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VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1902.
NO. 31.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
President Roosevelt last week
telebrated his forty-fourth birthday.
The new census of China shows
that country's population to be 426,
000,000.
Over 90 per cent of the Pennsyl
vania coal mine strikers have re
turned to their old positions.
The Pennsylvania coal mine op
erators have advanced the price of
coal at the mines 50 cents per ton.
Twenty-five physicians of Indian
apolis, Ind., have been indicted for
aiding in the wholesale robbing of
graves.
The United States fish commis
sion has announced that the oyster
crop for the coming winter is scarce
in quantity and very poor in quality.
Gen. Fred Grant recently ap
pointed commander of the depart
ment of Texas, with headquarters
at San Antonio, has assumed com
mand.
The premier of the French cham
ber proposes to adopt the plan of
President Roosevelt and appoint a
board to arbitrate labor'strikes now
on in that country.
Anthracite coal is being rushed
into the eastern markets, and the
fuel is being sold in small quanti
ties at retail in order to gradually
supply all consumers.
For the first time since retiring
from office, President Cleveland has
consented to make a few public
speeches in favor of the Yew York
democratic state ticket.
Alfred Peterson, of New York
City, invited his friends to a party
and after an evening of apparent
enjoyment committed suicide in
the presence of his guests.
According to advices received in
Washington there has been 75,000
cases of cholera in the Philippines
the past seven months, 75 per cent
of which were fatal. In China
this disease is carrying oil thou
sands daily.
Wu Ting Fang, who has been
the minister of the Chinese empire
to the United States since May 1,
1897, has been recalled to China by
an edict of the emperor, to accept
the appointment of minister of
commerce.
A man giving the name of W.
W. Chinn, was arrested in St.
Louis on the charge of fraudulently
using the mails. He operated an
alleged matrimonial bureau, and is
said to have victimized thousands
of people throughout the country
by collecting fees with the promise
of securing wealthy life-partners.
Bankers and representatives of
big mortgage companies report
farmers of this state in good finan
cial circumstances as a whole.
There has been a big decrease in the
demand for loans on farm proper
ty. Parties who have been paying
interest on loans for years have paid
the premium and as a whole the
agriculturists are in better condi
tion than for years.
The annual report of the fourth
assistant postmaster general shows:
There were 3,038 postoffices estab
iihed during the year, a decreae as
compared with the previous year of
250. The record of establishments
during the last six fiscal years is as
follows: 1897, 1,001; 1898, 3,001;
1899, 2,935; 1900, 3,000; 1901,
3,294; 1902, 3,038. There were
4,059 postoffiecs discontinued dur
ing the year, being 1,022 more than
during the preceding year. On
June 30, 1902, at the close of the
fiscal year, there were 75,924 post
offices, divided as follows: First
class, 220; second class, 1,023;
third class, 3,488; fourth class,
71,193. From June 30, 1897, to
June 30, 1902, the number of pres
idential postoffices increased from
3,762 to 4,731, an increase of 969.
pr about 26 per cent.
Gen. Lribe-Uribe, the revolution
ist leader of Columbia, has surren
dered, after a crushing defeat by
government troops. His defeat will
probably end the opposition to tb.d
present government of Columbia.
The German reichstag has pass
ed a bill imposing a duty of $3.50
per double hundred weight on im
ported cattle.
October 29 was observed in the
anthracite coal region as “Mitchell
Day,” all the miners taking part in
the celebrations.
A measure will he introduced in
the next congress to extend the cur
rency laws of the United States
over the Philippines.
The steamer Korea recently made
the trip from Yokohoma to San
Francisco in ten days, averaging
470 miles a day, the quickest time
on record.
Schwab, of the steel trust, who is
in Europe, is astonishing the natives
by his lavish expenditures, one cor
respondent reporting that some
consider that he has become daffy.
Archie Woodin, who murdered
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gulick, liia1
wife’s parents, and then shot hi#;
own baby October 1G, at Mo.., A.
