i COUNCIL NAMES ASSESSORS
Walnut Street Improvement Comm-m-io:
Peport Upon Cost of Cement Sitc?
walte—Ccuncil Appro-.es Their
Recommtrcafions.
At a regular meeting of to
k council Monday evening wth a:
MB , ,. . t n
members present, Recorder J. R
4 •> May ban presiding in v e at—
' of J. W. Grubbs, and W. R
fc Thompson being chosen reeowe:
E pro tern.. the commissioners ■
fl Improvement District No. 2
a report that they had organize*
with Dr. C. West, chair nan
C. G. Henry, secret aw. a b A
’Y Ferguson, trea; wer; that the;
It had secured an estimate of :h<
H cost of cement walks for Walnu
H street from Second to Rem.ne
JV avenue and stone crossings, tin
W same aggregating $3,650, anc
^ recommended the appointment o:
^ E. B. Wilmans, R. W. Band;
and J. 'W. Stayton as a board o:
assessors to proportion the ex
pense according to the benefit*
h derived.
The walks are to be four ant
H one-half feet wide and will cos
17 cents per square loot. -\ -mi
■ grade of not less than four inehe:
% of cinder will be required; th<
I base course will be three inehe
fS; in depth, one-third cement are
two-thirds sand,; the t
■ one inch, two-fifths cement am
m three-fifths sand.
I Upon motion of Alderman Da;
r- ley this report was accepted am
the board af a:--e—ors appointee
as recommended.
QUARANTINE RAISED.
Upon motion of Wilmans, sec
onded by Brasch, the counci
unanimously voted to raise th<
quarantine established by th<
‘ board of health, though there i
some question as to the council’;
,5, authority to revoke or annul at
':M act of the board.
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BEARD REINSTALLED.
The case of W. T. Beard, wh<
had been suspended on Augus
20, was heard and his explana
tion of the incident being satis
factory, upon the advice of th<
acting mayor he was reinstatet
as a special officer by the coun
Icil’s unanimous vote.
TABLE WATER COMPANY’S
■ MEASURES.
Upon motion of ’ Wilmans
unanimously adopted, three pro
posed ordinances submitted by
1 the Newport Water Company
I through Col. L. Minor to regu
late certain points in controversy
as to right to excavate in street;
I nnrl other items not agreet
I upon, were dealt a death blov
in being tabled.
WANT LOCAL LID ON.
A protest from the negro min
j. isters of this city was filed bu
i no action taken. The documen
recites the present condition o:
the city, the flagrant and opei
t immorality of their race, thi
manner in which the licentiou
parade and block the streets
I how women, boys and girls ar<
allowed to enter saloons and bu;
beer, and prays of the mayo
action in the matter, urging tha
Front street be cleared of im
moral women, the thriftless an<
idle made to iieep off the street
and women and minors be stop
ped from frequenting saloons.
The officers are inclined t
give them the reforms asked for
and wholesale arrests may b
the order tonight.
Yellow lever in Missouri.
Three cases of yellow7 feve
■ and one fatality in Northeas
1 Missouri at Gregory are reporte
by prominent physicians of tha
town. It is claimed that ther
no danger of the disease be
coming epidemic in a climate so
i near that of Iowa.
Jf rq g]-]q\y^ inr,-,y- yp ] y h0’A'
parties who have been exposed
to the fever may get into far
away sections, and in the face of
this warning the quarantine in
• Newport has this day been raised.
1 If ye low fever does get to
Newport, and there can be no
ioubt that it would beet me epi
, demie in such an unsanitary city.
• are the members of the council
willing to accept the responsi
? bility?
! Since Newport has been quar
: ruined the town ha- been free
of tramps, hoboes and that class
- who have never seen a health
> certificate, and in these times it
: has been a good riddance of a
1 dangerous menace, located as we
• are, where every freight and pas
i senger train on one of the big
■ north and south roads offers the
■ refugee a chance to drop off.
EARTHQUAKE EXPERIENCED.
Sleeping Cily Disturbed by Two Suc
cessive Rumblings Near Midnight.
> The rumbling and shaking of
■ two distinct earthquakes was
1 felt by Newport residents Mon
■. day night about ll:h‘i ©clock.
! People awakened from their
j 'lumbers by the first jarring re
? all zed what was happening when
-he second vibration of Mother
- Earth was experienced. Houses
j v/ere shaken quite violently, and
1 many who were awake were
badly frightened.
Children, as is well known, are
not easily roused from sleep, but
J many were brought to their full
senses, and in nearly every case
thought a man was under the
'1 bed.
LETTER LIST.
