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VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1902.
NO. 35.
Arkansas State News
A Plea For the State Guard. |
Adjutant General Chas. Jacob
son has addressed a circular letter
to members of the legislature urg
ing the necessity of an appropria
tion far the state militia. In urg
ing the appropriation Gen. Jacob
son says: ‘The state guard cannot
maintain its standing without some
financial assistance from the state,
and to this end I enlist your sym
pathy and co-operation. The office
of adjutant general, as well as all
other military positions connected
with the guard, being without pay
or allowance, the period has now ar
rived, it is believed, when the state
should supplement the act of the
federal government by making a
reasonable appropriation for its mil
itary establishment. The national
government contribiitcs one million
dollars annually, apportioned ac
cording to representation in con
gress, to the several states, this
sum, however, being solely availa
ble in arms and equipments. No
money allowance is granted, there
fore the need of Arkansas lining up
with her sister states by making a
suitable appropriation for handling
the supplies annually furnished by
the government at Washington,
also for the general conduct of
concerns relating to the. state
guard.”
Not Properly Supported.
In his concluding biennial report,
Judge Frank Hill, late commission
er of agriculture, says: “The bu
reau of agriculture of Arkansas has
never accomplished in this state
what similar bureaus have accom
plished, and arc accomplishing, in
other states. The reason for this is
plain. Other states are investing
$10,000 to $100,000 each year in
pushing their agricultural interests.
Arkansas invested during the last
two years $1575 per year. This $375,
as well as the salary of the commis
sioner and his deputy, is paid from
the general revenue in Arkansas.
The natural resources of our state,
are superior to those of any of the
states, and in mv judgment our
poor sltowing in this census is due
largely to a lack of systematic ad
vertising and encouragement and
education of our farmers. The
advance in all lines of ag
riculture in the state of Louis
iana in the last decade has
been something phenomenal, and
has followed a careful adjustment
of law and painstaking, studious ef
fort to educate the farmers and en
courage them to adopt improved
methods.”
Confederate Monument Fund
An active. canvass of the state
will be begun -immediately for fur
ther funds for the Confederate
monument as the result of a moot
ing of the United Confederate Vet
erans’ monument committee, held
recently at Tattle Rock. It was the
concensus of opinion among those
present at the meeting that at least
$10,000 should be raised by the
Confederates and Daughters hv sub
scription, and that no effort should
be spared until that amount was
actually in the hands of the treasur
er from this source. It was also
decided that at the proper time the
legislature should he memorialized
for an appropriation, which, if se
cured, should he but supplementary
to the $10,000 to he raised by sub
scription.
To Meet at Fort Smith.
The Western Arkansas Teachers’
Association will meet in Fort Smith
December 29-31. Superintendents
and principals of schools are re
quested to make arrangements with
their directors,, to have the Christ
mas holidays include the days of
this meeting. The dates mentioned
were chosen because no other date*
were available, as the Fort Smith
schools continue in session till noon,
December 24.
New Rock Island Roads.
Charters for the construction of
two new roads by the Hock Island
were granted by the state railway
board last wefek. The smaller of the
two roads is an extension of the
Searcy and Dos Arc from Des Arc
to Hazcn and from Searcy to Cle
burne count}'. The description of
the Little Rock and Southern, the
larger route, as contained in the ar
ticles of incorporation, is as fol
lows: Making connection with the
Choctaw between Benton and the
Iron Mountain crossing, near
Traskwood, Saline county, running
thence directly south to Princeton:
From Princeton a direct southeast
erly course is taken, crossing the
Cotton Belt either at Harlow or at
Thornton, where a short branch line
runs to the southeast; thence in a
slightly southeasterly course to
Hampton, the county seat of Cal
houn county, which at present has
no railroad connection. At Hamp
ton the road will branch into two
lines, one going directly south to
Alexandria, La., and the other
southeast to Vicksburg. On the
latter the first town of importance
will be Crossett, Bradley county, to
the southeast of Hampton. From
Crossett the. line will be run in a
continued southeasterly direction
across the sfate line into Louisiana,
and thence to the west side of the
river, opposite Vicksburg. The
Alexandria branch will run direct
ly south from Hampton through
part of Calhoun and all of Fnion
county, to the state line, thence
southeast to Farmersville, I nion
parish. La., to Alexandria, passing
through Fnion, Lincoln, Ouachita,
Jackson, Grant parishes in Louis
iana. The Malvern branch will
leave that town in a southeasterly
direction, crossing the old \\ iscon
sin lumber road and passing
through parts of Hot Spring, Grant
and Dallas counties, connecting
with the main line probably before
reaching Princeton, though t\ie ar
ticles do not specifically so state.
The connection with Little Rock,
according to the articles, is from
Benton northeast twenty-three
miles'to Little Hock. This is desig
nated as a branch of the main line
of the new road.
