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The Osceola Times.
LEON ROUSSAN, Publisher.
ONCBOLA. • - ■ ARKANSAS.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Coi.unb, an American, won the sprint
ing handicap at Sheffield, England.
Emukroh William of Germany has
ordered a reform In the treatment of
■oldlers In his army.
Tub Russian Government will build
•everal new ironclads and cruisers dur
lag the coming gumtner.
Tmt Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion has decided that special low rates
to theatrical companies are illegal.
Treasurer Huston says positively
that bo will not retire from the treasury
at present, but may do so in a year
or so. _
Father Kinsella has been sentenced
to two months at hard labor for his con
nection with the eviction at Glengary,
Ireland. __
The performance at the Broadway
Theater, New York, for the benefit of
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., who is sick,
netted *4,000.
Claus Spreckels appeared before the
House Committee on Ways and Means
recently and protested against a re
duction of the duty on sugar.
Mb. Matthews, the British Homo
Secretary, has informed a deputation of
■i. miners that the Government will not
support an Eight-Hour bill officially.
PwogEETY owners of Dubuque, lowa,
do not fear the proposed suit of the
heirs of Julien Dubuque Jo obtain pos
session of the site of the city on an old
Claim.
. The Royal Geographical Society has
Invited Thomas Stevens to send a paper
to be read before the society, describing
how he reached Henry M. Stanley in
Eastern Africa.
Tint full vote, corrected, in the Fourth
Congressional district of Pennsylvania
for the unexpired term of the late Judge
W. D. Kelley was: Reyburn, Republic
an, 24,830; Ayres, Democrat, 10,444;
. Tumbleston, Prohibitionist, 238; Rey
burn's plurality, 8,384. Kelley's plu
rality over Ayres in 1888 was 0,639.
The New York Post says that if the
World’s Fair bill is passed as drawn up
giving the commission power to condemn
real estate, the matter will be taken
to the courts and the litigation will
probably last until after 1892. It says
emlnentyounsel have already been en
gaged by certain property owners for
the purpose.
Tint council of the English Liberal
Federation has passed resolutions con
gratuUttsg Mr. Parnell and his col
; leagues upon the result of the investi
- ftllor, regretting that the authors and
all persons responsible for the forgeries
were not called to account by the com
mlssion, and demanding that the Govern
ment offer reparation to Mr. Parnell.
A dispatch from San Angelo, Tex.,
which Ues in the midst of the cattle
producing region of that State, says the
President’s proclamation ousting the
cattle men from the Cherokee Strip will
entail heavy losses to stockmen of Texas
who have leased large pastures in the
Nation at great expense, and have pur
chased cattle with a view to driving
there to fatten this spring before ship
ping to Northern markets.
Commissioner Groee, of the General-
Land-office, has rendered a decision, in
the celebrated Peralta grant case in
Arizona, in which ho holds that nogrant
of the character claimed was ever made.
He decides against the claimants on
every point and orders the case stricken
from the Surveyor-General’s docket.
The claim has been many years before
the department and embraces about
4,000,000 acres in the central part x>f
AHzona.
Accordino to a Paris cable special a
close friend of Dom Pedro has received
a letter from Brazil stating that the
movement there to place the ex-Emperor
in nomination for the Presidency of the
Republic is strengthening and spread
ing. The Emperor has been Informed
of the intention of his friends and they
await his consent to the use of his name.
The Emperor has already expressed his
willingness to return to Brazil in any
capacity, public or private.
The steamship China from Yokohoma
and Hong Kong reports that the storm
of January 24 swept about 1,006 fishing
boats, containing between 2,1500 and
3,000 people, from the Boshua coast
% Nine hundred of these boats with all on
board were lost On the same day
eleven boats were wrecked off Tablsh
ma and fifty fishermen were drowned.
On January 25 twenty-three fishermen
were drowned off the coast of Maschawa.
On the 26th 300 fishing boats, containing
600 men, were lost
• C*Vnt Andbass v. the Hungarian
statesman, recently deceased, came of an
ancient and noble family. Ho took a
prominent part in the revolution of
1848 as an adherent of the popular
cause and was condemned to death in
1849, but he escaped and went into exile.
When the right of self government was
restored in Hungary in February, 1867,
Andrassy was appointed Premier of a
naw Hungarian the Empe
ror. He succeeded Von Beust 1871-79,
as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A party, headed by Prof, Charles M.
