Vol. 2 No. 3.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS, F RIDAY JANUARY 17, 1902.
One Dollar Per
Annum.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of General Interest Gather*
From Four Corners
the Union.
The Gorman boom will begin
to bud pretty soon.
The Kansas Supreme Court
sustains the eight hour law.
Orchards around Carlyle, 111.,
have been damaged by cold weath
er.
Rear Admiral Schley was mo* ‘
cordially reception at Savannah,
Ga.
All national conventions suited
to be held in 1903 will (fleet in St.
Louis.
Mauv bills locating the Pacific
cable on paper, have been pre
sented to congress.
Workingmen at Homestead
have contributed $10,000 to the
McKinley memorial fund.
Henry C. Payne, the new Post
master General ha* started to
Washington with his family.
El Paso’s midwinter carnival
opend Tuesday, with Miss Ger
trude Gatlin as queen of festiv
ities.
The defense in the Goehel case
says it will fhv-ent new evidence
at the trial of James Howard this
week.
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Brewers are forming a <•( nihi
list ion of interests ta lexis to
defeat the anti-trust law oi that
*U .to.
Granville V
Meade lias been
jiippo.nit o rectiver of tlie Standard
Ligh» Power Company of l'alla*
Tew.*.
immigration stat“itK^ s'; e.v tha.i
. jflWh*' per so* * who h
i ^' - t( to
a wtu*K * ' ‘ (
v-i^’h«* People‘- Banka)! ! nine ii*«\
A, has closed doivvi, m ord •• to1
avert a l.un which it . p afiCd'
that it. could not, pie
The negro .asw iilani <•;' a white
girl was takt n jjom jail at Sprin;:
field, Ky., andhangi'd to ’a :r ••• in
the High School yard. *
The first official.Uatholi • hvm
nal ever issued, r- being prepared
by eminent prints and mu-deiai -
of the Catholic chuicii.
Roosevelt’s rule to. put irme
but competent men in 'oilier !-■
discouraging to the old time n -
pubiicaus in the South.
J. C. Tracy, a prominent Mis
souri democrat, died sudden. •.
under mysteriou* eireuyi.'! i ■
at Hamilton on l i t Son i tv.
It is reported in Berlin that
the large steel makers of the empire
have formed a combination to
include all branches of i he Indus; rv
. ‘ . \ • ■
Yfucle Satn has no interest in
'ting good the loses suffered
.Trencbuien in their unfortui -
investment in the Panama
, V.
. w. F. Co;iv in in Wash
tin the interest of pending
*<iu relating to the heel
iustry and Western ini
ng ftp’ ore near Colutn
, the prospectors .struck
riijnsof petroleum, hut are
deeper in hope of tindiug
a better supply.
Tlie Chicago branch of the
American Tr msvaal League has
adopted a petition calling upon
President Roosevelt to enforce
the neutrality la tvs.
The* relations of the United
States and Culm constitue a great
and vital problem which will not
l»e solved without ddiiculty, In
heir solution the responsibilities
ich we assumed when we uu
took a war in Cuba's behalf
t not he forgotten
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Inhabitants of the Danish island.
St. Cioix, have sent another peti
tion to King t hrislinn, advancing
reason against the saD oi'i'n islands
to th'1 i.'nited Mules.
Two Ottawa, Kan., women are
accused of having murdered an
old man whose lettered hody was
found in their well- The accused
are mother and daughter.
In a collision between a passen
ger and a freight train near
Rome, (jra., the engineer was kill
ed and three trainmen injured.
Twelve cars wore burned.
Secretary Shaw’s former speech
es on the financial question are
being compared with his present
utterances on the subject. They
do not agree in all particulars.
Chicago pays 41 per cent of the
total taxes of Illinois. When the
legislature meets at Springfield it
will proceed to ena ,t laws against
the interests of Chicago,as usual.
The value of the America’s cup
will l>e enhanced in the eyes of
this country if it may be relied on
as a means of increasing the num
ber of Sir Thomas Lipton’s visits
to this country.
The consumption of sugar is on
the increase and if Cuban sugar
were admitted free of duty it is
doubtful if the supply from this
country and the island Could sup
ply the demand.
A correspondent writing from
the South St a Islands to a Berlin
paper declares that the killing of
lhe explorer. Doctor Menke, and
his party, was due to the ruthless
destruction of palm trees on the
•islaiK Jiy the white men.
Rich; rd < Toker has retired from
■ ^leadership of Tammany Hall
Hhrfd Lewis Nexon was elected to
■ to.a! him. Mr. Corker’s reasons
for retiring were that he is gening
old and wishes to shift the burden
on to younger shoulders.
