VOL. V.
McORORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1900.
^0. 19.
predicting a brilliant fu
ture FOR SENATOR KNOX.
at the national capital
French Law Requires Registration of
Foreigners — Expert Riflemen
Needed in Our Army—Pres
ent Chinese Army.
i —
ASHINGT ON. —
There is still
evidence that not
to .know certain
men is to argue
one’s self u n -
known. Senator
Ankeny, of Wash
ington, has just
had an experi
ence that illus
trates the old
proverb, although
the result has served to make him
better known than he was before.
Mr. Ankeny is a member of the sen
ate committee on interoceanic canals,
which has been conducting an exten
sive investigation.
The Washington senator was dis
cussing with Senator Flint, of Cali
fornia, the other day the progress of
the investigation and the character of
it. “Do you know, Flint, there is a
smooth faced young-looking man who
attends our meetings every day and
who seems to be doing some work
for the committee who is bound to
make his mark?” said Mr. Ankeny.
“I have listened to him asking ques
tions and he is as smart as a whip.
He is bound to he heard from. In my
opinion he is a corning man.”
“Why, who is he?” inquired Mr.
Flint.
“I do not know,” was the answer.
“I have seen him around here quite
a good deal. Oh, there he comes
now,” pointing to a well dressed dap
per gentleman.
Senator Flint nearly collapsed when
he recognized former attorney gen
eral, and now senator. Philander C.
Knox.
From Missouri.
' iiiiM
HE modest citi
zens of the town
of Aurora, situ
ated in the Ozark
mountains of Mis
souri, demand
that the capital
of the nation be
moved from the
banks of the Po
tomac to the
health giving at
mosphere of the
Missouri. A peti
in the form of res
adopted by the citizens of
has been introduced into the
house by Representative Shartei, of
Neosho, Mo. The good people in the
far off Ozarks believe that the malari
tion to
olution
Aurora
that effect
al atmosphere in Washington breeds
corruption and decay and in order to
cleanse the body politic of all graft
and crookedness the big marble build
ings of Washington should be torn
clown and removed bodily to the
purer atmosphere of the Missouri
mountains. In their petition thess
good people declare:
“Whereas, Editors and business
nien and leaders of thought are pro
tectors of public interests;
“Whereas, Our capital ir located at
the extreme side of our country;
“Whereas, The present location of
our capital, Washington, is a very
malarial and unhealthy location,
therefore be it
“Resolved, That our representatives
in congress of the United States be,
and nereby are, instructed to intro
duce measures looking to the removal
of the seat of government from
'vdsmngion to tne Ozark mountains
of southwest Missouri for sanitary,
economic and other reasons.”
The petition declares that a ‘‘great
deal of the inefficiency and crooked
ness of officials is attributable to the
malarial conditions of the atmos
phere at Washington.
Passports.
MERICANS who
who are contem
plating tours
abroad that will
include France
and Germany this
year will be wise
to provide them
selves with means
of readily prov
ing their identity
especially in
France. They
should not neg
lect to arm themselves with passports
setting forth distinctly who and what
they art in order to save themselves
embarrassment, anxiety and annoy
ance. A caution to thi3 effect has been
sent out and it was inspired by the
present somewhat strained relations
between France and Germany.
The department of state has re
ceived from the consul general at Pur
Get Tour
is a communication stating that the
French law requires the registration
of all foreigners who go there to re
side, including students. This regis
tration is done at the offices of the
prefect of police in Paris or Lyons
or at the office of the mayors in any
other parts of France. Any change of
address must be communicated to the
police. To secure this registration
and the small certificates of identity
the foreigner must furnish either a
passport duly vised or a consular af
fidavit. The consul general cites two
.or three instances illustrating the
importance of carrying everywhere
papers to identify the bearer.
One of these incidents is that of a
well known American woman who ou
going to church one Sunday morning
was knocked down by a cab. She was
not. seriously hurt, but was insensible
for several hours. No one knew who
she was a*d she carried no papers of
any kind. As she was richly dressed
and wore valuable jewelry the police
were impressed and took care of her*
but she was taken to a city hospital.
