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Sensational Charges Sprung in
Senate Against a Former
Member.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 11
During the consideration of an in
surance bill in tike senate a sensation
was sprung by the reading of a letter
signed by Harry M. Ramey, charging
that ex-Senator McNemer had offered
to kill the bill on payment of $600.
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
In the house Mr. Whitthorne's bill
to repeal the Wilson anti-gambling act
was taken up and passed.
The Senate.
S. B. 145 (Gotham), providing for the
collection of costs and attorney's fees
in all suits for damages against fire,
life and health insurance companies,
was passed.
The committee apofnted by the house
to conduct the prosecution of Chan
cellor Reatherman presented a report.
S. B. 1.13. providing that insurance
companies * shall make an annual ac
counting to policy holders, was taken
up.
Senator Butt, who introduced the
bill, stated that he had done so by re
quest, but having heard that attempts
were being made to hold up the in
surance companies, lie wished to sever
his connection with the bill.
Senator Sengtd r**ad a letter written
to him by a general agent of a life in
surance company, giving the name of
the author of the letter, stating that
ex-Senator McNemer of I,ittle Rock, at
whose instance tin* bill was introduced,
sent for him and offered to kill the
bill for $600. The letter further said
that McNemer declared a certain num
ber of the senators could be induced
to vote as he desired on any measure.
Senator Sengel appealed to the mem
bers to defend their honor, and bring
to justice the party or parties who
would slander them in such a manner
He favored Indefinitely postponing the
bill and apointing a committee to in
vestigate the matter.
A motion to indefinitely postpone
prevailed.
The articles of impeachment in the
case of Chancellor Reatherman were
read and President Short appointed Sen
ators Wilson and Simpson a committee
to outline a course of procedure.
Senator Hardy offered a resolution
that the trial be commenced March 25.
It was referred to the committee.
Senator Hinkle introduced a bill pro
viding for a state road commission, con
sisting of tije commissioner of agricul
ture and the attorney general.
The House.
The committee apointed by the house
to prepare articles of impeachment
against Chancellor Reatherman presen
ted a report. The charges which, it is
alleged, were not sustained by the evi
dence. were omitted from the report.
The house adopted the report and di
rected the members appointed for that
purpose to proceed to the senate for
the purpose of prosecuting the accused
before that body.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the World's Fair appropriation
bill failed to pass, was carried without
opposition.
.Mr Ptrks stated that he understood
that if the bill was amended so as to
make the appropriation $30,000 it would
pass.
On motion of Mr. Fuller, the vote by
which the bill segregating school taxes
passed .was reconsidered.
H. B. 420 (Myers), regulating the
supply of cars to shippers, passed with
out opo*ition.
II. B. 414 (Poole), providing for
change of venue in civil cases, failed to
pass.
A message from the governor an
nounced that he had signed the hill en
titling graduates of the University law
school to practice without being ex
amined.
H B. 224. making it unlawful for
common carriers to accept for transpor
tation outside ti>e state any package
containing fish other than buffalo and
catfish was taken up and passed.
Mr. Whitthorne’s bill repealing the
Wilson anti-gambling act of 1901 and
re-enacting the gaming laws which
were in force before that time was
taken up.
Mr McGuigan charged that two years
ago $17,000 w’as raised to defeat the
Wilson bill.
The speaker stated that that was a
serious reflection on the present house.
Mr. Holland declared that unless the
gentleman retracted his statement he
would offer a resolution to remove him
from tl»e house.
Mr. McGuigan stated that if he had
reflected on any member of the house
he wrould take back his remarks.
The bill passed.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12.
Tha house defeated the Briant bill
and blacks.
The bill was previously passed in the
house but came up on reconsideration.
The senate adopted a resolution set
ting March 24 as the »fut»* f«»r begin
ning the trial of Chancellor Leather
man.
The house accepted the senate amend
ment to the Martineau sidewalk bill.
The Senate.
Senator King's bill granting addi
tional powers to the railroad commis
sion in the matter of regulating through
joint rates, was taken up.
Senator Butt *spoke in favor of the
bill, lie said that one reason the com
mission did not give satisfaction was
because it did not have sufficient power.
Senator Senge! said the commission
had done but little good.
The frill passed—22 to
A resolution was adopted fixing March
24 as the date for hearing the articles
of impeachment against Chancellor Le
land Leather man.
