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McCEORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1903.
NO. 44.
A Condensed Report of the Actual
Business Transacted the
Past Week.
MONDAY, JANUARY 30.
A matter of general interest to the
members was a message reaa to the
senate from Gov. Davis. vetoing the
newspaper and stamp bill, which appro
priated In a round sum something like
til,000 to be expended for stamps and
papers, the latter to be distributed by
members the general assembly, at
their discreTion.
The Senate.
S. B. 36 (Butt), repealing ordinances
creating local assessment districts in
crties and towns, was called up and read
third time. The bill was opposed by
Messrs. Jobe, Wood, Logan and Kil
lough, the latter saying the measure
tended to favor corporations w’here they
could secure a franchise. The bill failed
to pass.
Gov. Davis's private secretary ap
peared and read the governor’s veto of
the newspaper and stamp bill. The sec
retary also read a communication from
the governor pertaining to the resolu
tion in regard to the resignations of
Hon. J. P. Eagle and Mr. Crump as
world's fair commissioners. The gov
ernor stated that the gentlemen had not
tendered thdir resignations in writing.
The correspondence between the govern
or and Hon. J. P Eagle was submitted.
S. B. 12 (Pinnix), was taken up. An
amendment by Mr. Wilson, providing
that each county superintendent shatl
receive the same salary rs the county
Judge, no salary to exceed $1,500, was
adopted.
Senator King presented a bill provid
ing for the payment of funds loaned the
governor last summer to relieve the
drouth sufferers of north Arkansas.
The House.
On motion of Mr. Martineau, a concur
rent resolution was adopted, authoriz
ing a joint committee to investigate the
purchase of a convict farm.
A resolution by Mr. McGuigan, making
it the duty of members to report to the
general assembly if at any time sucYl
member be approached by a lobbyist,
was tabled.
Mr. Kelso introduced H. B. 164, fixing
Lability of insurance companies on life
Policies in cases of misrepresentation.
Mr. Whitthorne introduced H. B. 165,
legalizing all primary elections. 4
An amendment by Mr. Campbell to H.
B. 63. proposing the licensing and ex
amination of teachers after January 1,
1903. was adopted.
Mr. Thompson introduced a resolution
providing for a" constitutional amend
ment, fixing the number of justices of
the peace at one in each township.
Mr. Thompson introduced H. B. 168.
fixing the rate of charges for advertis
ing in newspapers for legal notices.
H.B. No. 19. virtually a copy of the
King anti-trust bill pending in the sen
ate. was taken up.
Mr. Keel spoke in favor of the bill,
which passed by a vote of 93 to 3.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 37.
A busy day was spent in both branches
and some time was consumed in consid
eration of local measures.
Mr. Thompson's house resolution pro
viding for the printing in pamphlet
form of the governor's message was
voted down.
In the house a number of bills were
lntroudeed. and several local measures
were .passed.
The Senate.
The first matter considered was S. B.
78 (Caldwell), authorizing the attorney
general to employ clerical help at an
expense not to exceed $100 per month.
Under the present law the sum allowed
for such service is $66.66 2-3. After
considerable speech-making the bill
passed.
After considerable discussion the res
olution providing for a joint committee
of nineteen to visit the Cummins farm
was defeated.
H. B. No. 55 (Holand), making the
first Monday in September a legal holi
day, to be' known as Labor Day, was
read third time and passed.
The folowing resolution was adopted:
Besolved. that the message of the gov
ernor to the senate relating to the re
moval of. J. P. Eagle from the board
of capitol commissioners be referred to
the committee on public buildings and
grounds; and that the committee re
port to tiie senate whether such re
moval was made according to law and
for a lawful, cause.
Senator. Risop • introduced a bill giv
ing constables the same fese’ as allowed
sheriffs for summoning witnesses
The Souse.
At the request of Judge Merriman,
chairman, the Ways uhd Means Commit
mitt?# was authorized to employ a clerk
at $4 per day.
Mr. Kelsctintroduced a bill fixing lia
bility of Jife insurance companies, pro
vides that no misrepresentations made in
obtaining or securing a policy of insur
ance Oil tile life or lives of any person
shall be deemed material or render the
policy void unless the matter misrepre
sented shall have actually contributed
to the. contingency or event on which the
policy became due and payable, and
whether it so contributed shall be a
question for the. jury.
