»H- Wwdmkf Evan News.
VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1900.
NO. 25.
Ad Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Gliuipoe at What Con#t«»» i» U“
tuB Together With u G'aretully
UiKentcd and Condensed Compila
tion of Current Sens Items, Uotlt
Domestic and Foreign.
COSGHESSUtiSAL NOTES.
The array appropriation bill, carrying
about $74,000,000, was passed by the
senate.
The house completed and passed the
agricultural appropriation bill. It car
ries $7,481,440, including the usual ap
propriation for free seed distribution.
The house passed the military acad
emy appropriation bill, carrying $l,GG3,
115.
The house adopted a resolution of
thanks, on behalf of the people of the
United States to Gen. Horace Porter,late
ambassador to Prance, for his untiring
efforts to discover and disinter the body
of Admiral Paul Jones; also that his
speech, delivered at Annapolis on the
occasion of the reinterment of the body
be printed in the Congressional Record.
GRtVEIlAI. NE1V« ITEMS.
Superior Judge Murasky, at San
Francisco has passed on the sanity of
upwards of eighty persons whose
minds have been more or less de
ranged by fright consequent upon the
great disaster.
The savings banks of San Francis
co have reopened for business and
all the commercial banks report busi
ness lively and withdrawals practic
ally discontinued.
Mrs. Serena Lang, of St. Joseph,
Mo., aged (!G, died as the result of in
juries received by being thrown down
stairs by Ruth Mayes, a woman she
had befriended.
A large number of Washington
newspaper correspondents and repre
sentatives of leading daily newspa
pers met the president at the execu
tive offices aud listened to his views
on railroad rate legislation.
As the result of a collision with a
cow and calf a Texas Pacific passen
ger train was wrecked at Sodus, La.
The engineer aud firemen were killed
two passengers seriously and several
others slightly hurt.
Former President Cleveland was
the guest of honor at a dinner given in
connection with the annual jaunt oi
of the Periodical Publishers’ Associ
ation of America at Atlantic City, N.
J. There was a distinguished com
pany of authors, artists and publish
ers present.
A report that a revolutionary out
break had occurred in eastern Cuba,
under the leadership of Leal, a former
agitator, is denied from Havana.
A big charity fete in aid of the San
Francisco sufferers was held at
“Friendship,” the beautiful country
home of John R. McLean near Wash
ington, D. C.
Owen Harris, the negro who was
arrested in St. Louis on suspicion of
being the murderer of Mrs. Elizabeth
Mize, in Chicago established a clear
alibi.
Upwards of $30,000 was realized
from an all-day benefit performance
in the Metropolitan opera house in
New York in aid of the San Francisco
sufferers.
As the result of a shooting affray
at Birmingham, Ala., Thomas G. Hew
litt is dead, John T. Shupart was ex
pected to die and Frank Lee and Leon
ard Potts, bystanders slightly
wounded.
France, Italy and Russia are siding
with Great Gritain in the 'Jabah dis
pute with Turkey.
Ten persons were reported killed
as the result of a head-on cofiisiou
near Williamsburg, Pa., on the Penn
sylvania railroad.
The official canvass of the result of
the Cuban presidential election has
been made and Tomas Estrada Palma
and Mendez Capote declared elected
president mil vice-president respec
tively.
It is announced that Mr and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth will he among the
guests at the coronation of King Haa
kon and Queen Maud of Norway.
The federal grand jury in New York
has returned seven indictments against
railroad companies and sugar refining
concerns for violation of the Elk'iTS
anti trust law, in the alleged sugar re
bating case.
During the disturbed period in Rus
sia fugitives are said to have deposited
$187,000 in German banks.
Sir Mortimer Durand, the British
ambassador in Washington, has gone
home for a month’s visit.
In an unfortunate collision between
state constabulary and a mob made up
mostly of foreigners, at Mount Carmel
Da., several meu were wounded, three
Probably fatally, by the constabulary,
who fired into the mob after submitting
to being pelted with rocks until for
bearance ceased to be a. virtue.
