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The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIO, Editor.
Newark- - r arkansasI
The regular session of the Cuban
congress convened on the 2d.
The war department is desirous
of establishing an army post in
ever)- state in the Union.
The Bi-metallic Bank at Cripple
.Creek and the Pueblo Trust Com
pany are in the hands of a receiver.
Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks, wid
ow of the late vice president, passed
away at her home in Indianapolis,
Ind., a few days ago.
Louis Morthfield shot and killed
his wife and then suicided at a
boarding house in Washington a
few hours after being released from
an insane asylum.
The Vatican buildings at Rome
had a nairow escape from destrue
tionb y fire on the 1st inst. After
fighting for three hours the firemen
succeeded in extinguishing the
flames, but considerable damage wao
done.
The comparative statement of the
government’s receipts and expendi
tures show that for October, 1900,
total receipts were $46,963,213, and
the expenditures $51,901,478, leav
ing a deficit for the month of $4,
947/265.
Secretary Shaw has given notice
that on February 2, 1904, interest
will cease on such of 5 per cent
bonds of 1904 as may be outstand
ing on that date. The redemption
of these bonds will continue with
interest until maturity.
Jacob Bishop, white, who mur
dered his wife in a populous sub
urb of Louisville, Ivy., was save!
from being lyncl d by two officers,
who for two hours stood back to
back and kept off the mob untn
reinforcements arrived.
A series of earthquake shocks were
felt at points in Missouri, Illinois,]
Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Mississippi on the 4th inst. Nc
damage was done, but in Memphis
and St. Louis occupants distinctly
felt tall buildings swaying.
A battle took place in Weston
county, Wyoming, between a sher
iff's posse and a band of Sioux In
dians, in which Sheriff Miller, Dep
uty Fosenberg and six Indians
were killed. The Indians were from
the Pine Ridge and Rosebud agen
cies in South Dakota and were
violating the game laws of the state.
Lieut. A. M. Beecher, ordnance
officer of the battleship Maine, fell
from the forward turret to the hand
ling room, a distance of forty feet,
and died within a few hours. At
the time of the accident the battle
ship was off Gay Head, en route
from Menemsha Bight, to engage in
target practice. Lieut. Beecher was
examining articles of ordnance when
he lost his balance and pitched head
foremost through the turret to the
handling room. His skull was frac
tured.
rormal announcement hap been
received at Washington from Pan
ama of the establishment of a new
government at that place. The
cause of the revolution may be
briefly summed up as being the re
sult of the action of congress of Co
lombia at Bogota in rejecting the
Hay-Herran canal treaty. The Pan
amaians are almost to a man in fa
vor of the construction of the canal
by the United States, and it had re
peatedly been prophesied before and
after the meeting of congress that
Panama would secede if the treaty
was rejected, and would probably
come to terms with the United
States for the building of the great
isthmian waterway.
Charles Beeler, who has just com
pleted a sentence of four years in the
Texas penitentiary for robbing the
Wells-Fargo Express company of
$32,000, has engaged extensively in
the mercantile business at Austin.
The strike of Pacific Express em
ployes, inaugurated October 13, ha*
been declared off, and many of the
old men have returned to work.
The failure of the strike is said to
have been due to a break in tha
ranks at St. Louis.
Arkansas State News
The State’s Wards.
A report submitted to the state
board of charities gives the number
of state's wards in the three elee
mosynary institutions, the lunatic
asylum, deaf mute institute and
school for the blind, as follows:
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
On hand September 30. 667
Admitted in October. 13
Discharged as recovered. 1
Discharged as improved. 1 ;
Deaths . 4
Remaining October 30. 674
Causes of Death—
Consumption ..
Epilepsy..
DEAF MOTE INSTITUTE.
White males. 03
White females. 89
Colored males. 13
Colored females. 11
Total. 206
SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
White males. 55
White females. 02
Colored males. 20
Colored females. 9
Total. 146
Discharged as Cured—
White females. 2
The number in the lunatic asy
lum, 674. is the largest in the his
tory of that institution. Superin
tendent Stinson has made all the
room possible for admission of urg
ent cases and the asylum is now
crowded to its utmost limit.
