G. W. KRAMER, Editor.
M’CRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1901.
YOL. I.—NO. 2.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Former Congressman John B. Gil
flilan, of Minneapolis, has given the
University of Minnesota $50,000, the
income from which is to be used to
help worthy students through the
university.
Though entering the office of as
sistant secretary of the navy, with
the stipulation that he should remain
only until March 4 last, Mr. Hackett
has consented to continue as assistant
secretary until November next.
Prof. F. VV. Iluft'urt of ^he college
of law at Cornell university, has de
clined the position of dean of the law
department in Iowa state university,
which was recently offered him.
According to the Toledo (O.) Bee
Dr. Ash, a former resident of that
city, has just sold to John D. Rocke
feller, for $1,000,000, 100 acres in
northern Wisconsin, which Dr. Ash
purchased in 18S4, for $1,000, on spec
ulation. The tract is said to include
a natural harbor.
On the 5th Samuel I. Gordon, of
Omaha, Neb., suspended as police
judge pending an impeachment trial
by the city council, attempted to take
his seat, on the bench, as usual, at
the session of court, and, with his son,
was finally removed forcibly by the
police.
Howard Cole, of Indianapolis, Ind.,
who is Bussell B Harrison’s attorney,
says that the report that Mr. Harri
son would contest his father’s will is
entirely unfounded. Mr. Harrison, he
says, is entirely satisfied.
On the 5tli Col. Robert Wallace,
who served as a captain in the United
States army in the Mexican war and
was made colonel of a western regi
ment in the Union army in the civil
war, died at the residence of his sis
ter, Mrs. Alexander Elliott, in Jersey
City, N. J., aged 80 years.
On the 5th Ellen Mulholland, of
Long Branch, N. J„ conducting busi
ness as a builder and real estate op
erator in New York city, tiled a peti
tion in bankruptcy, with liabilities of
$208,432; no assets.
J.iora Kitchenr, at Johannesburg’,
Transvaal Colony, on the 5th, person
ally presented the lied Cross medal
to Madame Ferriers, head of the
French ambulance department, for
her services to the British wounded.
On the 5th Judge John A. Warth,
aged 00 years, died at his home near
Charleston, \Y. Va., after an illness
of several weeks. He was a senator
of Virginia in 1857, and a member of
the constitutional convention of West
Virginia in 187.1. In 1873 he was ap
pointed by the legislature to codify
the state laws which are now used.
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miscellaneous.
Copies of two important acts of
the. Philippine commission, providing
for the organization of municipal and
provincial governments in the archi
pelago, have been received at the war
department. They provide for a large
measure of home ride.
Some unknown persons broke into
the. city jail at Coffeyville. Kas., on
the. 4th, and stole several gal
lons of whisky and other liquors that
had been captured in a “joint.” It was
to have been used as evidence against
the jointist, and now that it is gone
his conviction is doubtful.
On the 4th the steamer Mexico ar
rived at New York, from Havana, with
the largest cargo of tobacco ever
shipped from that port, having on
board over seven thousand bales.
K. G. Dun & Co. report commercial
failures in the first quarter of 1901 as
3,335 in number and $31,703,486 in
amount of defaulted liabilities, of
which 710 were in manufacturing for
$12,504,223, and 2,468 in trading for
$14,552,906, with 157 others, not prop
erly included in either class, that
owed $4,616,35S. Banking defaults
numbered 21, with liabilities of $3,
441,3S9.
On the 5th the steamship Ilhein,
which arrived at New York from Bre
men, broke the record as a passenger
carrier. Besides her crew, which num
bered over four hundred, she had 2,
502 passengers.
A Cincinnati dispatch, of the 5th,
savs: “A gigantic amalgamation of
four railroads has just been effected.
The roads are the Southern railroad,
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton,
the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
and the Cincinnati Southern. J. Pier
pont Moreau is the reputed backer.”
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On the 5th the navy department
awarded the contract for the building
of the 23-knot protected cruiser Mil
waukee to the Union iron works of
San Francisco. The contract price is
$2,825,000.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $150,000 gold reserve in the di
vision of redemption, issued on the
5th, showed: Available cash balance,
$158,171,344; gold reserve, $97,214,340.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Prentice Tiller and J. H. (Irani,
alias A. B. Chase, alias A. F. Martin,
who were recently arrested in Ne
braska, and who were wanted by the
federal authorities in Cincinnati and
other cities for robbing the United
States mails, made a sensational dash
for liberty in the Union station at
Chicago on the 7th. Grant made his
escape, but Tiller was recaptured.
