VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1907.
NO. 44.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest events of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
Foreign Lands. Throughout the Na
tion and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.
Congress111*111 Theodore E. Burton
has accepted the invitation to the St.
Louis reception of the president.
Col. Frank West, second cavalry, has
been appointed to command the mili
tary tournament at St. Joseph, Mo.
Congressman Bartholdt demands al
teration of St. I-ouis postoffice plans
to provide quarters for administrative
force.
Taft asks increase of COO army offi
cers. Department handicapped by as
signment of men to special duty.
Interstate commercion commission
Is asked to investlgaae complaints
from Galveston anj New Orleans in
volving discrimination in export busi
ness.
Mrs. Minor Morris arrested as in
sane. Woman whose ejection from
white house caused furore, held at St.
Louis. Relatives ask inquiry.
Changed marriage decree more
strict. Catholics may wed only before
bishop, priest or delegated authority.
Willingness of spiritual adviser neces
sary to contract.
University of Illinois loses football
captain-elect. Will not be allowed to
play on accont of three-year eligibility
rule.
Wilson Mizner, ex-husband of Mrs.
Charles T. Yerkes, is locked up in
New York for assaulting two men.
Amalgamated Copper company will
close its big mines at Butte, throwing
10,000 men out of work. Action, caused
by overstocK of metal, demoralizes
SIOCKS.
Wall street denizens shocked to see
James J. Hill and IS. H. Harriman
walking arm in arm, and rumors of
terrible conspiracies are set afloat .
D. M. Parry, of Indianapolis, flays
both Bryan and Beveridge for their
debate on the labor question, holding
that both evade the issue,
Wisconsin state fair commissioners
decide to hold up the pay of employes
who are also employes of the state.
Secret of eternal youth is discov
ered, not by scientists, hut by milli
ners, and is said to be embodied in
the mushroom hat.
Mme. Besant prescribes theosophy
as a sure cure for Chicago's civil liis.
Paces and jewels worth several
thousand dollars, which are found
concealed on two young women of
French Lick, Ind., when they land in
New York, are confiscated by customs
officirls.
Mrs. Lillian F. Howell charger. Dr.
John W. S. Howell, member of the
Chicago Athletic association, with try
ing to kill her and asks divorce.
Couple plans a submarine wedding
in the tank at the Hippodrome, New
^ork, with Father Neptune and mer
maids as attendants.
Moroccan situation threatens to in
To.ve France in diplomatic difficulties,
Germany taking a determined stand
against extensive military operations
by the allies.
Mrs. Pepper-Vanderbilt, Brooklyn
*rwok expert, testifies that she be
stowed spiritualistic kisses on certain
old men, but that they had no earthly
significance.
Mrs. Annie Besant, the new leader
c the Theosophist society, on her ar
S'al in New York during her trip
Jrotn Lurope to Chicago, says there
6 no doubt as to transmigration of
Souls, and that she Is sure she had a
previous existence.
I Parriman returns to his office
n * ew York and says he found the
J'est to be more prosperous than ever
eJj)re’ with no sighs of a panic,
rs. Mary Lawless Rorschach, wife
a 1 uited States naval officer, is
f ot and killed by a burglar in her
home at Norfolk, Va.
Assignment of pastors is made by
e owa Methodist conference at
Burlington and the Northwest In
““ Methodist conference at Green
castle.
J- 'aw *a Wisconsin provides a
'> fine for secret marriage.
t„ r“er President Gale of the de
ba l HeatinS testifies In the
aukruptcy proceedings against the
company.
Tukiu newspapers and politicians
Sat? such an outcry about the
In hi ran<dsco incident are very meek
C0Uv^UssiDs the serious riots in Van
Kim; Kdward decides to dis
V)..® ccncerts popular under
srLn and have Instead bi
‘ Mvate concerts.
Der;lS,C°.nsin rePnblican le-dei
lne at kold mnny conferei
JLat_ate fElr week and decI
r" °f vital moment.
