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s OF ARKANSAS.
Died in 1897.
demn-f States secret service
dS v T j “ St ,Carned of the
। th ’ November 10, 1897 in Cle
burae county, of George Rozelle
eader of the famous Bull Frog val
ey gang of counterfeiters. He
d>ed from natural causes under the
alias of George E. Guess. Rozelle
removed from Nebraska to Pone
«°unty in 1893, but did not begin
as !l ‘’oooterfeiter until
• j, when he associated a number
°t country dupes with him and be
gan the issue of counterfeit $5 and
*lO bank notes, the circulation of
which soon came to the attention of
the secret service officials, and for a
year or more a crusade was waged
■against the gang without mercy. As
many as 20 arrests were made on the
•charge of making or passing the
bogus money, and several persons
are now serving terms in the govern
ment penitentiaries for connection
with the gang. Rozelle was the
smoothest of the gang, and success
fully evaded arrest. In April. 1897,
he removed from Pope county to
Goffs Cove, in Cleburne county.
Little further is known of Rozelle
except that he continued to secret
liimself under an assumed name un
til he died.
Work of An Incendiary.
•S Some miscreant set fire to the resi
dence of Attorney B. Vinson, at
Lake \ illage, Chicot county. The
building was totally destroyed. A
short time since Vinson secured the
■Conviction of a negro mimed Light
foot for stealing. Light foot's friends
• Wore vengeance against the attor
>ey. It is claimed a negro doctor
Hamed \\ hitaker, who removed from
• Indiana to Lake \ illage about one
J ear ago. has been the cause of embit
tering the blacks in that section
■against, their white neighbors. He
denounced Lightfoot’s prosecutor at
a gathering of colored men, telling
them they were being robbed of
their rights. Ata consultation be
tween leading white citizens, it was
4 'decided that AV hitaker be notified to
leave the community at once, which
he did.
Arkansas National Banks.
The abstract of the report of the
‘ comptroller of the currency, show
ing the condition of national banks
in Arkansas at the close of the quar
■ ter ending June 30th, has just been
issued. '1 he loans and discounts
are shown to be §2,260,315.34. The
lowfnl money reserve in the banks
was: Gold treasury certificates, $97,-
246; gold clearing house certificates,
$5,870. Under the head of liabili
ties the capital stock paid in is $!.-
070,000; due to other national banks;
$36,642.13: due to state banks and
bankers. $237,185.31; average re
serve held, 42.32 percent.
Greene County Tragedy.
Lon Francis, aged 20 years, is in
jail at Paragould on the serious
charge of murdering his father, Wm.
Francis. The killing occurred near
Halliday, at the elder Francis'farm.
The son was seen going in thedirec
tion of his father’s home, carrying a
shot-gun, shortly before the killing.
The dead man and bis wife had been
separated about a year, and a suit
for divorce was pending at the time
of the killing. Since the separation
Young Francis has lived with his
mother, and is said to have been
very bitter against his father.
An Old Couple.
Judge A. W. Bachus and wife, of
Ouachita county, have undoubtedly
attained a greater age as husband
and wife than any other couple in
the state. They were married 71
years ago, when each was 21 years
old. Both the judge and his wife
still enjoy the best of health.
Wine and Women Cause a Tragedy.
Wine and women caused a tragedy
in a Hot Springs saloon in which
Harry Hart was killed by Eugene
D. Donohoe. Hart and Donohoe,
together with three women, were in
a wine room drinking, when a fight
■occurred br' ween two of the women.
The men took sides and were soon
engaged in a difficulty themselves,
wldch resulted in Donohoe shooting
his adversar. through the heart.
Arkansas Melons For Boston.
A car-load of cantaloupes was
shipped from Clarksville to Boston.
Mass., last week. The car left
Clarksville Saturday at noon and
reached its destination is just 117
hours. On each side of the ear was
a large banner bearing the following
words:
“(•EM OK THE OZARKS.” :
The Most Delicious Cantaloupe •
on Earth. :
Claiiksvilib Anx. '.
