VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1907.
NO. 45.
ARKANSAS
Estate news?
Boys Touch Off Gas Well.
With a roar that could be heard for
miles, and which shattered the great
derrick, a gas well, the property of
Harry Kelly of the Mansfield Gas
Company, on Massard Prairie, five
and one-half miles southeast of Fort
Smith exploded recently. Immediate
ly the well caught fire, and a blaze
varying from 30 to 100 feet in'height
lights the country around by night.
A party of boys at play touched off
a leaking gas pipe and started the
first great fire in this gas field. The
burning well Is the second largest in.
the field, and has a capacity of 3,
000,000 to 4,000,000 feet of gas per
day. No steps have as yet been
taken to stop the blaze, but it is
probably that measures will be tried
early next week. The fire is spec
tacular in the extreme, and people
from far and near are driving to the
vicinity of the blaze, which may be
plainly seen for ten miles over the
level reaches.
State Board Trade.
The State Board of Trade which
was recently organized in Little
Rock, has for its object the looking
after of the material development of
the resources of the States, and is
composed of representatives from all
' over Arkansas. The presidents of
the various local organizations com
pose the vice-presidents of the State
organization. Other officers are:
Geo. W. Rogers, Little Rock, presi
dent: Robt. J. Brown, Little Rock,
secretary; C. T. Cooley, Hot Springs,
assistant secretary; Robt. E. Wait,
Little Rock, treasurer; B. F. McRae,
Malvern, Hamp Williams, Hot
Springs, J. T. Maxey, Ozark, Steve
Carrigan, Hope, E. A. Schicker, Cam
den, hoard of directors.
New Line Opened.
Regular freight traffic over the
Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad from
Nashville to White Cliffs, has been
inaugurated, and regular passenger ser
vice will be put on frotn Nashville
to Ashdown by October 15. It is con
ceded by railroad men that this road is
the best short line in the state, the
road being constructed without any
steep grades or sharp curves and the
roadbed ballasted with 18 inches of
gravel. The monogram which will be
put on the cars of the line will signi
fy, “the diamond route,” the new’ dia
mond fields of Pike county being on
the proposed extension of the line.
Shot Man Through Mistake.
In company with a number of local
sportsmen Fred White, aged 20, of
Benton, was hunting deer near Bloch
er recently. A man by the name of
Beatty was also hunting, and not be
ing aware of the presence of others,
and getting a glimpse of young White
clad in brown duck, mistook him for
a deer and fired. A number of buck
shot entered the body of young White,
one breaking his neck, another pierc
ing his heart, causing instant death.
Beatty is almost a maniac over the
deed.
Unconscious By Roadside.
A distressing accident occurred
near the home of Justice and Mrs. W.
F. Stewart, six miles southeast of
Lexa, when their pretty 12-year-old
ghl. Ida, while riding horseback, was
thrown from the animal. She struck
on her head and sustained injuries
which may prove fatal. At the time
of the accident the child was some
distance from the public road and
she laid unconscious an hour or more
before she was found by her father.
Maj. J. R. Montgomery Dead.
^Major J. R. Montgomery, who was
‘ i years old, died at Jacksonville re
cently. Major Montgomery was a Re
publican attorney general of Arkan
sas during reconstruction days. He
was elected to office in 18G8 and
served the State in the capacity of
attorney general for four years.
Took Prize in Kansas.
M S. McCartney of Glenwood,
^ ashington county, received word a
few days ago that a plate of hi3 apples
exhibited at the Franklin county fair,
held at Ottawa, Kan., had been award
ed a prize over apples competing‘from
t-olcrado and other states.
Murdered and Robbed.
J- W. Cromwell of Painter was
fobbed and murdered near Hoxie re
j'ent’y. ar>d his dead body, with the
end almost crushed lntoi a pulp, was
ound lying near the railroad track.
*s Murderers are still at large.
Thrown from Moving Train. -
C,uy E. Leary, a prominent business
an °f Marianna, while stepping from
a moving passenger train, made a mis
cl>, anc* got off the wrong way, and
as thrown against some ties and
abstained several injuries.
Killed By Mule'a Kick.
Abner Hargis, Sr., was found lying
in an unconscious condition in the sta
ble at his home in Mammoth Spring
from the effects of the kicks of a mule.
Mr. Hargis, who was one of the oldest
settlers in Fulton county, is supposed
to have secreted ‘a large amount of
ready cash somewhere about his tome.
