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The Newark journal., 1906-05-11
STATE HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY TOLD
Items ofGeneral Interest Gathered Fresh From the Columns of
 the Daily Papers,

The report of the city clerk of Pine Bluff shows that city to be in debt $79. .0S9.69.
 Emma Gaines, deaf negress, was run over by train and killed near Argenta Monday.
 John Davidson fell dead while in the field planting cotton near Parnell Springs a few days ago.
 Frank Phillips was shot and killed at Little Rock Friday by his brother-in-law, Ben Stewart.
 The Little Rock Basket and Ve- neering factory was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Loss $25, 1000, half covered by insur- anee.
 The 15-year- old son of Amos Treadwell of Marshall fell from a treetop 8 distance of B feet and sustained serious injuries. Both arms and two ribs were broken.
 Will Cullum, who shot and kill ed Dr. Ira Nixon in Van Buren county recently has been captur- ed and placed in jail at Clinton to await the action of the grand jury.
 Luther Laster, white farmer living near Hope was attacked by Taylor Custer, 3 negro, and seri- ously injured Tuesday. They had gotten into dispute over a debt and the negro unexpectedly assaulted him from behind with an axe.
 Columbus Rowton of Black Springs had a narrow escape from death during recent elec- trical storm. He was near a clothes line when it was struck by lightning. The flash knocked him down and he remained uncon-  scious for some time.
 Plans for the state reform school have been approved and the board will advertise for bids at once. The plans call for S25,- 900 building, 90 X 145, three stories high, to be erected on a site donated by the city of Little Rock near the Insane Asylum.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-11
SEER PREDICTS MANY CALAMITIES
Bad Things are Predicted For the Year 1900 by Mir. Spangler,
 a New York Professor

One MT. Spangler, of New York, who poses as prophet, predicts a number of calamities for the year 1906, the chief of which are as follows:
 Overthrow of the Russian em- pire, the assassination of the czar, and the killing of the nobles. The country divided into small repub- lies and elective monarchies, which will be in a state of war until the end of the world (predicted by Mir. Spangler to occur in 190S).
 Violent death of the Sultan of Turkey.
 Uprising in Spain.
 Two disastrous fires in Boston.
 Hot and sultry summer in the temperate zone, with a great in- crease in the death rate from dis ease, accident, murder, suicide, and the force of the elements.
 Great religious movement in England and the United States.
 Dissolution of Turkey.
 Bloody race war in southern United States.
 Continuation of prosperity in the United States assured.
 Earthquakes in all parts of the world, with destructive eruptions of Vesuvius, Pelee, Popocatepetl, and some volcanoes supposed to he extinct
The Newark journal., 1906-05-11
SCHOOL FURNITURE.

School directors are reminded that Craig & Henderson of New ark still handle school furniture and apparatus of all kinds, and are prepared to sell tirst-class goods at low prices. If you expect to buy anything in their line see or write to them and you will have prompt attention.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-11
NOTED CHARACTER DEAD

K. M. Shoot who is said to have been in the plot to kidnap Presi- dent Abraham Lincoln and to have sold to John Surratt the boat in which 1t was intended to convey Lincoln across the Potomac, died at Fort Smith Wednesday at the ace Of 13.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-11
HEAVY SNOW STORM

Press dispatches from Plainfield, Wis, announce that a furious snow storm prevailed over central Wisconsin Monday night and Tuesday. Eight inches of snow fell.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-11
AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS

The Arkansas Agricultural Ex- pertinent Station at Fayetteville is sending out bulletin devoted to the elaborate treatment of rice growing in Arkansas. These bulletins are sent out free to all residents of the state who request them.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-25

Father Robert went to Carlsbad
last night to live.
G. w. Vaughn returned this morn
ing rom Hagerman.
ming from Lake Arthur.
c.. E. Odem went to Carlsbad last
night to remain until Monday.
George Slaughter returned last
night from his Texas anc
Figure with B. F. Smith when you
want buggy painting. Phone It's. TIT
R. T. Allison and son, Ben, came
up from Lake Arthur this morning.
J.. M. Nelson returned this morning
from a business trip to Lake Arthur.
A. w. Whitlock, of Lake Arthur,
has spent most of this week in Ros-
we'll.
FOR RENT.-Six room house furnish
ed. modern improvements throughout.
713 N. Main. 51-t3*
We may be fanatics and may be
in the sere and yellow leaf,-but we
are still on deck.
Mrs. E. L. Bedell is entertaining her
Lea, for a few days.
Harold Hurd returned on the auto
today from Cloudcroft, where he at
tended the meeting of the Territorial
Bar Association.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-25

