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M’CRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1901.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL ANI) -■OI.ITICAI
On the 27th, as an outcome of an al
tercation which they had in the high
court (senate), during the secret de
liberation after the close of the trial
of the Marquis de Lur-Saluces, Sena
tors I.e Prevost-Delounay and Aucoin
fought a duel with pistols near Paris.
Two shots were exchanged without
results.
On the 27tli there was a charity fete
at the Petit Trianon, in Paris, made
famous by Marie Antoinette. The fete
was organized by the countess de Cas
tellano and other society ladies, who,
attired in rustic costumes of the
period, reproduced scenes from the
life of Marie Antoinette.
On the 27th a dispatch from Rome,
announced the pope to be seriously
111, and said that his attending phy
sician did not leave the pontiff's bed
side. Yaetican officials were anxious
concerning the pope’s health.
On the 27th Max Kershaw, formerly
of Denver, and who at one time was
one of Yale’s best-known athletes,
died in San Francisco, aged 29 years.
On the 27th Charlemagne Tower,
the United States ambassador to Rus
sia, and Mrs. Tower, arrived in St.
Petersburg, from France, in order to
attend the christening of the Grand
Duchess Anastasia, fourth daughter
of the czar and czarina.
On the 2Sth the secretary of the
treasury bought $151,000 short-term
* tive-per-eent. bonds at 109.709; $97,
340 threes at 109.9001, and $1,500 fours
at 113.9187.
On the 28th, during the debate on
the army reorganization bill in the
house of lords, Lord Wolseley, the
former commander-in-chief oj' the
British forces, declared that the Unit
ed States army was the finest of its
size in the world, which, he said, was
due to good wages.
This year the Association of Mili
tary Surgeons of the United States
will offer the Knno Sander gold medal,
valued at $100, for the best essay on
“The Most Practicable Organization
of the Medical Department of the
United States Army for Active Serv
ice.” The competition is open to all
persons eligible to membership in the
association.
Miss Minnie A. Stoner, dean of the
woman’s department and professor of
domestic science in the Kansas slate
agricultural college, has been elected
professor ot domestic science in the
Ohio state university.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Louisiana Purchase World’s
Fair national commission formally ap
proved the site selected at St. Louis,
formulated a statement of its duties
and adjourned subject to call of the
chairman.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $150,000,000 gold resrve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
28th. showed: Available cash balance,
$173,733,135; gold $08,092,125.
On the 28th the president disposed
of 23 pardon cases. Several applica
tions were denied and others granted
to restore civil rights. In a number of
eases pardons for minor offenses were
granted, and the sentences in others
were commuted to shorter terms.
On the 28th the navy department
gave out a statement to the effect
that it is ready to give every encour
agement to the naval militia. This was
called forth by reports that the de
partment had decided to abandon the
militia.
On the 29tli all the flint glass fac
tories of the country operated under
the scales of the American Flint Glass
Workers’ union, ciosed down for pe
riods ranging from four weeks to two
months. Fully forty thousand me it
and boys will enjoy the customary
summer vacation.
On the 28th 11. G. Dun & Co. report
ed: “Failures for the week num
bered 204 in the United States, against
207 for the corresponding week last
year, and 23 in Canada, against. 21
last year.”
On the 28th final arrangements were
made for the fifth annual convention
of the American Live Stock exposi
tion, which will be held in Chicago,
December 3 to 6, inclusive.
On the 28tli fire at Tsaritsin, a for
tified town in the government of Sar
tov, Russia, consumed several saw
mills, 24 timber-laden barges and the
timber depots and quays on the Volga
The damage is placed at 5,000,000
roubles, and it is reported that severaF
lives were lost in the tire.
On the 2Sth. during' a storm, light
ning killed four men, all of whom
leave large families, who were at
work harvesting in a wheat field on
the J. C. Halbert farm, near Lodi, Tnd.
On the 2Stl», at. Christies’ auction
rooms in London, a pair of small
Louis XV. cabinets, with brass
mounts, and executed by Caffieri,
which were formerly the property of
the duke of Leeds, were sold at auc
tion for £ 15,000.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Judge W. Woods, of the United
States district, court, dropped dead
at 12:20 on the morning of the 29th,
at his home in Indianapolis, Ind.
A tornado struck La Crosse, Wis.,
about seven o'clock on the evening of
the 28th, doing thousands of dollars'
worth of damage. The new Norwegian
hospital, in course of erection, was
wrecked.