Work is progressing on the two
annexes to the lunatic asylum pro
vided for by an appropriation of
$140,000 passed by the last legisla
ture. It is now Relieved that the
male annex can be completed within
the next six months. When the two
annexes are completed there will be
accommodations for a total of 1,000
patients in the asylum.
Governor Ofiers Rewards.
The governor has offered a reward
of $200 for the arrest and convic
tion of G. W. Wheunt, who was in
dicted for murder in the first degree
for the killing of G. W. Lambert,
shooting Lambert while he was in
bed Sept. 15, 1902, in Polk county.
Before the time set for trial Wheunt i
broke jail and fled the country.
The governor also offers a reward
of $100 for the arrest and conviction
of Kite Pemberton. It seems that
Pemberton killed Henry Washing- j
ton by stabbing him to death July i
15, 1898, in Phillips county, and a j
reward issued for him at that time
was revoked in a general order. The
governor now issues a proclamation
renewing the offer of the reward.
Killing on Passenger Train.
Armistead Davis, colored, was shot
and killed by another negro named
Henry Wiley on a Cotton Belt pas
senger train near Altheimer. There
were many passengers on the train
returning from Pine Bluff, where
they had been attracted by the
Ringling circus exhibition. The col
ored coach was crowded and some of
the negroes were drinking and bois
terous. Davis and Wiley became
involved in a row and Wiley pulled
a pistol and fired, the bullet striking
Davis in the forehead and causing
instant death. Then there was pan
demonium in the car and a wild
scramble for places of safety. In
the confusion Wiley jumped from
the train and disappeared.
Awarded Heavy Damages.
The jury in the case of Tomlin
son vs. The Iron Mountain Kart
road Company in Independence cir
cuit court at Batesville rendered a
verdict awarding the plaintiff $15.
000 damages. The accident for
which damages were asked occurred
October 17, 1902, near Magness, a
small station between Batesville
and Newark. An engine struck a
wagon in which were W. II. Tom
linson and his two sons. All the
occupants were more or less in
jured.
Express Messenger Assassinated.
Thomas Copeland, a messenger’s
helper in , the service of the Pa
cific Express Company on the Cot
ton Belt, was shot and instantly
killed at Bassett, forty miles from
Texarkana, by some unknown per
son. The train had just pulled out
from Bassett for Texarkana and
Copeland was standing in the door
of the car, when he was tired on
from the dark, a shotgun loaded
with buckshot being the weapon
used. The full charges took effect
in the back of Copeland's head. The
train was backed to Bassett and
the body taken off for inquest pro
ceedings. The deceased had been in
the employ of the company abou<t
two weeks. He was about 25
years old and unmarried. Neither
the peace officers nor the ex
press company people believe that
the killing had any connection with
the feeling growing out of the late
Trike.
Convictions ia federal Court.
During the recent term of Federal
court at Little Bock there were
thirty-four convictions. Deputy
Fred Johnson has landed the fol
lowing prisoners in the Federal jail
at Atlanta, Ga.: Hugh Reynolds,
Conway county, illicit distilling,
four years; Dan Patterson, Garland
county, pension fraud, two years:
L. A. Robinson, Montgomery coun
ty, illicit distilling, one year and
me day; John W. Long, Saline
county, counterfeiting, three years;
Thomas W. Clow, Clark county, ri
ding registered letters, fifteen
months; Sam Wiley, convicted at
Helena, perjury, one year and one
lay.
United States Land Office Report.
Register II. H. Myers of the
I’nited States land office reports that
i fine business is being done in this
date, a little above the average,
showing that there is still much gov
ernment land in the state open to
entry. Below' is a report of the busi
ness transacted in the office for the
three months ending October 31:
Homestead entries, 117, embracing
12,471 acres, $1,216; final proofs
53, 51)81 acres, $151; cash entries,
19,895 acres, $1709. Total receipts,
$3,310.
First Negro Catholic Church.
The first negro Catholic church
to be erected in this state was dedi
cated at Pine Bluff on the 2d inst.
The services were conducted by
Father Dorsey, the second negro in
the I'nited States to be ordained to
the Catholic priesthood, and the
first negro priest who ever touched
Arkansas soil. St. Peter’s church i
the result of the work of Father
Ferdinand, who arrived in Pine
Bluff about two years ago and com
menced to labor among the negro
people. By hard work he was en
abled to collect sufficient subscrip
tions from local sources and from
abroad to build the church.
