VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907.
NO. 30.
acts OF ARKANSAS
Laws Enacted By the Thirty-Sixth
Genera! Assembly.
a Vfl 122—To compel the Cotton Belt
to stop passenger train No. 3 at Hoe Sta*
. .. Un.knRl*.
tl0"f V,fU the time for holding
court in 'the Ninth Chancery District.
v„ i*j4—To separate the offices of
. in UiinVnn < 'mmrv find
Kh«iff and collector in Merton County ana
6au -■.«c... uf collector.
w create the office of coll.
Ait No 125—To prevent hogs running at
large in Crittenden County.
' t No 12b—Granting l'erry County per
mission to build bridges over l-’ourche La
i uvp Kiver.
laA., No 127—To form School District
No. lit), in ltandolph County, into a special
school district.
Act No 128—To relieve certain persons
In Tine l.iutT from taxes for me year 1000,
owing to loss hy lite.
v., No top—Authorizing the employ
tnent of a stenographer tor the Supreme
1 Ail No 130—Kelative to the right of
eminent domain ot companies furnishing
water, etc., to cities.
An No. 131—To increase the salary of
lie btipreme Court judges.
Act .no. 13d—To increase the penalty for
can'tug concealed weapons.
Act No. 133—To regulate pleading and
practice in me l ttaueery Court ol aIoiu
'■uiiin v. t liieol, Asnley, Lafayette, Waslt
ington', Menton, Aladlson, i arroll. llooue,
Newton. Marion, Searcy. Van Uuren, Gar
land, 1 levelund and Dallas counties.
Act No 134—l'o require the Frisco to
stop certain trains at Springdale.
.lit. No. 13o—To prohibit die soliciting
or taking of orders for intoxicating liquors
in liiotuoition territory.
Ait .mi. J30 —- lo allow the sheriffs of
the various counties a certain sum for the
board ot prisoners.
Ad No J 31 To regulate the tiling of
appeals find writs of error.
Act No. 13b To authorize the Spring
dan special School District to borrow
money
Act No. 130—To make valid the acts of
Van itiueu Improvement District No. 1.
Act No. 14ii—Prescribing the duties of
the physician to me penitentiary.
A,i Mr 141 To make rainoad com
panics liable for damages caused by lire.
Act No. 143- To require me Iron -Moun
tain to build a depot and switch at Wil
ma r.
Act No. 113—'To require the l’ine Fluff
A Western Itailroad company to operate
a passenger train.
Act N'l 144 to provide for working pub
lie roads by improvement districts.
Ad No. 1 To - l’o care lor paupers iu
Ilenluu bounty.
Act No. m> .Making certain regulations
relative lu the maintenance ot runway sta
tions.
Act No. 147—To cure defects in acknowl
edgments and conveyances.
Act No. 118—To compel the Louisiana A
Arkansas Itailroad to erect a depot at
Snow Crossing.
Act Ao. tTo To increase the powers of
the railroad commission.
Act No. 150—To require the Iron Moun
.m Nil. j.ii in make tile salury of the
Governor Sloop |ier annum.
Ait ,\n. lo^- to uuienii an act to make
the Arkansas River a lawful fence in cer
tain cases.
Act .Nn. l.I.'l To establish the Cow Oak
Drainage district.
Ait ah. iof—An act for tlie consolida
tiou uf cities tAnnexation Bill).
Act .No. 1 .11—To amend au act relative
to lire building of roads and bridges in
rtlituii.s County.
Act -No. iso—To declare a four-wire
feme lawiul iu Sevier County.
Act .No 117 - I'o donate certain real
estate to School District .No. 1:0, in uurhiiiu
County.
Ac) -No. l.ls—To require tlie Itock Island
to elect a depot at ileih Station.
Ad .No. loW—i'o prevent me mainten
aacc ul lunch stands within one-half mile
oi cemeteries on Decoration Day.
A t No. 100--To declare Robert L. Lee's
bnthila.v a legal holiday.
Act .No. lot—To provide for a salary for
Hie ueusiuer of Washington Couuty.
Act .No. 1 UL*—To prevent dealing in fu
tures.
A't -No 10;;. To authorize Howell Special
acliool District lo borrow money.
Act .So. 104 lo organize itie Arnold
Special School District.
Act .No. lo., in require the Iron Moun
tain to stop passenger trains at Malvern
anti Arkadeiphia.
'hauilic" ^,>u—To protect shippers of uier
t„Ao U’~—To amend the law relative
tfle ussesslng of property in improve
went districts in cities.
x.°- IbS—To require the Frisco to
‘reel a depot at Datto.