Upon recovering she was taken to her
hotel. Had she carried a card or an
addressed envelope much of this in
convenience and embarrassment
would have been avoided.
Passing of the Sharpshooter.
HERE is much re
gret among offi
cers of the army
and among con
gressmen who are
interested in the
efficiency of the
army that ex
perts skilled in
the use of the
arms are disap
pearing. The old
smirjjauuutci u.v
made accurate shooting a national
trait of the American soldier is not in
evidence as he was. Chairman Hull,
of the committee on military affairs
of the house, has urged increased pay
for expert riflemen in the army in or
der to encourage sharpshooting. In
discussing this subject the other day,
Mr. Hull, who is very much in earn
est, declared:
“With the passing of the frontiers
men, the trapper and the Indian fight
er, there has undoubtedly been a
change in the character of the Ameri
can people. A few generations ago
hunting game was a necessity for the
existence of many men and for a man
to be handy with a gun was the rule
and not the exception.
The departure from the old habit
grows wider every day. It was a com
mon thing for men who lived in my
father s time, for instance to be good
allots and to take a p-ide in their ex
ploits with the weapon:; used at that
time. How many young men now go
into that sort of thing as a regular
part of Vheir education? I venture to
say thtre is not one man in a hundred
who knows how to handle a rifle or
pistol. The effect has been plainly
apparent in the kind of men who
come up for enlistment in the army
now. Few of them know anything
about handling a gun. The reason in
creased pay was asked 'Tor expert
riflemen and sharpshoolers was to en
courage our soldiers to ha crack
shots.’’
Not Be Caught Napping.
CITE a thrill of
expectation has
been sent
throughout the
army posts in the
United States.
Enlisted men and
officers are on the
qu\ viva and thou
sands of letters
are being written
home declaring
that war may be
on at any time
-11IU l Hv-J .
This is all due to an order that was
sent from the war department several
weeks ago, to ascertain conditions in
every post and to have all the troops
in readiness to be moved on short
notice if anything like an emergency
occurs. There was no authoritative
declaration that war was expected, but
this order taken in connection with
undoubted anxiety on the part of gov
ernment officials about conditions in
China led to the popular belief that
an American army might be ordered
to invade the Flowery kingdom at any
moment.
Reports that have come from China
recently are very pacific in tone, but
at the same time President Roosevelt
has determined that the United States
will not be caught napping in case
there is an anti-foreign outbreak in
China that will imperil American
iivos and property. He has had tiie
general staff of the army engaged for
some months on working out a plan
of invasion of China and operations
there. A tentative plan has been sub
mitted to him, but its provisions ar«
.ill a profound secret. It is known in
.1 general way that the chief of stall
and his assistants believe that ar
army of not less than 20,000 should be
sent to China in ease of trouble. This
is more than all the allied troops
combined thqt marched to the rescu.1
of Peking in the Boxer troubles.
THE WEEK'S HEWS
TERSELY OUTLIE
An Epitome of the Most Importan
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Glimpse at Wlint Consrcss is Da
lug Together With a Caretullj
Digested anil Coudcused ComiJilu
tion oi Current Sens Items, Uutl
Domestie nail Foreign.
COKGRESSIOKAL NOTES.
The senate passed the fortification
bill. It carries $5,278,99;!, includin
$125,000 for the erection of a goverr
ment powder manufactory.
The senate struck out of the fortifl
cations appropriation bill all appropri
ations for fortifications in the Philip
pines.
The senate passed the pension up
propriation bill after brief discussion
It carries $140,000,000.
The bouse passed the senate bill fo
reorganizing the consular service- On
of its provisions is that all consuls re
ceiving a salary of $1,000 or more mus
be American citizens.
Prinrp hill nhnlighinET the arad
of lieutenant general, was passed by th
bouse, with an amendment permittin;
Generals Corbin and MacArthur to b
retired with that rank before it take
effect.