In the volunteer cyclists’ maneuvers
ordered by the British war office, the.
attack on London, on the 7th, proved
that the military value of wheelmen
is largely dependent on the weather.
The attacking force outgeneraled the
defenders, Dut lost so many men in
the rain and owing to the bad roads
that it was unable to attack in force
at the proper time.
Fifteen hundred pounds of dyna
mite were used by the authorities of
the port, on the 26th, in blowing ujr
the forward superstructure of the
sunken United States collier Merri
mae, which has long impeded entrance
to the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
The explosion was plainly heard in
the city, five miles away.
Mrs. Isabel Thompson, aged 67
years, was fatally wounded in Kansas
City, Mo., on the night of the 7tli, by
a footpad, who, in attempting to rob
the woman, crushed her skull with a
coupling pin. She was returning home
from church when assaulted, at Seven
teenth end Ilolmes streets, an unfre
quented part ot the city.
Probably ten thousand persons par
ticipated, on the 7th, in the dedica
tion of the Second Church of Christ,
Scientist, at Wrightwood and Pine
Grove avenues, Chicago. So great was
the assemblage that a quadruple
service was held, the church being as
often filled with new and different
congregations.
At the services, on the 7th, of the
Syrian Greek Orthodox church, in
New York city, it was announced that
Czar Nicholas II. of llussia had given
2.000 roubles, or about one thousand
dollars, toward the building fund of
the church which is soon to be erect
ed in Brooklyn.
According to the St. Petersburg cor
respondent. of the London Daily Mail,
import duties for Vladivostock have
been raised on all American iron,
steel and machinery.
The St. John schooner Wen Jail Bur
pee went ashore on the cape near
Portland, Me., about noon on the
7th, and the mate only was saved.
Mrs. J’rtidence Smith and Mrs. Jane
McNutt, her daughter, were ar
raigned in Judge Manning’s court,
in Kansas City. Kas., on the Sth, on
the charge of destroying property in
an Armourdale joint, March 11, and
the county attorney dismissed Ihe
case. The women refused to say
whether they intended to continue
their crusade against the joints.
Mrs Carrie Nation says she will sue
the city of Topeka, Kas., for some of
her hatchets which are now in the
possession of the police department.
The hatchets were taken from her on
the occasions of several arrests dur
ing saloon smashing days. Sue made
a demand on the chief of ..oliee for
the hatchets, cn the 8th, hut. was re
fused.
Congressman 1!. 11. Gordon, of the
Fourth Ohio district, and other mem
bers of congress, will visit the Phil
ippines this summer. They will leave
the first of the month. Congressman
Gordon says it is his desire to make
a study of the actual conditions, and
thus be better able to handle Philip
pine matters in the next congress.
Thelma Taylor, the four-year-old
daughter of Clias. Taylor, a Fort
Wayne (Iml.) railway conductor, re
siding in Chicago, died at Laporte,
Ind., on 'the 7th, as the result of ar
senical poisoning caused by eating
paint samples off an advertising fold
er.
According to expert opinion China
would be able to pay from twenty to
thirty million pounds sterling indem
nity without crippling her financial
resources, while the amounts which
the powers at present demand aggre
gate from £ 80,000,000 to £100,000,000.
Ten new cases of smallpox were re
ported in Kansas City, Mo., on the
8th. There were nearly on hundred
smallpox patients in the pesthouse.
Of the 1)1.'> sufferers since tiie out
break of llu> epidemic, only four hud
died up to the 8th.
The naval ship Supply is to be over
hauled and refitted as a station ship
for the Island of Guam. She will take
the place of the collier llrutus, which
is now on her way to thel'nited States
to be laid up for repairs.
Large and excited anti-clerical
meeting's at Malaga, Corunna and else
where have passed resolutions de
manding that the government expel
thii religious orders from. Spain,
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS,
How Mr. Scott Wu Named.
The St. Louis Olobe-Demoerat’a
Washing-ton correspondent says, in
speaking- about the appointment of
Air. Scott as a member of the St.
Louis World's fair commission: “To
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, the pres
ident said upon his appearance at the
White House to talk about the com
mission, that he considered him, as
leader of the minority, entitled to
name one of the commissioners. Sen
ator Jones named Philip D. Scott, a
business m; n of Van Buren. Subse
quently the president asked the Mis
souri senators if Mr. Scott would be
an acceptable man. Learning that
there was no objection to Senator
Jones’ candidate, the president put
him on the list. The remaining selec
tions were made with deliberation
and as the result of much shifting.”
Killed a Negro Burglar.
