VOL. VI.
NO. 38.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
an epitome of THE MOST IM
POBTANT EVENTS AT HOME
and abroad.
north, east, west, south
A Carefully Digested and Con
densed Compilation of Cur
rent News Domestic
and Foreign.
Chairman Jones of the national pro
hibition committee, enthusiastic over
Georgia’s banishment of liquor, says
temperance should rule throughout
the country.
Court refuses to act to prevent John
Armstrong Chanler’s being taken back
to an insane asylum, and he stands
in that danger if he goes to New York
to prosecute a suit now pending there.
New York public service commis
sion orders an investigation of the
rights of New York tunnel company
under franchise.
Analysis having failed to find evi
dence that Mrs. Pet Magill died from
poison, the state’s aVorney at Clinton
hopes to show that she was smothered
with a quilt or pillow.
More than $1,500,000 of the $2,000,
000 paid by the state of Pennsylvania
for metal furnishings in the state cap
ital was graft, report to the investi
gating committee shows.
Shippers meet in Chicago to plan
for permanent representation before
the commerce commission.
j. p. Morgan & Co. buy $15,000,000
of Atchison convertible bonds.
July fire insurance losses in the
west reach about the normal ratio, the
year’s record still being unsatisfac
tory.
An injunction preventing elevator
men from withdrawing their ware
houses from the public’s use is upheld
by Judge Carter of the Illinois su
preme court.
Chicago policemen uphold the rec
ord of force for bravery by slaying
two desperate criminals.
Tug Chicago causes intense excite
ment by turning turtle at the Rush
street bridge, with the night excur
sion boats near.
New York stockholder in the Chi
cago City Railway company attacks
the traction settlement ordinance in
a proceeding in mandamus.
True bills are voted by the grand
jury at Clinton, 111., against Fred H.
Magill and Fay Graham Magill for the
murder of the first wife of the for
mer.
War department at work on the
problem of filling the depleted rank3
of the army, getting information ready
ftir action by congress.
Charged with having gone through
a mock marriage with a woman who
lived with him for four years, until
she discovered she h£^l been duped, a
New York policeman is tried and his
dismissal from the force is recom
mended.
Iroquois fire damage suits against
Klaw & Erlanger, theatrical mana
gers. are ended finally, a federal court
In New York refusing to recpen the
cases.
Congressman Jenkins, chairman <>f
the house judiciary committee, de
plores the action of compromise in
the North Carolina rate case, and
fears another civil war as a result of
agitation.
Stuyvesant Pish says that he will
attend the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Illinois Central,
vote his stock and that of those
■whose proxies he may hold, in the in
terest. of the “whole capital stock,”
and that he will make a statement to
the shareholders.
Fight over Milwaukee’s municipal
lighting plant is headed toward court,
as city comptroller refuses to sign
bills for payment of work on project.
Jimmy Britt will probably get the
®ext fight with Joe Gans as the result
°f the former’s victory.
Sauk City (Iowa) woman seeks re
lease of daughter who joined “Holy
Jumpers” and fled to Waukesha, Wis
Burlington railroad files charges
With the interstate commerce commis
aion accusing the Beatrice and two
Blue Valley creamery companies ol
having a monopoly.
United States Steel Corporation re
I Ports net earnings of $45,503,000 ftfl
[last quarter.
^UHam Jennings Bryan talks on
^Prince of Peace” at Epworth League
hautauqua, but state democratic
jaders fail to appear for conference
| Torture for the tax dodger would
a good thing, according to a ser
m the Austin Baptist church by
lv- A. H. Harnly.
[lutnal Reserve plans to transfer it:
mining assessment policy holder:
[he legal reserve basis,
estern railroads, angered by th>
[office department's order impof
pnes for tardy delivery, conside
l>en break with the government.
Civic Federation committee, in it#
report, says that municipal untilities
must be controlled by cities either by
ownership or regulation, the choice
depending on local conditions.
Do good to others and shun butter
fly pursuits and you will be happy and
successful, says John D. Rockefeller,
addressing his Cleveland Sunday
school.
