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VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, TIHJ
RSDAY, APRIL 1, 1909.
NO ID.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE HAP
PENINGS OF THE WORLD AT
LARGE AND ESPECIALLY OF
OUR SISTER STATES.
Italian Parliament was opened by
King Victor.
Jerry Bigford was murdered near
Wilmington, N. C.
Abe Attell defeated Frankie Neil
in ten rounds at New York.
Persian insurgents have captur
ed another important city.
Miss K. M, Handy suicided at
Albany. X. Y., by shooting.
Australian commonwealth will
not offer battleship to mother coun
try.
Tegucigalpa advices confirm re
ported arangemeut to pay national
debt.
The census report on cotton Hocks
shows 5,252,663 bales in the Uni
ted States.
Mhjor F. P. Fremont, son of
Pathfinder, will be dismissed from
the army.
The kaiser's yacht collided with
Norwegian steamer and sent her to
the bottom.
The president favors an income
tax, and will recommend it to Con
gress in fall.
uiquor interests propose to right
the constitutionality of laws in pro
ll ibt ion states.
Indictments against George AAr.
Perkins and Charles AY. Fairchild
were dismissed.
Anthracite miners will not strike.
Asked President Taft to name ar
bitration hoard.
Governor Gurry of Yew Mexico
withdrew his resignation at request
of President Taft.
President Taft has begun con
sulting Southern senators on south
ern appointments.
Russia and Great Britain have
made vigorous protests against the
atrocities in Persia.
Airs. Eugenia Dodge was burn
ed to death at Mobile by her cloth
ing igniting from a candle.
Secretary of AAhir Dickinson will
leave for Panama April 15, and
will return via New Orleans.
Miss Anna Mangano, a school
teacher, was shot and killed by her
father on a steret in New York.
Porto Rican legislature failed to
pass appropriation bills, and dele
gation is seeking help in Washing
ton.
Judge of Porto Rican District
Court sentenced three lawyers to
tines and imprisonment for con
tempt.
The Anglo-German controversy
over naval plans was discussed in
the Reichstag by Foreign Minister
Sehoen.
Castro is at Cologne on his way
to Bordeaux to sail for Trinidad,
lie will be arrested if he goes to
A’enezuela.
The Democratic caucus adopted
the new set of rules submitted by
the eommitee of fifteen without
amendment.
.loscph (lonaro, a cigarmauer. was
shot. and killed by seven Italians
ut Brooklyn, X. V., in the presence
of his wife.
F. II. Richardson, wanted at El
mira, X. I,., for obtaining $300,000
on false pretenses, suicided at Har
risburg. 1’a.. rather than submit to
at rest.
Strang, at Daytona Beach, drove
a Buiek 100 miles in 1:3-1:01 l^o,
bieaking the world's record, made
by Butman in Xew Orleans. \fiT
honaire Brown hung up a new rec
ord for amateurs by going a mile
'u 30 seconds.
Employes of the Southern l*a
< :fic at Lafayette, La., are aroused
over garnishment proceedings, and
will invoke the law in an effort to
prevent disturbing their relations
vith the railroad.
A joker has been discovered in
the tariff bill which gives one cot
ton mill advantage over all others.
Considerable dissatisfaction was
evidenced by several senators in the
Republican caucus over the com
mittee assignments.
Senator Aldrich is opposed to
special taxes and is framing a tar
iff bill of his own, with revision
upward instead of downward.
Delegations of Porto Ricans will
appeare before Congress and ask for
protection of the island’s products
in the Payne tariff bill and for
home rule.
Henry L. Wise was appointed" dis
trict attorney for Xew York, and
Mr. Stimson becomes special assist
ant to the attorney general to pros
ecute sugar cases.
A woman’s suffrage bill in the
Massachusetts House of Representa
tives was defeated by a vote of 43
to 1(>0. The galleries were throng
ed with women during the debate.
Governor Harmon of Ohio lias
issued a proclamation prohibiting
the importation into Ohio hereaftei
for dairy or breeding purposes of
cattle which have not been tested
and found free from bovine tuber
culosis.
