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APRIL *3. *904. NUMBER 30*.
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JCEljEBRATED CASE
-Involving Boston Millrasaire Be-;
ing Investigated at
Hot Springs.
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Hot Springs, Ark., April 14.— I
. Attorneys represehting the con-i
testants to the noted Peters case
: are in the citytaking depositions.
About three years , ago Million
aire Peters of Washington, D. C-,
arrived in this city, in company
^ with a woman and a. man named
* 1 Welch. Mr. Peters was- an elderly
man and Ms actions indicated al
most mental irresponsibility, and
the actions of his ecmpanioais
were such that when application
was made for license for Peters
;.and the woman to raany in • this
, county, the license ?was temp©
; rarily denied.
Not to be balked t orrifedayed *n
•, their intesEgaans, the party went
; to Malvern and were married.
Then began, the troad&e. In a
short while Mr. Peterswas placed
vinpn insane asylum in New Or
leans, and be has since been re
strained in a madhouse and is
reported steadily growing worse.
Suit was instituted .b^ the.
relatives of Peters to set aside
the marriage, and the ease has
A.r'.^ .^,»atinually in court ever
---Aince.. The case has new reached
the supreme court.
It is alleged that this man and
woman followed Mr. Peters from
place to place, and finally suc
ceeded in.inveigling him into an
undesirable and speculative al
liance, taking advantage of his j
unbiJaa ;ed condition of mind.
ROOSEVELT SENDS
OF SYMPATHY !
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Young Arkansan Killed On Bat-1
tleship Missouri - Parents j
Lived at Hope.
u /vrtA A V'lY'll it — Thomas W.!
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Oastler has received the follow
ing message from Secretary
Moody regarding the death of
his son, Paul R. Oastler, who
was among those killed in the
explosion on the battleship Mis
souri yesterday:
“Washington, D. C. April 14.
J‘Thos. W. Oastler, Hope, Ark.:'
'‘The president desires me to,
convey to you his sympathy in
your bereavement in the death
of your son, Paul R* Oastler,
while in the faithful discharge of
his duty. Permit me at the
same time to express to you my
own symptathy, and to assure you
that you ha've that of the whole
navy.
(Signed) “W. H. Moody, j
Secretary.”
Young Oastler was only 16 j
years of age, and enlisted in |
1902, with the consent of his;
father. The latter was at first i
averse to his son’s enlistment in j
the navy, but the boy’s heart
w&csoton seafaring and finally
£ the father yielded,
dd He was an apprentice, second
class, and joined the navy in fall
P| of 1902. The first announcement
jgjl' of his death came to his father j
^B in a telegram from Secretary of
I the Navy Moody. Then one
from the captain commanding,
Cowles, North Atlantic squadron.
■ Paul was a bright boy and had
fl made rapid stride^ and had been
H complimented by lis superiors in
j the navy. He \vz s social and of
B a jovial disposition, and was liked
B by his companions. He was born
B in Chicago, but hi# father move<^
I to Hope in 1894.1 He was for a
I long time new's ajent, and Paul
I delivered daily papers. He was
r a member of tile Methodist
I church. 1
A strange coincident is that of
- his older brother, Jesse R. Oast
ler, who was blinde I in both
eyes and both arms and hands
rendered useless by the blowirg
out of the breech of a big gun n
Leyton, Philippines, on July 4,
1901, while in the service of the
government and being present
at target practice. He is now
drawing pension.
TWO CLUB ENTERTAIN
MENTS THURSDAY.
Mrs. Bond Hostess of Card Club
While Mrs. Dutton Enter
tains Clover Club.
The largest card party given
since the Lenten season was the
one given by Mr.-tand Mrs. BAB.
Bond Thursday evening at their
pretty home when they enter
tained the Thursday Evenirgr
Euchre Gift). Progressive eu
chre was the program of the
evening and seven tables were
Silled.
The game -was entered into by
the large number present, and
after a spirited game-prizes were
declared won by Mrs. W. W. Mc
Minn, who received a handsome
cut glass dish, and George Hill
house, who won the gentlemen's
prize, a beautiful stein.
At the close of the games a
delicious luncheon and social half
hour was enjoyed by those who
had participated in the games
and the non-playera.
Theclub members present were
Messrs, and Mesdames A. G. An
derson, G. A. Hillhonse, T. D.
Kinman, Jr., W. W'. McMinn, 0.
D. Watson, E. L. Maris, J. L, j
Jones, W. A. O’Neal, Wm.
Hooker. The guest list included
Mesdames John McKinney of St.
Louie-, W. A-. , - XJ-.
Hirsch, Misses Mary McKinnon,
Carrie Stevens, Lula Empie,
Messrs. Jos. M. Berger, Jr.,
Jesse Daggett, Alcorn Ferguson.
