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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
THE WEEKS NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Glimpse at What Congress IL Do
ing Together With CarefuiAy
Digested and Condensed CompAA"-
ton of Current News Items, Beth
Domestic and FOreiGA.


The senate passed the bill regulat'
ing the liability of railroad companies
for injury to employees.
The senate passed the Knox immunl
ty bill, the omnibus lighthouse Dill
and the military academy bill
The house passed the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill, carrying
$2,734.869, after cutting down the sal
airy of the ambassador to Japan from
$17,5O0 to $4,000, and the salaries OF
the ministers to Belgium, The Nether'
lands and Luxembourg from $12,0O0 to
100000.
The senate passed the post Office ap
preparation bill, carrying 1892, 4S5 900.
The house, by unanimous vote, con-
CURED in the senate amendment TO the
house bill making denatured alcohol tax
free for use in the arts and manufac'
lures The bill will become law with
the presidents signature. The conten-
ton of its advocates is that it will
cause great loss to the Standard Oil Co.
by replacing kerosene and gasoline as
illuminants with denatured alcohol
The house passed the District OF Co
lumbia compulsory education bill.
The senate agreed to conference on
the railroad rate bill, Senators ,Elkins'
Cullom and Tillman being named as
cCnfereeS
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Josh EIkins Drowned.

Josh Elkins citizen of Prescott,
was recently drowned in the Little
Missouri river, just above the mouth
of Garland creek. Hewlett town in
the morning with party of friends
on fishing trip, and during the af-
ternoon, with a member of the party,
undertook to swim the river. The
first man made it, across, but Mr.. Ell
kins, when about in the middle of the
stream, suddenly became strangled
and almost Immediately sank Eff
forts were made by those, near to
save him, but without result. At
ter three hours search his. body was
found and brought to his home. "
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
New Postoffiee Building.

Agent Charles F. Trotter of the
Postoffice Department recently spent
two days in Hope meeting property
owners and receiving bids and pro-
positions regarding the future loca-
ton of the postoffice, and stated upon
leaving that he would recommend the
acceptance of the Belts & LaGrone
offer of the new concrete building
now being erected by them on Elm
street. between Second and Third.
The. size of the building is 24x120
feet. and contains 1850 square feet
Of floor space. The fixtures for the
new Office are to be new throughout,
and will cost. $4,000, being a dupli-
cate of the new. fixtures recently in
stalled at Arkadelphia, with the ad-
dition of more inside fixtures for. the
Hope Office, all the present fixtures
being discarded. The new office is to
be ready for occupancy by August
1. The cost of the fixtures, with she
cost of the building, will represent
an Improvement of something like
$4,000. The governments contract is
in the, form of ten-year lease at
$500 per year.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Dormitory Board Too Hiqh.

There. has been some complaint of
late among the dormitory students
at the Arkansas University at Fay
etteville, over the high price of board.
The assessment of che past month
amounted to ;s13,SP for each boarder,
with an additional assessment for
shortage in January, February and
March, which brought the Whole
amount up to .$17.33. The cost dur
ing the past year has been from $12
to $13 or more per month. The trou-
BILE seems to have occurred from the
students getting an idea they should
receive board at the dormitory for
about $40 per month. The dormi-
tory Is conducted on the assessment
plan under senior student manage
ment and the board is furnished at
actual cost, as no one is allowed a
profit.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Newport Wants Free Delivery.

The business men of Newport are
enthusiastically in favor of the estab-
lishment of the free delivery of mails
in that city. At meeting of business
men, Inspector ]. S. Spofford of St.
Louis was present and was favorably
impressed with the claims presented
by the citizens for the system. For
more than a year the receipts of the
Newport postoffice have exceeded $10,-
900 annually, which entities the city
to free delivery, provided the houses
and streets are numbered and good
walks are laid. Inspector Spofford ad-
dressed the meeting, giving the above
information, and further requirement
that carries work not less than eight
hours. Owing to the compactness of
Newport he thought this might be
difficult, but his talk in the main was
encOura cling
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
New BUILDING at Texarkana.

