Winircidmkk CMMY News.
VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1903.
ISO. 45.
Former Railroad Conductor Con
victed of Bigamy and
Given Five Years.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRONICLED
Salvation Army Officer Kisses a Ne
gro Man to Show His Love for
the Race.—A Little Spitz Dog Pre
vents its Mistress from Being Mur
dered by a Negro Brute.
Saved by Her Dog.
Mre. Helen Smith, wife of William
Smith, proprietor of a Little Rock
restaurant, was seriously cut on the
head and neck by a negro at their
home at 3201 Marshall street. The
wounds were inflicted with a small
pocketknife. Just after the depart
ure of her husband for his place of
business Mrs. Smith went into the
back yard and, seeing the negro come
in, ran into the kitchen and locked
the door. The negro went to the
door, end finding it locked knocked,
and, after being refused admission,
said he had a note from Mr. Smith.
Mrs. Smith opened the door and re
ceived the note, when the negro
grabbed her around the waist with
his left arm and began stabbing her
with a pocketknife, at the same time
telling her if she screamed he would
kill her. While endeavoring to free
herself from the grasp of the brute,
they both fell to the floor, when
"Man,” a little Scotch terrier, bit the
negro through the hand, which proba
bly saved the life of his mistress, as
the negro gave up the fight and fled.
The negro was about 18 years old, 5
feet >6 Inches high, black skin, black
clothes, black shirt, black hat and
was clean shaven.
Mysterious Robbery Cleared Up.
The mystery of a big diamond rob
bery committed in this state Decem
ber 22 last has been cleared up by the
arrest of Thomas Fitchue, a colored
Pullman porter, at Kansas City. A
Mrs. Bray, of San Antonio, was a pas
senger on an Iron Mountain train,
when she arrived at Little Rock it
was discovered that some one had
stolen her diamonds, valued at over
13,000. At the time no clew was
found to the thief. Fitchue was tne
porter on the train. His guilt was
established on account of a row with
his brother over the diamonds, and
they were recovered and returned to
Mrs. Bray.
Too Many Wives.
T. A. Shope, formerly a freight
conductor on the Iron Mountain, was
convicted at Searcy of. bigamy and
sentenced to five years in the pen
itentiary, Shope was arrested sev
eral months ago in Wyoming and re
turned to White county. He had been
residing for several years in Little
Rook, with his wife. One day last
summer he was married to a promi
nent young lady of Higginson, and
deserted her three days after the
wedding. When apprised of his
marriage to the young lady at Higgin
son, his wife at Little Rock began an
investigation of his past career, and
discovered that her faithless husband
had two other living wives.
Kissed a Negro.
An affair occurred on a passenger
train between Memphis and Little
Rock that caused a big sensation.
A party of Salvation Army afficers,
among them Gen. Sooth, were in a
private car. When the train was
some distance out of Memphis Maj.
Fred Cox, private secretary to Gen.
Booth, and several others of the par
ty, went to the colored coach and
delivered a sermon to the occupants.
At the end of the service Cox, "to
show his love for the race,” placed
his arm around a negro man and
kissed him.
Husband and Father Suspected.
The house of Dan Nolan, a colored
mill hand, at Kingsland, was burned.
Upon investigation the charred re
mains of Nolan’s daughter were found
in the ruins, and Nolan's wife was
discovered a short distance away in
an unconscious condition. The daugh
ter’s head had been chopped off and
the mother had a deep gash in her
skull. Nolan was placed under ar
rest on suspicion of having com
mitted the crime.
Oharged With Criminal Assault.
Luke Thomas, a white man, is
under arrest at Texarkana, charged
with criminally assaulting a milliner.
The plaintiff alleges that she was a
frequent visitor to Thomas’ family,
and went alone to their home from
a public gathering and asked to stay
all alght. Thomas was the only
member of the family at home and
she accused him of visiting her room
and committing the crime charged.
Second Assault In On* Week.
Mrs, Harry Crittenden hid a terrl
ble experience with a negro fiend at
her home in Little Rock, and that
she was not killed was due to her
pluck in defending herself from the
scoundrel’s brutal assaults. Mrs.