It is claimed that there is an “In
sanity trust” in Indianapolis, Ind., the
members of which stand ready to tes
tify to any patient’s insanity for a
consideration. Great indignation has
been aroused by the exposure.
Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, is
dangerously ill at his home in Wash
ington, as a result of a fall from a
trolley car as lie was returning home
from a ride with his daughters.
Senator Patterson, of Ohio, one of
the state's Pan-American commission
ers, who is arranging for the dedica
tion of the state building on July 1S,
says that President McKinley will vis
it the exposition on that occasion.
A terrific storm swept over St.
Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., on the
afternoon of the 28th doing an im
mense amount of damage. Duluth,
New Ilichmond, Star Prairie and other
points in the state felt the force of
the storm.
Fire Commissioner John J. Scanned
of New York city, Doss Croker's right
hand man, was indicted by the grand
jury, on the 28th, for malfeasance in
office. He was also indicted jointly
with William L. Marks for conspiracy.
St..Mary’s Catholic church at Hun
ington, Ind., Mas struck by lightning
and destroyed on the 28th. It was
valued at $50,000. At Yelpin, Pike
county, ten buildings were unroofed
and one stone building demolished.
No lives were lost so far as known.
While seated under a tree during a
sharp thunderstorm at Meriden,
Conn., on the 28th,Fred Lee, of South
ington, and his young bride were
struck by lightning. Mr. Lee Mas in
stantly killed and his wife was so
stunned, that her life is despaired of.
The Louisiana Purchase World's
Fair national commission, on the 28th,
approved the selec tion of the Forest
park site for the World’s fair at St.
Louis, adopted a report of the judi
ciary committee defining in detail the
poM-ers and duties of the commission
under the law creating the body, and
adjourned, subject to the cull of the
chairman.
Lansing, la., bids fair to become fa
mous for the many fine pearls found
there. One recently sold for $1,800. It
Mas found by an old Suede named
Benson on a ciam bed which produced
the famous Queen Marie about a
month ago, and although weighing
less, (58 grains, is a much finer and
more valuable gem.
Marquis Tseng, at Shanghai, re
ceived a dispatch, on the 30th, from
Sian Fu to the effect that the empress
dowager of China, fearing a trap to
capture le*r, declines to return vo
Pekin, and lias notified the grand
council that the future capital Mill be
Kai-Fcng-Fu, in the Province of IIo
Nan.
The United States training ship
Hartford, Commander J. H. Hawley,
arrived at Copenhagen on the 30ih.
The navy department reserved for
her the best berth during her two
weeks’ visit. The crown prince regent
entertained the officers of the Hart
ford at dinnei.
During a severe rain and electric
storm at Winona, Minn., on the 30th,
lightning struck the Young Ladies’
seminary, damaging the roof; the
Lake street bridge Mas set on fire,
but Mas saved; some cows were killed,
and the boy herdsman stunned, lie
will recover.
Mrs. Eliza lingers Potter, wife of
Rt. Ilev. Henry C. Potter, Protestant
Episcopal bishop of New York, died
suddenly, on the 30(Ii, at the family
residence in NeM' 'i ork city. Mrs. Pot
ter’s death was due to heart failure
superinduced by the intensely' hot
M-eather.
According to the Vienna corre
' spondent of the London Daily Tele
graph, a conflict has occurred between
Mussulmen and Christians at Gus
singe, on the Albanian-Montenegrin
frontier, ten Christians being killed
and many others wounded.
Rev. Dr. Py'ron Sunderland, of
Washington, D. C., died at Catskill, N.
Y., on the 301 h, from a blood clot on
the brain. His demise occurred at the
home of his son-in-law, Orrin Day,
president of the Tanners’ national
bank.
It is asserted in St. Petersburg that
M. De Witte, the Ilusian finance minis
ter, will leave that capital for Man
churia during July.
The Meteor, with Emperor William
on board, won the yacht race in Lu
breck bay on the 30th.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Arknnsna Crops.
Says the Arkansas crop bulletin:
The weather continues hot and dry,
No rain of consequence occurred dur
ing the week, except in the northwest
section, where scattered showers oc
curred on the 18th inst. All crops arfl
beginning- to need rain badly. Con)
and cotton have made rapid growth.
Wheat yield is generally fair to good.
Oats are generally short, and nmol:
difficulty will be experienced in gath
ering this'crop. Irish potatoes fait
to good. Fruit continues to fall olt
in some localities, while in most placet
the prospects are fair to good.
