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Crosby Gets Life Sentence.

Henry Crosby of Miss-ssippi coun- ty has received a sentence to the penitentiary for life, the sentence be- ing imposed in the only manner pos sible under the Arkansas 1aw-that is, by communication of death sen tence by the governor Crosby was under sentence of death for murder in Mississippi county, the verdict having been returned against him May 10. It appears that the jury, prosecutor and court were of the opinion that capital punishment was too severe, but they wanted to re- turn verdict of first degree murder. It was finally decided to return such a verdict, with the understanding that the governor would reduce the pun ishment to life imprisonment, which he did. Under the Arkansas crim- inal code 21 years is the maximum sentence on one count for second de- gree murder, and there is no alterna- tive for hanging in first degree murder a-
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FOk ADvEIkfKIfsG
RAILROADS AGREE TO HELP Ao-
 vERTIsE ARKANSAS.
Railroads Will Pool Their Advertising Funds, So That 1t May Be spent
 to Best Advantage.

Little Rock.-The plan of the Ark- ansas Land Congress to have .he railroads pool their appropriations TOT Arkansas advertising, so that It may oe spent to the greatest advantage for the state, met with the unanimous approval of the general passenger agents and passenger traffic managers of the four trunk lines operating Tn tbe state, according to Judge E R. Ratterree, secretary of the Land 'oh- gress. who has just returned rom a conference with the officials at St. Louis.
 Judge Ratterree spent several days in St. Louis conferring with the raii- road men there. and succeeded in get ting an agreement out of all ot them to adopt the Land Congress plan. AS the congress has placed it's advertls- ing in the hands of the Gardner Ad- vertising Agency in St. Louis, 1t was agreed that this agency should handle at least a large portion of this pooled sum- In this way there will be no duplication, and it is believed inc greatest amount of good can be se- cured out of the money spent.
 The railroad men also agreed to a request of the land congress that the railroads. during the advertising cam paign. place large force of travellng passenger agents in the II north cen tral states in which advertising IS to be done. The campaign is to be- gin in October and continue until March. The bimonthly homeseekers' excursions to this state during this period will be played up strongly and the large force of travelling passen- ger agents will be used in working up business for these excursions.
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Little Rock Senator James P Clarke, who has been at his homo here for the past week. suffering with intestinal trouble, will shortly under go an operation. I have been both cred with an intestinal trouble for about two years" he said, land re. gently it has troubled me so that I have decided to have an end of it It is really nothing serious, but at times is wearisome. Within a few days I expect to undergo an opera tion for it, and will be on my feet again within two weeks. Then hope to be rid of the trouble for good" The senator stated that he returned home from Washington for the purpose of undergoing treatment No important matters are likely to arise in the senate for the present at least and Arkansas bills are in good shape, he said. The senator holds himself in readiness to return to Washington immediately, should his presence be urgently needed, how ever
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put the new peTlndHefIt F1fV<<rxs
 ground at Beebe in shape for encam2' ments at once. It has been declded that the new rifle range on the per ,nanent camp ground should be ready by July 4 in order that that range may be used during the two weeks of rifle shooting over the state. u was further decided that all the worK mapped out at a recent conference should be completed by July 1. Tne guard will spend $2,00O at once, get ting the ground into shape. Among other things. it has been definitely decided to build modern 1,000-yard rifle range on the ground, and all details in connection with the con struction of the range were decided upon. A concrete wall g feet hign and 100 feet long will be erected at one end of the range. The targets will be operated above this wall, ana the men operating the targets Will work behind it. There will be no target pits on the range. In front of the concrete wall will be an em- bankment of dirt, 24 feet through at the base and six feet at the top. This embankment will be sodded later. A concrete walk will be built behind the wall for the use of the men operating the targets. The lat est pattern of targets will be secured for the range. Instead of the present revolving pattern, new shift target will be secured. While one target is up above the sky line being shot at, the other is down below the wall being dressed preparatory to replac- ing the other The entire ground consisting of nearly 200 acres, is al ready fenced.
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Charters a FraternaI Order.

