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The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Crazed from Pain a Hot Springs
Visitor Leaps Three Stories to
Sudden Death.
EVENTS OF AWEEK BRIEFLY CHRoxICleO
Mississippi, Arkansas and Western
Railroad to be Extended-Will be
No Contests in State Democratic
4 Convention.
Col. VIM. M. Neal.

The sudden death of William NJ
Neal from apoplexy at his home in
Helena was a great shock to the com
mnnitv and thousands of friends and
acouaintances throughout the state.
Mr. Neal was one of the ablest writer's
in the state and as a business man
was very successful. While always
fair to those who differed with him on
matters of public interest, he was un-
compromising in his views of right
and defended them in mastery and
manly way The citizens of Helena
do not mourn alone the death of Col.
Neal. but the entire state has lost a
friend who was ever willing to defend
her good name. The deceased was a
native of Tennessee, and received his
education at Lebanon. In 1876 he
came to this state. choosing the city
of Helena as his home. For ten years
he was bookkeeper in a bank but in
1856 became editor and owner of the
World. which paper he made one of
the brightest and most influential in
the south. In 1888 Col Neal was mar
ried to Miss Margaret Redyard, at
present president of the State Fedora
ton Of women's clubs. The married
life of such a couple was naturally a
very happy one. though no children
came 10 bless their union.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
is GUARDEOLY DISCUSSED
Russian Press Discuss the Possible
Anglo Entente.
1t Does Not, However, Prevent the
sharp Criticism of the Brit
ish Thibetnn Expedition.

st. Petersburg. April 5.-The Rus
sian newspapers continue to discuss
the possible Anglo-Franco-Ru en-
tente guardedly but favorably. while
at the same time sharply criticising the
British Thibetan expedition. For in
stance, the Novoe vremya declares
Great Britain's seizure of Thibet is
bound to cause trouble for Russia be-
cause of its effect on those of her pos
sessions which are under the influence
OF the Delai lama, but 1t follows this
declaration with significant editorial
on the falsity of sentiment in politics,
In which the point is made that Rus
sian assistance to the United States
at the most critical period in her his
tory availed her nothing and that the
real interests of Russia and Great
Britain now call for an understanding.
The Novosti favors an alliance,
pointing out as basis that Russia
wants ports on the Pacific, an OPEN
ing on the Persian gulf and the free
passages of the BosPhorus, for which
Russia will guarantee Great Britain
peace in India.
The Sviet alone is bitter, declaring
that Great Britain's diplomatic mis-
sion to Thibet is unmasked, having
become one of blood-letting, showing
that Great Britain Is profiting by Rus
sias attention being occupied else
where
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
BRIEF MENTION.

James Kunn and Jack Carter were
Ledwidge.
Gov. Davis has appointed B. N
Ward collector of Arkansas county.
to succeed the late NJ A Baker.
T. NJ Logan. city marshal at Full
ton, shot and killed a negro by the
name of Scoggins while the latter was
resisting arrest.
A party of northern capitalists has
purchased 1000 acres of land near Ar
den. Little River county. and will en-
gage in fruit raising.
Gov Davis majority in the state
on the popular vote is placed at "A 900
He carried fifty-eight counties and
Judge Wood seventeen.
The city council of Little Rock
unanimously voted down an ordinance
licensing pool rooms at $4,000 per an
mum for each room operated
Thomas Nix, young white man II
years of age, was arrested at Month
cello on the charge of having set fire
to the warehouse of Harris & Jarni.
gan.
Dan Stuart, wealthy sporting man,
has purchased a tract of lard in The
city limits of Hot Springs and will
build race tract to cost over $780,
900.
The jury at Mena in the case Of
Arthur Taylor, charged with the kill.
ing of the Forshee brothers az Lockes-
burg, failed to agree, and was dis
charged.
\ coal miner named Chas Maddox
was sound over at Russellville 10
await action by the grand jury on a
charge OF aiding prisoners TO escape
from Jail.
In a difficulty with his son-in-aw.
B, E. Riddell. drummer residing in
Washington. Hampstead county was
probably fatally injured by being
struck with an axe.
Git Sin, a Hot Springs Chinaman,
was assaulted in the rear of his laun-
dry by two unknown men and pounded
over the head with revolvers until life
was almost extinct.
E G. Connelley, for the past four
years expert rate clerk with the state
railroad commission, has resigned.
Mr. Connelley is considered one of the
best rate clerks in the country
negro by the name of Bill Glad
ney was found dead at his home near
Magnolia The coroner's jury found
that his death was due to natural
causes, but superstitious members of
his race insist that he was poisoned
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
NOT REGARDED SERIOUSLY
The United States Consul Mt Odessa
Does Not Think the jews
There in Danger.

