Newport Daily Independent. ^
VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER M, 1905. NUMBER 149.
GOVERNOR DAVSS WILL HELP
To Greet the President and Probably
Will Speak, But Still Refuses to
Attend Banquet.
Little Rock, Oct. 17.—The
course taken by Gov. Jeff Davis
is not deterring the various com
mittees from their preparations
for the entertainment of Presi
dent Roosevelt during the seven
„ hours of his stay which he will
give to the people of Little Rock
and Arkansas on October 25.
k The plans for the program con
template several elaborate feat
ures, which will be compressed
into on-the-schedule call. The
principal business houses, the city
hall, and other public buildings
are to be profusely decorated,
and the city will in fact give
itself a holiday and turn out in
gala attire to show its apprecia
tion of the visit of a chief exeu
tive of the nation.
The whole city is striving to
do honor to the president, and
the only disordant element in
in all the preliminaries has been
the objection raised by Gov. Da
vis to some of the details. These
oMinne nrp denounced even bv
some of his oest friends as churl
ish and without cause.
There is to be a ride to Fort j
Logan H. Roots and an inspec-,
tion of the post, a public address1
at the city’park and a luncheon;
at the Albert Pike Consistory, to i
which a large number of people;
have been invited. The address
of welcome will be delivered by
Judge U. M. Rose of this city,
ex-president of the American;
• Bar Association, and there will
be two or three other toasts,
r- The committee is making an
~ effort to overcome the Davis
trouble, but will not recall the
' invitation extended to Gen. Clay
ton, who arrived yesterday from
Eureka Springs. The governor
says he will remain m the city
and will be present at the speak
ing in the city park and “will
perform such duties as seem to
be necessary to officially wel
come and entertain the presi
dent while in our city.’' And
there the matter rests.
It is probable that Lieut.-Gov.
John P. Lee will act as the rep
resentative of the state on the
occasion of the luncheon.
LETTER LIST.
Following is a list of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoffice a! Newport, Aikunsaa Oc
tober 17, 1905:
Alexander, Rev 15 V/ Jones, W F
Anthony, Lillie Johnson,Reacbel
Bandy, LD Kennedy, J M
Beters, Chts Myers, Mattie
Boillette, G H McLain, Lewis
Church, Charley McKinney, James
Claret, Stella (2) N ichols, A J
Duke, Stella Parsons, S S
Ezell, Fred Farks, 8“"
Fulton, Mary Isabel Ray, Walter
Galloway, Dave Smith, Harry
Griffin, R A Stanton, Millie
Griffin, Mrs. Gaston Thompson, Moby
Hammons, Lizzie Tucker, Nettie
Hanies, Maud Walker, Walter
Harris, Frank Warren, Hannah
Justice, A. F. Wineland, Mrs. Alice
Williamson, J A, Young, Ida
Clain, Chellie E
When calling for any of the above letters please
say “advertised,”. W. B. EMP1E.P. M.
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Present Quail Season.
There seems to be some doubt
on %he part of the sportsmen as to
the time of the opening of the
quail season, on account of the
change in the law made by the
last legislature. Some think that
it opened Sunday, but this is not
true. The season will open Oc
tober 15, and will close March 15,
instead of March 1, as heretofore.
This is the only change. Some
have been under the impression
that under the new law the sea
son opened Sunday.
Do your clothes look yellow ?
If so use Red Cross Ball Blue. It
will make them white as snow.
2 oz. package 5 cents.
FIRE AT FAYETTEVILLE
Chemical Combustion Starts Fire in State
University Building Doing Much
Damage.
Fayetteville, Oct. 17.—Through
a supposed chemical combustion,
fire was started in the biological
labratory on the third floor of the
main building of the state uni
versity here yesterday morning
about 8 o’clock, resulting in con
siderable damage to the labora
tory hall and the library beneath.
The loss, however, is confined
mostly to damage from water.
The fire was first discovered
by the boys in the adjoining dor
mitory, who gave the alarm and
did much good work in fighting
the flames. The rooms of the
biological laboratory and of the
art department on the same floor
suffered the the heaviest, though
a large number of books in the
library on the second floor were
water-soaked. The loss is fully
covered by insurance,
After the fire had been extin
guished, President Tillman held
an informal meeting and publicly
thanked the students for their
work in putting out the fire.
This in the first fire that has
occurred in the main building for
many years.
