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Arkansas State News
Connecting Line Hay Be Built.
A special from Newport says:
The acquisition of the Frisco by
the Rock Island would seem to favor
rather than retard the construction
of the fifty miles surveyed railroad
between Pocahontas and Newport,
from the fact that the tilling in of
this gaj) would furnish the Leeds
system connections, a St.
Louis-Little Hock line, by
way of the St. Louis and South
eastern, to Pocahontas, and from
Newport to Little Rock over the
Choctaw. The Frisco surveying
corps, under the charge of Engineer
Robert Burgess, reached Pocahon
tas last week after completing from
Newport one of the most careful
and precise surveys the corps had
ever been instructed to make, re
quiring over six weeks and covering
over lifty miles. Two surveys were
made out of Newport, one leaving
Jackson port to the left and crossing
Black river at Elgin, a route short
er by five miles than the other
through Jacksonpurt, which will
bridge the Black river at Point Fer
ry- _
Big Increase in Assessment.
The railroad assessment board,
composed of Gov. Davis, Secretary
of State Crockett and Auditor Mon
roe, has completed its labors. The
assessment of the Iron Mountain
stood at $14,000 per mile. The
Cotton Belt was raised from $8,500
per mile to the same as the Iron
Mountain; the C., O. & G. from $7,
500 per mile to the same figure; the
Frisco from $10,000 to the same
figure, and the Kansas City South
ern from $7,500 per mile to the same
figure, which was $11,000 per mile
for all these lines. After this there
was a general raise of 20 per cent
on these railroads. Ihe Memphis
bridge was raised from $750,000 to
$1,000,000. On some of the roads
the increase amounts to over 100
per cent. The assessment rate per
mile on short line roads was also
increased in proportion. It is more
than probable the railroads will re
sist the increase in the courts.
Handlers of the Queer Captured.
Officers at Hot Springs made an
important arrest of a counterfeiter
and his wife, besides capturing a
complete counterfeiting equipment.
The man arrested is known as Wil
liam Brock. When taken into cus
tody he was in the act of passing a
$5 counterfeit bill in a saloon. His
wife was located soon thereafter and
in their apartments was found sev
eral thousand dollars in $5 hills, to
gether with the plates and other
pharaphernalia. Brock resisted ar
rest violently, and was only sub
dued bv the officer after a violent
struggle, during which a pistol of
large caliber was taken from his
person. The counterfeiters succeed
ed in passing a large number of the
spurious bills, although detectives
had been on their trail for several
weeks.
Fight on Train
A bloody tight took place on an
excursion train near Wilmar, in
which Sherrill Byrd, Houston Ben
man and E. A. Maury of Wilmar
were probably fatally cut. Ed Ad
ams of Warren was stabbed three
times with a knife, and was struck
over the head with a beer bottle.
Clay Collins was cut aboift the face
with a broken beer bottle and pain
fully injured. As the train was
pulling out of Wilmar W. A. Stacey
was struck by a rock ami painfully
but not seriously injured. The train
was making the return trip from
Arkansas City, where the excursion
ists viewed the monitor Arkansas.
Fruit Badly Damaged.
lion. John P. Logan, who has
charge of the work of collecting the
fruit exhibit for the St. Louis
world’s fair, says the crop was sy
badly damaged by the late o#mi
weather that it will be extnp'ineh
difficult to gather a ereditiptSle ex
hibit.
Big Blaze at Sy4mps.
Fire at Stamps destroyed thf
dry goods store of/Smith & Sulli
vant, the grocer', store of L, R
Hendrick & Co.Xthe hotel of B. \V
Benton and the rtotidence of L. A
Baker. The major’s office ant
store buildings belonging to W. L
Wallace
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placed
Li and [Mrs. Copehas
stroyed.i t he total 1
at $15,oW
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Tarred and Feathered.
W. D. Thomas, a salesman, and
■Tohn Ward, a telegraph lineman,
| had a terrible experience at the
| hands of a crowd of citizens at
| Wynne. It seems that Ward was
endeavoring to entice a woman to
I desert her husband and elope with
him. He sent her a telegram stat
l ing that he would arrive on a cer
tain train and to be prepared to
leave with him. Before delivering
the message, the telegraph operator
notified several parties. A few
hours later, when Ward arrived, in
company with Thomas, they were
taken in charge by a crowd in wait
ing. After receiving a severe beat
ing, a goat of tar and feathers was
| administered to each of the men
and they were compelled to walk to
the next station in this condition.