Washington, April 5.-The state de-
partment has received the following
cablegram from Mr.. Mccormick, the
American ambassador at St Peters,
burg:
"A rumor concerning a possible DEM
onstration against ;he Jews at Oiessa
having reached me, | communicated
with the United States consul there,
asking him If it were well founded. He
replied to me as follows: Reports OF
anti-Jewish demonstrations are not un-
usual at this season of the year. Owing
to the occurrence Of last Easter the
Hebrew population is exceedingly
nervous, but, with so energetic and
humanitarian a man as Gov. Neidhardt
in charge Of the city and with Baron
Karulbars as commander-in-chief OF
the troops in this southern country,
should regard serious outbreak Of
any kind as impossible
During the present week the newspa-
pers have contained notices to the pub
lie warning those who disturb the
peace that they will be dealt with Sc
verely.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
CLEWELL CAUGHT
T. At ST, JOSEPH.
Missing Trust Company Official
Charged With Embezzlement.
ACCOUNTS SHORT $4,000
Had Beeu in ST. Joseph For IN Week
and Lived Mt "a Fashionable
boarding House fn
Tint City.

Cleveland, o, April 5.-A telegram
was received by Chief of Police Kohler
Monday from Chief Franz of the ST.
Joseph (Mo) police department, an
nouncing that George +. Clewell, the
missing secretary and treasurer of the
recently assigned Federal Trust Co, of
Cleveland, had been arrested there.
The charge against Clewell was a
shortage of $4,000 in his accounts
with the Federal Trust Co. The war
rant for his arrest has been sworn out
by J. c. Gilchrist, the president of that
company, and it was placed In the
hands of the Bankers Surety Co, which
was on Clewelps bond, the sum of S10,-
600. The latter company Immediately
set its secret service to work to ap-
prehend Clewell and have him returned
to this city.
Just why Clewell went to St Joseph
is not known he is not known to have
any relatives in that city.
The last person who saw Clewell
prior to his sudden disappearance a
week ago Saturday was his brother-in-
law, Arnold Kahle, who met Clewell
on street corner while the latter was
waiting for car to go down town.
The conversation between Clewell
and Kahle disclosed the fact that Gle
well was disappointed at the pending
absorption of the Federal Trust Co.
by the Guardian Trust Co, and the loss
| of his position by the change. Clewell,
according TO Kahle, considered this q
disgrace that he was unable to bear
1t had been arranged some time ago
that the Guardian Trust and the Fed
eral Trust companies were to COM
bine the latter to be obsorbed, but ru-
mors of irregularities In the accounts
of the Federal company made an as
signment necessary before the pro-
gramme could be carried out. The
Guardian Trust Co has assumed all
the Business of the Federal company,
and other than the disappearance of
Clewell the matter has been regarded
as g close incident
II Clewell will return without a
requisition, he can be brought here
within a day or two; if he demands
that formality, his arrival will be de-
layed perhaps a week.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
BROKERAGE FIRM SUSPENDS
w. u. Mack 4 Co., New York Cotton
and stock Exchange Opera
tors, Have Failed.

New York, April 5.-The brokerage
firm of W. B. Mack & Co., has sus-
pended.
The firm traded in cotton and had a
stock exchange membership 1t had a
mercantile rating of from $125,000 to
5000 900
The failure of the firm was an
nounced on both the stock and cotton
exchanges The firm was formed in
May, 1901, and was composed of Will
lard B. Mack. Thos. S. Smith and Ed
ward S. Long.
The failure was not regarded as very
important and 1t was reported that the
firm probably will be able 10 resume
business.
1t is understood that Mack & Co.,
were creditors of D. ]. Sully & Co. to
the extent of $50 900 to $4,000.
No assignee has yet been made.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
The State Convention.

While there will be rival delegates
at the democratic state convention
from some counties. the nomination
OF Gov. Davis will not be contested.
Senator Clarke will head the Pulas-
XII delegation, and Senator Berry will
be delegate from his home county.
Full returns show that Hon. E. A. Nc
Culloch for associate Justice defeated
Moose by small margin Hill has
something like 233 votes for chief
justice, and will be nominated on the
first ballot. 1t is not believed the
convention will instruct for any can
didate for president
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
MARRIED THE WRONG COUPLE
Queer Nix-Up mt wedding Cere-
mony In Indiana by Mag
istrate.

