The Woodruff County News.
G. W. KKA3IEK, Kdltor.
McCRORY, • - ARKANSAS
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The yacht Columbia, champion of
1899, has been chosen to race against
Shamrock 11, in defense of Amer
ica’s cup.
Two hundred and twenty-six sol
diers stationed at Fort McPherson
were made dangerously sick by pot
maine poisoning.
An offer of mediation has been
made by the United States to Col
ombia and Venezuela, and Colombia
has signified her willingness to ac
cept.
Charles Ward who at the breaking
out of the civil war invested a large
fortune in Confederate bonds, died
last week in the poor house at Chat
tanooga, Ala.
It is reported that the Danish
ministry had decided to accept the
offer of the United States for the
purchase of the Danish West Indies.
James Howard and ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, convicted
as Goebel murder conspirators,
quarreled in jail at Frankfort when
Howaru* threw a heavy inkstand at
Powers, striking him on the head
and knocking him senseless. Both
men occupied the same cell, and
had been the best of friends. The
trouble was over the division of
funds collected for their defense.
In all 10,462,000 pieces of money
were coined at,mints of the United
States during the month of August.
Of the total there were 1,932,000
silver dollars, 960,000 half dollars,
and 1,108,000 quarters. The other
money included 154,000 double ea
gles, valued at $3,080,000; 187,000
eagles valued at $1,870,000; 366,000
half eagles valued at $1,830,000; 5
cent pieces, 3,174,000, valued at
$158,700; 1-cent pieces, 6,061,000,
valued at $60,610. Of the coinage
707,000 gold pieces were made, with
a value of $6,780,000, and of silver
there were 8,520,000, valued at $3,
141.000.
Decent reports show the reason
for the immense cost of the South
African war to the British govern
ment, when it is revealed that 250,
000 men are kept in the field at such
a long distance from the source of
supplies of all kinds. In may last
the British force in South Africa
included 249,416, officers and men,
made up as follows: Regulars,
138,062; militia, 20,104; colonials,
58,821; imperial yeomanry, 23,104;
volunteers, 9,385. Classifying dif
ferently they are as follows: Cav
alry, 14,000; artillery, 11,500; in
fantry and mounted infantry, 95,
700; others, 13,619.
The totals of Hester’s report, of
the cotton crop of the United States
show a total crop of 1900-1901 of
10,274,840 bales, against 9,436,415
last year and 11,274,840 the year
before. The mills of the south used
1,620,931 bales, which was 23,819
bales more than during 1899-1900,
against a consumption by the north
of 2,050,000. The cotton crop for
the different states is given as fol
lows: Forth Carolina, etc., 542,000
South Carolina, 911,000; Georgia,
1,295,000; Alabama, 1,000,000;
Florida. 45,000; Mississippi, 950,
000: ouisiana, 719,000; Arkansas,
762,000; Tennessee, 350,000; Texas,
3.809.000.
Orders have been issued by the war
department for the opening of a
war college at Washington barracks,
near the national eapitol. This col
lege wil be for the theoretical and
technical training of the officers of
the army. The plan of the Secre
tary of War is for a school for army
officers similar in many respects to
the naval college which the navy de
partment maintains at Newport.
The location close to the national
capital was decided upon by the Sec
retary because of the location at
Washington of the library of con
gress and war and military records
of immeasureable value to which ac
cess can only be obtained at the
national eapitol.
At Granite, Okla., a gusher of oil
was struck at a depth of .'100 feet.
The legislature of New Mexico has
made an appropriation to pay for the
publication of a history of the for
mation of Roosevelt's Rough
Riders.
Rev. A. F. Ooetz, rather ot the
Roman Catholic Church at Lee’s
Summit, Mo., broke his priestly
vows and married his housekeeper,
Miss Gollhoffer.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of
Mississippi, preached the opening
sermon at the World’s Methodist
Conference which convened in Lon
don on the 4th inst.
Mrs. W. R. Pigg, a bride of two
months, suicided in St. Louis hy
swallowing morphine. The woman
was deserted by her husband four
weeks after their marriage.
The famous Ruskin Colony in
Georgia has been disbanded, the last
of the property held in common by
the members being sold last week
by the sheriff to satisfy a mortgage.
The engineer on a Gulf, Colora
do & Santa Fe pasenger train pre
vented a hold-up near Guthrie, Okla.,
by putting on extra speed and clear
ing the track of obstructions placed
by the would-be robbers.
At the opening of the Methodist
Ecumenical Conference in London
on the 4th inst., a colored bishop
named Walters, from New Jersey,
creating a sensation by declaring
that there is a systematic effort on
foot among white Americans
to destroy the good opinion Eng
lishmen have of the negro. His
remarks have been severely crit
icised.