Thomas claims he knew nothing
about Ward’s intentions nor that he
was in any manner connected with
his scheme. Those who administer
ed the punishment, however, contend
that. Thomas was acting as a friend
of Ward's.
Lawyer in Trouble.
The Garland county grand jury
returned an indictment against
Ralph Davis, a prominent attorney
of Memphis, charging perjury and
embezzlement in connection with
his attorneyship for parties under
arrest for alleged footracing frauds.
The specific charge in the indict
ment as to embezzlement is that he
converted to his own use a portion
of $12,500, given to him in a check,
to secure the release on bond of L.
r, T tr PIot-L- p v. 1
II I I 1 n 11 rt i a
i Goddard and William Nelson. Da
vis was at one time debarred from
practicing at Memphis <m a charge
i similar to the one upon which he
was indicted at Hot Springs.
Drowned in White River.
Henrv Ward, the 12-year-old
child of Cap Kenedy of the steam
er City of Idaho, was knocked from
the boat into the river near Augus
ta by the falling of some freight
and was drowned. The little fellow
made a heroic effort to save him
self, having presence of mind to
swim out of danger of being caught
by the wheel and battled with the
rushing current for several minutes
before his strength gave out. When
the little fellow went under a row
boat was within a few feet of him,
but so swift was the current the
craft could not be manned quick
enough.
James Dougherty Convicted.
James Dougherty was convicted
I by a Garland county grand jury of
murder in the first degree for kill
ing Jack Donahue, a city detective,
of Hot Springs. Dougherty, in
company with a woman, was creat
ing some trouble in the outskirts of
the city, when Donahue was sent to
arrest him. As the officer approach
ed the couple Dougherty, without
the least provocation, shot him
through the head. This is the first
verdict for murder in the first de
gree ever rendered by a Garland
county jury.
Work of Fair Board.
The Arkansas world’s fair board
has created the departments of hor
ticulture and of mines and metallur
gy. Hon. J. P. Logan, president of
the State Horticultural Society, has
been placed in charge of the former
i i i» _ _ e \ ii i» . _ l.. .
of the State University will look af
i ter the gathering of an exhibit of
| the state’s mineral deposits. The
j board desires the co-operation of
every citizen in the state in gather
ing specimens of every character
that will adtl to the exhibit to be
made, at St. Louis.
Among the class that will grad
uate from West Point this month
I are two young men from this state.
They are Geo. F. Uozell of Little
Lock and ('has. B. Moore of Texar
kana.
Denied Bail.
Napoleon McDaniels, who shot
and killed an old man at Texarkana
during a street fair several weeks
ago, has been denied bail and will
be compelled to remain in jail until
his trial at the fall term of court.
McDaniels served a number of years
: in the Texas penitentiary for train
t robbery, and was pardoned about
two years ago.
New Ro*d Chartered.
The state board of railway incor
poration lias granted a charter to
the Midland Valiev Railroad Com
pany, with a capital stock of $1,
860,000. This is the line organized
by the capitalists who constructed
the Choctaw. The total length of
the various lines in Arkansas is to
be ninety-three miles, as follows:
Commencing at Fort Smith, Se
bastian county, in a southerly and
southeasterly direction through
Greenwood, to a connection with
the Choctaw at Hartford, a dis
tance of 53 miles. A branch from
Hartford easterly through the
counties of Sebastian and Scott to
Bowies postoftice, Scott county, a
distance of 30 miles. A cut-off
branch from Montreal on the main
line southeasterly to the Bowles
branch near the town of Ipava, on
Cherokee creek, a distance of five
miles. A branch from the main
line near Montreal, westerly and
northwesterly to the west boundary
of the state, crossing the same in
section 17, township 5 north, range
32 west, a distance of five miles.
The road will parallel the Arkansas
t f KAtn \ rt St II : i t It 1 . I l 1 ■•/inn
wood. The surveys have all been
completed. * 1
To Test Game Law
The constutionality of the DeRos
sitt game law is to be tested in fed
eral court, according to a report
from Memphis. The (Section of the.
DeRossitt law which'makes it un
lawful for any person who is a non
resident of Arkansas to shoot, hunt,
fish or trap at any season of the
year in the state, is believed by
members of Memphis hunting clubs
to be ton arbitrary to stand the test
of the federal court. It is believed
that there are other weak sections
in it. Mississippi county is the only
county in the state excepted from
the provisions of the bill.
Paid in Full.
