The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-28
. NEWS OF
 ARKANSAS

J. J. Lewis, county clerk of Ran- dolph county, recently presented to the museum of the Department of Mines, Manufactures and Agricul- ture a miniature steamboat made by his brother-in-law, Dallas Long, 10-year-old boy of Argenta. The steamboat is complete in the minutest details. It is about three feet long, and is painted red, white and blue. The boy says that it is modelled af- ter one of the excursion steamers on the Arkansas river and has named it the Rose City. An old river pilot who dropped into the department saw the boat and pronounced it &C., curate in its dimensions and con- struction. The exhibit is attracting considerable attention from visitors to the museum.
 Under indictment on a charge of having been responsible for the wreck of Rock Island passenger train No. 6, on the afternoon of March 15, at Cuneo, a loading switch about four miles from Hazen, which result ed in the killing of the engineer and fireman of the train and the in- turing of eight members of the train crew, Tillis Matthews, 15-year-old boy, was arrested and placed in the Prairie county jail. The boy was in- dicted on testimony of Rock Island special men but denies that he is guilty. Under the laws of Arkan- sas train-wrecking is a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary of not more than twen- ty-one years nor less than five.
 The transcript of an appeal in the case of the Hammond Packing Con- pany vs. the state has been prepared at the Supreme Court of the state and is now ready for transmission to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the case has been ap- pealed from the State Supreme Court. It is the well-known an- ti-trust case which is being used as a test of the validity of the anti trust law.
 Six negroes were seriously injured at Brinkley in wreck which occur red in the Rock Island Railroad yards at that point. They were in freight car, known as boarding car," which was struck by switch engine at work in the yards. The car was demolished and it is consid- cred remarkable that the occupants escaped instant death.
 The first installment, consisting of a few hundred volumes of the ninth biennial report of the Department of Mines, Manufacturers and Agri- culture has been printed and receiv- ed by the department. The reports are for the years 1905 and 1906. There will be 10000 copies printed.
 Rev. and Mrs. Horton of Wilmar, highly respected and aged couple, died of pneumonia recently, the death of Mrs. Horton occurring a few hours after that of her husband.
 Mrs. Jane Cargile died at her home near Springfield as a result of a fall from portico. She was about 85 years of age, and had lived near Springfield 40 years.
 Henry Buddenburg, Sr., a resi- dent of Little Rock, and head of the Buddenberg Manufacturing Con- pany, died at his home in that city Of cancer Of the stomach.
 Rev. James Vest, who lives near Cook, in Izard county, and who is 80 years of age, has prepared his tomb with his own hands in a shady grove near his home.
 One of the saws in Fondra's mill, near Blytheville, burst recently se- riously injuring one of the employees of the mill and causing considerable damage to the property.
 Coal and gas are reported to have been discovered near Lono, in Hot Spring county. The discovery was made by B. F. Ellis, a resident of that neighborhood.
 Mrs. Fuss Bullim, aged 67 years,