The Woodruff County News.
G. W. KRAMER, Editor.
McCRORY, - - ARKANSAS
NEWS OF THE WORM).
June 2G, 1902, has been set as the
date of King Edward’s coronation.
A bill lias been introduced in con
gress to pension Mrs. McKinley at
the rate of $5,000 a year.
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Principal tobacco growers of the
Philippines have organized for the
purpose of self-protection.
In a riot at Scranton, Pa., between
striking street car men and officers,
three of the former were fatally
wounded.
F. A. Fleishman, cashier of the
Farmers’ Bank at Los Angelos, is
missing, and the bank is out over
$100,000.
Frank D. Hackett has resigned as
assistant secretary of the navy and
is succeeded by C. H. Darling, of
Vermont.
Mrs. Stanford has transferred as a
gift to the Leland Stanford Univer
sity $30,000,000 in property and
securities. N
Gen. Collins, democrat, was elect
ed mayor of Boston last week over
Mayor Hart, the present incumbent,
by a majority of 15,000.
Manager Johnson, of the Postal
Telegraph Company, his son and a
negro driver, were killed near New
ton, Miss., by a falling tree.
The machinery of the battleship
Illinois has been found to be defect
ive and the vessel will have to un
dergo a complete overhauling.
President Diaz, of Mexico, has
formally notified the Louisiana pur
chase exposition commission of the
intention of his government to make
an exhibit at the big fair.
Senator Jones has introduced a
bill in congress to give those persons
who have intermarried in the Chero
kee tribe of Indians tlje right and
emoluments of members of tlksi
tribe. . ...
The British board of trade re
turns for the month of November
show that imports have decreased
by £2,923,000 and exports by £1,
782,000. For the first eleven months
of the current year imports have de
creased by £1,769,000 and exports
by £11,654,000, in comparison with
the corresponding period last year.
Complaint comes from the war
department of a lack of physicians
in the service. Heretofore a dozen
or more have applied for every va
cancy, but under the reorganization
act, largely increasing the number
of medical officers, applications fell
off until now there are upward cf
sixty vacancies in the lower rank,
with little prospect of their being
filled.
Ben Kilpatrick, arrested about
two months ago at St. Louis on the
charge of forging the name of offi
cers of a Montana hank to unsigned
bank notes, was convicted on one
count at St. Louis and given fif
teen years in prison. A woman
named Bullion, arrested as Kilpat
rick's accomplice, was also convict
ed. The notes found on the two
parties were stolen from an express
train in Montana about six months
ago.
Santiago Inglias was convicted at
Porto Rico of conspiracy and sen
tenced to a prison term of three
years and six months. Inglias’ al
leged crime consisted of organizing
the workingmen on the island of
San Juan, when they demanded an
increase in wages. Several of his
assistants were also given jail sen
tences. Inglias was sent to Porto
Rico several months ago to establish
a branch of the American Federa
tion of Labor, and, it is understood,
■ i he movement iiad the sanction of
the president. The law under which
the men were convicted is a part of
the old Spanish law. The case will
be taken to a higher court, and if
the verdict of the lower tribunal is
approved an appeal will be made to
President Roosevelt.
An American bank is to be estab
lished at Pekin, China.
C. L. Magee, a noted physician of
Pittsburg, claims to have discovered
a cure for lockjaw.
Miss Stone, the American mis
sionary, is still held captive by Bul
garian brigands.
A. G. Spalding lias been elected
president of the National Baseball
Association to succeed M. E. Young.
The war between the Western
Jockey Club and the Turf Congress
has been settled by consolidations.
Andrew M. Lawrence, managing
editor of Hearst’s Chicago Ameri
can, and II. S. Canfield, a reporter,
who were sentenced recently by
Judge Hanecy to forty and thirty
days, respectively, in the county jail
for contempt of court, wore dis
charged from custody by Judge
Dunne last week upon a writ of ha
beas corpus. Judge Dunne, before
whom the wrrit was heard, held that
there is no law or reason why judges
should be offered different remedies
in grievances than other officials.
In his first annual report to the
war department, Gen. Chaffee, mil
itary governor of the Philippines,
sums up the situation from a mili
tary point of view by stating that
the provinces of Batangas and Lagu
na, in Luzon, and the islands of
Samar, Mindora, Cebu and Bohol
constitute the area now disturbed by
any embodied force of insurgents.
