Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME TV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER. 29 1904. , NUMBER »84.^
EAGLES GIVE A
CREDITABLE MINSTREL.
Large House Greets Home Tal
ent Production at Opera
House Monday b ight.
The minstrel given by the local
lodge of Eagles, who have shown
a most remarkable growth since
the founding of a chapter here
last June and now number some
^ 160 'members, proved a very
creditable performance and was
witnessed by a large house of
appreciative friends, who made
their good will and endorsement
felt in frequent and vociferous
encores.
Mr. S. M. Stuckey as middle
man and interlocutor, dressed to1
kill in whited vest and flowing
Prince Albert, in the opening
scene had bunched about him a
semi-circle of charcoaled talent!
after the ancient order of the
time-honored minstrel, and from
these dusky heroes of the lime- i
light came responses in the way
of song, jest and joke that!
. amused and discomfited portions
of the house where hot shot took j
effect.
After this brilliant display of
individual talent all star compa
nies appeared in two farces en
titled “The Manager’s Troubles’’
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aiiu liisii justice.
The work of three visiting:
comedians was decidedly clever
and they deserve further credit
for developing talent in many of
the home boys. No one knew*
f, before that George Robinson had j
the stage presence and tragedian
style of Edwin Booth, but so!
m*> fiercely did he enact bloody pas-)
k sages of Shakespeare before a!
\ wondering audience that children
• 2 became frightened and wanted to
4 go home; the stage cat, which
| had been perambulating across!
j the scenes at frequent intervals,
| was content to dee impending
wrath and take refuge in one of
f houses on Broadway so familiar
to every Newport theatre-goer
for the past twenty and perhaps
forty years. But the old-timers!
were stone-struck and spell-;
bound. With gaping mouths
nd breathless interest they
drank greedily of the heart-;
I stirring drama from such impas-;
B sioned lips and commanding ac
■ tion, and the manager too, though
■ experienced muchly in dramatic
■ art, was deeply affected and im
■ mediately offered George Logan
I a job at $1,000 per night. The;
■ city council will have to look
■ elsewhere for an officer to pro-j
Btect dumb animals from inhu-j
Inane treatment.
But as stated, this was a com-1
pany of stars and Arthur Ander
lop, fresh from the St. Louis
fair and a reviewal of the Bowery
as there produced on the pike, j
was iiitroduced for a few stunts
to test his histrionic ability.
Andy Darrow moreover contrib
uted to the melody and harmony
of the conglomeration in operatic
attempts that came near ending
seriously.
Then followed the Irish court
scene, wherein the defense of
men for killing mothers-in-law,
boys for stealing sheep and jags
for getting boozy was undertaken
by Lovely Grant, whom we hope
has more success in collecting his!
fees than in this mock court, for1
surely the tears for his client,!
the eloquence that moves the
court in visible and audible emo- 5
tioriare worthy of reward.
More specific mention of the
minstrels’ many good features is
impossible for want of time, so
let ii suffice that the evening was
hugely enjoyed by the house.
DIEiD IN THE TERRITORY.
^^Arji^sage was received in the
city Monday announcing th
death of Ollie Coe at Muskogee
Indian Territory. The decease'
was a brother of Mrs. Ira Bes
of this city, and was a residen
of the Newark section until h
removed to the territory. Mrs
Best had been summoned a fev
days ago and was at the bedsid'
when.the end came.
SALOON LICENSE
IS TO BE $2,000
Council Passes Two Ordinance;
and Raises Saloon License to
Above Figure.
Though some members of th<
council favored placing the salooi
license at $2,500 for the comin*
year, a compromise was effectec
at the meeting Monday nigh
whereby the license was fixed a
$2,000, payable quarterly in ad
vance. When the saloons wen
forced out of the First ward
it will be remembered, th<
license was reduced to $1,600
The council also passed twc
ordinances regulating fines foi
drunkenness and disturbing th(
peace, making the minimum fin(
$1 instead of $5, as at present.
This places the mayor’s court or
the same footing as that of £
justice of the peace.
Thp hnildina- committee of St.
Paul’s church were granted per
mission upon petition to extend
the side walk on Third street tc
allow for concrete carriage ap
proach.
Current bills were allowed and
the minutes approved.
KNIFE WOUND
PROVED FATAL.
Bernard Pate Dead and Henry
Starns in Jail at Batesville
on Murder Charge.
Batesville, Nov. 28.—Bernard
Pate of Oil Trough died Satur
day night from a knife wound in
flicted by Henry Starns on the
preceding Saturday, and Starns
is now lodged in jail here await
ing trial.
The men were returning from
Newark and became involved in
a quarrel. Pate struck Starnes
and in turn Starnes slashed Pate
across the arm with a knife.
Blood poison set in from the
wound and Pate died one week
later. Starnes expresses himsell
as being very sorry over the
matter and says he had no idea
in the world of killing Pate.
BABY CONTEST VOTE.
Edwin Johnson .
