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The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY.
State Uftcers of Colorado Under Arrest Tor Conspiracy to Defrand the Sta.e.

State Unicers Of Colorado Under Arrest
 for Conspiracy to Defraud the sta.e.
 DENVER, Col, July 19.-The Crimi nal Court grand jury, which has been inves- tigating the charges of corruption made against State officials in connection with the purchase of supplies and furniture for the use of the last General Assembly, adjourned Wednesday night In their report they severely criticise the actions of the officials. Yesterday warrants were issued for the arrest of Secretary of State James Rice, Sheriff Webber and his part ner in the furniture firm ot Graham x Webber; ". fl. Lawrence, who suppl sd the Assembly with stationery, and State Printers Collier & Cleveland. All arc charged with conspiracy to defraud the State.
 Secretary Rice and Sheriff Webber were absent and could not be reached with warrants. The others, however were arrested and released on bail.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Distributing Fnnas at John<town.

JoHNsTowN, Pa.. July 19.-Yesterday Judge Cummin, of the State Relief Con- mission, issu d l6j checks, aggregating S16, ,3S5 Treasurer Thomson cashed lfo of the checks, amounting to $l46S5. A large number of new claims are under consideration, and it is not believed that the S5OO,0O0 of the Governors fund Will reach all the sufferers at the rate orders were issued yesterday.
 Another distribution will follow the nre.ent. and all will be considered in the order of their. coming.
 Judge Cummin, Treasurer Thompson and their assistants left for Cressol al four o'clock. They will return early thit morning and resume payment
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Ended Her Life with StrychnIne.

Mrs. Hugh Cane, of Wampoo, a Little Rock suburb, was found dead in her room. The family, consisting of hus- band, wife and little grand daughter, had started to church, and had gone to the home of their son. in Jaw, about quarter of mile distant, when Mrs. Cane pre- tended to remember something which she had forgotten and went back home. After a sufficient time for her to return had elapsed her son-in-law became alarmed and went to search for her. He found her lying on her bed with her hands folded and dead. She had previously ex- pressed desire to lay down her life. bottle of strychnia was found in the fire place. She had evidently taken dose. It is thought ill-health and late family misfortune led her to the act. She was tifty-six years of age, and was born in Pulaski County
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Vyifa Nurdar auu Suicide.

ASHLAND, Wis, July 19.--A brutal wife. murder was committed one mile north of Morse at three o'clock yesterday after- noon. Joseph Flucks is forty years old anl his victim was but eighteen. They had been married two weeks, and were here until two o'clock, when they left on a train. The section foreman saw them afkr leaving Morse walk arm in arm. A m<ment later he looked up the track and saw the man strike the woman several times. He hasteued to see what the trouble was As he approached the man threw the woman down an embankme nj and escaped to the woods. When he picked the body up life was extinct. She had been stabbed seven times.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Putting on the Brakes in the Pension
 Omce.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-Jos. c. Squires,
 of Pennsylvania, a $l,S)0 clerk in the
 Pension Office, in charge of the records of the Medical Board, has been is. missed. This action was based on the same causes that occasioned the other changes recently made in tlte medical division. Commissioner Tanner consid- cred that too much liberality had been shown in rerating pensions. All such cases are now held up, and action on them is suspended for the present It IS expected that the secretary of the lnte- rior will soon make a ruling defining the policy that is to be pursued in such cases.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

GOVERNOR MERRIAM of Minnesota has peremptorily declined to extend executive clemency to Bob Younger, the Missouri outlaw The Governor is quoted as saying: Il may as well say to you now once for all that l shall do nothing in the case; nothing at all. l have my own personal feeling and prejudice in the matter and l should not be moved to interfere in the case of Bob or any of them. even If Hay woods widow could come back from the grave and sign your petition, or i Haywood's surviving daughter should
 oin in your appeal
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
CoIorcd Grand MasonIc Iod1e

The Grand Lodge of the Colored Ma sons in Arkansas held its annual session in Little Rock. Hon. NJ. A. Clark, of Mariana, is grand master, and Prof. J. c. Corbin, principal If the State Normal school, is grand secretary. Among the distinguished gentlemen present are Hon. MT. Ellison, of Helena; D. A. Rober- son, of Pine Bluff; pr. J. \. Conner, of Newport pastor of A. M E. church, and author of several books; Prof. $. H. Pankey of Jacksonport, and Mir. Scott, of Newuort
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Knights of Labor in Australia.