Evansville, Ind. April Miss Pearl
Owens and Guy Myers, of Sebree, KY,
came here Monday TO be married. They
were accompanied by Miss z. Grayson
and Robert McCurry. After securing
a license the four went to the office
of Magistrate SchradcT, who through
a mistake, married the wrong couple.
After the ceremony had been pro-
nounced the magistrate was told of his
mistake. but Miss Grayson and McCur-
ry decided to allow the ceremony to
stand. The real principals were then
married. and license was procured
for Miss Grayson and McCurry, and
the ceremony was complete.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Fire at Beebe.

On the morning of the 5th inst,
re was discovered in the grocery
store of Jace Stanley at Beebe, and in
thirty minutes the three wooden build
ing fronting on Main and Front streets
were enyeloped in flames 1t was a
hot fire, but o. ing to the favorable
conditions of the weather and heroic
work of the fire-fghters. none of the
brick buildings near by were serious
ly damages The buildings destroyed
were landmarks in Beebe, being the
first erected in the town thirty-two
years ago They were all frame struc-
lures and belonged to Maj H. B.
Strange, I. l.. Payne. the Ferguson
estate and Senter G. Co, and all to-
gether We're worth $4,000 Following
are the losses: Maj. Strange, hard
ware $4,000, insurance $1,000; Dr.
wilson, groceries and drugs, $500, no
insurance; Jace Stanley, groceries,
5000, no insurance; Doss & Thompson,
nay, 500, no insurance; Campbell's s
butcher shop. s100, insurance 500;
the Sanders & Jones bakery. 5000, no
insurance; Sanders. household furni-
ture, $500; DR. Smith, Office supplies,
S2OO total loss.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Company Declared lnsolvent.

Judge Rogers of the federal court
at Fort Smith, upon APPLICATION of coun-
sci for Holland stockholders. appoint
ed Lee Haight receiver of the South.
western Portland Cement works at
White Cliffs. in Little River county.
The plaintiffs affirm that the company
operating the plant is insolvent
through mismanagement. Within two
years improvements to the extent of
100000 have been made by Holland
stockholders. The plant is valued at
s5,O0O,000 and has a capacity of
1000 barrels per day. Two years ago
the property was the cause of exten-
sive litigation in the federal court
which resulted in the Holland interest
securing control.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Mysterious Killing.

strange story telling of the kill
ing of Mrs. Joe White comes from Der
mott, Chicot county. 1t is alleged
Mrs White, her husband. Mr.. and
Mrs Adams and little girl were sit
ting in a room. when White began fir
ing at the ceiling. All the occupants
of the room except Mrs. White hast
lily left the room and as they reached
the parlor they heard Mrs. White
scream. When they reached her side
she was breathing her last and there
was bullet hole in her breast. White
says he was firing the pistol to scare
the women. and that he did not shoot
near his wife. but that the bullet
which caused her death was fired by
some one outside the room.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
FOUND POISON IN STOMACH,
Woman Arrested al Lawton. Okla,
Charged With Numbering
Her Husband.

Lawton, Okla. April 5.-Mrs Throck-
morton, with her two sons, Joseph, j.
d. Throckmorton, and her daughter.
Mrs. Lille Chatterton, was arrested
at Bement, Okla, Monday night,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band. Throckmorton had been in an
asylum for some time. and died shortly
after returning home. An examination
the fact that there was poison in the
stomach.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Says He Is willing to Return.

st. Joseph, Mo, April 5,-George r.
Clewell. the alleged defaulting treas
urer and secretary of the Federal Trust
Co, of Cleveland, o., was arrested here
Monday night by police detectives. He
had been here for week, and lived at
a fashionable boarding house. going out
but little and attracting as little atten-
tion as possible. He said he was will
ling to return to Cleveland with
out requisition and declined
to discuss the affairs of the trust
company or his connection with It
further than that he was involved TO
the amount of $4,000 Clewell denied
that he was trying TO escape from his
obligations, but that he was 80 i'll and
weak that he needed rest, and sought
a city in which he was unknown to OBJ
tain IT,
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Big Fire at Little Rock

- ~ hfst big fire of the year in Lit
81 "oek occurred on the night of the
sn.' INST when the three-story 50-foot
hunt b,' by l40 deep building occupied
stroyed.
tod ne building occupied by the Ar
n"S n"nsaS upholstering & Cabinet com
nth p@ny was also destroyed, and several
aoaa buildings in the block were dam
Seu, We The losses are as follows
s+a,sh a,soh estate, on building, 25.O0O;
+ "rloack' pl Brown & Co. S45, 900; Chas.
A., renzel, building, $4,000; S. l.. Grif-
s,a[, 'n, building, $4,000; Arkansas Uuhol-
ing 4 Cabinet company. $4,000;
60 oao Mathews. damaged by water,
so,,,'' o,Vgo' Joe Sarlo, saloon. $1,000;
VII sn@estern Telephone company,
fS5NNN
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Big Land Deal.