Fire Marshal Purtell of Wisconsin
says that lightning rods are almost a
certain safeguard against loss of prop
erty from lightning, and suggests that
fire insurance companies offer lower
rates to property owners who use
them.
The gross earnings of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway show
an increase of $5,125,501 for the last
fiscal year, but. the growth of expenses
makes the net ©arnings $110,075 less
than for the preceding year.
Many Iowa republicans are awaiting
with interest the passing through the
state next month of Gov. Hughes of
New York, whom they prefer for pres
idential nominee next year.
United States has taken up the ex
pulsion of J. N. Winslow from France.
Rival sultans take field in Morocco
and bitter civil war is expected to fol
low action.
Two-cent fare law of Pennsylvania
is declared unconstitutional by the
common plea court at Philadelphia.
Grand Duke Nicholas Consrantino
vich, disgraced 35 years ago for selling
diadem of mother, wanders from villa
in Crimea at night and is believed
to be roaming woods insane.
Hague conference adopted rule for
bidding attack on rival country before
declaration of war.
Ferdinand Earle, artist, who dis
carded wife to marry affinity, hints at
dark tragedy averted.
Premier Stolypin is given larger
powers to cope with the difficult prob
lems confronting Russia.
Standard Oil company refused to ac
cept mileage redemption money,
dreading suspicion of rebate.
The Rev. Charles Sheldon declared
steamer lines could be run at greater
profits if drinks were not sold.
Interurban railroad net in central
west is a new wonder; comfort, speed
and economy offered to users.
Frederick M. Fish, retired stock
broker, killed his wife with a shot gun
and cut his own throat with a razor.
Lusitania, largest steamship afloat,
leaves Liverpool on her maiden voy
age to New York in race with Lu
cania.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rohrback, of Evans
ton. flies as her mother did, on an
ocean liner which was their home.
Stuyvesant Fish and James T. Hara
han are tame and almost offensively
courteous at an Illinois Central di
rectors' meeting in New' York, and Mr.
Harahan furnishes the information de
manded by Fish.
Crown Princess of Germany sends
her chef to America to learn how to
make flapjacks and buckwheat cakes.
Additional cuts in the rates of ocean
steamships announced in New York
bring first cabin prices to $50.
President of dressmakers' associa
tion in session in New York declares
present style in women's gowns are
immodest and urges a return to co
lonial costumes.
Interstate commerce commissioners
favor discontinuance of the investiga
tion of great railway systems, believ
ing the roads, warned by the Harrl
man exposure, have discontinued
abuses.
Eight adults, three of them Jap
enese, seek admission to the Chicago
public schools, the board of education
reserving its decision on the requests.
Interstate 2c fares to the east will
not be put in effect until Jan. 1.
A reception and dinner was given
Secretary Taft at Aberdeen, Wash., by
the Young Men’s Republican club.
In accordance with orders issued by
Adjt. Gen. Boardman of Wisconsin,
the militia of the state will hereafter
be organized on the same basis as
the United States army.
Secretary Oscar L. Straus of the de
partment of commerce and labor re
turned to Washington after an ex
tended visit to various cities along the
Pacific coast and to Honolulu, where
he went to gather information bear
ing on the work of his department.
The first school in the United States
to teach boys according to the Ruskin
idea has been opened in this city by
Dr. Edward Rumley, son of the late
millionaire traction engine manufac
turer.
The surgeon general of the marine
hospital service has decided to add
four men to the force of government
plague experts at San Francisco, mak
ing a total of seven.
Fire destroyed the hotel at Cleve
land Springs, N. C. Miss Smith, of Ell
boro, N. C., and two unidentified ne
groes employed by the hotel were
burned to death. The loss is about
$25,000, with $10,000 insurance.
Sentenced mail carrier, obeying or
ders of Judge Landis to report at bride
w'ell to beghFsentence, is unable to en
ter because he has no commitment pa
pers.
