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VOL. II
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902.
NO. 21.
NEWS OF THE WORLD,
Five women were cremated in a
burning New York tenement house.
American interests in Venezuela
are being guarded carefully by the
navy.
Justice Shiras, of the United
States supreme court, will shortly
retire.
Chas. Johnson, colored, was
hanged by a mob at Walnut Grove,
Miss., for assault on a white wo
man.
Twelve thousand people saw L. A.
Sartell, an aeronaut, dashed to
death at Danville, 111. When he cut
loose from the balloon his para
chute failed to open.
Geo. C. Gilmore, a wealthy Cali
fornian, who died recently, buried
all his wealth, which he had convert
ed into gold, and now his heirs are
praying for some mind reader to
locate the hidden treasure. Gilmore
left a note stating that he had bur
ied the money but left nothing by
which may be located.
Edmund Butcher, a fullblood In
dian, walked seventy-live miles to
Muskogee to surrender to the of
ficers, stating that he had killed his
brother-in-law in self-defense. With
him were his wife and two children.
The jailer pointed out the jail and
Butcher walked into it without an
officer or commitment.
A ‘'celestial marriage,” ordered by
Brigham Young and carried out in
accordance with the rites of the
Mormon church, has been declared
legal by the supreme court of Utah.
A woman, who had been married to
a wealthy Mormon according to
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garded as a legal wife, brought suit
to recover her share of the. dead
man’s property, which she will re
ceive under the ruling of the su
preme court.
The agent of the American Ex
press Company at Fordsville, Ky.,
says he was held up and robbed of
$28,000 in mopey sent to one J. H.
Boatner. Both the agent and Boat
ner have been arrested, the company
alleging they conspired to defraud
the company out of the above sum.
Boatner holds the company's receipt
for the money and claims it was nev
er received by him, and unless the
package is found or evidence se
cured against the two accused men
the company will have to make good
the amount. >•
Emilio Aguinaldo, former chief
of the Filipino cause, is coming to
the United States on a lecture tour.
The war department has decided
that he may do this, as he was in
cluded in the amnesty proclamation
of July 4, and is on the same foot
ing occupied by any other man. In
preparation for his lecture tour he
has been perfecting his knowledge
of English by associating with army
officers.
During the fiscal year just ended
the exports to Porto Rico from this
county amounted to $10,719,444,
while the imports amounted to $88,
297,422. To the Philippines ex
ports were $5,201,867 in 1902, com
pared with $94,597 in 1897, and the
imports from the Philippines were
$6,612,700 in 1902, compared with
$4,383,740 in 1897. To the Ha
waiian islands the exports in 1900
were, according to the best estimates
of the collector of Honolulu, $19,
000,000 in 1902, compared with $4,
690,075 in 1897, and the receipts of
merchandise into the United States
from Hawaii in 1900 were $24,700,
429, compared with $13,687,799 in
1897. To Porto Pico, Hawaii, and
the Philippines combined the ship
ments in 1902 were $34,971,310 in
■value, compared with $6,773,560 in
1897, and the receipts of merchan
dise from those islands in 1902 were
$39,610,551, compared with $20,
252,563 in 1897. Shipments by the
government for its troops or officers
are not included in the above figures.
Near-Sighted Pupils.
In the elementary schools of
France more than 24 per cent, of the
pupils are near-sighted; in those of
Germany, 35 per cent.; in those of
the United Kingdom, 20 per cent*
Anthracite coal is selling for $11
a ton in New York City.
In a riot at Tupelo, Miss., three
negroes and one white man were
killed. The trouble originated over
an attempt to arrest two negroes on
the charge of larceny.
Commissioner of Immigration
Sargent will increase the force of
inspectors on the Mexican border to
prevent Chinese from entering this
country through Mexico.
Many railroads throughout the
country will give a rate of one cent
a mile to and from the reunion of
the G. A. It., to b.e held in Wash
ington, D. C., the first week in Octo
ber.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw,
in a speech at Morristown, Vt., de
clared in favor of revising our pres
ent tariff laws, but declared the re
vision should be made by the party
pledged to a protective tariff.