(.A*;1, -N,V 1 b'J—To require the clerk of
imglicail County to extend the tux ut
•N huiil Distrjct .No. 11 tor the year 1U00.
nn .No. 170—To authorize the enclosing
«t eettain lauds on White River.
4 ! v' 1k—T’"r (1|c beneiit of Barber.
1 AlJ- f‘-—To require the Frisco to
niaiuiain a depot ai Flkius
Ni. li . ' V/i—To organ life School District
riai 1 i111 ‘••Tnpsteal County, into a spe
'mi school district.
ST»H»rNo 1authorize the Osceola
' . ^uol District to borrow money,
♦.in , —To require the Iron Moun
llu‘>m.am an ugeut ut McRae,
thi. i,„i v*» To Increase the salary of
the judg" uf_ciark County.
lain i 1 1—To require the Iron Moun
An v*m,4 a ui Hamlin,
tain i ' 1' ,s—*° require the Iron Moun
mo to stop passenger trulus nt I'ahum.
tain i.t'u Vrrl’° 'equlre the Irou Moun
An v a dePot “t Millville.
SaeriiiI i Tsu—'To create the Center Point
opeoal school District.
court ill ’NI- To authorize the quorum
tianC lort s“‘"» District of Seims
tu U.Vli i purchase road m&chlery
4 . V ““"Is lu the Oreenwootl District,
maintain ,r'\ re,lulr« tl,e Frisco lo
Vi i N 3 ieJe®rat>d ‘’luce at Summers.
Midland UniT. . lo <uuipel tile Arkansas
taer.“ U Uailload to elect a depot ul l'ui
An A?-* Regulating insurance,
tine fTo provide for domestica
Act \ ,C0I'1,° 1-atIons.
Improvement to autllor,*e t1"' Newport
v^ovement District to elect officers.
Special J'i i1. .10 create Hie lietnesda
seven nil'll To allow the levying o.
Act .\!, i. or ’,.u‘ use schools,
records i,,' 1,1 .It' regulate the keeping of
trlcts U ifunties huviug two judicial dis
^al .Scliw?1D7stHct°1BUUiZe tUe JaSP‘
Act \ . Vl8trlct
Special s authorize the Paragoul
At?,\oeh?S!, to borrow money.
Portatloii ' i 11 ° 1 ° ,esulate freight tram
An V, ! ,emV,r'««e Law),
etnnluv n.'niV.i ,° authorize ilte a
Act ad(, t ona clerical force,
hers nr ,'i,„ . To allow mileage
the auditor
srs of ,i ~7 «uow mileage to men
hi Justin. Ievylng court ami witness.
Act \„ ' ,VKrt* *“ Rt'ntou County,
tag of intton T° T,n>vlde fur 'he welgl
the Boek ,slau
Cotint jc the salary 1
tain to 'n„fi„;rr'l’o '‘‘quire the Iron Moui
-'lc('i,„v “'"fain a telegraph operator ;
"lent1 „‘f-.tld To authorize the appoin
An x,; .La n«prosecuting attorneys.
Count, ‘‘i1 Tf*' a stock law in I’ll
,ain * o' ’J ! ° tempel the Iron Moui
A,-t -,LU d°T“t «t White Hall.
‘Adit of . P*'ovl'le lor the appoin
1 lateenth ti„i!1c,al, stenographer for tl
Act .N„ J 'n!‘;lul district.
City Siitiih«i.„ V. T° ''fquire the Kanst
*?*"•» m Uqy^ 'U1'Jad l° 5toP passeugi
Act No. -03—To provide for working
of roads in Stone County.
Act No. 206—To authorize the assess
mem of taxes for the purpd.se or imildmg
a levee in the Laconia Levee District.
Act No. -<>7—To require all locai passen
ger and freight trains to stop at Spirit
Lake.
Act No. 208—To provide a depository for
county funds.
Act No. 200—To amend the St. Francis
Lvvee District law.
Act No. 210—To authorize resignation
of directors of the Jonesboro Improvement
District.
Act No. 211—To create the Faulkner Spe
cial School District.
Act No. 212—To furnish the various cir
cuit darks wjjh such records as they do
not possess, as they are printed.
Act No. 213—IV create the West Dart
ford Special School District.
Act No. 211—To establish a special drain
age district in Phillips County.
Act No. 23—To create the DeWltt Spe
cial School District.
Act No. 2D>—To create the Wiiinot Spec
ial School District.
