Wiocidmikif Cmmlty Nemsy
VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1903.
NO. 39.
News of the World
Congress will reassemble January
5.
Ex-Gov. James Boynton, of Geor
gia, is dead.
A fresh outbreak of cholera in Ma
nila is reported.
Fire damaged the Arbucklo coop
erage plant in Brooklyn to the ex
tent of $100,000.
An ameteur came near knocking
out Champion Jeffries in a four
round bout at Butte, Mont.
President Castro has agreed to
submit the Venezuelan situation to
the Hague tribunal for arbitration.
Betail tobacco and cigar dealers
of New York city have organized
and declare they will purchase no
more trust made goods at present
prices.
Marconi, of wireless telegraph
fame, and his associates have suc
ceeded in sending and receiving
messages by his system across the
Atlantic.
The capitalization of the street
railways in Pennsylvania is more
than double the reported average
cost of road and equipment of the
steam railways in the United States.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylva
nia, has forwarded to President
Roosevelt new evidence in the
charges brought several months
ago against Ambassador Clayton.
The new evidence is in the form of
affidavits that Ambassador Clayton
is the owner of certain specified
shares in the Carmen Mining Com
pany, a Philadelphia corporation,
doing a mining business in Mexico.
The charges were received at the
executive offices, but as in the case
of all similar matters they were
transmitted at once to the state de
partment. Whether the additional
evidence submitted by Senator Pen
rose will result in the- reopening of
the case, which attracted considera
ble attention in and out of congress
last winter, is not known.
A careful preliminary estimate
made by individual canvass of the
railroads, and supplemented by the
Eailroad Gazette’s own records, fig
ures furnished by the state railroad
Commissions and other sources of
information, shows that approxi
mately 0.026 miles of new steam
railroad have been built within the
United States between January and
December 31, 1902. The figures are
exclusive of second track, sidings
and all electric lines. Itebuilt mile
age is also excluded. Eailroad
building was reported done in forty
two states and territories, and Okla
homa leads the list with track laid
on 570 miles of new line during the
year. Texas comes second, with
490 miles; Arkansas is third, with
371 miles, and Indian Territory is
fourth, with 363 miles. Georgia
built 336 miles during the year.
The question of the effect of mur
der upon a life insurance policy,
when issued upon the life of the
murderer, has been passed upon by
the United States supreme court in
an opinion delivered by Justice
Brewer. The case in which the opin
ion was delivered was that of S. M.
Burt vs. The Union Central Life
Insurance Company. W. F. Burt,
of Travis county, Texas, was the
name of the man insured. His pol
icy was made payable to his wife,
Anna M. Burt, and in case of her
death to his executors. During the
first year Burt’s wife died, and he
afterward was charged with her
murder and found guilty and exe
cuted. Afterward the heirs of the
estate made an effort to collect the
policy, but the insurance company
resisted payment. The lower courts,
including the court of appeals for
the Fifth circuit, sustained the pro
test of the company, and the su
preme court affirmed the decis
ion of the court of appeals,
holding the policy invalid on the
ground that to sanction payment
under the circumstances would be
contrary to public policy.
i
The archbishop of Canterbury
died December 23.
The anthracite coal strike com
mission adjourned on the 21st/ and
will reconvene January G.
Twenty-seven people lost their
lives in a rear end collision near
Byron Hot Springs, Cal.
Countess Castellano, formerly
Anna Gould, arrived in New York
December 21 to spend the holidays
with relatives.
Four hundred thousand persons
are reported to be destitute and
starving as a result of the crop fail
ure in Finland.
Demands for an increase of 20
per cent in wages for passenger and
freight conductors and brakemen
[ have been submitted to officials of
forty systems of railroads west of
Chicago^and St. Louis. Accompa
nying the demands was a notifica
tion that an answer must be return
ed by January 5. The increase will
affect 150,000 conductors and brake
men.