The secretary of state has granted a charter to the Fraternal Order of American Workmen and Hospital As sociation, which proposes to establish headquarters in Little Rock The ar ticles of incorporation state that the object of the association is for the organization of both male and femalo members of the Caucasian race be- tween the ages of IS and 50 years, who believe in the existence of a supreme being, for social and intelIec- tual improvement, and to promote more brotherly love and friendship among it's members. It also propose to care for it's sick and disabled members and maintain a hospital where it's members may be furnished medical and surgical treatment
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ROBBED OF YEARS SAVINGS.
Robbers Searched House, Tearing Ur
 Beds and Overturnng Furniture.

London.-While the family of Bud Garrison was hoeing cotton, robbers ransacked the house, secur- ing SLY in cash and a razor. The money stolen represented the savings of many years. MT. Garrison never had much faith in banks, it is stated, so utilized an old trunk for a strong box" It is thought that the robbers knew he kept his money about the place The appearance of the house indicated that the robbers expe- rienced considerable trouble before the money was located. Beds were torn up, furniture overturned and everything was left in state of con- fusion. There is no clue as to the identity of the robbers.
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DECLARE SMITH THE NOMINEE
Cross County Man Recognized by the
 Democratic State Committee.

Little Rock-J. Emmett Smith of Cross county was reconized as .--e Democratic nominee for state senator from the Seventh senatorial district and a compromise was effected i'll the Garland county contest at the meeting of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee at, the Hotel Marion By vote of IA to the state com mittee decided the Smith CarlLee senatorial contest in favor of Smith thereby turning down the report of the subcommittee, which sought to settle the matter by requiring the two candidates to run the race over in Cross county.
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Says Laws Are Too Adverse.

In rendering to the secretary of state it's charter as corporation, the stockholders of the Occidental Land Company of Little Rock gave an un, equivocal reason as follows:
 Whereas, On account of the fact that there are no particular advan tages to be obtained by continuine as a corporate organization, and on account of the many fees and taxes that are now required of corporations in this state, it is deemed advisable to liquidate the affairs of the cor poration"
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Grant Lumber Company Dissoves.

Among the important dissolutions certified to the secretary of state Is that of the Grant Land & Lumber Company of Texarkana, one of the largest in that section of the state. It has decided to cease it's corporate existence and has named T. H. Gar rett, w. R. Grim and V. M Mason as commissioners to close up the af. fairs of the corporation. William Buchanan, the millionaire lumber king and railroad man, was president of the company, with J. M Der nardino secretary.
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Build a Wall Instead of a Pit.

Adjutant General Green, after con ferring with Major Abbington and Brigadier General Surridge, approved their idea for the erection of a con crete wall instead of the construc. tion of a rifle range pit, for the tar get practice necessary at the perma nent encampment grounds at Beebe The wall will be more satisfactory than the pit because of the fact that the pit allows water to gather ir rainy weather, and is uncomfortably hot when the sun shines.
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Ballast Iron Mountain Railroad.

Dermott - The Hodges-Downey Construction Company of Blrmlne' ham, Ala, have taken the concract to ballast the track of the valley o' vision of the Iron Mountain from Little Rock to Alexandria, La, ano from McGehee To Ferriday, La. The headquarters of the company will DC at this place, and the work VIII III volve the expenditure of $5,ooo'ooo The gravel will be obtained from q point on the Warren branch a few miles west of Monticello. In this work ten gravel trains will be operated and it will likely require year to complete the work.
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Working on Biennial Reports.

The clerical force in the various departments, particularly in that ot the state auditor and secretary of state, are already engaged in pre-. pairing the "copy" for the biennial reports. These are supposed to be published in October of the even years, but in 1908 the report was not published for lack of funds, and the same thing threatens to happen next October. However, the depart ments will get them ready, as re quired by law.
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DEVISE WAY TO KILL RICE PEST
Growers Now Able to Extermlnate Worm Which Is Menace to Crop.