He was found by his wife, who, know
ing that the money had been secreted,
repeatedly asked her husband where it
had been hidden, but he was unable
to answer her and died without an
swering.
Interurban Project.
Signatures are being taken to a pro
posed incorporation of an electric
company to build a trolley line con
necting Huntsville, Springdale, Fay
etteville and intermediate points by a
trolley line. At Hindsville and Whit
ener great interest is manifested in
it, and stock is being taken at Spring
dale also. One citizen proposes to
grade several miles of the line out of
Springdale at his expense.
Hurt In Pistol Duel.
Rivals in the race for the hand of a
young lady of Blanchard, La., J. W. P.
Scott and James Powell, engaged in a
pistol duel on the platform of the sta
tion at Blanchard recently. Powell was
slightly injured and Scott received
wounds which may prove fatal. Scott
whose home is at Texarkana was tak
en there for treatment.
W. A. H. McDaniel Destitute.
A letter has been received by the
Little Rock friends of W. A. H. Mc
Daniel, formerly president of the Ar
kansas Press Association, and a
newspaper man well known in this
State, saying that he is lying in a
Chilean hospital, penniless and
mained for life. “Three attempts
have been made to kill me," he
writes. “The last almost successful.”
He does not tell details of the at
tempts to assassinate. He asks that
credentials of American citizenship
be sent to the United States consul
at Antofagasta, Chile, where he now
is, and this will be done. Mr. Mc
Daniel was formerly editor of the
Wynne Democrat at Wynne. He left
Arkansas some four years ago, tried
mining in the West, lost everything
he had and afterward went to Chile.
Court Has Big Docket.
Three hundred and twenty-fonir
cases are docketed to be tried in the
Garland Circuit Court, which is In
session at Hot Springs. One hundred
and eight of these are criminal cases
and the remainder, 216 civil suits.
There ure only two murder cases on
the docket, while there were 12 hom
icides in the year 1906. During the
approaching term there will come up
the contest case of S. A. Buchanan vs.
R. L. Williams for the office of sheriff.
Big Zinc Find.
Prospectors in the southern portion
of Boone county, and in the northern
part of Newton county are reported to
have discovered large deposits of zinc
in those sections. Companies with
ample capital are said to be organ
izing for the purpose of developing
the properties. Many options are be
ing taken on tracts of land in th030
localities.
Readjusting Assessment.
The Crawford County Equalization
Board is readjusting nearly all the
assessments in that county. The
board is going over the entire list,
both real and personal, and many
changes are being made.
Board Raises Assessments.
The Board of Equalization of Neva
da county has raised the assessments
In that county $200,000. It is believed
the increase will be about $500,000
before the board adjourns.
Boll Weevil at Work.
Boll worms are reported to be do
ing a great deal of damage to cotton
in a part of Jackson county near
Newark. An entire field of cotton
belonging to C. C. Burgess in the
Hickory Grove neighborhood is said
to have been completely destroyed
by the pests.
Accidentally Shot.
Lop Sanders, an employe of the
Ozan Lumber Company at Prescott,
accidentally shot himself while out
hunting. He will recover.
WHICH WAY WILL HE GOT
CAN PLACE ALIENS
THREE STATES NEED OVER A
MILLION SETTLERS.
POSITIONS FOR 256,400 PERSONS
Bureau of Immigration Will Distribute
Circulars in Several Languages
Setting Forth Opportunties.
Washington, D. C. — Torence V.
Powderly, chief of the division of in
formation of the bureau of immigra
tion, has made an important report
showing the nature a*J extent of the
work of the division since its estab
lishment two months ago.
Already the division has information
certifying that places can be provided
for 256,400 men, women and children
at wages ranging from $3 per week to
$3.50 per day. From the commission
ers of agriculture of three states
comes the information that an aggre
gate of 1,020,600 settlers on lands are
needed in their states. Through cor
respondence complete and accurate
details for the placing of these set
tiers are now being obtained.
It is proposed to distribute this in
formation in circulars and pamphlets
printed in several foreign languages
in order that incoming aliens may
have the direct benefit of it.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Minnesota Business Man Is Charged
with Killing His Mistress.
Winona, Minn.—Adolph Munson,
who is a business man of Albert
Lea, was arrested Monday night on
the charge of murdering a woman with
whom he had been living. Her name
is Mrs. Clifford Julian, and it is said
that she came from Iowa. During the
dinner hour Monday night at the Com
mercial hotel the guests were startled
by a pistol shot on the second floor.
