To Enforce 2-Cent Rate.
The introduction of a bill by Mr.
Winn of Pulaski, which, the author
claims, will make it possible for any
person in the state- to bring suit
against any railroad or railroad rate
law in any court, was the chief event
of the day. His bill is as follows:
“Section 1. That section G620 of
Kirby’s Digest of the Statutes of Ar
kansas be, and the same is hereby,
amended so as to read as follows:
“ Section 6620. Any of the persons
or corporations mentioned in sections
6611, 66612, 66613 and 66614. or any
agent or employe of such person, or
corporation, or any agents or employes
of such persons or corporations, that
shall charge, demand, take or receive
from any person cr persons aforesaid
any greater compensation for the
transportation of passengers than is in
this act allowed, or prescribed, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in
any sum not less than $1,000, nor
more than.$5,000.’
“Sec. 2. That all laws and parts
of laws in conflict herewith are here
by repealed, and this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage.”
The originl sections of the digest
provided for the enforcement of the
three-cent rate, but the amount was
reduced to two cents by amendment
in 1907. Mr. Winn in his bill failed
to call attention to the sections as
amended and an amendment offered
by Mr. Glover of Hot Springs, which
was accepted, was added to the bill.
The amendment provides for the in
sertion of the clause, "as amended
by the acts of 1907.”
The bill was read twice and referred
to a committee
Refused Levee Clerk.
The introduction of a resolution in
the Senate by Senator Keel of Jack
son to provide for a clerk for the
Committee on Levees and Drainage at
a salary of $5 per day, was not only
defeated, but the debate was sharp and
resulted in personalities. An effort
to amend Senate Bill No. 1 also re
sulted in a lengthy debate. The Senate
passed a local bill, iutrodused two
bills and adjourned.
As soon as Speaker Keel had in
troduced his resolution, Senator How
land of Boone requested Senator De
Rossitt of St. Francis, chairman of
the Levee and Drainage Committee,
to answer some questions. In reply to
the questions Senator DeRossitt said
he had been in the legislature for 12
years, had been chairman of the com
mittee for several sessions, and that
to the best of his recollection a clerk
for the committee had never been em
ployed and that lie could not an
nounce deflnately to the Senate that
a clerk would be necessary.
The bill appropriating $00,000 to be
used by the state in fighting the rate
increase by the railroads was passed
by the house. Senate measures pro
viding for the payment of the back
salary due the Supreme Court libarian
relating to the examination and allow
ing of claims by county courts and
providing county depositories for Polk
and Johnson counties, were also
passed by the house at the morning
session. The remainded of the day
was spent in taking up Senate meas
ures and house bills on second read,
ing.- The session was a steady grind
from start to finish with no enlivening
feature.
But two speeches were made on the
final question of passing the rate fight
bill, Mr. Parks of Lafayettte, author
of the measure, defending it and Mr.
Thompson of Independence arguing
against it. Although the house and
spectators began filling up the lobby
and gallery of the house chamber
about 11 o’clock, expecting a tilt over
the passage of the bill, paid strict
attention to the speech of Mr. Thomp
son, the limited applause which had
lent encouragement to his forces the
day before was missing entirely. On
the other hand, Mr. Parks was fre
quently interrupted by hearty applause
both from the house and gallery, and
was given guite an ovation at the end
of his address. As the result, long
before roll was called, it. was predicted
rhat the appropriation would carry
by a much larger majority than ex
pected Thursday and the roll call
showed but three voting against the
measure, Mr. Jones of Pulaski, Mr.
Whaley of Nevada and Mr. Thomp
son of Independenece. Mr. Clerget of
Conway, who fought the appropriation
so vigorously the day before, voted for
it Friday.
Will Take Up Senatorial Contests.
The Boles-Holland senatorial con
test will probably be disposed of by
the Election Committee this week.
The contest went to the committee in
a formay way last Friday. In this
i ase the merits were threshed out in
Sebastian county and the committee
will make its report from a review
of the record. If the case is complet
ed this week the Greaves-Sumpter con
test will be taken up. The committee
has been empowered to summon wit
nessess and administer oaths and the
contest may therefore be long-drawn
out.