Crittenden was sitting in her room
rocking her infant to sleep, when, at
6:30 p. m. she heard the front door
open. Thinking it was her husband
returning from his day's work, she
placed her baby on the bed and
started to meet him. but was con
fronted by a burly negro. The
plucky woman retained her self-pos
session and asked the intruder his
business. He demanded money and
began a search of the house, telling
Mrs. Crittenden that if she made any
outcry he would murder her. Watch
ing her chance, the brave woman
picked up her child and tried to
escape from the house. The negro
sprang after her and a desperate
struggle was begun between them.
Mrs. Crittenden held her baby over
her right shoulder and strove to pro
tect it and herself from the attack
of the murderous brute, who by
this time had drawn a knife. The
negro was finally the victor, and
commanded that his victim place her
baby on the bed and sit down away
from the door. Mrs. Crittenden was
almost exhausted and was bleeding
from several cuts on the left hand
and arm. Later it was found that
she was cut six times. Her waist
was also torn completely ofT during
the struggle. She remained in the
chair but a few moments, when,
taking a desperate chance, she darted
to the front door and as she threw
it open called for help. The negro
evidently thought that he had her
subdued, for that movement took
him by surprise. However, he reach
ed the door just as she called out,
and, throwing his weight against it,
forced it shut. Mrs. Crittenden had
her foot in the door and it was badly
mashed. Some one passing by heard
the call for help and made a reply.
"Thank God, there comes my hus
band,” said Mrs. Crittenden as she
sank to the floor. At the word “hus
band” the negro ran rapidly to the
rear of the house and made his
escape.
Mrs. Crittenden is the second wo
man attacked by a black brute in the
suburbs of Little Rock within
a week. The citizens are up in arms,
and should the guilty party be cap
tured it will be hard to prevent a
lynching. On the evening before the
assault Mrs. Crittenden discovered
the same negro on her back porch.
She was alone then, but succeeded in
frightening him away by calling for
her husband, as though he wa3 In
the house. She will be able to iden
tify the thief if captured.
Murderer Caotured.
"Governor” Woolfork, a negro who
murdered George Pickett, a policeman
at Pine Bluff, in April, 1901, was
captured1 last week at Fort Smith.
His brother Henry was also arrested
with him. The murder was cold
blooded and without reason. A party
of four officers were in the city pa
trol when they came upon the two
negroes and ordered them to step
out from behind two trees they had
Ehadowing them. Instead of com
plying with the order the negroes op
ened fire, resulting in a lively pistol
battle and the death of Pickett.
To School Teachers.
The following bulletin has recent
ly been issued by the department of
public instruction:
To the Teachers of the Public
Schools—The examinations on theory
and practice of teaching for 1903 will
be based upon Page’s Theory and
Practice of Teaching. This notice
is given that candidates for teacher’s
license may have ample opportunity
to make due preparation for the ex
amination.
John H. Hinemon,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction.
Big Land Office Business.
The United States land office in Lit
tle Rock reports an unusually large
amount of business being done. Dur
ing the month of January the record
was as follows: Five cash entries,
involving 400 acres; 85 homestead en
tries, involving 9,304 acres; 56 final
proofs, involving 5,473 acres; fees and
commissions, $1,381.
BRIEF MENTION.
An unknown tramp was killed iu
a wreck near Texarkana.
Theodore Jones, aged 16, is miss
ing from his home at Pine Bluff.
J. N. Stone, a brakeman on a
freight train, fell under the wheels of
the cars at Houston and was instant
ly killed.
Lace Walker, a transfer driver of
Hot Springs, was run over by a car
riage and so badly injured that he
died a short while later.
Ben Atkinson, whose home is at
Malvern, committed suicide at Deca-1
tur, ill., hv taking morphine. No
cause is assigned for the act. j
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A Condensed Report of the Actual
Business Transacted the
Past Week.
Neither branch of the general as
sembly was in session Saturday, Feb
ruary 7.
Up to adjournment on the Gth 420
hills had been introduced in both houses
besides fifty concurrent and Joint reso
lutions.
During the first four weeks of the
session only one Joint resolution re
ceived the sanction of the body, that
by Mr. Patterson seeking to divide the
state supreme court into two divisions
and adding one additional judge, the
senior associate Justice to preside over
the second division. The amendment
will be submitted to the voters at the
next general election.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
Senator Jobe's bill separating school
tax paid by whites and blacks was de
feated by two votes.
