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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1902.
NO. 28.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The next reunion of the G. A. R.
will be held at San Francisco.
France is threatened with a fuel
famine, owing to a general strike of
coal miners.
Rhode Island Republicans, in
state convention, indorsed President
Roosevelt for nomination in 1904.
Some of the railroads are con
verting their locomotives into wood
burners, owing to the coal famine.
President Roosevelt's physicians
report that he is fast recovering
from the operation recently per
formed on his knee.
Mrs. Josie Carson Squires, daugh
ter of Kit Carson, the famous scout,
died last week in an insane asylum
at Las Yegas, N. M.
Emile Hartman, one of the fugi
tives wanted in St. Louis to answer
charges of bribery, was captured last
week at South McAlester, I. T.
The Mississippi building at the
St. Louis world’s fair will be a re
production of “Bouvoir,” the homo
of Jefferson Davis at the time of
his death.
President Roosevelt was able to
review the G. A. R. parade at Wash
ington from his carriage. Twenty
five thousand veterans were in the
line of march.
Ten bodies that had been stolen
from a graveyard were found in the
basement of a medical college at In
diapapolis, Ind. Several arrests
have been made.
As a large amount of coal con
tained in Canada is shipped from
this country, there is much com
plaint as to high prices, and great
suffering is already reported.
The attorney general of Illinois
has ruled that it is unconstitutional
to lease state convicts, and steps
will be taken to annul several con
tracts for convict hire entered into
with manufacturers.
Gen. E. S. Bragg, consul general
at Havana, has been transferred to
the post of United States consul
general at Hong Kong, taking the
place of Wm. A. Rublee, transferred
to the Havana consulate. The
change was made on account of a
letter written by Gen. Bragg criti
ciing Cubans.
Utt Duncan, colored, was taken
from jail at Columbus, Tex., by a
mob and hanged. Duncan entered
the telephone office at a small place
near Columbus, where a young lady
was alone, and insulted her. Tile
negro was frightened away by the
young lady’s screams, but was cap
tured in a few hours.
In a quarrel between a school
teacher and the board of trustees at
Altoona, N. D., six persons were fa
tally wounded. The teacher first
shot down three directors of the
school and then attacked the 8 and
10 year old daughters of Director
Kuhler. With the last bullet in his
pistol the enraged teacher took his
own life.
According to the annual report of
the paymaster general, army ex
penditures decreased during the
past fiscal year $918,819, as com
pared with the preceding year, part
ly owing to decrease in the pay of
the army and in part owing to a re
duction of claims for extra pay by
volunteers. The total expenditures
made by Paymaster General Bates
were $52,523,479.
Mr. Root, secretary of war, will
recommend that congress at its next
session repeal the law prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating beverages
on military reservations. He will
urge that the canteen system, which
has been a source of agitation for
many years, be re-established. The
secretary will make this recommen
dation upon the strength of reports
made by department commanders
and upon investigations which the
war department has conducted rel
ative to the effect of the abandon
ment of the system.
The Albatross.
The albatross varies from 12
pounds to 28 pounds in weight. The
largest ever shot was 17^ feet be
tween the tips of its outstretched
wings.
Railroads entering St. Louis are
making war on scalpers through in
junction suits to prevent them deal
ing in tickets.
American troops under Captain
John J. Pershing, engaged in a bat
tle with Moros on Mindano Island,
tilling and wounding one hundred
of the insurgents and capturing and
destroying forty forts. A vigorous
campaign is being waged against
the Moros.
Wm. H. Wright, treasurer of the
Territory of Hawaii, is alleged to be
an absconder and a defaulter to the
extent of $17,949. Secretary of
the Territory Henry E. Cooper has
been appointed treasurer temporar
ily by Gov. Dole. Under the terri
torial act the treasurer is not re
quirerd to give bonds.
In declining the proposition of
President Roosevelt that the minere
return to work, and that a commis
sion be appointed to investigate
and report on a settlement, Presi
dent Mitchell gave as his reason
that no assurance had been given by
the operators that they would abide
the decision of the commission, and
that there is no law by which the
finding could be enforced.
