The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, Kdltor.
NEWARK- - , ARKANSAS.
A negro charged with criminal as
sault was taken from jail at Mojave,
Cal., by a mob and hanged.
It is reported King Edward of
Great Britain has suggested in a
personal letter to the czar, a wav to
settle peaceably the war with Ja
pan.
In the democratic promaries held
at St. Ixmis on the 12th Harry
Howes, for governor, carried every
ward in the city over Folk except
two.
Since the wage question among the
Indiana coal miners has been sub
mitted to a referendum vote, Presi
dent Mitchell save he does not look
for any trouble.
Two Russians, out of fifty accus
ed, have been found guilty of mur
dering Jews in the Kishenifif massa
cre of last June and sentenced to
four years in prison.
Mrs. James Williams was taken
suddenly ill while on a suburban
St. Louis street ear and before ar
rangements could he made for her
removal gave birth to a child.
The president has commuted to
life imprisonment the sentence of
George Shelton, convicted in Indian
Territory of assault and sentenced to
he hanged. It was shown that Shel
ton, who is a negro, had twice been
committed to an insane asylum.
A favorable report on the Tawney
bill, prohibiting the inclusion in
packages of manufactured tobacco of
coupons, etc., was ordered to the full
house committee on ways and means
by the subcommittee having that
matter in charge. An amendment
to obviate a constitutional mtestion
was made in the bill.
Col. William F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill”), scout, hunter, hero of fron
tier tales, has brought suit for di
vorce from the wife he has lived with
for thirty-eight years. Mrs. Cody,
who is a Catholic, will resist the suit,
and says the only excuse her husband
has for wanting to east her aside is
that she is getting old and lie wants
a younger woman.
At no other time do tho columns
of the daily press contain so manv
contradictory statements concerning
the true state of affairs as they do in
times of war, and the news submit
ted to the reading public today, giv
ing detailed accounts of a victorious
battle, may tomorrow turn out to be
a false rumor, or even a most disas
trous defeat for those who hut yes
terday claimed to he the victors.
T hat Rood Smoot could not have
been elected to the United States
senate without having been first,
chosen as an apostle of the Mormon
church, was asserted by Judge Ogden
ililcs, assistant United Stab's attor
ney from 1S8G to 1890, and later a
judge of the district of Utah, who
was a witness in the Smoot ease. In
his testimony Judge liiles asserted
that polygamy is more common to
day than ever before.
Harvey Vandir *, Peter Xiedcr
Tiieyer and (iusta Marx, a trio of
( hieago bandits w.io confessed (o
several murders after their capture
following a desperate battle \vi111 of
ficers, have all been sentenced to be
hanged. One of the most daring
crimes committed by the gang was
the murder of two employees of a
street ear company, the men being
-hot down as they sat at their desks
without a word of warning.
The second annual report of the
l nited States Steel Corporation
(the steel trust) has been made pub
lie. The report shows a decrease in
the net earnings of the company for
the past year of $24,137,011. The
report is for the y ar ending Decem
ber 31, 1903. Last year the undi
vided profits, after all fixed charges,
including payments of dividends,
repairs and improvements had been
deducted, amounted to but $12,304,
050, as against $34,253,057 for 1902.
At present the cash surplus of the
company is $00,090,082. In the past
two years the company has laid out
$04,585,530 for improvements and
the purchase of new property.
Work of ths Winds.
The little city of Prescott was
swept bv the severest storm in its
history on the night of the l»th
inst. and the damage done to prop
erty will reach at least $.0,000. be
sides several persons were injured,
two probably fatally. 1 he store.#
broke m its fury in the business
center, and dying timbers were
hurled in every direction. For
several minutes before the full
force of the wind was felt, the peo
ple were terrorized by the roaring
sounds of the elements as two
clouds, one from the south, the oth
er from the west, came as swift
winged messengers of destruction to
ward each other. When they met
their destructive force seemed to I
shoot downward on the little city. '
A heavy rain and thunder storm [
accompanied the wind and many !
stocks of goods were damaged by 1
water. The only persons seriously
injured were a child, who, with its
parents, occupied a cottage belong
ing to J. A. Bryan, and which was
wrecked, and a negro at the Ozan
Lumber Company's mill, who was
struck by Hying timber. Both suf
fered terrible gashes in the head.
