VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1902.
NO. 8.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
E. L. Godkin, formerly editor of
the New York Post, died in Eng
land last week.
The purchase of mules by the
British in this country has ceased,
by order of the London war office.
An oil gusher with a flow of 70,
000 barrels of oil per day was
brought in at Jennings, La., last
week.
Jeffries and Fitzsimmons hav«
at last come to terms, and will bat
tle for the pugilistic championship
in San Francisco in July.
American sovereignty over the
island of Cuba ceased May 20, when
the new republic was formally turn
ed over to President Palma and
other officials.
The late Admiral Sampson left
an estate valued at only $25,000, all
of which he bequeathed to his wife,
with the exception of $1,000 to
each of his four daughters.
Mont Pelee is still in eruption
and the people on the island of
Martinique are panic stricken. Hun
dreds are frantically watching for
an opportunity to escape from the
island, which they believe is doom
ed, and the consternation which
prevails is indescribable. A large
portion of the island of St. Vin
cent is threatened with complete ob
literation.
Dudley Morgan, a negro rapist,
met a horrible death near Lansing.
Texas. Morgan assaulted the wife
of a section foreman, for whom he
was working. For several days the
people of the surrounding country
searched for the negro, and when
he was captured it was decided he
should perish at the stake. Several
hundred people witnessed the exe
cution. and the husband of his vic
tim 6et fire to the faggots piled
about his body.
At the Pallas conference of the
M. E. Church, South, it was decided
that the money voted the church by
congress to reimburse for property
destroyed during the civil war be
returned to the government, should
a demand be made for it
There has been much dissat
isfaction since the claim was settled
on account of the course pursued
by the church’s agents in Washing
ton. Some allege lobbyists were em
ployed to work in the interest of the
claims, and that therefore the church
should not accept the money.
Once more Goliad, the scene ot
the massacre of Texans in the
struggle for independence, has be
come the center of attraction. This
time it is because of the greatest
catastrophe that has befallen any
town in Texas in years, with the
single exception of the Galveston
disaster. The storm which swept
Goliad May 19 was a hurricane
that came from the southeast with
a most terrific force. It struck the
western end of the town, which was
largely populated with negroes. The
path of the fearful wind was about
five hundred yards wide and two
miles in length. The storm struck
shortly after 3 o’clock in the after
noon, moving northwest with a ve
locity of seventy-two miles an hour.
The scene that met the eyes of sur
vivors after the awful speed of the
hurricane had passed was terrible
in the excitement. Houses that
stood square and bravely to the
weather but a moment before were
flattened as if by a huge roller, and
out of the piles of wreekago came
the shrieks and cries of the injured.
All that was possible to be done
had been done by the stricken citi
zens and the surrounding towns
hurried to the scene as soon as they
could reach it. It is believed over
1£0 people were killed and as many
more injured. Gov. Sayers issued
a call for relief, which was respond
ed to by citizens of every town in
the state.
The Chicago packers who were en
joined by Judge Grosscup are plan
ning to obey the order and are in
structing their agents every where
to refrain from everything that is
prohibited by the injunction.
The seventeen year locusts har«
appeared in several states.
The machinists of the Texas Pa
;ific system are on strike for short
er hours.
Coal miners in the Springfield,
111., district have signed a scale to
hold good for twelve months.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was last week
sentenced to thirty days in jail at
Topeka for smashing a saloon in
1901.
A cloudburst in Illinois destroy
ed thousands of dollars in property
in the vicinity of Independence and
Dubuque.
The Illinois Central will expend
in the neighborhood of $1,000,000
in the erection of new shops at
Memphis.
King Alfonso, of Spain, took the
oath of office on the 17th, and is
now king in fact as well as in name.
The young ruler is but 16 years of
age.
The last rail of the Choctaw
completing the line from Memphis
to Amarillo, Tex., was laid May
16, opening up a new route to Den
ver and the Pacific coast.
Junius Lehman, a wealthy brew
eryman, has been sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary on the
charge of bribing members of the
St. Louis city council.
The town of Goliad, Tex., was
visited by a severe wind storm on
the 18th. It is reported from for
ty to sixty people were killed and a
part of the town blown away.