Maj.-Gen. Bates, retv.a, tttr* to
San Francisco to assist in organizing
and perfecting the system of auditing
Ked Cross and government accounts.
King Edvard of Great Britain, while
in Paris dined with President Fallierea
and most of the French cabinet minis
ters.
Officials of the Russian and German
health departments met at Thorn, Prus
sian Poland, and discussed plans for the
prevention of the spread of cholera.
Viscount Aoaki, first Japanese am
bassador to the Unitfd States, has been
formally presented to the president.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, at Lon
don. emphatically denied the allegation
that the plans of the British battleship
Dreadnaught were stolen by an official
of the British admiralty and sold to the
United States.
Nine cadets have been expelled from
the New Mexico military academy for
being involved in a mutiny.
The lepers of Molokai, Hawaii, in
mass meeting, adopted resolutions of
sympathy with the San Francisco suf
ferers.
Maj. W. T. Bowder, a prominent, citi
zen of Memphis, Tenn., was shot from
ambush and instantly killed while walk
ing towards his home.
John Alexander Dowie is making lit
tle if any progress in regaining his foot
hold in Zion. The “faithful” still stick
to Voliva.
The machine house, gui-cotton
house and dry cotton house of the
Lamotte powder works, near Ash
burn, Mo., were destroyed by an ex
plosion and two men killed and sev
eral injured.
The statue erected in honor of Fa
lter Sorin. founder of Notre Dame
(Ind.) university, was unveiled with
great ceremony.
Father Thomas Sherman, S. J..
tbandoned his march to the sea over
the route taken by his father, and re
timed to Fort Oglethorpe with the
escorting party. Father Sherman ex
pressed regrets that his mission
should have been misunderstood.
Although founded 70 years ago, Me'
Ccrntick theological seminary has
never had a president until Rev.
Tames G. K. McClure was recently
inaugurated.
A tornado that struck northwest of
Cannon Falls, Minn., destroyed a
number of farm buildings, but no
lives were lost.
Corwin It. Spencer, the well-known
St. Louis grain operator, died suddenly,
at the Planters’ hotel, in that city, fol
lowing an attack of acute indigestion.
The bankers of San Francisco have
all resumed business in temporary
quarters and report satisfactory busi
ness.
The relief supplies in San P-ancis
co are running low, and the country
is asked not to stay its hand.
The finance committee at San
Francisco find that they have a knot'y
problem on hand to secure in a safe
and conservative manner the neces
sary funds for rebuilding the city.
Twenty-five charges or illegal em
ployment of children are made
against J. S. Murray, president ol
Bentley, Murray & Co., printers ol
sporting score cards in Chicago.
The International Cotton conference
in Washington ended its sessions with
an undestranding that it would reas
semble next year if deemed necessary.
Rules for balng American cotton were
adopted.
An optimistic feeling prevails in San
Francisco that scouts the idea of hard
times following the great calamity. Es
timates are made of large amounts of
money moving in the rehabilitation of
the city that will put hard times, to
flight.
Gov. Pennypaeker of Pennsylvania
has issued a proclamation calling upon
all citizens to assist in the maintenance
of law and order, and declaring that vi
olence will not be tolerated.
Great Britain is losing patience with
Turkey, and unless the latter's troops
are quickly withdrawn from Tabah is
likely to take some drastic action.
The various Russian political parties
are occupying the time pending the as
sembling of the parliament, May 10, in
elaborating their political programmes.
Congress having already declared, in
the Spooner act. in favor of a lock
canal across the isthmus, is not likely to
bother itself with further legislation
determining the type of canal to be con
structed.
Huntington and Mansfield, in Sebas
tian county, Arkansas, were visited by
a violent wind and rain storm, which
did a large amount of damage. The
streets of Huntington were flooded two
feet deep, and around Mansfield large
tracts of timber were leveled.
The Delmont (Pa.) national bank
and the Monongahela Valley hank of
Duquesne, Pa., have been closed. The
president of the former, who was also
a vice-president of the latter, is inter
ested in a chain of amusement enter
prises.