Pleasant, Mich., was last week sell*
tenced to Jackson prison for life, H
Martin Cornelius, a saloon keeper
was held up and robbed at Apple
ton, Wis., of $8,000 by two masked
men. Cornelius drew the money
from a bank to pay for some real
estate and was robbed while on
his way home.
Emerson Etheridge, the last of
the political giants of the old south
ern school, died at Dresden, Tenn.,
last week. Etheridge was the last
whig who sat in congress, and was
considered the most powerful orator
in Tennessee fifty years ago.
Passengers arriving at New Or
leans on a steamer report the vol
cano of Izalco, in Salvador, in a
state of violent eruption. Many
houses in its vicinity have been de
stroyed, and the people were com
pelled to flee for their lives.
In a report by the United States
geological survey, on the Texas
Louisiana oil fields, it is claimed
that the Spindle Top oil rock con
tains about one-fourth its volume of
oil, which forecasts a yield greater
than any other oil field in the world.
John D. Rockefeller has given
$500,000 to the teachers*' college of
Columbia University “as a thank
offering to Almighty God for the
preservation of his family from
death" when his home at Pocantico
Hills, X. Y., was recently burned.
Hon. Allen Hyden, county judge
cf Owsly county, Kv., was murdered
by an assassin while driving along a
public highway. The dead man was
recently defeated for the republican
nomination for judge, but ran as
a fusionist candidate and was elect
ed.
Between 40,000 and 50,000 colo
nists have gone into the far west
ern, northwestern and southwest
ern states during the months of
September and October. The move
ment of hcmeseekers and settlers
has never before been so great in
the history of western railroads.
Attorney General Knox has de
cided that if the United States
should accept the offer of the new
Panama Canal Company, submit
ted last spring, for the sale of the
canal for $40,000,000 it would re
ceive through the parties in interest
a- valid and unincumbered title to
the property. This decision was ar
rived at after a thorough and ex
haustive investigation of the situa
tion in Paris, first by Special Attor
ney Charles W. Russell and later by
the attorney general himself.
In his efforts to relieve the mon
ey market Secretary Shaw, during
the past five weeks, has put into
circulation nearly $100,000,000 of
government money. This enormous
sum has been released on the fol
lowing accounts, according to fig
ures furnished by United States
Treasurer Roberts: Additional de
posits of government money in na
tional banks, $18,000,000; purchase
of government bonds, $20,500,000;
added to national bank circulation.
$11,000,000; release of reserve held
against government deposits, $40,
000,000; rebate of interest, $3,300,
000: total. $95,800,000.
President Roosevelt has issued
his proclamation designating
Thursday, November 27, as
Thanksgiving day.
Bankers in New York are being
sounded on the question of fur
nishing gold to the Mexican gov
ernment for the putting of Mexican
currency on a gold basis.
Dr. Simon Flexner, the noted
toxicologist of the University of
Pennsylvania, having secured a hu7
man subject, has just demonstrat
ed his ability to cure rattlesnake
bites by means of antitoxin. The
patient was inoculated immediate
ly after being bitten and suffered
comparatively no ill effects.
The National Association of man
ufacturers of the United States of
America, through a circular letter
being mailed to every manufacturer
sdftjthis country, declares war on an
’feight-hour day bill before congress
as “vicious.*-' Recipients of those
letters aiy Jr?kv<j to become mem
bers of this manufacturers’ associa
tion. The letter bears the signa
ture of David M. Parry, of Indian
apolis, the president, who says the
manufacturers are not opposed to
organized labor, but is opposed t6
the eight hour day proposed bv Mr.
Gompers, assessing a penalty on all
employers who work their men over
eight hours a day.
