VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900.
NO. 48.
NEWS OFJHE WEEK
aN epitome OF THE M08T II*
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
north, east, west, south
A C*refully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
miscellaneous.
The interior continues to draw on
New York by express for money. New
York exchange at Chicago has reced
ed to 25 cents discount, showing the
continuance of pressure upon New
York for crop-moving purposes.
Count Witte, at Paris, when ques
tioned by a press representative in
the matter of the St. Petersburg re
ports of a movement in Russia to in
duce him to resume the direction of
Russian finances, said: “Never, never,
will I return to power. I do not de
sire to speak ill of the emperor, who
is still my imperial master, and to
whom I owe everything, nor of the
government, nor of my country, but
I have had enough.’’
The most Bevere earthquake shocks
In months were felt at Socorro, N. M.
ft is said that the shocks were felt
continuously for ten minutes.
The United States, through its
peace commissioners, is not ready
to announce when it will withdraw
from the island of Cuba and surren
der the reins of government to the
Cubans, but this action can not be
taken until the time arrives when
fair elections are assured.
At a conference betwen union rep
resentatives and several contractor*,
in Chicago, no solution of the pending
labor difficulties was reached, and at
the close the contractors issued an
ultimatum which was in/effect: “Re
turn to work or stay away forever.”
For the first 15 weeks of the fiscal
yoar the exports of wheat were 48,
102,927 bushels, against 19,873,837 in
1905, 19,905,886 in 1904 and 90,578,825
in 1901. During the same period the
exports of corn were 10,502,811 bush
els, against 16,492,891 in 1905, and
9,047,859 in 1904.
Postmaster Willcox of New York
has issued an order excluding from
the mails all campaign postal cards
designed to obviously reflect upon the
conduct or character of any individual.
Earthquake shocks in Sicily con
tinue, and are causing serious damage
to dwellings and churches, some of
which have fallen.
A violent eruption of the Mont Pe
lee, island of Martinique, has caused
a rain of ashes over the southeast part
of Guadeloupe.
Report of the Illinois Central for the
fiity-sixth fisc al year shows a hand
some surplus after payment of divi
dends.
The Bank of England has raised its
discount to 5 per cent. The bank has
lost $6,000,000 to the United States
with the past nine months.
Roy Knabenshue, in his airship,
made two successful flights, and called
ob governor or Tennessee.
Isle of Pines will be given United
States provisional governor pending
settlement of its status as Cuban soil,
Is Havana statement.
A boy, who was sentenced to death
by court-martial at Lodz, Russia, re
fused the ministrations of prisst, and
while standing on the scafford, whis
tled socialistic tunes.
Frank Hurd Robinson, past grand
master of the grand lodge of Masons,
of New York, died at Horoel, that state.
Heralding h r approach a thousand
miles away, by means of wireless tel
cgrapuv, the protected cruiser Charles
ton arrived at San Francisca. The
Charleston will be the liagship of the
Pacific squadron.
President Harvie Jordan, of the
Southern Cotton association, estimates
that between 40,000 and 50,000 bales
of cotton were killed tn Georgia alone
b> the cold snap.
The Jalisco Bank of Guada'ajara,
Mexico, will lose $800,000 as a result
of the peculations of its recant inan
aser. It is alleged that evidence is
at hand to prove that the books nave
hern falsely entered.
f ablegrams have been sent to ail
Ports in the world asking the authorl
jes to keep watch for Manuel Silveira,
Hie Havana banker, who is accused of
aving absconded with more than $1,
0.000, thereby causing the assign
ment in New York of the banking and
commission house of Juan M. Caballos
* Co., which failed with liabilities be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000.
Dissatisfied with the existing condi
ions in their country, Guatamalan po
cal refugees have applied to Presl
ent Roosevelt to bring about annexa
tion of that republic to the United
States.
Pursuant to an appeal issued re
,nt 5 by Bishop Alexander Walters
the African Zion M. E. church,
nf l*wrS were offered in practically all
°t the negro Protestant churches in
^ ew York for more cordial natations
ween the white people and the ne
e oes of the southern states.
