VOL. I
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUYRY 16, 1902.
NO. 41.
NEWS OF THE WORLD,
Congress reconvened on the Oth.
Gov. Shaw will assume the treas
ury portfolio February 15.
Brig. Gen. Funston arrived at
San Francisco from the Philippines
on the Oth.
The war department is preparing
to send 200 more teachers to the
Philippines.
Miss Stone, the American mission
ary, is still held captive by Bulga
rian brigands.
The new battleship Maine, now
under construction, will not be com
pleted until 1903.
The German government will
make an extensive industrial exhibit
at the St. Louis fair.
It is estimated the boll weevil de
stroyed a quarter of a million bales
of cotton in Texas last year.
Four men robbed the bank at Mo
berly, M'o., of $5,000, blowing the
safe open with nitroglycerine.
The St. Louis world’s fair board
offers a prize of $200,000 for the
best air ship exhibited at the com
ing exposition.
One hundred thousand dollars
was recently paid for a seat as a
member of the New York stock ex
change.
Hon. J. B. McCreary, democrat,
has been elected United States sena
tor from Kentucky, to succeed Sena
tor Ueboe, republican.
The senate committee on com
merce lias reported favorably on a
bill creating a new cabinet office, the
member to be known as secretary of
commerce.
Gen. Gordon has officially an
nounced that all arrangements have
been completed for holding the next
Confederate reunion at Dallas, Tex.,
April 22 to 25.
There are but three countries
which now have a greater popula
tion than the United States, viz.,
China, the British empire and the
Russian empire.
A special committee from the sen
ate has reported on the Philippine
hemp scandal, exonerating all the of
ficers of the United States from the
charges preferred.
A committee of noted experts, af
ter a thorough examination, have re
ported that Czolgosz, the assassin ot
President McKinley, was undoubt
edly of sound mind.
Secretary Root, before the house
committee on military affairs, de
clared that it is absolutely necessa
ry that the present armed force K
maintained in the Philippines.
The census bureau has issued a re
port announcing that the popula
tion of the entire United States, in
cluding all outlying possessions, was
84,233,009 in the census year 1900.
Mr. Gallinger, chairman of the
committee on pensions, announces
that the committee lias decided to
present to the senate for considera
tion none but meritorious applica
tions.
Official statistics of the foreign
trade of the United Kingdom for
11)01 show a decrease, both in im
ports and exports. The year s im
ports were valued at £522,338,986,
a decrease of £836,177; and the ex
ports at £280,498.88!*, a decrease of
£10,693,107.
Cotton seed products have ad
vanced in price from January 1,
1901, to January 1, 1902, as fol
lows: Cotton seed meal, from $19
to $25 per ton; baled hulls from
$3.50 to $10 per ton; loose hulls
from $2.50 to $9. and cotton seed
meal from $1 to $1.30 per sack.
The value of mineral products of
the United States in 1900 exceeded
for the first time the billion-dollar
mark acocrding to the geological sur
vcv report on mineral resources,
which has just been issued. 1 he
figures were $1,08 <,603,606 a> com
pared with $971,900,894 in 1899, a
gain of $95,702,712, or 9:85 per
cent.
A formal offer to sell the Panama
canal properties to the l nited
States for the sum of $40,000,000
has been made to President lloosc
vclt, who will refer the matter to
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congress.
Hie Chinese emperor and court
re-entered Pekin on the 7th inst.
Fifteen miners lost their lives by
a cave-in at a coal mine near Ne
gaunee, Wis.
Masked men entered the National
Stock Yards bank at East St. Louis
and made a haul of $5,000.
Perry Belmont, democrat, was de
feated for congress from the seventh
New York district at a special elec
tion, by Montague Bossier, republi
can, the latter’s plurality being only
394 votes.
Col. Maristigan, Major Cabrera
and a renegade priest named Castil
lo, have surrendered unconditionally
to Gen. Bell, who is conducting the
campaign against the insurgents in
Batangas province, P. I. They had
control of the district of Toael, ex
tending westward to the sea. '
The Boer delegates in Holland ev
idently anticipate that some kind of
peace overtures will shortly be made
to the British, though they are reti
cent as to their reasons for this be
lief. They maintain, however, that
the demand for an unconditional
surrender must be abandoned.
The statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture estimates the
average yield per acre of wheat in
the United States in 1901 at 14.8
bushels, as compared with 12.3 bush
els in 1900, 12.3 bushels in 1899,
15.3 bushels in 1898 and 13.3 bush
els the mean of the average of the
past ten years.
The division of insular affairs of
the war department has made public
a statement showing that the total
customs revenues for the island of
Cuba during the eleven months end
ed November 30, 1901, were $14,
355,000, as compared with $14,505,
202 for the samd period of 1900, and
$13,373,557 for 1899.
Senator Hanna, of Ohio, had an
extended conference with President
Roosevelt one day last week. Many
contests over southern appointments
are referred to Senator Hanna as
chairman of the republican national
committee, and these matters were
under discussion. Senator Hanna
pronounced his interview very sat
isfactory.
Two local passenger trains col
lided in the New York Central tun
nel that burrows under Park avenue,
New York City. Sixteen passengers
were killed and thirty injured. The
engineer of one of the trains made
a mistake in orders. The scene of
the wreck was appalling, many of
the injured being.scalded to death by
escaping steam.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
reports that it has been fully dem
onstrated by experiments conducted
by his department that we can raise
in the country all the wf upper tobac
co necessary for domestic use, of as
fine a quality as can be grown in
Cuba. Last year the imports of
wrapper tobacco in the United States
amounted to $5,000,000, and of
filler $8,000,000.
Mrs. Kate Mason, oi Waco, lex.,
wife of John Mason, gave her life
to save her husband, who is a par
alytic. The house caught tire, and
Mrs. Mason remained with her hus
band until help came. Meantime
her clothing was ignited, and she
was burned to death. The heroic
woman, who pushed her husband to
the door while her body was envel
oped in flames, was 70 years old.
There were 135 lynehings in the
United States during 1901, eight
more than the preceding year. Of
these lynehings 131 are credited to
the south and fourteen to the north.
Of the total number 107 were ne
groes, twenty-six whites, one Indian
and one Chinaman. Thirty-nine
were charged with murder, nineteen
with criminal assault, nine with
murderous assault and eight with
attempted criminal assault, and the
others with various crimes. There
were eighty-two legal hangings in
the south and thirty-six in the north,
of whom seventy-one were negroes
and forty-one were whites. The
crimes for which they were executed
were: murder, 107; criminal as
sault, !); attempted criminal assault,
1, and train robbery, 1.
The;habeas corpus case before the
United States supreme court of 0.
M. Carter, serving a sentence in
Leavenworth for defrauding the gov
ernment while in charge of the pub
lic works at Savannah, Ga., has
been decided against the plaintiff,
and he will have to complete his
term.
The British was office gives the
number of Boers killed, wounded,
taken prisoners and the surrendered
at 18,320 men during the year 1901.
The British losses for the same pe
riod are placed at 9,113 killed,
wounded and taken prisoners; 4,090
died of disease, 15 officers and 342
men were accidentally killed and
25,800 men were invalided home.
The knifed .States supreme court
has confirmed the judgment of the
Ohio supreme court in the case of
the Capital City Dairy company vs.
the state of Ohio, involving the va
lidity of the Ohio statutes regulat
ing the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine. The case was de
cided in favor of the state, on the
ground that the oleomargarine stat
utes are a police regulation.
The United States supreme court
handed down an opinion holding as
valid the state constitution of Ken
tucky concerning long and short
hauls by railroad companies and
statutes enacted under tho provision
of the constitution. The case on
which the decision was rendered was
a proceeding against the Louisville
and Nashville railroad company,
which company was indicted undei
the law upon the charge of making a
greater charge for a short than for
a long haul, and a fine assessed.
