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c. W. KRAMER, Editor.
M’CRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY,
AUGUST 15, 1901.
VOL. I.—NO. 20.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL ANI) POLITICAL.
On the 8th David B. Henderson,
speaker of the United Status house
of representatives, left Berlin for
Dresden and Vienna.
Jlon. Richard Bartholdt, of St.
Louis, and J. Brueker have begun
work in Berlin in the interest of the
St, Louis exposition of 1903. They
will see the oilieials and leading edi
tors and explain the plans and scope
of the undertaking. It is believed
me uerinans win take a greater
interest in this exposition than they
took in the one held in Chicago, owing
to the immense development of trade
between Germany and the United
States since 1S93.
On the 9th President Samuel Gom
pers pledged the American Federation
of Labor to the support of the Amal
gamated association. After a confer
ence with President Shaffer lasting
for the greater part of two days, he
issued a statement specifically uphold
ing the position of the Amalgamated
association and pledging the moral
and financial support of the federa
tion in the strike in progress against
the United States Steel corporation.
On the 9th, at Medicine Lodge, Kas.,
Uavid Nation, through his attorney,
brought suit for divorce from Mrs.
Carrie Nation, the temperance cru
sader. In his petition Mr. Nation,
who is now visiting in Iberia, ()., al
leges that his wife held him up to pub
lic ridicule, neglected her family du
ties and abandoned his home.
On the 9th a party of capitalists,
headed bv Albert K. Smith, of Milwau
kee, closed a deal at Omaha, Neb.,
with the Union Pacific, liailroad Co.'s
land departmen , whereby they be
come possessors of 30,000 acres of
grazing land in Lincoln county in
that state. The land is located near
the Gothersburg irrigation canal, a
few miles north of Gothersburg.
On the 9th Victor, Col., gave an en
thusiastic welcome to Vice-President
Roosevelt, fully ten thousand persons
participating. When the vice-presi
dent and party arrived on a special
train over the Short Line road, they
were greeted by blasts of giant pow
der and hundreds of steam whistles
from shaft houses all over the dis
trict.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The protracted drought in Russia
has extended the area of the crop
damage, which includes the Baltic
provinces. In the west Siberian and
Volga provinces a.n almost total crop
failure is expected.
On the 8tli a disastrous wind storm
struck Portsmouth, N. H., causing the
death of two persons on Seavers is
land, and injuring half a dozen oth
ers.
On the 811i light showers were gen*
eral over the eastern half of Nebras
ka, followed by a drop in tempera
lure. ’I he rain will promote fall
plowing and benefit pastures.
Hereafter the Russian government
will limit the number of Jewish stu
dents in Russian universities to three,
per cent, of the total number of stu
dents, except in the University of
Moscow, where they are entirely pro
hibited.
On the Sth the International Asso
ciation of Botanists, at Geneva, Switz
erland, completed its work. The ar
ticles of association were agreed upon
in principle, and were handed over '
to a committee to be drafted. The
next congress will meet in Vienna dur
ing the year 1905. Americans present
were Prof. AYm. Gilson Farlow, of 1
Harvard university; Prof. Thomas
Duncan, of Baltimore; Mr. Schrenk, i
of St. Louis, and Mr. Murrill, of New
York. (
On the 10th R. G. Dun & Co. re- :
ported; “Failures for the week were ■
173 in the United States, against 177 .
last year, and 31 in Canada, again 23
last year.”
Lawton (Okla.) town lots are sell
ing for a figure which exceeds the ]
most ardent expectations. The aver
age for 55 lots sold on the 8th was
$500. On the 9th the first corner in
the block north of the land office sold
for $900, and the average for the first ,
five lots sold was $360.
In his annual report the auditor
for the navy department shows that
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1C01, there were settled 6,693 accounts
and claims. During the same period
t here were examined 159,658 vouchers, ,
while the amounts allowed were $74,
549,116, as against $61,971,000 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1900,
Thr statement of the treasury bal
xnecs in the genera! fund, exclusive of
lie $150,000,000 gold reserve in the di
ision of redemption, issued on the
ith, showed: Available cash balance,
>1V6,812,511; gold, $102,398,760.
rlhe Eepublic of Nicaragua is left,
or the present, without banking fa
cilities, through a i tiling of the su
ireme court of that country that the
-ondon Bank of Central America,
td., has no legal status in Nicaragua,
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Kncke’s comet was observed, on (he
11th, by Dr. Wm. It. Brooks, at
Smith’s observatory, Geneva, N. Y.