Drug Bill Introduced.
Senator Patterson of Woodruff in
troduced Senate Bill No. 47. It. is
to prevent the adulteration of drugs
and to regulate the manufacture and
sale of patent or proprietary medi
cines. The bill is to take effect Oc
tober 1, 1909, and to violate its pro
visions is a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine of not less than $50 or more
than $300 or imprisonment in the
county jail for 30 or not more than
CO days. The term ‘drug” under the
bill is defined as including all medi
cines for internal or external use,
Antiseptics, disinfectants ad cosmet
ics.
IN THE SENATE.
■
Bills Introduced.
Senate Bill No. 58 (Henderson)
providing that a widow shall receive
one-third of all the lands with which
her husband died seized unless oth
erwise provided for by deed or will.
Referred to judiciary committee.
Senate Bill No. 69 (Glover), to
amend section 5940 of Kirby’s Digest.
Under the amendment an indigent
pensioner shall not own property in
excess of $300. Present act makes
| the limit $400. Referred to commit
tee on judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 65 (McKnight), to
repeal section 6612 of Kirby's Digest,
which permits a railroad company to
charge 25 cents for receiving or dis
charging a passenger at. other than
regular stations. Referred to com
mittee on railroads.
Senate Bill No. 71 (Rowland), to
require real estate agents and brok
ers to obtain a written authority
from the owners to sell or barter real
property. Referred to committee on
judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 72 (Fletcher), to
fix the term of service of the board
of trustees of the University of Ar
kansas. Governor to be an ex-officio
member of the board with a vote in
case of a tie. Referred to committee
on education.
Senate Bill No. 73 (McKnight), to
prevent the illegal sale of whiskey
or other alcoholic liquors. Bill pro
vides seller must give purchaser a
bill of sale. Referred to committee
on temperance.
Senate Bill No. 74 (Arnold), to
amend sections 4064-67-71 of Kirby”s
Digest, inspetion of oils and ,.-.us.
Makes inspector’s fee 10 cents per
barrel. Referred to committee on
judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 75 (DeRositt), to
establish a State Board of Embalmers
and provide for the licensing of em
balmers. Bill excepts all embalmers
who may be actively engaged in the
business at the passage of the pro
posed law. Referred to committee on
public health.
Senate Bill No. 76 (Rasco), to pro
tect the culverts and bridges on the
public highways. Makes it a mis
demeanor for a traction engine to be
run over a bridge without first plank
ing the bridge with boards of a de
fined measurement. Referred to com
mittee on public roads.
IN THE HOUSE.
Bills Introduced.
House Bill No. S6 (Rountree),
amending sections 160!), 1610, 1611
and 1612 of Kirby’s Digest so that
any one carrying a • revolver or gun
may not only be fined, but may be
sentenced to county jail for a period
ot' from thirty days to six months,
and also eliminating the exception ot
army and navy revolvers from the
law.
House Bill Xo. ST (Rowe), relating
to “the liability of railroad compa
nies, street railway companies, in
terurban railway companies doing
business in this state, and every per
son, firm or corporation engaged in
mining in this state, to their em
ployes in all cases” of accident, in
jury or death. Read second time, on
motion of Mr. Rowe, and referred to
the committee on judiciary.
House Bill Xo. 91 (Shockley), pro
viding for the abolishment of the
convict lease system and making it
unlawful to lease state convicts for
labor hereafter. Read twice.
House Bill Xo. 92 (Simpson), pro
hibiting any intoxicated person from
attending a public gathering and pro
hibiting the shipping or carrying of
intoxicants into prohibition territory;
requiring railroads and express com
panies to keep a record of articles
1 shipped into prohibition territory,
with names of parties sending and
receiving goods, for the purpose of
| reference, and providing a fine of
from $10 to $2") and a sentence of five
days on the public roads for any vio
lation.
House Bill No 94 (Street), requir
■ ing all state convicts to be worked
at the state farm and providing for
the establishment and maintenance
of a publishing plant at the state
! farm, in which the convicts would
! be worked and which would produce
j school books for Arkansas.