Dobson, of London, and Colonel Frank
Triplett a prominent Western mining
expert and engineer, is being formed in
St Louis to make a thorough scientific
exploration of the great unknown region
lying in the far Northwest between the
coast range and the main range of the
Rockies—chiefly in the new State of
Washington. This region embraces an
area of over 36,000 square miles, and it
16 believed that its exploration will have
very important results for the scientific
and commercial world.
Hekmuib Thibault, embezzler Sil
cott’s friend, is in New York. In an
interview she said: “In regard to the
report that I offered to reveal Mr. SU
coft’s hiding-place to the officials in
twenty-four hours, provided I was given
*9,600, why, the idea is preposterous. I
. do not know where Mr. Silcott is in the
Erst place, and if I did I would nqt give
Aim np for *IO,OOO. I had not seen Mr.
Siloott for two weeks before his flight,
nor have I seen or heard of him since.
I wm called to Quebec by a telegram
1 *MonMia* ths iMtnoo* of my mother.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gleaned By Telegraph 4|nd Mail.
CONGRESS.
Till morning hour of the Senate on the
18th was devoted to routine business and
then the Senate went Into executive aeealon.
The doors were reopened at 8:80 and the
Educational bill was taken up and Sen
ator Blair continued hia remarks, apeak
Ing nearly two hours, in which he
attacked the proas of the country for
keeping from the people facta that he had
laid before the Senate. The conference re
port, recommending that the House amend
ment to the bill requiring the conaua report
to show the mortgage Indebtedness of the
country was agreed to. Senator Blair an
nounoed that he would talk two more days
on hia bill and the Senate adjourned In
the House the Pension bill waa reported and
placed on the calendar. After considering
for a time the Senate bill for the appoint
ment of an Assistant Secretary of War, the
Oklahoma bill was taken up and debated
until adjournment.
Ths proceedings of the Senate on the 19th
were devoid of general interest The reso
lution In regard to the late killing of a depu
ty marshal in Florida called out some ex
planatory remarks from Senator Pasco. Mr.
Blair continued his remarks on his Educa
tional bill and again "pitched into" the
press. In the course of his remarks ho said
that the time might come when a dog fight
will not be more Important in the opinion of
this press than a great school bill, but that
time had not yet been reached. After an
executive session the Senate adjourned....
The House passed the Senate bill to author
lie the President to confer brevet rank upon
any officers for gallant services in Indian
campaigns since 1867. The Oklahoma bill
was then debated In Committee of the Whole
until adjournment.
After passing several unimportant bills
on the 20th the Senate took up the resolution
of Inquiry as to the recent killing of a deputy
marshal (W. B. Saunders) In Florida, and
Senator Pasco continued his remarks, to
which Senator Chandler replied. Senators
Call and Hawley also took part In the dis
cussion. The resolution calling on the At
torney-General for the facts was then
adopted. Senator Blair then talked on his
Educational bill until adjournment.... In
the House Mr. Morrill (Kan.) presented
the conference report on the Senate
bill to Increase the pension of help
less soldiers. The agreement makes
the proposed Increase take effect from the
date of passage of the bill or the Issue of
surgeon’s certificate. Mr. Morrill explained
that the bill Involved an expenditure of
>400,000 or 1450,000 for this year. The report
was adopted. The World’s Fair bills then
came up as the special order and members
spoke until adjournment *The claims of
Washington, New York, Chicago and fit
Louis were urgently advocated by friends of
each city.
Thb Senate on the 21st agreed to the con
ference report on the bill to increase the
pensions of totally disabled soldiers. After
several bills had been reported and placed
on the calendar the Senate proceeded to con
sider the House Oklahoma bill for several
hours. A number of bills for public build
ings were then passed, among them for
a building at Kansas City Mo., >2,500,000; Atch
ison and Ernnfertn, Kan., each fioo.ooe, and
Salina, Kan., 1125,001, Adjourned until Mon
day. ... The entire day in the House was de
voted to speeches on the World’s Fair bill,
different members again advocating in flow
ery language their favorite cities. Pension
bills were considered at the evening sessiou.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
President Harrison has approved the
resolution congratulating the people of
Brazil on the adoption of a republican
form of government
The House Committee on Agriculture
heard arguments regarding the regula
tion of the manufacture of lard on the
19th. The hearing was not concluded.
President Harrison, accompanied by
Andrew Carnegie, left Washington on
the 19th for Pittsburgh to attend the
dedication of Carnegie’s free library at
Allegheny City.
The lowa House of Representatives
has succeeded in breaking the deadlock
with which H had been wrestling for the
past four weeks. Jolin T. Hamilton,
Democrat, from Linn County, was elect
ed Speaker. By the terms of compromise
which have been accepted the Democrats
have the Speaker, and the Republicans
the important chairmanships of com
mittees.