Hon. James P. Clarke has filed
his final report in the receivership
of the Rank of Little Rock. The
report, aside from the statements for
the information of tht! court and the
necessary explanation of exhibits,
states succinctly the work done. One
hnndred and ninety-six thousand,
seventy-six dollars and eighty-three
cents has been collected, and the
whole amount disbursed. There re
mains to be distributed to the de
positors $1,387.71, and with $65l.
8? in drafts there is a total balance
of $2,039.57. The depositors were
paid in fnll.
To Suppress Gambling.
An anti-gambling association has
been organized at Little Rock for
Hie purpose of suppressing the evil.
The association is composed of lead
ing citizens. An attorney has been
employed, and should the mayor
and other officials fail to act under
tlu> Wilson anti-gambling law, it is
proposed to proceed against these
officials in the manner prescribed
by law. It is a well known fact
that at least a dozen public gam
bling houses are in full blast in
Little Rock.
Judge Caldwell Retires.
Judge Henry 0. Caldwell of the
Eighth circuit court of appeals has
retired. He reached the age limit
of 70 years rix months ago, and va
rious rumors have been current re
garding his intentions since his last
birthday. Judge Caldwell’s retire
ment. became effective June 4, a let
ter having been written to the presi
dent June 2 from Wagon Wheel
Tap, Col., where the veteran jurist
is staying. Judge Caldwell retires
Change m Postmasters.
The following changes in post
masters have been announced:
Eros, Marion county, John A. Cow
drey, vice B. Jl. Estes, resigned;
Hurricane, Saline county, William
M. Steed, vice J. D. Steed, resign
ed ; Philadelphia, Izard county,
Richard J. Wheeler, vice G. W.
Maddox, resigned; Hanes, White
county, William II. Banos, vice Io
nia Rancs, resigned; Whitehall,
Poinsett county, James J. Foust,
vice James P. Jones, dead.
Gov. Bailey of Kansas will call
an extra session of the legislature
to relieve the sufferings of flood
victims should the aid received from
the public prove inadequate.
A half dozen prisoners confined
in jail at Caruthersville, Mo.,x qp
the charge of taking part in a lynch
ing, were poisoned by eating food
sent them by some unknown per
son. The doctors uau hard work
saving their lives.
I
News of the World
Pope Leo is reported seriously ill
Owing to his advanced age, his con
dition is causing much anxiety.
Acting Surgeon Hamilton of tin
marine hospital service, who is or
duty in Mexico, reports that yellow
fever has made its appearance a
Progresso.
A relief association at Armour
dale, the south side of Kansas City
Kas., has issued an appeal to th(
public for aid. At this place 1<>,
000 people are homeless, having lost
their furniture, clothing and every
thing.
Secretary Hay has received a ca
blegram from Consul McWade at
Canton, which says: “Gov. W'onj
telegraphs me that over a millior
natives in Ivwang Si are starving
and earnestly appeals for help froir
American charity.”
A bloody fight took place neai
St. Francis, Has., between a farmei
named Berry and his four sons ant
a gang of cowboys, in which all tin
Berrys ami three cowboys were kill
ed. The trouble arose over tin
cutting of a ranch fence by the Ber
rys in order to reach town tlu
shortest way.
A new scheme to cheapen beef
and to free London from the Amer
iean hoof trust, is about to he tried
It is proposed to bring an increased
number of Irish cattle to the eastcrr
counties of England, fatten them or
English farms, then feed them ii
stalls according to the Ameriear:
system and supply them to retai
butchers in the metropolis.
The number of immigrants arriv
in UMiini y 411
crease. Statistics for the twelvi
months ending- April 30 last, tin
returns for May not having yet beer
compiled, show that the immigrant:
arriving numbered 803,272. The'
were divided as follows: From Aus
tria-Hungary, 189,'81*; from Italy
227,463; from Russian empire, 128,
482; from German empire, 36,920
from United Kingdom, 39,856
from all other countries, 160,762.
County Superintendent of Educa
tion ('has. Hertel of St. Clair conn
tv, Illinois, was assassinated in his
office by a negro teacher named Wv
att. Two hours after the shooting
a mob took Wyatt from the jail
and, despite the appeals of the may
or, he was put to death, Aftei
swinging their victim up, the hod;
was lowered into a fire that. ha<
been started and the remains wen
reduced to ashes. The killing wai
caused by Hertel refusing to renev
Wyatt’s license to teach.
