VOL. II.
McCEORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1903.
NO. 50.
Sensational Charges Sprung in
Senate Against a Former '
Member.
MONDAY, MARCH 9.
The house judiciary committee re
ported on the charges filed against
Chancellor Leatherman of Hot Springs,
recommending that impeachment pro
ceedings be taken up in the senate.
The house receded from its amend
ment increasing the insane asylum an
nex appropriation from $140,000 to
$180,000.
The question of extending the session
was discussed in the senate, but no
definite date was agreed to.
The house passed a bill constituting
the governor, secretary of state and at
torney general a state board of par
dons.
Several other matters of importance
were disposed of in both branches, and
In the afternoon Hon. "Private” John
Allen of Mississippi addressed the gen
eral asembly in joint sesion.
The Senate.
The first business brought up after
roll call was the extension of the ses
sion.
Senator King moved to reconsider the
vote by which the senate receded from
Its thirty day amendment to the orig
inal house resolution. The motion was
carried and Senator King gave notice
that he would introduce an amendment
to extend the session to April 21.
The University of Arkansas appropri
ation bill was introduced. In addition
to the ordinary expenses the bill ap
propriates $50,000 for a dormitory for
girls. $50,000 for a building for the de
partments of mechanical arts and civil
and electrical engineering, $5,000 for a
dairy building, $5,000 for a building and
equipment of the veterinary depart
ment, $2,500 to purchase additional
land, $3,000 for a gymnasium. $4,385
for an exhibit at the World’s Fair and
$3,000 for a summer normal school at
the University.
A conference committee was named
on the insane asylum annex appropria
tion bill.
H. B. 365 (Cook), regulating the elec
tion of school directors and allowing
the county judge to require voters to
exhibit receipts, was passed.
S. B. 48 (Wood), increasing salary of
superintendent of public instruction to
$2,500, passed.
S. B. 168, increasing salary of secre
tary of state to $2,250, was passed after
a short debate, ayes 15, noes 9.
Senator Norwood reported that an
agreement had been reached by confer
ence on the insane asylum annex appro
priation bill, the senate concurring in
several minor amendments and the
house receding from the amendment in
creasing the appropriation to $180,000.
The report was adopted and the bill
passed as amended.
Senator Caldwell's bill providing for
imprisoning tenants who leave a land
lord without paying for supplies, was
defeated.
At the afternoon session the question
of extending the sessionwns again taken
up, and after some discussion a resolu
tion by Senator King that April 30 be
fixed as the day of adjournment was
defeated—ayes 21, noes 6—failing to
receive the necessary two-thirds ma
jority.
The senate adjourned to hear Hon.
John Allen of Mississippi, who ad
dressed the joint assembly in the house
chamber.
The House.
The house passed the bill creating the
governor, secretary of state and attor
ney general a board of pardons.
Mr. Futrall opposed the bill on the
ground that it was unconstitutional.
H. B. 194 (Rodman), providing for a
state board of arbitration for the set
tlement of differences between em
ployers and employes, passed by a vote
of 69 to 2. The bill provides that the
board shall be composed of the com
missioner of mines and agriculture and
two others, one select*H by the employ
ers and the other by the employes.
H. B. 342, making it unlawful for
physicians to reveal professional se
crets, drum up business, to become
habitual drunkards, and providing pun
ishment for malpractice, was passed by
unanimous vote.
H. B. 262, providing that all sacks,
barrels, etc., of flour, grain, feed, etc.,
shall have the weight and contents
marked on the outside, passed.
On motion the house concurred in
the conference report on the Insane an
nex appropriation bill.
The judiciary committee submitted a
report on the Leatherman case, as fol
lows:
“Your committee to whom was re
ferred charges of impeachment against
Iceland Leatherman, chancellor of the
Third chancery district, beg leave to
report that they have had the same
under Investigation.
"Basing our recommendation upon the
testimony of witnesses examined, we
recommend that the charges preferr?d
be approved by the house of represen
tatives, and that they be presented to
the senate of the state in the manner
prescribed by law.”
