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The Osceola Times
_____ LEOS ROUSHAN, Editor?
OSCEOLA. : : : : Arkansas.
- CURRENT COMMENT.
Th® emperor of Austria, who ha«
just completed his seventy-first year,
has reboned 52 years— a longer period
than living sovereign.
Capt. Cools says he ordered the
Brooklyn’s “loop” and that Admiral
Schley had nothing to do with the
disputed maneuver. A few more
Cooks will spoil the anti-Schley broth.
In point of maturity a horse ten
years old is said to be the equivalent
of a man of 40. Both ought to have
acquired good horse sense at that
The new governor of Porto Rico was
a classmate of the governor general
of the Philippines. Judge Taft and
Judge Hunt were friends throughout
their course at Yale and graduated
together in 1878.
It is somewhat strange that Ad
miral Schley betrayed excitement
while pounding the Colon. Had we
been in his place we should have
lighted a cigar and sent a waiter
after a lemon ice.
One of the greatest reforms in the
history of Kentucky has just been in
stituted. The Confederate Veterans’
association of that state has passed
a resolution to recognize no military
titles not won in war.
A “garrison day” has been appoint
ed *>r all the public schools in In
-diana, when every teacher will be
naked to contribute ten cents and
every pupil five cents to the fund for
a monument to the memory of the
late ex-President Harrison.
Tire-line temperance lecture from
the Gaylord (Kan.) Herald: Mrs.
Heim, wife of the Kansas City brewer,
was robbed of S7OO worth of jewelry
by burglars the other night. It is the
people who sell beer that wear dia
monds, not those who drink it.
A German firm has perfected and
obtained control of a beer tabloid —a
email tablet that, dropped into a glass
of Water, will turn it into beer as
fresh aa if just drawn, it is asserted.
Military authorities hail it with ac
elaim, and it will very likely soon be
made a part of the regular army
ration—the officers expect it to re
duce the number of desertions ma
terially.
When congress placed $50,000,000 in
the hands of the president, to be used
In driving the Spaniards out of Cuba,
It thought it was providing pretty lib
erally for the expenses of the war.
Bat the total amount of claims filed
aa a result of that war, including the
up of the Maine, is $57,581,-
•07. And these are only the uncon
sidered trifles of our war expenses
growing out of that episode.
Dr. J. J. Lafferty, of Richmond, Va.,
owns a remarkable cane. At the time
of the burial of Gen. Stonewall Jack
son some one planted a twig upon
the grave, and it grew to be a sap
ling several inches in diameter. It
Was removed, and it was found that
the root of the sapling had entwined
Itself around the skeleton. The root
was carefully removed and a cane
made of a part of it. This cane was
artistically carved and presented to
Dr. Lafferty.
There died in Vienna the other day
a woman who claimed to be the cham
pion man-hater of the world. This
was her boast during her lifetime,
and as yet her title stands undisputed.
Marie in her will decreed that no
male person should have anything to
do with her burying. She must be
laid out, preached over, and carried
to the cemetery by women, a woman
must shovel dirt on the box other
women had nailed her up in, and her
gravestone must be chiseled by a
woman's hand.
The United States is the wealthiest
country in the world. It has in its
treasury $1,250,000,000, the greatest
accumulation of money in the history
of the nations of the earth. There
are conditions under which this state
of affairs would constitute a grave
menace to the stability of a govern
ment. There have been nations in
history whose coffers were full while
their people starved. There have
been vast centralizations of wealth,
wrung from the poor by taxes and
from the rich by confiscation.
The head of one of the big insurance
companies says that “the strife and
of American business life
tends io greater physical and mental
activity, and consequently to longer
lives and healthier bodies and brains.”
He adds that “it is certain that our
American men at 60 are not broken
up as badly as our fathers were at
40.” The Philadelphia Record un
earthed a table for 1855 which showed
that then only nine in every 100,000
lived to be 100 years old; while now
Bine in every 10,000 live to be 100.