\\ ireh-vs telegraphy, and the
possibility of the Micces- of Mar
coni's s\sfem, were s ritfmslj
euss -d to cable men before a cmi
grcsvioaal conimitP‘‘ which was
con sidering prof i>s.i. ion-* for the
hull ling of a Pacific o agile
•’ llmpcror William of Germany
!,g, in a personally writ < n ni.
sags ii) Kngl -h. Ii.::11i ed i*n -bU-M
koossvcl: *of -M.ss \i;. > ;tin*>.<■
\ ’ll s acceptance <>; tin1 in\ ■ tai >*»;
I ' el: n : 1 e K' ' e; : r S V. e ,\
.Americau-lmili yack; The 1'i«- i
dent replied cordially in a mess-ig *
wri: ni in (i vnntin.
According to a history of th ■
FI vinj: ■squadron, cut it led ‘’.^chl-v
at Santiago,' the signals display
bv Commodore Schley's flagship
after the great -ea tight and his
appeal to he permitted to receive
the surrender of the Cristobal
Colon wete not answered by
Admiral Sampson’s flagship, the
M e w York.
An open rupture between Pres
ident Roosevelt and .Senator
Hanna is expected very soon.
Tne national chairman is said to
l»e determined to “wash his
hands ol the administration,’'and
it is expected he will oiganize an
aggressive Fairbanks campaign.
Senator Jones, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
says Lewis N’xon, the newly
elected leader of Tammany II dl,
has a great opportunity to aid the
success of the national democratic
ticket by wise and successful
leadership of the New York
d e tunc racy.
Tin*. P-esident, while on a re
cent hunting trip, enj o e I a meal
of corn dodgers, ham and eggs
and buttermilk at the cabin of an
old Southern negro.,* who after
wards gave tin* President a lec
ture for shooting at the first wild
turkey that appei d. The Pres
ident has since appointe I tin'
negro to a place ,it the capitol
|SCHLEY’S POPULARITY
| The Cornu.-rda! Thinks
ii May De •, clop ’ 5to Pres
ident I Room.
Th<* enthusiastic diinonstra
! tions made on the occasion of
| Admiral Schley's appearance at
Ltlie theater in Savannali, (ia., is
mt an isolated instance of the
naval hero's popularity. 10* has
been received \ i t h equal enthu
siasm in the Northern cities,
where people are -upposed to he
almost or wholly devoid of such
a thing a< sentiment, iaven Chi
cago, coarse, cross, money-111..k
iug Chicago, is making
miY't elaborate - pieparations
to entertain 1 he admiral when he
reaches there, and he may ex
pect a vociferous when he ap
peals.
These demost rations are not a
manifestation of slohoering fond
ness, but they reveal the Ameri
can character j.n a light. which
shows it to lie willing to do hom
age to the brave and serviceable
I and hostile to every attempt at in
justice in any form. The people
are anxious to rebuke the at
tempted injustice of the naval
clique and to resent the injury
inflicted upon a luave man. The
people realize that they posess
'supreme power, and they ere
not slow' to warn those in authori
ty who are disposoed to do wrong
that that authority may be taken
awyv from them and bestowed
upon their intended victim.
The warm reception given Ad
miral Schley everywhere In* goes
nee! not lie construed into a
presidential boom; but should
President Ko.scvelt fail to right
the wrong done by the Schley
court of inquire, these demou
rf-fratimis mav develop into some
thing of the sort .-•-Commercial
A ppeal.
Report Discredited.
A man who signs himself is
*‘Kddy" has published a state
ment to the effect that Mr.
Biyan’s Commoner i> a failure
and that Mr Bryan would sever
his eomicethm with it. In reply
to this statement Mr. Bryan, siys
that every week of tlie paper’s
existence lias shown an tnciease
• id
iug week and that the C ommoner
was not established as the re-mf
’ a sudden impulse, but had
been under considers! inn tor
years : that it i- hi- determination
to devote his life to the study and
di-cus-iou of public questions,
ill'1 newspaper field has tieen
chosen as the one best suited to
this purpose, and that he expects
to own and edit the Commoner
during the remainder of his day-.
Epidemic of Pneumonia,
('.linden, dan. 11 —An epidemic
! of pneumonia has prevailed in
this section during tf.o past
month, the latest victim being
.lames Perkins, a eorductor on
lhe Cotton Helt, wln» died at his
j home in this city yesterday. The
| most distiessing ease, was that of
a family named Hrazill, who had
recently moved here from Kldo
'ratio. Four out of the six were
in the bed at the same time and
it was only through the attending
physician that their real condition
was learned. They aere found
to be utterly destitute of every
thing until the good people of
Camden sent food, .clothing and
bedding. Kind people nursed
them, but to no avail, for on
Mondav the father died, while the
motlit-r in her delirium asked for
food. Tuesday om* of the little
girls died and on Wednesday the
mot her passed away, leaving tiie
othei three children in the hands
' of slrang i>
STATE NEWS NOTES.
