05 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1901
Page
1
The excerpt critiques hypocrisy in editorials, notes Arkansas gains in railroads and factories, and argues for a stable Cuba while recalling the Spanish American War. It laments bloodshed in Kansas and jokes about its supposed nature, reflecting provocative, opinionated commentary.
The Spooner act is cited to compare McKinley’s authority in the Philippines to a czar in Russia, while noting that trusts and Mark Hanna appear to exercise greater control over McKinley.
The senate passed the Spooner Amendment on February 27 branding the president with power over 12,000,000 people in the Philippines. Critics call it a turning point in American legislation, arguing the act creates tyranny surpassing monarchy and empire.
A passenger ship named Rio de Janeiro from the Orient sank off the San Francisco coast with about 130 lives lost. Consul-General Wildman, serving in Hong Kong and marked for assassination by Filipino and Boxer agents, drowned with all his family within sight of home.
An old advertisement extols Tutt's Pills as a universal remedy for bilious headaches dyspepsia sour stomach malaria and constipation claiming the product is an absolute cure and a true friend to invalids after thirty years of use.
The piece argues against broad limits on railroads and factories. It notes lawmakers seek to force trains to stop at numerous unknown stations, cap passenger fares at two cents per mile, and tax franchises heavily. It urges waiting for more railroads and factories before heavy regulation.
The Gazette reports conflicting testimony over Dr. Bynum's removal as trustees argue immorality and drunkenness while witnesses counter with limited knowledge of private conduct. A telegram from Congressman Dinsmore disputes Mitchell's drunkenness claim, prompting the line that something is rotten in Denmark as双方 accuse lies or misperception.
The brief OCR note reports widespread suffering in Brazil due to a prolonged drought harming imports and livelihoods. Named places or organizations are not clearly identifiable in the fragment.
A mob of eight men seized Peter Perryman from Mena jail and hanged him on a tree limb near the town after the suspect severely injured a 12 year old white girl who was nailing a board at her home. The accused had been jailed after the attack and subsequent lynching occurred.
The abstract of Pulaski county tax books lists totals for personal property at 5,661,830 and real estate at 11,164,160, with a grand county valuation of 16,826,090 and total tax of 472,?6u.16. City personal and country personal figures are given, along with detailed asset breakdowns including horses cattle mules watches pianos and merchandise.
Roland Gorman a 30 year old farm hand in Van Buren died by his own hand using morphine. He was in the last stages of consumption and ill health is blamed. He refused to reveal his origin and mystery surrounds his past. Remains prepared for burial. relatives sought. A letter claimed he was not a tramp and asked Ozark papers be notified.
The Arkansas governor commutes the 1900 Pulaski County murder verdict of 17 year old John King from death to life imprisonment. Davenport was killed near Little Rock after a dispute over 30 cents. King followed him and struck from behind with an ax, leaving him mortally wounded. Davenport named King as attacker before dying.
Miss Mabel Manley of Menominee Wisconsin, niece of Jos H Manley republican committee figure, elopes to marry Dr W A Borland of Nashville Arkansas. The ceremony occurs at the Planters hotel after Borland designs the elopement and urges immediate marriage by return mail.
John Wesley, a Black man, was found guilty of assaulting a young woman in Ar Kardelphia and faced the gallows after a 25 minute jury verdict. The victim positively identified him, and authorities moved swiftly to avert a lynching. A Fort Smith dispatch notes Father James Brady stirred Catholic circles by preaching two sermons defending round dancing as permissible by Catholic dogma.
Sallie Williams of Little Rock a colored mother of three shot herself through the heart in despair over poverty. Gen Powell Clayton, ambassador to Mexico, is spending a vacation at Eureka Springs.
A long list of law measures enacted by the Arkansas General Assembly includes budget for the assembly, court scheduling changes for Fourth Chancery District, crop fencing protections, and a US grants consent for federal sites. Also notes on banking protections, a $500 reward, militia, census data, and various national happenings.
A Black man named Morris on Van Buren tried to attract a white woman in public. The woman’s brother intervened with a club, striking Morris into unconsciousness for the perceived offense.
Citizens in Pine Bluff plan efforts to establish the Speers Langford Institute at the local site, signaling a community push for a new educational or research facility.
Briefs report a $10,000 Texarkana hotel project and a $10,000 Harrison iron foundry, Sam Gibson acquitted in Marianna for murder, Ed Turner fatally wounds H C Frye at Hot Springs, Speers Langford Institute destroyed by fire with $25,000 loss, Keys Institute ad for Southeast training, Fort Smith grants gas franchise to Carnall and Sherwood, Arkansas Red Men to meet in Pine Bluff, Eureka Springs grand jury indicts A H Klein for murder, river and harbor bill earmarks millions with Arkansas shares and river allocations.
The New York board of health forbids the sale of horse flesh in the city. Rolla Wells is nominated for mayor of St. Louis by the Democrats. Frick may head the steel trust led by Marsan with major refinery interests to consolidate. A deal aims to unite large planters and refineries in Hawaii. In the upper Kam area a bill providing fair pay failed to pass.
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