The Newark Journal.
O P. CRAIG, Editor.
NEWARK- . , ARKANSAS.
Flour is soiling for fifty cents
per pound in eastern Siberia.
It is estimated Sullev, the cotton
bull, lost $17,000,000 by his failure.
The initial number of Hearst’s
Boston American was issued on the
2lst inst.
The local option laws of Texas
have been declared valid by the
United States supreme court.
Speaker Cannon has been renom
inated by the republicans for con
gress from the Eighteenth Illinois
district. — .*• -5 n •
Robbers blew the First National
bank building at Firth, Neb., to
pieces in an attempt to loot the safe,
but failed to secure the treasure.
The explosion of an ascetvlene
gas tank in the rear of a restaurant
and saloon at Pittsburg, Kan., to
tally wrecked the building, and in
jured six people.
Senator Platt has announced his
intention to make a final effort to
regain the republican leader-hip of
New York state, which was wrested
from him by Gov. Odell.
A severe tornado struck the town
of Iligginsville, Mo., and partial 1 v
wrecked fifty buildings. One man
was instantly killed and a large
number of people injured.
John Maynard, a negro charged
with robbing a number of railroad
laborers, was hanged by a mob at
Monterey station, on the Santa Fe
railway, about 100 miles from Hous
ton, Tex.
A. L. Metuver, a negro, was
killed and Officer Clemens fatally
wounded in a fight between depu
ties and negroes near Bessemer,
'Ala. Several other parties were
slightly wounded.
The largest railroad merger
scheme, next to the Northern Se
curities Company, is now in prog
ress of .development under the title
of the Bock Island Company This
corporation has an authorized capi
tal of 150,000,000.
Gov. Yardaman of Mississippi
vetoed a bill passed by the legisla
ture appropriating funds to main
tain a state school for colored stu
dents, and the measure failed to
pass over his veto. This is in line
with his views on educating the
colored race.
Mr. Taft, secretary of war, is
contemplating a return to the Phil
ippines after the election, should
President Roosevelt be re-elected.
The trip to be taken bv the secreta
ry of war will be of great import
ance to the Filipinos, as it will
mark the first step toward self-gov
ernment for the islands.
A promising placer gold strike
has been made on a nameless tribu
tary of the Laird river, just below
Black or Devil's canyon, according
to reports brought from tie north
on the Pacific coast steamship com
pany's Ifamcna, Capt. Xorman Nic
olson. Laird river is in the interior
of northern British Columbia.
The house committee on judi
ciary has voted to impeach Charles
Swayne, federal judge for the dis
trict of Florida. .Judge Swayne is
charged with being absent from his
circuit ; being a non-resident of Ins
district; imprisoning a lawyer in a
contempt proceeding; imprisoning
the son of a litigant also for con
tempt of court and refusing to hear
a certain witness in a case before
him, alleging that he would not be
lieve the witness under oath.
The world's cotton crop for 1902
0*1 is estimated by the department
of agriculture at 17,179,705 bales,
valued at $750,082,451. This is
based on the latest data available,
the figures in most instances repre
senting the cotton appearing in
commercial channels. With the ex
ception of 2,087,813 bales of the
East India crop, which averages 400
}>ounds per bale, the bales given arc
of an average weight of 500 pounds.
The total includes estimates of the
Chinese and Korean crops
Look Out For Them.
Officers of the law throughout
this state are warned to keep a
lookout for agents of a northern
firm, who have been traveling over
the south selling lewd pictures and
also pictures representing the pres
ident and Hooker Washington seat
ed together at a dining table. Some
of these pictures seized in Missis
sippi were uf a most disgusting
fvpe, of a nature that no one but
the most ignorant and depraved
would have in their possession. A
colored republican club of Little
Rock, composed of some of the best
members of the race, recently adopt
ed resolutions calling upon all col
ored people who are approached by
these agents to report the of
fenders at once to the officers. Such
pictures as were sold in Mississip
pi, and perhaps to some in this
state, appeal to the passions of the
most ignorant and debased, the
very element that causes so much
trouble in the south, and the par
ties guilty of circulating such stufT
should be given to understand that
no community will tolerate their
presence.
Hon. G. S Cunningham Dead.