This is one of the most important mal:
ters sq far presented for consideration.
Mr. Campbell of Randolph introduced
H. B. 173. authorizing the governor to
employ counsel to institute suits for
back taxes due from railroads.
Mr. Holland introduced >1. B. '175. re
quiring the labeling of medicines and
compounds to be used as medicines
which contain narcotics or poison of
any description other' than physicians'
prescriptions.
Mr.Apple introduced H. B. 179, appro
priating J 1,000 to clean mid put in good
condition the Confederate burial, ground
near Austin, in Lonoke county.
Mr. Whitthorne introduced H. B. 181,
for the suppression of gambling in cities
of the first class. The bill gives such
cities jurisdiction exclusive to punish
offenses of gambling. «
H. B. 109, amending the act creating
the Fourth chancery district and fixing
tirh'e for bolding court therein, was read
third-1 time and passed. The bill- adds
Lincoln county to tiie district.'
H. B No. 90 (Green), providing uni
form bushel measure for apples, was
taken up and passed.
H. B. 151 (Griillnl. providing for
special sessions of probate courts, em
powering probate Judges to hold suoh
sessions, was read third time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Whitthorne a reso
lution authorizing the clerk of the house
to furnish eacli member with 25 cents
in stamps and thirty copies of a daily
paper each day, was adopted.
Mr. Rodman introduced H. B. 194,
providing for a state board of arbitra
tion, to be composed of the commis
sioner of mines and two other persons,
one to be selected by employers and one
by employes, to settle differences aris
ing between employes and employers.
H. B. 73 (Perry), amending the col
lateral inheritance act of 1901, was taken
up and passed. It emempts any prop
erty passing by will by the intestate
laws of the state, or by deed, grant or
gift, to any person other than grand
father, grandmother, father, mother,
husband, wife or any lineal descendant
thereof, any brother or sister or any
child thereof, an adopted child or any
heir of an adopted child.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
The senate dispensed considerable
business, passing eleven measures.
A resolution by Mr. Wood, directing
the secretary of the senate and clerk
of the house to supply members with
papers and stamps was vot. d down.
In the house a number of local meas
ures were disposed of.
'The Senate.
H. B. 29 (Pindall), prohibiting the
hawking of beef in Desha county with
out first making affidavit that the per
son selling the same came into lawful
possession of it, was passed.
H. B. 88 (Green of Benton), fixing
salary of county Judge of Benton coun
ty at $1,000, was passed; also S. B. 99
(Butt), fixing fees for recording deeds
in Carroll county.
. . A bill by Mr. Cotham, fixing the sal
ary of the county judge of Drew coun
ty at $800, was read third time and
passed.
Mr. Hardy introduced S. B. 103. to
prescribe rules and regulations where
by surety and guaranty companies may
become sureties upon the bonds of mu
nicipal, county and state officers.
H. B. 100 (Rison), to allow consta
bles the same compensation for sum
moning witnesses as sheriffs, was head
third time and failed to pass—ayes 10,
noes 14.
S. B. 85 (Gray), was read third time
and passed. It provides that wife and
husband may testify against each other
in cases of injuries done by one against
the person or property of the other.
Mr. Logan called up S. B. 64, to pro
hibit the killing or transportation of
English and Chinese pheasants for a
term of years to January 1, 1913. The
bill passed—25 to 1.
Mr. Caldwell introduced S. B. 104,
with reference to killing of deer.
S. B. No. 78 (King), providing for
refunding the money advanced to the
drouth sufferers of north Arkansas, was
considered in committee of the whole,
reported back favorably and passed
unanimously.
Senator Bison introduced S. B. No.
107, authorizing stenographers to ad
minister oaths and, take depositions.
S. B. 108 was introduced by Mr.
Smith. It provides for consolidating
certain districts of chancery courts In
Craighead, WoOdruff and Mississippi
counties, repealing the Chiekasawba dis
trict and transferring those cases to
Osceola, repealing the southern district
of Woodruff chancery court, all in the
Fifth chancery district. .
The House.