Minister Espinosa of Nicaragua
left at the state department for
Secretary Knox the reply of Presi
dent Zclaya of Nicaragua to the de
mand of his government that the
Emery claim, which has been pend
ing for years, be submitted to arbi
tration.
ijoeai option elections were neia
in Benton, Greene and Montgom
ery counties, Indiana, and it looks
as if the temperance forces had won
the day m all three. Montgomery
county will run to 1,500. possibly
1,800. Free lunch was served in
many precincts, and the women
were especially active.
The Bank of Hemple,Mo., was
wrecked by safeblowers. The
cracksmen used dynamite in an ef
fort o blow open the vault. The
vault was uninjured, but the fix
tures were completely ruined. Tltb
reports of the explosion aroused the
villagers, but the thieves escaped, 1
going toward St. Joseph.
Just at tlie moment that the 1
body of Henry Timken, the million
aire carriage manufacturer of Ohio !
and St. Louis, was being lowered '
into the grave at San “Diego ceme
tery, a ISO-foot tower on the eight
story block under construction for 1
Mr. Timken, crashed to the ground, '
injuring two persons slightly.
The hiring out of convicts to con- 1
tractors was condemned in the Mis
souri Senate by Senators MeDavid, ‘
Eads and Lane when the latter's ]
bill to abolish the system and use
the convicts in the manufacturing !
of clothing and other supplies for
the state educational and eleemosy- 1
nary institutions was called up for '
engrossment.
Patrick Brennan, president of 1
the Independent Packing Company 1
of Chicago, charged with cruelty 1
te animals, was placed on trial be
fore Judge Foster in the municipal (
court. It is alleged by Miss Anna ‘
Wyatt of the Anti-Cruelty Society ■
that Brennan allowed the old-fash- *
ioned practice of branding hogs
with a knife, and that his employes
carved the initials “L. P. C.” oil
hogs before sending them to the
slaughtering pen.
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With the intent ion of aiding Ok
lahoma in resisting the boycott *
against the “Katy" by the Kansas 1
City shippers. Attorney (General ''
\\’est of Oklahoma has addressed a
Haskell suggest
letter to Governor
ing that a communication be sent
to Oklahoma hankers earning re
serve deposits in Kansas City In
stitutions askiug that they protest
with the Kansas City hankers
against the embargo. The attorney
general says that he hopes the state
will not Ik* compelled to persuade
the placing of all deposits in St
Louis. Chicago and North Texas
banks.
Champ Clark is framing ininori
7 report.
Work will be resumed on dredg
.ng the Inland canal.
One killed and several were in
iured in cyclone at Laredo, Tex.
Robert Porche suicided at Pon
•hatoula, La., with carbolic acid.
Aldrich told president the tariff
ji 11 could not pass Senate in pres
?nt form.
More than 80 candidates were
initiated by tlie Knights of Colum
jus at Crowley, La.
The scheduled wildcat-bull-dog
fight at Bogalusa. La., was prevent
ed by humane officers.
An English explorer claims to
have been 111 miles from the south
pole several weeks ago.
Congressman 1’ujo resents report
that he got Congressman Broussard
to look out for rice interests.
A crap game in the grand jury
room of the court house at Gulf
port. La., was raided by police.
Eire at Ruddock, La., destroyed
the saw mill of the ffuddock-Or
Icans Cypress Company, causing
£"0,000 loss.
By direction of Governor Sanders
of Louisiana the trial of Avery
Blount at Amite City will he con
ducted under military guard.
Six indictments, three for con
spiracy. one for perjury and two
for bribery, have been returned in
the councilman graft cases at Pitts
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nouneed that lie would introduce in
the House at St. l’aul a bill mak
ing life imprisonment the penalty
in eases of kidnaping.
It is said that the Fullerton syn
dicate of St. Louis Inn agreed to
take over and operate the proper
lies of Camp & Hinton at Lumber
ton. La., valued at $1,000,000.