Wreck on the Mountain.
Train No. 4 on the Iron Moun
tain. north .bound, was wrecked No
vember 't?,.one mjle from Prescott
and Engineer A. P>. Archibald was
instantly- killed. The wreck \<as
caused by the track spreading frpm
the incessant rains. The engine was
turned completely over into the
ditch, some ten feet deep, and the
engineer was buried beneath it in
the ground. The fireman, George
Hays, by some means, was thrown
some thirty feet in an open field
and escaped injury. The mail car
was turned on its.side, and only one
of the six messengers was injured.
He refused, to give his name. The
baggage and express car was also
thrown in the ditch, but no one was
hurt and the contents of the car
were not damaged. Three coaches
were derailed and considerably bro
ken up, but the passengers were only
slightly injured,
Ministers Differ.
The forty-ninth annual confer
ence of the Methodist Kpjscopal
Church, South, of tin1 Little Rock
conference, convened at Renton No
vember 26, with Bishop Moss pre
siding. A sensation was sprung by
Rev. \V. E. Thompson, of Little
Rock, who introduced a resolution
charging Rev. 'James Thomas, of
Winfield Memorial church, and Dr.
J. E. Godbcy with unministerial
conduct. All parties expressed a de
sire for a full investigation and a
committee was appointed to take tes
timony-aud report-to the conference.
Counter charges were filed against
Rev. Thompson, and a separate
I committee anuointed to investigate.
Good Roads Convention.
A state good roads convention
will lie held at Little ltock (
January 21-22, 1903. It is de- ,
sired that all county road cominis- .
sioners in the state be represented at
this convention. The object of
tlie convention is wholly education- •
ai. Hoad experts will be present at j
the instance of the government, as
well as prominent officials. Among
them will be the following: (Com
missioner of Geological Exhibits
Holmes of the world's fair in St.
Louis, one of the best authorities on
road materials in the country.
Martin IJodge, director of the de
partment of the agricultural bureau,
who has supervision of the work ot
the four United States commission
ers; Frank H. Hitchcock, chief of
the bureau of markets of the agri
cultural department, who is inter
ested in better roads, owing to the
transportation from the country tc
the cities; W. II. Moore, a road ex
pert and president of the National
Good Roads Association; A. W.
Maehen, general superintendent of
urban and rural free mail delivery
of the postal department of the
United States.
Tragedy at Texarkana.
Leo Weigel and his wife were
found in their room at a hotel in
Texarkana with their throats cut.
The woman was dead, but Wiege
was still alive and may recover. A
bloody razor lay on the floor neai
the bed. About a week before tin
tragedy Wiegel left Texarkana, say
ing he was going to get married
and returned accompanied by i
young woman, whom he introduced
as his wife. She said she was
Miss Marie Quinn, of Anniston
Ala., at which place the marriagt
took place. The couple took a
room at the Cosmopolitan, and il
seems that neither left it again
Advices from Anniston, Ala., state
that Miss Quinn was a great favor
ite in local society and her family
is one of the most prominent ir
that city.
Chartered in Missouri.
A charter has been granted by tht
secretary of state of Missouri to tht
Paragon id and Memphis Railroad
Company. The company is organ
ized to construct, maintain and op
erate a standard-guage road iron
Paragould, Greene county, in s
southeasterly and easterly direction
a distance of eight miles, to the St
Francis river, crossing the rivei
into Dunklin county, Missouri, and
to thence run in a northeasterly di
rection ■ to Caldwell, in Dunklin
county thence southeasterly nine
miles to the county line between
Dunklin county and Mississippi
county. Ark., and thence east 2E
miles to Osceola.
To Protect Levees.
The government is doing some
good work to prevent levees caving
in in Phillips and other river coun
ties. The earth which is used in
making, the levee is. as a general
tiling, taken from the river side ol
the levee, which, of course, leaves
a large basih. When the river re
cedes after a rise, this basis is left
full of water, which has a tendency
to soften and cave the levee. The
government officials hope to prevent
this by inserting drain pipes from
the basins to the river to drain ofl
this stagnated water.
Mt. Ida Academy Burned.
The academy at Mt. Ida, Mont
gomery county, was destroyed bv
fire, the work of incendiaries. The
academy was built by public sub
scription and was refurnished at the
opening of this season’s term. Cit
izens tracked the firebugs quite a
distance, but finally had to give up
the chase. There was no insurance
either cn the building or contents.
Killed By the Cars.
Will Ward, a young man living
at Hunter, was killed by a freight
train about half a mile from
Brinkley. Ward had attended a
show at Brinkley and missing the
passenger train, is supposed to have
attemnted to catch the freight.
Report on Hot Springs Reservation.
