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ESTABLISHED 1871
VOL. XXXIII.
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Fear God, Tell the Truth and Make Money.'*
FORREST CITY, ARK., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, .lI'NK.'t, l«.*04
By LANDVOIQT & VADAKIN.
NO. 37.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
D. O. BRIDQFORTH,
physician and Surgeon,
Office over Postoffice.
FORREST CITY, : ARKANSAS
j.T. Longest, mi. d.
Office Over J. W. Beck & Co.
Forre»f City. Arkecrt***.
in. 'S/Tnorton,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will prtirtlc*» In the Fln»t and Second Judicial
Circuits, and In the Federal and
Supreme Court*
office In Rollwsfe Building.
MjRREST CITY, • ARKANSAS
j. M. PREWETT,
Attorney at Law.
Cfcrefu’ attention to Deposition* and ail oth„
Notarial work and Conveyancing
Office over J. W Beck A Co.'s Store.
fORREST CITY. - - ARKANSAS
WALTER. GORMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Courthouse,
FORREST CITY. ARK.
A. E. MATTHEWS,
Real Estate Abstracts
Office at Courthouse.
FORREST CITY. - ARANSAS.
J. W. PREWETT,
Land Surveyor and Real Es
tate Agent.
jy Special attention given to Bottom Land*.
Office with J M Prewett. Forrest City, Ark.
Write for 1I.LI'S rBATKD OSTALOUl l
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J. N. MILFORD, Jeweler, Memphis Tenn.
c. C. WEIER,
-PRACTICAL
Bricklayer and Builder.
Forrest City, Ark.
JoMilnir promptly attended to Chlmnej
'' rt rpooih11y. Mail orders will receivi
prompt attention.
H I Kill. HOLLWAUE,
Attorney at Law,
Office at Courthouse.
FORREST CITY, j ARKANSAS
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WORLD’S FAIR
ST. LOUIS
FROM ALL POINTS
South and Southwest
FASTEST TIME
SERVICE UNEXCELLED
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars
Free Reclining Chair Cars
Dining Cars (Meals a la Carle)
Folder containing diagram of World’s
rslr (irounds, Map of St. Louis and
complete Information will be sent free
on application to the nearest agent uf
Iron Mountain Route or
H. C. TOWNSEND,
orhEBAL rsaatNoca *no ti:kit agent,
ST. LOUIS.
To Merchants
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PHONE <70.
Hon. John P. Logan Requests That
Growers Forward Fresh
Fruit for Exhibit.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRONICLED
Citizens of Hot Springs Plan Elabo
rate Entertainment for Delegates to
State Democration — Two Destruc
tive Fires.
Fresh Fruit Needed.
Hon. John P. Logan, superintend
ent of horticulture for Arkansas at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
has issued the following letter to
fruit growers of Arkansas:
“World’s Fair, St. Louis. Mo,
“May 25, 1904.
“To the Fruit Growers of Arkansas:
“On account of the failure of the
fruit crop last year we were unable to
prepare any fruits in jars and solu
tions, and decided to make strictly a
fresh fruit exhibit, and at present we
have as tine an exhibit of fresh fruit
as was ever displayed at any exposi
tion. It is so pronounced by the
judges. While this is true, at the
same time, in order to carry off the
sweepstakes prize for which we are
fighting, and which we have every rea
son to believe we shall win, provided
we can get the assistance which we
must have of the people of Arkansas,
we are compelled to have all kinds of
fresh fruit in season. Up to the pres
ent time our people do not seem to
realize the importance of sending us
fruit. The strawberry season has
about closed and of the abundance of
strawberries that have been shipped
from the state, only six crates found
their way to the Arkansas exhibit,
when at least sixty or a hundred
should have been sent. We want to
show to the world that Arkansas
grows all kinds of fruit to greater per
fection than any other state in the
union, and we can do this if the peo
ple will but arouse themselves and
help us. All kinds of fruit such as
raspberries, blackberries, grapes,
peaches of all kinds, summer apples,
gherries, etc., ‘will soon be ripe and
to make our exhibit complete we must
have some of all of these for exhibi
tion.
