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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1901
Page
2
Conway Log Cabin notes the legislature’s final week, King Edward VII’s vast salary, and Governor Davis signing the capitol bill. It discusses potential tariff impacts with southern factory growth, suggests a cheaper four year term for legislators, and observes healthy Conway property sales, rising rents, and a growing city.
Reporters plan an Arkansas Press Association trip to Hot Springs for the June meeting and then to Buffalo to tour the exposition. The note suggests adopting Buffaloes as a playful nickname for the group.
President McKinley and his entourage began a cross country tour last Monday, with a large party including Mrs. McKinley and top officials. The trip follows a political note about reapportionment and upcoming elections, naming C. C. Reid and Hugh A. Dinsmore as prospective representatives for their districts. The fifth district comprises Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Yell, Conway, Faulkner, Perry and Pulaski counties.
Volunteer units in the Philippines remain as a special court martial tries Manila commissary officers for alleged government fraud. Sergeant John Meston among the convicted, while Missouri Pacific plans stock boost to 100 million and acquisitions. A Tennessee lawmaker sparks a bribery probe after claiming a $500 payoff.
A newspaper notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective against persistent coughs signaling consumption or bronchitis. It claims early treatment cures, offers a money back if not beneficial, and lists W. H. Martin & Co. as sellers.
Victor Esselle, a fifty year old Frenchman, was found dead in the woods near Pickles Gap on April 25 while searching for cattle. He lived on Hess' place east of Conway, suffered fainting spells, and was unmarried. His remains were buried in the Catholic cemetery at this place.
The legislature reported activity in both houses with bills introduced and acted on. The House passed penalties for unlawful liquor sales and a bill to abolish separate chancery courts, while a bill to equalize circuit judges and chancellor salaries failed. In the Senate a measure for electing school directors on Fridays failed, and H B 491 proposing a new state capitol building advanced through readings and amendments.
A lively Senate session defeated a motion to defer the state capitol bill while approving a resolution urging speedy trials for Americans in Mexican prisons. Other actions included passage of a nine member state university board expansion and the defeat of a liquor taxation measure. The chamber also tackled the deaf mute appropriation bill.
The Senate read third times and passed a constitutional salary bill. 3 S B 280 on disposing lands of nonresident lunatics was enacted. The state capital bill moved as a special order with amendments voted down. House approved 23 to 7, Toney reports asylum annex for Batesville, minority view filed. Governor Davis veto on H B 161 stands after House dispute. H B 161 on suspending sentences narrowly survived. H B 468 to label American Book Company a trust was challenged. deaf mute appropriation bill passed. Debate touched tax issues and life insurance policy values in Lawrence and Norwood measures.
Public health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to smell and the whole system. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Core by J Cheney & Co Toledo as mercury free and to be taken internally for blood and mucous surfaces. Includes claims of testimonials and price per bottle.
In the Arkansas legislature a contentious day closed with votes on state capitol location debates and various bills. The Senate refused to reconsider the capital bill, and several measures including university funding and public utilities were debated or postponed. The House advanced or stalled multiple items, with resolutions inviting the National Editorial Association to Hot Springs and calls to honor Confederate veterans for a 1902 reunion at Little Rock.
The senate refused to concur in a house amendment reducing L10 000 to 80 000 for deaf institute buildings and passed the $45 000 funding to the state penitentiary fund. In the house a concurrent resolution to devote the last five days to senate business was adopted, the senate approving five days for house business. A bill repealing the county uniformity text book act of 1808 failed. H B No. SL requiring county clerks to verify footings of personal assessment lists and stop copying tax books was read third time.
The governor approved a bill creating four capitol commissioners and outlining funding. It allocates 1,000,000 for construction, levies a half mill property tax for 1901 onward, utilizes lands and sinking fund surpluses, and allows use of marble and other materials. It also covers convict labor costs and post completion land sales and disposition of the old capitol. Miss Florence Newman endorses Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatic relief.
The listing shows printed blanks for legal paperwork including Warranty Deeds Chattel Mortgages Justices Civil Summons Affidavit for Warrant of Arrest Order for Delivery of Property Warrant of Arrest Subpoena Bail Bond. The notice notes these forms are in stock for sale.
Feeble pulse and fainting spells indicate heart weakness. A Maine reader, L. L. Brown of Maple, credits Dr Miles Heart Cure with strengthening the heart, regulating pulse, and improving complexion after numbness on the left side and a pulse around forty.
Dr Miles Heart Cure claims to regulate the heart and stimulate digestion to create new red blood, strengthening the body. Sold by druggists with a guarantee. Dr Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The legislature passes a measure to prevent fraud in coal mining requiring all coal paid for by weight to be weighed before screening unless miners’ contracts allow otherwise. It sets payment per ton or bushel as agreed by owner or operator and miners, and allows deduction for impurities found after weighing.
A cashier details twenty years of constipation relief from Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in Monticello Indiana and St Louis Missouri. The note shows sales by Hamilton and Sharpe, with local clerk appointment in Yell County and Helena bankers meeting. The Army size decision caps at about six thousand for the Philippines era.
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