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VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1903. NUMBER 276
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FAILED TO FILL VACANCY.
Council Accepts Resignation Of Al
derman Walker But Cannot Agree
Upon His Successor.
Before the council Monday evening,
the resignation of J. G. Walker as a
! member of that body from the First
! Ward, necessitated by reason of his
1 change of residence, was again pre
sented and upon motion of Bailey
seconded by Wishon, was accepted.
! Wishon then introduced a motion
| which was unanimously agreed to,
: that the council take up the election
of a member to fill the vacancy cre
ated in the representation of the First
Ward. W. R. Thompson was nomi
1 nated by Wishon and George R. Hays
j by Wilmans, each supporting his
| nominee in the two successive votes
; taken and Bailey casting his ballot
1 both times for W. R. Thompson.
Neither side would concede and no
candidate having received a majority
of the full membership four, the va
cancy was allowed to stand.
No other business of importance
was accomplished, except the allow
ance of accounts and approval of the
minutes of March 2.
An ordinance was presented for the
•making of an improvement district of
Front Street between Main and Beech
Streets, but having been improperly
drafted and headed in the opinion of
the city attorney, was held over for
correction before action was taken.
ARKANSAS CYCLONE
STRUCK MORO BAY.
Warren, March 9.—About 4 o’clock
Saturday evening a disastrous cyclone
passed through Moro Bay, doing con
siderable damage.
The store of W. F. Ederington & Co.,
was blown completely away, and the
stock of goods scattered in every di
rection. Two of the proprietors and
three customers were in the Ibuilding
and the proprietors escaped unhurt.
Joseph Gorman and Mrs. Givens were
hurt, biA not seriously. A negro man
was blown one hundred yards headlong
against a tree and seriously injured.
A number of vacant houses were
blown down.
Ederington & Co., had just opened
an entire new stock and had been in
business but a few months. Their loss
is heavy. The storm seems to have
spent itself at that place, as no further
reports have been heard of it.
HOUSE SAYS LEATHERMAN
MUST ANSWER TRIAL.
Hot Springs Jurist To Be Charged With
High Crimes And Gross Misde
meanors Before Senate As A
Petit Jury—Other Proceed
ings Of Legislature.
Little Rock, March 10.—In the house
yesterday afternoon, following a re
port from the judiciary committee,
the following resolution, offered by
Mr. Martineau, was adopted:
“Resolved, ThatLeland Leatherman
chancellor of the Third chancery dis
trict, be impeached of high crimes and
gross misdemeanors and misconduct
in office.”
This necessitates a trial of the ac
cused before the senate, sitting as a
petit jury, so to speak, and, pursuant
to a resolution offered by Nr. Pindall
and adopted by the house, Speaker
Moore appointed a committee of five
to prosecute the impeachment pro
ceedings before the senate, as repre
sentatives of the house. The com
mittee as selected by the speaker,
consists of Hons. J. T. Patterson of
Cross county, X. O. Pindall of Desha
county, T. B. Parks of Lafayette coun
ty, G. F. Chapline of Monroe county
and W. W. Whitley of Polk county.
Articles of impeachment will now be
prepared and presented, and the trial
will be held before the senate. The
point was suggested during the pen
dency of the discussion in the house
yesterday afternoon that the legisla
ture could not adjourn while impeach
ment proceedings are on. It was ar
gued at length during the debate that
the matter should be recommitted in
order that the committee could take
further testimony in behalf of the de
fense, but the view appeared to pre
vail that the committee, acting as a
grand jury, had made an investigation
and reported, in effect, that a trial
was justified.
The house receded from its amend
ment increasing the appropriation for
lunatic asylum annexes from $140,000
to $180,000.
Nothing definite was agreed to by
the senate in reference to the propos
ed extension of the general assembly’s
session. The session will expire
Thursday without concurrent a ;tion on
the part of the senate, unless the
Leatherman impeachment proceed
ings act as a restraint.