Little Rock.-Rice growers of east ern Arkansas have solved the ques- ton of successfully combating the rice worm, which is almost as serious a menace to the rice crop as the Dol weevil is to the cotton crop, accord ing to Louie Buerkle of Stuttgart, ono of the most prominent rice growers of eastern Arkansas.
 Mr Buerkle says that the rice worm thrives only in rainwater and that the worm, which is about three- quarters Of an inch long, does not damage the rice plant except during rainy period, when the fields of rice are served by rain water instead of the well water secured by artificial process. As a result, the rice grow CTS have now adopted the plan of breaking levees and draining their rice fields the moment the worm puts in an appearance, and. some times they even go further than that and drain the rice lands free of the ~ainwater after a big rain. The rice fields are then flooded with the well water again, and by this process the worm is successfully combatted.
 This process is slightly expensive. as the grower loses all the water on his fields and has to do such extra pumping as is required to provide enough water to reflood the fields. This additional pumping with a 40- horse power engine costs consider lble money, but the growers figure the extra expense as trifling in com parison with the possible loss in the crop from the existence Of the rice worm.
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A LITTLE GIRL IS SCALPED.
Revolving Shaft of Motor Boat lr
 fIicts Terrible Injury.

Monroe-Myrtle Voss, the Swear old daughter of B. J. Voss, of Wes' Monroe, was completely scalped while riding in a motor boat with her par ents. The little girl was wearing heI hair loose, and when she stopped to pick up a paper it fell on the fas' revolving shaft and in an instant her entire scalp was torn off. She was brought to town and placed in san itarium, where the attending physl' clans say she will recover unles1 complications arise
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ROCK ISLAND TAKES OFF TRAINS
Two Passengers Through to Monet
 Mo-, Are Discontinued.

Little Rock.-On a new time card on the Rock Island, two trains will be discontinued from Little Rock to the west. The reason for this change is not known, and no statement was to be secured at the offices of the company on this point, but it is un- derstood that the shortage of equip ment has something to do with it These trains. Nos. 601 and 602, whiel have heretofore operated between Memphis, through Little Rock and Mansfield to Fort Smith and thence to Monet, Mo-, over the Frisco from Mansfield, will hereafter be operated between Little Rock and Memphis stopping here.
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CHARGE PURE FOOD VIOLATION
Information Filed Against Big Dried
 Fruit Concern.

Fort Smith.-United States Attor- ney Worthinton has filed information against the firm of McHenry & Bry- ant of Bentonville, one of the largest dried fruit concerns in the state. charging it with violating the pure food laws. It is also charged with misbranding. The prosecution al- leges that the company made a ship ment of dried apples that were adul- terated, and that the label on the boxes was not correct. The company insists that the labels were placed on the boxes by mistake, and that the although the company was not aware of it.
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State Mine Inspector Douglass Dead

The sudden death of State Mine Inspector James Douglass at his home in Hartford creates a vacancy that Governor Donaghey will soon be called upon to fill. Not only miners but op- orators in Arkansas are interested in the selection of a successor to MT. Douglass. Martin Rafter of Coal Hill and R. A. Young of Greenwood, who formerly held the position, and M. M. McWiliiams, mine operator at Spadra, called at the statehouse to see Governor Donaghey regarding the position to be filled by his appoint ment, but was unable to see the gov ernor. who was at that time confined to his home with All acute case of indigestion. All the miners and the operators want, as stated by Mr. Me Williams, is that the governor shah appoint man to the position who will be fair to all the mining inter. ests concerned,
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Celebrates His seth Birthdav

Evening Shade.-Rev. Jesse P. Lowry, who makes his home with relatives a few miles from this place, celebrated his Seth birthday a few days ago He is Sharp county's old est citizen. Rev. Lowry is a minis ter in the Methodist church, and claims to have baptized 2,OO0 persons during his ministry.
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Denot Cash Drawer Is Robbed.

