NEWS OF ARKANSAS,
Bud McConnell Out.
E. T. McConnell, state super
intendent of the penitentiary, ten
dered his resignation, which was ac
cepted and Hon. Rees B. Hogins,
of Russellville, was chosen his suc
cessor. Mr. Hogins will take charge
of the institution December 1. Fol
lowing is Mr. McConnell's resigna
tion as submitted in writing:
To the Honorable Board of Peni
tentiary Commissioners:
Price $1. Address,
Gentlemen—It is a matter of rec
ord that I was re-elected to the posi
tion of superintendent of the Arkan
sas penitentiary, and after seven
weeks’ star chamber investigation by
the legisk.ive committee, I was con
firmed despite the powerful efforts
brough to bear.
Without solicitation on my part
I was elected to this position Janu
ary 1, 1894, and accepted with con
dition that I would resign when I
could not make the institution self
sustaining. How well I have done
so is public history. Feeling a
pride in making a success, I have
devoted over seven and one-half
years of the best part of my life
to that end. But few realize the
responsibility or magnitude of this
institution. The salary is not suf
ficiently remunerative for the ability
required outside of other objections.
Owing to the wrangling and
strife in the board, and in order to
relieve my friend on the board from
further bickerings and worry, and
because of rules making the super
intendent a figurehead, and because
I do not wish to be connected with
such an extensive business, run on
political instead of busines princi
ples, I hereby tender my resigna
tion as superintendent of the Arkan
sas penitentiary. I respectfully re
quest. that your board have a com
plete inventory of all property made
and all accounts audited on my re
tirement. This is but justice to me
and my successor.
For all favors extended to me by
you, gentlemen, accept my hearty
thanks. I shall retire to the Dem
ocritic ranks and will always be
found as heretofore, battling for the
success of the party.
E. T. McConnell.
The agent of the Pacific express
company states that the robbers who
held up the Cotton Belt train four
miles west of Texarkana, on the 3d,
secured only $5,00. The robbers
have so far succeeded in eluding
pursuit.
Dropped Dead.
Frank Welcome, chief clerk of the
Huckins Hotel at Texarkana, one
of the most popular young men in
that city, dropped dead while in the
discharge of his duties. Heart
trouble is said to have been the
cause of his death. Young Wel
come was a traveling salesman for
a number of years, and was a prom
inent member of the T. P. A He
also served with distinction in the
war of the Philippines.
Conflagration at Swifton.
The town of Swifton, 18 miles
north of Newport on the Iron Moun
tain railroad, was swept by a disas
trous fire on the 13th. The fire
broke out in the Shell building and
totally destroyed eight mercantile
house and one dwelling, Jones Bros.
& Co., being the heaviest losers,
though partially insured. The
Shell building and all contents were
a total loss. The origin of the fire
is at present unknown, The loss
will probably aggregate $10,000.
Telegram of Condolence.
The following telegran of condo
lence was sent Mrs. McKinley by
Governor Davis: “The entire peo
ple of the State of Arkansas deep
ly mourn the death of your beloved
husband, who was so ruthlessly and
cowardly assassinated. In the death
of Mr. McKnley the nation loses
much and the Southland more. He
was indeed our friend and all, ir
respective of political affiliations,
loved him and esteemed him our
friend. If the tender sympathy of
a bereaved people can at all assuage
your terrible grief you should be
comforted in this dark ordeal.”
Adopted by the World’s Fair Commission!
At a recent meeting of the execu
tive committee of the honorary
world’s fair commission the follow
ing was adopted as the plan for a
thorough county organization:
1. The vice president of the
county shall call together at as
early a date as possible at the most
convenient point in tjicir respective
counties the commissioners of each
township, including the lady com
missioners, and organize. The vice
president shall be ex-officio presi
dent of the county organization.
They shall select one of their mem
bers as vice president, one for secre
tary and one for treasurer; provid
ed, such organization shall not inter
fere with the ladies’ organizations.
2. They shall adopt such plans
as they may deem proper and cir
cumstances may demand as to call
ing together their body, gathering
products, raising funds and such
other matters as will be necessary to
make their organization complete
and successful.
3. When the time arises for the
collection of products, each county
organization shall prepare some
place for depositing and keeping to
gether such products, subject to the
orders of the executive committee
of the board of honorary commis
sioners of the St. Louis exposition
for the state of Arkansas.
4. When funds are collected in
the several townships of each coun
ty such funds must be forwarded to
the treasurer of the county organi
zation, such treasurer giving his re
ceipt for the same. The township
organization shall at such times as
may be required report to the coun
ty secretary the amount of the funds
collected and paid to the treasurer,
and the county organization shall
make such deposit in bank or other
wise as will seem proper to secure
such funds. All funds so received
through said county organization
will be hold subject to the orders of
the executive board of the St. Louis
exposition for the state of Arkansas.
5. The vice president and ex
officio president of each county or
ganization shall see that his secre
tary and treasurer by him appoint
ed shall make reports of the prog
ress made in his county to George
H. Grayson, secretary of the board,
at Arkadelphia, Ark.
6. The county vice presidents
shall, as soon as possible, nominate
for confirmation by the governor a
ladies’ county auxiliary, to consist
of one or more ladies, who will ac
tively assist in gathering funds and
exhibits in such manner as the coun
ty organization may see fit, with
power to have an independent or
ganization.
Opening Prematurely.
