The Woodruff County News.
G. W. KRAMER, Editor.
McCRORY, - - ARKANSAS
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Two ferry boats collided in San
Francisco bay and fifty lives were
lost.
Eddie Armines, aged 11 years,
■etabbed to death an 8-year-old school
mate at Newport, Ky.
The national council of the Cher
okee nation has forwarded a protest
to congress against single statehood
for the two territories.
A football game between Vander
bilt students and those of the Nash
ville University, Nashville, Tenn.,
terminated in a general tight.
Chas. Dunkle shot and killed his
wife at Galena, Kas., and seriously
wounded a young man rooming at
his house. Jealousy was the cause.
The government estimates the
1901-2 cotton crop at 9,640,000
bales. This is 2,000,000 short of
expectations, hence the staple has
Advanced in price.
A combination of a number of
the most important school apparatus
dealers of the country has been ef
fected, it is said, by the American
syndicate corporation.
Seven dead and seventy-five in-,
jured, principally on western grid
irons, is the casualty record of the
football season of 1901, as compiled
from all dispatches.
Representative Henderson was re
elected speaker of the house, he be
ing the unanimous choice of the re
publicans. The name of Mr. Rich
ardson, of Tennessee, was presented
by the democrats, which gives him
the honor of the leadership of the
minority in the house.
The monthly circulation state
ment issued by the comptroller of
the currency shows the total circu
lation of national bank notes at the
close of business November 30, to
have been $359,710,711, an increase
for the year of $27,428,411, and a
decrease for the month of $190,972.
Among the first bills introduced in
congress was one to raise revenue
to maintain civil government in the
Philippines, a resolution directing
the judiciary committee to draw a
bill for the punishment of anarch
ists, and a resolution calling for an
investigation of the disfranchise
ment by constitutional provision of
a certain class of natives in certain
states.
President Roosevelt has conhrm
ed a sentence of death imposed by a
general court-martial convened at
Nueva Caceres, Philippine Islands,
■upon Private Daniel Hcaly, compa
ny C, Twenty-seventh infantry, who
was tried for and found guilty of
murder, and sentenced to be hanged.
This is the second instance since
Mr. Roosevelt entered upon his du
ties as president of the United
iStates wherein a sentence of death
imposed upon an American soldier
has been approved by him.
Opinions were rendered in the
United States supreme court on the
3d in the last two of the insular test
cases. One of them was that known
as the “fourteen diamond rings”
case, involving the relationship of
the United States to the Philippine
islands from a tariff point of view,
and the other, what is known as
the Dooley case No. 2, involving the
constitutionality of the collection of
duty on goods shipped from New
York to Porto Rico. In the former
case the court, through Justice Ful
ler, held that the diamond rings
brought in from the Philippines and
over which the case arose should
have been exempt from duty under
the Paris treaty, as that treaty made
the Philippines American territory.
The decision in the Philippine case
followed ciosely that of the first
Porto Rican case of last term. In
the second Dooley case it was held
that the duty collected on goods
carried from New York to Porto
Rico was permissible, but that it was
in reality a tax for the benefit of the
Porto Ricans.
Hon. W. P. Frye, of Maine, has
been chosen president of the senate.
Frank Dillon and John F. Ben
nett are under arrest charged with
operating in conjunction with two
other persons not yet arrested, a bo
gus stock brokerage business in
New York City under pretense that
they were members of the stock ex
change. ft is charged that the men
received $300,000 from customers.
The monthly comparative state
ment of the receipts and expendi
tures of the government shows that
during November the receipts
amounted to $15,776,776 and the
expenditures $40,198,916, which
leaves a surplus for the month of
$5,517,860 and $32,878,930 for the
five months of the present fiscal
year.
Officers with bloodhounds cap
tured twenty-two negroes near An
dalusia, Ala., accused of complicity
in the murder of J. W. Dorsey, a
merchant, and Nat Anderson, mar
shal at the little town of Opp. The
white men went to a turpentine
camp to arrest a negro when they
were fired upon from a cabin in
which about fifty negroes had bar
ricaded themselves.