The secretary of the interior
furnishes the following facts about
Oklahoma : In 1890 the population
of Oklahoma was 61,000, in 1902 it
is 450,000; the annual products
amount to $100,000,000; the annual
school land rental fund is $300,000;
the territorial school property is val
ued at $1,000,000; the territory pro
duces annually 25,000,000 bushels of
wheat, 60,000,000 bushels of corn
and 200,000 bales of cotton. There
are 100,000 children in the public
schools and 2,000 young men and
women in the higher institutions of
learning, which are open and free
to students of Oklahoma. The pop
ulation of Oklahoma is 95 per cent
American born, only 5 per cent il
literacy. There are 1,000 churches,
200 newspapers, 200 state banks
and 2,000 miles of railways in the
territory.
The international tuberculosis
congress, in session at London, re
ports great progress has been made
in conquering the deadliest malady
of the human race. In 1838 the
death rate in the United Kingdom
from consumption was 38-per 1,000,
which has been reduced to 13, or
more than 60 per cent.
Banks Incorporated.
Two banks filed articles of incor
poration with the secretary of state
last week, as follows:
Bank of Forrest City, capital
stock $30,000, of which $15,000 has
been subscribed. Officers, Geo. B.
Pettus, president; J. D. Baugh,
vice president; Eugene Williams,
secretary, and Ellis Turley, treas
urer.
Faulkner County Bank of Con
way, capital stock, $50,000, all sub
scribed. Officers, W. W. Martin,
president; W. M. Harrell, vice
president; J. S. Westerfield, secre
tary, and H. B. Ingram, treasurer
and ex-officio cashier.
Jim Chandler, colored, was kill
ed by the shafting in Tripp’s gin
at Arkansas City.
Conductor H. L. Woolum was
badly injured in a collision on the
Fort Smith road near Russellville.
C. C. Vorheis, formerly an in
surance agent at Fort Smith, com
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
at Eureka Springs. Ill health the
cause.
Gov. Davis has refused to
interfere with the sentence
of death passed upon Hal Malone
the negro convicted at Van Buren
upon his plea of guilty of criminal
assault and sentenced to be hanged.
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Arkansas State News
GIRL BRUTALLY MURDERED.
A Most Dastardly Crime Committed Near
Little Bock.
Miss Florence Shilleut, aged 19
years, was found dead with her
throat cut near the home of her
father, five miles from Little Rock,
October 29. Her body was terri
bly mutilated, and the surround
ings showed that she had a desper
ate struggle with her fiendish mur
derer. Miss Shilleut, whose family
is one of the oldest and most highly
respected in Pulaski county, left
her home about 9 o’clock and went
to the home of her uncle, Mr. Sulli
van, on an errand. She was ac
companied by a little sister, who
did not return with her when she
started home. At a point remote
from any house the brute attacked
4lip victim. She fought desperately
jhjkI the struggle seems to have been
carried on in a running battle, hut
her strength Pas not equal to the
brute force of hoi assailant, and
her body was found aboirt 150
yards from the spot wheS^nBfe was
first assaulted. It was lying face
downward in a pool of blood, ttys
clothing being badly disarranged
and scarcely a spot was not covert!#
with blood. An examination dis-'
closed the fact that there had been
no criminal assault. The father
and uncle of the dead girl discov
ered the body a few hours after the
awful crime was committed. Mr.
Shilleut and Mr. Sullivan were
hunting quail and came across the
body accidentally in an old field
near the road where she was first
attacked. There were evidences in
the road and several places in the
field that a terrible struggle for life
had been made by Miss Shillcutt.
There were footmarks of a girl and
a man. The latter’s track indicat
ed that he wore about a number
eight shoe, square cut heel, and oij
a somewhat better make than is us
ually worn by a farmer or negro
when at work.* From the road the
tracks led to a point about fifteen
steps into the old field. Here had
evidently occurred another struggle
and a few splotches of blood were
found on the grass and weeds.
About fifty yards further toward
the place where the body lay, was
the evidence of another struggle
even fiercer than the other two. A
considerable pool of blood was
found on the ground. Then, some
distance away, was a place where
the girl seemed to have fallen.
