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CONGRESSIONAL.
The senate Thursday passed the
widows pension bill, providing that
pverv soldier’s widow now receiving
less 'than $T2 per month shall receive
a minimum of $12 hereafter upon
_roof of her husband’s death, and
without proof that his death was from
causes incident to his military serv
ice. The bill has already passed the
house.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
Thursday strongly indorsed the pend
ing currency bill in the senate and
declared that it would be serviceable
as an emergency measure and would
not prevent the enactment of a gen
eral currency law which, he declared,
he honed to see realized in the fu
ture on the basis of a central bank.
Senator Paynter of Kentucky op
posed the currency bill in a short
speech, and especially condemned the
proposition to Insure bank deposits.
The bill to require American sup
plies for the Panama canal to be car
ried in American bottoms was again
considered Thursday, but not acted
upon.
The house committee on naval af
fairs Thursday reported favorably the
bill introduced by its chairman. Rep- |
resentative Foss of Illinois, to equal
ize and fix the pay of the navy and j
the marine corps. The bill provides j
that the pay and allowances (except
mileage and forage) of all officers of
the navy and marine corps shall be
the same as the pay and allowances of
officers of corresponding rank in the
army.
Senator McCreary of Kentucky took
occasion in the senate Thursday to
reply to recent references by Senator |
Depew of New York to night riders j
and the burning of toba'eeo barns in
Kentucky. Incidentally he reviewed
the operations of the tobacco trust
and declared that the repeal of the
Ce tax on tobacco was what was need
ed for the benefit of the farmers of i
his state. ’’Distance,” said Mr. Me- j
Crearv. '“may lend enchantment to the
view of the senator from New York, |
but if he had confined himself to the
stock gambling and the burdens of
trusts and lawlessness of the state of
New York, it seems to me it would
have been more appropriate than wan
dering so far away from his subject
as to criticise Kentucky.”
Senator Nelson of Minnesota gave
notice Thursday of an amendment he
will propose to the Aldrich currency
bill requiring national banks to pay
2 per cent interest on weekly balances
of government deposits of money.
The postoffice appropriation bill had
rough sailing in the house of repre
sentatives Thursday. Its progress
was halted at every turn by amend
ments upon which there was lengthy
discussion. The attacks begun on the
section relating to the pneumatic tube
service, which was forced to undergo
a change so that extensions of such
service should not be confined to the
several cities named in the bill, hut
that they should be made wherever
the postmaster general may think
best. The house was a unit for with
holding a portion of the pay to rail
roads for transportation of the mails
until a correct system of weighing
should be established, a provision to
that effect being incorporated in the
treasure, and finally a vigorous, hut
ineffectual attack was made on a prop
osition by Mr. Goebel of Ohio to in
crease by $2,000,000 the approprla
ion for paying the expenses of railway
tnaii clerks while traveling on business
of the department.
miscellaneous.
11 las 'Willard, son of a wealthy res
tent of Paine, O., made a confession
r‘at be *'at* been the incendiarv who
3 recently started a number of de
inrthe fires at La Crosse and West
.,l em' " *s" and he was sentenced to
e state reformatory at Green Ray
ur a period of two years. The young
an Sdi(* **e had a mania for Incendi
arism.
onzo Perry Bliven, the inventor of
C?I)sizable boat an(1 other me
in '"j‘a contrivances, declares he has
. e<^ ,an airship which, when per
Yn.f ' "*b able to sail from New
* to London in forty hours.
tin-"i° r0bbel s are wounded and cap
0,1 m a pitched battle after rob
ag postofflces in New Jersey.
jn ' e’n?t face of his long-lost wife
senr Series ot m°ving pictures repre
hni, 'US a ‘N'ew York street scene un
to ,QCed ,be m'nc* °f George Coshet
■ •- wealthy man of Youngstown, O.
charS heI<1 t0 be exam'ned on a lunacy
« ge' *'Irs- Coshetto disappeared
n'* Jears ago.
The House of Commons has reject
ed, by a vote of 241 to 95, the bill
providing that municipalities or oth
er local authorities shall furnish em
ployment, at union wages, to all men
ashing it and showing that they can
not otherwise earn livings.
