VOLUME II. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1903 NUMBER 284
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line of Chocolates and Bon Bons.
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and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
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haircuts. Our work pleases.
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AH®>
OCULIST.
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By NEWPORT BUILDERS
SUPPLY & HARDWARE CO.
Eight day clocks with alarm, $2.71
at the Palace Jewelry Store. 71 b. t. i
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
One of the largest deals ever made
l in Jackson county real estate was
filed of record this week. Nearly six
thousand acres of land in Village,
Grubbs, Richwoods and Cache town
ships are involved. T. J. Hays and
Harry Ezell and their wives have sold
to the Sedgwick Tie Company 2400
acres and all of the timber on 1798.60
acres, for a total consideration of
$20,992.60.
T. J. Hays and wife Lucy Bell have
also sold to the same party 1,696.42
acres for the sum of $8,288.65.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern Railway Co. to Ayer & Lord Tie
Company, 40 acres 35-11-2, $160.
Chas. F. Curtis to John T. Curtis,
80 acres 29-9-1, $500.
T. J. Layton et al. to Wm. T. Dean
60 acres 2-9-2, $900.
The People’s Bld’g and Loan Asso
ciation of Little Rock to W. H. Snetr
zer, release of mortgage.
Wm. B. Beach and wife to J. W
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Moore, 80 acres 24-9-2, $240.
James B. Dent to J. D. Thomas, 70
acres 19-9-1, $75.
E. L. Boyce, clerk to Graham Bros.,
160 acres 9-13-1, $6.75.
E. L. Boyce, clerk to H. C. Graham,
80 acres 19-9-1, $3.55.
S. R. Phillips and wife to Wilmans
Bros., 120 acres 17-12-3, $180.
State of Arkansas to W. R. Harvey,
35.50 acres 4-14-2, $45.38.
Isaac Owens et al. to R. D. Wilmans
200 acres 33-11-2, $400.
S. M. Stuckey to Wm. Biggs, 40
acres 1-10-5, $100.
' State of Arkansas to R. W. Ander
son, 1 acre 27-12-3, $1.25.
Crawford West and wife to E. B.
Wilmans, lot 10, block 3, Goldman’s
Addition to Newport, $460.
M. S. Littleton et al. to M, F. Moore,
6 acres 8-12-2, $50.
SPRING RACE MEETING,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
One fare, $3.40, for the round trip to
Memphis, via the Iron Mountain
Route. Tickets on sale for trains ar
riving in Memphis March 30, April 7,
11, 13 and 20. All tickets to bear final
i return limit of 5 days from date of sale.
281 btd T. H. Reamey, Agt.
RAILROAD COMMISSION’S
ABOLITION DEFEATED.
House Devotes Entire Day To Con
sideration Of Hale Bill—Senate
Favors Redigest of Statutes—
Keel Bill Placed On
Calendar.
By a vote of 21 ayes to 50 noes the
house yesterday failed to pass Repre
sentative Hale’s bill abolishing the
railroad commission. One of the most
interesting debates of the entire ses
sion preceded the final vote on the
measure. Mr. Kerwin led off against
the bill in a speech of over two hours’
duration. Speeches in opposition
were also made by Messrs. Perry,
McGuigan, Thompson, Bell, Marti
neau and Rowland. Those speaking
for the bill were Messrs. Toney, But
ler, Holland, Chestnut, Burk and Hale.
Practically the entire day’s session
was devoted to the bill. After the
vote was announced Mr. Futrell
moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill passed and to lay that
motion on the table. The motion
prevailed.
By a vote of 14 to 9 the senate pass
ed the house bill by Mr. Campbell of
Pulaski appropiiating $20,000 for the
purpose of redigesting the statutes of
Arkansas and empowering the su
preme court to appoint the digester.
It was contended bv the onDonents of
the bill that a two-thirds majority was
required to pass it and this contention
was sustained by President Short, but
an appeal was taken from the decision
of the chair and the senate, 13 to 11,
sustained the appeal. The bill now
goes to the governor. During the dis
cussion of the bill Senators Wood and
Sengel took occasion to score Gov
ernor Davis.
In the senate a motion to take the
Keel anti-trust bill from the table
prevailed and the bill was placed on
the calendar, subject to call.
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TRAINS ISOLATED
BY RIVER FLOODS.