CHICAGO. July, 23.-A delegate repre- senting the Knights of Labor executive board has been at work for some time in Australia, and as @ result of his exer- tions the board i'll session yesterday re- ceived formal application for the estab- lishment of a Knight of Labor district in that country, The petition showed that six assemblie, had been organized with a total membership of about j0), and fsked that district assembly be form ed and that local delegates might continue the organization. The petition was grant ed. This was the principal business transacted by the board during the morn ing session. Tn the afternoon no ses- sion was held.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Suicide of a German Lady Whose Hus-
 band was Unktnd,

NEW YORK, July 21.-Mrs. Nina Spring
 Ter, German lady who left her husband
 because, as she stated he was unkind to her. took rooms at the Clinton Hotel, Brooklyn, on Thursday. She went di- rectly to her apartments, and with the exception of short absence on Friday, when she went for walk, kept closeted in her room. Yesterday she was found dead, lying on the foor with bullet ho!s in her right temple. She had committed suicide By her side was a five chamber revolver. She left letter addressed to her son, at No. 56 Teneyck street, asking him to see that she was decently buried.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
A Mvstertous pojsonjng Case.

At Texarkana w. D. Jestor, his wife and four children were taken violently i'll after supper with symptoms indicating poison. Physicians were hurriedly called iu and administered antidotes saving all, though one of the young children was given up at one time. A full analysis proved the poison to be strychnine, but whether it was in the water, coffee, fruit or by whom administered is unknown.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
New Claimant aud Formidable Rival.

WArERvILLE, Me, July 23.-Some time ago George c. Hayden, formerly of Bangor, died in St. Louis, alone, and, as was supposed bachelor, and leaving all estate worth S20O,000. The only heirs found were Prof. Julian D. Taylor, of Colby University, and another, Wins low man, and they have been preparing to establish their identity as relatives and heirs. A new claimant has, however, appeared in the person of a Chicago wom- an, who says she is Hayden's daughter by divorced wife. She has retained able lawyers, who assert that there will be 10 difficulty in proving her rights to the property.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Mother ant Daughters Drowned

YOUNGSTOWN, O., July l9. The bodies of Mrs. William Gilchrist and two daugh- ters aged two and five years, were found yesterday in a small stream six miles north of this city. MT. Gilchrist, stone contractor in this city, kissed his family good bye last Tuesday morning, bis wife saying they would go on short visit to relstives in Sharon, Pa. Mrs. Gilchrlst took with her S550, saying she would de- posit it in bank before she left but the deposit was not made. She was seen with the children ats eight o'clock op W Wednesday night near where the bodies wore found, walking about in an aimless manner, avoiding any persons who might approach.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Hoadley Meant Businrss

CLEVELAND, O.. July 21.At Elgerton, O., yesterday morning, Hiram Hoadley shot his wife and her father, a farmer named Newman, and then killed himself. Hoadley's wife had applied for divorce. and was living with her parents. Hoad- lev lay in wait for her as she went to tho barn to milk the cows, and shot her down in the barn-yard. Newman, hear ing the report of the pistol, ran to his daughters assistance, and received a bull let in the breast. Hoadley then went to the house and tried to kill his wife's mother and sister failing in which he re- turned to the barn yard, lay down beside his wife's body and put q bullet i'll hi 5 own head. He had three revolvers.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

