VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1907.
NO. 12.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IM'
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and foreign.
CONGRESS.
gpnacors paid tribute to the memory
„{ the late Senator Artnur rue tior
man, of Maryland.
A bill has passed the senate increas
ing the pensions of all Indian war sm
vivors from »8 to $10 per month.
The senate has set Feb. 20 as the
da> to vote on the declaration that
Senator Hoot Smoot, is not entitled to
his seat. ,...
Senator Burton has introduced a bill
providing that Sept. 23 shall be set
aside as "Haul Jones day,” and on
that day all United States vessels in
port shall "dress ship."
When the agricultural bill came up
in the house, and as usual, when the
amendment striking out the free dis
tribution of seeds was reached, the
members from the farming districts
outvoted those from the cities, revers
ing a ruling of the chair by a vote of
13G to S5 and restored the paragraph,
that has been t he law for years.
Senator Beveridge, in discussing bis
bill to deny interstate commerce to
the products of child labor, main
tained that the power of congress to
regulate commerce between the states
was absolute but that the question
of policy would always restrain any
hirtful tendencies.
J. J. Hill. E. H. Ilarriman, ra-.lroad
magnates, and the republican policy
of protection are assailed in the mi
nority report on the Ldttauer compro
mise ship subsidy hill, which was tiled
in the house by Representative bpight
of Mississippi.
Both houses have adopt-d a joint
resolution contlr.uing the joint postal
commission until its affairs can be
wound up.
Representative Hepburn has intro
duced a bill to prevent the sale of
adulterated or misbranded seed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There me rumors in Washington
that strained relations exist between,
the United States and Japan ever the
San Francisco school question, and
that the president’s talk with Califor
nia congressmen was to warn them
of danger of war with that country.
President Castro of Venezuela, who
is ill, is reported improving.
Secretary of War Taft declares there
Is every reason why fortifications in
Hawaii be made ready.
The British royal commission on
tuberculosis has issued a report on
tubercular diseases. The report sets
forth that man is liable to infection
by bovine tuberculosis, and that cow’s
milk containing tubercular bacillt is
responsible for a majority of the cases
of such infection. This contradicts the
theory of Dr. Koch, of Berlin, an
nounced in 1900, that human beings
could not contract the disease from
bovines.
A dispatch from the city of Caracas
says that (Jen. Luis Malta y lllas, the
governor of Caracas, was assassinated
by a crowd of intoxicated partisans of
Mneente Gomez, the first vice-presi
dent of the republic.
Near Sydney, Neb., in a quarrel over
the settlement of an account, W. D.
Stratton, a carpenter, attache d John
Bowers, a wealthy ranchman, with a
'Winchester rifle, llowers secured a
shotgun and killed Stratton at the
first fire.
The widow of Russell Sage has
given a million dollars to the Rensse
aer Polytechnic institute. Announce
ment of the gift wa, made at a meet
mg ot the institute alumni associa
tion.
Monthly statement of the public
e i shows that at the close of busi
es>s .Ian. 31, 1907, the total debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to
•-1.441,906, which is a decrease for
e month of $7,629,571. This increase
s argelv due to the increase of cash
during the month.
n unequivocal terms, President
oosevelt has approved Admiral Da
■ entire action in connection with
. ’ "s’it lo Kingston, Jamaica, and
Quested the secretary of the navj
'X,,rPSS 10 Admiral Davis his heartl
commendation of all that he did
. n rew D- White, aged 18, a grand
er i>° Andrew D- White, ex-president
ba« un'versity, one time am
com8'-0' t0 l,er,in and St. Petersburg,
‘nutted suicide in California.
in th SU0W blockade and fuel famine
lief no1 tb"eat continues, and re
Arioth*11155 about; as remote as ever.
Dai JPr snoW8t°rm has swept North
d!'0U and Minnesota.
the rlnCans bou«ht 13,000 bales a>
ceot London wool sales.
