The Newark Journal* |
O F. CRASO, Editor.
NEWARK- - * ARKANSAS.
The receiver of the shipbuilding
trust has made a levy on the stock
holders. It is claimed that Schwab,
the steel magnate, holds 20,000
shares of the stock which cost him
nothing and upon which he will be
compelled to put up $10,000,000.
The state department has not re
ceived official notice of the report
that Russia has refused to evacuate
Manchuria, according to treaty, un
til her demands on China, of a na
ture not made public, are complied
with. The populace of Japan are
very indignant over what they assert
is Russia's double dealing.
A general courtinartial has been
ordered to probe charges against
numbers of the Colorado national
guard, arising during the Cripple
Creek campaign, when the guard
was called out on account of the
miners’ strike. It is charged that
pay rolls were padded, and that cer
tain officers secured rake-off for sup
plies.
p The report of the St. Louis
i Southwestern Railroad (Cotton
|*Belt) for the fiscal year ended
June 30, shows gross earnings of
$7,278,574; operating expenses,
$5,236,103; net earnings, $2,022,
411; total income, $2,203,013;
charges against income, $1,510,178,
leaving a surplus of $694,834. Last
year's surplus was $728,189.
President Castro of Venezuela
seems in a fair way to get himself
and his followers in serious trouble
with the powers. lie has ordered
his agents to collect $1,000,000 from
foreign merchants at Ciudad Boli
var in import duties once paid to
the de facto government. A cargo
belonging to a German merchant,
who refused to pay back duties, was
seized and sold at auction.
J. J. Ryan, the St. Louis turf
commissioner, testified before the
federal grand jury at Cincinnati
that he paid money to Joseph Jones,
United States attorney at Rock
ville, Ind., and Daniel V. Miller,
second assistant to Attorney General
Tyler, of the postofiiee department,
in order that Ids business might not
be interfered with by the federal
authorities. Upon Ryan’s evidence
indictments have been found against
Johns and Miller, charging conspir
acy to commit an offense against
the government.
Mr. Carroll D. Wright, labor
commissioner, lias just completed
and sent to the public printer the
manuscript, in two volumes, which
discuss at length and in detail the
conditions surrounding the labor
ing people of the United States.
From its pages some striking ex
amples of conditions in this coun
try and some comparisons with
what they are in foreign lands will
be drawn. Most important will be !
a specific showing that the laboring :
man fares better at this time than
at any time in the history of the j
United States. The report also
shows a big increase in the cost of
necessaries of life, especially food
stuffs.
John J. Murphy, a politician, and
G. K. Allen, a plumber, of Memphis,
argued over a game of cards, and
by mutual agreement decided to
finish their argument in a fist
duel, with regular seconds and
Queensberry rules. Just before
reaching the appointed place Mur
phy staggered and reeled to one
side. Allen caught him, but death j
came before medical assistance could
be summoned. Heart disease, the
doctors state, caused death.
Mrs. Drew Bishop of Galatia, 111.,
recently gave birth to quadruplets,
two boys and two girls.
A distinct earthquake shock was
felt at several points in Missouri
on the 5th inst.
During a trial at Greenport, L. I.,
the submarine boat Shark, while
making a run beneath the water,
accidentally rammed the torpedo j
boat Dahlgreen, tearing a hole in
the vessel four feet long. The
Shark was not injured
Small Sum Involved.
In the ca.se of Ada Cowling vs.
Joe Muldrow, decided in the su
preme court last week, Justice
Hughes delivering the opinion of
the court, a controversy involving
one-quarter of a cent was decided.
This is probably the smallest amount
ever passed upon by the supreme
court of this state. The case in
volved the title to a piece of land
which had been sold for taxes, and
the title was attacked because of
the alleged illegal sale for taxes.
The case was tried on an agreed
statement of facts, which showed
that the legal amount for which, it
could be sold was $1.28 3-4, while
the sale was made by the collector
for $4,20, thus exceeding the legal
amount by one-quarter of one cent.
In his opinion Justice Hughes
said: ‘‘The only question in this
case is, Does a sale of land for one
quarter of a cent more than is due
upon it render the sale void? It is
true that a sale of land for taxes
for an amount substantially in ex
cess of the amount due upon it will
render the 'ale void, as in the cases
of Cooper vs. Freeman Lumber
Company, where the excess was 35
cents; in Goodrum vs. Ayres, 25
cents, and in Pack vs. Crawford, 28
cents. But in this ease the over
charge was not substantial, being for
only one-quarter of a cent, an
amount less than the least coin is
sued by the government. To hold
this sale invalid would seem to be
absurd. There would be no way of
making the exact change, and it
seems trivial, and more reasonable
that the party whose duty it was to
pay the tax should pay one-quarter
of a cent too much than that the
government should lose three-quar
ters of a cent. The excess in this
case was trifling and did not invali
date the sale.” Iteversed and re
manded, with instructions to enter
a decree for the appellant.
