Woodmkk County News.
VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909.
NO 18.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE HAP
PENINGS OF THE WORLD AT
LARGE AND ESPECIALLY OF
OUR SISTER STATES.
Paris strike may spread to the
provinces.
Premier Stolypin of Russian is
seriously ill.
Natural gas is being bo re 3 for
near New Orleans.
The House is still in a snarl over
the tight on the rules.
Extraordinary military activity
is reported in Nicaragua.
Serious riots and disturbances oc
curred at Bogota, Colombia.
The French postoffice and tele
graph strike is spreading rapidly.
By tiie caving of a ditch at Ham
ilton, Ohio, three workmen were
buried alive.
Early intervention in Cuba is ex
't'tied h.v the administration at
Washington.
The new tariff bill was introduced
in the House by Congressman Payne
of New York.
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Several thousand employes of the
Fre >eh postoflice department have
gone out on a strike.
fPhe Southern Commercial Con
gross will, it is said, prove of great
benefit to Washington.
Dorando Pietri defeated Jol.unv
Hayes by half a mile in the match
for Marathon supremacy at, New
York.
The discussion in the British
House of Commons of the naval
estimates is arousing the greatest
interest in Germany.
Speaker Kennedy of the Texas
House of Representatives, resigned,
and was succeeded by G. J. Mar
shall of Grayson county.
Two trainmen were killed and
one probably fatally hurt in a
Louisville and Nashville freight col
lision near Cartersville, Ga.
The British steamer Mechanician,
a ship of 5,592 tons, which left
New Orleans for Liverpool on Feb
ruary 20. burned in the Mersey. She
had 1,700 bales of cotton aboard.
Mayor P. J. Lyons, on beginning
his second terin at Mobile, vetoed
the ordinance granting a general
salary increase, in which he would
have shared, and the city council
sustained him.
Speaker Cannon has rubbed salt
in the wound of Champ Clark and
his defeated coalition of Democrats
and insurgent Republicans in nam
ing the committee on rules and
ways and means. For the first time
in years the minority leader was
ignored in the assignment of places.
King Edward witnessed tho
flights by Wilbur Wright and evinc
ed equal enthusiasm with the other
spectators in the remarkable accom
plishments of the American aero
planist. The flight was made at
Pap„ prance.
The long contest over the ap
pointment of a collector of customs
at Charleston, S. C., which was
waged over the selection of Dr. Wm.
D. Crum was terminated by the ap
pointment by President Taft of Ed
ward W. Durant, Jr., for the posi
tion. Mr. Durant is a white man
and it is presumed his nomination
will be confirmed in due course of
time.
The grand jury of Pottawatamie
county, Iowa, met and is expected
to take up consideration of the oper
ations of the alleged swindling cases.
Several of the victims of the fake
horse races, foot races and wrestling
matches arc said to be here, and
many others are expected to come
from various parts of the country
to testify against the men charged
w’ith wholesale swindling.
Cipriano Castro, the former pres
ident of Venezuela, has engaged
state-rooms for himself and the
members of his party on board the
steamer Guadeloupe, sailing from
Bordeaux March 26 for Venezuelan
ports.
The riots at Bogota, Colombia,
were suppressed.
Joseph G. Cannon was re-elected
speaker of the House.
Director Leach of the United
States mint will visit New Orleans.
The shah of Persia has agreed
to convoke a constitutional conven
tion .
J. H. Clinton was fatally shot by
his former friend, G. W. Mixon, at
Kite, Ga.
A company of rurales mutinied
at Yuoltas, Cuba, and attempted to
start an uprising
Mexico will declare off all wheat
duties by April 1 in order to pre
vent a bread famine.
Southern rivers are on rampage,
even the Mississippi showing flood
stage earlier than usual.
Champ Clark of Missouri was re
elected minority leader of the House
by the Democratic caucus.
The British army is experiment
ing with the utility of automobiles
in the rapid movement of troops.
The Peterson brothers were res
cued from a mine near Salt Lake
City, after being imprisoned fifty
hours.
I lie German colony arranged en
tertainment for officers and crew of
the coming cruiser Bremen at Vow
Orleans.
Governor Sanders of Louisiana
and his immediate party have re
turned from Washington and New
York trip.
Four persons were killed and sev
eral injured by a runaway train
crashing into a depot at Montreal,
Canada.
A visitor to a San Francisco de
partment store found a package
holding $25,000, which remains un
claimed.
Mrs. Leopold Baumann, wife of
a wealthy Yew York furniture deal
er, was killed by Tally C. Estee's
automobile.