—
Happenings of u Week Gathered
From Various Farts >f
the State.
A bank has been organized at
Des Are.
.Jarnagau Bros,, giocers, of
Lamar, made an assignment this
week.
(Springdale will begin work on
a waterworks, plant in a short
time.
Beebe and Bradford have st
ented local option decrees against
saloons.
A party of Illinois homeseekors
arrived at be \S itL anu'udll prob
ably locate.
The :*o>itest tor and against
local option at Bald Knob has not
yet been decided.
The vehicle tax, recently made
a law by city council of Eureka
Springs, will be fought in the
courts.
Vice President Harding and
other Iron Mountain officials were
in Arkansas City W ednesday on
a tour of inspection.
Chester Bruce is in jail at Mor
rilton charged with the murder of
Milage Gordon some weeks ago
in the vicinity of Hatticvilllo.
There arc about 25,000 pieces
of limber on the yard at Lmboden
awaiting shipment, most of which !
is cross lies and the balance cedar
posts.
Fifteen hundred pounds of zinc
and lead ore from the mines ue.-.r ;
Vellv lie, have been sent to the
'1 peka mi iwinter fair and will be j
placed on exhibition.
The Arlington hotel at Brinkley
was .l*-strove I by fire last' Satur
day night. Charley Starkey, u
b< ardcr, whose home was ai
u: ;j 11. j c is! ed in the flames.
Ever;, thing Ci.uit the big Au
ie:-*an cotton mdi at Montieello
!> ai I to weal- the appearance of
acti1 a • u doors,"
etc., have bee; pi .r< d and the
mach may f«.r nnkin: goods is
b« ing put in jd ice.
The prisoners in the Polk
c.mnt v j i! encaged in a general
li. id , t lie weapon^ u ed being a
table folk and a shovel. The
trouble occurred between Robert
ilo'-hir and Wiley Manbon, who
are boi menially unbalanced,
Han-ford attacking Wiley with a
fork and the other ret.dialed hv
kicking him in the mouth'. The
other pri soners, in attempting to
seperatc the two men. were at
tacked by Hansford and he was
struck over the head with a
shovel,'inflicting a painful wound.
A 1h‘;ii trendingti'jiii*v occui rod
at the hour* of W i! 1 Cauifax, six
miles south of Bei rvville, a week
ago last Wednesday. Mrs. Cani
fax had gone away from the
house a short d'st.iuce to bring a
bucket of water, leaving her little
child alone in the room, where
there Wi^ a fireplace, and when
she returned a few moments
later she f< und the little one en
veloped in flames, with its cloth
ing almost burned front its body.
The poor mother is said to be
heartbroken, as can well lie
imagined
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Our Philippine l.osaes.
The total value of men-iia h
exported from and i npopcd it t -
tin* Philippine Islands during •
yeai 1901 is $53,1"4,354 amt of
this amount the lTuited States
only partmipated to the amount
of $5,427 70ti. whih dn ofhei
nations retail- 1 $48.dflb.!>48 of
this tri ■»*. aim di.t no! Oeai one
cent of ilm expense. Assuming
that our peopie made a net profit
of 2 * on• 11 a e, t nr
•ruth fop * a© pear U'01 would be ,
only $1,085,541, and our expense
for the year 1HUL have been in
round numbers $100,000,000 leav
ing us a clear loss of $08,91 1,450.
All these expenses have been
paid bv taxes collected from ouri
!
own people. At that rate how
Iona would it take us to got even?
11 ive we not oppressed our own
pe >plc inug enough in the inter
est of the Filipino? Besides
these enormous losses in dollars
and cents we have expended many
precious li\» s and are daily ex
pending more. Many a vacant
chaii makes gloomy a home and
makes sad main a heart and i say:
lie,re and now that 1 would not,
give the life of one noble, gen
erous, stalwart, brave and chival
rous American boy for all the
Filipinos and their islands, and
the tSultan of Sulu thrown in for
good measure.—Extract from a
speech by Congressman Candler
of Mississippi.
A Humorous Situation.
(ioshen, N. Y. Jan- 0.-There
will soon be a marriage in Ilawley,
but the bride-elect had a narrow
escape from being an old maid.
Last Saturday evening a young
bachelor from llonesdale, named
Joseph Jackson, called upon Miss
Mary Wilson of Hawley
Joe intended to marry Miss
Mary if she would have him and
expected to pop the question Sat
urday night. Before doing so how
ever, lie drew her gently to him
and kissed her. She flushed and,
pretending to be very indignant,
threatened to tell her father, and
ran out in the kitchen to do so.
The old man was cleaning his
gnn, preparatory to a hunting trip.
By tbi rime her anger had cooled,
and, thinking it necessary to make
an excuse for her sudden appear
ance, told her father that Jackson
wanted to see the gun. The old
man rose to his feet, and, gun in
hard. a red in the parlor door.