Hon. George &. Cunningham died
at his home in Dardanelle on the
20th. The cause of his death wa
in juries received by the accidental
discharge of his gun while return
ing home from a short hunt. Judge
Cunningham was born and reared in
this state, studied law at Ann Har
bor, Mich., was admitted to the bar,
was elected to the legislature in
t18S0, served with distinguished abil
ity, was then chosen circuit judge
of the fifth judicial circuit, and re
signed near the end of his second
term to remove to Oklahoma, where
he soon became an important fac
tor in the early organization of the
new country. Under the strenuous
life that followed for some years his
health broke down, and he moved
back to his old home in Dardanelle.
Two Companies Disbanded.
Mai. Gen. \V. H. Haynes, com
manding the Arkansas state guard,
reports that the companies at Mal
vern and Newport have been mus
tered out, but that the company at
Newport is being reorganized on a
firm basis. There are now thirty
five companies of infantry in the
state, (ion. Haynes will detail Col.
C. T. Duke to accompany Gen. E.
M. Hayes, U. S. A., on the ap
proaching tour of inspection of
companies south of the Arkansas
river. Col. McBurney and Lieut.
Col. Surridge will be detailed to
accompany ('apt. Brent in the in
spection of the guard north of the
river.
Took His Own Life.
M. L. Banister, a well known car
penter and contractor of Little
Rock, who had been in poor health
for several years, suicided by shoot
ing himself through the head. Mr.
Banister ate supper and told his
wife he desired to retire early, as he
felt tired. She went about her
house work, and had just left the
kitchen to go into the front part of
the house when she heard a pistol
shot. When she reached her hus
band's room -he was horrified at the
sight. Banister lay in bed, holding
a smoking revolver in his hand, and
blood was spouting from a ghastly
hole in his head.
Jealous Negress Shoots Husband.
Major Scott, a well-to-do negro,
was shot to death by his wife, Fan
nie Scdtt, at their home in Texar
kana5. Three shots from a 38-cali
bre Smith & Wesson revolver were
fired, and all of them took effect,
the first through the arm, the sec
ond through the brain, and the
third through tfie heart. After the
killing the woman escaped. It is
said she found a note in. her hus
band's pocket from another woman,
.and when he failed to make a sat
isfactory explanation to his angry
Wife she shot him.
Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.
Arkansas is entitled to two Rhodes
scholarships in Oxford university,
England, in accordance with the
last will and testament of the late
Cecil Rhodes of South African
fame. Announcement has been made
that on April 13 next the first exam
inations will be held for these schol
arships. President H. S. Hartzog
£)f the university of Arkansas is the
Committeeman from Arkansas. By
the terms of the will of Mr. Rhodes,
two of these scholarships were ap
apportioned each of the states and
territories, for the purpose of pro
moting a proper understanding of
England, her laws, customs and in
stitutions. Each of the scholarships
is worth 300 pounds annually, the
money being provided bv interest
from a permanent endowment set
aside by the terms of the will for
that specific purpose.
Federation of Labor Formed.
A staet federation of labor was or
ganized at a convention held in Little
Rock, which was attended by dele
gates from every branch of organized
labor in the state. J. F. Brackney
of Sebastian county was elected
president and L. II. Moore of Lit
tle Rock was elected secretary
treasurer. Six vice presidents were
also elected. The objects of the
federation are set forth in the con
stitution adopted, as follows: The
encouragement and formation of
local central trades bodies and lo
cal unions; to assist in establishing
national and international unions:
to encourage the labor press; to en
courage the purchase of union
made goods, and to use all honor
aide means to secure for working
men reasonable hours and just
compensation for their labor. The
federation will meet annually on
the second Monday in December.
Alleged Whitecappers Discharged.
In federal court at ILlena,
the cases against eleven men arrest
ed in Cross county, charged with
conspiracy and the murder in
March, l'.MT?, of a detective named
,T. II. Brown, were dismissed, the
government failing to secure suffi
cient evidence to warrant convic
tion. Brown had been employed by
white planters of Cross county to
endeavor to capture white men who,
it was alleged, were intimidating
the negroes of the community by
whitecapping expeditions. He was
killed by a party of whitecappers
one night while guarding the cabin
of a negro who had been warned to
expect a visit from the whitecaps
unless he left the community.
Convicted ot Whitecapping.
The jury in federal court at Hel
ena in the celebrated l’oinsett coun
ty whitecapping eases returned a
verdict, finding three of the defend
ants guilty, as charged. The re
maining twelve were discharged.
