VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS
THURSDAY, MAY Hi, 1907.
ISO. 26.
'5> ARKANSAS
Estate news1
Arkansas State Fair
Th« Second Annual State Fair to be
held In Hot Springs October 3rd to
12th, inclusive, is being advanced to
wards fulfillment, and promises to ex
ceed the first attempt in every depart
ment. The local citizen;! of Hot
Springs are rising to the support of
the fair as one individual, and from all
parts of the state offersi of the most
flattering sort are being received.
Many interesting plans for the greater
benefit and enjoyment of the Exposi
tion are being formulated by the Ex
ecutive Officers, who promise the citi
zens of Arkansas the greatest and
most extensive attraction ever assem
bled in the state.
New Strike In Zinc Fields.
A new strike of ore is reported at
the Spears mine, near Harrison. A
cut has been made for thirty feet
around the hillside, and about eight
feet deep with zinc ore showing all
around. It is said to be better at the
bottom, and improving as they go
down. An extra strike is also report
ed at the Maumee mine, in north
Searcy county, which is said to be
better than heretofore found on that
property. A large mill is now com
plete and ready for operation, and it is
expected that hereafter it will be a
regular shipper.
Paragould Man invents nay t'ress.
Chester Smith of Paragould has se
cured papers from the patent office at
Washington for a new hay press,
which, it is said, will revolutionize the
present system of baling hay. The
press is inexpensive and can easily
be operated by a two-horsepower gas
oline engine. It is claimed that the
machine will turn out a bale of hay
in less than a minute. The value of the
machine is in the simplicity of its op
eration.
$5,700 Judgment for Rowe.
Because an electric pole fell with
Charles Rowe and the fall resulted
in making him a cripple for life, a
jury at Hot Springs, after three hour's
deliberation awarded him $5,700 dam
ages from the Hot Springs Water
Company, for which he was working
as lineman at the time of the acci
dent. Rowe injured a hip in the fail
and one of his legs is now shorter thin
the other.
Children Locked In Burning House.
Matthew Owens and his wife, tyho
live near Salem, locked their four
.'mail children in a room while they
went to a fish trap a half mile distant,
and on their return found their home
on fire. The youngest child was badly
burned and died a few hours later.
The other children were partially suf
focated and were unconscious, but
were revived.
Accidentally Shot Himself
Hardin Murray, who lives near
Bly theville, accidentally shot and
killed himself recently. He was sit
t.ng on a plank fence, holding a
shotgun, the breach resting on a low
er plank. The gun slipped and was
discharged, the contents of one of
the barrels striking the left side of
the head and killing him instantly.
Slate Specimens at Department.
Some very fine specimens of black
and red slate from a mine near Men3
in folk county has been presented to
tlie Department of Mines, Manufac
tures and Agriculture. Specimens of
'ed slate were also contributed to the
departn.ent from a resident of Pike
county.
May Bore For Oil.
A number of prominent citizens of
a> etteviile have under consideration
* Question of organizing a com
I l'an> to prospect for oil near that
Clt-V' >l >s the belief of many that oil
*n pa>ing quantities can be secured
! at a depth of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet.
Baby Died on Train.
r ‘‘ttle ten-days’-old infant of
Jonesboro, died on the trs
i‘i e enroute back from Mempl
here the lather had taken it to pit
[ >n an orphan’s home, but it was i
! rJU“g t0 admitted. .The infar
ot.u r died a few days before.
Annual State Fair.
h-xtensive plans are being made
will 8vC°Ud aunual State Fair, whi
] . 6 h.el<1 in Hot Springs Octol
for°tk" inc>usive. The preparatic
shape and^th ar* beginning to ta
»mi ,.4,Bd the w°rk will be push
his Hme until the fair is op.
T°Wn Marshal Found Dead.
tille !!’, Irby’ town marshall of Naj
at v,"?. found dead in bed recen
treatin'f 'aua> where he had gone I
treatment tor acute indigestion.
Crop Must bfr Replanted.