The supreme court of the United
States heard argument in the cases
Of Charles B. Moyer, W. D. Haywood
and Georgo A. Pettibone, officers and
members of the Western Federation
of Miners, who are in prison in Canon
county, Idaho, under a charge of mur
dering former Gov. Steunenberg of
that state. The case comes to thi3
court on an appeal from the decision
of the Idaho federal court refusing to
grant writs of habeas corpus.
Judge T. M. Ewing, age 70, dead ai
Little Rock.
At Norfolk, Neb., Tuesday nig!t, the
mercury dropped to 17 above zero,
making a new cold record for Nebras
ka for so early in the fall. It was the
coldest October weather in 28 years.
Grand lodge >f the Knights of Py
thias and tne Rathbone Sisters open
conventions, with many delegates in
attendance, at St. Louis.
Annual report of Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain roads show net
earnings for the year of 8 per cent.
Concessions granted Dowie in Mex
ico forfeited and plan for a new Zioa
falls through.
Judge Wilson, in the district court
a*. Wichita, Kas., decided that the
board of education has the power, un
der the law, to establish and main
tain separate schools in Wichita. Ne
groes say that the case will be taken
to the state supreme court.
Invitations for proposals to com
plete the Panama canal have been is
sued by the canal commission, and the
form of contract, under which the
work is to be done, made public by
Chairman Shonts.
Five of the most prominent bishops
»f Spain, in a protest to the govern
ment, say: "What the people want is
food and measures of relief, so they
will not be obliged to emigrate.”
Taft labors in Cuba to quiet fac
tional differences before issuing arn
lesty proclamations.
The authoritative announcement
that a company witn $100,000,000 cap
ital Is being organized to compete with
the private car monopoly now con
trolled by the Beef trust caused no
slight sensation in Chicago financial
id! railroad circles
Mrs. Roosevelt received more than
L$0 members of the Women’s auxiliary
jf the Spanish-American War Veter
ins, which held its annual convention
In Washington. They were escorted
'.b the White House by the Edith K.
Poosevelt auxiliary of Washington.
The Morgan Sash and Door Co.’s
(hctory at Chicago was practically de
stroyed by fire. The fire was in the
center of the South Side lumber dis
trict, Wherein are located many fac
tories, and it was feared the flames
would spread. The lose was heavy. i
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, who com- J
manded the third fleet in the Japan
sse war, with the captains and part or
the crews of the fleet, are being tried
by court-martial at Cronstadt on the
charge of surrendering to the Japan
ese without fighting.
In the presence of 60 pupils In the
South Euclid school, in Cleveland, O.,
Harry Smith, 25 years old, shot to
death Miss Mary Shepard, a teacher,
22 years of age. Cornered behind the
barn in the rear of his home in W'ar
rensville, two hours later, Smith shot
himself through the head, dying in
stantly. The girl had refused to marry
him.
In an interview a few days ago Sen
ator Depew said that if his improve
ment continued, as he had every rea
son to believe it would, there was
little doubt that he would be in his
seat when the senate reconvened in
December.
The assignment of J. M. Caballos &
Co., bankers and merchants, New
York, with liabilities between $3,000,
000 and $4,000,000, has been an
nounced in a statement which de
clares that the failure was due to de
falcation and absconding of Manuel
Stlvelra, of Silveira & Co., Havana
agents of the company. Silveira's de
falcation was alleged to amount to
about $1,000,000.
William H. Hadley, who died at
Richmond, Ind., was instrumental in
the election of Rutherford B. Hayes
to the presidency, casting the deciding
vote in the electoral college.
A simplified spelling free school
the first of its kind, will be opened
at the west side Y. M. C. A. in New
York city.
Hazing has disappeared at the Unit
ed States Military academy, according
to the annual report of the superin
tendent, Brlg.-Gen. A. L. Mills.
Cabling from Tokio, a correspond
ent of the London Daily Telegraph
says that Japan is negotiating with
Russia for the establishment of an
overland mail service. which will
bring Tokio within 17 days of London
The director of the mint purchased
600,000 ounces of silver at 09.11 cents
per fine ounce, to be distributed
among the mints of New Orleans, Den
ver and Philadelphia.
Christian E. Schoelkopp, aged 70, a
pioneer Kansas Cityan, and one of the
heaviest real estate holders here, died
at Cates Center, Kas., the result of
over-exertion in running to catch a
train.
