The Newark Journal.
0. F. CKAid, Editor.
NEWARK- - . ARKANSAS.
May 1 was the sixth anniversary
of the battle of Manila.
The paid admissions at the open
ing of the world's fair numbered
187,793.
Bight thousand coal miners in
the Guernsey, Ohio, district are out
on strike.
The democratic delegation from
the state of Washington stands sev
en for Hearst and three against.
Senator Quay is at his home in
Washington in a very feeble condi
tion and his friends fear an early
dissolution.
President Ttoosevelt has appoint
td Col. A. L. Mills, commandant of
the West Point Military Ccademy,
a brigadier general.
The United States government
has just paid the state of Massa
chusetts the sum of $1,611,000, the
amount represents interest due to
the state for money expended in
equipping troops for the Union
army during the civil war.
During a game of baseball be
tween amateur teams at Pottsville,
Pa., Anthony Mack had his skull
crushed with a bat, one boy had
three ribs broken in sliding to a
base and a third lost the sight of
«e eye by being hit with a ball.
A Japanese loan of $50,000,000,
the entire* sum taken in London and
the I'nited States, has been nego
tiated. The bonds run for a period
of seven years, bearing 6 per cent
interest, the security being a first
tharge of the Japanese customs.
Ex-Speaker Henderson, who re
moved to Xew York city shortly af
ter retiring from congress, has re
turned to his old home at Dos
Moines, la. His friends state that
at the proper time he will re-enter
polities and become a candidate for
governor.
The last payment on the $4,600,
OOO loan made by the United States
government to the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition Company, $600,
000 has been made. Beginning
June 1 the exposition company will
pay back to Uncle Sam 40 per cent
of its gross receipts, whatever they
may happen to be.
Dr. Wold, a well known Berlin
authority on the subject, calls at
tention to the high mortality by
cancer from the beer-drinking dis
trict of Germany. He instances
Bavaria and Salzburg, both great
beer-drinking centers. Both of
these districts show high mortality
among cancer patients.
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
suffered from a destructive tornado
on the night of the 5th inst. In
Texas the destruction was the great
est near Cisco, and in Shackleford
county, where a number of people
were killed. In Kansas thousands
of people at Rosodale and Kansas
City were driven from their home
by the overflow of Turkey Creek
from the heavy rains following the
tornado.
At a session of the Methodist
general conference, held in Ijos
Angeles, Cal., the appointment of
a colored bishop was warmly op
posed. The colored membership
numbers 500,000. One of the
strongest opponents of providing
for a colored bishop was C. P. Mc
Clellan, a lay delegate from New
York state. A resolution was
adopted forbidding the Christian
Advocate, the organ of the general
conference, from advertising Sun
day papers.
The farm-house of PeUr Schmitt,
at Bessie, twenty-five miles north
of Robert, Ok., was struck by light
ning and four children, aged 8, 6,
4 and 2 years, were killed. The
children were asleep upstairs.
Henry Judge, Joe Help and
John Evans were hanged at Win
chester, Tenn., on the 5th inst. for
the murder of Simon Bucher and
his wife last August. The trap
was sprung at 5:48 and all three
died without a struggle.
Record Breaking Weather.
The month of April, just closed,
broke all records in the weather
line for the past twenty-five years,
according to the monthly report of
the United States weather bureau
at Little Rock. The mean tempera
ture during the month was 58 de
grees, lower than has ever been
recorded in the books of the weath
er bureau. The nearest approach
to the month just closed was that
of 1901, when a mean temperature
of 59 degrees was recorded. From
that figure it has ranged all the
way up to (18 degrees during the
twenty-five years. In 1896 the
mean was 68 degrees, just ten de
grees higher than during the past
month. The mean for the month
of April during the twenty-five
years was 63, showing a drop of 5
degrees from the average for the
entire quarter century. The ac
cumulated year is 2S degrees. The
average daily deficiency since .Janu
ary 1 has been .2 of a degree. The
report shows that the mercury wan
dered up and down between 36 and
82 degrees during the month of
April. The low point was reached
April 10 and the high mark of 82
degrees on April 11. The mercury
wont from the low to the high mark
in a single day, the greatest daily
range recorded in the month being
38 degrees on April 11. The most
steady temperature was recorded
April 26, when the range was only
? degrees. Another unusual fea
ture about the month was the
small percentage of clear days.