The war department has received
from the Philippines copies of a re
markable proclamation signed with
the names of nine Americans, seven
of them stated as being in the Unit
ed States military service, inviting
American soldiers to desert and
join the ranks of the Filipino sol
diery. It has been discovered that
the signers were forced to affix their
names to the document while held
prisoners by insurgents. One of the
men had been found guilty of trea
son. but when the true facts were
made known Gen. Chaffee set the
verdict aside.
The state department has receiv
ed from Consul Monoghan, at Chem
nitz, under date of November 27, a
report on the world’s shipbuilding
for 1900. The total number of ves
sels of 100 registered tons and over
built during that year, according to
German returns, was 319 sailing
and 960 steam vessels, with a total
tonnage of 2,268,938. England and
her colonies head the list of ship
building countries at the close of
1900 with 698 ships, the United
States ranks next with 197. and
then follow Germany with 90,
France with 65 and Italy with 37.
The French protectorate of Tunis
will shortly issue many thousand cir
culars for circulation among the
southern negroes of the United
States, through the agency of the
society for the encouragement of em
igration to Tunis, which hopes to
attract to that country a class of
skilled agriculturalists. The French
colonizers' society, which has lately
been making great efforts to per
suade unemployed French youths to
emigrate to Tunis, believes that there
are hundreds of negroes dissatisfied
with the United States and longing
for an opportunity to emigrate to
some new and profitable field.
The lower house of congress pass
ed the Hepburn Nicaraguan canal
bill by a vote of 30S to 2. An effort
to incorporate an amendment au
thorizing the president to purchase
and complete the Panama canal
failed. The bill authorizes the pres
ident to secure from the states of
t'osta Rica and Nicaragua in behalf
of the United States control of such
a portion of the territory belonging
to said states as may be desirable
and necessary in which to excavate,
construct and prospect a canal suit
able to the wants of modern naviga
tion and commerce, and appropriates
such a sum as may be necessary to
secure the control of said territory.
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NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Washington County Settlement.
A settlement has been made be
tween Washington county and the
state of Arkansas, under the terms
of the act of 1901, in connection
with the mutual indebtedness grow
ing out of the location of the state
university at Fayetteville over thir
ty years ago. Under the act of 1871
Washington county issued bonds to
the amount of $100,000 to secure
the location of the university at
Fayetteville, said bonds being held
by the state as a part of the perma
nent endowment fund of the univer
sity, and becoming due and payable
January 1, 1902. Washington coun
ty held $88,500 in 3 per cent thirty
year bonds of the state, refunded' un
der the act of May 8, 1899. In or
der to bring about a settlement the
last legislature passed an act pro
viding for the transfer of the bonds.
Washington county delivered to the
state treasurer the state bonds in the
sum of $88,500, and the sum of
$11,517.50 in cash, with the accrued
interest on the bonds to the date of
delivery, amounting in the aggregate
to $101,000. State Treasurer Tip
ton thereupon surrendered to Coun
ty Treasurer Baird the $100,000
bonds issued by Washington county.
The act of 1901 provides that the
state treasurer shall invest the cash
paid to him by the Washington
county treasurer in state 3 per cent
funding bonds of 1899, such bonds,
together with the bonds delivered
by the county treasurer, to be held
ns a permanent endowment fund of
the University of Arkansas, ihe in
terest thereon to be paid annually
to the treasurer of the university,
and shall be expended for the use
and benefit of the university.
From Manager Milan.
To the Chairman of the County
Board of World's Fair Commis
sioners :
Dear Sir—Having established
world’s fair headquarters in the sen
ate chamber of the capitol, we are
now in a position to begin active
work toward securing for the world's
fair an exhibit that will be in keep
ing with our vast resources and re
flect credit upon the state and' its
citizens. I would be glad if you
would inform me what progress your
county has made in the organization
of its commissioners, and if already
organized, what steps have been tak
en, so that I may have an idea of
the amount of work that is to be
done. It is my intention to pay a
visit to the different counties in the
interest of this great work, and if
you will advise me as to the best time
to see your commissioners I will en
deavor to be on hand and confer with
you. Trusting that you will furnish
me with this information at an ear
ly date, and holding myself ready
to aid you in any manner, I am,
yours very truly,
Thos. W. Milan, Manager.