For over a week no street cars, ex
cept those carrying mail, were run
at New Orleans, on account of a
strike of conductors and motormen.
The mayor was compelled to call on
the governor for troops to preserve
order, as all efforts to run cars were
fruitless with what protection could
be given by local officers. Several
strike breakers from St. Louis and
Chicago were beaten up by sympa
thizers of the strikers, and had to be
taken in charge by the police for
protection.
Senators Burton of Kansas, Fos
ter of Washington and Mitchell of
Oregon, a sub-committee appointed
to make a general investigation of
conditions in Porto Rico and Ha
waii, have returned home. Refer
ring to present conditions in Ha
waii, a member of the. committee
says: “Contrary to the conditions
of great commercial and business
prosperity now prevailing on the
mainland throughout the United
States, we regret to be compelled
to say that we found the islands
in a state of very great commercial
and industrial depression, caused, it
is generally claimed, by the low
price of sugar and the scarcity and
high prices of labor.”
The annual encampment, Grand
Army of the Republic, was held in
Washington last week. In his an
nual address Commander in Chief
Torrance referred to the charges in
regard to pensions, and said there
were 200,000 surviving veterans not
on the pension roll, and urged leg
islation in their behalf. The report
of Adjt. Gen. Silas H. Towler shows
that on the 80th of June last the
muster roll of the Grand Army con
tained 263,745 names of members
in good standing, and there were
6,511 posts. Figures as to member
ship show a net loss since the pre
ceding year of 5,804. There has
been* a gradual decline in member
ship since 1890. Gen. T. J. Stewart
of Pennsylvania, was elected Com
mander in Chief.
President Roosevelt proposes to
appoint a committee to thoroughly
investigate conditions in the an
thracite coal region, the commit
tee’s findings to be embodied in a
report to congress as to needed leg
islation to prevent a repetition of
strikes, such as the one in the coal
regions. The president informed
oiliccrs of the miners’ union of his
purpose with the request that they
at once return to work, but this
they declined to do. The governor
of Pennsylvania has called out the
entire state guard to preserve order,
and protect those who desire to
work under present conditions. The
operators claim they can get men
to mine eoal if given proper protec
tion, but this claim is denied by the
strikers. President Mitchell says
the strikers are receiving about $25,
000 per week from other working
men and the general public, and
that the men are in condition to
hold out all winter if necessary.
President Roosevelt has appoint
ed Judge Thomas II. Routhac Unit
ed States district attorney for the
district of Alabama to succeed W.
R. Vaughan, removed. Judge
Routhac is a democrat. Attorney
Vaughan was removed, it is claim
ed, on account of his attitude in ex
cluding negroes from participating
in the recent state republican con
vention.
It is estimated the cotton growers
of Texas have suffered a loss of at
least $35,000,000 from the ravages
of the boll weevil since its invasion
of that country about seven years
ago. The pest crossed the Rio
Grande from Mexico, and is fast
spreading over the entire cotton belt,
which has prompted the government
to make an investigation with the
hope of discovering some means of
destruction.
R. M. Snyder, a wealthy banker
and corporation magnate, was con
victed in St. Louis of bribing mem
bers of the city council and sen
tenced to five years in the penitenti
ary. The trial lasted for over a
week, and was hard fought on both
sides, Snyder’s wealth bringing to
his assistance the best legal talent.
His was the first of numerous cases
to be tried in connection with whole
sale boodling in the world’s fair city,
and the evidence upon which convic
tion was secured was very strong.
Secretary Moody has issued an or
der creating the new Carribbcan di
vision, with headquarters at Cule
bra, Porto Rico. Admiral Coghlan
will assume command of this divis
ion, comprising the following ves
sels: Olympia, flagship; Montgom
ery, Detroit, Marietta, Machias and
Panther. The duties of the divis
ion include, so far as pertains to the
navy, the safeguarding of American
interests in these countries that bor
der on the Carribbean and the cul
tivating of friendly relations with
their people.