Only nine days were declared to be
clear by the weather bureau. Of the
remaining 21 days, eight were put
down as partly cloudy, while the
other 13 were wholly cloud.
Bottles Must be Sealed
A case of general interest to the
public, that of Kabon vs. The State,
was decided in supreme court last
week. Koban was convicted of vio
lating the native wine act of March
29, 1S99. This act provides that
native wine may he made and sold
by the person who raises the grapes,
or berries, in quantities not less
than one-fifth of a gallon, or in
sealed bottles, without license, any
where in the state. It also provides
that the bottles or vessels must be
labeled so as to designate the kind
and quality. It seems Koban sold
wine in bottles which were simply
corked, and not sealed with wax,
wire or any similar device. The
question in the case was, Did he
violate that provision of the act
relative *to “sealed bottles?’’ In
his opinion Mr. Justice Battle said:
“The fact is the bottles were sim
ply corked. ‘Corked’ and ‘sealed/
when used in reference to bottles,
are not synonymous words. Bottles
are corked before sealing and when
corked are sealed by incasing the
mouth in wax or other material
used for the same purpose, suffi
ciently close to exclude the air.’’
Affirmed.
Call for Good Roads Convention.
A call has been issued to county
judges, chairmen of local good
roads associations, boards of trade,
commercial leagues and mayors
throughout the state requesting
that delegates be appointed to the
national good roads convention,
which meets in St. Ixmis May 16
to 21. It is expected that the call
will r<sult in the appointment of
delegates in manv counties and that
Arkansas will be well represented
Exhibit! in Fair Shape.
lion. J. H. Hinemon, who was
present at the opening of the great
St. Louis world's fair, says our
exhibits are all in very fair condi
tion and the indications are that
Arkansas will be well represented,
as all who have been interested in
it have worked earnestly and unre
mittingly to place the resources of
the state properly before the people
of the nation and the world.
A Motfel Overall Factory.
A recent and most important ad
dition to the manufacturing inter
ests of Little Lock is the Edwards
Overalls Company. This factory
began operation al>out six weeks
ago with the most modern machin
ery for the manufacture of this
class of goods. The large machines
on which the sewing is done are
propelled by an electric motor, and
the shop is large and airy, which
shows that the promoters did not
fail to take into consideration the
comfort and health of their large
force of employee. Only union la
bor is employed, and the garments
being turned out are of the very
best. This is the only factory of
the kind in Arkansas and state
pride should create a demand for its
output that will tax its capacity,
‘which will be 25© dozen per week.
The following are the officers and
directors: H. H. Edwards, presi
dent; John L. Deason. vice presi
dent; J. It. Miller, secretary; Rob
ert E. Wait, treasurer; Aaron
Frank, W. P. Feild, W. P>. Smith:
0. D. West, superintendent, and
the stockholders are among the lead
ing Arkansas business men. not a
dollar of outside capital being in
vested iu the enterprise.
Woman Skoots Highwayman.
Mrs. Rena Rhiel, wife of a
farmer living two miles south ot
Eureka Springs, shot and probable
fatally wounded a masked robber
who appeared at her home during
the absence of her husband and de
manded money. When confronted
by the man Mrs. Rhiel led him tc
believe that she would acquiesce
and stepped to a closet a few feel
from the door, where a shotgun was
kept. Quickly taking up the weap
on she fired at close range and tin
robber went down with a moan
The second shot passed over tin
man's body and he managed tc
gain his footing and started for the
gate, when he again fell. Mrs
Rhiel, supposing him dead or dy
ing, started to notify her husband
When officers arrived the man wa
gone.
Business Houses Burned.
The two-story brick buildings or
East Broad street, Texarkana, own
ed by Abe Weinstein and W. T
Murphy, were destroyed by fire oi
the 4th inst. The losses are: Ab
Weinstein, dry goods. $7,500; n
insurance. Murphy & Wychc, gro
eeries, $5,000; insured for $4,000
William Frye, lodging apartments
$700; insurance $400. Morris La
eofsky, drv goods, loss $4,000; eov
ered by insurance. ('. A. Ketlering
| general store, $1,000 ; covered by in
j surante. ,1. A. Bey no Ids, dry goods
$000. O. 1). Arrgo, grocery, $500
and Mrs. Robinson, lodging apart
inents, $300; all covered by insur
ance. The total loss on building
and stocks figures about $25,000
The origin of the fire is a mystery
Reservation to be Improved.
