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Senate.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18.
Representative Hale's bill seeking to
abolish the railroad commission was de
feated in the house by a vote of 21 to
52 after a debate which occupied almost
the entire day.
The senate passed Mr. Campbell's bill
appropriating $2u.000 for the purpose
of redigesting the; statutes of Arkansas
and giving the supreme court power to
appoint the digester.
In the senate the Keel anti-trust bill
was taken from the table and placed
upon the calendar.
The Senate.
The first business taken up was H. B.
No. 4 (Campbell of Pulaski>. which pro
vides for the appointment by the su
preme court of a redigester of the sta
tutes and appropriating $20,000 for the
printing of the same.
A motion to postpone was lost and
the bill was placed on third reading.
Senator Covington spoke in opposi
tion to the bill. He said that there
seemed to him to be a movement on
foot on the part of certain members of
the senate as well as of the house to
take away from t lie governor's office
every vestige* of tin* appointive power.
Senator Sengel spoke in favor of the
bill and said he hop«*d the senate would
place the appointing power in the hands
of the suprt me court.
Senator Wood favored the bill. Ho
said that In his opinion the appointing
of the digester should be taken out of
politics. He said the supreme court
was the proper tribunal in which to
invest the power.
Senator Wilson urged the passage of
the bill
Senators Hardy and Caldwell spoke in
opposition to the measure.
On mil call the vote stood: Ayes 14;
Senator Caldwell called the chair’s at
tention to the fact t at it require! a
two-thir's vote to pass the bill.
Senat e- W Is n contended that under
the c nstitutVn it icq ires only a ma
jority vote to appropriate money for
Mich purp >s* s. (imtiag th s pr mo
court's d ci-ion * n ti e st ite . « us ■ mil
ter.
The chair ruled that t e bill failed
t * pas--, not re.• ivlng a two-t lrds ma
jority.
Senator \V< o 1 moved to appeal fr itn
th.- decision of t o c a r. wl i< h app al
was sustained by a vote of 13 to 11.
The sabo t then announced tl t tho
bill had p • .*- s *d.
S B. 1 ’ pr Iblti; g the rom v 1 of
surveyors landmarks, was taken up and
Mr. Hud 3 sto.i called up H. B 111
(Moore -»f Billies). for t • organiza
tion and rebuilt! n of trust companies.
Read tw ce,
Senato- Cotham introduced an emer
gency bill to prevent the r inning at
large of hogs in the St. Francis levee
dist it t.
Senator Wilson moved to take the
Ked anti tr st bill from the table. nd
th motion wis carried, nd th* bill
pi c d on the cal ndar subject to c til.
The House.
H. IP 4Ml (Hah abolishing the rail
road commission* occupied almost the
entire day's session.
Mr. Iverwin of Jefferson occupied over
two hours with an argument in opposi
tion to the bill.
He said that the railroad commis
sion was of benefit to a great number
of people, and that tin* passage of this
bill would be a step backward of at
bast ten years in the commerce of the
st:it»* He said the railroads were the
only ones who suffered because of the
existence of the commission.
The speaker stated that he had a let
ter in his pocket from one concern that
had saved enough money by the reduced
rates to pay the entire expense of the
commission fur four years.
Mr. Toney spoke in favor of the bill.
He said that in his opinion only the big
shippers got the benefit from the com
mission, and the people who paid most
of the taxes received no benefit He
said the commission was a detriment to
the small shippers.
Mr. Butler urged the passage <>f the
bill. He said he did not believe to.
commission had ever benefited poor peo
ple and bis people, who were farmers,
wanted it abolished.
Mr. Berry favored the bill and re
ferred to a plank in the democratic
state platform favoring enlarging the
powers of the commission. According
to statements of railroad people the
commission had cut rates on an aver
age of 20 per cent.
Mr. McGuigan believed in enlarging
the powers of the commission.
Mr. Holland argued that the commis
sion was a useless expense.
