Woodmkk Countx News.
VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1907.
NO. 9.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN epitome of the most im
portant EVENTS AT HOME
and abroad.
(ORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESS.
The first speech in defense of Sen
ator Smoot in the senate was deliv
ered by Senator Hopkins, of Illinois.
The senator argued that United States
senators are not officers of the United
States, and therefore can not be Im
peached. He cited the case of Sen
ator Blount, of Tennessee, many years
ago, who was charged with treason
able correspondence with a foreign
nation. The senate of that day so
held, and refused to Impeach him.
That conclusion, said Mr. Hopkins,
has never been reversed.
The senate has passed the service
pension bill, and it now goes to the
house. The bill authorizes a pension
on application of $12 a month to civil
war veterans 62 years of age and
over; $15 a month to those 65 and
over, and $20 a month to those 70
years and over. A similar bill increas
ing the pensions of Mexican war vet
erans passed the last session and is
pending in the house.
Mr. Slayden, of Texas, addressed the
house on his bill to discontinue the en
listment of negroes in the United
States army.
Mr. Zeron, of Illinois, delivered an
address In the house In opposition to
the ship subsidy bill.
A compromise has been brought
about between Senators Foraker and
Lodge, and if nothing occurs to break
the harmony, a sub-committee will be
sent to Brownsville, Tex., to investi
gate the "shooting up” of that town.
8enaor Lodge, of Massachusetts, and
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, debated the
right of the president to dismiss
troops without a trial. Senator Lodge
contended that the president as com
mander-in-chief has the power and
Senator Foraker contended that the
president was not above the law.
Senator Carter has Introduced a
point resolution, providing for a joint
committee of four senators and five
members cf the house to investlgat
and report to congress before January
1 next its findings as to the cause of
collisions on railroads and the best
means of obviating them.
In round numbers, the military ap
propriation bill carries $73,00,000,
which is a reduction of about $6,000,
000 in the estimate submitted by the
war department, and about $2,000,000
more than the appropriation made at
the last session.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Suit to dissolve the alleged merger
of the Wabash, Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain railroad companies and
the Pacific Express Co., and to revoke
the licenses and charters of the Pa
cific Express Co., the American Re
frigerator Transit Co., the Wesrtern
Coal and Mining Co., the Rich Hill
Coal Mining Co., and the Kansas-Mls
souri Elevator Co. have been filed in
the supreme court of Missouri by At
torney General Hadley. The petitions
aUege that the stock of all the com
panies named is owned by the same
interests, the Goulds, in violation of
the constitution and laws of Missouri.
January 19 the one-hundredth anni
versary of the birth of Gen. Robert E.
Cee will be celebrated throughout the
entire South.
A resolution providing for a sweep
ng investigation of the conduct of
vnited States Senator J. W. Bailey, of
Was, has been introduced in the
«°use of representatives of the state.
e resolution also provides for the
Wvestigation of R. V. Davidson, attor
y general, on the ground that It has
®n charged that he conspired with
tanoard Oil against Bailey.
exp*0sl0n of gas In a furnace
tallv i bUr8, Pa • 8even men vvere fa
tn n,Jured- one escaped, three were
are t, dfad’ and six are missing, and
unu 6 eved to have been covered
aader six fea* of molten irpn.
Bl^r' PaiTy New- now acting chair
1 republican national com*
«uirhe’ quote(i: “If Vice-President
•entert** S ?"0Ws his name to be pre
tae next rePubHcan national
Idem.,- °n as a candtdate for the pres
to wiiiarl? 1 take 11 for granted that
WlU receive the hearty
^elegauo "°US support of tha Indiana
RlCotAeamShip Ponce> from Porto
>a» fni." ,:w1York- two weeks overdue,
num v«*Li dl9able<1 at sea by a Ger
8av tho o and towed into St. George’;
" tae Berumadas.
tbrnprt^ g!rl8 and four youths aro
Urned tn a " u 10,11 youtns aro
in nis biennial message to the legis
lature Gov. Deneen appeals to Illinois
to do all In her power to obtain a deep
waterway from the lakes to the gulf.
