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VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1907.
NO. 51.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest events of thf.
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST WEST, SOUTH
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.
Pleas for a “dry” Sunday for Chi
cago will be made by 1,200 or 1,300
pastors in as many churches Sunday,
Nov. 24, recognized as “World’s Tem
perance Sunday” in many of the
churches.
The big aeroplane invented by Is
rael Ludlow of New York, which has
repeatedly refused to fly, though towed
by fast tugs and torpedo boats, has
gone to smash.
J. B. Rutherford, his wife and E. H.
Peets are dead, and a man named Lu
ther wounded, the result of domestic
differences from which grfew a suit for
divorce. The quadruple shooting took
place in a boarding house conducted
by Mrs. Rutherford in Memphis, Tenn.
The decapitated body of an unidenti
fied white man was found on the rail
road track near Hollywood, Miss. Be
cause of an absence of blood, officials
believe that the man was killed before
being placed on the track.
Because his physician said he could
not live, R. W. Kerwan and wife shot
themselves at Springfield, Mass., in
accordance with a suicide pact.
Mayor Dahlman issued an order di
recting all places of business and
amusement in Omaha, Neb., to close
on Sunday hereafter. The order was
Issued on the demand of Editor Fields
of the Protector, the official organ of
the Nebraska Liquor Dealers' Associa
tion.
A fight between the undergraduates
and theological students of North
western University ended in a riot, In
which thirteen of the former were
locked in the Evanston jail and eight
of the “theologs” were thrown into
Lake Michigan. Many of the stu
dents were severely burned with hot
water in the melee. One fell down
and broke his leg, a lot of noses were
flattened and the contending factions
had a “perfectly beautiful time.”
Mrs. Emma Traunmiller, formerly
of St. Louis, gets a divorce at Rolla,
Mo., her allegation being that her
husband treated her cruelly.
St. Louis delegates to Transmissls
Bippi Commercial Congress discuss
plan for meeting at Muskogee Novem
ber 19-22, in Merchants' Exchange.
Herr August Ferdinand Bebel, one
of Germany's greatest men, and the
acknowledged foremost figure in so
cialism in the world, is soon coming
to America on a lecture and study
tour.
Insanity is to be the plea in the de
fense of Harry Kendall Thaw, whgse
second trial for the slaying of Sanford
White will be on Dec. 2. Martin W.
Littleton, chief counsel for Thaw, it
Is learned, has decided on this course.
In a battle between United States
troops and Indians which occurred in
southern Utah several days ago three
Indians were killed and another was
wounded.
The engineering corps of the Okla
homa national guard, called out by
Acting Governor Charles Filson, pre
vented the lynching of John Hopkins,
iu jail at Lawton for killing his wife.
The war of the Society of Equity
against the tobacco buyers in western
and central Kentucky is secoming se
rious. Every effort is being made to
force growers to pool the 1907 crop
and induce the buyers to leave the
field. Interest centers in McLean
county.
T. E. McDonald, superintendent of
the United States Express Co., an
nounced officially that the amount of
money stolen from the company at
the night depot In Milwaukee on the
night of Oct. 23 was $18,500. The
amount embraced gold and currency.
Following a quarrel over money mat
ters, Reuben Green and John Griffith,
young farmers, mounted on horses,
fought a duel near Keystone, Okla.
Green received a wound in the neck
from which he died.
Oscar Erbsloeh, winner of the James
Gordon Bennett International Aero
nautic Cup, is the latest claimant for
the Lahm Cup, based on the'record
of 876% miles he made in traveling
from St. Louis to Asbury Park, N. J.
A new high-pressure reservoir has
been added to the water supply of
Holyoke, Mass., about 800,000 gallons
daily being used from this source,
which gives a pressure of from 72 to
80 pounds in various sections of the
city.
Engineer Charles Jones was killed
and six persons were injured in the
wreck of Wabash passenger train No.
20 near Thompson, Mo.
