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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 190(i.
NO. 22 .
Silf gossip
SECRETARY TAFT PREFERS THE
WOOL SACK.
AND not the presidency
How the Fever of Gambling Has
Taken Hold of Society Woman
Foreign Residents Eager for
American Game.
ASHINGTON. — It
is pretty well un
derstood that Sec
retary of War
Taft will accept
the place upon
the supreme
bench to be made
vacant by the re
tirement of Jus
tice Brewer, al
though he has
made no public
announcement of
It would be almost im
bis intention,
possible for him to decline this great
honor.
Secretary Taft’s father was a noted
lawyer, and he was attorney general
as well as secretary of war, the posi
tion now held by his son. Like his
son, he always cherished an ambi
tion to become a member of the su
preme court, but the opportunity
never came. The oldest brother of
the secretary, Henry W. Taft, is an
eminent jurist in New York. Mrs.
Taft is the daughter of Judge Her
ron, of Cincinnati, one of the promi
nent jurists of Ohio, who has sat on
all the courts of that state. The
whole environment of Secretary Taft
has been that of the law. He was
born to it, married into it, and his
children have elected to go into il
after him.
For awhile it looked as though Sec
retary Taft might yield to the allure
ments of a presidential boom, ant
many or ms menus auviseu min u
consider the possibility of his nomina
tion in 1908 very carefully before giv
ing an answer to the offer of the seal
upon the supreme bench. He did con
sider the proposition long enough tc
say that if the certainty of election—
to the presidency—were held out ir
one hand and a scat upon the supreme
bench in the other he would choose
the woolsack.
The Fashienable Vice.
HERE is a fevei
of gamblin!
among the society
women of Wash
ington, those ir
official, diplomat
ic and private
life. Ministers o;
the Gospel art
preaching agains
the craze, whicl
seems to have the
society butterflies
in its grasp. Nov
that Lent is on, when the more publli
social functions like big dinners
dances, etc., are tabooed, the smart se
and society generally have resorted ti
cards and bridge whist is the orde
morning, noon and night. It is th>
custom for the most exclusive, am
therefore the most reckless clubs, t<
meet at ten o'clock in the morning
Play until luncheon, and after lunch
eon play the rubber.
There are some very racy tales be
ing told about the indulgence of thi
fashionable vice. For instance, ther
is the wife of a naval officer whos
husband only has the rank of com
mander, and who is now off at sea
who has astounded the best circle
this winter by the gorgeousness of he
gowns and the smartness of her turn
outs. Everybody knows that she ha
no fortune and that her husband ha
nothino- hut _
tirely Inadequate to such style as sh
puts on. The secret of her fin
dresses and carriages Is said to lie ii
cleverness at bridge and phenomena
luck at any gambling game of cards
The wife of a very prominent an<
wealthy ex-senator and her daughte
came to Washington for the season
They had their allowance, which wa
very liberal, but the husband an
father having learned by experienc
Not to give them unlimited credit a
his bank, did not count on thei
gambling debts. The two ladies lef
Washington a few days ago absolute
ly broke.
Euiopean Customs Introduced.
HESE whist club:
it is claimed, ar
demoralizing
ciety. The won
en have the gaml
ling f e v e ;
Friendships hav
been ruined, fo
there is no sue
thing as frien<
ship when
comes to for
giving a gamblin
-.- debt. There ai
"ell founded rumors of official won
en being ostracised for what the steri
er "'Quid denominate “welching
on debts incurred at the card table.
Old ladies, middle-aged ladies and
young ladies are all infected with the
gambling virus. The games played in
“good” society are not child’s games
by any means, and checks running
into the hundreds and sometimes
thousands of dollars are required to
settle the score at the end of the
game.
Not only are these whist tables go
ing during the week days, but Sun
day afternoons are devoted to the se
ductive game. TI1I3 disregard for the
American Sabbath was brought into
Washington by the foreign diplomats,
who set the pace in a good many
things for the smart set here.