Because he was rejected as a suit
or for the hand of a 13-year-old
girl, IV. M. Austin, aged 25, mur
dered five members of the family
of Wm. Wilkinson near Hastings,
Fla. The dead arc: William Wil
kinson, aged 52; Mrs. Wilkinson,
his wife; Miss Abitha McCullough,
aged 13; Miss Wilkinson, sister to
William Wilkinson; one child; Wil
liam Austin, the murderer and sui
cide, aged 25.
The first chapter in the beef
trust suit instituted in federal
court at Chicago ended in the
granting of a temporary injunc
tion against the packers. The de
cree of the court is so wide in its
scope that if the packers or theii
agents continue with their present
alleged uniform arrangements, thej
wil-1 be taken into court on con
tempt proceedings, and the burden
of proof will be on them to show
that they have not violated the or
der in any particular.
The most appalling disaster in
the history of East Tennessee oc
curred at Coal Creek, in the coal
mining section May 19. An explo
sion of gas accumulated in the Fra
tcrville coal mine probably brought
death to as many as 300 men and
boys. Superintendent George
Camp, of the mine, states that on
account of the large number of
boys and day laborers employed, of
whom no tag checks were required,
the number in the mine may have
been from 250 to 300.
A peculiar accident befell Wil
liam Hay, a watchman of Smith
villc, Ind. He was putting on his
coat when his revolver, a 44 caliber,
fell to the floor and was discharged.
Only one bullet was fired, but it
made eight holes in his left arm.
The arm was bent in such a way
that the bullet entered the hand,
passed through the wrist, again
through the fleshy part of the fore
arm, then out and through the bi
ceps muscle and then through the
shoulder, making eight distinct
holes.
The French colonial experiments
in the island of Martinique, the
scene of the recent awful disaster,
have not, according to the publica
tion of the treasury bureau of sta
tistics, “Colonial Administration,”
been altogether satisfactory. While
many of the French colonies have
been successful and prosperous,
those of the West Indies, by reason
of their small area and distance
from the mother country, have
proved not only a burden financial
ly, but somewhat unsatisfactory in
the demands which their represent
atives have made and continue t«
make upon the mother country.
Non-union glass workers at Ev
ansville, Ind., were attacked by 200
women, wives of striker’s, with
stones and clubs.
The steamer John K. Speed, ply
ing between Memphis and New Or
leans, was burned at the latter place
May 23.
During the present session of con
gress 12,200 private bills have been
introduced, less than 1,000 of which
have been disposed of.
One hundred switchmen in the
M. K. & T. yards at Denison struck
on the 17th, completely tieing up
all outgoing trains for several days.
A wind storm demolished the
baseball grandstand at Birmingham.
The storm came a short time before
a crowd was due to witness a game
of ball. One boy was killed and
another was seriously injured.
Several earthquake shocks were
felt at St. Augustine, Fla., May 22.
The earthquake was accompanied
by a succession of short but decisive
reports, like distant cannonading,
seemingly from far out at sea. The
sounds were unlike thunder, having
no reverberating roll, and were ac
companied by decided tremors, while
the sky in the southwest was suf
fused with a glow. The reports
came at intervals of perhaps three
minutes, and persons who remember
the earthquake at Charleston say
the noises were very similar to the
subterranean noises accompanying
that occurrence. The sound travel
ed from the southeast.
A water spout caused the death
of six people in Covington and Cin
cinnati and millions of dollars’
worth of property was destroyed in
the Miami valley. In the lower
part of Cincinnati sewers overflow
ed, and the water poured through
the grating into cellars and be
neath the wholesale houses. Tire
dead: Willie Willcn, aged 4,
drowned in Covington; Mrs. Flach
ncr, drowned in Covington: Clem
Davier, teamster, drowned in Cov
ington; George Becker, teamster,
drowned in the streets of Cincin
nati; Ferdinand Rapp, peddler,
drowned in a collar in Cincinnati;
D. W. C. Belleville, carpenter,
blown from a roof in Cincinnati.
