The Newark Journal.
O. P. CkAIO, Editor.
NEWARK- - T~ ARKANSAS.
An American prospector has dis
covered a rich gold mine on the Lu
zon island in the Philippines.
The plant of the Armour soap
works in Chicago was destroyed by
fire, causing a loss of $210,000.
Miss Clara Barton has resigned
the presidency of the Bed Cross
Society and is succeeded by Mrs.
John A. Logan.
Johnny Bryant, a white man,
died at Fresno, Cal., from injuries
received in a prize fight with B alter
Kobinson, a negro. *
Hon. Wm. It. Hearst emphatical
ly denies a rumor that he is plan
ning to bolt the nominee of the
democratic convention should be
defeated.
The entire business section of
Lafolette, Tenn., was wiped out by
fire, thirty-five buildings being de
stroyed. Loss about $200,000 with
only $00,000 insurance.
Lewis Hammel died at Con
cordia, Kan., recently at the age of
90 years, leaving seven children,
sixty-seven grandchildren and for
ty-six great grandchildren.
The safe of the Metz Banking
Company at Metz, Mo., was blown
open with nitroglycerine by bank
robbers, and the entire amount on
deposit, $2,000 was taken.
The striking machinists of the
Santa Fe system have been enjoin
ed through federal court from in
any manner interfering with em
ployes who take their places.
In the postoftice bill congress pro
vided for the appointment of a pur
chasing agent, at a salary of $1,000
a year, but it made no provision in
the bill for an appropriation to pay
the salary.
Louis James, or Mierman, Lex.,
has been awarded $10,000 against
the owners of the Oriental hotel at
Dallas, Tex., for libel because he
and his wife were accused of steal
ing a pair of pillowslips valued at
$1.50.
The democratic state convention
•f Indiana instructed the delegates
to the national convention to vote
as a unit for Judge Parker of New ;
York for president, and indorsed
Thomas Taggart for national com
mitteeman. and recommended him j
to the national convention as its
chairman.
The skeleton of W. L. Wentz, the
young millionaire mine owner who
disappeared near Pig Stone Gap, in
the mountains u£ Virginia, last Oe- i
kiber, was discovered at an unfre-1
quented spot last week. The man’s ;
relatives declare he was murdered, j
but a coroner’s jurv held that he
accidentally shot himself.
While Christian Holiness people1
were in the midst of an enthusiastic '
revival meeting at their tabernacle !
in Wabash, Ind., an unknown per
son dashed a big bottle of chloro
form over the congregation. Nu
merous persons were so overcome
that they had to he dragged to the
doors before they revived.
John W. Schorr, the Memphis I
brewer, who has dabbled in turf
struggles for the past ten years, I
holds a record among owners that j
will probably stand for many years I
to come. Horses carrying the or
ange and black of the Schorrs have
won seven Derbies on the western
turf during the past seven years.
It is stated that Judge George
Gray of Pennsylvania has been
chosen by the nominating commit
tee of the National Civic Federa
tion to succeed the late Senator
Marcus A. Hanna as president of
the federation. He will not as
sume the duties until after the
nominations are made for president.
Henry Deeter, who demanded of
a wealthy planter of near Marshal
town, la., that $1,000 be left for
him at a certain spot under penalty
of death for failure to comply, waa
shot and killed by an officer when
he appeared to get the money.
Money in Ginseng.
At the recent annual meeting of
the State Pharmacist Association a
committee was appointed to pre
pare a bill and present to the next
state legislature or petition the gov
ernor to instruct the board of trus
tees of the state university at Fay
etteville to add to the experimental
station a department for the propa
gation and growing of medicinal
plants that are indigenous to this
state, especially ginseng and golden
seal. In his annual address Presi
dent King referred to the above
subject as follows: ‘‘Our stock of
these valuable plants is being fast
exhausted. This state spends thou
sands of dollars each year teaching
young incn how to raise farm and
food products, and I think it only
■*usi to the medical and drug
proiessions that we have a share of
this experimental work. The mar
ket price of ginseng is $1 per pound
for the green root. And golden
seal is now worth $1 a pound for
the dried root. These prices will
well pay for the trial, and if the
state can demonstrate that the cul
tivation of these two plants is a
success then many of the poor hills
of this state can lie utilized in cul
tivation. President King conclud
ed his address with an appeal to
the pharaaeists to refuse the sale of
cocaine or similar drugs to any
one, except when compounded into
a prescription of some reputable
physician.