The speaker announced the appoint
ment of Messrs. peBossitt, Cate.
Slaughter, Cook of Chicot, Pindall. Pat
terson and Hale, on the part of the
house, members of the joint levee com
mittee.
H. B. 173, authorizing the governor
to employ counsel and bring suits
against certain railroads for back taxes,
Was taken up.
An amendment was offered, authoriz
ing the attorney general to conduct tha
suits.
Consideration of the amendment and
bill was postponed.
II. B. 174, providing for the election
of members of boards of improvement
districts in Carroll county, was taken
up and passed.
H. B. 13 (Gibson), authorizing the
special school district of Atkins, in
Pope county, to borrow money, was
read the third time and passed.
Mr. Eldrtdge called up JI. B. 130. es
tablishing a chancery court in the south
ern district of Woodruff county at Cot
ton Plant. The bill passed.
H. B. 33, relating to the tax to be
levied by county courts for roads and
bridges, and imposing a penalty on rail
roads for allowing freight trains to
stand- across roads for any length of
time, was defeated—32 to 54.
H. B. 137. changing the time of-hold
ing circuit court in Yell county, was
read the third time and passed.
H. B. 63, providing for licensing of
teachers, waj' read the third time and
passed.
The penitentiary convict farm mat
ter was again brought up on motion to
reconsider senate concurrent resolution
No. 6 (Hardy), providing for a commit
tee of five representatives and three sen
ators to visit the Cummings ,place. The
motion prevailed, and after considerable
speech-making the resolution was
adopted.
H. B. 28 (Patterson), exempting Cross
and Lawrence counties from the provis
ions of the law requiring petitioners
for removal of a county seat to depos
it $5,000, was road third time and pass
ed.
Mr. Kelso introduced H. B. 200, re
quiring railroads to furnish suitable
service on branch lines, railroad com
mission to have power to enforce tha
provisions of this bill and to regulate
freight rates on such branch lines.
Mr. Apple introduced H. B. 201, to
repeal sections 1 and 2 of an act of
18S9 to protect the county school fund.
Mr- Poole introduced ' H. B. 202,- to
amend sections 624S and 6249 of the
digest, defining who' are , fellow-ser
vants. ‘ •
Mr. Chestnut introduced H. B. 203,
to amend section 6426 of the digest,
so as to provide for assessment of
notes and due bills for taxation; fail
ure to list same shall be a bar to their
collection.
Adjourned till Thursday
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29.
In thd senate Mr. ICillough introduc
ed four bills relating to the St. Francis
leVee district.
A bill was introduced in the house,
making an appropriation for newspapers
and stamps to. be furnished members..
The bill Is-similar te the-senate meas
ure, which passed both blanches and
was vetoed by Governor Davis.
Another measure of general interest
introduced io the house was one provid
ing for the removal of the state unlver
sity from Fayetteville to some point 1
centrally located.
The Senate.
A rncrtl 11 i IA1
o 11 Hi/trloi
committee to employ a clerk at $4 per
day was adopted after considerable dis
cussion, Messrs. Butt and Jobe speak
ing in opposition.
Mr. Cotton tiled petitions from citi
zens of Crawford county remonstrating
against the passage of the antitrust
bill.
Mr. Covington introduced S. B. 115,
authorizing judges of circuit courts to
parole criminals under 21 years of age,
convicted of any crime except rape, rob
bery or arson, persons paroled to give
bond for conducting himself in a law
abiding manner. Upon conviction that
.the parojed party has completely reform
ed, an absolute discharge may be grant
ed. Referred to judiciary committee.
The following bills were also read
and referred:
S. B. 117 (Killough)—To authoriz:
the board of directors of the St. Francis
levee district to issue bonds for the pur
pose of building, rebuilding, repairing,
raising and maintaining -evees on the
right bank of the Mississippi river.
S. B. 118 (Killought, to amend act of
March 6. 1899, donating state lands to
the St. Francis levee district, such lands
to be exempt from taxation for a pe
riod of ten years.
S. B. 119 (Killough). a measure revis
ing the whole St. Francis levee district
law.
S. B. 120 (Jobe), providing that
lessees of state convicts pay the state
not less than $1 per day in cases wHere
convicts are sublet.
