Newport Daily
VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. ,1905. NUMBER 297.
COMMITTEES NAMED
TO RECEIVE VISITORS.
Plans Made for Informal Enter
tainment of Sprinfield Busi
ness Men When They
p*V Come Friday.
v At a call meeting of the busi
ness men at the Newport club
rooms Tuesday evening, which
i weis very poorly attended, be it
**^ said to our discredit, plans were
^ discussed and formulated for the
R ' entertainment of the Springfield
business men who are touring
this territory in a special train.
They will arrive here at 2:20 p.
m. Friday for a thirty minute
stop and will be taken to the
rooms of the Newport club to
meet and chat with the business
men of our own city, who are all
urged to be present. Cigars will
^ be passed around and punch
served. For this expense Mr.
Bottenstein was asked to solicit
contributions from the mer
chants.
President W. T. Dunn has an
nounced the appointment of the
following committee to receive
the visitors in behalf of the club:
W. A. Billingsley, J. W. Grubbs,
Jos. M. Berger, E. C. Water
man, E. P. Tetwiler and A. G.
Anderson.
R. M. Johnson was made chair
man of the business men’s com
mittee of reception, to consist of:
J. S. Wilmans, T. B. Stewart,
W. W. Dutton, P. H. Van Dyke,
J. W. Wallace, E. L. Maris, W.
Pfc, B. Chastain, Ike Goldman, Ar
t>ur j£els, T. H. Reamey, W. R.
Thompson, Wm. Bailey, 0. M.
Bowen, Chas.,Meyer, George M.
Sink, W.> A. Joyce, S. Brasch,
Percy Martin, Joe Benens, Wm.
Mosby, C. J. Saenger, H. Bern
stein, C. G. Henry, J. H. Mc
Hugh, Henry Bordwell, L. Minor,
I A. Ferguson, R. W. Bandy, C.
I R. Hite, I. Bottenstein, R. F.
I Drummond, T. S. Stephens, T.
| J. Gregg, W. T. Dunn, J. H. El
frank, L. L. Bowen, J. E. Do
herty, W. R. O’Neal, John T.
Jacocks.
The following were named to
meet the train and escort the
visitors to the club rooms: R.
M. Johnson, J. S. Wilmans, I.
Goldman, L. Minor and P. H.
Van Dyke.
Mr. C. M. Erwin acted as sec
retary of the business men’s
meeting and Mr. Gustave Jones
was invited to deliver the wel
coming address to the gentlemen
from Springfield.
SCORE MANAGEMENT
OF PEN FARM
fit —
For Unmerciful and Inhuman
. Treatment of Convicts Re
port of Legislative Com
mittee.
Ja* Little Rock, April 11.—The
^ sub-committee of the house com
mittee, appointed for the investi
gation of the state penitentiary,
this afternoon submitted their
report of the inspection of the
state convict farm in Lincoln
county. They report a thorough
examination. They found the
convicts in one of the stockades,
a building twenty by thirty feet,
very poorly clothed, with poor
sanitary conditions, no means for
bathing, and the whites and
blacks forced to sleep together
in dirty beds.
The principal medical attention
is from a convict who was a tel
egraph operator at the time of
his conviction and knows noth
ing of medicine except what he
has learned since. The punish
ment on the farrjj is severely con
demned, the men being whipped
unmercifully and inhumanly.
Warden Nichols thinks the
whip the only remedy, but some
of his subordinates have admin
istered cruel and inhuman pun
ishment. A complete reorganiza
tion is recommended. Also the
immediate discharge of the rid
ing boss at the main stockade.
The committee recommends an
appropriation for a hospital and
bath house. It is further rec
ommended that white and black
shall be kept separate in the hos
pital, and that negro men be
prohibited from guarding white
men.
The committee finds that the
business of the penitentiary has
been carried on in a loose man
ner, which is remedied by the
Black bill. Nothing irregular or
suspicious, however, was found.
The committee is composed of
Representatives S. A. Miller,
chairman; C. A. Fuller, Horace
E. Ruff, William Fletcher and E.
R. Arnold.
FATAL INITIATION
AT FELSENTHAL.
Colored Knights of Pythias Have
Bad Accident During a
Meeting Last Satur
day Night.
Felsenthal, April 11.-Saturday
night while the local colored
Knights of Pythias lodge was in
session and the officers were ini
tiating some candidates, Charles
Filler an officer in the lodge shot
and killed Eb Runyan, one of the
candidates for initiation.
It seems that in the ceremo-1
nies, Filler had occasion to use a1
pistol and by some unknown
means the pistol ordinarily used
was loaded with ball or another
pistol was substituted. Fil
ler shot Runyan through the head
killing him instantly without even
knowing that the pistol was load
ed.