Mr. Thompson was not in favor of
taking away protection from the peo
ple. and that was what the cominis*! >n
had given them.
Several other gentlemen spoke on the
pending question.
On roll call tin- bill failed to pass, the
vote being as follows:
Ayes—Apple. Bevill. Campbell of Ran
dolph. Chcstnutt. Cook of Chicot. De
Rossit. Dixon. Rldridgo. Green of Ben
ton. Hale. Hogan. Holland. Hooker.
Matheny. Merriman. Moore of Newton.
Stock.-.r*! and Y*rk -21.
V Allen, Atkins Baskin. Bell
Bird. Bradley. B riant. Brooks. Camp
bell of Pulaski. Cate, Chambers, Chap
man. Clement. Cooke of Phillips. Crut
cher. Daniel. Kills. Funk. Fuller. Fu
trell. Gibson. Green of Ouachita. Griffin.
Hall. Hill. Holman. Holmes. Jacobs
Keel. Kelso. Iverwin. Knox. Ration r.
Martineau. Matmiller. McGuigan My
ers, Norlleet. Barks. Patterson. Berry.
Blndall. Boole. Rountree. Rowland
Slaughter. Stafford. Stevens, Stovr.
Tarver, Thompson. Toney. Weaver.
White. Whitley. Winn. Witt Wofford
and Mr Speaker—52.
Several who voted aye changed to
no with the evident purpose of mov
ing a reconsideration
THURSDAY, MARCH ID.
The house passed Senator .'rice’s
world's fair bill as amended, so ns to
appropriate $50,000 for uilding and ex
hibit. The senate concurred, but other
amendments were offered, which were
not acted upon.
bill exempting men over 60 years
lge from payment of poll tax ^was
of
defeated in the
Both houses refused to ncoopL^nn
vltation to visit Hot Springy ..-ex tend
by the citizens of that cujg
The senate refused to ^consider th»
vote by which it passed tli^ bill grant
ing more power to th<# railroad com
mission. /
The Senate.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the senate passed the King hill
regulating railroq*! freight and pas
s lost and the hill
smitted to the house,
ported that the house
itor Price's bill mak
tlon for the Louisiana
ion with house a mend
endments reduced the
$5i‘,000 and add an
senger traffic,
was ordered t
Clerk Ha ys
had passed Se
ing an appropri'
Purchase Expos!
merits. These a
appropriation to
additional memb
to the commission.
The amendments were adopted un
animously.
S. B. 113. providing for the divis
ion of the county liquor license be
tween the county and school funds,
was placed on third reading. On mo
tion the bill was placed hack on sec
ond reading to permit of amendment.
Senator Gray called up S. B. 217.
appropriating money to pay certain
teachers of the deaf-mute institute
amounts due on contract.
Senators Witt. Hardy and Fletcher
opposed the hill on the ground that
the contract with the teachers was in
violation of the law.
Senator Caldwell said the teachers
had entered on the contract in good
faith and should he protected.
Senators Covington and \N llson sup
| ported tlu bii.. which passed. .
The world's fair hill was recalled and
Senator Cotton introduced an amend
ment providing that the officers .and
I employes provided for in the bill
should not go on duty until the build
ing at the exposition he completed.
Senator Caldwell opposed the amend
ment. He said a manager and clerk
were on duty now. and were doing good
and necessary work.
Senator Short ntroduced a substi
tute that no one except the directors
and a clerk should go on duty until
the building is completed and ready for
occupancy. He thought the commis
sioner of mines, manufactures and agri
culture. who had been a..tied to the
hoard, should act as manager. Further
consideration of the b»il was deferred
until the following Wednesday.
Senator Simpson introduced a oil!
repealing the county uniformity law
regarding text books.
A resolution to accept an invitation
to visit Hot Springs as a body at tie*
expense of citizens of Hot Springs was
lost.
Senator Flet< tier's bill providing that
an analysis he filed with the commis
sioner of mines, manufactures and ag
riculture of all fertilizers sold in this
state was passed.
