The Newark Journal.
_ O. F. CRAIG, Kdltor.
NEWARK- - . ARKANSAS.
The democratic plate committee
of Massachusetts has endorsed
Richard Olnev for the presidential
domination.
/ President Boosevelt has nominat
m. ChalTee to he a major gen
ro succeed Gen. Young, who
rshortly retire.
j\egotiations between Japan and
Turkey are still under way and it is
given out there will he no war for
several weeks, at least.
Several Chicago theaters have
been closed by the authorities and
will not. be re-opened until remod
eled with sufficient exits.
The lower house of congress lias
passed a bill appropriating $250,
000 to be used in an effort to exter
minate the cotton boll weevil.
Managers of leading railroad lines
with headquarters in Chicago report
the laying off within the past few
months of over 18,000 employes.
The usual semi-monthly denial
of Senator Hanna’s candidaex for
the nomination for proident has
been sent out from Washington.
By a vote of 30 to 1 the Missis
sippi senate instructed the United
States senators from that state to
support the Panama canal treaty.
The 3-year-okl son of Cohort
Finney, who resides near Fort
Smith, was fatally burned while
playing around a burning trash pile.
Sergeant J. P. Fredericks, one of
#ic surviving members of the
Greeley Arctic expedition, died at
Indianapolis. Ind., on the (3th ins:.
Hon. Charles Foster, ex-governor
of Ohio And secretary of the treas
ury under President Harrison, died
at his home in Springfield last
week.
Forty-three persons were killed
by 1 ho explosion of the boilers on the
British cruiser Wallaroo. The ex
plosion occurred in New South
Wales.
Within the pa>t few months no
~ jc^^flian half a dozen people who
_ resisted-..,.kigluuy.- in St.
Louis, have met death at the hands
of the bandits.
Charles Kraiz, wanted in St.
Louis on the charge of hood ling, and
who forfeited a $20,000 bond when
he fled to Mexico, has been return
ed and must stand trial.
John Alexander Bowie states
that lie will locate a Zion city at
sonic point in Texas. He recently
visited the state and has several
sites under consideration.
Seventeen persons were killed in
a wreck on the Hock Island near
Topeka, Kan. The wreck was due
to the engineer of a passenger train
misunderstanding orders.
Considerable rioting between op
posing factions at the recent munic
ipal election in Memphis, where the
regular administration ticket was
opposed by an independent ticket.
In order to prevent the threat
ened massacre of Jewish inhabi
tants of Kishineff .January ?, the
Russian Christmas, the governor
placed the city under martial law
and issued a proclamation threaten
ing the severest penalties for dis
turbing the peace.
When a bank examiner opened
the vaults in the State Hank of
Highland, Kan., which failed last
week, he found only S1.N00 in cash.
The deposits tit the time the bank
dosed amounted to more than $80,
000. The cashier who w recked the
institution is in jail.
A majority and minority report
lias been made by the senate com
mittee on military affairs on the
nomination of Gen. Wood to he ma
jor-general. The majority report
favors his confirmation.
Kailway gross earnings in 1003
were larger than any previous year,
and exceeded the earnings of 1902
by $1,8.50,000, or about 8 per cent.
The net earnings in 1903 were $500,
000,000 less than in 1902 because of
the increased cost of traffic.
Arkansas State News
Timber Inspector Under the Ban.
Secretary J1 itchcock has under
consideration charges tiled against
(’lias. A. M. Schlicrholz, a special
agent of the general land office, al
leging bribery in connection with
violations of timber cutting in Ar
kansas and elsewhere. The charges
have been investigated by the de
partment. and the report thereupon ]
is adverse to Schlicrholz. The ac
cused is well known in this state, J
having been prominent in the prose
cution of alleged illegal timber cut
ters. For a long time he had his
headquarters in Little Hock, though
for the most part the prosecution
instigated through his investiga- i
tions were for offenses claimed to
have been committed in the White
river country, in Independence and |
other counties. At the time there
was much feeling on the part of
those who were proceeded against
on information furnished by
Sehlierholz. Some of them occu
pied high positions in the busiues.
world.
Enforcing the Law.
Little Rock is now the dry-st
city of any time in its history, as
all saloons are kept closed light on
Sunday. The penalty for violating
the Sunday closing law, as inter
preted )>y the present city adminis
tration. is a tine of $100 for eaeli of
fense, or for each drink sold. There
is not a public gambling house now
in operation in the city, and when
ever it becomes known that a pri
vate game is in operation, the of
ficers go after the players and a
heavy tine is assessed. The polie* ,
have also been unusually active
lately in rounding tip loafers and
worthless characters, and all in all
the morals of the city have been
greatly improved since the present
mayor was inaugurated.
