VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 190(i.
NO. 44
NEWS OF THE WEEK
an epitome of the most im
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
10RTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
miscellaneous.
Th6 president has addressed an
open letter to the people of Cuba, urg
ing them to return to peaceful pursuits
and end the revolution. He also very
forcefully points out that under the
treaty with Cuba it devolves upon him
as chief executive to maintain law and
order in Cuba, and that he will do his
duty. The president has sent Secre
tary of War Taft and assistant Sec
retary of State Bacon to the island to
make a thorough investigation,
i Two tornadoes in Johnson county,
Jdo., killed four and Injured half a
pcore of others. A schotfl house was
demolished and twro children danger
ously injured.
i Earthquake shocks have been felt
bver Sicily, and considerable damage
done.
i The Gilmour hotel in Ottawa, Ont.,
was burned. Many of the guests
Jumped from windows and were ser
iously injured.
Maryland, Missouri and Virginia
have begun work on their buildings at
the Jamestown, Va., exposition.
Fifty thousand people gathered at
the state capital grounds at Columbus,
0., to witness Mrs. Alice Longworth
(nee Roosevelt) unveil a statue to the
late President McKinley. The crush
was so great that after Mrs. Long
worth had hurried drawn the veil the
exercises were adjourned until even
ing. Mrs. Longworth had a trying
time escaping from the mob that pur
sued her. everyone determined to get
a look.
Representative Hepburn had a con
ference with the interstate commerce
commission concerning changes need
ed in the new rate law to be submit
ted at the next session of congress.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the only un
married daughter of the president,
had a narrow escape from death in a
runaway accident.
The government has taken precau
tions to prevent shipment of war ma
terial to the Cuban revolutionists.
During the first week of Secretary
Shaw's order relating to deposits for
gold imports $21,075,000 of the yellow
metal was engaged in foreign countries
for import.
Mrs. Mary Bigley, mother of Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick of Clevelnad, O.,
aged 7G. died at Woodstock, Ont. She
had lived in that district nearly all her
life, and was highly respected.
Rather than start a phonograph go
ing, Carrie Take, aged 20. of Terre
Haute. Ind., ended her life by taking
carbolic acid.
Commander Colwell of the cruiser
Denver, in the Havana harbor, landed
120 sailors, with two Howitzers and
two rapid fire guns, and stationed them
near the palace of President Palma.
It was stated later that the sailors
had been ordered back to the cruiser,
and only a small guard left for duty.
The order to return to the cruiser
came from Washington, it was said.
It was also reported that the gunboat
Marietta landed marines at Cienfuegos
to protect American interests.
Representatives of prominent Cuban
revolutionists visited Commander Col- j
"ell of the cruiser Denver, in Havana, |
and offered to surrender, providing the j
bnlted States would guarantee them a j
'air trial The information was com I
"eyed to President Palma, who imme- j
diately communicated with Washing- !
ton.
Mr. Bryan has made reply to Com- j
mitteeman Sullivan of Illinois, In
"'hich he says that he will not descend
t0 Personalities, and will Lave his
ause in the hands of the democrats
of the Cnited States.
Swiftwater Bill Gates, an Alaskan
10 ner, who has gained national fame
as a spendthrift, has filed a petitiru
at Seattle, Wash., to be declared a
,>J"''ruPt- Gates sets up assets at
• in cash> wearing apparel worth
*0 and a watch and chain. Court
nnn 6ntS amountIng to nearly $200,
uu Were given as hi3 liabilities.
, ®la,e Senator Franklin Pierce Mays,
- epresentative Willard L. Jones and
eo‘8e Sorenson have been convicted
a t e Blue mountain land fraud esse
at Portland. Ore.
Linares, who commanded the
anlah trcfbps at Santiago, Cuba,
ritl'/1 j t>panish-American war, lr
oj,a l,y the attacks of the editor
in vi'f ^spana Neuva, a newspaper
has resigned the captalm
ralship of Catalonia, and sent hiB
&ds to the editor, Senor Soriano.
Speaker Cannon says lie will not
campaign his district for re-election,
but will leave his cause with the peo
ple.