Leo Grubb, aged 24, shot and killed
his wife, aged 17, attempted to kill
their 6-month-old infant sleeping in a
baby cab, and then ended his own life
on a crowded street corner at Oska
loosa. The tragedy caused a panic.
Miss Theo Baird, a student of chem
istry in Highland university, High
land, Kas., was found dead in the
laboratory of that institution. The
young woman is said to have been
despondent over a love affair, and
swallowed carbolic acid. Her home
was in Highland.
The death of Vernon Bid well. 11
years old. at Urbana, III., has been
declared to have resulted from lock
jaw, following vaccination. This
declaration has caused renewed oppo
sition to the order of the state board
of health, that all school children be
vaccinated, and litigation is likely to
follow.
Three men on horseback rode into
Tyro, Kas., and while one stood guard
the others entered the only bank in
the town, held up three men and se
cured $2,500 in cash.
A copy of the cipher used in con
fidential correspondence between
Washington and the various legations
has been stolen at Bucharest. The
theft is attributed to a French em
ploye at the legation now in Constan
tinople.
Evidence is being collected on which
suits against police officials can be
instituted on behalf of Olga Averbuch
and Rose Stern, whom the police ar
rested after Lazarus Averbuch was
killed by Chief Shippy. The suits, it
is planned, will be for damages for
false imprisonment and for the treat
ment received by the women when un
der arrest.
Governor Folk has announced that
in case the supreme court should hold
the new Missouri primary election law
to be unconstitutional, he will con
vene the legislature in extra session
to enact another law.
Secretary Metcalf announced that
the battleship fleet will leave San
Francisco July 6 to continue its jour
ney around the world via the Suez
canal. The first, stop will he made
at Honolulu, thence the fleet will pro
ceed to Samoa and Australia, then to
Manila, where the fleet will engage
in fall target practice. On the home
voyage via Suez, stops will be made
at Colombo, Aden, Port Said and
Gibraltar.
Reports from Premier Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman’s sick room are
that the invalid finally confesses that
he has reached the end of his strength
and must lay down the leadership,
both of the cabinet and of his party in
the house of commons.
Denial is made that President Roose
velt is planning a message to con
gress favoring increase of freight
rates.
Machine guns operated by the gov
ernment forces of Chile in a conflict
with strikers at the nitrate beds and
in the City of Iquique, laid 2,500 men
low, most of them being killed, ac
cording to advices received by the
Norwegian steamer Christian Bors. ar
riving direct from that South Ameri
can republic.
Otto fenringer, a druggist or Colo
rado Springs, Col., died as the result
of a gunshot wound received at the
hands of an unknown highwayman,
who assaulted and robbed him Feb. 19.
By a vote of 21 to 19. constitutional
prohibition was defeated in Mississip
pi. The defeat of the measure was
not a surprise.
A speed record for ballooning in
New England which, it is thought, is
possibly better than has been made
anywhere, was established in a voyage
from Pittsfield, Mass., to Hampton
Falls, N. H., a distance of about 130
miles, iu three hours' time.
The case against Bearch Hargis, for
the murder of his father, Judge Har
gis, was continued to the seventh day
of the next term of court on motion
of the defense.
The Atlanlic fleet will arrive at
San Francisco May 3; the Pacific fleet
will arrive there May G. and the
grand review of both fleets, under
command of Rear Admiral Evans, will
be made by Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf on May G. according to an an
nouncement made by the navy depart
ment.
Papers in the suit of Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw against Harry K. Thaw and his
mother Mary Copley Thaw, as next of
kin, asking the annulment of their
marriage on the ground that Thaw
was Insane when it was contracted,
were served on Thaw at Matteawan.
and on his mother, at the Hotel I Lor
raine, by representatives of the young
er Mrs. Thaw's lawyer, Daniel O’Reil
ly.
The czar of Russia has commuted
the sentence of death imposed against
General Stoessel for surrendering Port
Arthur to 10 years’ imprisonment in
a fortress and it is expected a full
pardon will shortly follow.
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
Out of Prison Into His Grave.
Ed J. O’Connor, who was released
from the state penitentiary February
21, was shot and killed at Eudora by
his brother-in-law, Willie Mau'le, whom
O'Conner had attacked with a razor.