Thomas & Lee of Clarendon have
sold to j. S. Letter, also of Clarendon,
5000 acres of timber land for a con-
sideration of $4,000 The price is
$3.50 per acre. which is considered very
cheap for timber land. The tract lies
in Monroe, Phillips and Chicot coun-
ties. The New Orleans extension of
the Iron Mountain railroad passes
through it and the bridge over White
river is located on the tract.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08

Women and the Worlds Fair,

Arkansas building at the worlds
fair is completed with the exception
of the touching up" process. and Ar
kansas booths in the various compet-
itive buildings are nearing compile
tion. Arkansas grotto in the mines
building will be a feature when COM
pleted, and bids fair to attract a great
exhibits from Arkansas have been
most attractively arranged in the agri-
cultural building.
Mrs. Johnnie A. George, chairman
of the Pulaski County Woman's Hon
irary Board of Worlds Fair Commits
sioners, has issued the following ad-
dress:
As every one knows the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition will open in the
city OF st. Louis on April 80. Already
the Arkansas building is being put in
readiness for the opening ceremonies
of this momentous event which means
so much to the future development of
our state. The Arkansas building is
one of the first of the state buildings
to have been completed, and the man.
ager, Thomas w. Milan. and Miss
Cage, the assistant manager, are es-
pecfally desirous that as many exhiD-
its as possible intended for the build
ing shall be in place by the opening
day. Those destined for the Arkansas
building will of course be non-compet
tive. Such articles as are intended
for competition should be so marked
and will be sent to the departments
TO which they belong Before any
thing can be accepted it must be sub
mitted 20 the county board for inspec-
ton, as it is the duty of this board to
see that nothing unworthy be sent to
the exposition. After the county
board has passed upon such articles
as shall be submitted to them, they
will be turned over to the state board
to be forwarded to St Louis, the state
board paying all express charges upon
accepted articles. Should any article
be intended for sale il may be sold
during the fair, but not removed from
the place of exhibition until the close
of the exposition. 1t is hoped that the
women of the capital city and through.
out this state shall be able to
reflect much credit upon themselves
in their exhibit and that it will be
one of which the entire state will be
proud. Among the things sought for
exhibit in the Arkansas building are
articles of d decorative character
paintings in O. and water colors, tap
estry ceramics, typography. wood
carving, needlework, historical relics
OF value. interior and exterior pho
tographs of homes. views in and
around Little Rock and throughout
the state:
"A committee of representative
women will be appointed and meet
ing called to meet at my home not lat
er than the goth instant to pass upon
such articles as shall be submitted,
and it is necessary that as many arti
cles as possible shall be in by that
time. AS a guarantee to the ladies
that their property will be cared for
until such time as it may be turned
over to the state board for shipment,
have, in lieu of a better place, de-
cided personally to receive the arti.
Cles at my house, 1920 Cross street,
Little Rock. and to be responsible for
them except in case of fire or some
such unforeseen calamity"
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
forger Sentenced.

Montia Brockman pleaded guilty in
federal court at Little Rock to a
charge of passing counterfeit bank
notes and was sentenced 10 five years
at hard labor in the Atlanta peniten-
tiary and fined 500. He was arrested
in Hot Springs on June 80, and has
since been confined in Jail When ar
rested he had about twenty illegal
bank notes which he had gotten in
Kentucky, and it was proven that he
had passed several
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Leaped from Third Story.

A visitor at Hot Springs from Mich
igan named Frank Caddy, while tenn
porarily insane from suffering from
a long illness, leaped from the third
story of St Joseph's infrmary. He
first attempted to jump from the win
dow of his room, but his wife and a
nurse restrained him. moment
later he broke away and leaped from
the porch. striking on his head
Death was instantaneous,
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Ruled in Favor of Bridge Company.

For the second time the federal
court has passed upon the right of
the Memphis Bridge company to
charge passengers a so cent fare.
ne last case decided by Judge Trie-
Der was that of Thos H. Adams. WHO
saed the bridge company and the Iron
mountain railroad jointly for $25, 900
lor oeing elected from an Iron Noun
,alh train for refusing to pay the
oiluge 1are. The plaintiff set up the
pea that his ticket read from Little
i'ock' Ark, to Memphis. Tenn, and
.nat the railroad company was bound
W lahd him at the point designated,
.uere Deing no stiplation that he was
~ pay tare for crossing the bridge,
iie also contended that the charter
unuer which the bridge was built did
no' allow the alleged excessive charge
~ oV cents. Judge Trieber, in ruling
- laFor Of the bridge company, he'd
,a ,aat the act of congress of April "A.
oo7' authorized the charge of a fare
bridge
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Independents Won.