A number of bills many of a local
nature were Introduced in the senate.
In the house Mr. Meyers Introduced
a bill for the erection of a state re
form school, and Mr. Campbell of Pu
laski introduced a bill appropriating
15,000 to assist in the erection of a
monument to the Confederate dead at
Little Hock.
The Senate,
Senator Wilson called the body to
order at 9 o'clock.
The following members sent up pe
titions protesting against passage of
the Keel antitrust bill: Mardls, Price,
Cothum and Fletcher.
Among the bills introduced were the
following:
No. 128 (Pinnix). to establish a state
reform school; No. 150 (Adams), pro
viding that persons subject to road duty
be allowed to pay $1 per day in lieu
of such work; No. 1.13 iButler), to pro
vide for an annual accounting by life
insurance companies to policyholders of
all surplus; No. 134 (Mardis). to au
thorize the attorney general to bring
and prosecute a suit in the supreme
court of the United States to settle the
boundary line between Arkansas and
Tennessee at Fowler Island. Mississippi
county; No. 135 (Wilson), to suppress
sale of liquors in prohibition districts;
No. 136 (Butler), prescribing the meth
od for the vendor of personal property
to retain title; No. 137 (Kilgore), al
lowing prosecuting attorneys the same
fees for prosecuting misdemeanor cases
In justice courts as allowed in circuit
courts.
S. B. 51 (Butler), making it unlaw
ful to take fish in any manner except
by hook and line in streams of Madison,
Carroll, Washington and Benton coun
ties, was taken up and passed.
Mr. Kilgore's bill (No. 19), to prevent
the destruction of fish, was read third
time and passed.
S. 15. 52 (McFerrin), to repeal act of
April 13, 1899, allowing county clerk's
a fee of 10 cents for registering each
school warrant, was passed—26 to 5.
The entire afternoon session was
devoted to the consideration of Sen
ator Jobe's bill to apportion school tax
paid by whites and blacks in propor
tion to the amount paid by each race.
Senator Jobe opened the discussion
by explaining the measure; it did not
effect the present school system. Thu
constitution provides that 2 mills tax
be voted and devoted to school pur
poses, but when a community voted 5
mills it was a kind of private contract,
and he thought that community should
be allowed to do as they saw fit with
their own money.
Senators Killough. Fletcher. Cotham.
Hardy and King spoke in opposition,
and Senators Kilgore and Covington in
favor of the passage of the bill.
Senator Jobe closed the debate on
the measure, speaking at length and
quoting statistics tending to show
that the negro race grew more crim
inal between 1S79 and 1880 by as
much as 25 per cent, and at the same
time illiteracy decreased by over 10
per cent. For the next ten years it
grew more criminal by 33 1-3 per cent,
and illiteracy decreased by 18 per cent.
In 1.890. 25 years after the emanci
pation, the race constituted 12 per cent
of our population and furnished 30 per
cent of all crime, argued Mr. Jobe; 37
per cent of the homicides and 40 per
cent of all assaults, and this. too. in
the face of the fact that we had spent
in his education $100,000,000.
The bill was defeated by only two
votes.
The House.
Among the bills introduced were a
number of local measures.
Mr. Meyers had presented H. B. £31,
an act to provide for a reform school
for white juvenile offenders.
H. B. 229, to regulate contracts of
Insurance, was passed.
Mr. Norfleet introduced H. B. 232,
authorizing the reprinting of certain
volumes of the Supremo Court, now out
of print.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski introduced
H. B. 233, appropriating $3,000 for a
Confederate monument at Little Rock.
Mr. Toney presented H. B. 235. for
the protection of railroads employees
Several other measures were Intro
duced and read first time.
Mr. I,atimer's bill (No. 74) amending
the digest, raising the standard of
Illuminating oil from 130 to 150 de
grees Fehrenheit, was taken up and
passed—ayes 64, noes 3.
H. B. No. 8 (Daniels), regulating the
practice of medicine and surgery, and
creating three state boards of medical
examiners, one for allopaths, one for
homeopaths and one for eclectics, was
called up.
Several members argued that the bill
as It stood discriminated against the
osteopaths, and on motion of Mr. Gan
naway the measure was postponed for
two weeks.
