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This State.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4.
In the senate a resolution was ad
opted extending the session to April
11, in lieu of May 11, as provided in
the house resolution. The bill authoi
izing school boards to establish kin
dergarten departments was defeated.
The bill authorizing the atorney gen
eral to institute suit to determine the
boundary line between Arkansas and
Tennessee at Flour Island, and between
Mississippi and Arkansas at Buck Is
land was passed in the senate.
In the house the bill to detach Gum
wood township from Lonoke county
and attach same to Pulaski wan de
feated. and a bill was passed empower
Jng cities of the first class to compel
the. laying of sidewalks.
The Senate.
Senator Collins introduced a bill to
regulate the banking system and bank
ing laws of the state. The bill w'ould
create a banking board, consisting of
the attorney general, auditor and secre
tary of state, who will have control of
the banking business under the limita
tions provided in the hill. One of the
provisions is for publicity of ail business
done by state banks.
Senator Logan introduced a pure-food
bill, which regulates the sale of adul
tered articles of food and provides for
their proper labeling.
Senator Hardy introduced a bill to
place the members of the general as
sembly on a salary of $600 each per
term. It was read the second time and
placed on the calendar.
Senator Pinnix s hill empowering the
directors in special school districts to
establish kindergartens was taken up.
Senators Butt. Jobe and Rison spoke
against the bill, which was defeated.
House concurrent resolution No. 3 4.
extending the session to May 11, was
taken up.
Senator Wilson offered an amend
ment extending the session to April
11, which w’as adopted.
S. B. 56 (Smith), authorizing the
attorney general to institute suit in
tlie United States supreme court to de
termine the boundary line between Ar
kansas and Mississippi in the vicinity
of Buck Island, Crittenden county, and
Tennessee and Arkansas in the vicin
ity of Flour Island,was taken up and
passed.
The House.
H. B. 254. making it illegal for admin
istrators and executors to allow claims
against estates not in existence at the
time of death of the deceased, except
ing funeral expenses, was defeated.
H. B. 82, increasing the powers of the
state railroad commisison passed by a
unanimous vote.
Mr. Martineau’s bill allowing cities of
the first class to compel owners of prop
erty to build and maintain sidewalks
was passed by a vote of 67 to 12. Dr.
Green spoke in opposition to the Dill.
Mr. Garrett’s bill, calling a state con
stitutional convention and appropriating
$75,000 for the necessary expenses, was
discussed, but no action was taken.
Gum wood township from Lonoke coun
ty and attaching it to Pulaski, was
taken up.
Mr. McGuigan spoke in favor of the
bill.
Mr. Apple, one of Lonoke’s represen
tatives. spoke against the bill. He
argued that the matter was made an
issue in the last campaign, and the
citizens of Lonoke had registered their
voice against the bill.
The bill was defeated—28 to 40.
On motion of Mr. Gannaway, H. B.
128 (Dixon), which passed the house,
was reconsidered and placed back on
second reading for amendment. As
passed the bill does away with the sep
arate extension by the county clerks
of the different funds of the state and
county taxes on tHe tax books.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5.
The appointment of Judge E. O. Ma
honey, of Union county, to be chancel
lor of tHe new seventh district, was
unanimously confirmed by the senate.
The house refused to accept the senate
amendment to the resolution extending
the session of the general asembly, mak
ing the date April It instead of May 11,
as in the original resolution. The sen
ate refused to recede from the amend
ment and conference committees were
appointed.
The Senate
Senator Norwood called up S. B. 3,
to non-concur in house amendment to
increase the sum from $l4U.uuo to $18o,
UUO to buiid the asylum annex. Sen
ators Killough, Wilson, Covington.
Hinkle, Jobe and Brown were opposed
to appropriating more than $i*v,0U0.
and tlie senate adopted a motion not
to concur in the amendment of tne
house.