Til© House.
Senator Price’s woriu s fair appro
priation bill was the first order.
The bill as amended appropriates
$50,000 for a building and exhibit at
St Louis, the bn_ng to cost not
more than $20,000. and adds another
member to the fair board.
The bill passed—-ayes 59, noes 1?.
Chairman Merriman of the state
capital committee presented a report
recommending the passage of H B.
400. providing for the completion of
the new state capttol building, with
five amendments. The principal ones
ai • that no member of the legislature
shall he a member of the capitol com
mission, and that so far as possible
the building shall be constructed of
Arkansas material.
H B. 140 (Garrett), relieving all
persons over the age of 60 years from
the payment of poll tax. was taken up
Messrs. Patterson. Thompson. Parks
and Crutcher opposed the • ill.
Messrs. Toney and Garrett sup
ported the bill, which was defeated.
Mr. Parks called up H. B. 409. ap
propriating funds for the maintenance
<»f the state insane asylum A motion
to postpone was lost anu the bill was
onsidered in committee of the whole
Amendments were offered making the
steward’s salary $1,000 instead of $1
600. matron’s salary $900 instead of
$1,000. and engineer's salary $1,500
o! of $1 4.0 »b>.
Amendments were offered reducing
the salaries of other employes from
the amounts contained in the bill.
Messrs. Tarvel and Parks spoke in
favor of the amendments.
Messrs. Myers and Chappell were in
favor of increased salaries.
On motion of Mr. Merriman the com
mittee rose and reported progress.
Mr. Cook introduced a concurrent res
olution accepting an invitation extend
ed to the general assembly by the citi
zens of Hot Springs to visit that city
Friday. March 20.
Mr. Garrett opposed the resolution.
He said the members were not sent
here to take excursions at the expense
of the tax-payers.
The resolution was defeated, ayes 29.
noes 4K.
H. B. 381. to regulate the organiza
tion «>f mutual fire insurance compa
nies. was taken up. but was recommit
ted to the comm..tee on insurance.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20.
The house spent almost the entire
day In the discussion of the King: anti
trust bill, being in continuous session
from 0:30 a. m. until 3:25 p. m.
After a parliamentary struggle the
hill was read second time and referred
to the committee on judiciary.
In the senate the Hale drainage bill
was read twice and referred to the
committee on levees.
The bill providing for a state board
of arbitration was considered in the
senate but final action was deferred.
The senate adjourned at noon until
Monday morning.
The Senate.
Senator Flonniken called up his bill
providing for statues for the capitol
building at Washington, and moved to
amend by inserting the name of Gen.
Patrick Cleburne for that of Albert
Pike. The amendment was adopted.
S. R ST. to better define certain pub
lic nuisances and provide for their sup
pression. was passed.
II. R 194. providing for a state board
of arbitration to settle differences be
tween employers and employes was
read third time. On motion of Senator
Mears action on the Rill was postponed
until tin? following Friday morning.
Senator Mardis called up H. R 324.
to enable the owners of swamp and
marsh hands to drain and redeem them
when the same cannot be done without
effecting the lands of others.
The bill was read twice and referred
to committee on levees.
H B. 239. reducing the fees of offi
cers in certain counties, was taken up.
Senator Covington moved to indefinite
ly postpone the bill. Senators King
and Short opposed the motion.
On motion of Senator Cotton the sen
ate adjourned at noon until 9:30 Mon
day morning.
Tho House.
S. 14. No. 1. the King anti-trust bill,
was announced as the special order.
Mr. Toney asked leave to eall up- II.
B. 296, the appropriation bill for the
school fcr the blind.
Mr. Campbell of Randolph moved
th;R the bill be postponed until Mon
d*fy afternoon.
Mr. Toney spoke against the motion.
Further consideration of the bill was
stopped by the arrival of time for the
regular order.
Mr. Futrell was given leave to call
up S. B 182. giving chancery courts
the power to remove dLability of mi
nors.