TUESDAY, FEBKUAXY 3.
Governor Davis sent a communication
to the senate, explaining why a list of
pardons granted, and his reasons in
each case had not been submitted. Gov
ernor Davis also notified both houses
of his approval of the resolution pro
viding for a Joint committee, five from
the house and three from the senate,
to Investigate the Cummings convict
farm purchase. The Norwood bill ap
propriating $140,000 for an annex to
the Insane asylum was passed In the
aenata.
In the house much time was consum
ed in discussing; measures, and the Dan
iels medical bill was reconsidered and
passed,
Tlia Senate.
At the morning session .Mr. Caldwell's
bill (No. til), amending the digest so
as to -eouire the purchaser at tax sales
to pay $1 fee for deed, was taken up
and passed.
Private Secretary Jacobson appeared
and read a communication from the
governor, explaining why he had not
furnished a detailed list of pardons
Why such had not been done was due
to tlie faet that it lias not been the
gustoni of his predecessors to ilo so.
it entails a large amount of work, but
it would afford him a great deal of
pleasure to furnish the information as
soon as the work could be completed.
Senator Norwood's bill appropriating
{140,000 to build an annex to the pres
ent Insane asylum was passed unani
mously.
House concurrent resolution No. 11.
asking congress to annex to Arkansas
a certain portion of Indian Territory,
passed unanimously. as was concurrent
resolution No. li). asa.eg our member*
in Congress to vote for the omnibus
bill admitting as stales New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma.
Ths louu.
The first, measure taken up was the
fellow-servant bill, by Judge Merri
man, which was passed by a vote of
78 to 3. The bill renders railroad cor
porations liable for injury to an em
ployee while performing his duty
where such injury results from neg
ligence or Incompetency of a fellow
servant.
H. II. 89 (Ganttl. ceding certain parts
of Hot Springs Mountain reservation
to tlie United States government, pass
ed.
S. B. 78. allowing the attorney gen
eral $100 per month for clerical hire,
was amended, tlie measure passed, and
it goes to the governor for his sig
nature.
At the afternoon session a motion
to reconsider the Daniels medical bill
prevailed, and after considerable dis
cussion the measure was passed by a
vote of 47 to 38. ,
The bill provides for three state ex
amining boards, representing tlie allo
paths. homeopaths and eclectics.
The bill was championed by Dr. But
ler. Messrs. Toney, Chapline. Daniels
and Parks, and those who spoke in op
position to its passage were Messrs.
Kerwln, Futrall, Whitley. Perry. Gan
naway and Dr. Greene of Benton.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
The Senate.
Considerable time was consumed In
second reading of bills.
Senator King introduced S. B. 142.
making it optional with the voters of
incorporated towns whether or not con
tiguous territory be annexed.
Mr. Short presented S. B. 142. author
izing officers of school district to use
sufficient funds with which to insure
school buildings.
The newspaper and stamp bill was
passed by a vote of 20 to 9.
Mr. Cotham introduced S. B. 145.
to compel insurance companies to pay
interest on contested policies at tlie rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
Mr. Fletcher inroduced a bill (No.
117). authorizing the state superintend
ent to arrange for district normals, to
be held in June and July, and appro
priating $1,000 to defray expense*
thereof.
The president announced as the mem
bers on the part of the senate for
Joint committee to investigate the pur
chase of the Cummings place, Senator*
Cotton, Brown and Hinkle.
Th* Mona*.
The first measure taken up was II.
B. 156 (Allen), to enable county courts,
upon petition, to declare waterways
public property, and defines the duties
of riparian owners in cleaning such
waterways of logs, driftwood and other
obstructions. Mr. Allen said the bill
is a local option measure designed
to prevent overflows on farms from
obstructed streams. Mr. McGuigan
thought such a bill very much needed.
Mr. Futrell argued in favor of the bill,
which was passed.
H. B. 225 (Toney), to protect rail
road employees from spotters. was
read third time. Mr. Toney explained
that the bill was aimed at railroad de
tectives and their methods of obtain
ing affidavits against conductors with
out giving the conductors a fair show.
He had seen hundreds of these alleged
affidavits repudiated. The bill requir
ed the person making the charge to
face the accused The bill passed—-ayes
78, noes 8.