S. B. 155 (Pinnix), providing in the
case of Confederate soldiers or sailors
that where warrants are issued before ■
the pensioner dies it shall be paid to
the legal representative of the deceased -
soldier or sailor, was passed by a unan- <
imous vote.
The senate went into executive ses
sion to consider the appointment of
Judge 1C. O. Mahoney as chancellor of
the new seventh district. Some of tne
senators urged a postponement of tne
matter until citizens of the new district
should make known their wishes on tne |
question of abolishing the district. The
majority favored immediate action, and
the appointment was unanimously con
firmed. ;
The senate refused to reee»de from its
amendment to the bill extending the
session, making the date April 11 in
stead of May 1). Senators Wilson.
Norwood and Jobe w« re appointed a i
committee to confer with a committee
from the house.
Senator Wilson’s bill allowing alco
hol to be sold in prohibition territory
under certain contingencies failed to ■
pass.
Senator Cotton introduced a bill mak
ing incurable insanity for five years
grounds for divorce in certain instances.
Senator Matlock Introduced a bill re
quiring all kinds of insurance companies
doing business in the state, fraternal
orders excepted, to give a bond for
$20,000.
The House.
The house refused to accept pt\e sen
ate amendment to the concurrent res
olution extending the session of the leg
islature to May 11. Ttajl amendment
placed the date at April
A conference committle, consisting of
Messrs. Fuller, Cruteljer and Martt
neau. was appointed to meet a senate
committee.
H. B. 394, providing that all legal
executions shall bd private, to be wit
nessed by not than twenty-five
■ed.
troduced a bill making
ilroads to charge pas
n 3 cents per mile on
than twenty miles,
ding for one series of
Ith*' state was th* sub
mission. Messrs, Tur
and Vv hUtliorne spoke
ill and Messrs. Toney
sed it. The bill was
persons, was |
Mr. Rountree
it unlawful fo
sengers more
any road Ion
The bill p
school books
ject of a Ion
ver, Turk. W
in favor of tl1
and Hooker oj
passed.
H. B. 197, requiring every non-resi
dent wishing to hunt in the state to
secure a license, which is good for
seven days annually, and costs $3u0.
was passed after a long discussion
Judge Moore presented a petition from
the Arkansas Negro Farmers' Associa
tion asking for an appropriation of $10.
000 to cover the expenses of a negro ex
hibit at the St. Louis world's fair.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house passed the bill sepa
rating school taxes paid by whites and
negroes, was lost by vote of 43 to 41.
The house passed the Hale drainage
hill, which enables owners of swamp
land to drain the same w'hen it cannot
be done without affecting the lands of
others.
H. B. 57 (Parks), providing for the
taxation of the franchises of certain
corporations arid for the better enforce
ment of the state revenue laws, was
passed.
Mr. Chesnutt introduced a bill increas
ing the wholesale dealers’ liquor license
to double the present amount.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6.
The bill providing for separate street
-ars for whites and blacks passed the
senate and goes to the governor for his
signature.
The senate also passed the bill ap
propriating $5.0o0 for the erection of a
monument to the Confederate dead at
Little Hock.
The house refused to accede to th-’*
senate amendment reducing the insane
asylum appropriation bill to $140,000.
The Senate.
A long discussion was aroused by the
bill appropriating $5,000 for a Confed
erate monument. An amendment rais
ing the apropriation to $15,000 was voted
Jown, as was another amendment pro
viding that the monument should be
erected on the ground of the new state
?apitol. The original bill passed by a
vote of 25 to 5.
House joint resolution No. 12. propos
ing an amendment to the constitution
authorizing the issuance of bonds by
cities of the first class to pave streets
and make other improvements was
passed. ¥
H. B. 230 (Cate), providing for the
manner in which muunipal corporations
may erect and maintain a system of
waterworks was passed.
The South bill, known as the “Jim
’row” stref-t car bill, providing for sep
arate cars for whites and blacksshrdlr
urate street cars for whites and blacks
in cities of the first class was passed
lifter a long discussion by a vote of
!?5 to 4.