Army of 50,000 may be sent by
France and Spain to invade Morocco,
going as far as Fez is necessary, to
subdue the rebellious tribesmen, ac
cording to reports in military circles
1 at Madrid.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft are reported to speak for Bur
ton in Cleveland's mayoralty cam
paign, while Johnson counts on aid
from Bryan and other leading demo
crats.
Oil Fields of Fort Smith.
Fort Smith’s oil boom continues to
grow. A number of outside oil oper
ators are becoming interested. The
investigation of the field has devel
oped the fact that this section of the
State is not only well supplied with
coal and gas but that it has beds of
shale and fine grade potter’s clay,
the equal of which is not found in
any part of the United States. It has
developed that in some parts of the
Massard Prairie where the gas is found
In largest quantities, holes have been
drilled through beds of this clay 700
feet in thickness. The drill has shown
that this shale is of excellent quality,
buff, blue and black, soft, medium
and hard. It is without a break and
ie suitable to manufacture brick of
every conceivable variety. It is rich in
aluminum and easy of access and will
make a high grade tiling. In addition
to these deposits, the drill has passed
through cement, shale, and coal, and
beneath these three valuable miner
als, gas has been found in such quan
ties as to lead oil and gas men to
say that this field when more fully
developed will be the largest gas field
in the United States.
Physical Shock Restores Reason.
Ten days ago four Dubois brothers,
Fred, Charles, Albert and Louis, left
Gravette bound for New Mexico on
a prospecting trip. One of the broth
ers, Fred, became demented on the
trip and while enroute home he leaped
from the rear of the train while it
was running 40 miles an hour. The
train was stopped and backed to the
place where he leaped, but no trace
of him could be found. Just what
became of him immediately after is
not known as he sustained a broken
leg, and severe bruises by the fall
and it was impossible for him to go
far. Twenty-four hours later he
dragged himself to a farmhouse and
asked for aid. When he jumped he
rolled over and over, being severely
injured, but reason returned with the
physical shock. He cut off his trou
sers leg, and cut some stiff, heavy
weeds, and placed them around the
leg. Then he bound them with slips
of his trousers firmly in place. His
belt was used to lash both legs
close together to stiffen the injured
member. Then he began his wearisome
hunt for help.
Killed Negro In Saloon.
W. C. Alexander, a saloon keeper
at Cornerstone, Jefferson county, shot
and instantly killed Mose Blackburn,
a negro recently. The shooting was
the result of a quarrel over some
money which the saloonist is said to
have accused the negro of stealing.
An inquest was held and a verdict of
justifiable homicide was rendered.
This is the second negro that Alex
ander has shot. He shot another
negro at Sherrill some years ago, but
the negro did not die from his wounds.
He also had some trouble with a white
man named Sanders a few years ago,
at Sherrill, in which Sanders was
badly used up.
Stabbed By Negress.
Vick Faguani, a young white man,
was slashed with a knife and seriously
wounded by a negro woman at Tex
arkana. The blade of the knife entered
at the back part of his neck and
ranged the entire length of the body,
laying open a great gash along the
muscular and fleshy portion of the
back. The young man has been uncon
scious a good portion of the time since
receiving his injures, and has not as
yet been able to give a detailed account
of the trouble which led up to the
assault upon him by the negress.
Granted Pardon.
Governor Pindall has granted a par
don to T. J. Harvey, convicted in the
Fort Smith District Court of Sebastian
county, December, 1905. of forging and
uttering fraud checks, and sentenced
to serve four years in the peniten
tiary. The petition of Kit Point
dexter, convicted of resisting an
officer, and who asked for a pardon,
was refused. Pointdexter vas con
victed in the Woodruff Circuit Court
of resisting an officer.
Offer Reward For Baker.
Acting Governor Pindall Saturday
offered a reward of $100 for the arrest
and conviction of Heber Baker, who,
it is alleged, shot and killed John Ham
mond of Lawrence county. Immedi
ately following the murder Baker dis
appeared and no clew has been dis
covered to his whereabouts.
New Cotton Destroyer.