The accident was deplored and
the lodge broke up in a panic.
No blame is attached to Fil
ler and he is held entirely
innocent of any intent to kill.
Both men are well known at this
place.
THE FOURTH ESTATE.
P. H. Wilkerson has so’d the
Batesville Bee, the only daily
paper of that city, to Oscar F.
Craig, proprietor of the Newark
Journal, and the papers will be
nr\Y\ cnlirlotorl Mr f'rnicr is nn
enterprising newspaper man,
whose first experience was with
the Tuckerman Sun. His suc
cess is noted with pleasure by
his Jackson county friends.
The Independent is in receipt
of Volume 1 Number 1 of the
Jonesboro Tribune, founded by
Messrs. Harry Williams and Will
Mack. The former is editor of
the new organ and his successful
newspaper experience and ability
insure a good paper. Both gen
tlemen are young men of high
standing in Jonesboro and the
number of their friends insures
them a liberal patronage.
FARMER BOY
TAKES HIS LIFE.
Hoxie, April 11.—Alfred Bland
the 13-year-old son of Kirby
Bland, a prominent farmer re
siding near Walnut Ridge, com
mitted suicide last night at his
home. It seems that the boy did
not want to live at home,but was
forced to do so by his father.
For Rent—Two nice unfurnish
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Apply to this office. 94dtf
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MORE CHARGES
OF PEONAGE.
Federal Grand Jury at Little
Rock Returned Two More In
dictments — Names Not
Yet Known.
Little Rock, April 11.—The
federal grand jury reconvened
yesterday after a recess of sev
eral days and in the afternoon
returned two more indictments
on charges of peonage. The per
sons indicted were not in custody
and their names were not made
public.
Bench warrants have been is
sued for the men and it is ex
pected that they will be taken
into custody today.
The indictments are said to be
similar to those returned last
week against the Pugh family
and their employes in Ashley
county.
It is understood that there will
be still more indictments before
the investigation of the peonage
charges is concluded.
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LENON ENTERS
UPON NEW TERM.
Little Rock, April 11.—Mayor
W. E. Lenon entered upon his
sppnnd tprm lflRt niedit. and the
new council succeeded the old,
with three new faces in the aid-!
ermanic body. There was a big
attendance of citizens outside the i
bar, on account of the interest
attaching to prospective business
before the two councils. A great
deal of business was transacted,
including the delivery of the
mayor’s inaugural message.
During the past year Little
Rock has reduced her debt to
$150,657.08, spent $23,428 on the
streets, laid nine miles of water
mains, four and three-quarter
miles of gas mains, thirty miles
of concrete sidewalks.
LONG JUMP TO DEATH.
Hot Springs, April 11.—George
Fardham of Passaic, N. Y.,!
leaped from a fifth story window
at the St. Joseph’s infirmary yes-;
terday morning to instant death.
His head struck the pavement:
and the skull was crushed. Fard-1
ham was being treated for brain ;
disease and was an almost hope- j
less imbecile. The nurse was in |
the room at the time taking his *
order for breakfast, when he
suddenly jumped out the open
window.
capitalists’look
AT SLATE FIELDS.
—
Mena, April 11.—A party of;
twenty-five capitalists from Kan- j
sas City came in Sunday after-,
noon in a private car and were
entertained locally at the Elks’
hall during the afternoon. Mon
day morning all left in carriages
for the slate fields, returning in
time to catch the night train for
Kansas City. They are well
pleased with the prospects and
resources of the country.
WAS POSTMASTER
UNDER CLEVELAND.
Beebe, April 11. —News of the
death of Minor Burton, which
took place at his home in Mari
anna yesterday, has just reached
friends here. Mr. Burton was
for several years a prominent
Beebe merchant and was post
master here under Grover Cleve
land. He moved to Gurdon about
six years ago and after that to
Marianna.
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$1.15 a gallon, high grade. 78
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Physicians and Surgeons
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rounding country.
NEWPORT, ARK.
OFFICE: Bevens’ Drug Store.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Bids will be received by the city council of the
city of Newport, Arkansas, until 12 o'clock noon
on the 24th day of April, 1905, for the scraping off
of the old paint and painting the iron work of the
bridge across Newport Lake in the city of New
port. Bids to be addressed to J. It. Mayhan, Re
torder. The successful bidder will be required to
give bond for the faithful performance of the
contract. The council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. J. R. MAYHAN,
Recorder.
This notice given this April 9th, 1905. 95dtf
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NEWPORT, ARK.
Capital $100,000*
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President! Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henrty, 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,
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collection plate. See our
shoer for^Easter.
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