Mr. Cate spoke at length against the
bill.
A point of order raised by Mr. Parks
that Mr. Cate was using dilatory tac
tics. was sustained.
The bill was passed, ayes 65. noes IT.
Mr. Cate called up S. B. 270. to pay
certain teachers of the deaf-mute in
stitute amounts due them on contract.
Mr. Campbell moved to postpone the
bill till Tuesday morning.
Messrs. Cate and Chapllne asked that
the bill be disposed of at once.
The motion to postpone prevailed.
S B No. 1. the anti-trust bill, was
again taken up.
Mr. Toney moved that the bill be
postponed for two weeks, and spoke
in favor of the motion. He said thete
was a disposition on the part of some
members to railroad this bill through
the house. Several motions to adjourn
were lost At several times during the
consideration the point was raised that
no quorum was present, and the ser
geant at arms was called upon to bring
In absentees.
The motion to postpone the bill two
weeks was lost.
Mr. Cook moved to postpone the hill
one week. He spoke in opposition to
the bill and declared that parts of it
would be vniconstitutional.
The motion to postpone for one week
was lost.
Mr. Parks moved that the bill be
read.
Mr. Toney offered as a substitute a
resolution that the bill be returned
to the senate for such corrections and
engrossment as the law or rules re
quired. He said there wto interlinea
tions in the bill and no one knew how
they got there.
Mr. Parks said the interlineations
were the work of the author of the bill.
Mr. Cook asked if the governor had
not said in his message that lie wrote
the bill.
The substitute offered by Mr.Toney
was defeated
Mr. Parks' motion to read the bill
prevailed.
After tlie reading a motion to refer
the bill to the committee on Judiciary
prevailed, and at 3:25 the house ad
journed until Saturday morning, after
being in continuous session from 9:3e
in the morning.
SATURDAY. MARCH 21.
Mr. Gannaway's bill. licensing tho
practice of osteopathy in the state was
discussed in the house. A motion to
make the bill a special order was de
feated.
A number of bills of local import
ance were passed and a number of new
bills were introduced.
The senate was not in session and
the house adjourned at noon until Mon
day morning.
The House.
Mr. Campbell introduced a bill to ex
empt hawkers and peddlers of garden
and farm produce from the state and
county license tax. H« also presented
a petition signed by about eleven hun
dred names, asking that that the bill
he passed.
II. 1». 400, the state capitol bill, was
called up and an amendment was
adopted, providing that the architect
shall In no event receive for his ser- ;
vices more than 5 per cent of one mil
lion dollars, the total cost of the build
ing.
Speaker Moore introduced a bill ap
propriating $2,600 to secure a roster of
the officers and enlisted men of the
state who served in the Confederate
army in the civil war.
Mr. Latimer introduced a bill to pre
vent nepotism and to proscribe and de
fine the degrees of relationship.
Private Secretary Jacobson announced
that the governor had signed the fol
lowing hills: H. B. 73. imposing col-1
lateral inheritance taxes. H. B. 66. pro
viding for separate departments for
state and county prisoners. H. B. 171.
providing a course of study for common
schools.
He also announced that the following
acts had become laws without the sig
nature of the governor: H. B. 253.
establishing two separate judicial dis
tricts in Logan county. H. R. 47. reg
ulating the degree conferring power of
the literary institutions of the state.
H. B. 311. prohibiting the catching or
killing of wild turkeys by certain meth
ods. H. B. 90. providing a uniform
measure for apples. H. B. 24S. to cure
defective acknowledgments and convey
ances. H. B.230. amending section 573 4
of the digest
Mr. Gannaway called lip H. B 371.
licensing the practice of osteopathy in
the state, and moved to make it a
special order for Monday.
Mr. Du Lanev opposed the motion.
He thought the doctors should have a
chance to discuss the bill before a com
mit t ee.
Mr. Parks said the bill did not define
osteopathy and anybody claiming to be
an osteopath could give medicine. He
said it would be impossible to prose
cute anyone for malpractice under the
provisions of this measure.