Byron Webster, former editor of Ui«
Marshalltown (la.) Statesman is dead
He was the first editor to suggest th«
name of Grover Cleveland for the pres
idency upon the election of Mr. Cleve
land as governor of New York in 1882
Solomon Turck, the oldest explosive
powder manufacturer in the country
died at his home in New York city
aged 79. Mr. Turck was twice dem
ocratic mayor of Dubuque. Ia.
A letter from President Roosevelt
to Mrs. Maud Nathan, president oi
the Consumers’ league, was read at
the annual meeting of the league in
New' York city. The president wrote
that, if state authorities did not dc
their duty in matters of so vital im
portance as child labor, there was uc
choice except for the national govern
ment to interfere.
The will of the late Senator R. A.
Alger, filed in the probate court at
Detroit, Mich., leaves all of his es
tate, except $20,000, to his widow and
five children. The senator’s brot-her,
Charles M. Alger, Hannibal, Mo., is
left $10,000, and any debts owed by
Charles M. Alger to the estate are
canceled.
A loss roughly estimated at $750,000
resulted from a fire that burned out
the garage of the New York Trans
portation Co. in New York city.
Because the Bell Telephone Co. in
sisted on increasing the working hours
of the girls from five to eight a day,
about 400 girls have gone on strike at
Toronto, Ont. The company offered
more remuneration, but the girls
claim they could not stand the physi
cal strain.
Two dozen women and children nar
rowly escaped death when flames at
tacked the Lanphere apartment build
ing at Sixty-sixth street and Monroe
avenue, Chicago. The fire blocked the
main stairway. Fifteen people, penned
in by the flames, on the fourth floor,
were carried down ladders by the
firemen.
At Chicago, Joseph S-.anska was
found guilty of wife murder and sen
tenced to 14 years in the penitentiary.
The bill prohibiting Sunday baseball
was killed by the Kansas senate.
Clash between Clemenceau and Ilri
and may end in dissolution of French
cabinet.
A band of terrorists shot, and killed
Victor Gruen. chief of the secret po
lice of Warsaw, Russian Poland, as
he was driving in a cab. The mur
derers escaped. Many suspects are
bring arrested.
With a detonstion heard for miles,
aqd hurling debris hundreds of feet
in the air. dust in the Stuart mine
near Fayetteville, W. Va., exploded,
bringing a terrible death to SO or more
miners who were at work 500 feet
below the surface.
The international phase of the King
ston (Jamaica) incident has been
finally closed by Gov. Swettenham
formally withdrawing his letter to
Hear Admiral Davis and expressing
his regret for having written it.
Australian coal is being shipped fo
San Francisco for use for locomotives
on the lines of the Harriman system.
An expenditure of nearly $1,000,000
for the purchase of cattle to supply
the needs of the Indians on reserva
tions in North and South Dakota,
Montana and Arizona will be made by
the interior department within a short
time.
Western lines will make no more
special or reduced rates for the trans
portation of United States troops.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory ship
pers ask the interstate commerce com
mission to equalize rates on grain
and flour to all export points assert
ing that present rates discriminate
against them.
Texas legislature enacts law com
pelling railroad companies to furnish
cars to shippers on six days’ notice.
Germany enters St. Louis balloon
contest and will send three aeronauts
to compete for honors.
fedmund E. Price, for two score
years well known as a criminal law
yei, died suddenly in New Aork. Mr.
Price was also a playwright. For
John L. Sullivan, one of his closest
friends, he wrote "Honest Hearts and
Willing Hands,” "One of the Bravest”
and "A True American.”
The first international contest be
tween German and American yachts
in German waters will be held next
August, when another series of races
for the so-Salled Sender type of boat
will be sailed at Ki$l for a cup offered
by the emperor.
American consuls in China report
the famine the worst in 40 years. In
one city 500,000 refugees are huddled,
and parenls are offering their children
fcr sale. Brigandage is rife.
Dry, hot weather in Argentina is
ruining the growing corn crop.
