Woodmfk CmmtyNewH
VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900.
NO. 3.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IM
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
north, east, west, south
A Carefully Digestad and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sir Thomas Lipton, who recently
visited this country, and who knows
the business situation here far better
than the majority of Americans, on
his return home to England wrote a
London newspaper that the American
people are enjoying a period of pros
perity greater than >?ver known in hu
man industry. He says that even well
informed English writers have little
idea of what is happening in the
United States. All this is due, he
says, to our solid industries, "while
the general confidence is such that
nobody is afraid to spend lavishly.”
So large is the demand for struc
tural iron in this country that the
importations are greater than for
years, the American mills being un
able to meet the exigencies. Great
buildings are in course of construc
tion in Xew York, Chicago, St. Louis,
San Francisco and other cities, which,
together with the demand for bridges,
will consume the output of the Amer
ican mills until the fall of 1907,. indeed
the output has been contracted that
far ahead. In Glasgow, Scotland, the
Americans are buying everything in
sight.
A Cincinnati trade journal estimates
that there is 220,000,000 bushels of
wheat in this country available for ex
port.
Money recently has been a jumping
jack in Wall street. It startetd at G
per cent, paused at 10, and then up
to 27. and down to G. The millionaires
were playing with the little fellow's.
Americans attending the great wool
auction in London are buying superior
grades. England and France getting
the leavings.
The only sore spot in the general
business situation of the country is
the congestion of railway traffic.
To meet the exigencies of the occa
sion pig iron is being shipped from
Chicago to the Pittsburg district, thU3
reversing the usual order of things.
The death of President Spencer of
the Southern railway had no apprecia
ble effect on the market valus of stock
of that road.
The president is receiving many let
ters, the majority from the north,
commending his action in the dismis
sal of negro troops for "shooting up”
Brownsville, Tex.
St. Andrews' society celebrated its
150th anniversary at New York. Let
ters of congratulation were received
from President Roosevelt, former
President Grover Cleveland and King
Edward.
At Bendena, Kas., J. W. Har
ris. a farm hand, entered a bank
and attempted a hold-up. A clerk
escaping and giving the alarm, Har
ris placed a revolver to his head,
pulled the trigger and died.
^ The funeral of the late Samuel
Spencer, president of the Southern
Railway system, was held in Wash
ington, D. C. The active pallbearers
were the ten oldest colored porters
on the road, and the honorary pall
bearers were officials of the road, J.
P Morgan and ether financiers.
Dean Roscoe Pound, of the law
school of the University of Nebraska,
has posted a letter from Chancellor
R- Benjamin Andrews, ordering the
expulsion of students who chew to
bacco.
Secretary of tha Treasury Shaw
snapped his fingers in the face of H.
D. \\. England, a millionaire, and
President of the Pittsburg chamber of
commerce, and altogether stirred up
the animals wneu he notified the
members of the chamber that they
>d not amount to so much. The row
ls °'er the location of a new post
office.
The president of the British board
0 trade, in reply to a question, as
J5’11(1:1 ’be h'iuse of commons that the
"ard of trade was carefully watching
a scheme being organized In the Unit
■ tates to regulate the price of cot
s<'I|'p nleans ot storage and gradual
t’he coasting steamer J. H. Jones
as wrecked on Cape Cocker, in
torgian bay, Canada, and at least 28
lives were lost.
I he Moroccan situation has reached
teh degree of tension, and war is
almost sure to follow.
Shelby M. Culloni, clerk of Arizona
supreme court, nephew of Senator
" om of Illinois, died at Phoenix,
• r>*- of consumption, aged 3S.
th ' eP°rt is current In London that
1 ?, ‘h'itlsh South African Co. has of
ere<l Ule Salvation Army l.OUO.OOU
‘1 es ot land in Rhodesia for colonlza
m Purposes, with the stipulation,
; that in the event of colonlz
R scheme proving a fr.ilure the land
Should revert to the company.