He says that to the physical charac
ter of the country; to the nature of
warfare of the rebels, who are amigo
and foe in the self-same hour, to the
humanity of the troops which is tak
en advantage of the rebels and in
habitants who sympathize with them,
and to the fear of assassination on
the part of the friendly disposed, if
they give information to the Ameri
can forces, is due the prolongation
of the guerrilla warfare.
ivirs. r rye, oi luame, miruuuceu a
new ship subsidy bill in the senate
on the 9th. The new bill differs in
form from the subsidy Ml of the
past two sessions, gem is divided into
'four titles and fifteen sections. The
sections''mcler the title “ocean mail
steamships” are devoted to amend
ments to the ocean mail act of 1891.
The postmaster general is required
to consider the national defense and
the maritime interests of the United
States, as well as postal interests, in
providing for transportation of
American ocean mails. The present
limit of ocean mail contracts, ten
years, is increased to fifteen years.
The title “general subsidy,” contains
the general subsidy for all vessels,
steam or sail, which arc not under
mail contracts. This general subsi
dy is uniform, 1 cent per gross ton
per 100 nautical miles for not ex
ceeding sixteen entries in one year.
To promote the building of Ameri
can vessels, an additional allowance
of one-fourth cent per gross ton is
made for five years.
The report of Mr. George E. Rob
erts, director of the mint, upon the
operations of the mint service during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901,
has been completed. The coinage
of the mints during the fiscal year
amounted to 116,999,132 pieces, of
the value of $136,340,781. Of this,
$99,065,715 was in gold, $24,298,
850 was in silver dollars, $10,966,
648 was in fractional silver and $2,
009,568 was in minor coins. There
also were coined at the Philadelphia
mint 225,000 gold pieces, of the
value of $349,014, for the govern
ment of Costa Rica. The estimated
production of gold in the United
States during the calendar year 1900
was of the value of $79,171,000, and
notwithstanding the fact that this
country led the world in production,
its imports exceeded its exports by
$12,806,010. The production of
North America, practically all of
which comes to the United States,
was $116,051,500. The world’s
coinage of gold in the calendar year
1900 vras $354,936,497, and of sil
ver, $177,011,902. The industrial
consumption of gold in the United
States during the calendar year 1900
is estimated at $16,607,500, and of
the world, approximately, $75,000,
000.
The democratic members of
congress from Louisiana have de
clared in favor of the Philippine
tariff bill agreed upon by the re
publicans.
lion. J. C. S. Blackburn was
married at Washington on the 11th
to Mrs. May E. Blackburn, widow
of a distant relative of the Ken
tucky senator.
Three native officers of the town
of Favtay. P. I., were hanged at
Manila last week for the crime of
wounding Americans and then bury
ing them alive.
Cannibalism has appeared among
the crimes charged against the Fil
ipinos by American military author
ities. According to the record of a
court martial in the department of
the Viscayas, P. I., Raymundo Fon
te, a native, found his working com
panion, Liberato Beliro, sleeping in
his (Fonte's) boat. Fonte became
enraged, killed the slumbering man
with a blow of an oar, cut off his
nose and ears, and, according to his
own confession, cooked and ate part
of the body. He was sentenced to
be hanged.
The report of the Schley court of
inquiry was promulgated by Secre
tary Long on the 13th. There are
two reports, Admirals Benham and
Eamsey concur in the first, which
is signed by Admiral Dewey also as
a matter of form. Admiral Dewey
makes a separate report, although
he agrees with the finding of the
facts subscribed by the others. A
majority report condemns Admiral
Schley on eleven points, while Ad
miral Dewey sustains him in most
particulars. The majority opinion
finds in brief that Admiral Schley
should have proceeded with the ut
most dispatch to Cienfuegos and
maintained a closed blockade; that
he should have endeavored have
obtained information ,cT the Span
ish squacVon there; that he should
have proceeded to Santiago with
dispatch; that he should not have
made the retrograde; that he should
have obeyed the department's order;
that he should have endeavored to
capture the Spanish vessel in San
tiago; that he did not do his utmost
to destroy the Colon; that he caused
the squadron to lose distance in the
loop of tlic Brooklyn; that he there
by caused the Texas to back; that
he did injustice to Hodgson; that
his conduct in the campaign was
characterized by vaccillation, dila
toriness and lack of enterprise; that
his official reports on the coal sup
ply were misleading and inaccurate;
that his conduct during the battle
was self-possessed and that he en
couraged by his own person his sub
ordinates, ofiicers and men. Ad
miral Dewey in his report says that
the passage to Cienfuegos was made
with all dispatch; that in view of
his coal supply the blockade of Cien
fuegos was effective; that he allow
ed the Adula to enter Cienfuegos to
get information; that his passage to
Santiago was with as much dispatch
as possible, keeping the squadron to
gether; that the blockade of Santia
go was effective and, finally, that he
was the senior officer off Santiago
in absolute command, and entitled
to the credit due for the glorious
victory which resulted in the total
destruction of the Spanish ships.
