Woodrukk Eounty News.
]
VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1 907.
NO. 37.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
«n epitome of the most im.
POATANT EVENTS AT HOME
and abroad.
north, east, west, south
a carefully Digested and Con
densed Compilation of Cur
rent News Domestio
and Foreign.
1
Investigation by the federal govern
ment shows that the number of men
held in peonage in the South is ap
palling; renewed efforts will be made
to crush evil.
Anti-prohibition members of the
Georgia house, though few in number,
by filibustering keep bill from coming
to vote and may defeat it.
Rich New York Armenians get let
ters saying they will share the fate
of the murdered Tavshanjian.
Police Commissioner Bingham of
New York says his department is pow
erless to protect the city from the
horde of criminals preying upon it.
Love letters written by John Warner
to Isabella Robinson before their mar
riage are brought into the famous case
at Clinton, 111.
Wisconsin bankers plan to put a
check on “shaky” borrowers by regu
larly auditing affairs of firms.
Impeachment proceedings in Con
gres against Federal Judge Peter C.
Pritchard are rumored because of his
decision in the North Carolina rail
way rates case.
Accused of tearing down a United
States flag and then trampling upon
it, James Grant, a British subject at
Birch, was sentenced to serve thirty
days in jail and pay a fine of $10.
The father of Prof. Karl Hau, who
has been sentenced to death for the
murder of his wife's mother, Frau
Uoliter, suffered a stroke of apoplexy
ind lies in a critical condition.
Henry A. Hutchins of Illinois was
ppointed a special agent of the In
ian bureau to aid in the suppression
I the liquor traffic among the In
ans.
Vespian Warner, commissioner of
nsions, alleges that his stepmother
of negro blood, and that his father
is deceived in marrying her, in the
II contest at Clinton, 111., over the
arner estate of nearly $2,000,000.
Gov. Glenn of North Carolina, in
jpealing to the United States su
eme court, declares he will keep on
lforcing the state law for lower rail
tad fares, notwithstanding Injunc
on of federal court.
Col. William S. Hays, the veteran
ver editor of the Louisville Courier
[mrnal, song writer and poet, died
his home here of vertigo, caused
a stroke of paralysis suffered in
|te Iroquois theater fire in Chicago,
e was 70 years old.
Conductor Hamilton, in charge of
e freight train which collided with
Pere Marquette excursion train,
sting more than 36 lives, in a for
al statement issued through the
[ampany’s legal department, accepts
sponsibility for the wreck.
Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked, pastor of John
!>. Rockefeller's church in New York,
|ays in an address at Chautauqua, N.
that most of England's economic
nd religious progress comes from
meriea.
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
uts a ban on teaching boys telegra
hy.
The work of piercing the five-and a
alf-mile tunnel through the Tauern
ountains, in Tyrol, has just been
completed. The work has occupied
ix years, and the last important work
|q the completion of the Alpine rail
ays.
Karl Hau, a Brilliant young law
|rofessor of Washington, D. C., was
mdemned to death after a five days’
ial for the murder of his wife’s
other, Frau Molitor, a wealthy real
nt of Baden-Baden, in that city, No.
ir.oer C last.
he French newspapers are greatly
ensed over the decision of the Ger
n authorities to suppress the teach
of French in the common schools
the “lost provinces,” Alsace and
raine.
’ bile walking in Madison Square
S. Tavshanjian, a rug importer,
is said to have been a commis
er for Persia to the World’s fair
Chicago, was shot and killed. The
one of his pursuers.
Lansing Baird, formerly New
broker, accused of mlsappropri
employer’s cash, and three
[is missing, returns and kills
f.
[es Wilson, a Cincinnati negro,
f fright following an exciting
and his arrest for shooting
Bariag, white. Wilson was
I by a crowd of men, and the
ad to use force to save him
i mob.
Niece of former Texas governor in
formed on death bed that legacy left
her is available.
Force of the surveyor of customs
In St. Louis to have Its pay increased.