Dr. Greene thought that under the
provisions of the bill anybody in Arkan
sas would be permitted to practice med
icine by calling himself an osteopath.
The motion to make the bill a
special order was lost. On motion of
Dr. Meyers, the house adjourned at
noon until Monday morning at 9
o’clock.
MONDAY, MARCH 23.
While the senate did not hold an
afternoon session, that body transacted
considerable business at the morning:
session, the following bills being
passed: Prohibiting use of fraudulent
poll tax receipts; increasing license of
insurance agents from $2 to $25 per
annum; giving deputy prosecuting at
torneys same fees in justice courts as
allowed prosecuting attorneys.
Senator Gray’s bill to increase sal
aries of supreme court judges was de
feated. also the M ears’ bill providing
imprisonment as a penalty for carrying
concealed weapons.
The house passed an act to better en
able cities of second class to become
cities of the first class, a bill establish
ing mining districts and regulating the
posting of mining claims, also a bill ap
propriating $6,500 for the state guard.
The Senate.
The first order of business was a
motion to indefinitely postpone 11. B
239. fixing fees for clerks and sheriffs
in certain counties. The motion was
lost and the bill made a special order
Senator Logan introduced a bill pro
viding for the bonding and manage
ment of warehouses and storehouses.
Senator Cotliam introduced a bill to
abolish the preparatory department of
the University of Arkansas.
Senator Hardy introduced a bill pro
viding for a state good roads commis
sion and for a state civil engineer at
a salary of $2,000 per year.
A messenger from the governor pre
sented a list of pardons granted by
him. in accordance with a resolution
adopted by the senate early In the ses
sion.
On motion of Senator Wilson the list
was made an appendix to the journal
S. B. 95 (Hinkle), to prevent the
fraudulent use of poll tax receipts, was
taken up and passed.
S. B. 215 (Hardy), compelling in
surance companies to pay $25 Instead
of $2 for license to do business in the
state, passed by vote of 1 1 to S.
S. B. 137. providing fees for prose
cuting attorneys, passed but a motion
to transmit the bill to the house failed.
Senator Woods’ bill giving sheriffs
a fee of 50 cents each for summoning
special jurors, was defeated.
S. B. 1 S3 (Gray), increasing the sal
aries of supreme court judges to $3,
000 per year, failed to pass.
Senator M ears’ bill fixing the pun
ishment for carrying concealed weap
ons at a fine of not less than $50 nor
more than $500. and imprisonment not
less than thirty days nor more than
ninety days, was read the third time.
Senator Butt opposed the bill on the
ground that the penalty was excessive.
Senator Klllough urged the passage
of the 'measure.
On roll call the bill was defeated.
A resolution was adopted appointing
a committee to notify the chief Justice
that he was expected to preside over
the senate in the impeachment pro
cecdings Against Chancellor Leather
man.
No business was transacted at the
afternoon session, then- being no quo
rum present.
The House.
H. B. 302. establishing mining dis
tricts and declaring the rights and du
ties of mining corporations, miners,
locators of mining lands and mine own
ers. passed without opposition.
H. R 4tf7. providing that the attor
ney general, auditor and secretary of
state shall determine the advancement
of cities of the first and second class,
was passed.
li. B. 373. providing that any town
having a population of more than 1.600
and less than 6.000 shall be deemed a
city of tho second class, was taken up
and passed.
Mr. Chambers called up II. B. 16S,
fixing a rate of 50 cents per Insertion
Instead of $1 for publication of legal
notices in all newspapers.
The bill failed to pass.
The house went intrr committee of
the whole to consider the bill appro
priating 16.500 for the state militia.
Mr McGuigan said he hoped the state
would never appropriate a cent for this
purpose until war was upon her.
The hill was reported hack with rec
ommendation that it do pass.
After some discussion the bill was
passed.