The House Committee on Public
Lands has unanimously agreed to report
favorably a bill to repeal the Timber
Culture law.
Senator Sawyer has introduced an
anti-lottery bill, one of the features of
which authorizes the Postmaster-Gen
eral to return registered letters ad
dressed to lottery companies stamped
with the word “Fraud.”
General F. L. Cramer, a Mason of
high degree and one of the best known
men in the Indian Territory, died "e
--cently at Oklahoma City.
The Socialists made notable gains in
the elections for the German Reichstag
on the 20th.
Mr. Carlisle speaks of testing in the
Supreme Court the constitutionality of
Speaker Reed’s counting a quorum.
President Harrison returned to
Washington on the 21st and at once re
sumed his duties at the White House.
Washington’s birthday was cele
brated throughout the country as usual
on the 22d.
The sentence on the Duke of Orleans
has been commuted and he has been
banished from France.
A Government bill has been intro
duced in the Reichsrath to extend the
boundaries of Vienna. The measure
will double the population of the city.
The infant King of Spain took an
other sick spell on the 23d.
The French Senate by a vote of IIS to
107 has passed the bill providing for
summary proceedings against news
papers publishing libels on Government
officials.
John Jacob Astor died at New York
on the 22d. He was worth 8150,000,000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rev. John Lance was murdered in
Union County, Ga., the othef night. It
is supposed that the crime vias com
mitted by moonshiners, who feared
that Lance would expose them.
Three minors were instantly killed
at Aspen, Col., recently, two by scaffold
ing giving way and one by a fall of rock.
No more four per cent, bonds will be
purchased by the Treasury Department
until further notice.
Letters from the City of Mexico re
port terrible ravages by influenza.
St. John’s Roman Catholic. Church at
Greenbush, N. Y., was destroyed by fire
the other day. Loss, 875,000; insurance.
842,000.
Business failures (Dun’s report) for
the seven days ended February 20 num
bered 271. For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were 270.
One thousand miners of the Central
Coal Company, of Springfield, 111., re
cently quit work because not paid the
wages due them.
Three thousand aborigines and many
French convicts in New Caledonia have
been attacked with leprosy. The dis
ease is spreading at an alarming rate.
Louise Michel talks of going to their
succor.
There was a serious fire in Toledo,
0., on the morning of the 21st, breaking
out In Breckinridge’s fruit can factory.
Loss, 8150,000; insurance, one-half.
The Toledo (O.) Pump Company’s
works have been seized by the sheriff.
The failure is total.
The Gebhard Paper Company, of Buf
falo and Detroit, has assigned; assets
and U»biUUe« up known.
The jury in Bishop Dub's caro at
Cleveland, 0., returned a verdict of
guilty. Ue w& suspended from office
until the meeting of the general confer
ence in September, 1891, when the cast
will be reopened. .
There have been two bad accidents
with engines and snow plows in Cali
fornia. Near Sisson there was a col
lision of the engines caused by a coup
ling breaking. Several of the laborers
were killed. At Cape Point mills five
locomotives were wrecked. Two men
were killed and two injured.
Charges have been made of cutting
on the new Missouri river rates and an
uncomfortable feeling exists among
freight men.
Traffic Manager Sargent, of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road, pronounces the Alton’s Federal
railroad control scheme nonsensical.
An English syndicate, it is said, is
ready to pay 830,000,000 for the Union
Stock Yards, Chicaga
The Congo Free State lias empowered
the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society to
send an expedition to Africa to assist in
suppressing the slave trade.
The tobawo factory of Cameron & Si
ser, Richmond, Va., was burned recent
ly. Loss, 8250,000; insurance light.
Two prominent ladies of Newark,
N. J., Mrs. M. E. Tyler and MissC. E.
Tyler, were killed recently in a runa
way. Another lady was badly hurt
By decree of the Pope the Lenten fast
has been abolished this year. The
cause was said to be on account of the
influenza.
By the explosion of a boiler in James
Turner’s saw mill at Ruther Glen, Va.,
the other day, three mon were killed
and six wemmded.
Twenty-one persons have been in
dicted at Lalayette, La., tor conspiracy
in connection with their acts as regu
lators.
An actor named Duncan C. Harrison
was stabbed recently by another actor
at the door of the Standard Theater,
Chicago. A heavy overcoat prevented
the knife wound extending as far as
Harrison’s heart.
