Two Japanese torpedo boats were
^unk by Russian land batteries Feb
ruary 27.
Maehen, Lorenz and the two
Groffs, the convicted postal offend
ers, have been sentenced to two
years each. They have taken an ap
peal.
Xaval officers commanded and
‘"jackies” manned the five steamers
that were sunk at the entrance to
Port Arthur. Merchant sailors
volunteered for the dangerous un
dertaking, but their services were
not accepted, as Admiral Togo de
cided to intrust the perilous nris
sion to regulars.
The question as to whether a pas
senger on a railroad train, riding
on a free pass, who loses his life
on account of an act of carelessness
on the part of the railroad compa
ny. stands on the same footing as
that passenger who pays his fare,
has been decided by the United
States supreme court against the
free passenger.
Representative R. Minor Wallace
has introduced in the house a
bill to authorize Arkansas to ex
tend her boundary line so as to in
hale a strip forty miles wide and
>00 mile s long, taken from her by
ilie Cherokee treaty of 1828. The
'•ill is responsive to a resolution
adopted last year by the state leg
islature. This territory comprises
7,000,000 acres westward of the
present boundary.
An American official, who for
two years past, has been studying
conditions in the Balkans, made an
interesting statement ol' the situa
tion. He says: ‘‘I am satisfied
Turkey will not declare war. Sin
has been informed by the powers
that even if sin* does engage in hos
tilities she will gain absolutely no
result therefrom, and oven may suf
fer from a military occupation by
the yowers, and that, perhaps, they
may result in the separation of
'Macedonia from the Turki-h em
pire."’
1 ho \\ iscon?yn oapitol building
at Madison \va- practically destroy
ed by fire February 27, with a loss
estimated at $800,000. The state
carries only partial insurance, be
in .5 in the process of changing from
insurance in companies to a system
of state insurance. The fire in
volves the building of a new oapitol,
£ special session of the legislative
•sind the renewal of agitation in fa
vor of the removal of the oapitol
from Miniison to Milwaukee. The
flames were caused by defective
electric wires.
Of the seven members of the
Panama canal commission, the fol
lowing have accepted appointment
by the president: Rear Admiral
John (J. Walker, F. S. X., retired;
(Forgo W. Davis, 1'. S. A., retired;
Col. Frank Decker of Detroit, di
rector of transportation during the
Spanish-American wait; William
Barclay Parsons, engineer of the
New York subway, and William
D. Burr, professor of engineering
at Columbia University, Xew York,
and one time a member of the
Walker isthmian commission.
Three Japanese officers of the
general staff, caught in the act of
blowing up a railroad bridge, were
hanged by Russians in Manchuria.
The Japenese were disguised as
collies. The dispatches also con
tirm the report that in a second at
tack on Port Arthur, the Japanese
sank two Russian vessels and cap
tured four torpedo boats. It is be
ing demonstrated that Russia’s
greatest drawback is transporting
troop and supplies, as the Siberian
railroad has been broken by Japa
nese and natives in Siberia at a
number of places. Since Chinese
declination to attempt to guard the
railroad in Manchuria, Russia is
attempting to find some pretext for
drawing China into the war, not
withstanding her declaration of neu
trality.
Russia lias granted the rcqne-t of
the Unity 1 States that certain Amer
ican officers be permitted to accom
pany Russian troops for the .purpose
of making observations as to the con
duct of battle.
The grand jury at Jackson, Ivy.,
has returned indictments against
I>. F. French, attorney for Curtis
Jett, and Edward Callahana, form
er sheriff of Breathitt county, on
the charge of subornation of per
jury in the late Jett-White mur
der trials.
W. II. Ham, manager of the
Boston branch of the American
Surety Company, is charged with
misappropriating $225,000. Ham
was also trustee of the leading
Episcopal church and several char
itable institutions, whose funds are
also involved.
Mrs. Mantel Barekmnn, a prom
inent farmer's wife of near Vin
cennes, Ind., belabored Rev. E. E.
Jenkins, pastor of the Free Bap
tist church at M »nroe Citv, with a
buggy whip, for alleged trespass.
Mrs." Barckman wa*s fined for as
sault and battery and has filed suit
against Jenkins.
If the rates adopted by the
Southeastern Pas-mger A-socia
tion are fallowed in this territory,
and it is probable that they will be,
the rates to the world's fair at Sr.
Ijouis. which opens April 30, will
be very cheap on certain excursion
dates. The rate adopted bv that
association is one cent a mile, lim
ited to coaches.
Ccorge If. Harter, aged C>s, one
of tin* b ‘st-known business men in
Washington and a leading Mason,
died from blood poisoning, after
suffering terrible agony. The prick
of his Masonic sword introduced
ini' fatal germ into his system, but
he also scratched the back of his
hand on the hilt of the bronze re
galia attach 'd to it.
