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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARK., FRIDAY. .JUNE 19, 1903.
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Tile Courts Will Decide.
Attorney General Murphy, on be
half of the state capitol conimis
-ion, designated by the senate at the
last session of the general assembly,
has instituted in Pulaski chancery
court quo warranto proceedings
against the capitol commission ap
pointed by Gov. Davis. This suit
is to determine which commission
is legal. The petition filed by Col.
Murphy is as follows:
"The State of Arkansas vs. Thom
as Cox, Ham Brawlev, George
11. Haynie, Hugh lorry and
Charles Williams.
Petition for writ of quo warranto.
“Comes the state of Arkansas by
Geo. W. Murphy, her attorney gen
eral, and shows to this honorable
court that on the — day of April,
•1903, the general assembly of the
state of Arkansas passed a law pro
viding for the erection of a state
capitol building in the city of Lit
tle Hock, and at the time elected a
board of capitol commissioners,
composed of the following mem
bers, to-wit: 11. W. McFarlane,
John B. McCaleb, W. B. A1 ’.xander.
Z. T. Matthews and J. M. I'lenni
ken, which board duly qualified by
filing their bonds and organized a
the law directs and is now in full
discharge of its duties as such board
of capitol commissioners.
That the defendants, Thomas
Cav i ion i* ,u- ii.,,.. i»_.,~i,...
of Cabot, George Havnie of Pres
cott. Hugh Corry of Texarkana and
Charles Wilrnans of Newport, claim
ing to be capitol commissioners
without right or authority of law,
and have on various occasions as
sembled in the city of Little Rock
and attempted to act as such com
missioners and to exercise the fran
chise of acting as such board of
commissioners, to the injury of the
state of Arkansas.
‘•Wherefore the plaintiff prays
t hat the defendants be summoned
to show by what authority they at
tempt. to exercise the franchise of
acting as a hoard of capital com
missioners and that on the hearing
they be ousted from the exercise of
such franchise so usurped, and be
required to turn over to the state
any hooks, papers or other proper
ty of the state in their pnss '—ion,
and they be each and every one en
joined perpetually from attempting
to exercise such franchise, and for
all its (lists herein expended and all
other proper relief.’’
Legality of Veto to Bill Tested
The historical committee of the
1’nited Confederate Veterans of
Arkansas has filed a petition >n
l’ulaski chancery court for writ of
mandamus against Audit t Monroe
to teqt the validity of the $1,250
appropriation for the collection of
a roster of the names of Confeder
ate soldiers of Arkansas, which was
vetoed along with nearly 100 other
bills by Gov. Davis on May
Whatever the decision of the lower
court, the case will he appealed to
the supreme court. The decision
of the court of last resort in this
case will effect all the other bills
vetoed in like manner by the gov
ernor.
was
An Old Offender.
J. W. Woodard, a lawyer,
fined $100 at Hanvillc on tlie
charge of selling liquor in prohibi
tion territory. Woodard is an old
offender, as there are now lines
against him that have been suspend
ed in the circuit court to the
amount of over $1,000.
Shot Himself.
T. J. Tharp, a fanner, residing
near Do Witt, died from a gunshot
wound in the ankle, accidentally in
fiieted by himself. In mounting his
horse, Tharp’s shotgun in some
manner was discharged, the con
tents tearing away his right foot.,
He lingered several hours after ibr
accident, but died without ntmi'm
ing consciousness. Jfr
Boy Drowned in Ouatfihita.
Hus Teskie, aged /», was drown
'd in a strange manner in the
Ouachita river nulr Hot Springs,
lhe boy and f^man started across
ho stream, the\latter taking the
former on his b$iek. Amid stream
young Teskie fcJtt from the man’s
jack and was swept under by the
'urrent
Aid of Ladies Desired.
Senator Is* >gan, pr. sid nt of the
Arkansas Horticultural Society,
and \v!io lias charge of the fruit
and fruit product exhibit for Ar
kansas at the world’s fair to he
held in St. Louis, has issued the
following letter to the women of
Arkansas:
To the Women of Arkansas:
The management in charge of
the fruit exhibit of the world’s
fair for Arkansas is very anxious
indeed to make it a success in all
its departments, and, recognizing
the fact that no good work can he
accomplish 'd and no great ends
achieved without the aid, assistance
and counsel of the good women, I
desire to ask them to assist us in
the great work of making a proper
exhibit at the world’s fair.