The wind came in by the Ozan
mill, where it blew down the smoke
stack and the blower that furnished
the fuel for the electric* plant, and
wrecked the handsome home of
Charles F. Ninth. In a cottage
belonging to J. A. Bryan lay a sick
man, whoso bed was blown six feet
across the room. The blacksmith
and wood shop of P. Michel is a to
tal 'wreck. .More or less damage
was done to the buildings and
stocks of the following business
houses: Stood. Callieott & Co., W.
.1. White & Co.. Howell's drug I
store, McDaniel Hardware Compa
ny, White Bros., Brook—Ozan Mer
cantile Company and Prescott
Hardware Company. The Raptist
church was wrecked, the local tele
phone company's wires were |
Iflown down, and the electric light
plant suffered heavily.
Railroad Charter Amended.
The state board of railroad ineor
poration has approved the applica-1
tion of the Searcy and Des Arc rail
road for an amendment to its char
ter authorizing extensions to that
railroad from Si>rev. White county,
so as to run in a northwesterly di
rection to a point at or near the |
town i f Holier, Cleburne county, an
estimated distance of thirty-five
miles, and also from the town of
Des Arc, Prairie county, so as to
run in a southeasterly direction to a
point at or near mile post Xo. 8S
on the line of the Choctaw. Oklaho
ma and (Iu 1 f railroad, thence east
to the west bank of White river at 1
or near the Choctaw bridge across
White river, in Prairie county, an
estimated distance of twenty miles, i
Political Argument Leads to Fight.
A lively scrap took place between
a well known Pine Bluff newspaper
man and a prominent citizen of
Grant county on a Valley Route ■
passenger train. The gentlemen :
were eo route home from Little .
Rock, where they had been attend
ing a political gathering. The gu
bernatorial race was under discus
sion, and the Grant county gentle
man took exception to a remark •
made by the newspaper man and |
proce?d to mix things. The belli"- >
emits were separated after several
blows had been exchanged.
Woman Jumped from Moving Train.
Mrs. Sullivan, wife of a farmer
living at Ogden, after taking a Kan- j
sas City Southern train for Texar- j
kana, became hysterical from ner- !
vousness, and, in spite of the of- !
forts of other passengers to prevent j
her. deliberately jumped from the
train while it was making twenty
file miles an hour. She was after
ward picked up in an unconscious
condition, and it is thought she may
&c.
Four Perish in Burning Building.
A report conies from Ungers of
the sad and awful death of Fernan
dren, who perished in a tire which
destroyed their county home near
Garfield, a station on the Frisco
railroad. Knowing that her loved
ones must perish, the mother and
two other children, whom the fath
er had gotten out of the building,
were compelled to stand helplessly
by and watch the flames as they
enveloped and consumed the build
ing. Mr. Walters, his wife and
four children slept downstairs, and
the upstairs rooms were occupied
by their four hoys. The flames had
gained considerable headway before
Mr. Walters awoke, but he manag
ed to get those downstairs in safetv
and rushed back to warn the boys.
The little daughter followed her
lather, and when her charred re
mains were removed she lav across
her doll, t<> save which she lost her
life. The flames shut father and
sons off from the stairway, but
two managed to jump, though ill v
were 'badly injured. Just as the
father started to hurl one of his
sons from a window the roof fell
in. Xo assistance roaches! Mrs.
Walters for two hours after the
fire.
Bride Poisoned by Husband.
Mrs. William Parish, a bride of
throe days, was found in hor apart
ments at a Fort Smith hotel in an
unconscious condition, suffering
from arsenical poisoning. The
woman stated that she recently
arrived at Fort Smith and met a
man in a restaurant who gave his
name as Will 1’arish, and that a
few days later they were married.
The second day after the marriage
she was taken violently ill after
eating slipper, hut somewhat recov
ered. Her lnisoand brought her
some beer and during tin
night brought her whisky and
induced hor to drink it. She sav
she gradually lost her sens; s. She
was discovered by a chambermaid,
who suspected from Parish’s action
that something was wrong.
Tco Careless With Turpentine
An accident, with serious results
to the driver, occurred on the road
from Hot Springs to JJlack Spring-.
11. (J. Wilson was taking a wagon
load of general merchandise to the
latter place, and when twelve miles
from Hot Springs a leaky can of
turpentine caught fire from a match
accidentally dropped by the teamster
in lighting his pipe. The fluid blazed
up and ignited Wilson’.-clothing and
the contents of the wagon. The ac
cident occured in front of a farm
house, and men went to Wilson’s a
> is tan oo and put out the tire, h^t not
before Wilson was badly burned
about the hands and feet, and the
goods were almost a total !o~s.