Fire Loss at Waldron.
A tire at W aldron destroyed $PV
000 worth of property on which onh
$1,(100 insurance was carried. The
losers are as follows: Noble & Byrd,,
druggists, loss $1,000. no insurance;
Mrs. J. B. Jones, loss on
building owned by her and oc
cupied hv Noble & Byrd, $1,000.
insurance $50(1; T. 1*. Smith,
saddler, lo-s $$.000, insurance SL
IGO: Lewis' restaurant, lo-s $250. no
insurance; T. X. Sanford, law office
and books, loss $300, no insurance:
Dr. J. <). A. Sullivan, building and
ofliee, loss«$l,000, no insurance; Pal
ace Barber Shop, loss $100, no in
surance; Mitchell's drug store, h ~
$T5, no insurance; postoflice, loss
$50, no insurance.
Assigned to Duty in This State.
Major General \V. 11. Ilavne-v
commanding the Arkansas stat(
guard, has been advised that the
war department has assigned Briga
dier (ieneral Edwin M. Hayes, L.
S. A., retired, to duty with the or
ganized militia of Arkansas. The
previous assignment of Major !L W.
Dowdy, retired, has been recalled,
and lie will he given duty else
where. Gen. Hayes retired from
active service one year ago. He en
tered the regular army in 1855 and
served with distinction in several
Indian campaigns, and during the
civil war. lie also saw service in
Cuba and the Philippines, lie is
02 years of age.
Heavy Receipts.
Tlio books iu the auditor's ofiico
show that the year was the
banner year in receipts in this state
from insurance. The total amount
received by the state from this
source was 1.81. against $31.
815.70 in 1002. Under the law in
surance companies doing business in
this state are required to pay into
the state treasury a tax of 21 per
cent on their net receipts. Other
sources of revenue are the fees as
sessed for certificates of authority
to agents and for filing annual re
ports.
A Double Tragedy.
As a result of a difficulty between
! two ur"Toc-s at Baxter, Chicot
| county, W.| D. Singleton, a white
man, and Jerry Buford, one of the
negroes, are dead. The negro Bu
ford was quarreling with another
: negro near the store at which Sin
gle ton was employed, and Single
Con tried to stop the quarrel. Bu
j ford made an insulting remark to
| Singleton, and Singleton pulled a
lo-calii.er ]>i.~t( and shot the negro.
Buford closed on Singleton,
j wrenched the pistol from his hand
and shot him. killing him instantly.
, lie then ran and it was thought he
I had escape d. but a short time later
his lifele-s body was found about
! thirty yard- from the spot where Sin
j glcton fell. The bullet which killed
him was tired by Singleton and en
tered his body just above the heart.
Brakemaa Killed.
Henry C hjlord. a brake-man, was
-hot and killed at Little Lock by
John Miller. The tragedy occur
red in a house of ill fame conducted
by Miller’s divorced wife. Miller
i went to the house to inform the
woman that their 2-year-old child
was probably dying, and suggested
that the dress and go with him.
Miller claims that she refused to go
at once, and. becoming angry, he
used strong language toward lit r.
At this point Clifford, dressed in
his night clothes, appeared with a
revolver and the two men closed in
a de.-perate batch*. Two shots we re
fired, one taking effect in Clifford’s
! U tuple and death was instantaneous.
.Miller says he doe- not know who
held the revolver when the fatal
shot was tired.
S*ate Land Office Quarterty Report
The business transacted in the
! 'fate land office f r the three
months ending December 31, 1303,
was as follow': Fees. $2,1.31.80;
i swamp land sold, 1.121.8.'$ acres,
$1,711.35; internal improvement
■land send, 33<> acres, $400; Saline
land - hi. 102.01 acres. $203.30;
: forfeited land sold, 0.400.01 acres,
| $1 I.MO.m; : forfeited land r-'deem
ed, 3,o is.30 acres, $018.93; town
lots sold, $102.10; forfeited land
j donated. 12,0In. 10 acres ; foifeited
; land deeded to actual settlers. 0.
j 113.51 acres; total land disposed of,
33,181.85 acres, $11,221.10.
Goes to Capitol Fund.