. Fred Hammann, a patient with
hasty consumption, selected by a
New York paper from 100 other
cases, and sent to Prof. Hoff, the
specialist at Vienna, to-prove to the
world that the disease - is curable,
lias returned home, completely
cured. The treatment is to be tried
on a large number of patients,
which will determine positively as
to its merits.
Henry Glcnny, a Choctaw rail
road man, was shot and killed on a
street.car at Memphis by Cobb Teel.
It is said Teel and several compan
ions were in a street ear and used
profane language to the conductor.
Glenny, who was accompanied by
his wife, objected and in a fight he
was shot by Teel.
In a recent interview with a
southern politician, according to a
Washington dispatch, President
Roosevelt said some very severe
imngs anout a certain type ot re
publican factionists—the type which
exerts itself only to obtain recogni
tion as the leading faction, to mo
nopolize patronage and get delegates
to conventions, and never is known
by effective work on election day.
• The interior department has al
lowed James Riddell $700 in pay
ment of his claim against the gov
ernment for property destroyed by
a fire on the government reservation
at Hot Springs, in 1878. Some
twenty claims, of this character are
still pending. The houses were de
stroyed by fire after they had been
condemned by the government and
ordered removed. Officials of the in
terior department are working upon
the cases, and expect to have them
all settled within the next two
months.
The government report shows that
the total output of petroleum for
the whole world in 1900 was 155,
000,000 barrels. The production in
this country for the same year was
63,000,000 barrels, but in 1901, as
the result of the exploitation of tho
Texas oil fields, the output increased
to 720,000,000 barrels, or more than
five times the total output of the
world for the previous year. There
seems to have been an enormous in
crease also in the world’s output.
There are now at least 260 wells in
Texas alone, which up to a recent
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from 50,000 to 100,000 barrels a
clay. It is estimated that about
2,000,000,000 gallons a year come
from the Texas oil fields alone.
Appropriations footing up $800,
024,496.55 were made by congress
during the last session, the report of
the chief clerks of the committees
of appropriations for the house and
senate being just issued. The de
tails of appropriations by bills are
as follows: Agricultural, $5,208,
980; army, $81,730,136.41; diplo
matic, $1,957,925.59; District of
Columbia, $8,544,569.97; fortifica
tion, $7,298,955; Indian, $8,986,
128.10; legislative, $25,396,681.50;
military academy, $2,627,324.42;
naval, $78,856,363.13; pensions,
$139,842,260; postoffice, $38,416,
59S.75; river and harbor, $21,771,
442; sundry civil, $80,163,359.13;
deficiencies, $28,050,007.32; miscel
laneous, $2,722,795.13; Isthmian
canal act, $50,130,000.10; perma
nent appropriations, $122,921,220.
Total, $800,624,496.55.
The North and South Methodist
churches will jointly establish a pub
lishing house in China.
An American combine has pur
chased all the principal tobacco
manufactories of Mexico.
James Shannon, an escaped con
vict from Oklahoma, was surrender
ed to the officers by his father.
Missouri is one of the great corn
producing states. Her yield this
year is estimated at 300,000,000
bushels.
The prospects of securing an ear
ly ratification of the canal treaty by
the Columbian government are not
very bright on account of interna
tional strife in that country.
Germany has given notice that
she intends to occupy a Venezuelan
port to enforce the payment of
claims for damages her subjects
sustained during the revolution.
Frank C. Andrews, a millionaire
of Lansing, Mich., has been sen
tenced to fifteen years in the peni
tentiary for wrongfully using funds
of a bank of which he was president.
Botha, De Wet and Dilarn.d^,
leaders of the Boer forces in the
late South African war, were the
guests of England during the coro
nation ceremonies, and everywhere
received a warm greeting from the
English people. The triumvirate
will visit the United States before
returning to South Africa.
Tennessee coal miners and opera
tors of the Coal Creek and Jellico
district have agreed on a wage scale,
covering the next twelve months.