Jonesboro.-The cash drawer of the Frisco ticket office of the Union depot here was robbed while the op- operator, new man, was at lunch While eating, he left a former em- ploye in charge, and when the oper- ator returned the man made a hasty departure Examination disclosed that $1S3 in cash and checks was missing. The drawer was locked, but the thief had opened it.
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TRANLsRS
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Travellers D.cI,r. the Logical pI,,' Ny
 Exposition

soeisttaa aietena--witA the " fn h, Dorado delegations sss ', tO arssI capture the l'I''s lsll s'a n.hansaw tha Travelers' ', ' dos,n d1e contest. 4a and Litt,s aown a'Sv the fruit. Littla a,,,'s Traro5e was decidedly DouaI,, ,l ira, travellers, and ther Ns','as sss "llh u e enthusiastic cbss'' s,' a,da. n. s. sDivey of Lilt,s es elected president, ,,'s ss'I. Branch, also of I,i',ls Ta' elected secretary. '''1s ,ol.,i T. D, Bourland of N behalf of the Arka,'' n presented a magnjf'ss' s,'s to to the ll city of Helena, <, or Q, its hospitable snt.,' ing g, the convention, :. The ne. Travellers adopt. in which they endor,ss as the logical city ,o' Exposition, and also Arkansas a' State Fair to Springs .,, in October. ' W VIII probably have . s the fair, and there i, of them attending the a body.
 TWO special amend added to the constitutI ganization, which elinI1 Of persons chased amjp| to membership. Apoth changing the order Of the selection of the X vention city was also new amendment prov place of meeting shsI after all officers are
 The amendment liu ship eligibles provide, all white male citi ia. travelled in Arkansas secutive months imlps ing their application, Of wholesale houses, b tendents of public ius dents of colleges and who travel on the roa ance, are eligible to provided they are | character.
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To Improve Telephone system.

Jonesboro The stockholders VI the Home Telephone Company naae ae decided to issue at once S5o'ooO worth of 20-year 6 per cent bonds They will be placed on the marhe' at once. The company is to ex'ehu and improve it's lines. They ho" reach every point in Craighead coun tv
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pr. Hartzon Is Ready for Work.

Dr. H. s. Hartzog of Philadelphia, who will be secretary of the new ed ucational commission proposed by the department of education, has arrived in Little Rock to confer with Super intendent Cook. Dr. Hartzog is pres ident of Ouachita College, and states that the school has concluded one of the most successful years in it's history. He says he is ready to get at once into the work of the new commission.
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Begin New Court House Soon

Star City.-The records of the county have been moved from the courthouse and vaults, preparatory to the beginning of work on the new courthouse at this place Tbe con tractors are pushing the work on the new jail, which will be finished in about two months.
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Money From Sixteenth Section.

Sheriff T. F. Hudson of Arkansas county has paid into the state treas ury the sum of $5.631.92, being the proceeds secured from the sale Of sixteenth section school lands. and going to the credit of the common school fund.
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No Rifle Range at Jonesboro.

From the headquarters of the ad- jutant general it is announced that the rifle range will not be at Jones' boro. Another range will be estab- lished somewhere else in northern Arkansas.
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Baby Ate Morphine Tablets.

Searcy-The 3-year-old son or oeh nett Pettey, while playing Tn tne pockets of the hired man, got soihe morphine capsules, several of WHICH he ate. When discovered, he Waf taken to the Searcy sanatorlum, pu' was too far overcome for medical ai' and death enSued.
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May Move Slave Factory.

Marked Tree.-Negotiatio are pending which may result in the re
 moval of the Kenneth (Mo) tlsh' barrel stave plant to Marked Iree' The company already owns large tract of timber land near this place
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Claims Fruit W

Fort Smith. Q Miller, a New York fruit merchant, aga1 Valley Iron M0uni' roads, the plaintiff the federal court large damages in shipment of peae charged were sp0ils to their destination
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Land cunqrss

Hope -The land % a picnic and barbes park July 4. The 2 pairing plans for th of a large crowd. CTS have been engas sion. There will be amusements, includi and the local milith give a drill.
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Plan a horticultural Display.