The flood situation in the Mississippi
River district has grown more serious
and the only hope lies in the reported
fall of upper tributaries.
All railroad traffic through the Mem
phis gateway is tied up and cannot be
resumed until the flood has subsided.
So suddenly did the rise come in this
section of Arkansas across the river
from Memphis after the St. Francis
levee broke at Trice’s Landing, that
two passenger trains were caught be
tween washed out points and are now
surrounded by water on blind tracks
about three miles west of Bridge
Junction. Seventy five passengers
remained aboard these trains, one a
Frisco and the other a Cotton Belt,
over night.
The Cotton Belt had run out of Mem
phis first and had proceeded but a few
miles when in crossing a section of
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engine was unable to move either way.
The Frisco train succeeded in pulling
it back upon the track and a washout
having occurred meanwhile to the
rear, both trains were cut off from re
turning to Memphis.
SHERIFF REFUSED
TO EXECUTE SENTENCE.
Hot Springs, March 18.—Today was
the date set by Chancellor Leland
Leatherman for the commencement
of the thirty days' imprisonment in
the county jail of Col R. G. Davies, the
attorney, whom the judge decided
guilty of contempt of court for saying
the chancellor was corrupt.
Col. Davies presented himself to
Sheriff Williams at the court house
promptly at 9 this morning and said:
“Sheriff, 1 am now ready to place my
self in your hands and to serve the
sentence imposed upon me by Chan
cellor Leatherman.”
The sheriff replied: “Owing to the
recent turn of affairs in the chancery
court I will take no notice of the
ruling, and therefore decline to place
you in custody.”
It is understood the Sheriff referred
to the charges against the chancellor
and the proceedings looking to his
impeachment.
Buy your jewelry at the Palace Jew’
elry Store. 71 b. U
TESTIMONY WAXES WARM.
Altheimer And Attorney General Pass
The Lie Murphy Says Former
Offered Him a Bribe—Com
mittee Had To Intervene.
Little Rock, March 18.—Before the
ways and means committee last night
Louis Altheimer said that any insinu
ation that Governor Davis was to re
ceive a consideration in connection
with the sale of the Altheimer place
to the penitentiary board “was false
as hell.” Later Col. Murphy passed
the lie to Mr. Altheimer, and a scene
of wild confusion followed. Serious
trouble seemed likely for a few mo
ments.
Louis Altheimer, the owner of the
Altheimer plantation in Jefferson
county, testified before the ways and
means committee last night regarding
his offer to sell his farm to the peni
tentiary board. He said, during his
statement, in reply to Governor Dav
is, that the insinuation that he had
offered the governor a consideration
was “false as hell.” Col. Murphy
asked Mr. Altheimer, “Don’t you
know you lie like a dog?” and said
that he (Altheimer) had tried to buy
him (Murphy) while on a visit of in
spection to the Altheimer place. For
a while the committee room was a
scene of wild confusion, and serious
trouble was narrowly averted by the
prompt action of the chairman, Dep
uty Sheriff Barney Stiel and others.
GRAY HAIRED MAN
STRUCK BY FREIGHT.
Brinkley, March 18.—An unknown
gray-haired white man was struck
and killed this morning by freight
train No. 124, on the Cotton Belt road,
about two miles north of this city. He
was brought here and a jury, empan
eled by Coroner W. S. Chinault, in
vestigated the case but found no clue
of his identity. The trainmen were
exonerated from blame.
The dead man appeared to be about
60 years old, was dressed in working
man’s garb. In his pockets were a
box of quinine capsules with the label
of L. B. Coon, druggist, Pine Bluff,
Ark.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Robinson Harris and Hattie Graham,
both of Newport.
Samuel L. Boyd and Laura Whitta
ker, both of Elgin.
M. E. Tucker, Newark and Thula
Amick, Jacksonport.
Richard Faulkner and I.utitia Bar
rett, both of Tuckerman.
Sam Scott and Mrs. Janie Wither
spoon, both of Olyphant.
SPRING RACE MEETING
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
The Iron Mountain Route, will sell
round trip tickets to Little Rock on
March 23, 26 and 27, at rate of one
fare (#2.61) for the round trip, and on
March 22, 24, 26 and 28 tire fare will be
#3.35 for the round trip. All tickets
will bear final return limit of March
29, 1903.
281 otd T. H. Reamky, Agt.
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