Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY. MARCH 27. 1905. NUMBER 283.
GREAT THEBES BRIDGE
NEARING COMPLETION.
Will Divide Business of St. Louis
And Memphis Gateways—
Several Roads Furnished
The Funds.
«Angiers, who is in
e construction of the
across the Father of
hebes, 111., has an
t the cantilever will
e latter part of the
c, and that by April
Ige will have been
The Thebes fe^idge is one of
the largest across'^he Mississip
pi river, and wheh completed
will revolutionize railroad traffic
in this section'of the country. A
great deal of time has been con
sumed in constructing the bridge,
and it has cost a min); of money.
Several railroad companies will
n use the structure jointly, and the
great bulk of traffic from the
west which has gone east by way
of the Memphis gateway or across
the river at St Louis, will, now
be divided between the three
places.
At present the Cotton Belt
maintains a ferry across the riv
er at this point, entire trains be
- ing transferred by boat. During
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tile past wIntel ; cpui 10 tviu ±
the ice holding a train in mid
stream for several hours. These
and many other objections will
be overcome by the completion
of the new bridge.
It is said that the eastern ap
proach to the. structure is the;
.. most natural in the United States.
Th^ eastern end of the bridge is
built Into the cliffs on the Illinois j
side of l:)i§ great river, and the
track strikeMt without the aid
of fills or trestles. On the west:
side the case is different. Miles
of approach are necessary to
bring the grade up to the stand
ard, about one per cent on com- j
pensated curves.
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PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES.
BIBLE CLASS.
In the Presbyterian church to
morrow (Tuesday) afternoon at
4 o’clock. Lesson, Genesis, sec
ond chapter. The garden in
Eden. Come at 4 o’clock sharp.
PRAYER MEETING.
In the Presbyterian church to
morrow (Tuesday) evening at
7:30 o’clock. Subject, “The
Need of Individual Effort.”
R. B. Willis, Pastor.
| TOE LEGI^ATURE^J
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Under the caption of “leader
on the floor of the house of rep
resentatives” the Brinkley Citi
zen says of Hon. John H. Keel:
“He is ever ready to champion
.. the cause of the people and is a
man who would honor Arkansas
in the United States senate.”
To make the article attractive a !
half tone of the “tall sycamore” !
from Jackson appears at the top
of the column. Perhaps this con- j
flict of ambitions accounts for!
the threatened breaking of the
“blind following,” to which
Keel recently plead guilty,
ooo
Though Herr Most and his
tribe were never known to have
had agents nor made converts in
Arkansas, Burns of Conway felt
it necessary by legislative act to
make a threat against or attempt
to bodily la/arm any state official j
a heavy penal offense. Only 23
votes, howeyer, could be mus
tered in its 4vor when the meas
ure came to Mvote in the house
_ m \
Saturday. Perhaps the govern
or’s campaign talk of having
feared assassination in Litth
Rock was taken seriously b]
Burns and led to the introductioi
of the measure. The vote of the
legislature was badly miscon
strued by outside papery in flash
ing headlines that would make
it appear the anarchists migh
here find a sympathetic people
The law struck at a “bugaboo/
and as the evil dpes not exist the
remedy was thought useless
Nobody’s going to harm “Jeffie/
even if he does fear his shadov
on the streets of the capital city
CHILD COOKED
* IN LYE KETTLE.
While Swinging Upon a Gate
Seven-Year-Old Boy Fell
Into Boiling Kettle.
Texarkana, March 26.—Eddie
Hall, a 7-year-old lad, son of £
farmer living ten miles east oi
here, died in a local sanitariurr
yesterday under most distressing
circumstances.
Friday while Mrs. Hall was
boiling a large kettle of 1$? soag
in the yard the boy climbed on £
gate a few feet away andbegar
swinging: A minute later, while
she was in another part of the
yard, the gate broke and the boj
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wao picu^naicu mi/v uic
cauldron.
His mother rescued him as soor
as possible, burning herself badlj
in so doing. He was brought
here, arriving last night, cooked,
the flesh almost dropping from
his body and limbs, bdt the phy
sicians could do nothing to save
him.
FEAR SMALLPOX
AT PENITENTIARY.