Mrs. Julian rushed from the room,
blood streaming from her breast and
shouting, “my husband has killed me.”
An investigation showed that the wom
an had been shot through the heart.
She died while being taken to the hos
pital. Munson declares that the shoot
ing was accidental and that the wom
an killed herself.
GETS $29,000 FROM SCHMITZ.
Lawyer Says That’s the Reason He
Defended Frisco Mayor.
—
San Francisco, Cal.—Eugene F.
Schmitz, San Francisco’s convicted
mayor, paid J. C. Campbell, attorney
for him at his recent trial, $29,000.
The quoting of these figures is the
answer that Mr. Campbell made to a
sensitive friend as to why he ever let
himself get into such a case as the
defense of Schmitz.
Woman Wanted for Embezzlement.
Newburyport, Mass.—Miss Bertha
A. Goodwin, who has practiced
law here and in near-by cities, was
placed under arrest Tuesday night at
the request of the police of Pittsburg,
Pa. The police authorities here vere
informed that Miss Goodwin is want
ed in Pittsburg on charges of embez
zlement. and Tuesday night went to
her apartments. The |oman was not
found at the house, bij^was later dis
covered running across a field towards
some woods, where she was captured.
Mexicans Charged with Murder.
Los nAgeles, Cal.—Antonio Villa
real, Ricardo Flores Magon and
Librado Riviera, alleged Mexican rev
olutionists, were released from cus
tody by the police on the charges of
criminal libel and resisting officers,
only to be immediately rearrested on
the charge of having murdered an
unidentified man and robbing the post
office at Jiminese, Mex. Antonio Lo
zano, Mexican consul, swore to the
affidavits.
PARROT SAVES MISTRESS’ LIFE.
Calls “Help, Help; Somebody Come
Quick!” After Accident.
Atlantic City, N. J.—The cry
of “Help, help; somebody come
quick!” shouted by a pet parrot be
longing to Miss E. M. Bowen, sum
moned assistance when the bird’s
mistress tumbled down a stairway in
the Champion apartment house.
The woman was found in a heap at
the foot of the stairway, while the
parrot, which had been perched on
her shoulder, was walking about its
mistress, lamenting '.he accident' in
loud wails.
The fall had made a deep cut in the
back of Miss Bowen's head and she
might have bled to death but for the
alarm given by her pet.
LUSITANIA OUTCLASSED.
New Cunard Liner, the Mauretania,
Starts on First Trial Trip.
London, Eng.—The Cunard liner
Mauretania left her builders’ yard at
Wallsend Monday for her first speed
trials off the Tyne. Afterward she
will return for her final fittings and
furnishings. She is 790 feet long,
compared with the Lusitania’s 787.
She will have accommodations for 5C0
first-class, 500 second-class and 1,400
third-class passengers. Her crew will
number 800, making her total comple
ment 3.2C0. Her gross tonnage is 32,
200. Her maximum draught will be
37!£ feet.
SHOOTING SPLITS IOWA TOWN.
Leeds All Torn Up Over Pight of Man
to Protect Melon Patch.
Sioux City, Iowa—The suburb ol
Leeds is excited over the shotting
of Roy Holt, a fourteen-year-old
boy, by Thomas R. Chubb, who was
protecting his melon patch with a
gun. The town is divided into two
bitter factions, one of which seeks
to send the boy to the reform school
and the other demands that Chubb bt
sent to the penitentiary. While mass
meetings are being held by both tac
tions the victim of the shooting lies
in a hospital in a critical couditon.
Refused to Marry; Killed.
New York, N. Y.—Because she
had persistently refused to marry
him, Henry Fischner, a baker, shot
and instantly killed Miss Johanna
Hoffman and then killed himseli. The
shootl tg took place in the presence of
several persons in a bakery and lunch
room in Tenth avenue, of which Miss
Hoffman’s uncle is the proprietor.
When the girl fell and several men
rushed at him, Fischner shot himself
in the head.
Attempts tfc Kill Her Mother.
Laporte, Ind. — Mrs. Hattie Belle
Teeter, who was recently ad
judged insane, became possessed of
the idea that she was called to kill
her mother, and under this delusion
made a murderous assault on the
aged woman, crushing her skull and
inflicting injuries that will probably
prove fatal.
