The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIO, Kdltor.
NEWARK- - , ARKANSAS^
Tt is esiiranted la<t seamen's cot
ton crop in Texas was 3,080,000
bales.
Russia lias threatened to seize
Pekin in ease China gives armed
aid to Japan.
The city of Chicago is threaten
ed with bankruptcy on account of
personal damage suits.
Several officials of Oklahoma
City have been indicted by the
grand jury on the charge of hood
ling.
A correspondent of the Globe
Penioerat advises both labor and
capital to steer clear of Panama at
the present time.
The national democratic commit
tee held a meeting in St. Louis and
completed arrangements for the na
tional convention.
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of members of the navv afflicted
with consumption has been estab
lished at Mobile, Ala.
Ex-Secretary Hoofs friends arc
urging him as the logical candidate
for the republican nomination for
governor of Xcw York.
ltailroad traflie has been greatly
impeded in the north and northwest
on account of heavy snow and bliz
zards the last three weeks.
W. C. Bray of Fort Worth. Tex.,
was convicted of aggravated assault
on his wife and sentenced to four
years in jail and fined $2,000. It
was his fifth similar offense.
As the result of an application
for divorce filed at Houston, Tex.,
by Mrs. It. E. Carter, her husband
shot and killed I?. E. Coghlan and
was, in turn fired upon by Mrs. Car
ter.
It is estimated that David Sullv.
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the cotton and coffee- hull, cleaned
up over $11,000,000 in the two
deals, and when j/e turned lor-" his
holdings both articles took a big
7ump. f '
-- AVViiU- Avar in the east, it is feared,
will cause a big slump in the stork
markets, it is a certainty that in
cape of a long struggle the cost of
necessaries of life will be still fur
ther increased.
The Yaqui Indians in Mexico
are again giving the government
authorities trouble. A stage coach
was recently held up in th*- state of
Sonora and all on board, six in
number, were killed.
The supreme court of Missouri
has sustained the constitutionality
of the eight-hour law for miners.
The decision was rendered in a ease
where operators had been fined for
working their men more than eight
hours under ground.
j ne Kirov oum:)i r company ana
the Houston Oil company, with
headquarters at Houston. Tex.,
have been placed in the hands of re
ceivers. The Kirby Lumber com
pany is the largest single producer
of pine lumber in the world. Both
corporations are said to be solvent.
The value of the merchandise
passing out of the ports of conti
nental United States in 1903 was
more than a billion and a half dol
lars. While the figures issued by
the department of commerce and
labor through its bureau of -tatis
ties show "total exports’’ of $1.
484,081.995, they do not include
the shipments from the l nited
States to Hawaii or Porto Rico, and
if these were added they would
bring the grand total to over a
billion and a half dollars.
The total number of li\*s lost in
the coal mines of the United States j
in 1902 was 1,951, a- compared
with 1,107 in 1901. The total
number of men injured was 3,(543
in 1091, and 3,438 in 1902.
Gov. Odell of Xew York has re
fused to issue a warrant for the ex
tradition of Win. Zeigler, the mil
lionaire baking powder manufactur
er, wanted in Missouri in connec
tion with baking powder legislation
ct the session of IS91.
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Woman’s Work For the Fair.
Miss Lizzie Cage of Helena, lady
assistant manager for the Arkansas
exhibit at the world's fair, is send
ing out letters of which the follow
ing is a copy:
“It is the wish of the Arkansas
board of commissioners that Arkan
sas should he well represented at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
which opens in St. Louis April f>0,
1904, and that each county in the
state should have an exhibit, if not
in competition, at least in the state
building.
“With that end in view I ask your
hearty co-operation in my endeavor
to make the woman's department as
attractive as possible, feeling sure
that with the assistance and active
support of tin1 women Arkansas will
have a building of which every citi
zen of the state will be proud.
“Governor Davis, in appointing
the honorary commissioners for each
county, neglected to make any pro
visions for quite a few, among oth
ers -. 1 have been instructed
bv the board to supply the omission.
Will you kindly act as chairman of
the- county board, or, rather,
will you organize a country club for
the purpose of collecting exhibits
with which to beautify the state
building? Paintings in oil, water
colors, tapestry, etc., eeremics. py
rography. wood carving, needlework
or any historical relics deemed wor
thy of acceptance by the county
board will be gladly received.
“Hoping you will accede to my
request, I enclose a copy of the rules
and regulations governing the col
lection of exhibits, and will give you
anv further assistance in my pow
er.”
