New State Officers to Be Sworn In Soon
The January issue of The Sickle will announce the resignation of Geo. Agee as editor as he retires for health reasons. The piece hopes the legislature will shorten its session and avoid extending it further.
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Jeff
The
Sickle
Geo
Ayer
Alics Witt
Canova
Dak
Ayers
Luxa G.grefnr
New York
N.Y
Dad
D. Ayer
Lowell
Fayetteville Leaders Elected Senate President and House Speaker
R. J. Wilson of Fayetteville was chosen president of the Senate and T. H. Humphreys of Fayetteville was elected speaker of the House on Monday. Washington county appears to have strong visibility in these results.
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R. J. Wilson
Fayetteville
Senate
T. H. Humphreys
Washington County
Road Law On Trial With Preparations Ahead
The new road law is on trial as capable officials direct it. For the first year little will be done due to time spent buying equipment and making other preparations.
Policeman Brings Back Jack Rabbit Ears as Souvenir
Policeman Rube Thomas returned from Meridian Texas where he buried his father Wednesday and brought back as a souvenir the ears of a huge jack rabbit he killed Friday.
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Little Rock
Gazette
Rube Thomas
Meridian
Tex
Boers Report Retaliation Against British Prisoners
South African reports claim Boers shoot British prisoners amid wartime reprisals. The text alleges British forces burned farms and attacked civilians, comparing actions to Weyler and asserting Boers retaliate accordingly.
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South Africa
Weyler
Anti-Saloon League meeting at Methodist church
Rev E A Tabor president of the Arkansas Anti-Saloon League addressed a large audience last Sunday night discussing league methods and gains in the state The group has convicted hundreds of violators and disrupted illicit activities in several towns A collection yielded about 80 dollars Mayor W W Martin commented on the issue and Gov Jones pardons criticized Local merchant Joe Rosenburg sold his stock and left for Little Rock to visit relatives
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E. A. Tabor
Arkansas Anti-Saloon League
G. +. Jones
Anti-Saloon League
Tabor
W. W. Martin
Gov. Jones
Joe Rosenburg
Sam Sarason
Little Rock
Benson's Porous Plaster Endorsed As Superior Remedy
An advertisement extols Benson's Porous Plaster as the most effective pain reliever for coughs colds chest diseases rheumatism neuralgia and other winter ailments. It warns against Capsicum or Belladonna substitutes and notes widespread professional approval over years from physicians and druggists.
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Benson
Oma
Sailor Las 1
Try
Ant Gan Ee
Shooting at Eureka Springs Ends in Death
Geo Livingston was shot and killed by neighbor A Cline in a dispute over a gambling transaction. Witness Hite heard threats from a window and saw Cline fire four shots after throwing Livingston to the ground. Livingston staggered to his home and named the shooter before dying. Cline had a recent gubernatorial pardon for gaming.
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Geo. Livingston
Eureka Springs
A. Cline
Hite
Livingston
Cline
Livinston
Shorty Cline
Second Annual Report Of State Capitol Commission
The second annual report to the governor details expenditures for the state capitol project. Totals include Construction 22267 21 Administration 7877 67 Architect 12250 Miscellaneous 457 65 with a December 31 1900 work valuation of 8459 70. The report notes the project kept within the act and cites minimal gains relative to appropriation. Also brief crime note: Hiram Payne was robbed of 4 65 at Fort Smith by four assailants.
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State Capitol Commission
State Capitol
Cocato
Prviersip
Hiram Payne
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
Crime trends in Arkansas show 1900 murders fall from 1899
Criminologists note Arkansas recorded 168 murders in 1900 and 29 lynchings plus 127 executions, signaling a broad crime drop from 1899. A Rogers area dispute sparked a fatal shooting when Thomas Hill mortally wounded Walter Agnew over timber cutting.