Senator Caldwell opposed the bill on
the ground that it would work a hard
ship on the street car companies. Sen
ator Butt and Covington also spoke in
opposition to the bill.
Senator Sengel. Gray and Witt spoke
in favor of the bill.
The conference committee on exten
sion of the session reported a disagree
ment. The senate then adopted a reso
lution extending the session to May 1.
The hill creating a board of pardons,
composed of the governor, the chief jus
tice and the attorney general was called
jp by Mr. Crisp. The vote by which the
frill was placed on third reading was
reconsidered and Mr. Flan nek in intro
luced anamendment making the secre
tary of state a member of the board in
stead of the chief justice. The amend
ment was adopted and the bill referred
to the engrossing committee.
The house refused to recede from ifs
Amendment to the Insane asylum annex
jill raising the appropriation from $ 1 40.
>00 to $180,000. A conference committee
was appointed to meet a similar com
mittee from the senate.
S. B. No. 26 (Norwood), permitting
:he granting of liquor license in any
ward of first and second class cities in
which the vote was in favor of the li
cense, was taken up. Mr. Atkins and
Dr. Green opposed the bill. Mr. Burk
ind Mr Arnold spoke in favor of the
Jill. Messrs. MoGuigan, Garrett. Funk
ind Latimer spoke in opposition to the
>111. After a long discussion the bill
was defeated, ayes 21. noes 62.
S. B. 121. providing for the publica
tion of the delinquent personal tax
ist was passed.
The conference committee on exten
sion of the session, reporting a disagree
ment. was discharged.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7.
The senate was not in session, but
the house put in a busy day.
A resolution calling on the peniten
:iary board to demand the resignation
»f M. L>. L. Cook, financial agent of
.lie penitentiary, was indefinitely post
poned. Several bills if general inpor
Lance were passed.
The House.
Mr. McGuigan introduced H. B. 413.
to limit the amount of stock and
jo ruled debts of railroads, according to
nileage and value of rolling stock,
ind to make public the value of such
properties.
H. B. 163, to prohibit the sowing of
Ibhnson or cocoa grass in the counties
>f Clay, Greene. Craighead. Randolph.
Poinsett. Washington and Conway, was
cad third time and passed.
II. B. 367. the agricultural committee
lubstitute for the De Rossit game bill, j
was read third time and. after som<*
liscussion, passed—68 to 14. The bill
nakes it unlawful to trap. n^t. shoot |
»r kill by any method whatsoever any
luail or partridge from February 15 t<«
'Covomber 1; deer or fawn from Feb
uary 1 to September 1; wild turkey
‘rum May 1 to September 1. It makes
t unlawful for non-residents to shoot,
mnt. fish or trap at any season of the
/ear in this state, and constitutes the
sheriff of each county or any constable
tame warden, and their deputies game
wardens. The bill makes it unlawful
,o shoot after sunset or before sunrise
lpon any waters of the state, nor shall
my person shoot any wild duck before I
lunrise of after sunset. It is also made I
inlawful for any common carrier to
ship out of the state any deer, turkey, j
vild fowl, game fish or game of any 1
lescriptlon. the fine for violation to be
lot less than $100 nor more than $500.
Mr. Chapline introduced a resolu
ion calling upon the penitentiary board I
o demand the resigij^tion of M. D. L. !
7ook. financial agent of the peniten
iary, the resolution alleging that the
igent had not complied strictly with
he Ian in the payment of $30,000 on
he Cummins plantation.
After considerable discussion a mo
Ton to indefinitely postpone the reso
ution prevailed. The argument was
idvanced that a special committee had
inder investigation the whole transac
ion relating to the farm purchase, and
hat the house had no authority to pass
ipon anything connected therewith be
fore the committee should submit its
•eport.
H. B. 56 (Burk), to protect coal
nlners and defining the duties of th^*
date mine inspector, was read third
irae and passed.
