The delegates to the democratic
national convention from Califor
nia were instructed for Hearst, the
vote standing 365 for to 316 against
instruction.
One of the features of the Metho
dist conference held at Los Angeles
was the appearance of the first col
ored woman who ever addreseds the
Methodist general conference, Mrs.
Emma Strickland of 1 attic Rock,
who made an eloquent plea for the
representation of the colored race on
the episcopal board.
The United States has demanded
of the Turkish government the safe
return of Perdiearis, the wealthy
American resident of Tangiers, who
was carried away to the mountains
by bandits. Admiral Chadwick has
been ordered to proceed to Tangiers
with his squadron of four vessels to
insure the carrying out of the de
mand.
The body of Leonidas Hubbard,
Jr., of Brooklyn, jS. Y.j leader of
the Otltlilg expedition to Labrador,
who died there of starvation, has
reached St. Johns, X. F. The cof
fin was dragged by his comrades
and dog teams over 475 miles of
snowerusted coast of Labrador. The
journey over the frozen country
overland occupied ten weeks.
\V. H. May, an express messenger
on the Santa Fe, had an exciting
experience with a 350-pound sea
lion in his ear near l’eabody, Kan.
The animal broke out of the cage
and made for May. Two bulldogs
in the car gave battle to the animal
until May could reach his shotgun,
and just as the dogs were knocked
out he shot the bca.'t, killing it in
stantly.
In all the turmoil which has for
two years perturbed the lied Cross,
Clara Barton, ex-president, has re
fused to be interviewed on its af
fairs or to defend herself from ac
cusations by making any public
statement. Miss Barton oath at
tention, however, to the confidence
the country has given the -society
from the fact the financial aid was,
always given without'the asking.
Oil has been discovered In the
heart of the city of Harrisburg, 111.,
and under peculiar Circumstance^
A well known citizen went t’o liis,
well one morning, 'which had been
used for years, and U)#on drawing
rip the bucket discovered oil flowing
on top of the water, lie concluded
-some one had emptied coal oil in his
well, aufl kept-quiet for several days,
hoping to discover who did it, but
■each -succeeding day the amount of
oil increased. An investigation dis
closed that 'a^small vein of oil was
•flowing in the well.
'The government department of
ere feo'y'ts * ’yh , 1 ,veatb
oeen unfavorable for cotton
throughout the cotton belt and the
.drought in portions of the eastern
.districts has proved detrimental.
(Complaints of . poor stands eontipue
from nearly aH.sections in the cen
tral and "eastern districts, but good
•stands are the rule in Louisiana,
Oklahoma and Texas. In the last
named state -the fields are generally
clean and the plants are beginning
to fruit in tlie o©ast districts. Chop
ping is well advam-ed.. and (Cultiva
tion in the southern districts is
general. Boll weevil have appeared
and arc increasing in a jauarbor ,pf
southwest and south central (Cotton
counties of Texas.
Robert 11. Plant, president of the
,First National Bank and owner of
the Plant’s Hon hank at Macon, (Ja„
hpth recently placed in the hands of
a receiver, committed suicide at his
palatial home infthc above city by
shooting bijnself through the brain.
y, Mr. Plant had boon ill for some
time, and the collapse of the insti
tutions of which lie was the head
preyed upon his mind to such an
extent as to lead to self-destructiqn.
llis life was insured for $1,000,000,
Aobraska republicans in state
convention renominated J. H.
Meckey for governor, E. G. MeGid
ton for lieutenant governor and a
A. Galusha for secretary of state.
Gen. Zassalich, in command of
the Russian forces at the battle of
the Yalu, where the daps won the
first land battle, has been relieved
and Lieut. Gen. Count Keller suc
ceeds him.
Mrs. E. S. Levy of Memphis -e
ported to the police that two white
men entered her house during the
absence of her husband, bound and
gagged her and stole $5,000 worth
of diamonds.
The president of the Western Un
ion Telegraph Company announces
that the collection and distribution
of horse race reports has been dis
continued. The few pool rooms be
ing operated over the country are
receiving their information over
private wires.
The Standard Oil Company ha3
declared a dividend of $8 per share
for the quarter, payable June 15.
to stockholder- of record Mliv 20.
Tins means a distribution of $8,
000,000. The dividend declared is
an increase of $1 over the corre
sponding quarter of 1903.
The United States supreme court
holds that a railroad company is
not liable for cotton burned when
there is a clause in the bill of lad
ing exempting the carrier from lia
bility. The effect of this clause
was attacked on the ground that
the carrier could not limit his com
mon law liability without the con
sent oT the shipper.
Two tickets have been nominated
bv the republicans of Wisconsin, the
opponents of the La Toilette faction
bolting his nomination for governor
and naming Congressman S. A.
Oobk to head the ticket. Senators
Spooner and Qnarles lead the oppo
sition to LaFolletto. Both the bolt
ers and the LaFolletto faction en
dorsed -President Roosevelt.
A ■ correspondent of the London
Dolly News cables from Tien Tsin
Under date May 19: ‘‘It is report
ed th;it 70,000 Hussions are march
ing to the relief of Port Arthur and
the Japanese are consequently has
tening offensive operations, lit is
believed iliat the Japanese intend at
tacking Port Arthur with the entire
force when it numbers 50,01(0 men.
they are mounting 6-inch naval
guns on steel wheels, with the1 object
of silencing the Russian batteries.”