“It is very embarrassing to the
management to visit the exhibit of
other states in the Horticultural Pal
ace, and to see how the citizens are
responding to the call and sending in
fruit promptly, and to see these states
getting praise for exhibits of certain
classes of fruit which do not in any
way compare with the same fruits
raised in Arkansas. But it is impos
sible to convince the world of this
unless our people will send the fruit
here for exhibit. I)o not wait for some
one else to do this, but do it yourself
and remember that there is no prob
ability of our having too much. It
matters not how little the quantity,
park it nicely and send it by express
We will pay express charges. Do not
imagine that there will be great quan
tities here that will h* better than
yours, but send along the best you
have, as it all helps to make a show.
“Every county should be glad of the
opportunity to have some of its fruit
on exhibition here, as all fruit when
put on the table bears the name of the
grower and where grown, so that prop
er credit and advertisement is given.
“Address all communications and
ship all fruit to me in care of section
15, Horticultural Palace, World's Fair.
St. Louis, Mo. I shall be glad if those
who are interested will keep the ad
dress. Official shipping tags will be
furnished upon application. Yours
very truly, John P. Logan,
"Arkansas Superintendent of Horticul
ture.”
Hotel at Harrisburg Burned.
Fire at Harrisburg destroyed the
Cook hotel, operated by Mrs. May.
May 31. There was no insurant on
the building. The adjoining builds
inc. owned by A. \V. Sparks, and in
which was run a pool room, was also
burned The contents are supposed
to be covered by insurance. The
brick walls of Harry Holmes’ and .1
J Mardis’ buildings, standing near,
were damaged.
Mditia Organizations Disbanded.
As the result of the recent inspec
tion of the militia by Brig Gen.
Hayes and Capt. Bent, regular army
officers assigned to that duty by the
war department, live companies of
state militia have been disbanded.
The companies disbanded were lo
cated at Fort Smith, Hot Springs.
Monticello. Booneville and Blythe
vilie, and the band was stationed at
Monticello.
Tha plant of the Little Rock Hoop
company, located in the western part
of the I'jty. was destroyed by lire May
2j. The lose is p'aced at $7,50J.
Elisha Davis Sentenced
In passing sentence upon Elisha
Davis, the negro convicted at Pine
Bluff of assaulting a little girl. Judge
(•race said: "I do not suppose there
is anything I could say that would be
of any effect on you, for the crime you
have committed shows that you are
lost to all sense of honor and decency.
‘ I wish it were possible to reach all
of the members of your race and teach
them the lesson that has been taught
you that such crimes are to be pun
ished by swift, sure death. There is
no nalton under the sun, be it civil
ized or savage, that does not punish
such crimes with death There never
has been a nation so base and savage
that it did not so punish such crimes.
It is looked upon with horror any
where. It is you, and brutes like you.
who do more damage in the I'nited
States than any others. You keep
down your people, for, while the
crime cannot be charged to your race,
the feeling against the race must ex
ist in the breasts of all white men
until the crimes cease. The charac
ter of a few negroes like you causes
the feeling between the races in the
south and causes the sectional feeling
that exists between north and south.
I am glad to say that there are only a
few of your race who would do such
a thing, but this few affects the whole
material prosperity of the negro race.
"I think the people of Jefferson conn
ty have given an exhibition of
strength of character in dealing with
your case which is truly commendable.
It Is not always that a rapist is al
lowed to go to trial, and your living
to be tried is because you have been
in the care of men of the highest type
of manhood and Christian character.”
Favor a New Constitution.
About one hundred members of the
legal profession attended the seventh
annual meeting of the State Bar asso
ciation. held in Little Rock last week.
Several important matters of interest
to the genera! public were discussed,
most important among them being the
ad visibility of calling a convention to
frame a new constitution. After con
siderable discussion, a resolution fa
voring the calling of a constitutional
convention for the purpose of adopt
ing a new constitution was adopted.