Senator Vaughn's bill providing for
copies of pleadings and complaints in
courts of record passed.
B. B. 77 (Hardy), providing for the
registration of all contracts with the
circuit clerk where title is retained by
the vendor when the property is sold
to a third party, was passed.
S. B. 110 (Hinkle), compelling the
specific performance of contracts re
lating to real estate and personal prop
erty. passed.
The senate refused refused to return
Whltthorne anti-gambling bill to the
house.
The House.
The bill compelling the layinfe of
sidewalks in cities of the first class was
called up by Mr. Martineau, (iwho moved
that the house concur in^/the senate
amendment making the bill apply also
to cities of the second cl Mss.
Mr. Du Laney opposeJ concurrence.
He said the cities should be required
to put in street crossings at the same
time. j
The motion to coiyftir prevailed.
Mr. Kelso intro (Weed a bill regulat
ing the business of insurance and build
ing and loan assj
ment was adopts
companies or ass*
visions of the hi*
H 1! 380, to H
railroads trains
a longer time thal
by unanimous vof
stations. An. amend
exempting fraternal
tations from the pro
hibit the stoplng of
road crossings for
ten minutes, passed
Speaker Moore a pointed a committee
from the house to redistrict the chan
cery districts of the state.
Mr. Hill introduced a bill making the
governor, secretary of state, treasureer.
auditor, attorney general, land commis
sioner and agricultural commissioner a
board to manage the state charitable
institutions.
H. B. 263 (Brooks), compelling rail
roads to build switches and preventing
discrimination against shippers, passed
without opposition.
On motion of Mr. Hooker, the house
invited I' v. It Amos, colored, of Ash
ley county, to adress the house on the
subject of industrial education for the
'Hie Briant bill segregating school tax
paid by whites and blacks was taken
up. the vote by which the bill passed
having been reconsidered.
Mesrs. Weaver. Crutcher, Gantt. Whit
thorne and Kerwtn opposed the bill on
grounds of unconstitutionality and in
justice.
Mr. Pindrll adrossed the house In sup
port of the bill.
Dr Briant closed the debate In favor
of the bill, and on roll call it was de
feated.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13.
In the house the King antitrust hill
was postponed for one week by a, vote
of 4 4 to 39.
Judge Holland introduced a resolution
in the house censuring Mr. McGuigan
for the statement made hv him to the
effect that a certain sum of money was
raised two years ago to defeat the Wil
son anti-gambling bill.
After explanations the resolution was
withd rawn.
The senate transacted but little busi
ness adjourned till Monday.
The Senate.
A number of bills were passed by the
senate, but most of them were of a local
nature.
Senator Short called up S. B. 171. re
quiring the display of a yellow flag, on
any house wheresmallpox or any in
fertious diseasoeexist. The bill passed
with only one dissenting vote.
H B. 19 1. to provide a state board of
arbitration to settle differences between
employers and employes was made a
special order for the folowing Friday.
The House.
After roll call and reading of the jour
nal. Judge Holland moved to recon
sider the vote by which the house re
fused to return to the senate S. B. 60
(Means), which fixes the rates on short
railway linos. Judge Holland declared
that the house showed discourtesy to
the senate by refusing to return the bill.
Mr Cate urged the house not to re
consider its vote. Messrs. Thompson
and K'-rwin spoke in favor of retaining
the hill «)n the roll call the motion to
n-turn the bill to the senate prevailed
The statement of Mr. McGuigan in
the house Wednesday to the effect that
$17,000 had been sent by gamblers of
Hot Springs to defeat the Wilson anti
gambling bill in the house, was brought
up.
Mr McGuigan started to speak but was
interrupted by Mr. Holland, who said
that he would object to the gentleman
addressing the house except for the pur
pose of retracting his statements.
Judge Holland introduced a resolution
stating that the remarks of the in’em
ber were undignified, and should never
have been made, and asking that Mr
McGuigan be censured and reproved by
the house.
Mr. Fuller contended that Mr. Mc
Guigan had withdrawn that part of his
; language construed as a reflection on
any member of the house.
Mr McGuigan said that he meant to
say that $17,000 had been sent to Little
Rock, and he did not intend to say that
any part of it had come into the hands
of any legislator.
He said that if lie had cast any re
flection upon the present house he was
sorry and would retract.
