The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-04-01

ers' union.
Fred Boyd, citizen OF Litehiield,
H., choked to death in a restaurant
on piece of beefsteak.
The cashier of the Citizens Bank
of Arlington, Tex, is missing, as
IS also $1,000 belonging to deposi-
tors.
The army appropriation bill as
passed by the lower house Of con-
gress carries the sum of So, 900,
600.
Operators of South Carolina cot
ton mills have agreed TO curtail
production one-fourth. giving as a
reason the high price of cotton and
inability to sell at a profit.
Senator Burton of Kansas,
against whom a federal grand jury
at st. Louis returned an Indictment
for accepting a bride from the Rial
to Grain Company, has waived all
his rights as a United States sena-
tor and delivered himself up to the
authorities, demanding an immedi-
ate trial.
The trial and conviction of Whit
aker Wright, the noted English
fnancier and promoter extradited
from the United States about two
years ago, ended in a tragedy With
IN a few minutes after sentence of
seven years servitude was pronounc-
ed by a London judge, Wright was
taken violently i'll and expired IN a
few hours. It is generally sup
posed be committed suicide
Col Arthur Lynch, who was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment for
high treason for fighting with the
Beers against the British in the
Transyall, and who previous to his
arrest was elected to the British
house Of commons from an Irish
constituency, has been released from
prison. Col. Lynch did not receive
royal pardon, but was released
on what IS termed a royal release.
Secretary Of the Navy Moody has
recommended that congress appro-
pirate So, 100000 to dcfray the ex-
penses of building vessels and es-
'tablishing naval stations the next
two years. The secretary recon-
mended building naval stations at
Guantanamo, Cuba, and Subig bay.
?. I. The station in Cuba ulti-
mately is to cost $12 100000 and
the one in the Philippines $4,000
600.
Mrs. Maybrick. the American wo-
man serving a life sentence in a
British prison on the charge of
having poisoned her husband, has
been released. Mrs. Maybrick' 5
husband was a victim to the use of
a certain drug, which caused his
death, but Mrs. Maybrick was con-
victed of administering the fatal
dose. Friends in this country have
for years endeayored to secure her
release, and finally succeeded.
Mrs Maybrick will return to this
country to claim a large estate left
her by relatives.
Mrs. Lula Prince-Kennedy- Kram-
er, who shot and killed ?. II. Ken
nedy, her husband, at Kansas City
in 1901, two weeks after their mar
riage, was acquitted by a jury last
week. The defense set up the pleo
week. The defense set up the plea
of emotional insanity At her first
trial she was sentenced to ten years
IN prison. The case was reversed
and during her release On bond she
married John Kramer. the attorney
who defended her. Kennedy, who
refused to live with his wife on the
grounds that he was forced into the
marriage, was shot down while
working at his desk.
The New York stock exchange
has struck from its list Of securities
stock of the American Steel Foun-
dries companies, alleging misrepre-
sentation from Schwab Of the finan-
cial condition of the corporation.
The victims Of the Chadwick mine