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VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908.
NO. 7.
Lemons In Crawford.
It has been successfully demonstrat
0l1 that lemons can be grown in Craw
0dr county, the home of the fruit
crowing industry of Arkansas, and
S-t in size they excel those grown
anywhere in the world. Miss Coch
nne of Van Buren, had a tliree-year
nid tree front which one matured lem
on was picked last year. Recently a
fully ripened lemon dropped from the
dee It weighed just one pound and
measured 13 1-2 inches one way and
13 the other. The fruit was well
formed and possessed a flue flavor.
The tree has one more lemon on It
and this one promises to mature in
due time.
To Improve Terre Noir.
Land owners in the vicinity of the
Terre Noir creek bottom are devising
plans to improve the stream. It is
proposed to straighten and deepen the
creek for a distance of about 25 miles,
commencing a few' miles south of Hol
lywood, and continuing to where the
creek empties into the Little Missou
ri river. If the proposed work is put
through, it will he by bond issue, and
the cost which would be very moderate,
would be distributed over a period of
from 10 to 30 years. The value of parts
of the land would be quadrupled, and
its productiveness would be greatly
enhanced.
Woman Shot To Death.
Mrs. Emma Hearness, a widow, was
shot and killed, and her son, 20 years
old, who is half-witted, was wounded
by James Hall at Conway. Hall had
killed two dogs belonging to Mrs.
Hearness and had refused to pay for
them. She accompanied her son fo
his home to request, payment, and af
ter a few minutes parley, Hall opened
fire on them, killing Mrs. Hearness in
stantly and wounding the son so se
riously that he died some hours later.
Killed Deer With Stones.
Bettis Cushinberry and a man
named Berry killed a deer near South
ern Home recently with stones. Dogs
started the deer and Berry and Cushin
berry followed. When the deer reach
ed the open Cushinberry shot at it
with a small rifle, but without effect.
Then both men began throwing stones
and one struck the deer, felling it,
Cushinberrv then dispatched the brute
with a knife.
Accidentally Killed Brother-In-Law.
Will Cardon accidentally shot and
killed his brother-in-law, Austin Simp
son near Mountain View. The two
men were riding through the woods
when they discovered some turkeys,
and dismounted. In some manner,
Cardon lost his footing while taking
aim at the turkeys, and fell. His gun
was discharged, the contents lodging
in Simpson’s head, causing instant
death.
Sadly Hurt.
J. W. Wilson, a farmer living in Lon
oke county, was assaulted by a man
who afterwards made his escape and
was seriously injured about the head.
Shooting At Negro Dance.
A shooting scrape occurred at a ne
gro dance near Conway, in which two
hegroes were shot, one of them fa
tally.
Wolves Killing Sheep.
Many sheep are reported as being de
sired by wolves In Sharp county,
anir a movement has been started
aniong the farmers to organize for a
w°lf hunt for the purpose of exter
minating the animals.
Thrown From Wagon.
Mark Davis, who lives near St.
anies, Stone county, was thrown from
,'s "as°n recently and was seriously,
lf not fatally, injured.
Negro Kills Another.
Cotton, a negro, shot and in
a“'billed Walter French, another
ero’ a* Texarkana recently.
Poultry show.
I!' Qton County Poultry and Pet
shfU' Assoclation will hold its annual
" at Bentonville, January 7-10.
Body of Negro Found.
50 y6 'J0<*y William Bolin, a negro
°* age’ was discovered In a
on ' decomposed state, near Leves
murdered U v b?lieved the man was
been * Near’y a>l the flesh had
bone te'°ured by animals and the
them scattered so widely that all of
m could “ot be found.
^ Minister Held For Forgery.
m(J' Ck Short, a Methodist min
for ’ “c tas keen living at McNeil
Siloam^e! t.ime has been arrested at
bP>ings charged with fofgery.
Alleged 5-Cent overcharge.
The transcript in the case of A. S. J.
Clark against the Jonesboro, Lake City
and Eastern Railroad Company, on
appeal from the Mississippi County
Circuit Court, was filed in the Supreme
Court Thursday. The action was
brought against the railroad company
for $300 damages and attorney's fees,
alleged to have been sustained by the
plaintiff by reason of an overcharge
of fare by a conductor on the road
while the plaintiff was a passenger
between Chickasawba and Blvtheville.