1 ho largest fir - in the history of
Rochester, N. V , occurred ia^t
week in the retail drv goods dis
trict of the citv. It is estimated
$3,000,000 worth of property was
consumed. The burned district
lies on the north side of Main street
bet we n St. Paul street and Clinton
avenue, north, running from St
Paul street almost the entire length
of the block.
After a trial extending through
several weeks the jury at Washing
ton. 1). 0., returned a verdict of
guilty in the ease of A. W. Mu
rium, formerly superintendent of
rural free delivery; (1. E. Lorenzo
and Samuel A. and D. 15. (JrofT.
The men were charged with con
spiracy t > defraud the government
in warding certain contracts for
government supplies.
John R. Stockton, a mail clerk,
was instantly killed and A. J. Bass
seriously wounded by a negro bandit
named J. P. Paris, who boarded a
Great Southern mail train at Merid
ian, M iss., for the purpose of rob
bery. As soon as the negro gained
entrance to the mail car he opened
fire on the two clerks. He secured
several packages of registerd mail,
but was run down by bloodhounds,
lie was lodged in jail at Meridian,
and through Gov. Vardeman order
ing three companies of militia to
the scene a lynching was prevented.
Japan's attempt to bottle up the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur by
sinking a fleet of stone-laden mer
chant steamers in the mouth of the
harbor failed, though the venture
caused no loss of life and the ves
sels lost, were not of great value.
Five ships were prepared by Vice
Admiral Togo for the blockade.
Four are reported to have been
sunk. The five vessels were filled
with stones, so as to make the ob
struction permanent, and were
manned by volunteer merchant
crews. It was impossible to select
naval officers and sailors on ac
count-of their great rivalry to par
ticipate in the daring venture.
Warning to Druggists.
The following circular, issued by
President King of the State Asso
ciation of Pharmicists, should re
ceive the hearty co-operation of all
citizens and officers in particular:
“To the Druggists of Arkansas:
“Complaints are being received
in regard to violation of the phar
macy law of this state.
“The law requires everv druggist
to place his certificate of registra
tion in a conspicuous place in his
! store. Xo prescriptions are to be
compounded or refilled except bv a
registered pharmacist, or under the
personal supervision of a registered
; pharmacist.
“The association is determined to
; prosecute those druggists who have
j no registered pharmacist on duty,
and all dealers who are found
guilty of selling cocaine illegally.
“As some druggists in the state
may not fully understand the law,
I will mail a copy of this letter to
all. I propose to look up all that
are not complying with the phar
macy law and with the cocaine
law (approved May, 1809). This
association proposes to see that the
! laws are enforced.”
Secured Goods Fraudulently.
A shrewd and nervv swindler
worked a series of successful frauds
in Hot Springs. It seems that he
had a quantity of bogus bill-heads
printed, giving the style of his im
aginary firm as The Xona Mill
Company, with A. L. Pierce as
manager, lie then wrote to about
fifty well-known wholesale houses
and made small orders for goods,
representing that he was conduct
ing a branch store for the well
known and very solid firm of that
name who have large concerns at
Beaumont, Tex., and Leeville, La
The goods were, as a rule, shipped
to him by express. The wholesale
house of course communicated with
the firm of Nona Mills Company
at the Beaumont headquarters only
to find that the real firm knew
nothing of this fly-by-night institu
tion supposed to exist.
Dr. Westbrcok Shot.
Dr. Westbrook and Mack Mays,
prominent citizens of Doddridge,
Miller county, engaged in a difficul
ty which later resulted in the first
named being seriously wounded.
The men met on the street, when
Mays, who was armed with a win
chester, opened at close range. He
chester, opened fire at close range.
He fin'd nine shots, but his marks*
num.-hip was bad, as only one took
effect, inflicting a dangerous wound
in the hip.
Italian Laborers Leave.
A large number of Italian labor
er?. employed on construction work
of tl'.e HI Dorado and Bastrop rail
road at Bolding, have left the coun
ty. One of their number shot and
killed II. L. Yarborough, a gang
foreman, and it is supposed the men
were fearful of being arrested and
concluded to leave. Several of the
parties however have been arrested,
and the officers believe they have in
this number the man who did the
killing.
Mrs. Crockett Dead.
After an illness extending over
twelve months, the wife of Hon.
John H. Crockett, secretary of state'
passed away at the family home in
DeWitt February 21. During her
cnjtire illness Mr. Crockett spent
every possible moment at her side
and the entire state sympathizes
with the bereaved family.
Slept on the Track.
An Iron Mountain passenger
train struck and killed a man by
the name of Darrv a few miles from
Hot Springs. He is thought to
have been under the iniluence of
liquor, as the engineer says he was
sitting on the edge of a tie asleep,
and that he was not discovered in
time to stop#lho train.
An unknown negro caused con
siderable excitement at Newport in
attempting to assault a young white
girl.
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