The war department has issued
an order to the effect that in the
future persons under the age of 21
years will not be enlisted, and ex
treme caution must be exercised in
the cases of young men applying for
enlistment who claim to be 21 years
of age or a few months over that
age. The unsupported statements
of such applicants must not be ac
cepted, but tb be eligible for enlist
ment they must furnish competent
proof to remove any doubt regard
ing age.
Fire at Knoxville, Tenn., wliieh
destroyed half a million dollars
worth of property, started in the
building occupied by the Knoxville
Pants Company. The buildings ad
joining it on Commerce avenue, oc
cupied bv Broyles, McClolLen &
Lackey, agricultural implement
dealers; the L. Davis Commission
Company, the establishment of the
George Brown Hardware Company
on Gay street; the Shanklin Grain
Company and the R. V. Cate & Co.
building on the same street, were
completely gutted.
Dun s commercial agency reports
that the holiday trade has exceeded
even the most sanguine expectations
and retail dealers in all staple lines
of merchandise are well maintain
ed, with the better grades of goods
in brisk demand. Wholesome con
ditions prevail in most sections of
the country, although in parts of
the southwest the season has fallen
behind the average. Even in these
cases reports are encouraging for
the future. Industrial plants are
well employed, orders running far
into the future, and labor contro
versies are rare. The only ad\
feature of the situation is the fact
that supplies of fuel are utterly in
adequate, both for household and
manufacturing uses, snow increas
ing the delay of deliveries.
The annual report of Porto Rico’s
commissioner of education shows
that an American free public school
now exists in every municipality in
Porto Rico. The school year closed
last June, with 874 schools open,
40,993 pupils enrolled and 923
teachers employed, an increase of 19
per cent in the number of schools,
21 per cent in enrollment and 20
per cent in number of teachers over
the previous year. The high-water
mark during the year in the enroll
ment was, in, the ordinary public
schools, 59,096, to which should be
added 2,767 pupils enrolled in the
high, normal and special schools,
giving a grand total of 61,863, or
19 per eent of the total population
of school age, and over 6 per cent
of the total population of the island.
The report says that these figures
show that, under American civil
government, the educational ad
vantages offered free to the masses
of the people, as compared with the
maximum facilities provided by the
Spanish government, have nearly
doubled.
Ovore 4,000 people lost thei*
lives in the recent earthquake dis
aster at Andijan, in Russia.
Bubonic plague has made its ap
pearance in a number of towns on
the Pacific coast in Mexico.
President Roosevelt will leave
Washington about the middle of
March cn a tour of the west.
The powers have agreed to sub
mit the Venezuelan question to the
Hague tribunal for arbitration.
Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, has
issued a proclamation offering $50
reward for the arrest of every per
son who engages in whitecapping.
It is stated at the war department
that Gen. Chaffee will succeed Gen
Young as lieuenant general of tho
army upon the retirement of Gen.
Young, who will succeed Gen.
Miles.
a crowu oi people oroxe tnrougn
the gates to a St. Paul coal yard
and forcibly helped themselves tc
what fuel they could carry away.
A couple of clerks on duty were
roughly handled.
A verdict assessing the English
railway men’s union to pay $140,
000 for breaking a contract and go
ing on strike has been handed
down. The court held that a laboi
union can sue and be sued.
Ben Rombach, a cooper.- met a
horrible death while engaged at his
calling in St. Louis, lie was plac
ing some boards over a vat of boil
ing water when he missed his foot
ing and fell into the cauldron.
Near Liberty, Mo., Joe Foley sho'
and killed Mrs. J. B. Wilson ant
with the same weapon, a shotgun
blew his head olf. Foley, who was
intoxicated, was employed as a farn
hand by the dead woman’s husband
Westy Watson was shot and kill
ed at Middleport, Ont., by his broth
er, Samuel. Wesly had returned
home from abroad to spend Christ
mas with the family and Samuel
mistaking him for a burglar, shoi
him dead.