The city of Bokhara, In Central Asia,
Is reported destroyed by earthquake
on Oct. 21, and 1,500 people buried iu
the ruins.
usr.ar iM DSioen, winner oi the inter
national balloon race, has decided not
to try for the Lahm cup in an attempt
to establish a new long-distance bal
loon record, and will sail for his home
in Germany Nov. 5.
"Uncle Joe’’ Cannon, speaker of the
national house of representatives, has
become a full fledged candidate for
president. He will be backed by the
solid republican delegation from Illi
nois in congress.
The action of the United States su
preme court in assuming original jur
isdiction in the Minnesota contempt
case will test the power of federal
courts to prevent by injunction the en
forcement of state laws.
Seven firemen were overcome by
smoke and a loss of $300,000 was
caused in a fire in the five-story build
ing at State and Quincy streets, oc
cupied by the Holden Shoe Co., of
Chicago.
Holden Lewis, 25 years old, a saw
yer employed in a mill at Mayfield,
Ky., met death in a buzz saw.
Editor Maximillian von Harden of
the Zuluinft, Berlin, was acquitted in
rhe civil court on the charge of lib
eling Gen. Cotint Cuno von Moltke.
The count was ordered to pay costs
of the case.
In the hands of kidnapers in the
heart of London, the 18-year-old
Princess Barbara La Poukine of Rus
sia has sent word to friends that she
is about to kill herself to escape ill
treatment at her captors’ hands.
Because he failed to carry out an
errand of the Black Hand society, IVte
Greiualdi, a member of the Black
Hand society, was stabbed to death by
members of his own band on Knoll
street. Brooklyn.
Eaten by cannibals was probably the
fate of the crew of forty sailors that
took the big sailing ship Arthur Sewell
out of Philadelphia April 3 on the
start of her long voyage to carry coal
to the Philippines.
Western lines have decided to post
pone until Dec. 10 putting into effect
the use of interchangeable mileage
tickets. The original date set was
Dec. 1.
Charles Hughes of Till City, Ind., is
in custody, having surrendered after
killing his brother, Mortimer, aged 26.
Charles claims his brother was intoxi
cated and was abusing their father.
President Roosevelt has announced
through Senator Flint of California
that he will use his influence for sepa
rate statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico.
President Roosevevlt praises J. Pier
pont Morgan and John D. Rockefeller,
who hitherto have been objects of
White House denunciation, in a letter
to George B. Cortelyou, secretary of
the treasury. The letter was made
public in response to urgent demands
from many sources for a statement on
the financial situation.
The railroad conductors on all the
lines running into Pottsvllle, as well
as the ticket agents, report that it Is
simply impossible to keep enough pen
nies on hand to make change, owing
to the new 2-cent fare law. One ticket
agent at Pottsville, Pa., supplied him
self with 3,000 pennies, and yet did
not have enough to last him through
the day.
The keynote to the financial situa
tion is that the developments of the
past week have brought out the fact
that the economic status of the coun
try was never more sound than it is
right now.
Paris already is charmed with the
possession of women lawyers, physi
cians and cab drivcio, and women
sandwich men. It is now soon to
have a woman jockey. The name of
the young woman who is expected to
enter on this new career for women
is said to be Miss Mary Money, who
now is a guest of the Countess de Mo
lma, at Chantilly. She is an Ameri
can girl.
“Greater than ‘Salome.’ in a musical
sense,” one hears of Richard Strauss’s
new opera, “Electra,” which will have
its first performance soon after Christ
mas. The story of the opera follows
that elaboration of the myth seen in
Hoffmanstahl’s drama. The composer
keeps as strictly to this author’s ter
rible text as he did to Oscar Wilde’s
in the case of Salome.
British-American Tobacco Co. was
created especially to violate the laws
and to carry conspiracies into effect,
government charges in Information
filed at Norfolk for the forfeiture of
8,750.000 cigarettes owned by the com
pany.
The king and queen of Spain nar
rowly escaped death or serious in
jury in an accident to their train in
the outskirts of Cherbourg on their
way to England. Though their ma
jesties were unharmed, widespread
comment has been caused by the se
ries of mishaps which seem to occur
wherever they go.