A bug much smaller than the boll
weevil, is doing some damage to the
cotton in Jefferson county. So far cot
ton men in that section have been
unable to give the bug a name.
Sequel to Recent Tragedy.
Another killing has occurred at Cor
nerstone, supposed to be the direct
result of the killing of Mose Black
well, a negro, by W. C. Alexander, a
saloonkeeper, of which Alexander was
acquitted on the ground of self-de
fense. The victim was C. A. Butler,
45 years old, a constable of Bogg towrn
ship, Jefferson county. He had noth
ing to do with the killing of Black
well, but is supposed to have been
mistaken for Alexander, as the shoot
ing was done by a negro
while Mr. Butler was seated on the
porch of Mr. Alexander's residence.
Louis Franklin, a negro 35 years old,
has been arrested, charged with the
crime.
May Boost Taxation.
The Garland county Board of Equal
ization, now in session, will make an
effort to boost taxation to the highest
possible notch. Garland county got
into a financial state so low that the
county has been compelled to close
several bridges on important highways
not having funds to repair them or
build new ones and the citizens have
been compelled to advance money to
the county in order to have roads put
in seasonable shape. The attitude of
the Board of Equalization is the result.
Double Tragedy.
Norma C. Suggs, a discharged brake
man of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway, shot and killed
John G. Cromwell, chief clerk in the
trainmaster’s office at Little Rock,
whom he blamed with his discharge,
and later shot himself while being
pursued by the police. He had been
drinking heavily for several days pre
vious to the tragedy and had boasted
that he would kill Cromwell.
Struck By Cars.
Frank Mankers of Athelstan was
run down by a string of box cars
which were being switched at Marked
Tree, and received several cuts in the
head. He was trying to cross the
track when the accident occurred. He
was driving four mules to a log wagon.
The wagon was demolished, one of
the mules wras killed and the legs
of another were broken.
Blind Tigers Banished.
After imposing fines aggregating
about ?7,000 on several persons alleged
to have been operating blind tigers,
the mayor’s court at Warren agreed to
reduce the fines to $1,700 and costs in
consideration of immediate pament.
the surrender of United States special
tax receipts and sworn obligations
never to sell intoxicants of any kind
in the town of Warren.
Blew His Head Off.
John Culp, a young man living seven
miles south of Warren committed sui
■ iue by blowing the top of his head
off with a Winchester rifle. The cause
of the suicide is unknown, but it is
supposed to have been due to an unbal
anced mind. At one time he was an
inmate of the State Hospital for Ner
vous Diseases at Little Rock.
Killed By Lightning.
Ed Barnes, a young farmer of
Briggsville, was instantly killed,
together with his mules, by lightning.
A boy was with him at the time but
he was merely rendered unconscious
by the bolt. A peculiarly sad feature
of young Barnes' death was the fact
that he was to have been irarriei.
on the following day.
New Jail At De Queen.
Material has been ordered and work
will commence immediately on the
new jail at De Queen. The building
will be constructed of concrete and
steel and will be absolutely fire-proof.
The building will be 30x40 feet with
lS-inch wall. The interior will be
fitted with combination lock steel
cages.
Population 32,638.
The population of Fort Smith, as
shown by the canvass made by R. L.
Polk & Co., directory publishers, is
:!2,688. The government census of
1900 gave Fort Smith a population of
11,387. The population in 1904,
obtained by a house to house canvass
by the compilers of the directory, \va°
24,570.
Drops Dead after Quarrel.
Mrs. Maria Reeser of Wynne
dropped dead recently after an alter
catiou with a 15-year-old boy w horn
she was attempting to prevent from
annoying her children.
Hoss and Hoss.
After being married 2 4 hours an
eastern young woman quit her hit'
band and went back to her $25-a-week
job. It may be pointed out that very
few wives get $2 5 a week to spend on
themselves. Yet there are mighty
few husbands who have that much to
spend on themselves, either.
Profits From Acre and a Quarter.