GEN KRAI, NEWS ITEMS,
It appears that the original “genera
memorandum” of Lord Nelson to hi
captains, on the eve of the battle of Tra
falgar, which was recntly sold at am
tion for $18,000, was the property o
a London omnibus driver, given t
him by his father, and he had no ide
of its value until recently.
Several hundred Pennsylvanian:
headed by Gov. Pennypaclter, visite
Vicksburg, Miss., to dedicate th
monument and markers erected in th
national park in memory of the Pent
sylvania troops who took part in th
siege.
On account of the expected strike c
coal miners, all repair work in th
shops of the Erie railroad system ha
been suspended, throwing 5,000 me
out of work.
Walter Potee, aged 28 years, wliil
insane, opened lire with a revolver o
a funeral party in his brother’s hous
in Brooklyn, Md., drove all out, st
fire to the house and then committe
suicide. Nine persons wrere woundec
two probably fatally.
Mrs. Miguel Ahumada, wdfe of th
governor of Jalisco, Mexico, died a
Chihuahua.
The death list resulting from th
explosion in the Century (W. Va.
mine, after a thorough canvass of th
district, is placed at 23, with upward
of a score injured.
Several thousand native Kentucl
fans, residing in other states, are e:
pected to be present during home-con
ins week, in Louisville, June 13 to 1
preparations for which are under va;
lion. Henry Watterson will delive
the address of welcome and forme
Gov. Francis, of Missouri, the- response
In anticipation of a miners’ striki
coal in the Pittsburg district is at
vancing rapidly, and large orders ar
being received from manufacturers a
far west as Chicago.
The development of another case c
yellow fever at Panama has set th
sanitary authorities at work in e
forts to avert an epidemic.
Attorney-General Hadley of Mi;
souri was the guest of honor at th
..Mintinnui I'.ooiflt
of New York city, and delivered a
address on "Present Day Evils.”
Rfv. William Rees Goodwin. D. D
a former professor in Illinois Wes
leyan university, at Bloominston, an
who filled pastorates in several of th
larger Illinois cities, and in San Frau
cisco, died in Eos Angeles, Cat.
Frank E.. Moores, mayor of Omaha
Neb., is dead after a long illness witl
throat trouble and a general breakin;
down, lie was GG years of age an
was serving his third term.
Japanese employes of the Edisoi
Electric Co., at Kernville. Cal., wen
driven out of town by a mob of trail
slent laborers under threats of bein:
dynamited.
S. E. Peate, testified, at Kansas City
Kas., that by paying $40 to the col
lector for the county attorney’s offic
he was permitted to pull off a priz
fight and a chicken fight.
Several master printers of Bostoi
have filed a petition for a mandamu
to prevent the use of the union label b;
the municipal printing plant.
Criminal and civil proceedings ari
forecasted against certain men and firm
in Philadelphia who performed work ot
municipal improvements.
A fast east-bound Burlington trait
was partially wrecked at Lockridge, la
One man was killed and about a dozei
persons seriously injured
The authorities of Kansas City, Mo
are on the trail of and expect to expos
a widespread plan of illegal registra
ticn.
i
The famine in the northern provinces
of Japan is Bow said to be one of the
most terrible starvation emergencies of
modern times, involving from 800,000
to 1,000,000 persons.
The body of William Mariner, son of
Ephraim Mariner, one of the richest
men in Milwaukee, was found in his
. room with a bullet hole in his head—
an undoubted case of suicide, but from
what cause is unknown.
Robert Spriggs, the negro keeper of
a “white slave” pen in New York city,
was found guilty of the offense of ab
duction by a jury, and was remanded
for sentence.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte
wants to keep pace with Great Britain
and Japan, and advocates the construc
tion of a 19,400-ton battleship, to carry
ten 12-inch guns.
