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The Newark journal., 1903-01-23
FIRES HOT SH0T
 AT GOV. DAVIS
AttOrney-General Murphy
 Resents Attack.
NO TRUTH IN THE GOVERNOR.
Mir. Murphy Says Governor Davis Considers Himself Absolute
 ly Above the Law.

] Davis, Secretary of State Crockett, Auditor Monroe and Agricultural Commissioner Bradford, compose the State penitentlary board which was so severely criticised by Gov. Davis in his message to the legis- lature has given out the following statement:
 It is a fair sample of the gov ernor's egotism and disregard of truth. To those who know him, 1t ould have been surprising had he foregone the opportunity af- forded by his right to deliver the message, of remanifesting his principal characteristic traits of cowardice and disregard of truth. His statements in reference to the purchase of the convict farm had in them only one trutb, that am able to recall, anh l2t was the fact that We purchased it over his objection. His insinuations come from his cowardly nature. He knows that the purchase was t good one, looking to the interest of the State, and he knew at the time that 1t was advisable. =
 The trouble with him was that 1t thwarted his purpose of foisting on the State the Hayward farm, the lowest, wettest and most un- suitable farm ever offered to the board, lower by far than the low est part of the Berkley farm, which he falsely says would have been bought but for him. Though the acreage of this farm was but about half that of the one purchased, was wet, low and flat, and from eight to twelve miles from any stream into which 1t could be drained, and though the other members of the board gave him conclusive reasons as to why 1t was unfit for con- yict farm, could not be utilized as such even if donated to the State, he undertook to administer course of verbal abuse to them for refus- ing to join him in his purpose to foist it upon the State ut $97, 7,500. And would have done so had not prompt admonition touched the heart of his cowardly nature. He did not see fit to allude to this pur- pose of his or to explain why he entertained it. Hemay hereafter be called on to do so. -~
 He assumes that he as .a should be the whole board, notwithstand ing the law, in making the auditor chairman made him it's head.
 He, forsooth, is above the law { The lawmaking power committed a great error when it made the auditor president. His disappoint- ment, in not having for his official associates, tools that he can con trol, l think l can understand, but have not now time to express.
 His attack on Superintendent Hoglns was unwarranted and based on false reasons. 1t was only when Hogins refused to appoint his (the governor's) brother-in- law electri clan, a position for which he is said to have possessed no qualifca- tlons whatever, and where his presence would have been highly dangerous to life and property, that he began to fall out with him.
 Hogins was all right as long as he would put in place the goyer- nor's pets and tools without any regard to their efficiency, but wlieh he began to make requirements of competency he was all wrong. Ihese statements are susceptible ' lcoNTINuED ON PAGE rwo.l
The Newark journal., 1903-01-23
DOINes}OF rHE
 LAW. MAKERS
Bills Introduced Cover a
 Large Ar8a.
THE CONVICT FART DISCUSSED
Some VitrioIic Remarks Made in the Senate Concerning khe
 State Convict Farm