s. w. Holder returned to his nome
IN Lake Arthur last night. He has
been on a trip North.
Some special bargains In Main
street property. improved and unim-
proved.-Carlton & Bell.
d. L. Geyer and Ford Geyer and
their families returned this morning
from an outing in the mountains.
Mrs. M. C. Shaw arrived last night
from Beaumont to visit until Christ
mas with her daughter, Mrs. r: T..
Burge.
Mrs. M. E. Massie left this morn
ing for her home in Vernon, Tex, af-
ter a three months visit here with
her son, J. S. Massie.
J. B. Herbst returned this morning
from a trip to Artesia. accompanied
by his business associate, r. A. Rich
ards, of Topeka, Kan.
Mrs. Job Barnett and three child
rem arrived last night from Wichita
Falls to spend several weeks with
her father, W. H. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Markell, the
Misses Mussenden and Bert Utter
back ave returned from a weeks
trip in the Captain mountains.
Ed Burns, George Jewett and Gus
| Beidleman returned this morning
from Willow Lake, below Carlsbad,
wnete they spent a week fishing.
George Kuhlman left this morning
for his home in Houston, Texas, after
spending two weeks mere with his
wife who is continuing her visit with
Mrs. J. Odd Hamilton.
Miss Carrie Skillman, a teacher in
the Roswell schools, returned last
ALBANIA and Tennessee points, where
she has spent the summer
Some social and other items were
left out today. Put too much filling
on the first run, and were crowded
with ads. Tried to crowd the stuff in
by setting it solid-but couldn't.
Elmer Landsaw and Miss Ruby
Saunders and her guest, Miss Epsie
walden. of Dallas, were among the
Roswell people who returned this
ton.
Will Robinson returned this morn
ing from Lakewood, where he de1iv-
cred a speech on at the
celebration attending the laying of
the cornerstone of a new school
building.
Patronize the ice cream social to-
night from 4 till 10 p. M, on the
court house lawn, given by The Sun
beam Ban of the Baptist church for
the benefit of the Buckner Orphans
HON at Dallas.
Miss Ellen Nilsson will arrive Mon
day from Gothenburg, Sweden, to
mak an extended visit with her ia
Their, A. L. w. Nilsson. If she likes
America and the West, she will re
! main here permanently.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-25

The Republican City Central Com
mittee held a meeting last night at
Republican headquarters in the Gaul-
lieur block. Fred C. Hunt was elected
chairman and Claude Hobbs was re-
elected secretary for the ensuing year.
DR.. and Mrs. C. l.. Parsons went
to Lakewood last night to close up
the trades for the purchase of $500
acres of land for Leslie M. Shaw,
Secretary of the Treasury. c. L. Voss,
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-25

cashier of Mr.. Shaw's bank at Den
nison, Iowa, is expected his evening
to examine the deeds.
j.. H. fowler, wife and daughter re-
turned yesterday from Ft. Sumner,
near where they nave been for ten
days while Mr.. fowler was looking
after stock business. They took Miss
Eta Phillips, of Checotah, l.. T., who
was here for a months visit, to To-
lar, N. NJ, near FIT. Sumner, to visit
her sister.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-25

G~raniteware cheap at Makin's. soft
Wagons and buggies sold at Tex.
shop. 29tf
C. w. DAWSON went to Hage-man
last night.
FOR SALE:-A fine Jersey COW Call
Phone No. 6. 51-t1
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Martin and Mr..
and Mrs. c.. A. Baker returned last
night from a two weeks trip in the
mountains.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-25

Miss Ellen Nilsson will arrive Mon
day from Gothenburg, Sweden, to
make an extended visit with her ia
Their, A. l.. w. Nilsson. If she likes
America INT the West, h will re-
main here permanently.
The Coconino sun., 1906-02-24
TIE R RITORlAL HAPPE N IN G $