Ed- Jasper, a well-known race track
official, who, with Mrs- Jasper, left Los
5 Angeles, Cal., for Cincinnati, to attend
, the funeral of Mrs. Jasper's father, de
. veloped a virulent case of smallpox by
the time he reached Chicago. He and
Mrs. Jasper are in the isolation hospital.
V. Gordon Gray, a former Chicago
newspaper writer, who was married a
few weeks ago to Trixie Shapcott, at
Marshalltown, la-, was sentenced at the
latter place to 20 years’ imprisonment
on his plea of guilty to three counts for
. forgery.
; President Roosevelt is credited with
. having suggested to the Algeciras con
■ ference a mixed police force at all
ports, including Casablanca, but France
, is not likely to accept it on account of
, the likelihood of petty personal rival
, ries among ihe officers, which Morocco
» would be sure to roster.
Tiictript Attnrripv Samiipl T-T. f^arlv at
Green Bay, Yv’is., lias applied to the
ccunty board for a special assistant to
aid him in prosecuting 26 alleged fei
1 onies growing out of municipal graft
* ir.g
The president has vetoed the bill for
- the creation of a new division of the
f western judicial district of Texas.
J It is now generally admitted that be
t tween 40 and 50 persons lost their lives
in the Rio Grande collision near Adobe,
i. Col.
1 Fifty-seven case of smallpox are re
3 ported in the farming districts of
2 Linman and Bridge, in Uinta county,
- Wyoming. The southern part of the
2 county has been quarantined.
A brewery agent at Kansas City. Kas.,
f testified in the ouster proceedings
2 against County Attorney James S. Gib
3 son that for many months he paid Gib
i son $:! a month for each “joint” owned
by the brewery for immunity from pros
- edition.
1 By an explosion of gas in the Cen
& tufy Coal Co.’s mine at Century, W. Va.,
t over 100 miners were entombed, some
J of whom were rescued in a horrible
■ condition. The loss of life Is estimated
at upwards of 75, from a hurried cau
e vass of the miners’ quarters.
1 Judge Humphreys, in the federal
court, in Chicago, upheld the plea of
e immunity from prosecution so far as
) individual packers or their employes
e were concerned, but not as to the cor
s porations.
As an illustration of how seriously
the Russian workmen take the national
assembly, in one case they nominated
a pet dog, on the score of “economy,”
and in another the factory chimney, as
• that wouldn't be hurt by machine gun
>’ fire.
r The Texas law assessing a special
■ two per cent, tax on the gross earnings
of all railroads has been declared un
- constitutional by the cdurt of civil ap
s peals.
s It is estimated that the Georgia
peach growers have suffered a loss of
f at least $2,000,000 by the recent cold
2 spell.
Mrs. H. E. Huntington, wife of (lie
principal heir of the. late Collis P
- Huntington, has sued for divorce in
2 San Francisco.
r Judge Yandevanter, of the United
i States circuit court of appeals, denied
the application for a writ of habeas
, corpus for Leonard Imboden and James
- A. Hill, convicted in Denver of con
i spiracy to wreck the Denver savings
; bank.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas has-finally de
clined to pardon A. R. Ireland, a la
, bor organizer, serving a six months’
l jail sentence for assaulting a railway
; detective, notwithstanding he admits
1 that the jail at Winfield it not a fit
place for a man to live in.
i The house judiciary committee con
: eludes that there is no constitutional
- authority for federal control of insur
; anee or other state corporations other
than railroads.
, The March grand jury at Peoria, 111.
- could find no evidence of value to sup
' port the charge of bribery made
> against the agents of the sanitary dis
trict of Chicago in the recent $55,000
, damage suit.
; John R. Gubbins, the well-known
, English horse owner, is dead. He had
owned some noted cup and stake win
, ners.
. Secretary and Mrs. Taft were the
, guests at a banquet given at the Newr
Willard, in Washington, by members
t of the congressional party which ac
companied him to the orient last year.
George Weatherwax, conductor, and
“Jap” Smith, block signal station op
erator in the yards at Chillicothe. 111..
! have been indicted for manslaughter in
. connection with the Santa Fe wreck
last January.