PRor. GEO. Roor, Missouri meteor ologist, predicts that between Septem- Der 12 and 27 of this year this country will be involved in the greatest storm period that has occurred in a century. It will, he says, be central along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, producing terrific hurricanes, tidal waves and possibly earthquakes. The interior of the United States will be severely affected, he says, by eddies or spurs from the main storm which will spread over the country in high gales and ter rife storms
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

THE British authorities were com peled to remove the royal flock Of sheep from the Green Park in London during the Shah's visit that monarch having a penchant for roaming in soli- tude in the park at night and making a sacrifice of royal mutton, in the per formance, perhaps, of some religious rite. Her Brittanic Majesty, how ever. had no mind to have her choice flock depleted in any such barbarian manner, hence the temporary removal o of tI animals to other and safer past ures
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

In an interview Colonel V. D. Wilkins, president of the Merchants and Planters Bank, and correspondent of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange, asserts that from the present outlook the cotton crop of the Lower Arkansas valley promises to be an average one. He says that the appear ance of the cotton worm on one of the plantations below Pine Bluff is no cause for alarm, as it never appears there in great numbers, and its depredations last summer were summarily cut short by the application of london purple and paris green to the plants.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Joint Suicide Of an Aged Couple at Rock
 ford, H.

ROCKFORD, Ill.,, July 21.-J. P. Suss. milch and wife, of this city, com mittcd suicide together by drowning in the Rock river Friday night. They were both Last seventy years of age, in good cir cumstances, and the only reason for the act seems to have been their fear that death would come to one of them first, leaving the other alone. They left a note in their house, which read: When we are found, make it appear that we took an overdose of chlorotorm. The bodies were found yesterday afternoon, clasped togett CT and floating at the edge of the water.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

AMERICAN brick yards is the latest objective at which British capital is directed. Negotiations have been practically concluded, so London dispatch says, whereby an English syndicate acquires and will control the brick making interests of Detroit. Mich, which produce about 80, 900, 900 bricks a year.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Took an Overdose Of Morphine.

Colonel R. E. Doyle, prominent mer- chant of Fort Smith took an overdose of morphine, and at last accounts was lying in a critical condition. He had been suf- fering with neuralgia for some time, and was in the habit of using morphine It is supposed he took dose in the dark and got too much.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
The FIemmon Extradition Case at Pitts
 burgh, Pa.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 19.-Late yes terday afternoon Judge Ewing rendered his de cison in the extradition proceed ings against Rev. E. F. Flemmon, alas John Yeldell delivering the prisoner, charged with murder, into the custody of the officials from South Carolina. Flem- mons counsel moved that the courts order be not filed until Saturday. The defense say that they will carry the mat. ter to the Supreme Court on the ground that the identification was not estab- lished; that Flemmon is not Yeldell, and that if given reasonable chances they can establish an alibi.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Charged with Inclting n Riot.

Thomas Stanield and Caroline L. Green were arraigned in court at Newport, charged with melting a riot at Swifton. Considerable importance was attached to the case on account of the woman de- fendant, who is also the wife of the prin- cipal prosecuting ~ituess, Prof. G. l.. Green. who has sued for divorce.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

THE man recently murdered in St. Louis proves'to be John Henry Beh- rens. a resident of that city, who was masque2Ading under the name of Frank Brennan. He has been fully id Id by his brothers. The police ol )4e 6ity have advanced and main tain the theory of suicide in the face of the physical and scientific evidence to the contrary, but their ill-success in landing the Anna Weiss murderer and the absence of big reward for the discovery of the assassin would seem to make the adoption of the suicide ,beory the most convenient
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

PROF. JOHN F. SoUsA, leader of the Marine Band, has been for several years engaged in collecting the na- tional airs of the various countries in both hemispheres, and has about com pleted the task. They will be pub lished by authority of the Navy De- partment, and will be the only publica- tion of the kind in the world.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Hippolyte's Intellectual Attempts to Capt Port-au- Prince.

