VOL. VII.
McCRORY,
ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908.
MO. 40.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the -latest news of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
north, easljouth, west
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion. and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.
a;
Norman Fogel, head or the savings
department of the First National bank
of Wilkesbarre, Pa., was arrested for
the alleged embezzlement of $0,000 of
the bank’s funds. The fact that Fogel.
who drew a salary of $1,200, sported
an automobile, drew suspicion on him.
He is held in $5,000 bail.
The Netherlanus government an
nounces that it has refused to ac
cept Robert E. Lozz, recently appoint
ed Venezuelan consul to Curacoa. This
action, it is generally understood, fore
shadowed a sweeping demand for
redress from President Castro.
Returning from the important con
ference of officers at Newport, Naval
Constructor Robinson has immediate
ly set to work completing the original
specifications for the two new big bat
tleships, the Florida and Utah.
The life of her son or $10,000 is the
demand made by the Italian black
hand on Mrs. Henry Kiel, wealthy
New Orleans dealer in antique jew
elry. The mother, who is very ill, has
employed police and private watch
men to guard her child, but despite
the precautions, the black hand has
delivered letters to her.
Determined that the vessels of the
Pacific fleet shall have a full comple
ment of enlisted men, as well as
officers, on the approaching cruise
to Samoa, orders were issued by Rear
Admiral Pillsbury, acting secretary
of the navy, for an additional draft
of 250 men to be rushed to Mare
Island as quickly as possible.
Mehmid Ali Bey, until recently the
Turkish minister to the United States,
is stranded. It develops that the rea
son he has not vet left Washington
is that he has no ready cash. He is
waiting for a special messenger, who
is said to be on route Washington
from lsset Bey, his father, bringing
the necesarry money.
A suggestion that the National
Catholic Total Abstinence union join
the work of the Anti-Saloon league,
made in the session of the national
convention, started a lively discussion
which culminated when a formal reso
lution favoring the idea was present
ed.
Senator La Follette will soon start
a paper along the lines of Bryan s
Commoner. A canvass for subscrib
ers is now being made. La Folletto
will personally edit the publication.
Thomas L. Hisgen. presidential
nominee of the Independence party,
will open his western campaign, ac
cording to plans, at Indianapolis on
Aug. 30. Indiana is Hisgen's native
state.
Government statistics just issued
show an enormous growth of the cigar
ette habit in the United States in the
last year, 55,402.330,113 of the "pa
per pipes” being smoked.
Archbishop Farley of New York Is
slightly indisposed, owing to a stom
ach trouble, due to change in climate
and food. The physician advised the
archbishop to go north to a cooler cli
mate as soon as possible.
"America's naval expansion has but
one object in view—an ultimate clash
with Japan for the mastery of the Pa
cific,” was the gist of an interview
given out by Count Olcuma. one of the
foremost Japanese statesmen.
Capt. Baldwin has succeeded in ful
filling the first requirement of his
contract with the government for sup
plying a dirigible balloon for the sig
nal corps of the army. The board of
officers at Fort Myer accepted it as
far as its construction is concerned;
the other requirements remaining to
be fulfilled are the speed and endur
ance qualities of the aerial craft.
Mentally unbalanced bv the unex
pected information that he is heir to
a fortune of $7,000,000 and to the Ital
ian dukedom of Verona, Bartholomew
Albanese, 34 years old, once a night
watchman for a railroad, but for ten
years a man of no occupation, is con
fined, to his home, No. 1708 South
Rampart street, New Orleans, and Is
permitted to see no one.
Gottfried Probst, a waiter em
ployed in a bakery and lunchroom in
Brooklyn, is living in hopes and
dreams since a friend in Germany
sent him a newspaper clipping which
indicates he is one of the heirs to $50.
000,000 left by a relative, Paul HoF
ntan. a wealthy merchant of Bombay,
India. Probst’s share, according to
bis figures, would approximate $10,
000.000.
Mrs. Louise Chanler Moulton, the
well-known authoress, died at her
borne here after an illness of nearly
nine months. She wrote a large num
ber of short stories for children, as
well as novels and poems. She spent
many years of her life in London.