Virginua Hendricks, aged 75, whc
was a member of the confederate con
gress from Virginia, died at Frankfort
Ky.
GOV. MAGOON
TAKES CHARGE IN CUBA AND IS^
SUES PROCLAMATION.
Taft and Retinue Leave for Home
Amid Pleasant Demonstrations
and Best Wishes.
Havana.—Charles E. Magoon has as
sumed the governorship of Cuba, suc
ceeding Secretary of War Taft. Gov
ernor Magoon as once issued a procla
mation tn the effect that under the au
thority conferred by the Platt amend
ment to the permanent treaty between
the United States and Cuba, and of
March 2, 1901, and by the apointment
cf the president of the United States,
he had assumed the provisional gov
ernorship of Cuba.
In his proclamation Governor Ma
goon said:
“The policy declared and the assur
ances given by Secretary Taft will be
strictly adhered to and carried out. As
provisional governor I shall exercise
the powers and perform the duties pro
vided for by the third article of the ap
pendix to the constitution of Cuba for
the preservation of Cuban independ
ence and the protection of life and
property. As soon as consistent with
the attainment of these ends I shall
seek to bring about the restoration of
the ordinary agencies and methods of
government under the other and gener
al provisions of the Cuban constitu
tion. All the provisions of the consti
tution and laws which for the time be
ing would be inconsistent with the ex
ercise of the power provided for by
the third article of the appendix must
be deemed to be abeyance. All the oth
er provisions of the constitution and
laws continue in full force and effect.”
Secretary of War Taft and Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon, President
Roosevelt’s peace commissioners, have
completed their labors here and de
parted for the United States on board
the battleship Louisiana. They were
followed to sea and acclaimed by many
Liberal and ex-revolutionary leaders,
but the former government officials
showed no disposition to join in the
farewell, either collectively or individ
ually, and no prominent Moderates
apeared at the palace or the wharf to
participate in the leave-taking. Two
Liberal Nationalists, Governor Nunez
and Congressman Govin, were the only
highly prominent members of the gov
ernment group who saw the party
off.
Secretary Taft’s governorship of the
island ceased at noon October 13, and
he and Mrs. Taft and Mr. Bacon stood
in the blue room of the palace and for
a quarter of an hour bade farewell to
such friends as called and to those
with whom they had come in contact
at the palace. The former included the
members of the City Council and Al
fredo Zayas, the Liberal leader. Imme
diately thereafter the secretaries and
their party descended to the court be
low and were driven to the Cabelleria
wharf accompanied by Gen. Franklin
Bell, Consul General Steinhardt, Capt.
McCoy and their secretaries. At the
wharf they met Mayor Cardenas, who,
on behalf of the city government, pres
ented Messrs. Taft and Bacon with
two immense bouquets. The big crowd
asembled at the wharf, doffed their
hats and the secretaries did likewise,
but there was no cheering or other de
monstrations.
Brig. Gen. Funston, who had pre
ceded the others, had started for the
battleship Virginia in a launch, and a
few minutes later Mr. Taft handed the
ladies into a launch, and the party
started for the Louisiana, Governor1
Magoon, Mr. Steinhardt, Gen. Bell,
Capt. Yero, Capt. McCoy and others
accompanying them.
The Louisiana passed out first, thun
dering a salute of 21 guns to the Cu
ban flag flying at her main mast, with
her white-clad crew manning the rails
and the band playing the Cuban na
tional hymn. The salute was returned
by the Cabanas fortress. In the wake
of the flagship came the Virginia, car
rying Gen. Funston, and then the New
Jersey. Afterward came the army
transports Niagara and Seneca and a
flotilla of gaily decorated launches,
carrying leading Liberals and ex-re
bels, flying Liberal banners. The bat
tleships were escorted to the harbor
mouth, where the flotilla whistled fare
wells, the warships responding.
Among the Liberals were Jose Mi
guel, Gomez, Alfredo Zayas, Pino Guer
ra and other prominent members of
the revolutionary party.
Before leaving Havana Secretary
Taft issued a decree that army sup
plies and the personal effects of offi
cers and men of the army, navy and
marine corps, and of civil employes
of the provisional government brought
to Cuba from the United States should
be admitted to the country free of
duty.