Official returns from the Arkansas
election give Uttle, democrat, Glf033
plurality over Worthington, republi
can, for governor. The toAl vote cast
in the state was 146,807.
Revolutionists, it is reported, have
destroyed property belonging to
Americans in the province of Pinar del
Rio.
Frau Krupp, widow of the great
gunmaker of Essen, and her daughters,
Bertha and Barbara, recently visited
Berlin, for the purpose of buying the
daughters’ troussoaux. Notwiths and
ing their immense wealth not more
than $250 was spent for each outfit,
it is said.
<t is stated that Edward H. Harri
man has acquired control of the Balti
more & Ohio system, the Chesapeake
& Ohio -and the Norfolk & Western
railroads With these acquisitions the
Union Pacific-Southern Pac fic will add
approximately 8,000 miles of railroatl
to its lines and become by far the
most extensive system in the world,
its total mileage aggregating 22,287.
President Roosevelt keeps informed
of the progress of the revolutionary
movement in Cuba, and the responsi
bility of the United States in case the
conditions grow worse, and interven
tion becomes necessary. It is known
that the preseident will not intervene
unless it appears absolutely necessary,
yet steps have been taken which
would make such intervention effec
tive.
Municipal ownership of street rail
way's was defeated in a special elec
tion at Seattle, Wash., by a decided
majority.
Senators Dick and Foraker and
President Roosevelt were indorsed by
the Ohio republican state convention.
The platform declares for a revision
of the tariff as needed.
- The national council, Order United
Mechanics, has voted to change the
name of the order to that of the Na
tional Order of Americans. The prop
osition will be submitted to the sub
ordinate council the last week in De
cember for ratification.
Henry M. Neill, one of the beat
known cotton statisticians bith in this
country and in England, was struck by
a street car, in New Orleans, and died
from his injuries. Mr. Neill was born
in England, and was 78 years old.
Total public school registration in
Greater New York, 546,941; average
attendance, 465,132.
Southern Pacific strike in Louisiana
settled.
At the session of the polar con
gress in Brussels Dr. Jean Charcot an
nounced that he was organizing an
expedition to the South pole, and
Charles Benard, president of the Bel
gian Oceanographic society, stated
that the society was organizing an ex
pendition to the North pole. The
two expeditions will operate simul
taneously and in concert.
It is conceded by prominent re
publicans throughout Maine that, de
spite the declaration of the party
platform in favor of the prohibitory
liquor law. the lessons of the republi
can losses in the recent election is
that the people want a resubmission
of the constitutional prohibitory
amendment, and that the next legis
lature must vote to resubmit."
Surgeon J. H. White of the marine
hospital service, in a statement, says
that New Orleans need never have
any fear of another yellow fever epi
demic. because, even with the im
perfect screening of cisterns that lias
prevailed this summer, there has been
an almost entire absence of the
stegomya mosquito in the city, and
as the new waterworks will Ue in
operation in a few years, and then
all cisterns can be abolished, the city
cam claim immunity from the disease.
According to the correspondent at
Hamburg of the London Dail Mail,
during the German naval maneuvers
on the night of September 10, thirty
six torpedo boat destroyers accom
plishod the sensational feat of dash
ing for and reaching the British coast,
returning without having been de
tected.
In the national individual shoot
ing match at Sea Girt, N. J., Lieut.
Theodore H. Dillon, United States en
gineer corps, won the first prize, an 1
is thus officially the best shot in the
United States.
The official report of the August
gold output • on the Rand shows an
increase of no less than IT,.'132
ounces over the July production, and
reached a total of 509,115 ounces for
the month. The rapid increase prom
ises large new supplies to meet the
new demand for gold throughout the
world.
Thtf spectacle of a father placing
his own son under arrest was wit
nessed at Sedalia, Mo., when Clyde
Burns, of Vermont, Lawrence county,
Mo., was apprehended by his father,
Crank Burns, sheriff of Lawrence
county. Clyde Burns, it is alleged, de
serted his wife and went to Sedalia
with another woman.