Act No. 217—To organize certain terri
tory iu Pulaski and Faulkner Couutles into
a special school district.
Act No. 2IS—To compel the Iron Moun
tain to maintain au. agent at Martin s
Junction.
Act No. 210—To provide the manner ot
Holding an election to change the location
of tiie county seat of Lawrence County.
Act No. 220— To reginaf.e uie catching of
fish_ln_ Arkansas.
Act No. 221—To declare a four wire
feme iawiul in Arkansas County.
Act ah. 222 Tne lTintitig DcnViency Act.
Act No. 223—For the protection of lisii
in oid Town and Long Lake.
Act No. 224—To require the Iron Moun
tain to stop all trains at Alma
Act No. 223—itequinog certain passen
ger trains to stop at Fulton.
Act No. 220—To provide a stock law iu
certain parts of Logan County.
Act No. 227—To organize certain terri
tory iu Jeiierson Couuty iuto a special
school district;
Act No. 228—To give better train ser
vice in St. Francis county.
Act No. 221)—To increase the salary of
the private secretary to the Governor
*2.200 per annum.
Act No. 230—To compel the rection of a
depot at liluckville.
Act No. 231—To protect ginners.
Act No. 232—To regulate jury service
in l'ulaski circuit Court.
Act No. 233—The General Appropriation
Dill.
Act No. 234—To create the Louisville
Special School District.
Act No. 233—for a stock law iu the
First. Thirteenth. Fiiteeuth. Eighteenth,
Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-first anu
Thirty-fourth Senatorial Districts.
Act No. 2.U»—To prevent drumming on
railroad trains
Act Ao. _,»i—To allow county judges to
remove cliiid.cn mini undue induencos.
Act No. 238—To require tin* Kock island
to maintain a depot at Grittithsville.
Act No. 230— To prohibit common car
riers from abridging their liability.
Act No. 240—To regulate the ex pend i
i ture of public money.
Act No. -41- I'd tequire the Iron Moun
tain to maiuialn a depot at Grand (liaise.
Ad No. 242—To torin School District
No. 40 in Greene Cuuury into a special
school district.
Act No. —To amend the cottonwelgh
iug act.
Act No. -44—To create School District
No. 20t jn Calhoun County into a special
school district.
• Act No. -4o—To make valid certain acts
of the county court of Kenton County.
Act No. —-tO—To prevent the sale of in
toxicating liquors within four mi.es of
.NUipnur dock High School.
Act No. -47—To provide for the creation
of road improvement districts.
Act No. -48—To create special school
dlsti let in Ouachita County.
Act No. 240 'i'o amend the Columbus
Special School District law.
Act No. 230—To require railroads to
dram their road beds.
Act No. -.">1 To change the time for
holding the Cleveland Circuit Court.
Act No. 202- To require rhe Iron Moun
tain to maintain a depot at llayuey.
Act No. 203—To require the Frisco to
maintain depots at Counts and 1) nancy.
Act No. _.*4 For the relief of the incor
porated town of Green Forest.
Act No. 200 To i-nange tie- county lines
between Lonoke and l’ulaski.
Act No. 20<» I'o provtue ior a county de
pository fur Boone.
Act No. 207 To require the Frisco to
fence its right of way in Uuudolph, Clay
and Little Liver Counties.
Act No: 208—To increase the salary of
the county judge of Scott.
Act No. -jy To create a special school
district of School District No. 17, in Folk
County.
Act No. '-’do—Legalizing the summoning
of witnesses or jurors by telephone.
Act No. 201— To require the Iron Moun
tain to build a viaduct at Texarkana.
Act -0-—(House Kill No. 387 > > An act
to organize the Izard-Sharp School District.
Act 203 (House Kill No. 32—An act to
amend Section 2840 of Kirby s Digest of
me Statutes of Arkansas.
Act 204 (House Kill 318)—An act to con
tiiin and make valid certain sales by the
State heretofore of swamp or overflowed
land and internal improvement land.
Act 203 (House Kill No. 4 48 i — An a. f to
create the Knoxville Special School Disrricr.
Act 200 (House Kill No. 335) — An act to
require the St. Louis & San Franstsco
Kailroad Company to construct a street
crossing at the town of Nettleton. Craig
head County. Ark.
Act 207 (House Kill No. 411 >—An act to
tix the salaries of the county and probate
judges of Inion and Bradley counties.
