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| VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1904. _NUMBER 173. ’
I RICE BUREAU
MAKES REPARATION
For Failure of Hungarian Or
chestra to Fulfill Advertised
Program—Increased Mon
ument Fund—Letter and
Explanations.
LETTER FROM BUREAU.
Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 3, 1904.
President of L. C. Gause Chap
ter, U. D.C., Newport, Ark.
Dear Madame:—We are just
in receipt of your valued favor
of the 29 ult. and hasten to re
ply. We haven’t a word of
fault to find with the attitude
which you assume with reference
to the performance of the Hun
garian Orchestra, and we think
that it is our duty to refund your
$93.00, as per your demand.
Above all things we desire to
be set right in this matter as we
are not in the business for this
year alone, and besides, we are
not practicing a ‘ ‘confidence
game” on the good people who
have trusted us with their pat
ronage.
We had no knowledge of the
outrageous blunder of Mr. Matus
and his Hungarians until it was
Iflfo in fVia DAT’DnIPO* rrf fhp
27th, at which time he thought
i^ would be possible for him to
reach Newport in time to give
full program. We were in
no way to blame for the mis
which we think was caused
pure carelessness and by the
1 fact that most of the company
are not sufficiently acquainted
« itlTAmerican ways to conduct
themselves with intelligence.
We regret exceedingly that the
company did not reach you,
as its program is certainly an
extraordinary one when well
endered.
We felt sure that if Mr. Matus
iled to reach you you would
>t pay the company the full fee.
certain were we of this that
e had our bank wire the rail
ad ticket agent at Newport to
raw on us for the money neces
ary to pay the transportation of
he company to their next point,
f necessary. This company has
ade a six weeks’ tour of the
outh anc} its work has been re
ceived with enthusiasm every
where by our most valuable pa
trons.
‘ We see no possible cbance to
kget the company back to you and
therefore all we can do is to re
fund to you $93, as per your de
mand, bilt we want to be as
sured that this restores us to the
confidence of your committee and
| that the two remaining attract
’ ions will be received in order
that we may vindicate ourselves
in the eyes of your people.
-f We have already submitted
your date for Betsy Hamilton
and can give you your date for
'\ Mr.'Warde, which will be in May,
you know. Kindly let us hear
H from you by return mail and let
IF i'" us know whether or not any May
W dates are booked at the opera
W house. Upon receipt of your
r reply we shall be glad to send
f you a check for $93. „
Regretting the unfortunate
circumstances, which we were
perfectly innocent of and regret
as much as you possibly cart, we
are Sincerely yours,
ujflBpv The Rice Bureau.
.y NOTES FROM CHAPTER.
The U. D. C. Committee on
„ .^Arrangements for the Lyceum
Course, of which the Hungarian
Orchestia was the first number
presented, would call the atten
tion of the public to the above
letter received from the Rice
Bureau. It is s$lf-explanatory,
| an^in reply to a communicator
KfiKL:
' sent them after the appearance
here of the Orchestra, which let
; ter demanded that if possible the
Orchestra be returned to New
port and give a correct and fin
ished concert, such as was ad
vertised; or if it could not be
found practicable to do this, then
that one-half of the price be re
funded. This last they were
willing to do, and have done so.
The Committee, while regret
ting the fact that the patrons did
not receive all that was expected
in the way of a musical perform
ance, feel that it is not the fault
of said Committee in its discre
tion of selecting the Hungarian
Orchestra, which is in fact a con
cert band of the first quality, nor
do they consider the Rice Bureau
guilty of a breach #of contract, as
by reference to their letter it will
be seen that the failure of their
leader and their baggage to ap
pear was entirely due to his own
carelessness, and not through in
difference or fault on the part of
the Bureau.
It was in fact merely an unfor
tunate occurrence which will
sometimes happen, even in the
best of theatrical companies.
| Mansfield, for instance, has been
' known to cancel his engagement
at the last minute, while an ex
pectant audience sat waiting.
i We join the Rice Bureau in ask
| ing of our patrons a reasonable
; judgment.