At the Austrian embassy there is
the same wide open sort of perform
ance on Sunday. There cards at all
times are the favorite means of diver
sion. If a dinner or dance is given
there are always card rooms open
where those so inclined can try their
luck. The favorite game in diplomatic
circles, strange to say, is the old
American game of draw poker. The
foreigners take to this game with
avidity because they can get quick
action for their money, much quicker
than they get at whist and other more
fashionable games.
Attracts as Place of Residence.
7^Ti7i777n HE attractions of
that they made it their permanent
home after they had left public life.
Ifx-senators and ex-members of the
house can be met with by the score
on Washington streets. Most of them
are wealthy or have dropped into
good departmental practice so they
can live in the best circles and keep
up their old acquaintance made when
they were part of the government.
There are a great number of widows
of former officials and senators who
the capital city
as a place of res
idence are grow
ing more and
more. There are
a great number
of residents in
Washington who
were at one time
part of its official
life and who
grew so much in
love with the city
permanent home. Mrs. Mark Hanna
is to become a permanent resident
here, leaving her beautiful home in
Cleveland, where she and her distin
guished husband lived for so many
years.
Besides Mrs. Hanna, there are liv
ing here a great part of the year, Mrs.
Hobart, widow of the late vice presi
dent, and Mrs. Payne, widow of the
late postmaster general. Mrs. Dan
Manning, widow of President Cleve
land's first secretary of the treasury,
also spends part of the winter here.
Other widows of distinguished men
who now make Washington their per
manent home are: Mrs. Stanley Mat
thews, whose husband was an associ
ate justice of the supreme court; Mrs.
T. DeWitt Talmadge, Mrs. John Hay,
Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. M. S. Quay
and Mrs. Phil Sheridan.
Not Always Provident.
r up these buildings, enough each year
to pay the interest on $35,000,000. If
j one-half of that $35,000,000 was spent
j in the erection of suitable buildings,
every department would be well
[ housed and ample room would be af
1 forded for half a century to come. As
and for extra help
NCLE SAM is not
the most provi
dent old fellow in
the world. He is
apt some times to
bo carried away
by the penny wise
and pound fool
ish practice. For
instance, right in
this city he is
paying in rent for
buildings needed
for public service
i necessary to keep
j it is, tnousanas oi guvwumcm
, are compelled to work every day in
unsanitary and often dangerous build
j ings -while the general government is
r paying out this enormous annual sum
for rents.
' The visitor to Washington only sees
1 the few big buildings that are tbs
a show places of the citg, and he tiiinks
t that they are where all the govern
r rnent business is transacted. It will
» surprise him to learn that a great part
_ of the work is done in make-shift
buildings. It is rather startling to find
out that the treasury department is
scattered about in six buildings, the
, War department in nine buildings; the
g j*ost office department in five; the ag
. iicultural department in 20; the de
partment of commerce and labor in
six; the department of justice in six
and the district government in nine
e buildings. There is an annual outlay
r for rent of these buildings of $350,000
t and an outlay for extra help, light
[. and fuel of $297,000, making a total
t annual expense to the government of
. $647,000.
e Charles MeClennan, a student of the
. Chicago archdiocese who is studying in
i. Home, obtained his degree of Ph. D, at
» tho propaganda recently.
THE WEEK'S NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NOHTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A. tilimi.se at W'liat Cou&ress Is Do
lus Tofcetlier W'itli u Carefully
liitiesteil ami Condensed Compila
tion of Current Kent Items, Until
Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
The senate passed bills increasing the
pensions of ex-soldiers who lost limbs
in the service; retiring and pensioning
petty officers and men of the army,
navy and marine corps after 30 years
of service at three-fourths their regular
pay, and increasing the pensions of ex
Mexican war soldiers to $20 per month
and making the atttalnment of 75 years
of age evidence of disability.
The post office appropriation bill was
passed by the house.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the bill fixing the terms
of court in the southern district of
Texas.
The house passed a bill to amend the
act to amend and codify the laws re
lating to municipal corporations in the
district of Alaska.