Being asked for a further retraction.
Mr. McGuigan stated that he withdrew
everything which he had heard except
what he knew personally was true, and
that was that the money was sent to
Little Rock.
“Rather than make any more retrac
tions.” he said. “I will say that if the
house wants my resignation I will hand
it in.”
Judge Holland was then permitted to
withdraw his resolution, and the matter
was dropped.
On motion of Mr. Holland, the Mears
bill was ordered returned to the senate
Mr. Keel called up S. B. No. 1. the anti
trust bill.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski moved to
postpone tiie bill f<»r one week, and Mr.
Toney moved to amend by postponing
for two weeks.
Mr Keel asked for immediate con
sideration of the bill.
Mr. Perry spoke against postpone
ment. He said that the house would he.
and ought to be. censured all over the
state if it failed to pass this hill.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski said he was
in favor of amending the bill.
The motion to postpone one week pre
vailed.
SNM
SATURDAY, MARCH 14.
The house disposed of a number of
bills, most of which were of minor im
portance.
The bill Introduced by Mr. Campbell
of Pulaski coding a portion of tin
grounds of the blind school to the city
of Little Rock for a street was de
feated.
The house adjourned at noon until
Monday morning.
The senate was not in session.
The House.
The house passed an act levying
taxes for working roads and highways
and raising the pay of laborers em
ployed on the roads from 75 cents to (1
por day.
H. H. 466. compelling railroads to
stop nil trains at the nearest point to
the state lines was passed without op
position.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski called up
his bill ceding to the city of i111** Rock
enough property for a street from tin
grounds of the blind school. Mr.
Toney spoke against the bill, arguing
that the public buildings did not have
enough ground as it was.
Mr. Bell said the city should buy the
land if it wanted it.
Mr Campbell said the city was will
ing to buy the land, bnt the charitable
board would not sell it.
The bill failed to pass—ayes 20. noes
50.
B. -4 40, to relieve persons over 60
years of age from the poll tax. was
read twiro.
The house resolved itself into com
mittee of the whole to consider II. B.
4 02. which apropriates $3,807.85 to pay
for suplies purchased of the Rhodes
Haverty & Jackson Furniture Co. for
the deaf-mute institute.
Messrs. Butler and Campbell said
that the debt wus a Just one and should
be paid.
The bill was referred to the com
mittee on charitable institutions.
The vote by which Mr. Latimer's bill
amending the digest In regard to coun
ty bridge building failed to pass, was
reconsidered and on roll call the bill
passed.
MONDAY, MARCH 10.
Besides a number of local measures,
several bills of general importance were
disposed of in both branches.
A committee of Confederate veterans
presented a memorial to the house in
favor of an appropriation to secure and
preserve the muster rolls of Arkansas
troops in the Confederate army.
The Senate.
Senator Kins introduced a bill to I
regulate the employment of railway
telegraph operators, and to create a
board of examiners for the same.
House concurrent resolution No. 36
(Campbell <>f Randolph), appointing a
special committee to draft a bill for
a general road law. wan passed.
S. B. 151. which provides that a cer
tificate must be issued on the sale of j
dynamite, giant powder, nitro glyoer- i
ine and gun cotton, passed without op
position.
Senator Simpson called up his bill, to
prevent discrimination in the price of
coal oil or dressed beef. Senator Simp
son said the bill would prevent large
corporations from driving the inde
pendent dealers out of the state, and
would protect home institutions.
Senator Cotham said the bill would
do more to restrain the trusts than any
that had yet been Introduced.
Senator Covington said tlLat the bill
would force a tru-t instead of pushing
them out.
The bill passed—19 to 3.
S. B. 19S (Vaughter), to prevent the
sale of liquor within ten miles of Hen
drix College, passed.
The Cotham bill, making certain
liens assignable, was passed.
Senator Caldwells bill amending the
game laws as follows was taken up
Deer, January 1 to October 1; turkey.
May 1 to November 1; quail. May 1 t<>
November 1 . grouse. May 1 to Novem
her 1. The bill passed.
S B. 106 (Kilgore), prohibiting non
residents from hunting or fishing in this
state without paying a license of $100.
was read third time and passed
Senator Short introduced S. B. 230.
regulating fees of circuit clerks and
simplifying the extension of taxes.