Senator Clark’s First Speech.
Senator James I*. Clarke made
his first speech in the senate on the
2d. He spoke for two hours and
announsed his endorsement of every
position taken by the president in
connection with the Panama revolt,
and in the negotiation of the treaty
with the new shite. He said
that in view of the provocation giv
en by Colombia, the president might
have been expected to go further
than he did in advancing the cause
of Panama. He declared that there
was more popular support of tin*
course of the president's policy
among democrats than among re
publicans, and s,:d that the demo
cratic votes needed to ratify the
treaty were assured, because the in
terest- of the south deman 1 *d tin
building of the canal. Mr. Clarke
was given close attention and bis
speech was well received.
An Interesting Display.
Col. (}. A. A. Deane, lain! com
missioner for Arkansas, has been at
work for more than a year gather
ing material for an exhibit in the
Arkansas state building at the St.
Louis world's fair, which opens
May 1. Probably one of the most
interesting things in the display
will be a large group picture of six
ty-five prominent citizens of Arkan
sas. nearly all of whom have had a
part in the making of her history.
The picture is in a frame about 1 x 0
feet in size, and the individual pic
tures have faces about four times
the size of an ordinary >iz;-d cabinet
portrait.
Buried Half a Century But Well Preserved.
While grading a new street in
North Tuttle Ilock workmen un
covered a metallic casket contain
ing the remains of a body apparent
ly about 11 years of age that had
probably been buried for over half
a century. The casket is of a make
used years ago, and the body was
well preserved, owing to the air
tight casket. The oldest citizens
have no idea of the identity of the
body, and the theory is advanced
that it is that of some one who died
on a boat and was taken ashore and
buried.
Death oi Geo. E. Dodge.
Col. George E. Dodge, one of
the best known lawyers in the state,
died at his home 1.1 Little Rock on
the Oth. The immediate cause oi'
liis death was heart failure. The
deceased was a member of the wide
ly-known law firm of Dodge &
Johnson of Little Rock, general at
torney for the S|. Louis, Iron Moun
tain and Southern railroad in Ar
kansas and Indian Territory, lie
was born and reared in Little Rock,
a son of I)r. R. L. Dodge, a nativi
of Vermont, who came to Arkansas
in 1842. George E. Dodge was
born fifty-eight years ago. He
studied law and was sent to the Al
bany law school in New York,
where he graduated with honors
about 1867. One of his classmates
was William McKinley, of Ohio,
afterward president of the 1 nitid
States. They were life-long friends,
lining Dodge began the practice of
law in Little Rock in 1868. and war
elected city attorney in that year.
In 1871 he formed a law partner
ship with Col. Ben S. Johnson,
which was in existence at the time
of his death. This is the oldest
law firm in Arkansas. In 1816
Col. Dodge was appointed by Gov.
Garland one of Arkansas’ commis
sioner-: at tin' Centennial Exposi
tion at Philadelphia. In 181 I lie
and Col. Johnson were appointed
attorneys for the St. Louis.- Iron
Mountain and Southern railroad.
In 1887 they became general at
torneys of tiiat road for Arkansas '
and Indian Territory. In the ^
death of Col. Dodge the legal pro
fession loses one of its brightest
men and the state a loyal and pro
gressive citizen.
rcaeiai rrisuner oeoicuicu.
Light prisoners convicted at the
recent terms of the federal court in
Fort Smith were sentenced by
dudge lingers. Lafayette Brice, a
boy about 1‘i or 1 1 years of age,
was sent to the reform school at
Washington, 1). for four years.
He was a whisky peddler and got
into trouble through operating in
Cardin’s bottoms. Clark Thomas,
for selling whisky, received a sen
tence of two years in the peniten
tiary and a line of $500. "Red
Thomas, a whisky peddh r, was sent
to the penitentiary for a year and
fined $100. John Broderick, a
manufacturer of illicit whisk .
was sentenced to two years' impris
onment and fined $100. Warren
Carroll, an assistant of Broderick,
received a sentence of one year and
a line of $100. Lon Hanson was
sentenced to one year in the peni
tentiary and a fine of $100 for tak
ing a letter from a rural delivery
box near Springdale. Town Ba
ker, a young whisky peddler, was
sentenced to thirty days' imprison
ment in the Fort Smith jail and a
fine of $100. Henry Swan- m. con
victed of illegally cutting timber
from a homestead, was sentenc
ed to four months' imprisonment.