J. B. Richards, leader of the Anti
Saloon league in Georgia, flatly ad
mitted that prohibition has proven a
failure in the state. He says it is
easy to get all the “joy juice" one
wants in Atlanta.
Burglars entered the residence of J.
V. Turner, merchant of North Little
Rock, Ark., chloroformed the entire
family, ransacked the house, and took
$200 worth of jewelry. The burglars
prepared and ate lunch in the dining
room.
A “trial separation," not a “trial
marriage,” but under the sanction of
the church, nevertheless, is a sensa
tion that has completely upset the
poise of society in the village of
Hobbs Ferry, Va.
Judge Taft had a fall from his
horse and narrowly escaped serious
injury, if not death. He was riding
down a mountain road some four
miles from the hotel at Hot Springs
when the horse's knees gave way
and Tuft was pitched to the ground.
St. Joseph, Mo., was chosen as the
meeting place of the next annual con
vention of the International Typo
graphical union. The vote was: St.
Joseph, 179; Minneapolis, 51; Seattle,
31.
Commissioner Leupp of the Indian
bureau is preparing to investigate the
effect of the maguey flower upon
health when eaten. This is the plant
from which Mexicans make the drink
called mescal.
Insanely jealous, Levi Fannon. a
farmer who lived 20 miles south of
Lebanon, O., shot his wife, who is now
dying; crushed the skull of his 15
year-old daughter, and then killed
himself.
The constant efforts of women pas
sengers to find out if their hats are
on straight, have caused the mana
gers of buildings in Chicago to think
seriously of removing mirrors from
all elevators.
The Grand Trunk flyer, coming into
Detroit by way of Port Huron, struck
a street car, cut it in two, killed one
and fatally injured five others.
The efforts of the earl of Yarmouth
to have reopened the divorce decree
obtained by his wife, formerly Miss
Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, in order that
he might effect a more advantageous
financial arrangement, were defeated
by Justice Eve, who made absolute
the decree of a year ago. The action
of the justice absolutely cuts off fur
ther negotiations.
Harry IC. Thaw wras formally ad
judged a bankrupt by Referee in
Bankruptcy William R. Blair. This
action was not expected until Aug.
21, the date fixed by William T. Lind
sey, clerk of the United States dis
trict court, in his order referring the
proceedings to Referee Blair in the
absence of a judge of district court.
Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke, former wife
of Brodie L. Luke, multi-millionaire to
bacco king, was found guilty by a jury
of obtaining money from the Great
Northern Hotel Co. of Chicago by
means of traududent bank checks.
The extreme penalty for the crime is
a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment in
the county jail for one year.
A gigantic public utilities corpora
tion to supply light, heat and power
to a score or more of cities and towns
in Northern Indiana and Ohio has
been formed with a capita! s.ock of
$4,500,000.
According to a dispatch received at
the state department from William
F. Doty, United States consul at Tab
riz. Persia, the American flag flying
over the consulate at tnat place was
shot away by the loyalist forces and
a man was wounded immediately in
front of the door of the consulate.
What politicians believe is the be
ginning of a sweeping reaction against
the inroads of prohibition in Ohio is
presaged in the defeat for renomina
tion of State Senators Drake and W.
E. Atwell.
For torturing his beautiful young
wife until she went insane and so
mistreating his infant child that it is
feared the little one can not live.
Count Margalho of the old Portuguese
nobility has been banished in dis
grace from King Manuel's court and
deprived of the high office he held un
der the late King Carlos.
Chicago has a population of 2,425.
000, according to an estimate of the
publishers of the city directory. This
is an increase of 58,000 over the popu
lation of 1907 and is based on the U.
S. census of 1900. The school boatd
census puts the population at 2.140,
000.
For the purpose of fighting the in
creased freight rates In southwestern
territory. Senator Culberson, Attorney
General Pollard and State Commis
sioner Mayfield, all of Texas, and Com
missioner LoVe of Oklahoma, have
prepared a voluminous complaint,
which was submitted to the interstate
commerce commission.
Bigamy lias just been given official
standing by the fifth chamber of the
Paris appeal court, which has con
firmed a judgment of the civil tribunal
declaring that a woman who was
married to a Frenchman living in
Paris named Raoul and also to r.