The Bureau of Mines, Manufactures
and Agriculture, in response to letters
sent out to the principal cotton grow*
ers of ail the cotton raising coun
ties of the state, asking for a compar
! ison of the acreage and prospects of
1 i he cotton crop this year compared
to that of 1906, has received a large
| number of replies, from which th$
department has estimated that the
cotton acreage this year will be about
90 per cent of that of last year, and
that most of the cotton will have to
■ he replanted. This estimate, how
ever, was made without regard to the
storms of the past few days, and upon
the assumption that the cold and wet
weather was ended for a time at
least. It is probable that if the exist
ing weather conditions are taken into
account that the percentage of the
crop this year will be materially re
duced.
Woman Rescued From Well.
Mrs. Cal Green a farmer’s wife liv
ing near Forgy in Sevier county, fell
into a oO-foot well recently, but was
rescued after remaining in a perilous
position for nearly an hour. Mrs.
Green went to the well to wash some
vegetables, and in some manner fell
into the well. When she struck the
water 30 feet below she grasped a
projecting rock in the curbing and
clung to it, being encouraged to do so
by neighbors who went to her assist
ance. The bucket was at the bottom
of the well, but the rope was not of
sufficient strength to bear the weight
of the woman. Her rescuers procured
some trace chains, fastened them to
gether. and, attaching one end to a
nail keg, lowered it into the well.
Mrs. Green stood in the keg and held
to the chain and was hoisted to the
surface in safety.
Negro Hanged By Mob.
Sam Fleming, a negro, was taken
from the jail at McGehee, Desha
county, by a party of 25 masked men,
and hanged to the limb of a tree.
Not one shot was fired. The lynch
ing was done so quietly that not even
the young woman employed in the
telephone office, just across the street
from the point where the negro was
lynched, knew of it. The lynching
was tile outcome of some trouble in
a saloon in which Fleming and Henry
Vaughan, a white bartender, engaged
in a fight. In the fight Fleming best
ed Vaughan, and he is said to have re
marked that a white man was '‘no
good anyway,” or something to that
effect.
Reform School Opened.
The Arkansas Reform School, a re
sult of a statute enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of 1905, and situated
six miles west of Little Rock, has
been formally opened, and eight boys
all under IS years of age, who have
been serving at the penitentiary on
felony charges, have been transferred
to the school. Under the act the in
stitution was to be devoted to child
ren, botli male and female, under
the age of eighteen. Negro children
are admitted by a specific clause in
the law, but they are to be kept apart
from the white inmates. Only boys
and girls convicted of felonies will be
received in the institution.
Light Plaint In Town of 220.
Within the borders of Ouachita
county probably are ttvo of the most
progressive small towns in Arkansas.
Chidester, in the northwestern part
of the county, with a population in
1900 of only 220, has installed an elec
tric light plant and business houses
and residences are lighted by electri
city. Stephens, the population of
which, according to the last census,
was 407, has granted a franchise for
electric lighting and water supply,
the first to be in operation by July 1.
Both of these towns are building rap
idly, especially within the last year.
Find Body of Negro.
The body of a negro was found
near the railroad tracks in the out
skirts of Batesville recently. The ne
gro was afterwards identified as Ed
Kitchens. The back of his head was
crushed in, and it is supposed that
he lay down too close to the railroad
track and was killed by one of the
night trains.
New Factory Secured.
Arrangements are being made to es
tablish a $50,000 factory at Paragould
The plant will manufacture an auto
matic pumping machine, a new hy
draulic air compressor and will turn
out a number of small articles used
by the hardware trade.
Woman Shoots Intruder.
Terry Foley, a white man, 40 years
old. was shot at Paragould by Mrs.
Samantha Killison, in a family row.
Foley, it is alleged, went to the Killi
sou home in an intoxicated condition,
and was shot in the right shoulder
with a rifle.
New Road to Be Built.
A new road to be known as the Hot
Springs, Ouachita and Mena Railroad
is now under headway, and work is
announced to begin within the next
six months.