Little Rock, March 26.—Fears
are entertained at the peniten
tiory about the smallpox situatior
and it is thought several cases
will develop. The authorities
are taking every precaution pos
sible, however. Thursday a mar
was brought in from Chicot
county who had not yet com
pletely recovered from smallpox,
and before the penitentiary au
thorities were apprised of the
fact eight or nine of the convicts
had been exposed. As soon as it
was learned there was a possi
bility of smallpox, Dr. Witt, peni
tentiary physician, ordered that
the men exposed be isolated from
the rest of the convicts and a
camp has been established in one
corner of the grounds, where the
men are being kept. They have
been vaccinated and all precau
A. 1 — .. ^ MA nn /-»»■» MSI /-* L L AV\ 4" A
uunai j mvaouj hi** v wwii wm
ken to prevent the spread of the
disease even should a case devel
op among those who have been
exposed.
FANNIE CROSBY SERVICE.
A very enjoyable song service
was given by the choir of the
Methodist church Sunday even
ing to a large congregation. The
occasion was the eighty-fifth an
niversary of the noted blind
hymn writer, Fannie J. Crosby.
Mrs. D. W. Anderson read a
carefully prepared paper on the
beautiful life of this noted wo
man, whose hymns have been
sung all over the world.
The music, under the direction
of Mrs. C. E. Crook, was beau
tifully rendered, the orchestra
blending well with the many
trained voices, making the ser
vice one of the most delightful
ever given in this church.
Read the Daily and Week ly
Independent
- COCAINE SELLING
> SUBJECT OF CHARGE
Wherein Judge Grace Urges Jury
; to Investigate Illegal Sale of
Dope at Pine Bluff.
; Pine Bluff, March 26.—Circuit
; Judge A. B. Grace called the
grand jury into the court room
’ yesterday morning and gave to
> the jury a special charge, order
ing them to investigate the ille
’ | gal sale of narcotics and cocaine,
r I which is alleged to have been
, carried on in Pine Bluff for some
time.
Judge Grace said it had been
stated to him that negroes were
using cocaine in great numbers,
, and that they could buy it in any
quantity at several of the drug
stores here. He wanted the
grand jury to investigate these
charges and find if they were
> true. The law prohibited such
. sales unless the drug was pur
■ chased in limited quantities un
l der the prescription of a reputa
; ble physician.
The judge stated that it had
i come to his knowledge that the
drug could not only be bought
, here in any quantity, but that it
could be purchased even in 10
cent packages, already prepared
; and ready for use.
A few days ago the police ar
rested a white man who gave his
name as Cnarles Matoon and his
residence as Milwaukee, Wis.,
who was taken with a severe at
j tack of “the jimmies'’ on one of
; the principal streets of the city.
! This man, when taken to police
! headquarters, came very near
i dying from delirium tremens,
! brought on from an overdose of
cocaine. He stated that he had
purchased all of the drug he
wanted in Pine Bluff. The Chief
of Police stated the case to the
Prosecuting Attorney, and an in
vestigation has been started and
the arrest of several parties will
probably follow. The police say
they arrest any number of ne
groes who are addicted to the
cocaine habit.
NOTICE.
The Farmer’s Educational Co
operative Union of America, of
Jackson county, meets with Cen
terville Union, No. 424, on April
14-15. All local unions are re
quested to be represented, as
this is the last call of county un
ions previous to the meeting of
the state union at Hot Springs,
April 27-28.
The following program has
been arranged:
Address by Prof. P. A. Pea
cock of Swifton.
i Address by Mr. Weinmeister of
Elgin.
Address by J. W. Rogers of
Swifton.
Other county unions are cor
dially invited.
E. C. Maxey,
• J. H. Bearden,
ri. B. Richardson,
Committee.
LETTER LIST.
Following is a list of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoffice.at Newport, Arkansas, March
j 27,1905:
i Abbott, S A Pipken, Dolph
Bonds, W H Parker, Mount
j Davidson, N D Rainwater, Emma
. Green way, Jack Reeves, Jessie
' Jackson, W H Snyder, Bert ,
J Montgomery, W J Trimble, J W
! Morgan, Julia Ward, Henry
McBride, Amanda Woulford, Cattie
! Nickels, Jno Williams, lder
Neal, Arthuur Yates, Florence
j Pitman, Emma
When calling for any of the above letters please
say “advertised.” W. B. EMPIE, P. M.
Mrs. M. J. Lucas, who is be
I loved by Newport people, was
| taken seriously ill Saturday night
and her condition continues very
critical, with little hope.