The annual report of Secretary of
he Interior Hitchcock on the Hot
springs reservation shows a large
ncrease in the patronage of this fa
nous health resort. During the
•ear 65,000 visitors were at the
prings and the total number of
mths given was 673,679. The title
,o the hot springs was originally
icquired through the Louisiana
Purchase of April 30, 1803, and
still further strengthened by the
reaty made with the Quapaw In
lians, August 24, 1818, which ceded
;o the United States all lands south
>f the Arkansas river.
The hot water issues from about
forty-eight springs on the west side
ind base of Hot Springs moun
ain. These springs are mostly in
dosed for the purpose of protect
ing them from pollution, as well as
to permit of the conveyance of the
water therefrom to the several bath
houses and the impounding reser
voir. The actual amount of water
issuing from the springs is not
under control. A conservative es
timate, however, of the outflow of
the springs may be stated to be
850,000 gallons daily.
Benton County’s Fruit Yield.
The Rogers Democrat furnishes
the following figures on apple and
peach growing in Benton countv for
the years indicated: 1901, 375 ears
green apples, 65 cars evaporated;
1900, 180 cars green apples, 23 cars
evaporated; 1899, 88 cars green ap
ples, 26 cars evaporated; 1898, crop
so light we kept no record; 1897,
200 cars green apples, 20 cars evap
orated; 1896, 287 cars green apples.
The total number of cars of peaches
shipped from Arkansas the past sea
son was 463. Of this number, Ben
ton county shipped 173 cars. Wash
ington county 35 and Crawford
county 178. The other seventy-two
counties of the state, 77 cars.
Plantation Manager Killed.
Fred Gerald, manager of the Wil
liford plantation in Crittenden
county, was mortally wounded by
a negro named Weaver Holmes,
and before expiring shot and killed
the negro. Holmes was beating
his wife when Gerald interfered.
The negro, who was intoxicated,
drew a pistol and shot Gerald twice.
Miss Gerald, the manager's daugh
ter, was standing by and as her
father fell she caught him in her
arms. With hjs head in her lap,
Gerald drew his revolver and shot
the negro through the heart and
died a few moments later.
Accidentally Killed His Brother.
A few miles from Brinkley Ree
dus Wilson, in attempting to shoot
a rabbit, accidently shot his broth
er Henry, aged 14. After the acci
dent the wounded lad walked quite
a distance to his home and died in
a short time.
Son Kills Father.
Joe Nathaniel, colored, was shot
dead by his son at their home near
England. Nathaniel was drunk
and had put all his children out
doors, keeping his wife inside, lie
knocked the woman down, placed a
rope around her neck and was in
lie act of hanging her to a rafter
Alien the son shot him.
A call lias been issued for a con
tention of county judges, to be held
it Little Rock January -1 and 22,
die date of the good reads convea
:ion.
The Snail as Food.
The popularity of the snail as an
articled'food is not confined to Paris,
hut extends throughout southern
Europe and some parts of Africa.
Dr. Edrard, a French Writer, in a
pamphlet, says that 90,000 pounds
of snails are sent daily to Paris from
Poitou. Burgundy, where they are
reared in gardens and fed on aro
natic herbs to improve their llavor.
Their market price is from two to
diree francs per 100, while those
from the hedges, woods and forests
bring somewhat less. The prc prie
tor of one snailery in the vicinity of
Dijon nets over 1,000 francs an
nually.
News of the World
John L. Sullivan, cx-champion
pugilist, has been declared a bank
rupt.
W. J. Decarz, a Hot Springs
dry goods clerk, has fallen heir to a ;
large fortune in France.
The First National Bank at Mor
gan, Tex., was dynamited by rob
bers, who secured $6,000.
John (lodbev, a college student,
was probably fatally injured in a
football game at St. Louias.
The republican delegation of
Ohio has endorsed Cannon, of Illi
nois, for speaker of the house.
The police are complaining of the
large number of beggars and idlers
flocking to the larger cities since
cool weather set in.
. The mints of Siam have been
closed to the free coinage of silver,
and the curreimy of that country is
now on a gold basis.
C. J. Horton, county commission
er of Runnels county, Texas, shot
and killed his wife and Earl Moore,
a business man. The tragedy was
The revolution in Colombia,
which started three years ago, has
ended by the signing of a peace
treaty between the warring factions.
The Goulds have decided to build
a branch of tire Missouri Pacific to
Springfield, Mo., and there come
into direct competition with the
Frisco.
The right of the new constitution
of Virginia to bar a certain class of
colored men from exercising the
right to vote is to be tested in the
courts. Hon. John G. Carlisle has
been employed to conduct the case
for the plaintiffs.
The commission of Sheriff Dud
ley, of Sullivan county, Indiana,
has been revoked by the governor
for failure to protect a negro from
a mob. The Indiana law provides
that a sheriff shall vacate his office
when a prisoner in his charge is
lynched.