The comet is in contella-taon Gemini,
in the eastern morning sky. Its po
sition, on the morning of the 11th,
was right ascension 6h, 35m, 30s, and
declination north 31 degrees, 17 min
utes. The comet-is moving in a south
easterly direction and approaching
the sun. It is increasing in bright
ness, but is not visible without a tele
scope.
The directors of the Dold Packing
Co., at a meeting in Buffalo, N. Y.,
decided to rebuild their Wichita (Kas.)
plant, recently destroyed by fire
When the news was announced in
Wichita, on the 11th, whistles were
blown and bells were rung. The planl
was destroyed over two months ago
entailing a loss of $750,000.
J. II. Woods, the prize winner in the
121 ml 1 of torv. wTin nlniinp<1 n cti’ir
along1 the Lawton town site to the
prejudice of Miss Mattie Beals, the
Kansas telephone girl, has appealed
to ex-Gov. Iticliards, who conducted
the opening, to have government
troops put the trespassers off his
homestead.
The bond of Walter N. Dimmick
former chief clerk of the United
States mint at San Francisco, who is
under arrest charged with embez
zling $30,000, has been placed at $37,
000. Dimmick is in custody of the
secret service officers. He was form
ally arraigned on the 12th.
A bomb was exploded, on the 11th
near the altar of the Church of St
N'izeier, at Troyes, France, doing con
siderable damage to the thirteentl:
century windows, but not injuring
any of the 100 children who, togethej
with a priest, were in the sacred edi
fice at the time.
Two persons were probably fatallj
burned and a dozen more or less se
verely injured as the result of an ex
plosion on a pleasure yacht in the
Monongahela river, near Peter’s
creek, on the lltli.
A gold brick valued at $20,000, which
was shipped from Ungn, Alaska, via
the steamer Newport about July 20,
for San Francisco, had not yet ar
rived in that city up to the 11th.
The transport Sunnier arrived at
San Francisco, on the 10th, from Ma
nila, with 180 convalescent soldiers,
there were two deaths on the voy
ige.
In view of the interest taken in the
liscussion whether or not animal
tuberculosis can be communicated to
tinman beings, T. L. Monson, state
lairy commissioner of Colorado, of
fers himself as a subject for a thor
ough test of the matter, provided a
mi table annuity for his family is as
sured in case of fatal results. Mr.
Monson has made a study of the mat
er. and is a strong believer in Dr.
Koch’s theory.
The captain and part of the crew of
the 2,000-ton barkentine Priscilla
landed at Ca]X' Sable, on the 12th, re
porting that the vessel struck a ledge
off l’.arington on the night of the
llth. A bo-at. containing 14 men was
missing. The Priscilla was bound
from England for New York with a
largo of chalk.
An editorial of the New York Her
ild urging the United States to end
ne conmci in maing suit’s vviui m
ombia against. Venezuela, caused
freat enthusiasm in Panama, and 'will
nake Americans very popular there,
is such a step would put an end to
he state of anarchy existing.
Walter X. Pimmick, ex-chief clerk
if the San Francisco mint, who is
.•h urged with embezzling $30,000 from
lie government and with other
uinor delinquencies, was, on the
12th, formally served with a warrant
)f wrest and taken to the county .jail.
On the 13th United States Ambas
mdor Andrew I). White went from
lerlin to Potsdam on the special
rain which conveyed the ambassadors
uid other persons invited to be pres
»nt at the interment of the remains
if Dowager Empress Frederick.
Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan, is one of a party
;hat started out from (ilenwood
■Springs, C'ol., on the 12th. for a week's
Hinting in northwestern Colorado.
Prof. F. Osborn, of Colombia univer
sity, is in charge of the party.
Gen. Buffington, chief of the bureau
if ordnance, has just returned to
iVnshington from an inspection trip
hrough the south and west, lie says
le found the ordnance and materials
it the different posts visited in a very
satisfactory condition.
Rear-Admiral Mortimer L dolinson,
commandant of the Port Royal navy
station, has been selected to succeed
Rear-Admiral Sampson as oomniand
nit of the Boston navy yard, on ae
:ount of the latter's ill health.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS,
Arknnsns World m Fair Work.