It is said the Osage Indians are
the richest people in the world, per
capita. There are 884 full-blood
Osages and 940 of the mixed bloods.
They have a fund to their credit
derived from the sale of lands in
Kansas, amounting to $8,271,143.
and an annual interest on that
amount which is $413,357. There
is also collected from rentals $138,
296, $69,120 from treaty obligation
funds and $8,945 from permits.
There is a debt of $400,000 on the
nation. This makes the total above
the indebtedness $8,490,841, count
ing one year’s income to their credit
In addition to this there is 1,500,
000 acres of land to be divided
among the 1,854 members of the
tribe.
It is given out by the war depart
ment that two or three years may
be consumed in negotiating the sale
to the government of the friar lands
in the Philippines. It appears that
the titles to the friars’ lands arc
badly involved. While the church
has possession of vast areas of ter
ritory it is not clear in many in
stances that its titles are by any
means perfect. Governor Taft and
the war department officials made
an effort to have the titles guaran
teed by the Vatican in consideration
of the payment of a lump of money
by this government. That propo
sition was declined and it is now
necessary for the representatives of
the United States to satisfy them
selves of the sufficiency of these ti
tles.
The expenses of the offices of the
first assistant postmaster general
next year will aggregate over $81,
000.000, er more than the total an
nual expenditures for the entire
postal service prior to 1893. First
Assistant Postmaster Wayne inti
mates that the deficit of the postof
fiee department next year will be
about $1,000,000, and that in an
other year the department will be
self-supporting. The last year in
which the receipts of the postal ser
vice exceeded the expenditures was
just before the rate of letter postage
was reduced from 3 cents to 2 cents.
Officials of the postofBcs department
believ§ that when the postal service
again tjeannes self-suppoi’ting con
gress xylll pass it ons-cept ktfer-rata
postage 1*1%
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Bloody Battle at El Dorado.
A battle to the death took place
at El Dorado on the evening of the
9th, in which H. L. Dearing, con
stable, Tom and Walter Parnell,
farmers, and Guy B. Tucker, city
marshal, were killed. Dr. Hilton
and Jim Parnell were slightly
wounded. The bloody affair was the
outcome of the killing September 18
of Kobcrt Mullens by Dearing. On
September 17 a Mr. Puckett ar
rived at El Dorado to wed a young
lady employed in Mullens’ studio.
When Puckett called to see the
young lady Mullens attacked him
and forced him to flee for his life.
Later Puckett met the young lady
and they were married under the
protection of officers and took a
train for Texarkana. Hearing that
Mullens intended to intercept them
at a small station, Puckett request
ed Marshal Tucker and Constable
Dearing to accompany them. When
the station was reached Mullens was
on the platform, and when he start
ed to board the train was arrested
and taken back to El Dorado. Af
ter furnishing bond he was released,
and, meeting Dearing on the street,
attacked him. In the scuffle Dear
ing shot Mullens with a pistol and
the latter died the following morn
ing. The Parnell boys were friends
of Mullens and Thos. Newton, one
of the duelists, was a friend of
Dearing. Some time ago, it is al
leged, Newton accused the Parnell
boys of setting fire to his house, and
a few days afterward Newton was
stabbed in the back, but by whom
was not determined. Both factions
went heavily armed. The shooting
took place on the principal street of
the town, and the men were only a
few feet apart. Dearing, Tucker
and Newton were passing up the
street and met the three Parnell
brothers. Jim Parnell is said to
have fired at Newton, and in an in
stant the fusillade began. About
seventy-five shots were fired, and it
sounded like a regular battle. The
men were so close together that
their aim was deadly. It developed
into a man-to-man affair, Dearing
and Tom Parnell emptying their
several pistols at each other at a
distance so close that when they
fell, unable to shoot any more, their
bodies formed a cross. The others
were firing promiscuously, and it is
supposed that a shot from Marshal
Tucker’s pistol killed Walter Par
nell. Tucker was shot six times.