Gov. B. B. Brooks of Wyoming, in
his message to the legislature said
that the railroads are not paying their
just share of the taxes in that state.
The South Carolina senate has
adopted a resolution endorsing the ac
tion of President Roosevelt in the
Brownsville (Tex.) matter, and re
questing the South Carolina delega
tion in congress to support this
course.
President Penna, of Brazil. ha3
signed a decree putting into effect the
renewal of the 20 per cent reduction
in the duties collected on American
imports.
Mount Etna is showing signs of
activity. Smoke, ashes and flames
are emerging from the top of the vol
cano, which is covered with snow,
The Michigan Stove Works at De
troit were destroyed by fire; loss,
$750,0u. Fifteen thousand stoves
were destroyed.
Samuel A. Groff, 00 years of age,
who was released from the Mounds
vllle (W. Va.) penitentiary last Sep
tember, after serving three years for
complici y in the postal frauds, died
of melancholia at his home in Wash
ington.
The interstate commerce commis
sion telegraphed President Hill of the
Great Northern that further aid to
break the coal famine in the north
west must be promptly given.
A colossal statue of Pope Leo XIII.,
weighing 12 tons, and destined for
his tomb in the Church of St. John
Lateran, has been transported to that
church, where it will be raised.
Mexican troops fired on rioting strik
ers near Orizaba, state of Vera Cruz.
Thirty dead were counted and eighty
wounded. When the troop3 arrived
the inhabitants were fleeing in terror.
Muzaffer.—Ed. Din. Mizza, shah of
Persia and “king of kings," died at his
capital, Teheran. Mohammed Ali Mlr
za, his son, is heir to the throne. He
was born in 1853, was the richest mon
arch in the world, and was the moat
learned of all the crowned heads. His
ideas were broad and liberal. His col
lection of jewel > is valued at $20,00®,
000, his throne at $12,000,000, and it is
said that he had $200,000,000 in his
personal treasure vaults. He never
became a polygamist, having only one
wife in his harem, his cousin.
Foreman Oliver, of the grand Jury
that indicted Mayor Schmitz of San
Francisco, gave testimony in court
that he was astonished at the revela
tion of corruption, and that he regard
ed Schmitz as a cypher and Ruef as a
figure.
Gov. Magoon has issued a treaty of
extradition between the rspublics of
Cuba and Santo Domingo. It is con
sidered important as possibly prevent
ing the organization in Santo Domingo
of insurrection expeditions destined
for Cuba.
During the examination of Corporal
Knowles, colored, charged with shoot
ing Captain Macklin, on the night of
December 21, at Fort Reno, Okla., it
developed that there was a plot to
murder every white officer at the post.
All of the officers now go heavily
armed and protected throughout the
night.
The British battleship Dreadnaught
is about to make a cruise across the
Atlantic, which will take her to West
Indian waters at about the time of
Rear Admiral Evans’ squadron will be
in he same vicinity, thus affording the
American officers a possible opportu
nit to see the latest marvel of nival
architecture.
The French Canadian newspaper La
Presse announces that the islands of
St. Pierre and Miquelon, in the gulf of
St. Lawrence, will be sold by France
to Japan. The paper’s authority for
the statement is "A distinguished Ital
ian, who is visiting in Canada.”
Available cash balances in United
States treasury, exclusive of the $150,
000,000 gold reserve, is almost $245,
000,000.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, until
recently the British ambassador at
Washington, is to receive a colonial
appointment. The governorship of
New So-, .h Wales is mentioned.
It is stated that the German govern
mest has authorized Gov. Solf of Ger
man Samoa, to purchase tha former
home of Robert Louis Stevenson, at
Vailima, for a government residence.
In the house Mr. Gaines, of Ten
nessee, and Mr. Mahon, of Pennsyl
vania, almost came to blows. The
lie was passed ,but iriencs wrought
about a reconciliation, and the would
be belligerents shook hands and be
came friends again. The trouble oc
curred when Mr. Gaines asserted tha!