Because all the evidence for the
prosecution had been spoiled by a
lynching, the district court at Char
lotte, N. C., ordered a verdict of not
guilty in the case of Della Delling
ham, Henry Gillespie and George Ir
vine, negroes. The three were charged
with murdering the Lyerly family at
Barber Junction last July
During a fire at Buffalo. N. Y., walls
of the burning structure fell onto
an adjoining building on the roof of
which 20 firemen were at work. Three
of them were buried in the debris
and killed, while several of the oth
ers were seriously injured.
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NEWS
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ARKANSAS
Negro Shot While Attempting to Draw
Pistol.
Henry Richardson, a negro, was shot
at Altheimer recently. It is charged
that he walked into a store and ap
proaching a man named Webb, told
him that he had been looking for him,
and attempted to draw a revolver
which was in his pocket. Before he
could use the weapon, Mr. Webb shot
him through the breast, inflicting a
serious wound. The cause of the ne
gro’s action is not known.
Shot By Hidden Assassin.
Members of the family found the
dead body of Arthur Parker lying in
a ravine about nine miles south of
Siloam Springs. He had been shot,
two charges having apparently been
fired into his body from behind a
breastwork of logs built near the path
over which Parker went to and from
his work. He had evidently been dead
twenty-flour hours before bis body
was discovered.
Killed By Pistol Shot.
Jerry Price, a negro, was instantly
killed by a pistol shot over the right
eye at the home of Elvin Davis, an
other negro, near Texarkana. Other
negroes who were present say that
Price was examining a pistol belong
ing to Davis, when it was discharged,
killing him instantly. When examined
by officers another pistol was found
on the dead body of the negro.
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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, AT WALDRON.
Hurt While Fighting Fire.
G. H. Dougherty of Marianna, while
standing on the top rung of a ladder
fighting flames which threatened to
destroy the Bank of Marianna, slipped
and fell knocking I. B. Katzensteiu
down in his fall. Dougherty’s injuries
consisted of three broken ribs, a brok
en leg and a bad fracture of the skull,
while Katzensteiu sustained two
broken ribs.
A Pecul ar Accident.
A. W. Wheeler, a laborer in the
machine shops of the Iron Moun
tain, at Baring Cross,_ met with a
peculiar accident recently. He was
standing near another employe who
was trying to break a broom handle.
The handle suddenly broke and a sec
tion of it- struck Wheeler in the right
eye, inflicting a bad cut in the eye
ball. _
Button Fa-otory at De Vail’s Bluff.
Work on the button factory at De
Vail's Bluff is progressing. Fifty-four
cutting machines are being installed,
the engine and boiler are being put
in place, as well as the vats for soak
ing the shells. An elevated tank to
furnish the water supply will be put
up at once and the plant wil begin
operations immediately.
Child Badly Burned.
The little daughter of C. H. Shell,
who lives in Pine Bluff was horribly
burned recently. The little girl was
sitting near the fire when her cloth
ing caught fire. Her father, hearing
her screams rushed to her and extin
gushed the flames, but not before she
had been so severely burned that her
recovery is doubtful.
Charged With Horse Stealing.
William Davis, a young man, has
been arersted at Siloam Springs on a
charge of horse stealing. He recently
brought a horse front the Indian Terri
tory and sold it, the purchaser after
awards becoming suspicious, and hat
ing him arrested. Davis admitted that
he had hired the horse fiorn a livery
stable. _
Became Insane Over Death of Son-in
Law.
J. M. McPherson, living near Con
way, has been adjudged Insane, caused
by brooding over the tragic death of
his son-in-law, John Earnhart, who
was killed about a year ago by John
and Tilman Dempsey,
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
At the Arkansas Good Roads Con
vention which has just closed one of
the largest and most enthusiastic con
ventions in its history, in the city of
Little Rock, the following resolutions
were adopted:
“Resolved. That the legislature be re
quested to pass a law allowing the Quorum
t'ourt of a county, by a majority vote of
said court, to collect a sum of money to be
fixed by said court in lieu of the four days’
work now required to be done on the road
by each citizen, and to so amend the law
that all road overseers he appointed by j
the county judges: and that the County
Court may let contracts for the repair and
building of county roads in the manner j
provided by Senate Bill No. 304 of the ses
sion of 1005.
