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NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. THURSDAY. APRIL t9. \9Q6. NUMBER 304.
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'FRANCISCO HORROR
'{■ GROWS WITH TIME.
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Jports Indicate That Extent of Disaster is
,Even More Appalling Than First
" Reports Showed.
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^The full details o4 the earth
quake which destroyed the Me
tropolis of the Pacific coast add
to the story of loss of life and
property and the flames contin
ue to destroy what the earth
! quake left standing.
The San Francisco city hall,
eh was twenty years in build
ing, is a mass of tumbled stone
and debris.
The entire water, light and
street car systemswere rendered
useless by the first shock.
Only the residence district oc
cupied by the wealthier residents
seemed to have escaped serious
damage, and even that is not
considered entirely out of danger
from the fires which are still
raging in many parts of the city.
The greatest loss of life will
probably be found in the district
near the bay, where many lodg
ing houses, occupied by sailors
and others, were situated. Most
of these houses were of brick
and stone and many very old,
< and the fatalities among them
{" are expected to run into the;
hundreds. I
- A brief summary of the prin
cipal items of the terrible calam
ity below gives some idea of the
enormous destruction of life and
property up to this time, and,
while the worst is, it is hoped,
over, the destruction still con
tinues by fire and the number of
dead may reach a very much |
larger figure.
The famous Cliff House has:
fallen into thi sea. ■ i
More than 1,000 houses were|
destroyed by the earthquake in j
San Francisco.
Area of San Francisco de-,
stroyed by fire, ten square miles.
Lives lost in San Francisco es
timated to exceed 3,500.
Property loss in San Francisco'
estimated at $300,000,000.
The city is under martial law.
Fire is still raging, but at noon
Thursday a favorable change in
the dire tion of the wind lent
hope of its being brought under
control.
The city’s gates are closed to
outsiders and those within are
not permitted to leave.
Gnouls are being shot by the
military, under orders to dispose
of them in that way.
San Jose largely destroyed, all
brick buildings collapsing from
earthquake shocks, lives lost be
ing estimated at 200.
All buildings of the Leland
Stanford university were demol
ished, two students being killed ,
and several badly hurt.
State university at Berkeley
was burned.
Niles, fifteen miles south of
San Francisco, was swept by fire.
At Agrews, the state insane
asylum collapsed, burying the
inmates.
Napa and Vallejo suffered
heavy property loss, many per
sons being killed at the latter
point.
The latest report says the Me
chanics’ Pavilion, used as an
emergency hospital, has collaps
ed, increasing the death list
largely.
Complaints On Service.
Little Rock, April 19-Reeent-j
ly complaints have reached the1
Board of Trade of Little Rock
touching the service and con
nections on the White River
branch of the Gould railway sys
tem. These complaints have
been communicated to Superin
tendent Bernardi of that division
and a reply was received yester
day from that official to the
effect that the question of addi- j
tional service and better connec
tions will be considered at a joint
meeting of the representatives
of the traffic and transportation
departments in St. Louis next
week. Until then, Superintend
ent Bernardi states, he will not
be in position to reply fully to
the representations and requests !
of the Board of Trade in this
matter.
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E. LESS, President, ALEX BERGER, Secretary-Treasurer.
The country bank located in a rapidly developing
section, where there is a good demand for money
at 8 and 10 per cent is .just as sound as the big city
bank, and can make more profit on a 5 pei cent
dollar than Pittsburg and Cleveland can make on
|| a 4 per cent dollar. And it is in a better position
to explain how it makes its money than the city
bank is.
The American Trust Company pays 5 per cent
interest on money left for 12 months on amounts
of $200.00 and upwards. Write for particulars.
Write today.
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; SINK ELECTED GREAT PROPHET.
1 Great Council Concludes Session in Littl
Rock Officers Ele ted for
Ensuing Year.
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Little Rock, April 18.— Wit 1
the election of officers yesterday
afternoon the Great Council
Improved Order of Red Men
concluded its sixth annual ses
sion at Kirst’s hall, Ninth am
Main streets. Representative;
■ from the several tribes over the
state left last evening for then
homes.
Before adjournment officer.
for the ensuing year were electee
as follows: Great Sachem, S. F.