The Arkansas World's fair board
has sent out. the following letter to
the various county vice-presidents:
“The executive committee of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition,in ses
sion at Tittle Rock, passed a resolu
tion that the vice-president of each
county who was elected in accord
ance with section 3 of the report of
the committee on permanent organi
zation, should proceed at once to or
ganize by selecting a suitable man
from each township in his county,
and where there is a city, then such a
number ns in his judgment is deemed
proper, and he send to me the names
to be submitted to the governor for
appointment, and that they then be
notified so they may commence work
at once. The committee recommends
that this work be nonpartisan in its
nature, and that democrats and re
publicans alike be selected, but where
an appointment has been made in a
township by either the governor or
Mr. Whitaker, it shall l>e confirmed in
lieu of an appointment by the vice
president for that township.”
Scores Pnlnskl County Officer*.
Gov. Davis has pardoned James
W right and Henry Weaver, negroes,
who were convicted of crap shooting
and fined $500 in Judge Meiser’s
court, at Little Rock. In granting
the pardon the governor scored the
officers of Pulaski county for what
he termed rank injustice in permit
ting' proprietors of gambling houses
to go free, while crap shooting ne
groes get the full penalty. The gov
ernor said: “I do not intend to see the
Wilson gambling act made odious
and ridiculous by the officials of Lit
tle Hock and having them permit
gambling-houses to run wide open
and a jury acquit them, and severe
penalties of law inflicted upon igno
rant negroes for shooting craps,
which does not come, under the new
law.”
Gathered In.
Louvenia Harmon, who, on the
night of July 22, at Helena, it is al
leged, stabbed Humphrey Hardison to
death and escaped to Mississippi, was
caught at Robinsonville by Private
Detective W. I!. Harris and returned
to Helena. She was held to 1he grand
jury by Magistrate Clarence Quarles.
At about the same time at liillliouse,
Miss., a deputy sheriff of that county
captured Hen Williams, who, on the
night of July 20, shot, and killed Hen
ry Smith at Red Store, Phillips coun
ty.
Has Received the Money.
H. L. Cross, grand recorder of the
A. (). P. W. of Arkansas, has received
a warrant for $2,000 from 1he su
preme lodge, which offered that prize
to any grand lodge making a net gain
of 25 per cent, in membership during
one year, said net gain not to be less
than 1,000 r.ew members. This is the
second time the Arkansas grand lodge
has won such a prize.
Moonshiner* Caught.
James Powell, Thomas Lynn and
John Gosset, who arc charged with
moonshining.were arrested by United
States Deputy Marshal Copeland, and
locked up in the Helena jail. Lynn
was captured in the Indian territory.
They operated a still on .'lames Pow
ell's farm, near Forest- City, which
was destroyed by a posse under
Marshal Copeland a.nd Sheriff Will
iams.
II nn Over By a Wnaon.
James II. Hell and Edward Wol
ford, employes of flic Electric Light
and Water Co. of Hot Springs, were
run over, at that city, by a man
driving a team of horses, and serious
ly injured. Wolford may die.
Decapitated hy Train.
Dan Dickerson, a well-known real
estate man attempted to get ofl' a
fast train at Fulton,Hempstead coun
ty, which does not stop there, lie was
thrown under the train and his head
out off.
Howard Offered for Murderer*.
Gov. Davis has offered a reward of
$200 each for the arrest and convic
tion of Capt. Frank and A1 I.ittiek
for the murder of Fred Crocker on
•November 10, 1893, in Denton 00111113'.
Held t’p by IliKhwnymen.
While Mr. and Mrs. Den Holland
were on their W03' home in a buggy,
near Hot Springs, they were stopped
by three highwaymen, who, at the
point of a shotgun, secured $30.
Ghost in Jail.
Jim Nevels, colored, is in jail at
Pine Bluff, charged with house break
ing. Nevels has for some time ter
rorized the negroes of that town ir
his nightly prowls as a ghost.
Appointed by the Governor.
Gov. Davis has made the following
appointments: Mayor of Corning, G.
D. Oliver; notaries public. H. II. Bar
ton, -Mena; John Ik Foote, Hot
■prings.
World's Fair Conimtsslonrrs.
The World's fair commissioners of
Garland county, appionted by Gov. I
Da via, have organized and elected of- I
j ficers. They meet at Hot Springs, {
THE DEMURRER SUSTAINED.
Jwduo '/.licitri 1 z Decides in Favor ol
the Worlil’a Fair Co. in the
Injunction Case.