“That It he provided by law that after
the expiration of five years only wide tires
are to Ik* used on heavy hauling vehicles
on county roads.
“Resolved. That Urn thanks and appreci
ation of the convention be expressed to
the railroads, which have made rates to
this convention, and we hope for their con
tinued support of good roads work.
“That the thanks of this convention be
expressed to the citizens of Little Rock
for the courtesies shown this convention.
“Resolved. That the thanks of the con
vention be tendered to the officers of the
(iood Roads Association for their loyal,
energetic work since our meeting at Fori
Smith last .Line. That we express our con
fldence in their administration of affairs
and pledge our support for the ensuing
year.
“Resolved. That it is with dee]) regret
we learn of the illness of our governor:
that we express to him and Ids family our
full sympathy ami pray for his speedy re
covery and ids return to his official du
ties. We further express thanks for his
words of encouragement and ids interest
in the good roads movement.”
Loses Control of School.
The suit involving the lease of the
Mena Hendrix Academy, which was
leased by the president and board of
trustees to Mr. Wooten for a period
of ninety-nine years, has been decided
by Chancellor Shaver in favor of the
plaintiff. He holds that the president
and trustees transcended their au
thority. and have therefore forfeited
their rights to be longer truestees,
and that the right of the property is
in the Little Rock Conference of the
M. E. Church, South, Until this Con
ference holds a meeting to appoint
trustees to execute this special trust
the chancellor appointed Rev. R. D. C.
Dodd, W. E. Anderson and G. L. Lock
ridge, local Methodists, as a board of
trustees to manage the academy. Mr.
Wooten has been conducting a busi
ness college at the academy while
under the terms of the original con
tract a literary school must be main
tained.
Reunited After Eighteen Years.
James Grant secured a license at
Murfreesboro recently and was united
in marriage to his former wife from
whom he had been separated eighteen
years. After the separation Mr. Grant
secured a divorce and married a second
time, his former wife remaining
single. Differences arising between
them Mr. Grant secured a divorce
from his second wife, and is now the
husband of the woman to whom he
was first married. Mr and Mrs. Grant
have two grown children who were
babies at the time of the separation,
and the entire family is now reunited.
Charges Against County Officials.
The Little River county Grand Jury
preferred charges against former
County Judge F. R. Arnett and for
mer Sheriff J. H. Hawkins, and sev
eral present aud former township
officials, accusing them of irregular
ities in office and violations of the
law in various matters while in office.
Covington Case Continued.
The trial of A. W. Covington, for
mer president of the State Senate of
Arkansas, who is charged with perjury
in connection with his trial growing
out of an accusation of bribery against
him when he was president of the
Senate two years ago, has been con
tinued until April 1.
Texarkana Clerk Charged With
Burglary.
W. D. Stell, a hill clerk at the Barry
Grocery Company's store at Texar
kana, who is under arrest on four
charges—two of burglary and two of
theft—has been released under a
? 1,200 bond.
New Mill At Dial.
The Howard County Lumber Com
pany is putting in a large mill at Dial.
The machinery is on the ground and
the plant will soon be in operation.
To Fight Increased Freight Rates.
The Pine Bluff Board of Trade lias
signified its willingness to support
Little Rock merchants in any action
to oppose the proposed freight rate
which will apply from Mississippi
river points to Pine Bluff, Little Rock
and Fort Smith, and increases the
rates from 3 to 10 per cent, thus caus
ing a big loss to merchants and ship
pers. The Board of Trade has pro
tested against this rate to the rail
road officials but the replies have not
been satisfactory, and it is expected
that the Little Rock and Pine Bluff
organizations will take the matter be
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for adjustment.