The Home of the Elberta Peach. •
The superiority of Arkansas melons
is recognized wherever they have
been eaten, and as they bring good
prices the shipments will naturally
increase each year. What the farm
ers of Johnson county have done
can also be did by those of every
county in the state penetrated by
railroads — get together, diversify
their crops and arrange to ship all
products in car-load lots, thereby
getting the benefit of cheap freight
rates.
Mining Company Incorporated.
Articles of incorpoaation of theAb
ington Zinc and Lead Mining Com
pany, of Harrison, have been filed
with the secretary of state. The
capital stock is $30,000, all paid in.
The officers are James Clark, presi
dent: W. T. Mason, vice-president;
Robert Little, secretary and treas
urer. There is much activity in
real estate in this state containing
deposits of mineral. Only recently
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire
manufacturer, invested $50,000 in
Arkansas mineral lands.
Given Warning.
The following notice signed “One
Hundred Citizens,” has been posted
on illicit distilleries in Van Buren
and Cleburne counties: “Whereas,
there is trouble in this community,
and the distilling and selling of
whiskey is the cause, therefore, we
do affirm before God that it must be
stopped, and that there will be no
relaxation from enforcing the law,
and any person or persons violating
this demand will be visited and pun
ished severely.”
Sad Accident at Fayetteville.
Airs. I’ortnell, wife of the proprie
tor of the Fayetteville roller mills,
was thrown from her buggy while
out driving and instantly killed.
Iler horse became unmanageable and
she jumped out of the buggy. In
some way her skirt became entangled
in a wheel and she was thrown vio
lently against the ground and her
skull crushed.
For a Cotton Factory.
An enterprising citizen of Fort
Smith is soliciting stock for a cotton
factory in that city, lie proposes
to sell the stock in shares of $25
each, payable at the rate of 4 per
cent each month. After two or
three assessments are made, work
can be commenced and the mill be
in operation within a year.
' Granted a New Trial.
The supreme court has granted
an appeal to M. B. Lane, convicted
in Pulaski county of wife-murder
and sentenced to hang. Lane was
to have been executed August 4th,
but this action grants a stay until
the case can bo heard, which will be
in September.
Enforcing the Law.
The law against selling cigarettes
and tobacco to minors is being en
forced by the authorities of Carroll
county. A merchant at Eureka
Springs was convicted of selling
cigarettes to a 15-year-old boy and
fined 10 and costs.
The Arkansas Cumberland College
at Clarksville will reopen September
19. 1899, under the presidency of
Prof. J. T. Perigo.
Electric Light Plant Destroyed.
On the evening of July 22d the
Helena Electric Light and Power
Company’s plant was completely
wrecked by an explosion. Charley
Gram, the only person in the build
ing when the explosion occurred,
was instantly killed. ’The plant was
one of the finest in the state, and
was the property of local citizens.
What caused the explosion is a
mystery.
BRIEF MENTION
Jonesboro offers a bonus for a cot
ton factory.
Mill men report more orders for
lumber than they can fill.
There are now 74 inmates of the
Confederate Home at Little Rock.
A ease of small pox was located
in Little Rock, by the police last
week.
Crops in Phillips county were
greatly damaged by a severe wind
and hail storm.
A force of union minershave been
put to work in the Whittville coal
mine, in Sebastian county.
Gov. Jones says he refuses to
grant the application for pardon in
10 cases out of 11 presented.
Twenty thousand acres of timber
land in this state has been purchased
by a New York lumber firm.
'Dio first ear load of cantaloupes
to reach New York City was from
Arkansas. It brought $1,636.
'Die Southern Lumber Manufac
turers’ Association has advanced the
price of lumber $2 per thousand.
A young man named Brazzle,
from Scott county, was drowned in
the Ouachita river near Bervyn, I. T.
F. S. Rawlins has been appointed
division superintendent of the Cot
ton Belt, with headquarters at Pine
Bluff.