The republicans carried Maine, but
by greatly reduced plurality. They
elected all five congressmen and have
a majority in both branches of the
legislature. While the republicans
Increased their vote, the democrats
four years ago.
CUBAN REBELS’ APPEAL
TELL AMERICANS THEY WANT AN
OPEN FIELD.
SETTLE THEIR OWN FIGHT
Present Their Case to Americans,
“Who Believe in the Liberties
of All Peoples/'
Havana—A correspondent with the
insurgents in Santa Clara province
has received by courier front General
Guzman the following:
“Headquarters in the Feld, Central
Andrieta Plantation, Sear Cruces, San
ta Clara Province.—To the American
People: Difficulties have arisen among
among us—questions of lierty and law,
or of peace. We do not ask for sym
pathy; we ask only an open field, that
we may settle with Cubans and for
Cubans the Issues that we have joined.
“There has come a time in the his
tory of this republic when the only
way to secure a permanent and right
eous peace and safe guaranteed con
stitutional liberty is by war. Under the
empty name of a republic the shackles
of the overthrown Spanis'n dominion
have again been imposed upon us. Our
consitution has been cast aside with
contemptuous egotism, the royal laws
of the ancient regime have been re
vived and issued to us with the very
forms and words of the royal Spanish
decree. Absolutism was again fasten
ing itself upon Cuba, and in the more
dangerous guise of formulas of a re
publican system that was but the shell
of democratic ideals.
“It has become necessary to resort
to arms—not for war if it can possibly
be avoided, but as a demonstration be
fore the court of last resort that the
spirit that for a century has fought
against royal oppression still endures
and will suffer again the hardships o!
campaigns rather than yield the fruits
of hard won liberties. By a vast ma
jority Cuba is with us.
“If the present administration it
Havana so chooses it will be war nc
longer.
“Shall we be tricked by commission
ers from Palma and armistices whose
authority and validity lie then denies'
“The intervention by the United
States we do not wish. This is our
own Cuban question; a question of our
rights and liberties that we ourselves
must settle. And in considering the
question we ask consideration of the
fact that it is one fraught with more
consequences to Cuba than of momen
tary commercial loss or gain.
“The rights and properties of Ameri
cans will be respected by our forces.
“That all in Cuba will suffer as a
result of the depression due to war
is unfortunate and inevitable, but It
is the Cubans, our countrymen, whc
will suffer most, and with their pat
riotlsm they are gladly accepting the
sacrifice; for out of it will emerge the
former rights and liberties of consti
tutional government.
“To those Americans who believe in
the liberties of all peoples and that
right and justice should triumph, ever
over peace, we present our case and
ask their sympathy.”
SAY UNJUST DISCRIMINATION.
Indiana Oil Lines Push the Fight
Against Railroads.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The fight of In
dependent oil companies of In
diana begun some time age
through the Indiana state rallroat
commissioner, against the Standar
Oil Co., assumed more substantial
proportions Monday—when three in
dependent concerns filed petitions
against 41 railroad corporations,
whose lines traverse Indiana, charg
ing unjust discrimination.
OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, i
Dick Retains Leadership and Forakei
Makes Hot Speech.
Dayton. O.—The victory of Senator
Dick in securing a re-election to the
state leadership, or, rather to
the chairmanship of the state ex
ecutive committee, by the decisive
vote of 14 to 7, was second in interest
in the discussions to a sensational
speech of Senator Foraker before the
republican state convention. Com
ing after the address by Tempo
rary Chairman Herrick, and given
with all the vim and vigor for which
the senior senator from Ohio is fa
mous, this speech aroused the dele
gates to a high pitch. Its probable
effect on matters to be decided by the
convention, and the possibility of an
answer from Congressman Burton
were thoroughly gone over.
Cortelyou for Governor.
New York—Leading republicans art
discussing the following state ticket:
For governor, George B. Cortelyou,
of Hempstead, postmaster general;
lieutenant governor, Horace White, of
Syracuse.
QUAINT OFFICES.
Court of St. James Full of Oddly A)>
pointed Officers.