A bloody fight took place just
outside the corporate limits of At
lanta between oflicers and negro
outlaws, in which eight men were
killed. In order to quell the dis
turbance the governor was compell
ed to call out the militia. The of
ficers located a negro named Hunt
ington, for whom they had a war
rant, in a store house. The store
was a small arsenal in which were
a number of winchester rifles and
a small gatling gun. It was a ren
dezvous for a gang of thieves and
murderers. At daylight the officers
appn«iched the building to place its
occupants under arrest, and were
met with a fusilade of shots, one of
their number falling with a bullet
through his head. Seeking shelter,
the officers kept up a continuous
fire on the building, but without
apparent effect. Whenever one of
them emerged from view he was
shot down by the negroes. News
of the affair spread rapidly and
soon hundreds of people were has
tening to the scene. Finally a
torch was applied to the building
when the occupants made a break
to escape, but were shot to pieces
by the enraged people. Hunting
ton, the leader, was the only one
who remained in the building, and
his body was almost completely
burned up. By this time state
troops arrived on the scene and suc
ceeded in quelling the riot. The
dead: Officers Ed Battle, II. G.
Osborn. Thos. Grant, Edward Crab
tree; Will Richardson, the negro
who killed the men, and John Har
rington, Chasi Clisby, Will Gregg,
all colored. Wounded: S. A. Ker
ton, beaten by negroes; W. A.
Bright, a county policeman, wound
ed in the left shoulder; W. T. Jack
son, a street car man, wounded in
hip; Owen Heard, a policeman,
wounded in the thigh; Officer
Spradlin, wounded in the arm;
Shepherd Finzcr, hackman, short
through, the hand.
NEWS OFARKANSAS.
Salaries Increased.
The postoffice department at
Washington litis announced the fol
lowing changes in the salaries of
Arkansas postmasters;
Arkansas City, from $1,000 to
$1,300; Augusta, from $1,100 to
$1,200; Batesville, from $1,600 to
$8,700; Bcntonville, from $1,400 to
$1 ,.'500 ; Clarksville, from $1,200 to
$1,300; Dc Queen, from $1,200 to
$1,400; El Dorado, from $1,200 to
$1,300; Fayetteville, from $2,100
to $2,300; Fordyce, from $1,400 to
$1,500; Fort Smith, from $2,800
to $2,900; Hamburg, from $1,200
to $1,400; Harrison, from $1,400
to $1,600: Hope, from $1,600 to
$1,700; Hot Springs, from $2,700
to $2,800; Huntington, from $1,
000 to $1,1.00; Junction, from $1,
300 to $1,400; Lonoke, from $1,200
to $1,400; Magnolia, from $1,200
to $1,300; Newport, from $1,900 to
$2,000; Fine Bluff, from $2,600 to
$2,700; Rogers, from $1,600 to $1,
700.
New Postoffices.
Below is a list of postoffices re
cently established in this state:
Established—Athens, Howard; Ax
6om, Phillips; Burstel, Conrad,
Clark; Crossett, Ashley; Defiance,
White; Dickey, Pulaski; Dughill,
Cleburne; Ekron, Etowah, Missis
sippi; Everton, Boone; Gabriel,
Gip, Pope; Godman, Scott; Har
man, Washington; Hasty, Newton;
Jacfontan, Marion; Jarca, Madi
son; Jelks, Woodruff; Kingdoc.
Springs, Maron; Lansing, Critten
den; Lda, Nevada ; McKamie, La
fayette; Motz, Miller; New Mont
gornery; Oldtown, Phillips; Palm,
Lafayette: Phosphate, Independ
ence; Pinnacle, Pulaski; Poinsett.
Poinsett; Rosetta, Johnson; Slat
ington. Montgomery; Svlarsville,
Lee; Thrace, Clark; Lrbanette,
Carroll; Vaucluse, Chicot; ATerdc,
Nevada; Wrve, Nevada.
Diocesan Council.
The diocesan counsel of the. Epis
copal church, diocese of Arkansas,
concluded its annual session at
Helena on the 17th, after a four
days’ session. S. S. Faulkner, of
Helena, was re-clccted trustee of
the Episcopal fund; 1*. K. Roots,
of Little Hock, was elected diocesan
treasurer; Fay Hempstead, of Lit
tle Rock, register. Members of ju
diciary: John Gatling of Forrest
City and John Hicks of Searcy.
