VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1903 NUMBER 275
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Resolution To Oust Financial ^Agent
Cook Stired Up The Animals
Stingent Game Measure
Enacted.
Little Rock, March 8.—Pandemoni
um reigned in the house for a short
time Saturday morning, and the mem
bers and spectators had all the excite
ment they cbuld wish for a short time
before the noon recess was taken.
Everyone seemed anxious to talk at
once, and it was with difficulty that
Speaker Moore could keep anything
like a semblance of order. The occa
sion was all over a resolution intro
duced by Mr. Chapline memorializing
the members of the state penitentiary
board to demand the resignation of M.
D. L. Cook, the financial agent.
The resolution was based ori the ac
counts appearing in the daily papers
j of the proceedings of the house ways
and means committee, and ’ asserted
i that Mr. Cook’s own testimony before
| that body was sufficient to make his
resignation necessary inasmuch as he
| had openly violated the law if what he
i said was true. ‘ °
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The excitement followed Upott a
motion to table the resolution and the
roll-call which followed. The motion
carried on the first ballot, but a sound
ing was necessary. The confusion
which followed was of the most inter
esting nature, and at times it was
thought that it was hopeless. The
speaker finally announced that the re
solution had been tabled.
A SUBSTITUTE GAME BILL.
The house Saturday morning passed
by a vote of 68 to 14, a substitute re
ported by the committee on agricul
ture for the De Rossitt game bill. The
bill makes it unlawful to trap, net,
shoot or kill by any method whatso
ever any quail or partridge from Feb
rurary 15 to November 1; deer or fawn
from February 1 to September 1: wild
turkey from May 1 to September 1. It
makes it unlawful for non-residents to
shoot, hunt, fish or trap at any season
of the year in this State, and consti
tutes the sheriff of each county or any
constable game warden and their de
puties deputy game wardens. The
bill makes it unlawful to shoot after
sunset or before sunrise upon any of
the waters of the State, nor shall any
person shoot any wild duck before
sunrise or after sunset. It Is made un
lawful for any common carrier to ship
out of the State any deer, turkey, wild
fowl, game fish or game of any dev J
seription, the fine for violation to be
not less than $100 nor more than $600
Violation of the other provisions is al
so constituted a misdemeanor, punish
able by a fine of not less than $60 nor
more than $100. Mississippi county is
excepted from the bill. Mr. De Ros
sett heartily supported the measure.
The senate was not in session Sat
urday.
MORNING STAR
MORTGAGE RECORDED.
Morning Star Railway Company Files
Mortgage In Counties Through
Which Road Will Operate For
Full Capital Stock Being
Estimated Cost Of
Road’s Construction.
The bonds for the construction of
the long talked of Morning Star Rail
way Company have been floated, and
are accepted by the Equitable Trust
Company of New York City. Such is
the import of a lengthy document filed
upon the mortgage records of Jackson
county Saturday afternoon showing
the bond issue to have been approved
by the directors of the railway com
pany and the loan to have been ac
cepted by the trust company named
above. *
The first party, a corporation with a
capital of $3,500,000, has by action of
the board of directors, under authori
ty conferred by the stock holders, ex
ecuted a mortgage, conveying all
their rights, powers,, privileges and
franchises, including railway con
structed or to be constructed from
Yellville to Newport along a route
described in said instrument, in lieu
of a loan granted by the second party
or Equitable Trust Company not to
exceed $3,600,000, to be evidenced in.
the issuance of first mortgage gold
bonds, in denominations of $500, bear
ing five per cent interest, excluding
taxation, payable semi-annually.
The instrument bears date of Jan
uary first and was approved by the
board of directors of the said railway
company, in meeting Saturday. Un
der the laws of this state, the mort
gage must be recorded in each county
through which the road is to operate.
It is a very lengthy paper and costs
about $16 in each instance to make it
a part of the records.