The Southwestern Telephone Com
pany have started new Office build
ing in Texarkana and it is to be at
the corner of Elm and State streets.
The new structure will be two stories
high and will cost about $25, 900. The
material will be brick with stone trim
mings. 1t is to be- completed by No
vember Is next and the company
hopes to occupy it by December 1.
When completed it will be one of the
finest buildings of the kind in the
state.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07

George w. Skies, manager of the
Butte (Mont.). Miner died in that city
of Bright's disease, aged 40 years. He
was born on a farm near Blooming
ton, H.. was formerly manager of the
St. Paul s(Minn.) Globe, and had also
been connected, with the daily press of
Montana and-Colorado.
The coal miners strike in Illinois is
ended, and 10000 miners, after two
months idleness, are again digging
coal.
George G. Roberts was found guilty,
in Chicago, of the murder of John v.
Kopf, prominent politician, whom he
stabbed to death last fall during a fight
at republican primary. He was SEN
fenced to 20 years Imprisonment.
The subscriptions in Manila, P. L.,
amounted to 1870 pesos.
Wilbur Snodgras and Elric McCon.
nell, election clerks at Kansas City,
Mo- were indicted on the charge of
striking off the names of old residents
from the lists at the recent election.
Josephine Terrenova, the Italian
girl who slew her uncle and aunt in
New York because of the life they had
compelled her to lead, was acquitted
of the charge of murder in stabbing
her aunt to death. She is still de,
tanned to answer for the death of her
uncle, if it is decided to press that
charge.
hop TOD ~,
Madison county, Illinois, charged with
the murder of Fred Hintz and William
Sonnet, fishermen, who were found
shot to death March 15
Police Judge Mccain, of Louisville
KY, holds that section 1903 of the Ken
lucky statutes forbi0ding the sale of
Intoxicating liquors on Sunday is un-
constitutional. =
The Missouri supreme court. en-
banc, decides that the non-forfeitable
clause of the Missouri life insurance
statute does not apply to fraternal
insurance
The Missouri supreme court, en-
banc, has affirmed the death sentence
imposed upon F. Seymour Barring
ton, for the murder of James P. Nc
Cam, and has set his execution for
July 26.
Representative and Mrs Longworth
nave departed on their deferred we'd
ding trip to Europe
Congressman Robert Adams, of
pennsylvania, leading member of the
mouse committee on foreign affairs,
committed suicide at the Metropolitan.
cub, in Washington, by shooting. H6
was financially embarrassed. e
Malcolm R. Patterson, of Memphis,
representative in congress for the
tenth Tennessee district, was nomi-
mated for governor by the state DEM
ocratic convention after four days of
stormy sessions.
IN pistol duel on the main street
OF Enid. Okla, Robert Johnson and
FRED Capers, the principals, were
wounded, and Robert White, a by
stander, killed.
In che rebating case against the Mil
waukee Refrigerator Co., six railroads
ana the Pabst Brewing Co., the United
states district court for the eastern
district of Wisconsin, found against all
the defendants except the Pabst Brew
ing Co., the suit against the latter be-
ing dismissed
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
FRENCH CHURCH AND STATE
A Psenary Council to Decide UpOn
the Attitude of the Church
to the Government.

Paris, France.-A plenary council,
composed Of II French bishops, which
will decide upon what attitude the
church shall assume toward the gov
ernment as the result of the separa-
ton of church and state, has opened
at the archbishopric. The cardinals
of Paris, Lyons and Bordeaux presid-
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Fifteen LIVES WERE LOST
An Overloaded Steamer Capsized or
Pier at Riga, Russia, Drown
ing SiXty-Fiye.

Riga, Russia.-A small, overload
ed steamer capsized off pier here.
drowning Is persons.
The boat had just started for DIR
bein, neighboring watering pla
when she keeled over and sank
Eleven bodies were recovered
below the decks when the ste
was raised.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Woodman Picnic.

The local Woodmep have~decided to
give their picnic June IA. Arrange
ments have been made for an extern
sive program y The excursion will be
to Hills Lake on the Rock Island, six
miles east of Little Rock,>and there
will be athletic games galore, base
ball game, boat races and many other
amusing features.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
A Cooseberry Crop.

James Fish, a farmer near Sloan
Springs, recently harvested gooseber'
ries from patch of about one-twenti,
eth of an acre, for which he received
IS, or at the rate of more than $100
per acre.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
ARKANSAS
( ESTATE NEWS
Myers Wins over Reddinq.