Mathew Keith, an Indian Terri
tory farmer, was drowned near Vi
nrta while saving his wife. It
crossing a stream his wagon wa:
upset and both were carried dowr
stream. Keith succeeded in saving
his wife but went under himself.
A dispatch from Washington says
advices from Manila are to the ef
fect that the bands of ladronei
which are harassing the rural pop
ulation of the islands are in manj
instances led by negroes who hav<
been discharged from the army
and are employing their military
knowledge in drilling the ladronei
and organizing them=in a crude mil
itary way.
Ex-Chief Isparacher, of the Creel
Nation, is dead, at the age of 9C
years. He had been prominent in
Creek affairs for throe score years
and has been connected with every
treaty of importance between the
United States government and In
dians during that time. Recently he
was chosen to represent the tribe in
Washington on matters of import
ance connected with the Creek na
tion.
A number of towns in central
Kansas report a coal famine. Min
neapolis is the latest town where
the coal supply has given out, and
there isn’t a bit of soft coal to be
had. The cause of the shortage of
coal in the towns in Kansas is said
to be due to the fact that the rail
roads confiscate the western coal be
fore it reaches its destinaion. The
railroad companies own the coal
mines, and claim their right to
whatever coal they need. They say
that unless they take it traffic must
be suspended.
BERLIN AND ITS PEOPLE
Merlin's American residents num
ber 1,739.
Berliners are not satisfied with 15
cents as the minimum cab fare. They
want seven-cent and even three
cent fares for shorter distances.
When Dr. Lorenz was in Philadelphia
a roofing- firm in that city put the fol
lowing advertisement in street cars:
“Dr. Lorenz holds the same place in his
profession that our friends say we
hold in ours. Clinics daily. Blank &
| Blank, lloof Surgeons.”
Sensation in Courtroom.
A sensation was caused in the
circuit court room at Fort Smith
during the progress of thcBoot slan
der case, when Miss Agnes Frizzell,
the plaintiff, fired a shot, sup
posedly at Mr. lloot, which
grazed the scalp of Col. Brizzolara,
one of the counsel in the case. The
slander trial grew out of statements
made by Mr. Root when he was pub
lishing a paper. All the testimony
had been taken and the court asked
both sides how much time was want
ed for argument. Miss Frizzell,
who had taken an active part in the
conduct of her case, stated that she
desired an hour and a half. A few
words were passed between Col.
Brizzolara and Miss Frizzell, when
the latter moved over toward where
Mr. Boot was standing. Col. Briz
zolara, fearing a tragedy, stepped
toward Miss Frizzell and Mr. Boot,
when the former quickly drew a re
volver and fired one shot, supposed
ly at the defendant, but the shot
grazed the temple of Col. Brizzolara.
The wildest excitement followed and
court was immediately adjourned.
Following the scene the young lady
became hysterical and was removed
to her home. The excitement caus
ed her to become seriously ill. A se
rious difficulty between Col. Brizzo
lara and a brother of Miss Frizzell
was averted by the interference of
officers, both parties being armed.
All the parties concerned stand high
i in the community and further trou
ble is feared.
i/eiecuve &.uiea.
Chief of Detectives Jack Donahue,
of Hot Springs, was shot and in
! stantly killed by Janies Dougherty,
whom tlic detective had been called
, upon to arrest on a charge of fight
: ing and driving a horse at a rapid
speed about the city. The officer
had just reached Dougherty’s elbow
and was taking hold of his wrist,
i when with the other hand Dough
i erty pulled a small calibre pistol,
fired and Donohue fell dead with a
; pistol ball through the brain. Roy
Beller, a young man whose buggy
, Donohue had used to catch Dough
erty, and who accompanied the offi
cer, was then attacked by the infu
riated man, but Beller had a shot
gun loaded with turkey shot in the
vehicle, and with this he shot
Dougherty, inflicting serious
wounds.
York McCollum Killed.