Alleging that she had been desert
ed by her common-law husband, Mrs.
Lillian Keith Fuller has begun suit
against Charles S. Fuller, a million
aire stock, oil and copper land own
er, for separate maintenance. The
complainant’s parents are said to be
wealthy and prominent people of Cin
cinnati.
ARKANSAS
Fight In County Jail.
Johnson Baker, a farmer who lives
near Mountain Home, and is confined
in the county jail charged with shoot
ing ant} seriously wounding a boy
named Walker, became involved in
a quarrel with Jerome Wells, a
neighbor, who had called at the jail
to see him, and struck him with a
large piece of iron, crushing his skull.
Baker then cut his own throat with
a large knife in an attempt to commit
suicide, and it is thought lie will die
as a result of his injuries.
Highwayman Kills Victim.
Ed Robinet of Newport died recent
ly from the effects of wounds inflicted
by a negro highwayman. He was rid
ing along the road when he was met
iiy the negro who fired without warn
ing. He was then robbed and left by
the roadside. The robber afterwards
met Ed Peeg, a negro and took from
him $50 and a bottle of whiskey, and
constable Stone and a young man by
the name of Harris, shooting and rob
bing both of them. Young Harris is in
a critical condition.
Killing At Railroad Camp.
John Wilson, a negro employed as
cook in a railroad camp on the Mem
phis, Paris and Gulf railroad in Little
River county, was struck on the head
with an axe by Henry Lambreth, an
other negro and died from the effects
of the blow shortly after. The mur
derer made his escape.
Killed In Gin.
Portis Warmack was caught in the
belting of a gin at Willsville recently,
sustaining injuries which resulted in
his death. One of his feet was jerked
entirely off, and the muscles of his legs
were so lacerated as to necessitate
the amputation of bis leg above the
knee.
New Ruling Made.
Beginning with the first of Novem
ber commutation proofs of homestead
entries must show actual and continu
ous bona fide residence for the full
period of fourteen months. Hereto
fore the rule has been six months'
constructive residence.
Addition To Siloam Springs.
A company which will probably be
known as the Siloam Springs Town
site Company, have purchased 40
acres of land east of Siloam Springs,
which will be platted and brought into
the incorporation. The streets will
be 60 feet wide and alleys 20 feet.
Blew Out Gas.
Two Arkansans, Robert Kinney
and S. W. Farmer of Joyner, barely
escaped death from asphyxiation in a
Memphis hotel recently. They had
blown out the gas upon retiring, but
a window, partly opened, saved their
livse.
Fell From Tree Top.
Walter Oxford of Hot Springs fell
40 feet from a tree top, while pos
sum hunting, and was seriously in
jured. He is a son of Lee Oxford
who was slain about a year ago by
Will Trammel, a saloonkeeper.
Will Establish Distillery.
W. H. Buckley of Tennessee will
move his distillery from that state to
Fort Smith. The distillery will have
m daily capacity of 50 gallons at the
start, which will be gradually in
creased.
Want Public Library
A movement has been Inaugurated
at Prescott for the establishment of a
public library at that place. Many
citizens have announced their willing
ness to subscribe to the enterprise.
Bid For Encampment.
Harrison offers 200 acres of well
drained land, with an ample supply of
water, to the State to be used as a
permanent camp ground for the Arkan
sas National Guard.
Good Manners.
Good manners are to particular so
cieties what good morals are to soci
ety in general—their cement and se
curity—Lord Chesterfield (1694
1778).
Boy Meets With Terrible Accident
Monroe Hagar, a 15-year-old boy,
while working at the Saffell Stave Mill
at Guion, was almost sawn in two. He
was going from the water barrel to his
work when he stumbled and fell
across the cut-off saw.
Accidentally Kills Wife.
Jesse Poor, living near Tomberlin,
dropped a revolver out of his pocket
recently, which on striking the floor
was discharged, the bullet striking hi»
wife in the abdomen, causing almost
Instant death.