HarryH. Myers defeated Sid B. Red
ding in the fight for the endorsement
of the Arkansas Republican League
for the presidency of the National
League of Republican Clubs BY a
vote of 473 to 319 the convention re-
fused to adopt resolution endorsing
the candidacy of Mr.. Redding, and
then, on a viva voce vote, adopted a
resolution instructing the delegates to
the National League convention to
vote for Myers for president of the
league. -
The fight between Myers and Red
ding was of peculiar nature. Red
ding is first vice president of the Ma
tional League, and until about four
months ago it was expected that he
would have the support Of his state
in his candidacy for She national pres
idency. In February, however, Myers
announced his candidacy for national
president, and the entire forces of the
state organization were brought to
bear in his support.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Farmers Home Burned.

Rufus Johnson, farmer near
briggs, had the misfortune to lose his
dwelling and the entire contents by
IRE. No one was at home at the time,
the kitchen fue. He carried no in.
surance.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Arkansas League Formed.

j Manager Brown of the Camden
club and Manager Frank of the Hot
Springs club have succeeded in their
efforts to form an Arkansas State
League of Baseball Clubs. 1t will be
a. four-club league and will be COM
posed of the cities of Hot Springs,
Pine Bluff, Texarkana and Camden. The
league will be formed this year and
will be in readiness to open with or
ganized teams at the beginning of
next season. Hot Springs and Cam
den already have teams that are play
ing Independent ball, and clubs will
be organized at Pine Bluff and Texar-
kama at once.
1T, should prove a certainty that if
the clubs will operate under a reason
able salary limit the league can be
made a success. Independent ball
will hardly pay, but with compact
circuit, with short jumps, the Arkan-
sas League could easily be made to
nav
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Change to be Made.

1t has been announced officially
that between now and June 10, there
is to be a change of management in
the local Western Union Telegraph
office at Texarkana c. W. Gribble
who has been manager for the past
three years, goes to Houston, Texas
to relieve Frank Hughes as manager
at that place. Mr.. Hughes, in turn
will succeed Mr.. Gribble as manager
of the Texarkana Office. Mr. Hughes
was manager of the Texarkana Office
from 1894 to 1902, going from there
to Houston four years ago to assume
charge Of that office.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
An Attempt to BIackmaiI.

A few days ago w. E. Davis, a
wealthy man of Stone county, received
an anonymous letter demanding that
he deposit $1,000 in certain hollow
tree at certain time, and if the re-
quest was not complied with his life
would be taken and that his property
would be destroyed by fire. Davis an
swered the letter, saying that the de-
mands would be complied with, but In
stead of sending the money he and
his brother went to the place, con-
cealed themselves near by and waited
for the appearance of the party. At
the proper time man by the name OF
Webb, a newcomer, appeared and pro-
ceeded to extract the coveted prize
from the tree, when the Messrs. Davis
arrested him and turned him over to
the officers. ~ .
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07

Were Sent to Chicago to Collect
Testimony For Commission.