Mr. Meyers’ bill, to protect pearl
fisheries, was passed. The bill makes
It unlawful to remove muscles from the
waters of this state between April 1
and May 30; also makes it unlawful
to use the instrument called a "crow
foot/^. and to return to the waters any
shells once removed. The penalty for
violation shall be a fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $50.
Mr. Norfleet Introduced II. B. 242,
permitting graduates of the law depart
ment of the University of Arkansas to
be licensed to practice before the su
preme court of Arkansas upon presen
tation of their diplomas.
H. B. 68 (Wofford), to require rail
roads to maintain track or railroad
scales for the purpose of weighing
freight shipped in car load lots, was
road the third time. The bill requires
track scales to be maintained at all
stations shipping as much as 1,000 car
loads per year.
H. B. 35 (Whitley), to proililblt the
sale of game within and the shipment
of same without the state, was read
the third time and passed.
House Joint resolution No. 2 (Patter
son), proposing the submission of an
amendment to the constitution. Increas
ing the number of supreme judges from
five to six and dividing the court into
two divisions, was read the third time
and passed.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5.
The Daniels medical bill was passed
with two amendments, one exempting
midwives from its provisions and one
providing that it go into effect ninety
days after passage.
The house consumed considerable
time in considering local measures and
passed several general bills.
Ths Imt*.
The judiciary committee reported the
King anti-trust bill, recommending that
it pass with amendments, striking out
the clause relating to insurance com
panls.
Mr. Flonnlken introduced S. B. 149.
to place In the common school fund
all money collected from the lease of
school lands.
S. B. 118 (Killougli) .amending an
act approved March tl. Situ. to donate
state lands in the St. Francis levee dis
trict was taken up. 'The lands are
to be exempt from state and county
taxes for ten years, if not sold sooner.
Read third time and passed.
Senator Huddleston offered an amend
ment to the Daniels medical bill, ex
empting mid wives from its provisions.
Adopted.
The bill was then passed by a vote
of 2ti to 8.
A minority report on the anti-trust
bill, recommending that it pass with
tlie insurance clause. was submitted,
signed by four members of the judi
ciary committee. Messrs. Cotton, Nor
wood. Covington and Hardy. The mi
nority report cited a plank in the last
state democratic platform demanding
tlie passage of a bill similar to the
one under consideration.
The House.
Several petitions from local constit
uents relating to local measures were
read.
Speaker Moore announced the follow
ing committees on the part of the
house to visit the convict farm. Messrs.
Chesnlitt. Parks, Cook of Chicot, Camp
bell of Randolph and Thompson.
Mr. Horton introduced house concur
rent resolution No. 21, giving the com
mittee on the new state capitol the
right to thoroughly investigate the
matter and to make a report in twenty
days on the possibility of completing
the building at a cost of not less than
$1,000,000, or to report how much it
will cost to complete it.
Mr. Perry offered house concurrent
resolution No. 22, requiring the presi
dent of the senate to appoint five hold
over senators to investigate the Tor
rens system of registering lands, to re
port back at the next general assem
bly.
Mr. Slaughter called up II. B. No. 90.
forbidding t lie issuance of liquor
licenses outside of incorporated towns
of less than 500 population. It was
read the third time and passed.
Mr. Newberry introduced a bill (No.
252) to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of cigarettes in this state.
Mr. Briant introduced a bill, taxing
life insurance policies having a cash
surrender value.
Mr. Kid ridge introduced TT. B. 254,
to prohibit any administrator, execu
tor or probate judge from allowing
any claim against the decedent which
was not iu existence at the time of
his death.
Mr. Crutcher introduced II. B. No.
250. to amend section 3431 of the di
gest, making it unlawful to catch or
kill deer between February 1 and Aug
ust 1, wild turkey between May 1 and
Setpeinber 1. prairie chickens between
February 1 and September l and quail
between March 1 and December 1.
Mr. Ellis introduced H. B. No. 257,
for the protection of holders of life
insurance policies; makes anti-suicide
clauses in such policies void, unless it
can be shown that the insured contem
plated suicide wl.en the policy was
issued.
Mr. Weaver introduced a bill to ena
ble married women to convey their
homestead rights and dower interest in
real estate.