Asks $1,000,0C0 of Alleged Trust.
Anti-trust suits were Hied recently
In Pulaski county Circuit Court by
Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton against
the Smith Premier Typewriter Com
pany and the Remington Typewriter
Company. Both companies; are New
York corporations, maintaining agen
cies in Arkansas. The companies are
alleged to have been in a pool or
trust controlled by the Union Type
writer Company of New Jersey. Each
company is sued for $1,000,000. ft is
alleged the companies were engaged
in business in Arkansas on March 25,
1905, and each succeeding day to the
date of the suit, except Sundays. It
is claimed the Union Typewriter Com
pany fixed tjie price at which the
companies were to sell typewriters
and supplies, and also the price the
companies were to pay for old ma
chines in exchange for new ones. It
is claimed the companies reported
each day to the Union Typewriter
Company and shared1 in the distribu
tion of the profits. These alleged acts
are declared to be in violation of the
Arkansas antitrust act.
Great Increase In Rice.
The report of the Bureau of Mines,
Manufactures and Agriculture for the
years 1905-06, which has recently been
issued, shows a wonderful growth in
the rice-raising industry in this state
during the past few years. Rice grow
ing is at present carried on in Lon
oke, Prairie, Arkansas, Lee and St.
Francis counties, while in 1905 there
were only 450 acres in the state that
were devoted to the raising of this
'rop. Thu acreage last year was 4,
Mo and from present indications prom
ises to be greatly increased this year.
Rice will be raised in Ashley, Jeffer
son and Poinsett counties this year
as well as in the counties mentioned
in tfle foregoing. According to the
table of production given in this re
port the total amount received for the
rice crop in 1905 was $11,340 and in
1906 was $111,724. This increase in
the value of the rice crop was more
marked than that of any other agri
cultural product raised in the state.
Will Develop Cement Fields.
A part?' of capitalists have been at
Vi hite Cliffs, Little River county,
making a thorough examination of the
cement deposits. This field is said
to contain inexhaustible quantities cf
tine cement. It was worked in form
er years and large sums were ex
pended in its development for machin
ery, buildings, etc., hut it has not
been worked for the pa.st three or
four years. It is believed that as a
result of this visit that the works will
be rehabilitated and greatly enlarged,
i he sum of $1,500,000 is to be expend
ed in this improvement, one-half to
be put up by Holland capitalists and
the other half by American capital
ists. The company owns extensive in
terests about three miles north of
Texarkana, in which are a large num
ber of clay pit?, the output of which
is used with cement to make the
latter of the proper consistency for
commercial uses. The principal of
fices of the company will be at Tex
arkana.
Big Peach Crop.
It Is predicted that the peach crop
in Sevier county this season will be
the largest ever produced in that sec
tion. The trees have all the fruit they
can take care of, and in many or
chards some of the trees will require
thinning. The peaches are large and
the indications point to early maturi
ty. It is predicted the crop will
amount to 800 carloads. The big Or
chard between De Queen and Horatio
has at least 1,500 acres of trees in
bearing, and the managers look for a
crop of 500 carloads, while the small
er orchards in the county will doubt
less produce 300 carloads more.
There are about 300 bushels to the
car, and this estimate would give
150,000 bushels of peaches. Should
this crop be properly gathered, pack
ed and marketed, it should sell for
at least $225,000.
Reward For Brave Woman.
Mrs. Dora Jasper of Eureka Springs
discovered a bridge on the Missouri
and North Arkansas Railroad burning,
and after a prolonged but futile effort
to extinguish the fire alone, mounted
a horse, and bareback, rode rapidly
three miles to warn the crew of an
approaching train. The railroad com
pany has ordered the finest saddle a
local manufacturer can make with
an appropriate legend stamped on the
skirt, to be presented to her.
Bus Driver Stabbed.
In a dispute over a cab fare at
Clarenden recently, T. C. Fife, the
qjb driver, is reported to have been
stabbed in three places in the side
and back. The wounds are serious
and will probably result in the death
of Fife.