Gov. Hooh of Kansas was renominat
ed, despite the alleged kissing episode,
practically by acclamation.
Capt. Gwynn, who has been engaged
in looking up the dead in the burned
district of San Francisco, says that so
far the military have records of 350 dead
bodies, and he does not think the total
will go beyond 500.
Queen’s university of Ottawa, Ont.,
has conferred the uegree of LL. D. on
Andrew Carnegie.
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
Ranks Seventh.
A report recently issued by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor
upon the cotton growing industry of
the United States shows that Arkan
sas ranked seventh as a cotton grow
ing state in 1905. According to the
report the average weight of bales
produced in 1905 was 51G.9, making
the total gross weight in pounds of the
1905 crop for Arkansas 309,55S,4S0
pounds. All except one-tenth of 1
per cent of these bales were square.
The bulletin shows there were 2,521
gins operated in the State during
1905, as compared with 2,631 in 1904.
The 1905 crop of Arkansas was worth
$10,000,000 less than the crop of
either of the 3 previous years The
value of the 1905 crop was about
$35, 000,000. This crop grew in 72
counties of the state. Three counties
reported no cotton. Forty counties
reported more than 5,000 bales and 25
counties reported more than 10,000
bales for 1905. More than two-thirds
of the cotton crop of 1905 was raised
in the 25 counties reporting more
than 10,000 bales. The banner coun
ty for 1905 was Mississippi county
which produced the equivalent cf
27,079 bales of 500 pounds each.
R. B. Clear of Piuey Fork township
of Sharp county, has tiled a complaint
in the Chancery Court at Evening
Shade in which he alleges cause for
contesting the result of the recent
primary election. Mr. Clear, W. F.
Smith and others were candidates for
assessor and the result as cast up by
the committee appointed by the con
vention to canvass the returns shows
that Smith was nominated by one
vote over Clear. Mr. Clear is of the
opinion that the count was not cor
rect.
In the Circuit Court at Fayette
ville, Mrs. S. H. B'lackmer has been
given judgment against the Western
Union Telegraph Company for $10,000.
The complaint was that while she
was visiting her daughter in Little
Rock last fall her husband telegraph
ed her to come to the bedside of her
mother, who was very ill. The mes
sage was not delivered until the next
day, and Mrs. Blackwell did not reach
home until after the death of her
mother.
A Small Race War.
A strong feeling against certain ne
gro residents of Carlisle resulted in
their being requested to leave town,
a short time ago. The negroes refus
ed to leave and a number of threaten
ing demonstrations were made by the
white citizens, who objected to their
delay in leaving the town. A store be
longing to one of the objectionable
negroes was dynamited and several of
the negroes were shot at and one res
idence was riddled with buckshot.
It is said that the majority of the ob
jectionable element of the negro popu
lation of Carlisle has left that city
as a result of these demonstrations
against their further residence.
Election Contest.
Gets Heavy Damages.
Damages Wanted.
H. T. Salter of Ardmore, I. T., filed
suit in the Circuit Court at Hot
Springs recently for $20,000, against
the Hot Springs Water Company,
for injuries which he claims to have
sustained a short time ago. The suit
is based on the claim of Salter that
he drove into a ditch left open by the
water company, without properly
placing lights or signals to warn the
public of the danger.
A Heavy Loss.
Fire at F.1 Dorado, a few days ago
destroyed two frame buildings occu
pied by several business enterprises
of the town. The total property loss
is estimated at $k,000, which is par
tially covered by insurance. One of
the heaviest losers in the fire was the
firm of Martin & Crain, of the Union
County Tribune. This is one of the
oldest and most influential newspap
ers in Arkansas.
Claims Self-Defense.
Frank Phillips, a contractor living
at Little Rock, was shot and killed at
his home in that city recently. The
shooting was done by Ben Stewart, a
brother-in-law of the deceased. Stew
art claims that the shooting was done
in self-defense.
Collector Injured.
W. A. Davis, who was a recent can
didate in the Democratic primary for
the legislature, was struck on the jaw
by S. Moorehoad and Is In a serious
condition. Mr. Davis presetted a
bill to Moorehead and a dispute arose
over the account. The parties are
all residents of Hot Springs, where
the trouble ocurred.