Clearing house returns for the week
ended February 22 showed an average in
crease of 5.6 compared with the corre
sponding week of last year. In New
York the increase was 4.3.
Fire at Fortieth street New York, on
the 23d destroyed the Eagle wire works
and other property. Loss, 8120,000.
Northern Montana is experiencing
a boom on account of discoveries of
gold mines.
Rev. Henry Duncan, a white Free
Will Baptist preacher, was hanged re
cently at Ozark, Ala., for the murder of
his wife.
Fourteen bodies of infants were
found recently in Warsaw, Poland, after
the burning of an establishment kept by
a woman named Skoblinska.
Jeremiah O’Donnell was found guilty
at Chicago of attempting to bribe the
Cronin jury. He was sentenced to the
penitentiary for three years.
Michael McDonoghue, aged fifty,
discovered a railroad rail which had
been placed across a railroad track at
Akron, 0., recently. A train was in
sight and he only had time to lift one
end and drag it from the track when
the engine struck the other end. The
rail was dashed against his head, crush
ing his skull and killing him.
Broker George H. Pell, the alleged
New York bank wrecker, has secured
bail and has been released from jail.
Salvationist riots growing out of the
prohibition by the Swiss Government of
Salvation Army meetings in any part of
the Confederation have been renewed at
Berne, where the army has defied the
law.
At Adamsburg, Pa., William Stewart
was instantly killed and his wife and
two children seriously injured and Wil
liam Crock and William Stemtz were
perhaps fatally injured. Stewart had
placed a frozen stick of dynamite in the
kitchen oven to thaw out.
Hemingway, the supposed defaulting
State Treasurer of Mississippi, has been
exonerated after investigation.
The lowa Indians are ready to sell
part of their lands in the Indian Terri
tory.
F. A. Walton, who absconded from
Dallas, Tex., after stealing 835,000 from
the Pacific Express Company, was run
down at St. Johns, N. B. Several of the
money packages in his possession were
found unopened.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES
I The Steel Car Company of New York
Is organizing a BLOGO,OOO company to
erect works at Chattanooga, Tenn. The
company will purchase 1,000 acres of
land adjoining the city, and in addition
to the stoel works will put up a rolling
mill.
Mason, Tenn., was visited by a ter
rific hail storm on the 24th. Some of
the hail stones were an inch in diame
ter. The fall of hail lasted about fif
teen minute* and was followed by delug
ing rain and a high wind.
A serious epidemic of measles, com
plicated with pneumonia, prevails in
Catahoula parish, La. Nearly all cases
are fatal.
At Shelbyville, Ky., on the 23d, How
ard Hall took by mistake for cough mix
ture a dose of liniment made of croton
oil and iodyne. He died in great agony.
Forty’ persons were drowned at Pres
cott, Arizona, on the 22d by the giving
way of the largo storage dam built
across the Hassayampa river two years
ago.
Government officers are at New
port, Ky., investigating a new style of
vandalism. For some time unknown
parties have been dropping lighted
matches, lighted cigars and burning
paper into mail boxes in various parts
of the city and many letters have boon
wholly or partially destroyed. Lately
the vandals have varied this procedure
by putting tobacco juice and foul water
in the boxes.
The Tennessee Legislature met in
extra session on the 24th.
| John Jacob Astor, oldest son of the
' late William Astor, grandson of the
original John Jacob Astor, and head of
the third generation of the Astor family,
suddenly at Now Y T ork on the 22d
of heart failure, aged 65. He inherited
two-thirds of his father’s estate, valued
It 8300.000,000.
The Priebatsch Lumber Company's
mill at Brookhaven. Miss., wasdestroyed
by fire on the 23d. The mill was one
of the largest in the .South. Loss, $75,-
000.
The political campaign in Alabama
grows more and more interesting day
Ky There are now six gubernato
rial candidates in the race—Thomas G.
Jones, of Montgomery, Wm. Richardson,
of Madison, James Crook, of Calhoun,
Joseph F, Johnston, of Jefferson, Sam
Blackwell, of Morgan and B. F, Kolb, of
Barbour* * ;
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
The Anniversary of the Birthday of
George Washington Celebrated by the
Honthern Society in New York City—
Synopsis of an Address Delivered by Ex-
President Cleveland.
New York, Feb. 23.—The Southern
Society gave a banquet last night in
celebration of Washington’s birthday.