Railroad to Raise Rice.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad has purchased 100,000 acres
cf timber land in Desha county, near
McGehee, and is having the land clear
ed preparatory to planting it in rice.
THE SENATE.
The surprise of the session was sprung
In the Senate Monday afternoon when the
upper house passed a bill introduced by
Senator Milan exempting Garland county
from the provisions of the Amis bill pro
hibiting all kinds of betting in connection
with horse-racing. Under the provisions
of the measure no racing season can last
longer than 40 days, and all counties
holding agricultural fails are entitled
to the same privileges as Garland under
the bill. The president’s announcement
that the bill had passed, was a great sur
prise, as no one had expected such a re
suit. The vote on the bill was 15 to 14.
The penitentiary appropriation bill, car
rying a quarter of a million dollars, was
passed, also the bill for the support of
the University Agricultural Experiment
Station, carrying $30,000.
The McDaniel hill, repealing the Ross
bill for the domestication of foreign cor
porations, was passed. Under the provis
ions of the measure, which to a large
extent Is a re-enactment of the old statute
a corporation before being allowed to d»
business in the state must tile with the
secretary of state articles of Incorpora
tion. and also a certificate containing the
name of the person residing in the state
upon whom service may be had. Every
court in the state shall have jurisdiction
over the corporations that do business
in the district dominated by said court.
1 he Senate Tuesday in Committee of
the Whole, adopted that section of the
Robb bill appropriating to re
stole the muster rolls of the Arkansas
troops in the Confederate service, and
passed the Abercrombie bill, which pro
vides for the working of convicts on tlie*
public roads, all counties except 32 being
exempted from the provisions of th*' act.'"*
The bill by Mr. Oldham providing for
the punishment of any person who sends
warning to another for the purpose of
intimidation, was passed in the Senate
Several important House bills were con
sidered and advanced to a stage where,
when taken up again, they may be tiuailv
disposed of.
Th? spnatp Wednesday passed the lions ■
Dill by Mr. Combs, which requires cor
porations to pay an annual franchise tax.
the bill retains many features of the obi
law which was in force previous to the
passage of the Ross act. and also repeal>
the objectionable section of that act re
luting to the domestication of foreign cor
porations. The greater portion of the
bill consists in amendments which orig
inated !u the Senate. A concurrence in
these amendments by the House is all that
is necessary for the linal passage of th -
act.
The Confederate roster bill which re
ceived a vote of is ayes to 11 noes. was
declared defeated, the chair holding that ?
two-thirds majority was necessary in order
to pass the bill.
The II a ml ter-Jackson bill creating tin
office of county superintendent in each
county was passed.
An effort was made to kill the bill abol
ishing the preparatory department of tin
State University, but if failed and th:
measure was referred to the Committee on
Education.
lilt* Senate Thursday disposed of a great
deal of House business. including the
adoption of two concurrent resolutiou
originating in that body, one was ill
resolutiou debarring the stale ea"itol eon
tractors and tiie architect. lieorge K. Maun,
from any future Slate work, tile other |>n
testing against (lie removal of the Fb.l’u
Stales engineer's office, in I.ittle Itock t
Memphis,
Tile bill providing for the maintenano
of the Arkansas .National Hoard, carrying
an appropriation of $j:’..50tt. was passe I
also the bill for the maintenance and sup
port of tile Arkansas school for the JSIind
the appropriation being $108,850. bong
about $10,000 less than the appropriation
of two yea As ago.
The proposed amendment to the McDan
iel bill calling for the election of a super
intendent of tlte reform school once every
two years, instead of annually, as the lull
provides, brought cut some debate in tlte
Senate Friday. Senator Rector speaking in
favor of it. and Senator Arnold opposing
it. When put to a vote the amendment was
adopted.
'the Spate went into a Committee
of the Whole to consider the bill providing
for the establishing and maintenan -e of an
other State agricultural school. 'Fite tiili is
by Glover of the House. The bill was still
under consideration when recess was taken.