TEA-SElsU UIL, AINU CAiUi.
Results of Efforts to Utilize Waste of
Tea Plants.
The scientific expert of the Indian
Tea association has issued a report on
tea-seed oil and cake. Investigations
show that tea-seed oil is clear, light,
and yellow, but always has a more or
less acrid taste. It cannot safely be
used as an edible oil, owing to the
presence 'of saponin, which is a con
stituent of the seed. For the same
reason the tea-seed oil-cake is decided
ly dangerous as a food for cattle. As
a manure it is far behind the other
oil-seed cakes of commerce. The oil
could be used as a lamp oil, and the
cake might be useful as an insecticide.
It was attempted, in 1885, to put tea
seed, as such, on the London market,
under the name “tanne,” but the
seeds found no buyer, and the price
asked sank quickly to a level far be
low the cost of importation.—Scien
tific American.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Ex-Ccnvict Awarded Damages.
A case of general interest was de
eided in federal court at Little Rock
last week. Chas. Williams, colon'll,
brought suit against Col. John M.
Gracic for $10,000 damages for nl
leged mistreatment, while a conyicl
on the county farm at Hannabery
last spring. The plaintiff alleged
that he was poorly clad and insuffi
ciently fed, that he was compelled to
work out in the field in all kinds of
weather; that his place of abode was
unlit for a human being, and that
he was inhumanely whipped by the
defendant's agents. In his instruc
tions to the jury Judge Trieber said;
"If you find that he was inhumane
ly treated; if you find that ho was
not furnished with such food as hu
manity would require should be fur
nished to a man such as he was and
required to work as he was, or that
he was not kept warm and as com
fortable as the laws of humanity in
cases of this kind demand; or that
he was exposed at night without suf
ficient covering, exposed to the winds
and sleet on account of open places
in the place where he was required
to sleep; then, gentlemen of the
jury, the plaintiff would be entitled
to recover as damages full compen
sation for all the sufferings he has
undergone, physical as well as men
tal. And if you further find that
this was done continuously and ha
bitually by the defendant or his
agents snd employes, and also that
they inflicted punishment without
sufficient cause, punishment severe
upon his naked body, excessive and
in an inhumane manner, then the
plaintiff is entitled not only to recov
er the actual darnwgi-s' suilemt by
him for Iks physical and mental
pain, but also exemplary damages
or smart money, for which pnrposO
you fiiay take into consideration the
evidence that has been agreed upon
that the defendant is a man of large
means and wealth, so that the dam
ages imposed on him, if you find
this issue fbr the plaintiff that de
fendant's actions were wanton,
should be a lesson to him and others
that the law will not tolerate any
such inhumane or barbarous treat
ment.” The jury found for the
plaintiff in the sum of $850.
Railroad Charter Granted.
The Kansas City, Hot Springs &
Southeastern Bailroad Company
filed its map and profile with the
secretary of state last week and was
granted a charter by the state board
of railroad commissioners. The
principal office is to be at Waldron,
and the principal stockholder is A.
B. Kirkwood, of Kansas City, who
owns 1,623 shares of a par value of
$162,300. The stockholders anti the
officers are: C. C. Godman, Fort
Smith; Henry Stroup, Paul Daniel,
Waldron; Hon. T. G. Bates, Wal
dron; John T. Forrester, Waldron;
Chas. 1). Greaves, Hot Springs;
John C. Walton, Waldron; Francis
C. Downey, Kansas City; A. B.
Kirkwood, Kansas City, directors,
and Wm. II. Martin, Hot Springs.
The capital stock is $1,250,000.
The company proposes to construct,
build and operate a railroad from
a point in Scott county, at or near
Waldron, through the counties of
Montgomery and Garland to Hot
Springs, by such route as shall be
deemed most practicable, a total dis
tance of eighty-two miles.