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Arkansas
Clio Harper
The
Little Rock Democrat
Thomas Hill
Rogers
Walter Agnew
Death of Dr Horace H Patterson Benton County
Dr Horace H Patterson veteran of the 1874 Arkansas constitutional convention died at his Benton county home last week. He moved from Tennessee to Benton county in 1852 and lived over forty eight years on the homestead where he passed away.
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Horace H. Patterson
Arkansas
Benton County
Patterson
Tennessee
Fire devastates Gran ais businesses
A fire caused about 10000 dollars in damages at Gran ais destroying or damaging numerous establishments. Listed losses include J. J. Collins general store T. W. Collins drugs J. J. Killion hotel J. Killion grocery J. T. Lalden saloon B. E. Harlow occupancy unknown Bud Bolton groceries J. C. Hinckle barber shop J. J. Smith & Bro vacant Mrs. Gregory hotel L. A. Seals general store Miss Minnie Killion millinery.
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Granais
Losars
J. J. Collins
T. W. Collins
J. ©. Killion
J. @. Killion
T. M. Lalden
B. E. Harlow
Bud Bolton
J. C. Hinckle
J. J. Smith & Bro
Mrs. Gregory
State Treasurer Reports Indebtedness Near Three Hundred Thousand
The biennial report shows total indebtedness of 1 452 915 95 with 1 113 000 in permanent school fund bonds not an indebtedness but a permanent endowment. Twenty two 6 per cent bonds of 1869 70, some missing, add about 58 000 of which 30 000 is speculative. After deductions actual state indebtedness nears 300 000 with a treasury balance of 463 966 58 on Sept 30 1900.
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Thes
Little
Texas convict Teck Givins captured after Texarkana chase
Escaped Texas penitentiary convict Teck Givins was captured in Texarkana by a posse led by Sheriff Stanley Edwards after a running fight in which he was shot twice. About fifty shots were fired. A stray bullet struck a local negro boy, with possible fatal consequences.
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Teck Givins
Texas Penitentiary
Texarkana
Stanley Edwards
Moonshiners Raided in Perry County South Fourche
Deputy Tevenue Collectors Bryan and Lafferty report a raid on moonshiners on South Fourche in Perry and Yell counties January 3. One still was captured and destroyed, seven arrests made, and the accused brought before the commissioner at Plot Springs.
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Bryan and
Lafferty
South Fourche
Perryaml
Yell
Plot Springs
Reform school urged by Arkansas School Officers' Association
Resolutions adopted at the annual Little Rock session urge equitable property tax for school revenue and the establishment of a state reform school to curb juvenile crime. Officers elected include J. W. Kuykendall as president and Geo. B. Cook as vice president. Auditor Sloan reports the 1900 quarter finances with a total of 2 491 367 42 in various funds, and the state capitol commission leases Saline county stone quarry lands to the Southern Bauxite Company for capitol construction work.
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Arkansas School Officers’ Association
Little Rock
Superintendent of Public — Instruction
J. W. Kuykendall
Geo. B. Cook
Hot Springs
W. F. Cowdray
Judsonia
C. L. Sampson
W. T. Rogers
Helena
D.T. Rogers
Jonesboro
A. Woods
al Dorado
J. T. Doyne
General Revenue
Eennes
State Capitol Commission
Dan W. Jones
R. 8. Perry
Southern Bauxite Company
Saline County
Capitol
Southern Arkansas visit hints and state notes in brief
Brief mentions include President McKinley invited to Little Rock next summer, the State Horticultural Society meeting set for January 30 31 in Little Rock, a Helena dealer’s oil seed assets and liabilities, and various Arkansas political and infrastructure items. Reports cover court appointments, a gas explosion injuring five, water works franchise at Mena, Hot Springs creek improvement funding, railroad surveys, and mail service petitions along western Frisco route.