The death knell of the cigarette home
made and tailor-made—was sounded Sat
urday morning when the House passed the
anti cigarette bill introduced in tlte Sen
ale during tlte third week of the session by
Senator McKenzie of Nevada county. Car
te next week the measure will he approved
by the governor, and on January 1, 11)08.
the sale or giving away of cigarettes or
cigarette paper In the state of Arkansas
will be a misdemeanor, punishable by a
line of from $10 to $50. The bill was not
made effective immediately to allow the cig
arette dealers until the beginning of the
new year to dispose of their stocks.
Tlte appropriation bill for the State Hos
pital for Nervous Diseases passed the House
Saturday. 15 minutes after it had been
pla. ed in Committee of the Whole. This
measure has ihe reputation of having passed
both Houses without a cut being made
snd in SO short a space of time that it prob- 1
atily establishes a record. In the Senate the I
bill was managed by Senator Rector and
passed in 55 minutes front the time Its con
sideration began in Committee of the Whole. ,
In the House, under the care of Mr. Dtt
I.guev. if passed in JO minutes less than
rite Senate record. The measure carries
slightly over *400,000.
Dn Saturday. May IS. will be held Ihe
annual election of directors In every school
district in the state, and at the same time
the people of the state will have an op
portunity to show their appreciation of the
recent not of the Legislature which amend- '
ed article 14. sec cion 5, of the state con
stltlitlon in such a way as to raise the
maximum amount which may be voted by a
school district for school purposes from 5
to 7 mills. At the same time a vote will ,
be taken o* the length of the school term ,
and the proportion of the tax levied which !
will go to teachers and to the buiidiug of
school houses. j
The climax of political activity in the ,
upper House of the Thirty-sirvth General As ,
RPittbly will be reached at the end of this ]
aeek with the balloting by the Senators |
for the position of lieutenant governor. ,
I’mtsual interest attaches to Ihe race this ,
year owing to the large number of strong
candidates in tiie field and the fact that
the choice of the Senate for this position i
may at once step into the office of the
executive and remain until Governor Little
returns to the state, or even linger than i
that._
It Is very probable that the Iron Moun- !
tain Railroad will contest the action of the :
Legislature on the hill recently passed which ,
compels that road to operate all of its pas- ,
ganger trains on the Fort Smith branch ,
through Coal Hill, a small station located j
m t lie old Iron Mountain route to Fort \
Smith, but which was partially abandoned i
when the Hue was straightened and im
proved to better the service for the public
In the territory through which the line i
passes. I
THE HOUSE.
The second attempt made within the
week to secure the appointment of a com
mlttec from the Legislature to visit viov
eruor John S. Little at Corpus Chrlstl,
Tex., was frustrated Saturday in the House,
when a resolution to this effect, introduced
by Mr. White of Logan county, was indefi
nitely postponed by a vote of 39 to 33
The resolution asked only for the appoint
ment of a committee of three from the
House, the Senate bping excluded, since it
had expressed its distaste for the pro
posed investigation the day before by a
vote of 28 to 2. Under the White measure,
tli ecommittee was to proceed to Texas and
investigate the mental and physical con
dition of Governor Little and report the
results to the Legislature.
The appropriation bill for the State
Hospital for Nervous Diseases, which car
ries slightly over $400,000, passed the
House 1 5 niinutes alter it had been placed
in Committee of the Whole.
A bill by Mr. Serimsliire of Dallas coun
ty, making it a felony to sell liquor in
temperance territory, passed by a vote of
40 to 35.
The Walker bill and the measure by
Mr. Hamilton of Polk, both designed to
enforce attendance in the public schools
of the state by all children between the
ages of 0 and 14. were both considered to
gether. and the House decided to give its
support to the measure by Mr. Hamilton
of Polk. Nearly 40 counties were exempted
from the. provisions of the bill, mostly by
the black belt representatives, who were op
posed to forcing education on the negroes.
Appropriation hills were given the right
of way in the House Monday. The bill
by Senator Rowland appropriating $25.oou
for the contingent expenses of the Legis
lature was passed as was also the bill
for the support of the Confederate Home.