The stale treasure has received
from the federal government the
; mm id $5.115.15. Tire amount
1 represents live per c nl on the sale
j of public lands in Arkansas for
j t!iv ar 18(13. For the preceding
1 v»ar it was $3,803.31. Fader t»:«•
j act of congi'C'- of 1'30) five ]> r
: cent of those sab*.- go to the slate
j to be used for internal iinprove
I mem-. The money will be e; n
i verted into ihe state capitol fun i
under act of the legislature.
Appeal to Higher Court.
i A.n .a I lias been taken to the
1 Fnited St..Le- • curt ef appeals ill
j the suit of Johannes Van Klderen
| and W. 11. I la-kins against the
Water—Pii ree »hl Company and
Chain! ■ r< <V Walker, which grew
out it th Hot Springs ])oolroom
explosion December 3 1. 1902. Judg
ment w;is given in federal court at
kittle If k. November 11. 1903,
for \ ; n F!■ ’ereii for $12,500 and
lor Has;.ins for $3,000. -
What Becomes of the Bodies?
At a roicnt meeting <>f the city
council of Little Hock, on competi
tive bids the contract for burying
the pauper dead was let for the sum
of 25 << nt.' for each unfortunate
subject. While the contract stipu
lates that the above sum includes
eodin. robe and expense of carriage
to the cemetery, it leaves a doubt
in the mind of the average person
whether or not the corpse is left to
return from whence we are taught it
cam#.
Will Resist Injunction.
The interior department has ro
quested the attorney general to ap
peal from the decision of the feder
al court for the western division of
the caskrn district of Arkansas,
granting an injunction against the
superintendent of the I Lot Springs
reservation. The order, which is
temporary, restrains Superintend
ent M. A. Eisele from denying the
use of hot water from the Hot
Springs reservation to patients of
non-registered physicians. In June
last the secretary of the interior
prescribed rules and regulations for
the government of the hath houses
af Hot Springs receiving hot water
from the reservation springs, pro
tiding among other things that 11c
bath house supplied with hot water
from th government reserve should
permit unv person to bathe therein
who was under medical treatment,
unless the patient of a registered
physician. The physician must he
known not to engage in “drum
ming for . custom.” Some of the
physicians whose patients were re
fused baths applied for the injunc
tion, which will be resisted by the
interior department.
Was the Payment Legal.
A suit, the outcome of which will
be watched with more than ordinary
interest, was recently filed in Pulas
ki circuit court. It is that of J. M.
Kelly et al. seeking a writ of man
damus to compel 1 the state land
commissioner to issue a patent to
certain lands in Greene county pur
chased in 1858, and paid for in
Confederate money during the war.
However, Kelly failed to secure a
patent at that time, and the suit is
brought to quiet title to the land.
Arkansas National Banks.
During 1 DO:? there were 5i 5 new
national banks organized in the
I'nited States, with an aggregat ■
capital oi’ $28.3'87,5Q0. Ten of the
number were organized in
Arkansas, of which six were
with a capital of less than
•s.-uhhjO, the total being $150,
UOO, and four with a capital of more
than $50,000, \he aggregate being
$.‘300,000, the aggregate for the ten
banks being $450,000.
Died in California.
Judge Samuel J. Matthews of
Drew county [Kissed away at San
Diego, (.'ah, last week. He held
manv positions of honor and trust
at the hands of the people of his
county, having represi nted it in the
constitutional eonvention of l$tis.
and having served as county and
orohate judge, and as circuit clerk
for several years.
Killing at a Dance.
At a country dance given near
Mulberry, a fight occurred, in which
several young men engaged, and one
of the parties, named Sain Foster,
was struck on the head witli a single
tr e, fracturing his skull, deal’ll re
- ult itig. John Roberts, aged 20, was
arrested and placed in jail on a war
rant charging him with murder in
the first degree.
Teachers at Work.
Superintendent of Public In
struction 1 linemen reports that the
teachers throughout be state* are tak
ing much interest in the [imposed
"due:1.:ioiial exhibit at the St. Louis
exposition. All specimens of work in
tended for the exhibit should be in
the superintendent's office by the
middle of February.
Postoffice Th.eves Captured.
Two nu n, giving the names of
."Jim Kvan and Frank Mortie, were
arrested at /Jonesboro on the charge
of robbing the post office at Gayoso.
Mo., about two weeks ago. When
taken into custody the men had
sewed in the lining of their clothing
worth of stamps.
JWar Claims Allowad.
The Cnited States court of
claims at Washington recently made
several awards to Arkansas claim
ants for losses sustained by them
during the civil war. In each in
stance the original claimants arc
dead and the amounts allowed wil
go to the estate
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