/
William McKinley, the Pennsylva
nia railroad engineer who ran the en
gine of the train on which President
Lincoln rode to Washington to be in
augurated, is seriously ill in Wash
ington.
The president believes the Porto
Ricans are ready for American citi
zenship.
An unknown man in a small boat
was swept over the Horseshoe falls
at Niagara. Two men in a boat made
a daring attempt to rescue him.
Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri,
in Washington, says he will ask for
an 'appropriation Of $5,000,000 for the
Missouri river.
A high Vatican authority says the
death of Monsignor Stabllinskie, at
Posen. German Poland, relieved the
Vatican of a serious situation. The
pope was expecting Emperor William
to request the removal of Stableinsld.
The priest was insisting that the chil
dren of Posen be taught the Polish
language instead of the German lan
guage in the schools. The emperor
would not listen to the proposition,
but the priest was insistent.
Capt. Hugh H. Henry, past national
commander of the Army and Navy
union, and chief of staff of the present
national commander, Browne, died in
Washington.
Aggie Myers, the Missouri woman
under sentence of death for accessory
to the murder of her husband, has
been refused more time by Justice
Brewer of the supreme court of the
United States in which to file a com
plete record in the case.
Not a single American has died on
the Panama canal zone in the last
three months.
The official vote of Illinois gives the
republicans a plurality of 145,500.
Caruso, the Italian opera singer, was
granted a right to appeal from the
decision of the New York magistrate
court that, fined him $10 on the
charge of annoying women at the
monkey house in Central park. New
York.
Active military preparations are be
ing made by Japanese in northern Ko
rea, according to advices received by
steamer from the Orient, at Vancou
ver, B. C. The Korean Daily News
says the preparations indicate Japan's
intention to pick a quarrel with China
regarding the ownership of Kando, the
island province inclosed by the head
waters of the Yalu at Tumen river.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Scott Mitch
ell, of Salem, Mass., were found dead
in a rooming house at Bellevue, east
of Salem, O. Investigation tended to
show that Mitchell drugged his wife
and caused her death, and then com
mitted suicide by the same means.
Following a three-inch fall of snow,
nearly two inches of rain has fallen
over Kansas during the last 24 hours.
Reports to Secretary Coburn of the
state agricultural department, and to
railroad offices say the wheat never
went into winter in better condition.
Compared with conditions a year
ago, experts say the Kansas outlook
now warrants the prediction that next
year’s crop will reach the 100,000,000
bushel mark.
In an interview in the City of Mex
ico William Randolph Hearst is quoted
as saying that “if circumstances made
it imperative he would once more
be a candidate for office." He did not
designate the office.
Ten deaths, all men, resulted from
a fire in a Salvation Army hotel in
St. Louis. There were no fire es
capes on the building.
Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway Co., and recognized
as one of the foremost men in the
development of the southern states,
was killed In a collision on his own
road near Lynchburg, Va. Besides
Mr. Spencer, Charles D. Fisher, of Bal
timore; Philip Schuyler, of New York;
Francis T. Redwood, of Baltimore,
guests of Mr. Spencer, and D. W. Da
vis, of Alexandria, Va., private dis
patcher for Mr. Spencer and two ne
groes were killed. The party were
occupying a private car. were on a
hunting trip, and were all killed while
asleep with the exception of Mr. Da
vis.
George B. Pollock, chief of Depart
ment B of the interior department, en
ters an emphatic denial to testimony
given at Salt Lake City, Utah, by M.
A. Myendorff, a special agent of the
government, that Mr. Pollock had in
structed Myendorff to destroy affida
vits procured against the Union Pa
cific Coal Co. in alleged coal land
fraud investigation.
A roburite factory near Annen, Ger
many, exploded, demolishing every
house in the town and breaking win
dow glass for miles around. Fifty,
perhaps 100 people, were killed and
several hundred wounded. The explo
sion was heard for 40 miles. The ear
drums of people near the explosion
were bursted and the were made dear.