Dane living in Copenhagen is legally
the wife of both.
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State Capital Notes
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Dr. Bond Defends His Bill.
Dr. J. B. Bond of this city, author
of lhe pure food law, which has been
declared faulty by Deputy Commis
sioner of Agriculture William Stod
dard on the ground that it is not prac
tical In many respects, Tuesday con
ferred with Mr. Stoddard at, the state
house regarding the law. Dr. Bond
declared that he believed the law a
good one, and defended it. The con
ference was not held for any specific
purpose, the two simply talking the
matter over. Mr. Stoddard thinks
the law is weak and has already an
nounced that he will suggest that
either a new one be passed or the
old one be changed at the next session
of the legislature.
Dr. Bond, in the course of the con
versation with Mr. Stoddard, declared
that he did not believe it is right to
compel a man who puts out hundreds
of bottles of soda, pop or anything
else a day to label each bottle, tak
ing the stand that it is a wacto of
time. Mr. Stoddard merely listened.
It is known, however, that he is op
posed to the present law. He declares
that it is impossible to investigate
conditions affected by the law in the
state in the first place, and that it is
impossible to prosecute cases o? vio
lation of the lawr afterward. No ar
rangements have been made for
either investigation or prosecution.
Barnett Has a Long History.
A letter was received by the detec
tive department from the bureau ot
criminal identification giving a com
plete history and description of El
more Barnett, whose arrest for al
leged complicity in the robbery of the
Bell pawnshop, in Little Rock, oc
curred some weeks ago. According to
the information contained in the let
ter, Barnett has had a wide criminal
career and has gone under a number
ot aliases, among them being John,
Elmer and Jack Barnett, George
Avery, Frank Locke, Frank Chester,
Charles Hall, John Granam, Kid Bar
nett, Robert Granberg and •‘Broncho''
Kid. Detective Morgan, in addition
to the evidence brought forward by
the bureau of identification, has a cir
cular and photographs from the state
prison at Canon City, Cot., where Bar
nett is wanted for violating his parole.
Barnett is also said to be wanted at
Dawson Springs. Ky., where . he is
charged with being implicated in the
robbery of a jewelry store, operating
much as he is said to have worked in
this city.
Reports Unsatisfactory.
State Superintendent George B.
Cook has received reports from sev
eral county examiners that are far
from being complete, and will have
to be returned for correction. In one
of the reports the examiner omits
everything in relation to the enroll
ment of pupils in the schools of his
county. Another failed to report the
number of school houses in the coun
ty he represents and another failed to
designate, in giving the number of
teachers, those who are white and
those who are negroes. Other reports
contain minor emissions, all of which
will have to be supplied in order that
the state superintendent’s statistical
reports of the schools may be abso
lutely correct.
Joe Shields Pardoned.
Joe Shields, convicted at the
spring term (1908) in the St. Francis
county circuit court on the charge of
robbery and sentenced to three years
In the state penitentiary, was Wed
nesday granted a pardon by Governor
Pindall. Two sons of Shields’ wrere
convicted on the same charge as the
father, and about two months ago
the sons were pardoned. Shields is
an old man, and the petitioners Hr
his pardon urged that, inasmuch as
the boys had been released from
prison and that Shields’ wife was
feeble and needed the support of her
husband, he should also be pardoned.
The petition was presented to Gov
ernor Pindall by T. Buford of Forrest
City.
Negro Fined; Court Closed.
Jim Jones, a negro, formerly in tha
employ of the Iron Mountain, went be
fore Judge Lea Wednesday and ad
mitted he had stolen property belong
ing to the company. Jones was sent
enced to serve one year in the state
penitentiary. This was the closing
piece of business and Judge Lea ad
journed the first division of the cir
cuit court until the fourth Monday in
September.
Fraternal Order Makes Bond.
The United Brothers of Friendship
and the Sisters o? the Mysterious Ten,
a local fraternal beneficiary organiza
tion composed of negroes, filed its
bond for ?10,000 with the state
auditor Thursday.
Send Prisoners Home for Sunday.