The Sunset express from New
Orleans, due in Los Angeles on the
Southern Pacific, was wrecked near
Bertram, 30 miles west of Yuma,
vithout a fatality.
Dr. AY. It. Dalrymple of the
Louisiana State University was ten
lered the position of chief veterina
•ian in the Philippines by the gov
■rnment.
A suicide, believed to he the re
mit of a quarrel between sweet
tearts, took place at Moberly, Mo.,
vhcn Harry Leeper, 20 years old.
;on of a well-to-do farmer living
lear there, shot himself through the
lead.
If Congress desires the decennial
■ensus taken next year. Director
S'orth of the •ensus bureau wants
burteen million dollars for ex
lenses. He made a request to the
louse for an appropriation for that
mount.
The total immigration into Cana
la for the 11 months of the pres- '
nt fiscal year up to the end of
‘'ebruary. was 130.4-14, as compar
’d with 247,065 for the same pe
iod in 1007-08, a decrease of 47 ,
ler cent. <
W omen among an angry crowd s
f 200 persons played a part in an t
ttack upon a party of a dozen men t
rriving at the railroad station at t
)range, X. J„ to go to work at the
at factory of F. Berg N Co., where
strike is in progress.
Charles Lancaster, who eomnnt
ed suicide on the county poor farm
ear Chillicothc, Mo., hy cutting
is throat from oar to ear, had on
is person a certificate of deposit
f $000 on a .Mississippi bank, also
-1.50 cash in his pocket.
.Mi appropriation of $’,150,000 is
rovided for the establishment of a
ational tubercular sanitarium in
le state of Colorado in a hill in
rodjiced by Representative Sabath
f Illinois. The measure directs the
:cretary of the treasury to acquire
site comprising not less than 20,
00 acres and to erect suitable
uildings and supply complete
juipment for the use and treat
ient of any persons in the 1'nited
tates afflicted with tuberculosis.
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SPECIAL CONVENTION RATES.
Little Hock.—A round trip rate
»f $1.45 will he made (ty the rail
roads from Little Rock to Mem
phis for the session of the Inited
Confederate Veterans at that place
lune 8. 9 and 10. Special reduc
tions will be made from all Arkan
sas points. Only a slight reduction
ail! be made by railroads in Arkan
sas for the annual session of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion at Washington ApriDll to l'4.
flic regular fare will be charged on
the trip to Washington, while three
fifths of the regular fare will be
l-barged on the return.
A MEETING OF BOARD.
Little Rock.—A meeting of the
citizens of the St. Francis Levee
District is called for in the Su
preme Court room at Little Rock
to consider a bill before the legisla
ture changing the rules under which
affairs of the levee district are ad
ministered. The board wishes to
issue one million dollars in bonds
which will be used, $750,000 to re
fund outstanding bonds and the re
maindei; for new work. The call
was issued from a meeting of prop
erty holders of the levee district held
in .Memphis.
MILLIONAIRE IS KILLED.
Line Bluff.—1). Henrv Duncan,
millionaire and vice president and
secretary of the Bluff City Lumber
l unipany, one of the largest lumber
mills in the .South, with plants at
Clio and Kearney, this county, and
general offices here, was shot live
times and instantly killed at the
boarding house of Mrs. Lucy
Thrower, in Clio. The killing was
done by John Day, master mechan
ic for the company at Clio. Day
i laims the act was in self defense.
INTERURBAN BONUS SUBSCRIBED
Gentry.—At a mass meeting of
the citizens of Gentry the remain
der of the bonus of $8,000, request
ed from the property holders of
that town to the Bentonvillc and
Joplin interurban toad was sub
scribed. Nearly every business man
and professional man in the town
subscribed to the fund.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
Ileber.—All machinery for the
new electric light plant for Ileber
has been purchased and will be in- !
stalled within a few days. The j
poles upon which the wires will be I
strung are in position and the pow
house is about three-fourths com
pleted.