U. C. V. Appointments.
Brig. (Jen. William A. Boby, eer
ond brigadier, Arkansas division, U.
C. V., announces the following ap
pointments of sponsor, maids of
honor and chaperon to be in attend
ance at the Nashville reunion, June
14-16: “David 0. Dodd chapter of
IT. D. C., of Tine Bluff, having
kindly consented to select the lady
members of my staff, recommended
the following, which meets my
hearty approval, and therefore
make the following appointments:
Miss Ethel McCombs, of Hamburg,
first maid of honor; Miss Bessie V.
Tucker of Tinker, second maid of
honor: Miss Iola Jeannetta Phi 1
phot of Pine Bluff, sponsor; Mrs.
Clarence E. Philpot, Pine Bluff,
chaperon.
Aeronaut Drowned.
E. E. himbeeker, a professional
aeronaut, made a balloon ascension
and parachute leap at Van Buren.
He alighted in the Arkansas river,
on the south side of the city, and
was drowned. After the balloon
left the earth he realized that he
would be carried over the river and
shouted to the crowd to watch the
river. As soon as he had reached
a safe altitude, he tried to cut
loose, but when he did succeed he
was over the river. His home was
in St. Paul, Kan. His body has.
not been recovered.
Attorney General Answers Question.
Attorney General Murphy has
rendered an important opinion af
fecting the right of a county judge
to remove a county examiner. The
attorney general holds that a coun
ty judge cannot remove an examin
er except for cause and after a hear
ing upon the chargee which may be
preferred against him. The opin
ion was rendered upon the request
of State Superintendent Hinemon
and was based upon an attempt
made by a county judge to remove
a county examiner arbitrarily.
Gro:trs in Convention.
Thirty delegatee, representing the
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of
Arkansas, met in annual convention
at Little Rock on the 10th inst.
Questions of credit, rebate, profits,
freight rates, etc., were discussed
and committees appointed to seek
relief where the trade in this terri
tory is being discriminated against.
The next meeting will be held at
Texarkana in 1905.
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Child Brutally Assaulted.
The 12-year-old daughter of T.
N. Ivoss, of Kearney, Jefferson coun
ty, was the victim of one of the most
brutal and deliberately planned as
saults ever committed in this state.
With a younger sister the victim
was playing near a lake a short dis
tance from her home, and while on
their way to the house the children
M ere met by a negro named Robert
Davis. As the negro started in the
same direction, speaking kindly to
the children, they did not become
frightened until a point where a
dense underbrush grows alongside
the road was reached. Here Davis
grabbed the oldest girl and took her
into a thicket, where he most brutal
ly maltreated her. The younger child
ran home and gave the alarm, but
Mr. Ross reached the place too late,
and found his child unconscious.
She was taken home and given at
tention. The news of the crime
aroused the neighborhood and with
in a few' hours the guilty party was
in custody and the children identi
fied him. To keep the people from
wreaking vengeance on him, the offi
cers secreted Davis in an old build
ing until the arrival of a train, and
started with him to the depot. Mr.
Ross, father of the negro's victim,
was on the outlook and recognized
Davis, who was handcuffed to an
other negro, the object being to con
vey tire idea to the people that both
were under arrest and that there
was still some doubt as to the guilty
party. Ross drew a revolver and be
gan firing at Davis, who was struck
twice and one bullet hit Constable
Carr in the leg. Davis was not se
riously wounded and after reaching
Pine Bluff with the officers made a
confession. Davis stated that he
was fishing in company with his
wife; that he sent her home when
he saw the children, and when they
started home he met up with them
and led them to believe he meant no
harm until he reached a favorable
| spot to carry out his fiendish desire.
Request Removals of Embankment*.
The St. Francis levee board met
in annual ses>ion at Memphis on the
10th inst., President Killough pre
siding. Resolutions were passed
j requesting railroads crossing the
I Mississippi at Memphis to remove
all embankments between levees and
I the river on the Arkansas side be
| cause of the interference of the em
I bankmont to levees during flood
i time. Should the railroads fail to
comply with this request, the board
will seek relief through legislation.
| A resolution was also adopted re
questing the next Arkansas general
assembly to re-enact the bill passed
at the last session authorizing an ad
ditional issue of $500,000 of bonds.
The above act did not become ef
fective because it was not presented
to the governor for his signature
within the prescribed limit after its
passage.
A Negro Genius.