The house went into committee of
tho whole to consider the Insane asy
lum appropriation hill
An amendment was adopted placing
salary of laundress at $4ho.
The carpenter's salary for two years
was placed at $1,200.
Members of the committee which pre
pared the bill argued in favor of al
lowing the amounts reported, stating
that a thorough investigation of the
needs of the institution had been made.
The committee reported in favor of
appropriating $150,000 for the mainten
ance of inmates, based on a cost of
$120 per annum for each inmate, which
includes food and clothing.
An amendment was adopted reducing
the amount to $140,000.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
In the senate the impeachment
charges against Chancellor Lea t henna n
were formally taken up. Most of the
day was consumed in arguing a motion
to strike out certain charges, which
was lost. The hearing will be* resumed
Thursday, the 26th.
The house passed several bills, among
t lie rn the f Glowing:
Increasing salary of superintendent
of public instruction from $1,800 to
$2,600 per annum; regulating the sale
of dynamite: prohibiting sale of intoxi
cating liquors within ten miles of Hen
drix College; increasing fees of jus
tices of the peace. The house also
concurred in amendments to the in
sane asylum annex appropriation bill.
Tho Senate.
Senator Gray’s bill dividing whisky
license between the county and school
funds, applying to certain counties,
passed without opposition.
The senate then took up the impeach
ment trial of Chancellor Le&therman.
Chief Justice Bunn swore in the
members to sit as a court.
Attorney Loughborough appeared for
the accused, and presented a motion
that the court should not consider ar
ticles l. 2. 3. 4. 8, 9 and 11. alleging
that they “state no offense known to
the law for which impeachment may
be had. and that the arts charged are
not high crimes and gross misconduct
in office."
X. O. Pindall. representing the house
board to conduct the prosecution, read
the articles of impeachment.
Attorney Loughborough enterad de
nial of each specific charge and stated
that the defendant did not admit his
guilt to any of the immaterial charges.
He stated that the defendant was
ready to meet the real issues and
asked that immaterial charges be dis
missed.
Chief Justice Bunn announced that
tw«>-thirds of the body must be pres
ent at all times during the trial.
The members discussed at length the
motion of Mr. Loughborough to strike
out certain articles of the indictment
on the ground that they did not charge
crimes upon which impeachment could
be had.
Senator Cotton thought it the duty
of the senate to proceed to the con
sideration of the charges just as they
were prepared by the house committee.
On roll call tin* senate, by a vote of
19 ayes to 10 nnes. voted to consider
the charges as presented by the hous?
committee.
The House.
The first business disposed of was
II B. 360. raising the fees of justices
of the peace, which passed by a mar
gin of one vote.
H. H. lot. regulating the sale of
dynamite and other explosives, passed.
S. B. 14 0, appropriating $140,000 for
an annex to the insane asylum, passed
with senate amendments.
S. B, 4s. which increases the sal
aries of officials of the department of
education, was taken up and passed.
Mr. Kerwin called up S. li. 40 <King>.
increasing the powers of the railroad
commission.
Aft« r second reading of the bill sev
eral amendments were rejected and
the measure took its place on the cal
endar.
S B. 19ft. making it unlawful to sell
or give away Intoxicating liquors and
native wines within ten miles of Hen
drix college at Conway, was taken up.
Mr. Witt urged the passage of the
bill, and Mr. Crutcher characterised
act ns a foolish one. He argued that
the bill would practically put a large
number of thrifty wine growers out of
business.
Messrs Du Lnney and Merriman ar
gued favor of the bill, which passed
by a vote of 55 to 7.
The following is the full text of the
Dill which has passed both houses of
the legislature and been approved by
tiie governor regulating mussel fishing
and establishing a closed season for the
same:
Section 1 It shall be unlawful for
any person to remove mussels for any
purpose from tin* waters of this state
between April 1 and June 30 of each
yea r.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any
person to use at any time during the
fishing or open season, any instrument
called a “crow foot" or any similar tool
or device, the points of which might
enter the flesh of the mussel and there
by destroy but not remove the mussel
from said water. Provided, this shall
not apply to forks or tongs. Provided,
further, it shall be unlawful for any
person at any time to use ‘"dredges”
for the purpose of removing mussels
from the water.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any
person, corporation or persons to return
to the waters any shells once removed
from any of the rivers, lakes or bayous
of the state of Arkansas.