S. B. 121 (Huddleston), providing for
the publication in newspapers of names
of all persons delinquent lor personal
taxes.
S. B. 122 (Price), giving cities of the
first and second class the use of all
road tax collected within their corporate
limits on their own streets except one
fifth.
S. B. 124 (Simpson), to prevent dis
crimination In the price of coal oil and
beef.
Senator Butt's bill (105) requiring cor
porations to file their articles of in
corporation showing capital stock, etc.,
with the clerk of the county in which
their headquarters are located before
a certificate can be obtained from the
secretary of state, was taken up and
passed.
A bill by Mr. Rison, changing the
time for holding court in Perry coun
ty to the first Mondays in February and
August, was read third time and passed.
The House.
Some complaint having been made
against the pages, Mr. Whitthorne pre
sented a resolution empowering the
speaker to dismiss them and appoint new
ones.
On motion the resolution was placed
on the calendar, subject to call if the
boys do not improve.
The speaker announced that the au
ditor had refused to honor warrants
from the clerk for newspapers and
stamps.
A number of committees reported on
measures heretofore submitted.
A memorial to the state delegation
in congress, asking them to support the
omnibus bill granting statehood to New
Mexico and the other territories, was
adopted.
H. B. 17, to Increase the power of
pension examiners, was defeated.
Dr. Myers introduced H. B. 204. au
thorizing the secretary of the senate and
clerk of the house to purchase thirty
newspapers daily printing the proceed
ings, and 25 cents worth of stamps for
each member, was read twice and made
special order for Friday morning.
The title and object of other bills in
troduced were as follows:.
H. B. 205 (Scrimshire), to compel
railroad companies to pay employees on
day of discharge.
H. B. 206 (Dixon), relating to the dis
position of school taxes in the cases of
children transferred from one district
to another.
H. B. 208 (Norfleet), to change boun
dary line between Logan and Scott
counties, so as to add to- the former
a small section of the latter.’
H. B. 209 (Latimer), regarding the
filing of claims and rights cf action In
cases of the destruction of animals.
H. B. 210 (Ferguson), changing the
county line between Lonoke and Pu
laski counties so as to add Greenwood
township to the last-named county.
H. B. 211 (Alien), compelling direc
tors of schodl districts to give at least
fifteen days’ notice before all meetings,
and regulating the selection of sites for
schoolhouses.
The above bills were all read twice
and referred to the proper committee.
A messenger from the governor an
nounced that he had signel the follow
ing concurrent, resolutions: No. 1, pro
viding for a state capitol building com
mittee: No. 8, for a committee to visit
the state university: No. 9, memorializ
ing congress to secure an appropriation
for making the St. Francis river navi
gable.; No. 10. for a committee to visit
the Pine Bluff normal,
Mr. Jacobs' bill (94), to repeal an act
of 1901 for the protection of landlords
in cities,: towns and villages, was taken
up. The act of 1901 provides that any
person who shall rent any dwelling
house or other building and who shall
fail or refuse to pay the rent therefor,
when due according to contract, shall
ait once forfeit all right to longer oc
cupy said dwelling house or other
building, under penalty of a fine.
Messrs. Jacobs. Merriman, Toney,
Chestnut, Burk and Campbell of Pulas
ki, spoke in favor of repealing the act,
and Messrs. Holland, Parks. Fuller, At
kins, Keel. Pindall and Rodman spoke
in opposition.
Mr. Jacobs' bill to repeal the act fail
ed to pass—ayes 40. noes 53.
Mr. Stevens introduced house bill 216,
giving courts . of record discretion to
adjudge costs against the prosecuting
witnesses , in misdemeanor cases prose
cuted in such court's of record when the
prosecuting witnqps was not summoned
before the grand jury.
Tile' remainder of the day was spent
in discussing H. B. 125, making it un
lawful for the proprietor of" any drug
More or pharmacy to allow any person
athet than a registered pharmacist to
comnound or dispense prescriptions. No
final action was taken on the bill.
FRIDAY, JA1TCTART 30.
The senate adjourned at noon to Mon- i
lay.