Mr. Mahon was absent about 95 per
cent of the time.
The miners’ strike at Goldfield,
Nev., settled on operators’ terms.
The two Japanese arrested at Port
land, Ore , on suspicion of Dr. John
son murder, released.
The Japanese government, says a
dispatch from Tokio, has decided that,
on account of anti-Japanese agitation
on the Pacific coast, the Japanese
training squadron will not visit the
Pacific coast, but will go as far a;
Honolulu only.
AR
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
Former Legislator Now a Minister.
George F. Chapline of Clarendon
was recently ordained a minister of
the Christian church. He is a prac
ticing attorney and represented Mon
roe county in the General Assembly
of Arkansas two terms. Mr. Chap
line was fined $25 in the Pulaski Court
a year ago on a charge of conspira
cy to bribe in connection with the
Cache river levee bill, which was pend
ing in the legislature. Mr. Chapline
was a member of the legislature at the
time. He appealed his case to the Su
preme Court, but the decision of the
lower court was affirmed and he paid
his fine and costs.
Bank Showing.
Notwithstanding last year's over
flow, the Bank of England in that
town is able to make a very creditable
showing. The bank was organized in
1898, with a capital of $5,000, and on
January 3, 1907, the capital had in
creased to $25,000, with a surplus of
$8,000. In view of the fact that for
three years previous the crops have
been almost failures, the individual
deposits during the year amounted to
$47,726.12.
Motor Car to be Installed.
The Casa Valley Railroad Com
pany will install their motor car line
between Walnut Ridge and Hoxie. The
Summit Hotel at Mt. Nebo.
A suit that is attracting some atten
tion is that growing out of the draw
ing held at Mt. Nebo last summer.
A large amount of property was in
cluded in the drawing, and the Sum
mit Hotel, valued at between $40,000
and $50,000, was the capital prize. W.
T. Dunbar of Fort Smith held 100
chances on the hotel and he traded
them to Mr3. Stella Grusendorf of
Fort Worth, Texas, for 160 acres of
land in Texas and a small tract in
Arkansas. In the drawing Mrs. Grus
endorf won the capital prize, but be
fore a deed to the hotel was executed
Dunbar secured an injunction and had
a receiver appointed. Mrs. Grusen
dorf has been allowed to take charge
of the hotel and operate it. The case
will come up in February, and will be
represented by prominent attorneys
on both sides.
State Cotton Sold.
The Penitentiary Board has author
ized Superintendent Pitcock to sell to
W. A. Short & Co., the 305 bales of
cotton now on the wharf at the state
convict farm in Lincoln county. The
price for the cotton is 9 11-16 cents
a pound, making a total of between
$14,000 and $15,000 for the 305 bales.
This is the best price secured by the
board for cotton sold this year. In
some instances certain bales have
brought more money than this, but the
average sale price in all instances has
been below this figure. When this cot
ton has been paid for the board will
have about $70,000 to its credit in the
state treasury to be appropriated to
the various uses of the penitentiary
by the legislature.
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Public School Building, Mansfield. Arkansas.
car is in commission at present on tile
Cache Valley railroad at Sedgwick,
carrying passengers, mail and express
to the end of their line, 12 miles.
When the car is installed 15-minute
trips between Walnut Ridge and Hoxie
will be the schedule.
Big Land Deal Consummated.
The Brown-Henderson Company has
purchased 4,000 acres of timber land
in the vicinity of Nashlville beginning
at White Cliffs on the west side of
Little river and extending below the
cliffs. The track includes Horseshoe
lake, one of the best fishing bodies
of water in southeast Arkansas. A
club house will be erected on the bank
of the lake.
Wild Man Captured.
A man known as the “wild man”
was arrested reecntly at Mt. Ida for
stealing flour and meat. He was found
in a cave in the mountains, and was
dirty, lean and lank, long-haired and
lame, and was suffering from an old
gunshot wound in the body. He gave
his name as Spangler, and says there
is a reward of $500 for him.