Prof. Charles J. Bushnell, of Wash
ington, asserts the nation is rushing
into bankruptcy by spending yearly
a billion dollars more on the vicious
and pauper classes than the increase
of wealth amounts to, and backs up
his position with a startling array of
figures.
Governor Swanson, of Virginia, bit
terly denounces the railroad rate law
injunction issued by Federal Judge
Pritchard, and advises that it be ig
nored.
After working for months and
spending thousands of dollars spread
ing a dragnet that has caught men in
three states, the United States Steel
corporation has rounded up what is
believed to be the worst gang of black
hand assassins in the country. Forty
men are now in jail in Newcastle,
Youngstown, Sharon, Pa., Plainfield,
N. ,J., and Rochester, N. Y.
White and Stoddard-Davton runa
bouts in tie for Howgr trophy, finish
first day of extra contest with perfect
scores in journey from New York to
Albany.
Evidence against the Magills sub
mitted to the grand jury in the Clin
ton poison case is said to be w'eak,
and opinion grows that no indictment
will follow.
Editors of trade journals unite in
optimistic view of the business out
look. They say that the slight re
cession has served to bring industry
to a healthy pace.
Margaret Fealy Cavallo of Denver
says her daughter, Maude Fealy, only
married Hugo Sherwin “on approval,"
and if she doesn't like him at the end
of a year he must go.
Death of a Pittsfield. 111., woman re
veals a strange romance in which she
was married to her adopted son, who
was to have married her 12-year-old
daughter, the girl’s death prevent
ing it.
Railroads file a petition in Judge
Pritchard’s court saying they were
clubbed into submission Ijy North Car
olina authorities and that they signed
the peace agreement under duress.
Ore handlers at Duluth offer to ar
bitrate differences with railway of
ficials, who may agree, but demands
for union recognition still present a
serious stumbling block. No trouble
was reported from the range district.
Henry Clews, banker, at Chautau
qua assembly urges publicity as a
cure for corporation abuses and favors
the naming of a government director
for each interstate railroad company.
Indicted Milwaukee men will get
hearing on alleged Colorado coal land
frauds in September.
Members of the house of lords at
tack the government of the Congo
Free State for its cruelty and greed
and demand that England take action
to bring about better conditions.
Officials of the administration are
all at sea as to the result of the first
general election in the Philippines.
Hower automobile trophy contest
ends at Buffalo with White car win
ner.
Charges of collusion and fraud are
made against Vespasian Warner, Unit
ed States commissioner of pensions,
by his two half-sisters, daughters of
the stepmother whom he declared
part negress.
Edward Robeson Taylor, the new
mayor of San Francisco, has taken the
oath of office, and the graft prosescut
ors, represented by Spreckles, Heney
and Eangdon, have retired from the
direction of municipal affairs.
Radical reforms in the territorial
government of New Mexico are to be
inaugurated upon the arrival in Santa
Fe of Gov. Curry, who has just re
turned from the Philippines to assume
that office.
Grandson of Mark Hanna become?
fascinated by stage beauty and lingers
by her side during vacation in defiance
of mother’s commands.
The outbreak of a holy war, with
the massacre of all Europeans in Mo
rocco is threatened. At Casa Rlanca.
where the murder of foreigners ha.
already begun. British and German
steamships are taking off refugees.
New evidence which may save Car]
Hau, the Washington college profes
sor, found guilty of killing his moth
er-in-law, Frau Molitor, if he is grant
ed a new trial, has just developed.
Joseph Root, a hermit resident ol
Presque Isle peninsula, says he has
not slept in 25 years, and those whr
have become interested in the cas.
believe the story.
Czar sees revolt of Seminovsky reg
iment during parade, the soldiers de
manding the retirement of Gen. Rei
1 man, hated since ordering regimen
1 to shoot down citizens of Moscow.
Expensive litigation over the Ger
man of Freeport receivership may h
settled promptly by an offer of $1
850,000, which the Royal makes fo
its assets.
_ ARKANSAS
Estate news?
Altus Coal Options.