Pedro Ezquiel Rojas, who is re
garded as the ablest diplomat in
Venezuela, has been appointed Ven
ezuelan minister at Washington
Suits have been brought in the
High Federal Court of Venezuela
Against M. Castro, former presi
dent, who is now in Europe, on the
charge that lie caused the murder
in February of 1907 of Gen. Anto
nio Paredes and a number of his
revolutionary companions. The
plaintiff, Manuel Paredes, asks the
judge to extradite Castro and im
pose the maximum sentence of fif
teen years' imprisonment. He pre
sents proof that Castro issued the
order to kill Antonio Paredes from
his sick bed at Macuto.
There were only two really new
things shown at the first session of
the Dressmakers' Protective Asso
ciation at New York. One was the
"style clerical,” a summer costume
made to look as much like the
French priest's robe as possible with
.700 buttons on it. Another novelty
as the “meyen age” gown, which
was first heard from at a western
dressmakers’ convention a short time
ago. Several specimens of this,
which is to be "the really proper
thing this summer,” were shown.
To call a man a liar in the state
of Georgia is a breach of the peace
and means a fight, declares the state
court of appeals in a decision hand
ed down at Atlanta.
The American embassy at Rome
has been assured that the utmost
efforts will be made to arrest the
murderers of Joseph Petrosiue. The
Italian police are now greatly con
cerned about the impending arrival
of Mr. Roosevelt and his family.
It is stated that every effort is be
ing made to dissuade Mr. Roosevelt
from going into the earthquake re
gion or elsewhere in Sicily. The
Meseijfa district has always been
the stronghold of the Mafia, and of
ficials are fearful for Mr. Roosevelt.
Count von Zeppelin's new model
airship, with the inventor and four
other men on board, made a suc
cessful descent in a field on the
shore of the Lake of Constance.
The crisis in tiic Balkans contin
ues acute.
Baptist revival campaign began
in all the Baptist churches.
Three suicides, a woman and two
men, occurred at Jacksonville, Fla.
Edward Weston has left New
York on his 4,300-mile walk to
Frisco.
The Balkan crisis is in last stages
and Servia will determine her own
fate this week.
Posey Ryan killed his wife and
daughter because his wile sought
divorce.
Special missions were conducted
in all the Catholic churches at New
Orleans.
Southern textile mill owners will
meet in Atlanta this week to dis
cuse the tariff.
The New Orleans Great North
ern railroad may adopt motor car
service on the Shore Line.
Orleans Levee Board of New Or
leans paid C. B. Fisher $’177,500
for property taken for levee pur
poses.
Prudencio Alfar has launched
another revolutionary movement
against the Salvadorean govern
ment.
Cuban government Iras had a
month to prove its efficiency. and
is reported doing well. Will work
for new reciprocity treaty.
A newspaper man who is to ac
company Roosevelt to Africa will
bring back a full blood African
child for Col. Cecil Lyon of Texas.
If Jack Johnson fails to deny
that lie is married to a white wo
man, the negroes at Galveston will
cancel preparations for Ids reten
tion.
Jefferson Property Holders' Pro
tective Association deferred action
On special school tax until a confer
ence with school board at Mew Or
leans.
Rev. J. W. Jones, known as the
‘TIistorion of the Confederacy,”
close friend of Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson, died at Colum
bus, Ga. ,
A $40,000 fire loss occurred at
the prison on Fleet Island. X. Y.
The prisoners attempted to escape,
but were quieted by the titles of
the guards.
A famous goat from Kerry. Ire
land, has been presented to the bat
tleship Vermont as a mascot. The
goat caused a law suit between
brani lies of an Irish secret society
in Boston and the gift was made
to the battleship in order to settle
the controversy.
The Austrian government an
nounced that it will demand a clear
and explicit statement from Servia
as to her intentions. In the mean
time the Austrian army has been
placed on a war footing.
Two unknown men attempted to
assassinate Mayor Adams of Pass
Christian, .Miss. One of the men
was bending over Mayor Adams
with an upraised knife when Mrs.
Adams awakened and screamed. The
men were frightened off and es
caped.
The Cambria Steel Company,
which when in full activity employs
18,000 men. has announced a 10
per cent reduction in wages to take
effect April 1. The notice said:
“The reduction will affect all the
employes, from the highest to the
lowest. There is a general expecta
tion that this reduction will enable
the concern to take business it could
not accept with a profit under the
old rates, and that increased activ
ity will be the result."
Miss Anne Morgan, daughtei of
J. Pierpont Morgan, will open a
restaurant in the Brooklyn navy
yard about May 1. As chairman
of a committee appointed by the
New York section of the National
Civic Federation, Miss Morgan has
just received her authorization from
the government to carry out this
plan, which aims to provide for the
men who work in the navy yard
better food at less money than they
can now' obtain.
DIED FROM GAS IN TRENCH.
Little ltock.—Overcome by gas
from a service pipe, which lie had
disconnected at his home, James
MeClintock of 2022 West Seven
teenth street died from asphyxiation.