Act 208 ( House Kill No. 371)—An act to
require St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern Kailroad Company to establish and keep
opeu a depot at Lester, in Ouachita Couu
t.v. Ark., aud to keep an agent at said
depot.
Act 201) (House Kill No. 2*2) —An a<*t for
the better protection of game in Desha
County.
Act 270 (House Kill No. 383)— An act to
fix the liability to owners for damages to
property as between initial and connecting
common carriers.
Act 271 (House Kill No. 02)—An act to
enforce compliance with certain contracts.
Act 272 (Senate Kill No. 4(>o>- An act
to create an improvement district com
posed of all the real estate within the cor
porate limits of the city of DeQueeu, Ark.,
and for i he purpose of providing, construct
ing aud maintaining a system of water
works therefor, and for other purposes.
Act 273 (Senate Kill No. 25)) -An act to
provide for the working of all roads by
contract where taxes are levied.
Act 274 (Senate Kill No. 233)—.In act
prohibit sale or giving away of iutoxi
cants within six miles of Kass, Newton
County. Ark.
Act 273 (Senate Kill No. 412)- An act
to prohibit and punish the cutting and de
stroying of wire fences.
Act 273 (Senate Kill No. 473)—An act
to appropriate money to pay mileage aud
per diem of the General Assembly.
Act 277 (Senate Kill No. 401/ An act
to provide funds to be used by thfe joint
committee of the General Assembly on State
Capitol in making its investigation in
I reference to the construction of the new
| State bouse.
Act 27s (Senate Kill No. 451)—An act
| to amend the act approved May (>. 1903,
to prohibit the selling or giving away of
any alcoholic, malt, vinous, anient or fer
mented liquors, including native wine, with
in five miles of the 1 diversity of Arkansas.
Act 207 (Senate Bill No. 434) An act to
organize n special school district in Veil
Count v and permit the same to mortgage
its real property and borrow money for
the purpose of building and maintaining a
school building.
Act 280 (Senate Kill No. 103) -An act to
prohibit selling, giving away or mantifao- j
Hiring for the purpose of selling or giving
I away, cigarettes or cigarette wrappers or1
panel's to any persou providing a penalty
therefor, requiring circuit judges to spe
ciiiciallv instruct grand juries of the pro
visions of the act and giving justices of,
i he peace jurisdiction over offenses com
mit led under it.
Act US! (.Senate Bill No. 303)—An act
requiring all passengers trains to stop at
the town of Afkms. a station on tin* r'ori
.smith and Little itock uaiiway. a branch
operated by tin* St. Bouis. iron Mountain
iV Southern hallway < ompauy and to re
quire said railway company to keep and
maintain a night agent at said station.
Act -82—An art to limit the hours of
service of ce. tain employees in operating
railroad trains in the Slate of Arkansas,
and making it unlawful for any person,
corporation, asaoriation < r tneir agents or
officials to permit such employees to be
kept on duty more than eight hours in auy
twenty-four consecutive hours.
Act 283 (House Bill No. 451)— An act to
create, lay off and establish a draiuage and
levee district in Jefferson County. Arkan
sas, to be known as the Cousart Bayou
Drainage District, for the drainage of cer
tain portions of the Cousart cayou bot
toms and contiguous territory in said dis
trict; to create a board of diioctors tor the
said district, and for other purposes.
Act 284 (House Bill No. 34*,))—An act to
protect the fish of Lee County.
Act 285 (House Bill No. 427)—An act to
form School District No. 2b. in Dallas
County, into a special school district, and
to permit the same to borrow money.
Act 28b (House Bill No. 30b) — An act to
declare a tour-wire fence to be a lawful
fence in Lewis Township. Scott County.
Arkansas, and to prevent the running at
large of hogs, sheep, geese and goats in
said township, and for other purposes.
Act 287 (House Bill No. b)—An act to
amend Sections 1055 and 1050 of Kirby’s
Digest.
Act 288 (Senate Bill No. 342)—An act
making legal and vali£ all official acts
done and performed by John 10. Harris of
Sevier County, Arkansas, as deputy clerk
of the circuit court within anu for said
* ouuty. and removing me disabilities of
minority of tin* said John L. Harris and
making his official acts hereafter as such
deputy circuit clerk as legal and binding
as though the said John K. Harris were ui
mil anu lawful age.
Act 28b (Senate Bill No. 432)—An act to
create certain territory in Hot spring
County into a special school district* anu
t<» authorize the same to borrow money.
Act 2bu (Senate Bill No. 24)— An ad to
prevent railroad trains from obstructing
public highways.
