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Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER tt. 1904. NUMBER 170.
~ PORT ARTHUR
SURRENDERS TO JAPS.
The Persistent and Bloody Siege
Is at Last Ended and Final
Capitulation Effected by
Treaty Between the
Belligerents.
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Barnes & Company received a
wire Friday morning announcing
the fall of Port Arthur, which
had been forecasted. The Mika
i do had empowered General Nogi
I to treat with General Stoessel,
and from Tokio comes the report
of the surrender of the almost
impregnable Russian fortressN of
the East. The news is also con
firmed in a dispatch from Lon
don.
MUSICAL COTERIE.
The Musical Coterie met in
regular session Thursday after
noon with Mrs. W. A. O’Neal.
An excellent program had been
arranged, but the inclement
weather prevented many from
being present, but the numbers
rendered were of a high class,
and thoroughly enjoyed by the
music lovers present.
The first number on the pro
gram was an instrumental duet,
Jby Mrs W. A. O’Neal and Miss
Whitaker.
Paper—Melba, Mrs R. W.
9 Ba^dy.
Solo—Tomorrow, Mrs. G. A.
^ Hillhouse.
. Duet—vocal, Mesdames C. W.
w Beard and W. A. O’Neal.
Mrs. George Thornburg of
ittle Rock, and Miss Gersta
Neal of Dyersburg, Tenn. were
the guests of the meeting. Miss
Neal, who is a gifted pianist,
rendered a beautiful selection
which was highly appreciated.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. C. E. Crook, at which time
the election of officers will take
place.
CLOVER CLUB.
The weekly meeting of the
Clover Club was held with Mrs.
B. B. Bond, Thursday afternoon
at her home on Walnut street.
These meetings of the Clover j
Club, which is the oldest social;
club in this city, are always1
well attended and are a delight j
to its memoers, ana tnose wno |
are fortunate enough to be in
vited to its Thursday afternoon
meetings.
For this reception Mrs. Bond
had prepared an elegant lunch,
as is her custom on such occas
ions, consisting of chicken salad,
olives, escalloped oysters, wafers, i
coffee, cake and mousse.
^ Those present were Mesdames j
L Sam Taggart, Narcie Minor,
^ George Hays, John W. Wallace,
Charles Henry, S. D. Campbell,
Ed Wilmans, Guy Brown, Wm.
^^Bailey and Miss Grace Reinhardt.
ROBERTS PASSED
FOR JACOBSON.
DeVere Woman Swears That
Roberts Represented Himself
to be Governor’s Secre
tary — Wanted to
Please Governor.
In her affidavit made to the of
ficers concerning her connection
with the plot alleged to have
been concocted by John V. Rob
erts to ruin the reputation of
Walter Gregory, the state’s prin
. cipal witness in the Lightle in
surance case, Marie DeVere says
that Roberts represented himself
m-..
to her as being a Mr. Jacobson,
the governor’s private sec
retary, according to the
Little Rock Democrat. She
also swears that he told her
that if she would place the
watch which he gave her in the
pocket of Gregory and then to
say that she had been robbed of
it, that the governor would be
pleased as well as himself.
John Roberts left Wednesday
afternoon on the 5 o’clock train
for his home. He is now pre
paring to move to Argenta. His
mother and sisters will come
with with him and they will
all reside on the north side of the
river. Asked for some state
ment regarding the new charge
against him, Roberts said just
before leaving:
‘ ‘I have nothing to say further
than that I can give bond as long
as the insurance companies can
make affidavits against me. This
charge is preposterous. It is
made against me . for no other
reason than that to boost up the
reputation of Walter Gregory
and at the same time knock me.”
Dr. Lightle’s whereabouts are
unknown. He is said to be im
plicated in this new charge and
may be called upon as a witness
or may be made a principal in
the case.
MOB HUNTS FOR
HOUSTON HOOKER.
Pine Pluff Party Fails to Locate
Murderer Thought to be in
Jail at Benton.
Benton, Nov. 10.—Shortly aft
er 3 o’clock this morning fifty
eight men arrived here on hand
cars and proceeded to the jail in
quest of Houston Hooker, the ne
gro who killed Conductor Phil
Atwood on the Pine Bluff accom
modation train on the morning of
Oct. 25.