1,937 Men Hurt.
1,937 men, employes of the Iron
Mountain Railroad Company, have
been injured in less than nine months.
No estimates have been made for the
whole year, but it is believed the num
ber would exceed 2,000. Nearly all
the men injured reside in Baring
Cross and Argenta.
Malvern May Get New Plant.
The Commercial Club of Malvern,
has opened negotiations with an elec
trical woodworking manufacturing
company of Chicago, for the location
of a factory there. It was through
the efforts of this club that the Ong
Chair Company was located there
early last year.
To Build Temporary City Hall.
The City Council of Texarkana has
decided to erect an $S,000 temporal-'
city hall on the site recently pur
chased for that purpose. It is the
present purpose of the city govern
ment to later build a city hall to cost
between $50,000 and $75,000 on the
property.
Killing Follows Dispute Over Settle
ment.
Ed J. Britt was shot and instantly
killed by Dick Bell at White Cliffs,
twenty-two miles north of Texarkana.
Both men were farmers and friends
and the shooting was the result of a
dispute over a settlement, about some
corn.
Given 21 Years.
J. A. Weaver, who was charged
with the murder of Riley Campbell
at Pocahontas, has been given 21
years in the penitentiary after a hotly
contested trial. The killing occurred
in a field and the victim’s two small
sons were the only witnesses.
A. A. Mosley Dead.
A. A. Mosley, a prominent farmer liv
ing near Houston, died recently after
an illness of several weeks. He was
an old resident of Faulkner county,
and held the office of justice of the
peace in his township continuously
for more than twenty years.
New Corporation at Brinkley.
The American Lumber Company,
incorporated under the laws of Wis
consin, with a capital stock of $51),
000. has filed articles with the county
clerk of Monroe county and will en
gage in business at Brinkley, doing
a general lumbering business.
Shooting Sequel of Robbery.
James Embree, one of the men
charged with having drugged and rob
bed Mrs. Will Garner at Hot Springs
of $220 in cash, and jewelry valued
at $1,000, was shot and mortally
wounded by Will Garner, husband of
Mrs. Garner.
Jeffries Brothers Exonerated.
Clarence and Will Jeffries, charged
with the murder of Lucy, the wife
of Clarence Jeffries, by drowning her
in the waters of Laura bayou, have
been exonerated. All the evidence
against them was circumstantial.
Held For Robbing Postoffioe.
Joe Endsley, a white man. was ar
rested at Hot Springs on a charge of
robbing a postoffice. He was brought
to Little Rock and placed in the Pu
laski County Jail to await his trial.
Express Office at Marked Tree Robbed.
The express office in the Frisco de
pot at Marked Tree was entered by
burglars recently and a number of
valuable articles and a small amount
of money was stolen.
Stave Shipments From Marshall.
From one to three tars of staves is
being shipped daily by the Cincinnati
Cooperage Company from its plant at
Marshall to its headquarters at Cin
cinnati.
Good Roads Association.
The fifth annual convention of the
Arkansas State Good Roads Associa
tion. is in session at Little Rock with
an attendance of several hundred dele
gates.
Fell Beneath Train.
Oscar Waters, a negro, was seriously
injured by falling from a train near
Paris. He fell under the wheels which
passed over one of his legs.
Remains Brought From Philippines.
The body of Charles Beesom, who
died in the Philippines, has been
sent to Atkins for interrment.
Dr. Hammett Hurf While Hunting.
Dr. O. N. Hammett of Paragouid shot
his arm oft while hunting, and ths
accident may .result fatally.
CEREMONIES IN PARIS CHURCH
CARRIED OUT ONLY BY AID
OF POLICE—SEVERAL AR
RESTS MADE.