Act 2b 1 i Senate Bill No. 25 4 > An ad
to amend Section 1378 of Kirby's Digest
of the Statutes of Arkansas.
Act 2D2 (House Bill No. 314)—An act to
elect the road overseer in Bayou .Nieto
Township. 1'ulaski County, Arkansas.
Act 21)3 (Senate Bill No. 3»U) An act
to authorize lmprowmeut Distimt No. 1 of
the incorporated town of Dermott to Bor
row money and to authorize the council of
said town to use iis general revenue for
the purpose of establishing a drainage and
sewerage system ia said improvement dis
trict.
! Act 204 mouse liiii .>o. An act to
| amend Act ITT of the Acts of 1903.
Act -93 ( House Kill 334)—An act to fix
' the time for holding Chancery Court in
I Washington County.
Ai t -90 i House Hill No. 430)—An act to
■ establish a special drainage district in
I’hiilips County, Arkansas.
Act -97 (House l»iil No. 311)—An act to
establish a drainage district composed of
certain territory in Clay Countj, Arkansas.
Act 298 (House I»ill No. 330)—An act to
prohibit unfair commercial discrimination
between different sections, communities or
localities, or unfair competition, and pro
viding penalties therefor. •
Act 399 (Senate Iiill No. 2S6)—An act to
ratify and make valid all acts in Conner
tion with the organization of Special
School District No. 13, of HI Dorado, in
Union County. Arknasas. and authorizing
and empowering the directors of said dis
trict to borrow mouey and secure payment
of same.
Act 300 (Senate Iiill No. 393)—An act
giving to cities and incorporated towns in
ihe Counties of Dope, Dallas, Johnson, lien
ton and Saline a portion of the road tax
collected on property within such cities
and towns.
Act 301 (House Iiill No. 301)—An act to
empower councils of cities and Incorporat
• d towns to require railroad companies to
1 construct and maintain footwalks to their
passenger depots in certain cases.
Act 302 i House Iiill No. 433 i- An act to
! give to cities of the tirst class additional
i authority to regulate auction sales and
i auctioneers.
Ai t 30.3 (House Hill No. 173)— An art to
! repeal Chapter 19 of Kirby’s Digest of the
| .vunites oj Arkansas.
Act 304 (House Iiill No. 439)—An art. to
' amend Section 7401 of Kirby's Digest.
Art 303 (House Iiill No. 343)— An act to
require the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Kailway Company to keep an
agent at Flippin, Marion County, Ark.
Act 300 (House Kill No, 380) — An act
to amend Section 3323 of Kirby's Digest of
the laws of Arkansas and requiring own
ers of additions to towns and cities to tile
plats or maps thereof in the office of tlie
circuit clerk before selling any parts there
of and requiring circuit clerks to certify
the same to county clerks, and requiring
couutjv clerks to enter same on tax books,
and for other purposes.
Act 307 (House Kill No. 315)—An act t<?
amend Sections 7421 and 7466 of Kirby’s
Digest of the Statutes of the State of
A rkansas.
Act 308 (House Kill No. 334) — An act
authorizing the board of directors of Long
l’rairie Levee District, and Ked Kiver l^cvee
District No. 1. within the State of Arkan
i sas. to levy, assess and collect a tax * r
local assessment, or forced contribution
on each hale of cotton raised within the
said levee districts.
Act 309 (House Kill No. 422)—An act re
lating to the revenues and finances of til#
State of Arkansas.
Act 310 (House Bili No. 457)—An act to
provide for the preservation of the land*
adjacent to the new State C’ajdtot.
Act 311 (House Kill No. 358)—Ar. act to
provide for the support and maintenance
of the Stare Penitentiary and to pay for
the convict farm and for other purposes.
Act 312 (Senate Kill No. 480>--An act
authorizing the county Judge of Jefferson
County t<» appoint the directors of die com
mon schools of said county and for other
purposes.
Act 313 (Senate Kill No. 373)--An act to
permit foreign corporations to do business
in Arkansas, and fixing the fees to be paid
by all corporations.
Act 314 (Senate Kill No. #52)-— An act to
provide for the cleaning out of public
drains.
Act 313 (Senate Kill No. 124)—Au acx
making it unlawful for any corporation,
company, firm or person to [sue. sell, give
or deliver to any person in payment of
wages, any scrip, token, draft or other evi
dence of indebtedness, payable or redeem
able otherwise titan in lawful money, and
for other purposes.
Act 316 (House Kill No. 298)—An act to
provide for the support maintenance and
government of the Arkansas Deaf-Mute
Institute.