Prof. Burgess, dean of Columbia
university, will lecture in Cologne,
Germany, on “American Liberty.” It
is said that Emperor William has di
rected his fourth son to hear Prof.
Burgess.
A lone robber, masked and armed,
robbed 15 passengers on an east-bound
Chicago & Alton passenger train, near
Glasgow, Mo. The robber was arrested
before he could leave the train and
was taken to Glasgow and placed in
jail.
CUBAN CONGRESS.
• EATS OF SECOND SERIES
DECLARED VACANT,
President Roosevelt Nullifies 1905
Election and Will Order New One
—Trouble Predicted.
Havana.—By a decree to be issued
soon under specific authority of the
president of the United Staten, the seats
of all members of the second series
of the Cuban congress, elected in 1905,
will be declared vacant. This was the
announcement made by Governor Ma
goon to 25 senators and members
of the House of Representatives whom
he had Invited to attend a conference
in the palacer After reveiewing all the
facts developed by the peace com
mission sent to Cuba by President
Roosevelt in response to President
Palma's appeal for intervention and
with special reference to the negotia
tions relating to the status and final
disposition of the Cuban congress Gov
ernor Magoon called the attention ol
the members to the fact that the de
termination as to the status of the
congress had been reserved by tha
peace commission for consideration at
Washington. He then communicated
to them the final determination of
President Roosevelt that the seats of
all senators and representatives elect
ed in 1905 shall be considered vacant
from October 12, 1906, the vacancies
thereby created being filled by an
election under the provisional govern
ment in accordance with the procla
mation of Governor Taft, September
29.
The first series of senators and rep
resentatives elected in 1904 will be
continued in office if moral peace,
tranquility and public confidence be
restored to such an extent that an
election for the vacated seats may be
held during 1907, and that there may
be at the same time an election of the
successors of representatives whose
terms expire December 31, 1907, with
out shortening these terms, thus avoid
ing the necessity for two elections. The
salaries of the ousted members will
be paid to October 12, the date fixed
by the peace commission.
Governor Magoon explained to the
members of the congress that he con
sidered it only fair and courteous to
submit to them the terms of the decree
prior to its formal promulgation, so
that they might decide what attitude
they desired to assume.
The decree will be promulgated at
once. It will declare the last election
to be not illegal but wrill say that it
is annulled .in accordance with the
terms of compromise arranged by the
peace commission under which the
rebels w-ere induced to lay down their
arms.
After the conference former Minis
ter of the Treasury Fonts y Sterling,
Senator Dolz and other Moderates, ex
pressed strong dissatisfaction with the
terms of the decree, which they de
clared was unfair, but they recognized
the futility of any protest. Gen. Ruis
Rivera, ex-secretary of the interior,
said to the Associated Press that he
realized the decree merely carried out
an obligation of interest to the peace
commissioners, but he greatly deplor
ed it, believing its effect would be dis
astrous. He said he was Arm in the
belief that the only means of estab
lishing peaceful conditions consist in
the election of an entirely new con
gress, whereas the proposed election,
which would result in turning over the
government to Liberal control, would
surely result in a new insurrection the
moment American troops were with
drawn from the island.
12,450.000 Bales.
New Orleans.—The cotton crop es
timate of the Times-Dembcrat, based
on reports of correspondents over the
entire cotton belt, places the crop out
put of 1906-07 at 12,450,000 bales. The
estimated crop by states follow-s: Ala
bama 1,250,000 bales, Arkansas 950,000
Florida 50,000, ^Georgia 1,600,000,
Louisiana 900,000, Mississippi 1,500,
000, North Carolina 600,000, South Car
olina 900,000, Tennessee and Oklaho
ma 700,000, Texas and Indian Territory
4,000,000. These figures are an esti
mate of the actual growth of the year
and do not include linters, repacks or
other additions of the sort.
Killed in the Act.