Senator Mears moved to reject th«
bill and a heated discussion on th»*
motion took place between Mr. Mears
and Mr. Short.
The motion to reject was lost and
the bill was read second time and re
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
Senator Vaughter introduced S. B 231.
to prohibit inferior courts from hold
ing sessions during the term of circuit
court in any county.
S. B. 232, providing that testimony
of persons convicted of crime he ac
cepted for what it is worth by jury,
was introduced l>y Mr. Huddleston.
Senator Caldwell’s bill limiting the
consecutive hours of labor of certain
railroad employes to 16 hours, was read
third time and passed—ayes 16, noes 6.
Senator Matlock's bill authorizing the
attorney general to employ an assistant
in prosecuting suits for hack taxes due
the state, was read third time and
The House.
Dr. Myers bill regulating mussel Ash
ing in the state, and making the closed
season from January 1 to March 30,
was called up.
Mr. Keel spoke In opposition to the
bill.
Mr. York argued that the bill would
protect the fisheries as well as the farm
ers.
The bill passed by vote of 52 to 27.
H. B. 206, regulating the payment
of school taxes in the county to which
children have been transferred was
read third time and passed.
If. B. 206. causing the 11th day of
June to be known as Garland day and
to be a public holiday in commemora
tion of the birth of Hon. A. H. Gar
land. was taken up and passed.
H. B. 125, by Mr. Tarver, to compel
all practicing physicians to be regis
tered pharmacists, was taken up and
passed.
Mr. Hale Introduced H. R 450, au
thorizing county judges to lease wild
lands belonging to the sixteenth sec
tions for a term not exceeding five
yea rs.
Mr. Brooks introduced H. B. 451. ap
propriating $33,050 for the erection of
a heating plant at the state lunatic asy
lum.
Mr. Latimer introduced If. B 453.
prescribing time in which married wo
men may sue to enforce their rights of
property.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski introduced a
bill making husband and wife jointly
responsible for expenses of educating
their children.
Mr. Whitley withdrew H. B 109 and
Introduced in lieu thereof H. B 455.
making the office of chancellor elective
for a term of six years.
Mr. Kerwin'B Hill requiring railroads
to pay their employes once a month
on a stated date, was taken up and
passed.
H. B. 270 (McGulgan). limiting the
hours of labor of locomotive engineers,
firemen, conductors and brakennn to
sixteen consecutive hours, was read
third time and passed.
Mr. De Rossitts bill requiring long
distance telephone companies to con
nect wit 4 local and short lines, was
passed.
A committee from Arkansas Division.
I*. C V . appeared and plead for an ap
propriation to defray the expense «>f
compiling a roster of Arkansas troops
participating in the civil war.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17.
The senate tabled the Keel anti-trust
bill, which is a counterpart of the King
bill already passed by the senate, and
is now pending in the house.
Senator Price's bill appropriating
$77,123.19 for the Arkansas exhibit at
the St. Louis exposition was amended
to make the appropriation $50,000.
Senator Vaughters bill providing for
primary election was defeated in the
house, and the senate indefinitely post
poned the Toney anti-spotter bill.
The Senate.
The senate was called to order at 9:30
by Senator Short.
S. B. 226 (Caldwell), providing that
a less number than ten resident own
ers can petition the city council, was
passed.
A committee of Confederate Veterans
was received Uy the senate, and Judge
S. H. Nowlin read the memorial pre
sented to the house the day before,
asking for an appropriation to aid the
United Confederate Veterans in pre
paring a history of Arkansas' part in
the civil war and compiling a roster of
the Arkansas soldiers in the war.
H B. 4 (Mr. Campbell of Pulaski),
creating a digester of the statutes and
providing for his appointment by the
supreme court, was taken up.
A motion to refer to the Judiciary
committee failed and the bill was made
a special order for Wednesday morning.
H. II. 229, regulating insurance con
tracts, passed without opposition.
The senate accepted an invitation to
attend a musical at the Blind School.
Mr. Campbell's bill providing for the
licensing in cities <»f the first class of
stationary engineers was read third
time and passed^
In an appropriate speech Senator
Price thanked the president on behalf
of the body for a photograph of the
presiding officer, which by his direction
had been left at the desk of each mem
ber.