Mr. Keith's bill requiring that in the
printed lists of persons paying poll tax
he township in which they reside and
jostoffiee address be given, passed.
Mr. Stevens introduced H. B. 4 21. to
•epeal the act passed at this session
resting the Seventh chancery district, j
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MONDAY MARCH 9.
The house judiciary committee re
ported on the charges filed against
Chancellor Leatherman of Hot Springs,
•ecommending thet irnp^phrnent pro- j
■eedlngs be taken up In the senate.
The house receded from its amend
nent increasing the insane asylum an
nex appropriation from $140,000 to
$1*0.000.
The question of extending: the session
was discussed in the senate, but no
definite date was agreed to.
The house passed a bill constituting
the governor, .secretary of state and at
torney general a state board of par
dons
Several other matters of importance
were disposed of In both branches, and
in the afternoon Hon. “Private" John
Allen of Mississippi addressed the gen
eral asembly in joint sesion.
The Senate.
The first business brought up after
roil call was the extension of the ses
sion.
Senator King moved to reconsider the
vote by which the senate receded from
its thirty day amendment to the orig
inal house resolution. The motion was
carried and Senator King gave notice
that he w'ould Introduce an amendment
to extend the session to April 21.
The University of Arkansas appropri
ation bill was introduced. In addition
to the ordinary expenses the bill ap
propriates $50,000 for a dormitory for
girls. $50,000 for a building for the de
partments of mechanical arts and civil
and electrical engineering. $5,000 for a
dairy building. $5,000 for a building and
equipment of the veterinary depart
ment, $2,500 to purchase additional
land. $3,000 for a gymnasium. $4,385
for an exhibit at the World's Fair and
$3,000 for a summer normal school at
the University.
A conference committee was named
on the insane asylum annex appropria
tion bill.
H. B. 305 (Cook), regulating the elec
tion of school directors and allowing
the county judge to require voters to
exhibit receipts, was passed.
S. B. 48 (Wood), increasing salary of
superintendent of public instruction to
$2,500, passed.
S. B. 108, increasing salary of secre
tary of state to $2,250 was passed after
a short debate, ayes 15. noes 9.
Senator Norwood reported that an
agreement had been reached by confer
ence on the insane asylum annex appro
priation bill, the senate concurring in
several minor amendments and the
house receding from the amendment in
ert-asing the appropriation to $180,000.
The report was adopted and the bill
passed as amended.
The House.
The house passed the bill creating the
governor, secretary' of state and attor
ney general a board of pardons.
Mr. Futrail opposed the bill on the
ground that it was unconstitutional.
H. B. 194 (Rodman), providing for a
state board of arbitration for the set
tlement of differences between em
ployers and employes, passed by a vote
of 69 to 2. The bill provides that the
board shall be composed of the com
missioner of mines and agriculture and
two others, one selected by the employ
ers and the other by the employes.
H. B 342, making it unlawful for
physicians to reveal professional se
crets. drum up business, to become
habitual drunkards, and providing pun
ishment for malpractice, was passed by
unanimous vote.
H. B. 262, providing that all sacks,
barrels, etc., of flour, grain, feed, etc.,
shall have the weight and contents
marked on the outside, passed.
On motion the house concurred in
the conference report on the insane an
nex appropriation bill.
The judiciary committee submitted a
report on the Weatherman case, as fol
lows:
"Your committee to whom was re
ferred charges of impeachment against
I,eland Weatherman, chancellor of the
Third chancery' district, bog leave to
report that they have had the same
under investigation.
"Basing our recommendation upon the
testimony of witnesses examined, wo
recommend that the charges preferred
be approved by the house of represen
tatives. and that they be presented to
the senate of the state in the manner
prescribed by law. ’
Mr Whitthorne spoke against the
adoption of the report, and moved to
refer the matter back to the committee
for further testimony on both sides.
The motion was lost.
On a vive voce vote a motion to ap
prove the charges was adopted.