Among the guests was Grover Cleve
land, who was introduced in a highly
complimentary speech by John Calhoun,
and responded to the toast, “The Birth
day of George Washington.” Mr. Cleve
land’s address recited the benefits to be
derived for the country from a close ad
herence to the policy and precepts oi
the immortal Washington. He said:
Ml PhESIOENT AND GENTLEMEN: — It Is
sometimes said of us that wo have too
sow holidays, and this, perhaps, Is true. We
do not boast the antiquity nor the long his
tory which accumulates numerous days of
National civic observance: and the rush
and activity of our people’s lite are not
favorable to that conservative and deliber
ate sentiment which creates and establishes
holidays. So far as such days might com
memorate the existence or achievements of
some conspicuous personage, their Infre
miency may be largely attributed to our
democratic spirit and the presumption aris
ing from our institutions. In this land of
ours—owned, possessed and governed by
the people—we, in theory at least, demand
and expect that every man will, in his
sphere, be a patriot, and that every faculty
of greatness and usefulness with which he
is endowed, will bo devoted to his country
and his fellow man. We have had no dearth
of public men and no better heroism has
anywhere been seen than here. But they
belong so naturally to us, that we usually
deem them sufficiently noticed and com
memorated when they are acknowledged as
contributions to the common fund of our
National pride ami glory.
Thus it happens that in this country but
two birthdays are publicly celebrated. We
reverently speak of one as the day when the
Redeemer of Mankind appeared among men.
On the other the man was born whose mis
sion it was to redeem the American people
from bondage and dependence and to dis
play to the world the possibility of popular
self-government.
It would be strange, indeed if this day
should ever be neglected by our fellow
countrymen. It would be like a nation’s
blotting out the history which cements its
governmental edifice or expunging Its tra
ditions from which flow that patriotic love
and devotion of its people which are Hie
best guarantees of peaceful rule and point
lar contentment.
We certainly need at least one day which
shall recall to our minds the truth that the
price of our country was unselfish labor and
sacrifice, that men fought and suffered that
wo might be free,and that love and American
brotherhood are necessary elements to the
full and continued enjoyment of American
freedom, prosperity and happiness.
We are apt to forget these things In our
engrossment with the activities which at
tend the development of our country and in
the impetuous race after wealth which has
become a characteristic of our people. There
Is danger that wc may grow heedless of the
fact that our Institutions are a precious
legacy which for their own sake should be
jealously watched and guarded, and there
is danger that this condition may induce
selfishness and sordidness followed by the
idea that patriotism and morality have no
place Ip statecraft and that a political career
may be entered upon like any other trade
for private profit and advantage.
This is a frightful departure from the doc
trines upon which our institutions rest; and
surely it Is the extreme of folly t » hope that
our scheme of government will effect its
purpose and intent when every condition of
its birth and life is neglected.
Point to your Immense fortunes If yo i will;
point to your National growth and pros
perity; boast of the day of practical poll
tics; and discard as obsolete, all sentiment
and all conception of morality and patriot
ism in public life, but do not for a moment
delude yourselves into the belief that you
are navigating In the safe course marked
out by those who launched and blessed the
ship of state.
Is Washington accused even in these days
of being a sentimentalist? Listen to the
admonition he addressed "as an old and
affectionate friend” to his fellow country
men whom he loved so well and for whom
he had labored so long, as ho retired from
their service:
"Os all the dispositions and habits which
load to political prosperity, religion and
morality are indispensable supports. In vain
would that man claim the tribute of patriot
ism who should labor to subvert these great
pillars of human happiness, these firmest
props of the duties of men and citizens.
The mere politician equally with the pious
man, ought to respect and cherish them.’’
And all is summed up and applied directly
to our situation when he adds:
"It is substantially true that virtue or
morality is a necessary spring of popular
government.”
When did we outgrow these sentiments?
When did we advance so far in knowledge
above our fathers as safely to cast aside these
beliefs? Let us be sober and thoughtful, and
If we find that these things have lost their
hold on our minds and hearts, let us take
soundings, for the rocks are near.
We need in our public and private life
such pure and chastened sentiments as re
sult from the sincere and heartfelt observ
ance of days like this, and we need such
quickening of our patriotism as the sedate
contemplation of the life and character of
Washington creates.
Most of all, because it includes all, we need
a better appreciation of true American citi
zenship. Ido not mean by this that thought
less pride of country, which is everywhere
assumed, some times without sincerity, nor
that sordid at tachment born of benefits re
ceived or favors expected, but that deep and
sentimental love for our citizenship which
flows from the consciousness that the bless.
Ing of Heaven was invoked at Its birth; that
it was nurtured in the faith of God; and that
it grew strong In the self-denying patriot
ism of our fathers and in their love of man
kind.