The line as surveyed extends from
the west corporation line of Yellville,
Marion county south across Crooked
Creek and along the south side of
Crooked Creek to Mill Creek; thence
up Mill Creek for a distance of three
miles; thence running over to the
head of Clabber Creek; thence down
Clabber Creek to its junction with
Buffalo River; thence along the north
bank of Buffalo River to a point op
posite the mouth of Big Creek; thence
crossing Buffalo River following up
Big Creek to Long Creek a distance
trom 1eiivine or aoout zh nines;
tdence up Long Creek to its head
waters and thence attaining the main
divide between Buffalo and White
rivers; thence down Roasting Bar
Creek (a branch of Sylamore Creek);
thence bearing south to the head
waters of Dick Fork Creek to a point
opposite the town of Mountain View,
a.distance of about 23 miles frQin the
main divide between Buffalo and
White rivers; thence along the head
waters of Rocky Bayou along the
plateau of high ground between Blue
Mountain and Wnite river to the town
of St. James, a distance of about 14
miles; thence paralleling the highway
on the flat between Blue Mountain and
White river to the town of Marcella,
a distance of 8 miles; thence down the
sovjtb bank of White river for 8 miles
to a point beyond the river spur of
Bine Mountain; thence in a direct
line crossing Green Brier, Salado and
Oil Trough Bottoms to the city of
Newport, passing near the towns of
Jamestown and Oil Trough, the dis
tance from Marcella to Jamestown
being 12 miles; from Jamestown to
Oil Trough 16 miles and from Oil
Trough to Newport, 12 miles, and the
totql distance from Yellville to New
port, being 125 miles.
H. S. Blackwood and Col. L. G.
Murphey left Tuesday morning for
Batesville^near which place they con
template establishing their stave fac
tory. They go to locate the site, buy
timber and make other preliminary1
arrangements.—Clarendon Sun. |
SCARCITY OF CLAMS
DENIED BY NORTHERNERS.
Wisconsin Buyer Says That Fisheries
Of That Section Are Not Exhaust
ed But As Plentiful As Ever
Facts That Are Of Interest
To Arkansas.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 8.—The re
ports that, pearl bearing clams are be
coming scarce in the rivers in Wis
consin and id the Mississippi river
along the western bonndry of the
state is emphatically denied by L. W.
Bunde of Bunde & Upmeyer, who
probably buy more petfrls in this
country than any other concern in
the United States. According to Mr.
Bunde, the number of pearls takeu
from the Mississippi river between St.
Paul, Minn., and Hannibal, Mo., last
yejtr, was more than double that of
any previous year, and his firm alone
paid out in round numbers $100,000 to
the pearl fishermen.
MORE MEN WILL GO FISHING.
“There will be more men working
on the Mississippi river the coming
season than ever before.
“How do 1 account for the increase
in prospect? The men are getting
much better prioes for the clam shells
than they were before. * You see, last
September some foreign buyers ap
pearea ai rrairie au unien ana Dougni
up a large quantity of shells that the
button factories in this country had
burned down, claiming the prices at
which they were held were too high.
This had the effect to send prices up
to $14 and $15 a ton for the shells.
The foreigners also began buying
shells which the American button
makers would not take, paying $4 and
$5 a ton for them. This forced our
people into the same game, and the
fishermen are now getting what they
ought to for the shells.
BRADY’S LOSS AT BLACK ROCK.
Monday night the handsome brick
building on the corner of Main and
Second street in this city was found to
be on fire at 3 o’clock but the fire had
already gained such force that nothing
could stop it. All that could be done
was to save the adjoining buildings
and watch the flames do their worst.
After the roof fell in the east wall of
the building gave way and fell inwards.
Later the front wall crashed down up
on the sidewalk and the northern part
of the east wall fell into Second St.
No one was injured, except some of
the Hout Stock Company, who had
played in Henry Opera House adjoin
ing, in hurrying their trunks out, went
down the stairway bumpety-bump,
trunk over man and man over trunk,
but no serious harm was done.
The property loss is about $25,000,
mostly borne by Mr. Brady. This is
the second time a similar loss on the
same lot has occurred to him,—Black
Rock Telephone.
LITTLE ROCK COTTON MILL.
Little Rock, Ark., March 8.—A com
pany which will build a cotton mill in
Little Rock will soon be incorporated
with capital stock of £250,000. Of this
amount it is intended tbat£15Q,000 will
be put up by' local people,, while the
balance will come from . outsiders. A
committee has been appointed to
canvass for subscriptions.
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