NEW YORK, July 23.-The steamer Alene arrived from North Haytian ports yesterday. The captain reports that on July Il an F. Hippolyte made strenuous efforts to take Port-au Prince. With his full army he made several assaults on the town. Each time, however, he was repulsed by Legitime's warriors. The Northern General subsequently took his army to Crois de Bouquet
 On tine voyage the Alene experienced several thunder storms, and on Saturday a bolt of lightning struck the vessels nlaintopmast shattering it, and innum- erable balls of fire flew around the ship.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Arkansas Y. VI. C. A.

A. $. Caldwell, State secretary of tho Young Mems Christian Association, has returned from n tour through the State. He reports the association growing rapid ly, stating that q branch had been es tablished at Helena, that the association at Pine Bluff is 10 have a new hall; the one at Dardanelle already has new quar- ters, and the associations at Fort Smith and Fayetteville have been thoroughly reorganized. The Little Rock association has been refurnished and has a new
 gymnasium and upward of fifty new members
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

GRAHAM, the Niagara Falls crank, sent another barrel boat over the horseshoe fall, and would have gone in it himself had he not been persuaded by his wife and friends to relinquish the idea. He tried it on the dog" however, and the result was, as might have been expected, the craft was hopelessly wrecked and tie dog, a Newfoundland, has not been seen cipca
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

QUEEN VICTORIA has bestowed ducal honors on her prospective grandson in-law. the Earl of Fife. The present Ihane of Fife is considered quite a re- spectable gentleman, not being addict ed to the periodical 'toots" that short ened the lives of some of his ancestors.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

GOVERNOR LOWRY of Mississippi has concluded to allow the participants in the fistic argument at Richburg to
 roam at large until such time as the grand jury meets, when efforts will be made to have every one connected with the affair indicted. Meanwhile Detect i've Norris and others are gathering data to present to the grand jury in support of the demand for the indict-
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
The Jones-GlidewelI Case.

In the Circuit Court at Little Rock further consideration of the Jones-Glide- well County Treasurer election case has been postponed to Augusta. Judge Mar tin, in temporary disposal of the case, stated that when the case again came up for trial he would allow each side but three more days in which to introduce testimony.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
A Bad Fall.

John H. Hipwell, Little Rock plaster CT, fell through the elevator shaft in the Fletcher & Holtze building, on Main, be- tween Third and Fourth. He fell from the roof through the four stories into the basement, striking on the different floors as he went through. He was picked up unconscious, and, though badly bruised, had no bones, broken and will undoubt- edly recover.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
A Strike in a Work House.

BOSTON, July 20.-A strike is in prog ress among the prisoners of the South Boston house of correction, owing to the solitary confinement of a prisoner for in- subordination. About forty men struck on Wednesday. Some of them have re- tented and asked to be put to work. but the others are still obstinate.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

THE total number of alien arrival s in the United States in the first six months of 1889 was 173, 678. If the arrivals for the next six months do not exceed these figures and the prob ability is that they will not-the inn migration this year will be smaller than in any year since 1879, except 1886. A few years ago such show ing would have been looked upon with some concern. Now, however, it is hailed with satisfaction.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
A Chicago Lumber Min Flown to Piece
 ana Three Men Killed.

A Chicago Lumber Min Blown to Pieces
 anu Three Men Killed.
 CHICAGO, July l9.-The boiler in the blaming mill of the R. V. Stone Lumber Company, on Boyne avenue, exploded at a quarter to eight o'clock yesterday morn ing The mill was blown to atoms, scarcely board or sign Of the machinery being left.
 The following were killed:
 Jefferson King, engineer.
 A. Dollar, laborer.
 Oscar krOll, teamster.
 Four other employees had most mir aculous escapes.
 At half-past nine o'clock the body of King was recovered from the ruins, frightfully mangled Dollar was outside the building, and was in search of work. He also wasu rssasS mangled and ..'ilcd. Beffel was teamSA -. other firm. His head was crushed by a piece of the boiler. Tho flames winch followed the explosion were soon eX:in- gushed. The financial loss will be f6, : 000.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

HERE will be one little vacancy in the corps of army chaplains the latter part of August, and already there are over two hundred and fifty applicants for the appointment, with several States to hear from
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

THE Minnesota law to regulate ex- cautions of criminals has been declared constitutional. It provides that no newspaper shall be represented at ex- cautions and that no paper shall print
 " facts about them except the hour sAAtheir occurrence. This is new de- Nparture, and the sensation mongers will have an opportunity to exercise their wits in order to regale the public with 'the last hours and scenes at the kscaffold" in that State in future.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Capture Of an Escaped Convict.