Chinks Cremated.
Hong Kong.—The British steamer
Hankow, from Canton was burned here
while lying alongside her wharf. Hun
dreds of passengers were burned to
dreds of Chinese passengers were
burned to death, and a valuable cargo
was destroyed. AH the European pas
| sengers and crew were sqved.
Must Attend All County Institute!.
Superintendent J. H. Hinemon has
received from Attorney General
Robert L. Rogers a construction of the
law regarding the attendance of hold
ers of state license at the various
county teachers’ Institutes. The
opinion was rendered at the request
of Superintendent. Hinemon and is as
follows: “Hon. John H. Hinemon,
Little Rock, Ark.: My Dear Sir—I
am in receipt of your favor asking
for a construction of section 6 of the
act of the Legislature approved May
6, 1905, which reads as follows: ‘It
shall be the duty of those holding
such licenses to attend said insti
tutes and assist the county examiner
in conducting the same, and such
licenses shall be endorsed as county
license, and if the same be not en
dorsed for five consecutive years it
shall be nul] and void.’ It will be
noted above that the holders of state
licenses are required not only to at
tend the county institutes, but also
to assist the county examiner in con
ducting the same. The state license
must show this attendance on the
part of the holder for five consecu
tive years by having on it the en
drfi-sement of the county examiner
from year to year, as is the case with
holders of county license, otherwise
said license becomes null and void
at the expiration of five years from
the passage of this act., or from the
date of the first institute held after
such license has been issued. Re
spectfully yours, Robt. L. Rogers,
Attorney General.’’ (
Serious Stabbing Affair.
Kirk Lybrand, second son of Judge
J. W. Lybrand, was stabbed and per
haps fatally wounded recently by W.
C. Cotton, superintendent of the Bluff
City Lumber Company, at their camp
>n Grant county. Mr. Cotton himself
brought the first news of the difficul
ty when he went to Sheridan and
gave himself up. He claims that he
acted in self-defense. Lybrand was
formerly employed by the Bluff City
Lumber Company, and, according to
Mr. Cotton, the difficulty arose over
former business differences. Ly
brand has a serious wound in the
abdomen, and lies in a critical condi
tion, with the chances said to be
against his recovery. Cotton gave
bond in the sum of $5,000 for his ap
pearance at the preliminary trial, the
date of which has not been fixed,
pending the result of Lybrand's in
juries.
To Test Clause in Law.
Attorney General Robert L. Rogers
hase filed a motion in the second divi
sion of the Circuit Court of Pulaski
county, asking that the answer of the
Hammond Packing Company in the
anti-trust suits against the company
be stricken out, and that judgment for
$10,000 be given the state. The mo
tion was made by agreement, and is
simply a move in the way of testing
the clause of the anti-trust law re
garding the taking of evidence befor'
a commissioner in another state.
Judge Winfield received the motion
and set October 20 as the date for
the argument. The motion sets forth
the fact that J. Ogden Armour and a
number of other directors of the
packing company refused to give evi
dence before Commissioner Lyle D.
Taylor of Chicago.
A New Enterprise.
R. L. Patterson, president of the
Automatic Yoke Company of Tndian
apolis, purchased the Hoop Company
plant at Wynne recently at receiver's
sale. The price paid was $2,425. The
purchaser proposes to convert the
hoop mill into a hickory working
plant and cut yokes, spokes, single
tiees, etc. The plant of the Wynne
Hoop Company cost originally $16,
000, and was run two years. It went
into the hands ot a receiver one vear
ago with an indebtedness of $7,000.
The company was composed of M
Collins, G. W. Eldridge and J. J.
Ogg.
Good Shooting For a Kid.
J. B. Reese, the 14-year-old son ol
S. B. Reese of Nashville, on a Sun
day morning recently killed 13 teal
ducks on the pond on the Glendale
stock farm at one shot. A
number of ducks were swimming
around on the water when the shot
was fired, after which 13 were se
cured. The boy shot again as the
ducks arose to fly away and killed
another, making 14 ducks at two
shots. Mr. Reese states that he does
not allow hk boy to hunt on Sunday,
but that suj;h shots as those made
last Sunday morning in a measure
palliates the offense.
New Postmasters.