T. M. Horsfall, a well-known young
man, shot and instantly killed on un
known negro burglar at the residence
of 1). I,. Prather, on Eleventh and
Martin streets, Little Rock. Horsfall
was visiting Miss Prather, and waa
sitting in the parlor, when their at
tention was attracted by a noise in
the rear of the house. Picking- up a
small pistol, he went to investigate.
He soon ran up against the negro,
who pushed him aside and made a
dash for the door. Horsfall fired and
struck the burglar o\cr the temple,
killing his instantly.
Will Knlae a Bonus.
The citizens of Newport held a
mass meeting recently for the pur
post of raising funds to purchase
grounds for the terminus of IheMorn
ing Star Railway Co., which is to run
from Newport to the Morning Star
mines in Marion county. After sev
eral speeches Messrs. Isaac Goldman,
J. W. Grubbs and L. Minor were ap
pointed on a committee to call upon
the citizens to raise a small bonus to
purchase right of way.
IIiiUcKrooin Arrested.
llobert Foster appeared at the mar
riage license office at Tittle Hock, the
other day, and secured a license to
marry Miss H. D. Holloway. ile gave
his age as 21, and made affidavit that
his intended bride was 18. The girl's
mother swore out a warrant against
him on the charge of perjury, declar
ing- that her daughter was hut 10, and
that the marriage was without her
consent. Foster was arrested.
Negro Doctor Arrested.
W. T. Hollis, a Fine Muff negro doc
tor, was arrested, the other day, on
a warrant charging him with prac
ticing medicine without proper cre
dentials. In default of $500 bond he
was committed Jo .jail. Hollis had a
certificate from a medical college of
Chicago, but it did not comply with
the requirements in Arkansas.
Editor 1’aRe Succeeds Turner.
Mr. John H. Page, editor of the
Dardenelle I’ost-Dispatch, was elected
by the new state board of charitabh
institutions as secretary and pur
chasing agent.to succeed S. P. Turner
The election of the superintendents
of the various institutions has been
deferred until the May meeting.
RejoleinK at \'un liureII.
'the official report of the appoint
ment of P. T). Scott ns a member ol
the St. Louis World's fair commis
sion was received with great rejoic
ing- among- the people at Van Buren.
all of whom are proud of Mr. Stott’s
recognition by Hie president.
Beer for Harrison.
The first freight hauled over the St
Louis & North Arkansas railroad was
1 car of beer consigned to the term
inal point. Harrison. In the same
train were two car loads of merchan
dise for Green Forest.
I,anti Commissioners Roport,
State Land Commissioner Colquitt
has filed his report with the governor
for the quarter ending March 31,
showing the tolal amount of land dis
posed of to be 42,442.03 acres, and to
tal funds $18,441.39.
Mrs. Robert Atkinson Rend.
Mrs. Robert G. Atkinson died at
Pine ltul-ff, a few days ago, at the age
of 45 years. The remains were
shipped to Lexington, Ala., for in
terment.
Sworn In ns County Clerk.
Hon. Sid 11. Redding has been sworn
in as clerk of the United States dis
trict court,succeeding Mr. O. 11. Spell
man. of Jefferson county. He was re
eently appointed by Judge Jaeol
Trieber.
IllK Blaze at Fulton.
The business portion of Fulton,
Hempstead county, with the excep
tion of four stores, was burned, en
tailing a loss of $30,000. Insurance,
$10,000.
Fire l-i a Livery Stable.
Fire of unknown origin in the li-.ery
stables of Hruder Profilers, at Fort
Smith, caused the death of ten horses
and a total monetary loss of $10,000.
By n kittle Roek Detective.
12. G. Grantow, of Peoria, HI., was
arrested at Little Hock by lletectivo
Sam Smith, on the charge of obtain
ing uior.-.y wider false pretenses.
THE PLATT AMENDMERT,
Congressman Brantley, of Georgia, Be*
litres the Cabans Will Ulti
mately Accept It.
Atlanta, Ga., April 9.—A special to
the Constitution from Brunswick, Ga.,
■ays: Congressman William G. Brant
ley, who has just returned from a
month’s tour of Cuba, said last night,
chat the genuine Cuban was i.i favor
of independence. Ho said there was
considerable feeling against the Unit
ed States in Havana, which he char
acterized as “the hot bed of Cuban
politics ”
“The Platt amendment is not re
ceived with much favor anywhere,'*
said Congressman Brantley, “and yet
1 believe it will be accepted for the
simple reason that the Cuban masses
will ultimately realize what their
more thoughtful leaders already rec
ognize—that they have no discretion
in the matter. As one of the leaders
said to me—the only question we
have to consider is what the United
States is willing to do for us. We
can not afford to antagonize the Unit
ed States.”