Hannigan, of Deming, and held him a prisoner in the mountains, released the captive on Monday, after receiving a ransom of S2ooo.
 At Maricopa, last Sunday night, Iuan Alvarez became involved Tn a quarrel with Jose and Felipe Ma tas, brothers, and killed both with a club. Bad blood had existed be- tween the parties for long time. Alvarez pleads self-defense.
 The Mexican government, or rather that of the state of Sonora, seems determined to drive every Yaqui Indian, whether hostile or friendly, from that state. Just at present they are busy rounding up all Indians of that tribe who live in the Moctezuma district, an d within few days train load of them will arrive in Douglas on the Nacozari road. They will be ship ped to Nogales from here and from that city to Guaymas, from whence they will be deported to Yucatan. Douglas Dispatch.
 A dispatch from Chicago states that ] C. Hampton, veteran ot the Boer war, was arrested there last week, charged with being the man who held up and robbed a station agent of the Southern Pa cihc Railroad company at Dome, Arizona, early in January. Accord ing to reports, Hampton rifled the safe of the Wells Fargo Express company, after he had compelled the station agent at the point af a revolver to open the safe. He will be brought back to Arizona for trial.
 Andrew Jackson Brice, who IS also known here as Jack Dooley, received a bullet through the side of his head in duel with Win chesters fought with Chas. Y. Webb in front of the home of the latters sister in Pirtleville last Friday afternoon. Brice also had his right forearm shattered by an other bullet from Webb's gun and is now in Calumet hospital, where it is expected he will recover. Webb came to the city and gave himself up. The duel was by mu- tual agreement, as both had stated there would be a shooting the hrst time they met.-Douglas Dispatch
 In many mining camps of the southwest dynamite is being useo by the Mexican miners, it IS said in new and altogether startling way. Many of the peons are wha is known as dynamite fiends. User: of dynamite soon learn that it is { powerful stimulant, and that th' effects of intoxication are pleasing while they last, beyond the mos excruciating phantasies of al opium dream. The "dynamiter' usually is very dainty and exact il his method of going about the in troduction of the high explosive into his system. The preferred way is to do this by cutting off small piece of 55 per cent. dyna' about the size of a pea. This i dissolved in small glass of mes cal or tequille, and the draught i quaffed with a gusto that come from pleasant anticipations. Tn performer of this trick then roll La h;c hlnnket and stretches him
The Coconino sun., 1906-02-24
Mackey Companies

The annual report of the Trus- tees of the Mackay Companies was issued last week from Boston and states the companies own part or all of the capital stock of seventy four prosperous cable, telephone, and telegraph companies in the United States, Canada and Europe including the Commercial Cable and Postal Telegraph system. The report further states that the Mackay Company is one of the largest stockholders in the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph Co.,, and that during the past year it has acquired control of the North American Telegraph Com pany, which for twenty years has owned and operated telegraph system in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.
 The report shows that Mackay Company has no debt and that there are $40, ,645, ,6oo. co preferred stock and S+,676, 900. co preferred stock has been issued in exchange for shares in other corporations paying as much or greater divi- dends than the corresponding dividends on the Mackey preferred shares.
 The report states the income of the constituent companies is large ly in excess of the amount required to pay the Company's dividends. ! The excess is used for extensions and reserves. The trustees state that they confne themselves in their investments to first class cable, telephone and telegraph stocks. The laying of the fifth cable in the Atlantic ocean, the establishment of cable communi- cation with New Foundland and laying of the new cables to China and Japan are referred to.
 The trustees are Clarence H. Mackay, William w. Cook, Geo. IG. Ward, Dumont Clark and Edward C. Platt.
The Coconino sun., 1906-02-24
Jerry From Kerry.

Patten X Perry's funny musical farce comedy and vaudeville at traction, Jerry From Kerry" in which that cheerful, comic, cachin- natory character is the central fig ure is to be presented in this city tonight. This will be welcome news to all classes of theatre goers. The interest in the Imaginable, di- verting and humorous incidents, events and happenings ot this com edv never ceases or flags, and its success has been little short of amazing. Undoubtedly the proiuse comedy it contains has had much to do with securing popular favor, and the scenes and adventitious incidents bustling in animated ac- tion, bristling in effervescent hu- nor, bubbling with unadulterated mirth and permeated with startling novelties, quaint originality in catchy music and elaborate cos tuning, and presented by a cast of the very best and highest sal aried artists possible to secure, have all contributed to its phenom- enal success. This company also carry their own superior uniformed concert band and orchestra which is special feature. Don't miss the free band concert at 7.3o pm.
The Coconino sun., 1906-02-24
Notice to Teachers