The Keith bill placing county officers
of Hot Spring county on salaries was
passed.^
Mr. Ait miller's bill, making a four
wire fence a lawful fence in Arkansas
county was taken up and passed.
H. B. No. 14 (Keel), a fac-simile of
the King anti-trust bill, was taken up.
Senator Wood moved that the bill
be tabled.
The motion prevailed by a vote of 13
to 9. j
The Toney anti-spotter bill was read
third time.
Senator Butt spoke against the bill.
On motion the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
H. B, 35, prohibiting the sale of fish
and game within the state and the
shipment of the same without the state
passed without opposition.
The House.
Mr. Parks called up Senator Price's
hill appropriating $70,000 additional for
an exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, and moved that the bill bo
placed back on its second reading for
the purpose of offering an amendment.
He moved to amend by making the
appopriation $50,000. The amendment
was carried—ayes 50. noes 10.
Mr. Norfleet moved to amend by mak
ing the number of directors of the fund
four instead of three, adding the com
missioner of mines, manufacture and
agriculture.
The amendment was adopted and the
bill made special order for the follow
ing Tuesday morning
S. B 100. establishing chancery courts
In Garland, Hot Spring. Grant, Saline
and Montgomery counties, was taken
up and passed.
Speaker Moore appointed a committee
consisting of Messrs. Hooker. Horton
and Chrisp to codify the road laws.
•S. B. 3 s. providing for the holding of
primary elections, was defeated.
Senator Killoughs bill making It un
lawful to catch flsh with anything ex
cept a hook and line, was indefinitely
postponed.
Speaker Moore appointed on the part
of the house to investigate the Torrens
system of registering land Messrs Per
ry. Burk, Campbell of Randolph, Futrell
and Thompson.
A number of senate bills were read
second time and referred to committees.
S. B. 1 it2 (Pinnix). adding Clark and
Nevada counties to the Sixth chancery
district, was taken up and passed.
After considerable discussion. Mr.
Covington's bill increasing salary of
state mine inspector to $2,000 per annum
and permitting him to accept free
passes, was defeated.
Private Secretary Jacobson appeared
and announced that the governor had
approved the folowing acts;
Joint memorial No. 1. memorializing
congress in favor of electing United
States senator by direct vote.
H. B. 138, making Arkansas river a
lawful fence in certain territory.
H. B. 233. appropriating $5,000 to as
sist in erecting a Confederate monu
ment at Ldttlt Rock.
Mr. Tarver called up a motion to re
consider the vote by which the house
postponed S. B. 160. requiring mill, mine
and factory employers to give names of
their employes to tax colectors whtn
demanded. The motion to reconsider
prevailtd, the bill was read third time
and passed.
Legislative Notes.
Representative Whltthorne disclaims
any connection with the resolution in
troduced by Judge Holland to censure
Mr. MrQuigan for a certain statement.
The Wears bill which the house first
refused to return to the senate when
requested to do so. and later voted to
return it. is a bill fixing maximum rates
or. railroads lines fifteen miles or less
in length at S cents per mile; over fif
teen miles and not more than thirty.
5 cents per mile; over thirty miles. 3
cents per mile.
The Whltthorne anti-gambling hill,
which repeals the Wilson act of 1901
and re-enacts the laws In force pre
vious to that, passed the house by a
vote of H3 to 13. . Many members who
voted against the hill changed their
their votes after the statement was
made that $17,000 had been raised by
gamblers two years ago to defeat^the
Wilson hill. Mr. Whltthorne, in ad
vocating his hill, argued that the Wil
son law was a dead letter.
Rev. R. Amos, president of the Mont
rose Colored Industrial College, and I>r.
J. M. Conner, president of the State
Negro Business Men’s Association, ad
dressed the house of representatives in
support of a petition which has been
presented asking for an approprlat ion
for the school at Montrose. A large
number of members and senators heard
the addresses. I>r. Amos declared that
the southern white man is the negro's
best friend, and it is to him that the
negro must look for aid. He asked
that the legislature give its support to
the movement for the education of the
negro, and promised if this were done
that the negroes would give the state
more citizens and fewer convicts.
BRIEF MENTION.
Alfred Moore was seriously injured
while working in a mill at Cotton
riant.
Claude Wallace, a switchman, was
killed in the yards at Coal Hill by the
overturning of a car.