In accordance with an agreement
the Colombian rebels at Colon sur
rendered November 29 to Capt. Per
ry, TJ. S. N., and were then turned
over to Gen. Alban, commander of
the government forces. With the
restoration of order and open traffic
on the isthmus of Panama it is ex
pected that the navy department will
be able to withdraw some of the
United States warships now on duty
in that quarter.
The secretary of the treasury lias
transmitted to congress the estimate
of appropriations required by the
government for the service of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, as
furnished by the heads of the sev
eral executive departments. The
total appropriations asked for are
$610,827,688, which is $600,000,000
less than the estimates for 1902, and
$4,000,000 more than the appropria
tions for tTiat year.
The secretary of the navy has pre
pared an official recommendation to
congress for the permanent re-estab
lishment in the navy of the grade of
vice admiral with four members. It
is also urged by Mr. Long that the
number of rear admirals be reduced
from 18 to 14, all to rank with and
receive the pay and allowances of
major generals in the army. Accord
ing to Secretary Long’s plan, the
four senior officers in the grade of
rear admiral at the time of the pass
age of the proposed bill are to be se
lected for the rank of vice admiral.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Thos. B. Ferguson governor of Ok
lahoma, vice W. M. Jenkins, re
moved. In removing Mr. Jenkins,
President Roosevelt states his rea
sons as follows: “Gov. JeDkins, of
Oklahoma, is hereby removed be
cause of his improper connection
with a contract between the territory
and the Oklahoma Sanitarium Com
pany. The decision is based purely
upon his own written statements and
his oral explanation of them at the
final hearing. One of the duties of
the territorial governor is to enter
into contract with some person or
corporation for the proper keeping
of the insane of the territory. Gov.
Jenkins made such a contract with
the Oklahoma Sanitarium Company,
a corporation, the promoters of which
reserved ten thousand dollars of its
stock for the governor and subject
to his orders. In the governors’ ex
planation of the affair he says he
told the promoters at the time they
desired him to sanction the contract,
‘that it was an important contract
and that I had some friends whom
I would like to have interested in
the company, to whom I owed some
political obligations which I would
not be able to pay by an appointment
or anything of that kind.’ The gov
ernor's confessed relations to the
matter disclose such an entire lack
of appreciation of the high judi
ciary nature of the duties of his of
fice as to unfit him for their further
discharge.”
NEWS OF ARKANSAS
As to Wife’s Liability.
Mr. Chief Justice Bunn delivered
the opinion in the supreme court in
the case of Crenshaw vs. Collier.
In this case the ccurt below instruct
ed the jury, among other things, as
follows: “The court instructs the
jury that a wife cannot make a val
id note as security for her husband,
and if you believe from the evidence
in this case that the $3,000 note,
dated July 15, 1898, signed by Thos.
B. Collier and Laura Collier in fa
vor of the defendants was given to
secure a debt by Thos. B. Collier,
then the same is void as to the plain
tiff, Laura Collier, and created no
right of action in the defendant,
Crenshaw, against the plaintiff, Lau
ra Collier.” The evidence in this
case shows that the $2,000 note was
given for the purpose of securing the
payment of the dues and premiums
of the insurance policy of Laura
Collier and infant daughter of her
self and Thos. B. Collier. In other
words, it inured to the benefit of
Laura Collier. In his opinion Mr.
Chief Justice Bunn said: “It is not
the law that a married woman’s
promissory note given for such pur
poses is invalid. She can bind her
self by that means, for, in the true
sense, it is not the husband’s debt,
but rather an obligation of his to
insure a beneficial provision for his
wife and child. Therefore the low
er court erred in its instructions to
the jury, and the case is reversed and
remanded.”
Y. M C. A. Convention.
The twelfth annual state conven
tion of the Y. M. C. A. of Arkansas
was called to order at Little Eock
on the evening of November 29, and
closed with a big rally at the opera
house on the 1st. This convention
was more largely attended than any
previous one in the history of the
organization in this state. Col. J.
F. Holden was chosen as president.
A. C. Millar, first vice president;!
Conway; J. W. Crawford, second I
vice president, Pine Bluff; John.
Caldwell, secretary, Texarkana; C.