Boy Seriously Injured.
Gibson Manville, the 10-year-old son
of Rev. M. W. Manville, was seriously
injured at Hot Springs recently, which
may result in the loss of his right
leg. He was returning from school
when he attempted to get on a mov
ing lumber wagon. His right leg was
caught in the spokes of one of tho
wheels and badly mangled and the
ankle dislocated.
Searching for Hidden Treasures.
Excavations are being made in the
cossatot bottom near Lockesburg, in
Sevier county in the hope of finding
treasures supposed to have been
buried there many years ago. For
many years this digging has been siy
ly going on, owing to many "tories of
Spanish charts and curious marks on
trees, but nothing of value has ever
been found
Is Without Water.
The -water famine which has been
threatening the city of Fayetteville,
owing to the low stage of the water
in White river from which the city
draws its supply, has at last become
a reality, and Fayetteville is without
w'ater except for the meagre supply
obtained from the few' wells in the
city.
Still Branching Out.
George H. Adams, business mana
ger of the Pine Bluff Graphic and
Helena World, has assumed the busi
ness management of the Citizen’s
Daily Bulletin, Hot Springs. Rev. W.
T. Amis, former editor and manager
will remain with the paper in an edi
torial capacity.
Skull Fractured By Blow.
Dr. M. C. Burkett of Mayflower was
assaulted recently at his home and
his skull was fractured by a blow
which he received. His wife and
her son are being held by the auth
orities on suspicion of having been
implicated in the assault upon Dr.
Burkett.
Surrendered To Officers.
J. J. Ferguson, a white man, living
in Bradley county near Warren, hear
ing that a warrant had been issued
for his arrest, went to Pine Bluff and
surrendered to the officers. Fergu
son is charged with illicit distilling,
but claims that he is innocent of the
charge.
Prosperous Vienna Beggars.
It has been proved that no fewer
than 32,000 beggars are at present
making a better living in Vienna than
Drdinary workmen. One notorious
family of professional beggars recent
ly gave a grand ball and a concert at
a local hotel.
Excelsior Plant At Batesville.
A K. Goodnight has decided to move
his excelsior plant from Wisconsin to
Batesville. Mr. Goodnight has also
a sawmill in Indiana which he will
move to Batesville to be operated in
connection with his excelsior plant.
Drowned While Hunting.
itoland W. Corbett was drowned in
the Arkansas river at Argenta re
cently. He was hunting ducks and
in attempting to secure one he had
killed, waded out in the river be
yond his depth and was drowned.
Negro Shot By Another.
George Brown, a negro, was shot
and perhaps fatally wounded by a
negro named Tillman, at Argenta,
recently, over a quarrel as to who
should run things at a negro saloon.
Attacked By Catamount.
J. C. Cubage of Barham, while
squirrel hunting on Morris creek, was
attacked by a catamount which he
succeeded in killing. The animal
measured 42 inches from tip to tip.
Canning Factory at Mena.
The Polk County Horticultural So
ciety is organizing a stock company
for the purpose of establishing a can
ning factory at Mena. About $5,000
is to be raised for the purpose.
Chair Tipped Over.
Miss Mollie Daniels, living near Si
loam Springs, while sitting in a chair
recently, tipped over backwards and
struck the back part of her head.
She is in a critical condition.
Public Lands Yet Open.
The report of the commissioner of
the General Land Office shows 1,497,
142 acres of the public lands still
open in Arkansas.
Threats Caused His Death.
James Ogden, a farmer living near
Texarkana, shot and killed Charlie
Jones, a negro, who it is alleged, had
made serious threats against his life.
Poultry Exhibit At Waldron.
The Scott County Poultry Associa
tion will hold an exhibit at Waldron
November 18-20. C. A. Emery of Car
thage, Mo., has been selected as judge.
New Gasoline Engine Factory.
A gasoline engine factory is being
constructed at Jonesboro.
State Capita! Notes
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Board Selects A Site.