House Bill Xo. 97 (Glover), creat
ing a commission to adjust the con
troversy between the state and the
new state capitol contractors; abol
ishing the state capitol commission;
disposing of the services of the archi
tect; annulling the contract with
Caldwell & Drake and providing that,
if Caldwell & Drake will abide by the
decision of the commission, the lat
ter shall proceed to investigate the
state capitol situation and determine
whether the contractors owe the state
Or the state owes the contractors.
I
House Bill Xo. 99 (Yeager), pre
venting overcharge for such merchan
dise as can be purchased at a gen
eral grocery store; providing that it
shall be unlawful for any corpora
tion or firm to charge more than 10
per cent above the regular cash price
charged by other stores in the same
community and providing a fine of
$10 to $25 for any violation.
House Bill Xo. 100 (Brown of Prai
rie), amending sections 2364 and 2365
of Kirby’s Digest so that the number
of challenges possible in felony and
misdemeanor cases is reduced. Read
twice.
Represet at ive P. E. Rowe of Sebas
tian county will introduce at this
session a bill so regulating the prac
tice before chancery courts that suits
may be tried before the regular term.
If a suit is filed at such a time tnat
it could no*, be tried, under law, un
til the next regular term of court even
though the court be in session, under
Mr. Rowe’s proposed law that suit
could be heard at once. If an ac
tion required by law to be filed 30
days or more before the court sits
is filed within the limit. Mr. Rowe
contends that it should be tried at
that session of court and not be held
over until the next regular session.
Legislative Gossip
Senator Arnold of Clark was granted
a leave of absence on account of
sickness.
Mr. Bouic of Garland was granted
a leave of absence, in order that he
might go home.
R. W. McFarlane, chairman of the
State Capitol Commission, who has
been in the city for several days,
returned home to Greenwood.
Mr. Monroe of Hempstead was pre
siding officer in the house for a short
while Friday morning. He was called
to the chair by Speaker Brown.
Mr. DuLaney of Little River, one of
the prominent members of the house,
was in his seat again, after an absence
of about a week. He was called home
on account of important business.
The bill for a semi-monthly pay
day has been buffeted back and forth
in the Sena.e on one pretext or an
other until it finally landed in the
hands of the committee on engrossed
bills.
Manager Wilson of the Marion has
placed at the disposal of the com
mittee on judiciary the Travelers’
Rest Room as a -place of meeting for
the committee.
All the committees have organized
and are getting down to work. From
ihis time forward .lie Senate will
probably find business confronting it
ai times when an adjournment is nec
essary now.
Jlr. Simpson of Scott was one of
the defenders of the $50,000 appropria
tion bill in uie house. Jlr. Simpson,
in his defense, declared that the bill
was in the interest of t he farmers
of the state.
In the Senate a petition was filed
representing persons at Eagle Mills,
Ark., requesting that Senate Bill No.
1 be defeated. The bill was intro
duced by Senator Patterson and pro
vides that corporations in Arkansas
shall establish two monthly pay days.
~*v yeuuun was reau in uie senate
from persons a! Thorton, asking that
Senate Bill No. 1, to require corpora
tions to establish two regular monthly
nav days, be defeated. This was i hi
second petition read asking for the
defeat of the bill.
Senator Greenhaw’s bill creating the
special school district of Leslie was
passed unanimously by the Senate
during his absence. Senator Dill and
Patterson explained the purpose of the
bill to the Senate and asked its pas
sage during Senator Greenliaw's ab
sence.
.Mr. Glover of Hot Springs corrected
the report that he had said it would
only require 49 days for the state
to make up the appropriation of $50,
000 it the low rates are restored,
figuring on the basis that the increase
in rates cost the state $2,000,000 per
year. “It would only take nine days,
instead of 49," explained Mr. Glover.
There was not a general exodus of
legislators from the city Saturday
night, as was the case one week ago.
This was due not alone to the fact
that the house did not adjourn for
the week but to the fact that many
of the senators and representatives
have taken permanent residence in
Little Rock for the session.