ARKANSAS
is. STATE NEWS
A New Departure.
The Sunday schools of Little Rock
are planning a very interesting de
parture from their regular methods
that will serve to interest the busi
ness men of the city in the work of
the Sunday schools. It is proposed
that all the Sunday school children of
the city shall engage in an egg hunt,
on a day. to be selected by the differ
ent schools. It is hoped that the en
tire number to take part in this hunt
will reach 7,000. one thousand china
eggs will be purchased for these chil
dren to search for and will be given
to the finders, as souvenirs of the oc
casion.
A Laudable Enterprise.
Hon. D. F. Sutherland of Texas, a
member of the -bar since 18S4, and
founder of the United Charities of
America, is engaged in the work of
promoting the building of a national
sanitarium at Eureka Springs for
poor, sick and overworked women,
and a school for homeless children,
each institution to have a capacity of
1,000 each. He donated $10,000 to
the homes, and all arrangements have
been made as to sites.
Skimmir.g Station.
M. S. Vandusen, manager of the
Stuttgart creamery, has put in a
skimming station at Ulm, which will
be put in operation at once. He will
receive cream from that place daily.
He says it is cheaper for customers
to use hand separators and ship the
cream to him where they are near
an express office than it is to haul it
to the creamery.
Frenzied Finance.
The receiver of the defunct Sou
thern Bank and Trust Company of
Fort Smith, after an Investigation of
the affairs of the institution, reports
that only $1200 in assets were avail
able for use in paying the debts of the
bank. The schedules show $334,313.
In assets, but this amount was made
up of worthless notes and other water
ed paper. The bank at its best peri
od, is said to have only possessed a
few hundred dollars of actual capital.
Injured While Logging.
While superintending the pulling
of some logs out of the rivei- S. W.
Sterlin, manager of the Northern Ohio
Cooperage Company at Parkin, was
seriously injured by a flying hook at
tached to a rope. His right leg was
shattered at the knee, the bone being
broken into several pieces, and intern
al injuries inflicted.
Making Good Progress.
A. V. Swaty, government demon
stration farm expert, has just com
pleted a tour of inspection of the dif
ferent farms of the state that are be
ing conducted under government di
rection. He reports conditions prom
ising and in most cases the plowing
has been completed and the farmers
are ready to begin planting corn.
To Reduce Acreage.
At a meeting of the Locust Grove
Farmers’ LTnion the following was
adopted: “Resolved, That we keep the
cotton acreage down to fen acres and
under to the horse, and we earnestly
request union men and other farmers
to co-operate with us in our effort to
that end.
The Leslie Extension.
Right of way for the extension of
the St. Louis and North Arkansas
Kuuroaa irom L,esne lias oeen secur
ed over much of the route between
Leslie and Heber, and it is understood
that actual construction work will be
gin in the next few weeks.
For Electric Railway.
An electric line from Hardy to Mel
bourne, by way of Ash Flat and
Franklin, a distance of 4S miles, is
almost an assured fact. About $17,
000 has been subscribed and actual
work will soon commence.
Killing at Brinkley.
Will Mitchell, alias “Red,” shot and
killed Charles Madison, at Brinkley,
a few days ago. The trouble is said
to have occurred over money matters.
Both of the men are negroes. The
slayer is still at large.
Paralysis Causes Death.
Abe Mayer, of the firm of Mayer
& Wolf, who has been in business for
thirty years at the same location in
Fort Smith, was stricken with paraly
sis, causing death, several days ago
Murder and Suicide.
II. K. Garraway, a truck farmer liv
ing four miles west of Hot Springs,
killed his wife and shot Elizabeth
Schmale,- a servant girl, through the
arm,- and then killed himself, a few
days ago.
Insurance Fees.
The State auditor reports that the
insurance fees received up to last
Saturday, on the first quarter of the
year 1906 amount to $66,030.SO, as
compared with a total of $48,626.78.,
for the entire first quarter of 1905.