Mr. Pindall offered the following:
“Whereas. The cause of Iceland Weath
erman is to be submitted to the senate
for trial, and the law directs that a
committee be selected from the house
to conduct the prosecution in the sen
ate; now. therefore, be it
"Resolved. That the speaker of the
house appoint a committee of five mem
bers of this house to conduct such
prosecution, as representatives of the
house.”
The resolution was adopted and the
speaker announced the following as the
committee: Mesrs. Patterson, Pindall,
Parks, Chapline and Whitley.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10.
H. B. 3!). regarding pot-hunters, was
called up ar.d after a long depate was
passed.
The object of the bill is to prevent
the slaughter of game for the market.
H. B. 7 (Crutcher), providing that
initial railroad lines accepting ship
ments shall give through bills of lad
ing for shipments originating in this
state was taken up.
After some discussion the bill was
defeated—23 to 9.
House concurrent resolution N'o. 6.
providing for a committee to investi
gate and report at the next session of
the general assembly on the Torrens
system of registering land, was called
up and adopted.
The first question to bob up was the
unsettled one of extending the session.
After considerable discussion April
30 was agreed as the date of adjourn
ment.
Tf. B. 303. compelling property own
ers in cities of the first ami seeond
class to put down sidewalks, passed
unanimously.
A bill providing for the appointment
of a commission to locate the exact
position of the Arkansas troops in the
Vicksburg campaign failed to receive
the necessary two-thirds majority.
H. B. 136, which prohibits the em
ployment of child labor In factories,
was taken up and passed. The passage
of the bill was preceded by a long de
bate. Senator* Caldwell spoke in favor
of the bill, urging that children should
be given a chance to secure an educa
tion. Senator Huddleston also spoke
in favor of the bill.
Senators Cotham and Wood opposed
the bill, taking the ground that it would
cripple the industries of the state.
The bill passed by a vote of 20 to
12, the vote being as follows:
Ayes—Adams, Butt. Caldwell. Cotton.
Covington. Fletcher. Gray, Hardy. Hin
kle, Huddleston. Klllough. Matlock Mc
Ferrin. Norwood. Price, Sengel. Simp
son. Vaughter,. Witt. Mr. President.
Noes—Collins. Cotham. Jobe, Kilgore,
King. Mardis, Mears, Pinnlx, Rispn,
Smith. Wilson, Wood.
Senator Price's bill appropriating
$77,123.19 additional for the Arkansas
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position at St. Louis was defeated in
the house. Mr. Parks gave notice of
a motion to reconsider.
The senate passed fhe bill prohibit
ing the employment of child labor in
factories.
Both branches of the general assem
bly adopted a concurrent resolution ex
tending the session 49 days, to April
Si). The house passed the bill provld
The Senate.
ing for the redigesting and printing of
the statutes of Arkansas.
The House.
Mr. Campbell's bill providing for the
appointment of a digester for the pur
pose of preparing a state digest and
appropriating $20,000 for the purpose
of publishing 8.000 copies was consid
ered In committee of the whole, and
on being referred back to the house was
passed by a vote of to 7.
Senate concurrent resolution extend
ing the session to April 30 was taken
up and passed.
After a lengthy debate the house re
fused to reconsider the vote by which
Senator Norwood's bill, allowing cities
and towns to have saloons when their
counties voted for prohibition, failed
to pass.
Mr. Cate was in favor of having the
bill amended so that it would apply
to those who wanted it. Mr. Fuller
spoke in favor of reconsideration and
Mr. Slaughter Opposed any further ac
tion.
The World’s Fair appropriation bill
was taken up.
Mr. Garrett favored the bill, argu
ing that a poor exhibit would be of
less benefit than none at all.
Mesrs. Fuller and Moore of Phillips
strongly endorsed the appropriation of
$100,000.
Messrs. Atkins and Chambers op
posed a large appropriation.
Messrs. Arnold, KeJso. Thompson.
McGuigan. Kerwin and Keel made ap
peals for the bill as it pased the senate.