The town of Pacolct, S. C., a cot
ton manufacturing point, was al
most completely swept from th<
map and the great mills of Spar
tanburg and Clifton, S. C., were de
stroyed by a cloudburst. The towi
of Glendale and Converse also suffer
od severely. Several hundred poo
pie lost their lives, thousands an
homeless and the property loss wil
reach several million dollars. Th<
greatest destruction of lift1 and prop
ertv occurred at the l’acolct am
Clifton and Glendale cotton mills
About 95 per cent of the victim:
were employes in the big mills de
stroyed. So sudden was the rise o
water that but few people in it
path were able to reach a point o
safety. This disaster is the greates
ever visited upon the great cottoi
manufacturing belt of South Caro
lina. There was no wind and m
damage by lightning; only by wa
ter. This fell in veritable torrents
converting the surface of the eartl
into a sheer lake of raging water
Rivers overflowed their banks t<
heights never before known; creek
became rivers, and small rivulet
roaring torrents, wiping out every
thing in their course. Railroa*
bridges were torn from stone am
iron piers; cotton mills were crush
ed like straw before the floods, am
grist mills and innumerable indus
tries and cottages were washed awa;
by the angry waters.
After a prolonged strike in Xev
York city, 135,000 workers in th
building trades have resumed worl
on the strength of mutual conces
sions.
Immediately upon his return t
Washington, President Roosevel
sent for Postmaster General Payn
land it is reported urged him to con
Vnue the investigation of the post
offh^ affairs until the departmen
has *cen purged of the least suspi
cion fcf dishonesty.
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Gov. Bailey of Kansas has issued
a proclamation calling for aid for
flood sufferers in that state.
Hundreds of people in Chicago
who take their meals in restaurants
went hungry on account of a general
strike of waiters.
The Hargis-Marcum factions in
Breathitt county, Kentucky, clash
ed in a battle near Jackson, in
which James Gay, of the Marcum
clan, was shot to death and two oth
ers received slight wounds.
Dispatches from Odessa state
that the Jews there have been arm
ed and will defend themselves from
violence. It is understood the
funds for weapons has come from
America, and that Jews in other
Russian cities are to be equipped
with arms.
A satchel filled with dynamite
was found near the Chicago and
Alton railroad depot at Blooming
ton, 111., just before the arrival oi
President Roosevelt’s special. The
find caused a big sensation, some ex
pressing tlx* belief that the explo
sive was intended to do harm to the
president.
The navy department has opened
bids for the construction of the
Minnesota, Vermont and Kansas,
the three sixteen-thousand-ton bat
tleships authorized by the last con
gress, each to cost not exceeding
$4,212,000. The lowest bid was for
$4,190,000, for one vessel, by the
Newport News company, and the
highest bid was for $4,192,000, by
the eastern shipbuilding company,
of New Tendon, Conn.
Washington advices are to the ef
fect that the state department has
no present intention of making any
move in the matter of Panama ca
nal negotiations until the Colombian
congress meets June 120 and has
given some evidence of its disposi
■ tion toward the treaty. President
Marroquin, it is understood, was
■ satisfied, before calling the Colom
bian congress in special session, that
the government would be able to
command a safe majority upon the
question of ratification.
1 The tornado which struck Gaines
ville, 0a„ at noon on the 1st inst.
left a trail of death and destruction
most appalling. Nearly 100 people
were instantly killed and aa many
more received serious injuries. The
tornado did its appalling work- ir
, such an incredible short time that
it is difficult to obtain a coherent
description of its character. It ap
pears to have swept down from thf
southwest, striking the Gainesvilh
mills with a roar like the report ol
artillery. After lifting two storie:
from this structure, it swept on tc
the northward along Summit street
which is inhabited almost exclusive
ly by negroes. Nearly a hundra
cottages of colored people on this
street were leveled to the ground
' but by a fortunate circumstance tin
I tenants were all absent, having lef
‘ the city in the morning to take par
in a negro picnic. The furiou;
l wind next descended on the plan:
of the Pacolet Cotton Mills at Nev
Holland, two miles from the South
ern station. This is one of the larg
est cotton mills in the south, em
ploying more than 600 hands. Tin
storm spared the Pacolet factory
but entirely demolished a hundrec
of its cottages, standing near by
and tenanted by its operatives. Hen
the fatalities were greatest, upwan
<>f thirty-five persons being buriet
in the ruins of the cottages. Bod
ies were blown hundreds of yard:
and many of thefii when picked uj
Ixire no semblance to humanity
i Tfu> trunlr t\f
Allri VAlin
* found with the head decapitated a
• if by the guillotine. The town o
White Sulphur, with about 100 in
I habitants, was also in the wind’
path, and at this point about fifteer
1 persons are reported as dead. Mos
- of the victims are women and ehil
dren, and among the number wa<
very few negroes.
