lhe Newark Journal.
_ O. P. CRAIQ, Editor.
NEWARK- - , ARKANSAS.
Yellow fever lias made its ap
pearance at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
A movement is on foot to hold a
Cuban exhibition at Havana in Jan
uary, 1005.
H. N. Ross, the first man to dis
cover gold in the Black Hills, in
1874, died recently at Custer, S. D.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has shut off the service to
all pool rooms and turf exchanged
in New York city.
•A three inch hail storm fell at
Rolla, Mo., and vicinity, stripping
fruit and shade trees and complete
ly demolishing gardens.
An epidemic of spinal meningitis
is raging in New York city, and 150
deaths from this disease were re
ported within a few days.
M. Nisard, the French ambassa
dor to the Vatican, has been recalled
and thus the breach between France
and the Holy See is widened.
Because she refused to elope with
him, Wash Tweedy, a married man,
shot and mortally wounded Miss
Mary Elmore at Houston, Mo.
Rev. W. W. Armour, of McLean
county, Kentucky, while in a lit of
anger, struck his young son a fatal
blow over the head with a wagon
epoke.
China has volunteered to open to '
the commerce of the world ports !
of Chinan-Fu, Wei-Shi-En and
Chou-Tsun on the Shan Tung pen
insula.
Visitors to the St. Louis lair ean
not be too shy of smooth-tongued
strangers, as the city is naturally !
overrun with confidence men from
all over the country.
The Arkansas River Packet Com
pany has inaugurated a regular ser
vice between Little Rock and Mem
phis. The company will carry
both freight and passengers.
Alter an engagement of twenty’- |
two years and an acquaintance of ,
thirty-eight years, Henry S. Os- ,
borne and Miss Mary E. Waller of
Chicago were married on the 18th. j
R. B. Coapstick, ex-cashier of
the Big Four freight office at Wa
bash, ind., pleaded guilty of em
bezzling $4,000 and was sentenced
by a jury to only nine months in
jail.
David Rothschild, former prosi- 1
dent of the Federal bank in New I
\ ork city, has been found guiltv of
grand larceny. He was charged with 1
inducing persons to deposit money
in the bank after he knew it was in
solvent.
In an opinion bv Chief Justice ,
Fuller the l nited States supreme
court sustained the action of the ' (
immigration authorities at the port 1
of hew York in ordering the do- I
portation of the Englishman Tur- | *
ner, alleged to be an anarchist.
I he Russo-Japanese war has
caused great activity in the Krupp
works in Germany in the produc
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ing materials. Lar.tf»
guns have been received and
the shell department is very busy.
In an address before the general . \
federation of women s clubs. ses- [
sion in St. Louis, Melville E. Stone, J
manager of the Associated Press*
created a sensation by declaring that
the craving of some women lor *cah^ )
dal is partially responsible for What j
is termed yellow journalism. |
Robbers horribly tortured Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Liiliger, who re
side near St. Joseph, Mo., in an
effort to make them divulge the
supposed hiding place of their
w'ealth. They were locked in the
cellar and when found by a neigh
bor were more dead, than a’nvg.
Geo. B. Cortelyou, secretary of the
department of commerce, will likely 1
be chosen as. one of the leading
managers of President Roosevelt’s j
campaign, and it is probable he will
be made chairman of the republican
national committe'
9
Myers Republican Nominee.
The two wings of the republican
party held scpaiate conventions at
Little Rock on the 17th, though
the insurgents failed to make any
nominations for state officers. Sev
eral conferences were held between
the leaders previous to the calling
of the conventions to order. It is
understood at these conferences the
regulars agreed to the plan of the
insurgents to reorganize the state
central committee bv choosing one
member from each county, granting
the insurgents one delegate at large
to the national convention, and di
viding equally the presidential elect
ors, but no declaration of peace
was declared, by either convention.
The failure of the insurgents, how
ever, to nominate a candidate for
governor and choose delegates to
the Chicago convention would indi
cate that all differences will shortly
he settled. Gen. Powell Clayton
was active in the role of peacemak
er, both in the conferences between
i*he two factions and on the floor of
the regular convention. Hon. H.
IT. Myers was nominated for gov
ernor and the state central commit
tee was empowered to fill other
places on the ticket later if it is
deemed advisable. Both conven
tions endorsed the administration
of President Roosevelt and instruct
ed for hi« renomination. The mem
bers of the Big Four who will rep
resent the state at the national con
tention at Chicago are: H. L.
Remind, Charles X. Rix, Sul B.
Redding and M. \Y. Gibbs, the last
named a colored man. The only
•ontest was that between Gib is and
J. N. Donahoo of Helena, also a
negro, for the fourth place on the
delegation. Charles I). Greaves of
Hot Springs was elected chairman
ind George W. O’Neal of Harrison,
secretary of the insurgent state cen
tal committee. The regulars res
organized the state central cominit
:ee by naming twenty members at
arge and one from each county.