Sec. 4. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this law shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be punished by
a fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars ($26) nor more than fifty dollars
Yl50) for each offense
vSec. 5. All laws ami parts of laws
iAconflict with this act fare hereby re
peated and this act shall ^ake effect and
be lV force from and afty»r Its passage.
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Arkansas State News
Double Hanging at Star City.
Jay Green ami James lluffin,
both colored, were hung at Star
City for the murder of Don Mc
Ghee, another negro. The crime
for which the two men were exe
cuted was committed about a year
ago. Throe times, since their con
viction. a date had been set for the
hanging, but each time they were
saved by legal proceedings. The
date for the execution was finally
set as February 13, but a few hours
before they were to ascend the gal
lows, Gov. Davis granted a re
prieve on account of a confession
made bv Green in which he de
clared that he committed the crime
at the instance of Jennie Steb
bins, shooting McGhee from behind
a bush with a shotgun, and that
Ruffin was innocent. An investiga
tion failed to substantiate these
facts and Gov. Davis ordered the
execution to take place.
Good Roads Law Framed.
The executive committee of the
Arkansas Good Roads Association
met at Little Rock and adopted a
good roads law, which will be pre
sented to the joint committee of the
general assembly on roads and high
ways. The bill, which was framed
by Judge Falconer of Sebastian
county, provides for a tax of $2 on
the thousand for a state road fund.
It creates the office of state civil en
gineer and provides that any five or
more residents on a road outside the
corporate limits of a town mav peti
tion the county judge for the im
provement of such road, by guaran
teeing la per cent of the cost. It
also creates a state hoard of road and
highway commissioners, consisting
of the commissioner of agriculture,
secretary of state and attorney gen
eral.
Victims of High Water.
An aged negro and his grandson
were drowned while driving along
tlie county turnpike, a short dis
tance south of Little Rock, at a
point where the backwaters of the
Fourche Bayou had overflowed the
road to a depth of about three feet.
The victims were Nick Evans, 65
years old, and Rufus Lawden, aged
10. Evans and his grandson were
driving along the pike in a wagon.
Enable to see the road the negro
drove over the embankment at the
side of the road which is about
eight feet high, and the wagon was
overturned, pinning the man and
hoy beneath it. Both were dead
when their bodies were rescued.
Stranger Kil.ed By Train.
A man who had been known as
John Perkins was run over and fa
tally injured by a train at Texar
kana, and before his death lie re
vealed the fact that his right name
was John Twelliger, and that his
home was at Keokuk, Iowa. He
declared that he had relatives, but
none of them would feel concerned
over his death. The man was struck
by a train on the Kansas City
Southern railroad. His right
shoulder and right leg and all the
ribs of the left side of his body w'ere
broken.
Could Not Get Into jail.
Sheriff Williams, of Garland
nountv, refused to accept Col. 11. G.
Davies, of llot Springs, as a pris
oner when the latter presented j
himself at the jail and announced j
his readiness to serve out a sen*!
tenee of thirty days imposed upon >
him by Chancellor Leatherman for i
contempt of court, in saying that
the chancellor was corrupt. The j
sheriff declared that in view of the
impeachment proceedings ponding
against Chancellor Leatherman, he
would take no notice of the ruling. I
A street fair and carnival will be j
held at Texarkana under the man-1
ageinent of the lodges of Engles and •
Woodmen of the World. The fair!
will begin April 21 and continue
lor one week.
Train Kills Unknown Man.
An unknown man was struck and
Instantly killed by a train on the j
Cotton Belt road near Brinkley.
