VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1907.
NO. 2
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest news of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
north, east west, south
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.
Justice Brewer of the supreme
court, questioned regarding his New
York” speech, in which he criticised
President Roosevelt, expressed sur
prise that such wide publication had
greeted his statements, but stood to
his guns upon all that he said.
' The jury in the case of Mrs. Sarah
M. Garrett against the Wabash rail
way awarded her $5,000. Her hus
band was killed by the cars at Jones
burg. Mo.
Frederick W. McLean, former as
sistant cashier of the Chicago Na
tional bank and confidential man to
John R. Walsh, testified in the Walsh
trial that on Feb. 27, 1904, he, at
Walsh’s direction, forged the names of
five men to six notes of $100,000 each
and that Walsh drew the money from
the bank.
A battle in which the police and
a score of deputy sheriffs, armed with
riot guns, were on one side and 300
striking quarrymen employed at the
plant of the Western Stone Co., just
southeast of Joliet, 111., on the other,
was fought, one man being seriously
Injured and a score of others slightly
hurt. More than 200 shots were fired
by the police, and for a time it was
feared that the officials would be
overpowered and the big plant of the
rifone company wrecked.
England has seized Pedro Blanca
Island, near Hongkong, and is fortify
ing it It is a strong strategical point.
Pedro is named in no atlases, and is
probably known also by some Chinese
name.
After an all-night session, the jury
In the case of Edward G. Lewis, the
publisher, charged with misusing the
mails in connection with the People’s
.United States bank, informed Judge
Carland in the United States circuit
court at St Louis that the members
were unable to agree.
A general government guarantee of
the security of deposits in all nation
al banks, with similar guarantees by
the various states of the deposits in
state banks, is proposed by William
J. Bryan as a means of restoring con
fidence in the financial world imme
diately.
Poking her nose through a dense
curtain of fog that hid the coast, her
topmast lost from deck view in the
enveloping shroud, the biggest, the
most luxurious ship ever run on any
sea, finished In safety her bridal voy
age, when, at 11:03 o’clock Thursday
morning the Cunard Line steamship
Mauretania, came to anchor off Sandy
Hook lightship, five day^, five hours
and ten minutes from Queenstown.
A dispatch from Bokhara, Central
Asia, says that two officials of the
Bokhara treasury were attacked in
that city, mortally wounded and
robbed of $GQ,000. The robbers were
captured, but the money was not re
covered.
Kobert Sawyer of South Mills. N. Cv
•nd a posse are searching the country
for Edmund Daily of the same town,
who, after the fashion of the blood
and-thunder drama, stopped his sweet
eart and her successful rival as they
Were on their way to be married, shot
e man- dragged the young woman
oto his buggy and disappeared with
her.
J- Pierpont Morgan, the financier,
aad George F. Baker, president of the
Plrst National Bank of New York
y. arrived at the White House Fri
aj for a conference with President
ooosevelt.
Exoneration from the charge of
th If88 navlgat*°n which endangered
e life of the president of the United
tn \t S dur*nB the river trip from Cairo
- emphis, Tenn., October 3, was ob
c Ded Thursday for the officers and
w of the steamer Dick Fowler, who
Stat6 !°Und not SUilty by United
Mf>me\!nSpeCtors Waltz and Hodge of
Memphls after a trla, Wednesday
tho tt6, ^udgTnent of a president of
«rdsert ^ ^tates should only be ex
witbil ^ important matters coming
said t ^.e provlnce of his office,”
Unite 'Ce David J- Brewer of the
ine tl , 8 6UPreme eourt, in speak
meeting of nf ai‘dience at the opening
hall New veTCivlc for,lm in Carnegie
President. 3°^' U ‘S foollsh for a
SDelhnc, „ 1° quarrel over simplified
roar of’laughteardded’ br‘nglnS °Ut a
certifioa!'0Undred take United States
menr» _ f.’ subscriptions in Govern
u.ooo,ooo.16f plan range from *r,° to
2,165 mua°n,tke Hast Indian railway,
eat Hq,. itf T °as and the second larg
P*raiy2«d k Ddla’ ls raP,d,y becoming
rzed by a strike.