The negro was not in the jail,
however, as a thorough search
soon proved.
The mob then proceeded to the
court house, but the victim was
not found here, and after a dili
gent search of more than an
hour the party left as they had
come.
Sheriff Kelley had in some
mysterious way it is supposed
learned of the intents of the
mob and had secreted his pris
oner. It is thought he was
spirited away to the woods.
Sheriff Kellev is determined to
uphold the law and that the ne
gro murderer shall receive his
just deserts at the hands of the
law and not by mob violence.
JOHN HARSHAW MARRIED.
The marriage of John R. Har
shaw and Mrs. Mary B. Ash
worth was quietly solemnized by
the Rev. W. E. Thompson of the
First Methodist church at high
noon Wednesday in the library of
the parsonage, says the Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
The groom is prominent in bus
iness and social circles at Beebe,
Ark.
The bride is a member of one
of the oldest and best known
families of Lebanon, Tenn. They
left Thursday morning for an ex
tended journey, after which they
will be at home at Beebe, Ark.
CLOSE TO CENTENARIAN.
Beebe, Nov. 10.—News of the
death of Frank Pruett at his
home at Romance, a village
twenty miles north of here, in
this county, has just been re
ceived. He was 98 years old,
and one of the first settlers of
the county.
Read the Daily and Weekly
independent
MISSOURI GOES
FOR ROOSEVELT.
Folk Runs Nearly 50,000 Ahead
of Presidential Ticket—Cook
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and Allen Badly Beaten.
With only a few sparsely pop*
ulated counties to hear from,
Missouri has given its electoral
vote to Roosevelt by nearly 10,
000, but elected Folk by nearly
50,000. The legislature is easily
Republican on joint ballot, and
the remainder of the Republican
state ticket is probably elected.
Cook and Allen, the machine
candidates, are even worse de
feated than Parker. Thousands
of Republicans, in St. Louis and
Kansas City especially, voted for
the courageous, honest prosecutor
of boodlers. Folk is °i:ow being
boomed for the presidential nom
ination four years hence.
Arthur N. Sager, who has been
elected circuit attorney in St.
Louis to succeed Folk, is an Ar
kansas boy and formerly lived
at Yellville. He hasn't the
stuff in him that brought
Folk into national promi
nence nowever, naving aireaay
declared “he would not be a boo
dle specialist.” This means that
Ed Butler, who assisted material
ly in his election, will probably
be allowed to rest easy and re
sume his nefarious work of cor
rupting city officials.
THREE CLOSE STATES.
The late Maryland returns
show Roosevelt to have the nar
row plurality of 129 and the
electoral vote of that state will
thus probably be divided. Every
state west of the Mississippi and
north of the Arkansas went for
Roosevelt, though Democratic
governors have been elected in
Colorado and Montana. Nevada
seems to have gone over to the
Republicans bodily. LaFolette
was reelected in Wisconsin, re
ceiving much help from the
Democrats to make up for the
fight of the machine Republi
cans and railroads against him.
Nebraska and Connecticut
have both elected Republican
governors.
ALL THE BOYS
MAKE GOOD GAINS.
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James Edwards Wilmans and
Wallace Dutton Show Strong
est Gains—Interest Re
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vived in Contest.
Jas. Edward Wilmans . 450
Wm. Wallace Dutton 354
Charles Jones Brandenburg 328
Edwin Johnson. ,260
Ernest Theodore Phillips 212
Dorothy Stephens 129
Jeannette Henry *. Ill
The baby rivalry for the dis
tinction of being known as the
“sweetest and prettiest” as
much as for the winning of the
: diamond locket, is on again in real
earnest. The national election
| cast it in the background for a
; couple of days, but it has been
resumed with all the more inter
i est.
James Edward Wilmans re
ceived a heavy vote, which car
ried him into the front rank and
well he did as William Wallace
Dutton made a gain of 171 and
would have taken the leader
| ship had James Edward not
^made such a big jump,
j Edwin LeRoy Johnson also
j made a notable increase in his
; vote and all the candidates had
! their totals increased except
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