Mr. Parks Introduced II. B. No. 261.
for the protection of fish; making it
unlawful to take fish in any manner
save with hook and line from Saline
river and tributaries in counties of Sa
line, Grant, Dallas, Bradley, Cleveland,
Drew and Ashley.
II. B. No. 14 (Greene of Benton), to
regulate the buying, selling and tolling
of wheat by weight instead of by meas
ure, and making it unlawful for any
miller, merchant or corporation to use
what is commonly known as the brass
tester; penalty for violation a fine of
not less than $25, was read the third
time and passed.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6.
Both branches adjourned till Mon
day. the house In order to allow work
men to clean up the chamber and put
down a new carpet.
The senate passed a resolution invit
ing Judge Parker, of New York, to ad
dress the body.
The Senate.
On motion the question of adopting
the majority or minority report on tlio
King bill was postponed.
A motion to suspend the rules and
take up Senator McFerrin's bill putting
the penitentiary management under the
same system as now applies to the char
itable institutions, was defeated.
Senator Pinnix introduced S. B. 152.
to prevent destruction of surveyors'
landmarks.
11. B. 213 (Gnnnaway). adding Brad
ley county to the Fourth chancery
district, was read third time and pass
ed.
Senator Short obtained leave to call
up 11. B. 9 (Dixon), fixing the fees and
salaries of the county officers of Izard
county. Read third time and passed.
The following by Senator Norwood
was adopted:
Whereas, The public prints announce
that Judge Alton B. Parker, the eminent
New York Democrat, is to tour the
South soon; and
Whereas. lie has accepted an invita
tion to address the general assembly
now in session in the state of Tennes
see. therefore, be it
Resolved, That the senate and house
of representatives of the state of Ark
ansas invite this distinguished gentle
man to address a joint meeting of this
body, the date to be fixed at his conve
nience.
H. B. 101 (Cook of Chicot), fixing the
salary of the county judge of Chicot
county at $1,000 per annum, was read
third time and passed.
Adjourned till Monday.
Tkt Rouse.
When the house was called to order
a bare quorum was present, a large
number of members having departed
for their homes to spend a day or tv.o
with their families, it being understood
that an adjournment would be taken
in order to allow the laying of a new
carpet.
A messenger from the governor an
nounced that he had approved the fol
lowing acts:
H. B 55 (Holland), declaring the
first Monday in September of each year
a public holiday, to be known as La
bor Day.
H. B. 29 (Pindall), requiring peddlers
of beef in Desha county to pay license
H. B. 15 (Harris), amending act
fixing the fees and salaries of Madison
county officers.
H. B. 88 (Funk), fixing salaries of
county and probate judge of Benton
county at $1,000 per annum.
H. B. 18 (Chambers), fixing salary
of county and probate judge of Yell
county at $1,000 per annum.
H. B. 50 (Arnold), fixing salary of
county and probate judge of Searcy
county at $600 per annum.
H. B. 7S (DuLaney). fixing salary of
county and probate Judge of Little Klv
er county at $700 per annum.
House concurrent resolution No. 2
(Gantt), for Joint committee to inves
tigate world’s fair fund expenditures.
The following new measures were in
troduced :
H. R 262 (Boskin). t » require true
weights of bran, chops, meal or flour,
to be stamped on the sack or barrel.
II. B. 263 (Brooks), to compel rail
road companies to build switches upon
sixty days’ notice; shipper to grade and
furnish ties and to give bond that he
or they will ship at least fifty car
loads of freight per year.
II. B. 26 4 (Daniels), regulating civil
suits in justice of the peace courts.
No. 265 (Winn), amending section
3335 of the digest so as to allow grand
and petit jurors $2 per day, together
with ferriage or bridge toll.
No. 266 (Bell), to allow witnesses
$2 per day in circuit courts. 50 cents
per day in justice courts and $L per
day in county and probate courts.
On motion of Mr. Parks, at 10 o’clock
the house adjourned till Monday.
Legislative Notes.
Hope. Searcy’. Pine Bluff an«l Hot
Springs, through their representatives.,
will endeavor to secure the location of
the insane asylum annex.
Senator Jobe desires to amend the
law applying to vagrants in order that
they be compelled to work out tines
on public roads in road districts.
Gov. Davis appeared before the sen
ate judiciary committee and urged a
favorable report on the Keel-King anti
trust measure, which has passed the
house.