Fire at Loogootes, Ind., totally de
stroyed the Phoenix Glass Works, en
tailing a loss of $12,000.
Business confidence Is causing Pitts
burg manufacturers who closed their
mills a few weeks ago to start them
again to catch up with orders.
The corporation commission at
Guthrie, Ok., has issued an order on
the Fort Smith & Western railroad
to inaugurate the 2c fare immediately.
If the company refuses, immediate
action, it is declared, will be taken.
Evidence tending to show that
bonds of the Walsh railroads were
sold to various purchasers at prac
tically the figures they were accepted
by the Chicago National bank as col
lateral for notes, was brought out in
the cross-examination of National
Bank Examiner Moxey in the Walsh
trial at Chicago. Ten sales agregat
ing $522,000 were gone over and iden
tified by date and amount.
Orders that no hymn or carol con
taining mention of Christ or Christ
mas shall henceforth be sung in the
public schools of New York were giv
en by the board of education. Follow
ng the announcement tremendous pro
tests were uttered in every section of
the city.
Missouri Board of Railroad Com
missioners issues schedule of express
rates, effective December 15, pursu
ant to its order anounced at St. Louis
meeting.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois will
establish daily train service between
Chicago, St. Louis and Florida as a
factor in the development of trade
with the Southeast.
Pilot whose license was revoked
says it was unsportsmanlike for
Roosevelt to admire steamboat race
and then punish him.
Senate may bar Gore and Owen.
Committee chairman says Governor
Haskell cannot legally appoint Sen
ators.
Chancellor J. W. Stout at Gallatin,
Tenn., rendered a decree of ouster !n
the case of the State vs. the Standard
Oil Co., revoking the license of said
company to transact business in Ten
nessee.
Secretary Taft is shortening his trip
and h,urrying home in consequence of
orders received from the president,
who desires to take action upon the
third-term situation.
Five children of Thomas Stuver, an
oil well pumper living near Pleasant
ville, Venango county, Penn., were
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed their home. The victims ages
were from 2 to 12 years.
The new Cunard liner Mauretania
broke her hister ship Lusitania's rec
ord Thursday when at noon she com
pleted a day’s run of 624 knots. The
Lusitania’s best record for a day was
CIS knots. The Mauretania’s time
for the passage, it is calculated, will
be about five days and two hours, or
about seven hours slower than the
Lusitania’s fastest westbound pas
sage.
The most dramatic incident con
nected with the trial of Steve Adams,
on trial at Rathdrum, Idaho, for the
murder of Fred Tyler, was the intro
duction of two letters by James H.
Hawley, counsel for the state, Thurs
day afternoon. The defense objected
to their being read to the jury, but
Judge Wood declared them properly
identified. They were written be
tween the time Adams confessed and
signed his confessions.
The story of former United States
Senator Brown’s acknowledgment of
the paternity of the two youngest of
Mrs. Bradley’s children was told
Thursday in Judge Stafford's court at
Washington by other lips than hers.
Three thousand barrels of beer, val
ued at $24,000, will be dumped into
the sewer by a brewing company of
Oklahoma City, unless a special dis
pensation may be granted and the
brewery allowed to ship it out of the
state and sell it.
Panama Canal can be finished in
five years, says committee; sanita
tion is good.
What will amount to nearly $3,500,
000 a year was the additional tribute
levied against the citizens of Chicago
by the so-called milk trust. This is
represented by an advance of 1 cent
per quart on milk and 2 cents per haif
pint on cream. This makes milk cost
5 cents a pint and cream 20 cents uer
pint.
A suit for $500 filed against Mrs.
Frank Gero, a widow, aged 51. by
Fred L. Saunders, charges that Mrs.
Gero enticed his son away from him.
Saunder3 says the widow persuaded
the 1 G-lear-old boy to elope with her
last June and that they have been liv
ing together since.
Secretary Ellison of the national
rivers and harbors congress is in daily
receipt of letters from members of
the senate and house, from governors,
of states, and from representatives of
commercial and industrial organiza
tions accepting invitations to attend
the meeting of the congress to be held
in Washington, December 4, 5, and G.
