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VOLUME v; NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2it I905.| NUMBER *79.
DRIVEN FO SUICIDE.
Bari Health Causes Mrs. Frank
Babbs of Augusta to
Kill Herself.
Augusta, Nov. 19.—Mrs. Frank
Babbs, wife of Frank Babbs, a
blacksmith of this place, com
mitted suicide about 1 o’clock
last night by slipping out of bed
from her husband and going out
in the yard, lying down on the
^ grass and shooting herself
with a pistol through the tem
ples. She had been very de
spondent for some time on ac
count of bad health, and her hus
band expected to send her to
Hot Springs this week. She left
a note pinned oh the wall saying:
“Good-bye to my people. God
have mercy on me. God have
mercy on me. God have mercy
on my children. Bury me in the
clothes I have on. My dear’’ —
here the sentence broke. The
coroner’s jury returned a verdict
of suicide.
Robinson-Adams.
A pretty home wedding took
place in this city Monday even
ing at 8:30 at Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Snetzer’s, when Mr. Chester!
Robinson and Miss Allie Adams j
plighted their vows at hymen’s j
holy altar.
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! fully decorated with palms and
cut flowers which made the
scene a pretty one, and the sur-;
roundings ideal for the j
plighting of the nuptial ties, j
' The ceremony was said in a very j
impressive manner by Rev. M. i
B. Umsted of the Methodist j
church, after which the bride j
and groom were showered with!
congratulations from the friends
present.
The wedding was a very quiet
aifair, being witnessed by inti-.
1 mate friends only of the con- j
tracting parties, and for the
happy event the bride was pret- i
tily dressed in white silk. Mr.:
and Mrs. Robinson will continue
to make this city their home, and
the congratulations of their
many friends for a happy mar
ried union is extended them by
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Letter List.
Following 1? a list of tetters remaining uncalled
for in the jKistoffice at Newport, Arkansas, 1
vember 20,11*05: ■
Agers, Charles McDale, J • W. Rev. 2'
BoWsora, Mandy Northern, M- A. Mr
Bryant, Her., Havins, Geo
Clay, Green Batterson, Sammie
Bold, Bertie - Barham, Claude
Douglass, Sher man Porter, Willey
^ Ellis, Nellie Robb Amanda
Fortner, Jack Southerdind.Jno.
Fownes, P. Sanders, Telia
llill, Rachel Shaw, W. E.
Harrison, Ben Sheily Doc
Harris, Edward {‘i) Turns, Mattie •
Jetton. Melia Vinson, E. L.
Jackson, D. ti Vickery, S. S.
Jones, F. 1. ,2) Vest, Bell
* Mulliking, S. W. Walton, Thomas
Madden, C. .... Waters, James
Martin, Le t s West, Charley
Moyer, Wilh.-: T. Wiiken, John
When cufliJ.# i ■■■ > “l the above letters please
i say "advt.weed.” \V. B. R:\iPiE.B. M.
lieli for Grand Jury.
Albert Daniel, a negro of near
Auvergne, is in jail, having failed;
to secure oond for $500, the bail j
fixed by Esquire Guy Smith in a j
preliminary hearing of the ease. I
The prisoner was charged with |
rape, and- must await a hearing
of the case by the grand jury.
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Pined for Running Games.
Two carnival followers, H. D.
. Lewis and Neal Dalton by name,
who were arrested by Sheriff
Simmons Saturday for running
gambling games were fined $10
and cost's each beforeEsquireGuy
Smith, which they promptly paid.
Don't wait to see cut glass,
but come and see a swell line ai
Mosby’s. 78bti
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SENATOR BERRY’S SPEECH.
Eloquently and Ablv Defends His Record
Against Attacks of Gov. Davis.
Senator Berry arrived Friday
to fill his appointment made some
time ago to speak here on Sat
urday, the 18th. He was not
elated over the fact that he came
to town while a carnival was
drawing the attention of the
people in general and a circus in
particular. Yet he said the visit
here was extremely pleasant, as
he met so many of his old com
rades and friends.
On r riday night the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy gave a
reception in honor of Senator
Berry that was most enjoyable
and largely attended, and all
vied with each other to show the
respect and esteem felt for the
old and maimed Confederate
soldier, whose services for his
country, both in war and peace,
have been courageous and exem
plary.
It would be mere guesswork
to state the number that called on
the senator while he was here,
but there must have been several
hundred, for the stream of call
ers was continuous while he re
mained here from Friday until
Monday.
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originally been fixed for 1:30
Saturday, but owing to the ad
vent of the shows the committee
were convinced that some other
hour should be used, and it was
arranged that the senator should
speak at 10 o’clock. This was
made possible by the clever
courtesy of the gentlemanly man
agers of Robinson’s shows, who
readily agreed to change the
time of their parade from 10
o’clock to 11:30 so that the sen
ator might speak without inter
ruption.
Unfortunately the change was
not made well known, and re
sulted in depriving a great many
from hearing the splendid and
elfective speech made by Senator
Berry in the advocacy of his
candidacy for re-election to the
senate.
A short time before 10 o’clock
the senator with members of the
committee, Messrs. Nuckolls,
Gale and Loftin, was taken in a
carriage from the Hazel hotel
and driven to the court house,
there being no parade in defer
ence to the senator’s wishes.