The house passed a bill granting to
the city of Durango, Co!., certain lands
for reservoir purposes.
The senate committee on public lands
reported favorably a bill for the allot
ment of homesteads in Alaska to In
dians and Eskimos, native of that ter
ritory.
The house passed the senate bill im
posing a charge for tuition on non
resident pupils in the public schools of
the District of Columbia; also a bill
regulating the employment of child la
nor in tne District or Goiumma.
The senate passed a bill to approve
certain final proofs in the Chamberlain
land district in South Dakota; also a
bill creating the Mesa Verda national
park.
UEKKRAL NEWS I'lEBJ.
Five hundred Missouri democrats at
tended Jefferson day banquet given
by the Missouri State Democratic Press
association in Kansas City. Among the
guests were prominent democrats from
various parts of the state. Gov. Folkr
Senator Stone and Congressman Charles
A. Towne, of New York, were the prin
cipal speakers.
Sir Robert Thorburn, former pre
mier of Newfoundland,. is dead.
The Roumanian government, at the
repeated demands of the Russian, po
lice, has decided to expel Matuschenko,
the leader of the mutiny on board the
Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin© in
June of last year.
Vesuvius has quieted down, and the
people in the threatened districts are
offeiing thanksgiving for danger past.
In the devastated places the grewsome
task of searching for the bodies of the
victims is being carried on, and they
are buried in quicklime as fast as
found.
United States Vice Consul James
Springer, at Cardenas. Cuba, died sud
denly' of heart disease.
It is not believed that the land cov
ered by sand and cinders from Vesuvius
can be brought under cultivation in less
than ten years, which will involve £
loss of about $20,000,000 yearly.
The London Express says that Le
Grand Norton Denslow, an American
doctor residing in London, has discov
ered a cure for locomotor ataxia, and
has already effected a number of won
derful recoveries.
A fire of supposed incendiary orgin
destroyed the business section of Ro
dessa, La., 40 miles north of Shreve
port; loss, $50,000.
An unknown man, on whose person
-was found 25 nounds of dynamite,
fuses, caps, two revolvers and a black
mask, was struck and fatally injured
by a Northern Pacific engine in the
yards at Bozeman), Mont. He was evi
dently loaded for a ho’.d-up.
The United States grand jury at
Sioux Falls, S. D., has returned an in
dictment charging perjury against Carl
Petan, a prominent stockman, in con
nection with government land entries
by four different persons.
The epidemic of typhoid fever is de
creasing somewhat at Pittsburg, Pa.,
but is spreading to surrounding munici
palities along the Ohio river.
Three stables at the Lexington (Ky.)
race track and five cottages just out
side the grounds were destroyed by
fire, together with ten horses belonging
to George W. Bissell, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and Janies Baker, of Lexington; less,
$50,000.
United States Senator Thomas C
Platt, of New York, will make no effort
for re-election for another term.
Representative James S. Sherman, of
New York, has been elected chairman
of the republican congressional com
mittee; Representative Tawney, of Min
nesota. vice-president; Representative
Loudenslager, of New Jersey, secretary,
and Representative McKinley, of Illi
nois, treasurer.
Boys found the bodies of a man,
woman and child in. the mountains
south of Richlands, W. Va. They had
apparently been dead at least a month.
The skulls of the woman and child had
been crushed and there was a bullet
hole in the man's forehead.
At least seven tornadoes were ob
served east and north of Great Bend,
Has., in one day. Considerable damage
ia reported, including the demolition of
a school house and a threshing outfit.
James Kcrousch and Frank Anderson
were killed by lightning during an
electric storm at Mahaska, Kas., and a
livery barn was destroyed.
Maj. Richard Sylvester, of Washing
ton, D. C., was re-eieeted president of
the International Association of Chiefs
of Police, in session at Hot Springs,
Ark. Harvey O. Carr, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., is secretary-treasurer.
George B. Hibbard, a well-known
marine, lawyer, died at his* home in
Buffalo, N. Y., aged 82 years.