Child Burned to Death.
While Clay Kitchen and wife of
Greenway, were at a neighbor’s house,
their 5-year-old daughter's clothes
caught fire and she was burned to
death before their return. The little
one was in the yard having fled from
the house after taking fire. All her
clothing was burned and the child's
flesh cooked to a crisp.
New Library and Hall at Dumas.
The Ladies' Library Association at
Pumas, has purchased a lot on which
to erect a library building and hall.
A committee of five gentlemen has
been appointed to secure estimates on
the building and the work of con
struction will begin as soon as possi
ble. _
Will Contest Election.
W. W. Cartwright, Democratic nom
inee for representative from Stone
county, will contest the election of
John W. Webb, Republican, as repre
sentative from Stone county in the
General Assembly. He charges error
of election commissioners.
Anti-Street Tax League.
A movement is on foot among the
leading business men of Helena to
organize an anti-street taxpayers
league. The purpose of the league
is to bring sufficient influence to bear
on the legislature to effect the repeal
of the present street tax.
Gardens Are Full of Blooming Flowers
and Growing Vegetables.
Blooming flowers and fresh vege
tables from the garden are pointed to
as indicating the climate that prevails
in the vicinity of Waldo in the middle of
winter. Strawberries that are almost
ripei have been gathered from the garden
of Oscar Parker, in Waldo. His vines
are full of blossoms and his yard is
full of blooming roses, hyacinths, vio
lets and geraniums. In the garden
of A. D. Butler there are string beans,
young onions and new potatoes, tur
nips weighing one and two pounds
each, green peppers and radishes. The
residents of that section think this
a remarkable showing for the middle
of January.
Col. J. C. Young Shot.
Col. J. C. Young of Dunnington who
was recently shot by one of his ten
ants, is in a very serious condition.
The trouble arose over a rent settle
ment. Col Yancy claimed that the
tenant had sent him a lot of spoiled
corn in payment of his land rent and
demanded that he replace the worth
less portion of the corn with such
as would be salable. A quarrel ensued
and the tenant shot Col. Yancy, the bul
let entering the foot. Blood poison has
spread through his whole body, form
ing large quantities of pus in his
shoulder and thigh.
Shoots Alleged Robber.
Dr. E. H. Abington, cashier of the
Bank at Beebe, shot and seriously
wounded Ed Stearns of Beebe. Stearns
was shot while in the act of entering
the bank through a transom over the
door. He was siiot four times, one
bullet grazing his forehead, two bul
lets entering his right leg and one
entering his right hip and ranging up
ward. Stearns claims that he was
passing by, and hearing a noise in
the bank, concluded he would climb
through the transom and make an In
vestigation.
Neimeyer Road Incorporated.
The Little Rock, Maumelle anti
Western Railroad has filed articles of
Incorporation with the secretary of
state and received a charter from the
State Board of Railroad Incorpora
tion. This is the railroad to be con
structed in connection with the A.
f. Neimeyer Lumber Company plant,
ind will extend twenty-five miles in
i southeasterly direction into Saline
ttounty.
Stave Factory Moved.
The mill of the Eureka Stave and
Heading Company at Hope will be re
noved at once to Fulton.
Gen. Berry Names Staff for Reunion.
Senator James H. Berry, major gen
eral commanding the Arkansas Divi
sion, United Confedarate Veterans, has
issued General Order No. 3, naming
the members of the staff for the Ar
kansas Division at the reunion to be
held at Richmond, May 29. The staff
is as fololws:
“Lieut.-Col. J. F. Smith, assistant ad
jutant general; Lietit.-Col. Louis Vol
mer, assistant adjutant general.
“Lieut.-Col. W. K. Ramsey, chief
quartermaster; Maj. George M. Clark,
assistant quartermaster.
“Lieut.-Col. Ben H. Crowley, chief
commissary; Maj. A. W. Lake, assist
ant commissary.
“Lieut.-Col. F. H. Goran, inspector
general; Maj. A. H. Carrigan, assistant
inspector general.