Mr. Whltthorne spoke against the
adoption of the report, and moved to
refer the matter back to the committee
for further testimony on both sides.
The motion was lost.
On a vive voce vote a motion to ap
prove the charges was adopted.
Mr. Ptndall oltered the following:
"Whereas. The cause of Leland Leath
erman is to be submitted to the senate
for trial, and the law directs that a
committee be selected from the house
to conduct the prosecution in the sen
ate; now, therefore, be it
“Resolved. That the speaker of the
house appoint a committee of five mem
bers of this house to conduct such
prosecution, as representatives of the
house.”
The resolution was adopted and the
speaker announced the following as the
committee: Mesrs. Patterson, Plndall,
Parks, Chapline and Whitley.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10.
H. B. 39, regarding pot-hunters, was
called up and after a long depate was
passed.
The object of the bill is to prevent
the slaughter of game for the market.
H. B. 7 (Crutcher), providing that
Initial railroad lines accepting ship
ments shall give through bills of lad
ing for shipments originating in this
state was taken up.
After some discussion the bill was
defeated—23 to 9.
House concurrent resolution No. 0,
providing for a committee to investi
gate and report at the next session of
the general assembly on the Torrens
system of registering land, was called
up and adopted.
The Senate.
The first question to bob up was the
unsettled one of extending the session.
After considerable discussion April
30 was agreed as the date of adjourn
ment.
H. B. 303. compelling property own
ers in cities of the first and second
class to put down sidewalks, passed
unanimously.
A bill providing for the appointment
of a commission to locate the exact
position of the Arkansas troops in the
Vicksburg campaign failed to receive
the necessary two-thirds majority.
H. B. 136, which prohibits the em
ployment of child labor in factories,
was taken up and passed. The passage
of the bill was preceded by a long de
bate. Senator Caldwell spoke in favor
of the bill, urging that children should
be given a chance to secure an educa
tion. Senator Huddleston also spoke
in favor of the bill.
Senators Cotham and Wood opposed
the bill, taking the ground that it would
cripple the industries of the state.
The bill passed by a vote of 20 to
12, the vote being as follows:
Ayes—Adams, Butt, Caldwell, Cotton,
Covington. Fletcher. Gray, Hardy, Hin
kle, Huddleston, Ktllough, Matlock, Mc
Ferrln, Norwood, Price, Sengel, Simp
son. Vaughter, Witt, Mr. President.
Noes—Collins, Cotham, Jobe, Kilgore,
King, Mardis, Mears, Pinnix, Rison,
Smith, Wilson, Wood.
Senator Price’s bill appropriating
$77,123.19 additional for the Arkansas
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position at St. Louis was defeated in
the house. Mr. Parks gave notice of
a motion to reconsider.
The senate passed the bill prohibit
ing the employment of child labor in
factories.
Both branches of the general assem
bly adopted a concurrent resolution ex
tending tlie session 49 days, to April
30. The house passed the bill provid
ing for the redigesting and printing of
the statutes of Arkansas.
The House.
Mr. Campbell's bill providing for the
appointment of a digester for the pur
pose of preparing a state digest and
appropriating $20,000 for the purpose
of publishing 8,000 copies was consid
ered in committee of the whole, and
on being referred back to the house was
passed by a vote of 63 to 7.
Senate concurrent resolution extend
ing the session to April 30 was taken
up and passed.
After a lengthy debate the house re
fused to reconsider the vote by which
Senator Norwood's bill, allowing cities
and towns to have saloons when their
counties voted for prohibition, failed
to pass.
Mr. Cate was In favor of having the
bill amended so that it would apply
to those who wanted it. Mr. Fuller
spoke in favor of reconsideration and
Mr. Slaughter opposed any further ac
tion.
The World's Fair appropriation bill
was taken up.
Mr. Garr(ett favored the bill, argu
Mng that a poor exhibit would be of
less benefit than none at all.