1 The money refunded, $93, has
! been placed to the credit of the
Confederate monument fund and
it is greatly increased thereby.
Betsy Hamilton and Frederick
Warde will appear according to
contract, when we ask a gener
ous patronage.
Respectfully and cordially yours,
Com. on Arrangements,
Gause Chapter, U. D. C.
BABY CONTEST VOTE.
—
Following is the total vote cast
| in the Baby Contest up to this
i date.
j Charles Jones Brandenburg 357
I Wm. Wallace Dutton. 354
Jas. Edward Wilmans. 525
Edwin Johnson. 287
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 212
Dorothy Stephens. 139
Jeannette -Henry. Ill
HURT AT LONOKE.
Lonoke, Nov. 14.—Folsom
j Dickinson, a young man of this
-place, was seriously injured Sat
j urday evening while attempt
[ ing to board a moving freight
j train. His left arm was badly
! crushed, and it is feared that
' amputation will be necessary.
He has been removed to the
infirmary at Little Rock in order
to obtain the best surgical skill
j and attention.
| ONE WOMAN WHO
CAN KEEP A SECRET.
!
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Helena, Nov. 14.—Jamison
Jackson and Marie Summers,
! who were secretly married July
1,1904, more than sixteen months
j ago, today announced their mar
riage to their astonished friends.
! Both parties are very popular
! Helena young people.
NEGRO DANCE RESULTS.
Osceola, Nov. 14.— Fannie
’ Stokes, a negro woman, was
stabbed to death last night by
another negro woman named
Bailey. The trouble occurred at
a dance, being caused by jeal
ousy, and was followed by a
free-for-all fight, in which sever
al negroes were stabbed. Eight
of them were lodged in jail.
LEGISLATURE TO
AUTHORIZE PAYMENT.
i The “Gov. Dan W. Jones”
Notes Subject of Special Men
tion By Treasurer Tipton
and Auditor Monroe.
Little Rock, Nov. 14.—State
Treasurer H. C. Tipton has com
piled the statement of financial
transactiops of the state for the
i two years ending September 30,
i 1904, which will be embodied in
| his biennial report.
He recommends, as does Audi
tor T. C. Monroe, that the evi
dences of indebtedness against
the sinking fund, known as the
“Gov. Jones notes,” be taken up
by the next legislature and the
authority given for their pay
ment.
These notes were made by
Gov. Dan W. Jones to enable the
state to meet one of the condi
i tions of the compromise settle
i ment between the state and the
! United States government in
11897, it being specified that the
I state should pay the general gov
, ernment within a specified time
‘ the sum of $160,000.
! To enable the state to meet
! this requirement it became nec
; essary to borrow from the inter
nal revenue fund $59,339.10, and
I from the swamp land fund $44,
1576.85. Notes were executed by
i the Governor, payable to these
funds, for the sum borrowed
from each respectively, the
notes bearing interest at the rate
of 2 per cent, per annum.
The notes are carried as a
charge against the State Treas
ury. As the loan was made for
the purpose of paying a debt
against the State, they became a
! charge against and are pay
able out of the sinking fund.
There is at present a sufficient
! sum to the credit of the sinking
fund for the liquidation of one
of these notes, and by August,
1905, there will have accumu
lated a sufficient amount to take
up the other one.
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BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION TO
MISS ESTHER CASE.
The reception of Friday after
noon under the auspices of the
Woman’s Home and Foreign Mis
sionary societies of the Methodist
church, given in honor of Miss
Esther Case, was a fine exponent
j of Christian cultured woman
hood, says the Batesville Bee.
About one hundred ladies re
sponded to the invitations given,
and the receiving line of ladies
was composed of the officers of
! the two societies, with Mrs. J.
! W. Fletcher and Mrs. C. R.
Handford on the raised platform.
After the singing of the “Holy
City” by Miss Stella Handford
and a violin obligato by Miss Ag
nes Wycough, Miss Esther Case
for twenty minutes held rapt at
tention while she told of her
school in Mexico of 400, one
third American, two-thirds Span
ish Catholics whom she and her
i corps of thirteen teachers are
trying to lead to a better life.
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