Such an apprehension of American citi
zenship will consecrate us all to the disin
terested service of our country and incite us
to drive from the temple of our liberties
the money changers and they who buy and
sell.
Washington was the most thorough Amer
ican that ever lived. His sword was drawn
to carve out American citizenship, and his
every act and public service was directed to
its establishment. He contemptuously
spurned the offer of kingly power, and never
faltered in his hope to make most honorable
the man who could justly call himself an
American.
As we commemorate his birth to-night wo
will invoke his precious influence and re
new our patriotic and disinterested love of
country. lx>t us thank God that he has
lived, and that he has given to us the high
est and best example of American citizen
ship. And let us especially be grateful that
we have this sacred memory, which span
ning time, vicissitude and unhappy aliena
tion, calls us together in sincere fellowship
and brotherly love on "The birthday of
George Washington."
Who Will be the Lucky Man ?
Washington, Feb. 24.—The fact that
the bill providing for an assistant Secre
tary of War, will undoubtedly be ap
proved by the President, has furnished
material for speculation at the War De
partment during the past week regaring
the probable occupant of the office.
The salary is 84,500 per year, and the
hill provides that it shall boa civilian
appointment made by the President.
Mr. F. C. Partue, Secretary Proctor's
private secretary, and Mr. John Twee
dale. chief clerk of the Department are
among the names suggested for the new
office.
Kwwla Preulng the t'orte for faymem
of the War Indemnity.
London. Feb. 24.—Russia has made
further demands recently upon the
Porte for the payment of the indemnity
which, according to the Berlin treaty,
should have been paid by Turkey on ac
count of the Russo-Turkish war. All
previous demands have been met by
ample promises, explanations, and ex
pressions of regret, but no eash has
been forthcoming. It is doubtful if in
the continued bankrupt state of the
Sultan’s treasury, the present urgings
of Russia will have any more suit- 1
lumlial result. I
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
An Insane Asylum Fire.
The Asylum for the Insane, located at
Little Rock, was visited by a destructive
fire a few mornings ago. The fire broke
out at 3:45, originating in the engine*
room, and caused a loss of $50,000. No
lives were lost. The breaking out of
the flames in the engine-room prevented
the use of the steam-pumps belonging
to the institution, and the superintend
ent, Dr. P. O. Hooper, turned out about
fifty patients, who worked effectually
with buckets until the arrival of fire
engines from the oity, when the spread
of the flames was stopped at the very
door of the main buildings. The build
ings destroyed embraced the laundry,
kitchen, engine-room, boiler-room,
pump-house, bakery, employes’ dining
room. dormitories, ironing-room and
drying-room. The entire contents of all
the rooms, with the exception of the
cooking-range, were destroyed. All the
crockery and table ware was melted and
broken, and six thousand pieces of cloth
ing, belonging to the inmates, were
burned. The employes lost all their
personal property, including bedding
and furniture. The buildings were of
brick. There is no insurance. The
buildings will be rebuilt at once.
To Contest a Will.
The will of the late Daniel McKen
zie, of Helena, will be contested by his
son, James H. McKenzie, of Memphis,
Tenn. Mr. McKenzie died, leaving to
his wife the bulk of his estate, which
is valued at 850,000. Young McKenzie
thinks his step-mother exercised an un
wonted influence over his father, and
that the latter was mentally incapable
because of illness to make a just dispo
•ition of his estate.
A Chief Deputy Appointed.
State Land Commissioner C. B. Mey
ers has appointed J. B. Moore his chief
deputy. Mr. Moore has been connected
with the office for eight years.
New Bank at Little Rock.
O. M. Nelson, a well-known capitalist,
is establishing a State bank at Little
Rock to bo called the Bank of Com
merce. Its capital stock will be SIOO,-
000. $40,000 of which he has reserved
for himself and friends. A building
will be erected. Mr. Nelson is heavily
interested in the banks of Jonesboro,
Conway, Lonoke, Malvern, Clarksville
and Paragould.
Knlghtu of Honor.
The annual meeting of tho Grand
Lodge of Knights of Honor of Arkansas
was held at Little Rock, with a large
number of members present from all
parts of the State. The following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing year:
W. S. McCullough, grand dictator;
Charles Coffin, vice grand dictator; T.
H. Matthews, assistant grand dictator;
C. M. Barnes, grand reporter; Frank B.
Sliger, grand treasurer; W. B. W.
Hartssille, grand guide, and IL B.