Space will he devoted to the ex
hibition of preserves, jams, jellies,
sweet pickles and canned fruits—
in fact, everything that can he pro
duced from fruit by the skill of the
housewife, and it is my wish to
make this one of the principal fea
ture- uf the exhibit. It has been
demonstrated beyond peradventure
that none are more skillful in the
preparation of such articles than
the good housewives of the state of
Arkansas, and 1 hope to have the
hearty eo-operation and assistance
of them all. All those who will as
sist in this work will please advise
nn u ' ' it i , vt- ji. ii
cannot prepare more than one jar
of any kinil of fruit, do this and we
will appreciate it and see that it
has a place in the exhibit. Under
the rules of the worM’s fair man
agement, all exhibits must bear the
name of those preparing them,
hence all those furnishing articles
for exhibit will receive full credit,
and I am satisfied that tin* ladies
in all parts of the state will aid
in this great work. Yours very re
spectfully, John P. Logan.
Gambling Ilouses Raided.
For the first time in several years
not a public gambling house is in
operation in Little Hock. About
three weeks ago an organized ef
fort was started to put a cheek on
this evil. Notice was served on the
mayor by officers of the Anti-Gam
bling League that the law would be
invoked. Following this, proprie
tors of gambling houses were arrest
ed and it was understood that a
test case would be taken to the su
preme court to determine as to the
! legality of the Wilson law, passed
at the session of the legislature of
1901. For several days after the
warrants were served on gamblers,
the usual resorts remained open.
Then followed a move that came as
a great surprise to the sporting
fraternity. A warrant of seizure
was sworn out in circuit court, and
the sheriff took charge of several
wagon loads of gambling para
phernalia.
Circus Man Killed.
W. A. Parker, ringmaster and
horsetrainer for a circus, was shot
and killed at Little liock bv Henry
Nowlin, a deputy constable, Sev
uui vl ll1 l l ~ i_:ii I » UM. V. 1 1 V. U9 l' III.
to serve a writ of attachment when
Barker aud several other attaches of
the show offered resistance. Barker
knocked one officer down and tired
two shots at him. At this juncture
N'owlin drew his pistol and shot
Barker three times, two of the bul
lets entering his abdomen. Barker
leaves a wife and one child, who
reside at I.a Compte, La.
Caught Between Cars.
Erie Hermann, a ear repairer,
was caught between the bumpers of
two cars at Plummerville and prob
ably fatally injured. He was pass
ing la* tween the ears when the en
gine suddenly bumped the ears to
gether, pinioning him anil badly
crushing him before he could be
rescued.
Negress Will Not Eang.
Gov. Davis has commuted the
death sentence of Celia Ann
Thompson, colored, who was con
victed at Camden of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be
hanged on June 30. Her sentence
has been commuted to life impris
onment. She was charged with the
| murder of a negro woman for jeal
Bad Wreck Averted.
A disastrous wreck was narrowly
averted at a point on the Fort
Smith road about two utiles from
1’alarm. A pans of colored section
hands were passing along the track
about 5 o’clock in the morning and
discovered that the bridge across a
large creek had been burned. A
freight and passenger train were
due to pass that point in a few min
utes and the negroes ran up the
track to give the alarm. About
three hundred yards away the
freight was seen to round a curve.
The negroes stood on the track
shouting and waiving their arms,
and although it was hardly good
daylight, the engineer’s attention
was attracted and he stopped his
train about twenty feet from the
point of danger. A runner was
sent back and succeeded in stop
ping the oncoming passenger train,
ami preventing whfit would un
doubtedly have been a terrible
wreck.
Pensions Granted.
The following pensions have been
granted to Arkansans: David
Barnes, Daniel Burrett, Edward
Dearmore, B. Ferguson, -$<> each;
Symantha J. Echols, Hannah G.
Hopper, Sylvester Bryan, Benjamin
Berry, Patrick H. Robinson, Rebec
ca llarvev, Polly Fields, Lucinda J.
Carwr. .Ix-enli W McMillan This
1 teed, Letitia if on re. Younger
Neal, Deborah A. Elliott, $8 each;
Thomas Stewart, George A. Gleg
orn, John W. Erwin, James Coop
er, Joshua W. McDonald, Joseph
Ault, William 1!. Posey, $10 each;
William Richards, Elizabeth Doo
lev, Jasper Cobh, $1" each; minors
of Frederick Williams, $14.