Both houses of the Arkansas leg islature are now well organized and in working order. Bills galore nave been introduced covering all subjects from the regulation of 1sts down to allowing a certain nor to practice law. Governor avis message, delivered before a 50int session Of the house and sen- ate on Wednesday evening of last 8eek, was warm document and mad to be laid on a chunk of ice at frequent intervals to keep it from gniting the escaping gas as Gov erhor Davis paved the air in de- livering it.
 The first bill passed by the sen .Je was the usual highway robbery act, to furnish members with 30 copies of a daily paper and 9 cents worth of stamps day.
 Among the most important bills introduced are the following:
 No. F, by Senator Pinnix-To create position of county school superintendent and make 1t cleo tive.
 10. 13, by Senator Gotham Relieving the mutual factory in surance companies from the in- surance and foreign corporation laws.
 No. II, by Senator Price-To compel abstraetors to give bond, asa county officer, for recourse in ease of loss by error.
 No. 15, by Senator Logan-To permit state and county officers to give corporation surety on their bonds.
 No. r, by Senator Simpson To revise and digest the statutes of Arkansas.
 The house adopted a resolution by Mr. Can't providing for joint committee to investigate and re- port upon expenditures out of the s30,000 worlds fair fund approp- riated by the last legislature.
 No. 21, by Senator Gray-The fellow-servants bill.
 No. 23, by Senator Wood-To regulate application for pardon, and provides that all petitions be filed in the clerks office and pub lished in the county papers where the crime was committed, and bars from executive elemency wifebeat- CTS, pistol-toters and illegal liquor sellers,
 No. 27, by Senator Pinnix-To amend section [, act No. 200, of 1901, in regard to the road tax, and states-that in any county where road tax is yotsd any person subject to road duty may perform as much as four days service on the road at S1.50 per day, for which he shall take receipt, and which receipt must be accepted by the tax collector in payment of the holders road tax-not to exceed the amount of service performed.
 No. 30, by Senator Logan-To regulate bonds of fire insurance compalies.
 NoN by Senator McFerrin- To risulate ezpensy5 in crimnal cases aA e
 No.l 94, by Senator Butt-To provide for the taxing of corpora tion aad private franchises, giving the cotnty in which the franchises are opeed the power to assess and collA, in addition to the reg ular tak kes, the sum of 22 1-2 cents per hd dndred dollars of the value of the property for the operation of theeiI tate government, % cents per Hundred for the school fund
The Newark journal., 1903-01-23
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purpose of carrying out the pro visions of the act of 1899.
 No. 34, by Senator Butt-To al- low town councils to abolish inn provments districts where a three fourth majority of the tax payers vote for such abolition.
 Senator Hinkle has been placed on the following committees, if nance, railroads, agriculture, pub lie roads, engrossed bills, mines, temperance.
 During the debate on the ques- ton of the legislature going in q body to look over the state con vict farm recently purchased by the penitentiary board over the protest of the governor, ,somef ash es of wit and vitriolic eloquence were indulged in in the senate.
 Senator Hardy did not favor the iaunt. He said that such a thing was unprecedented in the an nals of the body. If they could not trust three of the members to go and see the place and make an un- biased report they had better all go back home.
 Senator Sengel said that four years ago the body had empower ed a board to make this purchase, and now. forsooth, because one dictator, one man, chose to try and besmirch the other four members; because they would not meekly submit to his bidding he considered 1t an insult to the body and dis grace to Arkansas. Unless some direct charge of corruption or fraud Is made against these gentle men he felt that they were wasting time that should be devoted to up building grand old Arkansas.
 Senator Jobe said he thought this was deep laid scheme to get the legislature drowned, and while he did not question but that this would be good thing for Arkan- sas, at the same time he was not ready to go. He said that if the l board had got into trouble 1t wasn t the business of the general assemb- ly to get them out; it was their business to stay here and attend to business.
 HOUSE BILLS.
 No. f, by Mir. Du Laney-Pro- posing g constitutional amendment enabling a majority of property owners in school districts to vote maximum of eight mills school tax.
 No. 5, by Gannaway-For a constitutional amendment exempt ing from taxation for a period of seven years capital invested in cot ton and woolen mills. |
 No. 6, by Hill-For a constitu- tional amendment, constituting the governor, secretary of state and auditor of state a board of par dons.
 No. 8, by Daniel-To regulate the practice of medicine and surg cry and to provide for three state medical boards.
 No. 12, by Making it unlawful for the owner or holder of any insurance policy on mer- chandise to recover for the loss of said property any sum or amount in excess of twice the assessed val uation of said property.
 No. Is, by Jacobs-To prevent fraud in elections. This is one of the best bills introduced and ought to become law.
 No. 23, by Matheny-To pro- vide an asylum for the detention and treatment of dipsomaniacs, in ebriates and those addicted to the excessive use of narcotics; to be located in or near Little Rock, and to be known as the asylum for in- ebriates in the state of Arkansas; to be under control of board of
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
Eleven rn,.cnrrr. injured.

one Of the worst accidents that the
Rapid Railway has ever experienced
occurred Tuesday morning on the out
skirts II New Baltimore. n dozen PEG.
pie being more or less seriously IN
Jured. locomotive II used on the
Rapid Railway between Chesterfield
and Marine city Ia haul freight run
ming night only As there h no turn
table or ~" AT Chesterfield, the loco
motive runs backwards when on its
trip to Marine City. 10 Is claimed
that owing 10 pressure of freight
business these trains have of late been
encr.Iohing upon the time of the pas
scugcr service. This morning the en-
glnc was pulling II loaded ears when
IL crashed into the electric car Ihr
tender of the engine was driven half
way through the passenger car.
smashing Il in spliutrrs, About II
passengers were ou the electric ear
~ tire tllEa or the accident aud nearly
400 were injured.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

FIRE AND FLOOD.
Ruin OF Property and Loss of Life at Topeka.