Jas. Edward Wilmans
Ernest Theodore Phillips 57f
Charles Jones Brandenburg 52€
Wm. Wallace Dutton 505
Jeannette Henry. 43C
Dorothy Stephens 375
Thelma Smart. 25
With this issue Edwin Johnson
increases his lead and passes the
900 mile post with no very close
competitor.
Charles Jones Brandenburg
also moves up and takes fourth
rank. The vote of today is very
light comparatively, but as the
lull precedes the storm so does
the vote in the baby contest take
spurts after uneventful days.
NEGRO FINED FOR
WIFE BEATING
Harry Cowan, a negro, wa:
fined $25 and costs before Justici
Guy Smith Monday for beatinj
his wife. The money was no
forthcoming and to the count;
farm he went.
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; LITTLE ROCK WILL
PROJECT RAILROAD
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c Citizens Take Action to Buil<
a! Railroad North From Cap
itol City.
; Little Rock, Nov. 29.—The cit
izens of Little Rock, at a mass
meeting held yesterday afternoor
at the board of trade, decided tc
, undertake the building of a rail
road north from Little Rock tc
5 Quitman, in Cleburne county,
and if. the expectations of those
who are working for the enter
prise are realized, the actual
work of construction will begir
: not later than January 1, 1905.
1 It was decided to secure sub
■ scriptions to the amount of $100,
^ 000 in this city, and when thk
' has been done Col. C. C. God
: man, who was present at the
' meeting yesterday, agrees to or
! organize a company and under
take the construction of the road,
: The company is to be composec
of LittD Rock business men, anc
' the road, when completed, will be
owned by Little Rock citizens.
The plan as adopted yesterday
! is to build a road fifty miles long
at first, and it is expected that a
line of this length can be com
pleted within a year. Although
no attempt was made to secure
subscriptions yesterday, three
, subscriptions oi$l,(M) eacn were
received. Those signing the list
for this amount were W. S.
Mitchell, W. W. Dickinson and
the Plunkett-Jarrell Grocer Com
pany. A number of others who
were present announced that
they were ready to contribute to
■ the fund, but they did not sign
the subscription list yesterday.
' RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
SPUR TO RUSH MINES.
Last Saturday evening J. H.
Jeffries, accompanied by five
civil engineers, arrived from St.
Louis and Monday morning they
; started out from here surveying
the line to Rush. They leave the
main line about half a mile west
of the station and swing through
the gap at W. L. Wilke^son’s and
follow the contour of the hill on
1 a gradual descent until they cross
i Crooked creek at or near the
, mouth of Mill creek, which
| stream will be followed out to
i its head, across Cowan barrens
j and down Clabber creek, as be
! fore stated in these columns.—
I Yellville Echo.
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DIFFICULT WORK AHEAD.
| The Oregon Flat cut, the Oma
ha tunnel, the big trestle and the
White river bridge at Branson
are the difficult sections of the
road yet to be built, and will re
quire not less than eight months
under favorable conditions and
i this time may stretch out to a
I year.
The steel for the Branson
j bridge is in the yards at Aurora
and will be taken to the river as
soon as the track is laid. The
steel reached Reed Springs, 15
miles north of Branson, early
this month, and from that point
to the river progress is necessa
rily slow on account of the nu
: merous trestles and bridges to be
I put in. There is one section of
i j five miles containing three and
one-half miles of trestles anc
bridges. —Cotter Courier.
Dr. F. E. Webster, the pain
; less dentist, has rooms at 201
5 Main street. Make an early ap
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; crowns. oridges. up-to-date worl
t at lowest prices, work guaran
t teed. Consultation free. Wil
be here but a short time. 79b7
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STAR CLOTHING HOUSE. I
I “A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. It is
certainly an agreeable forerunner of merit, and smoothes the way for it.'
Gifts of Quality and Fashion.
Very Sure to Please Particular Men.
At Christmas-tide the open hand
Scatters its bounty o’er sea and land;
And none are left to grieve alone,
For Love is Heaven, and claims its own.
Fashionable Gloves $1.50 to $3.00
; Luxurious Neckwear 50c to $2.00
Street Mufflers..... $1.00 to $1.50
1 Matinee and Opera Mufflers $2.00 to $5.00
Silk Suspenders.. 50c to $3.50
Full Dress Shirts.$1.00 to $2.00
Madras and Percale Shirts —$1.00 to $3.50
Cotton and Lisle Hose. 50c to $1.00
Scarf Pins and Link Buttons . 50c to $2.50
Pajama? $ 1.50 to $2.00
Night Robes $ 1.00 to $3.50
Suit Cases.$5.00 to $25.00
Traveling Bags $5.00 to $15.00
White and Fancy Waistcoats,$ 1.50 to $5.00
Overcoats and Suits.$15.00 to $30.00
Linen and Silk H’d’k’chfs 25c to $1.50
Stiff, Tuxedo and Opera Hats $3.00 to $10.00
Plain and Patent Shoes $3.50 to $7.00 ' j
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