State Treasurer’s Report.
Tlie report of State Treasurer EL
C. Tipton for the quarter ending De
cember 31, 1901, shows the follow
ing balances on hand to the credit
of the respective funds on January
1, 1902:
General revenue ...
Common School ...
State eapitol.
Permanent school ..
Swamp land.
Internal improvement
Confederate pension.
Sinking fund.
Tax due counties ...
Tax due cities ....
Penitentiary deposit.
State school interest.
Direct tax.
$ 240,366.43
21,807.50
36,192.02
2,062,802.45
49,076.22
61,866.30
945.11
146,780.62
17,379.04
727.78
10.164.40
585.93
419.93
S. currency.$
bounty scrip.
Ditv scrip .
Auditor's certificates
jov. Jones’ notes...
rhrec pei’ cent bonds
Ehree per cent coupons
$2,649,116.73
Kecapitulation.
477,252.19
9,293.36
65.73
549.50
103,915.95
1,118,500.00
939,540.00
$2,649,116.73
Governor’s Proclamation,
Gov. Davis lias issued the follow
ing proclamation:
To All Whom These Presents .Shall
Come—Greeting:
January 29 inst. will be the birth
day of our late lamented president,
William McKinley, and should be
observed in a fitting manner.
The Xational Memorial Associa
tion is urging contributions from all
sources, and it is hoped that some
liberal responses will follow; that a
memorial will soon be erected which
will fittingly honor the memory of
our martyred president, and at the
same time will honor those who will
give aid to this most praiseworthy
cause.
Therefore, in obedience to a re
quest made by the Hon. William 11.
Day, president of the McKinley Xa
tional Memorial Association, 1 ear
nestly request that upon the 29th
day of January the school- and
churches of Arkansas will conduct
special services, and take up contri
butions for this monument fund, the
contributions when collected to be
transmitted to the Hon. H. L. Rem
mel, Little Hock, Ark.
In witness whereof I have here
unto signed my hand and caused to
be affixed the great seal of the state
at the executive chamber at the city
of Little I!ock, on this, the 7th day
of January, 1902.
Jefferson Davis,
Governor of Arkansas.
Criminal Record for 1901.
Clio Harper, in the Little Hock
Democrat, publishes a careful com
pilation of the criminal statistics of
the state for the past year. During
the period noted, there were four
lynchings, as follows: February 19
—Pete Berryman, colored, Mona, fot
assault on a child; March 22—
George C’heeverie, murder; April C
—May Hearn, Osceola, murder:
June 3—John Malloy, Hamburg.
! horse-stealing. There was a consid
erable increase over the year pre
ceding in the number of liimicides,
and there wore fourteen legal exe
cutions. whereas there was only one
in 1900. The per cent of justifi
able homicides is very large, in many
instances the killing having been
done in clear self-defense. In some
instances the guilty parties are now
in the shadow of the gallows, while
1 many of the assassinations have never
been solved and are likely to remain
a mystery for all time. In many
othe^- cases convictions have been had
for murder in the lower degrees, and
sentences pronounced ranging from
one month to life imprisonment.
Below is a comparative statement
of the past four years:
1901. 1900. 1899. 1898.
Murders ..227 100 255 149
Suicides . . 48 40 50 55
Lynch ings .4 2 9 11
Executions. 14 1 2 7
Land Commissioner’s Report.
The report of State Land Commis
sioner J. \Y. Colquitt for the quar
ter ending December 31, 1901. shows
the receipts to have been $16,
788.61, of which $13,283.17 was in
United States currency and $3,
1)05.44 in county scrip. It is as
follows: Fees, $2,822.25; Swamp
land sold, 1,394.64 acres, $1,723.34 ;
Internal improvement land sold,
220.33 acres, $275.41; Saline land
sold, 40 acres, $50; real estate
bank land sold, SO acres, $100: for
feited land sold, 7,926.01 acres, $9,
907.54; forfeited land redeemed, 10,
217.51 acres, $1,740.96; forfeited
town lots sold, $169.11; forfeited
land donated, 20,264.44 acres; for
feited land deeded to actual settlers,
10,496.73 acres; total, 50,639.68
acres, $16,788.61.