Joe Stiggins and George A. Mallory,
colored porters, engaged In a street
duel at Hope. Eight shots were ex
changed and Stiggins was slightly
wounded.
A 16-year old boy residing near
Clarendon found a can of dynamite
and threw it into the fire. A teriffie
explosion followed in which the boy
was seriously Injured.
T. H. Hamilton, one of the oldest
citizens of Russellville, is dead at the
age of 84 years. The deceased moved
to Pope county from Tennessee more
than half a century ago.
A good roads convention was held
at Ozark and resulted in the forma
tion of a permanent organization, to
be known as the Franklin County
Good Roads Association.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by
the Arkansas Cold Storage and Ice
Company of Fayetteville. The capital
stock is placed at $100,000.
Thieves entered the residence of
Mrs. Mollie Hannah, at Fayetteville,
and secured a sum of money, a watch
and several valuable rings. The po
lice arrested the robbers, who were
said to be residents of Harrison.
Alfonso Curl has been elected spec
ial chancellor by the Hot Springs bar
association to take the place of Chan
cellor Leatherman, who is suspended
by virtue of the Impeachment proceed
ings pending in the legislature.
George W. Pearlee, an aged half
witted negro, was shot and instantly
killed at Augusta by a shotgun in the
hands of William Shaw, another ne
gro. The coroner’s jury decided that
the gun was accidentally discharged.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington has announced that the offices
ajt DeVall's Bluff, Lake Village and
N\w Lewisville, which have been
fourth-class postofflees, will be ad
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Policeman Found Dead.
John S. Connor, popularly known
as “Biff Jack,” veteran of the Little
Bock police force, was found dead
in his room, and his negro servant.,
Levi Harper, has l>een held to the
grand jury on a charge of murder.
Connor had been dead several hours
when his body was found. The cor
oner’s inquest developed the fast that
Harper bought a quantity of mor
phine the day of Connor's death.
It was supposed that the negro put
the morphine into some whisky
which Connor drank. Harper
claimed that Connor committed sui
cide. It is known that the latter
had been drinking heavily and was
in poor health. Connor had been
a member of the Tattle Bock police
force for thirteen years and was the
biggest man on the force.
Suits Follow Bank Failure.
Suit has been begun at Nashville
by several depositors of the defunct
Howard County bank against B. L.
.Skillern. d. S. Corn, C. Y, Loewen
lx'rg and W. 1*. Feazel, stockholders,
to require them to return the money
received for their stock which, it is
alleged, they sold to 1). 1*. Terry,
the cashier, two or three days be
fore the bank closed its doors. Suits
have been instituted also against all
stockholders, requiring them to re
fund all dividends received since
] 89(5, and against J. S. Grumbles,
president, and’D. 1’. Terry, cashier,
for all debts of the bank, alleging
that they failed to file annual re
ports of the condition of the bank
as required by law.
A disastrous cyclone struck the
town of Moro Bav, Bradley county,
injuring several persons and caus
ing considerable damage. The store
of \Y. K. Kderington & Co. suffered
the heaviest loss, the building being
blown completely away nnd the
stock of goods scattered for miles
in every direction. A negro wdio
was in the store was blown against
a tree a hundred yards distant and
seriously injured. Two other custo
mers were slightly hurt, while the
proprietors escaped uninjured. Tkj
Bonds for the construction of the
proposed Morning Star railroad in
northern Arkansas to the amount of
*$3,500,000 have been floated with
the Equitable Trust Co., of New
York. The line of the proposed
road as it has been surveyed, extends
from Newport to Yellville. The
road will pass through a portion of
Jackson county and traversing the
richest agricultural portion of Inde
pendence county and the granite sec
tion of Stone and Baxter counties,
will tap the rich zinc district in
Marion county.
Disastrous Windstorm.
storm was not felt at
point than Moro Bay.
Bonds Floated.
After Collector’s Money.
A .single burglar blew open the
safe in the law office of Woods &
Dillard at Melbourne and secured a
small amount of money, together
with a large number of notes and
other valuable papers. The robber
then stole a horse from a neighbor
ing stable and rode to Mount Olive,
where he abandoned the animal and j
escaped on a train. It is thought I
that the robber was after the tax j
collector s funds which were sup-1
posed to be in the safe.