O’Conner, who is said to be a bad
man, had just finished a term of one
year in the penitentiary for assauit
with intent to kill. The assault which
led to his imprisonment grew out of
trouble with the brother-in-law who
killed him. It is said there has always
been bad blood between the men.
When O'Conner's term in the peni
tentiary ended the sheriff of Chicot
county took him back to Lake Village
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. As he left the penitentiary
with the sheriff. O'Conner is said to
have remarked, “If you take me back
there they will kill me."
After the misdemeanor charge had
been settled, O'Conner is said to have
pretended friendship with his wife and
her family, with whom she was living.
They invited him to the home, and on
arriving there he told them. It is said,
that his friendship was only feigned
for the purpose of getting into the
home and then, drawing a razor, be
attacked his wife’s brother, Willie
Mnule. Maule drew a revolver and
shot the man dead.
O'Conner was a one-armed man
about .35 years old. His record in the
penitentiary was a good one.
Will Green May Be Under Arrest.
Word was received at Hope Tuesday,
that Will Green, the negro who shot
and killed City Marshal John T. Ham
ilton on the evening of January 23rd,
last, had been captured by the sheriff
at Shawneetown, ill., and was being
held for the authorities at Hope. T. B.
Bowden and Dr. Sutton, deputies, left
for Shawneetown to identify the negro,
and if lie is the right man, to bring
him back to answer for his crime. The
negro under arrest stoutly protests his
innocence, but he lias two gold teeih,
the pock mark and the scar in the
groin that Green has, and he seems
to fit the description of Green to a
nicety.
Guilty of Robbing Mails.
Silas Lingg, formerly a postal clerk
in the postoffice at Helena, was found
guilty of robbing the mails by a jury
in the federal court at Helena Wed
nesday, and was sentenced to a year
and one day in the federal peniten
tiary at Allania, Ga. Young Lingg, who
is only 22 years old, and is said to
have come from a prominent family
in eastern Arkansas, pleaded guilty
to< opening 11S letters during the time
he was employed as clerk in the office,
which was from December 1. 1900,
to November, 1907, when be was ar
rested.
Asks $53,500 of 'Phone Co.
S Blumenstiel, a wholesale and re
tail cigar dealer at Hot Springs, has
filed suit against the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone Company for
damages to the amount of $53,900.
Plaintiff alleges that defendant com
pany failed and refused to furnish him
with long-distance connection with his
office and residence telephones at re
quests on various occasions between
May 1, 1906, and October 23. 1907,
and he asks that the statutory penalty
of f t00 per day he awarded him.
Perfection In Fire Drill.
Without warning Are signals were
given at the various public schools
in Pine Bluff Thursday, and the per
fection of the fire drills in use at
each of the several buildings was
shown. The pupils were “lined up”
guickly, and within a few minutes the
buildings were emptied.
Siloam Springs’ Library.
The public library at Siloam Springs,
which was started some two years
ago. has grown during the year just
closed. There were 2,324 books read
and 171 new books added. The li
brary now contains 630 books, all care
fully selected by a committee of five
citizens.
Improvements At Hope.
Two one-story brick buildings are
being erected at Hope for W. M. Jo
sy on the site of the opera house,
which was burned some time ago. Sev
eral other buildings will be erected
this spring.
New Sunday-school Society.
J. M, Rowton has been elected pres
ident and J. D. Jones secretary of the
Montgomery County Sunday School
Association, organized by W. Fred
Hong, secretary of the state associa
tion.
Negress Kills Negress.
Another killing occurred Thursday
night two miles north of Lake Vil
lage on the Brawner place, when a
negro woman shot and killed another
who had attacked her with an iron
poker.
Novel Feature at Blind School.
A novel feature in the life of the stu
dents of the Arkansas Blind School
hsa just been inaugurated by Professor
Lucas, superintendent of that institu
tion. The new feature is a course of
gymnasium work, in which all of the
students, male and female, participate.
The boys especially have already
shown wonderful ability in various
lines of gymnasium and athletic work,
and Professor Lucas has stated
that it was possible that several of
the blind boys would be entered in the
coming state athletic meet in such
events as the shot put, pole vault,
high jump and broad pumjs.