Rev. James W. McGarvin, presi
dent of the bible college of the Ken
tucky university at Lexington, has
withdrawn his membership from a
local church, of which he was for
merly pastor, because the congrega
tion decided to use an organ in the
services.
> Sam Milldr. a tailor, shot and
killed his wife at Memphis in the
presence of their 11-year-old daugh
ter. About a year ago the couple
separated. Miller going to Kansas
City. T'pon being notified that his
wife had instituted suit for divorce,
Miller made threats that he would
kill her, and immediately upon ar
riving in Memphis he went to the
woman's home and shot her four
times.
Secretary Hay will take up nego
tiations direct with Colombia on the
questions involving the building of
the Isthmian canal. There are in
dications that Colombia has listen
ed to the representations of foreign
governments who hope to secure a
foothold on the isthmus, or to the
representatives of private corpora
tions who hope to see this govern
ment abandon its plans for a canal
and then take it up as a private en
terprise. The administration will
indicate to Colombia that under the
Monroe doctrine this government
will not tolerate an indefinite lerfse
to a foreign government of a canal
strip.
John AV. Yerkcs, the commission
er of internal revenue, in his report
for the fiscal year ended June JO,
3-902, says that by the two acts abol
ishing ihe war revenue taxes inter
nal revenue taxes have been reduced
about $100,000,000. There lias
been, however, an increase of reve
nue from taxes laid on distilled
Spirits and other objects that were
m.t affected by war revenue legisla
tion. Receipts cf the bureau for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901,
wore $300,811,6(59, and for the fis
cal year coded June 30, 1902, $271,
867,990.
A London scientist threatens de
struction to the liquor traffic by a
process which he declares will make
alcoholics non-intoxicating.
Superintendent Finley, of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
way, lias announced that his road
will build to Arkansas City.
Theodore Stenbel, a young Gcr
man, is under arrest in New York
City, charged with sending letters
to J. I\ Morgan threatening his life.
Francis 1. Gowan, formerly pres
ident of the Choctaw, Oklahoma
and Gulf, has been appointed gen
eral solicitor of the Pennsylvania
Kail road Company.
A break in the furnace of an iron
foundry at Birmingham, Ala., caus
ed a mass of molten iron to gush 4
forth and T. J. Edwards, the man
ager, was burned to death.
A bloody fight occurred between
students in the State University at
Iowa City, during which windows
were smashed, and property valued
at $1,000 was destroyed. The police
had to be called to put down the
riot.
The republican candidates for
congress from the several districts,
comprising the city of St. Louis,
have decided to contest the seating
of their democratic opponents, who
have been given the certificate of
election.
Gen. Luke E. Wright, vice gov
of the Philippines, is in Washing
ton, it is said, to assist in grepar
ing several bills pertaining to the
government of the archipelago,
which will be presented at the forth
coming session of congress.
W. G. Hunter, son of the United
States minister to Guatemala, shot
and killed William Fitzgerald at
Guatemala City. Fitzgerald is said
to be the man who made charges
against Minister Hunter and which
resulted in the decision to make a
change at that diplomatic post. The
dead man was private secretary to
the president of Guatamala.
At Kingston, Tenn., Yess and
Carrie Jenkins were found guilty
of murder in the first degree and
will be sentenced to hang. They
were charged with having caused the
death of Mart Plemins by poison.
At the time of Plemins’ death, last
spring, the woman was his wife, and
she has since married Jenkins. An
infatuation between the two is al
leged to have led to the death of
Plemins.
The American Federation of La
bar, in session at New Orleans, re
elected all the old officers, as fol
lows: President, Samuel Gompers;
first vice president, James Duncan;
second vice president, John Mitch
ell; third vice president, James
O’Connell; fourth vice president,
Max Morris; fifth vice president,
1’homas 1. Kidd; sixth vice presi
dent, Dennis A. Hayes; treasurer,
John B. Lennon; secretary, Frank
Morrison; fraternal delegates to the
next labor convention of Great
Britain, Max S. Hayes and Martin
Lawler; fraternal delegate to Can
ada, John Coleman. The next con
vention will be held in Boston in
1903.
After proposing that the differ
ences between themselves and the
miners be settled outside tlie strike
commission the Pennsylvania coal
mine operators refused to grant an
interview to President Mitchell and
associates of the miners’ union.
They base their refusal to treat
with Mitchell on the ground of op
position to recognition of the union.
The president has decided to ap
point Ashley M. Gould, United
States district attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia, associate justice
of the supreme court of the District
of Columbia, to succeed the late
Justice Bradley. He. lias also de
cided to appoint Francis M. Wright
of Illinois, to the vacancy on the
court of claims vacated by the death
of Judge Davis.