Dr. Hilton tried to separate the
men. Upon request of local officers
Gov. Davis at once ordered out the
resident company of state guard to
prevent further bloodshed.
Cold-Blooded Murder.
Tom Porter a colored laborer, was
murdered in cold blood by Will Lee,
also colored, in a restaurant at Lit
tle Rock. The killing was witness
ed by a number of negroes who were
in the restaurant at the time, eating
supper. According to their story
it was wholly unprovoked, Porter
not even knowing Lee, and he did
not speak a word to him before Lee
stabbed him in the neck with, sup
posedly, a pocket knife. Further in
quiry developed the fact that there
was a woman in the case, though
Porter was by no means to blame.
When Porter returned to the res
taurant from work he went to the
kitchen to wash his face. The girl
with whom Lee was enamored was
in the kitchen and Porter spoke to
her in a friendly way. This anger
ed Lee, who, without a word of
warning, stuck his pocket knife
into Porter’s throat.
Plant to Be Enlarged.
The Texarkana water plant was
sold recently at auction by order of
Judge Rogers, of the federal court.
A controversy arose between citizens
and the water works people about a
year ago, it being alleged that the
company failed to furnish a suffi
cient quantity of water to supply
public demands. A receiver wa* ap
pointed, and at the sale the property
was bought by the stockholders, who
propose to enlarge the plant to the
requirements of the city.
Malone May Not Hang
The supreme court will be called
upon to decide the question whether
a man can be hanged on a plea of
guilty of criminal assault. The case
is that of Walter Malone, under
sentence to hang at Van Buren No
vember 7. Malone would have been
mobbed but for the promise of offi
cials that he would be given a
speedy trial. The governor con
tends capital punishment cannot be
assessed on a plea of guilty, and
says he will submit the question to
the supreme court and will not in
terfere with the sentence unless that
body refuses to act. Mr. Rogers
says Malone will be mobbed if he is
not legally hanged. The opinion of
Attorney General Murphy is direct
ly contrary to that of the governor.
Col. Murphy says that the statutes
provide that in case of a confession
to murder in the first degree the
accused shall be tried by a jury be
fore sentence of death can be passed
upon him. In a case of rape, how
ever, there is but one degree, and
its punishment is death, without
any qualification as to the manner
in which he shall be tried or the ef
fect a confession shall have upon
the pronouncement of sentence. Ma
lone is now confined in the peniten
tiary at Little Rock.
After a New Road.
The St. Louis, Memphis & South
eastern Railroad, which now has
265 miles in operation, has made a
proposition to extend to Little Iioek,
provided a bonus of $100,000 is
raised. The nucleus of the line was
the old Houck road, known as the
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau & Fort
Smith, which was purchased at fore
closure sale by Mr. Erb three years
ago. This road was ninety-two
miles in length, running from Hun
ter to Cape Girardeau, Mo. During
the past year the Hoxie line, which
was also purchased, was connected
with this line by an extension from
Mingo, Mo., south of Hunter, giv
ing a through line from Cape
Girardeau, 120 miles in length.
Now it is proposed to build from
Augusta to Camden.
Sons Suspected.
A floating body was found in
White river, one mile above Augus
ta,' and upon examination was found
to be that of A. J. Lane, who, with
his two sons, Ira and Lonnie, had
been engaged in the shell and pearl
industry on White river. A gunshot
wound in the head had produced
death and the body had been weigh
ted with ploughshares and other old
iron castings. The verdict of the
coroner’s jury was that Lane came
to his death by means of a gunshot
wound inflicted by Ira and Lonnie
Lane. The murder is supposed to
have been committed for the pur
pose of robbery. The body was bad
ly decomposed and the two sons
were last heard from going down
the river.
Million and a Half in Pensions.
