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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDA/, DiC iM 3ER 12, 1904. NUMBER 195.
HOBOES WAIVED
AN EXAMINATION
Before Esquire Smith Monday
Morning and Were Commit
ted to Jail in Default of
$2,000 Bond.
In the court of Esquire Guy
'T^Smith Monday morning the three
tramps arrested in White county
by Sheriff Wood for the assault
* of Brakemen Erwin and Spear on
anTron Mountain freight train
near Olyphant December 1 were
ft bound over to the next grand
V ™ jury, having waived a prelimi
nary hearing. Their bonds were
each fixed at $2,000 and in de
fault of this they were commit
ted to jail to await trial for as
sault with intent to kill.
Charley Brown, who had been
arrested by Detective Wm. Bal
lard, was released and Robert
Harris, the bricklayer who was
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the same.car with the hoboes,
was also released, though placed
under a $200 bond to appear at
the next term of court as a wit
ness.
The three men held are Chas.
Martin, James Cavanaugh and
George Pritchard, and all were
armed with improved Colt's re
volvers when arrested.
SACRED CONCERT
PLEASED CONGREGATION.
The sacred concert at the
Methodist church Sunday even
I ing, given under the direction of
Miss Hester Lynn Phillips, one
of Newport’s most talented and
i popular vocalists, drew a congre
gation which taxed the seating
capacity of the church and won
-from each one present the com
pliment of being th:“Oughly en
joyed.
In each number the training
of the choir was evident and
much praise is due the leader
for work in this line as well as
*or the sweetness and cultivation
of her voice. In recognition of
f her assistance to the Presbyte
rian choir, no services were held
at that church to allow the mem
bers the pleasure of hearing this
successful recital.
The anthems “Hark, Hark,
My Soul,’, and “Father, 0 Hear
Us, were probably favorites,
but the program as printed be
low embraced much of the best
talent of the city, and all was
enjoyed.
PROGRAM.
Organ Prelude:
a 1st movement from Sonata
op. 26....Beethoven
b Traumerei.Schumann
Miss Whittaker.
Anthem, Awake Thou That
? Sleepest.Stainer
{ Choir.
L Hyfnn. Abide With Me
\ Prayer.
I Aria, Nearer My God to Thee
I Holden
f*' \ Miss Hester Phillips.
Duet, Through the Gates of
Gold.Maude Anita Hart
Mrs. R. W. Bandy and Mrs. G.
A. Hillhouse.
Scripture reading.
Anthem. Hark, Hark, My Soul
. Shelley
Miss Phillips and Choir.
Solo .Selected
Mr. Jos. M. Stay ton.
Anthem, Father, 0 Hear Us
.Palmer
Mr', Hillhouse and Choir.
IP' ,, Now the Day is Over,
benediction.
SHANNON-DRUMMOND.
At the home of Mr. J. H.
‘ planter, on Sunday afternoon,
December 11th, at 3 o’clock, Es
quire Guy Smith officiated in his
most gracious style to unite in
wedlock Miss Ruth Lee Shannon,
a pretty and attractive bride,
and Mr. W. F. Drummond, an
excellent young man of that sec
tion.
After the ceremony the guests
were invited to a most bountiful
[spread, leading off with turkey
and embracing in its contents all
seasonal delicacies to which the
guests, among whom were Joe
• Drummond, Capt. Sam Anthony,
! James Sellers and Esquire Guy
Smith are reported to have done
ample justice.
The Independent joins in the
the congratulations and good
wishes of many other friends.
WOULD ADMIT
CHEROKEE STRIP.
Congressman Wallace Again In
troduces Bill to Restore
Cherokee Strip.
In the house of representatives
at Washington Mr. Wallace of
Arkansas has introduced a bill
authorizing the state of Arkan
sas to fix its western boundary.
The bill has for its purpose the
! annexation of a certain part of
Indian Territory so as to conform
with the line fixed for the terri
i tory of Arkansas by an act of
congress in 1824. The bill was
referred to the judiciary commit
tee, of which Congressman Lit
tle is the minority leader.