A stone dome for the new state capitol
building, as a substitute for the copper
dome that had been anticipated in former
plans, was approved in the House when
acting on the committee hill for the com
pletion of the new building the lower
legislative - body decided to grant every
item just as the Investigating Commltt'"
had requested.
A bill authorizing the teaching of ele
mentary agriculture in the public schools
was also passed.
One new bill was presented iu the House
and read twice. The bill appropriates
the sum of $5,000 for the use <>? t h“ at
torney general in securing counsel to help
prosecute the ninny cases under the King
anti trust law.
After debating the matter for four hour*
the House Tuesday defeated by seven votes
the amendment to the capitol appropria
tion bill introduced by Mr. McCollum
of Hempstead county, providing for t.he
immediate discharge of Caldwell & Drake
the contractors of the new state capitol.
and George Mann, the architect, and th
employing of new men to complete D,
ivork on the state house, together with th*
publishing of bids for the remainder of
the labor and the material Involved.
The Senate Rill by Judge McDaniel, pro
viding for the organization of mutual live
stock insurance companies in the state
was passed in the House yesterday morn
ing. An attempt to call up the bill by
Senator Wlngo. modifying the Ross a *t i
for the domestication of foreign '•orpor
ations. for a second reading, failed by
a Jhrge vote. A measure appropriating
$15,000 for the establishment of a state
normal school, by the same author, was
rend twice and referred to the i •mmltte>
on Education.
Other hills nnssc<l
I'y Senator Legate, appropriating $1,800 j
tor a geological survey of the state depos- •
Its of the state.
By _ Penitentiary Committee, appropriat j
$00,000 for the completion of new pen- i
itentiary.
The House Wednesday again uefeated a*1 i
attempt on the part of Mr. M.Coilum of
Hempstead county to have Caldwell &
Hrake and George Mann immediately <ii
•barged and new men secured to complete
ihe work on the new State < apit«*l. on i
Ltiesday the proposition was defeated hv ? |
vote of 47 to -40. while on Wednesday th
defeat was by a vote of 40 to 4o.
The Hunt resolution however, which nr
vidos for tin* discharge of the architect.
George R. Mann, and the contractors. Calc! !
well & l»rak(\ immediately after tin* com
pletion of the Star** cnpitol. and forhiddin- !
tln*m t<> bid on future State work, was i
adopted by a vote *>f r.S to 30.
A bill by Mr. Thompson, amendng tin- 1
law relating to bribery, was passed. Tin i
measure does not increase rli•» penalties j
like the hill introduced in tin* Senate h j
Senator Yopn. but defines bribery - > as t
embrace the giving of presents t<> an inter i
Bsted public official.
i'he resolution by Senator ICowland. au
thorizing the attorney general to begin ;
suit against the railroads for the -eruvc
f $3*UM)0 taxes due since 1887. wa |
passed by a unanimous vote.
By a vote of 53 to 33 the lions* repealed
let 185, the Boss bill, for the «!• niesti -a
i->n of foreign corporations, which .Is th
measure which would have had the effec
>f keeping some of tlie largest corporations
n the country from doing business in A;
<ansas. The vote came on an amendin' n
0 the Wingo Senate bill fixing tli® fees
" be charged foreign corporations doing
justness in the State, offered by Mr. Cole
man of Arkansas county. t'nder this
amendment the Ross act is repealed and
be Win go bill takes effect immediately.if
it is passed, and not in 5)0 days as was pro 1
rlded in the Ross bill.
The Greenhnw pure food bill, a copy of
he national law passed the House with
>nly one dissenting vote.
The l’atterson blind tiger bill was passed
>V a large vote. Coder the provisions
he measure the landlord of a house iin
tie to a fine and Imprisonment if he allows
1 blind ti‘rer t<* be conducted < n his prop
*rty. provided that the occupant shall I'-m
>een convicted twice of the illegal selling
»> Honor. The measure is almost a c. p
»f the Partain House bill whleh has pass d
he lower branch and is now in the Senate.