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Following is a list of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoffice at Newport, Arkansas, Au
gust 21,1905:
Ashby, Uby Jernigan, Prof R M
Rayles, Eller Jernigan, Prof A W
; Baten, Mattie Bella, Martha
Blanton, Faythe Mearlon. Alice
’ i Bradley, Alexander Mearhead, Ida
■ Burgess, Harvey (2) Neldon, Bob
, Butler, Herbert C Potter, Malissia
Cruse, Georgia Ross. Carry
1 Curtis, Dr CC Rodgers, Julia
Cain, Joe Ross. Jim
’ l Cox, Silas Robinson, Tom
j Carnes, Lena Sims, J S
Comee, Myrtle Solomon. B S
Duerning, Bessie L Seale. Frank
j Douglas, Lou Shipper, Jake
Duke, Stella Stephens, Wilton
Dawson, J W Shaw. Dick
Ewin, Terry Smith. Sam
' Franklin, WP Smith. John
r Findley, Gorin.: Stayton, J O
Ford, Mary Tillman, Prof L L
Foushee. Mack Tharp, A M
. Foushee, M V Wallace, Eliza
Green. Albeit H Warren, Milas
Hi Hiker, C H Wooldridge, Prof W B
- Henson, Mr* Deatei Woodel, Louis
■ Huppin, Mr Worme, J W
l When calling for any of the above letter.- please
r say “advertised.” W. B. EM PIE, P. M
Boll Worms Cut Cotton.
Texarkana, Aug. 21. — W. F.
’ Davis, a prominent farmer who
: resides eight miles south of here,
: reports that boll worms are doing
: a great deal of damage to cotton
1 in that vicinity. His crop was
1 in a splendid condition up to a
: week ago, when the pest first
1 made its appearance. He has GO
- acres in cotton and was counting
7 on 30 bales, but he says now if
he makes 15 he will be doing
well. Mr. Davis owns a large
' gin and says he ginned 556 bales
* last year, but does not expect to
> gin more than 200.' bales this
' year.
:> for Sale Cheap at Once.
- Fresh chemicals, office fixtures,
? household goods, one piano, $25,
one $80 mahogany folding bed
complete, new $20, and ever*
other article as cheap. Have tc
r leave in search of health,
t OOdGt A. Kellstt, M. D.
1 -
t Read the Daily and Weeklj
e I Independent.
BOOKER WASHINGTON’S STORY.
Says He Was Misrepresented and Dii
Not Escort White tody to Dining
h’aii in Saratoga.
Birmingham, Aug. 21. --Bo
T. Washington ha? addressed t •
following letter fi' a 1 •; ! ; u -r
“I have just n !'<"• ■lirs
time the mislead1 . and false re
ports .n Southern newspaper?
referring to my escorting femah
members of Mr. Wanamaker'.
family into the 'lining room of ;
Saratoga hotel. 1 have r/>t re
ferred to these reports bei >r<
because they have ju-t come t<
my notice.
“1 did not escort any fernah
members of Mr. Wanamaker':
family to or out of the dinir®
room. 1 did dine v.uth -Mr
Wanamaker and members of hi;
family at a hotel at his request -
for the purpose of talking or
business —but at that time was s
guest myself at a colored hote
in Saratoga.
“During the last fifteen year;
I have been with the hotel wher<
Mr. Wanamaker was on Mure*
different occasi ns, when J wa:
to speak at pu • eeti gs, as '
was this time, an 1 n > c n me
was mace of it.
‘‘When in the South I conforn
like all colored people to the cus
- i.f • he South, '• >ut when it
the North I have found it neces
sary, dui ing the last twenty
years, a- stated fully in m;.
book, ‘Up From Slavery,’ b
come into contavt with whit*
people in the furtherance of my
work in a way I do not a-sunn
in the South.”
Hartford Pays Fines.
Little Rock, Aug. 21.—Judg
ment was taken in the secom
division of the Pulaski circui
court this morning by the stab
against the Hartford Life Insu
ranee Company for $14,000, ant
this amount was immediatel:
paid to Attorney General Rogers
The judgment is for the mini
' mum penalty of $200 a day, rathe:
than the maximum of $5,000.
This concludes the prosecution:
against the Hartford for its per
sistent violation of the anti-trus
law during the pendency of th<
suits to test its validity, with th«
exception of the suit now tied u]
in the supreme court on motioi
for rehearing, in which a penalt:
of $10,200 is involved. This can
not be settled until the supreme
court passes upon the motioi
when it meets in September.
This is the first blood drawi
by the state from the corpora
tions under the operations of th<
anti-trust act.
Chanceli'o.' Has Enough.
Chancellor E. D. Robinson o:
Wynne has issued the following
card to the Democracy of hi:
circuit:
“To the Democracy of the Fifth
Chancery Circuit:
“1 beg to announce to you tha'
I shall not be a candidate for re
election to the office of chancel
lor, with which I have beet
thrice honored. It is my pur
pose at the expiration of nn
present term to resume the prac
' tice of law at Marianna.