Mesrs. Fuller and Moore of Phillips
strongly endorsed the appropriation of
$100,000.
Messrs. Atkins and Chambers op
posed a large appropriation.
Messrs. Arnold, Kelso, Thompson.
McGuigan. Kerwin and Keel made ap
peals for the bill as it pased the senate.
The roll was called and the bill failed
to pass—ayes 48, noes 34; necessary
to carry 55. The vote follows:
Ayes—Apple, Arnold, Bell, Bevill,
Brooks, Burk, Campbell of Pulaski.
Cate. Chapllne, Chestnut, Clement.
Crutcher. Du Laney, Eldredge. Fraser,
Funk. Fuller, Gannaway. Gantt. Hall,
Hale. Harris, Hogan. Holland, Jacobs.
Keel, Kelso. Kerwin. Martlneau, Ma
tlieny, Matmiller, McGuigan, Myers.
Moore of Newton. Norfleet, Parks, Per
ry. Pindall. Poole, Stafford, Stockard.
Thompson. Toney. .Weaver, Whitthorne,
Winn and Mr. Speaker.
Noes—Baskin, Bird, Bradley, Briant,
Butler, Campbell of Randolph. Cham
bers, Chrisp. Dixon, Ellis, Ferguson,
Flanagin, Fletcher, Futrell, Garrett,
Gibson, Green of Benton, Griffin, Hill,
Holman, Holmes, Keith. Knox. Lati
mer, Newberry. Rodman. Rountree,
Rowland. Slaughter. Stover, Tarver,
White, Whitley and Witt.
Paired—Atkins no and Cook of Phil
lips aye; Merriman aye and Green of
Ouachita no; Stevens no and Daniel aye.
Mr. Parks gave notice of a motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
failed to pass.
S. B. 181 (Norwood), authorizing
special school districts to borrow funds
and mortgage property of districts to
build and make improvements, was read
third time and passed.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 11
During the consideration of an In
surance bill in the senate a sensation
was sprung by the reading of a letter
signed by Harry M. Ramey, charging
that ex-Senator McNemer had offered
to kill the bill on payment of $600.
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
In the house Mr. Whitthorne's bill
to repeal the Wilson anti-gambling act
was taken up and passed.
The Senate.
S. B. 145 (Cothaml, providing for the
collection of costs and attorney's fees
in all suits for damages against fire,
life and health insurance companies,
was passed.
Tlie committee apointed by the house
to conduct the prosecution of Chan
cellor Leatherman presented a report.
S. B. 133, providing that insurance
companies shall make an annual ac
counting to policy holders, was taken
up.
Senator Butt, who introduced the
bill, stated that he had done so by re
quest, but having heard that attempts
were being made to hold up the in
surance companies, he wished to sever
his connection with the bill.
Senator Sengel read a letter written
to him by a general agent of a life in
surance company, giving the name of
the author of the letter, stating that
ex-Senator McNemer of Little Rock, at
whose instance the bill was Introduced,
sent for him and offered to kill the
bill for $600. The letter further said
that McNemer declared a certain num
ber of the senators could be induced
to vote as he desired on any measure.
Senator Sengel appealed to the mem
bers to defend their honor, and 'bring
to justice' the party or parties who
would slander them in such a manner.
, He favored indefinitely postponing the
bill and apointing a committee to In
vestigate the matter.
A motion to Indefinitely postpone
prevailed.
The article* of Impeachment In the
case of Chancellor Leatherman were
read and President Short appointed Sen
ators Wilson anti Simpson a committee
to outline a course of procedure.
Senator Hardy offered a resolution
that the trial be commenced March 25.
It was referred to the committee.
Senator Hinkle introduced a bill pro
viding for a state road commission, con
sisting of the commissioner of agricul
ture and the attorney general.
The House.
The committee apointed by the house
to prepare articles ■ of impeachment
against Chancellor Heatherman presen
ted a report. The charges which, it is
alleged, were not sustained by the evi
dence, were omitted from the report.