The monthly report of the United
States department of agriculture
shows the average condition of cotton
for August 24 to have been 71.4,
as compared with 77.2 the 25th of the
preceding month 68.2 September 1,
1900, 68.5 September 1, 1899, and
a ten year average of 74.4. There
was an impairment of condition dur
ing August amounting to 18 points
in Texts, 10 in Oklahoma, 8 in Ar
kansas, 7 in Alabama, 4 in Virginia,
2 in Louisiana, and 1 point in North
Carolina and Florida. On the other
hand there was an improvement dur
ing the month in Georgia, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Indian Terri
tory and Missouri, amounting to 3,
5, 3, 1 and 4 points, respectively.
In Misissippi there was no apprecia
ble change in the condition. A con
dition below the ten-year average
j- leported in a majority of the states,
the deficiency being 15 points in
Texas and Arkansas, 6 in North
Carolina, 3 in Tennessee and Vir
ginia and 1 in Alabama and Florida.
In Oklahoma the condition is 10
points below the average of the five
years and in Missouri 6 points be
low the average of the eight years
for which statistics are available. On
the other hand, the conditions in
Georgia Mississippi, South Carolina
and Louisiana are 4, 13, 5 and 4
points above their respective ten-year
averages and in the Indian Territory
1 point above the average for live
years. As compared with September
1, 1900, the conditions at the close of
August were less favorable in Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma to the extent
of 21, 4 and 10 points, respectively,
and were more favorable to the ex
tent of-28 points in Mississippi, 20 in
South Carolina, 12 in Georgia, 11
in Alabama and Missouri, 10 in
Louisiana, 9 in Tennessee and Vir
ginia, 8 in North Carolina, 7 in Flor
lua, ana ** m me inuian lerruory.
The averages of condition in the
different states are reported as fol
lows: Virginia, 82; North Caro
lina, 72; South Carolina, 80; Geor
gia, 81; Florida, 78; Alabama, 75;
Mississippi, 88; Louisiana, 80; Texr
as, 50 ; Arkansas, 01; Tennessee, 73 ;
Missouri, 75; Oklahoma, 08; Indian
Territory, 76.
A widespread revolutionary move
ment is going on in Persia, fostered
by discontent with the government
on account of the new loan nego
tiations with Kussia. The grand
vizier is accused of selling the coun
try and failing to make reforms.
Martial law has been declared in the
capital and environs.
NEWS OP ARKANSAS.
Cotton Belt Train Held Up.
No. 1 Cotton Belt passenger train
leaving Texarkana at 9p. m.,
in charge of Conductor Armstrong
and Engineer Henderson, was held
up and robbed near Eylau four miles
south of Texarkana, September 3.
The train was flagged by one of the
robbers, who proceeded to force the
fireman to go back and cut off the
mail and baggage cars and return
ing forced the engineer to give up
the management of his engine, first
securing him in the cab to one of the
robbers, who it appears u an expert
engineer. They ran the engine, mail
and expess cars about a mile from the
point first stoped at, and saying,
“Here is the place to do business,”
they forced the express messenger
to open his-car and blew the safe
open with dynamite, securing a very
large booty. The exact amount is
not stated by the Cotton Belt and ex
press people, but it is known that a
very large shipment was made on
this train. The robbers then cut
off the engine from the mail and ex
press ears, and forcing Engineer
Henderson to get off, they took the
engine in charge of the robber engi
neer and went south at full speed,
No passengers were molested. They
were, however, very badley frightened
and hid their valuables. The rob
bers evidently were in possession of
all the facts regarding this partic
ular shipment of money, together
with the schedule of the train, as
their scheme was successful in every
respect. A very suspicious character
was seen to board the head end of
the train leaving Texarkana. Rail
road employees seem to be confident
the robbery was committee by rail
road men from the manner in which
they superintended the cutting off
of the ears and handling the engine.
To Reorganize State Militia.
Gov. Davis has issued a procla
mation for the reorganization of the
State reserve militia. All commis
sioned officers are requested to re
port to Adjutant-General Jacobson
at Little Hock, as follows:
“1. Date of commission, nam
ing rank.
“2. When and where assigned to
duty. cm fypwcmf wypfwyp
duty, also result of military duty.
“3. The number and actual con
dition of whatever force the report
ing officer knows, and furthermore,
all officers commanding a company
or battalion shall send in to the
adjutant general within twenty-five
days a complete roster of their re
spective commands, same to be made
a matter of record.”
Big law Suit.
A suit for $84,000 was filed at
Fort Smith last week in the United
States district court. The claim
grows out of the construction work
on the St. Louis and North Arkan
sas Eailroad from Eureka Springs
to Harrison. The plaintiff is the
J. B. Colt & Son Company and
the defendants, the Alegheny Im
provement Company, and the
railroad company. The Allegheny
Company was the construction com
pany organized to build the road.
