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VOLUME m NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1904.
NO MEMBER
FROM ARKANSAS,
Ex-Senator James K. Jones Wil
Not Be Appointed Member
of Canal Commission.
Washington, Feb. 21.—It is
Stated on what seems good au
thority that ex-Senator Jones oi
Arkansas will not be appointee
on the isthmian canal commis
sion.
The Southerner is to come
4 from Louisiana, but the an
nouncement will not be made
until after the ratification of the
canal treaty Tuesday.
President Hester of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange has
been mentioned in connection
with the commission. The most
prominent Southern applicants
were: Former Senator Jones,
Arkansas; Former Governor
Sayers, Texas; Former Senator
Harris, Kansas, and Former
Representative Joseph E. Wash
ington, Tennessee.
Announcement has already
been made of the appointment
on the commission of Rear Ad
miral Walker, Gen. George W.
Davis and Capt. Frank G. Hecker
of Detroit.
SLEET SUNK BARGE.
A barge belonging to the In
man - Decker lumber company,
loaded with wagon material and
other lumber, which was anchor
ed at the Newport elevator, was
sunk Saturday night by the fall
ing sleet and rain.
The barge was leaking badly
and the added weight was more
than it could stand. A part ot
the wagon material was floated
away.
THE WOODS AND
BRIGGS COMPANY.
The above named company will
open a three nights engagement
at the opera house Monday, Feb.
22. This company played here
last season under the name ot
the Floyd R. Briggs Company.
This season Messrs. Woods and
Briggs have a company of fifteen
people; carry a band and orches
tra and travel in their own Pull
man car. During their engage
ment they will produce in an
elaborate manner the Inside
Track, Way Down East and
Monte Cristo, in addition to the
regular play. A number of vau
deville features will be intro
duced Monday night. Every
lady accompanied by a person
holding a paid reserved seat
ticket- will be admitted free.
Prices 15, 25 and 35c.
RUFUS CONDITT.
In this issue Rufus L. Conditt,
one of Bird township’s leading
Democrats and farmers, an
)*9ti*£tes his candidacy for asses
* - sor. He is competent to fill the
office and has a host of friends
who will support his candidacy.
PROPOSED UNION
OF PRESBYTERIANS.
Announcement has been made
thai after conferences in St.
Louis extending over the past
three days, the committee on
church co-operation and union of
the Presbyterian churches of the
United States and the committee
on fraternity and union of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church
' unanimously adopted an agree
ment as a basis of the union of
the two churches.
It is in the shape of a report to
the general assemblies of the two
churches, and will have to be
ratified by both of those bodies
before it becomes operative.
: Both assemblies meet May 9, the
Presbyterian at Buffalo and the
I Cumberland at Dallas, Tex. The
I committee which adopted this re
| port were appointed by their re
: spective general assembles last
1 j year and met for the first time
' last October. In December sub
committees of the two commit
i tees met in Cincinnati to consider
j certain details, and three days
| ago the full committees resumed
! the conference here. The action
of these committees, if ratified
by the general assemblies, will
make the Presbyterian church
national in character, with a
membership approximating 1,
000,000.
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STRUCK BY FALLING TREE.
Lewis Harris, colored, was
killed a few days ago near Sher
rill, this state. The deceased
was with a surveying party in
the woods and being cold they
set fire to a dead tree and paid
but little attention to probable
danger by the falling of the tree.
Harris was busy at work near
the fire when some of his com
panions observed that the tree
was falling and gave the alarm,
but it was not discovered by Har
ris in time to make his escane.
The trunk of the tree struck him
and death followed at once.
The deceased formerly lived in
Batesville and was a half brother
of N. Aikin, one of the teachers
in the city colored school. The
remains were brought to Bates
ville, arriving Thursday morning
for burial.
WATCHING THE
MORNING STAR.
—
, ' A letter has been, received by
| the citizens of Salado, says the
Batesville Bee, from the officials
of the Luxora, Evening Shade &
Northwestern railroad, stating
j that the company intended to
take up the Morning Star propo
sition and build a road from
Newport into Marion county in
the event the Morning Star peo
ple allowed their charter to ex
pire. This news is of great in
terest to the people on the south
side of the river, and the Luxora
people will receive abundant en
couragement all along the pro
posed line. It may now be up
to the Morning Star to do some
thing or gracefully retire and
let the road be built.
NECROLOGICAL.
DANIEL ROETZEL.
Daniel Roetzel of Russell died
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
at the ripe old age of 72 years.
The deceased was the father of
F. W. Roetzel of Bald Knob.
MRS. FANNIE RAMEY.
Mrs. Fannie Ramey, the mother
of the late Mrs. Con Deane, died
Monday morning at 7 o’clock
from pneumonia. The deceased
was born in Georgia, but had
lived for a number of years with
Mr. Deane. She was 72 years of
age, and was the only surviving
member of her family.
Burial Tuesday at Jamestown.
The relatives have the sympathy
of all in their loss.
MULES FOR SALE.
I will have a car of young
broke mules, ranging from 14 1-2
to 15 1-2 hands high for sale at
Yelverton’s barn in Newport on
or about Friday, February 26,
and will remain there until sold.
Come and figure with me, I will
] treat you right.
41w2t W. R. Ross,
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SIGNATURES SECURED
BY MISREPRESENTATION
Ashley County Citizefts Assert
Judge Wood Was Advised
By Party Leaders to
Appoint One Negro
Jury Commis
sioner.
The following statement has
been issued by two prominent
citizens of Ashley county with j
reference to a circular being
scattered through the state by j
| Gov. Jeff Davis:
| “To whom it may concern:
“Having been informed that
Gov. Jeff Davis is using our
names in certain circular letters,
claiming that we are supporters
of his race for governor^we beg
to state that he has no authority
to make such a statement from
us, and that our signatures were
obtained in the following man
ner, to-wit:
“Some time in October last a
document was handed us to sign
by an appointee of Gov. Davis,
which document stated that cer
tain parties therein named were
negroes. Asking the bearer
why he wanted such statement,
| he replied: 'I don’t know, but
; I think Mr. Norman (Jas. C.
| Norman) wants^it to straighten
up some iana matters.
“Knowing the parties to be
negroes and without the slightest
idea of the paper being a politi
cal trick we signed it.
“We are now informed that
; some of these.negroes were jury
men when Judge C. D. Wood was
judge of this judicial district,
| and since we have been inad
j vertently drawn into publicity in
j the campaign, and being warm
: supporters of Judge Wood, we
| deem it nothing but justice to
| him as well as ourselves to say
‘ that when he was circuit judge
j of this district he was advised by !
I leading Democrats to appoint one !
negro jury commissioner in order j
that the Democratic party might
get some of the negro vote which
would have carried the district
Republican had they voted solid
ly with that party.
“We have received more than
one letter since this gubernator
ial campaign opened stating that
Gov. Davis was claiming our sup
port, and asking us if this state
ment was true, hence we take
this method of denying the
charge and announcing openly
and unreservedly our intention
of supporting that noble, self
made Christian gentleman, Judge
Carroll D. Wood, the product |
j and pride of "Ashley county.
“J. J. Dean,
“J. T. Files.
We and each of us state that
we were familiar with the con
ditions existing at the time of
Judge Wood’s incumbency as cir
cuit judge of the Tenth judicial
district of Arkansas and know
that his action in appointing ne
gro jury commissioners was ad
vised by the leaders of the party
here and was to the best interest
of the party.
“(Signed) E. L. Thompson,
ex-clerk of circuit court; Robt.
E. Craig, T. B. Savage, J. W.
Kittrell, Wm. A. Roby, T. T.
Murphy.”
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