Chicago Greek consul trails Bulga
rians charged with Illinois murders
to Cincinnati.
Czar sees revolt of Seminovsky reg
iment during parade, the soldiers de
manding the retirement of Gen. Rei
man, hated since ordering regiment
to shoot down citizens of Moscow.
Baron Grattan wins Detroit pacing
feature in fastest time c-f year.
Orby, Richard Croker’s English
Derby winner, is beaten at Liverpool,
Georgia and Flurida lines are to be
merged into a new system for the
South, extending to the gulf.
Various questions of wage settle
ment are adjusted at a conference
held in Chicago between the general
managers of Western lines and com
mittees of trainmen.
Missouri State University instruct
or with $(100 position hesitates before
finally accepting $5,000 salary offered
him by President Roosevelt. To be
come treasurer of Porto Rico.
Magills believed to be concealed in
Chicago hotel under guard of sheriff.
Father plans to slip prisoners into
Clinton at night, it is said.
Pilgrims to shrine of St. Anne, iu
Chicago, reported to have seen in
jured Missouri woman healed by mir
acle.
Troops may be used to eject Indian
girls from Kansas City burial ground,
where they are guarding the graves
of ancestors.
New York, cotton market consider
ably nervous. Close is steady at net
decline of 9 to 21 points.
Decline of 1 cent in Chicago wheat
prices. Fractional losses experienced
by corn and oats. Provisions also
down. Little trading in cats.
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
returned from England on board the
steamship Minnetonka. Mr. Clemens'
stateroom number was 23, but he said
that was some one else’s joke, and
not his.
Cotton thread, until a short time
ago the most stable in price of all the
staples, selling the country over lor
5 cents a spool, is to be advanced
again, so that the retail price will be
10 cent3.
Believing that women secretaries to
heads of bureaus and chiefs of divi
sions are exposed to too £reat tempta
tions, Secretary Wilson forbids their
employment in that capacity in his
department.
Lawyers for Fred Magill, accused
of wife murder, hope to secure his
freedom by demanding on his return
to Clinton, 111., an immediate show of
evidence sufficient to hold the pris
oner.
Politicians believe that William J.
Bryan had a double motive in shelv
ing government ownership—removal
of an embarrassing situation for the
1908 campaign and warding off the
disastrous blow which would be dealt
to his own hopes in case some other
candidate be nominated and uereated
on that issue in 1908.
James B. Duke, president of the
American Tobacco company, was mar
ried to Mrs. Manaline Holt Inman at
the home of Mrs. William Schuyler
Stackpole, in Brooklyn, in the pres
ence of a few friends.
Gustavus H. Thiel, president and
founder of the Thiel detetetive agency,
died is Chicago of apoplexy. Mr. Thiel
was one of the best known thief catch
ers in the country and was secretary
of the United States secret service
during the civil war.
Flogging with a blacksnake and
then backs rubbed with salt and pep
per is advocated by Judge Neelen of
Milwaukee as a cure for mashers.
Helena, Ida and Lida Conley, sis
ters, and Wyandotte Indians, began
an armed guard ever the graves of
their ancestors in Huron cemetery in
Kansas City, Kan., recently ordered
sold by the government, and threaten
to shoot the first person who may at
tempt to remove the bodies.
The San Francisco Bulletin says
that Third Officer Hawse of the
w recited steamer Columbia, whose
sworn report of the disaster filed with
the federal inspectors, charged Cap
tain Hansen of the San Pedro with
refusing to aid in the rescue of the
stricken passengers, is now charged
by survivors who occupied the same
beat with him with conduct more
cruel than specified by him in his for
mal report
Fay Magill, bride of Fred Magill,
suspected in connection with the death
of his former wife at Clinton, 111., may
be held by the grand jury, charged
with having written the letters as
cribed to the dead woman.
Capt. George B. Curry, who was to
be inaugurated governor of New Mex
ico on August 1, received a telegram
summoning him east for a conference
with the president. All inauguration
plans have been changed.