The regular quarterly examina- ton for teachers certificates will be held in the county court house, in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, on Monday and Tuesday, March 5 and 6, 1906.
 Daily sessions from S:So am. to I2 noon, and from I no 4:3o pm.
 ]. $. AMUNDsEN
 County Superintendent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04

through the potteries, a hobby Of the
painters, TO get to the picture gallery.
The gallery itself, a n story building
with rough cast walls and a red tiled roof
is complete in every detail, from the beaten
lead work panels on the doors. chased with
patterns Of leaves and Watts's motto, The
Utmost for the Highest, to the handwovcn
fabric that covers the walls inside. stained
a rich red and then waxed to preserve its
color. The polished parquet floor and
gilded ceiling complete the richness Of the
interior and form a fitting background for
picturs =.
Although the gslleryis not large. Affecting
OF size is produced by a wall, dividing il in
two. in which are cut three large arches
connecting the two portions Of the room.
The gallery was built during Watts lifetime
and opened 10 the public a few months
before his death. Then 1t was closed for a
year, as most OF the pictures were being
shown at various exhibitions organized in
his honor.
Since last May IL has been opened rer-
manently. The pictures are on view from
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
SAD TALE OF THE TURTLE.
II He Wears Tortoise Shell He 10 APT co
Re Roasted Alive.

Gentle woman has a hard time keeping
that title and at the same time achieving
the more important object OF being well
dressed. II she e aigrets she Is re-
sponsihle for starving broods OF young
herons to death.
-Ostriches are subjected to keen diacom-
fort when their feathers are pulled out.
The process Of obtaining sealskins Is brutal
and he Persian lamb industry Ii most re-
vol ing.
Wow q report from Consul Jamss q
Kellogg Of Colon describes the atrocious
way in which much Of the material for
tortoise she'll combs IL obtained. The
San Bias Indians Of the Isthmus Of Panama
catch the nawkbill turtles which nave thu
misfortune to he the original wsarers OF
the shells md roast tn'm alive.
Under the application Of intense heat the
shells peel OF In thin plates. APPARENTLY
this does not kill the turtles, which ars
thrown back into the sea. Wheather they
raise new shells for another roasting u
not stated. Fortunately, not all the tor
tOise shell OF commerce com's In this way."
Incidentally IT. may be northumberland
Golfers has neglected TO do 50 In the above
s~tatement-that gentle oman Is not the
only consumer. so 10 sJeak, OF tortoise
shell. ,lso that the turtles seem TO give up
only their shells; " hereas the lobster. " hich
IL broiled. and boiled alive. for men and
women alike, gives mp the ghost.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04

after Lely. and the Wounded Heron
exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1887,
and at the other end is Destiny. = begun in
1904 and left unfinished at his death.
The early pictures are all low in tone
and tragic in subject. From -Under a
Dry Arch" a woman crouching for shelter
on "a wet night: Found Drowned" a young
woman washed up bv the tide. inc the
Song OF the Shirt, an illustration OF Hoods
poem, one turns to. Progress" a splendid
figure IN a white horse emerging from a
blaze OF golden light.
The early pictures are without color:
the later ones are all color schemes OF great
beauty, ranging from the rich blues and red
browns of in the Land OF Welssnichtwo.'
two baby boys standing knee deep in
flowers, TO the opalescence OF the Mikes
Foster Daughter and the Diana and
Endymion.'
In all there are 1913 pictures. They are
hung in two rows, the upper row consisting
Of ~allegorical subjects and landscapes,
and the lower row of portraits, the latter
interesting. not only because they were
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
UNLOADING BANANA STEAMERS.
quick work Made OF II. with All the Work
Done by Hand.