The plaintiff alleges that the conductor
required him to pay a fare of 10 cents,
whereas the distance between the two
stations is only 7,285 links and that
the maximum amount allowed for col
lection by law is only five cents. For
the alleged overcharge of five cents
plaintiff sued railroad company fiv
$300 damages and attorney's fees. In
the lower court the jury rendered a
decision in favor of the defendent
railroad company, whereupon the
plaintiff took an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
An Unusual Funeral Procession.
The little five-year-old child of G. A.
Danner, a poor farm hand living near
Hot Springs, was burned to death re
cently. The father being unable to
furnish even a rough wagon, in which
to convey the body of his child to the
cemetery, procured a small baby
buggy and placing the little corpse
in it wheeled it to the nearest bury
ing grounds, a distance of five miles,
followed by the mother with a babe
in arms, and leading a seven-year-old
child by the hand.
Child Burned to Death.
The six-year-old daughter ot F. G.
Dudley of Nettleton, three miles south
of Jonesboro, was burned to death at
his home while playing about a bon
fire in the back yard. The child, as it
was supposed, was stooping over the
fire when her clothing caught. She
ran into the house, but before assist
ance could arrive was so badly burned
that she died a few hours later.
Woman Shot In Her Home.
Mrs. Charles Mann of Pine Bluff was
shot in the back of the head by some
parties, supposed to be negroes, who
fired through the walls of the house.
Mrs Mann was painfully injured.
May Lose Eye.
Miss A. Shiller of Siloam Springs
upset a can of lye, the contents strik
ing her in the face and inflicting burns
which, it is feared, will destroy the
sight of one of her eyes.
Printer Attempts Suicide.
William Dunn, a printer, attempted
to commit suicide at Fort Smith by
cutting his throat, first with a pock
etknife, and later with a razor. He will
recover.
Shoots His Friend.
Sylvester Tucker, a negro, fatally
shot Walter Carson, his boon compan
ion at Argenta recently, because his
request for a Christmas present was
denied.
Child Choked to Death.
The nine-months-old child of David
Roane of Van Buren was choked to
death by a small bone from a piece
of meat which it was eating.
Killed Black Eagle.
J. A. Smith, who lives near Grapevine,
killed a black eagle recently, which
measured seven feet and four inches
from tip to tip of its wings.
Child Badly Scalded.
The 4-year-old child of Guy Bilheimei
of Little Rock was badly scalded by
pulling a kettle of boiling water over
himself recently.
Injured In Cutting Affray.
J. W. Wilson, was seriously injured
in a cutting affray with an unknown
assailant on the streets of Little Rock
recently.
Contraband Liquor Seized.
The authorities at Paragould seized
recently, one barrel and 20 quarts of
whiskey, and five barrels of hop ale
and beer.
Negro Killed at Brinkley.
S. M. Dent shot and killed Bud Sale,
a negro, at Brinkley recently. Th<
jury returned a verdict of justifiable j
homicide.
Young Man Shot.
Dan Powers, a y.oung white man ol
Paragould, was shot and killed by A1
Evans. Powers, it is alleged, was in
toxicated and went to Evans’ home
with the avowed intention of killing
him. Several shots were fired by both
men, and one entered Powers head
back of the right ear killing him in
stantly.
Accidentally Shot.
Joe Carter accidentaly shot Charlej
Surgenor at Riverside recently.
Surgenor’s wound is serious.
FAMILY WIPED OUT
VENDETTA KILLS LAST ONE NEAR
BEDFORD, OHIO.
WAS TRAILED FROM LODZ, AUSTRIA
Diary Found In the Murdered Man's
Pocket Tells of Wanderings and
Many Narrow Escapes.
Cleveland. Ohio—Radivaje Rakich
was fatally shot Thursday near
Bedford, O. Rakich is the youngest
member and the last-of a family that
was wiped out by a vendetta. The
feud began in Lodz, Austria, where
the Rakich family was prominent.
Young Rakich escaped to this country,
but was followed, according to a diary
which he kept, and which was found
in his pocket after the shooting.
Wednesday Rakich withdrew his mon
ey from a bank and stated to a friend
that he was followed by his avengers
and was about to leave for another
city. The young Austrian was shot
from ambush. Three unknown for
eigners, who have been seen loitering
about Bedford during the past few
days, are suspected and farmers are in
pursuit.
It is believed that they have es
caped to this city. Although Rakich
was well educated and refined, he
chose to work in a railway construc
tion camp, where he last was em
ployed.