Options have been taken on large
tracts of land in Altus and the sur
rounding country to the north, west
and east by parties who are prospect
ing for coal, and who are said to plan
opening a number of mines, should
the deposits be as good as expected.
A vein has been found to the west
of the town, where a drill has been in
operation for a few days, and another
drill will be put in operation to the
east early next week. New York cap
ital is believed to be behind the pro
ject. For months options have quietly
been taken on all the land which could
be secured in this vicinity, and it is
only recently that the purpose of these
operations was suspected. Now many
are refusing to sell their holdings on
the terms offered, and the effect has
been to boost the price of real estate
in a very decided manner.
An Aged Lady Killed.
During an electrical storm in Hope,
lightning struck the residence of Oscar
Taylor. A bed occupied by Mrs. Tay
lor and a new-born babe was fired by
the lightning, and the contents of the
house were destroyed by the Are, and
the building was saved with difficulty.1
When the bed occupied by Mrs. Taylor
was fired by the lightning that lady
jumped from the bed, and the mother
of Mr. Taylor, who was 83 years of
age, endeavored to rescue the child
from the burning bed, when a dressei
was overturned, crushing the aged
woman so badly that she died. Mrs.
Taylor is in a critical condition from
the excitement and the shock, and it
is feared that she may also die. The
child was removed to a place of safety.
Prevent Boys from Buying Whiskey.
Postoffice Inspector Bassett has
discovered that in many parts of
Arkansas boys are buying whiskey by
mail. Many boys secure money or
ders and send them to wholesale
liquor dealers, and the latter, not
knowing by signature whether the
person ordering the goods is a man
or boy, sends the order as requested
by the letter. The government offi
cials seem to have no way to get at
such cases, but are making every
effort to do so. It is a violation of
the law to sell whiskey to minors,
but it appears that the law is being
violated daily with the assistance of
the Postoffice Department.
Coal Discovered Near Pine Bluff.
While a section foreman of the
Iron Mountain Railroad was having
a grave dug for a horse which was
killed on that road, near Jefferson
Springs, recently, he discovered a
layer of coal about three feet from
the surface of the ground. The
place is about a quarter of a mile
from the railroad station, and steps
have already been taken to make a
further investigation of this impor
tant discovery. The layer of coal
which was found is between two and
three feet thick, and is very soft,
known as blossom coal, but wrben
it was set afire it burned with ease.
Four Hurt in Explosion.
Four boys, Paul Green, 8; Jean
Green, 11; Jim Kelly, 8; and Tobe
Kelly, 10 years old, sons of Mrs. W.
W. Green and Mr. and Mrs. James
Kelly, of Fort Smit, were badly in
jured by the explosion of a dynamite
cap placed in a bonfire. Paul Green
will lose the sight of one eye and
may not live. The others were bad
ly cut by flying stones and copper.
The boys say they found a piece of
copper wire in an alley and were
burning the insulation off to sell it
as junk. They didn't know it was
loaded.
Boy Was Killed.
John Gilbert, grandson of John F.
Gilbert, a prominent citizen of Powers,
Hempstead county, was killed recently.
The lad was driving a pair of mules
to a wagon loaded with lumber and
in going" down an incline the planks
ran forward against the team, which
ran away, throwing the driver and
breaking his neck. A nephew of the
senior Gilbert was killed near the
same place by a runaway log team
less than a year ago.
Bitten By Snake.
Roy Jefferies living at Mulberry
was bitten by a snake, and for aw'hilc
his life was dispaired of. He stepped
on the snake while w-ading in a branch
and it bit him just above the heel
getting such a hold that it hung or
until he got out on the bank.
W. E. Orrgar Injured.
W. E. Orrgar, who lives a few miles
southwest of St. Paul, was seriouslj
i injured while working at a sawmill
! by the breaking of a large belt whicl
thrashed him around considerably be
fore the machinery could be stopped
Nashville Chapter of Accidents.
