The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-04-22
o. r. CRAIG, Editor.

An iron-clad train is being built
for the car to take him to the far
east, if he should decide to head the
army in person.
The melting SHOWS have disclosed
thousands of dead sheep on the
ranges in Montana. Hundreds Of
men are skinning the sheep and
burning the remains to prevent an
epidemic
The differences between the Mem
phis freight bureau and the Cotton
Belt, which caused the road to with
draw from Memphis, have been adj
justed. The Cotton Belt is now ac-
cepting both freight and passenger
business out of Memphis.
A syndicate of Kansas City capt
tahsts outwitted a big New York
syndicate and secured the entire
Philippine bond issue of $3,000,000.
The successful bid was at 101.1S1.
The closest bid to it was that Of Har-
ris & Co, Of New York, at 101.034.
In view of the demands made by
the war on the financial resources of
Russia, the emperor has directed
that the operations Of the mobiles and
peasants banks. which make loans
to the nobility and peasants, respec-
lively, shall be restricted for the
present.
A daring operation was recently
performed at the Charity hospital
at New Orleans, where a bullet that
had plowed its way through the
body of a negro and lodged against
the spinal cord was successfully re-
moved by cutting away a part ef the
yertebra.
A serious riot took place at Pen
sacola, Fla, between the police and
bme-jackets from warships, in which
Private Banks was killed and four
blueiackets from the Iowa and Ala
bama wounded, though not serious
ly. The riot started over the arrest
of bluejacket.
The Russian government has Civ
en- notice that newspaper correspon-
dents using wireless telcgraphy will
be treated as spies and shot This
notice was served on the state de-
partment at Washington by Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador,
and it is understood that similar
communications were made to all
foreign offices.
The United States gunboat Nash
vile and torpedo boat destroyer
Lawrence, on their way to take part
in the opening exercises of the st.
Louis worlds fair, arrived at Mem
phis ON the 10th. Owing to the
height of her masts, the Nashville
had to wait several days for the wat
er to recede before she could pass
under the bridge.
The 12-inch gun crew of the bat
tle-ship Texas now holds the worlds
record for fast and accurate work,
snatching the laurels from the bat
tie ships Wisconsin and Alabama,
between which ships there was a dis
pute as to the championship. When
the Texas concluded her practice at
Pensacola few days ago she had
an average of about SO per cent of
hits, about 2 per cent better than
that of the Wisconsin and better
than that Of the Alabama.
To make clear the actual effect of
provisions of the recent age pension
order of Commissioner Ware, about
which large number of inquiries
are being made, the following official
statement has been given out:
"There appears to be an impression
among many of the old soldiers that
allowances of pensions under the
age order of the commissioner of
pensions are in addition to the pen
sions allowed heretofore. This is
an erroneous idea of the order. The
law prohibits the payment of more
than one pension to person for the