Alleged White Cappers Arrested,
J. A. Wilcox, W. P. Trimble and
Bill Counts, Lonoke county farm
ers. were arrested on a charge of
whiti-eapping. Sometime ago a
crowd of white men went to a camp
of some negro timber cutters and
shot into the crowd, killing one of
the negroes named Boh Armstrong.
This raid frightened many colored
laborers, who left the community.
The better element of citizens have
decided to punish all parties who
intimidate laborers, and have em
ployed the best of legal talent to
prosecute those under arrest. Bob
Armstrong, the negro who was kill
ed, was a harmless old man.
Arkansas Asphaltum
"Asphalt Deposits, of Pike Coun
ty, Arkansas," by Dr. C. W. Ilayes,
is a paper prepared by the govern
ment geological survey. It deals
particularly with the deposits a few
miles southeast of Pike City, which
has recently been developed by the
Arkansas asphalt company. The
deposit occurs in a depression Ire
tween two hills, containing the fos
silifcrous limestones of the lower
cretaceous. The deposit is in the
form of a sand stratum varying in
thickness from *> to 12 feet, more
or F--. thoroughly saturated with
asphaltum.
Paid in Full.
Hon. James P. Clarke has filed
his final report in the receivership
of the Bank of Little Rock. The
report, aside from the statements for
the information of the court and the
necessary explanation of exhibits,
states succinctly the work done. One
hilTidr.-d ) i ! nm Cv-siv fliniKiud
seventy-six dollars and eighty-throe
cents has been collected, and the
whole amount disbursed. There re
mains to be distributed to the de
positors $1,387.71, and with $<551.
S7 in drafts there is a total balance
of $2,030.57. The depositors were
paid in fall.
Railroad Contracts Awarded.
Construction contracts have been
lot for tiio Arkansas Midland, the
new road to run from Fort Smith
to Greenwood, Montreal, Cameron
and Hartford, in Sebastian county,
and Roles, Scott county. This road
is owned by the Gowan & Woo ls
people, and they have now prac
tical control of all the coal lands
in Scott, Logan and Sebastian
countie-, not owned bv the Central
Coal and Coke Company.
Charg'd With Horse Stealing.
John Brice and Joe Hayden were
arrested at Hot Springs on the
charge of stealing two horses in
Perry county. The men had the
horses in their possession, but
claimed they,had hired the animals
and did not intend to sIquI them.
Superintendent Hinemon reports
gratifying success at the sever:
teachers’ institutes already held thii
Year.
Death of Mrs. 0. A. Hadley.
Ni’w.i was received last week of
the death at Watrous, N. M„ of
Mrs. 0. A. Hadley, wife of a farm
er governor of this state. Mr.
Hadley became governor in March,
1871, when Gov. l’owell Clayton re
signed on account of having been
sleeted United States senator, and
remained in the gubernatorial chair
until January, 1873. Afterwards
he was registrar of the United
State- land otliee at Little Rock,
and in 1878 was appointed post
master by President Hayes. In
IS,*02 he moved to New Mexico, hav
ing become interested in a large
cattle ranch at Watrous.
Arrested in St Louis.
Ralph Davis, under indictment
at Hot Springs on a charge of em
bezzling funds entrusted to him
with which to make bond for di
nts in the famous footracing eases,
was arrested in St. Louis. Davis
was at one time speaker of the
house of representatives of Tennes
see. He was removed and was also
disbarred in Memphis, but was re
adm^jj# on the petition of Mem
phis^Morneys. He was disbarred
an a charge of appropriating money
belonging to a client and when re
admitted to the bar be repaid this
money.
Shot Himself In Wife’s Presence.
J. W. Jackson, a traveiinsr sales
man, who formerly resided in Pine
Bluff, committed suicide at Little
Rock in the presence of his wife
and young son by shooting himself
through the h -ad. Jackson had
threatened to take his own life on
- veral occasions, and on the fatal
Jay but little attention was paid to
ids remark that lie would end it all,
is it was believed bis only object
was to frighten bis wife. Jackson
had been a heavy drinker for sever
al years.
Costly Freight Wreck.
A costly wreck on the Valley
Route about six miles from Little
Rock was cause 1 by some unknown
party placing a telegraph pole
across the track. A regular freight
train struck the pole while going
nt a good rate of speed. The en
gine turned completely over and all
the cars were piled up alongside the
track. All the crew escaped in
jury by jumping except a colored
brakeman, who lost a foot. It took
about twenty-four hours to clear up
the wreck.