W. Lester, assistant secretary, Con
way. At this convention a move
ment was inaugurated for a greater
interest throughout the state in the
association's work, and it was deter
mined to erect modern building in
all the principal towns of the state.
Several men of national reputation
in Y. M. C. A. work were present,
and delivered addresses.
White River Conference Statistics.
The report on church property,
number of preachers and members,
Sunday-schools and scholars, Ep
worth Leagues and members in the
White Biver conference of the M. E.
Church is as follows: Number of
local preachers in the conference,
108 ; number of members of church,
23,379; number of Sunday-schools,
232; number of scholars, 12,558;
number of teachers, 1,497; number
of Epworth Leagues, 35; number of
members, 1,151; number of adults
baptized, 1,700; number of infants,
479. A general increase is. shown
in church property and value.
Death of an Ex-Arkansan.
A dispatch from Buffalo Novem
ber 30 announces the death of Gen.
Albert W. Bishop. Gen. Bishop will
be remembered by old citizens of this
state, lie resided at Little Iloek a
number of years following the civil
war and achieved some prominence
in republican politics. At one time
he was president of the state uni
versity. He was a member of the
first board of trustees of the Arkan
sas Deaf Mute Institute in 1868.
At the state election in September,
1876, he; was the republican nominee
for governor against Wm. It. Miller,
democrat.
Hanging at Danville.
Bud Wilson was hanged at Dan
ville on the 6th inst. for the murder
of Deputy Warden Naylor, of the
penitentiary. The crime was com
mitted September 20 last when Nay
lor was en route from Little Rock to
a convict camp with Wilson, who
was serving a long sentence for rob
bery.
State Bonds Barred.
Under act of the last legislature,
calling in all outstanding valid C
per cent funding bonds of the state
not presented under the funding act
of 1899, all bonds not presented to
the state board by December were
to be declared invalid on that date.
The state advertised for them for
six months, and under the call re
deemed two and purchased five prior
to the approval of the act. On the
expiration of the date for redemp
tion fifteen bonds, not having been
presented, were barred. They
amount with interest to $39,660.
The legislature set aside $58,000 to
redeem these bonds, and the balance
remains in the sinking fund.
Fatal Wreck.
On the 2d inst. a fatal wreck oc
curred on the north division of the
Iron Mountain road. The engine
on passenger train No. 56 had bro
ken down at inola and the local en
gine, then laying at Wagoner, was
ordered to back to Inola to carry
the passenger train to Van Buren.
Engineer Hutchinson and Brake
man Johnson were on the right side,
while Conductor Woolum and Fire
man Pedley occupied the fireman’s
seat. When opposite the section
house the tender jumped the rail,
followed by the engine, burying
Engineer Hutchinson and Brake
man Johnson beneath its weight.
Fireman Pedley jumped and escap
ed with slight injuries.
Conspiracy to Defraud Government.
A sensation was created at Pike
City by the arrest of liev. J. P.
Copeland on a warrant from federal
court charging him with conspir
ing with A. Yr. Alexander to de
fraud the government. Both
Messrs. Copeland and Alexander are
prominent business men. The form
er has served in the legislature and
was twice elected sheriff of Pike
county. They are charged with de
frauding the government out of
$;i0,0(JU worth of timber by furnish
ing homesteaders with funds to
enter land and cutting timber
therefrom before complying with
the law. They were released on
bonds of $5,000 each.
Subscribers Refused to Pay.
In Garland county circuit court
judgment was given against a num
ber of citizens in an important case.
The defendants subscribed to a bo
nus to secure the building of the
Hot Springs Western railroad from
Little Rock to Hot Springs, with
the understanding that the line was
to be an independent one. The de
fendants refused to pay the amounts
subscribed, alleging that the road
passed into the hands of the Iron
Mountain recently, which, they
claim, annulled their original agree
ment. The plaintiff was given
judgment and the matter will likely
be taken to the supreme court.
An Awful Crime.
The story of a most brutal mur
der comes from Rector. About
eight miles from the above place
there resided a farmer named John
Smith, with his wife, son and step
son. About a year ago the step-son,
named Walker, disappeared. A few
months later John Smith died. His
son now tells the story of the crime.