Jackson saw ho old man with the
aun. and. believing that he was
ab-ml O ', our. jumped to his feet
and ran from the house.
1 he old man thought that Jack
son had suddenly became insane
an.d n.;. 1 an effort to stop him,
but tins only increasec his speed,
. id tinaiiy id re old man gave up
the chase- Next day Mary indited
a iourteen-pagt letter toiler lover,
capi .umig the matter and asking
has lorgivenoss for her uncalled
lor toss of temper. He would not
return to the house until he had
called up the young lady’s father
ou the long-distance telephone and
secured his permission to wed the
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DEFENDING THE NEST.
Pluck of a Tiny Leverst When Distar
bance Threatened
It had been a pouring wet morn
ing and we were in some very dripping
swedes. Hares were numerous, but
we were not shooting them, having as
many as we wanted. A hare w ent off
rather wild, and one of the walkers
found that she had just left a nest
of four small leverets under the leaves
of a big turnip. They w ere not quite
so long as my hand, and earh had a
white spot on its forehead. When
the man lifted up a leaf with his stick
to show them better, one of the-lev
erets came out about 18 inches from
the nest, and, jumping up, struck the
stick with its paws, making at the
same time a small snuffing grunt.
The other three kept quiet, but this
little chap acted as champion to ihe
lot, sallying out and striking the
stick four or live times whenever it
was poked at. him. Keepers have told
me that grown-up hares will do ex
actly the same thing to grazing cat
tle when they come neer their young,
striking the muzzle of the cow or ox
with their forepaws and making e
noise, and then lying down in the
furrow again; but I never could have
guessed that the fighting instinct
could be present ;u q tity leveret.—
Country Life
LOVE OUT OF DATE.
People Rapidly Outgrowing Old
Sentiments That Made
happy Harriages.
V
Love and the love song* of the
pit.'i have no place in our modern
civilization. We still speak of
love, hut it is either not the love
of our fathers and mothers, or we
have new and improved methods
of expressing it.
Love. What is it?
There is not one young man or
young woman of the really “swell
sets” in a hundred who could
give and intelligible definition of
the word. In the rural districts
.<c itu occasionally find some of
the old sentiment—the iove mat
bound two hearts and livs
gether “for better or for wo
but it is almost unknown in ».i«
cities, and even the country
places aie rapidly, outgrowing the
old sentimental traditions ttsit
made happy marriages and left
but little work for the divorce
courts.
Time wus when the yonng
woman displayed a maidenly shy
ness in the presence of her lover;
when the mere mentiod of his
name caused a blush to mount her
cheeeks; when the man with
whom she had plighted her
troth represented to her all the
masculine virtues. Those %•”
the days of the old reign, wl
the “olu, old story” elect*
new. Those
romance. / X . . «•.
Hut foday tf>ve is out of datrf\°?J ^
back number; a “dead one,” *
The girl jf today rinses not set
her love^ upon a pedestal and
point to 4 in as a model\ for the
world t(4/ollow. No, sln^hp much
more lively to refer to hinf^%^ a
sort of “namby-pamby”
win is all well enough as a con-^
veuient person to escort her to
theaters, parties and picnics and
to pay for lemonade and chew'*
gum—possibly to marry, if io
other fellow does not come r.l
who appeals more forcibly
some of her changing moods. %
it is convenience, not love,
Wrings about the majority of th$
marriages today. / g
Neither is the young man of to-#«
day the young man of a geneiatio*•
r" two past He no longer wor
ships at the shrine of femininity.
Ho does not fchoose his language
in her presete, hut she hears
from his li|fc the latest street
slang, if not\ profanity. He is
not overly caieftHAbat she should
not sec him ats*thc gambling
table or coming fro.n\the saloon
door. In fact he>caresignuch less
for the good opinion of ttfe*\°unsr
ladies of his acquaintance than ho
did of yore.
And it is the young lady who is
greatly to blame for this state of
affairs.
She has sacrificed her place in ^
his estimation by not only laugh
ing at his vulgarities, but often
limes by indulging in like ones.
She uses the most approved slang ;
she discusses without a blush
subjects which were as sealed
hook to ner mother and graud
inuihei ; she is “too good a f©|>
low with the boys for tbeih to
appreciate her true place as u
woman. She it u who has
driven much of the romance from
tins staid old wiglet of ours,
M*y tile days of the futur*
l»nng It buck to us.—U.’*t Siouxs
in tile Sunday G.aaetto*'
An Aged Slayer.
Conway,Jam 11.—\yr. r.
ans, a prominent merelwiit,
sfubbed to death at Vi Ionia t<
In J dm Kitidalfl; Whpi5h4 yc- rl
old. hud blood had vxisted *
tween Lho two menforsoi
V\ ood, turnips, potatof,
thing way’can use, take^.’
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