Swanson's home was in Scott coun
ty.
Will Raise Ginseng.
Antonio Rose, ;i native of Switz
erland, lias leased a farm in (Jar
land county, and proposes to raise
ginseng root, which seels at an av
erage of $5 per pound. Mr. Rose
will begin his experiment by plant
ing two acres and expects to make
the lirst harvest in three years. If
the experiment is successful he ex
pects to realize between $5,000 and
$0,000 net per acre. Ginseng in
China has a. ready sale among ihe
wealthy class. It is supposed to
possess medicinal qualities of the
greatest value and is used as a bev
erage* to prevent sickness. In
America no physician has attribut
ed any value to its essence, but this
has not interfered with the exporta
tion of large quantities from the
United States each year.
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Divorce Case Decided.
By a decision of the snprem
court, passing upon the validity o
the act of the last legislature
known as the Hoxie-Walnut Rid#
act, authorizing incorporated town
to annex contiguous territory, th
city of Little Rock loses the Light 1
ward, being the territory lying oi
the north side of the river. Short
lv after the above act was passet
the town of North Little Rock, ;
community without the city limits
was incorporated. Then a petitioi
was presented io the new town conn
eil asking that an election he licit
for the purpose of allowing tin
citizens of North Little Rock ant
the Kighth ward of Little Rod
proper to vote on the question o
being annexed to the new muniei
pal it y. The election resulted over
whelmingly in favor of severanci
from Little Rock. The matter wa:
taken into the courts on the ques
lion of t.he constitutionality and in
tent of the art, and the court rule*
in favor of North Little Rock
This gives the new town a populn
lion of about 8,000 and if will hi
incorporated as a city of the firs
Convicted ot Swindling.
C. IT. Schwcf'r was convicted a
Perrvville of obtaining goods unde
false pretense. Schweer was ii
business at Montros^ and for sonu
time bought for cash only. FinalH
he bought a bill of goods amount
ing to $1,700 from the (ins Bias
Dry floods Company. When askec
to make a statement of bis resource!
it is alleged he stated that he hat
assets of $7,500, including $1.50(
in bank. $1,000 in good account:
and the rest consisting of bis stood
of goods. Ho claimed that his lia
bilities amounted to only $1,5>00
On this showing t.kc dry good:
house shipped the goods to Mon
trose. whence. it is charged. Schwen
resilipped them to McBride & Co
at Parkdale. Shortly afterwart
Scliweer went into bankruptcy, lar
in the meantime lie had bougie
goods on credit to the amount ol
over $30,000 in Si. Louis, Mem
phis and New Orleans.
Y. M. C. A Convention.
The state Y. M. C. A. conventior
held at Faycttt\ille was well at
tended and tin1 reports of officer;
show that the work of this organi
zation has been greatly ex pandot
the past year. The following offi
cers were chosen for ihe ensuing
twelve months: A. C. Hull, Littli
Rock, president: Dr. 11. S. Hertz
og. Layetteville, Fred Toy, Pirn
Bluff, and French W. Thompson
Hot Springs, vice presidents; T. A
Olaggart. Eureka Springs, secreta
ry; T. ii. Stacy, Texarkana, assist
ant -■•(•retVy, and J. P. Steele and
Ira C. Carson, press secretaries.
Miser Declared Insane.
Billy Silas, an eccentric charac
ter who has resided at Ozark fm
thirty-five years, has been commit
ted on a charge of lunacy. Sihe
supported himself bv doing odd
jobs around town. One day recent
ly lie went to the home of a woman
who had been doing bis washing foi
years and handing her a bag of sib
\ t r, told her it was the pres, nt hr
bad so often promised. The ba;_
contained $805.50, all in half-dol
lar pieces. Cpon examination il
was found the old man had com
pletely lost his mind.
Accident Causes Loss of Leg.
Jesse Hall of Magazine is mime
a log as the result of a baseball ac
cident which befell him last fall,
While practicing a ball thrown tc
Hall hit him on the leg, but little
attention was paid to the injury al
the time. Later he suffered so much
pain he was compelled to take te
his bed, and finally the physician.
were compelled to amputate the
member.
Fire at Black Rock.
The town of Black Rock sufferer
a disastrous fire on the (ith inst
The lire originated in the dru<:
store of C. S. Brown ; consumed the
Brown block of three buildings, the
Broun residence, the general mer
cantile store of M. J. Kelly, the
drug store of Dr. G. IT. Myers, and
four residences
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