Superintendent M. A. Kisele o
the Hot Springs reservation, ha
received notification from the inte
rior department that a $10,000 ap
propriation made by congress oi
Mr. Eisele’s recommendation hat
been placed at his disposal. Th<
money is to be used for the furthe
equipment of the free bath hous<
and for the purpose of surfaeinj
and placing stone and concrete gut
ters along the mountain roads. Mr
Eisele will start this work at once
Crushed to Death Beneath a Train.
Harry McGowan, an Iron Moun
tain brakemun, was fatally crushet
by a train at Iligginson. He wa
making a coupling when his foo
was caught in a frog and he wa
thrown beneath the cars. Both leg:
were cut off at the thigh and hi
lived only a short time. McGowai
was unmarried and lived at Litth
Roik
Shot to Kill.
Mrs. Homer Hancock, nee Perry,
arrived at Russellville from her
home in Little Rock on the morn
ing of the 6th inst. and immediate
ly went to the Wm. Brooks Medi
cine Company's establishment, own
ed and operated by her brother-in
law, Wm. Brooks, and walked into
the office where Mr. Brooks was
writing, drew a revolver and fired
at him. The ball just passed over
his head. Brooks heard the click
of the pistol as she cocked it. just
in time to dodge or duck his head
and let the bullet pass over his
head, or she would have hit him.
Brooks immediately grabbed hold
of tier hands and wrenched the pis
tol from her. For a number of
years before her marriage Mrs.
Hancock made her home with the
Brooks family, and it is said she
has been brooding for some time
over an alleged wrong done her by
her brother-in-law. The affair
caused a big sensation owing to the
prominence of the parties. When
informed of what his wife had done,
Mr. Hancock stated that he had no
knowledge of her intention to kill
Brooks, but stated that he would
stand by her under all circum
stances.
Scarlatina Contagious.
The following resolution adopted
by the Arkansas Medical Society at
its annual meeting in Texarkana
on May 3, 1904, will be of interest
to all:
“Whereas, The laity erroneously
regards scarlatina as a mild form
of scarlet fever; and
“Whereas, This error, by gener
ating indifference to the danger of
infection is inimical to the public
health; be it
“Resolved, bv the Arkansas Med
ical Society, That it is the duty of
the medical profession whenever
opportunity occurs to correct this
error by teaching the public that
they are one and the same disease
and have no regard to the degree
of severity.”
Consumptives Pardoned.
The governor has pardoned the
following convicts on the recom
mendation of Penitentiary Physi
cian C. E. Witt and the board:
William Parsed, colored, Drew
county, tern years, murder; A. L.
Williams, colored, Sebastian county,
three years, robbery; William
Smith, colored, Lee county, five
years, assault to kill; Will Doyle,
colored, Lee county, five years,
murder; Davis Owens, colored, Pu
laski county, four years, burglary
and grand larceny; Jim Leach, col
ored, Little River county, grand
larceny, four years. The men are
all afilicted with consumption.
Hung Himself in Jail.
The second attempt of Willis
Shinn to commit suicide occurred
in the Pope county jail at Russell
ville and proved successful. Shinn
ended his life by hanging himself
in his cell. Several weeks ago
Shinn shot himself in the neck at
his home south of Russellville. His
life was saved, hut as he was suffer
ing from aberration of the mind
he was soon after confined in the
county jail. Shinn twisted his un
dershirt into a rope and suspended
himself from a nail in the wall.
Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. T. A. Davis of Willow, Dal
las county, was the victim of a fatal
accident. While kindling a fire her
clothing became ignited and, though
aid was immediately summoned,
the flames spread so rapidly they J
could not be brought under eon- j
trol. She died in great agony with
in a few hours of the accident.
BRIEF MENTION.
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Two unknown tramps, riding in »j
box ear, were killed in a wreck orj
the Iron Mountain a few mile!
*outh of Newport.
The state world’s fair buildinfg
will be informally dedicated on /che
10th inst. with an elaborate recep
tion to members of the Arkansas
Press Association.
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