“I am deeply sensible of th<
great honor you have thrice con
ferred upon me, and assure yov
that as long as life lasts I shal
hold you in grateful remem
brance. ”
Newport Pressing Club
Desires the patronage of every
one. All work guaranteed. Ge
your pressing ticket, $1.00 pe
month. Clothes delivered prompt
ly for ladies and gents. Forfui
ther particulars call or phon
616 Front street.
97d6t A. J. Turner, Prop,
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
1 Bei-rMst
Crown ami Endge Work,
n : i’ C* i * • 1 -
Newport, - Arkansas.
E. L. WATSON. M. D.
OFFICE OVER VS0SBY £.
NEWPORT, - - ARK.
WHEN EN NEWPORT
[STOP AT THE
Grand Central Hotel
Lunch R ■ ’. Servi e all ho <rs,
day and n:-rht. Bai her Si nj in
eonne -lion v.-Th hotel.
W. F. BISHOP. Prop.
; NOTARIAL BUSINESS,
And promises
■ Prompt R-d Oare^jI Aftentior,
To Your B ~ 'n
Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
I shop. Upper end of Front
: street. Expert tonsorial
* ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.’’
5’ AAA telegraphers"
NEEDED
5 Annually to fill the new positions created by
Railroad and Telegraph Companies. We want
YOUNG M BN and LADIES of good habits to
LEARN TELEGRAPHY
AND R. R. ACCOUNTING.
> We furnish 75 per cent of the Operators and
i Station Agents in America. Our six schools are
) the largest exclusive Telegraph Schools IN
THE! WORLD. Established 20 years an en
1 ! dorsed by all leading Railway Officials.
I We execute a $250 Bond to every student to
7 furnish him or her a position paying from $40
I to $60 a month in states east of the Rocky
“ : Mountains, or from $75 to $100 a month in
, 1 states west of the Rockies IMMEDIATELY
UPON GRADUATION.
1 Students can enter at any time. No vaca
j tions. For full particulars regarding any of
our Schools write direct to our executive office
I at C ncinnati, O. Catalogue free.
■ THE MORSE SO1001 Of THJGRARKV I
I Cincinnati, Ohio. l-’nlValo. N. V.
Atlanta, Ga. LaCinsse, Win.
Texarkana, Tex San h r aneisco, Cal.
—...
THERE IS NO USE
To wait for a foreign sales
man when you have one at
1 home who sells
EVERYTHING IN THE
MUSICAL LINE.
Jusi Received—12 new or
gans direct from the factory.
Pianos on short order.
Z. B. REID, Manager
B. W. Haffner, salesman.
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!j Jack Herron
1 For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
1 Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
-‘Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
' Stone Walks apply to me.
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Warning Order.
Lizzie Moore, Plaintiff, vs. .lame: Moore, De
fendant- In the Jackson Chancery Court,
g The defendant, James Moore, is warned to ap- j
: pear in this"court within thirty days, and answer
| the complaint of the plaintiff, Lizzie Moore,
i August 16, 1905. J- D. NEAL, Clerk. J
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[Latest Arrivals
The m-w fall far v and White Vests.
Erfv.-jn Clapp and <> ir mvii nrnnd sh<>< ~.
A s' ■ it th** : . ..is Alfred Hen;a
q •• e; < ' >. <' rn t « C i ip. S ;it Cases Q
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Come !n anti Let l’s Show \On.
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/Acrts Ot’11liters Newport Ark 3
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Would You Like a Change of Climate?
I can sell your place for you very quickly,
and locate you ;ust where you wish to locate.
I can satisfy that longing desire. Just sit
down and answer this ad. today, stating
what you have to sell, and I will give you my
plan for selling it.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY
A farm, or business of any kind, in any state,
let me know and I. will find it for you.
ELMO RIDDELL,
CO-OPERATIVE REAL ESTATE AGENT,
1
Jacksonport, Arkansas.
Over 1,000 Representatives in the d States. j
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CLEARING SALE
Beginning Wednesday,Aug. t 6: ending Saturday, Aug. 26
In order to make room for fall and winter stock,
Low Quarters,
Sandals,
Oxfords.
Misses’, Men’s and Children’s
will go at cost.
Everything Marked in Plain figures.
Remember this sale is not made to make money, but
to make room.
Ladies’ Low Quarters 4-Oc and up.
Children’s Shoes 10c and up.
Men’s Shoes 70c and up.
All shoes guaranteed. Cal! and see our prices.
They will surprise you.
ST. LOUIS SHOE STORE
FRANK BROS.
310 East Front Street. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.