The miners get a 9-hour day, as
heretofore, with an advance of 1 1-2
cent per ton on screened coal and
1 cent per ton on run of the mine,
or unscreened coal.
The total number of miners in
volved iu the anthracite strike is'
179,000’. The census bureau says
the average family consists of five
members, and on this basis the mi
ners’ union, with the assistance of
other unions, is caring for 895,000
men, women and children. The
strike has now been on for nearly
four months, and the strikers show
no signs of weakening.
Three life prisoners in the peni
tentiary at Frankfort, Ky., caused
consternation among the officers by
mutiny. Some one had smuggled
a revolver to one of the prisoners,
and two guards were disarmed, then
the trio took refuge in the third
story of a building where a portion
of the convicts are employed. They
defied the authorities and held them
at bay for five hours, but when their
ammunition became exhausted sur
rendered. Two guards were wound
ed and one of the convicts killed.
At Mira, La., a horrible tragedy
was enacted. As Ambrosio Ogol
lio, a Mexican, returned home to
dinner he found his wife in com
pany with Joan Emilio. Ogallio
alleged that his wife and Emilio
were packing goods to leave together
and had loaded a part of them on
a wagon. Ogalho caught Emilio
by the throat, and, drawing his stil
letto, carved him to death. He
then took an axe and cut off the
dead man's arms and head.
The Morgan combine has made
an offer for a majority of the stock
of the American Ship Building
Company, which has its own con
struction yards, machine shops and
foundries in Cleveland, O., Lorain,
Detroit and Wyandotte, Mich.;
West Superior and Milwaukee, Chi
cago and Buffalo. Its property is
valued at $15,000,000, with an ex
tra reserve fund of $3,000,000. It
is doing an immense business. It
is said that the aim of the Eastern
people is not only to get control of
the American Ship Building Com
pany’s business, but eventually that
of other large concerns, so as to
practically monopolize the entire
business from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi and undoubtedly in the
end all of the trade from tce&n to
ocean.
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Jury Failed to Agree.
The jury at Malvern in the cele
brated Tomlinson case, in which
Mrs. Tomlinson sued the Iron
Mountain railroad for $50,000 for
the death of her husband in 1894,
failed to reach a verdict and was
dismissed. Lieut. Tomlinson was
killed by a freight engine in the
yards of the Iron Mountain road in
July, 1894, just after the close of
the competitive drill held by the
state guard in Little Rock. Suit
was first brought in the United
States court by the widow of the de
ceased, Mrs. Regina Tomlinson.
The case was thrown out on a non
suit entered by the plaintiff. The
next trial occurred in Benton, when
a verdict of $50,000 was obtained.
The presiding judge reduced the
amount by $80,000, on which it was
appealed to the supreme court of
the state. This tribunal reversed
the decision of the lower court and
remanded the case fnr a new trial.
A change of venue was taken to
Hot Spring county, with the above
result.
Amendment to Constitution.
Following is the amendment tc
the constitution, to be voted on ai
the coming election: “That sectior
16 of article 5 of the constitution of
the state of Arkansas be amended sc
as to read as follows: “Article 5
section 16. Pay and Mileage. “The
members of the general assembly
cl,..,11 r/i/,nivp snnli nnv ami milenot
for their services as shall be fixec
by law. No member of either houst
shall, during the term for which h<
has been elected, receive any in
crease of pay for his services undei
any law passed during such term
The term of all members of the gen
eral assembly shall begin on the da;
of their election. Approved May 23
1901.” Each elector may vote fo
or against above amendment.
A New Rule as to Reward*.
Gov. Davis has established i
new rule regarding the payments o
rewards. Sheriff G. G. Dandridge
of Logan county, placed in th<
penitentiary Tob Riley and Te<
Burt, each of whom was sentencet
to one year in the penitentiary
Riley was convicted of a crime com
niitted near Boonville last May
He was captured at Magazine, four
teen miles away, on September 1
The sheriff is said to have fol
lowed him through the territory
spending $63 in traveling expenses
The governor offered $200 rewart
for his arrest and conviction, bu
refuses to pay it on the ground tha
the man was captured in the count]
where the crime was committed.