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McKinley
L Little Rock
State Horticultural Society
Little Rock
PD. H. Crebs
Helena
Lo Cation Oil
Neely Tughes
Lamar
S. J. George Grocer Company
Senate
W. G. Whipple
United States
Eastern District of Arkansas
Batesville
Jones
Jacob Tricker
Mena
Congressman Little
Hot Springs Creek
Hot Springs
J. J. Keller
Confederate Soldiers’Association
Preston Scott
Louisville
Little
Tock Northwestern Railroad
Springfield
Frisco
Rogers
Bentonville
Gravette
Southwest City
McAlester
Fort Smith
St. Louis
Aged Woman Found Dead Near Pine Bluff Lake
The coroner's inquest found Martha Smith, an elderly woman described as an aged negress, dead at Lake Side in a Pine Bluff suburb. Jurors ruled neck broken as the cause, but no clue to how the fatal injury occurred.
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Martha Smith
Lakeside
Pine Bluff
Local News from Chadwick and Conway Notes
Chadwick and Conway items include visits by J. L. Harvill and J. M. Jeffries with Jim Bullion. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Stewart mourn the loss of their daughter Vera by confession. Mrs. Ross dies in Conway. Tom Jones moves furniture to Little Rock. Pettijohn remains ill but hopeful. Frauenthal & Schwarz contest winner praised amid varied community updates. Weather remarks note no snow so far with widespread rain elsewhere. Jay. 12, gor.
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Sallie Perkins
Texas
Mike Chicoski
Little Rock
Chadwick
J. M. Jeffries
Jim Bullion
Conway
L. T. Stewart
Vera
Louie Sohn
John Martin
Jay
Gor
Christmas Holiday Visits Noted Across Local Area
Spencer Lary of the U of A spent Christmas week at home. J C Bilasingame spent Christmas at Wis okt home in Tennessee. Aunt Polly Shiwin spent Christmas in his neighborhood. J P Snow visited his daughter Mrs J L Vaughan of Beryl last week. Master Robert Vaughan of Beryl spent part of the holidays with us. Nora Birdwell of Otto spent Christmas week here among our neighbors. Will Wright has built some new houses this winter. Joe Garrett is teaching school at.
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Spencer Lary
U. of A
J. C. Bilasingame
Wis Okt
Tennessee
Polly Shiwin
J. P. Snow
J. L. Vaughan
Beryl
Robert Vaughan
Nora Birdwell
Otto
Will Wright
Joe Garrett
Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised by Chicago official
Prof Roxa Tyler vice president of Illinois Woman's Alliance reports relief from a severe winter cold using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after other treatments failed. She states the remedy was pleasant, relieved symptoms at once, and saved a doctor’s bill. For sale by W H Martin & Co.
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Roxa Tyler
Chicago
Illinois Woman's Alliance
Chamberlain
W. H. Martin & Co
Marriage Licenses Issued By County Clerk
County Clerk T. J. Bullion has issued marriage licenses to J. T. Bell and Ella Williams of Mt. Vernon, I. M. Bell and Lulu Robertson of Wooster, D. L. Young and Mai Johnson of Conway, Henry Logan and Daisy Golf of Damascus, H. D. Ritchie of Plummerville with Jennie Hatcher of Guy, and A. M. Jones and Nettie Wilson of El Paso.
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T. J. Bullion
J. T. Bell
Ella Williams
Mt. Vernon
I. M. Bell
Lulu Robertson
Wooster
D. L. Young
Mai Johnson
Conway
Henry Logan
Daisy Golf
Damascus
H. D. Ritchie
Plummerville
Jennie Hatcher
Guy
A. M. Jones
Nettie Wilson
el Paso
Beat Out of an Increase of His Pension
A Mexican war veteran and editor touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for stopping diarrhoea and securing pension renewals. The testimonial claims the remedy is quick, pleasant to take, and safer for soldiers needing relief.
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Chamberlain
Mexico
W. H. Martin & Co
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Cele
Br. M. A. Simmons
C. F. Simmons Medicine Co
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J. L. Harvill
Tom Jones
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