Macon, grand sentinel.
A Youthful Murderer.
Ed Stewart, the sixteen-year-old mur
derer of R. E. Osborne, in Ashley County,
last November, has been taken to the
penitentiary at Little Rock under a three
years’ sentence.
Killed by a Deputy Sheriff.
At Golden Lake, Charles 8011, a depu
ty sheriff, and a farmer attempted to ar
rest a negro named Charles Collins.
Collins resisted, defied arrest, and had
almost succeeded in getting his pistol
out when Bell fired both barrels of his
shot-gun at Collins, who sank to the
ground, instantly killed.
Lost Two Valuable Men.
The Arkansas Industrial University
at Fayetteville will soon lose two of its
most efficient instructors. W. E. Ander
son, professor of mechanics and arts,
and F. W. Simmonds, in charge of the
geology and biology departments, will
shortly vacate their chairs in the col
lege to accept more lucrative positions
elsewhere. Prof. Simmonds goes to the
University of Texas at Austin. None
but cheap men need apply for office in
any of the departments in this State.
The last Legislature increased no one's
salary, but decreased almost every
body’s in the employ of the State. It is
not at all surprising that men of learn
ing and ability should seek other fields
of labor.
On a Child’s Testimony.
In the jail inclosure at Osceola, a few
days ago, John King was hanged for the
murder of Mrs. Warren and her child.
The murder was committed a year ago,
and King was convicted on tho evidence
of a nine-year-old child.
A Jail for Jonesboro.
Jail Commissioner Y. A. Cole has
called for bids for the erection of a 810,-
000 jail for Craighead County of the
most modern style.
New River Mell Routes.
Throe river mall routes have been
added to the jurisdiction ofC. W. Keatts,
of Little Rock. They are from Memphis
to Arkansas City, Memphis to Friear’s
I’oint and Gree.nvillo to Vicksburg,
Miss. They will provide a tri-weekly
mail delivery.
Caused bv a Woman.
Ike Jackson was shot through the
right lung by Deputy Constable Blanks,
at Little Rock, and his recovery was
considered an impossibility. Blanks
says Jackson struck him over the face
with a cqne before he fired. Jackson
denies this and .says Blanks shot him
as he was walking away from him and
without any cause whatever. Blanks
was released on 81,000 bonds. A woman
was the cause of the trouble.
For Wet»t Point.
A competitive examination will bo
held at Little Rock, April 15, for the
selection of a cadet for tho United
States Military Academy at West Point
from the Fourth Congressional district.
All applicants will report to Hon. J.
H. Shinn, at the office of the Secretary
of State, who will conduct tho examina
tion, aided by an able corps of assist
ants.
A N*w Building and I.oan.
The Arkansas Building and Loan As
sociation has been Incorporated at Lit
tle Rock with a capital stock of $2,506 -
600.
New Corporation.
Smith, Byrd & Co., wholesale and
retail dry goods and groceries, filed
articles of incorporation at Little Rock,
a few days ago, with a capital stock of
$50,000. The place of business will he
at Pine Bluff. Tho incorporators and
officers are G. J. Smith, president; W.
M. Smith and Alex. Perdue, directors.
Killed a Panther.
William Fountain, a farmer near
Wynne, Cross County, killed one of tho
largest panthers over seen in that sec
tion of the State. '1 ho beast weighed
143 pounds and measured over aU feet.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
A nig Southern land Company.
It has leaked ont that one object of
the recent visit to Atlanta, Ga., of Gov
ernor Campbell, of Ohio, and his party,
and John H. Inman and party was tho
formation of a powerful land company.
Governor Campbell is president, with
such men as John IL Inman, John C
Calhoun and others as directors. Tho
capital stock of the company will bo
$1,006,000. Its purpose is the purchase
of Southern lands and their settlement
with people from the North and West
Burned to Death.
While engaged in burning some
brush on her husband’s farm near
Athens, Tenn., the clothes of Mrs. Will
iam Sapp caught fire, and as she was
alone, she was in a few seconds so
badly burned that she died during the
night.
The Way of the TranngreflUOT.
W. T. Davis, defaulting secretary of
the Tennessee State Farmers’ Organiza
tion, was convicted at Dresden and sen
tenced to five years in the penitentiary.
A Railroad Agent Killed.
F. D. Kirkland, agent at Argyle, Ga.,
of the Savannah, Florida & Western
road, was shot dead by D. McDuffie, e
local merchant
Killed by a Pile-Driver.