King Edward has just conferred up
on Dr. Armitage Robinson, dean of
Westminster abbey, the office of lord
high almoner. This dignity, usually
held by a bishop or archbishop, must
not be confounded with that of grand
almoner to the crown, which, dating ;
back to the reign of King Edward I, \
is a lay office, hereditary in the noble
house of Beauchamp, Latimer and
Cecil, being now vested in the marquis
of Exeter.
The hereditary grand almoner of- j
ficiates only at coronations, when he
is supposed to distribute certain sums
of money, from an immense silver
dish, at the doors of the abbey of
Westminster, retaining the silver dish
afterward as the fee of his office.
The king’s lord high almoner, on the
other hand, is invariably an ecclesias
tic, ranks as one of the great officers
of the royal household, and the chief
spiritual adviser of the sovereign, dis
tributes the latter’s alms and bounty
on Maundy Thursday, and possesses
the, queer prerogative, no longer exer
cised, it is true, of being allowed to
seize the first dish that appears on
the royal table, and to hand it out,
dish and all, to any poor people whom
he may happen to find at the palace
gates.
This particular office came into ex
istence in the reign of King John—
that is to say, more than 700 years
ago. It seems that John, who was
not only a gourmet, but likewise a
gourmand, was wont to atone for his
perpetual breaches of the rules pre
scribed by the church for the observ
ance of fast days by feeding a certain
number of poor people. Thus, when
he ate twice on Friday, 100 poor per
sons were fed at his expense, with
bread, meat and ale.
If he profaned the day by any other
breach of ecclesiastical discipline, an
other hundred were added to the num
ber, and if he offended the church by
seducing any of his nobles to eat meat
on Friday, a further number of poor
had to be fed. the number being in
proportion to the dignity of the noble.
It was the lord high almoner who was
intrusted with the duty of keeping
track and providing for the execution
of these queer penances of that un
savory monarch to whom England
owes the Magna Charta.
The lord high almoner also assisted ’
the sovereign in the ceremony of
washing the feet of 12 poor people on
the eve of Good Friday, a ceremony
last performed by King James II,
since which time the feet-washing has
been abolished, the 12 poor people re- 1
ceiving in lieu of the cleansing minis
tration and the monarch's kiss on their
feet, a royal dole of money, presented
to them by the lord high almoner in
the chapel royal on every Maundy
Thursday.—Washington Post.
Tennyson's Home.
The Whitefriars club made its an
nual pilgrimage on Saturday, not with
staff and cowl, but in its prettiest
summer frocks and mounted in com- :
fortable wagonettes. In this way it
visited, seventy strong, Godaiming.
Kaslemere and Hinhead, and by the
kindness of Lord and Lady Tennyson I
drove over to Aldworth for tea, with
the exception of a few pilgrims who
chose to walk instead to Mr. Meth
uen's beautiful garden—probably with
peas in their shoes, though they did
not mention this, says the London
Chronicle. The weather was at its ;
best, and showed the very English
home of the late laureate to perfec
tion; and the band of visitors, which
included Mrs. Tynan Hinkson, Sir
William and Lady Treloar, Dr. Rob
ertson Nicoll, Mr. Silas Hocking, Sir
Robert Hudson and many others, took
the usual pleasure of the literary pil
grim in fixing a poem to every bench
they saw in the garden. Then they
visited the library in which the poems
were really written, and enthusiasts
nipped pieces off the bay hedge for
their pocket editions of “In Meinor
iam.”
Back as President.
Rev. Dr. William H. S. Demarest,
the new president of Rutgers college
at New Brunswick, N. J., is the first of
the alumni of that institution to oc
cupy the place. And Rutgers is not
exactly a recent creation. It was
founded in 1738 and for many years
thereafter was a Dutch patronage. The
name then was Queen's college and it
cost Col. Henry Rutgers a gift of only
$5,000 in a lean time for the institution
some SO years ago to have the name
changed to his own.
To Clean Eyeglasses.
Let eyeglasses lie in alcohol for a
few moments, then polish with cham
ois. If the glasses are set into gold
frames, a fine camel’s hair brush will
lift the dust and make them look like
new.