A colored excursion train wai
' wrecked near Columbia, S. C., b}
: running into a washout. Five oi
■ the excursionists were killed anc
several injured.
> Former Senator James K. Jones
t chairman of the democratic nation
s al committee, declares the mention
- of tirover Cleveland’s name in con
- nectiiin with the democratic presi
t dentil! nomination was a mistake,
■ and that his nomination is imposai
bk. §
A hailstorm sufficient to kill
young stock fell in the vicinity of
MadUl.
The new state capitol of Missis
sippi, erected at a cost of over $1,
000,000, was dedicated on the 3d.
Freight handlers employed by
St. Louis wholesalers have return
ed to work after being on a strike
for several weeks, gaining a slight
increase in wages.
A convention of anthracite coal
miners has been called to decide
whether there shall be another
strike. The bone of contention is
the selection of members of a' con
ciliatory board, to settle d iff crenel's
between miners and operators, as
provided by the rulings of the late
strike commission appointed by the
president.
The monthly statement of the
public debt shows that at the close
of business May 20, 1903, the total
debt, less cash in thp treasury,
amounted to $1,310,856,930, a de
crease for the month of $3,247,385.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest-bearing debt, $914,541,
360; debt on which interest has
I'eased since maturity, $1,924,900;
debt bearing no interest, $395,100,
670; total, $1,310,856,930. Thi*
amount, however, does not include
$893,762,869 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding.
The republicans of Ohio, in state
convention, unanimously adopted a
resolution endorsing President
Roosevelt for a second term. The
convention was harmonious. Sen
mvi ii.iim.i v»«ia uriupMoij
man and Senator Foraker presided
as permanent chairman. The ticket
nominated is as follows: Govern
or, Mvron T. Herrick, Cuyahoga;
lieutenant governor, Warren G.
Harding, Marion; auditor, W. D.
Guilbert, Noble; treasurer, W. S.
McKinnon, Ashtabula; attorney
general, William 1). Ellis, Hamil
ton ; judge of the supreme court, A.
N. Summers, Clarke.
John Barrett, commissioner gen
eral of the St. Louis Exposition to
the cou'utrk*' of the Orient, ^ih ^
Australasia, in which position he
has been enlisting the participation
of oriental nations in the St. Louis.
Exposition, has arrived home. Mr.
Barrett left for the orient thirteen
months ago, and has since traveled
approximately 45,000 miles on bus
iness connected with the exposition.
He says that he has conducted nego
tiations with no less than fifteen ,
countries for their participation in
the exposition, the number including
Japan, China, Korea, eastern Sibe
ria, Siam, French Indo-China, tha
I Philippines, Java, Ceylon, India,
and the Asiatic and Pacific colonies
of France Holland and Great Brit
ain. In round numbers, he says,
Asia will spend over $2,000,000 in
display; Japan alwut $-150,000;
China, $300,000; Siam. $100,000,
and the Philippines $500,000.
While tha first reports of loss of
life from the floods at Topeka were
exaggerated, the suffering of the
people of that town cannot be real
ized by outsiders. Thousands have
been rendered homeless, all their
earthly possessions being swept
away. The loss was equally great
in Kansas City, Mo., and suburbs.
A sit** numpmoa
packing houses, was completely sub
merged, and forty lives were lost at
this poipt. Railroad service was en
tirely abandoned in the Kaw val
1 lev, and it will take months to re
pair the damage to railrroad tracks
and bridges. The floods extend
over Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska,
■ Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ken
! tuckv, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. At
Topeka and other Kansas points
where the damage was the greatest.
epidemics of disease are threatened
after the water recede, but every
thing possible is being done to avert
this calamity. Summed up as a
whole, the losses will be the great
est in the history of the country.
The supreme court of Tennessee
has ruled that the act passed by the
last general assembly providing for
separate compartments on street cars
for whites and blacks, is unconstitu
tional.
A strike insurance company, in
cepted at the meeting of the Nation
al Manufacturers' Association in
New Orleans, and since promoted
by Louisville men, is under consid
eration by eastern capitalists, with
fair prospects of becoming a reality.
While trying to act as a peace
maker Chas. Rond was killed by
his brother near Mount emon,
Ind. In a struggle to hold hi*
brother, Bomu Win StTOOa With 4
knife, severing an artery,
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