The Irsurance Men.
The State Fire Insurance Asso
ciation held its annual meeting in
Lit! ■ Rock last week. A number
of interesting papers on insurance
were read and discussed. The pres
ident’s report showed the associa
tion to be in a good condition, and
members reported their business tin
past year most satisfactory. A Lorn
Ferguson of Newport was chosen
president and John Hampton sec
retary.
Holly Bush Levee Broke.
The embankment recently buill
across the crevasse cut in St. Fran
cis levee at Holly Bush by tilt
March overflow broke before the
weight of the rising waters of tin
Mississippi. Men had been at work
for days endeavoring to strengthen
the embankment. The damage from
this lueak will be heavy.
Boy’s Frightful Death.
A young son of Dr. Wright of
Saline county was thrown by a
mule and killed. The boy was rid
ir.g the mule to a field to do some
plowing, and when thrown his fool
became entangled in the harness,
The animal drug the body quite a
distance, bringing up at the farm
house.
BRIEF MENTION.
What is probably the jtrgesl
chunk of galena ever exhibited in
the Fnited States was discovered »
few days ago at the Biiieiu mines
about twenty miles northeast ei
Harrison. The chunk of ore us tec
feet long and from two to throe
feet thick. The find will be exhib
ited at the world’s fair.
The Bank of McCrory has beer
incorporated with u paid up capital
of $20,000.
In a difficulty at a farm in Ne
vada county, a man named Suttor
was shot and killed by a neighboi
named Johnson.
Maj. Gen. W. H. Haynes, com
manding the Arkansas state guard
says that the inspections of the va
rious companies over the state bi
JJapt. Lorraace Richardson has a(
f% proved very satisfactory.
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News of the World
A heavy snow fell in portions of
Colorado on the 10th inst.
Grasshoppers have destroyed
growing crops in portions of west
ern Texas.
Geo. Gould and Henry W. Tlocke
fellow each contributed tlio sum of
$5,000 for the relief of western Hood
sufferers.
A strike on September 15 of all
electrical workers employed on
World’s Fair work in St. Louis i
threatened unless an advance of
$1 per day is granted.
The sultan of Turkey is said to
have increased the guard about his
palace, upon learning of the assas
sination of King Alexander and
Queen Draga of Servia.
A torrent of water from a cloud
burst swept down a narrow canon
and destroyed both life and prop
erty at Clifton, Am. The bodies
of thirty victims have been found.
Federal troops have been order
ed to the mining fields of Arizona,
where 3,000 men are on strike. The
troops were ordered out upon re
quest of the governor, who stated
that life and property was in dan
ger.
Mrs. Mary MoKnight of Ivalka
sha, Mich., has confessed to the
cold-blooded, premeditated murder
of her own brother. John Murnhv.
Gertrude Murphy, his young wife,
and their 3-months-old babe by
giving them strychnine.
The chief of police, city treasurer
and a patrolman have been deposed
from office for fleeing from Madi
son, 111., and deserting their posts
when the waters of the Mississippi
flooded the town. The mayor re
mained ut his post and assisted in
rescuing the citizens.
John J. Ryan, head of a turf
investment concern of St. Louis,
which failed when the grand jury
began an investigation into its af
fairs, lias been acquitted of the
cliarge of embezzlement. Ryan’s
firm owed thousands of dollars to
its patrons when the failure was an
nounced.
Striking gravediggers at San
Francisco are charged with revolt
ing acts of vandalism. Graves dug
by friends of the dead were flooded
with water, and in preparing for the
cremation of a body the crematory
blew up, seriously injuring several
parties. An investigation showed
that crude oil had been spilled over
the furnace so as to cause an explo
sion.
It is said the king and queen of
Servia, upon their knees, implored
their executioners to spare their
lives, agreeing to abdicate and leave
the country, but were told their ap
peal came too late, that their doom
was sealed. A special dispatch from
Rome says a semi-official note pub
lished there declares that whoever
is made king of Servia, the powers
will exact the punishment of the
murderers of King Alexander and
Queen Braga, as civilized countries
cannot tolerate that administrative
and military positions in any coun
trv should be occupied bv assassins.