The diary tells of his wanderings
over the United States and narrow
escapes from his pursuers. The de
tails of the motive are unknown.
COWHIDE FOR EX-SENATOR.
Patterson of Colorado is Knocked
Down and Beaten by Rich Rival.
Denver, Colo.—Years of enmity
vvhich led to a bitter newspaper
war culminated Thursday morning in ,
•a personal encounter between F. G. !
Bonfils, proprietor of the Denver Post, ,
and ex-Senator Thomas M. Patterson,
proprietor of the Rocky Mountain
News and the Denver Times.
Mr. Bonfils, who is is one of the lead
ing millionaires of Denver and Kan
sas City, met ex Senator Patterson on
the street, and, after a few words,
knocked him down. When Patterson
regained his feet he was given a se
vere beating with a cowhide whip. He
was taken to his home, where physi
cians report that his injuries, while
painful, are not considered serious.
Mr. Bonfils was unhurt.
Mr. Patterson is ranked as a mil
lionaire. He retired from the United
States senate a year ago.
Seventy-One Bodies Recovered.
Jacobs Creek, Penn.—Little prog
ress was made yesterday in the !
search for bodies of victims of last I
Thursday’s explosion at Darr mine, j
.The last faint hope of finding any i
one alive in the mine having passed j
away several days ago. the desire of
the men to spend the holiday with ;
their families tended to deplete the i
rescuing forces. Twenty bodies were
brSuglit out during the cay and re- |
main unidentified. Up to last night a
total of 70 bodies have been brought
out. In deference to the day, no
funerals were held.
Must Face Embezzlement Charge.
Philadelphia. Penn.—James Simp
son, paying teller of the Farmers’ Na
tional bank, was arrested last night
on a warrant charging him with the
embezzlement of $4,400. Simpson en
tered the employ of the bank when
but 14 years old and during the 25
years by gradual steps has been ele
vated to the position of paying teller.
FULL PAY FOR DEPOSITORS.
State National Bank of New Orleans
Declared Solvent.
New Orleans, La.—“All holders
of stock in the State National bank
will receive from $150 to $200 per
share for their stock and all depositors
will be paid in full,” was the official
announcement yesterday of \V. S. Par
kerson, counsel for the institution,
whose directors have called a stock
holders’ meeting to decitie whether
the bank shall go out of business. The
proposition to liquidate was caused by
the belief that the resignation of
President William Adler last week im
paired the bank's usefulness. The
bank has since been declared solvent
both by National Bank Examiner
Cooper and the New Orleans clearing
house.
Green in New England.
Boston, Mass.—Christmas in New
England was a green one. The ground,
except in the Northern Maine and
New Hampshire woods, was clear of
snow, while the day itself was like one
left over from the Indian summer.
Through the efforts of the Salvation
Army and other organizations, thou
sands of destitute people were given
good dinners for the first time In
months and many children, who never
before knew the meaning of Christ
mas, were made glad with small
presents.
Black Hand School Hearing.
Pittsburg, Penn. — The seventeen
Italians arrested Tuesday and al
leged to be members of the Black
Hand society were given hearings
yesterday before Magistrate Brady
and sentenced to the woikhouse for
from 30 to 90 days or fined amounts
ranging from $10 to $100 each. The
men were surprised in a socalled ltal
ian club in an alley basement. A se
cret tunnel leads from the room to an
exit on Webster avenue, but the police
had learned of this and had it guard
ed.
$150,000 Fire in Chicago.
Chicago, 111.—Fire Thursday bad
ly damaged the five-story building
at 72-80 Lake street, inflicting a loss
of about $150,000 on the structure,
and a number of small manufacturing
concerns that occupied it. The fire
spread so rapidly that some of the
occupants had narrow escapes from
asphyxiation by smoke, but all man
aged to reach the street in safety.
Ear Full of Molten Lead.
Middletown, N. Y.—James B. Conk
ling. ,a prominent business man,
is in a serious condition as a re
sult of a peculiar and unexplained in
jury yesterday. Conkling, who has
been in ill health, was found uncon
scious with one ear filled with lead,
which apparently had been poured
into the organ while in a molten state.
Newspaper Man Drops Dead.
Chicago, 111.—Albert G. Beaunis
ne, assistant to the publisher of
the Daily News, one of the best
known newspaper men in Chicago,
dropped dead in the Stockholm Swed
ish massage parlors, 1S2 State street.