The Carnegie Library Board met
the first of the week and selected as
a site for the proposed new' library
building, three lots at the southwest
corner of Seventh and Ixiuisiana
streets, and the dreams of the public
spirited and the literary inclined citi
zens of the capital city, in which
loomed up a handsome and commo
dious public library, are about to be
realized. No definite plans have as
yet been made but it is expected that
Edward L. Tipton of New' York, the
architect who has designed many of
the Carnegie libraries throughout the
country, will be here within a few
days, and commence work on the
plans at once. The ligrary project
wras broached about a year ago and
in a quiet way that gave no presage
of the present splendid realization.
H. F. Auten, Mayor Lenon and T. M.
Mehaffy w'ere at luncheon when the
latter gentleman casually mentioned
that he had been to St. Louis for sev
eral days gathering information from
one of the libraries in that city. This
gave rise to the natural query, “Why
isn’t there a library in Little Rock?"
Suffice it to say that before the gen
tlemen separated after their luncheon,
they agreed to propose the question
to a nhmber of other business and
professional men of the city. Some
time later there was another lunch
eon, at w'hich some 15 citizens sat.
Before it was over they had sub
scribed over |0,000 toward a library.
A Library Committee was then appoint
ed, wth H. F. Auten as chairman, and
within a few days they had raised
over $20,000 as a public subscription.
Following the appointment of the
board, negotiations were carried on
,with Andrew’ Carnegie which finally
resulted in the securing of a dona
tion of $88,100 for the building alone.
To Commercial Congress.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall Tues
day appointed the following delegates
to represent Arkansas at the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress to
meet at Muskogee, November 19-22.
Little Rock—Roy D. Campbell,
Julian Blass, W. S. Holt, J. E. Os
borne, Jack Maloney, Guy B. Tucker
and Gordan N. Peay.
Morrilton—Charles C. Reid.
Batesville—John Q. Wolf and Er
nest Neill.
Mena—George Legate.
Fort Smith—Ben Cravens, J. F.
Weaver and George Sengel.
Yellville—J. C. Floyd and Charles
Hand.
Camden—J. P. Morgan and Smeade
Powell.
Harrison—J. S. Rowland and Frank
Pace.
Mountain Home—J. C. South and
Wylie Dyer.
Searcy—S. S. Brundidge, Jr.
Augusta—P. R. Andrews, John D.
Eldridge and Marshall Patterson.
Helena—John I. Moore, J. E. Bush,
Ed S. Rhoody and Bruce Macon.
Marianna—James E. Wood.
Lonoke—Joe T. Robinson.
Pine Bluff— W. H. Langford, John
M. Gracie and .T. F. Rutherford.
Magnolia—H. Minor Wallace.
Arkansas City—Henry Thane.
Cummins—Walker Jones.
To Be Ready In January.
The new city hall is now’ in the
hands of the plasterers and it is ex
pected that it will be ready for oc
cupancy by January. The marble
work to be done will require two
months’ time for completion and as
soon as the plasterers complete’their
work, the inside woodwork will be be
gun. The third floor will not be fin
ished at present, but when the growth
of the city demands more room for its
offices the rooms will be there to be
had.
Withdrawals Are Limited.
Little Rock banks have adopted the
course pursued in other cities to pre
vent possible runs, and from now un
til the flurry is over, cash withdrawals
by depositors will be limited to $50
per day, except to meet pay rolls.
However, clearing house certificates
for balance on deposit will be issued
upon request. These certificates are
a new variety of emergency currency
available for banks alone. It is auth
orized by an organization of banks,
secured by bonds or other collateral,
and is advocated by bankers as the
best means of securing an elastic
currency. It differs from the bank
note, in that it is restricted to the
payment of daily balances at the
clearing house. Shipments of cur
rency to country correspondents have
been discontinued and institutions to
which the recommendation applies
have already decided to require no
tice of withdrawal of deposits. A
number of bankers from various parts
of the state have been here within the
past few days inquiring into condi
tions, but it is said that practically
none has been after currency, and
that all believe they will be able to
hold their own.
