The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, KdUor.
NEWARK." - , ARKANSAS.
Mrs. Jacob Stevens, wife of t
farmer near Goreville, 111., recently
gave birth to triplets, two boys and
one girl, weighing 7, 7 1-2 and 8 1-2
pounds.
Henry Simmons, a negro, brutal
ly murdered a young white woman
at Monar, Tex. Simmons was cap
tured and taken to Austin to prevent
a lynching.
Large manufacturers of Chicago
are preparing for big strikes which
may take place during the present
month, owing to the expiration of
contracts with employes.
The world's fair at St. Louis is
now in full blast. The opening day
was observed as a holiday by the
citizens of St. Louis, and business
was practically suspended.
Engineer Wade and Fireman S.
A. Hunt were killed in a wreck
near Brownwood, Tex. The engine
struck a cow and the entire train
was ditched and smashed into kind
% ling wood.
In Melbourne, in the first elec
tion in the commonwealth of Aus
tralia since the franchise was giv
en to women, an unforeseen result
was the doubling of the labor vote,
whereas the vote of other classes ad
vanced but slightly.
Samuel Parks, who gained noto
riety as a walking delegate of the
iron workers’ union of New York
city, and who was given a peniten
tiary sentence upon conviction of
extorting money from contractors
under threats of ordering strikes,
is dying from consumption.
D. M. Bobbins, independent can
didate for mavor of Jeffersonville,
J . I
Ky., was fired upon by an assassin
while sitting at his desk writing a
letter. A vest pocket edition of the
New Testament saved him from be
ing killed, as the bullet was stopped
by the Bible he carried in his pock
et.
Mrs. R. L. Taylor, wife of ex
Gov. Bob Taylor of Tennessee, has
been granted a divorce. Mrs. Tay
lor was,Mrs. Alice Fittshill of Tus
caloosa, Ala,, before her marriage
to the ex-governor, three years ago.
Both had children by former mar
riages, and this, it is said, caused
the unhappiness.
Fred Morris, aged 28, was shot;
and killed at Litchfield, 111., by j
Mrs. liolla Coffey. Morris, who had ,
formerly worked for the woman's
husband, went to his place of bus
iness, and finding Mrs. Coffey alone,
began to abuse her, and when he ;
struck her in the face she grabbed
a revolver and shot him.
Marcus E. Jones died at South
Whitley, Ind., from blood poison
ing, due to infection from using
a piece of soap with which a physi
cian had dressed the tubercular leg
of a patient just previously. Jones
had a scratch on one hand and the
poison from the infected soap
spread so rapidly that death result
ed in a few hours.
Fifteen thousand dollars a day,
a total of a million and a half, is
said to be the price William Ran
dolph Hearst is paying for hie
presidential fad. At the present
time he has but thirty-two dele
gates, making a liberal estimate,
and allowing him a total of 150
when the gavel falls at St. Louis,
every one of them will have cost
him $10,000.
Speaking on the subject of the
relations of trade unions to the 1
maintenance of public order Presi
dent Mitchell of the miners uniJh,
says: “Tt is sometimes claimed that
no strike can be won without the
use of physical force. I do not be
lieve this to be true; but. if it is, it
were better that the strike be lost
than that it succeed through vio
lence and tiie committing of out
rages.’''
j Arkansas State News
Club Women in Convention
The state Federation of Women’s
clubs met in annual convention in
the hall of the house of representa
tives in Little Lock April 27. Club
women from all parts of the state
were present, and in the language
of one of the speakers in welcoming
the members to the city, so much
beauty and intelligence was never
before assembled within the historic
old state house. On account of the
absence of Mrs. William M. Neal of
Helena, president of the federation
on account of the recent, death of
her husband, Mrs. J. R. Dale of
Texarkana, first vice president, pre
sided. Mrs. Logan H. Roots, in
beautiful, patriotic language, wel
comed the delegates on behalf of
local club women. Addresses of
welcome were also made by Mayor
Ix-non and Hon. H. L. Reinmel.
Mrs. ,T. W. Crawford of Pine Bluff
responded on behalf of the federa
tion. thanking the citizens of Little
Rock for their hospitality and mak
ing a plpa for a return to the old
time southern hospitality, which is
passing with other time-honored
customs of the past. The report of
the treasurer, Mrs. L. W. Coy of
Little Rock, showed that eighty
eight clubs had paid the annual fee
of $2, and that eighty-five had paid
'the world’s fair assessment of $5.
