The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, l-.ditor.
\ NEWARK- - . ARKANSAS.
The late Senator Hanna left an
estate valued at tf8.000,000.
Congressman Diek will doubtless
he chosen to succeed the late Sena
tor Hanna.
The .Tapan-Russian war has caus
ed an advance in wheat to above the
dollar mark.
Hr. Manuel Amadar has been
chosen as the first president of the
republic of Panama.
The general assembly of Ohio
will eht nse a successor to the late
Senator Hanna March 1 I.
A severe sleet storm, has destroyed
this year's peach crop in northeast
Missouri and portions of Illinois.
Secretary of War Taft's father,
Alphonso Taft was secretary of war
before him, serving with (irant in
isrc.
A cablegram from Snloniea, Mac
edonia. reports that eight hundred
Macedonians were slain by Turkish
troops.
Twenty-five people were killed
and fifteen injured by an explosion
’ of a carload of dynamite at Jack
son, Vtah.
The Porto Pico federal ass mibly
las demanded that Port Pico he ad
mitted to statehood or be granted
independence.
Perry S. Heath, former fir.~t as
sistant postmaster general, has re
signed as secretary of the republi
can national committee.
The postofHee appropriation bill
as reported to congress carries
$l(>!'bM07,nSS, an increase ovi r that
for last year of $10,000,000.
A fire at Ashtabula, O., which
which started in the dry goods store
of If. 1.. M. ATorri'm de>troved
$125,000 worth of property.
The Iowa supreme court has held
that a trespasser or a tramp steal
ing a ride may recover for injuries
sustained in being ejected from a
train.
Dick Palmer, a white man. an in
valid, has been s r.tenccd to ten
years in the Iowa penitentiary on
the pica of guilty of stealing a ham
worth $1.G0.
During a severe snow storm an
Illinois passenger train collided
with a freight in the city limits of
Springfield, 111., resulting in the
injury of five persons.
A dispatch from Washington
states that President Ihstcr of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange will
likely la* the southern member of
the isthmian canal commission.
The first land battle in the Pus
so-Japanose war took place on Ko
rean soil February 20, when a de
tachment of Cossacks ea | it tired, a
small party of Japanese scouts.
'Fhe political managers of Joseph
Folk, candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor of Mis
souri, claim a decided advantage in
the fir.-t skirmishes lor d' legates.
A Pennsylvania pat*senger train
collided head-on with a freight at
Hubert, I ml. Charles St ra ver, bag
gageman, of Chicago, was killed
and Mail Clerks Pricker, Bowers,
Thomas and two passengers, E. C.
Woisenberger and ('. F. llaverlin,
and S. A. Lindner, fireman, of Fort
Wayne, were all seriou-!v injured.
Pmsia is reported to have order
ed the expulsion of all Jewi.-h resi
dents of towns along the Trans-Si
berian railway. The Kus-ian offi
cials seek to justify the severe meas
ure by declaring it is Decenary bc
cause the Jews throughout Siberia
are aiders and abettors of treason.
The Jewish leaders declare the alle
gations are false.
Count Cassini, ILmsian ambassa
dor to the I'nited Stat; . .-ays the
czar gladly and willingly favors
fhe suggestion of Secretary Hay
that, as Jar as possible, the belliger
ents in the far eastern war localize
hostilities and respect the neutrali
ty of Chinn in the interests of a
continuance of the peaceful inter
course ol‘ the rest of the world.
K. ot H. Biennial Session.
The eleventh biennial session of
Hie grand lodge, Knights and Ladies
of Honor, comvnod at Fine Bluff
on the 17th inst. The secretary's
report showed the order in good con
dition and that all death claims had
been promptly met. Little1 Rock |
was selected as the next place of |
meeting and the following officers
were elected: Charles Coffin of
Walnut Ridge, grand past dicta
tor: R. _\. Rowe, Greenwood, grand
dictator1 L. J. Weber Arkadelphia,
grand vice dictator; \\ . A. Jett.
Washington, grand assistant dicta
tor: 1\ K. Roots. Little Rock, grand
chaplain: J. II. Bilhoimer, Little
Rock, grand reporter; Frank B. Sli
ger, Helena, grand treasurer; Hil
liard Bryan, Fort Smith, grand
guide; 1). A. Thompson. Benton,
grand guardian; T. J. Bloom, Fine
Bluff, grand sentinel; (). B. Roll
wage, Forrest City; T. II. Jones,
Little Hock, and H. S. Heritor. trus
tees; George Thornburgh, Little
Rock, and W. W. Jt linings. Ozark,
supreme representatives, with Chas.