St. Louis, Aii"'. LJ.—in the circuit
court yesterday morning' Judge Will
iam Zaehritz handed down his opinion
in the injunction suit of Henry II.
Werdes and John F. Bergherrn against
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co., sustaining the demurrer filed by
the defendant company. In this ease
the plaintiffs sought to restrain the
company from taking advantage of
Ihe city ordinance granting the use
of portions of the city parks for
World's fair purposes, and thus pre
vent the use of the west half of For
es|. park. After the filing of the pe
tition for injunction the defendant,
thVough. its general counsel, Mr.
Jiftnes L. Blair, filed a demurrer, set
tftig forth reasons why the injunction
-should not be granted.
/The opinion rendered by Judge
Swehritz was based largely upon the
second of the two contentions made
by the defendant. In their petition
the plaintiffs did not represent them
selves to be more seriously injured
through the proposed use of Forest
park than any other citizens of the.
city, nor did they show that they had
abutting property which would be
damaged. The court cited authorities
to show that, where redress is sought
tor the public only, a representative
of the state is empowered to bring
action. The opinion was a voluminous
document, a large portion of which
was devoted to the consideration of
citations made by the opposing attor
neys in the hearing of the ease last
Tuesday. The substance of the opin
ion is given elsewhere.
The World's fair officials are great
ly elated over the outcome of the suit,
and believe that an end to the injunc
tion difficulty has been reached. It
will now be possible to prosecute the
work of building the fair with re
newed energy.
ILLINOIS CROP REPORTS.
Wlieat and Oats Anionic flic Best
Ever Reported, lint Corn Re
ports Very Disheartening.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 13.—The Illi
nois department of agriculture yes
+e day issued a summary of the re
ports of its crop correspondents hear
ing date August 1. The area of wheat
harvested is shown to be 1,870,000
acres; estimated yield 31,100,000 bush
els—the largest crop produced since
1894. The value of the crop at 63
cents would be $19,230,000—the best
returns since 1892. Area of oats 3,
775,000 acres; yield estimated 110.500,
000 bushels, valued at $34,880,000. This
price has been exceeded but twice in
30 years—1874 and 1882.
The corn area planted, 8,088,,000
acres, was the largest since 1S7S, but
on August 1, the condition was the
most disheartening ever reported, ow
ing to unprecedented hot weather and
drought. From the more reliable es
timates the department finds that on
August 1 the condition was 4(5 per
,cent. of the seasonable average.
''A NEW COAL OIL EXCITEMENT.
TIio Whole Country to the North of
Lawton Plastered Willi Miu
oral Claims.
Fort Sill, Okla., Aug. 13.—Oil com
panies with fabulous sums announced
(for their capital stock are being or
ganized hourly in the new town of
Lawton, near here. Twenty or more
promoters and oil experts direct from
the I’eaumont district had bottles of
c il on display yesterday. Xo gushers
have been brought in. The excite
ment is not confined to any particular
district. Evidence of oil cab be found
in all directions, but what is known
as the oil district is 11 miles north of
Lawton. Oil locators have plastered
the entire country with mineral
claims, and an Ottumwa (la.) mineral
company has 2,000 acres staked in one
body. Another company claiming a,
capital of three and a quarter million
dollars has closed a large iraet nine
miles north of Lawton, and a third
company has been organized, on pa
per. at least, and placed its capital
stock at a million dollars.
TWENTY YEARS OF POVERTY.
During Which Time Peter Nelson
Online Was Heir to Eleven
Million Dollars.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 13.—A spe
cial to the Times from Deadwood, S.
D„ says:
“After a search for 22 years, rela
tives of Peter Kelson Oague found
him on a farm near Piedmont, in the
lilack Hills, where he has been known
as Peter Kelson.
“When the. man left his Denmark
home, he dropped his last name.
That was for reasons of his own. He
left yesterday morning for Denmark
to take possession of a fortune
awaiting him amounting to $11,000,000
which has been ready for him 22
years. lie had letters that proved
his statements. He is related to
wealthy people in Denmark who
stand high in the army.”
0rovers ’ Journal.