The government crop report for
the week ending September 10,
shows that cotton is opening rapidly,
and in some localities prematurely;
picking is progressing, but has not
become general in some localities;
some little has been ginned and mark
eted. On uplands the yield will be
poor, while in the bottoms it prom
ises fair to good. Corn is about all
matured and cut and stacked in the
fields; yield generally short. Late
potatoes are coming up slowly and
to poor stand; they arc being fur
ther injured by the hot, dry weath
er, and in some places by the Colo
rado beetle.
Change in Rates.
It is reported the Missouri Pacific
Railway system has issued a tariff
for the Iron Mountain and leased
lines in Arkansas and Louisiana, ef
fective September 15, which cuts the
rate between Memphis and the Iron
Mountain points in the two states
from forty to sixty per cent of what
it was only a short time ago, and
cuts fully twenty-five per cent off
the present tariff in effect. The
new rates are the effect of the set
tlement of the litigation started
against the company four years ago,
through the Memphis freight bureau
and modified to accord with the
more recent action of the Arkansas
railroad commission.
Yale is a new post office in Wash
ington county, with Martin L. Root
postmaste*.
Horace Never Did.
The class in Latin was reading from
Horace’s odes some of those old pastorals
that lead the metropolitan pupil to believe
there is only one pleasure in turning the
soil, tending sheep and milking cows in win
ter. The lesson that day included a poem
of the peasant, his good wife, their cozy
home and an observation on the duties of the
day. The poem had spoken of congealed
streams, indicating a winter night, and then
led the peasant to his stable, where he en
gaged in milking. The translation of a line
was: “How cnveet to press the distended
udder of the kine.” “What do you think
of the construction of that line, Mr. Blank?”
asked the instructor of a country youth.
“Well, I am very certain Horace never
milked a eow on a winter’s night or he
would have left that out or put it in his
satires.’’—Troy Times.
Conliin't Wipe It.
A teacher was instructing a class of in
fants in the Sunday school and was letting
the children finish her sentences to make
sure they understood. “The idol had eyes,”
she said, “but it couldn’t—” “See.” cried
thechildren. “Ithad ears, but it couldn’t—”
“Hear," said the rlass. “It had lips, but
it couldn’t—” “Speak,” said the children.
“It had a nose, but it couldn't—” “Wipe
it!” shouted the little ones, and the teacher
had to pause in her lesson.—London Tid
Bits.
John's Opinion.
Mrs. Howes—For mercy’s sake, John,
what have you been doing in the back yard
all the evening?
Mr. Howes—You see, dear, it was so
much more interesting to hear what the
servants said about you and your mother
than to listen to what you and your mother
had to say about the servants that I staid
a good deal longer than I meant to.—Bos
ton Transcript.
I,lie's Stupendous I'roiiieins.
Smith—What makes so many people
crazy to get into society?
Brown—Well, what make3 so many other
people crazy to keep them out?—Detroit
Free 1’ress.
Value of a Man’s Life.
The Supreme Courts have decided that
the life of the average man is worth just
what he is able to earn. A man’s earnings
depend to a great extent upon his physical
health. The stomach is the measure of
health and strength. Every man may be
bright and active if his digestion is normal.
If it is not, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
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Tlie Modern Elopement.
“Are you sure there will be no hitch in
our elopement?” anxiously asked the beau
tiful maid.
“How could there be a hitch,” assured the
ardent lover, “when we are going in an au
tomobile?”—-Chicago Daily News.
I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.—
John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb.
An undertaker and a sexton are never ex
pected to ask about the health of a sick per
son; it looks greedy.—Atchison Globe.
Check Cold and Bronchitis with Hale’s
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Perhaps the man you think is a fool thinks
ou are in the same class.—Chicago Daily
Sews.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
A gay deceiver is never gay long.—Atchi
son Globe.
Half the world is engaged in “jollying’’ the
other half.—Washington (la.) Democrat.
When you pray for victory don't fail to
shell the woods.—Atchison Globe.
Human nature is a man’s excuse for acting
like a hog.—Chicago Daily News.
“I thought you said she moved in the best,
circles.” “Well, doesn’t she?” “Hardly. I
taw her last night riding in the merry-go
round.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
“How is this?” inquired the commissary
officer. “You have listed boots with the
breadstuffs here.” “That’s all right,” said
the helper, “those supplies are for a polar
expedition.”—Baltimore American.
Too Quick for Her.—Flattehouse—“I man
iged to get ahead of our servant girl this
morning. ’ Diggins—“How was that?”
Flattehouse—“Discharged her before she
had time to leave.”—Town and Country.
“You heard about Dangley’s mining ven
ure. didn't you?” “No; how did it pan
rut?” “Oh, he looks on it as a joke—says
ne struck nothing but a humorous vein.”—
Indianapolis News.
Wickwise—“That story about a man get
ting a pension for complete baldness is true.”
Scadley—“How do you know?” Wickwise
—“As there was no hair at all how could it
be false?”—Philadelphia Times.
“Sis will be down in a minute,” said her
ittle brother “I’m so glad!” replied Mr.
De Trop. “She wasn’t at home the last
:ime I called.” “Oh, yes odie was, but she
wouldn’t come down.” “How do you know
she’ll come down this time, then ?” “ ’Cause
told her you was another fellow.”—Phila
delphia Record.
Mrs. Cawler—“O! Mrs. Woodby, you must
take in Sellem & Co.’s millinery opening.
They've got the loveliest bonnets there for
live dollars up.” Little Willie Woodby—
‘But ma always gets her things for one dol
lar down an’—” Mrs. Woodby (feverishly)
‘Run away and play, Willie.”—Philadel
oliia Record.
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