The legislature has materially in
creased the outbound mail from Little
Rock pcstofijce. As the session grows
older the mails will grow heavier,
as there will be printed copies of bills
mailed out to many of the constituents
of each legislator who introduces a
bill of state-wide importance. An ad
ditional mailing clerk has been put to
work in the postofiioe to work during
tlte session of the legislature.
Tlie Election Committee of the
Senate met and took up the work
preliminary to the hearing of tin*
Boles Holland senatorial contest. This
contest is already in the form ot
depositions, the evidence having been
taken prior to the opening of the
legislature. The records contain 1,200
pages. The chairman of the Ee'.ec
tion Committee is Senator Montgomery
of Lafayette. The present contest will
be disposed of before the hearing be
gins on the Greaves-Sumpter case.
Speaker Brown gained a reputation
as a humorist one morning when he
brought the house down by stating, in
a matter-of-fact tone when amend
ments were being introduced on every
side to a bill up for consideration, that
he “would have to get out his rules
and see where he was at.” While
amendments and motions coming from
every side, the speaker calmly made
an investigation to ascertain whien
motion or amendment had precedure
and then made his ruling.
The Senate in amending the reso
lution adopted in the house providing
for the appointment of a committee
from the legislature to visit the Uni
versity of ArKansas, provides the com
mittee shall pay particular attention
to the agricultural department of the
university and See if appropriations
made for the experiment station have
been used for teachers’ salaries in
other departments of the institution.
The committee is given power to ex
amine witnesses and obtain the papers
in the investigation made by the
Board of Trustees and report their
findings to the Senate, the same to
become a part of the Senate journal.
The resolution was amended jointly
by Senator Kell of Jackson, and Tur
ner of Craighead.
“I was born and reared in Calhoun
county,” said Senator McKnlght, “and
already 1 am longing to get back to
my farm !' the purpose of looking
after my ca t. . If I get tired on the
farm I can go hunting and fishing.
In Little Hock I guess you might
term me a ’fish out of water,’ for
just as soon as the Senate adjourns t
do not know what to do with myself
until it convenes again." Senator Me
Knight is a slock farmer. He raises
Shorthorn cattle for beef purposes. He
says they “feed out” well and two
year-old steers can be placed on the
market at a profit.
ACCOMPANYING REPORTS
OF THE CONSERVATION
CONGRESS
URGES NEEDED LEGISLATION
Document in a Measure Is a De
fense of the Retiring Administration
—Duty of the Present Generation to
Its Descendants Pointed Out—Obli
gations of Citizenship—Urgent Need
for the Development of the Coun
try's Water Power.
Washington.—With the transmission of
the report of the national conservation
commission and accompanying papers.
President Roosevelt also sent a message
to congress. The following is a com
prehensive synopsis of the document:
The president declares his entire con
currence with the statements and con
clusions of the report and proceeds:
“It is one of the most fundamentally
important documents ever laid before the
American people. It contains the first in
ventory of its natural resources ever
made by any nation. In condensed form
it presents a statement of our available
capital in material resources, which are
the means of progress, and calls atten
tion to the essential conditions upon
which the perpetuity, safety and welfare
of this nation now rest and must always
continue to rest.
“The facts set forth In this report con
stitute an imperative call to action. The
situation they disclose demands that we.
J
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President Roosevelt.
flcglectlng for a timp, if need bp. smaller
and less vital questions, shall concentrate
an effective part of our attention upon
the great material foundations of na
tional existence, progress, and prosperity.
"Tlie first of all considerations is the
permanent welfare of our people: and
true moral welfare, the highest form of
welfare, can not permanently exist save
on a firm and lasting foundation of mate
rial well-being. In this respect our situ
ation is far from satisfactory. After
every possible allowance has been made,
and when every hopeful indication lias
been given its full weight, tile facts still
give reason for grave concern. It would
be unworthy of our history and our in
telligence, and disastrous to our future,
to shut our eyes to these facts or at
tempt to laugh them out of court. The
people should and will rightly demand
that ttie great fundamental questions
shall be given attention by their rep
resentatives. I do not advise hasty or ill
considered action on disputed points, but
I do urge, where the facts are known,
where the public interest is clear, that
neither indifference and inertia, nor ad
verse private interests, shall be allowed
to stand in the way of the public good.