CLOVER CLUB.
Mrs. W. W. Dutton was hos
tess Thursday afternoon to the i
Clover club, and it was one of the !
most pleasant occasions this club |
has had for some time. The at-1
tendance was unusually large, a
number of guests being present
in addition to the club member
ship. At the close of the after
noon’s pleasure ice cream, cake
and berries were served by the
hostess and her assistants.
Those present were Mesdames
T. D. Kinman, Wm. Bailey, Wm.
Hooker, R. M. Johnson, A. D.
Bailey, Narcie Minor, R. D. and
Ed Wilmans, Guy Brown, B. W.
(Stainback, Chas. G. Henry.
MAY EXEMPT
JONESBORO ROAD.
Little Rock, April 14. — The
Arkansas railroad commission
will very likely exempt the Jones
boro, Lake City & Eastern Rail
road Company from the opera
tion of the standard distance
tariff, which was fixed by the
commission April 10, 1900.
The commission at its meeting
last evening postponed action
until May 10. In support of its
request that it be exempted the
railroad company submits that i;
is a local line, located within the
St. Francis levee district; that it
has in addition to the state and
county taxes a large levee tax to
pay in order to maintain its
property, and that its net earn
ing capacity on the actual in
vestment in the road is less than
ten per cent; that about 50 per
! cent of the traffic originated on
the line of the road is destined
to points within the state of Ar
kansas, while on the other hand
if the joint freight tariff, as pro
mulgated by the railroad commis
sion of Arkansas is applied, it
will greatly reduce the net per
centage, making it impossible
for the road to pay its interest,
taxes and other indebtedness.
TWO FEMALE FOOTPADS.
Held Up an Ex-Confederate Sol
dier in Pine Bluff and Robbed
Him of $16.
Pine Bluff, April 14.—B. E.
Bush, an * ex-Confederate soldier
living in Cleveland county, re
ported to the police this morn
ing that fee had been robbed on
Main street last night by two
negro women, who held him up
and took ibis pocketbook away
from him.
Mr. Bush says he came to Pine
Bluff Wednesday on his way to
Little Rock, where he expects to
enter the Confederate home. He
spent the afternoon with friends
and started to his hotel about
il0:30 o’clock. He says as he
i passed a dark alley on Main
street two negro women grabbed
fe.m and pulled him into the alley
before he could, cry for help.
They threw him down and
took away his pocketbook, con
taining about $16 in cash, all the
money he had inthe world.
Mr. Bush is very old and fee
ble aaid was totaSly unable to
cope with his assailants, who
easily £-ot away after they had
robbed him. He says the ne
groes both had on white dresses,
but further than that he is un
able to describe them.
The affair was reported to the
police and they have been search
?ng for traces of the women.,Jbnt.!
have he*** unaniP m rmu tn&iX.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
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Following is the list of commit- j
tees appointed to look after the j
Arkansas Travelers’ Association;
nn Mav 6. 6 and 7:
Decoration Committee — C R
Hite, chairman: 0 S Lawence, R
C Cox, H Bernstein, W A Bill
ingsley, Chas. Meyer.
Arrangements Committee— C
G Henry, chairman; A Fels, J M
Stayton, 0 M Bowen, G C Mar
tin, E L Boyce.
Finance Committee — L N
Nouss, chairman; R D Wilmans,
R C Harder, S M Stuckey.
Reception Committee — C E
Erwin, chairman; H 0 Walker,
Arthur Bailey, Ernest McDon
ald, H P Martin, Chas. Wilmans,
H Bernstein, Ike Goldman, T T
Ward, E C Waterman, Percy H
Van Dyke, M A Stevens..
Entertainment Committee-Ike
Bottenstein, chairman; Joe Ber
ger, W T Dunn, C E Carroll, G
K Stephens, John Stayton, Gus
tave Jones, 0 S Lawrence, R C
Cox, Ed McElwee, Chas Meyer,
Geo A Hillhouse, M M Stuckey,
J E Doherty, L L Bowen, J S
Sanders, A C Huddleston,* W P
McDermott, R H Kirkpatrick, M
E Newbern, G H Brown, George
Anderson, J W Grubbs, L Minor,
Alcorn Ferguson, 0 W Scarbo
rough, G M Sink.
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Office and Residence . .
. . . Fitzgerald, Ark.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. 4
J, W, Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
B. B. Bond, R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
M. D. Campbell, F. D. FulkerSon, 0. D. Watson.
S. D. Campbell, ' Abe Heiligers, L. E. Willis,
G. D. Clements, W. D. McLain, J. S. Oilmans,
L. Minor.
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B. H. Lumpkin has purchased
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