Governor Haskell made a sharp at
tack on President Roosevelt in his
inaugural address during the ceremo
nies marking the admission of 0kl4:
h°ma.
£ ARKANSAS _
PSTATE NEW?
No Law to Prevent Fiddling.
W. D. French, an eccentric citizen
of Parugould, was arraigned in the
mayor’s court recently on a warrant
Rworn out by neighbors charging him
with disturbing the peace. French was
in the habit of getting up at 2 a. m.,
and sawing a supply of wood for the
next day. Then he would get out his
fiddle and play until the family was
ready for breakfast. After hearing
all the evidence the mayor decided
that he knew of no law that prevented
a man from sawing wood or sawing a
fiddle.
Fought Flames Until Overcome.
A little son of A. H. Gillham, living
near Charleston, was horribly burned
while playing with other children of
the household, making a bonfire.
His clothes became ignited and with
rare presence of mind the little six
year-old fought to extinguish the
flames, pouring water on himself until
the supply was exhausted and then
tearing the burning garments from
his body until overcome by pain, he
crawled under the hohse to die. He
lingered several hours in great agony.
Fire From Spontaneous Combustion.
An immense coal pile, consisting of
more than one thousand carloads
stored by the railroad company at
Wynne, has become ignited inside by
spontaneous combustion, and is threat
ened with destruction. The fire has
as yet not appeared on the surface but
the coal mountain is smoking from tile
internal heat and a big fire may result.
•Men and teams are at work tearing
away the coal to get to the seat of
the fire to extinguish it.
Patent Boat Propeller.
Fred E. Renick of Mammoth Spring
has secured a patent upon a device for
driving a rowboat with only the frac
tion of the effort now required in the
use of oars. It consists of a water
wheel, w’hich is so arranged as to pro
pel a boat writh very slight effort. The
device has been tested and has proved
a success. It is said that Renick has
refused several offers for his patent,
although a number of them amounted
to more than a thousand dollars.
Knifed Highwayman.
Grover Phillips, a young white man,
was held up by a negro highwayman
near Texarkana, who struck him on
the back of the head with a club, stag
gering him and drawing blood from
the scalp in profuse quantities. Mr.
Phillips succeeded in drawing a pocket
knife and drove it into the body of the
negro a couple of times, which caused
him to beat a retreat. Mr. Phillips'
injuries are reported as very painful,
but not dangerous.
May Soon Have Free Delivery.
The Mena postoffiee is nearing the
mark when its claims for free delivery
service will be recognized. The regu
lations of the department require
that the business of an office shall
amount to $10,000 or more annually,
aside from the mail order department.
The receipts of the Mena office for the
last quarter came to within less than
one-fourth of the required amount.
Didn’t Know It Was Loaded,.
Joe Copeland was accidently killed
by George Hicks near Arkadelphia re
cently. The two young men had been
bird hunting, and on their way home
were playing with their guns which
they thought were empty, when Hick’s
weapon was discharged, the load
striking Copeland in the face and kill
ing him instantly.
Mother Saw Child Burn.
Miss Wright, a young girl of sixteen
years, living at Plggott was burned to
death recently in the presence of an
invalid mother who was powerless to
aid her. The girl’s clothing caught
fire from a cooking stove. The moth
er, who was forced to see her child
burn, is in a critical condition.
Died From Effeots of Burns.
Electra Alphin, a 17-year-old girl liv
ing at Pocahontas, died recently from
the effects of burns received a few
hours previous. Her clothing caught
fire from a heating stove burning her
horribly before help arrived.
Injured In Sawmill.
•. While engaged in repairing some
machinery in a sawmill near Rocky,
J. T. Winton caught his foot in a belt
and was whirled around the shaft
several times, receiving a badly
sprained leg and many bruises about
the body.
' Passenger Service Inaugurated.
Regular passenger train service has
been inaugurated on the Memphis,
Paris and Gulf road between Nash
ville and Ashdown where the road in
tersects the Frisco and Kansas City
•Southern Systems.