Mrs. William Ayres Cook of Little
Rock, the federation secretary, pre
sented a report urging the clubs
to become members of the general
federation. She stated that three
state clubs had come into the feder
ation during the past year, bringing
the total number to twelve. Mrs.
W. B. Folsom of Brinkley, chair
man of the club extension commit
tee, presented a report showing that
twenty new clubs had become mem
bers of the state federation during
the past year.
Shocking Tragedy.
Evidence brought out before a
coroner's jury at Light foot Springs,
Garland county, brought to light a
shocking tragedy. Miss Ida Tuck
er, aged 1G, died under mysterious
circumstances, and relatives caused
a post mortem examination to be
made. The evidence caused the
jury to conclude that her death
was due to strychnine poisoning ad
ministered by Thomas Garner, her
brother-in-law. The principal tes
timony before the coroner's jury
was given by Effie Tucker, the 14
year-old sister of the dead girl. She
testified that there had been an in
timacy between Garner and her sis
ter, and that upon one occasion
Garner had tried to assault witness
while she was gathering eggs in the
barn. She also averred that Gar
ner threatened to kill her if she re
vealed the relations between him
aaid Ada Tucker.
Negress Sentenced to Pen.
Leona Jones, the negress who
killed her husband at Helena on
February If) by pouring a boiling
decoction of red pepper into his
face, has been sentenced to the pen
tentiary for twenty-one years. The
charge was originally that of mur
der in the first degree, but as it be
came evident that it was going to
be difficult to get a conviction on
that charge Prosecuting Attorney
Andrews allowed the prisoner to
plead guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree.
Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. James Cate, who lived near
Upland, Union countv, was fatally
burned last week. Mrs. Cate was
burning trash and it being a windy
day, her clothing caught fire and
the flames were leaping up her
back before she discovered it. Mrs.
Cate’s 17-year-old daughter was
also painfully burned. In trying
to put out the flames in her moth
er’s clothing the fingers on both
her hands were burned almost to a
crisp.
■ail Pouch Thief Captured.
Two postoffiee inspectors had a
unique experience a few days ago
with James A. Rogers, assistant
postmaster at Cabot. For some
time complaint had been made that
registered packages-passing through
the Cabot office which is a central
point for star route service, failed
to reach the proper parties. In
spectors were put upon the case and
the old scheme of a decoy letter
containing a marked bill was re
sorted to. When the pouch con
taining the decoy letter reached
Cabot Jones was the only person
in the oflice. He proceeded to sort
the mail and when it was sent to
the depot the inspectors were on
hand. They opened and found
their letter all right, but the mark
ed bill was missing. Rogers was
immediately arrested, but stoutly
denied his guilt. The inspectors
noticed him chewing something a
moment after his arrest and ac
cused him of swallowing the stolen
money, one of them remarking to
Rogers that if he had swallowed
the bill he would be dead in less
than an hour, declaring it had
been soaked in arsenic, a deadly
poison. Rogers turned pale at this
and the words seemed to have af
fected him. “Yes, 1 swallowed
it,’’ he finally blurted out. “I'm
getting deathly sick. Can't you
do something for me? Take me to
a doctor."’ lie was hurried to a
doctor as if his life depended upon
it and a- large dose of ipecac ad
ministered. It took but a few min
utes for the emetic to get in its
work and lie began to vomit. Among
other things which he gave up
from the depths of his stomach was
a little wad which proved to be a
piece of currency. When it ^vas
washed out the inspectors found
their identification mark wt
they had placed it.
Two Killed Houses Demolished.
A destructive storm swept por
tions of Jefferson and Grant coun
ties on the night of April 24. Be
sides the property loss two persons
were killed and several injured.
The towns of Pastoria and Sher
rill were the principal sufferers,
though fields in the path of the
storm were swept clean. At Pasto
ria the residence of Martin San
ders, a negro, was demolished and
his wife was injured internally.
Sanders’ young son was struck on
the head by falling timber and his
skull crushed. The residence of
Wrn. Smith on a plantation near
Pastoria and all the negro cabins
were destroyed. The two sons of
Pleas Thomas were killed outright.