The acts of the last legislature, a
volume containing 416 pages, have
been printed and are now being cir
culated.
'Die master mechanic and road
master of the Pee Gee, with head
quarters at Texarkana, have re
signed.
The city council of Newport passed
an ordinance providing for muni
cipal ownership of electric light and
water-works.
Judge Rodgers, at Fort Smith,
sentenced ten of the coal mine strik
ers to eight months in jail for inter
fering with non-union miners.
The ninth annual meeting and
tournament of the State Sportsman
Association will be held at Little
Rock August 15th, 16th and 17th.
The infant child of Mrs. Cushing
was drowned in a well at Little
Rock. 'l'he child was playing near
the well and stepped on a loose
plank.
A negro woman shot and killed
her husband, Robert Scott, at Hud
dleson, Miller county, because he
was too attentive toward another
woman.
Jim Stokes and Will Allen, col
ored laborers at a Jefferson county
tie camp, quarreled about a woman.
Later Allen slipped up behind Stokes
and shot him to death.
J. R. Harper was arrested by the
Little Rock police. Harper was book
keeper for R. N. Cook, at Fair Oaks,
Cross county, and is accused of ab
sconding with $285 belonging to his
employed.
James Long, of Springdale, has
been appointed a first lieutenant in
the regular army. Lieut. Long
was captain in Company F, First
Arkansas Volunteers.
Chas. Gulley, colored, was found
on the Cotton Belt neat Texarkana,
with h’ skull crushed and a bullet
hole through his body. 'Die negro
said he was shot and thrown from a
moving train.
'The Confederate veterans of Lo
noke and Prairie counties will mett
in annual session at the camp
grounds in Lonoke county August
17th. Comrades from all parts of
the state are invited.
A negro fiend blew up the resi
dence of Col. James Hooks. 10 miles
west of Texarkana. Col. Hooks,
one of the oldest and most highly
respected citizens of the county, was
killed by the explosion.
An iron coffin was unearthed by
a Jackson county farmer while
ploughing in his field. There was
no writing or marks on it indicat
ing whose remains it contained, or
how long it had been buried.
'The Salvation Army at Little
Rock has opened a hotel where
meals are served for from 5 to 25
cents. There is a weed yard con
nected with the hostelry, and any
one without money is given work to
pay for what he eats.
TRE NEW WAR SECRETARY.
Elihu Root* of New York, 11 an Accepted
Alger*A Portfolio—Some Facts
Atmut Ills Life.
Washington, July 24.—Elihu Root,
of New York, has accepted the war
portfolio in President McKinley's cabi
net. The telegram of acceptance was
received shortly after noon Saturday,
while Secretary Long was with the
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president, Secretary Alger had just
left. The tender of the war portfolio
was made to Mr. Root Friday after
the conference at the white house.
Elihu Hoot is one of the best known lawyers
of New York, and his counsel has frequently
been sought by his party When Gov. Roose
velt was preparing an amended bill for a tax on
franchises he summoned Elihu Hoot to Albany
to draw tip a bill that should stand every legal
test. It was Elihu Root who was called on to
draft the New York police bill which the
recent legislature barely defeated. It was
on the. opinion of Elihu Root that the renub
lican leaders decided there was no legal obsta
cle to Roosevelt's becoming governor of New
York. The new secretary is 54 years old. His
father was professor of mathematics in Hamil
ton college, and the son taught school and paid
his own way through that college. After he
was graduated In law at the University Law
school. New York, he entered a law office in the
citv. His connection with municipal reform
began in 1871 and eight years later he polled a
large vote as republican candidate for judge of
the court of common pleas, but. was defeated.
He was chairman of the republican county
committee for two years and under President
Arthur served as United States district attor
ney for the Southern district of New York.
Mr. Root has been counsel in many famous
trials. He was counsel for Tweed in the ring
frauds; for Judge Hilton in the Stewart will
contest; for the executors in the Huvemeyer
will contest, and for the city of New York in the
aqueduct litigation. He is counsel for several
banks and railroads and has been chief counsel
for the Metropolitan line in New York. He is
also attorney for several large private corpora
tions.