Advices from Seoul say that a mu
tiny of the Korean troops is appre
hended.
Woman who steals to help her in
valid mother blames social conditions
for forcing her to become a thief.
_ ARKANSAS
Estate news?
Arkansas To Exhibit.
Arkansas is to have an agricultural
and horticultural exhibit at the inter
state fair and exposition which is to
open at Elm lodge race track at Kan
sas City, Mo., September 23, and con
tinue to October 5. The exhibit is to
be made by Sevier county and the
farmers and fruit growers in other sec
tions of the state, who say they will
show the Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa farmers what Arkansas can do.
The fruit growers say they will ship
700 or 800 cars of peaches this year
in adition to a large yield of farm pro
ducts.
Coal Bins Still Burning.
Fire was discovered in the coal bins
at the Russellville Anthracite Mines,
several days ago and is still burning,
with little prospects of saving any of
the fuel. Water is being pofired on
the burning pile constantly but it has
not checked the fire. The company has
been storing coal for the past few
months for the winter trade and now
has some 8,000 tons in the bins which
are burning.
Making Experiments With Rice.
J. T. Abraham, Noel Adams and J.
W. Wifson have a little experimental
farm of their own near the depot at
Arkadelphia, and are testing it to see
if rice can be raised there profitably.
They have about six acres with a good
stand of rice on it, and it is now about
12 inches high and well flooded with
water. A two inch pipe which taps the
city main furnishes the water to flood
the rice field.
Lumber Line About Complete.
The Warren, Jonesboro and Saline
River Railroad, a lumber line, has now
been constructed with the exception
of about one mile. This has been
graded, but difficulty in securing rails
has delayed the laying of track. This
line extends from Warren to Hermi
tage, and is 17 or 18 miles in length.
It penetrates a rich timber country.
Dragged From Buggy.
While returning home from divine
services near Bingen one night recent
ly, Miss Iris Bryant, daughter of Gus
Bryant, and Oscar Copeland, who was
her escort, were dragged from the wa
gon in which they were riding by the
overhanging bough of a tree and
thrown to the ground, the young lady
receiving painful injuries.
Young Man Drowned.
A young man named Snead, 1G years
old, was drowned in Little river at
Mill’s Ferry. Snead and another boy,
named McGue, were riding in a skiff
when they were swept from the boat
by the ferry vable. Both grasped the
cable, but Snead soon loosed his hold
and was drowned, while his companion
was rescued.
Passenger Derailed.
A passenger train was wrecked
three miles north of Neelyville recent
ly, in which the entire train, with the
exception of the sleeper, left the track
because of spreading rails. About fif
teen people were injured, but none
seriously, the injuries consisting of
cuts and bruises, with a few broken
bones.
Accidentally Shot.
Grover Gulledge, 17 years old, who
lives near St. Paul, was accidentally
shot between the right shoulder and
breast recently by a 32-calibre revol
ver in the hands of George Conelly, a
brother-in-law, who was showing how
fast the cylinder of the weapon could
revolve.
Blew His Head Off.
Dr. War Eagle, a half-breed negro
and Indian, who had a license to prac
tice medicine in Woodruff county, was
shot and killed by Frank Robinson, a
negro, near Augusta. Attentions b>
War Eagle to Robinson's wife, it is
said, was the cause of the trouble.
Creamery Expenses.
The Stuttgart Creamery during the
months of April, May and June, paid
out $9,700 for milk and cream. The
concern receives daily from 12,000 to
13,000 pounds of milk and •rain.
Land for Homesteaders.
Stone county has 100,680 acres of
government land, al of which, except
that available only for timber and stone,
is subject to homestead; and at the
rate it has been taken up in the last
two years, there will be none of it
left in two years more.
Drowned In Ouachita River.
Hunter Vantrease, 17 years of age,
was drowned In Ouachita river while
out with a fishing party. He was a son
of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Vantrease,
and was their main support.
Good Roads In Garland.