Kidnaper Kills Himself.
Norfolk, Va.—Rather than spend
twenty years in the North Carolina
penitentiary for kidnaping, Joshua
Harrison took his own life in the
New Gladstone hotel here. Harrison
was convicted in Elizabeth City, N.
C., in February, 1905, for kidnaping
Kenneth Beasley, young son of State
Senator Beasley of Williamstown.
Requisition for Alleged Bandits.
Lincoln, Neb.—County Attorney Tyr
rell has secured a requisition for
the three • alleged railway bandits
arrested at Sioux City, la. They gave
their names as J. B. Bailey, J. Wil
liams and N. M. Hubbell. They are
accused of robbing passengers of the
Rock Island limited near Murdock sev
eral weeks ago.
HOLDS 2-CENT FARE LAW CRIME.
Pennsylvania Judge, in Knocking It
Out, Uses Strong Language.
Harrisburg, Penn.—The 2-cent fare
law enacted at the recent session
of the Pennsylvania legislature was
adjudged invalid, unconstitutional and
void in its application to the Susque
hanna River & Western Railway Co,
which connects Duncaunon and Bloom
field, in an opinion delivered at Bloom
field by Judge Sliu“ of the Perry
county court. The law, he declared
in his decree, is a caprice of a legisla
ture, “many of whose members, with
out rhyme or reason, facts or figures,
information or reputation, pledged to
perform the act in the name of ‘Re
form,’’’ and that “we might say of re
form as was said by Mme. Roland of
Liberty in the days of the French rev
olution: ‘Oh, Liberty, Liberty, how
many crimes are committed in thy
name.’ ’’
WILL MAKE ALCOHOL ON FARMS.
Agricultural Department at Work on
Experiments 'o This End.
Washington, D. C.—“I believe a
method will be devised whereby de
natured alcohol may be successfully
made on the farm,” said Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson. "The department
is now collecting ai available informa
tion concerning the industry and in a
few months will issue a report em
bodying it. Out in the northwest ex
periments are being conducted to de
termine the most profitable crops to
be used in the manufacture of de
natured alcohol. I have confidence
that our people v ill master all the
problems that are presented and that
denatured alcohol as a fuel for heat
ing and lighting purposes will be a suc
cess upon our farms.”
ORIENTALS FIGHT AT SEA.
Dozen of Japs and Chinese Wounded;
Many Others in irons.
San Francisco, Cal.—With a doz
en of its 150 Oriental passengers
suffering from wounds so serious that
a number of deaths are expected, and
several more in irons, the bark Elec
tra reached port Saturday, after a voj*
age of almost continuous battle be
tween 150 Chinese and Japanese taken
on board at Huhagak, Alaska. The
fighting began almost before the Elec
tra got to sea, and continued until
port was reached.
Storm Drove Huntress Back.
Washington, D. C.—The navy de
department received a message from
the commandant of the navy yard at
Pensacola, stating that the converted
yacht Huntress, which is manned by
a crew of Missouri naval m'liiiamen,
sailed from the yard on the 17th, but
was obliged by bad weather to put
about, and only Wednesday evening
was able to get away again for New
Orleans.
Maxim Gorky Reported Married.
New York, N. Y.—That Maxim
Gorky and Mme. Andrieva. the wom
an who accompanied him on his trip
to America, are now married, is the
news brought by Harold MacGrath,
the author, who arrived on the sieam
er Finland. Dr. MacGrath has his
wife spent the summer on the island
of Capri, near where Gorky now l’ves,
and he states positively that the mar
riage has taken place.
Stole Photograph from Queen.
Copenhagen, Denmark.—On search
ing the house of a telephone work
man who had been found guilty of
theft, the police found, among other
things, a framed photograph of King
Christian, inscribed to .Queen Alex- j
andra. The man admits having stolen j
it while working on board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, during the
queen's visit to Copenhagen.
Rules Indians May Cut Own Timber,
Milwaukee,. Wisconsin.—Indictments
against forty members of the Stock
bridge tribe of Indians, charged with
cutting reservation timber, were
nolled by Judge Quarles in the United
States court. It has been held that
the cutting of standing timber from
reservation lands by Indians belonging
to tribes which own such lands Is
qot a violation of law.
Carrie Nation “Disorderly.”
W’asington, D. C. — Mrs. Carrie
Nation was arrested and locked up to
answer to the charge in the police
court of “disorderly conduct.” Mrs.