Former Warren Man Dead.
Mr. Selwyn Kderington, a former
resident of Warren, was found dead in
California, llis body was found, evi
dently two or three days after death,
and bullet holes in 1he head indicated
the manner of his death, but how or
by whom remains a mystery. Mr. Ed
erington was called home a number
of months ago by the death of his fa
ther, and only returned to California
early in the present year. He was a
native of Warrenton, and his untimely
feath is deeply lamented.
Interesting Census Figures.
According to figures given out. re
cently by the census bureau there are
529,.17.) children in Arkansas between
the ages of 5 and 20 years, 205,541 be
ing boys. There are in the state 313,
836 males of a voting age, 20 per cent,
of whom are illiterate, and 250,380 of
a military age. Of the native
white voters, sons of native parents
10.8 per cent, are illiterate. Of the
voters fully 98 per cent, are native
born Americans.
To Succeed l*rof. Knykcndftl.
Prof. F. W. Miller, of Arkadelphia,
has been appointed by State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction J. J.
Doyne as deputy to succeed Prof. ,T.
W. Kuykendal, who resigned to ac
cept the prineipalsliip of the Univer
sity of Arkansas preparatory depart
ment. Pi of. Miller was formerly
principal of public schools in Arka
Jelphia.
A Desperate Encounter.
A desperate encounter occurred at
Arkadelphia between the officers r>.n<l
two negroes' named Lewis and Will
iam Glenn. Lewis Glenn was wanted
on a charge of attempting to assas
sinate the watchman of an elevator
company at Arkadelpliia. In the
melee William Glenn was shot
through the chest and morta'lj
wounded.
Purchased u Little Rock Residence.
Col. W. II. Eagle, of Lonoke coun
ty, has purchased the handsome resi
dence of Airs. John 1). Adams on East
Seventh street, and will occupy it :'n
the fall. It is one of the handsomest
and best-equipped modern residences
in 1 lie city, and Col. Eagle and family
will be quite an acquisition to Little
Rock society.—Little Rock Gazette.
Mrs. Alice lloiliscd.
Airs. Alice Hodges, a native of Ten
nessee, died at Fayetteville, aged 107.
She located at Fayetteville 54 years
ago, and had lived in one house ever
since. She had been a widow since
1800, and leaves a daughter 66 years
old. She leaves four grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.
Prospects Were Never Better.
Says a correspondent writing from
Ola, Veil county: “In conversation
with a number of Eourehe valley
planters your correspondent was in
formed that the prospects in Lhaf
section wire never better, and that
the usual quota of cotton and corn
would be made.’
Not Quite All tliut W'ould be Iloslred
The Little Rock correspondent of
the R. G. Dun & Co.’s Alereantile
agency says: “The cotton crop never
recovered fully front the dry weath
er which prevailed at planting time
and during the dry weeks that fol
lowed.
Disastrous Fire at Chester Point
A destructive fire raged at Chester
I’oinf, Howard county, destroying
more than twenty business houses and
dwellings, entailing a loss of $100,000;
partially insured.
Appointed Miss Lucy Tliach.
Gov. Davis' appointed Aliss Lucy
Thacli, iiis sister-in-law, clerk and
stenographer to succeed Air. Wat
kins, now clerk 1o World’s fair com
mission.
Asylum Doors Closed.
The doors of the state asylum for
the insane, Little Rock, are closed
against tuft her admission. The ca
pacity of the institution has been
reached.
Site Selected.
The City park in Little Rock ha*
been selected as the site for the Ar
kansas monument to the confederate
dead. Work will commence at once
Mrs. George W. Murphy.
Airs. George W. Murphy, wife ot
Atty.-Gen. Alurphy, died at the family
residence in Little Rock. She had been
in bad health for five years.
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The Forest Park Site, at St. Louis,
Unanimously Approved by the
National Convention.
OBJECTIONS TO THE SITE OVERRULED.
An UnilersiniidlnK Readied Willi tlie
J.oiilMiana l'nrclinite Exposition
Company as to the Powers With
Wliieh the National Commission
is Invested.
St. Louis, June 30.—Without a dis
senting voice the Louisiana Purchase
exposition national commission up
proved the Forest Park site as the lo
cation tor the World’s Fair site in
1903.
This is the third and last step in the
site selection. The first step was tak
en Monday afternoon, when the ex
ecutive committee selected the Forest
Park site. The approval of the selec
tion, Tuesday morning, by the board
of directors, was the second step.