The man was gray haired and ap
peared to he about GO vears old. He
was dressed in workingman’s
clothes. The coroner was unable
to find anything to establish his
identity, the only clue being a box
of quinine tablets bearing the label
of L, Ji. CooUj druggist, Pine Bluff.
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Charged With Criminal Libel.
Fred W. Vaughn, editor of the
Reformer, a. paper issued in the
interest of Dr. J. W. McClendon’s
candidacy for mayor of Hot Springs,
and Lou Kay have been arrested on
a charge of criminal libel. The
complaint, which was filed by Pros
ecuting Attorney Will H. Martin,
named all the city and county of
ficials and three of the proprietors
of the Arkansas Club as plaintiffs.
1 he charges are based upon an arti
cle which appeared in the Reform
er, making charges of bribery and
corruption against certain high of
ficials and claiming that the propri
etors of the Arkansas Club were
paying for “protection.”
Attorney Arrested in Court.
E. A. Davis, an attorney, was
arrested in the court room of Jus
tice of the Peace Meisner at Little
Hock on a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons. Davis was the
prosecuting witness in an assault
and battery case against Joseph Kil
patrick, a barkeeper. Fearing trou
ble Justice Meisner ordered every
one in the court room searched.
Davis took a pistol from his pdeket
and handed it to the justice. When
the case was concluded Justice Meis- \
ncr ordered Mr. Davis’ arrest. He
w;!> taken to the county jail, but
was later released on $100 bond.
Novel Suit for Damages.
A novel suit has been filed in the
Pulaski circuit court at Little Rock.
Mrs. M. E. McCaskill, the plaintiff,
asks for damages to the amount of
$000 against the Little Rock Trac
tion and Electric Company, alleg
ing that a car owned by the de
fendant ran over a line of hose
through which water was being car
ried to extinguish the flames whieh
were destroying her home, thereby
stopping the stream and allowing
the building, with its contents,
, r.a.’ > tOt
destroy ('if/* ——c/
Echo of the Alphiu-take Failure.
I*. E. Douglas, of Little Pock, has
been appointed trustee of the assets
of the Alphin-Lake Cotton Com
pany, which went to the wall some
time ago. The appointment was
made by Referee Dooley at the in
stance of the Little Rock Trust
Company, the largest creditor.
Among the creditors who have filed
claims are the Little Rock Trust
Company, Callender, Holder & Co., i
Harper Lake, 0. P. Stark and C. D.
Govan.
Ferry Boat Sunk.
The steam ferry boat Ezell sank
in the Arkansas river near Pine
BlufT, and the three members of the
crew had a narrow escape from
death. The men attempted to cross
the river during a hard storm. The
boat was driven into a pile of drift
wood, which tore a hole in Iict. side
and she sank rapidly. The nion
clung to some driftwood until their
cries for help were heard by a fish
erman, who rescued them in his
ski IT.
Child Drowned in Black River.
Sheriff James K. McCall, of Law
rence county, while returning from
Walnut Ridge to Powhatan, accom
panied by his wife and baby and
two prisoners, attempted to cross
Black river in a skiff. The boat be
came unmanageable and upset,
throwing all the occupants into the
water. The baby was drowned and
Mrs. McCall floated fifty feet be
fore she was rescued. The prison
ers. after aiding in the rescue, pro
ceeded unaccompanied to the jail.
Man Acquitted of Murder.
O. A. Ridgeway, who was charged
with the murder of J. II. Parham at
Dumas, in June, 1301, has been
acquitted in the circuit court at
Pine Bluff, the jury deciding that
the act was committed in self-de
fense. The killing of Parham was
the result of a fight over a sum of
54.25.
Big Hotel for Little Rock.
A syndicate has been formed for
the purpose of building a large ho
tel at Little lfoek and a local trust
company has been authorized to
purchase a quarter of a block of
ground for a site. Although the
Mans have not been completed, it
s said that the building will occu
py a quarter of a block and will ha
tot less than fiv* stories in height