The delegates to the missionary
council are G. B. Norton and Judge
John H. Rogers.
Requisition for Alleged Murderer.
Gov. Davis last week issued a
requisition on the governor of Ok
lahoma for Jim Wallace, one of
the alleged murderers of Sheriff
John Powers at; Clarksville last Feb
ruary. Wallace is under joint in
dictment with George Durham,
John R. Dunn and Fred Under
wood for the murder. Durham and
Dunn were captured at Wichita,
Kan., but Dunn escaped from the
jail hospital and has not been re
captured. Durham is now in the
Arkansas penitentiary for safe
keeping.
A Numerous Family.
Hon. Jesse D. Bush, one of Jef
ferson county’s representatives in
the state general assembly, has been
heard from again. For the twenty
first time since his home has been
established a little visitor has ar
rived to bless the fond parents. This
time the arrival is a boy. His name
will be “David Bennett Hill Bush,
of Dexter.” A picturesque feature
of Mr. Bush’s large family lies in
the fact that Mr. Bush is easily able
to earr/ his township with his
sons as voters.
Bride Killed.
A terrible accident happened a
few miles from Hardy which re
sulted in the death of Mrs. Henry
C. Fuller. Mr. Fuller was chop
ping down a tree and his wife was
standing by looking on. When the
tree was about, to fall he called to
he- to go in a certain direction, but
for some reason she went another
way and a branch of the tree struck
he*, killing her. She had only been j
| jBsrried about three weeks.
Brick Company Wins.
The supreme court last week af
firmed the decree of Chancellor
Martin in the famous suit of the
Arkansas Brick Manufacturing
Company against the penitentiary
board, holding that the contract for
the hire of convicts with the brick
company is valid. That such being
the case, the board had no power to
annul it; that its order purporting
to do so was void; that the pro
ceeding was not in suit against the
state; and that the proper remedy
was bv injunction. Battle and
Wood, justices, dissented on the
ground that the proceeding was in
effect a suit against the state. The
opinion of the majority was deliv
ered by Chief Justice Bunn. Dur
ing Gov. Jones’ administration a
contract was entered into by the
Arkansas Chair Company for the
hire of not loss than 100 nor more
than 300 convicts, at 50 cents per
day, to work in its factory at Little
Rock. This chair company sold out
to the Arkansas Brick Manufactur
ing Company, who secured some
changes in the contract shortly af
ter Gov. Davis was inaugurated.
The matter was brought up in the
legislature, and it was contended
the contract was against the best
interests of the state. Later the
penitentiary board passed a resolu
tion annulling the contract. To
meet this state of facts suit was
brought by the brick company seek
ing an injunction against the pen
itentiary board and authorities, to
prevent the withdrawal of the con
victs from the work in which it had
placed them.
Plea For a State Fair.
The question has again come up
through the press, shall we have »
state fair at little Kock this fall?
•As- -intelligent reacting nwa you
are aware of the fact that in the
live stock interests, Arkansas docs
not rank where her natural advant
ages should place her.
What a benevolent providence
docs for a country, is so much in
ert matter unless, utilized; and
even if this is done, how are neigh
boring states to know what we have,
unless we place it on exhibit, and
invite them to come and see to be
convinced it is not only what wc
can do but what we have done.
I appeal to each and all to do ev
erything possible to father the in
terests of a state fair this fall; you
owe it not only to yourselves, but to
the state, for it is certain those who
are native born cannot wish to see
their state far behind adjoining
ones.
As an adopted son of Arkansas,
it is with keen sorrow that I see
others leading in the production of
pure bred stock, and sending beef
steers to Kansas City, Chicago, and
other large markets, that arc but
little below the price of the best
northern cattle.
For our own sakes, for our chil
dren's sake, and for the love wc
bear our homes. I appeal to every
one of you to exert yourselves in
all ways possible to assist in having
a good fair, not only by exhibiting
products, but by urging the matter
through the press.