William Betts, of Poff's Bluff, sold
$77 worth of watermelons from one
half acre of land this season and $105
worth of Irish potatoes from three
fourths of an acre.
State Capital Notes
Reward For Man Already Caught.
Acting Governor Pindall offered a
reward Tuesday of §100 for the return
to the authorities of Little Rock of
C. Buckingham, who escaped from
Fair Oaks camp last April, and who j
was brought back Monday. Three
weeks ago Buckingham wrote to War
den Baynham of the old penitentiary
offering to return, and said in the let
ter that he would surrender himself
at Little Rock, September C. In his
letter Buckingham stated that after
his escape which was made possible
from the fact that he had been appoint
ed a trusty, he had made his way, first
i to Texas, and then to Independence,
Kan., where he had secured work and
where the letter to the warden was
written. Several days ago, Deputy
Sheriff A1 Chichester went to Inde
pendence and brought Buckingham
with him when he returned Monday.
Notwithstanding the fact that Bucking
ham was already in Jail, the proclama
tion of $100 reward was spread on the
books of Secretary of State Ludwig
Tuesday. The proclamation was dated
September 5, however, and was offered
| after it was known that Buckingham
was arrested. According to Warden
Baynham, if Buckingham had been
released by the Independence police he
! would have returned to the peniten
tiary on his own volition and the State
would have been saved the amount of
the first reward, offered by the peni
tentiary authorities, not to mention
the $100, which will be paid by the
State by Acting Governor Pindall’s
! action. Buckingham was sentenced at
| the fall term of the Polk County Cir
! cuit Court last year to one year in the
penitentiary for grand larceny. He had
served six months of his time when
! he escaped. Before writing to War
den Baynham offering to surrender
himself, he had written to the man in
Mena, whose store he had entered,
and asked if he intended to prosecute
him further. He received assurances
in return that if he returned to the
penitentiary every effort would be
made to secure for him executive
clemency. Buckingham, it is thought.
| never would have entertained
1 the idea of returning to the
State penitentiary had it not
been for a mother and sisters who
are living at Mena, whom he desires
to help support when he is released
after serving the remainder of his sen
tence.
To Make State Display.
Commissioner Guy B. Tucker will go
to Hot Springs Saturday to make
arrangements with George R. Belding
of the State Fair Association for space
for an exhibit of the minerals and
fruits from the State Department. It
is proposed by Mr. Tucker to make a
complete showing of Arkansas' pro
ducts. The Horticultural Department
of the State University will make a
display in connection with the exhibit
from Mr. Tucker’s office. Because of
dissatisfaction throughout the State by
company commanders to taking their
men to the State encampment at Hot
Springs without first having them uni
formed Brigadier General Surridge has
issued a special order that revokes the
previous plan, to supply the men with
uniforms and other equipment upon
their arrival at Hot Springs. General
Surridge’s order follows:
Brigade Headquarters,
Arkansas National Guard,
Black Rock. Ark., Sept. 11, 1907.
Special Order No. 1.
Maj. E. B. Jett: You are hereby
requested upon receiving uniforms and
other equipments pertainiug to the
National Guard of Arkansas from the
War Department, to proceed at once
to pack and ship the uniforms for the
enlisted men to the various captains
of the various companies of the State,
as it is very essential that each man
should be uniformed before leaving
home for the annual encampment at
Hot Springs, Arkansas, which will
take place on October 2nd to 12 th,
1907.
By command of Brigadier General
Surridge.
John Martineau,
Asst. Adj’t. Gen.
No Roof For Capitol.
The State Capitol Commission has
been in session this week, at which
the report of the contractors was
received. Beyond the setting of some
necessary stone, the work on the build
ing will soon be discontinued. Since the
last meeting of the commissioners,
construction has been going on, in an
effort to finish in places where, if left
long to the exposure of the weather,
rapid disintegration would take place.
Then the contractors will discontinue
until either a special session of the
legislature has relieved the situation
or wait two years until the
regular session of the legislature
passes the appropriation that will be
I required to complete the building.