North Topeka. Ks. which Is scpar-
atcd from the city proper by the Kan
sas river, on Saturday. day and night,
experienced Tho horrors of fire added
to the terrible situation accustomed by
Hood. II WIS reported that ut least 2nl
persons were dead with every pros
poet that thu calamity would hr swell
eel ia much greater proportions. North
Topeka WAS completely gu, un 10y The
rushing waters. tho swift current of
The swollen stream making roHCi.'
wur, we'll ri-h impossible After much
'rduuu~ luhur sWgyiug pJutpuu
bridge WAS stretched between per.
W1ucut hridg AMI ihc duumrd town
with Oh. result tnjt 20 grrat many ptg-
Sous were rescued who would other.
wise have persisted. FIFTY distinct fires
were counted ut one tiIHr and ta'
PROSPECT was that tEo rU.Irc IOWA
would hn W.pul Ou,. Some uHIpi'
sought ,af,,l boo thr hn.ylr u- i.r,r
uud 1guulz.H .'i.s fDr u.s.siJu,' cng!
Poe hC.rl q Wi'. AWAY. On Typ,S1
pruivr ihuu-1uG. have been driven
from rs".g homes o. Ola, food aud the
va .'.A'' % fH'Nh. h''.tA 'f. i''.' ".H'
IDr thc iuIgmiipr Tho Goud, ave
general Boo kau,Hs ami urighhuriu-
states aul ths ruin o. widespread. lin
-rUutcst Iuse Iud suffering g.. iu central
aud eastern X .u,3s. northwestern MI
souri,. eastern Nebraska sad south.
western Iowa. tho result ol 10 days
almost continuous rainfall. Nary
Eve haN, been lu-i aud it is estimated
THAI me- lees than 2i,Ou1 persons have
been driven from their holmes. many
ui which wcrc washed away ana That
the property iuss viii run wei up into
the millions of dollars Tho situation
summarized follows.
Homeless Kausas-NoTth Topeka
I.onb; near Emporil. 5u0: Saliul aud
vicinity. Suo: l.HWWnc-. 800: Kansas
city. Armourdalc aud Argentine. 10.
Ouu.
decentralization and sheffield. 200
IuWa-Dc> Moiurs, 600; Otumwl
2Oo
Nebraska Lincoln. 800: Beatrice.
coz
Financial losses. Klnsas- North To-
pcka. Sl.Gu'.OOu Lawrence. Nlo0.unu:
Copcuriia. Sl0"O0D: Abilene and vicln-
ny. SUr.uuo; Sallul and vicinity. Sl5c.-
CO.,; solomon. Chapman. Detroit ard
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The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
Decoration nay.

The observance of Decoration day
throughout thc state WAS more general
than usual. hr,idrs the exercises bust
Hess being suspended "a. "a rule. There
srcms to have been iu many places %
feeling that amu~rWcuis are iuapprn-
PIRATE to the occasion. Hud thc day
seemed more one ot respect for the
dead. IVA many eases civic societies
Joined With the g.. \. H. Boo tine pro-
ccssiouS. aud a, the cemeteries added
To their tributes Tor the sleeping yctrr
ans. similar tokens Of remembrance
FOR their own departed brothers. The
veterans OF the Spanish war acted a.
escorts Tor their older soldier brothers.
and made up the iiriuc squads which
gave the last houors
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
THE MICHIGAN NEWS
What Is Doing in All Sections OF the State
Mcrr rhry NInrderrdf

Mrs. Mary Mcknight, Of Walton.
Grand Traverse county, has been ar
rested ou suspicion Of having muir
dered Mr.. aud Mrs. John Murphy anu
their 2.ycar.uld child In Springfield
township. Klikuska county, near Fife
Lake. She r. loo bail at kulkuska. ANA
other arrests VIII follow. u Is said.
Mrs. Mcknight was Murphy sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy and baby died
IN tine early part of May. within TWO
weeks Tho circumstances were looked
upon as suspicious. and many vague
rumorS were current boo the village
hut no investigation WIS made ~ tht
time. III, affair had ceased to hr.th
subject of common talk when Shcriu
Creighton. last week. quietly enlisted
the services uf the prosecutor. oN-
humcd Murphy's body AMI sent the
stomach to Ann Arhut for analysis, \
report received yesterday showed Thar
the stomach contained enough strNch-
nine 60 kll several mon. aud the an,
rest OF Mrs. Mcknight followed. The
other bodies will Ice disiutcrr,d, ANA
the stuma,hS Jnllyzcd ut once.
Murphy WI, insured tor Nl.HE. aud
a theory that there might have been
IN attempt by someone Co Nil both
him and the beneficiary. iu order that
The insurance might rrvcrr, has been
formed
4 mortgage for SGo0. given 10y Muir.
ply 10 Mrs Mcknight. ana iilrd after
his death. aroused suspicion. u was
said 10 have been raised to Son from
SnOp
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
reIcrrnphic nrIcf..