Senator Norwood's bill appropriating
1140,000- or an annex to the Insane asy- 1
um was reported favorably. i
Among the Important bills introduced j
was one ip the senate by Mr. McFerrin ;
ind one in the house by Mr. Eiltrall,
creating a board of Seven members to
control and manage state charitable in- 1
stitutions, together with the' peniten- 1
iary. The members of the hoard are
lo be appointed by the governor and
confirmed by the general assembly fn
joint session. The bill proposes to abol
ish the office of financial agent of tha
penitentiary and to empower the board
to employ a secretary at a salary of
$150 per month.
A number of bills of a local charac
ter were introduced.
The senate.
President Short, being called to his
home, appointed Senator Wilson to pre
side during his absence.
Senator King moved that his antitrust
bill be withdrawn from committee, as
they had had it for ten days. The mo
tion was lost.
Introduction of bills being in order,
the following of a general character
were presented:
S. B. 125 (Matlock), authorizing the
attorney general to employ counsel to
assist him in prosecuting suits for back
taxes.
S. B. 126 (Flenniken), providing that
statues of Albert Pike and A. H. Gar
land be placed in the national hall of
fame at Washington, and naming a com
mission to carry out the work.
S. B. 127 (McFerrin), creating a peni
tentiary board, to be appointed by the
governor, to be confirmed by the gen
eral assembly.
S. B. 128 (Vaughter), for uniform text
books.
Senate resolution No. 12 (Sengel), call
ing on the governor to furnish the sen
ate with a list of pardons granted dur
ing his tenure of office. The resolution
was adopted.
H. B. 201 (Meyers), the newspaper
and stamp bill, was read twice and
made special order for Monday morn
ing.
H. B. 72, donating certain swamp and
overflowed lands in the district to Ran
dolph, Jackson and Lawrence counties,
was read third time and passed.
The House.
The special order, H. B. 204 (Meyers),
t.ie newspaper and stamp bill, was tak
en up and passed by a vote of 62 ayes
to 9 noes.
S. A. ?■> (King), for making an appro
priation to refund money advanced for
drouth suffer «T, was reported favor
ably.
H. B. 118, esfnfclishing two judicial
districts in Monro* county, was taken
up and passed.
General bills were introduced as fol
lows :
No. 218 (Brooks), amending mechan
ics’ lien law, to better protect laborers,
contractors and those furnishing either
labor or materials for improvements ap
purtenant and contiguous to any prop
erty and for the benefit of which said
improvement is made.
H. B. 229 (DuL.ar.ty), making it the
duty of school board secretaries on first
days of January, April, July and Octo
ber to make an Itemized statement of
all warrants issued during preceding
three months and forward same to the
county treasurer.
H. B. 221 (Burk), authorizing rail
roads and mining corporations to own
and operate connecting lines of railway,
and granting them the right of emi
nent domain.
No. 222 (Futrail), to provide a board
of commissioners, the board to have and
exercise all the power now conferred by
law upon the penitentiary board and
the board of trustees of the charitable
institutions, managing and controlling
all these institutions.
H. B. 223 (Horton), to prevent the
husband from disposing of the personal
property of the wife, or his own perp
erty in which she may be entitled to ali
mony.
H. B. 224 (Cate), making it Unlaw
ful for common carriers to accept for
shipment out of the state any fish, ex
cept buffalo and catfish.
H. B. 138 (Stover), to make the Ar
kansas river a lawul fence in Conway.
Pope and Yell counties, was read the
third time and passed.
Mr. Whitley introduced H. B. 228,
regulating the granting of franchises
by municipal corporations. It provides
that thirty days' notice shall be given
before the passage of any ordinance
granting a franchise, and voters to be
given an opportunity to pass upon fran
chises.
The vote by which H. B. 17 (Holman)
was defeated was reconsidered. It is
a bill enlarging the jurisdiction of coun
ty pension boards. The measure was
placed back on its second reading for
future amendment.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
The total number of bills introduced
in both senate and house the first three
weeks of the session was 358. of which
128 were in the senate and 230 in tha
house.
In the house seven bills were passed
The senate was not in session.
The first measure disposed of was
S. B. 89 (King), making an appropria
tion to reimburse those who advanced
funds to the goyernor 1» relieve the
sufferers from the drouth in the north
ern part of the state. There was no
opposition to the bill.