Feud Ends in Killing
Dr. E. F. Caving, of Carina], was j
shot and instantly killed by Riley
Roberts a short distance from Perry
villo. The shooting was the result
of an old feud between the two men.
which reached its height when Rob
erts caused Dr. Cavins’ arrest on a
charge of violating the postal reg
ulations. There was no eye-wit
nesses to the tragedy. According to
Roberts’ statement he met Cavins on
the road. The latter drew a revolv
er, hut before he could fire Roberts
opened fire on him with fatal effect.
Prison For Umbrella Thief.
A man was fined $10 and given
ten days in jail at Eureka Springs
for stealing an umbrella from Ed
Delos, a farmer residing near that
city. The thief was A. M. McDon
ald, agent for a Chicago portrait
enlargement company. McDonald
pleaded guilty but said that it was
raining when he called at the house
and uo one was at home he took
the umbrella because he needed it 1
Victim of Confidence Hen.
Two confidence men at Texar
kana obtained $900 from a woman
named Hart whose home is in
Shreveport. Mrs. Hart was sitting
in the depot waiting for a train
when one. of the men introduced
himself as the station agent. Later
he introduced his confederate as a
Shreveport banker who was going
home on the same train. The latter
discovered that he needed $900 to
pay the freight on a lot of goods
which he was shipping to Shreve
port, and he secured the amount
from Mrs, Hart, giving her as secur
ity a worthless check for $2,500.
Detective Killed at Wynne.
Captain R. ('. Brown, a private
detective of Memphis, was killed
near Wynne while trying to protect
a negro from alleged whiteeaps. It
is said notices were posted some
time ago on the plantation of It. W.
warning all negroc
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ve
Falli
the country. Brown was.
to prevent the exodus wlI
ened to follow the warnif _
night following the expirafi
the time given the negroes to
Brown was sitting in a room with
a negro when he was hit and in
stantly killed by a load of buck
shot tired through the window.
Deserter Charges Oppression.
A young man who gave his name
as Carl E. Schultz was arrested at
Fort Smith and hold as a deserter
from the United States army.
Schultz admitted that he had de
serted from Fort Croak, Dakota, but
said he did it to escape oppression
on the part of the non-commissioned
officers at the fort, most of whom
were serving their first enlistment.
The young man said he had served
through the Spanish-American war
and three years in the Philippines
and exhibited scars of three wounda
received iiwtbtHPhtV?
Farmer Killed By Son-In-Law.
Frank Walls, a farmer residing
in Logan county, was killed by his
son-in-law, Noah Wooldridge as the
result of a quarrel over a ditch
which separated the farms of the
two men. Wall attempted to pre
vent his son-in-law from building
a dam in the ditch, claiming that it
caused the water to overflow a por
tion of his farm. An altercation
followed, in the course of which
Wooldridge picked up a rifle and
shot Walls. The latter is said to
have been unarmed. Walls died
within a short time.
Increases tor Arkansas Postoffices.
According to announcement made
by the postolTiee department at
Washington, practically every clerk
in the Little ltoek postoffice will re
ceive an increase in salary of $100
per year. The Little Bock office ir»
also given two additional clerics"V.-yfr
$600 per year. The clerks at Pine *
Bluff, Helena and Fort Smith are
given an increase in salary and Pine
Bluff and Fort Smith are each given
one additional clerk,
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New Railroad Incorporated.
The Central Ilailroad of Arkansas,
which is to run from Paris, Logan
county, to Hot Springs, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of
$3,000,000. It is said that work on
the new line will be begun as soon
as the weather will permit. The
road, according to the route which
has been surveyed, will be 150 miles
long and will pass through Logan,
Veil, Perry, Montgomery and Gar
land counties.
Levees Are In Good Shape.
The levees in the St Francis dis
trict have withstood the rush of
waters in the Mississippi and there
is but little fear of a flood. The
levee is patroled night and day in
order that any leak may be discov
ered before it has reached a danger
ous stage. The rise of the river
was not as rapid as was predicted ^
by the government forecaster*.
World’s Fair Souvenir.
Manager Milan of the Arkansas
world's fair commission, has an
nounced that a canvass of the entire
state will be made for the sale of
Arkansas souvenir buttons. The
work will be done by the county
!>oards and agents appointed by
them. The buttons, of which 10,000
have been ordered, are apple shaj
and bear a picture off the
new state .house.