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Next Week
September
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WOLFFGOLDMAN
MERCANTILE CO.
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Jewport, Friday, Aug. 29
Pr. JVerFOrmanCES, Afternoon and Night. TWO RINGS, ELEVAT
*jLJ MUSEUM and MENAGERIE. Monster, Majestic, Spectacular
VREE STREET PRRRDEI*
^naP\achable . in . Wealth . and . Grandeur.
WRCgreATER, grander than ever before,
tJbrou^jhouV new 8^ow—new> elegantly finished costumes and wardrobes
MUSEUM, VnAGERIE AND EXHIBITION OF TRAINED ANIMALS.
Positivelynt| Emphatically the Only All-Feature
Show Coming this Season.
Modest in ’Aomises, honest in its announcements, lavish in its per
rormances, pres^g at ap times twice as much as advertised—producing
perrormances thfcn uot t,e duplicated by any other show, no matter how
groal> |
> TH‘ The y Behemoth of Holy Writ
S LARGE AS AN ELEPHANT.
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Grand Free S Parade at 10 a.
Two Perfor ces Daily, doors open i and 7 p. m.
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Enjoy an Observation=Cafe, Parlor or Luxurious
Chair Cooled by Electric Fans en route.
For further information ask your home ticket
agent or addresss
W. D. WOOD, T. P. A., St. Louis, Ho.
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INSURANCE COMPANY
MAKES ASSIGNMENT.
The Arkansas Live Stock Insur
ance Company was placed in the
hands of E. B. Jett as receiver Tues
day upon the application of Dearing
& Tucker of El Dorado. The appli
cation was made in Pulaski chancery
court by Lewis Rhoton and W. M.
Lewis, and in the absence of Chancel
lor T. B. Martin the order appointing
the receiver was made by Judge R. J.
Lea of the Pulaski circuit court. Mur
phy & Mehaffey, attorneys for the
company confessed its insol
vency. The present liabilities of the
company amount to about $20,000,
and the assets somewhat less.
The Arkansas Live Stock Insurance
Company was represented in this
section of the state by G. L. Hatfield,
who made his headquarters at New
port for several months.
The failure of the concern at this
time is due to the fact that the policy
holders who are largely planters and
farmers, failed to pay their install
ments falling due in July and August,
and the mortality of the animals in
sured was abnormally great during
the hot months of June, July and Au
gust. A large bulk of the business
was written in the southern and
southeastern parts of the state, where
the conditions were very unfavorable
during the summer months. Another
cause of the failure is now shown to
be that the company’s rate is too lowT.
They have been insuring stock,
chiefly cattte, horses and mules, for
two years at six per cent, whereas
the rate shonld be at least nine per
cent in order to insure the company
against loss and for the protection of
the policy holders. The company
was organized in November 1901. and
has paid up to date claims amounting
to about $8,000, every claim due prior
to August 1, 1902, having been paid
in full.
HOLLENBERG SHOWS UP.
New York. Aug. 25. —H. Walker
Hollenberg, of Little Rock, Arkansas,
is alive, though very ill, at his home
in New Rochelle, N. J., having arrived
there early this morning. His ex-'
perience is a thrilling one, and it is
hardly possible to believe he could
survive.
Hollenberg disappeared from Coney
Island two weeks ago, and was sup
posed to have been drowned. Upon
his arrival at his home in New Ro
chelle today he said he was landed
there early this morning by a fishing
smack, by which he had been picked
up at sea.
Only members of the family and a
physician were allowed to see him.
The doctor said Hollenberg was in no
condition to see strangers at present.
Hollenberg’s story is that he was
carried out to sea by the undertow
while in swimming. His cries for
help attracted no attention from the
beach, and he had been carried out a
long distance when he managed to
get hold of a piece of wreckage that
drifted toward him, and by means of
this, supported himself until rescued
by the fishing smack. He was dressed
in an old suit of clothes, which he
said had been given him by the cap
tain of the vessel.
SECOND TWINS FOR
MORMON ROBERTS.
Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 26.—Celia
Dibble Roberts, one of the plural
wives of B. H. Roberts, who was ex
pelled from congress because of his
polygamous relations, has contributed
another pair of twins to the family
which recently attracted much at
tention.
Mrs. Roberts gave birth to twin
girls a short time before the election
of her husband to congress, four years
ago, and this pair was heard of from
one end of the country to the other.
Now Mrs. Roberts has given birih to
twin boys.
ON EXHIBITION
Thursday and Friday J. W. Losse’s
famous line of samples for custom
made clothing at Chas. Meyer’s Great
Bargain Store. A perfect fit guaran
teed. 108d3t
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
NEW SURVEY TO NEWPORT.
West Plains, Mo., August 26. A
corps of Rock Island engineers, under
Captain A. L. Clark, who are running
a line from Belle, Mo., south, are now
camped at Sterling, twenty-six miles
northwest of here. Captain Clark
visited West Plains Sunday to exam
ine the route to this city. From here
the proposed line will be toward New
port. Another line will be run from
here to Harrison and Fort Smith. The
engineers are finding great difficulty
in selecting a feasible route.
This corps of surveyors represent
the Rock Island system and will meet
the party under S. M. Ramsdell, who
began working north from Jaokson
port August 17, prospecting for a
route to the state line, through In
dependence, Sharp and Fulton coun
ties.
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SURVEY NEARLY COMPLETED.
Hoxie, August 26.—S. E. Coombs,
chief engineer of the St. Louis, Mem
phis & Southeastern office in St.