Richard Simons, a Forrest City
negro, has made a miniature steam
| boat, complete, which he will send
i to the Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion. The boat is tin-hound and
wood-lined, has sheet iron boiler
and furnace, in which snre enough
fire may he lighted, a miniature bell
metal bell and other equipments
complete. The work Mas all done
by himself and by hand. It requir
ed three months and ten days of his
time to build the boat.
Charged With Killing Son-in-Law.
Wesley -Middleton Mas shot and
killed at his home eighteen miles
north of Searcy as he lay asleep in
his bed beside his Mifc and baby.
A coroner’s jury held Mrs. Fowler,!
Middleton’s mother-in-law, respon
sible for the crime. Mrs. Fowler
advanced the theory of suicide, but
the jury took the view that the cir
cumstances indicated murder. Only
one shot Mas fired, the bullet enter- j
ing the back of the head
Diiciples of Christ in Conreotion.
The annual convention of the
Disciples of Christ of Arkansas ad
journed at Little Rock on the 9th
after a five-days’ session, with the
election of officers and the selection
of Paragould as the next place of
meeting in 1905. The officers of
the various departments of the con
vention as elected are as follows:
Christian Woman’s Board of Mis
sions—President, Mrs. John Fletch
er, Little Hock; vice president, Mrs.
R. D. Partee, Little Rock; secreta
ry, Mrs. J. M. Critz, Little Rock;
recording secretary', Mrs. II. G.
Martin, Little Rock; treasurer,
Mrs. N. B. Henderson, Little Rock;
I superintendent of junior work,
Miss Matthews of Pine BlulT.
Officers of State Missionary So
ciety—President, W. S. Bullard.
Texarkana ; first vice president. T.
N-. Kincaid, Hot Springs; second
vice president, J. il. Brooks, Bald
Knob.
State Board—B. R. Davidson,
Fayetteville; John Fletcher, Alex
C. Hull, J. N. Jessup, T. 0. How
land, Little Rock; E. Meek, Ar
' genta.
Corresponding Secretary—E. C.
Browning, Little Rock.
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Preacher Fight.
A shooting affray occurred on a
train near Texarkana between Rev.
J. B. Cranfiil and Rev. S. L. Hay
den. Cranfill fired two shots from
a magazine pistol at Hayden while
the latter was struggling for pos
session of the weapon. Neither
shot took effect. The encounter oc
curred in the lavatory of the sleep
er, on which both men were en
route to the Southern Baptist con
vention at Nashville, Tenn. Both
men are well known and Cranfill
about two years ago was the de
fendant in a libel suit instituted by
Hayden at Dallas, Tex., in which
the latter was given a verdict for
several thousand dollars.
Yeung Offender Pardoned.
President Roosevelt has commut
ed to expire June 1 the sentence of
Lennie Henson, convicted in this
state of purloining a letter from a
rural free delivery mail box and sen
tenced to prison for a year and a
day. Henson is under age and the
pardon was recommended by the
district attorney and trial judge.
Jail Delivery at Van Buren.
While Tot England, jailer at
Van Buren, was feeding his prison
ers. one, named Carl Sanders, a
white man, asked England for some
kindling, and when he turned to
get him the kindling Sanders struck
him over the head with a washboard |
and knocked him senseless. San
ders made his escape.
Will Lee Will Rot Hang.
The supreme court lias modified
the judgment of Pulaski circuit
court in the ease of Will Lee, a ne
gro under sentence to be hanged for
the murder of Torn Partin, alsi
colored. The court fixed his pun
ishment at twenty-one years in the
penitentiary.
Young Men Use Guns.
A fight occurred between several
young men at Fountain Hill, Ash
ley county, in which Tom Gardner
was shot and killed, quite a num
ber of other shots being fired, but
no one else was hurt. Ed and Joe
Russell were arrested for the kill
ing- _
Negro Boy Killed.
Chas. Balknight, a negro boy 7
years of age, w'as run over and kill
ed at Pine Bluff by a Pine Bluff
and Western train. The accident
occurred at night, and it is believed
the boy was asleep on the track.
Bishop Brown Endorsed.
A feature of the annual session
of the diocesan council of the Epis
copal church, held at Pine Bluff,
was the adoption of a resolution
sustaining Bishop Brown in his ut
terances on the negro question. The
resolution commends the bishop's
action in the premises. It will be
remembered that Bishop Brown’s
views, as expressed in the east, rais
ed a storm of criticism in Boston
and elsewhere in the east
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