The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, Kdltor.
NEWARK-" - , ARKANSAS.
Gorman shipbuilders have been
awarded eontraets for three modern
warships for Russia.
Folk, the St. Louis boodler pros
ecutor, is in the lead for the demo
cratic nomination for governor of
Missouri.
Rose McDonald, aged 17, and Net
tie Broniski were suffocated iu a
fire in the Hotel Newcomb at
Quincy, 111.
There will be no strike of Illinois
coal miners, who have decided to
accept the national agreement of a
five per cent reduction.
Jeffries and Monroe, heavyweight
pugilists, will battle for the cham
pionship May 30. The fight will
take place in San Francisco.
According to information receiv
ed from Vermont, New York and
other producing states, the outlook
for a liberal maple sugar crop is
exceptionally good.
S. J. Potts, former cashier of the
First National Bank, at Petty, Tex.,
has been sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary upon a plea of
guilty of embezzlement.
Five men have been placed under
arrest in St. Louis, charged with at
tempting to blow up several livery
ttahles with dynamite because non
union men are employed.
Five men charged with murder
n trial in Chicago probably es
caped the gallows by a little girl
admitting on cross-examination that
her story as first, told was false.
She explained her testimony by
stating that she had been in-t ruot
ed what to say by the widow of the
murdered man.
Gen. Win. IT. Payne, a distin
guished Confederate officer and
commander of the Black Horse cav
alry at the fir,«t battle of Bull Run,
died last week in Washington. Gen.
Payne was a Virginia, a distin
guished lawyer as well as soldier,
and at the time of his death was
attorney for the Southern Railway.
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The bursting of a 12-inch pipe
line of the Standard Oil Company
beneath the bed of Rocky fivef at
Liverpool, 0.. allowed the petroleum
to escape in a spurting srneam. In
some manner it became ignited and
soon the river was a solid mass of
lire. Wharves and many buildings
along the stream were destroyed be
fore the large volume of oil that es
caped burned itself out.
Russia has proclaimed martial
law over Xew ('Hwang and handed
down the British and Americans
flags over property of citizens of
British and American nationality.
AH exports are declared contraband
of war. and nothing can bo export
ed unless the value of the cargo
in silver is deposited at the port as
a guarantee against the shipment
of the goods to Japan. The order
practically paralyzed trade.
United States Senator Burton of
' Kansas was convicted in Cnited
States court at St. Louis of having
accepted compensation to protect the
interests of the Rialto Grain and Se
curities Company of St. Louis, be
fore the postoffice department. If
the verdict of the jury is sustained
Senator Burton will lose his seat in
the senate and forever be- prohibited
from holding any office of public
trust. Burton's recourse is an ap
peal to the United States circuit
court of appeals, which body is the
flrial arbiter in his case.
The public health report for Feb
ruary, reviewing conditions in Pan
ama, is especially interesting at this
time. Total deaths from all causes
were 05. The estimated population
of Panama is 18,000. The mortality
rate, therefore, is 63.32 per 1000 per
annum. These facts are reported
bv Assistant Surgeon Pierce. Fevers
claimed,the largest number, 10; tu
berculosis came next, with 14; there
were three deaths from old age, six
from pneumonia and seven from
phthisis. There wfere other deaths
from ordinary natural causes and
several accidents added to the total.
Bridge Company Won.
A case to recover damages for
ejection from a train for refusal to
pay the 50 cents bridge fare over
the Mississippi river bridge at Mem
phis, was decided in federal court
at Little Rook bv Judge Trieber in
favor of the bridge company, the
court holding that the act of con
gress of April 24, 1888, authoriz
ing the construction of the bridge,
also authorizes the charge of a fare
over the bridge. The case was that
of Thos. 11. Adams vs. The Kansas
City and Mem phis Bridge Company,
and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railroad Company,
for .$25,000 damages for being
ejected from an Iron Mountain
train for refusal to pay the bridge
fare. The plaintiff contended that
his ticket read from 'the point of
pureluise to Memphis, Tcnn., and
that the railroad company nor an
agent of the bridge company had
any right to demand additional fare
for riding across the bridge.
Railroad Man Killed.
Oliver 1‘eterson, section foreman
on the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf railroad at Edmondson, was
murdered while alone in his cabin,
it is alleged, by Dock Brandon, a
negro. Peterson was .-hot twice and
lay dying when the murderer pro
cured an axe and split his skull.
Brandon, dressed in the dead man’s
clothes, entered the kitchen and
calmly cooked a meal. Members
of Peterson's section gang found
the body and started on a handcar
to capture his murderer. Brandon,
armed with a shotgun, rifle and
pistol, drove them back. Forty men
then surrounded the negro, who
took a position under a trestle and
defied them. Over 100 shots were
exchanged before the murderer
crawled out and surrendered after
being seriously wounded.