At Sherrill the residence and gin
house of J. if. Barrett was almost
! completely wrecked and the fami
ly escaped death by seeking shelter
in an out house. Several other
buildings at Sherrill was damaged,
but no one was killed at this point.
Young Medicos.
Fifty-two young physicians werr ‘
granted licenses and certificates by
the state medical board of examin
ers last week. The examination
began in the hall of representatives,
at the state house, on April 12, and
72 aspirants for the affix “M. D.”
toiled over the task for several days.
The subjects covered were anatomy,
physiology, chemistry, materia rned
iea, practice of medicine, obstetrics
and surgery, five to ten questions be
ing asked on each subject. The av
erage required on all subjects com
bined was GO per cent.
Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested.
Deputy United States Marshal
Holman arrested Walter Adam®
and Travis Williams at Garland
City on a warrant charging then
with counterfeiting. It is claimed
moulds and dies for making bogus
nickels and silver quarters were
found in the lodging quarters of
the accused.
More Trouble for Lake.
Edward H. Lake, the junior mem
"her of the Alphin & Lake Cotton
company, whose failure last year for
half a million caused a great sen
sation in Little Lock and El Do
rado business circles, has been made
the defendant in thirteen indict
ments returned by the Pulaski coun
ty grand jury. All charge false
pretenses in obtaining money from
the Iron Mountain Railroad com
pany, the Bank of Little Rock and
the Citizens’ Bank. The total
amount alleged in the indictments
to have been secured by Lake under
false pretenses is $97,889.89. It is
allged that he represented, to se
cure that money, that there was a
total of 8,201 bales of cotton in the
El Dorado compress. The amounts
alleged to have been secured from
the railroad company and the two
banks are as follows: Iron Moun
tain, $07,305.18; Banks of Little
Rock, $13,884.57; Citizens’ Bank,
$10,700.12. Four indictments
charge the securing of money from
the railroad, five from the Bank of
Little Rock and four from the Cit
izens Bank. The alleged crimes ex
tend from September 16, 1902, to
December 30, 1902. Lake was re
leased on a bond of $16,000.
Official Vote in Laat Primary.
The official returns from all the
counties in the democratic prima
ries of March 26 have been received
and compiled showing the follow
ing results, compared with the vote
of 1902:
1904.
Davis .71,502
Wood .52.216
Davis’ majority .19,386
1902.
Davis .76,879 |
Rector .39,591
Davis’ majority .37,288
The total vote cast in 1902 was
116,4*0, compared with 123,716 j
cast in the recent primaries.
Jail Burned.
The Poinsett county jail at Har- j
risburg was destroyed by fire. The
fire is believed to have been of in- :
cendiary origin. It was learned
that ten or twelve gallons of gaso
line were taken from the Williams
Dry floods Company’s store, and it is
supposed that the theft was commit
ted by the ones setting fire to the
prison and that the oil was utilized
for that purpose. Judging from the
manner in which the jail burned,
the gasoline was applied to most ev
ery part of the building. The pris
on was not locked and the tire bugs
had free access to the building and
evidently saturated the floor and
bedding.
Served Tim# Before Case Was Reached.
An unusual case was brought to i
light in the state supreme court re
cently, when attorneys for Phillip
Jones, a negro, dismissed an appeal |
which had been pending for more
than a year, during which time
Jones had served the term to which
he was sentenced by the lower
court. Such a case, it is said, has j
never occurred before in the history
of the state. The case was taken
up in the' regular order, but Jones
had served his term and been re
leased from the penitentiary sever
al months before it was reached on
the docket.
Tornado in Howard and Pike.
Portions of Howard and Pike
counties were swept by a tornado
April 2(5. The path of the storm
was two miles wide and fifteen miles
long. Although no lives were lost,
a number of houses were blown
away and many head of cattle were
killed. The losses fall heavily upon
a number of farmers. It is esti
mated that the damage will exceed
$200,000 in the path of the storm.
Many farms are strewn with fallen
timber, and fences are down or lost
entirely. The greatest damage was
in the destruction of valuable tim
ber.
BRIEF MENTION.
Capt. CJ. W. Hurly, a Mexican
war veteran and wealthy citizen of
Newport, died April 25 after long
suffering from cancer.
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