Lieut.-Col. Charles Coffin, chief artil
lery; Maj. T. J. Andrews, assistant
chief artillery.
“Lieut.-Col. A. J. Bates, chief ord
nance; Maj. Willoughby Smith, assist
ant chief ordinance.
“Lieut.-Col. H. A. Butler, chief en
gineer; Maj. C. C. Cook, assistant en
gineer.
“Lieut.-Col. James H. Lenow, chief
signal officer; Maj. R. W. Smith, as
sistant chief signal officer.
“Lieut.-Col. J. M. Keller, medical di
rector; Maj. VV. P. George, assistant
medical director.
“Lleut-Col. R. R. Poe, paymaster gen
eral; Maj. J. A. Hughes, assistant pay
master general.
“Lieut.-Col. James Harris, chief of
transportation; Maj. -, assistant
chief of Transportation.
“Stan C. Harley, colorbearer; Joe
Dickson, color guard.
“The following past major generals
who have commanded this division, R.
G. Shaver, V. Y. Cook, B. W. Green
and Dan W. Jones, and all past briga
dier generals will act as honorary
aides-de-camp upon the general staff,
retaining their insignia of rank.
“The following aides-de-camp with
rank of major are named: J. W. House,
John M. Moore, J. M. Critz , John
Shearer, J. H. Fraser, J. H. Martin,
George Sibley.
Chaylebeat Springs to Be Made a Sum
mer Resort.
Chaylebeat Springs, in the eastern
portion of Nashville, said to contain
medicinal properties of a very high
order, and especially beneficial to per
sons suffering with stomach or kid
ney troubles, has been purchased by
the Brown-Henderson Company and
will be made into a summer resort.
Injured In Fire.
The building occupied by the Van
Buren Foundry and Canning Fac
tory at Van Buren, were destroyed by
fire recently, and three firemen were
caught between the walls and injured,
one of them, Melvin Keller probably
fatally so. The other two, Philip
Brodie and David Furry were less
seriously injured.
- __ Bankrupt. ~
A. C. Hull, former secretary of the
Security Fire Insurance Company,
now in the hands of a receiver, and
former secretary of state, has filed
a petition in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court. The liabilities
and assets are set out in full, but the
total figures of neither is recorded.
Desha County Warrants Burned.
The commissioners of accounts and
county judge of Desha county met re
cently at Arkansas City, for the pur
pose of burning all canceled county
warrants. The amount of the war
rants burned was as follows: county
warrants, $30,058.1G; school warrants,
$14,479.52; road warrants, $6,711.96.
Brothers Overcome by Gas.
J. A. and R. T. McDaniels, brothers
and cattle dealers of Jonesboro, were
overcome by gas in a hotel In St. Louis
and one of them is in a serious condi
tion. The valve of the fixtures attach
ed to the ceiling in the middle of the
room on the second floor was found
turned on, and it is believed that one
of the men blew out the gas.
Negro Escaped From Officers.
Ed Jones, a negro, who was arrested
at Fort Smith on a charge of nearly
chopping his wife to pieces with an
axe, escaped from the officers while
being taken back to Forrest City, to
answer the charge. He was heavily
ironed and handcuffed when he es
caped.
Live Stock Shipments.
During the year 1906 the following
were the live stock shipments from
Gravette: Cattle, carloads by rail, 35;
drovers, 7. Hogs, carloads, 17. Ag
gregate weight of cattle, 6S2.000
pounds, representing in value, cattle,
$23,400; hogs, $17,000. Total, $40,000.
New Sevtn-Story Building.
A contract has been let for the erec
tion of a seven-story office building
at Fort Smith. The strusture will be
fireproof aud will have ninety-five of-.
flees exclusive of the first story, which
will be used by the Merchant’s Na
tional Bank.
New Auditorium and Rink.
A movement is on foot among the
citizens of Helena to fornt a stock com
pany for the purpose of building a
$10,000 auditorium and rink.
