkansas Coal
and Mineral Railroad Company has
been incorporated to build a line
from Hartford to Huntington to
Greenwood to Lavaca to Britton to
Lanehill and to Dyer, on the Fort
Smith line of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern. The road
will be about fifty miles long.
Jonesboro—Survey reported com
pleted for twelve miles of the pro
posed Piggott and Northwestern
Railroad.
Latour—The Dalhoff Construc
tion Company is preparing to be
gin its contract on the Memphis,
Helena and Louisiana Railroad, the
Missouri Pacific’s line from Mem
phis to New Orleans, much of
which is already built.
Monte Ne—The Monte Xe rail
road will, it is reported, be extend
ed. W. 11. Harvey, of Monte Ne,
is president, and J. Taylor, of
Pierce City, Mo., is chief engineer.
Bill to Amend Constitution.
House joint resolution No. 2,
which seeks to add an additional
member to the supreme court, is as
follows:
Section 1. After the fourth
Monday in January A. ])., 1905, an
additional judge shall be added to
the supreme court, and thereafter
the court shall consist of six
judges, and said court shall be di
vided into two divisions, as fol
lows: One division to consist of
the chief justice and the two judges
oldest in commission, to be known
as division number one; the other,
to consist of the remaining judges,
and to be known as division num
ber two. The chief justice shall
be the presiding judge of division
number one, and division number
two shall elect its presiding judge.
The divisions shall, when the state
of the docket requires it, sit sepa
rately for the hearing and disposi
tion of causes and matters assigned
thereto, under rules made by the
court. A majority of the judges
of a division shall constitute a
quorum thereof, and the concur
rence of two judges of a division
shall, in every case, be necessary to
a decision, and all orders and
judgments of either divisiou, as to
causes and matters pending before
it, shall have the force and effect
of those of the court.
See. 2. All opinions of the court,
or of a division thereof, shall be
in writing, and shall be filed in the
causes in which they shall be re
spectively made during the term at
which the cause is submitted. Each
division shall have authority to is
sue the writs and exercise the pow
ers enumerated.
Wesley Hudson, while intoxicated
and resisting arrest, shot and fatal
ly wounded J. D. Key, a deputy
United States marshal, at Jasper,
in Newton county. Hudson also re
ceived two slight wounda.