“The great basic facts arc already well
known. We know that our population is
now adding about one-fifth to its numbers
in ten years, and that by the middle of
the present century perhaps 150,000,000
Americans, and by its end very many
millions more, must bo fed and clothed
from the products of our soil.
“We know now that our rivers can and
should be made to serve our people ef
fectively in transportation, but that the
vast expenditures for our waterways
have not resulted in maintaining, much
less in promoting, inland navigation.
Therefore, let us take immediate steps to
ascertain tlie reasons and to prepare and
adopt a comprehensive plan for inland
waterway navigation that will result in
giving the people the benefits for which
they have paid but which they have not
ests are fast disappearing, that less than
one-flfih of them are being conserved,
and that no good purpose can he met by
falling to provide the relatively smail
sums needed for the protection, use, and
Improvement of all forests still owned by
the government, and to enact laws to
check the wasteful destruction of the for
ests In private hands.
"We know now that our mineral re
sources once exhausted are gone for
ever. and that the needless waste of
them costs us hundreds of human lives
and nearly $300,000,000 a year. Therefore,
let ns undertake without delay the In
vestigations necessary before our people
will be In position, through state action
or otherwise, to put an end to this huge
loss and waste, and conserve both our
mineral resources and the lives of the
men who take them from the earth.
"This administration has achieved
some things: it has sought, hut has
not been able, to achieve, others: it
has doubtless made mistakes; hut all
It has done or attempted has been in
the single, eonsistent effort to se
cure and enlarge the rights and oppor
tunities of the men and women of the
United States. We are trying to con
serve what is good In our social sys
tem, and we are striving toward this
end when we endeavor to do away with
what is bad. Success may be made too
hard for some If it is made too easy
for others. The rewards of common
Industry and thrift may be too small
if the rewards for others, and on the
whole less valuable. qualities. are
mad* too large, and especially if the
rewards for qualities which are really,
from ttMs public standpoint, undesir
able, are permitted to become too
large. Our aim is so far as possible
to provide such conditions that there
shall be equality of opportunity where
there is equality of energy, fidelity and
Intelligence; when there Is a reason
able equality of opportunity the dis
tribution of reward:: will lake car*
of Itself.
"The unchecked existence of monop
oly is! incompatible witli equality of
opportunity. The reason for the ex
ercise of government control over great
monopolies is to equalize opportunity.
We are fighting against privilege. It
was made unlawful for corporations
to contribute money for election ex
penses in order to abridge the power
of special privilege at the polls. Rail
road rate control is an attempt to se
cure an equality of opportunity for all
men affected by rail transportation;
and that means all of us. The great
anthracite coal strike was settled, and
the nressing danger of h coal famine
averted, because we recognized that
the control of a public necessity in
volves a duty to the people, and that
public intervention in the affairs of a
public service corporation is neither
to be resented as usurpation nor per
mitted as a privilege by the corpora
tions, but on the contrary to be ac
cepted as a duty and exercised as a
right by the government in the in
terest of ail the people. The effi
ciency of the army and the navy has
been increased so that our people may
follow in peace the great work of
making this country a better place for
Americans to live in, and our navy
was sent round the world for the same
ultimate purpose. All the acts taken
by the government during the last
seven years, and all the policies now
being pursued by the Government, fit
in as parts of a consistent whole.
"The enactment of a pure food law
was a recognition of the fact that the
public welfare outweighs the right to
private gain, and that no man may
poison the people for his private profit.
The employers’ liability lull recog
nized tlie controlling fact that .while
the employer usually has at stake no
more than his profit, the stake of the
employe is a living for himself and
his family.
“We are building the Panama canal;
and this means that we are engaged
in the giant engineering feat of all
time. We are striving to add in all
ways to the habitability and beauty of
our country. We are striving to hold
in tile public lands the remaining
supply of unappropriated coal, for tlie
protection and benefit of all the people.