Caused by Heart Disease.
John Davidson fell dead while plant
ing cotton near Parnell Springs re
cently. Heart disease is said to have
been the cause.
THE VOTE FOR U. S. SENATOR.
While there has been no official
announcement of the total vote cast
for United States senator in the Dem
ocratic Primaries held March 28, the
following table gives the results as
nearly as they can be obtained at
present.
County
Arkansas
Ashley ..
Baxter ..
Davis
. 770
912
618
Benton . 1,436
882
723
888
851
141
Boone ..
Bradley .
Calhoun .
Carroll .
Chicot .
Clark . 1,050
Clay . 1,223
Cleburne . 792
Cleveland . 868
Columbia . 1,269
Conway . 1,329
Craighead . 1,8S1
966
. 132
641
557
100
363
1,015
Crawford .
Crittenden..
Cross .
Dallas .
Desha ..
Drew ..
Faulkner .
Franklin. 1,137
Fulton . 089
Garland . 1,032
Grant . 620
Greene . 1.733
Hempstead . 1,135
Hot Spring . 870
Howard . 1,085
Independence . 1,136
Izard . 1,133
Jackson . 715
Jefferson . 425
Johnson .1,543
Lafayette.
Lawrence.
Lee .
Lincoln .
Little River.
Logan . 1,240
Lonoke . 1,051
604
924
470
347
594
769
770
G03
905
601
8S3
744
437
695
483
Madison .
Marion .
Miller .
Mississippi .
Monroe .
Montgomery .
Nevada .
Newton .
Ouachita .
Perry .
Phillips . 433
Pike . 553
Poinsett . 1,140
Polk . 521
Pope . 1,935
Prairie . 1,1 S3
Pulaski . 2,197
Randolph . 584
Saline . 1,201
Scott . 498
Searcy . 416
Sebastian . 1,744
Sevier . 893
Sharp . 825
St. Francis
Stone.
Union .
Van Buren
Washington
White
Woodruff ..
Veil .
716
675
1,069
637
1.370
2.370
803
1,227
Berry
tot
722
632
2,034
1,015
6G1
203
767
270
977
1,077
293
297
824
547
1,105
831
396
604
531
200
623
552
875
880
1,395
486
1,117
1,036
703
792
1,2S1
900
S75
1,095
665
440
714
486
179
495
542
553
715
460
SGI
1,163
459
190
751
141
783
245
1,134
286
542
W8
551
:,425
506
552
302
294
1,188
662
363
540
1,079
148
1,645
1,078
409
667
Totals .67,892 55,074
Davis’ majority, 12.81S.
In Poinsett county the vote given
in the table is that cast in primary
No. 1, which was conducted under the ,
auspices of the regular Democratic
county committee. The vote in prim
ary No. 2 gave about 600 majority ■
for Senator Berry.
A Terrible De3th.
Miss Koxie Boydston of MAnmotb
Springs was fatally burned last week.
She was at work near a stove when
the door came open and her dress
caught fire. She was alone at the |
time,- and before help came was so
badly burned that death resulted in
a few hours. Her clothing was almost
all burned off and one side of her
body was entirely consumed.
To Hold Convention.
Preliminary arrangements have
been made for the holding of the
thirteenth annual Christian Endeavor
Convention at Little Rock. The meet
ing will be held May 2S to 31. It is pro
posed to make the convention the
largest and most important ever held
by the Christian Endeavor society in
the state. It is expected that several
speakers of national prominence in
church circles will be present.
A Heavy Loss.
The sawmill com^nissary, barn and
about 50,000 feet of lumber, located
about three miles north of Zinc, and
belonging to H. IV. Uedus of Mountain
Home, were destroyed by fire recent
ly. The planing mill, shingle mill,
saws and a considerable part of the
belting was saved. The loss is esti
mated at about $5,000.
Breaks a Leg.
Ralph Campbell broke his right leg
while alighting from a carriage at
Rogers recently.