The house adopted the report and di
rected the members appointed for that
purpose to proceed to the senate for
the purpose of prosecuting the accused
before that body.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the World’s Fair appropriation
bill failed to pass, was carried without
opposition.
Mr. Parks stated that he understood
that if the bill was amended so as to
make the appropriation $50,000 it would
pass.
On motion of Mr. Fuller, the vote by
which the bill segregating school taxes
passed ,was reconsidered.
H. B. 420 (Myers), regulating the
supply of cars to shippers, passed with
out oposition.
H. B. 414 (Poole), providing for
change of venue in civil cases, failed to
pass.
A message from the governor an
nounced that he had signed the bill en
titling graduates of the University law
school to practice without being ex
amined.
H. B. 224, making it unlawful for
common carriers to accept for transpor
tation outside the state any package
containing fish other than buffalo and
catfish was taken up and passed.
Mr. Whitthorne's bill repealing the
Wilson anti-gambling act of 1901 and
re-enacting tthe gaming laws which
were in force before that time was
taken up.
Mr. McGuigan charged that two years
ago $17,000 was raised to defeat the
Wilson bill.
The speaker stated that that was a
serious reflection on the present house.
Mr. Holland declared that unless the
gentleman retracted his statement he
would offer a resolutioa to remove him
from the house.
Mr. McGuigan stated that if he had
reflected on any member of the house
he would take back his remarks.
The bill passed.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13.
The house defeated the Briant bill
and blacks.
The bill was previously passed in the
house but came up on reconsideration.
The senate adopted a resolution set
ting March 24 as the date for begin
ning the trial of Chancellor Leather
man.
The house accepted the senate amend
ment to the Martineau sidewalk bill.
Tbs Senate.
Senator King's bill granting addi
tional powers to the railroad commis
sion in the matter of regulating through
joint rates, was taken up.
Senator Butt spoke in favor of the
bill. He said that one reason the com
mission did not give' s^isfaction was
because it did not have sufficient power.
Senator Sengel said the commission
had done but little good.
The bill passed—22 to 6.
A resolution was adopted fixing March
24 as the date for hearing the articles
of impeachment against Chancellor Le
land Leatherman.
Senutor Vaughn’s bill providing for
copies of pleadings and complaints in
courts of record passed.
S. B. 77 (Hardy), providing for the
registration of all contracts with the
circuit clerk where title is retained by
the vendor when the property is sold
to a third party, was passed.
S. B. 110 (Hinkle), compelling the
specific performance of contracts re
lating to real estate and personal prop
erty. passed.
The senate refused refused to return
Whitthorne anti-gambling bill to the
house. *
The House.
The bill compelling the laying of
sidewalks in cities of the first class was
called up by Mr. Martineau, who moved
that the house concur in the senate
amendment making the bill apply also
to cities of the second class.
Mr. Du Laney opposed concurrence.
He said the cities should be required
to put in street crossings at the same
time.
The motion to concur prevailed.
Mr. Kelso introduced a bill regulat
ing the business of insurance and build
ing and loan associations. An amend
ment was adopted exempting fraternal
companies or associations from the pro
visions of the bill.
H. B. 380, to prohibit the stoplng of
railroads trains on road crossings for
a longer time than ten minutes, passed
by .unanimous vote.
Speaker Moore apointed a committee
from the house to redistrict the chan
cery districts of the state.
Mr. Hill introduced a bill making the
governor, secretary of state, treasureer.
auditor, attorney general, land commis
sioner and agricultural commissioner a
board to manage the state charitable
institutions.
H. B. 263 (Brooks), compelling rail
roads to build switches and preventing
discrimination against shippers, passed
without opposition.
, On motion of Mr. Hooker, the house
invited Rev. R. Amos, colored, of Ash
ley county, to adress the house on the
subject of industrial education for the
negro.
The Briant bill segregating school tax
paid by whites and blacks was taken
up, the vote by which the bill passed
having been reconsidered.
Mesrs. Weaver, Crutcher. Gantt, Whit
thorne and Kerwin opposed the bill on
grounds of unconstitutionality and in
justice.