Mr. Whttthorne’s bill (No. 150), re
quiring passenger trains to stop at all
stations under certain conditions, was
passed by a vote of 62 to 8. The bill
provides that all passenger trains be
required to let passengers on and off
wherever there is a passenger on board
desiring to get off, or vice versa; pro
vided, that trains shall not be requir
ed to stop at stations where no agent
is kept, unless they are flagged, but
any one wishing a train to stop may
flag same.
Mr. Kerwin's bill (No. 136), to pro
hibit the employment of child labor
in factories, was read third time and
passed by a vote of 62 to 9. Messrs.
Brooks, Burk. Meyers and Kerwin
spoke in favor of the measure, and Mr.
rhompson in opposition. The bill pro
vides that no child under 12 years shall
t>e employed in any factory unless a
widowed mother or totally disabled
ratljer is dependent upon the labor of
such child, or in case a child is an or
phan and has no other means of sup
port. No child under the age of 10
rears shall be so employed under any
circumstances.
H. B. 92 (Holland), providing that lo
■al mine employees be paid in cash
wice each month, was the next meas
lre of general interest disposed of.
fhe bill passed with only five votes in
he negative.
One of the most important measures
>assed upon by the house during the
iresent session was H. B. 97, by Mr.
^arks. This measures was opposed on
he floor by Messrs. Merriman. Stock
ed, Weaver and Patterson, and cham
lioned by Messrs. Latimer, DuLaney,
cJewberry. Allen, Whitley, Greene of
Jenton and the author. Mr. Parks.
The bill prohibits the taking or so
iciting of orders for liquor in prohl
lition territory.
The bill passed by a vote of 49 to It
Adjourned till Monday.
Laic; Under Bond.
E. H. Lake, of the' Alphin-Lake
Cotton Company and the El Dorado
Compress, was before the United
States court at Little Pock for sev
eral days on a petition. of-involun
tary bankruptcy, undergoing exami
nation as to the condition of affairs
of the firm. Attorneys for the rail
road, in their examination of Lake,
brought out facts of the loose man
ner in which the cotton company
was managed. Mr. T ake did hot
produce the books of the El Dorado
compress, declaring he knew noth
ing of their whereabouts. Nine
thousand bales of cotton supposed
to have been a part of the Alphin
Lake assets are said to be missing
This is the cotton for which sup
posed forged compress receipts were
issued, representing a value of
$355,000. The witness evaded di
rect answers to most of the ques
tions put to him, hence but little in
formation of benefit to creditors
was elicited. He was placed under
$5,000 bond by 'the court for his
further appearance.
Killinz at Clarksville.
Claude Kemp, a young miner,
was shot and instantly killed at
Clarksville by Dee Ladd, another
miner. Both the men* went to
Clarksville prepared for trouble.
Their first meeting occurred in front
of Kendrick’s hardware store, when
young Kemp walked up to Ladd,
slapped him in the face, exclaiming,
“You insulted my’father,-did you?”
Ladd turned and walked away with
out saying a word.- Both .parties
armed themselves, and some thirty
minutes later, while-young Kemp
was leisurely walking down the
street in front of -the Clarksvflle
bank, Ladd suddenly appeared. be
hind him, and when some fifteen feet
away from young Kemp ran up to
him, placed the muzzle of a pistol
to his back and fired. Young Kemp
never looked around, but. staggered
into the bank door and fell dead.
Of Interest to Druggists.
The commissioner of iq.te.rnal rev
enue, Mr. .Yerkes, has answered an
inquiry from Mr. F. W. Tucker, col
lector at Little Rock, relative to
druggists and others who sell s6da
water drinks or similar beverages' to
which any distilled spirits, wine or
compounds are'added. Sofne of the
confectioners in Little Rock ’ ' have
been selling for flavoring, claiming *
that they are sold as ’solids,' and .the
question is afe such dealers liable
to tax as liquor dealers when they
add spirits or wine .to ice cream or
other frozen ! preparation’s? T.Iiq
collector is informed that they are
not, and such beverages do not' come
within the scope of the treasury de
partment’s instructions'as to taxing
those dealing in liquors.
Postoffice Robbed.