Alleged White Cappers Indicted.
The federal grand jury at Hele
na has returned indictments against
twenty-seven men, twelve from
Cross county and fifteen from Poin
sett county, on charges of conspir
ing. These are the alleged white
cap cases in which it is charged that
the defendants made war on negroes
in Poinsett and Cross counties.
Judge Trieber charged the grand
jury that, under the United States
statutes, it is unlawful for two or
more persons to conspire for the
purpose of preventing by force,
threats or intimidation, any citizen
*>f the United States from renting
lands and cultivating the same, or
performing any honest labor, when
hired to do so, on account of his be
ing a negro or a citizen of African
descent.
Bey Killed By Train.
Poy Tiffin, a 1 1-year-old boy, the
only support of a widowed mother,
was run down and killed by an
Iron Mountain switch engine in
the yard at Little Pock. The boy
was riding a wheel and awaited the
passing of a train at the crossing
before starting to cross the track,
hut was struck by an engine com
ing in an opposite direction on a
second track. At the point where
young Tiffin was killed no less than
a dozen fatal accidents have occur
red, and it is the worst death trap
in the state.
Body of Missing Man Found.
The mystery surrounding the dis
appoararce from Fayetteville sever
al months ago of J. J. Iladden, an
ex-Federal soldier, has been cleared
up hv the finding of his body in a
creek a few miles from the above
place. Mr. Hadden's death was ac
cidental, having fell oil a log while
attempting to cross the stream and
was drowned.
Shot By a Woman.
Dr. R. L. White, a well known
Little Lock physician and formerly
assistant physician at the state in
sane asylum, was shot and serious
ly wounded by Mrs. Iluth Lane, a
neighbor of Dr. White. The shoot
ing occurred at the home of Mrs.
Lane. Dr. White states that Mrs.
Lane and her niece had been tak
ing meals at his house, and for
what his wife deemed good reasons,
she notified them that she did not
care to longer serve them. White
claims the woman who did the
shooting made insulting remarks to
his wife, and when lie heard of this
he went to her home to induce her
to stop the talk. During the con
versation the niece, who is hut 10
years of age, came into the room
and handed her aunt a revolver,
when she turned toward White and
shot him in the hip. Mrs. Lane
claims that Dr. White was very an
gry when he entered her house, and
that lie used harsh language, at the
same time making threats with a
revolver. The women claim White
fired one shot, hut this he denies.
The wounded man walked to his
own house two doors from where
the shooting took place and sank
down from the loss of blood. It is
believed he will recover.
School Statistics.
Statistics prepared in the state
department of public instruction
from reports received from the va
rious counties show that 237 school
houses were built in Arkansas for
the year ending July 31, 1903. Sev
en are brick, 22.S frame and two
log houses. The total c-o.-t, exclu
sive of sites, was $110,6-1-1. The
figures show that there are 8G brick
public school houses in the state,
5,11G frame and 229 log. The total
value of public school buildings in
the state is $3,120,646. The great
est number of log school houses in
one county is nineteen in Xewton
county. In Pulaski county there
are eleven brick and ninety-nine
frame public school house-, valued
at $411,423.
An Arkansas Product.
A recent issue of a St. Louis pa
per contained a write-up of a very
tall tomato vine seen there while en
route to the Illinois state fair. It
was billed as the tallest tomato
vine in the United States, being
nearly sixteen feet high. Beside it
stood a two-foot vine, showing the
great difference in height. The tall
vine was an Arkansas product, hav
ing been grown by J. A. Morgan,
agent at Paragould for the Cotton
Belt route. He planted twenty of
the slips and carefully trained them
up on poles, all growing to a great
size. The average yield from each
vine was three bushels. One of the
tomatoes weighed over two pounds
and measured seventeen inches
around.
Well Known Minister Dead.
Rev. S. II. Babcock, presiding ol
der of the Jonesboro district of the
M. E. Church, South, died at Craw
fords i lie on the 5th of congestion
after an illness of only two days.
Dr. Babcock removed to Arkansas
from Georgia when quite a young
man and has spent most of his lifo
in the ministry, having held many
important and honorable positions.
He was for three years president of
Galloway College, and for about
four years president of Searcy Col
lege. _
Failed to Indict.