Paris, Feb.—Only the presence of
the police prevented a riot at the old
Barnabite monastery, which has been
rechristened the Church of the Holy
Apostles, where the French apostolic
Catholic church was inaugurated
Sunday. The announcement of the
attempt to organize a schism had
stirred up the Catholics, who organ
ized a hostile organization with the
intention of breaking up the services.
Handbills had been distributed includ
ing the words of a popular air, de
scribing Archbishop Villatte, head of
the Independent Catholic movement
in America, as an American monkey
whom M. Briand, minister of public
education and worship, decided to
make a French pope. Several thou
sand persons were outside and scores
of others penetrated the already
crowded church. Interruptions com
menced as soon as Father Roussin,
the pastor of the church, began his
sermon welcoming the approaching
Catholic independence and the dawn
ing of the day when “all the church
es of Jesus Christ will unite in a Chris
tian charity.” A score or more per
sons had to be expelled before the
service could be carried out.
Beat for Money.
Constantinople. Feb.—The sultan
has ordered a special commission to
examine into the charges against
Fehml Pasha, chief of the secret po
lice of the palace, and a great confi
dant and favorite of the sultan, who,
it is alleged by the German embassy,
recently caused seizure of a ship’s
cargo destined for Hamburg. Mean
while, the proprietor of a forest near
Midiah, on the Black Sea. has taken
refuge in the German embassy for
Igotection against Felimi Pasha. He
/as recently detained as a prisoner for
a fortnight by Febnii Pasha, who forc
ed him by frequent, beatings to sign
a document agreeing to pay him 20
per cent of the income of his forest
industry, it is said that Fe'hmi Pasha
in this way obtained the cargo of
timber which is the subject of dis
pute. A dispatch from Constantino
ple January 29 said that Fehnti Pasha
had come into serious conflict with
the German embassy, owing to his
causing the seizure of a ship's cargo
destined for Hamburg. The sultan
tried to pacify the embassy officials
hv ordering the immediate release of
| the cargo, but Germany, in a forcible
note .demanded the punishment of
Fvhmi Pasha, pointing out that in the
step taken he was guilty of an infrac
tion of the penal code rendering him
liable for life imprisonment.
lhe Election.
St. Petersburg, Feb.—Second degree
elections of peasants and the smaller
land owners were held Saturday in
twenty-one provinces. Partial re
turns show as had been anticipated,
a pronounced swing to the left from
the officially announced results of the
first elections. A considerable pro
portion of the successful candidates
are social Democrats and revolution
ists. Many so-called Moderates and
Independents cast of their cloak and
came out in their true colors in favor
of the opposition. In several govern
ments, however, notably Volhymia,
the cdections apparently were carried
by Conservatives and peasants. The
peasants chosen at this stage will elect
peasant delegations to the provincial
electoral assemblies and the repre
sentatives of the petty proprietors
will confer with owners of large es
tates and elect landowners for the
same bodies. The urban elections on
several provinces were carried by the
constitutional Democrats.
Still Fast.
Newport, R. I-, Feb.—The stearnet
Gen. Warren of the Enterprise Trans
portation Company, which ran
aground in Narragansett bay,, re
maincd hard and fast on the rocks all
day, despite the efforts of several
tugs to release her. The steamer
carried no passengers, and as she lies
in a partly sheltered position well
within the bay, Captain Brown and
his crew of twenty, who remained
on board, are in no immediate danger.
An investigation showed that the
steamer had a small hole in her bow,
which could be easily patched tempor
arily. At low tide, her bow is well
out of water, while there is about 20
feet of water under her stern.
Jap Demands.
Tokio, Feb.—After a careful survey
of public feeling here regarding the
prospect of a satisfactory solution oi
the San Francisco school controversy,
it may be stated that while the ap
proach of the termination of the dis
agreeable affair is welcomed, yet the
report from Washington that a solu
tion may be effected by a mutual
treaty excluding the immigration of
laborers is generally disbelieved as
unreasonable. Acording to the pre
vailing feeling, a solution must be ef
fected on Japan’s treaty rights pure
and simple.