New York-Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Bl8ers at the instance of Upton Sin
clair, collected facts for the presidents
agents and planned their investigation
at the Chicago packing houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. BlCor, live in Washing
ton Crossing, Pa, village about eight
miles from Trenton, N j. They went
to Chicago just a week before the
commissioners, lived with packing
house employees, obtained testimony
end remained during the examination
OF the principal witnesses.
When the commission was named q"
Mrs. Bloor explained while her hus-
band approved her statements, MIR.
Sinclair asked us to go to Chicago to
represent him. He had been asked to
go himself by the president who wished
to see that the commissioners had ev-
cry facility for obtaining the informa-
ton they desired, but was unable to get
away
MIR. Bloor and myself had read Mr.
Sincl&ir's book and had talked Pack
ingtown conditions over with him, so
We were somewhat prepared for the
revelations which awaited u.s. No
words are adequate to paint the hor-
rors of the packing houses.
Preserving Pork Ribs.
"The very frst day, through a let
ter from Mr.. Sinclair, | obtained from
a relative of a man up in one of the
packing houses some formulas for ZEN
ovating putrid meats and preserving
dubious meat. These formulas were
all turned over to the commissioners.
Here is the recipe fer preserving pork
RIBS for export: .
zone hundred gallons of water; 30
pounds of salt; Is pounds of saltpster;
20 pounds of torax; 20 pounds of DO
rGcic acid
The World Eats This.
"Kidneys are thrown into this mix
'ture Until there is no room for mors
From this man I also learned that when
most spoiled meat is received in the
summer it is at once taken to the
'morgue' in what is known as No. 49,
house. Then it goes to the sausage
room, then to the cellar of No 80 house.
There it is renovated and the stencil
removed, when it passes On to its I'LL
Innate destiny-the feeding of the
world
Spoiled smoked meat goes to smoke
house No. 2. Sour hams are auctioned
Off
Picked mmings-Sausage. 81
Picked trimmings, as we showed
the commissioners by witnesses, are
made of the bruises cut out from meat
and diseased spots, such as lumpy jaws.
For every 100 pounds of sausage, this
witness told us, IS pounds of salt were
used, two pounds of sugar, four pounds
of borax, one pound OF boracic acid
and one pound of saltpeter The cure
for hog livers for export, dissolved in
2,240-gallon watts of water, is: 4S0
pounds of salt; 125 pounds of borax, 80
pounds of boracic acid; Is pounds os
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
Reaching Out for a Lumber Plant.

One of the big things that will come
to Pine Bluff as result of the build
ing of the Pine Bluff North and South
Railway will be another large lumber
manufacturing plant. Secretary Cald
well, of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade,
states that a Memphis firm owns a
across the Arkansas river north OF
Pine Bluff and that this firm is very
anxious that the road should run
through this property, so as to give
it an outlet for its timber. DR.. Cald-
well states that in the vent the pro-
posed road is built through this tim
Der the mill plant will be located at
Pine Bluff.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07

Max Strauss has arranged one of the
most novel exhibits ever shown in
Fort Smith. He has secured a num-
Der of silk worms, and they are at
work in his show window spinning
cocoons Silk was used in China
2,70O years B. C. The silk worm is
Matched from eggs in the spring and
feeds upon mulberry or Usage orange
leaves, and spins about forty days. 1t
spins its cocoon, which takes from
three to five days and becomes a
pupa; in about fifteen days the moth
Is developed. and energies from its
cocoon, deposits its egg and dies.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07

At a meeting of business men at
Mammoth Springs recently, it was de-
cided to hold Chautauqua Assembly
in that city this summer. A soliciting
committee was appointed, and when
the committee has made its rounds
and is ready to report a second meet
ing will be called, when it will prob
ably be decided what course shall be
pursued to secure She meeting.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07
"KiIIinG Dead Cattle"

There were several grades in the
butterine department, he said. The
principal ingredients, of course, was
oleo. Oleo is made from scraps of fat
swept from the floor and barrel scrap
/ ings of strong buttea which had
been deodOriZad.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
SAILCLOTH FOR CURTAINS
Pretty Effects Suggested for Seaside
49, Gotta geS,

One Of the revivals in decorative
work is stenciling and many charming
be down by the sea an appropriate cur
tains in summer homes. If the cottage
be down blythe sea an appropriate cur
tain material is sailcloth. It comes in
soft, unbleached color. and makes a
good curtain, as it can be taken down
and washed as often as need be without
damage. f....' ...-- ~
Here is another chance for stenciling.
Just above a fairly deep hem, stencil a
line Of sailboats riding the waves of a
stenciled sea. Boats as we'll as sea
should be done in the sea blues and
green's that one sees every day out Of
the window, the body Of the boats, the
masts and yardarms outlined in very
dark blue, or even black. If dyes are
used, it is well to put the color in
pretty strong to allow for some slight
fading in the wash. The tube paints
are proof against this.
Cheesecloth unb1eached muslin
may be used for these curtains, both be-
ing very inexpensive and washable. If
the curtains are for a bungalow in the
woods, the design may be changed to
sprays Of pine with cones on them. or
oak leaves done in autumn colors or
some conventional flower pattern. Den
i'm draperies may be treated in the same
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
Summer Designs in Chintz.