Classes have been organized among
the students, and all take a regular
course of gymnasium work. The boys
work both in the gymnasium and on
the athletic field, while the girls work
in the gymnasium only. The girls go
on the gymnasium floor at 1:45 o'clock
each afternoon and work until 1!
o'clock. The boys go on the floor
at 4 o’clock and work out until. 6.
Some of the boys also work aftfer sup
per. The classes are divhled into
squads and each squad put under an
instructor. The various squads cake
up the different pieces of apparatus
each day, and as they become pro
ficient on each, are taught new and
more difficult “stunts.” All of the
students take unusual interest in the
work, which is entirely new to them.
In collection with the appatus work,
they are taught calesthenic exercises
that develop the muscles and body.
The school is provided with ^ fine
gymnasium, one of the best u, the
state.
Andy Boytt Kills His Step-Father.
Alleged abuse on the part of John
W. Petty of the wife, mother and two
younger sisters of Andy Boytt, led to
the killing of Petty by Boytt near El
more, Hot Spring county, Sunday af
ternoon. Following the killing, Boytt
surrendered to the officers and is held
at Malvern on a charge of murder.
The shooting was witnessed by C. \Y.
Weaver, who says he does not know
who fired the first shot. Boytt declares
that Petty fired four times at him, and
that he shot an equal number of times
at Petty. Boytt declares that Petty
j married Boytt’s mother, a widow with
[ four children, two of them girls of ten
I der years. He declares that instead
of being a father to the two girls.
Petty accomplished the ruin of both
before they had attained the age of
16. Boytt alleges that this action on
the part of Petty led to a separation
on the part of Petty and his wife, who
had borne him six children. Later it
is said she obtained a divorce and was
given the custody of the children.
Since his separation from his wife, it
is claimed that Petty has gone about
I armed and threatening vengence on
I his family and kin. At the time he
was shot he was armed with a re
volver, four chambers of which had
been discharged.
Child Scalded to Death.
The eiglit-months-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Lipscomb of England,
j fell or climbed into a tub of scalding
i water and was scaleded to death. Mrs.
! Lipscomb had set the tub on the
floor containing the water and turned
j to get some cold water to cool it. and
i a moment later she heard a cry and
j the child was in the tub. The child’s
arms, neck and breast were so badly
i scalded that death resulted some hours
j following the accident.
Preparing For Carlisle Fair.
The Board of Directors for the Cen
tral Arkansas Fair Association held
a meeting at Carlisle Monday night,
and made arrangements for their
coming fair. A campaign of advertis
ing was laid out and plans were made
for offering premiums for local pro
ducts and the issuing of an early cata
logue was discussed.
Fight On Pool Hall.
Siloam Springs has the reputation
for being one of the cleanest cities
in the state, morally speaking, and
has not had a saloon or a blind tiger
for many years, but it has a pool
hall that many claim is the nest-egg
for the saloon. .lust now there is a
feeling that the pool hall should go,
and the fight is on.
Fourteen Made 111.
At a reception given by Mrs. F. L.
Purcell at Warren, 14 out of the IS
guests were rendered seriously 111 af
ter partaking of refreshments. It is
thought that it was due to ptomaine
poisoning, presumably in the ice
cream. There were no fatalities and
nearly all are convalescent, but a few
are still quite ill.
Miss Miles Is Acquitted.
Miss Jessie Miles, the handsomely
gowned visitor, who claims to be an
actress from New York, was acquitted
Tuesday in a justice of the peace’s
court at Hot Springs on the charge of
stealing a hat from a millinery store.
She was arrested while wearing the
hat, which it was alleged had been
stolen. The defense was that the ex
quisite creation had been purchased
by Miss Miles from an unknown
woman, who is said to have since left
for Birmingham, Ala.
Charged With Stealing Hat.
A woman giving her name as Miss
Jessie Miles, her occupation as ac
tress and residence as New York, and
who was bedecked with silk and jewels
was arrested at Hoi Springs Saturday
evening on the charge of stealing a
• hat valued at $35 from a millinery
store conducted by the Busch sisters.