Coffin, Walnut Ridge, and R. W.
Nichols, Helena, alternates.
The Deed is Valid.
A*point of law never pa-' cl upon
before in ibis state was decided a
few days ago by the supreme court.
A married man owning a homestead
conveyed it to his wife by deed.
The wife cl id not join in the con
veyance, which was attacked by the
man's creditors, who relied on the
act of March, 1K57, to sustain the
contention. In his opinion Mr. Jus
tice Hughes, in overruling this con
tention, said: “Was the convey
ance valid? We think that thn con
veyance by the husband to the wife,
which meets her approval, shows
her consent to it and meets the in
tent of the act to the same extent a
a conveyance by the husband to a
third person, in which the wife* joins.
It seems reasonable to believe1 that
the legislature in passing this act
intended that it should he applied
to a conveyance by the husband of a
homestead to the wife. Affirmed.
Jumped and Saved Their Lives.
The grocery store oi Geo. L.
Cockinan, located on the corner of
Fifth and Center streets. Little
Hock, was damaged by tire to the
extent of $1,500. Two women who
occupied rooms over the store had
a narrow escape from suffocation.
The tire broke out about midnight,
and the women did not awake in
time to escape by a rear stairway
before the flames spread to it. For
tunately there was a cloth awning
in front of the store and the fran
tic women were induced to jump. ;
The awning broke the force of their
fall and they escaped with only
slight bruises.
Old College Under New Management.
A board of trustees, representing
the Masonic lodges of Benton coun
ty, have taken charge of the normal
college at IYa Kidge. The institu
tion lias been incorporated under
the name l’ea Ridge .Masonic Col
lege with the following oflieers: S.
T. Fair, president; S. 1 >. Wood, sec
retary, and .M. F. Leonard treasur
er. The college was founded by
Prof. John Roberta in 187 1, who
remained as president until 1894,
when he was succeeded by Prof. S.
C. Parish, who resigned in 1899,
and was succeeded by Prof. B. H.
Caldwell, now of St. Loui-. Prof.
Caldwell resigned in 190.9, and
Prof. S. C. Parisli accepted a call
to return to the college. It is the
intention to enlarge the institution
at the expiration of the present
term.
Infant Deserted.
A female infant, poorly dad and
covered with ice and mud, was left
on the doorstep of Adam Arrents
of Pine Bluff. The cries of the
child attracted Mrs. Arrents’ atten
tion who found the little one. Af
ter wrapping it in warm clothes it
was turned over to the police.
Burned at the Stake.
Glen Bey*, the negro who mur
dered .1. I >. Stephen*, a prominent
white fanner of Ashley county, was
captured and burned at the stake by
a mob. Bays nude a full confession
of his crime, and when asked how he
wanted to die. laughingly said it
made no difference, as he knew his
time had come. In his confession
the negro state l that his plans for
escape were made before the crime
was committed, lie was to remain
concealed in the vicinity of the mur
der until the excitement had sub
sided, then conceal himself in the
tank of the M. It., IT. & W. railway
ngine and go to Lima, where he
could secure passage by boat to
Memphis or Cairo, lie wa- found
concealed in an old well, about six
miles from where the murder was
committed. Both white and blacks
took part in the burning. The
killing of Stephen- by Bavs was one
of the worst crimes in the history
of Ashley county. Bays was a
quarrelsome negro, and Mr. Steph
ens had some troubl ■ with him. ,
Without the slightest warning Bays
went into Hr. Stephens' house, se
cured a shotgun, and. returning a
few minutes later, tired two loads
of buckshot inio Mr. Stephens’
breast, then brutally clubbed the dy
ing man with the butt of the gun
Legal Department Reorganized.
Hon. Ben S. Johnson, who with
the late Hon. Geo. K. Dodge was
general attorney for the Iron
Mountain in Arkansas and Indian
Territory for many years, will Do
retained in tie* same position, and
H<m. J. K. Williams has been ap
pointed assistant general attorney
and will have his office with C'ol.
Johnson in Little Iioek. M. A.
Austin of Pino Bluff. <>. L. Miles
of Fort Smith. T. M. MelnifTev and
Carroll A Pemberton of Little Rock
are also conneeted with the legal
department of the Iron Mountain.
Freight Conductor Killed.
J. Ii\ Gould met a horribi ■ deni’:
beneath the wheels of a freight
train at Palarm. -The unfortunate
man, who was a conductor was
assisting in doing some switching.
and in running ahead to throw a
switch his foot became wedged in a
"frog.'7 Several ears passed over
his body, which was scattered along ■
the track for some distance. Mr.