Both Eyes Shot Out. i
Lee Mayfield was shot twice, each:
ball entering a different eye, at his
lome at Hot Sprinfgs a short time ago.
Mayfield, who is a negro, had long
been separated from his wife, and
an making attempts to enter the
louse occupied by the woman and her
niece, his advances were repulsed in
the above mentioned fashion. It is
thought that Mayfield will die.
Italian Town on the Boom.
Construction work is being pushed
an a three-story building, which,
when completed, will be used as a con
vent at Tonitown, the flourishing
Italian settlement in Washington
county. It is also announced that
Father Bandini has purchased a tract
of land embracing some 80 acres ad
jacent to Tonitown, on which lime
stone quarries are to be opened and
a lime kiln put in operation.
* Fruit Crop Condition.
The Commissioner of Agriculture of
Arkansas, believes that the present
cold wave will cause much, damage to
some fruits in various parts of the
state. If the cold is general, as shown
by press dispatches, he believes that
the pfeach crop throughout the north
western part of the state will be dam
aged to a great extent. The apples,
are probably not seriously damaged.
Was In Earnest.
Betty Thomas, a negress residing
at Little Rock, shot her husband and
aonidpntlv wnnnripd thoir fpn-vpar-old
son, a few days ago. The husband
of the woman had just given her a
thrashing and ejected her from their
dwelling. The negress 1ms been ex
onerated by trial, as the shooting
seems to have been done after ample
provocation.
Number of Persons Arrested.
The police of Hot Springs raided a
residence of that place, a few day3
ago, and arrested seven people. It i3
thought that the raid will tend to
lessen the robberies etc., that have
been terrorizing the town, as several
known criminals were secured.
Talk of New Railroad.
It is said that the prospects of the
early building of the railroad between
Van Buren and White Sulphur Springs
are very bright at present. The Van
Buren stockholders are confident that
some definite steps towards the build
ing of the road will be taken soon.
A Man of Education.
The body of a tramp sign writer,
was found at Hoxie a few days ago.
The dead man was a highly educated
individual, and was said to have for
merly been a school teacher. The
man’s name is unknown.
School Bonds Sold.
The Clarendon Public School Board
recently sold $22,000, worth of school
bonds at par to a Chicago firm. The
Board will now proceed with the erec
tion of a new school building for Clar
endon. .
Young Lady Hurt.
Miss Field, a young lady employed
in a dry goods store at Prairie Grove,
ran a brass pin in her finger, while
tagging goods. The injured finger
swelled to an alarming size and blood
poisoning is feared.
Appeals the Case.
J. D. Rose, who was convicted at
Marshall and sentenced to the peni
tentiary for two years for uttering a
forged instrument, is now out on a
$3,000 bond pending an appeal to the
Supreme Court.
Three Visits a Week.
The residence of a preacher, resid
ing at Hot Springs, was entered by
burglars three times last week. Out
of the three trips, the thieves se
cured valuables to the amount of $140.
Accidently Shot Himself.
N. P. Brewer, a farmer, accidently
shot himself, at his home near Rowell
several days ago. Brewer was killing
hogs at the time, when his gun went
off, causing death immediately.
Miner Seriously Injured.
F. Werstein, a shot lighter in a mine
near Midland, was badly hurt some
days ago. A premature discharge of
a blast caught the miner exposed, and
resulted in his being badly mangled.
Negroes Rob a Farmer.
A young white farmer, living near
Texarkana was held up and robbed by
two negroes some days ago. The des
peradoes secured nearly $100 in cash,
and have not yet been apprehended.
3.000 Acres Sold.
A big real estate deal was closed by
a Pine Bluff real estate firm and an
Iowa firm by which the latter secured
,3,000 acres of Grant County timber
lands a few days ago. It is said
that a large saw mill and other lum
ber plants will be established by the
new owners.
The First Conviction.
The first conviction under the new
anti drumming law, resulted in Dr.
Rider of Hot Springs being fined $100
and haring his license to practice re
voked. The case has been appealed.