Mr. Pindall adressed the house in sup
port of the bill.
Dr. Briant closed the debate in favor
of the bill, and on roll call it was de
feated.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13.
In the house the King antitrust bill
was postponed for one week by a vote
of 44 to 39.
Judge Holland introduced a resolution
in the house censuring Mr. McGuigan
for the statement made by him to the
effect that a certain sum of money was
raised two years ago to defeat the Wil
son anti-gambling bill.
After explanations the resolution was
withdrawn.
The senate transacted but little busi
ness adjourned till Monday.
The Senate.
A number of bills were passed by the
senate, but most of them were of a local
nature.
Senator Short called up S. B. 171. re
quiring the display of a yellow flag on
any house wheresmallpox or any in
fectious disease exist. The bill passed
with only one dissenting vote.
H. B. 19 4, to provide a state board of
arbitration to settle differences between
employers and employes was made a
special order for the folowing Friday.
The Honse.
After roll call and reading of the Jour
nal. Judge Holland moved to recon
sider the vote by which the house re
fused to return to the senate S. B. 60
(Mears), which fixes the rates on short
railway lines. Judge Holland declared
that tile house showed discourtesy to
the senate by refusing to return the bill.
Mr. Cate urged the house not to re
consider its vote. Messrs. Thompson
and Kerwtn spoke in favor of retaining
the bill. On the roll call the motion to
return the bill to the senate prevailed
The statement of Mr. McGuigan in
the house Wednesday to the effect that
$17,000 had been sent by gamblers of
Hot Springs to defeat the Wilson anti
gambling bill in the house, was brought
up.
Mr. McGuigan started to speak but was
interrupted by Mr. Holland, « who said
that he would object to the gentleman
addressing the house except for the pur
pose of retracting his statements.
Judge Holland introduced a resolution
stating that the remarks of the mem
ber were undignified, and should never
have been made, and asking that Mr
McGuigan be censured and reproved by
the house.
Mr. Fuller contended that Mr. Mc
Guigan had withdrawn that part of his
language construed as a reflection on
any member of the house.
Mr. McGuigan said that he meant to
say that $17,000 had been sent to Little
Rock, and he did not intend to say that
any part of it had come into the hands
of any legislator.
He said that if he had cast any re
flection upon the present house he was
sorry and would retract.
Being asked for a further retraction,
Mr. McGuigan stated that he withdrew
everything which he had heard except
what he knew personally was true, and
that was that the money was sent to
Little Rock.
‘‘Rather than make any more retrac
tions,” he said, “I will say that if the
house wants my resignation I will hand
it in.”
Judge Holland was then permitted to
withdraw his resolution, and the matter
was dropped.
On motion of Mr. Holland, the Mears
bill was ordered returned to the senate.
Mr. Keel called up S. B. No. 1, the anti
trust bill.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski moved to
postpone the bill for one week, and Mr.
Toney moved to amend by postponing
for two weeks.
Mr. Keel asked for immediate con
sideration of the bill.
Mr. Perry spoke against postpone
ment. He said that the house would be,
and ought to be, censured all over the
state if it failed to pass this bill.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski said he was
in favor of amending the bill.
The motion to postpone one week pre
vailed.
SNM
SATURDAY, MARCH 14.
The house disposed of a number of
bills, most of which were of minor im
portance.
Ttie bill introduced by Mr. Campbell
of Pulaski ceding a portion of the
grounds of the blind school to the city
of Little Rock for a street was de
feated.
The house adjourned at noon until
Monday morning.
The senate was not in session.
The House.
The house passed an act levying
taxes for working roads and highways
and raising the pay of laborers em
ployed on the roads from 75 cents to $1
per day.
H. B. 466, compelling railroads to
stop all trains at the nearest point to
the state lines was passed without op
position.
Mr. Campbell of Pulaski called up
his bill ceding to the city of ittle Rock
enough property for a street from the
grounds of the blind school. Mr.