Paint House Destroyed by Fire.
On the 2d inst. fire at Little
Hock destroyed property valued at
over a hundred thousand dollars.
The blaze started in the paint and
wallpaper house of Stainbaek,
Brown & Co. in the third story. An
other building occupied by the Ar
kansas upholstering company was
also destroyed. The losers are:
Watson estate, building, $25,000;
Stainbaek-Brown Company, stock,
$45,000; ('has. F. Fenzel, build
ing, $5,000; S. L. Griffith, building.
$5,000; Arkansas Upholstering an<l
Cabinet Company, stock, $15,000;
same, mill machinery, $7,000; B.
T. Matthews, stock, $2,000; Joe
Sarlo, fixtures, $1,000; S. W. T.
and T. Co., wires, $5,000; total,
$110,000.
Democratic Convention.
Complete returns from the demo
cratic primaries show that Hon. K.
A. McCulloch defeated Judge
Moose for associate justice by a
small margin. While Hill lacks
only a few votes of having enough
to nominate on the first ballot, the
choice for chief justice depends a
great deal on who controls the con
vention. Moore for auditor, Rog
ers for attorney general and Davis
for governor will be named on the
first ballot. Both Senators Clarke
and Berry have been chosen to head
the delegation from their respective
counties.
Important Decision Confirmed.
A decision of unusual importance
was handed down by the United
States circuit court of appeals at
St. Louis last week. The case was
that of G. H. Schweer, a bankrupt,
against whom Judge Trieber la.st
summer made an order directing
him to pay into court the sum of
$17,000, the amount it is alleged
Schweer failed to account f«r in
giving in his assets, or stand com
mitted to jail until paid. The or
der of Judge Trieber was affirmed.
Col. ffa, Neal Dead.
J lie public was shocked when
the news flashed over the state of
the sudden death at Helena of Col.
William M. Neal, one of the bright
est and best known newspaper writ
ers in the state. Mr. Neal was ill
only twelve hours, the cause of his
death being apoplexy. To his thou
sands of personal friends the news
\vas a sad blow indeed, as he was
just in the prime of life, being only
50 years of age. Deceased was a
native of Tennessee and was edu
cated at the University of the
South at Lebanon, lie came to
this state in 1870. settling at Hel
ena, and had resided there ever
since. For a number of years he
was bookkeeper in a bank, but in
1886 he became owner and editor
of the Helena World, and made it
one of the leading newspapers in
the state. He never would accept
any office, although often urged to
permit the use of his name for po
litical preferment. In 1888 he was
married to .Miss Margaret Redford,
one of the brightest women of the
state, at present the president of
the A. b. W. C. Their married life
was a very happy one, but the un
ion was not blessed with children.
For die last few years he devoted
considerable of his time to the real
estate business and his energy re
sulted in large numbers of immi
grants from the western states set
tling in astern Arkansas. Col.
Neal represented the ideal as an
editor—uncompromising with evil
and ever battling for the right.
Work of the Wind.
The town of Mountain Home did
not escape the severe storm which
swept over the northwestern part of
the State. Besides the destruction
of thousands of dollars worth of
property, many people wore injured,
some fatally. At Mountain Home
the Methodist church was demol
ished. and as several lodges also held
their ^meetings in the building, they
ligt heavilv. The roof of the Me
Mahon drug store was blown off.
was also the roof of the Mossev
block, and occupants suffered con
siderable damage to goods. The res*
idence of Wilson Hudson, ham of
Randolph Russell, and buildings of
,T. f. South, Dave Bodenhaven and
Dr. Carver were considerably dam
aged.
The storm period" extended over
several days and casualties are re
ported follows:
.T. B. Curtis, a farmer, was in
stantly killed near Jasper.
At Gainesville, Green county, R.
G. Williams, Frank Eleanor, Mrs. F.
M. Dawlton, Lena Byros, and two
other children were killed outright.
Others were injured and hardly a
building escaped damage.
Near Solgohachie two negro chil
dren were killed.
At Fourche Dam. Pulaski coun
ty. Nellie Bogan, a negro girl, was
crushed to death in a school house.
Yellville and Marion county also
suffered heavy loss.
Soldier Boys to Visit St. Louis Fair.
Maj. Gen. W. H. Haynes, com
manding the Arkansas state guard,
announced last week that the pro
visional regiment from this state
will be sent to tin1 world's fair in
St. Louis the third week in Sep
tember. Arrangements have been
made for splendid barracks, and
the visit promises to he one of pleas
ure as well as edification. The pro
visional regiment will lie selected in
accordance with the United States
army inspection. The twelve com
panies that stand the best inspec
tion will compose the regiment.