“With some authoritative declara
tion explaining what the Platt amend
ment, means, limiting and fixing the
number of coaling stations and de
claring specifically under what cir
cumstances the United States govern
ment may intervene in Cuban affairs,
I believe the amendment will be
promptly accepted.
“The possibilities of Cuba under a
liberal and enlightened government
are almost beyond calculation. With
less than ten per cent, of the island
under cultivation. Cuba produces a
fourth of the sugar of the world.
What could she do with all her soil
under cultivation? Cuba has practi
cally been without railroads. The
Cuban Central is now being built and
will connect one end of the island
with the other and will be a great
factor in the development, of the isl
and.”
COMING Cl MAX ELECTIONS
Efforts to Mring Out tlie Coimervn
tive Element.
Havana, April 9.—An effort- is being’
made to bring out; the conservative
element at the coming municipal elec
tions. Uith this enil in view several
changes have been made in the elec
tion law. A new registration will be
held throughout, the island, beginning
April 19 and ending May 12. It is
provided that representatives of the
three parties shall compose the regis
tration boards and there will be new
municipal boards of canvassers, of
nine members, three chosen from
' each party.
The minority will have a repre
sentation of one-third in the ayunta
luientos. The correctional judges will
not be elected, as formerly, but will
be appointed by the military gover
nor. All protests and appeals in elec
tion cases will be decided by the
audeneia, instead of by a commission.
The national party has nominally
indorsed Senor Gener for mayor of
Havana, and elected the opposition
candidate for the mayoralty, Senor
Zayas, as president of the party. It
is said that Senor Zayas now will not
oppose Senor (loner’s election liv the
aviintamiento. but will oppose liitu in
the coming elections.
AFRAID OF PI IJI.K,' OPINION.
Cnwilllns to Accept or Reject tlie
IMutt Amendment.
Havana, April 0.—Tlie Coban eonsti
lutional convention did not m“et yes
terday, owing to ibe absence of Senor
Capole, its president.
La Lucha, referring to the delay,
says:
“The convention is unwilling to ac
cept or reject the J'latt amendment.
Three propositions on lines practical- i
ly the same as the amendment have
been rejected, but the convention re
fuses to discuss the majority report
of the committee on resolutions,
which is diametrically opposed.”
It is intimated by l.a Lucha that
the delegates arc afraid of public
opinions, which would be likely to
arise from a demonstrative action on
the amendment.
CONCERNING AGUINALDO.
He Is Sni»I to Ho PnrcliasliiK Dia
monds ii n il Thinking Over
His Manifesto.
Manila. April 1).-—Gen. MacArthur
says it is impossible to make a state
ment concerning Agtiinaldo now.
It is possible that Aguinaldo will
soon be removed from the Malaea
liang palace to a large house, with
pleasant grounds. No. ."ai General So
lano street, a fashionable cpiarler of
the ei y. beside tlie l’asig river, which
is being mm\ated and prepared for
oeeupa ncy.
Aguinaldo is purchasing diamonds
and other jewelry, lie continues to
receive certain visitors, but newspa
per correspondents arc excluded.
It is said that the manifesto which
Agnmaldo lias been preparing has not
yet. 1
Agui
the
en signed, and if is added that
...tldo is reluctant to comply with
j mditions.
ARJ IN ARCHITECTURE
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THIS very neatly designed house
contains seven rooms, and can
be built for $1,800. The foundation
is of rubble stone, the walls, being
lb inches thick.
The size of the parlor is 13 feet;
dining-room, 12x14 feet; kitchen, 10
feet 6 inches by 13 feet; and the four
chambers 13 feet 6 inches by 14 feet;
3x9 feet; 11x11 feet; 8 feet 6 inches
by 11 feet. The vestibule is 4x9 feet
and has two windows, one at front
and one at side.
The hall is 6x14 feet, with stair
way leading to the second floor. Two
stairways lead from the kitchen, one
up to the second floor and one down
to the basement. The den off the
dining-room is 6x6 feet. The pantry
is 6x6 feet. The dining-room has a
large bay window, and the parlor
contains a fireplace. Between the
hall and parlor and between the
NEAT SEVEN-ROOM DWELLING.
dining-room and parlor arc large 1
sliding doors.
The front veranda is 7x10 feet and j
has steps at both ends. The front i
chamber has a fireplace and an oriel
bay. The bathroom is Gx8 feet. Ail
chambers have large closets.