DEMONSTRATION WORK
Little Hock.—The force employ
'd in the government demonstra
tion work in southeast Arkansas has
icon considerably increased lately.
\ great deal of interest is being
nanifested by the farmers over the
dan now being tried by the dem- 1
mstration forces.
PUT OUT MANY TREES.
Gravettc.—This city has an ae
ive School Improvement Aeocia
ion. It has begun operations,
tarting with settiug a lot of shade
rees about the schoolyard. An en
ertainment at the school house ad
d'd $35 to the treasury.
FRUIT GROWERS MEET.
Springdale.—An interesting ses
ion of the \\ adiington County
lortieulturist Society was held in
Springdale recently at which Dr.
lowden read a paper on spraving
or curculis and codling moth.
Fort Smith.—James Price, J. L.
troch and John and Ivcb Kale,
ohn Cox, S. T. Terry and Dave ,
ludson of Cardiff, Scott county,
re under arrest at Fort Smith, <
harged with operating an illicit
ietillery.
STORES ARE ENTERED.
Fort Smith.—Many stores of this 1
ty have be* n burglarized during 1
ic past, few weeks. The local go- ]
ce are very active in attempting i
ippression of the trouble. | 1
NEW STATE HOUSE INFERIOR
Little Ilock.—Engineers employ
ed by the legislature to inspect the
new state house report that the
stone work in the basement is good,
in general, but that in other parts
of the building it is not. It is also
stated in the report that the steel
girders in the building are insuffi
cient to carry the proper floor loads;
that the steel columns are inade
quate: that the steel in the gallery
framing is too weak; that the floors
are weak and incapable of carrying
loads expected; that the floors in
some places are sagging; that the
improper kind of concrete has been
used in the floor construction; that
in case of lire some of the floors
would fall of their own weight: that
the thickness of the floor slabs is
inadequate; that the metal lath par
titions do not conform with the
architect's designs; that plain cop
per, instead of corrugated copper,
has been used in the construction
of the domes above the House and
Senate chambers, and that the plas
tering is in poor condition. it is
said that $110,000 is needed to put
the building in goffil repair up to
the point construction has progress
ed.
SWIMS THE RIVER.
Pine Bluff.—Several hundred
spectators lined the bank of the
Arkansas river between W alnut and
Tennessee streets when a mustang
pony, owned by the American-Ex.
eelsior Laundry Company, perform
ed the remarkable feat of swimming
across the Arkansas river. He land
ed on a sandbar a mile below the
city, anti after climbing upon the
bar ran into the woods on the north
side of the river and has not been
captured.
RECEIVES $7,500 DAMAGES.
Fort Smith.—The jury in the
case of Fulgin. administrator,
against the Midland Valley Kail
road Company, to recover damages
in the amount of $45,000 for the
death of E. C. Pogue, a freight con.
t!actor, returned a verdict for $7,
500. Tliis was the first interpreta
tion of the employers' liability act
passed hv the last Congress. The
ease is so important that the Inter
state Commerce Commission has
written for particulars of the plead
ings and instructions, as. it is the
first time the act has been passed
upon.
OIL DRILLERS TROUBLED.
Flumerv die.—A n other t rouble
some delay was encountered at the
Flumerville well, where a drill is
pounding away nearly 5,000 feet
below the surface in its search for
gas or oil. The drill was in line
gas sand, when trouble began to
be had with the easing, and a half
mile of easing was taken out of the
well before the trouble could be
remedied and the drilling resumed.
It is expected that gas will be dis
covered in a few days' work.
WILL RIVAL ROCKY FORD.
Gravette.—The progressive fruit
men of Gravette and vicinity pro
pose not to stop at apples, peaches,
Jerries and such, but have decided
to rival Rocky Ford in growing
cantaloupes, and up to a recent date
\ad pledged 100 acres to the grow
ng of that delicious breakfast
food.