On'the night of the 29th the post
office at Bald Knob was burglarized
and in the neighborhood of $800 in
stamps and cash stolen The bur
glars blew open the safe .with nitro
glycerine. Parties near the post
office heard a loud noi$e, but after
making a partial investigation and
seeing no one stirring, went back to
bed. The robbery was discovered,
about G a. m., and the robbers are
supposed to have left in the mean
time on one of the several passing
trains, either going toward Mem
phis or Little Bock.
New Road Incorporated.
The Arkansas Coal anil Mineral
Railroad Company, with a capital
stock of $350,00.0, filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state. The proposed 'road“will start
at Dyer, traverse the coal, mining
districts of Huntington and adjacent
territory for a distance of fifty miles.
The incorporators are citizens of
Clarksville, Huntington and Fort
Smith. K. T. McConnell and John
J. Goldsby are among the principal
•toekholders.
A Double Hanging.
A double hanging is scheduled to
take place at Star City February 13,
when Jay Green and James Kuffin
will be executed for the murder of
Don McGehee. The murdered man
and his slayers are colored'.’ The
murder/a cold blooded one, was
committed from ambush. McGehee
had been calling on a woman and
Ruffin, who was jealouy. waited for
him to leave the woman's house and
shot him. Green was with Ruffin
and the shooting was done with his
(Green’s) gun. McGehee lived
about twelve hours and .said Ruffin
did the shooting and that he had
seen him by the flash of his gun
After being! arrested Ruffin made
an alleged confession which impli
cated A. G. McCombs, a negro law
yer, who, Ruffin charged, hired
him to kill McGehee. McCombs
was arrested, but was discharged on
account of insufficient evidence.
Later the negroes withdrew these
confessions and claimed they were
“hoodooed” into making them by a
negro preacher.
Land Grant Bill in Congress.
One of the most important bills
introduced in congress for a num
ber of sessions, so far as Arkansas
is concerned,, is a bill introduced
by Congressman McRae, which pro
vides for the granting to the state
of Arkansas, for free school pur
poses, the thirty-sixth section of
public lands in every township in
the state, and for such parts of said
sections as have been- disposed of,
other public lands -equal tiioreto in.
quantity. In round numbers the
bill carries with ..it over a million
acres of hind, and, calulating the
land at $5 per acre, makes a dona
tion to Arkansas for school pur
poses of something over $5,000,000.
Colored Physician iq Danger.
It -is said an infernal machine
was found under, the office of a col
ored physicians named Clawer at
Wynno, which contained a sufficient
quantity of dynamite to destroy a
whole block. It is contended the
conspiracy to’'take ' the life of
Clawer was planned by men of his
own color. The officers are inves
tigating. ;
.. Rev. Tabor Assaulted.
It is stated Rev. E. A. Tabor,
president of thp Anti-Saloon
League, was assaulted at Malvern
by . a party opposed to the work in
which he is engaged. Rev. Tabo
has been forking in the interest of
prohibition in this state for several
years', and when there is a -local
fight on hand, lending his assistance
to the temperance people.
An Obstreperous Groom."
J. N. hike, of Bearden, and his
bride; of one , day, . went; to Pine
Bluff on a honeymoon tour. It is
said the proprietor of the hotel
where the 'couple stopped was call
'd” to their room and had to reject
Pike,, who had become intoxicated
md was threatening his wife. Mrs.
Pike took the first train home and
officers took charge of her husband.
Roy Fatally Injured.
Negro boys in Fort Smith held a
tangaroo court and sentenced Chas
Johnson^ a 1G-year-old negro," to hi.
aanged. They put a rope under lib
inns and pulled him to the ceiling
if the livery stable in which they
worked. Johnson cut the -rope with
lis knife;- fell to the floor and was .so
ladly injured thatvhe died two days
atcr.
Young Man Accidentally Killed.
William Callahan, aged 18, was
tilled tvhile hunting wild ducks on
lie.St; Francis river with his
friend,.'William Miller: .A" Win
chester lying in the bottom cf. the
x>at was accidentally discharged,
lie ball penetrating Callahan’s arm
ietween the elbow and shoulder.
While Miller went four miles for
lelp Callahan bled to death.