A number of accidents have oc
curred at Nashville within the last
few days. Mrs. W. Feazel was bitten
by a spider. W. J. Risinger, fore
man of the Nashville Lumber com
pany, got his fingers crushed off be
tween cars, Hugh Caruth, manager of
the Nashville Telephone Company,
stuck a large nail in his foot, an em
ploye at Will Smith.s mill had his
foot crushed, and G. W. Smalling had
his head badly bruised by being
thrown out of a wagon.
Child Severely Burned.
The little 2-year-old daughter of Mrs.
W. J. Smith of Eureka Springs was
badly burned with cresoline recently.
The mother had put the child to sleep
and left a cresoline vaporizer burn
ing on the table near the bed. After
the mother left the room the child
awakened, seized the vaporizer and
held it over its head. The hot fluid
was spilled over the child’s face burn
ing it severely.
Boat For White River Trade.
A movement is now on foot to organ
ize a stock company for the purpose
of building and operating a boat on
White river from Cotter north to reach
the territory cut off from transporta
tion. There is a rich stretch of coun
try to which the White river route is
comparatively inaccessible, and it is to
market the products from that section
that the enterprise is being under
taken.
New Road For England.
Initial steps have been taken to
build the England and Clear Lake
Railway to Lonoke, connecting there
with the Rock Island road. From
Lonoke the line is to be built west
to the Arkansas river to a point
where connection can be piade with
the Iron Mountain, thus giving Eng
land the advantage of three railways
and Arkansas river freights.
Family of Seven Poisoned.
A family by the name of Ware, liv
ing in the Stuart settlement, four miles
from Parma, Stone county, were pois
oned from drinking water from a
spring. A meatskin had been placed in
the spring during the night, and it is
supposed that it was covered by some
kind of poison. The family of seven
were all very sick for several days and
one little girl died.
Accident at Nimmons.
Amberson A. Fulks, foreman on a
log loader at Mimmons was killed while
attempting to jump from the loader
in front while it was in motion. In
doing so one foot caught in coupler
link causing him to fall only a few
feet ahead of the loader and was run
over before he could get out of the
way or the machine could be stopped.
Two Dead Bodies Found.
Two dead bodies were found in the
Mississippi river near Lake Village
recently. They were both whites, but
the flesh was so much decayed, and
the skeletons so nearly bare, that no
means of identification could be dis
covered, nor even any evidence of
whether they were drowned, or first
killed and thrown into the water.
Hangs Himself in Jail Cell.
Sam Gay, the only prisoner in the
county jail at Huntsville, who had
been confined there since April,
charged with grand larceny, com
mitted suicide recently by hanging
himself with a piece of No. 12 fencing
wire which had been used to swing
the water bucket in the corridor of
the jail.
Frank Moody Injured.
Frank Moody of Lexington was
dangerously cut by a man named Me
Closky, and his death is momentarily
expected. It is said that McClosky
was drunk at the time of the cutting.
Mr. Moody has always been a strong
advocate of the Temperance cause and
seems to have been a victim.
Was Hurt In Sleep.
Dr. M. W. Purifoy, of Hot Springs,
fell from a platform which is con
nected with the second story of his
office, into a pile of stone in
the back yard, sustaining injuries
which are believed to be fatal. He
was walking in his sleep.
Baby Dies From Morphine.
The infant son of J. M. Hill of
Hartford died recently from the ef
fects of morphine, three tablets of
which it had eaten while playing.
Arrested Near De Queen.
Arthur Hunt, who lives near Da
Queen, was arrested a few days ago
on the charge of killing Henry Pitt
man, whose body was found in the
woods, his head being beaten to a pulp.
The killing occurred in the Indian Ter
ritory.
Negro Was Killed.
An unknown negro was killed at
Prescott, by a freight train, and an
inquest was held over the remains.
The evidence was that the negro was
stealing a ride on the train and was
crushed to death between two cars.
State Capital Notes
Little Rock.—Attorney General W.
F. Shelby has rendered an opinion to
the effect that a member of the legis
lature is ineligible to hold a position
on the St. Francis Levee Board and
as a result Governor Pindall will re
move Representatives Killough and
Love. The sweeping opinion of the attor
ney general, it is stated, will have the
effect of displacing State Senator \V.