The municipal election on the Texas
side of Texarkana which was the bit
terest in the history of the town, re.
suited in the defeat of the regular
democratic ticket, the independents
winning by majorities ranging from
100 to $50. This is the first time a
strictly party ticket was ever nomi
mated on the Texas side.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
BRITISH SUSTAIN REVERSE
The British Punitive Expedition
Sent AEninst the Okpoto Tribe In
West Africa Suffers Loss.

London, April 5.-Meagre details
have arrived here Of heavy fighting in
Nigeria british West Africa and Of
a reverse sustained by the punitive ex-
pedition sent against the Okpoto tribe.
who, in December, cut up British pa
troll, killing two British officers and
40 or 80 native troops. In the recent
fighting the Okpotos fought their way
into the midst of the British square and
killed or wounded many of the British.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
The Next State Senate.

cratic primaries show that the follow
ing state senators we're nominated
In the ninth and twenty-fifth districts
the contests were very close, but indi-
cations are that Mr.. Lambert won in
the former and A. T. Cross in the lat
ter. There are thirty-five members of
the state senate, and twenty of the
members who were in the session of
1903 will serve until the election in
September, 1906. The names of the
holdovers and the nominees are given
below:
First District. K. Browning.s
Clay county.
Second District-J. Z. McCall,s
Lawrence county.
Third District-B E. McFerrin,
Newton county.
Fourth District-A. w. Covington,
Johnson county.
Fifth District w. Thompson,s
Washington county.
Sixth District-John A. Hinkle, In.
dependence county.
Seventh District--O. n. Killough,
Cross county.
Eighth. District-Geo. E. Floyd,'
Yell county
Ninth District-Wm. Lambert Hot
Spring county.
Tenth District. A. Gray, Pulaski
county; A, w. Rison. Perry county
Eleventh District-H. X. Toney,'
Jefferson county.
Twelfth District-W P. Fletcher,
Lonoke county.
Thirteenth District. F. Lee,s
Monroe county.
Fourteenth District = John F
Moore,$ Phillips county.
Fifteenth District-Thos. E. Mears
Ashley county.
Sixteenth District-W. S. Amis,'
/ Cleveland county.
i Seventeenth District-C. 7. Gotham
/ Drew county.
Eighteenth District-W s. Good
Win" Bradley county.
Nineteenth District-Thos W Har
dy Ouachita county.
Twentieth District-T. C. Jobs
Hampstead county.
Twenty-frst District-A. S. Kilgore
Columbia county.
Twenty second District-W. II. Col
Inns, Sewer county.
Twenty-third District-G. S. Rec.
tor.* lizard county.
Twentyfourth District-F. o. Butt,
Carroll county.
Twenty-ffth District-A. T. Gross, /"
Crawford county.
Twenty-sixth District Sam w.
Simpson, Van Buren, county.
Twenty-seventh District-J. NJ. C.
Vaughter Faulkner county.
Twenty-eighth District-John II.
Holland.s Sebastian county
Twenty y-ninth District-W. F. Har-
rison.' Mississippi county.
Thirtieth District. C. Pinnix,
Pike county.
Thirty-frst District-Thos. w. Mi.
lam Garland county.
Thirty-second District Frank
Smith. Crittenden county.
Thirty-third District = Hubert ].
Hall,* Scott county.
Thirty-fourth District-John ]. Lo.
gan, Benton county.
To be eelcted in September.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
SHOT AND FATALLY WOUNDED
Col. Hawkins Fatally Wounded by
Editor Russell At the Oklahoma
Democratic Convention.

Lawton, Okla, April 5.-At the as
sembling of the democratic convention.
Monday, Col. Hawkins, a sergeant-at-
arms of the legislature, was shot three
times and fatally wounded by Editor
Russell. He returned the fire, but
without effect.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08
Frightfully Burned.

Miss Campbell, maid with prom
inent Chicago family, stopping at the
Park hotel. Hot Springs, was serious.
ly burned by the explosion of a gaso-
line lamp used in the room. The burn.
ing fluid caught her clothing and she
was terribly burned about the arms.
back and body before the fire coul9
be extenguished.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-08

The public debt of the state has
been reduced to minimum, and will,
very soon, be wiped out entirely with
the exception of the funding bonds
held by the permanent school fund,