Act 317 (Senate Kill No. 61)—An act to
provide for the establishment and mainten
ance of a State Normal School for the
State of Arkansas.
Act 318 (Senate Kill No. 442)—An act tc
authorize the Special School District of
Portland, In Ashley County, Arkansas, to
borrow mouey, and issue evidences of in
debtedness. and for other purposes.
Act 319 (Senate Kill No. 132)—An act to
extend the usefulness and development of
tlie Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion in agriculture, horticulture, veterinary,
entomology and kindred subjects, and mak
ing appropriations for necessary buildings,
and to Improve and maintain the same.
Act 320 (Senate Kill No. 54)—An act to
provide for the support, necessary build
ings. maintenance and improvement of the
University of Arkansas.
Act 321 (Senate Kill ?,'o. 273)— An act
to prevent discrimination between policy
holders of life insurance companies doing
business in the State of Arkansas.
Act 522 (House Kill No. 338)—An art for
the enlargement of the powers of cities of
the tirst and second class and Incorporated
towns in Independence County.
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE
Will Convene Next Saturday—Drago
Doctrine Will Be Considered.
Washington, June.—On the eve of
the second Hague conference which
assembles next Saturday the part
played by America in bringing about
this great international gathering and
the nature of the instructions to our
delegates who are to participate in
the congress have become matters of
great interest.. A few postponements
of the second meeting prolonged diplo
matic wrangles over the subjects to
be included in the program under
which the conference will be conduct
ed, have in a measure obscured the be
ginning of the movement for the reas
sembling of the conference, so that
there is not perhaps general apprecia
tion of the important part played by
tho Washington government in initiat
ing the movement. For the fact is
that America really caused the invi
tation to the second Hague conference
to be extenedd to the world, though
the document was actually issued iater
by the Russian government.
Of the first order of importance, in
the meeting, according to the Ameri
can view, is the proposal that improve
ments lie made in the provisions of the
existing convention relative to a peace
ful settlement of international dis
putes as regards the court of arbitra
tion and t.he international commission
of inquiry. The instructions t)f the
American delegates on this point are
known to lie explicit. They are to do
everything in their power to influence
the conference to enlarge the powers
of the permanent Hague tribunal in
dealing with arbitration cases. Above
all, the effort is to he made to bring
more business before the tribunal; to
induce nations to have more frequent
recourse to this tribunal for the set
tlement of their disputes.
Three of the four cases submitted to
the tribunal thus far were of American
origin. In other words, although se
rious international disputes have aris
en and been adjusted diplomatically
and by force of arms since the crea
tion of The Hague Tribunal America
and Groat Britain have been the only
parties to resort to arbitration.
Originating witn America me
nious Drago doctrine as it will be pre
sented in a modified form to the sec
ond Hague conference, not as one of
the articles of the set program, but.
as one for optional discusa'ion, must,
of course, be urged with all the ability
of the trained diplomatists of the
American delegation. It will be pre
sented by them that the attempt to
collect debts due the citizen of one na
tion by the government of another baa
had most deplorable consequences;
that it results in the subjugation of
weaer nations, that all principles of
justice are violated and that unscrupu
lous claimants find opportunities to
collect enormous sums in excess of
their reasonable claims.
Tl'.e American proposition is sure to
encounter strong opposition from the
European creditors, but it will be urg
ed as a matter of justice, it is scarce
ly expected that any complete agree
ment can be reached to refrain from
the exercise of force where a debtor
nation is clearly guilty of fraud and
bad faith in its dealings with credi
tors. but it is hoped that the confer
ence may be induced to restrict to very
narrow limits the exercise force in
such cases. The American delegates
will urge that nearly :$1 of these
claims are proper subjects for abritra
tion. whereby exorbitant demands of
relentless creditors may be modified
and be reduced by impartial judges.
Murderer Hanged.
Ruleville, Miss., .tune.—Lee Fox. a
negro who lived at Blaine, in Sunflow
er county, was lynched by being hang
ed to a tree at 2 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon by a mob of 50 men in the
woods between Blaine and Indianola.
At 4 o'clock Sunday morning he. brut
ally murdered Lee Reynolds, a young
white man who resided at Sunflower,
shooting him down as he walked out
of the door of the bouse in which they
had been gambling all night, Fox hav
ing lost considerable money. Rey
nolds died instantly and Vox made his
escape into the woods, whore he lurk
ed until captured hv the aid of blood
hounds sent from Ruleville to track
him down. He confessed to the kill
ing. _
A New Legation.