Won tne tirst Hound.
The district court of Smith coun
ty, Texas, has dissolvid the injunc
tion obtained several months ago
to previMtt the Cotton Belt Rail
road from removing' its general
offices for the Texas system from
Tyler to Texarkana. The matter
will no douht he taken to the higher
courts, hut the citizens of Texarkana
feel confident of final victory.
Boy Accidentally Killed.
Rohert Malone, a 15-year-old hoy
of Jlo.xie. was instantly killed while
limiting by an accidental discharge
of his gun. lie was standing on a
log. and in attempting to get down
on the ground the hammers of the
gun struck the log and the entire,
load of shot took effect under his
chin, blowing his entire face off.
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Killing at Lake Village.
Two prominent citizens of Lake
Village, William Frame and .J. M.
Rainier, fell out, one accusing the
other of attempting to employ hi?
laborers. The lie was passed, two
shots were fired and Palmer was in
stantly killed, one bullet entering
his breast and the other tore a hole
jver his left eye.
Pink Williams Must Hang.
A proclamation has been issued
by tlov. Davis fixing Friday, April
l.% 1004, as Ihe date of ihe hanging
at Helena of Pink Williams, a ne
gro, for the murder of his wife.
Williams was convicted in the
Phillips circuit court October 20.
1903, of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to hang on Decem
ber 18, 1903. lie appealed to the
supreme court, which throe week
ago affirmed the sentence cf tk ■
lower court.
Cotton Mills Pay.
A committee of business men of
j Fayetteville, after a personal in
! speetion of cotton mills in several
southern states, report favorably on
the establishment of similar indus
tries in this state. These men found
; that industries of this character,
started with small capital, have
doubled, trebled and quadrupled in
capacity within a few years.
BRIEF MENTION.
The fake work has been done on
the fir-'t throe spans of the bridge at
Cotter and work has begun laving
the steel girders.
By order of the comptroller of the
currency the First National Bank
of Mena has begun busiin -s with a
capital of $50,000
Some growers of the northwest
fear that the heavy frost of the
night of the 14th considerably dam
aged the peach crop.
William Penrose, who was recent
. ly nominated for governor by ihe So
cialist party of Arkansas, has an
nounced his acceptance.
J. I). Kight. charged with killing
Countv Judge Sam Morgan and his
brother at lvingsland, has heen
granted bond in the sum of $10,000.
A woman of ill repute known a
Lou Stemms, dropped dead in a sa
loon in North Little Book. Sh
had heen on a spree h r s-vend
days.
At a meeting of Arkansas world'-*
fair commissioners, held in St.
Louis. Miss Lizzit Cage of Helena
was selected as lady manager of the
state building.
The commercial importance of
Little Koek lias grown to such an
ext* i:t as t» necessitate- the organi
zation of a clearing house, whereby
all the financial transactions may he
totalized each day.
A dispatch from Camden tells of
the burning of S. A. Craves' planing
mill and dry kilns at Buena Vista
md the death of Coibert Adams, who
was shut oft from escaping by the
flames. Adams was but 1G years
of age.
!.. I). Moore, a Lillie* Rock negro,
ha' invented a machine which lie
claim' will in a groat nma-un* mini
mize the labor in the cultivation of
cotton. The machine is a combined
cotton scraper, chopper and culti
vator.
During the absence of other
members of (he familv, Mis- Ber
tie McMullen, aged *J 1, residing
with her widowed mother at
Walnut Ridge, suieuh u hy hang
ing, U'ing a trot line. D -p .mLn
< v was the cause.
Thompson Ramsey, aged TO, died
suddenly at his home it! Green For
est. \fter eating supper he com
plained of weakness, and while being
fanned he toughed and expired. He
was an ex-Confederatc, a Mason and
a resident of Carroll county for over
sixty years.
At a meeting of leading business
men of Pine Bluff a board of trade
was organized and the following of
ficers chosen: President, S. C.
Alexander, .Tr., vice president. W.
X. Trnlock, and E. C. Howell,
treasurer. A board of directors was
also selected.
The telephone association of inde
pendent telephone companies of
Northwest Arkansas, Southwest Mis
souri and Indian Territory held an
interesting session at Gravette anil
eleted officers for the ensuing year:
S. 11. Slaughter, president: W. T.
Stahl, vice president; W. P. Was
son. treasurer, and Mr. Comfort, sec
retary.
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