There is nothing which gives room
a more funeral aspect than to have all
the furniture dressed In bed-ticking or
linen covers several months in the year.
For purposes of protection there is
nothing which can take the place, of
figured chintz, which always looks cool
and dainty, and is durable as we'll.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
HE characteristic. feature of the
n library should be one of cheers


Y library should be one Of cheers.
fulness. So many people make.
the mistake of having this room d
somber, sober place, instead of max
ing it attractive. This may have been
all right for the libraries of the past,
inhabited only by the sages and seers
and wise men in general. 49,.
Today, however, the modern library
in the home should be, and in many
cases is, the gathering place for the
family. .E
There is no good reason why books
should be associated with funereal
surroundings, or why the library should
be place Of gloom. On. the contrary,
the library, without being inconsistent
ly gay, should be cheerful and should
have a natural attractiveness. This
result may be obtained in various ways.
The color scheme should suggest
warmth and scene of restfulness and
comfort. The bookcases should not
60 to the ceiling, but should stop
about two-thirds up the wall, and i'm
mediately above them could be used a
paper with quiet design of some sim
pie color, while above it, frieze such
as any of the, manufacturers are put
ting out now. .-.
The furniture may be upholstered in
tapestry, velours or leather, as long
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
CHEERFULNESS SHOULD
RULE IN EVERY LIBRARY
Every Suggestion from Decoration to Books from Win
dows to Fire Should Be Of Ease and Comfort fitness
and Somberness Are Out of Place in Modern Home
as it is comfortable and gives ease and
rep0se. E
. y Material for Writing

as it is comfortable and gives ease and
repose. E
/" b Material for Writing.
The library should always be fur
nished with facilities for correspond
ence. Desks take up room. The best
substitute of which we can think for
three or four desks, is the new table
recently put on the market, which is
provided on each side with drawer,
containing writing conveniences.
The comfort! of the room is point
which has been long neglected by many
people in the fitting up Of their libra
ry. While it is true that the books
form the center sof interest in the
room, and, theoretically, should hold
the interest, despite the surroundings,
the enjoyment Of a good book or story
is greatly enhanced by bodily comfort
and the person who is safely ensconced
in an easy chair will probably get
more enjoyment out of his book than
the one who is sitting on a hard seat
in the midst Of stiff and formal sur.
roundings. -. ~. ~.4., -...
| An occasional couch is not at all
out Of place, and there have been sew.
eral put on the market recently which
can be readily opened and used as re
ceptacles for various articles.
1t is not always possible to have al
open fire, or even gas logs, but where
either of these can be installed they
soon pay for their cost in additional
comfort and cheer-tin winter. F..
= In England they use the CRATE fire
almost exclusively, and burn came
coal as fuel. ...,.s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
IMPRovIsED DADo
Straw Mating Comes in Good Play
on Stair Wall.

Once while papering a new house
we were stupid enough to choose a
delicate, gray-green ingram for the
walls of the staircase and hall, writes
a mother of several little ones We
had not taken into consideration that
the hands of the small people in the
home were frequently sticky and soiled.
In less than six months the staircase
paper was sight, and neither stale
bread nor any known cleanser would
take off the marks.
Above the reach Of tiny hands the
wall was in good condition, and repa-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
ARE. YOU PLANNING TO BUILD?
HERE is A HOUSE TO STUDY
\ SMALL COTTAGE HOME

Cost to Build, $3.50, Exclusive of
Heating and Plumbing. BY Glenn
L. saxton, Architect, Suite 731 and
1872 Andrus Building, Minneapolis,
MINI. d.. >...... Ill., - .,....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

- BY special arrangement with Glenn
l.. Saxton, architect. 731-732 Andrus
building, a complete set Of plans and
Specifications Of this house, includ-
ing one set of blue prints. will be
furnished at Mr.. Saxton's office FOR
$40. These will be furnished In every
detail. MIR. Saxton will also furnish
to The journal readers for ST a
beautiful, practical and helpful book
of plans, entitled "American Dwell
ings," of houses rangIng from $500
up. Portfolio No. 2, Of residences
costing from $4,000 to $4,000, SOC;
portfolio No. 8. of stores, banks and
churches, Soc. A church portfolio
swiII also be given free to any read
er of The journal upon appli-
cation to the architect. .~