'Fhe Manchurian railway, south of
Harbin, is constantly broken by
Chinese marauders, and tihe Ilus
sums threaten reprisals. TThe Rus
sians admit that they hawe to con
tend with terrible difficult*ies along
the whole line. Their men. however.
.»»•- 1 "■ ---p>r «j'i-»<>j;cny and they
are very confident. It is altio repre
sented iVhat the Japanese fwm the
\ a In came across a heavy force of
the onemnear Feng Kuan Cheng,
but the Ilups executed a quick re
treat and ^voided a pitched battle.
The most disastrous catastrophe ito
the Japanese navy since the war be
gan occurred off Port Arthur May
15, when the ,cruiser Kasuga and
Yoshino collided during a heavy
fog. The Yoshiino sank and only
ninety of her crew were saved. On
the same date the battleship Halt
suse struck a Russian wine and sank.
Three hundred of her crew were
saved. The total number lost on
both ships was 651.
(Chinese bandits are harassing
the Russians near New Chwang and
Liao Yang. Several bandits cap
tured by the Russians claimed that
they bad been hired by Japs whom
they were supplying with inform
ation. Near Port Adams Chinese
soldiers attacked the railroad coal
mines occupied by the Russian ad
ministrative force, and drove out
the officials, who were working
therein, many of them escaping
only partly clad.
Republican League Club*.
The tenth annual convention of
the State League of Republican
Clubs was hold in the Capital thea
tre in Little Rock, on the 16th inst.
Among the distinguished men in
attendance was Gen. Powell Clay
ton and Hon. J. Hampton Moore
of Philadelphia, president of the
National League of Republican
Clubs. Messrs. Clayton and Moore
made lengthy speeches, the former
urging the two factions of the par
ty to g«>t together. The election
of officers resulted in the election
of Ulysses S. Bratton of Little
Rock, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, as president and
Philip Waters of Little Rock as
secretary. Major P. K. Roots of
Little Rock was re-elected treasur
er. A resolution was unanimously
adopted opposing joint dehates in
the state canvas. The following
delegates at large to the national
league convention to be hold at
Indianapolis were named: Judge
John McClure, Little Rock; Dr. A.
D. Thomas, Little Rock; W. B.
Ferguson, Little Rock; H. L. Rom
mel, Newport ; C. H. Yost, Little
Rock; Judge M. W. Gibbs, Tuttle
Rock. ,i i "* * y
New Officers ot K. cf H.
At the biennial session of the
grand lodge. Knights and Ladies
of Honor, held at Texarkana last
week, the following officers were
elected: Grand protector, W S.
McCullough, Brinkley; vice grand
protector, W. H. Dnnblazcr, Fort
Smith; grand secretary, T. J. Oli
phint. Little Rock: grand treasur
er, W. I*. Weld, Marianna; grand
chaplain, Mrs. Alice Thacher,
Jonesboro; grand guide, Mrs. J. D.
Holman, Mena; grand guardian,
Mrs. M. F. Owens, Batesville;
grand sentinel, John G. Sune,
Nashville; grand trustees: Mrs.
Callie K. Harris, Wynne; Mrs. L.
W. Izard, England; W. T. Nesbitt,
Fayetteville. Grand representa
tive. Sigman Baeharach, Batesville;
alternate, W. 1\. Baker, Wynne.
Unknown Man Murdered.
The decomposed body of a man
. was found a few miles west of Hot
Springs. The body had lain where
found about three months. The
1 skull showed that the man had met
1 a violent death, as it had a bullet
hole in it. The bullet had entered
| at the back of the head and come
out near the eye. The coroner's
jury returned a verdict of death
from gunshot wound inflicted by
unknown parties. There was noth
ing bv which to identify the dead
j man. The only article to furnish
^ a clew was a gold wire pin with
. the name “Anil" engraved on it.
Teachers’ Institutes,
’ State Superintendent Ilinemon
' has arranged to hold two four
' weeks' institutes this summer. One
’ will V held in the university
l buildings at Fayetteville; the oth
' <-r ai Ouachita Baptist College, Ar
kadelphia, The institute art Fay
etteville will begin June *20; the
' one at Arkadelpbia dune 6, two
weeks earlier. Institutes of two
’ weeks* duration will he held for
colored teachers at Forrest City and
' Pine BlutT.
i
Childless Parents Find Hair.
Mr. F. 1{. Adams, a citizen of
l Little Rock, was attracted by the
barking of his dog one night re
cently, and when he went to the
door found a new-born babe, warm
ly wrapped in blankets,,on his door
step. The waif was taken in and is
doing well. Mr. Adams has decided
to adopt the little fellow, as he has
no children of his own.
BRIEF MENTION.
There was a slight frost at Siloam
Springs on May 14. It did no dam
age.
Helena will soon float a $155,000
bond issue, to be used for funding
purposes.
Dr. Junius Jordan has been re
elected superintendent of the school
of Pine Bluff.
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Highest Harket Price Paid ForXotton Seed.
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i it’s 10 to 1 you do if you are ft victim
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M Don’t Do It. It’s Dangerous.
W We’ll admit it -will euro malaria, but it leaves
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1 HERBINE
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