M ashingtoi, D. C.—Postmasters
The folloring postmasters have
been appoint d for Arkansas: Corn
hill, Sevier county, Emma Cor
bell, vice J. ... Greathouse, resigned;
Friley, Johnian county, George R.
Karr, vice James Hill, resigned;
Mangrum, Crughead county, Thomas
J. Spencer, vfce G. W. Mangrum, ro
dgned.
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
He Dynamited Himself.
Thomas Johnson was accidentally
killed by a premature explosion of
dynamite on the Ouachita river, near
Moro bay, recently. Johnson and a com
panion were on the bank of the Oua
chita, near the mouth of Saline river,
where they went to dynamite fish, in
tending to capture a wagon load to sell
in the country. Johnson sat down on
the bank with three sticks of dyna
mite, two of which he placed between
his legs, and the third he endeavored
to light. The fuse did not immediately
ignite, when he remarked to his com
panion who was a short distance away
that the stuff was “no good.” As he
uttered the words the stick of dyna
mite to which the fuse was attached
exploded, whch caused the explosion
of the other two. Johnson was literally
torn to pieces. Both legs and one arm
were torn off, his body ripped open,
his face torn off and his eyes blown
out. The man who was with Johnson
sustained no injury, but was momen
tarily stunned by the shock of the ex
plosion.
Slight Damage To Rice.
Reports from the rice fields of Lon
oke, Prairie and Arkansas counties,
are to the effect that the recent rains
and heavy winds damaged the rice
crop about 10 per cent. The greatest
damage is in the fields which were
unprotected by timber, but even in
these sections it is declared the dBm
age will not be as great as to cotton
in the same unprotected state. Around
Carlisle it is reported considerable
damage was done, but in the vicinity
of Lonoke the damage is reported
much less. From Stuttgart comes
the report that the average loss to
the rice throughout that section will
be about 10 per cent. The greatest
damage appears to have been done
to the rice which has been cut and
stacked in the field ready for thresh
ing. In many instances the stacks
were blown about the field and the
rice scattered. In other cases the
straw appears to have been damaged
greatly and shelling resulted.
A Precious War-Time Relic.
Hanging in the window of the office
of Col. R. A. Little, 209 Scott street,
Little Rock, is a sample of cotton cloth
made in 1863 and sent to him by
friends in North Carolina. The cloth
was homespun, home dyed and home
woven. In commenting on it, Mr. Little
said that it shows what some of the
grandmothers of the present genera
tion wore at that date. Attached to the
cloth is a poem, written in 1863. On the
paper on which the poem is written is
a water-color painting of a lass of the
period in the costume of that time.
The title of the poem is “The Home
spun Dress, A Dixie Girl’s Song.” This
song reads as follows:
"Oh, yes, I am a Southern girl,
And glory in the name.
I boast of it with greater pride,
Than glittering wealth or fame.
My homespun dress is plain, I know,
My hat’s palmetto, too.
But then it shows what Southern
girls
For Southern girls wil do.
Hurrah! Hurah!
For the sunny South, so dear,
Three cheers for the homespun dress
The Southern ladies wear.
A Bumper Corn Crop.
The bulletin issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington re
lative to the condition of the corn
crop, shows an average condition of
93 in Arkansas on October 1, against
an average of 82 on the ten-year basis.
This means that the state will have
the bumper corn crop of its history,
and instead of being a buyer, will be
a seller in the world’s market. Fig
ures are not forthcoming from any
source, however, that would give ac
curate information on the size of the
crop in bushels in this state, because
no records on the corn crop are kept
by the state’s agricultural department
or by any of the state’s commercial
organizations.
Promised to Obey Orders.
Acting under instructions of Mayor
Faucette of Argenta, Chief of Police
Pratt has ordered R. R. McDonald,
who is indirectly the cause of the re
cent troubles in Argenta, to leave the
town at once and stay away for good.
McDonald was given twenty-four
hours to get out of town, and he
promised the police he would be gone
by that time. He said he would never
return.
He Got Three Years.
J. M. Key, cashier of the former
Bank of Washington, Hempstead coun
ty, has been convicted of receiving de
posits knowing the bank was in
solvent. He was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary, and was
at once taken to Little Rock to begin
his term.