Word comes from Texas that the
•tate is about to start criminal pros
ecutions against the officers of nearly
100 fraudulent oil companies, who,
during the boom, have sold worthless
•tock to the amount of millions of
dollars. It will, of coui-se. be some
satisfaction to the people who have
paid their money for waste paper in
the shape of oil stock to see the men
who deceived them sent to state
prison. Prompter action, however, on
th® part of the Texas authorities
.Would have benefited many credulous
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Death of J. D. Kimbell.
Hon. J. D. Kimbell, of Garland
county, died at the home of his son,
T. F. Kimbell, in Little Rock, on
the 16th. The deceased was one of
the best known men in Arkan
sas, and had tilled many important
positions, both private and public,
always with honor to himself and
in the interest of the public. He was
a native of North Carolina, having
been born in Nash county, November
2, 1831. In 1836 he removed to Ar
knmas, settling in Hempstead coun
ty, where he was reared. He secured
his education at Lebanon, Tenn.,
where he graduated at the Cumber
land University law school in 1855.
He read law in the office of Hubbard
& Garland. In 1856 he owned and
edited the Hempstead Democrat
with James M. Kilgore. Later he
removed to Little Rock, where he
was elected secretary of the senate
for four consecutive sessions, and
was associated with Richard H.
Johnson as editor of the True Demo
crat. In 1857 he was appointed land
commissioner under Gov. Conway,
and held the office four years. Tn
1861 he was in the service a short
time, resigning on account of ill
health, and afterwards was private
secretary for Gov. Harris Flanigan.
He was admitted to the bar by
Chief Justice Elbert H. English. At
the close of the war he engaged in
the mercantile business, and this
continued until 1876. Previous to
this, in 1874, he went to Hot
Springs, and also carried on mer
chandising at that point for two
years. He then engaged in the law
practice. In 1878 he was elected
mayor, and in 1887 was re-elected,
serving two terms.
He was elected a member of the
state senate in September, 1896, and
was made chairman of the public
roads committee and a member of the
following important committees:
Judiciary, education, state lands
and circuit and inferior courts. He
was the author of the bill regulating
banks and corporations, several im
portant road bills and a bill pertain
ing to practice in the courts. In the
last session in which he served, in
1899, he was the author of the bill
to erect the new state capitol build
ing; one to increase the powers of
municipal governments; one to en
large the powers of the state board
of health, and other important meas
ures. Mr. Kimbell was stricken
with pneumonia when in attendance
at the late Confederate convention.
Bridge Toll Cue Decided.
A very important case was decid
ed recently in the United States
circuit court at Helena. It was the
suit of Bradley against the Kansas
City Bridge and Railroad Company.
The question involved the right of
the bridge company to charge toll on
the bridge over the Mississippi river
between Hopefield, Ark., and Mem
phis. The plaintiff was aboard a
train and refused to pay the bridge
toll and he was ejected from the
train. He brought suit against the
railroad company for damages. The
court in sustaining the demurrer of
the railroad company held that the
bridge and railroad company was
proceeding under the act of con
gress permitting a charge for pass
ing over the bridge.
Nine-Year-Old Dope Fiend.
The Hot Springs authorities are
very much puzzled as to what dispo
sition to make of a nine-year-old
dope fiend who has been in the above
city for a year or more. This pre
cocious youngster is not only a con
firmed user of the “dope," but of
late has developed a suicidal ma
nia. While working with the chain
gang he butted his head against a
stone wall but failed to secure the
desired result. A repetition of the
attempt was prevented by an officer.
He declares that he will kill himself,
and a very close watch has to be
kept to prevent him carrying out
his threat.
World's Fair Commissioner Scott
announces that he will name Mrs.
Frederick Hanger, of Little Rock,
as one of the lady members at largo
of the commission.
W*« Weil Patronized.