S. Goodwin of Warren as a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity of Arkansas and State Senator
Otis T. Wingo as a member of the
State Normal Board. This, perhaps,
will be the result unless Representa
tive Killough or Representative Love
should take the issue raised by the
attorney general's opinion to the
courts, and the Supreme Court should
decide the constitutional question ad
versely to Mr. Kirby’s opinion.
Governor Pindall is expected to an
nounce the appointment to fill the
vacancies early this week. It has
been stated by an authority who
is close to the acting governor that it
was very likely that he would name
Eugene J. Badinelli of Wynne to suc
ceed Representative O N. Killough,
and that he would appoint Eugene
Rolfe or Thomas A. Buford of Forrest
City to succeed Oscar Woln, resigned.
Mr. Rolfe is one of the largest cotton
planters in St. Francis county. Mr.
Badinelli was for many years a prom
inent retail liquor dealer in Wynne,
also a dealer in real estate, which
business he is still engaged in. For
several years he has been . president
of the liquor dealers.’ organization of
Arkansas. The question as to who
will succeed Representative F. O.
Love of Lee county, it is said, has not
yet been decided on. The St. Francis
Levee District Board is composed of
24 members, three from each of the
eight counties that compose the dis
trict, as follows:
Craighead County—J. C. Hawthorne,
Walter Higginbotham, William T.
Thorn.
Cross County—O. N. Killough, A. H.
Hammett, T. E. Hare.
Crittenden County—L. P. Perry, S.
P. Willeford, Samuel Keel.
Lee County—J. F. Robertson, H. F.
Roleson, F. O. Love.
Poinsett County—John Emerick, J.
E. Clanton, W. B. Miller.
Mississippi County—C. W. Bell,
Hugh F. Tomlinson, John A. Love
well.
Phillips County—John McDonald,
James R. Bush, W. N. Straub.
St. Francis County—James Fussell,
Oscar Wolff, S. M. Blalock.
Transcripts Filed.
The transcript in the case of Fan
nie Jackson and Lloyd and Alice Jack
son against R. S. Lloyd, on appeal
from the Lonoke Chancery Court has
been filed in the Supreme Court The
suit was brought to set aside a deed
to a tract of land in Lonoke county.
The transcript in the case of W. R.
Carson and Mary Hudson against
George Sibley and S. S. Sibley and
Max Frohlicli, on appeal from the Lon
oke Chancery Court has been filed in
the Supreme Court. The action is tor
the cancellation of a deed to certain
property in Lonoke county. The trans
cript in the case of the city of Hot
Springs against O. S. Burrow, on
appeal from the Garland Circuit Court,
has been filed in the Supreme Court.
The suit grows out of the alleged vio
lation of the anti-drumming ordinance
of Hot Springs. The transcript in the
case of Joseph Musoph vs. Edward
Somers, Jesse McFarlan and S. S
Mitchell, on appeal from the Benton
Circuit Court, has been filed in the
Supreme Court. The suit is for $2,000
for rent alleged to be due on a farm
in Benton county. Three transcripts
against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway Company, were
filed in the Supreme Court recently
all on appeal from the Marion Circuit
Court. One is in the case of Pat
Walsh, who sues for $340 on account
of W'ages alleged to be due; another is
in the case of Hester B. Brookshire and
others, who claim $650 for damages
aleged to have been sustained by the
overflow of their land, due to the faultj
construction of a culvert by the defen
dant company over its roadbed. The
third is in the case of the State against
the Iron Mountain, praying for a judg
ment for $2,000 and for $5 per day frone
February 1, 1906, until the trial of the
cause in the Marion Circuit Court
for alleged failure and refusal to con
struct a crossing over a public highway
over which its road was constructed
Judgments were secured against the
Iron Mountain in all these cases. The
transcript in the case of W. N. Can
against the Beal-Doyle Dry Goods Com
pany, on appeal from the Pulaski Cir
cuit Court. The suit is for $20,000 fo:
damages alleged to have been sus
tained by falling through an elevatoi
shaft. The lower court gave plaintif
a judgment for $3,000 and all costs.