County Collector's Fees.
Attorney General Kirby recently
rendered an opinion regarding the fees
that county collectors are entitled to,
in listing non-resident, or unknown
property holders. There has been con
siderable controversy on the matter
between the assessors in the State,
and the county judges, the former
claiming that they were entitled to
$1 for every name of a non-resident
that they listed, and the county judges
assuming that the assessors were
entitled to $1 for each township listed.
A definition of the law was requested
of the attorney general by County
Judge W. T. Martin of Ouachita
county, who, It is said, disputed the
bill rendered by the assessor of the
county. Attorney General Kirby
addressed the following letter to Judge
Martin, which is self-explanatory:
Yours of the 11th inst. asking my
opinion as to what fee should be
allowed the assessor for making list of
real property of unknown and non
resident owners, under section 6950,
Kirby’s Digest, is received. “For each
list of real property the owner or
owners of which are unknown, or non
residents, one dollar, and all such
lands in one township and range to
be embraced or counted as one list,
but if any unknown person or non
resident owns lands on more than one
township he shall be allowed one dol
lar for each township. Provided, no
fee shall be allowed any assessor for
listing any name or personal property
unless said party or property, as the
case may be, is in the county and
subject to taxation.” Section 6960
Kirby’s Digest. The assessor is entit
led to one dollar, and no more, for
assessing all lands of non-residents
and unknown owners in each township
where there are any of such land3.
Bell vs. Arkansas County, 44 Ark.
493.
Yours very truly,
W. F. Kirby,
Attorney General.
Let Artificial Limb Contract.
The Pension Board awarded the
contract for the furnishing of artifi
cial limbs for 14 disabled Confederate
pensioners to Harry Glenn, represent
ing the Winkler Artificial Limb Com
pany of St. Paul, Minn. The price of
each limb delivered to its recipient
will be $100. Mr. Glenn agreed to take
the measurements and will guarantee
the fit and wear of the limb. State
Auditor Moore has been conducting
the investigations and was empowered
by his fellowr members of the board
to make the selections of any make
of limb he say fit,. He secured cata
logues from practically all the artifi
cial limb manufacturers of the coun
try and decided upon the Winkler limb.
Mr. Glenn, who wears an artificial
limb, gave a practical demonstration
of his ability to move about at the
meeting of the Pension Board. So
well has he adapted himself to the
artificial member that he can do nearly
everything that he could do before he
met with the accident that caused the
amputation of his leg. In speaking of
the contract, State Auditor Moore said
that while $100 for each limb is prob
ably a high price, he thought that the
best should be secured. Mr. Glenn
will make visits to each of the pen
sioners who are to receive a limb and
will measure them and send in the
orders possibly next week.
Will Hold Special Meeting.
A special meeting of the Peniten
tiary Board will be held the latter part
of the week, and there will be a num
ber of important matters considered.
Commissioner Guy B. Tucker will
bring up his resolution, it is said, pro
viding for the abolishment of the old
penitentiary and the removal of the
convicts and the office headquarters
to the new penitentiary. In the furth
erance of his move, Mr. Tucker will
present a tabulated statement, wherein
he will submit figures tending to prove
that if the change is effected it will
mean an additional revenue to tha
State of about $13,000 annually. State
Auditor Moore and Acting Governor
Pindall will present their report to
the meeting on the matter of lighting
the reform school with electricity, and
heating it. Another matter that will
be considered is the abolishment of
the office of the superintendent of
cooks for the penitentiary camps.
Pardons Granted.
Acting Governor Pindal1 has granted
a pardon to Berkley Mattox, who was
sentenced at the June term of the
Crawford County Circuit Court in 1903
to fifteen years in the penitentiary
for murder. Also to Wash Harris,
convicted in the FaiPkner County Cir
cuit Court of grand l.oceuy and sen
tenced to one year in the penitentiary
and A. H. Eme y, sentenced to serve
two years from Stone County Circuit
Court at the fall term In 1906 toi
grand larceny.