When arrested, the woman was wear
ing a handsome hat, which bore marks
indicating that it had been the prop
erty of the plaintiffs. Miss Miles
was taken to the city jail, but later
succeeded in getting released on put
ting up cash collateral of $300. It is
alleged that she secured the money by
hypothecating some diamond rings.
Sustain Charge Against Bentz.
At the close of a session which last
ed from 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
until 11 o'clock at night, with a short
intermission for dinner, the City
Council of Hot Springs voted unani
mously to sustain one of the three
.charges made against Chief of Police
P. F. Bentz by Mayor M. H. Jodd. The
charge sustained was that of insobrl
;ety while on duty. Fifty witnesses
were examined by the council, among
ihem some of the prominent men of
the city. The testimony was about
evenly divided, the larger number be
ing put on the defense of the accused
official.
Dead Footpad Is Bert Riliiet.
The man who was shot and killed,
last Wednesday night by Charles'
Roberts, a Choctaw mail clerk, at the
corner of Barber avenue and Markham
street. Little Rock, was Identified Sab
urday as that of Bert Riliiet. who 1#
said to have been wanted in Memphis,
Tenn., on the charge of being impll 1
rated in a hold-up. and three of whose
■'pais” in the alleged Memphis hold
up, are now serving long terms in the
Tennessee penitentiary. The body was
identified by Rilliet’s wife, who ar
rived at Little Rock from Memphis
Saturday afternoon.
New Townsite Near Fort Smith.
Papers have been signed assuring
the establishment of the Frisco fac
tory townsite near Fort Smith. The
Frisco will begin the extension of
its lines to the site at once aud work
is to begin immediately on grading
streets, laying sidewalks and other
improvements. The traction company
will extend its line to the new suburb
and will probably establish an addition
and park on the opposite side of the
Poteau from the site.
Clothes 50 Years Old.
Miss Carrie Hill, who died at Amity
at the age of 70 years, was buried
in clothes prepared for that purpose
by her 50 years ago. The underwear
was hand embroidered and all made
by hand by her. The burial dress
was black silk and was also 50 years
old. The garments had all been so
well cared for by her that not a sin
gle moth hole could be found and the
linen was spotlessly white.
Shooting Held to Have Been
Justifiable.
An inquest was held at Hot Springs
Sunday morning by Deputy Cororner
A. D. Shaw over the remains of John
Branch, the negro waiter, who died
Saturday night as the seult of wounds
inflicted by Frank Hays, who at the
time of the tragedy, a week ago, was
a clerk at the Park hotel. The jury
returned a verdict that the shooting
was justified.
Sold Eggs By Wagon Load.
J. S. Graddy of Morgantown, Van
Buren county, drove to the M. I^evy
store, on Washington avenue. Little
Rock, Monday, and there disposed of
two wagon loads of eggs, aggregating
$1,500 dozen. The eggs were packed
in the wagon beds with straw to pre
vent breakage, and although they had
traveled a distance of 75 miles, very
few were broken.
Injured In Sawmill.
W. B. Corey, one of the foremen
in the Williams mill at Leslie, was the
victim of a painful accident. While ad
justing some machinery he fell
against a stave saw that was in mo
tion. His leg was cut in several
places. His wounds are painful but
not dangerous. He is now on crutches
and will be for some time.
Will Have New Home.
The bank of Rison. whose large safe
was recently blown open, has pur
chased the corner lot now owned by
the Rison Supply Company and will
erect a commodious and up-to-date
brick building. Work will begin as
soon as the contract can be let.
Business Part of Baker Springs
Burned.
All the houses in the business por
tion of Baker Springs except the hotel
were destroyed by fire Thursday night.
It is thought the fire was the work of
an incendiary. Among the houses de
stroyed were the postotfice, the gen
eral store of Henry Gray, Dr. Young’s
drug store and an empty storehouse
owned by B. Plunkett. The contents
of the stores were nearly all lost, but
the mail and other valuables of the
postoffice were saved.
SHOT IN KENTUCKY RACE WAR
Deputy Marshal Dying as Result of
Attempt to Make Arrest—Two
Traveling Men Wounded
From Ambush.