In a difficulty near Dardanelle,
Harve Ringer shot and killed York
McCollum. The weapon used was
a Winchester. A party gathered
near Ringer’s store and engaged in
target practice. One of the bullets
struck the door of Ringer’s house.
He was angered by the occurrence
and went out to where the party
were and became involved in a
heated dispute with a son of York
McCollum. A fight ensued, but
Ringer broke away and ran back for
his store, apparently to get a gun.
One of the McCollums protested
against Ringer going back to the
crowd with the gun. The result of
this quarrel was that Ringer shot
York McCollum, the latter dying in
Died in Strange Land.
Tho remains of an unknown man
were found on the farm of R. D. 1
Horn near Paris. Only the bones,
which were stripped of every vestige
of flesh, presumably by hogs and
dogs, were left. His clothing and
what few trinkets there were indi
cated that he was a tramp and from
all that can he surmised he doubtless
died from an overdose of morphine,
evidence of which was found, or
that he froze to death.
Kicked In Door and Was Killed.
John Maupliins was shot and kill
ed on the Arkansas river, eighteen
miles from Conway, by Robert Dy
cus. It is claimed Maupins had
kicked Picus’ door open and was
entering Dycus’ house with a drawn
knife, threatening to kill Dycus,
when the latter shot him twice.
Fatal Caroline Explosion.
A disastrous explosion occurred
in the Turf Exchange at Hot
Springs about 4 o’clock on the af
ternoon of Christmas eve. About
thirty persons were injured, four
fatally. The building was complete
ly wrecked. The place was lighted
with gasoline, and a large tank of
this combustible was kept in the
rear of the building.
The explosion was caused from
eighty-eight proof gasoline being
pumped into a lighting apparatus,
from which there was a leakage.
The gasoline was on the floor in an
adjoining room, and some one en
tering from the pool room with a
lighted cigar set the explosion off.
Ben Murray, who handled the gaso
line, had his lungs damaged badly.
He was blown against the wall and
injured severely internally.
Murray was placed under surveil
ance and will be held for criminal
negligence.
There is a probability of several
big damage suits being tiled against
the owners of the building and the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company. The
gasoline tank held about 40 gallons,
when under the law only five gal
lons of the fluid is permitted to be
kept in such places.
Following is a list of the victims
of the explosion:
BILLY IIELVilG, Hot Springs;
both legs broken; died at midnight.
R. C. CHAMBERS, Hot
Springs: both arms and one leg bro
ken, and fracture of several ribs.
WILLIE METZGER, 12-year-old
boy; both legs broken and injured
about the head.
J. C. BURCH, Chicago; leg bro
ken ; not expected to live.
TOM OGLER, engineer at the
Arlington hotel; both legs broken;
internal injuries.
J. S. MOCKS, Hot Springs; cut
on head and badly bruised about
the body.
TOMMY PHELAN, operator,
Hot Springs; badly cut about head.
SCOTTY MOORE, Hot Springs;
injured about limbs.
JAMES COWAN, Hot Springs;
both legs broken.
CHAS. PHACE, proprietor ol
the Palace hotel, Hot Springs; both
legs broken; internal injuries.
JIM COUGHLIN, plumber, Hot
Spring*; leg broken and badly in
jured about the body.
C. G. CARSON; both legs bro
ken.
F. ADELMAN, Hot Springs; cut
about the head.
W. H. GASCON; one leg broken.
ALLEN HOTCHKISS, Hot
Springs; fracture of the knee.
FRED GREGORY; severely
bruised.
J. C. CRAWFORD, Cincinnati;
leg and wrist broken.
W. S. MTNERNEY, Louisville.
Ky., internal injuries.
JOHN EGNER, Hot Springs,
bruised.
HENRY LINDSEY, New York,
feet injured.
ED VIVELL, cashier Turf Ex
change, cut and bruised.
Commission Demands More Power.