The convicted men were Iteug
Hoges, William Clampitt and Wash
McKinney. All three were recom
mended to the mercy of the court
by the jury. These arrests grew out
of alleged intimidation of negro
laborers at a saw mill, it being
charged that the white men threat
ened the negroes with death should
they fail to leave the community.
Persistent Burglar Sentenced.
Rich Arrington, a Little Rock
negro, has been sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary for bur
glary. Arrigton's persistency led to
his capture. One two occasions he
robbed the same residence, and when
he made his third visit an officer
was in hiding in a room and placed
him under arrest.
Reward for Murderer.
The governor lias offered a re
ward of $200 for the arrest and con
viction of the “unknown party or
parties” that killed Milton Cox at
Cove Creek, Hot Spring county, on
February 0 last. Cox was returning
home from Hot Springs when he
was murdered, the object evidently
1 being robbery.
Breckinridge Resigns.
Advices from Washington state
that Major Clifton R. Breckinridge
of this state has resigned his posi
tion as a member of the Dawes com
mission. The news is that an or
der has been issued by Secretary
Hitchcock demanding that all fed
eral officeholders under his imme
diate supervision dissolve their con
nection with trust or other corpor
ations in Indian Territory. Com
missioner Breckinridge, who has
over $40,000 invested in these con
cerns, did not see his way clear to
dispose of his holdings at this time,
and has, accordingly, resigned his
office, to go into effect immediately.
Negro Laborer Killed.
A negro laborer by the name of
Love met death in a peculiar man
ner at a rock quarry near Little
Rock. While the men were at work
crushing rock, a huge piece of gran
ite, which was being hoisted on a
hook, became loosened by the hook
breaking. The granite in falling
struck a protruding piece of scant
ling and broke it. A piece of tbe
timber was propelled with great
force and struck Love, who was at
work about fifty feet away, crush
ing him in the side and arm. The
piece of timber penetrated his side
and shattered the pelvic bone.
Will Extend to Camdem.
A new mortgage for $1..500,000
is being executed by the Mississip
pi River, Hamburg & Western to
the City Trust Company of New
York, covering its lines at present
completed and in operation between
Luna Landing and Blissville, twen
ty-five miles west of the Iron Moun
tain line, and providing for an ex
tension to Camden, sixty-five miles
west, through Bradley county. They
reserve $1,000,000 for terminals
and water transports between Luna
Landing, Huntington and Green
ville.
Appointed General Attorney.
Col. O. L. Miles of Fort Smith
has been promoted to the position
of attorney for Gould’s lines in
western Arkansas and Indian Ter
ritory, and his brother, Lovick, ha
been appointed his assistant. The
new jurisdiction will comprise the
Kansa.- and Arkansas Valley. Sr.
Louis, Ir<-n Mountain and South
ern from Little Rock to Goffeyville,
Kan., Little Rock and Fort Smith,
Fort Smith Suburban, Greenw .nd
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branch of the Iron Mountain and
Arkansas Central.
Shot by Policeman.
A negro bv the name of .Tim
; Clark was shot and fatally wound
ed at Little Rock bv Polieeman
Tipton. Officers went to the hou«e
occupied by Clark in search of crap
shooters when the negro opened
fire. He shot twice at the officer
before receiving a bullet that pass
ed through his body.
BRIEF MENTION.
Rev. J. C. Forbes s, one of the old
<-t Presbyterian ministers of the
~tate, <licd at his home in Austin, at
■ the age of 87.
•John Jones, a negro, was badly
injured at Hot Springs in an at
tempt to stop a runaway team on
the main thoroughfare of the town
At Nettleton John Pickett shot
and fatally wounded John McDan
iel, as the result of the alleged il
lations (4 Pickett with McDaniel’s
wife. Pickett was arrested and tak
en to Jonesboro jail.
Chancellor J. I). Shaver has giv
n a decision at Mena, rendering
judgment against cx-Troasure\ A.
I. Davis of Polk county and his
bondsmen in the sum of $8,818.98,
md against ex-C'ollector R. W.
Johnson and his bondsmen in the
mm of $0,137.41.
There are scores of openings fqr
young men in the Philippines, ac
cording to officers of the insular
bureau of the war department, and
the next few weeks they will he til 1
d. The largest number of places
ire for male teachers, hut there are
places as telegraphers, a$ officers of
constabulary and as live stock ex«
per Is,
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