THE TWENTIETErKANAS.
Nearly All the Memliers of the Regiment
Show the Effects of the
Campaign.
Topeka, Kan., July 24.—Letters re
ceived here from members of the
Twentieth Kansas in the Philippines
put a gloomy picture on conditions
there. It is claimed that nearly all the
members of the Kansas regiment show
the ill effects of their arduous cam
paign. Lieut. Swartz writes:
We are helpless now. This is our 125th day
on the tiring line. Whoever heard of such a
war record before, a record of patience and for
bearance amidst death, tropical heat and sick
ness? The hard fighting and severe service are
telling on us now, and it would be an act of hu
manity to take us from the Held and let the reg
ulars do some work.
Many Sick Soldiers in Hospital.
Manila, via Hong Kong, July 23.—
Chief Surgeon Woodhull considers that
the increase in the military force in the
Philippine islands will necessitate the
employment of 40 additional surgeons.
Surgeon Woodhull’s recommendation
to that effect has been disapproved by
Maj. Gen. E. S. Otis, commanding the
Cnited States forces here. There are
nearly 3,000 soldiers in hospital. The
official report last week showed 1,800
in hospital in Manila and there are sev
eral hundred at San Fernando and
other garrisons. There are also 275
sick in quarters in Manila. The regi
mental surgeons report that large num
bers of soldiers on duty are unfit for
service.
A LYNCHING INMISSOURI. £
Frank Embree Taken from Office™ at Stein
metz and Hanged to a Tree - Charged
With Assaulting a GlrL
St. Louis, July 24.—A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Mexico, Mo., says:
Frank Embree, the negro charged with
assaulting 14-year-old Miss Dougherty
near Henton, Howard county, a few
weeks ago, was taken from the jail
here Saturday and, while en route to
Fayette to be tried for his crime, was
taken from the officer by a mob at
Steinmetz and hanged to a tree. Your
correspondent had a talk with the ne
gro and lie denied his guilt. He want
ed to be taken to Kansas City to pre
vent capture by a mob, but the officers
did not think it necessary.
The officers and their prisoners were
on board a Chicago & Alton train,
which was stopped near Higbee by the
mob. Embree was taken off and
whipped for half an hour before being
hanged. Ever since Embree’s arrest
several weeks ago it was predicted that
he would never reach trial.
Epworth League Convention Ends.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 24. —The Ep
worth league convention formally ad
journed last night, to meet in San
Francisco in 1901. The final session
was devoted to addresses on “Mis
sions.” Incoming trains yesterday
brought hundreds of visitorsand it was
estimated that the number of delegates
had reached the 20,000 mark.
HE WOULD SEND MILES.
Andrew Carnegie, the Great Iron Magnate*
from London Give* Hl* View* on the
Philippine Situation.'
London, July 24. —Andrew Carnegie
sends the following statement on the
Philippine situation:
Those who warned the president that these
was no prospect of loyalty when he chunked his
instructions to the peace commission and bought
a rebellion from Spain said the Philippines
could not easily be conquered, and that a long
and costly war was inevitable if ho rashly un
dertook subjugation. Wo have not been de
ceived, us the president was. by Oin. Otis' an
nounced intention week after week to end the
war by capturing the Insurgents by a proposed
increase of raw. untrained volunteers, only
leading him into a second season of failure.
Gen. Lawton has told us that IW.OW soldiers
are required—soldiers and not fresh volunteers.
We have not got these and cannot get them,
since trained volunteers have refused to re-eu
11st. The war probably will end next June for
another rainy season, without result. Even if
the insurgents are badly punished, we shall not
be much nearer a peaceful and successful occu
pation of the country, necessary to begip th®
work of civilization and development. These
8,000,000 people will still question our keeping
there an overpowering military force.