Ed Connelley Resigns.
Ed Connelley has resigned as
the clerk with the Arkansas rail
road commission to accept another
position. Mr. Connelley has been
with the commission from the time
it was first organized, and is '.re
garded as one of the best incu in
his business in the state
Persoael of next Senate.
Of the thirty-five members com
posing the upper branch of the next
general assembly, twenty-one hold
over and fifteen will be new mem
bers. Under ordinary circumstances
the democratic nominees are elected
in which event the personnel of the
body will be as follows:
First District—J. K. Browning,*
Clay county.
Second District—J. B. McCall,*
Lawrence county.
Third District—B. E. McFerrin,
Newton county.
Fourth District—A. W. Covington,
Johnson county.
Fifth District—J. W. Thompson,*
Washington county.
Sixth District—John A. Hinkle, In
dependence county.
Seventh District—O. N. Killough,
Cross county.
Eighth District—Geo. E. Floyd.*
Yell county.
Ninth District—Wm. Lambert,* Hot
Spring county. \
Tenth District—J. A. Gray, Pulaski
county; A. W. Rison, Perry county.
Eleventh District—H. K. Toney,*
Jefferson county.
Twelfth District—W. P. Fletcher,
Lonoke county.
Thirteenth District—J. F. Lee,*
Monroe county.
Fourteenth District — John F.
Moore,* Phillips county.
Fifteenth District—Thos. E. Mears,
Ashley county.
Sixteenth District—W. S. Amis,*
Cleveland county.
Seventeenth District—C. T. Gotham,
Drew county.
Eighteenth District—W, S. Good
win,* Bradley county.
Nineteenth District—Thos. W. Har
dy, Ouachita county.
Twentieth District—T. C. Jobe,
Hempstead county.
Twenty-first District—A. S. Kilgore,
Columbia county.
Twenty-second District—W. H. Col
lins, Sevier county.
Twenty-third District—G. S. Rcc
ter,* Izard county.
Twenty-fourth District—F. O. Butt,
Carroll county.
Twenty-fifth District—A. T. Gross,*
Crawford county.
Twenty-sixth District — Sam W.
Simpson, Van Buren county.
Twenty-seventh District—J. M. C.
Vaughter, Faulkner county.
Twenty-eighth District—John H.
Holland,* Sebastian county.
Twenty-ninth District—W. F. Har
rison,* Mississippi county.
Thirtieth District—J. C. Pinnix,
Pike county.
Thirty-first District—Thos. W. Mi
lan.* Garland county. r
ThirtyefieOud 1 district — Frank
Smith, Crittenden county.
Thirty-third District — Hubert J.
Hall,* Scott county.
Thirty-fourth District—John J. Lo
gan, Benton county.
* To be eelcted in September.
Supreme Court Work.
J ho following proceedings wort
luid in the supreme court last
week: L. A. I ’at ter son vs. J. F.
( ul pep per; appeal from Jefferson
circuit court; petition f<>r rehearing
denied. John 1). Wright et al. vs.
Ida Jones; from Pill..ski chancorv
court; petition denied. Arkansas
Ijouisiana Railway Company vs. F.
( . Brinkley; from Hempstead cir
cuit court ; affirmed. Harris-Damon
Lumber company vs. L. L. Crad
dock; from Peak circuit court; re
versed and dismissed. T. T. Black
vs. \\ . \\. \\ cbh; from Madison cir
cuit court ; affirmed. Sargent Lum
ber Company vs. Henry Harris;
from Cleveland circuit court; af
firmed orally by Hughes; Bunn, C.
J.. dissenting. Queen Insurance
Company vs. Theresa-Sachs; from
Craighead circuit court; affirmed
orally. D. N. Ousley vs. Janies F.
Robinson; from Chicot chancery
court; reversed in part and affirmed
in part. Home Water Company vs.
W. L. Baker; from Pulaski chan
cery court; dismissed bv consent.
J. W. Cur loss vs. C. E. Oxford;
from Little Rock chancery court;
motion for rehearing and for sixty
days' time filed. Louisiana Molas
ses Company vs. Fort Smith Whole
sale (Jrocerv Company; from Se
Itfistian circuit court; judgment set
aside by consent and passed until
June 1. Lafayette & Bro. vs. The
Mehhants’ bank; from Sebastian
circuit court; judgment set aside by
consent and passed until June 1.
Resolutions of respect to the mem
ory of (leorge E. Dodge, Esq., pre
sented by Benjamin F. Johnson,
Esq., and approved by court.
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