Mexico City, June.—That Nicaragua
will soon establish a legation in this
city is announced. The new Nicara
guan minister will be Senior Fernandez
Sanchez, now in New York City, who
will soon leave for this capital. The
new minister is an experienced diplo
mat, having represented his country
at Ecuador and Venezuela, and also
served as minister of foreign relations.
Nicaragua has been represented in
Mexico City by Dr. Luis Correa, who
is stationed at Washington as minister
to the United States and this repub
lio.
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State Capital Notes
Little Rock.—The capital city is in
the midst of an era of civic improve
ments that has never been surpass
ed in the history of the state. Im
provements are being made in all di
rections. Streets in all parts of the
city are torn up preparatory to con
verting them into macadamized high
ways, sewers are being built and the
beautifying and enlarging of the city
is going on rapidly. At present there
are improvements either being made
or contemplated in Little Hock that
will involve a sunt in excess of $1.
000,000. A good deal of this work is
in a state of completion, other work
has just been begun and the remain
der is in process of organization.
To Mine Fuller's Earth.
A movement is on foot among bus
iness men of Little Rock to organize
a company for the purpose of min
ing "fuller's earth," which is found in
large quantities near Benton in Sa
line county, and which is a natural
resource of Arkansas that, although
rery valuable, has received but little
attention heretofore. The "fuller’s
earth," as it is called, is exceeding
ly scarce in the United States and is
found only at two other places in this
country. In appearance "fuller's
earth’’ is similar to any other clay.
Its properties, however, are entirely
different. Refined, it is used as a
poultice cure for rheumatism, blood
poison, felons, sprains, tonsilitis,
burns bruises, galls, cuts, ulcerated
and irritated sores and also for bowel
trouble. Refined by other processes
it is used by oil companies to refine
fine oil; by packing houses to refine
lard; by furriers to kill insects; by
soap manufactories to refine soap, and
by woolen mills to remove spots, etc.,
in woolen goods. It is also used in
certain percentages in various medi
cines and when ground, after being
refined, makes a talcum powder.
Contractor Caldwell Surrenders.
George W. Caldwell, member of the
firm of Caldwell & Drake, contractors
for the new state capitol, has surren
dered to Sheriff Kavanaugh under
warrants charging Chat he was an ac
cessory to the crime of bribery and
gave bond in the sum of $10,000. The
indictment accusing Caldwell of being
an accessory to the crime of offer
ing a bribe alleges that on April 5,
1905, F. O. Butt offered R. R. Adams
$500 for a favorable vote on the state
capitol appropriation bill then pend
ing in the Arkansas Senate. It is al
leged that Mr. Caldwell encouraged
Butt to offer the $500 to Adams in
the way of a bribe. The second in
dictment alleges that on April 10,
1905. he gave M. D. L. Cook $7,000 to
bribe A. IV. Covington to vote favor
ably on the appropriation bill. In this
indictment it is alleged Covington re
ceived the $7,000.
To Raise College Subscription.
At a meeting of the Business Men’s
League recently it was decided to
raise $19,000 of the $25,000 yet neces
sary to secure the Presbyterian Wo
man’s College for Little Rock, which
will be a non-sectarian school tinder
the control of the Arkansas Synod of
the Presbyterian church. The amount
necessary to bring the institution to
the capital city is $75,000, of which
amount $25,000 is to be raised in this
city. A resolution was also adopted fa
voring the construction of a car line
across the free bridge for the purpose
of connecting Little Rock and Argen
ta, and pledging the support of the
League to the enterprise.
Pardons Issued By Governor.
Among the pardons issued by Act
ing Governor Pindall this week was
one to Dan Hawkins, convicted in Hot
Springs in 1902 on a charge of mur»
der in the second degree and sen
tenced to 10 years in the penitentior.v;
and one to Roy Piatt, convicted in
White county in 1905 of manslaugh
ter and sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary.
Claims Passed Upon.
Acting Governor Pindall and State
Auditor Moore, the commission to au
dit the accounts for supplies furnish
ed during the yellow fever quarantine
in 1905, have passed upon a number
of claims. These claims, about '
in number, aggregate something like
$5,000.
Measles Epidemic.
According to the report of City Phy
sician Judd, there were 132 cases of
measles in Little Rock during the
month of May. The number of cases
is considered unusual, but, out of the
number there has been only one death,
that of an infant.
Withdraws From State.