WILL FILE SUIT.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRAOD TO
BE REQUIRED TO GIVE AN AC
COUNTING TO THE STATE
AUTHORITIES.
Springfield, 111., Jan.—Preparations
have been completed by Illinois state
officials for the suit to be filed by the
attorney general’s department against
the Illinois Central Railroad. Action
probably will be instituted immediate
ly. The proceeding will be filed in the
Supreme Court and will be in the na
ture of a bill for an accounting. Ac
cording to the state’s contention this
proceeding is necessary by reason of
the magnitude of the accounts, the diffi
culty of examination of the compli
cated records of the railroad and the
extent of the computations.
No specific amount of indebtedness
is mentioned in the bill of the peti
tioners, for the reason that it has been
impracticable to compute the same.
The bill i3 a voluminous document
covering 135 abstract pages of printed
matter.
W. H. Boys of Streator, former as
sistant attorney general; B. T. Lin
coln of Ottawa and Maj. J. H. Wid
mer of Ottawa prepared the case and
will have charge of the entire prose
cution.
The rules of the Supreme Court
stipulate that a bill must be filed at
least 20 days before the opening day
of a court term to insure the docketing
of the case for that term. This will
bring the case on the docket- for the
February term of court
Railway Wreck.
El Paso, Tex., Jan.—Running at a
high rate of speed, Rock Island pas
seng-r train No. SO, which left here
at 6:30 p. m., January 12 for Chicago,
dashed into an open switch at Bar
ney, N. M., 190 milts north of El Paso,
early this morning. Five persons were
killed and eight injured.
When the train dashed into the
switch the engine left the track and
turned over, pinning the engineer and
fireman underneath and killing them
Instantly. The express car, dining
car and a Pullm-’n were thrown from
the track. Of the eight passengers
hurt none will die.
The train wrecked today was in col
lision on January 2 at Volland, Kan.,
with No. 29 on the same road, and
32 people, mostly Mexican laborers,
on the way to El Paso, were killed and
over 30 injured.
El Reno, Jan.—A special train car
rying a party of Rock Island officials
went into the ditch near Hydro, Okla.,
Nc one was injured.
The wreck was caused by spreading
rails. The railroad men are on a
tour of inspection.
Pope's Aid Solicitated.
Rome, Jan.—W. T. Stead, in connec
tion with his efforts to interest Pope
Pius :n an international movement,
wrote Cardinal Merry del Vnl, the pa
pal secretary of statei enclosing a let
ter to the Pope in which he declared
his ideas as to the action the Vatican
should take and pointing out the enor
mous moral enfluence such action by
the Pope would create. It it reported
that Mr. Stead's desire is that the
Pope issue an encyclical in favor of
peace and the limitation of armaments
in vain.
El Paso, Tex., Jan.—James Duncan,
one of the members of Company D,
Twenty-tifth Infantry, discharged with
out honor at Fort Reno, applied at the
local office for re-enlistment 'out was
rejected under the orders of the pres
ident.
Italy and the Pope.
Rome, Jin. —Unofficial advances that
have been made in an effort to ascer
tain Italy’s attitude toward the ques
tion of a representative of the Vatican
at the coming peace convention at The
Plague have found no encouragement.
Although the relations between Italy
and t'.ia church arc now the best, the
Italian government does not think
it can abandon the principles estab
lished ia 1S99 when the papacy was
excluded from the first conference.
Besides this, there is now another
country that would strongly object
to a papal representative, France.
Twenty-four Drowned.
Cuxhaven, Germany, Jan.—The Ger
man steamship Pengweru, Capt. Wil
liams, from Taltal, Chile, October G,
for Falmouth, with a cargo of salt
petre, grounded off Scharpem, about
tea miles northwest of Cuxhaven.
Twenty-four men, comprising the crew,
were drowned and her cargo is a to
tal loss. The tug Vulkan went to the
assistance of the stranded vessel and
parsing closely to her the crew of the
Pongwem threw a live dog and a bun
dle of clothing on board the tug, but
disregarded appeals to jump overboard
and be picked up.