He declares his father shot young
Walker, and compelled him to assist
in burying the body, warning him
that if he divulged the crime he
would meet the same fate.
U. S. Marshals Reappointed.
Hon. H. L. Cooper and S. F.
Stalil have been reappointed United
States marshals for the Eastern and
Western districts respectively of Ar
kansas. Both appointees were rec
ommended for a second term by the
republican state central committee.
So far as known there were no or
ganized opposition to the appoint
ments.
Luck of a Poor Man.
Henry Dowell, employed by a Lit
tle Hock stock dealer, received news
last week to the effect that he had
fallen heir to $125,000 by the death
of an uncle in Kentucky.
BRIEF MENTION.
The sawmill of Sam Hardin,
three miles west of Pine Bluff, was
destroyed by fire.
In the county seat contest in Lit
tle River county, Ashdown won over
Foreman by 177 majority.
R. E. Canon, of Shawnee, I. T.,
was killed by a Texas Pacific train
a few miles west of Texarkana.
A switchman named Jos. Bradley
was killed while coupling cars in the
Cotton Belt yards at Texarkana.
The contract has been awarded
for the extension of the Fort Smith
& Western railroad to Guthrie.
Tom Morris, an employe of the
oil mill at Texarkana, was caught
in the machinery and instantly kill
ed.
James Dodson, a Monroe county
farmer, was accidentally shot and
killed by a companion while coon
hunting.
One thousand three hundred and
sixty-four carloads of apples have
been shipped from points in Benton
county this fall.
Thos. Morton, a white man, who
follows the sawmill business, is
wanted at Pine Bluff on the charge
of embezzlement.
Shelley Blackburn, a young white
man, was acquitted by a jury in
Pulaski chancery court of the charge
of assault to rape.
Bowen Williams, colored, was ac
cidentally shot and killed on a plan
tation near Little Rock by Boss
Kimball, also colored.
A rumor that Fort Logan II.
Roots, located near Little Rock, is
to be abandoned, has been denied
by the war department.
The citizens of Hot Springs pro
pose to expend $20,000 at the St.
Louis fair in advertising the greatest
health resort in America.
Within six days five ladies at
Texarkana lost purses at the hands
of a purse-snatcher, who secured
sums ranging from $2 to $200.
The 3-year-old daughter of James
Baugh, of Grant county, was burn
ed to death. The child-was playing
in the fire when her clothing became
ignited.
Tom Crawford and Albert Mun
nell are under arrest at Black Iiock
suspected of being implicated in rob
bing the bank at that place several
weeks ago.
Chas. W. Alfrey, a white man 60
years of age, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by a negro at Mo
doc, a small town about forty miles
below Helena.
Monroe Boberts, who was sentenc
ed to five years for the murder of
his brother near Altheimer, August
16 last, died in the penitentiary hos
pital last week of consumption.
Bev. Wm. E. Thompson, pastor
of the First M. E. Church, South,
of Little Bock, has signified his ac
ceptance of the olfice of chaplain-gen
eral of the state guard and reserve
militia.
a meeting 01 me siaio uoaru oi
railway incorporators the Hot
Springs Railroad Company was au
thorized to construct a branch from
Butterfield, Hot Spring county, to
the town of Benton.
The American Smokeless Coal
Company has been organized at Fort
Smith with a capital of $3,000,000,
and the company has 17,000 acres of
Sebastian county coal lands, which
it proposes to develop and operate.
Jimmy Etoch, the seven-year-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Etoch,
of Helena, was burned to death.
The parents were absent from their
bedroom at the time apd it is not
known how the accident happened.
On the 3d inst. a south-bound
Iron Mountain passenger train ran
into an open switch at Mandeville,
eight miles from Texarkana, and
the engine turned completely over.
Engineer Wilson was badly injured
about the legs.
A triple tragedy occurred recently
on a plantation near Camden, the
victims all being negroes. Bill Rich
ardson, prompted by jealousy, killed
Joe Sams and a woman with whom
Sams was living and then blew out
his own brains with a winchester.