Scalded To Death.
John B. Williams, a fireman on the
Cotton Belt Railroad was scalded to
death under his engine near New Lew
isville. He was firing on a freight en
gine which had broken down, and an
other engine had been brought to pull
the disabled one on to a sidetrack in
order to let a passenger pass by. In
some manner the engine was over
turned, and Williams, who was alone
on it at the time, was hurled against
the top of the cab and knocked uncon
scious, and when found was lying in
boiling steam and water, which had
escaped from the overturned boiler. He
was cooked to death when found.
Three New Towns.
Three newly incorporated towns,
Weiner, Fisher and Pitts, were cheated
recently by the Poinsett county court.
The recent legislature passed a law
requiring all towns to be incorporated
where saloons are operated after the
first of the year, in order to afford
the public police protection, and these
towns took advantage of the enact
ment in this way.
Discussion of Politics Causes Trouble.
J. A. C. Meng, traveling salesman
for a patent medicine firm, was
stabbed in the neck by Thomas Rumph
another traveling salesman, in a hotel
at Camden, as a result of a quarrel
growing out of a political discussion.
The knife passed through Meng’s neck
from side to side, narrowly missing
the jugular vein. He is in a critical
condition.
Wine Rooms Barred.
The county judge of Sebastian coun
ty has announced that he will not
grant a license next year to any sa
loon in Fort Smith that has a wine
room connected with it. He will also
insist, before granting a license that
all means of communication between
a restaurant and a saloon shall be
closed.
Clothes Ignited From Lamp.
Sarah Joyner, a little six-year-old girl
living at Jonesboro was burned to
death recently. She was attempting to
light a lamp when her clothing caught
fire, burning her so severely that
death resulted a few hours later.
Switchman Killed.
William A. Harrison, a switchman
on the Iron Mountain was struck
and fatally injured by a freight train
in the yards of the company at Ar
genta. He died from his injuries
within an hour after he was hurt.
Fish Caught With Hands.
During the recent dry weather the
pond of the Guidon Mill Company at
Guidon was drained, and hundreds of
fish were caught with the hand and
carried away in buckets and sacks.
Fined For Whipping Pupil.
Grover Brown, a teacher in one of
the schools near Corning, was fined
$25 and costs, recently, for giving
Beulah Dennis, an orprSn girl, aged
10 years, a whipping with a club.
Woman Fatally Burned.
Mrs. John Wilson of Wallace was
fatally burned recently. Her clothing
caught fire from an open fireplace and
wdre burned completely off before
the flames could be extinguished.
A Voluntary Bankrupt.
Chas. W. McClure, a sawmill man of
Texarkana, has filed a voluntary peti
tion in bankruptcy in the Federal
Court. The assets are estimated at
$3,000 and the liabilities at $4,500.
Printing Office Burned.
The printing office of Footprints of
the Flock, the national organ of the
Primitive Baptists, published in the
northeast corner of Carroll county, was
destroyed by fire recently.
To Aid the Farmers.
The banks at Greenwood have de
cided to assist the farmers in that
locality by advancing them $12,000 on
the cotton they have stored in the Un
ion warehouse at that place.
New Warehouse At Ashdown.
The business men of Ashdown have
had a warehouse erected at that place,
and for a small fee will allow the farm
ers to store their cotton in it.
Killed In Train Wreck.
Fireman Charles Hoyle was killed in
a wreck on the Prescott and North
western Railroad recently. Several
others were injured.
Demonstration Farm Near Harrisburg.
J. H. Parker will conduct a demon
stration farm of 10 acres in Poinsett
county near Harrisburg under the su
pervision of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
To Erect Cannery.
A movement has been started at
Russellville for the establishment of
a canning factory at that place.
Will Establish New Paper.
Claude Snoden of Morrilton is mak
ing arrangements to establish a week
1 ly newspaper at Heber.
I
State Capital Notes
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Transcripts Filed.
The following transcripts were filed
In the Supreme Court this week: W.
B. Alexander, State Capitol Commis
sioner, against State Auditor A. E.