Area of Brazil. „
Brazil has an area of 3,280,000
square miles, or that of the United
States with half of Alaska added. This
is, approximately, five-sixths of the
whole of Europe, or almost 100 times
the size of the mother country.
ARKANSAS BRIEFS
There is not a Park or Fair ground
in existence where the needs and com
forts of the patrons have been more
carefully considered than at Oaklawn
Park, the Arkansas State Fair
Grounds. The elaborate $500,000
grounds were wonderfully well
equipped in every respect before the
Fair Association began remodeling.
There were complete water works,
electric light and sewerage systems,
etc. The Fair Association has added
materially to each of these important
factors. The double track trolley line
enters the Grounds at the main gate
and the electric car sefvice over this
line has been so. arranged that it will
amount to a continual stream of cars
from six o’clock in the morning until
one o’clock the following morning.
Five thousand passengers can be car
ried each way within a single hour.
This is an unusual advantage, which,
coupled with the modern gate system
being established, will be of the great
est convenience to the public. Two
large check rooms are being built for
the care of parcels, and a large por
tion of the Park has been set aside
as “Rest Park’’ and is being equipped
with seats and tables for the pleasure
and service of the State Fair Visitors.
An elaborate daily program and guide
to the Grounds is being published
which will be given away free to many
thousand visitors, and wrill be well
worth saving as a souvenir of the First
State Fair. The extensive work of
building added stables for the stock
department, making the great Midway
Pikes, shelving for the thousands of
exhibits, equipping the Auditorium,
and added electric lighting, etc., lias
been completed and the Grounds are
in readiness just one month before the
opening day of the State Fair. There
will be no delay. On October 1st, the
opening day of the Fair, everything
will lie as complete as on October 10th,
the closing day. -A
The Green Forest public school open
ed September 11 under very flatter
ins conditions. Tills is the first, term
in the new $10,000 school building, and
the friends of education were out in
arge numbers. Devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. Lee Bearden,
pastor of the M. E. church, South, of
Harrison. He also delivered an ad
dress on education. \V. A. Butt, presi
dent of the board, then made a short
address, reviewing the work of build
ins the house and the struggles of the
board. Perhaps the speech of the oc
casion was delivered by A. .1. Russell,
secretary of the board. He reviewed
the history of education in the state,
and especially of Green Forest. He de
clared that the action of the people on
September 3 in adopting amendment
No. 8 meant more to Arkansas than
anything that had taken place in the
state for the last quarter of a century.
Mr. Russell's remarks along this line
met with a storm of applause.
Sam McLane of Ozark has received
the appointment to carry the mail on
the new rural route out of Ozark. The
mail on this route will leave Ozark ev
ery morning at 7 o'clock, go to Bour
land Crossroads, west by the wire road
to Cravens, southwest by way of Creed
Hunter’s and Long Branch church, in
tersecting the stage road at Ed
Moore’s, thence south and east by way
of O. B. Ramey's and G. A. A. Deane's
places, thence east by way of William
Wagner's to Ozark. The route will be
known as No. 3. Samuel Mullen has
accepted the position of clerk in the
postoffice at Ozark and will enter upon
his duties October 1. The total amount
expended by the government for ru
ral mail carriers at Ozark is $2,1(30
yearly. All the carriers are residents
of Ozark. The postoffice at Ozark is
being rearranged and will be provid
ed with fifty combination lock boxes.
Service has been discontinued from
Hendrix to Traskwood. Mail for Hen
drix now goes to Slocomb, from Palm
to Lewisville has been discontinued.
H. M. Gravett of C.ravette is consid
ering the proposition of converting his
distillery into a vinegar factory and
steam evaporator, having discontinued
the distillery, therefore figures on us
ing same engine and machinery for
new industry.
The catalogue and premium list of
the North Arkansas Pair Association j
have been printed and are ready for
distribution. The premiums are more
liberal than heretofore on stock and
home products, and the racing program
is made with special view to interest
owners of horses in North Arkansas.
Secretary of State Ludwig and Audi
tor Moore made a trip of inspection re
cently to the new reform school, which
is now under process of construction
west of Little Rock, and they report
that the institution is being construc
ted at a fair rate of speed. The ex
cavation work has been completed and
the walls have been started. A large
amount of material is already on the
ground and it is said by the contractors
hat the work will be rapidly carried
*o completion.