Pardons Granted.
Acting Governor Pindall has granted
quite a number of pardons this week,
among them being: Lillie Adltisson,
convicted in the White Circuit Court
in January on the charge of conceal
ing the death of a child and sentenced
to 30 days in the penitentiary. Miffle
Russell, convicted in the Phillips Cir
cuit Court in October, 1906, on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses and sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary. Will Coleman,
convicted in the Garland Circuit Court
in March on the charge of grand lar
ceny and sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary. Norman Lawson, con
victed in the Phillips Circuit Court
in May, 1905, on the charge of mur
der in the second degree and sen
tenced to five years in the penitentiary.
Jake Morrison, Lewis Corona, John
Rossi, E. J. Conway and F. P. Jack
son, convicted and given light sen
tences in the Sebastian Circuit Court
in March, 1907, on the charge of Sab
bath-breaking. Harry Lee, convicted
in the Hot Springs Circuit Court in
August, 1906, on the charge of petit
larceny, in order to restore his citi
zenship.
Fees Under Wingo Act.
The total amount of fees received by
the secretary of state at the close of
business on account of the Wingo act,
which requires all corporations to file
certificates of their charters with the
secretary of state and pay certain
fees in proportion to their capital
stock, was $73,757. The total amount
received on account of the Combs fran
chise tax act was $53,145. The total
amount received by the secretary of
state on account of both Wingo and
Combs acts, both of which were passed
by the recent legislature, is $126,902.
There still remain a number of com
panies that have paid no attention
to the notice sent them by the sec
retary of state. At the proper time
they will be sent another notice and if
this is ignored will be prohibited from
further operating in Arkansas.
Four Counties to Be Heard From.
The sheriffs of 71 counties in Ar
kansas have made their annual set
tlements in full or in part with tho
state auditor. The collectors who
have made no settlements this year
are those of Cross, Little River,
Poinsett and Sebastian counties.
Quite a number owe small balances,
which is usually the case every year,
and which is unavoidable. The larg
est balance due on an unpaid settle
ment is by the collector of Conway
county, who has paid about $1,000 on
a collection of about $20,000. The
law requires the collector to settle
with the auditor within 15 days after
he has made a settlement with the
County Court, and the County Court
meets every year for the purpose of
making this settlement on the first
Monday in July.
Can Give No Relief.
At the recent meeting of the Board
of Commissioners of the Arkansas
State Penitentiary a leter from Mrs.
Crowder, asking the hoard to pay her
a reasonable sum as damages for the
death of her son, Willie Crowder, who
was killed by an electric wire of the
state electric plant about a year ago,
was read. The letter was referred to
Attorney General Kirby for an opinion
as to the authority of the board to com
ply with the request. Attorney General
Kirby Thursday rendered his opinion,
in which he states that the relief asked
for may be had only by an act of the
legislature.
Deep Water Delegates.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall has
appointed the following delegates to
the Deep Waterways Convention, one
from each congressional district in
the State, which meets at Memphis
Friday and Saturday, October 4 and
5: First District, Henry N. Pharr
of Marianna; second district, John P.
Lee of Clarendon; third district, Jack
Washington of Fayetteville; fourth
district, George Legate of Mena; fifth
district, Fred Heiskell of Little Rock;
sixth district, H. Coleman of De Witt;
seventh district, W. S. Goodwin of
Warren.
J. A. Lowrey Pardoned.
J. A. Lowrey, who was convicted on
the charge of grand larceny in the
Sebastian Circuit Court at the De
cember (1906) term and sentenced to
one year’s imprisonment, in the State
penitentiary, has been granted a par
don by Acting Governor Pindall.
the fountain.
Boll Weevil From Columbia.
Commissioner Guy B. Tucker re
ceived a bottle of boll worms in va
rious stages of development, from Co
lumbia county. The insects were
quite a curiosity to those who had
never before seen the, pests.
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