From that place to where the body
was found by the father and uncle
was a track which seemed to indi
cate that the human fiend had
dragged his victim by the heels and
probably frightened out of his wits
by his deed, had made but little ef
fort to conceal the body. The
clothing of the young woman was
badly disarranged, but not torn.
Her skirt, waist, back and front,
were covered with her life blood.
Besides the two wounds on either
side of the neck, about half way be
tween the ear and shoulder, and
bruises about the body, was one in
the right hand, where a pocket
knife had been thrust entirely
through, probably in one of the sev
eral struggles which took place be
fore unconsciousness came.
Officers Henry Nowlin and Josh
Harp arrested two negro suspects
at a railroad camp near Palarm,
and while searching them one of the
prisoners shot Nowlin in the foot
and both escaped, but one of them
was later captured at Clarksville.
* Hozier Still Missing.
The whereabouts of G. II. Ho
zier, late chief clerk in the United
States marshal's * office at Little
Rock, remains unknown to the offi
cials. 11is shortage exceeds $2,000
besides before he decamped Hozier
secured considerable money on notes
endorsed by personal friends.
Secured Her Father’s Pardon.
Through the untiring efforts of
his daughter, Miss Dora, of Yell
county, Joe Martin, serving a term
in federal prison, has been granted
a pardon by the president. Miss
Martin went in person to Washing
ton and plead with Attorney Gener
al Knox for her father’s liberty, and
when all the facts were presented
to the president, her request was
granted. Martin was sent to prison
for life at Columbus, Ohio, charged
with the killing of Ernest Adams.
Both parties resided at that time in
the Indian Territory. A watermel
on was the direct cause of the trag
edy. There had been some quarrel
over this triffe, and Adams swore
that he would kill Martin and set
out to hunt for him. Adams went
to Martin’s home and compelled him
to go into the woods. Martin was
unarmed, but escaped harm by a
third party coming up and frighten
ing Adams away, whose body was
later found in lied river.
Three Girls Murdered.
The three daughters of Thomas
Gibson, a well-to-do negro farmer,
were brutally murdered at their
borne near Wynne. Gibson went to
town .and left the girls, aged 17, 12
and 10 years, alone. When he re
turned a ghastly, sight met his
gaae. TV* of the girls were found
inside, the hease with their heads
crushed to .a jctfy, while the body
of the third wits found in the yard
terribly mutilated. The girls . had
been subjected to the ido.-t atrocious
indignities. Dave Cxm$> a# old
negro, was arrested'.and confessed
the crime, implicating another
party named Johnson. 'A crowd
composed of colored people gather
ed and would have lynched Cfdjj*
had the officers not spirited him
away.
Changes in State Offices.
Changes took place in three of
the state offices on the 1st inst.
Hon. J. H. Hinemon succeeds Hon.
J. J. Dovne as superintendent of
public instruction. Mr. Hinemon
retains F. \Y. Miller as deputy and
Miss- Mattie Williams as stenogra
pher. Hon. H. T. Bradford suc
ceeds Hon. Frank Hill as commis
sioner of mines, manufactures and
agriculture. W. J. Apple, of Aus
tin, is the deputy commissioner.
Hon. F. E. Conway succeeds Hon.
J. W. Colquitt. C. B. Myers re
mains as chief clerk, and the other
clerks are George B. Gill, R. G.
Dye, L. L. Coffman and Miss May
Conway.
Killed Near Booneville.
A dispute over the use of a pas
ture led to the killing of Phillip
Ward by George Hampton near
Booneville. The two men were
brothers-in-law. Hampton had
a fight with a brother of
Ward's who had him arrested
for assault to kill. The two Wards
and Hampton appeared at Carolan
to attend the trial, when Hamp
ton became enraged and turned on
Phillip Ward, who had nothing to
do with the trouble, and shot bin;
three times.