The war department has taken steps
to send whatever military force may
be necessary to protect the Indian
agent, Maj. O. C. Edwards, on the Uma
tilla agency in Oregon, the Indians hav
ing threatened to do him bodily harm.
Several persons were injured and
seven houses completely destroyed by a
tornado at Stafford, Kas.
From the conflicting stories in re
gard to Dowie and Zion City, it is dif
ficult to determine what is really being
or going to be done. Dowie, at last ac
counts, was at the Auditorium Annex,
in Chicago, and the insurgents held pos
session of Zion.
The Washington Auditorium Co. is
seeking to obtain a charter and conces
sions to erect an immense ampitheater
at the national capital, using the steel
frame of the government building at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The national headquarters of the
Woman’s Suffrage association at
Warren, O.. has received a complete his
tory of woman suffrage bequeathed by
the late Susan B. Anthony. There are
nearly 4,000 volumes.
The armored cruiser Washington.
bu*U by the New York Shipbuilding
Co., successful y completed her official
speed trial, making' an average speed of
22.272 knots an hour on a four-hour en
durance run.
The costly furnishings! of Ben Mc
Dhui, John Alexander Dowie’s beauti
ful summer home at White Lake, Mich.,
valued at about $20,000, were sold under
the hammer for $2,500.
J. H, Van Dyke, Jr., president of the
Milwaukee Trust Co., and a director in
the First national bank of Milwaukee,
died following an operation for the re
moval of gall stones, aged 48 years.
Benjamin D. Greer.e and John F.
Gaynor, charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the government, and who foi
years fought extradition from Canada,
were found guilty in the federal court at
Savannah, Ga., after a trial lasting 14
weeks, and sentenced to pay a collective
fine of $575,049 and each be imprisoned
for a term of four years.
Despite the order of the supreme
court of Kansas, which ousted Mayor
Rose of Kansas City, Kas., and which
ruled that he could not serve in that
office until the present term had ex
pired, in 1807, the democratic execu
tive committee of that city have nom
inated him for mayor.
James A. Bailey, the “circus king,”
well known in connection with the
Barnum and Bailey show, died at his
home in Mount Vernon, N. Y., of ery
sipelas, aged 59 years.
The National Republican league will
meet in biennial convention and. inci
dentally, celebrate the golden jubilee
of the formation of the party, in Phila
ce'phia. June 17-19.
The typhoid fever situation in Pitts
burg, Pa., daily becomes more alarm
ing. In addition to a large number oi
new cases reported, about 1,000 of the
public school pupils are absent because
of illness.
Ex-LIcut. Sidney S. Burbank, con
victed by court-martial in the Philip
pines of embezzling company funds and
of conduct unbecoming a gentleman,
has arrived at the federal prison in Fort
Leavenworth, Kas,, to serve his 15
months’ sentence.
Vice-Admiral Cervera, who com
mnnHfvl thp ill-fatprt Snanish flppt rip
stroyed off Santiago, Cuba, in 1898, has
been appointed naval commander at the
port of Ferrol, Spain.
A Tien Tsin (China) dispatch of the
12th inst. said that the embarkation of
German troops from Pekin had begun.
Harrison Clark, colored, who fatally
shot Conductor Flury during an at
tempted hold-vp of a street car in Oma
ha, Neb., was convicted of murder in
the first degree, with the death pen
alty.
Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer,
arrived in New York on the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. He will
make a tour of the United States. He
declares the condition cf Russia more
serious now than it ever was before.
Mrs. Frank K. Raymond, wife of a
government employe in Washington
and her 14-year-old son were found
asphyxiated in bed in their room at
Hollywood, a suburb of Los Angeles
Cal. It is intimated that the motbei
was responsible for the deed.
The trustees of St. Viateur’s college
which was recently destroyed by fire
at Bourbonnais Grove, north of Kan
kakee, III., have received donations ag
gregating $150,000, and will proceed tc
rebuild.