We have taken the first steps toward
the conservation of our natural re
sources. and the betterment of coun
try life, and the improvement of our
waterways. We stand for the right
of every child to a childhood free from
grinding toil, and to an education; for
the civic responsibility and decency
sight in public mattess. and for fair
play in every relation of our national
ami economic life. In international
matters we apply a system of diplo
macy which puts tlie obligations of
international morality on a level with
those that govern the actions of an
honest gentleman in dealing with his
fellow-men. Within our own border we
stand for truth and honesty in public
and in private life; and we war stern
ly against wrongdoers of every grade.
All those efforts are integral parts
of the same attempt, the attempt to
enthrone justice and righteousness, to
secure freedom of opportunity to all
of our citizens, now and hereafter, and
to set the ultimate interest of all of
us above the temporary interest of
any individual, class, or group.
“The nation, its government, and its
resources exist, first of all. for the
American citizen, whatever his creed,
race, or birthplace, whether lie lie rieli
or poor, educated or ignorant, pro
vided only I hat he is a good citizen,
recognizing his obligations to the na
tion for the rights and opportunities
which he owes to the nation.
“The obligations, and not the rights,
of citizenship increase in proportion to
tile increase of a mail's wea 1th or
power. Tlie time is coming when a
man will lie Judged, not by what he
has succeeded in getting for himself
from the common store, but by how
well he has done his duty as a citizen,
and bv wlint the ordinary citizen has
gained in freedom of opportunity be
cause of his service for the common
i good. The highest value we know is
that of tlie individual citizen, and tlie
highest justice is to give him fair
play in tin- effort to realize the best
there is in him.
“The tasks this nation lias to do
are great tasks. They can only be
done at all by our citizens acting to
gether, and they can be done best of
all by tlie direct and simple applica
tion of homely common sense. The
application of common sense to common
problems for the common good, under
the guidance of the principles upon
which this republic, was based, and by
virtue of which it exists, spells per
petuity for tlie nation, civil and indus
trial liberty for its citizens, and
freedom of opportunity in the pursuit
of happiness for tlie plain American,
for whom this nation was founded, by
whom it was preserved, and through
whom alone it can be perpetuated.
Upon tills platform—larger than any
party differences, higher than class
Prejudice, broader than any question
of prolit and loss—there is room for
every American who realizes that the
common good stands first."
Accompanying the message are ex
planations and recommendations of
work to be done for the future good of
thecountry. The president says: "It is
especially important that the develop
ment of water power should be guard
ed with the utmost care both by the
national government and by tlie states
in order to protect the people against
the upgrowth of monopoly and to in
sure to them a fair share In the bene
fits which will follow the development
of this great asset which belongs to
tlie people and should bo controlled by
them.
"1 urge that provision be made for
both protection and more rapid devel
opment of the national forests. Other
wise. either the increasing use of these
forests by the people must be checked
or their protection against fire must
be dangerously weakened. If we
compare the actual fire damage on sim
ilar areas o.i private and national for
est lands during tlie past y- »r. tlie
government fire patrol saved commer
cial timber worth as much as the
total cost of caring for all national
forests at the present rate for about
ten years.
“I especially commend to congress
the facts presented by the commis
sion as to the relation between for
ests and stream flow in its bearing
upon the Importance of the forest
lands in national ownership. With
out an understanding of this ultimate
relation the conservation of both these
natural resources must largely fall.
“The time has fully arrived for rec
ognizing in the law the responsibility
to tlie community, the state, and the
nation which rests upon the private
ownership of private lands. The own
ership of forest land is a public trust.
The man who would handle his forest
as to cause erosion and to injure
stream flow must be not only educated
but lie must be controlled.”
In conclusion the president urges
upon congress the desirability of
maintaining a national commission on
the CO* serration" of the resources of
the country. lie adds: “I would also
advise that an appropriation of at
least $50,000 be made to cover the ex
penses of tlie national conservation
commission for necessary rent, assist
ance and traveling expenses. This Is
a very small sum. I know of no
other way in which the appropriation
of so small a sum would result In so
large a benefit to the whole nation. ’
PflRSEL FOUND
HOT GUILTY
JURY, AFTER AN HOUR'S DELIB.
ERATION. ARRIVES AT VER.