Snake in the Beer.
A dispatch from Clarendon says
“A few days ago several men order
ed a keg of beer, and, taking it to ar
old mill building on the river bank
were having a time of it in drink
ing. When a portion of the beei
had been imbibed the whole crowc
began feeling sick, and their illness
was of such a peculiar nature thai
they at once attributed it to the beer
Accordingly the keg was inspected
thoroughly and a dead snake found
in it. Several years ago a number
of section men on the Cotton Bell
road had a similar experience, they
too, finding a dead snake in the beei
that made them sick.”
Shot His Brother.
Henry Forchler was shot and se
riously wounded by his brother
Leonard at their home near Mam
moth Spring. The brothers en
gaged in a quarrel when Leonlard
fired two shots from a 32 revolver,
the ball taking effect just below the
heart. Mrs. Forchler, who was try
ing to quiet the boys, narrowly es
caped serious injury. One of the
balls, in passing, struck her in the
side, effecting a slight flesh wound.
Boy Killed by Train.
A boy named Martin, from Mar
shall, Tex., was killed by a train
near Jacksonville. It is supposed
that the little fellow had walked un
til he became tir«d and sat down on
the railroad track to rest, where he
fell asleep and was struck by a fast
mail train.
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U. C. V. Reunion.
Following is an order which has
beei issued bv Division Commander 1
L. C. Balch, of the United Confed- >
erate Veterans, in regard to the re- 1
union at Hoi Springs:
Headquarters Arkansas Division,
United Confederate Veterans, (
Little Hock, Ark., Aug. 14, 1902. ,
General Order Xo. 17.
My Comrades—The state reunion
called to meet at Hot Springs Sep
tember 23, 24 jyid 25, 1902, is now
an assured success, and every vete
ran in the division is cordially in
vited to attend. Such liberal terms
for board are assured by the com
rades and citizens of Hot Springs
that no one need remain away on
account of expense. The railroads
have announced one fare for the
round trip. Eminent Confederate
veterans, as well as orators of na
tional reputation, have signified
their intention to attend and deliver
addresses.
2. Committee headquarters will
be established near the depots, while
guides will meet every train, and
veterans and their families who have
not made other arrangements will
be directed to places where they can
secure board and lodging.
3. The annual election of offi
cers, consisting of a division com
mander and four brigade command
ers, will be held on the third day,
: September 25, and every camp is
urged to elect and furnish with
1 proper credentials one delegate for
every twenty members. Each camp
: is entitled to two delegates in any
i event.
4. All organizations of Confed
1 erates, by whatever name known, as
well as all veterans who belonged to
■ Arkansas commands in the C. S. A.,
' wherever they may reside now, are
, invited.
: 5. An excellent program has
been arranged by the local commit
tee for the entertainment of the vet
erans and their families, and noth
p ing will be left undone by the peo
ple of Hot Springs to make this re
’ union an occasion long to be remem
bered with pleasure by those who at
| tend.
6. Camp commanders are urged
to call meetings of their camps at
once to perfect arrangements for
attending the reunion as well as
electing delegates to the convention
for the annual election.
L. C. Balch,
’ Division Commander.
^ No K. of P. Sanitarium at the Springs
At the session of the supreme
’ lodge of Knights of Pythias held in
San Francisco the proposition to
erect a sanitarium at Hot Springs,
Ark., for sick and disabled Knights
: was defeated and the report of the
special investigating committee
1 adopted at the last session was dis
' regarded. It was the voice of the
supreme lodge that it has no right
under its constitution to tax the
members of the order for such a
purpose. The sanitarium project
has been befone the supreme lodge
for twelve years, but at each pre
vious session it was referred to
committees until two years ago,
trlinn a crucial pnmmitfpp WPS AT)
pointed to make a final report on
the matter. The government offer
ed to give a lot of five acres of land
to the Fythians for a period of 99
years for the purpose of building
the sanitarium. It was proposed
to erect buildings at a cost of $250,
000, the expense to be borne by a
per capita tax of 10 cents on each
member of the order.