Goodman Not Poisoned.
It is officially stated that the re
sult of the analysis of the stomach
of Charles Goodman, who was al
leged to have been poisoned by New
ell C. Kathbun, a former soldier in
the United States army, in Jeffer
sonville, Ind., on November 7, has
failed to reveal any traces of poison.
Eathbun was formerly stationed at
Little Koek, where he married and
arranged the scheme to collect his
life insurance by substituting a
corpse as that of his own. The body
of Goodman, after being shipped to
Little Rock, was returned to Jeffer
sonville. According to the above
report, Kathbun may escape the
charge of murder, but will be pun
ished for attempt to defraud the in
surance company and desertion from
the army.
Double Hanging.
Frank Cannon and Wm, Kelly,
colored, were hanged at Helena on
the 13th. The crime for which Can
non and Kelly were hanged was one
of the most brutal ever committed
in this state. Lane and Cannon
had an altercation, in which Cannon
got the worst of it. He went im
mediately to his house and got his
double-barreled shotgun and a pock
et full of cartridges, and, sending
Kelly ahead to entice Lane away
from his house, secreted himself in
the tall grass near by. The scheme
worked, and when old man Lane
| came out into his horse lot to see
Kelly, both men began firing upon
him, killing him instantly.
Lane’s wife started with an old
musket to the aid of her husband,
but, seeing he was dead, ran back
to the house and tried to barricade
it. The two men followed her. Can
non shot her, firing through the win
dow, filling her body with number
•1 shot, and the poor woman ran to
a small tabic and took refuge under
it, pulling the covering down so as
to conceal her person. The men
then kicked the door down and Can
non, as he confessed, “just knelt
down and fired at Sallie till he was
tired.” The woman was absolutely
filled with shot and bullets, Kelly
using a 38-calibre revolver. There
were thirteen balls from his revolver
in the body of Isaac Lane, in addi
tion to the charge of shot from Can
non’s gun, that broke his neck.
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Investment Company Incorporated.
Articles of incorporation were
filed with the secretary of state last
week by the Choctaw Investment
.Company'of Little Rock. The capi
tal stock is $100,000. The officers
&&3 rorhoratdrs are : J. IV. MeLoud,
president; W. JjJ Abbott, vice presi
dent; T.S8. BtiSree, secretary; E. B.
"Pierce, treasurer; J. F. HHden, F.
A. Molitor, directors; H. W. Morri
j son, A. H. McDonald, J. C. Hart,
Francis I. Gowen, Geo. II. Lee. All
of the parties interested except Mr.
| Abbott are connected with the Choc
taw, Oklahoma and Gulf road, that
gentleman being a prominent lum
berman of Fort Smith.
—
Where They Were Placed.
Arkansas congressmen have been
given the following committee as
signments by Speaker Henderson:
McRea, sundry civil and fortifica
tions; Reid, claims; Dinsmore, for
eign affairs; McCulloch, rivers and
harbors; Brundidge, public lands;
j Little, postoffice and post roads, In
dian affairs and public buildings
and grounds.
Fakir Heauily Fined.
L. B. Mullins, who went to Little
Rock from St. Louis several weeks
ago representing himself as the
agent of the National Soap Manu
facturing Company, of Philadelphia,
and who was arrested on the charge
of fraud and false pretense was
convicted on two counts. He was
fined $200 and sentenced to sixty
days on the county farm.
Commiitee Recognized.
Postmasters have been appointed
as follows, in accordance with rec
ommendations of the republican
state central committee: Henry M.
Sugg, Dardanelle; Thomas I). Haw
kins, Morrilton; Jas. R. Snodgrass,
Parag uld; Samuel Davis, Russell
ville; Aaron L. Thompson, Spring
dale.
Big Money Will Be Waged
The greatest cock-fighting tourna
ment in the history of the sporting
world will begin at Hot Springs the
last week in January and continue
for thirty days. Three hundred
thousand dollars will be wagered on
the results of the battles. It will
be an interstate strife, and on the
outcome will depend the honor of the
south against the middle west.
Charged Witn Contempt.
A bench warrant was issued by
Judge Kogers at Fort Smith for the
arrest of H. L. Wilson, a merchant
at Ola, for contempt. An applica
tion was filed in federal court to have
Wilson declared a bankrupt and it
is charged that he refuses to deliver
his books to the proper authorities.