The house passed the Gantt bill,
which is intended to suppress the sys
tem of drumming visitors to certain
physicians at Hot Springs; the Rod
man bill providing for a state board of
arbitration; and the Chrisp bill con
stituting the governor, secretary of
state and attorney general a state
board of pardons.
The senate transacted a large vol
ume of business at the morning ses
sion, and so did the house. In the
afternoon the lawmakers listened for
an hour to “Private John” Allen, a
member of the national board of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and
Chas. M. Reeves, of the legislative de
partment of the exposition.
WARNING BULLETIN
FROM WEATHER BUREAU.
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Washington, March 9. The weather
bureau today issued the following
river bulletin:
“The heavy rains of Saturday and
Sunday have materially increased the
volume of water in the Ohio and Mis
sissippi rivers and their principal
tributaries. Danger-line stages pre
vail from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
The greatest height above danger line
is at Evansville, viz, 6.8 feet. At
Memphis the rise continues steadily
at the rate of one and two-tenths of a
foot in twenty-four hours, while at
New Orleans the stage this morning
is 18.1 feet, a rise of five-tenths during
the last twenty-four hours and within
1.4 feet of the highest water on record.
The Arkansas is also rising, while the
White, Black and Red rivers are now
at flood stage.
Another disturbance now over the
upper Missouri valley threatens to
cause more rain Tuesday and Wed
nesday in the Ohio and lower Missis
sippi valleys. If this rain should fall
in considerable quantities it will still
further intensify flood conditions, and
all preparations should be made for
still higher stages.
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| RIVER PROMISES OVERFLOW.
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Reports Received From Upper White
And Black River Points Threaten
A Disastrous Overflow—Flood
Tide Expected Thursday.
Never probably in the history of
this section nave toe clouds continued
for so long a time to pour forth such a
deluge of rain. Hardly a day passes
that the already alarming stage of the
rivers of this section is not made more
serious by additional showers. The
rainfall alone has partially flooded
I many of the lower streets of this city
and the crossings upon Walnut and
Hazel streets near Remmel Avenue
were found to be floating Tuesday
morning, while the streets gave more
the appearance of canals than public
highways.
The downpour of Monday night re
sulted in a total precipitation of 2.46
inches according to the Newport
guage and from reports at hand seems
to have been general over the whole
section of Northern Arkansas and
Southern Missouri drained by White,
Black and Current rivers and their
tributaries.
What the effect of this big rainfall
upon the swollen streams will be, is
no longer a matter of dispute and pro
phecy but rather a certainty. The
Newport guage at the noon hour
Tuesday registered 27 feet and in the
opinion of Capt. W. A. Joyce, who has
studied the rise and fall of White River
for many years, will probably reach
32 feet by Wednesday morning. This
would put White River over the Iron
Mountain yards and within a few feet
of the ties on the main line dump.
On Tuesday morning, Mount Olive
wired that White River had risen six
feet there during the night and was
still rising rapidly, as the rain had
continued throughout the night.
Batesville likewise reported heavy
rains and a rise of two feet last night.
Poplar Bluff and Black Rock were
visited by the same general rains and
Black river is rising at both points.
Farmers in the lowland districts
should look to the safety of their stock
and drive them to higher ground be
fore the flood tide reaches here.
Though Newport is protected by
levee and the railroad dumps, these
should be placed in good condition as
small seeps may soon become gorges
that will allow the water to rush in
upon the town. It would be very
short sighted economy that would
risk the loss and inconvenience from an
overflow to save a few dollars, that
might be spent for the betterment and
watching of the railroad dumps and
the levee.
MOUNTAINS REPORT
HEAVY RAINFALLS.
Mountain Home, March 9.—Rain has
been falling above here and at this
place in torrents today. Everything
in the lowlands is under water. All
the creeks in the countryside are
booming and White river is rapidly
filling with a large volume of water.
The level may soon reach far above
the danger mark if the rain continues.
Reports from the upper White river
valley and tributary streams say that
such is the volume of water that is
descending that there is likely to be
extremely high water in the lower
portion of the river when the flood
tide has time to pass down stream.
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