That there is honor among thieves
has long been accepted as a fairly
well establish 3d theory, but that the
average female negro habitue of the
police court should respect a parole
is considered to be a little out of the
ordinary. With the Little Rock po
lice this is not considered the least
wondt.rtul, from the fact that the
custom of allowing well known negro
women prisoners to go home Saturday
night and return Monday morning,
has been followed for some time, with
out any unpleasant consequences.
That this custom has prevailed Is
not generally known, however, and
the casual visitor to the city hall Sat
urday afternoon was surprised to hear
an officer giving special instructions
to a negro woman who was being told
she might go home to spend Sunday,
with the understanding that she re
port back to the city jail Monday
morning, to complete her sentence.
This system is working most satis
factorily to the police, especially
since the department has been moved
into the new city hall. Negro women
who are fined in police court and are
not able to pay the fine are allowed
to work out their fines in the city
hall, doing scrubbing and other labor
of this kind. The police declare that,
after working six days, the use of
soap and water in generous quantities
tends to better the prisoners’ physical
condition materially, and for that
reason the women are encouraged to
go home for Sunday. They say that
rarely ever does a negro woman go
home Saturday night, before com
pleting her sentence, that she does
not return Monday morning to re
sume her work. If this should occur
all patrolmen are notified and within
a short time the derelict is again in
the toils.
Another feature which appeals to
the city is that the negress feeds
herself on Sunday, whereas the city
is compelled t# feed her while in the
lockup.
The janitor at the city hall has
charge of the women who are work
ing out their fines, and he has no
trouble in keeping them at work.
They are not guarded, but none have
been known to take French leave,
for they realize thoroughly that they
will be brought into court again, if
they should leave, and they have a
very wholesome fear of Police Judge
Ratterree.
Commissioners Appointed.
The State Board of Election Com
missioners Saturday completed the
task of appointing election commis
sioners for Cleburne and Scott coun
ties, the last counties to be taken up,
were as follows:
Cleburne—Tom Brice, W. A. Cobb
and William Johnson.
Scott—R. F. Paine, W. C. Mankin
and C. A. Atkins.
The board has taken no action as
yet in the case of the Pulaski county
appointees. \V. M. Kavanaugh and
Mayor W. G. Joslyn, both of whom are
candidates in the coming election.
The board members stated Saturday
that they were watting for the twro
men to decide whetner they desired
to withdraw as commissioners. They
stated that they understood Mayor
Joslyn would withdraw as commis
sioner, and that another Republican
would have to be appointed, but ex
pressed the belief that Mr. Kava
naugh would probably withdraw as
a candidate asd retain his appoint
ment as commissioner.
Under the law a candidate cannot
act as election commissioner.
Negro Shooting Scrape.
Will Sullivan, a negro, was arrested
early Sunday morning at his home at
812 East Seventeenth street, for
shooting at Ed Stanford, a negro, who
came to his home and caused a dis
j turbance. Sullivan says that Stan
ford attempted to cut him with a
knife, and that ho ran away before
the arrival of the officers. Stanford
is wanted by the police, and Sullivan
is being held, pending an investiga
tion.
Accused of Bootlegging.
C. H. Ramarez, a Mexican, was plac
ed in jail in Little Rock. He was
arrested in St. Louis and sent here
on an order of removal by a federal
judge. It is alleged Ramarez wras
a bootlegger in this jurisdiction of
the federal court. He will be held
to await the action of the next Fed
edal Grand Jury.
Requisition Granted.
The governor Tuesday granted a
requisition made by Gov. E. T. .Noel
of Mississippi for John and Tom Staf
ford, who are wanted in Mississippi
on the charge of shooting with intent
to kill and murder, and who ar«
thought to be in Arkansas.
Federal Jurors Announced.