He had dug a trench to remove a
pipe that had been cut off from the
main years before. There was an
other pipe, however, of which he
knew nothing, from winch an el
bow protruded above ground. Think
ing he was working on the first pipe,
he unscrewed the joint. When the
pi[xi was uncoupled the How of gas
struck him full in the face as lie
was bending over the disconnected
end. lie lay five minutes in the
trench before he was discovered by
two negroes working across the
street. They tried to resuscitate the
gasping man, but failed
IRISH CATHOLICS MAKE PROTEST
1’ort Smith.—The Irish Catho
lics of this city are greatly wrought
up over the widely-heralded an
nouncement by green posters that
there would he a great St. Patrick’s
Day parade in Fort. Smith. The
green posters made their appear
ance on the streets several days be
fore the 17th, and announced that
Fort Smith 1 rish-Amerieans would
celebrate the day with a big pa
rade and invitation was extend
ed to the Catholics of the surround
ing towns to join in the merriment.
The posters conveyed the idea that
the announcement came officially
from local Irish societies.
Protests were made l>v represent
atives of the several local societies.
They declared that the whole affair
was a scheme of certain local sa
loonists and others to induce large
| crowds to flock into this city
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ARKANSAS STOCK WIN PRIZES.
Fort Smith—At the stock show
| at Fort Worth, Tex., O. L. Miles
of Fort Smith has won a grand
championship prize and several oth
er small prizes on his herd of Here
ford cattle and Mr. (loetz of Tuek
erman has won a first prize on a
1 lore ford.
Professors A. K. Short and Ru
fus .1. .Nelson of the FDiversify of
Arkansas represented the College of
Agriculture. Two of the college stu
dents wil' enter the stock judging
contests.
INSURANCE REPORTS FILED.
Little1 Hock.—.Reports of all the
old line insurance companies doing
business in Arkansas have been tiled
in the stale auditor's office, showing
the amount of business written in
the state during the year 1!>0S, end
ing December 31, and the amount
of death claims paid during that
j period.
The report covers the statement
! of 30 life insurance companies,
| showing the amount of business
written to be $11,789,414. the death
claims paid aggregating $9,">0,090.
MUSICIANS ORGANIZE.
j Little Rock.— A number of lead
ing musicians from various parts
of Arkansas have been invited to
attend the banquet to be given by
the musicians of Little Hock April
1">. Musicians and instructors from
the various colleges will be present.
The interest in tin1 proposed organi
zation of all the musicians of the
city is growing and it now seems
that practically every musician in
the city will be present at the ban
quet and will be a member of the
contemplated organization.
SIDEWALKS BEING BUILT.
Lake Village.—Thirteen thou
sand feet of concrete sidewalks are
being constructed in Lake Village.
The improvement is being made on
the district plan and not by indi
vidual property owners.
WANT FIRE ALARM SLSTEM.
Texarkana.—A movement has
been started in Texarkana for the
establishment of a (Ire alarm svstem
in that city. At present the only
method of sending in fire alarm*
is by telephone.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS PLEASED.
Little Lock.—A creditable per
formance of “Damon aiul Pythias”
;n which Kobert Downing and oth
er actors of the heroic type used
to star successfully, was given a
production at this place last week.
Only local talent appeared, except
the Damon, which character was
assumed by Lawrence McCarty, an
old-time professional actor, who
coached the players and under
whose direction the drama was pro
duced. All the other actors wore
members of Bayard-Damon Lodge
X o. 3, K. of P., and the three ac
tresses required in the cast are wives
and daughters of members, so that
if was strictly a Knights of Pythias
affair.
The performance was a great suc
cess and results were very satisfac
tory to the Knights of Pythias
ledge.
TO EXTEND INVITATION.
Little Rock.—Through the local
chairman of the Arkansas division
of the Order of Railway Telegra
phers, an invitation will be extend
ed to the national organization of
railway telegraphers to hold the
1910 meeting at Little Rock. The
chairman will attend the meeting
of the national organization at At
lanta May 10 as a delegate from the
southern district of the Rock Is
land. The invitation will he extend
ed not only by the local order, but
by the various business, organizations
of the city and, as at present plan
ned, will be signed by (low (leorge
W. Donaghey, Mayor AY. It. Dulev
and the heads of the various busi
ness organizations.
A NEW RATE PROVIDED.
Little Rock.—At the last session
of the Railroad Commission a dis
tance tariff on milk and cream was
ordered to be installed on all ex
press lines in Arkansas. This tariff
is exactly the same as that now op
erative on the Wells-Fargo line and
which is considered to he reason
able. The commissioners will con
sider the matter of adopting the rate
which was promulgated hy the In
terstate Commerce Commission at a
recent hearing at Chicago and which
provides a ^till further reduction of
the rates on milk and cream April
21. Lntil this hearing, the rate or
I hi red will be effective on all ex
press lines in the state.