The annual report of Superin
tendent Eisele, of the Hot Springs
reservation, announces that the pat
ronage of that national sanitarium
during the past fiscal year exceeded
all previous records, the total num
her of visitors being estimated at
55,000. Among the recommenda
tions is one for the sale next March
of the 157 remaining unsold gov
ernment lots on the reservation.
Penitentiary Board Enjoined.
Judge Martin in Pulaski chancery
court granted a permanent injunc
tion against the state penitentiary
hoard restraining said board from
terminating the contract with the
Arkansas Brick Manufacturing
Company for the lease of convicts.
The decree in full is as follows:
On this day comes the plaintiff,
by its solicitors, Rose, Hemingway
& Rose, and come the defendants,
by George W. Murphy, attorney gen
eral. Morris M. Cohn. T. 11. Hum
phrey and Kirby A Carter, their so
licitors, and by consent of parties,
the plaintiff, by leave of court, doth
file a substitute amendment to its
complaint herein. Thereupon the
defendant, by leave of the court,
upon their motion, strike out and
withdraw the causes of demurrer in
the demurrer heretofore tiled and
numbered 3,1 and 5, and announce
that they decline to answer or plead
further to the complaint, but cleet
to stand upon their said demurrer,
as thus amended. And the cause is
submitted to the court for its con
sideration and judgment, as upon
final decree', upon the complaint,
with its substituted amendment and
the demurrer of the defendants, as
amended. Thereupon, being well
and sufficiently advised as to mat
ters of fact an 1 law arising herein,
as shown by the complaint and con
fessed by the demurrer, the court
doth order, adjudge and decree that
the resolution passed by the board
of commissioners for the manage
ment of the state penitentiary of the
state of Arkansas, on the 13th day
of August. 1901. attempting to can
cel and annul the contract purport
ing to have been made by and be
tween the parties to this litigation,
and filed as an exhibit to the com
plaint, be, and the same is hereby
canceled and held for naught. That
the defendants, Jefferson Davis, J.
W. Crockett, T. C. Monroe, George
W. Murphy and Frank Hill, as
members of said board of commis
sioners, be, and they are hereby en
joined and restrained from in any
manner canceling or annulling said
purported contract, without suffi
cient cause being shown therefor.
That the defendants, E. T. McCon
nell. as superintendent and keeper
of the Arkansas penitentiarv, and
M. D. L. Cook, as «nancial agent of
said penitentiary, be, and they are
hereby enjoined and restrained from
executing and carrying into effect*
the said resolution of the said board
of commissioners, passed, as afore
said, and that they, together with
the said members of the said board
of commissioners, be, and they are
hereby enjoined and restrained from
refusing and failing to execute and
carry out the terms of said purport
ed contract until its illegality or in
validity as a contract shall be ad
judged and declared by some tribu
nal vested by law with jurisdiction
and authority to be illegal or inva
lid. That the costs of this action
shall be paid by the defendant, for
which execution may issue. From
which decree the defendants pray
an appeal to the supreme court of
Arkansas, which is granted. An ef
fort is to be made to have the case
advanced on the docket.
Convicted of Forgery.
John 11. Ham was convicted in
federal court at Helena of forgery
in connection with the utterances of
proofs in establishing claims for ad
ditional homestead rights by old
soldiers. Under an act of congress
old soldiers entitled to the benefits
of the act were permitted to select
land anywhere in the country and to
sell same. Ham’s business was to
find the names of soldiers who had
not taken advantage of the terms of
the act and his scheme was then to
forge the necessary papers in proof
of the claim and to sell the land.
Ham was given three years at Fort
Leavenworth.
Young Man in Trouble.
Shelley Blackburn, a young white
man, was bound over to the Pulaski
county grand jury in the sum of
$5,000 on the charge of attempted
rape on a 6-year-old child. Black
burn was taken to Fort Smith for
safe keeping, it being feared an at
tempt would be made to lynch him.
Cattle Poisoned.
