Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1905. NUMBER 225.
KING BILL HAD
BEEN ALTERED.
Logan Measure Passed by Sen
ate Has Been Withdrawn
and Original King Bill
^5^ Reintroduced.
A unexpected snag has been
struck in -the passage of the anti
^ trus&jbill. Governor Davis has
discovered that the bill fathered
by himself and Senator Logan is
not the original simon-pure and
genuine cure of trust evils and
domination prepared by Senator
King.
Upon the recommendation of
his excellency, the measure
pending before the house was
withdrawn and the King bill re
introduced. In his message the
governor says:
“Words, phrases and whole
sentences had been omitted,
among the omissions being the
f ' - words ‘in this state’ which
w iuld propose to make it apply
to all the states of the union,
ai d probably the kingdoms of the
0 d World and the islands of the
sc a.”
KILGORE WANTS JEFF TO O. K.
Senator Kilgore offered a reso
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amusement, requesting “Jeffie
old boy” to certify all measures
ha desired passed. The motion
wi| only jjifered as a josh and
imBttjk’atelyNwithdrawn. It was
led as follows:
“Whereas, OrV, anti-trust bill
having passed the \senate which
we were assured was the simon
pure article, and has proven to
be ‘no good’ here ‘or elsewhere,’
therefore be it
“Resolved, That we request
his excellency to authenticate the
I next bill sent us with some such
assurance as follows: ‘This is
my anti-trust bill, verbatim, et
literatim, et punctuatim, without
any understanding or agreement
with a”,y pool or trust here or
elsewhere, and I so certify.’ ”
ROGERS WILL ENFORCE LAW.
The attorney general, Robt. L.
Rogers, who has just announced
himself as a candidate for gov
ernor, has stated that he will en
force the proposed law against
trusts with all the statutory ma
chinery at his disposal. But the
necessity for this seems unlikely,
as all the old line insurance com
panies have instructed their Ar
kansas agents to cease writing
policies upon the passage of the
anti-trust bill.
HAVE NOT LOCATED
O’BRIEN'S RELATIVES.
Dick O’Brien, the lineman
killed near Alicia Tuesday morn
ing jvhose body was brought to
Newport in the afternoon and
embalmed at Drummond’s under
taking rooms, is thought to have
been a resident of Pittsburg, Pa.
f Papers found upon his person
show him to have been a mem
ber of the Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers and the Hot
Springs union has taken up the
matter of finding his home. A
letter, seemingly from a sister
who enclosed her picture, which
was mailed from Washington,
D. C., would indicate that his
family were educated and fairly
well-to-do people.
CACHE LEVEE
| DISTRICT URGED.
i At a recent meeting of the
Cache River Levee association
held in Brinkley a bill to be pre
sented to the state legislature
Lwas prepared, creating a levee
district from the highlands near
Augusta to Surrounded Hill,
which would redeem a large area
of fine timber and farm lands.
A memorial to congress was
also prepared asking for the im
proving of Cache river by locks
and dams.
Among those present were Hon.
John Eldridge, representative
from Woodruff county; Judge
Riddick of the supreme court, A.
F. Maberry and R. C. Lynch of
Cotton Plant, J. R. B. Moore, T.
T. Bateman and Walter Galloway
of Clarendon, Capt. Hogan and
son of Maberry and the Brinkley
delegation.
JAKE GOLDMAN
CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
Capt. W. A. Joyce Elected Vice
President of First National
Bank at Meeting of the
Stockholders Tuesday.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the First National
bank Tuesday afternoon Mr. J.
D. Goldman of St. Louis was
elected president and Capt. W.
A. Joyce vice president to fill the
vacancies created by the deaths
of the late T. J. Watson and G.
W. Hurley respectively.
Mr. Goldman is president of
the Lesser-Goldman Cotton Com
pany and a vei'y wealthy citizen
| of St. Louis, while Capt. W. A.
I Joyce is one of Newport’s most
prominent business men.
W. A. fiillingsley and F. A.
Jones w'ere re-elected cashier
; and assistant cashier and W. T.
j Parish was also made an assist
ant cashier. This is quite an
S honor to so young a man, but he
has shown capability of a high
order and the directors felt that
he was well worthy of the pro
motion.
The business for the past six
months showed the net earnings
; for that time to be $6,500, which
was added to the surplus, thus
making that fund $21,500.
I The showing was a good one
and highly satisfactory to the
stockholders, who elected T. J.
Gregg and J. D. Goldman to the
directorate of the institution.
NECROLOGICAL.
SAMUEL W. ALLEN.