Toney spoke against the bill, arguing
that the public buildings did not have
enough ground as it was.
Mr. Bell said the city should buy the
land if it wanted it.
Mr. Campbell said the city was will
ing to buy the land, bnt the charitable
board would not sell it.
The bill failed to pass—ayes 20, noes
50.
H. B. 440, to relieve persons over 60
years of age from the poll tax, was
read twice.
The house resolved itself into com
mittee of the whole to consider H. B.
402. which apropriates $3,807.85 to pay
for suplies purchased of the Rhodes
Haverty & Jackson Furniture Co. for
the deuf-mute institute.
Messrs. Butler and Campbell said
that the debt was a just one and should
be paid.
The bill was referred to the com
mittee on charitable institutions.
The vote by which Mr. Latimer’s bill
amending the digest in regard to coun
ty bridge building failed to pass, was
reconsidered and on roll call the bill
passed.
Tbe Mental Anguish Bill
Following is the text of a bill passed
by both branches and signed by the
governor providing for the assessment
of damages against telegraph compan
ies for mental anguish suffered through
negligence in the delivery of messages:
Section 1. That from and after the
passage of this act, all telegraph com
panies doing business in this state shall
be liable in damages for mental an
guish or suffering, even in the absence
of bodily injury or pecuniary loss, for
negligence in receiving, transmitting or
delivering messages.
Sec. 2. That nothing contained in
this act shall abridge the rights and
remedies now provided by law against
telegraph companies, and the rights and
remedies provided for by this act shall
be in adition to those now existing.
Sec. 3. That in all actions under this
act, the jury may award such damages
as they conclude resulted from the neg
ligence of said telegraph company.
Sec. 4. This act shall be in force
and take effect from and after its pas
sage.
Arkansas State News
Large Sum for State Militia.
The state of Arkansas will re
ceive $74,331.42 as her share of the
appropriation made by congress at
the last session for the reorganiza
tion of the staet militia of the
United States. The total appropri
ation made by congress for the mi
litia in all states was about five
million. This information was
conveyed to Adjutant - General
Charles Jacobson in a letter from
E. J. Demmicks, assistant secretary
of the Interstate National Guard
Association of New York. In con
nection with the movement to re
organize the state militia of Arkan
sas Adjutant-General Jacobson and
Major General W. II. Haynes, A. S.
G., are endeavoring to secure an ap
propriation for a state encampment
to be held this year. It is proposed
to hold the encampment in Little
Rock. The aggregate strength of
the Arkansas militia now is 1,642
men.
Policeman Found Dead.
John S. Connor, popularly known
as “Big Jack,” veteran of the Little
Hock police force, was found dead
in his room, and his negro servant,
Levi Harper, has been held to the
grand jury on a charge of murder.
Connor had been dead several hours
when his body was found. The cor
oner’s inquest developed the fast that
Harper bought a quantity of mor
phine the day of Connor’s death.
It was supposed that the negro put
the morphine into some whisky
which Connor drank. Harper
claimed that Connor committed sui
cide. It is known *that the latter
had been drinking heavily and was
in poor health. Connor had been
a member of the Little Rock police
force for thirteen years and was the
biggest man on the force.
Murder Suspect is Freed.
Jennie Stennis, the negress'who
was implicated in the murder of
Don McGhee by the confession of
Jay Green, who with James Ruffin
was sentenced to be hung for the
crime, has been dismissed by the
Lincoln county grand jnry, because
no witnesses except interested par
ties could be obtained. Green’s
confession, which obtained for him
self and Ruffin a stay of execution,
was to the effect that he had com
mitted the murder, but the Stennis
woman had planned it and urged
him on to commit the deed.
Bonds Floated.
Bonds for the construction of the
proposed Morning Star railroad in
northern Arkansas to the amount of
$3,500,000 have been floated with
the Equitable Trust Co., of New
York. The line of the proposed
road as it has been surveyed, extends
from Newport to Yellville. The
road will pass through a portion of
Jackson county and traversing the
richest agricultural portion of Inde
pendence county and the granite sec
tion of Stone and Baxter counties,
will tap the rich zinc district in
Marion county.