At the last session of the Ar
kansas general assembly there
was adopted a concurrent resolu
tion, of which Representative
J. F. Weaver of Fort Smith was
the author, extending to the peo
ple of the Cherokee and Choctaw
nations the hand of fellowship,
with a cordial invitation to take
such ^teps as will enable that
I portion of the Indian territory
which they occupy to become a
part and parcel of the state of
Arkansas and themselves citizens
thereof.
The Cherokee national council
at its session November 29 last
adopted a resolution favoring
j annexation of the Cherokee na
tion to the state of Arkansas.
BABY CONTEST VOTE.
Edwin Johnson.. 1409
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 1101
Dorothy Stephens... 1029
i Jas. Edward Wilmans. 1015
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 826
Charles Jones Brandenburg 783
Jeannette Henry. 494
Thelma Smart. 60
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Christmas, the most cherished
of our commemorative events
and most generally observed day
of festivity, is making its near
ness felt in the preparations that
are everywhere being made to
bring cheer and joy into the
hearts of others. And the ba
bies are doubtless wondering
why this hurry and confusion,;
and apparent neglect they suffer, j
while Christmas gifts are being j
made and bought. But upper-!
most in their little craniums pops,
the question, “who is to wear the'
locket.” Only December 24th
can answer, for until the wire is j
passed no race is won. The vot
ing has been slow today, though
there are some changes in the1
totals.
Judge Jacob Trieber, United
States Marshal A. S. Fowler and
District Attorney W. G. Whipple
of Little Rock were guests of the
Hazel Sunday night, leaving for
Batesville Monday to attend fed-1
eral court.
TWO MORE’FLYERS
ON THE MOUNTAIN.
Mexican National to Put on Two
Record-Breaking Trains Be
tween City of Mexico
and St. Louis.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 11.—
The National Railroad of Mexico
in conjunction with the Interna
tional and Great Northern, Texas
and Pacific and Iron Mountain
routes will on January 8, 1905,
put in service two record-break
ing trains between Mexico City
and St. Louis, reducing the run
ning time fifteen hours for one
train and twenty hours for an
other. Both trains will handle
mails.
In every respect the new trains
will be first class, with the finest
equipment, including dining car
service.
Vice President and General
Manager Trice of the Interna
tional and Great Northern has
just returned from Mexico City,
where in conference with Presi
dent Brown and other officials
of the National railway the
schedules for the new service
were arranged.
RABBI WOLSEY ON .
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Little
Rock, a very able Jewish divine,
conducted services at the Christ™
ian church here Sunday after™
noon for the followers of Judaism
in this city, who have very cor
dially and earnestly supported
the movement toward a congre
gational organization.
The subject of the rabbi’s ad
dress was “Creeds and Religious
Liberty” and his audience in
cluded many representatives of
other sects, who found much
pleasure and instruction in the
discourse of Rabbi Wolsey.
Gifted with a beautifully mod
ulated voice and a master of its
inflection, he is an orator as well
as thinker. His logical mind
finds apt words to express his
thoughts and his aesthetic nature
is never at a loss to beautify his
logic with pretty imagery.
His theme had been chosen by
reason of this day ending the
season of commemoration of the
• i t i -a a- l
Vic wry oi duuas maucauee uver
the armies of Antiochus Epipha
nes when the Macedonian and
Syrian idol worshipers who had
profaned the temple at Jerusa
lem were driven from its holy
precincts and the worship of the
God of Israel resumed.
His theme was that nature, the
law of God, rebelled against
unity of thought and Epiphanes
had made the great mistake of
trying to make all religions con
form to one and hence his fail
ure. Our religion was our own
belief, and upon each did the re
sponsibility to God rest. There
fore creeds, in that at best they
represent only the highest
thought of other men, can not
be accepted as our guides in a
world that progresses in dealing
with problems and our relation to
God, that are constantly being
revealed by a more enlightened
age. _ r
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