Few il any seaRoing vessels coming into
this port are discharged OF their cargoes
in less time than the banana steamers.
Not only is time money in the tanana trade
as in every other. but the freight these
vessels bring is perishat lie. So when they
get a banana vessel tied up the fruit is
taken VI in mighty short order.
According to size and capacity the steam
ers in the banana trade carry from $1,000
TO 80 600 punches in a cargo. The biggest
Of these boats have four hat chWays and
besides -four side ports on each side, through
which cargo can lie discharged. Sometimes
when q vessel lying at her wharf has moored
alongside of her on the water side a float
carrying freight cars these openings might
all be used at once, and then there woU Id
be going out Of the vessel twelve practically
continuous streams of Lunches Of | ananas.
those going shore on the land side icing
for local and nearly consumption and
those going out on the water side into the
freight cars on the floats being for shipment
70 interior points by rail.
At some stages OF the work Of discharging
a big banana steamer there may be EN-
ployed on or about her from 800 TO $50 men.
The bananas are not hoisted out, but each
bunch is handed out separately, passed
from man to man along a line.
To handle the punches near the surface
Of the cargo when the matches are first
taken OF not so mar men are required;
but il takes more men AZ they go deeper,
and when they have got down TO the hold
of the vessel and they have to begin bring
ing bananas to the openings from fore
and aft there may be in each line a
dozen or more men, each line stretching
from some point in the vessels hold through
some OF e ing 10 the point where the bananas
are deposited, with punches Of bananas,
passed from man to man. going along these
lines all the time; a an at each discharginR
point tallying the punches as they 20 out.
Under ordinary favorable conditions they
put $4,000 punches Of bananas out Of a
steamer in seven hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
G.F.WATTSSPICTURESON VIEW
SHOHN IN THEIR RL'RAL HOME
AT LTMNERSLEASE.
An Art Gallery Amid some OF the Pret,iest
scenery or EngIand-A Comprehensive
Idea or Ills work Given I'm the ?
Paintings ENhiblted-Msny visitors.

LONDON, Oct. 24.-An hours run in the
train from Waterloo TO Guildford. a three
mile walk or drive through some Of the
prettiest scenery in EngIand-such is the
journey that il is necessary to take TO see
the pictures by the late @. F. Watts. r. A..
o. M, in their rural home ut Limnerslease.
10 is well worth while, for a more charming
excursion cannot be imagined.
The rosd from Guildford station goes
steadily up and up for two miles till the
crest Of a hill, known as the Hogs Back,
is reached. As the ground drops away on
both sides Of the road the view is extensive.
There are green fields and trees on either
hand the Downs with Hindhead in the centre
making a blue line on the horizon in
front, while behind the red roofs Of Guild
ford cluster together in the valley.
At the top Of the hill is an ancient toll
house with an equally ancient dame stand
ing at the door. From her one learns tina
the road to Limnerslease is the little shad
lane Leading to Compton. which here caves
the main road, and that one must pass
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04

painted by Watts, hut also because they
show the great men of the nineteenth CEN
fury. At present there is only one example
of Watts's sculpture, a bronze bust OF
~Clytie,' but when the sculpture gallery,
now being built, is open, the whole range
of his work will be complete. for here also
will he hung IA series Of his drawings.
A few minutes walk distant is the last
resting place of Watts. where stands the
mortuary chapel, the gift of the painter
and his wife to the village of Compton.
The chapel was designed by Mrs. Watts,
and over the altar hangs a picture painted
by Watts. an allegorical subject called
The All Pervading."
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? o'clock till 9 O'Clock daily, THURSDAYS
excepted. On Wednesday $. Saturdays. Sun
days and bsnk holidays the entrance is
free; Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays the
entrance is one shilling. On Sundays the
average number Of visitors varies from
two hundred to three hundred, and on pay
ing days as much al fifty shillings is often
taken.
Most of the best known Of Watts pictures
are not here, they are at the Tate Gallery.
and South Kensington, but this collection
gives the most comprehensive idea of his
work. At one end of the gallery is his fir {
attempt at oil painting, a copy of a head
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
Nautilus, Seychelles, Jamaica and the Gold

Aauritius. Seychelles, Jamaica and the Gold
Coast.
spending 80 much money in Europe to-day
as the wealthy American. The rarest and
most aluable works Of art are offered TO
him. He has his pick of the best n he
would bring the best in Europe over here
if he were not taxed for doing il.
In many instances the purchase OF such
things has been prev ented by the tax. II
a man Il ends $40 900 for a pict re and then
has ~ tive up 5000 more at the pier il has
a deterrent effect, especially when he is
getting nothing for u g $500"
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sneezIng and BIe.sInrs.

TTUW ~ LUWWOW VWTUWIIF-
The world has always sncezed. and II has
always invoked a blessing on itself for doing
50. ever since Promethcus called one down
upon the clay flgire that sneezrd when he
animated H. with celestial fire. An old Buck
inghAm shire rhyme makea II Of Importance TO
us 10 notice on which day Of the week We
catch cold:
Sneeze on Monday. sneeze for danger:
Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger:
Sneeze on Wednesday. get a letter;
Sneeze on Thursday, something better;
Sneeze on Friday. sneezc for sorrows
saturday. see your true love o.morrow.