Moore, being a mandamus proceeding
tp require the state auditor to honor a
warrant for ¥14.20, due plaintiff as a
member of the State Capitol Commis
sion. The case was brought to test
the legality of the ruling of the attor
ney general in regard to the question
as to whether the State shall honor
warrants drawn on the state capitol
fund, the attorney general holding
that they cannot be honored because
of the failure of the recent legislature
to make any appropriation for the
purpose. G. W. Hood against J. L.
Bell, on appeal from the Hempstead
Circuit Court, being a suit for the re
plevin of two hogs valued at $30. A.
J. Carden against Edward Bailey and
others, on appeal from the Pulaski
Circuit Court, being a suit for gar
nishment, the amount involved being
$25. State of Arkansas against Nathan
Larimore, on appeal from the Sebas
tian Circuit Court. The defendant, was
convicted on the charge of being acces
sory to arson and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. State
of Arkansas against J. W. Blevins, on
appeal from the Cleburne Circuit
Court. Defendant was convicted in
the lower court on the charge of per
jury in a civil case and sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary. State of
Arkansas against E. E. Hudspeth, on
appeal from the Pike Circuit Court.
The defendant was convicted of the
charge of assault to kill and sentenced
to pay a fine of $S00 and to sen e one
year in the penitentiary. S. J. and
I W. W. Wilson against the Missouri and
North Arkansas Railroad Company, on
appeal from the Boone Circuit Court,
Plaintiffs sued the railroad company
in the lower court for $1,500 damages
for alleged refusal of the company to
furnish men with cars for the shipment
of livestock. The lower court gave the
plaintiffs a judgment for $1,064, where
upon the railroad company took an ap
peal.
Reunion of Masons Closes.
The Scottish Rite Masons of the val
ley of Little Rock, have concluded
their work alter a three days session.
A class, composed of representative
business and professional men from all
sections of the State, have been ele
vated to Scottish Rite degrees, and
those who attended, declare that the
sessions just closed were the most
interesting and instructive held in
years. The staff of officers who con
ferred the various degrees, from fourth
to thirty-second, were well versed in
the ritual, and the ceremonies were
most impressive and interesting. The
Arkansas consistory is now composed
of some 900 members, one of the larg
est in the Southern jurisdiction, and
possesses the finest home in the South.
The death of Frederick Webber re
cently was the cause of much regrei
among the high Masons attending the
reunion. Mr. Webber, one of the high
est Masons in the United States, was
secretary of the Supreme Council at
the time of his death. The Supreme
Council will, at its pleasure, elect an
other to succeed to his place in the
council, which is composed of 33 thir
ty-third degree Masons in the United
States. And from this thirty-three, a
successor to Secretary Webber will be
elected. The Mason who will succeed
Mr. Webber as a member of the Su
preme Council will be selected from
the list of honorary thirty-third degree
Masons in this country. There are
14 Masons of this rank in Arkansas,
and many others throughout the coun
try. C. E. Rosenbaum is the Arkan
sas member of the council.
Consider Question of Hospital.
The proposed erection of a hospital
In Little Rock by the Methodists of
Arkansas will be the principal ques
tion to be considered by the Little
Rock Conference, which meets at Mal
vern November 27 and the White
River Conference, which will meet
December 12 at Corning. Indications
are that the conferences will report
favorably upon the proposition to erect
a Methodist hospital in Little Rock
with funds secured from Arkansas
Methodists exclusively. At the last
State Conference a plan for a hospi
tal to be erected by seven Southern
States was submitted. This was reject
ed and a committee was appointed to
take up the matter of building a hos
pital for Arkansas alone. If the Lit
tle Rock and White River conferences
report favorably to the plan the pro
ject will be pushed rapidly.
May Term Ends.
The May term of the Arkansas Su
preme Court ended with Monday’s ses
sion. The November term will begin
Monday, November 25, at which time
all criminal cases on the docket will
be peremptorily called.
Must Rush Work.
At the meeting of the City Council
Monday night, an ordinance passed the
first reading providing for the purchase
by the city of a site for the proposed
Carnegie library building. Edward L.