It sub-let the ontract to the J. B.
Colt & Son Company and the con
tracts were executed. The Colt
Company claim $84,633.97, as due
on the contracts, and the defend
ants offer but $8,956.
Negro Killed at Galloway.
Solomon Pouncey, colored, aged
16, was killed near Galloway, Pu
laski county, by Sam Coats, also
colored. A negro base ball game
was in progress and Pouncey took
a load of watermelons there to sell.
The crowd made a raid on him, ate
his melons and refused to pay him
for them. Carter returned for
another melon, but Pouncey told
him he could have no more till he
paid for what he had. Carter then
struck him twice over the head with
( a baj»e ball bat, crushing his skull.
IHe St. Louis & North Arkansas
Railroad Company has advertised
for bids for an extension of sixty
miles from Harrison in the direction
of Little Hock.
Candidates Arrange Dates.
The undersigned candidates for
the United States Senate, hereby
give notice that they will address
our fellow citizens at the following
named times and places. Unless
there are special reasons to the con
trary, the hour of beginning speaking
wil# be at 10 o'clock a. in. Notice of
other appointments will be given
later. James K. Jones,
James P. Clark.
Searcy, Tuesday, September 17.
Newport, Wednesday, September
18.
Batesville, Thursday, September
19.
Walnut Ridge, Friday, September
20.
Pocahontas, Saturday, September
21.
Jonesboro, Monday, September 23.
Paragould, Tuesday, September
2d.
Wynne Wednesday, fieptember 25.
Augusta, Thursday, September 26.
Lonoke, Saturday, September 28.
Des Arc, Monday, September 30.
Conway, Tuesday, October 1.
Morrillton, Wednesday, October 2.
Russellville, Thursday, Ooctober 3.
Dardanelle, Friday, October 4.
Clarksville, Saturday, October 5.
Ozark, Monday, October 7.
Van Buren, Tuesday, October 8.
Fayetteville, Wednesday, October
9.
Bentonville, Friday October 10.
Berryville, Friday, October 11.
Flarrison, Saturday, October 12.
Booneville, Tuesday, October 15.
Paris, Wednesday, October 16.
Danville, Thursday, October 17.
Perryville, Thursday, October 18.
Benton, Monday, October 22.
Benton, Monday, October 21.
Malvern, Tuesday, October 22.
Arkadelphia, Wednesday, October 23.
Prescott, Thursday, October 24.
Texarkana, Friday, October 25.
New Lewisville, Saturday, October
26.
Magnolia, Monday, October 28.
Camden, Tuesday, October 29.
El Dorado, Wednesday, October
30.
Fordyce Thursday, October 21.
Bison, Friday, November 1.
Pine Bluff, Saturday, November
2.
Star City, Monday, November 4.
Monticello, Wednesday, November
6.
Warren, Thursday, October 7.
Lake Village, Friday, October 8.
Hamburg, Saturday, November 9.
River Work.
Captain Graham D. Fitch, the
officer in charge of the government
work on the rivers of Arkansas and
Mr. Phillip Van Frank, his first as
sistant, recently inspected the work
on lock No. 2, White River. The
work has progressed rapidly this
summer. There has been no high
water to interfere, and no inter
ruption from any other cause. More
than 200 cubic yards of concrete
per day is now being used in the
construction of the lock, and at this
rate it will be completed by the time
cold weather comes.
Peach Shipments.
The peach season in Northwest
Arkansas (has closed. Carload
shipments from the various points
were as follows: Van Buren, S6
cars; Mammoth Springs, 15 cars;
Rogers, 45 cars; Siloam Springs,
12 cars; Koshkonong, 20 cars; St.
Elmo, 91 cars; Olden, 38 cars; Po
mona, 12 cars; Burnham, 11 cars;
Cedar Gap, 0 cars. Besides the
above points earlot shipments were
made at Gentry, Gravett, Spring
dale, Fayetteville, Garfield, Center
ton, Mountuinburg and other
points.
Internal Revenue Collections.
The internal revenue collections of
the Little Rock office for the month
of August were $15,718.40, compared
with $17,949.50 for August 1900,
showing a decrease of $2,231.04.
The decrease was due to the repeal
of certain sections of the war rev
enue act.
There are forty prisoners con
fined in the Pulaski county jail,
seventeen of whom are United
States safe-keepers.
Colored Knights ot Pythias.
The annual meeting of the col
ored grand lodge, Knights of Py
thias, which closed in Little Pock
August 31 elected the following of
ficers: Samuel Puckett, Little Rock,
past grand dictator; William Town
send, Pine Bluff, grand dictator; M.
H. Blackwell, Forrest City, vice
grand dictator; V. M. Tate, Tyler,
assistant grand dictator; W. J. Kidd,
Fort Smith, grand reporter; B. M.