Huntsville, Ala.—Caleb Brown, a ne
gro, criminally assaulted a white wo
man on the streets. Brow-n was seen
to commit the crime by a policeman,
who shot him, but he made his es
cape. Later he was found dead at his
home.
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
Is a Dog an Animal?
The Supreme Court is called upoD to
decide the question as to whether a
dog is an animal in a case appealed
from the Garland Circuit Court. Guy
Sovard was fined $150 in a justice of
the peace court in that county on the
charge of killing a fox hound belong
ing to C. Floyd Huff. The Circuit
Court reversed the decision claiming
that 'the dog was not an animal un
der the meaning of section 1893 of
Kirby’s Digest under which Soward
was convicted. Should the Supreme
Court decide with the Garland Cir
cuit Court it is said an effort will be
made to have a law passed by the
legislature providing a sufficient pun
ishment for persons who kill or in
jure dogs.
Wanted to Divide Time.
Hun Brown, a one-legged negro, was
recently convicted of arson in Dallas
county and sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary. While being meas
ured and fitted for clothes prepara
tory to donning the stripes, Arthur
Brown, another one-legged negro,
presented himself begging the officials
to allow him to divide time with his
friend. The negro's mother also
sought to be accepted as a convict
declaring that she would serve the
whole time if her son were allowed to
go free.
Secured Damages.
B. A. Holland has been awarded
$1,000 damages in his suit against Jul
ius Apetz in the Crawford County Cir
cuit Court. Holland lives near Moun
tainburg, and sometime ago was ar
rested and tried in the Federal Court
at Fort Smith on a charge of tamper
ing with the mail. The charged was
lodged by Apetz. After his acquittal
Holland brought suit against Apetz
for damages and the case was decided
in his favor.
Negro Woman Drowned.
While enroute to a country dance
near Newport, Annie Mae Walker, a
negress, was drowned in the slough
at the lower end of Newport lake.
The recent rains had swollen the
stream and the bed of the wagon in
which she with other negroes were
riding, floated off and overturned,
catching beneath it this woman, and
she was drowned before her compan
ions could rescue her.
Bunco Man at Hot Springs.
Jackson Collier, a visitor from Tex
as to Hot Springs, made an alleged
bunco man disgorge $241 recently,
which he claims he was fleeced out
of in a dollar-matching game. Collier
met the man in the Arkansas Nation
al Bank where the latter had gone to
make a deposit, and jerking out a
jack knife demanded the return of
the money, which request was prompt
ly complied with.
To Prevent Smallpox.
The Board of Health has issued an
order compelling all negroes remain
ing in Texarkana to be vaccinated. It
is alleged that the disease has been
kept alive for two or three years
among the negro population, and it is
feared that the approaching cold
weather might cause the disease to
spread and find victims among the
white people.
Skull Fractured From Fall.
William Murphy, a boy aged 12
years, residing near Siloain Springs,
died recently from the effects of a
fractured skull sustained from a fall,
it is thought, while in an intoxicated
condition.
Case Appealed.
The case of Crawford Fogg, sen
tenced to hang at Lake Village No
vember 30 for the murder of Monroe
Nelson near Hudspeth last August,
has been appealed to the Supreme
Court.
Thrown From Horse.
Miss Stella Burge, who lives near
Sidney, was seriously injured by be
ing thrown from a horse. Her foot
was caught in the saddle strap and
she was dragged some distance.
Library Assured.
$13,290, more than half the amount
necessary to secure the $100,000 Car
negie library planned for Little Rock,
has been secured by the committee
in charge of the subscriptions.
New Enterprise for Nashville.
Capitalists are at Nashville confer
ring with the mill and railroad com
pany with the view of establishing a
plant for the manufacture of boxes,
handles and wagon material.
New Y. mTc. A. Building.
The present quarters of the Y. M.
C. A. organization at the State Uni
versity being inadequate, a strong ef
fort will be made to secure $50,000
for a new building.
Poll Tax Receipts.