The work of repairing and building
from 3 5 to 20 miles of new roads in
Garland county was inaugurated re
cently. Acting independently of coun
ty or city authorities, the Business
Men's League raised a fund of $20,
000 with which to defray the cost of
giving to this county a system of coun
try and city roads second to none in
the State.
Two Injured In Wreck.
Two men, Brakeman John Woods,
and Brakeman Mitchell, were injured
at DeVall's Bluff in a freight wreck,
Wood seriously. His left foot was
mashed off between the ankle and
knee and his right leg so badly crush
ed that amputation above the knee
will be necessary. Mitchell was badly
hurt on the head and shoulder.
Old Lady Injured.
Mrs. Belle Smith, an aged lady liv
ing at Batesville, was seriously injured
while on a train recently. She attempt
ed to move her seat while the train
was stopping at a small station, when
the engine backing up, struck the
train with much force and knocked
her down. She sustained injuries on
the face, side and hips.
Fruit Buyers Plentiful.
Fruit buyers are plentiful in every
portion of Benton county and are bid
ding high for summer apples and offer
ing good prices for the fall crop. The
summer apples are bringing from $2.25
to $4 per barrel. The fall crop in Ben
ton county will be very large this year,
and it is expected will bring a good
round price.
Woman Killed In Falling Building.
Mrs. Tom Doggett was killed in
the collapse of the peach packing
house of the Southern Orchard
Planting Company, at Horatio, recent
ly. The building was crowded with
women and girls at the time of the
collapse, and about a dozen others
were seriously injured, one of them
fatally.
Petition In Banruptcy.
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy
was filed in the federal court at Bates
ville against the Pierce Lumber Com
pany of Olyphant, Jackson county, and
George R. Hayes of Newton, Tenn. The
liabilities are about $28,000 and the
joint assets about $20,000.
Sets Fire To Clothes.
Annie Lowe, a negro living at Lit
tle Rock, committed suicide by pouring
coal oil on her clothing and setting
fire to the saturated garments. Domes
tic troubles are said to have been
the cause of her taking her life.
Boy Drowned Near Fayetteville.
Arnold Henshaw, a 13-year-old boy
who lives near Fayetteville, was
drowned in Clear creek while fishing.
He lost his balance and fell into the
stream, drowning, although the water
was hardly over his head.
Richard Pate Killed.
Richard Pate of Plumerville was
killed at Morrilton, where he had gone
to take part in the festivities of the
Fourth, by falling under the wheels of
a passenger train which he was at
tempting to board.
Bitten By Spider.
Miss Emma Clark of Washington
was bitten on the neck by a spider
and for a time it was thought she
would not recover. The neck was
swollen to twice its natural size.
Negro Found Dead.
The body of Andrew Richardson, a
negro, was found in the road between
Vineyard and Holly Grove, riddled
with bullets. There is no clue to the
identity of the murderer.
School Census.
The scholastic population of De
Queen as shown by the recent census
is 1,280, of which 543 are white males,
626 white females, 35 negro males, and
39 negro females.
A Valuable Find.
Ben Bodenhamer of Cotter, found a
pearl about the size of a peewee's egg,
perfect in shape and color and valued
at from $200 to $500, in White river
recently.
Dropped Dead In Street.
T. E. Peters fell dead in the street
at Portia recently. Heart failure is
supposed to have been the cause.
Desha County Prosperous.
Desha is another county on a cash
basis for the first time since its or
ganization. The records show a bal
ance in the treasury to the credit ot j
the general county fund of $10,999.
The county is developing rapidly and is
generally in a prosperous condition.
Struck Salt Water.