Louis, was here yesterday. The sur
veying party now out on the exten
sion of this road from this place is
within thirty miles of Little Rock.
Five carloads of material for the
Iron Mountain roundhouse came in
yesterday.
It is reported that Graham Bros., at
Tuckerman, will donate right-of-way
to the St. Louis, Memphis & Little
Rock railroad through 7,000 acres of
land they own in Jackson county.
This road starts here.
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General Superintendent Cotter and
other officials of the Iron Mountain
spent Thursday in Van Bureu select
ing a site for the new roundhouse to
be erected at that place.
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The Illinois Central is preparing to
install telephone service on its pas
senger trains, to be used in case of
wrecks, from stations apd for the
convenience of travelers.
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In substituting oil for coal the
Southern Pacific effects a saving of
$1,000,000 a year and dispenses with
the services of all coal handlers. So
far the saving has averaged about
$600 a month per engine.
TOOK FIRST GAME.
Ernest McDonald, Tom Dillard,
David Hare, Otto Russell, Cleve Rob
inson, Gus Remmel, Ed Davenport,
Eugene Hirsch, Homer Buford and
Peter Bach left on the local Wednes
day morning for Tuckerman, where
they had an engagement to play a
double header.
The Independent learned through
the courtesy of Tom Dillard that our
boys captured the first game by the
easy score of 9 to 6, the time required
for the game being one hour and fifty
five minutes. We hope they may
succeed in bagging the second game
and with the encouragement of two
victories and the support of home
routers, the Tuckerman team will
hardly make a showing in Thursday’s
game here.
SECOND POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
Arkadelphia, Ark., Aug. 25.—The
safe in the postoffice at Okolona,
twenty-seven miles west of here,
was blown open yesterday morning
at 2:30 o’clock. About $100 was se
cured, and stamps were scattered all
over the house, but none were taken.
Entrance was effected through a
window. It is supposed to have been
done by green bands in the business,
as the Plowing open of the safe plain
ly demonstrated.
The people there were much
wrought up over the matter, as this is
the first safe that has been blown
open in that town.
The sheriff of this (Clark) county
thinks he has a very good clew, and
went immediately to the place with
hounds.
FUdAILY INDEPENDENT \
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CAMPBELL BROTHERS SHOWS
Campbell Brothers Gave a Nice Street
Parade And a Clean Performance.
Daily Forum, Fargo, N. D: At
about 10:30 a. m., amid the music
from several excellent bands and the
cheers of thousands of people along
Broadway the elegant circus parade
of the Campbell Bros, show in tri
umph passed up Fargo’s main
thoroughfare. It was a magnificent
parade. There were the rich and
costly equipages, beautiful beyond
description, the handsome uniforms,
the magnificent array of blooded
horses, the great elephant and other
smaller ones, one-humped and two
humped camels, a large number of
cages of animals, some of them open
and displaying the wild beasts of the
forests and plains, of5the tropics and
of the mountains of the north. Sit
ting in the cages with ferocious look
ing beasts were the trainers calm but
watchful. There was the enormous
behemoth, a monster in Bize and
horrible in appearance, with its enor
mous mouth opening ever and anon,
closing upon the bits of food thrown
into the cavern by the trainer. Last
but not least there was the noisy
steam calliope, which always attracts
a great deal of attention and is bound
to be conspicuous. The Campbell
Bros, has a fine one. There was the
free exhibition before the doors of the
main tent on North Broadw'ay. The
attendance was flattering despite the
rain and the threatening elements.
Thousands thronged the large tents.
There were words of praise for the
remarkable menagerie, the large va
ri ty of splendid animals and the
special attractions were all that could
be desired. The acting was of high
order and gave entire satisfaction to
the great audience that filled the tent.
Hair raising feats brought out the
applause of the spectators again and
again and the clowns with their funny
diversions were a feature that
captured all. The Campbell Bros,
made a great hit and wiil no doubt
have a full tent this evening. At
Newport, August 29.
GEORGE DALLAS HARH.
George Dallas Hare, aged three
months and one day, died Wednesday
morning about 8 o’clock from «chill8
and fever, after being sick only one
day and a half. The burial will take
place tomorrow (Thursday.)
The mother is undergoing treatment
in a Memphis infirmary and waB ex
pected home this week. To the pa
rents in their deep grief over the loss
of this member of their home, who
had been with them for such a short
time, the sympathy of many friends
over the county is extended.
MEET TO MARRY
BUT THAT WAS ALL.
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These agencies which have been es
tablished to promote and expedite
trips to Hymen’s altar in this hurry
up and unconventional age by
means of correspondence bureaus,
which furnish names for those who
have matrimonial desires, seems to
have caught an unusually large haul
of suckers from north Arkansas of
late, and the reporter for this paper
in his da;ly meanderings, tumbled
onto the parties in such a romance
Wednesday morning.
Not a romance exactly, but “it might
have been” as sentimentalists say,
who think fate has acted strangely,
for the plans had been very deliber
ately matured, which in the end went
astray. It was by appointment, that
a maiden fair under the name of Miss
Mary Shearin from far off Indianapolis
ventured the long trip to Newport to
find a gallant chivalrous Southron,
after the usual courtship of corres
pondence.
The man appeared in the person of
H. F. Mosher of Melbourne, but
somehow there was a hitch in the
program somewhere and they met to
part to meet .no more. Both were
nice enough looking to have suited ,
each other, incompatibility of temper
cannot be alleged and we are at a loss
as to what to attribute their mutual
disappointment. But anyhow the
engagement was declared off and the
spoiled romance ended in their de
parture for their respective homes.