Mr. Beaunisne had been in failing
health for some time and had been
taking the massage treatment.
Kansas Congressman Seriously III.
Washington, D. C. — Representa
tive William A. Oalderhead of Kan
sas is critically ill with double pneu
monia at iiis apaitments in this city.
Mr. Calderliead was taken down about
three weeks ago with the grippe and
pneumonia developed the day before
Christmas.
TAGGART CALLS CONVENTION.
Roger Sullivan Heads Special Com
mittee on Arrangements.
French Lick, Ind.—Chairman Tag
gart of the democratic national
committee Monday issued a for
mal call for the national convention
to meet at Denver, Colo., July 7, 1908.
Mr. Taggart also announced the fol
lowing special committee on arrange
ments for the national convention:
Roger S. Sullivan, Chicago; James C.
Dahlman, Omaha; Norman S. Mack, !
Buffalo; R. M. Johnston, Houston;
John T. McGraw, Grafton, W. Va.;
John M. Osborne, Rawlings, Wyo.;
Clark Howell, Atlanta, Ga.
Killed His Father-in-Law.
Reading, Pa.—Poland P. Stokes,
aged thirty years, shot and in
stantly killed his father-in-law, Dr.
John Y. Hoffman, aged 49 years, for
mer city treasurer, last night. Stokes
and his family iived with Hoffman.
Stokes, it is said, came home Thursday
evening, showing evidences of intox
ication. Dr. Hoffman protested against
his conduct and a quarrel followed,
which ended in the shooting. Stokes
claims that he shot Dr. Hoffman in
self-defense.
Ignored Sixty-Day Notices.
New' York, N. Y.—Thursday was
the date of the expiration of most
of the sixty-day withdrawal notices re
quired by the savings banks at the
height of the panic in October, but
scarcely a depositor called for his
money. The banks expected few de
mands, as they were convinced the
feeling of financial unrest was practi
cally over. In most cases yesterday's
withdrawals were more than offset by
deposits.
Shah Is Indisposed.
Teheran.—It was announced Tues
day that the shah is indisposed
and has been obliged to postpone
the formal taking of the oath of
allegiance to the constitution, which
he had promised to do on Thurs
day. There was a meeting of
the diplomatic corps at the French
legation yesterday afternoon, at
which, it is said, the question of for
eign intervention was discussed.
Girl Causes Killing.
Muskogee. Okla.—In a pitched bat
tle at Aaktaha, fourteen miles
south of here. Trank Ince, a young
farmer, was almost instantiy killed.
Those taking part in the battle were
Ince, Wilbur, Brasliears and Leonard
and Lemuel Collins. The last three
met Ince on the road and all began
shooting. Ince was fatally wounded
at the start, and fell in a ditch, where
he died.
Divorces Army Captain.
Philadelphia, Penn. — Mrs. Jeanne
Powers of Boothyn has obtained a
divorce from Capt. Thomas Powers
of the Thirteenth infantry, stationed
at Fort Leavenworth, and in a few
weeks will wed John Drayton Wain
wright, a naval officer at Washington.
She alleged Powers beat her with a
crutch he was forced to use after hav
ing been injured. He was formerly an
actor. a
124 Darr Miners’ Bodies Recovered.
Jacobs Creek, Pa.—Rapid progress
is being made in the removal
of bodies from th‘- Darr mine. All of
the entries except No. 27 have been
cleared, and a total of 124 bodies have
been brought from the mine. A num
ber of other bodies have been located
and it was expected that they would
be brought to the surface last night.
Man’s Leg Found in Sack.
Ford City, Penn.—A foot and
part of a man’s leg were found in a
sack which had been thrown into the
yard of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.
From the sack emanated a strong
odor of acid. Buggy tracks leading to
the river caused the authorities to
believe that the rest of the body was
thrown into the river. There is n>
clew.
Doctor Kills His Wife.
Hyde Park, Mass. — Dr. Walter
Amesbury of Milford shot and in
stantly killed his wife, Anna, a
teacher of music in Roanoke college,
Danville, Va., as the family were
about to sit down to their Christmas
dinner at the home of Mrs. Jennie
Reese, Mrs. Amesbury’s mother, at
220 Metropolitan avenue, this city.
Banner Year For Foreign Trade.