Another important matter before the
association was a resolution recom
mending the creation of a state board
to examine and pass upon applicants
to practice law, which was adopted.
A committee was appointed to draft
a bill embodying these recommenda
tions, to be presented to the next
genera! assembly. After electing the
following officers, the association ad
journed: President. Allen Hughes.
Jonesboro; vice-president. Daniel Hon.
Waldron; secretary, Arthur Neill,
Little Rock; treasurer. Judge P. C.
Dooley, Little Rock. Executive com
mittee. Morris M. Cohn. Little Rock,
chairman; John T. Hicks, Little Rock;
Joseph M. Stayton, Newport.
Pharmacists Receive Certificates.
The following persons have been
granted certificates as registered
pharmacists by the state board of ex
aminers: Berry Hesterly. Prescott;
| ,1. H. Warren, Lewisville; W. H Clark,
I Harrison; A. M I.eftwich, Magazine;
Geo. R. Wilkes. Helena; Oscar S.
Foote, Weiner; W. N. Foster, Claren
don; J. M. McDonald. Junction City;
.1. S. Crow, Arkadelphia; W. P.
Adams, Arkadelphia; Henry Bor
deaux, Dermott: R. M Hamilton,
Gwvnne; R. L. Council, Magazine;
Grover Morris. Lonoke; B K. Laake.
Lonoke; C. K Hegarty, Little Rock:
A T. Davis. Warren; D W Young.
Camden; Adolph Evers. Newport; G.
A. Rogaboom, G. E Schneck, A. E.
Carter, A H. Sims. Hot Springs; W.
M. McRae. J. A Gibson. J. W. Miller.
Little Rock.
Raise City Saloor. License
The probabilities are that a number
of saloons doing business in Little
Rook will shut up shop on the night o(
December 31 next, and not open again
At a recent meeting of the Little Rock
city council an ordinance wa3 passed
increasing the dram shop license from
$360 to $900 per annum, which will
make a total, including state and conn
tv license, of $1,74*1. There are nov<
sixty-one saloons in Little Rock, alsc
j about twenty in North Little Rock
Many of these places are being op»r
i ated at a loss under the present ex
| pense; therefore, will go out of busi
| ness at the end o-f the present year
| The raise in license, however, will give
the city an increase jn revenue of be
J tween $12,000 anil $13,000.
Life Policies Paid Last Year.
In a sur*mary of life insurance pay
ments by states, a table prepared b>
the Insurance Press of New York
shows ftiat the amount of claims paid
in Arkansas during 1903 was $1,201,
639. In Little Rock the payments were
$121,300. Payments of $10,000 ot
more were reported as follows: Bank
head. Richard J. Williams, $10,000;
Elizabeth. George T. Blakey. $10,000;
Grand Lake, James S. Peak, $10,000;
Mot Springs. F. M .Ludeling, $10,000;
Ola. John M. Harvey. $12,682; ShofT
ner. A E. Shoffner, $13,000
Faculty for Teachers' Institutes.
Professor Hinemon, stale superin
tendent of public Instruction, has an
nounced the faculties for the two
teachers' institutes to be held this
spring at Arkadelphia and Fayette
ville. The corps of instructors for the
Arakdelphia institute, which opens
June 6 and continues until July 1. will
be as follows: Ex-State Superintend
ent Junius Jordan, principal; Super
intendent D. T. Rogers, Jonesboro;
Prof. K. E. Major. Arkadelphia, Su
perintendent George R. Hopkins, New
port; Prof. J. 11 Witherspoon. Arka
delphia; Prof. J. D. Clary. Conway.
1'he faculty for the Fayetteville insti
tute. from June 20 to July 13, is as
follows: Ex-State Superintendent J.
I. Doyne. principal; Prof. John H.
Reynolds. I'nivrrsity of Arkansas; Su
perintendent John C. Mitchell. Fayette
ville, Prof. J. W. Kuykendall. I'niver
sity of Arkansas; Principal J. 11
Thach, Pine Bluff high school.
Pool Pooms Fleeced.