The balcony on the second floor is
7x23 feet.
The size of studding is 2x4 inches:
joist. 2x10 inches; roof rafters, 2x4
inches. The sheathing will be of
fence flooring, surfaced one side; all
the siding to be of B quality, with 4
ineh face. All the subfloors are to be
of fencing, the surfaced roof boards
to be of fencing, spaced 1*4 inches
apart for air space.
The shingles of roof will be of the
star A star brand.
Building paper will be placed be
tween the finished and subfloors, and
also between the siding and sheath
ing. All glass will be American,
double thick, and all trim through
out the house will be of Georgia pine.
The size of the house upon the
ground is 24x37 feet. The basement
is 7 feet; first story 9 feet 6 inches;
second story 9 feet.
The chimneys above the roof will
be of pressed brick, laid in cement
mortar.
The house is piped for gas and
furnace.
PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR.
All plastering is to be two-coat
work.
The outside of the house will be
painted three coats, including the
priming, which will be done with yel
low ochre and the best boiled linseed
oil. The finishing color will be of
white for "the body of the house, and
all trimmings will be of a light neu
tral blue color. The roof will be of
yellow ochre.
All gutters and downspouts will be
of galvanized iron.
The chimney brace will be of
wrought iron.
The owner will furnish the gas fix
tures, furnace, art glass, bathroom
fixtures, shelf hardware and mantels.
GEO. A. W. KINTZ.
riisonse* In l.entl Pencil*.
The doctors are constantly adding
to the terrors of life by discovering
sources of disease in common things
and general practices. Lead pencils
are the latest subject for condemna
tion, or rather the method of using
lead pencils in schools. There have
been outbreaks of skin and other ail
ments in a number of schools lately
which have puzzled the doctors, and
the school medical inspectors, after
considerable inquiry, now assert that
the school pencils are to blame. The
practice, it appears, is that pencils
are provided for the whole school,
and are collected at the end of eaeJi
day and redistributed next morning.
In this way a single pencil makes a
tour of the class, and is sucked in*
turn by most of the children. The
moral of the discovery is “One child,
one pencil.”
Texas’ IHjr State House.
The Texas capitol is the largest
state building in the United States,
and the seventh in size among the
buildings of the world. It is a vast
Greek cross of red Texas granite,
with a central rotunda covered by a
dome 31t feet high. It was begun in
1SS1 and finished in 1888, having cost
about $3,500,000. It was paid for with
3,000,000 acres of public land, deeded
to the capitalists who executed the
work.
Trnilea far Little Filipinos.
An American manual-training
school has been established in the
city of Pumanguette, Island of Ne
gros, in the Philippines. '1 .ie school
house, erected at a cost of $10,000,
is the gift of II. It. Sillman, of New
York. Under the care of a Princeton
graduate the young Filipinos will be
taught carpentering, ironwork and
agriculture.
What One Man Cnn Do.
In a day one workman can cut by
hand 0,000 watch-classes.
The Tenement House Evil.
The New York tenement house
commission says in its report, after a
thorough examination, that the
densely populated sections of the city
“are centers of disease, poverty, vice
and crime, where it is a marvel not
that some children grow up to be
thieves and drunkards, but that so
many should grow up to be decent
and self-respecting.” One of the
first-announced purposes of King Ed
ward VII. is to improve the housing
of the poor in London. Within a few
years the corporation of Liverpool
has demolished 6,500 unsanitary
dwellings and is now erecting 18:5
houses for the poor. Tn this reform
Liverpool has spent $2,000,000.
Electrical Ferry Hrldpre.
A colossal ferry bridge is to be erect
ed over the Hiver Tyne at the harbor
mouth, connecting North with South
Shields. The suspension bridge will
be erected at a height of 270 feet and
will have a clear span of 610 feet, so
that even the largest vessels may be
able to pass tip and down the river
with facility. From the bridge will
depend a platform, suspended upon
cables, which will have accommoda
tion for tramcars, horses, vehicles and
200 passengers. The mechanism of the
bridge will be actuated throughout by
electricity.
Electric Roarix In Canada.
The statistician of the dominion of
Canada represents that there were 54
electric railways in the confederated
provinces at the close of last year, ag
gregating 630 miles of track. Capital
amounting to $21,700,000 hits been
actually invested in these lines. Dur
ing the year they cg-rriec^ 104,033,65‘J
passengers.
At LArpre.
Mrs. Wiggles—iDoes your husband
have a“den?” j
Mrs. Waggles' -No, he roars all over
the house.—So: nerville Journal.