Filson of New York, the architect who
has charge of plans for the structure,
is expected to arrive here this week
and work on the foundation is expected
to begin within 30 days. In order to
secure Mr. Carnegie’s donation, work
must begin before January 1, 1908,
and the Carnegie Library Board has
recently been moving rapidly with the
above result. Should not construction
be under way by the first of next
year, the offer of $88,100 for the build
ing would expire. The recommenda
tion of the Library Board that a site
on the Southwest corner of Louisiana
and Seventh streets be purchased was
read at the council meeting, and then
an ordinance was proposed and passed
first reading for the purchase of the
site for $11,177.50, to be paid as fol
lows: January 25, 1908, $4,050; Jan
uary 1, 1909, $5,898.74, and January
25, 1910, $6,228.76.
Will Not Leave City.
Official denial has been made to
the report sent out from Chattanooga
through the Associated Press that the
Little Rock baseball franchise has
been sold to Chattanooga for $18,000.
The Little Rock franchise wil Inot be
allowed to leave the city, according
to a statement of baseball officials.
The report is believed to have origin
ated in the fact that a Dallas (Texas)
broker recently wrote the Little Rock
Baseball Association asking whether
the franchise could be bought. A re
ply was sent, so the story goes, that
Little Rock’s rights could be had for
$18,000, providing the purchasers
would agree not to remove the fran
chise from Little Rock.
Will Soon Make Transfer.
While the transfer of West End park
to the city has not formally been ef
fected, it is stated that it will be made
in a short time, as both the city and
the management of the Little Rock
Railway and Electric Company desire
that the basis for street work and work
on the street railway be established
as soon as possible. The purchase of
the park from the street railway com
pany was authorized at a meeting of
the City Council recently. In exchange
for the six blocks which constitute the
park the city is to pay $30,000. and
allow concessions as to paving on West
Fifth street, and as to the type of rails
to be used on West Fifth and other
streets.
Eastern Star Adjourns.
The Grand Order of the Eastern
Star which has been in session at the
Masonic Temple has closed its ses
sions. The last evening was taken up
by the installation of officers, who were
elected a the afternoon session. Fol
lowing are the officers installed: Grand
matron, Mrs. Winnie D. Simpson of
Corning; grand patron, E. E. Ammons,
Jasper; associate grand matron, Mrs.
Lillian Lee, Benton; associate grand
patron, R. L. Morgan; grand secretary,
j. F. Hopkins, Mabelvale. grand treas
urer, Mrs. Cora Westerfleld; grand
conductress, Mrs. Nola E. Ross, Pine
Bluff; associate grand conductress,
Mrs. George Thornburgh.
Transfer of Convicts.
Thirty-five convicts were taken from
the camp pf the Arkansas Brick and
Manufacturing Company recently and
sent to Cotton Plant. The men are to
be used in Woodruff county in cutting
out the right of way for the North
Arkansas road from Cotton Plant to
Helena.
Masons Elect Officers,
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Ark
ansas adjourned its annual meeting
Wednesday night, with the Installa
tion of Grand Officers. They are aa
follows: Grand master, M. W. Greeson,
Preston; deputy grand master, E. A.
McCulloch, Little Rock; grand lec
turer, John M. Oathout, Booneville;
grand orator, M. J. Manning. Claren
don; grand senior warden, A.J. Witt,
Pocahontas; grand junior warden, F.
G. Lindsay, Bentonville; grand treas
urer, C. E. Rosenbaum, Little Rock;
grand secretary, Fay Hempstead, Lit
tle Rock; grand senior deacon, Mark
P. Olney, Mena; grand junior deacon,
Wm. T. Han^mock, Quitman; grand
chaplain, F. N. Brewer, Beebe; grand
tyler, Jas. W. Hull, Little Rock. The
members of the Board of Control and
of the trustees of the Orphan’s Home
were reappointed.
More Companies Than Ever.
According to the recoids in the state
auditor’s office, there are more insur
ance companies, fire, life and accident,
doing business in Arkansas at present
than ever before in the history of the
State.