There were not so many peo
ple at the court house when the
senator commenced speaking as
were expected because the
change in the hour had not been
macie wen kiio v\ n, um, ueiure me
speaking was over there were
nearly two hundred of as earn
est listeners as were ever spoken
to by any candidate in Jackson
county.
The senator stated that he
deprecated the conditions occa
sioned by the presence of so
many shows, that would keep
people from the meeting, when
he desired so much an opportu
nity to have them hear him give
an account of his public services
•in response to the inquiry made
by his opponent's friends, “what
has Jim Berry done for he peo
ple?”
H^said the methods brought
into vogue in the last few years
in conductin r personal cam
paigns of abuse and vituperation
were distasteful to him in the
extreme, although he held that
the official acts of a public of
ficer were subject to discussion
and criticism, yet he believed the
kind of campaigns that had been
forced on some candidates were
calculated to do harm to the gen
eral public by lessening rc=nect
: for all candidates. He said that
he had heard it said that he did
j not dare to meet his opponent in
joint discussi n. nut he satisfied
! his hearers that the joint discus
sion that had been offered hin
! was nothing moiv than an invi
| tation to come and hear his op
! ponent speak, as no opportunity
■ was ever given him to arrange a
j mutually agreed upon itinerary.
1 and he could not allow anyone to
ignore him in such a manner
where he was entitled to equal
rights to fix time and place.
Senator Berry said he would
prefer to talk of public measures
that will come before congress
at its next session rather than of
himself and his past publ c adts,
not that he feared the most
minute narration of every act of
his,' either public or private, if
the narrator would confine him
self to the truth.
We cannot give his speech in
detail, but he spoke of the Hatch
bill. He claimed that the Hatch
bill tended to make the gambling
in farm products, generally spo
ken of as futures, legitimate and
respectable—just what the Wall
street gamblers desired.
He 6dded that it would he just
as proper to license gambling
rooms in every city and town;
that he voted for a bill that
would prohibit it, making it a
felony, so as to stop its effects,
and not palliate them.
He spoke of his part in mak
ing what is known as the Arkan
sas debt compromise with the
general government, and plainly
set forth the fact that if the
compromise had not been made
the governor could not boast that
the state was out of debt. He
showed that by any fair reason
ing it could be made evident that
Arkansas in that compromise
settlement made at least one
million dollars.
He also made plain his actions
anent the first law that put rail
road property on the tax books.
He told his hearers that when he
was inducted as governor the
railroads claimed to be exempt
from taxation by charter prohi
bition; that nevertheless, in his
message to the legislature he
called attention to the claim of
exemption set up by the rail
roads, and asked the legislature
to pass a bill taxing them, and if
the roads refused to pay to let
the courts determine the matter.
The legislature passed a bill
taxing the railroads only cgi a
part of their property, and while
it did not meet his expectation
nor desires, it was best to ac
cept it. Had he vetoed the bill
Iithui' ‘Atj.nn T
as tiie session was ovei. He
said chat he never saw the bill
until it was passed, for in those
days the governor stayed within
the bounds of the constitution,
and did not meddle with the du
ties of the legislature to try to
influence them by cajolery or
promises.
He gave an account of how
the railroads fought the tax
from the legislature to the high
est court; how he secured the
services of Judge Rose, anu how
that eminent lawyer met every
blow in every court until success
was attained, when he put in a
modest claim for $5,000, which
the'legislature very.readily paid.
Senator Berry said he would
let Gov. Davis contrast his efforts
to secure taxes from tne rail
roads with tne governor's great
compromise scheme, wherein tht
.state gave the raiiroaus $251,00(
1 and the railroads gave Senatoi
Clark $30,000 for aiding mt
■ governor in making the compro
mise. He said, he did not doubi
the ability of the people to pas:
- correct judgment upon the ae
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Newport Opera House.
Vining & Parish’s Offerings.
Mowemher 21st
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Nov. 22dm
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LITTLE HOMESTEAD,
Nov, 27th,
SEATS ON SALE lACOCkS'
tions and motives of both of
, them.
The senator spoke feelingly
when he mentioned that no one
in all the years of his public life
had ever attributed insincerity
to him except Gov. Davis, and he
said it shocked him because only
three years ago, long after he
should have committed the er
rors now alleged against him,
Gov.,Davis lauded him in a pub
lic speech to such an extent that
he feared it might seem immod
est if he repeated it.
In closing, the Senator said if
the people of Arkansas believed
that another could serve them
better than he could, notwith
standing the positions he occu
pies on different committees, by
virtue of his seniority, which
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number of years, under the
- usage that prevails in the ap
pointment of committees, he
wanteu the people to choose that
other, that it would not lessen
his gratitude for past friend
ship and support, but he hoped
that the people would make an
effort to get all the truth as to
his public services, and judge
him by all and then, no matter
what the verdict should be, not
a murmur should escape him.
I During the progress of the
: speech there was general ap
plause, but it seemed to be the
desire of all that the . applause
should not hold back the speak
er,' and the pent-up ieejjng gave
1 vent at the conclusion, not by
cheering, but by the trickling of
tears down the old veterans
cheeks, confederate a id federal.
A more pathetic scent na& never
1 been witnessed at • a political
meeting as the uiu and young
i gathered around the Old Senator
shaking his. hand and praying
for his success. The audience
was not as large as it should have
been but it w'as representative of
all parts of the county.
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