ART IN ARCHITECTURE
_ • •
• Designed and Written Especially for This Paper • #
THE necessity for hurry ami cheap
ness is not an excuse for ugliness
or poor construction. It is only neces
sary for the builder to know what he
is about and a handsome house can be
built as rapidly and cheaply as an ugly
one. In this design the proportions
are nicely adjusted and the effect
from any point of view is very pleas
ing and satisfactory. More such
houses as this could be built, but they
require room to stand upon. Ground
clear, contains large cellars, furnace
room, fuel room, laundry and large
cistern under the kitchen. The first
floor is very roomy and spacious, and
by sliding doors the front and back
parlors, reception hall and dining
room are thrown together. The kitch
en is conveniently arranged with re
lation to dining-room, butler's pantry,
etc. The rooms are all quite large and
the ceiling is ten feet high. The two
parlors, dining-room, hall and stair
STONE AND FRAME COMBINATION.
is the first consideration, and without
it nothing satisfactory can well be ac
complished. Have the plans made for
your house after you hat e secured the
site, and you will find it surprising
how much the lay of the land will af
fect your plans. Take time and give a
proper amount of study m your wants.
In the erection of a large house, as
here shown, it is necessary to make
style a positive quality and work out
case are finished in red oak, and the
balance of the house in cypress wood.
The floor of front vestibule is tiled, the
hall floor narrow strips of red oak, and
the kitchen and pantry floors of hard
maple. Ml other floors are of pine.
The second story is nine feet high and
finished in f>re~„ wood. The attic is.
eight feet high and unfinished, but sev
eral good rooms could be fitted there
if desired. The plumbing is of the best
PLANS OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS.
tiie details so they will he the basis
of the beautiful and produce harmony
in every respect.
This design shows a very sensible
and artistic house, the basement and
first story of stone, and the upper part
of frame, with weatherboard finish,
and the roof covered with slate. The
size is 40x55 feet, not including’ the
projection of carriage porch or front
veranda; basement, eight feet high in
CAT’S EXTRAORDINARY LEAP.
.1 iimi>r<l from flic Toil of AVasliiug’
foil's Monument mill Survived
the Feat.
In the latter part of 1SS0, at a time
when the Washington monument had
reached a height of 160 feet, an ad
venturous and patriotic eat ascended
the interior of the shaft by means of
the ropes and tubing. When the work
men arrived at the upper landing tin
next morning and began to prepare
for the day's work, pussy took fright
and, springing to the outer edge, took
a "header” of 160 ft et to the hard earth
below. In the descent, which was
watched closely by two score of men,
the eat spread herself out like a fly
ing- squirrel and alighted on all fours.
After turning over on the soil a few
times in a dazed manner, she prepared
to leave the grounds, relates the Wash
ington Star.
She had got almost beyond the shad
ow of the monument when a dog be
longing to one of the workmen
pounced upon her and killed her, she
of course not being in her best run
ning trim after performing such an
extraordinary feat. One of the men
procured the body of the dead feline,
smoothed out her silky coat and turned
I the remains over to a representative
of the Smithsonian institution, who
mounted the skin and placed it under I
* glass case.
i nit; 1^ uy uui I'din,
e. tlii- house stands fft
L'st examples of a modern
uui laste, careful thousmt
description, all open niekle-pla ted
work. The heating is by hot water.
As a whole,
one of the best
home that goo
and a moderate outlay of cash will
produce, and is an example that can
safely be followed. Cost about $5,000,
not including the plumbing and heat
ing.
E. A. PAYNE.
COMFORT IN TRAVELING.
Little Conveniences Tlint Hake a
Journo? on n Un ilrnml Train
I,ess Fatiguing.
When one is about to start on a
journey that will take several hours
it is well to thoroughly equip one’s
self that wtte may be as comfortable
as possible. Especially is this neces
sary when there are little children to
consider as well as older persons.
Next in importance is a small bottle
of good but plain cologne water. A
soft face cloth may be wrapped
around this, and when tired and dusly
from the heat gently bathe the face
with the cologne water, and you will
be greatly surprised to find how cool
and comfortable you will feel.
A small fan that runs into a hollow
stick, and which takes but little room
in your bag, should be the next article
to find a resting place. Some pins, a
spool of thread and some needles and
a few buttons iviE possibly be found
useful, especially in a child’s case.
Do not attempt to carry any great
amount ot money with you, but place
the bulk of it in a chamois bag that
may be securely fastened around your
neck under the dress. A sufficient sum
to meet immediate wants may be car
ried in the bag. A night dress should
aertainly be placed in the hand satchel,
for trunks have been known to go
sstray,—Detroit Free Press.
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