Dixon, Ky.—'The fatal wounding of
Deputy Marshal Smith Childer3 by
Jake McDowell, a negro, at Provi
dence, Ky., Saturday night precipi
tated a race war and was the indirect
cause of two traveling men being shot.
P. B. Carter, a traveling man of Chat
tanooga, was dangerously and per
haps fatally wounded, and J. B. Bar
ry, another commercial traveler, was
painfully wounded.
The two men were shot from am
bush by negroes while driving bee
tween Dixon and Providence, in corns
pany with two other drummers. The*
negroes who did the shooting evident
ly thought the men were members of
a mob pursuing McDowell.
Deputy Marshal Childers was shot
while attempting to arrest McDowell
The negro was immediately taken in
to custody and hurried to Dixon for
safe-keeping. A mob of whites at once
began to form and negroes in the vi
cinity of Providence, hearing of this,
also armed themselves and lay in wait
by the road over which the mob was
expected to pass. They mistook the
.traveling men for the advance guard
Vf \.u'e. m°b> aiui after firing on them
tfreir escape.
, Mctxj.ve ' after being brought to
Dixon, was n-rried on to Henderson.
The mob In purs*v; arrived at the Dix
ttn"jail at 2 o'clock Sunday morning
and. finding there was uo chance/of
getting'McDovwlh initned L<-lv seyout
to beat the country with ble.-dh^unih
for the negroes whd had fifed An the
traveling men. Thus far no tTa.ce of
the culprits lias been found, but bay
of them caught will be lynched.
Carter was taken to a hospital ai
Evansville, Ind. - r
Many Wounded In Riot,
Aloha, La.—Another serious out
break has occurred in the lumber
camps U Grant parish, where fric
tion was recently brought about by
negroes accepting a cut in wages, ac
cording to reports brought here by a
special train Sunday night, en route
from Verda. La., to Alexandria, carry
ing a number of persons said to have
been wounded at Verda.
The trouble grew out of the dissat
isfaction and friction over the recent
race trouble in which the negroes were
driven from Verda. It is said the ne
groes returned, causing a renewal of.
the outbreaks between representatives
of the lumber company and white la
borers.
Reports brought here say that there
is great excitement at Verda, au<$
further trouble is feared.
Among those who were injured were
George Poole of Orange, T»x.. and
Robert Strong. George Smith, book
keeper for a lumber company, was al
so wounded.
Bandits Capture Pursuing Party.
Coffey ville, Kan.-—Deputy? United
States Marshal Monroe Skaggs, ancf
five possemen of Ochelata county, Ok
lahoma, were Sunday surprised and
disarmed by the three bandits who
robbed a bank at Tyro, Kan., and
whom they were pursuing.
The officers were riding through the
Sandy creek bottoms in Ochelata
county searching for the men, when,
as they were passing through a clump
of trees, they were met with a “hold
up your hands,’’ and found themselves
looking down the muzzles of the des
peradoes guns.
The possemen complied. Then their
weapons were taken from them and
broken to pieces, and they were re
leased with a warning to ’’quit the
trail.’’ Deputy Marshal Skaggs re
turned to Ochelata and will form an
other posse and pursue the robbers
He says he can capture them if he
can get his men to stick together. The
robbers were cool, but determined in
their movements.
Daring Mail Robbery.
Spokane. Wash.—A lone bandit
boarded the mail car on the west
bound Oriental Limited, the fast trans
continental train of the Great North
ern Railroad, at Bonner’s Ferry, Ida
ho. before daylight Sunday morning,
bound the two mail clerks, robbed the
mail and express cars. The robbery
was not discovered until the train
reached Spokane at 9:20 a. m., more
than five hours after the bandit board
ed the train.
The amount stolen will not be
known until the registered mail ha3
been checked up by the postal au
thorities.
Fears No “13 Hoodoo.’’
Washington.—Senator Robert L.
Owen of Oklahoma convinced his col
leagues that he is not superstitious.
Although it was Friday. March 13, he
introduced 13 bills, providing for 13
new public bills in Oklahoma. The
hills were introduced at 13 minutes
after 12 o'clock, and the first one re
ceived from the clerk a number of
which the last two figures were “IS.**