Salt water was struck at a depth
of 3,000 feet in the drill well of the
Territorial Gas and Oil Company at j
Van Buren. Just as soon as the well |
can be plugged it will be abandoned. |
I
State Capital Notes
I
Little Rock.—A real estate dealer is
authority for the statement that one
of the best peach orchards in the State
may be located within six miles of
Little Rock next year. On the West
Twelfth street pike, near what is
known as the Cunningham place, it
has been determined by a Johnson
county man that the conditions are
similar to the peach growing lands of
Johnson and other famous fruit coun
ties in the State. Tracts are being
bought in this territory and are being
sold in plots containing five, ten and
fifteen acres. Talking about fruit, the
real estate men called atention to the
fact that Arkansas is becoming more
famous each year on account of its
wonderful fruit lands. The resources
from fruit alone will amount to mil
lions of dollars this year. It is
believed by Guy B. Tucker, commission
er of mines, manufactures and agri
culture, that the money on fruit will
double that of last year in Arkansas.
He has no definite figures to date on
the crop, but he expects to make a
tour of the State within a few weeks.
He will figure on the output according
to cars. When it becomes generally
known through the states that Arkan
sas is the garden spot of the Union
for fruit raising, real estate men
believe fruit producing lands will boom
in price.
Transcripts Filed.
There were five transcripts filed in
the Supreme Court this week. They
were: The transcript in the case of
W. B. Matthewson and Angell Mat
thewson against B. J. Carney, on
appeal from the Marion Chancery
Court. The suit is over a promissory
note for $300. The transcript in the
case of A. Z. Johnston against J. L.
Johnston and others, on appeal from
the Randolph Circuit Court. The suit
is over a promisorry note for $197. The
transcript in the case of William H.
Murray against the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Company,
on appeal from the Saline Circuit
Court. Plaintiff sues for $1,900 dam
ages alleged to have been received
while performing his duty as a brake
man in the employ of the defendant
company. The jury in the lower court
gave plaintiff a judgment for $500 for
Injuries and $500 for- loss of time.
The transcript in the case of Mrs. S.
J. Warner against the St. Louis South
western Railway Company, on appeal
from the Craighead Circuit Court. The
suit is for $900 for damages alleged
to have been sustained on account of
the killing of certain livestock. A
transcript in a case which the State
charges the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway Company with
obstructing the highway in Miller
county.
Convict Sentences Commuted.
The sentences of the following pris
oners in the state penitentiary were
commuted the latter part of the week
and they were discharged: Stella Bar
row, convicted in Phillips county of a
misdemeanor and sentenced to three
months in the penitentiary; J. E. Mc
Veigh, Yell, grand larceny, one year;
Robert Gordon, Lafayette, bigamy,
three years; Jesse Lagrange Mississip
pi, grand larceny and robbery, four
years; Charles Ranasuer, Ashley,
grand larceny, one year; A. W. Ray,
Pulaski, one year; Joe Bobbitt, Phil
lips, grand larceny, two years. F. Con
way, Howard, burglary and larceny,
four years; Joe Bailie, burglary and
larceny, four years; Eli Mitchell, Jef
ferson, forgery, two years; L. B. Wy
att, Pulaski, carnal abuse, 18 months;
Joseph Leach, Sebastian, assault to
kill, two years; Henry Williams, Desha
burglary, three years; David Evans.
Drew, grand larceny ,one year; Stone
wall Jarrett, Phillips, robbery, three
years; Riram Dockins, Missisippi, man
slaughter, five years; Tom Babies, St
Francis, murder in second degree, one
year; Bob Ford, Calhoun, murder in
second degree, ten years; Eugene Rich
ardson, Jefferson, aaault to kill, one
year. All the prisoners released except
three, J. E. McVeigh, L. B. Wyatt and
Dave Evans, are negroes.
Transcript Filed.
The transcript In the case of J. W.
Sanders and others against the Pine
Bluff Lodge of Elks, on appeal from
the Jefferson Chancery Court, was
filed in the Supreme Court recently.
The suit was brought to enforce a
claim for building materials furnish
ed. The amount of the claim alleged
is $1,136.88, together with interest. The
lower court gave the plaintiff a judg
ment for $5,458.01, whereupon the de
fendants took an appeal.