Braekney, Fort Smith: Great
Senior Sagamore, M. D. 'Wil
liams, Hope; Great Junior Saga
more, A. B. Smith, Pine Bluff:
Great Prophet, George M. Sink,
Newport; Great Chief of Rec
ords, Mark P. Olney, Mena:
Great Keeper of Wampum, E. II.
Donaldson, Mena.
A. B. Smith of Pine Bluff is
the only new official chosen.
The other officers either were
advanced or remained station
ary. Mark P. Olney and E. H.
Donaldson were re-elected as
Great Chief of Records and
Great Keeper of Wampum. Geo.
M. Sink was advanced from
Great Sachem to Great Prophet,
S. F. Braekney was advanced
to Great Sachem and M. D.
Williams was advanced to Great
Senior Sagamore. Next year
Sink will retire and Braekney
will be advanced, leavinga great
junior sagamore to be elected.
The meeting next year will be
held the third Tuesday in April,
at Mena.
The session just closed was one
of the best attended sessions of
the Great Council ever held.
The report of Great Sachem Sink
shows the order to be in a pros
perous condition in this state,
and a more rapid growth during
the coming year is expected.
There are now more than fifty
tribes in the state, and it is ex
pected each will increase in mem
bership as well as branch out
and establish new tribes else
where. A report of the commit
tee on organization of new tribes
was adopted, urging that ail
reasonable means be used to
have new tribes established dur
ing the year, and it is expected
Great Sachem Bracken will
adopt a policy in line with that
of the retiring Great Sachem
relative to building up the order.
Most of the representatives tc
the Great Council left the city
last night. There were more
than 100 in attendance at the
session, representing about 3(
of the tribes of the state.
BIG APPLE CROP
Expected by the Apple Growers ol
Northwest Arkansas from
Present Bright
Prospects.
Rogers, April 19—Prospects
for a record-breaking apple crop
in northwest Arkansas were
never better at this season of
the year. The blossoms have
been held back so long by the
late spring that it would take an
unusually late and heavy frost to
hurt them. Few orchards have
borne heavily since 1901, and are
in splendid shape to stand a big
yield. Peaches are now in full
bloom and while there will be a
few Elbertas, there will not be
enough to make a commercial
crop. Pears, plums and cher
ries are tilled with blossoms, and
in fact, the fruit prospects could
scarcely be better, save only the
peaches.
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THE NEW
VENTLESS COAT.
np : .. ' 1 ' . ,1- Jilt •!]*•' style leaders
..ed'..-.!' -.he ranks-of imitators,
• . t ■ -ry center »f Amed a's fashion
" i: ' (Vt'T 1 ; *•••;• etSMV • :.,. 'wit atien of
T5he Ventless Coat.
7h exd.wr--■ to-rle. tailors had a si ompleted their first
trial '".',hr' with ve.u Us-' coat?' when we are ready to show
:• err. am m., oar rin- >f "Correct Clothes for Men"
The sail with the Ventlessr 'oat ? ror.r— to be very popular.
It - ■*v-ry becoming eiihei 4 - U 'a!.' >.< the stout man.
Si5.00 to $30.00.
i.'ai’ in an \ jet as show you.
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FURNISHERS TO MEN WHO KNOW
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Silk and Dress Goods Sale
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Thursday. Friday, April 19 and 20,
We will give some of the greatest values
ever heard of. We quote only a few prices.
LacK of space prevents us quoting more.
20-inch Japanese Wash Silk, worth 85c yard now 35c yard
Beautiful Flowered Silk Mull, worth 75c yard now 40c ya*J
Yard wide Changeable Taffeta Silk, worth $1.50 yard, now 75c yard
40 lovely Persian Shirt Waist Patterns, 4 yards in each pattern,
worth $8.00 a pattern, now * ‘ ern
All-Wool Dress Goods in grays, blues and browns, worth $1.50
, 40c yard
yard, now
A few pieces of Arnold’s Flowered Silks, worth 75c yard, now 30c yard
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REMEMBER, THIS SALE IS FOR TWO DAYS ONLY,
Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20
Nothing charged in this sale. You can't
afford to stay away.