Will Naun, a young Cherokee Indian, who escaped from the Arkansas peni- tentlary, was captured at his home Vaun had only been at home about two hours when the officer came upon him. He was sent to the pen1tentiary from Fort Smith about fourteen months ago for fifteen years. He is a notorious horse thief, and also an escaped convict from the Chero- kee penitentiary, where he was serving ve-years' term, having escaped from there before being convicted in this State.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
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 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. sfFINepALE. YkANsAs
,1GKANsAs.

NAD-EL-JUMI the ,Dervish leader ir, Egypt. has informed tGeneral Grenfel, the British commander, that he has been sent forth to conquer the world. He has undertaken a big contract.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Judgment Reversed.

The judgment of the Silsby Manufact' uring Company, of Seneca Falls. N. ", against the city of Little Rock, for up- ward of $5, 900, was reversed in the Fed eral Court.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Death of Captain Adams.

Captain A. NJ. Adams, a prominent cit izen of Little Rock died after a lingering illness. He was commander of Me PhersOn Post, q. A. R., of that city.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Frightened tO cath.

Caleb Harbert and David Walker had a fight at Marble Hill, in which bare knuckles and sticks were used, both be- ing seriously injured. During the fray a spectator, Mrs. Jane Rutledge, fell on the ground and expired, having been, as Is stated, literally scared to death.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Fatally Shot by Misfake.

An organization for the purpose of running down hor SC thieves supposed 10 be in the neighborhood of Elgin, has been formed at that place. The boys met and started out on Q run for the horse thieves. They separated. Some time after Nj. D. Eakin heard q noise and saw a man com ing out from a clump of brush. Ho raised his gun, and as he pulled the trigger to fire the other man, A. l.. LeG2aaQo of their party, cried 2Si on-,. n11loion, ohe Na1t. ISlo,ne." The warning was too late, for Dameron was shot and fatally wounded.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Drowned in the Arkansas.

Werner Kohler, ten years old. was drowned al Fort Smith, while in swim ming i'll the Arkansas river with other boys. His body was recovered.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS,
Little Rocks New City Bonds.

Since the first day of the present month Sl5O,OOO in old city bonds have been sur rendered. New twenty five year five per cent. bonds have been issued in their stead
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
A Horse Thief Parboned.

Governor Eagle has pardoned Sam Hodge, convicted in Ashley County two years ago of horse stealing and sentenced for five years
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
Typothetae Delegates.

The following named gentlemen wert appointed delegates to the United Typo theta of America. which will meet in St. Louis next October; George R. Brown James R. Bettis and A. M. Woodruff.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

GENERAL CAsIUS M. CLAY has writ 1, en strong article against the English arrow, the burden of which is that little bird was imported for the
 Acial purpose of eating caterpillars.
 hat he never eats caterpillars, why should the sparrow eat cateffillars when he can get apples, peaches and things of that kind? Like good many other immigrants, the sparrow disdains in this country the bill of fare which contented him across the water.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-26

Colonel A. s. Fowler, Commander ot the Grand Army of the Republic for Arr kansas and Indian Territory, in an inter- view states that he will not discourage a general attendance to the reunion to be held in Milwaukee. '.In any event." ho said, the increase in railroad fare is only one cent per mile. If only the rail- roads were to be injured l should cer- sainly advise the boys to stay at home, but such a course do not think would be treating our Milwaukee friends with prop CT respect They have gone to great deal of trouble to get ready to entertain Us, and am in favor of general turn. ant v