W. L. Guntrop Pardoned.
W. L. Guntrop, convicted In the
Faulkner Circuit Court July, 1899,
on the charge of carnal abuse and sen
tenced to one year in the penitentiary,
has been grafted a pardon by Acting
Governor Pindall, in order to restore
his citizenship
Insane Asylum Crowded.
Unless some arrangements are soon
made the authorities at the State Hos
pital for Nervous:. Diseases, claim they
will be unable to receive any more in
mates. At present there are about 490
inmates of the hospital, 404 of which
are women. The female wards are
all filled, and until the addition which
is to be built in the fall for the ac
commodation of the women Inmates is
completed no more can be accommo
dated unless arrangements are made to
place them in another ward. The men’s
wards are not filled, but there is not
room for more than 100 additional. The
Garland county ward is filled, and as
each county is allowed a certain num
ber of inmates, afflicted patients from
that county will have to be kept in the
county jail at Hot Springs unless the
officials of that county can make ar
rangements to use the ward of some
other county. Superintendent H. B.
Stinson says that the hospital has
more inmates at the present time than
it has had for years. He eays that the
32 wards are practically full, as the
capacity of the institution is but about
1,040, and there is within a hundred
of that number now being cared for at
the hospital.
Collectors’ Fees.
Attorney General Kirby In an opin
ion recently handed down as to the
compensation a sheriff or collector is
entitled to for collecting revenue says
that the law allows them commissions
on the kind of funds they receive for
taxes. His opinion is as follows: “The
collector is to be allowed and paid
commissions in kind of the funds col
lected. For the first $10,000 collected,
5 per cent; for all sums over $10,000
and under $20,000 collected, 3 per
cent; for all sums over $20,000 col
lected, 2 per cent. Thus, if the whole
revenue collected shall amount to
$60,000 in one year, he is to be allowed
on the first $10-,000 5 per cent, $500;
on the second $10,000 3 per cent, $300;
on remaining $40,000 2 per cent, $800.
In all, $1,600 dollars, or an average of
2.66 2-3 per cent on the said $60,000.
He also is allow'ed the same fees for
making distress and sale of goods and
chattels for the payment of taxes as
are now or hereafter may be allowed
by law, to sheriffs for making levy and
sale of property on execution and trav
eling fees, to be computed at 50 cents)
for each delinquent visited.”
Convict Farm Levee.
At the next meeting of the State
Penitentiary Board the details of the
work of strengthening the levee along
the state convict farm will be thor
oughly considered. The work on the
levee will begin August 20. Fifty men
and about 30 teams will be employed
on the work, the machinery that will
be used being the property of the
Linwood and Auburn levee district.
At the Penitentiary Board meeting
next month Gus Waterman, president
of the levee district, will be asked to
furnish a superintendent of construc
tion for the work on the convict farm.
It is expected the work will be com
pleted in about three months.
Pardons Granted.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall grant
ed a pardon to J. S. Easley, convicted
in the Crawford Circuit Court about
a month ago on the charge of forgery
and sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary. Easley is 57 years of
age and has a large family dependent
upon him for support. The petition
for his pardon was signed by many
prominent citizens of Crawford coun
ty. Also to Walter McLenden, a young
man convicted at the fall term, 1906,
of the Cross County Circuit Court, on
the charge of larceny and sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary.
May Make Change.
It is being talked in official circles
that the State Board of Charities may
at its next meeting rescind its action
at a former meeting electing S. D.
Lucas superintendent. The reason for
such action has not been explained
by those who are advocating that such
a resolution be introduced when the
board meets August 5.
Mustered Out.
An order has been issued by Adju
tant General Paul Little ordering the
mustering out of Company H, First
Regiment, Arkansas National Guard,
stationed at Crawfordsville, for failure
to maintain its membership to the
number required by the secretary of
war.
Senate Journal Completed.
The journal containing the pro
ceedings of the recent Senate has been
completed and is the largest of any of
those of previous sessions, ft contains
the report of the Joint State Capitol
Investigation Committee which is »
volume it itself