Nation refused, when requested by an
officer, to stop lecturing to 200 men
from the steps of the postoffice de
partment.
Morgan Denies Union Pacific Purchase
New York, N Y.—Ji P. Morgan
authorized a denial that he or the
banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co.
has taken over 600,000 shares of
Union Pacific railroad stock from
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., supposed to he
owned by Henry H. Rogers of the
Standard Oil Co.
KILLS "AFFINITY”
MARRIED MAN, SUSPECTING A
RIVAL, SLAYS GIRL.
VICTIM PREVENTS SUICIDE
Young Woman Was Soon to Inherit
$100,000 Under the Will of
Her Father.
New York, N. Y. — Draga Siegel,
an heiress of twenty years and daugh
ter of a colonel of the Austrian army,
now dead, was fatally shot Wednes
day night by Julius Hoffman, a mar
ried man and formerly a lieutenant of
Col. Seigel's regiment. The tragedy
was the outcome of jealousy on the
part of Hoffman, who, after shooting
Miss Seigel, tried to shoot himself,
but was prevented by the dying girl.
Hoffman and his wife came to
America in January, 1906, and the lat
ter worked as a dressmaker in this
city. Soon afterwards Miss Seigel,
who had lived with the Hoffmans ia
Austria after her father's death, came
to New York.
The wife three months ago began
divorce proceedings and instituted a
suit against Miss Seigel for $15,000
damages for alienating the affections
of her husband.
Recently Hoffman suspected that he
had a rival in the young woman's af
fections and Wednesday went to her
apartment, demanding that she tell
him the name of the man who had
supplanted him in her life. Miss
Seigel protested that she loved only
Hoffman. After threatening her with a
pistol for half an hour, Hoffman shot
Miss Seigel twice and as he told the
police, placed the muzzle of the pis
tol in his mouth, intending to kill
himself. Before he could pull the
trigger, he says Miss Seigel sprang
upon him to stop him and in the strug
gle that ensued the pistol was dis
charged and the bullet lodged in Miss
Seigel's head, inflicting a mortal
wound.
Miss Seigel was taken to a hospital
still declaring her love for Hoffman.
She would have come into an inheri
tance of $100,000 a year hence.
WAR ON MODERNISM
Churchmen Declare It Is to Be Fought
to the Last Ditch.
Paris. France.—Pope Pius X.'s de
nunciation of “modernism” marks an
epoch in the Catholic church’s history,
in the opinion of the Roman clergy
throughout Europe.
From Pope Leo's policy of half
measures, the present pontiff has bro
ken away forever. Extending toward
the whole world his attitude in the
warfare between the church and the
French government, his followers
point out, Pius stands rather for bat
tle to the last ditch than for any
compromise, which, in his opinion, en
dangers the integrity of the church’s
dogmas.
CHURCH DRAWS A COLOR LINE.
Ohio Methodists Vote Separate Bish
ops for Different Races.
Columbus, Ohio.—The Central Ohio
conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church, in session here, dis
posed of three most important ques
tions in short order. By a vote of 140
to 17, the conference decided in favor
of separate bishops for races and lan
guages. By a vote of 11G to 49, the
conference voted in favor of return
ing to the old time limit as to tenure
of pastors with churches. After .taking
this vote a motion to express it as the
sense of the conference that the time
limit be fixed at five years was unani
mously adopted.
No Change in Moroccan Situation.
Paris, France. — Premier Clemen
ceau announced Friday night that
there was no change in the Moroccan
situation. The reply of the Moorish
tribesmen to the peace temi3 of
Fiance has been delayed to such an
extent that the government enter
tains but little hope that the various
tribes will record their complete sub
mission, and General Drude, the com
mander of the Grench forces, is ready
to assume the offensive with vigor at
any moment.
Greek Legation in Washington.
Washington, D. C.—The large In
crease In the flow of Grecian immigra
tion into the United States is believed
to be the reason for the decision of
the government at Athens to establish
a Greek legation in Washington.- The
state department has not been official
ly advised of that decision.
Lost Woman Found,
St. Louis, Mo.—Indians and vet
eran guides of the Grand Canon of the
Colorado found and rescued Mrs.
Chas. F. Joy, wife of the recorder
of deeds of St. Louis, after she had
wandered for a day and a night in the
forest skirting the rim of Arizona’s
great chasm.