In the United States District Court i
Thursday the following named per-'
eons were drawn for the grand jury,
which will convene in Little Rock Oc
tober 29: R. J. Barnett, Russellville;
Hugh Walker, Winnville; Sam Foner,
Gregory; Henry Dunn, Conway; Jer
ry Curley, Hiland; W. H. Taylor,
Oden; J. S. Rock, M. E. Elliott, Cor
nerville; E. C. Kinney, Judsonia;
Drew White, Pine Bluff; S. A. Duke,
Baxter; A. M. Blakenshlp, Devall’s
Bluff; Sam Hargraves, Little Rock;
Thomas M. Phillips, Altheimer; Ed
ward Price, Little Rock; C. B. Greer,
Searcy; William Nickius, Bauxite;
W. K. Webb, Austin; W. G. McFar
land, Scotts; W. H. Poyner, Dover;
F. C. Stobaugh, Center Ridge.
Alternates were appointed as fol
lows: C. W. Bates, Arkadelphia; J.
R. Haynes, Lake Village; Fred Rob
erts, Wiggs; S. T. Buttler, Warren;
James A. Smith, Hot Springs; T. W.
Dean, Star City.
The petit jury, which is to report
October 29, is as follows:
H. Drcidel, Arkansas City, Desha
county.
Isaac R. Reynolds, Enola, Faulkner
county.
13. F. N'olcn, Hickory Plains, Prairie
county.
T. J. Brown, Aplin, Perry county.
C. F. Clark, Stuttgart, Arkansas
county.
B. M. Rawton, Womble, Montgom
ery county.
\V. C. Brents, Cleveland, Conway
county.
R. B. Craddock, Pettus, Lonoke
county.
George F. Edmonson, Des Arc, Prai
rie county.
George Ballard, Nix, Dallas county.
j. ts. cnambers, Gum Log, Pope
county.
B. W. Higganbotham, R. F. D. No
1, Plumervfllo, Conway county.
Alfred Miller, Jr., Star City, Lin
coln county.
Lee Sims, Gilford, Hot Spring coun
ty
W. A. Niven, Clio, Cleveland coun
ty
W. T. Cunningham. R. F. D. No. 2,
Judsonia, White county.
W. K. Rutledge, Wabtiaseka, Jeffer
son county.
Thomas J. Burton, Point Comer,
Hot Spring county.
R. \V. Chrisp, Searcy, White county.
Robert A. Jones, Hot Springs, Gar
land county.
J. M. Coleman, Clinton, Van Buren
county.
J. M. Dill, Little Rock, Pulaski
county.
W. A. Plunkett, No. 423 W est
Eighteenth street. Little Rock, Pu
laski county.
N. B. Moss, R. F. D. No. 1, Enola,
Faulkner county.
T. W. Baldwin, Argenta, Pulaski
county.
J. T. Ashcraft, Leola, Grant eoun
t>
John S. Braddock, Little Rock, Pu
laski county.
John R. Johnson, Hickory Plains
Prairie county.
\V. H. Scott, R. F. D. No. 1, Bryant
Saline county.
W. e. Mathews, Aplin, Perry cown
^Richard L. Fletcher, No. 1402 Eas
Third street. Little Rock, Pulask
county.
James A. Ginocchio, Little Rock
Pulaski county.
Charles T. Abeles, Little Rock
Pulaski county.
James Hatchett, Clinton, Van Bu
ren county. , „ , , ,
George Dashiel, Little Rock, Pulaski
county. x „r .
William Gibbins, Settlement, \ an
Buren county.
Melvin Crownover, Holly Springs,
Dallas county.
Harry Rich, Stuttgart, Arkansas
county. . , ,
B. J. Underwood, Stuttgart, Arkan
sas county.
Snow A. Jackson, Johnsonville,
Bradley county.
Charles Austin, Pottsvllle, Pope
C°George Hughes, Benton;, Saline
CCLU,A. Keener, Atkins, Pope county.
Cell Rather Than Slide Down Rope.
Because she was at raid to risk her
life on an improvised rope or possibly
because of modesty, an lS-year-oid
girl prisoner at the Searcy county jaTl
was the only one out of eight prison
ers left to face the jailer Thursday
morning. Seven male prisoners
escaped from the jail at an early hour
Thursday morning, but the gill r
fused to go with them. Sue of the
escaped prisoners were whites,
large posse of citizens w scouring the
country for the escapes, but as yet
none has been captured.