TO BEAUTIFY
YOUR CMPLEXION
IN 10 DAYS USE
SAT IN 0 LA,
The Unequaled Beautifier.
CjATINOLA is a new discovery, guaranteed,
and money refunded if it fails to remove
the worst case of Freckles, Pimples, Tan, Sal
lowness, Liver Spots, Blackheads or any Skin
Eruption, in 20 days. Leaves the skin clear,
soft, healthy, and restores the beauty of youth,
j Thousands testify to the merits of Satinola.
Price 50c and $1.00, by leading druggists or mail.
Prepared only by
NATIONAL TOILET CO. FAR^.
Sold in Newport by W. W.
Dutton, W. A. Joyce and all
leading druggists.
REAL ESTATE.
£ -
List your Property
Ftor Quick Sales
With me. I gaaran
' tee best resalts.
R. W. BANDY,
CHASTAIN BUILDING.
i
, A-OOOD SHOW.
t
“If the crowd that attended
the Eiler Rip Van Winkle show
Saturday evening expecting to
sit through the ordinary per
formance ihat one meets they
were agreeably surprised. The
play itself was staged in a very
creditable way, both in acting
and scenic effects. The orches
tra was a first-class one and ren
dered pleasing numbers during
the play, besides showing skill
in the accompaniments of the
splendid specialty numbers be
tween the acts. The whole show
in fact given by Eiler’s Rip Van
Winkle company was one well
worth seeing and hearing and
was conducted in a clean, gen
tlemanly way by the manager
and his assistants.”—Minot, N.
D., Daily Optic.
Manager Doherty has secured
the above company of twenty
five people for Friday, March
31st, presenting the play made
famous by Joseph Jefferson,
“Rip Van Winkle,” with all spe
cial scenery, six specialty artists,
superb band and orchestra.
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jl x ii-v7o i u, auu pi UtCCUO LU
be donated by Manager Doherty
as a benefit to the opera house
attaches. Watch out for free
band concert and unicycle exhi
bition at noon.
SAW MILL FOR SALE.
Saw mill and L000 acres of
oak for sale cheap. Party de
sires to look after other business.
Apply at this office. This mill
is a oargain and can be secured j
for 5450.
POSITIVELY THE
LAST CHANCE.
Th? Bowen Railroad Photo Car
will on account of extraordinary
rush of business be here until
March 30th only. All work guar
anteed strictly first class.
We have fast received oar
newline of ladies white lin
en aid lawn shirt waists.
Be sire and see them. Wolff
Goldtnan Merc. Co.
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a di
1 £S2 A Critical 0!$
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ra " $1
vg Will find his clothes to his liking Uj
X here, because we “specialize in \
S* Men’s Clothing.
i The new Spring garments— fegl
, JX all of them—reach the level of Lu
the custom-made, in quality,
j» style, finish and fit. We buy fey
from specialists—suits from the CQ
V best makers; therefore our gar
ments are the best of their kind fey
GU —and we can prove it and do it CQ
\j ■ quickly. gR
5% New York’s finest clothing SfS
achievement for the men of LU
m America bears this label: n\
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These suits are the tangible !»8
JkJ realization of the finest tailor’s
fancy—the superb fabrics, the pR
fiS* ultra fashion. Come see this fe34
wL! line. You’ll join in our enthusi- flj
QJ asm! ?R
3D $15.00 to $30.00.
SS Manhattan Shirts, Crown Trousers, lAf
3 J Knox and Hawes Hats, Waterhouse Cravats,
Lord & Taylor Hosiery, Ijgj»|
Edwin Clapp Shoes.
3 STAR CLOTHING CO. f|j
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DON’T
HOARD
Your money in unsafe places. The
safest place for your money is in
a good bank. Start a bank ac
count wjth us and
YOU CAN SLEEP BETTER
ATaNIGHT.
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co.
NEWPORT, ARK.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W. Dutton,
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D. Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh.
Our Big Wi"B'9i”
Qi q | Saturday, Mar. 18th
OllUt; OdlC ^n(j Continue Until April 1st.
For Cash only. A four thousand dollar stock of
Spring and Summer Footwear. Oxfords, Sandals,
Men’s, Misses’ and Children’s—up-to-date—will go
for half price. Call and see us before you buy
anywhere else. Don’t wait until your number
is gone.
St. Louis Shoe Store,1
FRANK BROS.
310 East Front Street, [NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
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