The House Friday passed the bill b
senator Yopp providing that a change of
•enue can l>e taken only when the courr
inds it necessary to get justice by so doing,
ilso the bill by Senator Lee giving cities of
he first class additional power to regulate
he erection, razing or repairing of build
ngs therein.
After several days wrangling. th*
louse finally approved the Wingo bill
repealing the Ross law by a vote of *>4 to
!5),. having voted down the motion to re
onsider the vote l>y which th« Coleman
imondment was adopted Thursday.
Hon. John II. Hamilton of Polk county,
vho has been ill for several da vs. was com
pelled to be absent from the House Thitrs
lay afternoon. lie announced his inabil
tv to be present in a note to the Speaker,
dr DuLaney, who was on the floor speak
ng to an amendment to the Wingo bill,
ielded and Mr. Hamlltno’s compulsory edu
ation bill. House Bill No. 3,07. was called
ip and passed. A number of counties have
•cen exempted from the provisions of the
till, but friends of the measure feel tha.
hey have made a step forward in getting
he law in a few counties. They claim
hat with this to work on they can demon
trate to the remainder of the counties the
teneflts to be derived therefrom.
Capt. Willie B. W. Heartsill of Sebastian
ounty has also been ill, and Thursday was
vellnigh unable to be on the floor. In the
orenoon he was under the’care of a ph.v
lcian. although in the House, and in the
ifternoon attempted to speak to the passage
f his county officer salary bill which h
ailed tip for final action. Ordinarily a
Igorous si»caker, he was not able to pres
ent his case in his usual forcible manner,
le is somewhat improved, but is stlu far
rom well.
A measure raising the salary of the com
missioner of state lands from $1,700 a year
o $2,500, was killed by a few votes.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Monday afternoon, for the first tlmo
probably in the history of the state, a
member of the House appeared on the
floor of the Senate and spoke to the mem
hors while the upper body was in session,
tillin'? them just what he wauted in re
spect to a certain bilj. The hero of the
episode was Judge Van Hook of Union
county, and. what is more to the point,
he got what tie wanted. Immediately
otter the noon recess the Senate was con
sidering the Abercrombie bill, providing
tor the working of convicts on the roads
ot the state. Soon amendments were be
in? sent up exempting counties and :JJ of
them had been exempted when Judge Van
Hook entered the chamber and asked Sen
ator Martin to exempt Union. The sen
a for from Pope stated that he believed
I that Senator Goodwin wanted Union ex
I “mpted from the bill. Some one asked
whether Senator Goodwin really wanted
t.ie county exempted when the represent* -
! 1 .5,, °™ county walked out into the
middle of the floor and shouted : *‘l don’t
! ra,v? what Senator Goodwin wants: r
want Luton county out of the bill.” The
senate was convulsed with laughter, but
the exemption was ordered as per request..
7 he McDaniel bill, which modifies many
or the features of the Uoss act. affecting
foreign corporations doing business in Ar
kansas is made a special order in the
Senate for Monday, and promises to be
one of th*» most important matters to b?
considered by the Legislature in the week.
The bill has been read twice in the Sen
ate. it js expected that it will bo given a.
third reading Monday and will reach th*»
House i uesday. friends of the measure
are hopeful of its final enactment, sirvo
a great majority of those affected by it. who
have expressed, an opinion, have no objec
,*2n. I*. H is reported that many state
officials who have examined the McDaniel
bill carefully a;.* convinced that it is a
fair measure and will not oppose its pas
sage. Unless opposition not now expected
springs from some unexpected source, it
is thought, that the bill will be given a first
and second reading in the House Tuesday
and will come up for final passage before
the week is over.