The national commission had been
in session since Wednesday morning.
On that day a visit was paid to For
est park under the guidance of the
executive committee. Thursday two
sessions of the committee were held,
at which all phases of the site were
canvassed. Two sessions were also
held Friday, when the final action was
token.
“The commission received several
communications from St. Louisans
criticising the selection of Forest
park,” says one 1 lie commissioners.
“One attracted attention to the moot
ed legal difficulties involved. Others
argued in favor of a river-front site.
The commission considered all these
^ communications, and approved the.
site with full knowledge of all the
1 conditions.
“The approval of the site by the
government commission, after an ex
amination of all the legal questions
involved, should stop once for all this
talk of the existence of legal obsta
cles to the use of the park. The com
mission has ir. its make-up live law
I years—some as good as. there are in
the. United tSates—-Lindsey, Thurston,
j Carter, Glynn and Allen. The facts
were fully placed before them, and
they ruled that no legal obstacles ex
isted. Opinions were also at hand
from a number of learned .St. Louis
lawyers.
Objections to Site Considered.
The commission also gave consider
ation to the respective jurisdiction of
. the commission, and the exposition
| company and drew up a formal state
, ment on the subject, which was for
J warded to the Exposition company’s
. officials.
The document asserted that, as a
precedent, to valid final action by the
Exposition company, submission to
and approval by the commission was
necessary on the following subjects:
Points Contnined in Agreement.
First—The selection of a site.
Second—The plans and specifica
tions of building to be used for ex
position purposes.
Third—The plan and scope of the
exposition.
Fourth—The appointment of all
judges and examiner for the exposi
tion.
Sixth—The awarding of premiums.
Seventh—All the rules and regula
tions of the exposition company gov
erning rates for entrance and admis
sion fees, or otherwise affecting the
rights, privileges or interests of the
exhibitors or the public.
Agreement between the two bodies
on these subjects was reached at a
conference held Friday afternoon.
The document, in conclusion, assert
ed the right of the commission to su
pervise all expenditures of the ex
| position company. It said:
The government appropriation of
$5,000,000 does not become available
until $10,000,000 has tirst been expend
ed by the Exposition company for the
uses and purposes of the exposition,
and the responsibility is placed upon
this commission to attest that expen
diture to the presndent of the United
States.
It is manifest that the responsibili
ty here thrown upon the commission
involves the duty, and, therefore, the
right, to inspect all contracts, exam
ine all accounts, call for statements,
and to refuse tc recognize contracts
or expenditures incurred unreasona
ble in terms or amount, or without
the purview of the law.
At the Friday afternoon session of
the. commission, President Francis
and the committee on buildings and
grounds, on which William 11. Thomp
son is chairman, conferred with the
commission. It. was decided that a
minimum of $5,000,000 would have to
be expended on buildings by the Ex
position company.
The commission adjourned about
seven o’clock Friday night, subject to
the call of the chair. Several of the
commissioners, including Lindsey,
Scott and Glynn, departed from St.
Louis Friday night. All the others
who will not make the trip to Buffalo
with the board of directors loft Sat*
urday morning,
ART IN ARCHITECTURE
* 9 Designed and Written Especially for This Paper 9
THE nine-room residence here il
lustrated and described will cost
f 1,000 with a foundation of stone.
The size of the parlor is 12 feet 0
inches by 12 feet 0 inches; sitting
room, 12 feet 6 inches by 12 feet G
inches; dining-room, 12 feet 6 inches
by 16 feet, and has a bay window;
kitchen, 11 by 12 feet; chambers, 8
feet by 8 feet 6 inches; 10 by 10 feet,
9 feet by 12 feet 6 inches; 12 feet by
12 feet 6 inches; 10 by 13 feet, and
alcove, 7 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 6
inches; pantry, 4 feet 0 inches by 6
feet G inches; bath-room, G feet 6
inches by 10 feet. The three large
rooms on the first floor are separated
by sliding doors.
A rear stairway leads to the base
ment and second floor. The first and
second stories are 9 feet 6 inches
high. All floors are double, having
building paper between finished floors
and sub-floors. The sheathing is of
fence flooring, having tar paper be
tween it and siding. All siding is 4
incli face; studding, 2 by 4 inches;
joist 2 by 10 inches; shingles, cedar;
ornamental carving; art glass; press
brick chimney; American glass; Ueor
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FRONT ELEVATION.
gia pine finish; exterior painting',
three coats; galvanized iron gutters
and down spouts; front door, glass
panel. The doors are 2 feet 8 inches
wide by 7 feet high, 1% inches thick;
the front door is 3 feet 4 inches wide, by
8 feet high, 1% inches thick. Shingles
are to have one coat of paint. The
attic has a single floor. All exte
rior walls have one coat of brown
mortar for back plastering, and all
rooms are finished with two coats of
plaster. The hardware is of a sub
stantial kind, and properly placed.