ARKANSAS
i~\ STATE NEWS
Carried Away a Trunk.
A burglar entered the home of
Miss Hawkins, two miles east of the
town of Huntsville, one night last
week. A large trunk which the thief
supposed contained money was tak
en out of a window, carried a short
distance from the home and broken
open. The only money in the trunk
was a five dollar bill, which was fold
ed in a bed quilt and was not found
by the thief. The papers, letters,
clothing and other articles that made
up the contents of the trunk were
scattered broadcast over the neigh
borhood . The chagrin of the thief
at. not finding any money in the
trunk was evidentaly very great.
Whitecappers Convicted.
Columbus B. Boyett, Lee Bromley,
Joe Bromley, Bill Morgan, Wash
Morgan and Bob Nichols were found
guilty of whitecapping in the United
State District Court at Little Rock
last week. The men were remanded
to jail to await sentence from the
court. The convicted men are resi
dents of Bradley county and were ac
cused of intimidating a number of
negroes and preventing them from
working at a sawmill, where they had
secured employment. The penalty
in these cases is either a fine or
imprisonment in the federal peni
tentiary or both.
Brother and Sister Drowned.
Miss Dora Floyd, 19 years old, and
her G year old brother Curtis, were
drowned in South Fork river, five
miles north of Salem on the West
Plains road, recently. The young
people were the children of Frank
Floyd, who resides near Salem. The
drowning occured while the two
!• loyds were returning from cnurcn
in n wagon with two young men. In
crossing the river the vehicle was up
set and the men were barely able to
save their own lives.
Plan Negro Exposition.
The Negro Educational and In
dustrial Exposition Commission has
commenced preparations for a negro
exposition, to be held at Little Rock
next year. It is proposed to place
on exhibition the handiwork of neg
roes and portray the progress of the
race by gathering together every
feature of negro production. The
commission was formed following
the recommendation of the State
Negro Business Men’s League at
their last sesion held at Little Rock
last year.
Girl Breaks Her Arm.
Lucile, the 6-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Whitley Kerr of Ben
tonville, had her left arm broken just
above the elbow a few days ago.
She and her sister were riding their
pony, when the horse went under a
low hanging apple tree limb and the
girls were knocked off and the ac
cident to Lucile occurred as before
stated
Will Ship Water.
The Electric Springs Shipping
Company is a late addition to the
business enterprises of Rogers. It is
composed of Chicago parties and has
secured a five year lease from the
owners of the Electric springs for
their surplus water. The company
will ship this water to all parts of
the country.
Injured By a Horse.
Mrs. A. J. Tompkins of Poughkeep
sie was thrown from her horse re
cently, and her foot catching in the
bridle reins, she was dragged a con
siderable distance before she was re
leased. She sustained severe bruises
and cuts about the face and several
broken bones. The physician, who
dressed her wounds, expects her to
mane speeuy aTOvcrv.
A Valuable Farm.
J. W. Matthewson has sold his
farm near Walnut Ridge to William
Rust of Richmond, Mo. The farm
contains 200 acres and was sold for
$6,500.
Has Had Many Offices.
Hon. H. Li. Ponder has been elect
ed city attorney by the City Council
or Walnut Ridge. This will make Mr.
Ponder's twelfth consecutive year as
a city official. He began as recorder
at 21 years of age and has filled all
the offices in the local government of
■Walnut Ridge from mayor down.
Trouble Over Politics.
A shooting affray occurred in the
drug store of Chandler & Harrington
at Marianna recently in which a man
living near Moro, W. Winter, was
painfully wounded by R. L. Derick of
Marianna. It is alleged that the dif
ficulty arose over politics.
A Short Illness.
Alex Gunning, sheriff of Wyan
dotte county, Kansas while hunting
near De Queen recently, was stricken
with acute cpelipsey and died in a
short time. The remains were sent
to Kansas for interment.
Levee Board Appointed.