There Is no solution except that which make*
the people friendly to us, and this Is only to be
obtained by a promise of Independence, such ass
was given to Cuba. The only true remedy is
conciliation. We must conciliate the people of
the Philippines, not try to subdue them, for
even this, If successfully accomplished, brings
us no nearer the end.
Gen. Mlles is no doubt our best general. Ho
has never yet failed. His greatest victories
have been those won by conciliation and man
agement. Let him be sent to Manila, author-
Izod to take all the conciliatory ns well as mill
taiy measures necessary In his judgment to
obtain, lusting peace, including authority to
promise a trial of independence under our pro
tectorate whenever a satisfactory government
is securely established. I believe his record of
unvarying success will not. be broken.
It is either this policy «ow or another year of
failure. We have nothing to hope from the
military forces alone in the Philippines. Wo
are not a military power. 15,W0 miles from
our military base, and I hope we never will be.
A great standing army is necessary for foreign
conquest. This the masses of the American
people, fortunately, will not approve. Let us
have peace. Andhkw Carnkuib.
WAS A MISTAKE MADE?
A Father Say* That the Remain* Declared
to He Hl* Dead Ron Are Those of
a Dead Flllpluo.
San Francisco, July 24.—The Chron
icle says: A casket supposed to con
tain the remains of Private Francis
Deckelman, company L, First Califor
nia volunteers, was lowered in May
last into a grave in the Deckelman
family lot at Odd Fellows’ cemetery.
On the 11th of the present month on
the suspicion that a mistake had been
made, the caske,t was disinterred at
the request of the boy’s father and the
suspicion verified. Decomposition had
set in to such an extent that identifica
tion was impossible, but it was plain
to the bereaved father that a dead Fili
pino had been given the resting place
intended for his son. S. Reinard, of
this citv, who disinterred the remains
at Manila, states however, that they
are the remains of young Deckelman.
For u New Labor Party.
New York, July 24.—Hundreds of
delegates representing the trades
unions in the Greater New York were
present yesterday at the regular meet
ing of Central Federated union, at
which the organization of the new la
bor party came up for discussion. The
project was enthusiastically indorsed
by the tielegates, a number of speeches
being made in its advocacy. A conven
tion was formally called for August 7,
the place of meeting to be announced
later. Every union and reform
body in the city of New York
will be asked to send delegates and ah
organization will be effected.
■tollroad* Continue to Prosper.
New York, July 24.—Gross earnings
of 00 railroads the second week of this
month were 87,187,000, an increase of
$1,020,895, or 10.07 per cent, over the
earnings of the same roads in the cor
responding week of last year. In the
first week of this month earnings of 70
roads were 87,941,808, an increase of
81,075,090) or 15.60 per cent. These
figures indicate that the business of
the railways this month will exceed
that of J une, which was phenomenal.
Inciting Priests to Disobedience.
Manila, July 24.—A Filipino priest
named Gregorie Agripay, with the in
surgents, is trying to lead a movement
for the independence ofc the church in
the Philippines from the Spanish
priesthood. He has issued a p:oclama
tion declaring himself vibar general of
all the Filipino priestsmi the districts
outside of American control cn the in
land of Luzon and is ifeuting the
priests to disobey the regulations of
the church and brotherhoods.
Murdered While Th*f Slept. /
Fort Gibson, LT., July 24--A mys
terious double murder was discovered
yesterday near this city. The bodies
of two men were fou%d hidden in a
thicket near the Tahlequah road about
three miles north. Their heads were
crushed and each had a bullet through
it. From the rangj; <W the wounds the
men were evidently shot while asleep.
One man was about 53 and the other
about 25. They were evidently camp
ers.
Three More Neg roe* Lynched.
Bainbridge, Ga., July 24.—Three
negroes were lynched during last night
near, Safford, Ga., and the mob is hunt
ing for five more who are believed to
have been members of a gang that
robbed J. E. Ogletree, agent of the
Plant system, at Safford, Saturday
night, afterward binding him and up
vaulting his wife in hill presence.