The rubble stone wall is 18 inches
thick, and the basement floor is ce
mented. The house is piped for gas
and furnace. There is a Georgia
pine floor in the hall, parlor, sitting
and dining-rooms, maple floors in
bath-room, kitchen and pantry. The
sink in the kitchen is porcelain lined.
There is a wainscoting in the kitch
en, bath-room, dining-room and halls,
made with cement plaster and capped
with wood molding. Laundry, coal
bins, fruit-room and other store
rooms are in the basement. All rough
ing in pipes laid to bath-room.
I Catchbasin and cesspool are built in
the yard. Girders are 8 by 10 inches,
and posts supporting girders 8 by 8
inches. Closets are provided with
shelves and hooks. The front stairs,
treads, newels and risers are of Geor
gia pine.
Tlie Oiliest Known Timber.
Probably the oldest timber in the
World, which has been subjected to the
I use of man, is that found in the an
' Cent temple of Egypt, in connection
i with stone work, which is known to be
' at least 4,000 years old. This, the only
wood used in the construction of the
temple, is in the form of ties, holding
the end of one stone to another.
When two blocks were laid in place
an excavation an inch deep was made
in each block, in which a tie shaped
like an hour glass was driven. Jt is,
therefore, very difficult to force any
stone from its position. The ties ap
pear to have been of the tamarisk or
Shittim wood, of which the ark was
constructed.
The Ideal Motor Vehlele.
Everybody recognizes that the desi
deratum in a motor vehicle is that it
shall combine simplicity an*d durability
with cheapness. Public favor is not
won by complicated, heavy and cum
bersome machinery that is liable at
any moment to get out of order. On
the contrary it is a demand of Amer
icans that an acceptable automobile
shall be reasonably light and durable.
They want a machine that will last,
and one that will be cheap enough .‘o
allow of its purchase by the class of
people who to-day content themselves
with a horse and buc"Y.
The parlor is tinted copper color;
sitting-room, maroon; dining-room,
peacock blue, dark; kitchen, straw
color; chambers, colors to suit own
er. The size of the house upon the
lot is 22 by 40 feet.
The design is very neat and plain,
and suitable for a city, suburtj or
PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR.
country. The lines on which the resi
dence is planned give a large number
of rooms, and all of a fair size, as
shown by floor plans.
The veranda ceiling is ceiled with
narrow beaded ceiling of Georgia
pine, finished with hard oil marine
varnish.
Veranda and porch floors are paint
ed four coats good lead and boiled
Inlseed oil. The chimney is capped
with stone. Chimney brace is of
wrought iron. The outside cellarway
leads^to Ihe basement. The height of
first story floor is 4 feet 0 inches
above grade. Stone work above
grade is random range bioek lime
stone.
Sliding door partitions are lined
with one-half inch ceiling. All ma
terial throughout must be of the
very best. Tne owner will furnish
bath-room fixtures, art glass and
shelf hardware.
GEORGE A. tv. KINTZ.
Antd an Mushroom Growers.
The growing of "mushrooms'’ foi
food by a species of ants is interest
I ingly descried in the American Natur
alist by Prof. W. M. Wheeler. The
ants first cut leaves into small pieces
and carry them into their under
ground chambers, where they are re
duced to a pulp and deposited in a
heap. In this heap the mycelium of a
! species of fungus finds lodging, and
i the subterranean conditions favoring
I such a result minute swellings are
produced on the vegetable mass.
These are the "mushrooms” which
constitute almost the sole food of the
colony of ants that cultivates them.
Boom in Railroad Bnildinir.
Over 8.000 miles of new steam rail
way will be. constructed in the United
States this year. Oklahoma and In
dian territory are in the list for 610
miles.
The Travel* of n Pen.
A fast penman will write at the rate
of 30 words a minute, which means
that in an hour's steady writing he has
drawn his pen along a space of about
300 yards.
Pope Has • Silver Ckttr.
The most costly chair in existence
belongs to the pope. It is of silver,
is worth $(8,000, and was a, present
from a wealthy admirer.