Two Big Damage Suits.
Suit was filed a few days ago by
J. E. Prudheme against the Texar
cana Traction Company for $10,
)00 damages. The plaintiff was
irnong several passengers injured in :
he wreck of a summer car of the j
lefendant company last July. T. i
fl. Hall, a former brakeman, also
wrought suit at the above place
igainst the Texarkana and Fort
smith Railroad Company for $20,
100 damages. Hall alleges that while
n the employ of the defendant
■ompany he received injuries that
iisabh'd him for life through no
ault oi* pegligence of his own.
or--—
Heroic Treatment Proves Effective.
An exchange says: Recently a
rgftiRD with ft hHh.v on lift* 1ft)* drove
ip to a saloon dti 111# ttiaih street of
tagnolia, went into tliG saloon with
baby and a moment later canm oijt
lone an<^drorr? away. Slie left the ;
nfant with her husband^ who wns
n the saloon and drunk, (Mixing,.!
‘You have been druiik fo; some
.ime, and I liaVe becD faking care
ttifc Tarm. If 1 must take «»f
the farm vou must take eftre of the
baby.” It was heroic treatment, but
it cured. The husband a few min
utes later Cfttrio out carrying the
baby and We n't home.
Arkansas Man Shanghaied.
A sensation was created at Poca
hontas by the receipt of a letter by
his parents from J. J- Bispham, as
sistant cashier of the Randolph
County Bank, who left with his
wife for a visit to Piedmont, Ala.,
some time ago, stating that he had
been carried to the hold of a vessel
and was being held a prisoner. In
the letter Bispham stated that one
party on the vessel was his friend,
and would mail the letter.
Arkansas Cottotf Output.
The following table, prepared by
the department of commerce and la
bor, shows the quantity of cotton
ginned in Arkansas for the past five
years:
Commercial Bales.
Crop. Total. Square. Round.
1903 ...471,236 689,941 51,295
1902 ...999,629 899,512 101.057
1901 ...738,080 686,903 51,177
1900 ...282,820 173,247 55.573
1899 ...719,453 685,570 33,883
The 141.236 commercial bales of
the crop of 1903 are equivalent to
734.593 bales of 500 pounds. This
gives Arkansas a percentage of 7.5
of the total crop of the United
States, and ranks her seventh in the
cotton states and territories.
The total value of the Arkansas
cotton crop for 1903 was $49,299,
610.25, of which the baled cotton,
aggregating 351.964,105 pounds,
amounted to $42,798,835.17, and j
cotton seed $6,500,175.08, represent
ing 351,964 tons of seed.
In 1902 the total value of the cot
ton crop in Arkansas was $45,689,
292.23, of which the cotton, aggre
gating 465,030,951 pounds, amount
ed to $38,132,538.48, and the seed,
465,031 tons. $7,556,735.75.
It is interesting to note that, ow
ing to the advanced prices of cotton,
while the 1903 crop was 113,066,
852 pounds short compared with
1902 (a falling off of 25 per cent),
the value of it was $4,666,296.69
greater.
The quantity and value of linters
obtained by the cotton seed oil mills
from reginning seed from the crop
of 1903 in Arkansas was 9,1 16.532
pounds, or 18,27 I commercial bales,
equal to 18,293 bales of 500 pounds,
of the value of $111.593.94. The re
port shows 33 oil mills in operation !
in the state.
Lonoke is the banner cotton coun
ty with 34,643 bales, and Carroll
the smallest, with 16. Menton,
Washington and Madison counties'
made no report.
In 1902 the report shows 26,
201,992 round bales, and in 1903
only 12,710,899, a falling olf of
more than 50 per cent. In 1902 the
percentage of round bales to square
was 5.4; in 1903 it was 3.5.
Filhoil Heirs Lose.
The United States supreme
court recently disposed of the fa
mous case of the Filhoil heirs i
against (i. If. Tornev, affirming the!
decision of the Arkansas • courts.
The suit was brought by the heirs
and descendants of Don duan FA- j
hoi 1 for the possession of a certain
tract of land in Garland county. !
Arkansas, embracing all the hot
springs in the city of Hot Springs
the plaintiffs claiming title under 1
a grant issued by Don Estevan Mi- J
rao, governor of the then SpaniA {
Color”” of lyouisiana, made FcTtru.!
ary 22, TtM. n •* ” ""
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Given Ten Years.
"AT a special term of circuit efifirl !
held at .Mnnticello, Philip Klipmar, t
pleaded guilty to the charge of &*-.