AR
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
The Executive Committee of the
Farmers’ Union of Arkansas has taken
action which insures the location or
the central office, which will soon be
opened, at Little Rock. After consid
ering the matter for two days, the
committee accepted a proposition sub
mitted by the St. Louis Compress
Company providing for the storage of
the cotton which the members of the
Farmers’ Union are not able to care
for in their local warehouses. The
greater part of this surplus cotton will
be stored in the Company’s warehouses
in Little Rock, but a part of it will
be taken care of in the company’s
warehouses which are 'scattered
throughout the state.
The committee postponed the selec
tion of a state agent, and it was de
cided that another meeting should
be held to take up this matter. The
committee proposes to place a practi
cal business and cotton man at the
head of its affairs and will act slowly
so that it may secure the best man
available. The state agent will main
tain an office at Little Rock and will
act as the agent of all the members
of the union in dealing with the spin
ners and their agents. It is expected
that by selling the cotton in large
quantities direct to the spinners the
growers will be able to secure better
prices.
The various local unions throughout
the state now have planned or in
course of erection fifty seven ware
houses. It is expected that all of
these will be completed in time to
take care of a part of this year’s crop.
With the additional storage facilities
provided by the warehouses of the
St. I^ouis Compress Company, it is be
lieved that the union can store 200.
000 bales this year. The Arkansas
union is behind those of other states
in its warehouse facilities, but rapid
progress has been made since the last
meeting of the state union, and it
is believed that in another year Ar
kansas will be as well equipped as
other states.
The Reason of It.
‘ The reason the demand is now so
heavy for steam coal,” said E. G.
Hickey of the Arkansas Valley Coal
Company at Fort Smith recently, “is
the playing out of the oil in Texas.
Over 1,000,000 barrels of oil is being
used each month more than the pro
duction. At this rate it will not take
long to get rid of the 20,000.000-barrel
surplus that was stored on the firrA
of the year. Oil has already gone uu
to $1 per barrel, and as it takes fom
barrels of oil to do the work of on a
ton of Arkansas slack, the oil cannot
compete with coal. We are even
sending mine run coal as far as Dal
las, where it is being used in prefer
ence to the oil.”
Will Fight to the Last Court.
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The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany will fight in the Supreme Court
the matter of the collection of the
$19,404 judgment recently rendered
against this company in the second
division of the Pulaski County Circuit
Court for an alleged failure to proper
ly file their articles of incorporation
and pay the necessary fees for so do
ing. The transcript of the appeal as
taken has been filed in Supreme Court.
New Cotton Warehouse.
Thirty representative business men
of Fordyce recently held a meeting
and decided to donate the site and a
bonus of $2,500 to the- Farmers’ Union,
which will erect a $5,000 warehouse
for the storage of cotton. Messrs. A
B. Banks, G. M. .Hampton and F. E
Harrison are the committee on sub
script ion. The contract has been
awarded at Lockesburg to Selvidge &
Williams for the erection of a cotton
warehouse at $1,200.
Fayetteville’s Good Fortune.
S. K. Stone and Amanda Stone
have deeded to Fayetteville a part of
a block of ground on which to estab
lish a hospital to be known as the
Stone Hospital. The deed provides
I hat in case the city of Fayetteville
shall fail to have a hospital estab
lished and put in operation on the
land conveyed within four years, the
title shall revert to the use of the
Stone heirs. In case it is abandoned,
the title also reverts to the use of the
heirs.
One Lone Republican.
When the Republicans in the next
State senate of Arkansas attempt to
hold a caucus of the members, one
man will answer to his name as the
roll is called,, and this one man will
constitute the full quorum of the par
ty. Hon. George Legate, the hold-ov
er senator from the Thirty-third dis
trict, composed of the counties of
Scott and Polk, will represent the full
Republican strength in the senate.
The Republicans made strenuous ef
forts io elect senators in the Sixth
district, but failed by a narrow mar
I T-n.