ARKANSAS BRIEFS
An Odd Fellow's lodge has been in
stituted at Gifford.
A $100,000 lumber company has been
established at Berryville.
The Y. M. C. A. at Pine Bluff now
has a membership of 1,399.
The town of Higginson will be in
corporated in a short time.
A Building and Trades Council has
been organized at Pine Bluff.
Cotton planting is said to be about
completed in most sections of the
State.
Hugh Dunlap was struck and slight
ly injured by lightning at Little Itock
last week.
L. P. Miles of Fort Smith is able to
be upon the streets again after a sharp
attack of paralysis.
Ted Rouse, 10 years old, son of J. A.
Rouse of Rogers, fell from a fence re
cently and broke his arm.
Good country corn has been selling
at $1 a bushel, at Searcy, and the de
mand cannot be supplied gt that price.
Fire which originated in the second
floor of the Trulock budding at Pine
Bluff recently resulted in a total loss
of $10,000.
Victor Price, of Fayetteville, accused
of killing Fred Bussey, last February,
has been indicted for murder iu the
first degree.
J. W. Beck, a prospector, claims to
have found $1,100 in gold hidden in
Logan county. The money will be
paid to anyone, who can prove owner
ship.
A negro who appeared in the town
of Heber recently has caused consider
able comment. There are only three
negroes in Cleburne county.
During this month between 25 and
30 new members will be taken into
the Elks’ lodge of Mena, and big pre
parations are being made for receiv
ing them.
Miss Rena Paulk of Texarkana was
accidently shot several days ago. A
neighbor wras shooting at a dog, and
the ball struck Miss Paulk in the
shoulder, inflicting a slight wound.
James Caldwell was killed several
miles from Hot Springs a few days
ago. His body was found in the pub
lic road riddled with buck shot, and
the identity of the murderer is un
known.
Arthur Fowler, aged 37 years, son
of Col. Pleas Fowler of Valley Springs,
was drowned while fishing recently
in Buffalo river. The body has been
recovered.
A syndicate composed of Fayette
ville capitalists was organized last
week for the purpose of buying Texas
land. The company has purchased
12.S00 acres of land in Demmit county,
southern Texas.
The population of Fort SJnith is now
estimated to be 32,000. In the city
directory the names of 9,297 persons
appear. This, multiplied by 3 1-2,
gives the present estimate.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Southwestern Fire Insur
ance Company of Little Rock. The
company is organized under the laws
of the state as a mutual company with
no capital stock, but with not less
than $100,000 risks in force. The of
fice of the company will be located at
Little Rock.
S. \V. Langhorn, whoso mother owns
much property in Wallace’s addition
to Rogers, has been formally charged
by five complainants with the offense
of forgery. It is alleged that Lang
horn, acting as his mother’s supposed
agent, sold lots and furnished deeds
to the property conveyed. It is also
charged that the notary’s name ap
pearing on the deeds is fictitious.
G. E. Cato, aged 21, a switchman in
the Iron Mountain yards at Texarkana,
was run over and killed while coupling
cars recently. His chest was crushed
and his back broken. He was a mem
ber of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and Modern Woodmen.
Tlie St. Francis Levee Board has
sold 63,000 of land located in the
counties of Craighead and Mississippi.
The land was sold to Memphis parties
and the total consideration is said to
have been about $90,000. This money
will probably ho spent for repair work
on the levee during this year.
Work is progressing on the Tour
ist hotel at Bentonville. The building
proper will be 56x141 feet, with about
2.000 square feet of porches. It will
be built of brick, two stories high,
with attic and basement, and will be
equipped throughout with all modern
improvements and conveniences.
H. R. King was shot and killed at
Pine Bluff by I. N. Eason several days
ago. Eason claims that the shooting
was done in self defense. The shoot
ing was caused by trouble over atten
tions King is said to have been paying
.o Eason’s daughter.
aboOt the new dresses.
The Empire Styles Lead, with Thera
Are Worn Pretty Little Coats
and Broad Sashes.