The Great Western Oil Refining
Company of Erie, Kansas, has filed
a certificate with the secretary of
| state announcing that It has with
drawn from business in the state.
Teachers For State Institutions.
The Board of Trustees of the State
Charitable Institutions is in session
this week and the officers, teachers
and employes are being elected for
another year. There has been some
changes made by the hoard. Mr. S.
D. Lucas of Magnolia was elected su
perintendent of the Blind School to
succeed Prof. T. A. Futral!, who was
elected superintendent in January,
1900. Prof. Lucas is a Mississippian
by birth and taught school in that
state several years before coming to
Arkansas, about four years ago, when
lie accepted the principalship of the
public schools of Magnolia. Prof. Lu
cas was elected on the first ballot.
Prof. G. Masliburn was re-elected su
perintendent of the Deaf Mute Insti
tute. Other teachers and employers
of the Deaf Mute are: Teachers—
Clyde Carter, C. P. Coker, George D.
Martin, Emma King, J. H. Eddy, Miss
Callat. Miss Power, Josephine Avon
dina, Kate Shibley, Belle Higgle, Mary
Michaels, Amanda Davis, Lucy C.
Harper, \Y. H. Loyd, Naomi Stewart,
Mattie Henderson, Marie Callaway,
Ethel M. Barker, Mrs. A. R. Witt, E.
L. Keene. W. F. Murph, S. W. King,
Charles Gritzska, Nora Hardy. Gover
ness of boys—Mrs. Reagan; sponser
for girls, Mrs. Garnet; oculist, Dr.
John T. Watkins; assistant engineer,
Owen Highsow; visitors’ attendant,
Miss Jeft’ie Felts; night watchwoman,
Miss Schaet. aural teacher, Miss Effie
Hart; housekeeper, Mrs. Annie E.
Taylor; principal literary department,
A. D. Dobvns; supervisor of boys. F.
T. Led* physician, Dr. A. L. Car
michael: night watchman. Henry May
ham ; bookkeeper and stenographer,
Sam B. Rector; dentist, T. J. New
mau; visitors’ attendant, Dalt Thomp
son; teacher deaf blind, W. W. Hum
phries. The teachers and employes
of the Blind School will be elected
before the hoard adjourns.
Wondered At Extra Dollar.
A registered package was received
at the secretary of state’s office re
cently, containing several certificates
showing that the directors of the Fris
co road had adopted a resolution
agreeing, not to take its cases brought
in Arkansas into the federal courts
and naming the agent in the state
upon whom service of process might
be served; also a certified copy of the
charter of the road, and a letter re
questing the secretary of state to file
the certificates. As there was no fees
accompanying the papers, the solicitor
of the Frisco was notified that in or
der to secure the filing of the certifi
cates the company would be required
to pay a fee of $25,051, the capital
stock of that company being $100,000,
000. The corporation wired back to
know why the extra dollar was charg
ed, and was notified that it was done
I under section 825 of Kirby's Digest,
which provided that every foreign cor
poration should pay $1 as a fee for
filing a certificate naming him as
agent in the state upon whom service
may be had. Mr. Ludwig soon after
received a check for $1, with instruc
tions to file the certificate of the com
pany. The check was returned to the
company with an explanation of the
provisions of the Wingo act, which, in
the Frisco’s case, requires the pay
ment of $25,051 to enable it to con
tinue business in Arkansas.
May Improve Old Building.
Skeleton plans for the new postof
lice building have been received from
Washington. The plan is to add one
stqry wings on the east and west of
the old building as the supervising
architect has declared the appropria
tion, $150,000, for the new building is
not sufficient to build a new build
ing of adequate size to meet the de
mands of the Little Rock office. For
that reason the architect contends
the improvement will have to be made
in the way of additions to the old
building. If the present plan is finally
adopted by the government the Lit
tle Rock postoffice will have a front
age of 182 feet on Second street. Tho
wings will be cf the same material
and will be built so additional stories
may be added if required.
Penitentiary Board Meets.
The State Penitentiary Board held
a meeting this week and authorized
the leasing of 200 convicts and all
other convicts not needed on the
farm, the price being $1 per day for
1 each convict. The contractor will be
required to make a bond of $10,000.
At the session it was reported that W.
L. Reaves bad paid $5,400.30 on ac
count of his convict lease, being ail
that was due the state on his lease,
and that the Arkansas Brick and
Manufacturing Company had paid $3,
500. According to this report the lat
ter company is in arrears $10,082.9(1,
and the secretary has been instructed
to present a statement of the account
and request its immediate payment.