After Collector’s Money.
A single burglar blew open the
safe in the law office of Woods &
Dillard at Melbourne and secured a
small amount of money, together
with a large number of notes and
other valuable papers. The robber
then stole a horse from a neighbor
ing stable and rode to Mount Olive,
where he abandoned the animal and
escaped on a train. It is thought
that the robber was after the tax
collector’s funds which were sup
posed to be in the sitfe.
Jury Failed to Agree.
The jury which tried the cases of
Willis S. Caswell and Mary E.
Thompson, charged with the murder
of Green W. Thompson, at 'Little
Rock, disagreed after being out
fifty-five hours. All the parties are
colored. Thompson was found dead
in his yard about a year ago, the
body being badly mutilated.
New Railroad Incorporated.
The Arkansas Mineral and Coal
Railway Company has been reincor
porated, the new articles providing
for the construction of a longer line
than did the papers filed some time
ago. Under the new articles it i3
proposed to build a road from Hart
ford, Sebastian county, to Harri
son, Boone county, a distance of 175
miles, while the plans of the former
corporation were for a line only for
ty miles long between Hartford and
Dyer. The new company is capital
ized at $1,250,000. The counties
through which the road will pass
are Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin,
Johnson, Newton and Boone, a ter
ritory into which few railroads have
entered. Many of the corporators
are residents of these counties. It
is thought, however, on account of
the extension of the plans that the
company is backed by one of the
larger systems.
Disastrous Windstorm.
A disastrous cyclone struck the
town of Moro Bay, Bradley county,
injuring several persons and caus
ing considerable damage. The store
of W. E. Ederington & Co. suffered
the heaviest loss, the building being
blown completely away ' and the
stock of goods scattered for miles
in every direction. A negro who
was in the store was blown against
a tree a hundred yards distant and
seriously injured. Two other custo
mers were slightly hurt, whil<» the
proprietors escaped uninjured. The
storm was not felt at any other
point than Moro Bay.
Deserter Charges Oppression.
A young man who gave his name
as Carl E. Schultz was arrested at
Fort Smith and held as a deserter
from the United States army.
Schultz admitted that he had de
serted from Fort Croak, Dakota, but
said he did it to escape oppression
on the part of the non-commissioned
officers at the fort, most of whom
were serving their first enlistment.
The young man said he had served
through the Spanish-American war
and three years in the Philippines
and exhibited scars of three wounds
received in the Philippines.
Farmer Killed By Son-in-Law.
Frank Walls, a farmer residing
in Logan county, was killed by his
son-in-law, Noah Wooldridge as the
result of a quarrel over a ditch
which separated the farms of the
two men. Wall attempted to pre
vent his son-in-law from building
a dam in the ditch, claiming that it
caused the water to overflow a por
tion of his farm. An altercation
followed, in the course of which
Wooldridge picked up a rifle and
shot Walls. The latter is said to
have been unarmed. Walls died
within a short time.
Feud Ends in Killing.
Dr. E. F. Cavins, of Cavinal, was
shot and instantly killed by Riley
Roberts a short distance from Perry
ville. The shooting was the result
of an old feud between the two men,
which reached its height when Rob
erts caused Dr. Cavins’ arrest on a
charge of violating the postal reg
ulations. There was no eye-wit
nesses to the tragedy. According to
Roberts’ statement he met Cavins on
the road. The latter drew a revolv
er, but before he could fire Roberts
opened fire on him with fatal effect.
Levees Are in Good Shape.
The lev.ees in the St. Francis dis
trict have withstood the rush of
waters in the Mississippi and there
is but little fear of a flood. The
levee is patroled night and day in
order that any leak may be discov
ered before it has reached a dangei
ous stage. The rise of the river
was not-as rapid as was predicted
by the government forecasters.
Alfred Moore was seriously in
jured while working in a mill at
Cotton Plant