Mena.—If within a few days the
ivizer Telephone Company has not
established an adequate long dis
ance service between Hot Springs,
Fexarkana and Fort Smith, and
noves its telephone poles within the
uirb lines, City Attorney Lunday
\ill begin proceedings to forfeit the
lompany's franchise.
SURVEYING RAILROAD LINE.
Lockesburg.—Surveyors have left
daliant, Okla., according to word
eceived here, laying out a route
or the proposed extension of the
IcQueen and Eastern. The party,
n charge of Chief Engineer E. S.
lyington, is working eastward.
VANDALS ROB A CHURCH.
Texarkana.-—The First Meth
odist church, corner of Laurel and
Sixth stUetS. was burglarized re
cently, hut little of value wa- se
cured. rFho thieves broke open the
desk in the study of the pastor. Rev.
T. D. Scott, but got nothing ex
kept a fountain pen.
The "poor box,” located just in
side the front door of the building,
was broken open and robbed. The
amount is not known, but it was
small. Last October, when Rev.
Frank Barrett was pastor, the
church was entered one night by
burglars, who broke open the desk
in his study and took $:>0 in cash
belonging to the missionary fund.
BOARD OF CHARITIES NAMED.
Little Hock.—(iovernor Dona
ghey has announced the appoint
ments to the new State Board of
Charitable Institutions, the new
member' of which will take their
office on the first Mondav in April.
The following were appointed: S.
S. Faulkner of Helena, Clay Sloan
of Imbodeji. \Y. I’. Fletcher of Lo
noke, T. ( . McRae of Prescott, Sam
J. Rowland of Harrison, W A.
Jeffers of Mulberry, Dr. F. R. Dib
rell of Little Rock.
Under the law. State Treasurer
J. L. Yates will continue as chair
man of the board.
FARMERS TO MEET.
Shiloh.—The following is the
program of the Howard County
Farmers' Union, which will meet at
Shiloh April S-uh Welcome address,
S. C. Cowling; "Intention and Pur
pose of the Farmers’ Union.” B.
M. Copelandlecture on "Social
Benefits of the Farmers’ Union,”
M. L. Williamson; "Why the
Bretnren Are in Lack of Courage
and Wisdom and How It Can Be
Obtained," W. If. Cowling; lecture
on “Farming S0 as to Make It
More Successful,” II. Bradford;
“How to Control the Boll Weevil
More Successfully,” W. S. Ferrell.
HEAVY DAMAGES WANTED.
Mount Ida.—A suit for $10,000
alleged libel lias been filed by Isaac
L. Aw try against County Judge J.
W. Sheppard. T. J. Wells, F. L.
Mayor and E. A. Hays, charging
that they published a false report
concerning him during the recent
campaign, to the effect that he had
forged the name of Mrs. F. L.
Mayo to a certain deed.
Awtry was clerk of the county
during the term 1890-1898. and
county judge 1902-1904.
FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
Texarkana.—Precinct No, 1.
Bowie county, Texas, which in
cludes Texarkana, will hold an
election to authorize the issuance
of $250,000 bonds for the purpose
of improving the roads within the
precinct. At an election held on
November 24 it was also unani
mously voted to issue the bonds, but
the election was held void on ac
count of the failure to advertise for
the length of time required by law.
WILL REBUILD AT ONCE.
Decatur.—This place has suffer
ed its second bad fire—this time
burning five business houses, in
cluding the postoftice. which was
also caught in the fire last fall. The
hardware store of C. 11. Adkins,
grocery of ,T. Buchner, harness shop
of M. Davis, City Hotel, run by Air.
Duncan, and the Allen general store
went up in smoke. New buildings
of concrete are to replace part of
the, burned district.
INSANE WOMAN SLAYS CHILD.
Texarkana.—Airs. Annie Chris
tian, wife of a prominent citizen
of Findley, 32 miles south of Tex
arkana. gave poison to her seven
year-old son recently. She was ar
rested after a diligent search and
was removed to the county jail at
Xew Boston, where she will be held
until plans can be made for her re
moval to an insane asyhrm. The
child died a few hours after fals
ing the fatal dose.