Bobo, Indian Bay, grand financial
reporter; S. A. Jones, Lit
tle Rock, grand treasurer;
L. W. Moman, Little Rock, grand
chaplain; A. A. Mayo, Holly Grove,
grand guide; B. E. Peters, Little
Rock, grand guardian; William
Globe, Baxter, grand sentinel: A.
N. Freeman, Pine Bluff, grand en
dowment secretary; George W. Bell,
M. D., Pine Bluff, grand medical
examiner.
Whipped m Court.
A colored boy named Cravens, 18
years of age, was given a severe
whipping by his mother before the
police court at Fort Smith. The
negro was arrested for striking his
mother and the judge told the wo
man he would remit his fine if she
would give him a good flogging be
fore the court.
Apportionment ef School Fund.
The annual apportionment of the
common school fund, based on the
school population of the various
counties is as follows:
School
Counties. Population.
Arkansas. 7,460
Ashley. 6,53a
Baxter. 3,727
Benton. 12,000
Boone. 6,236
Bradley. 3,754
Calhoun. 3.145
Carroll. 7.950
Chicot. 5.750
Clark. 7.907
Clay. 6,724
Cleburne. 3,560
Cleveland. 4,223
Columbia. 7,505
Conway . 8.282
Craighead. 7,561
Crawford. 8,615
Crittenden. 5.045
Cross. 3 904
Dallas. 3.943
Desha. 3.812
Drew. 7.361
Faulkner. 8,041
Franklin. 6.749
Fulton . 4.967
Garland. 6.909
Grant. 2,845
Greene. 6.267
Hempstead. 10,323
Hot Spring. 4.871
Howard. 5.207
Independence. 8.551
Izard. 5,092
Jackson. 61482
Jefferson. 15.900
Johnson. 6.763
Lafayette. 4,322
Lawrence. 5,910
Lee. 8.179
Lincoln . 4.457
Little River. 4.828
Logan. 7 865
Lonoke. 9,903
Madison. 7.597
Marion. 4.168
Miller. 6.968
Mississippi. 6,102
Monroe.. 6,179
Montgomery. 3.817
Nevada. 6,490
Newton. 5.069
Ouachita. 6.976
Perry . 2.811
Phillips .*.. 8.830
Pike. 3.966
Poinsett. 2.646
Polk. 6.3d4
Pope. 8,416
Prairie. 4,381
Pulaski. 22.136
Randolph . 6,588
S time. 4,998
ncott. 5.217
Searcy. 4,919
Sebastian. 13.026
Sevier. 5.765
Sharp . 4 593
St. Francis. 6.141
Stone. 3,320
Union. 8.333
VanBuren... . 4.605
Washington .. . 13,280
White. 8.745
Woodruff. 5.685
Yell. 8.319
Appor
tionment
* 4,597 18
7,310 80
3.652 46
11,760 00
6,111 28
3,678 92
3,082 10
6,909 00
5,635 00
7,748 86
6,589 52
3,488 80
4,138 54
7,354 90
8.116 34
7,409 70
8,442 72
4.944 16
3.914 18
3,864 10
3,245 76
7,213 78
7,880 18
6,614 02
4,867 66
6,770 82
2,788 10
6.141 66
10.116 54
4.773 58
5,102 86
8.379 98
4.990 16
6,352 36
15,582 00
6,627 74
4,235 56
5,791 80
8.015 42
4,367 86
4.731 44
7,707 70
8,822 94
7.445 06
3.084 64
6,828 64
5,979 96
6,055 42
3,740 66
6,360 20
4.967 62
6,838 48
2.754 78
8.653 40
3,886 68
2,593 08
6,177 92
8,217 68
4.273 78
21,693 28
6,465 24
4,898 04
5,112 66
4.820 62
12,765 48
5,619 70
4,501 14
6,018 18
3,258 60
8.106 34
4,512 9*0
13,614 40
8,570 10
5,271 30
8,152 62
Total
491,746 1481,911 98
BRIEF MENTION.
Five prisoners, all long term men,
or men charged with grave crimes,
escaped from the Miller county jail
August 31.
Major W. H. Hayes of Little Rock,
has been commissioned major-general
of the Arkansas State Guard and re
serve militia.
Hon. T. H. Humphreys, speakef^
of the last general assembly will
probably he an opponent of Col.
George W. Murphy for attorney
general at the next general election.
Amusement on the boad.
In a long journey, when the chil
dren are along, there are half a dozen
things which go into small space in a
grip. There are sheets and sheets of
paper dolls and card furniture, a
small, sharp-pointed scissors, a few
boxes of glass beads, thread and
needle, dolls’ clothes cut out. and
ready to sew and two or three new
books. Such things are as much of a
necessity as a bottle of witch hazel
or eyestones to find a railroad cinder.