I In accepting the? resignation of
Hon. Henry (’. Caldwell from the
federal bench, President IJoosevelt
addressed the following letter to the
distinguished jurist: “It is with
sincere regret that your resignation
as l nited States circuit judge for
the Eighth circuit, to take effect
June 4, 1903, is hereby accepted as
tendered. 1 desire to take this oc
casion to congratulate you upon
your long and faithful service upon
the United States bench with such
distinguished usefulness, and to as
sure you of the high esteem which
your ability and integrity have al
ways commanded. The impartial
administration of the law and jus
tice which has marked your judi
cial career should bring a serene
satisfaction to you in your remain
ing days, which I trust will be many
and full of health and happiness.
Slumping from Philippine port?
lias Ti'ocn greatly hampered by de
struction wrought by a severe hur
ricane, which swept over the islands
last week.
It is simply impossible to realize
the distress and suffering caused
• from the high waters in every see
, tion of the country the past six
wekes. Tho chronicle the losses
of one community would moan a
i repetition of language in describ
ing that of #ome other.
The stage of the river reached at
St. IjOtiis last week was the highest
of which there is any history.
Parties accused of murdering
Percy Jones, an Arkansas insur
ant* man, at Italeigh, N. C., have
h(*en arrested.
Ambassador to Mexico Clayton
has given it out that at the end of J
President Roosevelt's present term /
he will retire permanently to pri
vate life. He favors Koosevelt’s re
nomination.
The liesomor Savings P.ank of
Bessemer, Ala., has closed its doors
and T. J. Cornwall, its president, is
missing. He is short over a quar
ter of a million and left a note
stating that he lost the money in
speculating.
In a riot near East St. Louis, re
sulting from an attempt to cut a /
levee In drain a farm, Clifford Hen- A
ley, a member of the naval reserves, (
was killed. John S. P.ratton, the
wealthy owner of the farm, was ar
rested, but he claims he did not
order the levee cut. V* '■
William 0. Hook of Leaven
worth, has., has been appointed ta
suee.vd Judge Caldwell, who re
cently resigned from the Eighth
district. Mr. Hook was appointed
I'nited .States district judge for ,
the district of Kansas by President
McKinley in 18D9.
■T E Mnndv wonted nt Toledo.
0. . for the murder of his wife eight
years ago, was captured last week
at St. Louis, where lie had resided
for a number of years. Mundv, af
ter killing his wife, buried the
body under the floor of his residence
and skipped out. The crime was
discovered by the actions of a little
dog, which piloted the officers to the
[dace of concealment
Michael Davitt, the well known
Irish journalist, has just returned
to London^after a visit to Kishincff,
where so many Jews were kiMfifl
riots by Russians. Mr. Davitt says
the horrible manner in which many
of the victims were put to death
passes all comprehension. Women
were treated most brutally and
finally put out of misery by being
killed, and even children wore tor
tured in a most inhuman manner.
A statement of the condition of
the treasury of the Philippine is
lands at the close of business April
30 lias bwn received at Washing
ton. The deposits during April
amounted to $4,552,519 and the
withdrawals $3,033,240, leaving a
cash balance April 30 of $7,020,
001. Of the deposits during the
month $774,300 was credited to
custom receipts, $333,580 to repay
ments, $112,891 to receipts from
the city of Manila, $21,103 to in
ternal revenue, $34,257 to refund
able export duties and $3,250,095
to miscellaneous. Under the last
named bead is included the $3,000,
000 appropriated by congress for
the relief of the Philippines.
Despite heroic efforts on the part
of citizens of East St. Louis, 111.,
to strengthen levees at that point
anu ii'/iu mu UU^UH waiua vi iuc
Mississippi within lu>r channel, on
the lOtli inst. the embankment gave
uay and within a few hours the
community was flooded, the depth
of the water ranging front five to
fifteen feet. People were imprison
ed in second stories of buildings for
hours and many were drowned. For
two days every available beat was
manned by volunteers in rescuing
the people. As usual when such ca
lamities befall a community, a few
of the lowest class of humanity took
advantage of the opportunity to
plunder and rob. Several of this
class discovered at their work were
shot to death on the spot and their
bodies east adrift. Viewing the
scene from the Eads bridge, the Il
linois side was covered with water
as far as the eye could see. It is
irnposisble to make anything like a
correct estimate of the property loss
at this point.
J. M. Watson, a clerk in the of
fice of the auditor of the District of
Columbia, is under arrest, charged
with embezzling between $10,000
and $75,000.
A bitter fight is being made in
Walker county, Texas, against the
sale of liquor. Parties said to be of
the prohi element entered a saloon
at Hempstead and, after shooting
through the mirrors, emptied all
the liquor in the place into the gut
"m