T he Hot Springs pool rooms were
fleeced out of several thousand dol
lars one day recently by wire tappers,
who played certain horses to win at
St. Louis and then sent them in as
winners, when the tickets were cash
ed. Since the Western I'nion discon
tinued its race track service, pool
rooms have been receiving results by
special messages. The news of the
false winners were sent through the
regular local office, and of course the
receiving operator accepted the mes
sages as regular, having no way of
knowing that the news of the actual
winners had been intercepted at some
point along the line, and the others
substituted.
Delegates to Be Royally Entertained.
An elaborate programme for the en
tertainment of delegates to the demo
cratic state convention has been pre
pared by citizens of Hot Springs
Among other social features planned
is a grand ball, to be given at the Ar
lington on the night of the 14rh. The
incoming delegates will be welcomed
by a reception committee of fifty, some
of whom will meet all trains at Ben
ton. who will provide them with
printed information concerning the
city, hotels, headquarters, etc. The
only expense the delegates will incur
will be their hotel bills while in the
city.
Big Fire Loss at Mulberry.
Fire at Mulberry, which started in
the grocery store of Tom Harper, con- ■
snmed four business houses and al- |
most their entire contents. The losses
are: Tom Harper $3,000, insurance
$1,500; Wagner & Son, dry goods, on
stock and building, $0,000; C. C. Pen
derson, grocer, stock $3,000, building '
$600, with $1,300 insurance on sto^k '
and $300 on building; C'azort & Me j
gehee, general merchants, stock $9,000 i
insurance $1,000. Chew’s Rachet I
store was a total loss, with no insur |
ance. The heat from thp fire broke ,
the big plate glass front in the Bank ;
of Mulberry building.
Alleged Crook Arrested.
Fpon information from Hot Springs
Lawrence Varner, known as “Har
niony Kid," was arrested at St. Louis
on the charge of fleecing Hot Springs
pool rooms out of several thousand
dollars. Varner is said to have
planned the scheme to send over the
wires the names of certain horses a:
winners, whereby his confederates at
the Springs could go* away with 3
large aa:ount of money.
BRIEF MENTION
The name of the Ark&delphia Meth
odist college has been changed to the
Henderson College, in honor of Capt
C. C. Henderson, president of the
board of trustees
Hon. J. E. Bristow, fourth assistant
postmaster general was in Texarkana
one day last week and made an insper
fion of the rural free delivery service
operating out from that city.
A movement has been started in
Scott county to organize a farmers
independent telephone company or
each highway out of Waldron, ’he
farmers to own and operate same.
The United States geological survey
recently issue i a bulletin concerning
roofing sla'e mined in Polk county
which shows the product to be of o
high grade and of great commercial
value.
The Rooks house and a frame build
ing occupied by F. T. Summerall as a
store a* Harrisburg were destroyed by
fire. Most of the contents of the ho
tel were burned, but Summerall saved
his goods. There was no insurance.
The portraits of Govs. Conway. Rec
tor. Garland, Miller, Churchill. Berry
Hughes, Eagle, Fishback, Clarke and
Davis have been shipped by state
house officials to St. I»uis, where they
will be hung in the Arkansas build
ing.
A young white man of Jackson
county, by the name of Allie Shelby,
died at Newport from injuries re
ceived by being thrown from a horse.
Young Shelby was a member of a
well-to-do family, and the best med
ical skill was employed to save his
life without avail,
i
"WILLIE MOTT"
DIES ONCE MODE
This Time He Passes Away in a
Klondike Cabin.
STORY BELIEVED TO BE TRUE
I'hlllp Itoliertvon, n Strictly ll**ll»l*lc
Man, I'roflpeftur nml Miner, He*
crlipd the l>> Inu Hnn'n ( onfra
■ ion >iml IVIVm (lit- Story.
Chicago, Jtyie l.—A special to the
News from Victoria, li C., says:
“If the voluntary declaration of a
dying inan is to be believed, finis has
been written to the historic Snell trag
edy of 15 years ago, and Tascott, the
long-sought, murderer, self-identified,
has paid the penalty of his crime with
penitence, and now fills an unmarked
grave in the heart of the Alaskan wil
derness. whither he had fled for the
efTacement of his individuality.