Powell Clayton Ignores Gov. Davis, i
Gen. Powell Clayton, late Unit- j
ed States ambassador to Mexico,
and former governor of the state J
is spending the day in the city.
In reply to a question as to his
attitude toward Gov. Davis, who
refuses to sit at the same table
with him at the luncheon to be
given to President Roosevelt, he
said:
“I should be very lacking in
the proprieties of the occasion
if I should allow myself to be
provoked into a political contro
versy with Gov. Davis, incident
to the entertainment being pro
vided for President Roosevelt.
Individually, I want to do all in
my power to assist in doing hon
or to the president, and making
his visit as pleasant as possible,
avoiding all bickerings of the
character the governor is at
tempting to foment. The Presi
dent comes here not as a parti
san but as the president of the
whole people, regardless of polit
ical differences, and we should
welcome him in the same spirit.
1 am ignoring Gov. Davis as I
have always ignored him. Let
him say or do as he pleases.”—
Little Rock Democrat.
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How’s This?
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Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall’s,1
Catarrh Cure. J
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo.
We, the undersigned, have j
known F. J. Cheney for the last j
15 years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business i
transactions and financially able !
to carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
Walking, Kjnnan & Martin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 7 cents ptr
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation.
Long Term Convict Escapes.
•Jonesboro, Oct. 16.— County
Jailor J. B. Fuller has received a
telephone message from the fore
man of the convict camp at Dee
station’ saying that a white man
named S. Green, who was sent
up for twenty-one years, had
made his escape.
LOGAN QUITS RACE.
Letter Given Out Says Senalor John
Logan Has Withdrawn From
Race Lor Governor.
| Rogers, Oct. 16.—The writer
had an occasion a few days ago
to read a letter written by Sen
jator John P. Logan of Siloam
; Springs to C. L. Sehn of Phil
lipsburg, Mo. The letter is un
der date of October 11, 1905, and
is as follows:
“In reply to your favor of a
recent date will say that I am
not a candidate for governor. I
have been urged and solicited
from all parts of the state to be
come a candidate, and did an
nounce that I would enter the
race, but after investigating the
matter I find that on account of
the expense that a poor man can
not make the campaign. From
the encouragement that I have
had from all over the state I am
very much of the opinion that I
would have been successful and
would have won, but on account
of my poverty, with no money to
make the race, and no means of
raising it, I had to decline.”
This from Senator Logan comes
as a surprise to his many friends j
in this section, as it was thought |
that Logan wras in the race for j
governor to the finish.
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Affray Between farmers.
Beebe, Ark. Oct. 16—J. P.
Price was cut and seriously
wounded by S. M. West, at the!
depot here Saturday. West re-1
sides at Romance, fifteen miles
north of Beebe, and met Price,
who was waiting for a train to
take him to Bald Knob.
Price’s wounds are considered
dangerous. West made a bond
of $1,000 for his appearance in a
preliminary examination next
Tuesday.
All parties are prominent Farm
ers’ Union members, and the
trouble grew out of some differ
ences they had had in the past.
footid Dead in fits Room.
Texarkana, Oct. 16.— Frank
Winker, a well known mechanic,
who has been residing here for
the past twenty years, was found
dead in his room over the Oak
Hall saloon, a few nights ago.
Death was due to natural causes.
His remains were taken to Hot
Springs, Ark., by his brother,
Harry Winker.
infant Dies off Croup.
Little Joe T., the 2 years, 6
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Graham of Tuekerman, died
Saturday morning- from croup,
the funeral being held Sunday .
at Pleasant Grove graveyard.
Rev. J. T. Self conducted the;
services, which were a sweet.
consolation to those in grief.
Death of T. D. Simmons.
Tillar, Oct. 15.-S. D. Sim
mons, a citizen of Drew county
for thirty-five years, died at his
home near Tillar on Wednesday
morning. Mr. Simmons was
connected by marriage with the
Howells and Harrells, two of
Drew county’s most respected
families.
VISIT Of PRESIDENT R00SEVE1T
Little Rock, October 25.
Account the above the Iron
Mountain will sell round trip
tickets to Little Rock at open
, rate of one fare, plus 50 cents.
Tickets to be sold October 24th
land 25th. with final return limit
October ‘28th:
Thos. H. Reamey, Agt.
For drayj&t any hour call up
Hazel hotel. 83dtf
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