-ault to kill a m"^ r>\ The nuniO of j
.Totten utj<] VttP si’hieUH'd tej ten i
yturs in the JWriitf'ntiary. Flipman
\valkv*d iWv> the dining room of a
WoM at Blissville and shot dones.
who was eating his dinner, dones
had shot Flipman, it is claimed, ac- !
cidentally a short time before, and
Flipman claims to ha\e hud a
dream that either he or dones had
to die on the Sunday the tragedy
occurred.
Col. Nowlin Reports Progress.
Col. S. If. Nowlin, who has
charge of the work of compiling the
roster of Arkansas troops wh
fought in the Confederate army
announce- that he has succeeded in
securing the entire roster of the
generals and field ofliec rs of all the !
regiments and battalions who serv
ed in Arkansas during the civil!
| war, either in Confederate or state
1
Distinguished Muons Entertained.
A notable reunion of Scottish
Hite (thirty-second degree) Masons
was held at Albert Pike Consistory
Little Rock, beginning on the 17th.
The spring reunion would have
been held a mouth ago under odi
nary conditions, but was postponed
in order that Vice Admiral Schley,
Supreme Commander Richardson
and other notable Scottish Rite Ma
sons might be present to witness
the work. The Little Rock con
sistory is o*e of the few in the
United States which has its own
cathedral, occupied solely for con
sistory purposes. It is notable
throughout the country for its rich
costumes and stage equipment, in
which particulars it is unsurpassed,
and the distinguished visitors came
not to teach but to learn, for the
“work” as exemplified by Little
Rock consistory is said to be the
most beautiful, complete and im
pressive of the consistories of the
while world. The supreme coun
cil, southern jurisdiction, was or
ganized at Charleston, S. ('., in
1802, the charter being sent by
Frederick the Great, and all pat
ents have been issued from there
ever since. At the time of its re
organization it had jurisdiction over
ajl the United States. Tn 1810
what is known as the northern ju
risdiction, supreme council, was
formed. It is outranked by the
southern, but is not subordinate
thereto. The northern jurisdiction
embraces only that part of the
United States north of the Ohio and
east of the Mississippi rivers, while
the southern includes not only all
of the territory south of the Ohio
and west of the Mississippi, but
also Cuba, I’orto Rico, the Philip
pines and Japan. Mexico and the
Latin countries have their separate
jurisdictions, as have England,
Germany, Belgium and other Eu
ropean countries. Each supreme
council can have only thirty-three
members—hence the term thirty
third degree—and its members are
the active thirty-third degree.
There are honorary thirty-third de
gree members, but they have no
voice in the council. The class
initiated in the thirty-second degree
consisted of 165 candidates, of
which 157 were elected as belong
ing to the jurisdiction of this con
sistory (that is, the state of Ar
kansas) and eight were admitted
by dispensation of consistories of
other states.
The personnel of the distinguish
e<] guests of the local consistory
follows: Supreme Commander
•fames I). Richardson of the An
fi‘*nt and Accepted Scottish Kite,,
southern jurisdiction; Kear Ad
miral Winfield Scott Schley, 32d,
C. S. N.; Frederick Webber, 32d,
si (-rotary-general of the supreme
ouncii; K. ,T. Xuml, 33d, inspect
or general for Georgia; Dr. John
U. .Morris, inspector general for
Georgia; Allison Nailor, Jr., 33d,
?rand tyler of the supreme eoun
il; K. I). Affleck, 33d, of Xew
Vi.rk; William L, Hoyden. 33d
* » S t T -><4» i
ihranan of the supreme council;
Jorge H. Walker, 33d, past grancf
"2^1 ^i^trmt of Columbia \ Jas,
Tansbnrg, 33d j M. J. Hull, 32d,
[£• \y. n., of Ihe war clepart
Vicnt; W, W. Poultnev, 32d, K. C.
IT., of the treasury department;
F. E. Sht'irv, 32d. of Washington,
D. C.: Dr. K. G. Lind, 32d, K. C.
('. H., of the United States geo
logical survey; 11. K. Evans, 32d,
jf the bureau of education; Ster
ling Kerr, 32d, preceptor, Albert
Pike Consistory, C. & ()., represent
ative in charge of party; W. R
Speare, 32d, Washington, I). C.;
James A. Whitcomb, 32d, Boston,
Mass.; I)r. J. H. McCormick, TC.
C. C. If.; Dr. Ellis F. Furst, lv. C.
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C. H.
Officer Held Up.
Claiming to he a detective a par
ty bv the name of Palmer, who has
been endeavoring' to discover the
identity of parties alleged to have
set fire to the Poinsett county jail
several weeks ago, claims that he
was field up near Harrison by a man
dressed in woman’s clothes, ant
robbed of his valuables.
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