The poll-tax receipts for distribu
tion have been received at the State
House and are being apportioned
to the various counties.
Takes Case to U. S. Supreme Court.
The attorneys of the St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company, re
siding at Texarkana will appeal the
Cotton Belt removal case to the Su
preme Court of the United States. The
case involves the railroad’s removal
of Its general offices from Tyler to
Texarkana. The matter has been in
the Texas courts for several years,
and was finally decided adversely to
the railroads.
Invited to New York.
Governor Jeff Davis has been in
vited by the Board of Trade of New
York to attend a meeting to be held
in that city in January l’or the pur
pose of devising plans for the exten
sion of the commerce of the United
States. He will probably send some
one to represent the state, as he will
be unable to attend, owing to the fact
that his term of office will expire about
that time.
Burned to Death.
The little three-year-old daughter
of Ransom Palmer, living near Van
Buren, was burned to death recently,
and the child’s mother seriously if
not fatally burned in attempting a
rescue. The child and an older broth
er were playing in some high grass
near their home, when the little boy
set fire to the grass with the above
results.
Caught in Windlass.
E. C. Case, formeman of the con
struction crew working upon the White
river bridge below Newport, was
caught in a windlass and his body
pulled under four or five coils of rope
before the engine could be stopped.
His left leg was broken and he receiv
ed a gash over the right eye, besides
internal injuries which may prove fa
tal.
Youthful Burglars.
Richard Burton, white, and Paul
Parker and Oscar Walker, negroes,
ranging in age from 13 to 14 years,
have been arrested at Texarkana on
a charge of burglary, and failing to
make bond, have been committed to
jail to await the action of the Grand
Jury.
Girl Commits Suicide .
Grace Haynes, a seventeen-year-old
girl, committed suicide at. Fort
Smith by taking carbolic acid. The
girl's mother had recently moved to
Little Rock and wanted to take her
daughter with her, but the girl pre
ferred death to leaving Fort Smith.
Estimated Cotton Crop.
The official figures of the Board of
Trade at Little Rock, estimate the cot
ton crop of Arkansas to be 875,000
bales, and the entire cotton belt, 12,
322,000 bales. This estimate will be
forwarded to the cotton markets in
the United States.
Refuses to Tell.
Mrs. Della McBride, a widow woman
living at Fort Smith, was the victim
of a mysterious shooting near that
city recently, but absolutely refuses
to divulge the name of her assailant,
or to give any particulars of the affair.
A New Church at Clarksville.
A new Methodist church will be built
at Clarksville, the funds for which
were started by $3,590 re
ceived from the United States
government on account of damages to
church property during the Civil war.
Killed by Train.
S. L. Coulson, a miner, and member
of the K. of P. Lodge at Huntington,
was struck by a switch engine in the
Iron Mountain yards in Fort Smith,
crushing the right side of his head
and causing instantaneous death.
Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. Lee May of Auvergne, died re
cently from the effects of burns receiv
ed while at work in her yard. Her
dress caught fire from the flames
under a kettle, and she was fatally
burned before help reached her.
Fayetteville Buys Plant.
Fayetteville has purchased the water
plant front the Water Company at that
place, paying $90,000 fordt.- Improve
ments to the amount of $‘10,000 will
be made on the plant by the city.
Cotton Burned on Train.
While being hauled through a field
near Noble Lake, thirty-nine bales of
cotton loaded on flat cars, caught fire
from sparks blown from burning
grass, and were totally destroyed.
Killed in Wreck.
A passenger train on the Cotton
Belt was derailed south of Texarkana,
killing a negro, who was stealing a
ride, and injuring the engineer, fire
man and several passengers.
Verdict Against Ladd.
The jury in the United States Cir
cuit Court awarded Mrs. Emma Scott
damages to /the amount of $10,000
against E. P. Ladd for the killing of
her husband.
A New Factory at Magazine
A canning factory to cost $4,000, and
with a capacity of 10,000 cans a day.
will be established at Magazine by the
Hastings Industrial Company of Chi
cago.