Rogers county is pre- paring to be we'll represented at the horticultural societies to be held at Little Rock, Hot Springs and Coun- ell Bluffs, Iowa, in the near future.
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Reduces It's Capital Stock.

The Bank of Black Rock has filed a certificate with the secretary of state showing that it has reduced its capital stock from $50,000 to LOGO
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Rush Work on New Railroad.

Banks,-The laying of steel on .ns extension of the Warren x Ouacni'' Valley railroad, from Banks to 'flio a. distance of 15 miles, is progressine rapidly.
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DoNAGHEY'S MAJoS
Democratic State coml1
 After Canvasslnu |

Little Rock.-The n ernor George ". Dou c. Kayanaugh in th March 30 was 44,O7s, official returns as I Democratic State Col subcommittee appoinl the returns. The fiy ted did not cause any of the races for state majorities given the official returns were what had been estln unofficial returns.
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Large Corn a'al

Imboden. n.-Taylof this city have Ossp 's' a large corn mm i'' this place. Y V, site east of the have leased from will probably be e9a for business by ths Gasoline will be us of wood, as here'0''
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Drowned While Logging.

Biggers Colley, 2o yea 2 of age. while logging in ouri riens river, fell from raft near nere any was drowned.
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l State Capitol
 1 News Notes
TROUBLES THiCkEN AT THE
 STATE CAPITOL.
General Strike Reported Imminent Over Order of Superintendent to
 Discharge an lronWorker.

A general strike among union men affiliated with the Building Trades Council may be precipitated, 1t IS said as the result of an attempt to discharge Harry Wells, an ironWork- er who was released from work a few days ago, but who was latec re- instated for the purpose of settling the ironworkers' strike.
 Ironworkers say they will strike again if Wells is discharged, and union men affiliated with the Build ing Trades Council declare they will walk out if the ironworkers 20 on strike. Unfairness on the part of the contractor to one union man af- filiated with the Building Trades Council, they say, is unfairnesS to all.
 Superintendent Charles, who has general charge of the work on the new capitol building, demanded again that Wells be discharged, but Fore man High refused to release the ironworker If I discharge Wells, all the ironworkers will walk out" :" Sd1d MT Hlgh, ana dOn lnIeHd lo discharge any man on orders rom anyone but my company"
 Superintendent Charles then took up the matter with the Miller Con- struction Company, which has the general contract for work on the building, and a telegram was sent to the Noekle-Richards Construction Company at Indianapolis, requesting that Wells be discharged.
 The situation is an exceedingly complex one and is twisted into such shape that ill feeling has arisen be- tween some members of the Iron workers Union and members of the Bricklayers' Union employed on the new state capitol.
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A New Bank for .Dermot+

Dermott.-The Exchange Bank & Trust Company has opened for busi- ness. It was recently organized with $25,000 capital.
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State University Trustees to NJ

State University Trustees to Meet.
 A meeting of the board of trustees of the State University will be held at the state capitol this week fo. the purpose of taking up matters not fin ishad at the regular meeting at Fay etteyille. Among these will be some matters pertaining to the branch nor nal school at Pine Bluff. Superin- tendent Cook has returned from Fay etteville. where he attended the board meeting He announces that few changes were made in the teaching force. One of the most important changes was a reduction in the size of the teaching force in the prepara- tory department, from nine to six teachers. This was done because Of the fact that the number of students in that department will be greatly reduced next year. Tn June, 1911, the preparatory department ceases to exist altogether, by a statute passed by the last legislature. Resolutions were passed by the board favoring the laying of a special tax to support the State University and the making up of a budget each biennial 10 be presented tc the legislature as the university "expense budget" In the passage of the appropriation to meet this budget, all lobbying by universi- ty departments, except by persons specially designated by the faculty to represent the institution and work for the budget as whole, is 10 be eliminated
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Arkansas Dsag

4 Little Rock CTS will meet .s. U week to attend lns nual nna meeting of Is Ins Dental Society. ,la I open at the ha1l'a IT ppan morning and will .s noon. There a'' of the society