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Will File Appeal At Once.
Attorney General W. F. Kirbff has
announced that he will waste no time
in tiling his appeal in the state capitol
case, in which the Pulaski Circuit
Court overruled his demurrer to the
petition for a writ of mandamus by W.
B. Alexander, state capitol commis
sioner, to compel the state auditor to
honor his warrant on the state capi
tol fund. At the recent meeting of
the Capitol Commission, bills amount
ing to about $15,000 were allowed
paid, but none of the vouchers has
been presented to the auditor, each
claimant knowing that they would not
be honored. There is In the state
treasury to the credit of the state cap
itol fund about $206,000. It is esti
mated that the tax of one-half mill
levied for the state capitol will bring
in next year about. $150,000, which is
acknowledged to be a conservative
estimate, as the increase in assess
ments in the state this year will
amount to about 10 per cent, making
the total assessed value of property
in Arkansas about $300,000,000. Should
the Supreme Court uphold the decision
of the Pulaski Circuit Court in overrul
ing the Kirby demurrer there will be
available next year for the comple
tion of the state capitol about $356,000.
Hall For Conventions.
Secretary J. F. Letton of the Little
Rock Boosters’ Club, is endeavoring
to create enthusiasm in the prospects
of a big convention hall in the capital
city. His idea is to raise the money
by popular subscription. “This may
sound like a large amount to raise in
this way,” he said, “but this is the
manner in which Kansas City raised
the money for its convention hall,
and there is not a finer one in the
country. When this is considered the
task does not seem to be of such stu
pnedous magnitude. There are many
national conventions which could be
brought to Little Rock were there
such a convention hall, which it is
now impossible to secure. A de
termined effort will be made to
bring the Trans-Mississippi Con
gress here, and there are many
such meetings that would come here
had the city a suitable meeting place
to offer. Not only conventions, but
many other meetings, would use the
convention hall, and in this way it
would soon be made to pay more than
the expense of keeping it.”
Governor Pindall's Report.
Acting Governor Pindall has re
turned from his tour of inspection of
the state convict farm, and has sub
mitted a written report to the board.
Among other things he says that the
cotton is practically all opened on the
farm and approximately 200 convicts
are engaged in picking. Believing
that the levee work should be con
tinued he ordered about 50 negroes
taken from the fields and put to work
on the levee and that the levee work
be not again allowed to entirely stop
during good weather. The cotton
crop he estimates at between 1,500
to 1,800 acres with an average yield
of between 850 and 1,000 bales which
will be classed as good middling. The
corn crop he estimates at about 4,000
bushels. In conclusion the governor
suggests that a board meeting be held
at the farm, or some member be au
thorized to visit the farm at conveni
ent intervals with full authority to
act for the board concerning any un
foreseen details which might arise.
“Clear Shining After Rain.”
Sunshine is never so beautiful,
never so welcome as when it breaks
through the heavy clouds, and the
trees scatter diamond showers on the
earth. And no sunlight of the soul is
so beautiful as that which turns sor
row into joy.
Cotton Gins On The Way.
The three cotton gins, purchased for
the state convict farm at Dallas, and
which have been on the way to Var
ner ever since October 5, arrived Sat
urday morning about 9 o’clock from
Texarkana and left Little Rock over
the Valley route for Varner at 11:30
o’clock and should by this time be
at their point of destination. The Iron
Mountain officials were notified that
the state would not tolerate any un
necessary delay in their transportation
from this city to the convict railroad
station. The car containing the three
gins was billed from Dallas October
5, and did not leave the Texas Pacific
yards until October 19. The balance
of the delay occurred while the car
was in transit from Dallas and while
sidetracked in the yards at Texarkana.
Paid Charter Fees.
The American Lumber and Manu
facturing Company of Pittsburg, has
filed a certificate of its incorpora
tion with the secretary of state and
paid its charter fees amounting to
$1,000. The company is capitalized at
$200,000, and designates the secretary
of state as its agent in Arkansas upo*
whom service of process may be ha4.