“Philip Robertson, a strictly reliable
man, prospector and miner, received
the dying man's confession, and tells
ti e story simply and dramatically.
Robertson left the Klondike capital, he
says, late last fall in a small boat
bound for the new placer grounds at
Fairbanks. He reached a point near
Dahl river, in a particularly desolate
and forbidding region, when the for
lorn wailing of a dog surprised his
ears. He found the dog, a half-starved
shepherd, in evident distress. Fallow
ing this animal, Robertson was brought
to a seemingly deserted cabin some 400
yards above the rivec, concealed in a
clump of spruce.
“I ventured to the door of the shack
and knocked," says Robertson, "and
there was a feeble ‘come in.’
“All was darkness inside, and there
was no sign of a fire, i caught sight
of a bit of candle on th^ table, which
I lighted, and then advanced to where
a roan Jay.
■'With a feeble effort he turned and
stared at. me for a full minutp, then i
he said: ‘Are you an officer?'
“The question amazed me a bit.
“ ‘No,* I said. 'I am a miner, and If
there is-anythin? I can do for you I
want to do it,.’
"I soon Jiad a fire Koine;, and again ‘
approached the bed. The man’s hair I
was white as snow, his face had a
liquid color in it that looked like death,
and he had the most terrified and hope- j
less expression 1 have ever seea ou a
human being.
“ ‘Partner,’ he said, finally rolling
over on his side, and little more than
whispering, ‘I'm leaving a world that
I did not appreciate. I’m going to
where l belong.’
He lapsed info silence, and what I
thought was a sleep came over him.
Two hours passed, and he suddenly
wakened with a shriek and then sank
hack in bed.
•*I Am Tancfilt.’*
“In a few minute he gave another
wild stream and straightened up in
bed. Then in a volte you would think
only came from a good, strong man,
he said: ‘See here, boys, my name is
Tascott. I'm Tascott. Do yot\ under
stand? “I'm Tascott that they've been
hunting like a wolf for years. I can’t
run any more. I’m getting paid for
wha* I did I know I’m dying, and I
know where Fll go. Tell the boys
when they come back that I am Tas
cott, and you can tell the world, too,
for the world has hunted me a long
time.’
"About three In the morning I heard
a noise like a man expelling all the
air from his lungs I rushed over to
the bed and feit the man’s pulse and
heart. He was dead.
“The next day his partners got back,
and I told them what happened. They
were the strangest fellows I’ve ever
met in the north. They didn’t say
who they were. They didn’t even
thank me for staying with their dead.
They didn't even a-k men to join them
at their meal, but they buried the man,
and rolling up their things in a
hlanke* packet, they started across
country in the direction of Koyukuk.
"Before g dng. nno of them came to
me abruptly ‘See here,' he said, ‘you’ve
seen and heard what you’ve heard. You
<-an’r make anything by talking atx>ut
it. He’s dead, and that’s all there is
to it.’
“Before I could ask him anything
he h">d struck the trail, and that was
the la.**. I saw of him. I have never
told about »hls until now, but that dead
man asked me to make his story pub
lic, and so I do so. I solemnly believe
that he was tortured to death by
thinking of his own life, and the belief
that he was always the object of pur
suit. and 1 as* surely believe that he ‘
told the trti'h in saying he was Tas
cott. It’s my opinion that his part
ners knew it, too ”
W. I>. Howell* Honored.
London. June 1—Oxford university
! has decided to c infer the degree of doc
, tor of letters on William Dean Howells,
I the American author.
I
FHIIPPIBE CRIMIIAl LAW
Some Important Decisions by United
States Supreme Court.
Point* Wore o* to the Kljgfit
of tio% ernnient to Take /tpprsl
In < rlroltiHl t a*o».