I he House held an informal meeting at
flic close of the afternoon session Wednes
day for the purpo.-.o of making arrang'
mcuts for. the last day of the session, 0:1
which it is customary to hold farewell ex
ercises. Mr. IviI lough was made chair
man. It was decided to make presents t.>
The speaker of the House and all the clerks
and attaches. I'.a< h member is being as
sessed *1 ..In L, defray the cost of tic?
girts. By a unanimous vote Mr. DuLanev
was elected to deliver the farewell oration,
ami Mr. Fletcher was chosen To make the
presentation speech in delivering the g.fr
of rle* House to the Speaker. Both men
have served three consecutive terms in the
lower branch of the assembly.
The Holland insurance bill, already pnss
?‘l in the Senate, which prohibits discrim
ination in the matter of life policies, was
up for discussion before the House com
mittee Monday. Several arguments were
presented pro and con on the measure. A
bi) per cent reserve investment amendment
was not approved, and the committee
threw out an amendment striking out all
but the enacting clause. No report wa-i
reached by the committee.
i no i nnronoraro rostor hill was dofoatod
hy a vote of Is ayt-s to 11 noos. tlio chair
lToney holding that it required n two
thirds majority to pass the bill. Senator
I’i tidal I later ntade a strong ph*a to tha
i-hair to levers ’ his opinion, hut lie <1 ■
clmrd ro do so on the ground that the at>
proprjation was one not required by lb11
const ittltion ant] he was still of the opinion
that tin1 bill required a two-thirds majority
vote for its passage.
T!v House adopted a resolution Monday
offered by Mr. t^oinn recognizing the
oOerfs^ ot the State Fair Association of
• lot Springs to bring into publicity th
resources of the state, and endorsed the
work that had been undertaken.
Mr. 1 land ft on of ttuaeltifa introduced
‘1 resolution in the House Monday tender
it'g ongratulat ions of th» House to M.-.
Martin, of Veil, who was married Mast
Sunday. The resolution was adopted in
a general sliout of approval.
i’v a resolution present'd by Senator
Tilley the tnenihers of the Senate w II
hold caucus Friday evening at s o’clock
tor the purpose of selecting a president
pro tern, ot the Senate, the election to be
belt! on Tuesday next.
A concurrent resolution by Mr. Dul.aney,
thanking rite members of t he Capltd t'o.-ri
mittoe tor their hard work and painstaking
services, was adopted by a unanimous
vote in the House Tuesday.
Itepres-ntntive Hugh let r folemnn of At
kansas county lias been quite indisposed fur
Hie past week, and lias gone to his home
in I'eWltt where he will remain several
days to recuperate.
Chairman Hul.anev of the App onria
tiotis Committee stated Monday in’ the
House that his work was we!! in hand,
and that there would be no doubt of it
being out of the way in time for adie tin
men t on May !-).
The resolution presented in the House
lest Saturday asking f.-e- an investigr.tiou
info (he physical condition of (Jov-rnor
kittle was presented by Mr Whit,' of
l-ogan.
Electrically Ripertsd Eananas.
An English electrical expert has
discovered a means of ripening ba
nanas to order. The bunches are
hung in ’an air-tight glass case in
which are a number of electric lights.
The artifieal light and heat hasten
the ripening process in proportion to
the number of lights turned on. Rec
ords have been made which enable
the operators to make delivery of any
desired quantities at any agreed time.
—Popular Mechanics.
Improved Gutta-Percha.
Green gutta-percha is now obtained
from the leaves of the caoutchouc
tree, and is said to be more durable
than that procured by cutting into the
stem of the tree. Unlike the ordinary
product, it does not require an expen
sive process of purification, so that
its cost is cheapened, in France
green gutta-percha is now being em
ployed in the construction o' sub
marine cables.
Havoc by Nun Butterfly.
The dreaded nun butterfly is ap
pearing everywhere in Bohemia,
threatening the devastation of the for
ests. The neighboring woods of Sax
ony and Silesia are also threatened.
The ministry of agriculture has named
a commission to investigate.
A Gastronomic Joy.
You can talk about y<5»ur ox-roasts*
clambakes, spikctail banquets, cham
pagne suppers and midnight lunches,
but after all, the jolliest, merriest, sat
isfactoryest affair of aU is a turkey