The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-25

nose and nose at Denver at the fin
ish of a 500-mile endurance race.
The race was started from Evanston,
Wyo., last Saturday morning. One of
the horses was ridden by Frank Wy
kert and was a genuine broncho. The
other was ridden by Charles Work.
man and is Kentucky bred, from
Buffalo Bills town, Cody. Twenty
five horses started in the race, but
they dropped out along the road,
until at Cheyenne, 100 miles away,
there were only five left in the race.
Three of these dropped out between
Denver and Cheyenne,
Uncle Sam is going into the fly
ing machine and balloon business
on his own hook and in partnership
with private enterprises. This
promises to be a busy season up in
the air if the present plans of the
government are carried out. The
Signal Corps of the army has or
dered three dirigible balloons and
one aeroplane, with which expert
ments will be made at an early date.
With the statement that he had
consented to act as counsel for AL
bert Patrick, convicted of the muir
der of William Marsh Rice, William
L. Mcdonald, an attorney, has made
public Patricks complaint and APP
plication to obtain liberty on writ
of habeas corpus from the federal
courts. Mcdonald and Patrick were
classmates in the University of Tex
as,
The body of Mrs. Frederick A..
Werner, formerly of Boston, who dis
appeared from the Hotel Belmont
in New York last January has been
recovered and identified. The body
was found floating in the harbor
more than week ago and taken to
the morgue, but it was not until
Tuesday that her brother, G. S.
Briel, of Boston, positively identified
it.
Large placards have been posted
in and around Hominy, Okla, warn
ing negroes, who have been brought
there for farm work, not to let the
next mornings sun shine on them
there. Feeling is high and a war
trouble is imminent. Heretofore
negroes have never been permitted
within the Usage Nation, it being
against the Usage Indians laws.
Associate Justice David J. Brewer
of the United States Supreme Court,
in an address at Clark College COM
mencement at Worcester, Mass,
Tuesday, declared that the restrain
ing power of the courts of equity
"should be enlarged, and not dimin-
ished," and that to restrict this power
of the court is ''step backward to-
ward barbarism."
Brooding over misfortune, Mrs.
Sarah Barnum, widow, aged so,
committed suicide in a cyclone cave
at Paul's Valley, Okla. Partially
disrobing and taking down her hair,
Mrs. Barnum evaded neighbors who
were rushing to rescue her and was
dead when taken from the cyclone
cellar, which had been flooded dur
ing the storm.
The four-story brick building at
the levee and Vine street, st. Louis,
one of the old landmarks along the
river front and long notorious as a
negro club house operated by BILLY"
Lee, was undermined by the flood
and went crashing into the water
Wednesday afternoon. Three police
men narrowly escaped with their
lives.
The president has received word
from Panama that some of the store
keepers there are selling certain I'M
wholesome beverages to the marines,
and he called on the Navy Depart
ment today for information. Acting
Secretary Newbury expressed aston
ishment at the charge and will
promptly investigate the matter.
Having been assured that their
association would not be in violation
of the Texas inti-trust law, the oil
producers of Texas and Louisiana,
numbering $50, have organized a
$1,000,000 oil marketing company to