Much speculation has been rife in
Paris as to the lines to be adopted ta
the coming season for the new dresses.
Humor said a return to the l'rills of
1870 was imminent, but no one could
speak with certainty, since the leading
dressmakers declined to give the
slightest hint as to the styles in prep
aration. Now, at. last, your correspon
dent has been by special favor allowed
a glance at the models which are to be
displayed to customers from all parts
of the world. And let it be said at
once that the majority of gowns will
be constructed on Empire lines. Small
boleros, clasping the bust closely, and
bound to the figure by folded satin
sashes, or pieces of wondrous embroid
ery, will play a leading role on both
day and evening dresses. From under
this folded sash, which runs up high at
the back, the skirt will fall in graceful
lines. Across the front of the boddce a
good deal of padding is used to give
the straight, square look to the bust
which is essential for success.
In cloth gowns, of coat and skirt
type, there is a quaint adaptation of
this Empire idea. The very short bo
lero of last autumn has a loose basque
added to it, which falls away from the
figure beneath the arms and descends
to the waist-line. Beneath tins coat
the skirt risps high over the bust, end
ing sometimes with straps over the
shoulder.
Of blouses there are none. Their
place is taken by the elegant lace
guimpes which finish the Empire
gowns. Fine and beautiful laces are
used for these, and any bits of good
lace can be brought into use. With a
little bib-shaped piece of Irish lace
forming the middle of the front of the
bodice, straight lapels of the same lace
can be placed on the sleeve, running
down the middle, the material used for
the gown forming lightly draped puffs
on either side.—N. Y. Tribune.
WHEN THERE 13 NO MAID,
How to Have a Successful Dinner
Party When Hostess Must Pre
pare and Serve.
Plan the tneal beforehand with di
rect reference to making a mininmum
of cooking and serving at the last
moment. First select such dishes as
can be prepared wholly or in part
some time before the meal. Set the
table ready for the first course and,
if it is warm weather, the windows
open and a strong breeze with much
dust, throw over all a cover made of
several breadths of cheese cloth. Se
lect the china, glass and silver for
the various courses and arrange on
the sideboard or an extra side table,
putting the set for each course by it
self. In the kitchen put a table as
near to the communicating door as
possible; keep half of it clear to re
ceive the soiled dishes. On the other
end place the platters, etc., on which
to dish up the hot food. When the
meal time arrives put the first course
on the table before asking your guests
into the dining room. When it is fin
ished they will, presumably, be deep
in conversation while you are em
ployed in changing the dishes. Hav
ing everything in readiness this will
take but a few moments and you can
resume your scat. When there is no
host to do the honors it will relieve
you if you are at liberty to ask one or
more of the guests to serve certain
dishes.—Chicago Chronicle.
Banana Blanc Mange.
Soak a table spoonful of gelatine for
an hour in a teaspoonful of water.
Bring a cupful and a half of milk to
the boiling point, add a pinch of bak
ing soda, and stir in a half cupful of
sugar and the soaked gelatine. Boil
for five minutes, stirring steadily. Line
a jelly mold with sliced bananas and
pour the lukewarm blancmange care
fully in upon these. Set in the ice to
form. Turn out and eat with whipped
cream.
Mo Wonder.
Winston Churchill, the English au
thor, has brought upon himself much
amused criticism by a ponderous, it
courteous, phrase which he used in a
political argument. He referred to thS
untruthful statement of an opponent
as a "terminological inexactitude."
Fresh Air for Baby.
Never shut out tresn air . nd sunshina
from baby's living and sleeping rooms.
Sleep is more refreshing at night for tits
flood of sunshine and air let into the
room during the day.
Good for an Expert.
A famous ‘‘diet exper:" was mar
ried in London the other day. The
menu of the wedding breakfast was:
Clear vegetable soup, Cepes cu lets,
cabbage with chrese sauca, milk pow
der blauc mange, chocolate blanc
mange, dice c savory, fruit.
To Avoid, a Draught.
If one fears a draught from the open
window in the bedroom have the open
ing at the top covered with a strip of
muslin, and keep the window epon the
year around.