The Pulaski county grand jury
dismissed the case against Joe Sar
lo, a saloon man, for the killing of
Jim Conant about three months
ago. The only witness of the kill
ing testified that Conant was the
aggressor, and that he threatened to
kill Sarlo and made a motion as
though to draw a gun. when Sarlo
grabbed a pistol and shot him
through the abdomen.
Theatrical Manager Killed.
Charles Tolson, manager of the
Toli-on Theatrical Company, was
shot and fatally wounded at Van
Boren by Hr. W. L. Parchman. The
shooting occurred on the depot plat
form. Tolson appeared with the
members of his company to pur
chase tickets to Fort Smith, when
rarchman, without a word of warn
ing, stepped up and opened lire.
The tirst shot went wide, and Tolson
ran to get behind a truck loaded
with baggage, but the second shot
struck him in the back and inflicted
the death wound. As Tolson turn
ed and faced Parchman, a third
shot struck his watch, but did not
enter his body. Tolson was taken
to Fort Smith, where he died a few
hours after the shooting. It seems
that tlic desire of one of l’archman's
daughters to go on the stage led to
the tragedy. Parchman claims that
on the night before the shooting he
received a message over the tele
phone notifying him that his daugh
ter intended leaving with the Tol
son company. He says he went to
the depot to prevent his daughter
leaving, and to ask Tolson about a
note found in the young lady’s
purse, and that when he approached
Tolson the latter made a move as
though to draw a weapon, when he
opened fire. Tolson’s friends say he
was innocent in the entire affair,
and that the note referred to was
written by another party, rarch
man was bound over in the sum of
•$•!>,()00 on the charge of murder in
the first degree.
State Funds.
State Treasurer Tipton's quarter
ly report on the condition of the
state’s finances shows that the Lili
an • - remaining in the treasury Oc
tober 1 were:
General revenue fund .$ 410.Cl 2S
Ciuimen School fuuU ......... ... 199.216 63
Stalo capital fund (currency and
bot.d« i . 2.001,009 S3
Swamp land fund currency and
bonds) . 40.070 22
Internal lir.p t fund (current y
note*, etc. t . 61.869 30
Confederate jh union fund .. 57.619 .14
Hinkirift fund . Mi.4.90 ] I
Tax due counties . 14.721* ."'1
Tax due cities . 4s2 7.3
I'cnitrntI ary deposit .. 710 30
C. of A. endowment fund . 22wSs6 00
Idreet tax . 4'.9 82
State school inti rest . t}'!2 6**
Teachers' fund . S3 0>3
Encapsulation.
r. S. currency .$1,103,094 92
County scrip . 0 12 i 43
City scrip . 49 S3
Auditor's certificates . 902 10
Notes for loan from swamp bind
fund to general revenue . 103.013 03
3 per rent funding bunds........ 1.233.500 OO
3 per cent funding coupons. 065.3m» oo
5 per cent 1 uyettavilic bonds .... 9,000 no
firnrid total .$3,497,223 23
Itlsluirsenientg for the quarter were:
General revenue fund .$ 1.36.443 JO
t'apltol commission fund . 27.356 56
Charitable institutions fund . 10,1.39 .,2
Common school fund . 240,637 49
Teachers' fund . 75 tsi
Pension fund . 105.75S 11
County fund . u.324 4 1
City fund . 114 14
Scrip fund . 0.237 79
Morrill fund . 25.000 oo
Coupons redeemed, sinking fund... 300 («>
Total .$ 653,159 18
Quarterly Report of Land Office.
State Land Commissioner F. E.
Conway lias filed his quarterly re
port, as follows: Fees, $1,609.55;
-wamp land sold, 6,870.12 acres,
land sold, 1,360 acres, $1,700; Sa
line land sold, 120 acres, $150;
forfeited land sold, 1 1,353.99 acres,
$17,942.51; forfeited land redeem
ed, 4,707.38 acres. $780.67 ; for
feited town lots sold, $407.31; for
feited land donated, 6,883.06 acres;
forfeited land deeded to actual set
tlers, 4,509.13; total, 38,803 68
acres, $31,237.74.
Ex-Soldier Suicide#.
Lieut. F. M. Llacklock, a veteran
of the Spanish-American war, com
mitted suicide at Hot Springs by
shooting himself through the head.
Jt is claimed disappointment o\er
a love affair caused him to commit
the rash act.
J. J. A1 Under, a white man, was
fatally injured by a freight train
at Conway. It is thought he fell
asleep on the track.
BRIEF MENTION.
The supreme court met in ad
journed session on the 5th.
Yhc grand jury at Pine Bluff was
in session fourteen days and found
106 true bills.
Battery A. light artillery, to be
affiliated with the state guard, has
been organized at Hot Springs. The
bu utery will consist of four guns
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