While working with a pile-driver crew
at Tunis, N. C., a colored man was struck
on the head with the immense weight
and instantly killed. A white man was
also struck on tho bead, but be will re
cover, although badly injured.
Killed a Mlnlmter.
A young man named Booth waylaid a
minister pamed Whisman in Wolfe
County. Ky., recently, and cut him so
badly with a knife that he died. It
seems that several years ago the minis
ter was a school-teacher and Booth was
one of his pupils. He punished the
scholar, who assaulted the minister for
revenge.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.
By the explosion of dynamite at Mar
tin's works on the Knoxville Southern
railroad, on tho Hiawassee river, at the
place known as “the pen,” Henry Rice
was dreadfully injured. A pile of dyna
mite cartridges lay in hot ashes prepara
tory to being capped. They exploded
as Rice was passing, tearing a hole in
the ground, throwing rock and earth in
all directions and inflicting terrible in
juries on Rice. His left leg and arm
wore torn all to shreds and his face dis
figured fearfully. He will die.
A Birth ami Marriage on a Train.
A birth and marriage occured on a
train on the Georgia Pacific railroad be
tween Birnjlngham, Ala., and Atlanta,
Ga., a few days ago. Negro immigrants
from North Carolina were going
through on special train. A few miles
from Atlanta a woman gave birth to a
child. Soon afterwards two young
lovers announced that they wanted tc
get married, and wore accommodated.
Babeu in the Wooth.
Two littlp sons of Willie Tompkins,
who wore lost in tho woods in McDowell
County, N. C., were found lying side by
side, having died from cold and hunger
The Hatfield Gang.
Governor Fleming of West Virginia
will honor requisitions from Kentucky
(or the Hatfield gang, and these outlaws,
it is expected, will soon be in the hanui
of justice.
Named 111 m Pall-Bearers.
Walter Hernandez wont tn a
♦tore at Milledgeville, Ga., and, writing
a number of names on a piece of brown
paper, handed it to the proprietor, say
ing: “Here are my pall-bearers.” He
then out on the street, and, plac
ing a 32-caliber pistol to his head, fired.
The cause of his suicide is not known
He was assistant county clerk.
Greatly Exaggerated.
It is said that the reports of small-pox
>n the Rio Grande in Texas have been
greatly exaggerated. The disease should
be properly termed, so a gentleman sayt
who recently passed through the infect
ed region, variola.
A Young Mend.
A negro boy tortured a white four
fear-old child at Memphis, Tenn., by
nolding its hands in a fire. The child
in its struggles to release itself was
thrown down, and its face was burned
also. The cause of this act was a re
fusal of tho child to give the negro ;
toy.
Death of a Female Hermit.
Mary Ann Hughes, the woman hermit
>f Piney Flats, near Bristol, Tenn., was
found dead in her rude hut hy a hunting
party. For many years she led a lonely
life, although offered a home by her
brothers and sisters, all of whom were
rich. For food she depended on veg
etables and fruit, was very rudely
dressed and never wore shoes even in
mid-winter. Sho was thought by most
people to bo insane, but was really in
telligent, and would converse freely on
most topics. Sho was probably sixty
years old, and was a local celebrity.
Investigating Accounts.
In the Mississippi House, in accord
jnco with a resolution, a committee was
appointed to investigate the accounts of
tho outgoing Stalo Treasurer, Colonel
IV. L. Hemingway, it being charged
that while ho reported 8550,000 on hand
January 1 ho had only turned over $225,.
000 to his successor. It was believed
that he would be able'to explain tho ap
parent shortage.
Liberated hr a Mob.
At midnight recently twelve masked
men overpowered the jailer at Jasper,
Ga., and kept him under guard while
part of them battered down the jail door,
broke tho locks of tho cage and liber
ated four prisoners, under sentence for
burning tho house of a man who hai 1
preached on illicit distilling.
Sentenced to He Hanged.
John P. Davis, white, who was con
victed at Pittsboro, N. C., of the mur
der, last November, of John A. Horton,
hi: employe and room-mate, has been
eonlonced to bi’ hanged on Friday
March 28, at Pittsboro.
Bled to Death.
A young farmer, named Green, in
llmhmond County. N. C., lost his lite in
a t ingular way. Ho was cutting mr
p n:ino boxes, or notches, in pine trees,
when his axe glanced, and, striking his
log. severed an artery. He bled todealb,
having no means of checking tho flow
of blood.
An Ohl Banker Demi.
John McNab, for fifty years a banket
at Eufaula, Ala., and who built the
Southwestern railroad into Eufaula,
died recently. He was in
third year.
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