Defends the Water Cure.
An Arkansas soldier writing to
Col. V. Y. Cook of Elmo, from Ba
tangas, P. I., defends the water
cure, and declares that it was not
only justifiable and humane but nec
essary. He says: "Concentration
camps were necessary. At first
glance it may seem strange that we
had to adopt the very means of con
quering these people that we con
demned so vigorously when Weyler
used them in ’97 and ’98. And yet
they were managed in a way that
made them the most humane as well
as the quickest way to end matters.”
Fought Like a Demon.
Deputy Sheriff N. A. Beller of
kittle Bock and a planter named
Scruggs had a desperate battle with
l man named D. W. Miller a few
idles from the above place. The
iflicers went to Miller’s house to
erve a warrant charging grand lar
•eny. They entered the house and
jot the drop on Miller, but he re
used to surrender and started for
iis shotgun. Not wanting to shoot
dm down, Beller placed his pistol
n his belt and grappled with the
nan, who is about six feet tall and
vcighs 190 pounds. Scruggs assist
’d the officer, and for about fifteen
minutes the trio was mixed up in a
lesperate rough and tumble battle.
Miller was finally overpowered, but
it was necessary, besides using hand
cuffs, to tie his legs and strap his
body to a seat in a vehicle. Beller
and Scruggs were badly used up in
the scrimmage, besides their cloth
ing was torn into shreds.
In the Old Way.
John Black, accompanied by his
family, has just completed the jour
ney in a covered wagon from Boone
ville, this state, to Danbury, Conn.,
a distance of 1,500 miles. Black
left this state about three months
ago. The travelers covered about
tifteen miles a day on the average
and camped at nights, using the
huge wagon for sleeping quarters
and cooking over camp fires wher
ever they stopped. Beds, cooking
utensils and a cupply of provisions
were carried by the wagon. The
whole family were in excellent
health and spirits when they reached
Danbury.
Autos Ruled Out.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Evan upholds Superintendent
Eisele's position in ruling automo
biles off the reservation drives at
Hot Springs. He states in his let
ter of authority for such action on
the part of the superintendent that
the government drives are not pub
lic highways, but that they are gov
ernment property, and therefore
private in a sense, and that if it was
necessary gates could be erected and
only such as had the consent of the
superintendent could pass in.
Suicide of a Gambler.
Joe Ogden, a Little Eock gambler,
suicided in the statehouse yard by
shooting himself through the head.
Ogden quit gambling a few months
ago and secured a position with the
Choctaw, but the loss of his job and
the use of narcotics caused him to
take his life.
Woman Slayer Sentenced.
Dan Hawkins, colored, who killed
the negro woman at Butterfield some
months ago and who was captured
in Louisiana and tried at Malvern,
pleaded guilty to the charge of in
voluntary manslaughter and the
court gave him ten years in the pen
itentiary.
BRIEF MENTION.
“Aunt” Rachael Coffelt, colored,
died at Bentonville, aged 110 years.
Susan Andrews, a 14-year-old girl,
was drowned while bathing in the
rivpr M pwnnrt.
Sawmill men and farmers of Mil
ler county are complaining of a
scarcity of laborers.
Arkansas coal miners and opera
tors liave agreed on a scale of wages
for the next year.
A board of trade has been organ
ized at Lonoke, with Hon. Joe P.
Eagle as president.
Henry Ladd, yard foreman at a
mill near Mena, was seriously cut
by the son of a farmer.
Mrs. G. 0. Ward, of Greene coun
ty, recently gave birth to a child
weighing but two pounds. At last
recounts the midget was alive and
in good heallh.
Pat Horton, a merchant at Mur
freesboro, was probably fatally in
jured by Roscoe Strawn, who dealt
him a blow on the back of the head
with a wagon spoke.
Mose Patterson, arrested at Pine
Bluff for a murder committed in
Pulaski county twenty-five years
ago, has been released. He proved
that he was not the man wanted.