Loss estimated at S:aW0DO resulted
FROM a lire whirh swept the southern
manufacturing district of Racine. Wis.
sunday.
Harold J. Barlng. al Tie London
family uf bankers. har rrHcned
frisco on tour at tie world. accom-
panied by hla wife.
An automobile carrying NIr and Nrs
John T. Jack. aud Misses Mnry aud
Jenny Jack. was struck hy street car
in Cleveland. Mrs. Jack was pcrhnps
fatally. the others seriously Injured
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

The Jackson police have in custody
two men, giving the names ct Arm.
strong and O'Donncll. on suspicion ur
being the men who robbed the CON.
r0rd bank about i've weeks ago The
men were arrested ut Ann Arhor
where they were following the Fore.
paugh circus. They both deny any
knowledge ~ the burglary. bat the de-.
scriptlon given man calling himsrl,
Nilsson. "a printer. who disappeared
from Concord az the time OF the burg.
larry. tits O'Donuell.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Beginning with the middle OF most
month. Jackson prison viii hayr its
own printing establishment AMI its
own official Urglg-a ruurpJ-r week
ly paper Suluu ga loul-tPrm prison.
,rs from their moIgur earnings. have
contributed enough money Co iit up %
well appointed plant Altogether. $500
has been ~pru. FOR th, purcha>, uf "a
very good hlrd press AMI the ncccS-
AIRY typ'. AMI further purchases are
h,u- made 10 render the equipment
complete tn. editorial management
rest. in the hands of q committee
composed Of prisoners who will devote
the time thcy have io themselves. ia
tbc evenings aud on sundays to tho
editing uf the manuscript while the
warden viii exercise censorship.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
Int WAFER scnndnI rrlnI.

Tao trial 81 Gcrrit ". AlhcrS, al
Grand Rapids. cN-circuit court com
missioner charged with Offering q
bride To- Ald. Rcnihan during the sum
mcr OF 1915" Is "n. ~ is the last OF
the water scandal cases. aud the In
formation alleges that the defendant
rorruptly offered the alderman $1,000
in influence him tu favor a contract
lo bring water tu Grand Rapids from
Lake Michigan. Former Prosecuting
Attorney Rogers. Judge Allen &. Ad-
sir. Myruu NJ Walker aud Francis
STAGE appeared for tile defense.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

u j. officially announced that Prr~i-
dent l.ouhrt. ~ France vii proceed
90 London between July u AMI July
-, To- return the visit 90 KiuG Edward.
Edward l.. Waite. who. .t j. alleged.
He'd from Manila with $1,000 belong
i'm tu the bank uf which De was cash
irr. was arrested 40 Seattle. Of arrival
there from Vancouver u. e.
William T. Peck governor of the
Igurrutr province of Reuguct. in the
Philippines reports Coutrutmcut iu
his people. aud confidence iu ana co-
operation with tho government. Some
2Ot miles oi good roads were built boz
the province during i"u-. and new
huusc, rice fields aud coffee plIniI-
lions show thrift AMI industry
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

After an I'll days session 81 the
special grand jury. sitting in Jackson.
Ky. io and from which the priucipa
witness WAS escorted uwlcr protection
of guurl of soldiers Monday. cur
Ills lett and Tom White were Indicted
for thc assassination at James H. Mar.
cum. The action taken lay the grand
jury WAS prumpt and decisive aud TO-
night there il growing Impression
that Justice viii or last b, admins
tered Boo the -Cu,kr.ll fpud. ~
which Attorney N.rrum was the !at
est victim
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

A government official who Is In n
position 90 know. says that one drug
glst ln Van Buren, county sells TWEEN.
ty-fvc barrels OF whisky every year.
Lawyers who have Just completed
an adjustment 81 the estate of the
Rev. Joseph Alhinger. pastor 81 the
Roman Catholic church Of our Lady
Of Victory. Of Mount Vernon. y. y.
who dled i've years ago, found that Pr.
Alhinger. who was called miser and
went about the streets at Mount Yer.
non in rags. lett $1,000. Of this
amount S3c.OOG To- gold was In safe de-
posit vaults in New York. The re-
maindcr was Invested Ina real estate.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
Ninh NInIrnrr.