It is estimated that the extra cos*
of maintenance involved by the con
struction of a $140,000 annex to the
state insane asylum would be about
$50,000 annually.
Mr. Meyers* reform school bill car
ries an appropriation of $70,000, and
vests supervision over the institution
in the penitentiary' board. The lnsti
■ tut ion is to be located in the commu
nity' offering the best Inducements in
the way' of location and bonus.
I Senator Adams’ bill (No. 130), relat
I ing to road duty, requires all persons
subject to road duty to work four days
in the year, or pay the sum pf $4. in
addition to the regular road tax. but
• gives the probate court the right to
exempt them from such week if same
is not necessary.
Dr. J. H. Meyers, of Lawrence coun
ty. has introduced in the house a bill
appropriating $70,000 to establish an
| institution for the detention and re
formation of all persons of the white
race convicted of crime, up to the age
of 21 years. The institution is to be
j known as the reform school for young
criminals.
| The Parks bill passed in the house re
lating to insurance policies provides
that no policy of insurance shall con-,
tain any condition, provision or agree
ment which shall directly or indirect
| ly deprive the insured or beneficiary
of the right to trial by jury on any
policy, and all such provisions, condi
tions or agreements shall be void.
| Senator Hogan’s absence for a week
is well condoned for the good work
he has done in the past and is doing
in the present in furthering scientic
and practical horticulture. As presi
dent of the State Horticulture Society,
his presence was necessary at the an
nual meeting. held at Green Forest.
Senator Logan is one of the solid men
of the general assembly.
By name Senator Cotton is undoubt
edly" the best known member of the
general assembly. Not that he has
personally met more people than other
members, but from the fact that he
is the author of the present roads law.
now in force in a majority of counties
in the state. That the law as ttrst
passed was not perfect. Mr. Cotton has
never denied, and on several occasions
at this session he lias given his ap
proval of proposed amendments, in or
der that the original idea of the parent
measure might be made satisfactorily
operative. While there is a wide diver
sity* of ideas as to the practical work
ings of tlie Cotton good roads law as
originally* drafted and passed by a
former legislature, all concede to the
author of that bill a spirit or progress
in the right direction.
Senate Railroad Committee.
The senate railroad committee has re
ported the following hills favorably:
H. B. 6S. requiring railways to main
tain track scales at points shipping 1,
000 cars annually: H. B. 98. requiring
railroads to pay employees within sev
en days after discharge. Without rec
ommendation—H. B. 39. requiring the
K. C\, F. S. & B. Railroad to stop all
passenger trains at county sites; H. B.
190. requiring Frisco trains to whistle
at a certain highway crossing near
Fayetteville: S. B. tt (Adams), fellow
servant bill. Do not pass—H. B. 7.,
for the better protection of shippers;
S. B. 112. defining who constitute fel
low-servants; S. B. 35 (Caldwell), to
limit the hours for labor of railway
employees.
Toney’s ’’Spotter” Bill.
Following is the Toney bill to pre
vent spotting on railroad employees,
which passed the house.
Section 1. That hereafter it shall be
unlawful for any officer, agent, attor
ney, detective or any one whomsoever
in the employment of any railroad
company operating or doing business
in tliis state to take or authorize any
one else to take an affidavit or deposi
tion which would ehurge an employee
with a dishonest act. or take an affida
I vit or deposition which would charge
i any employee with a misdemeanor or
felony, unless said railroad corporation
shall first furnish to the employee
against whom said deposition and affi
davit be taken a written notice stating
time and place said affidavit or deposi
tion is to be taken, and permitting said
employee to be present in person, by
attorney or otherwise, when said affida
vit or deposition is to be taken.
Sec. 2. It shall also be unlawful for
any railroad corporation operating or
doing business in this state to dis
charge any employee when any charge
whatsoever has been preferred against
said employee by any one whomsoever,
unless said person making the charge
make same in the presence of the em
ployee who is to be discharged by said
company or companies.
Sec. 3. Any officer, agent or employee
of any railroad corporation operating
or doing business In this state who
shall violate any *>f the provisions of
this act shall be guilty of a misde.
meanor. and upon conviction shall be.,
fined In any sum not less than JAM
nor more than JX.007.