GAVE A FAKE RACE.
Little Hock.—Tlu- expected in
dictments against John Mabrav,
F. JI. Clark. J. S. Johnson and I.
J. Warner have been returned i,y
the grand jnrv, in reporting io
Judge R. J. Lea in the first divis
ion of the Circuit Court . The men
are charged with grand larceny and
false pretenses. They are alleged
to have swindled F E Ray out of
l «?f*65 on a fake foal, nice here an
February 11. The aliao J. C. Crane,
under which Mabrav is alleged to
have appeared, and the alias George
A darns, under which C’ark is charg
ed with acting as the private secre
tary, are named in the indictments.
SURVEY TO BE FILED.
Little Rock.—The state land
commissioner has received notice
from the Interior Department at
Washington that before Cane Is
land in the- St. Francis river can be
opened to settlement under the
homestead act, the survey and plat
of the island must he filed in the
land office. Those who have im
provements on the island will be
given the preference in selecting
homesteads. Each will be permit
ted to buy KiO acres of land upon
payment of $1.25 per acre.
LARGE MILL CONTRACT.
Pine Fluff.—The contract for re
building the large mill and wood
working plant lost by fire in this
city some weeks ago provides for
the erection of a modern two-story
fire-proof mill work factory on the
cite of the old mill. The building
will cost in the neighborhood of
$35,000.
SITUATION NOW IMPROVING.
Brinkley.—Several new eases of
pneumonia and several of persons
sink with fever, due to exposure,
developed Wednesday. The people
have awakened to the danger of the
threatened epidemic of pneumonia
and every effort is being put forth
to provide better shelter for the
victims of the tornado that are still
homeless. At the instance of l)r.
E. 1). McKnight, who is in charge
of the Emergency Hospital, tempor
ary covers will be erected over some
of the big buildings to provide gen
eral sleeping quarters, where the
sufferers can be sheltered from the
night air, cold and rain. From the
viewpoint of the health of the vic
tims. has bettered with the modera
tion of the weather, and if the
warmer weather continues only a
moderate amount of sickness is
looked for from now on.
REMOVED FROM TRAIN.
Prescott.—The conductor of an
Iron Mountain train was forced
to appeal to City Marshal Marsh of
Prescott to protect the passengers
of his train from being annoyed by
the disturbances of an intoxicated
passenger. The disturber was ar
rested and lodged in jail. Accom
panying the man was his wife,
mother and two small children.
They. too. left the train to remain,
by him. The man gave his name
as John Christy and was taken be
fore Mayor Arnold and plead guilty
to disturbing the peace, and was
fined $•>.*» and costs. After satis
fying the account with the court,
Christy was released, and with his
family left for Hot Sftrings.
POLICEMAN BADLY WOUNDED.
Helena.—While attempting to
enter the home of Tom (Smith, a
negro, Wednesday night, Policeman
Sam Porter was dangerously shot.
Policeman Porter demanded admit
tance and was warned to leave or
he would he shot. When he con
tinued to demand entrance a negro
woman, it is alleged, threw the door
open and Smith tired one shot from
a Winchester ritlc. the bullet strik
ing the otlicer in the left hand, in
which he held a lantern, penetrated
the hand and entered the left lung,
near the heart. Unless complica
tions set in be is expected to recov
er. This is the second police offi
cer to be shot bv a negro while in
the discharge of his duty within
the past 60 days.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER CASE.
El Dorado.—At the present term
of court here Lee Combs will be
tried on a charge of murder, the
allegation being that lie murdered
('. \V. Masscngale of Valentine,
Neb., here Christmas Eve for his
money. Combs has been out on
bond in the sum of $10,000. Inning
been released from custody upon a
writ of habeas corpus issue ! up* n
an appeal by Combs’ attorneys te
the Supreme Court. The evidence
against Combs is purely circum
stantial unless the state springs a
surprise in the form of eye-wit
nesses who have heretofore kept un
der cover. It is not thought, how
ever. that such testimony will be
offered.
CANNING COMPANY ORGANIZED.
Marked Tree.—On account of the
high water in the St. Francis river,
work on the iron bridge at Marked
Tree has been suspended. It was
expected that the bridge would be
completed by April 1, but on ac
count of the rise it will require a
least GO days more to finish the
work.
SUES FOR LARGE SUM.
Little Rock.—For alleged person
al injuries, John Briggs, an engi
neer, has tiled suit- for $1 1.000
against the Rock Island railroad in
the second division of the. circuit
court. He claims that while he
was on a narrow footboard a valve
blew out. throwing him from the
engine, and that he sustained se
rious injuries to his back and side#.
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