Waiting On Six Counties.
Th» report of Secretary of Stat«
Ludwig is being delayed by the fail
ure of election commissioners in six
counties to return the official vote on
the November election. The six coun
ties missing are Crittendon, Poinsett,
Jackson, Baxter, Scott and Lafayette.
Unless the reports from these counties
are received within the next few days,
special messengers1 will be sent after
the returns and the expense of the
special messenger will be charged to
each of the counties now holding back
the returns.
Large Increase in Arkansas.
According to Census office figures,
there are in Arkansas 1,907 business
establishments whose total products
are valued at $33,864,394, a great in
crease over last year. The report
shows that while the state is without
an establishment whose product is
valued at a million dollars or more,
there are 12G establishments whoso
business amounts to more than $100,
000 annually.
Committed Suicide.
John W. Core, of Little Rock, com
mitted suicide in the rear of his gro
cery store recently, by sending a bul
let into his brain. The weapon used
is said to have been the same which
which his father killed himself years
ago. Core’s mother is also said to
have ended her life sometime ago by
taking poison.
Body Found in Field.
The dead body of young Gerald Hol
lis was found in an old enclosure about
half a mile from his home near Orlan
do. The young man had gone to work
on some timber on Saline river but
took a sever chill and started for
home. It is supposed he had a con
gestive chill and wandered to the
place where he was found several days
later.
Butt Case Before Supreme Court.
The case of Senator F. O. Butt of
Eureka Springs has been submitted
to the Supreme Court, without argu
ment by either state or defence, and
a decision is expected within two
weeks time. Senator Butt was convict
ed in the lower courts on a charge of
bribery and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary and fined $200.
Eaten by Rats.
Alex G. Crane, an old Mexican war
veteran living near Rogers, died re
cently of heart failure. Three days
later the body was discovered lying
on the floor of his home where he
lived alone, partially eaten by rats.
The rodents had eaten the flesh from
the face and feet and also one of the
hands.
Will Hang November 30th.
The Supreme Court has refused to
grant an appeal in the case of Frank
Rogers, the negro, who was convicted
in the St. Francis circuit court on a
charge of murdering his own child,
and condemned to death. He will
therefore hang at Forrest City on
November 30.
On a Change of Venue.
The test suits which were instituted
against the directors of the Bank of
Newport, which failed last May, by
the depositors, in an endeavor to hold
them responsible for the latter’s loss
es, will be tried at Batesville on a
change of venue.
Again in Custody.
L. E. Lindsey, charged with selling
liquor without paying the government
tax, was arrested near England re
cently, and is being held for the
United States officers. He was arrest
ed about ten days ago but escaped
from the officers.
Sues For $35,000. ,
C. S. Procter of Hazen, has brought
suit against the Choctaw, Oklahoma
and Gulf Railroad Company for $35.
000 alleged to be due for damages re
ceived in a runaway due to the whistle
of a locomotive being sounded negli
gently.
Rev. W. W. Gardner Injured.
The Rev. W. \Y. Gardner of Arka
ielphia, business agent of the Baptist
Advance, was badly injured by a
train at Cabot recently. Both legs
were fractured, two ribs were broken
and he sustained internal injuries.
Texarkana Wants Fair.
The street car company and other
large corporations in Texarkana have
ignifled their willingness to subscribe
liberally to the enterprise now on foot
to have an inter-state fair in that
city.
Died from Injuries.
Luther C. Houston, the young man
who fell from the telephone cable at
Camden, sustained internal injuries
from the effects of which he died the
following day.
Held Up Near Texarkana.
John Hayne3, living near Texarkara,
was held up and robbed by two high
waymen. one of whom was a white
man and the other a negro. They se
emed $32.CO.
Thrown rrem Buggy.
Miss Arki Dean, a prominent young
ady of Newport, was thrown from a
mggy in a runaway at that place,
ind seriously injured.