Witnesses Form Caravans
Sheriff Hugh Miller left Van Buret*
Monday night for Paris, Ijogan county,
with W. F. Jones, a white prisoner in
dicted by the recent Crawford County
Grand Jury for murder in the first
degree. When arraigned for trial at
Van Buren, Jones, through his attor
neys, S. It. Chew and W. H. N'eai, ask
ed for and was granted a change of
venue, Judge Evans sending the casa
to Paris, Logan county, for trial.
Jones lived on a farm at Natural
Dam, in the northern part of the coun
ty, belonging to Horace Swearengen,
for whose murder he is now being
tried. He was a justice of the peace,
having been elected on the Republi
can ticket two years ago. For some
cause Jones went into the field where
Swearengen was at work and provoked
a quarrel, or rather tried to, Swearen
gen keeping his team between him
and Jones until he thought the lat
ter was leaving the field. Swearengen
had picked up his lines and started
his team, when Jones ran up behind
and, if is alleged, reaching around
him, disembowled him with one stroke
of a large knife, Swearengen dying
30 minutes later.
Fully 100 witnesses have gone from
the little hamlet up in the mountains
of Crawford county to Paris, the most
of them making the trip overland and
in covered wagons, taking their provi
sion with them, with the intention of
camping out near Paris, should the
weather be favorable. The little com
munity that has always lived in pec.ie
and harmony has been torn asunder
by the tragedy. While the caravans
of covered wagons en route to Paris
from the vicinity of the tragedy were
compelled to travel the same road, the
witnesses for the state led that bear
ing the witnesses for the defense by
several hours. The dead man was
very popular throughout the county
and his many relatives have employ
ed Colonel O. I,. Hiles of Fort Smith
Smith to assist Prosecuting Attorney
Cochrane in the case.
Now International Affair.
Count Z. Morani, chief consul for
the Italian government in the United
States arrived in Van Buren Tuesday
morning from New Orleans and spent
the greater part of the day in the of
fice of Superintendent Murphy of the
Iron Mountain, gathering facts con
cerning the mobbing of the strike
breaking Italian laborers brought to
Van Buren last June by the Iron
Mountain to supplant the striking car
men there.
It will be remembered that a mob
of blacks and whites went to the
yards where the Italians were quarter
ed in bunk cars and opened fire upop
them, slightly wounding a number
of the Italians. The visit of Count
Morani at this time was to gather sucl
evidence as his government would
need in presenting their claim at
Washington for damages. The count
before leaving secured all the names
of the men indicted for participation
in the riot.
It has been feared by the railway
officials and many citizens at Van
Buren that international complica
tions would arise from the affair and
the visit of a representative of the
Italian government at this time shows
that their fears are well founded.
Clarendon Man Accidentally Killed.
John M. Davis, clerk at the Davis
hotel at Clarendon, and son of Mrs.
J. C. Davis, the proprietress of the
hotel, was acidentally killed at 4
o'clock Sunday morning, when his re
volver was discharged in falling from
his pocket. It seemes that Mr. Davis
had ben out. with the night marshal
aiding in a raid on a crap game, and
had just returned to the hotel. He
was sitting on the front porch talking
to Henry Sonfield, when, without a
moment's warning, came a report of
the firing of a pistol. Mr. Sonfield
says Davis uttered only the words.
“My God, I am shot."
Sheriff’s Case Appealed.
The case of W. R Cain against
Woodruff county, on appeal from the
Woodruff County Circuit Court, in
which the law enacted by the last
legislature allowing sheriffs 75 cents
per day for each prisoner’s fare is
tested, is now before the Arkansas
Supreme Court. The transcript in the
case was filed with the Supreme
Court Tuesday. The county of Wood
ruff allowed Sheriff Cain 65 cents and
he brought suit. Judge Hance N.
Hutton of the Woodruff Circuit Court,
held the law unconstitutional and
Sheriff Cain appealed.
One More Wreck Victim.
It develops that besides an engineer
and fireman and two tramps killed in
the Frisco wreck which occurred be
tween Black Rock and Imboden early
Friday morning, one other hobo lost
his life. The bodies of the two have
been identified as Frank Carrett and
Frank Overland, who had been work
ing in Virginia and were returning to
their home in the west. They were
so badly burned that their hands and
feet were entirely consumed. The
third man has not yet been identified.