Rtb. Houpt Sherlg of Garland.
Gov. Davis has appointed Reb Houpt
if Hot Springs as sheriff pro tem, in
place of Sheriff R. L. Williams, who
was suspended when an indictment
was returned against him charging
aim with releasing prisoners from the
county jail and with assault with in
tent to kill John L. Smith. Sheriff
Williams was suspended by order of
Judge Duffle. Judge Duffle at once ap
pointed M. S. Cobb, a well known at
torney of Hot Springs, to act as sheriff
until official notice of the suspension
of Sheriff Williams could be sent to
Gov. Davis. When this official notice
was received Gov. Davis at once ap
pointed Reb Houpt as sheriff to serve
pending the trial of Sheriff Williams
on the charges returned against him.
Big Cattle Deal.
Ad Grayson and William Seitz of
Paragould have closed deals for cat
tle, which calls for thousands of dol
lars. They purchased 925 head of cat
tle, for which they paid $24,000.
Messrs. Seitz and Grayson contracted
with the Roberts Cotton Oil mill at
Jonesboro for $10,000 wor th of feed.
It took 10,000 feet of lumber to build
the troughs out of which the cattle are
to be fed. Mr. Gage will care for the
cattle and as they are fattened Messrs.
Grayson and Seitz will ship them to
the markets. They expect to begin
shipping about January, but in the
meantime will continue to purchase
more cattle.
Arkansas Postal News.
The postoffice site at Lead Hill,
Boone county, has been changed five
rods north. Star service schedules
have been arranged as follows: Wat
son to Red Fork, leave Watson daily
on arrival of mail train, due about
8:15 a. m., but not later than 9:15 a.
m., arrive at Red Fork in 1 3-4 hours,
leave Red Fork daily at 12 m., arrive
at Watson 1:45 p. m. Watson to Pen
dleton, leave Watson daily at 9:45 a.
m., arrive at Pendleton by 1:30 p. m.,
leave Pendleton at 2:15 p. m., arrive
at Watson by 6 p. m.
Was He Innocent?
It now seems to be clearly estab
lished that when the mob of four
masked men overpowered Turnkey
Folsom Davis and took H. G. Black
man, a negro, from the Argenta city
jail recently, strung him up to a tele
graph pole, and afterward filled bis
body with buckshot, it lynched an in
-ocent negro, if the crime charged to
him was taking part in the fusillade
which killed John Lindsay and wound
ed his son, Milton Lindsay, it being
shown that he was not in town at the
time of the killing.
Woman Traveled As a Man.
An extraordinary case of male im
personation by a woman recently de
veloped at Jonesboro. The woman
has not only gone garbed as a man
undetected for years, according to her
story, but she pursued the strenuous
occupation of smokestack painter, and
to cap the climax the man who trav
eled with her as a partner never sus
pected her real sex until she was ar
rested and admitted that she was a
woman.
Union Warehouse Ready.
The Farmers’ Union cotton ware
house at Cabot has been completed
and turned over by Contractor M. C.
Bizzell. It is 80 by 100 feet in size
and its capacity is 800 bales. A meet
ing was held on August 15 of the
business men, and $560 was raised by
subscriptions to erect the warehouse^
Ready for Business.
James I. Ellis,* state business agent
of the Farmers’ Union, has opened
headquarters in room 107 in the Board
of Trade building. Little Rock. He
expects to get ready at once to handle
the cotton of the cotton growers of the
state who are members of the union.
Was Well Attended.
The thirtenth biennial council of
the Catholic Knights of America met
at Altus recently, all the various
branches throughout the state sending
delegates. The council was largely
attended, and great enthusiasm was
manifested.
Want Act Repealed.
A movement for the repeal of the
present levtee district tax law has
been started by the Board of Inspec
tors of the Desha levee district, which
may be taken up later by the other
levee district officers of the state.
Will Drlil For Oil.
R. McGinnis and Charles McGinnis
have ordered a drilling outfit, and as
soon as the machinery arrives will be
gin boring for oil on their property
in the vicinity cf Nettleton.
Bank of St. Paul Open.
The bank of St. Paul opened recent
ly, and the first day received $6,00C
in deposits. The bank has a good
working capital and promises to ba
i great success.