The roll was called and the bill failed
to pass—ayes 48, noes 34; neefessary
to carry 55. The vote follows:
Ayes—Apple. Arnold. Bell, Bevill.
Brooks. Burk. Campbell of Pulaski,
Cate. Chapline, Chestnut. Clement,
Crutcher. Du Banov, Eldredge. Fraser,
Funk, Fuller, Gannawav. Gantt. Hall,
Hale, Harris, Hogan, Holland, Jacobs,
Keel, Kelso. Kerwin. Martinoau. Ma
tin* ny, Mat miller. McGuigan, Myers,
Moore of Newton. Norfleet. Parks. Per
ry. Pindall. Poole, Stafford, Stockard,
Thompson, Toney. Weaver, Whitthorne,
Winn and Mr. Speaker.
N«*es—Baskin, Bird. Bradley. Brlant*
Butler. Campbell of Randolph. Cham
bers. Chrisp. Dixon, Ellis. Ferguson,
Flanagin. Fletcher, Futrell. Garrett,
Gibson. Green of Benton, Griffin, Hill,
Holman. Holmes, Keith, Knox. Eatl
mer. Newberry. Rodman, Rountree,
Rowland. Slaughter. Stover, Tarver,
White. Whitley and Witt.
Paired—Atkins no and Cook of Phil
lips aye; Merriman aye and Green of
Ouachita no; Stevens no and Daniel aye.
Mr. Parks gave notice of a motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
failed to pass.
S. B. 181 (Norwood), authorizing
special school districts to borrow' funds
and mortgage property of districts to
build and make improvements, was read
third time and passed.
The Medical Bill.
An act was passed at this session
and signed by the governor regulating
the practice of medicine and surgery
and providing for the appointment of
three separate boards of state medical
examiners. The first section of the bill
creating the boards is as follows:
"That the medical examiners herein
provided for shall consist of three
boards, one of physicians and surgeons
recommended by the Homeopathic Medi
cal Society of Arkansas, one of physi
siclang and surgeons recommended by
the Arkansas State Eclectic Medical So
ciety. and one of physicians and sur
geons recommended by the Arkansas
Medical Society. There shall be seven
members of each board, appointed so as
to have one member from each congres
sional district upon each board. The
appointment shall be made by the gov
ernor from a list of names presented
by the respective medical societies.
The act provides that the boards shall
hold four regular meetings each year,
to-wit: The second Tuesdays in Jan
uary. April. July and October, when
applicants for examination and oerti
fleates will be received. The boards
shall keep a record of all applicants for
license and whether the applicant was
rejected or licensed.
In regard to physicians now practic
ing in the state, the law provides that
they shall prepare a written statement
showing when and where he received
authority to practice medicine, and
where his diploma or certificate is on
record. If it apears from this sworn
statement that such person was regu
larly authorized to practice medicine
under the then existing law. the board
shall Issue to him a certificate. If it
appears that such person is not legally
authorized to practice medicine, or that
his diploma is not from a reputable
medical school or college, the board
shall refuse to issue such a certificate.
Upon the failure of such person to
make the required proof, he must stand
examination as provided in the act be
fore continuing the practice of medi
cine..
Every person practicing medicine
without having compiled with the pro
visions of the act. shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $25 nor more
than $500 and imprisonment in the
[ county Jail for a period of not less than
ten days nor more than ninety days.
| or by both fine and imprisonment, and
each day of such practice shall consti
j tute a separate offense.
County Boards of Health.
The following1 is the text of the bill
presented by Mr. Futrail, and which
has been passed by both houses and
signed by the governor, providing for
i county boards of health:
He it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas:
Section 1. The several county judges
may appoint county boards of health for
their respective counties, to be com
posed of three physicians authorized to
practice medicine in this state. A ma
jority of said board shall be sufficient
to make any order or perform any duty
provided for in this act.