Tho town Of .ncksou. Ky. OK.
pcricuccd might of terror Wednesday
when mob attacked the jail in which
Chus lett aud Tom White are lodged
under indictments, Tor murder 81 Law.
yer Marcum The state troops rcpulsrd
the attack u p. thought that the
presence 81 the militia to protect wit
ncsscs viii enable the authorities to
lay bare the plot which has resulted
in so many murders In Rrcathltt coun.
~. II is NOT known whether the mob
was hostile or friendly 90 the pris.
oucrS
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Reports from numerous towns in the
state show that great damage was
done by wind storm Tuesday, cs-
pecially at North Branch. the business
portion 81 which suffered thousands Of
dollars aud several persons were more
lr less seriously injured. Barns I'm
the vicinity OF the village were wreck.
"a. houses uuroofed ana windows shat
tered. Decatur. Reading. Coral, En-
melt. baskerville Yale and Reese were
scenes at damage hy lightning which
burned barns and killed horses ;ud
cattle.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
80 n. NJ Contest

senator Hanna has Withdrawn his
opposition iu the iuGur~cmcn; uf Ruus".
Welt by the Ohio Republican state con.
y,uiiuu senator Foraker SAYS regard
INK the situation. "Sruutor HJuuu's
statement uud thc position be- now
take are cmiuoutly appropriate.
congratulate the pr, sidcui and senator
Hanna and ,hc Republicans 90 Ohio ON
the harmony within the party that this
step reveals We can nov avoid r.
contest Zoe Ohio. there - uu further pos.
>ihility OF clash. and tar Republicans
OF our state can pruccvd io triumph.
auiiy r,.cl"ct Senator Hanna and 20
win q splendid victory for the state
ticket"
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05
Wind ON, D., I.nrthnnnLc.

\ terrible earthquake occurred
April - az Mclazshord. iu the village
uf Van. ~ miles southeast ur ErZruum.
uu the EuphrItrs. The town was To.
tally destroyed. with it. entire populI.
ton. numbering 2.OOO souls. including
200 Armeninus. as we'll nS the troops
forming the garrison OF Mclazghrrd
IN addition over lUp houses ia neigh
boring villages collapsed
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Oscar Weber OF Atlantic City proves
his belief In the "RoUscyolian theory"
by striving To pound out n living as a
cabinotmaker for a family OF thirteen
children. ten Of whom are boys. The
oldest child has reached the advanced
age OF IS. and the youngest Is half
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Even n MIR Morgan has bought
some bogus art treasures, he has the
satisfaction OF knowing that some PEG.
pie Of undoubtcd artistic judgment
have been fooled i'm stocks.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Great Britein has succeeded In con-
siructing the immense battleship Com.
monwealth ia ten months This would
seem 20 be a favorable opportunity FOR
some Of the American shipbuilders 20
arise and expatlatc again upon the i'm
possibility 81 building a battlcship
under three years time
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Nine Montcith. an English singer,
has declined an offer To come TO
America Il Is reported. because OF the
omlnous prediction Of fortune teller.
Why didn't Mascagnl think OF Ihis
before be came over?
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

The Augusta Chronicle Is the oldest
newspaper in the southern states, and
It's new owners reckon that they are
going TO make 1t as lively as the
youngest
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

past three
Weber was born In SaXony and his
wife Is n Bohemian.
The accompanying photograph 81
the family o. a chip shy as one child
was away from home when the camera
was trained on the group.
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Judging from the crop predictions,
the man behind the pillow Is going to
see 20 II that his country remains In
the front rank Of prosperity nations
for another year
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

II takes 81 .0OO. 600 600 per year 10
keep the people OF the United States
in whisky. and still there are millions
81 them going about complaining that
they are as dry as fishes
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Not that IL will do any good 90 recall
it-but do YOU remember that thirty.
one persons were Killed and 2.772 in.
jurcd in the Fourth OF july celebra-
tions last year?
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

The president did not speak softly
20 tho hoy who called him Teddy. and
q may be hoped that the boy subse.
quenuy made the acquaintance OF a
small but tough stick welded briskly
by tho paternal hand
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

The Omaha judge who has enjoined
n woman from talking 20 or about a
neighbor's tenants. is likely TO find
that government by injunction Of
womans tongue Is no; a wholly simple
task.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

II takes graceful woman 90 get
OF a moving car backward and never
jar her dignity.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

when n man can't 20 to an after
noon tea with his wife because he has
a directors meeting 10 Be- sign that
IL o. the horscracing season.
The Yale expositor., 1903-06-05

Tho watched pot that never boils
must be- what is known technically as
jack pot.