Factory Burned.
A part of the Forest Hardwood
Manufacturing Company’s plant at
Little Rock was destroyed by fire
on the night of October 28. The
factory is one of the largest of its
kind in the state, and the buildings
destroyed will be replaced at once.
The loss is placed at $75,000, well
covered by insurance. A large
amount of finished product in a
separate building was saved by the
fire department.
The Batesville Branch.
About 1,500 men are at work on
the White River branch of the
Iron Mountain, which will extend
when completed from Batesville
through the northern part of the
state into Missouri, penetrating the
richest mineral section of the south.
Auditor’s Biennial Report.
Auditor of State T, C. Monroe
has submitted to Gov. Davis a re
port covering the transactions of
the auditor’s office for the two
years ending September 30, 1902.
The auditor estimates the ordinary
expenses of the state government
for the next two years at about
$1,000,000. The report shows the
present indebtedness of the state,
exclusive of the school fund, to con
sist of $137,500 of the funding
bonds of 1891, of which sum $102,
500 is in the permanent endowment
fund of the University of Arkansas,
and the remainder, 35 bonds of
$1,000 each, is held by private in
dividuals. These bonds are being
gradually retired, as the holders
thereof, from time to time, see fit
to surrender them to the state for
their face value in cash. Although
not due until 1929, it is probable
that the last of them will be re
deemed long before that date.
Decided in Favor of Railroads.
In the federal court of appeals at
St. Louis the opinion of the east
case of Jeremiah G. Wallace and
others, comprising the board of
railroad commissioners of Arkansas
against the Arkansas Central Rail
road Company, was affirmed. Tho.
railroad company acting against the
board of commissioners, which put
into effect a joint tariff applicable
to certain railroads, sought an in
junction to restrain the board from
bringing suits to recover penalties.
The verdict of the lower court was
in favor of the railroad company.
Killed His Step-Mother.
Sam Warfield, a desperate negro,
shot and killed his step-mother at
a dance near Ozark. Warfield was
drinking and had evidently tried to
borrow money from the murdered
woman, whom he shot down while
she was on the floor dancing. He
robbed her body of a pocketbook
and made’ his escape before the
frightened assemblage could re
strain him.
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Kill* By « Girl.
Johii- Stewart, a Carroll county
I farmer, wl£!&tii3V stabbed by a 16
year-old girl named Lila Brittain
The Brittains wene ’ tenants on
Steward’s farm, and'in alt aifetea- .
tion which arose over
place the girl attacked
with a barlow knife, inflicting
deep cut over the heart.
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BRIEF MENTION.
At the age of 17, a Nevada county
native named Beunett tips the scales
at 320 pounds.
A. H. Jacob, an aged German,
suicided at Texarkana by taking
morphine.
The Odd Fellows will build a
$5,000 addition to the widows’ and
orphans’ home home at Batesville.
Uncle Ben Wages, of Newton
county, is 100 years old, and culti
vated twelve acres of corn this year.
The General State Association of
the Baptist Church met at Searcy
October 31, with a large attendance
on hand.
John Johnson was convicted of
killing his brother at Fayetteville
and sentenced to one year in the
pcntentiary. The killing occurred
about two years ago.
The annual meeting of the state
grand lodge, I. O. O. F., was held
at Eureka Springs last week. The
secretary’s report shows a member
ship of over 8,000, embracing 212
lodges.
At Shawnee, in Mississippi coun
ty, an aged negro named John Kir
by was brutally murdered by anoth
er negro named Rufus Godberry.
The murdered man and Godberry
had some words, but did not come
toblows, and the matter was thought
to have been settled, but a few
nights later, while asleep in his
shanty, Kirby was pounced upon
and beat to death with a club.
The trustees of the school district
embracing the city of Fort Smith
have decided to exclude children of
parents who fail to pay pool tax.
This rule is not to apply to orphans.