Arkansas is second on the list of
Southern states in the matter of
federal pensions. There are more
than 11,000 in the state, Tennessee
being the highest, with over 18,
000. Arkansas gets nearly a mil
lion and a half of federal pension
money every year, and Tennessee
gets almost a million more. Other
Southern state* range from one or
two thousand to six thousand. The
large number of federal pensioners
in the state is credited to the num
ber of troops which joined the fed
eral forces from the northern
counties, where most of the pen
sions are now paid.,
Fatal Powder Explosion.
At Gravette, in Benton county,
while a gang of men were at work
blasting in a cut on the Kansas
City Southern Railway, some
sparks, by accident, got into a lot of
powder, consisting of about twenty
kegs, which exploded with terrific
force, instantly killing threa men
and dangerously turning six others.
The name* of those killed are Elias
Stoke6, Walter Holly and William
Fudgp.
BRIEF MENTION.
Roy Jett, a young man from
Knoxville, was struck and instantly
killed by a freight train at Clarks
ville.
Land has been purchased near
Mammoth Spring for forty-six fam
ilies, who will engage in horticul
ture.
Mrs. John Gougeon died from
burns received while lighting a gas
oline stove at her home in Little
Rock.
The state university football team
won its first game of the season,
defeating the Neosho (Mo.) Scar
ritt College team.
Jack Morgan, aged 17, while rid
ing a rope down a slope in a mine
at Clarksville, lost his hold and fell,
sustaining fatal injuries.
Dr. Witt, state penitentiary phy
sician, says the death rate among
convicts the past two years has been
the lowest in the history of the
institution.
News has been received at Harri
son by Mr. Joe Schweitzer of the
death of his son, Joe, at Manila, P.
I., who was a member of company A,
Thirteenth infantry.
G. A. Dickinson, aged 73, living
near Fayetteville, found a dyna
mite cap and while examining it the
cap exploded, tearing off three fin
gers from his right hand.
Wm. Watson, aged 53, was ar
rested at Hope by an officer from
Sevier county on the charge of mur
der. It is alleged Watson murdered
a man for whom he was working
near Horatio last April.
The Saline Baptist Association,
in annual session at Little Rock, by
a vote of 31 to G, decided to cut
loose from the State Baptist conven
tion and affiliate with the State
Baptist General Association.
A man supposed to be 0. F. Mil
ler, from letters found on his per
son, was found beside the Iron
Mountain railroad track at Hoxie
badly injured. It is believed his
home is at West Plains, Mo.
Oil cannot compete with coal for
naval uses. At least that is the con
clusion reached by the board of
naval engineers which for many
weeks past has been making a series
of practical tests with various oil
burners under a 2,000 horse-power
boiler. They have drawn up a pre
liminary report for submission to
the secretary, which will show that
out of the fourteen different devices
presented by American inventors
for tests, not one could burn oil un
der a naval boiler and produce
steam in competition with coal,
even were the oil sold at $1 per bar
rel.
Reports to R. G. Dun & Co. show
failures during the first nine
mouths of 1902 numbered 8,723,
with aggregate liabilities of $113,
434,688, compared with 8,144 de
faults in the corresponding months
of 1901, with a total indebtedness
of $97,856,416. From these totals
should be deducted the failures of
banks, other financial institutions
and heavily capitalized stock com
panies, which numbered 47 this
year and involved $28^027,198,
against G1 in 1901, with liabilities
of $17,295,554. This reduces the
strictly commercial failures to 8,
676 and the amount of liabilities to
$85,407,490, compared with 8,083
last year far $80,560,862. Further
analysis shows that there were 2,
055 manufacturing disasters, in
volving $33,764,818, against 1,806
last year, with liabilities of $32,
758,437. Trading failures num
bered 6,147, compared with 5,843
in 1901, while liabilities were $40,
726,690, against $36,320,511 last
year. In other commercial lines,
not properly included with either of
the principal divisions, defaults
numbered 474 for £10,915,752,
compared with 435 for $1
in the corresponding nine months
of 1901. In this elasa akme the
appears some decrease from
yeAjp liabilities, but the number oI
insolvencies u somewhat larsa