In the history of live stock there
has never been so much interest
taken in pure breeds as now; we
cannot stand still, it is either ad
vance or fall behind. The press
will back us, the business men will
stand by us, and shall we whose fu
ture prosperity to a large extent de
pend on the present decision, be
found wanting?
Brother Breeders, if T should say
yes, I should feel I had wronged
you. Yours for improvement,
I). B. Perkins.
Taxable Values.
The state auditor’s office has just
completed a statement showing the
taxable values of the state under the'
1901 assessment. The increase in
values for 1901 over 1900 is in ex
cess of $20,000,000, while the as
sessed valuation of property owned
by railroads, express, telegraph and
sleeping car companies is $3,586,
911 more than it was in 1900.
long Term Prisoner Pardoned.
Gov. Davis last week granted &
pardon to It. C. Bradv, serving on
the county farm for the illegal sale
of whisky in Craighead county. The
case is an old one, Brady having
been convicted in about twenty-five
cases and fined $200 and costs in
each, an aggregate of over $6,000
fines and costs, which he had to
serve out on the county farm, as
he had no money. Gov. Jones
granted him a conditional pardon
over two years ago, but he violated
the condition and was reincarcer
ated and sent to the county farm.
At 1 o cents per day, it would take
just twenty-two years to serve out
a $6,000 line and costs.
Knights Pythias.
At. the annual meeting of the'
state grand lodge, Knights of Pyth
ias, held in Hot Springs last week,
the following officers were elected:
Dr. V. II. Hallman of Hot Springs,,
grand chancellor; J. H. Hinemon
of Pine Bluff, grand vice chancel
lor; N. E. Duffcy, grand prelate;
Ben W. Bartlett, grand keeper of
records and seal; F. W. Hoyler,.
grand master of exchequer; An
diew Ponder, grand master at
arms; J. D. Yuckly, grand inner
guard; John W. Hall, grand outer
guard; 11. C. Thompson, grand
trustee.
Homestead Rights.
An important opinion was deliv
ered in the federal court at Little
Bock last week in the bankruptcy
case of J. N. Stone, of Casa. On
December 14, the day before his
failure, Stone removed his family
from a rented house into the. hack
part of the store and claimed it as
his homestead. The court holds that
the homestead exemption, as con
strued hv the supreme court of the
state, entitled him to retain the en
tire premises as exempt.
Insurance Paid.
According to a statement pub
lished bv the Insurance Press of
New York, $949,433 was paid out
in Arkansas last year by life insur
ance companies. Little Kook leads
the list with a total of $187,749.
Other large amounts were: Bates
ville, $2(1,200; Camden. $38,000;
Conway, $24,13S; Fort Smith, $27,
343; Helena, $3(5,981; Hot Springs,
$42,855; Tine Bluff, $28,000; Tex
arkana. $36,277; Yan Buren, $17,
000.
Suit for Slander.
E. F. Graham, a clerk in a Hot
Springs clothing store, has institut
ed suit against John P. O'Neill, of
Kansas City, for $23,000 damages.
O'Neill claims to be a sheriff of
Kansas City, and while visiting in
Hot Springs recently he lost $250..
and accused Graham of stealing it
from him.
Prosperous Bank.
The Bank of England declared a
dividend of 30 per cent, for the
twelve months endiug May 1. Tito
stockholders have decided to in
crease the capital stock to $30,000.
all paid up.
BRIEF MENTION.
Gen. Powell Clayton was in Lit
tle Bock a few days ago conferring
with party leaders.
Capt. J. M. Benefield, a pioneer
settler and proprietor of the first'
hotel in Texarkana, died last .week. .
The Iron Mountain will expends
in the neighborhood of $100,000 at
Walnut Ridge for repair shops, de
pots, etc.
In an effort to blow open the
safe in a store at St. Joe, Searcy
county, the robbers wrecked the
building but secured no money. The -
dynamite was not placed right, or
prematurely exploded.
J. M. Hamilton, cashier in the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail
road company at Helena, made an
unsuccessful attempt to take his
life by swallowing a large dcse of
laudanum. It is rumored Hamil
ton is short in his accounts.