Sec. 2. The said county board of
! health is hereby authorized to order
the seclusion or the isolation of any
persons or persons, and any person who
shall fail or refuse to obey the order
of said board and who shall be found
exposing himself in such a way as to
transmit any contagious or epidemic
disease, or injure the lives or health of
the county shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction fined
in any sum not less than ten dollars,
and not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and may be imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding ten days; and. pro
vided further, the county board is au
thorized to prosecute said offender or
offenders without bond for cost. This
act shall take effect from passage.
Mutual Comapniaa Exempt.
The following is the text of an act
passed by the legislature and signed by
the governor for the protection of mu
tual cotton factory insurance companies:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas:
Section 1. Hereafter all cotton factory
insurance companies, foreign and do
mestic, which are organized and being
maintained for the mutual protection of
the cotton factories composing the same
from loss by fire, and which are oper
ated without a fixed capital stock and
without a view to a prolit to such cor
porations as such, are hereby exempted
from the provisions. corfAitions and et
of the in®or**no* i» w of this state
and the laws of this ^Rate governing
•foreign corporation
this sjfate.
Arkansas State News
Large Sura for State Militia.
The state of Arkansas will re
ceive $74,331.42 a3 Imr share of the
appropriation made by congress at
the lust session for the reorganiza
tion of the staot militia of the
United States. The total appropri
ation made by congress for the mi
litia in all states was about five
million. This information was
conveyed to Adjutant - General
Charles Jacobson in a letter from
E. J. Demmieks, assistant secretary
of the Interstate National Guard
Association of New York. In con
nection with the movement to re
organize the state militia of Arkan
sas Adjutant-General Jacobson and
Major General W. If. Haynes, A. S.
G., are endeavoring to secure an ap
propriation for a state encampment
to be held this year. It is proposed
to hold the encampment in Little
Hock. The aggregate strength of
the Arkansas militia now is 1,642
men.
Youthful Shoplifters
Two youthful shoplifters wore
arrested at I’ine Bluff and when
searched an immense amount of
merchandise was found con
cealed upon their persons. The
youthful culprits are Lillie Logan
and Alice Bell, aged 14 and 15
years respectively. The two girls
entered the jewelry store of Arnold
Bros, and inspected a number of
rings. After their departure two of
the rings were found to be missing.
They visited the store on a similar
mission the following day and as
they were leaving the store it was
found that five more zings were
gone. The girls returned the rings
when the demand was made upon
them by the proprietor. At their
homes were found' other stolen ar
ticles which were identified by local
merchants. On account of their
age, Mayor Bell released the girls.
Street Railway Sold.
Officials of the Little Hock Trac
tion and Electric Company have an
nounced that the controlling inter
est in that company as well as in
the Little Rock Edison Light and
Power Company, has boon acquired
by Isadore Newman & Son, of New
Orleans, about a million and a half
dollars being involved in the deal.
It is said that the change will be
followed by the extension and im
provement of the street railway sys
tem in Little Rock and the erection
of a $50,000 power house.
Ready for Business.
The Little Rock freight bureau
has been opened for business. A.
R. Bragg, division freight agent of
the Iron Mountain for nearly thirty
years, is manager of the bureau, the
expenses of which are met by sub
scriptions from the members who
comprise a large number of busi
ness men of Little Rock. The prin
cipal object of the bureau is to pre
vent discrimination in the matter
of freight rates and to secure the
best possible rates for the members
of the organization.
Iron Mountain Employe Drowned.
W. Edward Dick, a carpenter
employed in the Iron Mountain
shops at Baring Cross, was drowned
in the Arkansas river while work- I
ing with a gang which was cleaning
away drift from the Iron Mountain !
bridge. A fellow workman, E. P.
Harvey, narrowly escaped death,
lie clung to a rope in the middle
of the river for fifteen minutes be
fore he wras rescued bv Capt. Jones,
of the United States boat Arkansas.
Distinguished Visitors.