Washington, D. C.—A prediction is
made by the bureau of statistics that
the foreign commerce of the United
States in 1907, both imports and ex
ports, will be greater than for any
preceding year in the country’s his
tory. This is based on the figures for
the first 11 months of the year and
observations of the continued increase
thus far in December.
Liquor Men to Meet in Louisville.
Louisville, Ky.—A meeting of the
Model License League, composed
of leading distillers, wholesale liquor
dealers and brewers, to be held
in Louisville, has been called for Jan.
>1-22, 1908.
WOULD ENJOIN UNION
GOLDFIELD OPERATORS FILE
SUIT TO DISSOLVE LOCAL.
ALLEGED CRIMINAL SOCIETY
An Injunction Against Boycott Is
Also Asked For—Signed by Pres
ident of Consolidated.
Goldfield, Nev.—To carry the fight
into the federal court will be the
aext move of the Goldfield Mine
Owners' Association. Thursday a
suit will be filed in the circuit court
in the district of Xevada, asking not
only for an injunction against picket
ing and interfering with, nut for the
final dissolution of the Goldfield Min
ers’ union.
The suit is to be filed by the Gold
field Consolidated Mine Co. against
the Goldfield miners, the Western
Federation of Miners, Charles A. Mc
Kinnon, president of the local union,
and 19 other officers of the same.
The complaint sets forth the alleged
vast extent and richness of the min
ing interests involved, an the large
number of persons holding shares im
the mines in various states and ter
ritories; alleges that the Goldfield
Miners' union and the Western Fed
eration of Miners are voluntarily un
incorporated and that it is claimed,
to be a part of another larger organ
ization known as the Industrial Work
ers of the World, also unincorporated,
which has the same principles and
seeks to accomplish its results by the
same alleged unlawful methods, and
has in its ranks as members of these
associations not only the miners of
the Goldfield district, but other labor
ers, such as waiters, clerks, cooks,
barbers and barkeepers.
Alleged Organization of Crime.
It is further alleged that the West
ern Federation of Miners is organized
for the destruction of property and
creating “endless strife, disorder,
bloodshed and rioting. The Goldfield
union is charged in the bill with “in
timidation” and of being guilty of
wanton destructon of property, mur
der of innocent citizens, lawlessness
and anarchy to such an extent that
it has instituted a reign of terror in
the Goldfield district. It is further
alleged that the Goldfield union is a
“criminal society.’’
NEW CHICAGO HOSTELRY.
$3,800,000 Structure Will Be Begun
About March 1.
Chicago, 111. — Excavation for a
twenty-two-story hotel, to he known
as the La Salle, will be begun on
March 1. The building, which is to be
located on the northwest corner of
La Salle and Madison streets, will be
when completed, the largest hotel in
the west. It is to cost $2,800,000 ex
elusive of furnishings. The latter will'
cost approximately $1,000,000. The
project is being financed by the Hotel
La Salle Co., of which George H. Gaz
ley of New York is the head. The
hotel will contain 1,170 rooms.
RESPITE SAVES NEGRO.
Condemned Man Raises His Hands
and Exclaims “My God!”
Birmingham, Ala.—Just as thtr
sheriff was about to place the black
cap over the head of Henry Thaxton, a
negro convicted of killing S. T. Huns
tucker, white, a telegram arrived from
the governor suspending the execu
tion for 15 days. The sheriff read the
message aloud. The prisoner raised
his hands upward and exclaimed: ‘Mv
God!”
All the prisoners in the jail gave a
cheer and the prisoner was led back,
to his cell praying and weepiug.
Chicago Lid Lifter Freed.
Chicago, 111.—Champions of the
Sunday lid received what may prove
to be their knockout blow by the ac
tion of a jury Friday morning in ac
quitting Thomas Chamales, propri
etor of the Savoy saloon and restau
rant. The case against Chamales,
which was brought by members of the
Cnicago Law and Order League, has
been twice tried. In the first trial the
jury disagreed.
Louisville Saloon License Increased.
Louisville, Ky.—An ordinance in
creasing the license fee for sa
loons in Louisville from $130 to $500
was passed by be board of council
men last night and will in all prob
ability be passed by the board of aider
men and receive ‘.he approval of the
mayor next week.
St. Joseph, Mo.—Three young men
have been captured by a posse in the
woods on the Platte river near Ed
gerton Junction and charged with the
robbery of the Bank of Camden Point.
The men were taken to Platte City.
The capture was made by citizens
after a chase northwest into the bill
country.