Governor Davis has appointed the
following persons to fill vacancies on
the St. Francis levee board: Phillips
county—W. N. Straub, reappointed;
H. R. Fitzpatrick, Helena; to suc
ceed Dan McDonald. Lee county—
F. O. Love, nominee for the legisla
ture, succeeds T. H. Magee on the
board. St. Francis county—S. M.
Blalock, to succeed James Fussell.
Cross county—T. E. Hare, a Vandale
lawyer, to succeed J. M. Levesque.
Poinsett county—W. B. Miller, chair
man of the board, re-appointed. Crit
tenden county—S. P. Williford, to
succeed J. F. Smith. These ap
pointments leave two members now
on the board still at their posts but
as their terms expire this month,
their places will be vacant in a short
while. The members appointed by
the Governor, as specified above, are
each to serve three years.
Land Office Report.
Below is the quarterly report or
State Land Commissioner F. E. Con
way :
Fees, $1,569.
Swamp land sold, 239.78 acres, con
sideration, $240.47.
Internal improvement land sold,
129.36 acres, consideration, $161.70
Forfeited land sold, 5,286.72 acres,
consideration, $6,608.44.
Forfeited land redeemed, 4,008.72
acres, consideration, $018.43.
Forfeited town lots sold, $74.76.
Forfeited land donated, 7,006.76
acres.
Forfeited land deeded to actual
settlers, G,787.55 acres
Total acreage involved, 23,458.89,
acres, total amount received by the
Land Commissioner, $9,272.80.
Active Work Begins.
Active work has been commenced
:it the slate minrries of the South
western Slate company near Mena.
Large orders for this slate are said
to be on file with the company and
heavy shipments on these orders are
to be made shortly. The company
had suspended operations on account
of inadequate railroad facilities but
will resume work in spite of this
disadvantage.
Paper and Pulp Mill.
It is reported that a paper and
pulp factory will be established at
Pine Bluff in a short time. This
factory is expected to employ up
wards of 300 men and will prob
ably consume several hundred cords
of pine wood per day.
One Year for a Boy.
At Bentonville recently a special
Grand Jury was summoned and em
paneled to try Jeff Smith, charged
with breaking into the depot at De
catur recently. The Grand Jury re
turned an indictment against the ac
cused for burglary and grand larceny.
The lad, who is only about 16 years
old, immediately pleaded guilty to
grand larceny and was sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary.
Society Organized.
The Agricultural Society of the
University of Arkansas has been or
ganized at Fayetteville, under the
supervision of the faculty. It is
composed of students taking an ag
ricultural course, and is for the pur
pose of promoting interest among
the students and teachers.
A Good Example.
About $1,100 has been expended
on local charity at Hot Springs by
the B'Nai B'Rith, a Jewish fraternal
society, during the past year. The
report of this society to its grand
lodge shows that 81 cases of distress
have been relieved by the Hot
Springs branch in the past twelve
months.
Live Stock Lost.
The farmers on the east side of
White river have suffered serious
losses as a result of the overflow.
J. L. King lost 60 head of cattle and
several head of horses on this ac
count, near Des Arc, recently.
Forgetfulness, the Cause.
P Iao !■ 1 o l.-n non v A cll/lon'n orvmft
days ago, William Nutt shot Robert
Owens in the face with a load of No.
6 shot. Owens dir?d a short time af
terwards. Both parties are colored.
The shooting was unintentional, as
Nutt had forgotten that the gun was
loaded.
Postoffice Raised.
The postofllce at Gentry has been
made a presidential office and the
postmaster put on a salary of $1,000.
The new order went into effect the 1st
of April.
Destructive Storm.
A terriffic wind storm visited Cot
ter last week and blew down most of
the frame work of the railroad round
house that was in course of con
struction at that place. The damage
will probably amount to $2,000. A
number of other buildings in the
town were more or less damaged.
Goes to British Columbia.
F. Li. Hamilton, late manager of the
Maumee mines at Harrison, left re
cently for British Columbia, where he
has an offer to take the management
of a silver mine already in successful
ODeration.