Gould resided in Conway, where
his remains were interred.
Convention Proceedings Ready.
The official proceedings of the
thirty-sixth annual session of the
‘■Arkansas Teachers' Association,
held in Little Rock December 29-31,
have been issued and are being dis
tributed by the department of edu
cation to those interested. They
contain all the papers that were
read before the association.
Important Meeting.
About forty members of the M:s
souri Pacific immigration bureau
had a meeting in Little Rock la>t
week, being the annual meeting of
the Little Rock district agents, the
territorv ■ mbraeing Arkansas, Ixmis
iana, Texas and Tennessee. Mat
ter- uf vital interest in the work of
the bureau were considered.
Elected Officers.
The state1 committee of the V. M
(\ A., in annual session at Little
Rock, elected the following officers
for the ensuing vear: President,
Fred Fox of Pine Bluff; vice-pres
ident. R. E. Wait of Little Rock;
secretary and treasurer. A. W., Por
ter, Little Rock; state secretary, .T.
L. Scofield, Little Rock.
Will Prospect for Oil.
The Hudson River Oil and Gas j
Company has been organized with !
a capital stock of $500,000 to devel
op prospective oil lands located in j
Little River county. St. Louis and
Texarkana capitalists arc backing
the enterprise.
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Woman Burned to Death.
Clco Graham, aged 20 years, w.ss
burned to death in a salorm at Lit
tle Lock. The woman with a coin
pan it n was celebrating Mardi Gra
din', and was dressed in a costume,
of inflamable material. It is said
some roan, under the influence of
liquor, playfully tossed a lighted
match toward the woman, and in an
instant. she was enveloped in flames.
Her female companion was horri
bly burned in an endeavor to extin
guish the flames.
A Crazed Negro’s Deed.
Will Jenkins, a young Little
Lock negro, went to the home of his
grandmother, Polly Spivey, accom
panied by a girl named Jennie Gur
ry. A quarrel endued and he slash
ed his grandmother across the
throat with a razor. 11c then cut
the girl three times a ross the
throat. An hour lab r he was found
unconscious with two deep gashes
under his left ear.
BRIEF MENTION.
President Roosevelt li:>- nominat
ed ,1. K. Gibson lo bo postmaster at
1 [ope.
'The sawmill of W. T. Cone at
Montrose was destroyed by tire last
week.
The formal separation of Argon
ta from the city of Little Rock took
place February 23.
Jerome Gallahcr, a young white
man, was killed in a coal mine acci
dent near Fayetteville.
M A. Sunden. a prominent re
publican and jiostmaster at Alar
-hall. died on tl.e loth inst.
J. D. Stephen-. a will known
Ashley county farmer wars shot and
killed by a negro named Glen Bry
ant.
Fire at Black Rock dtstroyed th
Frisco hotel and two other frame
buildings. The fire was eaus 1 by
the explosion of gas in a stove.
The Arkansas delegation in con
gress has selected Representative
hill-more for eongrr-sional commit
teeman, to succeed Thomas McRae.
Fight hundred student., arc now
enrolled at the State Fniver-ity.
This is the largest number ever
reached in the hi.-tory of the insti
tution.
M. B. Buckley, city editor of t!><*
Pine Bluff Graphic, and Miss Wil
amenu Neal Adams, daughter of the
late W. 11. Adams, were married
February 20.
A call has boon issued for a meet
ing of representatives of organized
labor, to be held at Little Hock
March 14, for th< purpose of organ
izing a state federation.
For the first time since the city
was incorporated democrats on the
Texas side of Texarkana have or
dered a primary to nominate party
candidates for city officials.
The comptroller of the currency
has authorized the Stat * National
bank of Texarkana to begin busi
ness. The capital stock is $100,
000. E. K. Smith is cashier.
William Edwards, aged 85, was
found dead in bed at his home in
Pine Bluff. His death was due to
heart disease from which he had
suffered for a number of years.
Alla it Norman, aged 18, was shot
in the back and fatally wounded at
his home in Hot Springs. It is be
lieved the negro was shot by a party
who was hunting another person.
Buster Elmore, a hack driver,
committed suicide at Little Hock
by swallowing an ounce of carbolic
acid. A disagreement with a wo
man prompted him to take his life.
The state board of railwav incor
poration has extended for a period
of three years the time allowed for
the completion of 10 per cent of the
work on the Mena and Black
Springs railway.
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