John D. Rockefeller, the Stand
ard Oil magnate, spent several hours
in Little Rock and made a sight
seeing Irmr of the city. The multi
millionaire WTls accompanied by
Mrs. Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs.
Rockefeller, Jr., I>r. Biggar and
Miss Spellman. The party arrived
in Little Rock from New Orleans,
traveling in the private car of
(leorge J. Gould, of the Missouri
Pacific.
Senator Clark in Washington.
Senator-Elect James P. Clark
went to Washington to take the
oath of office and assume his seat in
the United States senate at the be
ginning of the extra session of con
gress called by President Roosevelt.
Mr. Clark ha3 announced that he
will not appoint a private secretary
New Railroad Incorporated.
The Arkansas Mineral and Coal
Railway Company has been reineor
porated, the new articles providing
for the construction of a longer line
than did the papers filed some time
ago. 1 nder the new articles it is
proposed to build a road from Hart*
ford, Sebastian county, to Harri
son, Boone-county, a distance of 175
miles, while the plans of the former
corporation were for a line only for
ty miles long between Hartford and
I h er. The new company is capital
ized at $1,250,000. The counties
through which the road will pass
arc Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin,
Johnson, Newton and Boone, a ter
ritory into which few railroads have
entered; Many of the corporators
are residents of these counties. It
is thought, however, on account o?
the extension of tho plans that the
company is hacked by one of the
larger systems. i
Page fcxhoaorated.
The state board of charitable in
stitutions at the regular monthly
inciting began an investigation of
tho charge that Purchasing Agent i
John II. Page had. been furnished
free coal by the T. H. Bunch (V*al
Co. The following members of the*"*"
board were present: State Treasurer
If. C. Tipton, chairman; 0. B. Gor
don Prescott; B. A. Ilar
dv, Magnolia; J. M. Bar
ker, Jr., Atkins; ' C. F.
Greenlee, Brinkley; C. I). James,
Kurcka Springs; J. R. Bush, Hele
na. The board, after hearing all
the evidence in the case, fully ex
honerated Mr. Page, it being shown
that he was guilty of no wrong do
iDS■ . ,
Cotton Mill for Little Rock.
A number of business men of
Little Rock are interested in a prop
osition to establish a $250,000 cot
ton pi ill, in that city.
mooting it was ...TJPled to rail
possible, $150,000 in subscript
to the stock in Little Rock'anc
cure outside capital to the amount
of $100,000. The promoters of the
project expect to build a mill of 10,
000 spindles. It is expected that the
mill will be enlarged later, the ul
timate plan being to operate a mill
of 100,000 spindles which would
use about 40,000 bales of cotton
each year.
AH Rivera are High.
Reports from various parts of the
state have showed all the rivers to
be very high. It is not thought
that the water will interfere greatly
with the spring planting, however,
unless heavy rains continue for an
other month. The Ouachita, Red
and White rivers were reported full
and either rising or stationary. The
Arkansas river has fallejs although’
the backwater, st the Mississippi
has extended up the river about 65
mibs. Scores of cattle have been
drowned in the overflow of the bot
tom lands.
Lee Weigel Indicted.
T.ee Weigel, of Texarkana, ha
been indicted for the murder of h*
wife. Weigel was married last No
vember. Four days after the cere
mony the bride was found with her
throat cut from ear to ear in a hotel
at Texarkana and by her side wai
Weigel with a similar wound and
bloody razor in his hand. T^
woman was dead when she was
covered. Weigel recovered b^r
refused to make any statem
corning the tragedy. Wj
a sensational attempt to
j A i 1 several wee'
Took An Expensive
Ivory Davis, a youngj
got drunk at Forrest
another man’s horse hi
arrested on a charge
When he .appeared
Sanders ho was re
charge, but was co
fine $20 and cos'
horse without the
sion.
Investor* Exi
Eastern investo
ing over the coal
semi-anthracite
sas. Fred J. Go;
Mo., repre-xnti
itclists, spent sen
ville, and expresi
ly pieced with
fcrth# dev