Hon. Jesse D. Bush.
Hon. Jesse D. Bush, of Dexter,
Jefferson county, died on the 3d
inst. after suffering for a long time
from dropsy. The deceased was
about 70 years of age, and probably
few men in the county, and perhaps
the state, had more friends. He
was a member of the legislatures of
1901 and 1903, but his services in
the last legislature were of little
consequence, as his failing health
prevented him from prompt attend
ance at the sessions. Mr. Bush
was the father of twenty-one chil
dren, most, of whom survive him.
Part of Iron Mountain System.
The railroad commission of Ar
kansas decided that the Mississippi,
Hamburg and Western railroad ,’s
a part of the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain and Southern railroad, hence
must be placed under the commis
sion’s standard distance freight
tariff. The question was brought
before the commission by business
men of Hamburg. x
Colored Baptists to Meet.
The negro Baptists in Arkansas
will hold their thirty-sixth annual
session in Helena commencing
Tuesday, November 17. They are
making great preparations for this
session of their convention. They
will endeavor to raise $12,000 in
cash for their educational and mis
sion work, and more than 75 per
cent of this money will go to the
support and enlargement of the
c\rkansas Baptist college located at
Little Bock.
Brakeman Suspected.
A white man by the name of
Phelan was found in a dying con
dition beside the railroad track
near Garner. It is alleged that he
was riding in a boxcar and a brake
man discovered him and beat him
badly with knueks and threw him
off the train. He was a railroad
man and had a $1,000 life insur
ance policy in his pocket.
Given Thirty Day*.
Yada Brinkley, the 15-year-old
negro girl who stabbed Robert Rich
ardson to death at Little Rock June
| 27th last, pleaded guilty in Pulaski
j circuit court to the charge of invol
untary manslaughter, and was sen
tenced to thirty day-’ imprisonment
in the state penitentiary. She was
tried first October 16, the trial re
sulting in a hung jury.
Good Price for Cotton.
Financial Agent Moore recently
disposed of 150 bales of cotton
raised on the state convict farm
; in Lincoln county at 12.10 cents
per pound. A batch was also sold
a few weeks ago at 10 cents per
I pound. The state will gather from
| this farm about 1.500 bales, be
i sides in the neighborhood of 11,000
bushels of corn.
Serious Accident.
Chas. H. Ross was seriously in
jured by the blowing out of a cyl
inder head at a heading factory in
Little Rock. Ross was examining
the engine to discover a leak when
the cylinder blew out, striking him
full in the face. L. P. Coleman,
| another employe, had a leg broker:
in the accident.
Woman Shot Herself.
Mrs. George Niece was accident
ally shot and killed at her home
near Ozark. She was assisting her
husband in unloading a wagon con
taining household goods, and in
taking a gun from a box the trigger
caught on a knot and the weapon
was discharged, the load entering
her head.
Surrendered Himself.
Henry Wiley, colored, who shot
and killed Armistead Davis on a
Cotton Belt train near Altheimer,
has surrendered. Wiley bears a
number of serious knife wounds,
and says he shot Davis in self-de
fense, during a general row on the
train.
Howell Released On Bond.
George Howell, charged with the
killing of J. M. Duke and Frank
Weatherford at Blevins, Hemp
stead county, November 2 last, has
been released on $1,500 bond. How
ell claims he killed Duke in self
defense and Weatherford by acci
dent.
Regress Kills Her Husband.
Jose Cato, colored, shot and kill
ed her husband, Dan Cato, near
Brinkley, using a shotgun. The wo
man claims Cato, who was drunk,
tried to shoot her with a pistol,
and that she shot in self-defense.
Stabbed Near the Heart.
Marshall Sikes and Will Tarl
ton, negroes, engaged in a desper
ate fight at Little Rock to deter
mine which should enjoy the com
pany of a negress and Sikes will
probaly die fr«m a stab in the re
gion of the heart.
BRIEF MENTION.
Chicago capitalists propose to
erect a large modern hotel at Little
Rock.
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