Washington, Juno 1.—In the United
States supreme court opjpions were
handed down Tuesday In three cases in
volving questions pertaining ro admin
istration of crimlnil law in the Phil
ippine islands. The points raised wore
as to the right of the government to
take apical in criminal cas >s, and of
an accused i>erson to demand trial Ly
jury.
The first c.a->e was that of Kepner
vs. the United Staise. Kepne” prac
ticed law in Manila ami was charged
with eiubez/.ljmenv The court of the
first instance acquitted him, but the
supreme cpjyrt of the islands convicted
him. ThM case was th»n appealed to
the supreme cour' of the United States
by Kepner, on the ground that by the
process of appeal he was put twice in
jeopardy, contrary to the constitution
of the United States.
Tho opinion by Justice Day sustained
this view, reversing the decision of the
Philippine supreme court. Justices
Holmes. White an 1 McKenna united in
one dissenting opinion, while Justice
Brown delivered a separate dissenting
opinion.
The case of Men lnzona ts the Unit
ed Stales, involving the same question,
was similarly rendered in favor of Men
dazona.
Another Philippine care vas tnat of
Dorr & O'Brien, in which v-aa raised
the right of a defendant in a criminal
case to demand trial by jury in tho
Philippines In the absence of congres
sional enactment granting su^h right.
The court held that the constitution
does not carry right, without legislative
enactment. Dorr & O'Brien are the
editors of a newspaper published in
Manila, and were prosecuted for crim
inal libel.
The chief Justice and Justices Brewer
and Peckham united in an opinion
concurring in thi3 result, but stating
different grounds. Justice ilarlan de
livered a vigorous dissenting opinion,
saying that, the opinion is contrary to
the established system of the United
States, and declaring the opinion cf
the court to be in effect an amendment
to the constitution of the United
Slates.
DEMOCRAT LEADERS ARRIVE
W. J. Rr)nii'« Frit-nila Will Prob*
ably Control the Nebraska
State Convention.
Omaha, Neb.. June 1 —Democratic
barters from different parte of the state
began arriving Tuesday for lhe demo
cratic state convention which will be
held in this city Wednesday.
Indications now are that Wll’iam J.
Bryan's friends will completley dom
inate the conven'ion, the county con
vention in Douglas (Omaha) county
last Saturday having eliminated the
last hope of the “reorganizers” to se
cure recognition. The convention, in
addition to selecting four delegates at
large, will also name two delegates for
each district to lhe national conven
tion and adopt a platform which is ex
pected to reflect th.p views of Mr. Bry
an. Mr. Bryan himself pn.ba.ily will
be elected to lead the Nebraska delega
tion at the St. Louis convention. No
contests are anticipated, but one coun
! ty having elected delegates directly op
posed to the Kansas City platform
BOLD ROBBERY AT PORTLAND
Krun Knlrr Office of I'lilltnan
t'oni|»e»y nt I nliin Stall! i» and
Hub lli'> Cashier.
Portland, Ore., Tune 1.—A bold rob
bery was committed shortly afternoon
Tuesday by two negroes, who entered
the office of the Pullman company at
the I’nion station just as the 'ashier,
W. H. Aurelius, was making up his
cash. Drawing revolvers upon the un
suspecting cashier, the negroes de
manded what cash was in sight. Au
relius handed over about $2,500. The
negroes backed out. of the office door
with their pistols .''til leveled on the
cashier, and then hastily disappeared.
GRANTED A NEW TRIAL
Cirrus l*rrfuruter W ho Murdered
HI* Vo’inK Sun lift* New Trial
atu a I'ec-lmli ullt > .
Jefferson City, Mo., June 1.—John M
Speyer, a circus performer, who killed
his young son in a tent at Kansas City
in 1902 by cutting its throat with a
knife, and who was found suiity and
sentenced to 20 years in the peniten
tiary, was granted a new trial on a
technicality. Spey *r had been accus-1!
of assaulting a young girl, and when
threatened by a crowd he killed the
boy, believing, as he afterwards said,
that he would be lynched, and not de
siring the child to live alone. Speyer’s
wife lives at Now Orleans