The Pardon Record.
The records of the secretary of
state’s office show that during 1901
there were issued about 370 par
dons, remissions of tines and restor
ations to citizenship. Of this num
ber Gov. Jones issued 70 during the
eighteen days he was in office prior
to the inauguration of Gov. Jeff
Davis. The other 300 have been
granted by Gov. Davis.
Reward for Escaped Murderer.
Gov. Davis has offered a reward
of $300 for the arrest and delivery
of James Buchanan, who stands con
victed of murder. He was indicted
in May, 1880, for the murder of
N. D. Sadler, a prominent citizen
and once representative of Franklin
county. A change of venue was
taken to Conway count}', where he
was convicted of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to be executed.
He was transferred to Dardanelle
for safe-keeping, and soon after es
caped, and has been at large ever
since. lie is now believed to be in
Texas.
Site Selected.
Col. Whittaker, president of the
world’s fair directory, visited St.
Louis last week and selected 400
feet front by 300 back, on which
the Arkansas exhibit will be shown
in the most conspicuous and best el
evated portion of Forest park, and
in close proximity of the St. Louis
building. The appropriation of
$30,000 allowed by the last legisla
ture will be swelled by private sub
scription, and it is the intention to
erect a $250,000 building, in which
all the valuable undeveloped re
sources of the state will be shown
to their best advantage.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The receipts of the internal rev
enue office for Arkansas for the past
two years were as follows:
January .
February
March ...
April ...
May
June
July ....
August ..
September
October .
November
December
1900.
$23,077.76
16,235.09
20,596.72
16,852.30
17.408.80
31,334.38
30,986.77
19,961.25
17,949.50
22,899.64
24,883.47
29,394.45
1901.
$25,185.09
18,394.61
20,921.77
16,417.56
15,103.35
23,037.74
34,320.10
15,718.46
9,316.68
12,890.79
10,532.14
17,314.66
Fire at New Lewisville.
An entire block of frame build
ings at New Lewisville were destroy
ed by fire on the 9th. The fire orig
inated in the building occupied by
the Ogilvie Mercantile Company and
spread to the Walker Hotel and K.
of P. building, and then to Morgan
& Wheats. All the property was
partially insured.
Horrible Death of Convict.
Remus Smith, a county convict,
met a horrible death at the camp
near Fayetteville. The prisoners
wore use gasoline as a disinfecant.
Smith’s body was saturated with the
fluid, and in lighting a cigarette
from a lantern the fluid ignited. He
was instantly enveloped in flames.
BRIEF MENTION.
Over $1,000,000 in cash was paid
to fruit growers of Benton county
for last season’s crop.
Charles Perry, a hrakoman on the
Arkansas Southwestern, was killed
accident]lv at Delight.
The state horticultural society will
meet in annual convention at Fay
etteville on the 23d inst.
W. B. Kendrick, from this state,
has been promoted to a second lieu
tenancy in the regular army.
L. L. Lindsey, a night watchman
at Hamburg, was found dead in a
ditch, with a bullet hole through hi.
head.
Caleb Jackson and Jesse Montague
got into an altercation at Claren
don. when the former cut the lat
ter's throat.
At Ogeman, a negro named Kufe
Green attempted to kill two white
men and was himself shot twice and
placed under arrest.
The residence of Henry Dean,
Miles Simmons and James B. John
son at Helena were destroyed by
fire on the 4th. The loss is placed
at $15,000.
Fire at Hot Springs destroyed a
two-story frame building belonging
to Col. Whittington, occupied by
Bradheld & Co., a bakery, and -Ujo . j
second story as a rooming house.
Martin Henckland and Jim Wil
lis arc under arrest, suspected of be
ing the parties who burned a num- A |
her of residences in Lincoln and
Cleveland counties Christine-* week. -
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