DICT, ACQUITTING HIM.
demonstration in court
Judge Has to Threaten Jailing to Sub.
due Those Who Would Congratu.
•ate He Goes a Free Man.
After less than an hour's delibera
tion, the jury in the case of Charles
R. Parsel, charged with the murder
of Leon Ehrenberg, returned a ver
dict of not guilty at 5 o'clock Satur
day afternoon. The case went to
the jury at 4 o'clock, after the entire
torenoogn and the early afternoon
had been spent In hearing the argu
ments. Little surprise was elicited
by the decision, the prediction being
general among those who followed
the trial that an acquittal or a hung
jury would result.
A demonstration in the court room
among the friends of Parsel followed
the reading of the verdict and only
the threat of Judge It. .1. |,ea l0 p„t
the enthusiastic ones in jail quelled
it until the jury could be discarhged.
The defendant thanked each of the
jurymen as they left the jury box.
Friends crowded about him with
congratulations and he was escorted
from the court rocm by them.
Throughout the progress of the ar
gument and charging of the jury
the court room was crowded with
spectators. An unusually large pro
portion of women were numbered
among these, more being present Sat
urday than during any of the pre
ceding days of the trial.
RECOMMENDS SOIL SURVEY.
Secretary of Agriculture Says $2,500
Should Be Spent in Arkansas.
Washington.—The report of James
Wilson, secretary of the Department
of Agriculture, setting forth the ex
penditures of his department during
the fiscal year 1908, appropriations
for the year 1909 and expenditures
for tlie fiscal year 1910 gives the
plans and suggests the appropriations
necessary to make present and future
soil surveys in Tennessee, Mississip
pi, Arkansas and Alabama.
Concerning Arkansas the report
says:
“Not less than $2,500 should be ex
pended in Arkansas to survey at least
two counties selected from the 15, for:
which urgent requests have been j
made by colonization companies, lum
ber companies, railroads, boards of I
trade, the state experiment stations I
and other organizations interested ini
developing the agricultural industries I
of the state.
“Pulaski county was selected on I
account of the great number of in-1
terests requesting the survey and I
while the work will be started dur
ing this fiscal year, it will probably
not be possible to complete more
than 400 square miles, at an esti
mated cost of $1,500."
EARTHQUAKE IS Fc.LT.
Instruments in the Weather Bureau
Show Tremors During an Hour
a-d Half.
Washington.—The seismographs of
the Weather Bureau recorded an
earthquake of distant origin Satur
day evening that ii is much the same
in charater and intensity as the tee I
ord obtained at the time ot tire re- I
cent great Italian earthquake.
According to a bulletin ot the bu- I
ream the first preliminary tremors I
began at 10:12:05 a. m. The second I
preliminary tremors are not well de- I
fined in the records. The strong mo- I
tion lasted from 10:20 until after
O’clock, the whole earthquake bavin? I
a duration of about one and a halt I
hours. Apparently, says the bulletin. I
the origin is nearer Washington t tan
in the case of the I.alian earthquake I
probably d.noo miles distant <>r them
a bouts.
S of
INDICTMENTS EXPECTED.
Business Is Paralyzed in Anticipation
of Land Fraud Prosecptions.
Musakogee.—Much excitement,
suiting in practically a Paralya*
business, prevails in nearly all
old towns of the Creek nation
cerning the probable scope an
sub of the Federal grand jury m
ligation of alleged town lot u
frauds which will begin here
WThe opinion prevails among those
well informed that :nd'ct“1‘" neged
certain in connection with the*L
frauds in Muskogee Tulsa SaHJ
Wagoner, Eufaula, ( heco •
gee and all the old towns ^
Creek nation are expected to
involved in the investigation.
LINCOLN COUNTY IS DRY.
Hodgenville,
La Hue, Abe Lincoln s nat ^
voted dry by a majority o • ^
vote being over 1 to 1 ago *
The bells in the hutches we,^
at intervals during tin* <ja>' igMd
marched and a brass >a 1
music. Prayer meetings ‘
had and hoi coffee was served
ladies at the voting P|j‘e-' hjskey.
was virtually solid against