Fifty-two head of cattle belonging
to the Barse Commission Company
died at the stock yards of the South
ern Cotton Oil Company, at Little
Rock. They were not fed when first
unloaded from the ears as the own
ers had no facilities for doing so at
the time, and were turned into the
yards, where they began to devour
the heavy growth of jimson weed,
which caused their death.
For Uniform Primaries.
At the request of Hon. Carroll
Armstrong, chairman of the state
democratic central committee, the
following resolutions adopted at the
last state convention are published:
1. Resolved, by the democratic
party of Arkansas in convention as
sembled, That a convention of the
democratic party of said slate for
the nomination of state officers is
hereby called to convene at the city
of Little Rock, in said state, on the
second Tuesday in June, 1902 (June
10).
2. Resolved, that said convention
shal be composed of delegates who
are to be chosen by county convention
or primary election, which shall be
held in the respective counties on the
first Saturday in the month of April,
1901 (April's).
3. Resolved,that meetings,wheth
er conventions or primary elections,
as each county may determine, shall
be held at the various voting pre
cincts in all townships in the state
on the last Saturday of March, 1902
(March 29), for the. purpose of vot
ing for candidates for the state of
fices and selecting delegates to the
respective county conventions to bo
held on the day designated above.
4. Resolved, That the state cen
tral committee selected by this con
vention shall be empowered to fix
the basis of representation for the
respective counties in said state con
vention, and that said committee be
directed to give due notice of these
resolutions by furnishing to the
chairman and secretaries of the re
spective county central committees
copies of the same at least sixty days
before said township meetings are
to be held, as above provided.
5. Resolved, that said state cen
tral committee shall have power to
enter upon the roll of delegates for
temporary organizations of the next
state convention only the names of
such delegates as may be chosen by
the respective counties on the dav
fixed.
Wholesale Arrests.
For the murder of William Scott,
which occurred near Jefferson
Springs, Jefferson county, seven peo
ple have been arrested. They are
all negroes. Scott was called to the
door and no sooner did lie make his
appearance than he was shot dead,
ten buckshot entering his left breast.
The assassin fired from ambush. It
is thought that all the negroes ar
rested are parties to the murder.
Sherman, Charley, John and Young
Stokes, brothers; Mattie Brady, the
murdered man’s mother-in-law. Flora
Scott, his wife, and Gus Williams
are the arrested negroes.
Capt. Elliott Appointed.
Capt. M. A. Elliott has been ap
pointed as register of the United
States land office at Camden to suc
ceed Charles Dukes, resigned. This
was the only vacancy in a federal
office existing in Arkansas and the
appointment was due directly to the
visit to the president of H. L. Rem
mel of Little Rock.
BRIEF MENTION.
The state has employed 100 free
cotton pickers to gather the crop on
the convict farms.
The Riverside Lumber Company's
sawmill at Augusta was destroyed
by fire on the 18th.
Two freights collided near Van
Buren, both engines and several
cars being demolished. No one was
seriously hurt.
Dr. Brown, a prominent physi
cian of Ozark, suicided by shooting
himself with a target rifle. He left
a note saying he was tired of life.
C. 0. Shankle and J. IV. Mul
hollan, brakemen on the Kansas City
Southern, were held up near Mena
by two tramps who were stealing a
ride.
Lark Sims left his home in Bel
ton. Hempstead county, last August,
since which time his wife has heard
nothing of him. She fears he met
with foul play.
C. E. Elliott, a carpenter, fell
from a scaffold while working on
the new Iron Mountain shops at
Little Roek and died in a few hours
from his injuries.
It is reported the Goulds are
backing the proposed road from
Piggott to Maynard.
Wm. Scott, a colored farmer liv
ing one mile from Jefferson Springs,
Jefferson county, was called to his
door and shot down by an assassin.
Dr. H. L. McKay, a. retired phy
sician, died at Little Rock from in
juries received in a runaway. The
deceased was formerly a resident of
Pike county and was 60 years of
age.
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