In its annual report the state
railroad commission recommends
that the authority of the body be so
extended that it may determine
rates between railroads, permitting
the billing of goods through from
one point to another to any part of
the state over several lines. As the
law now stands, and as interpreted
by United States Judge Jacob
Trieber, in cases before him, the
authority of the commission ex
tends only to fixing the rates on
freight from one point to another on
individual systems. The expenses of
the commission for the year have
been as follows: Expert service,
$1,500; estimated costs, $410.76;
postage and express, $206.80; rental
and outfit, $919.90; forms and con
tingencies, $405.70; total, $3,4755,*
36.
Fire in Mail Car.
A serious and somewhat unusual
fire occurred in a mail car on the
Iron Mountain on train No. 36.
The car was loaded with about a
ton of mail, mostly from cast of the
Mississippi and south of the Ohio,
addressed to points south of Little
Hock and down the valley route and
up the Fort Smith road. It was
made up between Memphis and
Bald Knob, and the car runs
through from Bald Knob to Little
Rock without a clerk, being trans
ferred at Little Rock. The train
left Bald Knob late. Everything was
all right there when the clerk lock
ed up the car and left it. At Beebe,
the railroad men discovered fire
bursting from the top of the car,
and, breaking it open, found the in
terior ablaze. After hard work, the
trainment succeeded in putting out
the fire. Chief Clerk Bilheimer, of
the railway mail service, was noti
fied at once, and upon investigation
it was discovered that about ten
sacks of mail were almost totally
destroyed, or the addresses burned
so that they Mere illegible. The
mail matter Mas sent on to its des
tination when the addresses could
be deciphered. Some of the mail
was wholly destroyed. Some Christ
mas presents uere found that will
never reach those for u'hom they
M’ere intended. It is supposed that
the' fire was caused by the sacks
falling doun against the stove.
Requisitions Honored.
Gov. Davis honored requisitions
from the governor of Indiana for
George Evan and J. II. Ashmore,
alias William Dean, who arc charg
ed with the crime of “bunco steer
ing.” These men were among those
who had trouble not long ago in
Hot Springs. The case was brought
before the United States court in
Little Eoc-k, and over $20,000 is
now tied up in that tribunal await
ing the decision of the court. The
case in Indiana is for the alleged
buncoing of people there out of
$G3,000 on a fake footrace, said to
have taken place in Colorado
Springs, Col.
Riot on Train.
TJ. S. Titney, a citizen of Texar
kana, was shot and seriously wound
ed in a riot on a train near Camden.
Some negroes were raising a dis
turbance and the conductor called
upon Pitney for assistance. As he
entered the coach occupied by the
negroes one of them shot him down,
one bullet piercing the body and
another going through the shoulder.
BRIEF MENTION.
The city council of Newport has
placed the municipal license for the
sale of liquor at $2,500.
Eighteen of the Christmas par
dons granted by Gov. Davis were to
boys under eighteen years of age.
Rev. C. E. Fowler, pastor of the
Congregational church at Rogers,
died of heart disease. He was a
young man and unmarried.
The state supreme court, in a
case appealed from Garland county
held that the destruction by officers
of gaming slot machines is legal.
While the proprietor was at din
ner a sneak thief entered the office
of the Hunter Transfer Company at
Texarkana and rifled the safe of
$165.
Joe Henton, colored, was killed
at a dance at New Lewisville by an
other negro named Isaac Richard
son. Too much mean whisky led to
the killing.
B. A. Hardy, of Monticello, has
been appointed a member of the
board of trustees of the state char
itable institutions, to succeed D. S.
McCray, resigned.
The biennial report of tl. super
intendent of the state penitentiary
shows that there were 727 convicts
confined within the walls and at the
various camps December 1.
Mrs. Mary E. Peel, wife of ex
Congressman Peel, and a sister of
Senator Berry, died at Bentonville,
aged 68 years. She was born in
Carroll county, this state, February
14, 1835.