Batesville, Jan. 16.—Samuel
Weston Allen, one of the wealthy
citizens of this city, died Sunday
morning of pneumonia and was
buried this afternoon at 2 o’clock
p. m.
A. T. F. MANN.
The news of the death of Mr.
A. T. F. Mann chronicled Tues
day brings sorrow into the homes
of a family who have many
friends in Newport. The de
ceased leaves a wife and five
children, J. E. Mann of Mari
anna; W. L. Mann of Augusta;
Mrs. R. E. Mosby, Misses Macy
and Sue Mann of Helena, all 6f
whom attended the funeral at
Augusta Wednesday.
Mr. Mann was 67 years old
and most of his life was spent
in Woodruff county. He was a
j prominent citizen in his active
: years and a good man.
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I NEGROES FINED
CARRIED GUNS.
Two negroes, John Johnson and
Henry Matthis, were fined $50.00
j each before Esquire Dillard
Wednesday morning for carrying
I concealed weapons, and must
work the penalties out on the
| county farm.
One of the men was shooting
promiscuously Tuesday night
along the Iron Mountain right of
way, and the arrests were made
j by Constable W. B. Carouthers.
LIGHTLE-ROBERTS
APPEAL CASES.
Grave Robbers In Attendance
Upon White County Circuit
Court — Lightle May
Plead Guilty.
Searcy, Jan. 17. —Echoes of
the Lightle-Roberts grave rob
bery and life insurance swindle
charges were in evidence yester
day when White county circuit
court convened in regular ses
sion, with Judge H. N. Hutton
of Marianna presiding. Prose
cuting Attorney P. R. Andrews
of Augusta is also here.
It is not known yet what day
the appeal cases of Lightle and
Roberts will be taken up. It
will be remembered that both
men were tried in justices’ courts
and convicted on charges of vio
lating the grave. Each took an
appeal to the circuit court. It is
not believed there will be any
postponements.
WILL DR. LIGHTLE PLEAD GUILTY
Much interest was centered in
a report today that Dr. R. G.
Lightle, one of the principals in
the celebrated cases, had decided
to plead guilty. This report
cculd not be confirmed by any
sfnfpmpnf from Dr. LiVhtle. but
Roberts declared it to be a mis
take. Dr. Lightle has arrived
with his counsel, Judge Robert
J. White of Paris.
Roberts will be defended by
Col. Geo. W. Murphy of Little
Rock and Judge M. M. Stuckey
of Newport. This case will be a
hard-fought legal battle, but the
insurance people say that there
is not the least doubt of a con
viction, while the defendants are
confident of an acquittal.
It was stated today that Pros
ecuting Attorney Andrews would
file proceedings to disbar Roberts
from further practicing in the
state courts, but as yet no action
has been taken in that direction.
ANOTHER DRUNKARD
BUMPS INTO TRAIN.
T. J. Hester While Walking to
Newport From Olyphant In
toxicated Falls Against
Passing Train.
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T. J. Hester, who has been
employed the past week at Oly
phant by the Pierce Lumber
Company, was probably fatally
injured Tuesday night while
; walking to Newport on the Iron
: Mountain track in an intoxicated
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passing freight train.
He had lain down upon the
track in his drunken stupor, but
was noticed by the engineer on
the local freight, No. 74, and re
moved by Conductor Lee Wal
lace. He was later found and
brought to Newport on No. 12,
his head being horribly gashed,
also his shoulder and one side of
his body was badly bruised. It
is thought that he must have
been at the side of the track and
reeled against a passing freight.
A purse was made up and a
surgeon secured to dress his
wounds, but there is no hope for
his life. He is resting on a cot
in the baggage room of the de
pot.
From papers on his person it is
known that he has an 8-year-old
daughter at Pine Bluff who is
being reared by the McCauley
family. The girl had written
the father a very sweet letter
urging him not to take her away.
The McCauleys refuse to have
anything to do with the injured
man.
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fall down the stairs of my home, I injured
my arm and badly strained my back,
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“GET THE HABIT.”
Statement of the Condition of the
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co.
At the Close of Business January 9, 1905,
the End of the Second Fiscal Year.
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.
Loans and Discounts $131,873.79 Capital Stock $ 50,000.00
Dem’d loans on Cotton 47,362.58 0
Overdrafts. l^SS.ll SurPlus. 2-000'00
scrip, countv and city 734.76 Undivided net profits. 6,610.23
Furniture and fixtures 1,867.58 Dep„sits.. 168,859.51
Lash and sight exch g 44,847.92 _
$227,469.74 $227,469.74
Cfas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Commenced business January 1, 1903.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W. Dutton,
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D. Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh.
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