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Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
Order Eastern Star.

The nty-eighth annual session of the order of the Eastern Star of Arkansas closed at Little Rock on the 20th with the installation of the following newly elected officers:
 Grand matron, Julia M. Gill, Lit tie Rock (re-elected); grand pa tron, Mark Olney, Mena; grand as- sociate matron, Blanche Klock, Eu= reka Springs; grand associate pa tron, J. M. Oathout, Bonneville; grand secretary, Jennie B. Hopkins; Little Rock (re-elected); grand treasurer, Cora Westerfeld, Con- way; grand conductress, Miss Athea Barker, Bradley; grand associate conductress, Jennie B. Ellis, Fort Smith.
 Reports showed the order in a fourishing condition, but during the past year, forty-seven members passed away.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
Royal and Select Masters.

Following is a list of officers elect ed at the thirty-ninth annual ses- sion, Royal and Select Masters, held at Little Rock last week: G. J. Klock, Eureka Springs, grand mas ter; s. D. Dodge, Little Rock, depu- ty grand master; G. w. Skidmore, Little Rock, conductor of work; John Brodie, Little Rock, treasur- CT; Fay Hampstead, Little Rock, re- corder; Nick Kizer, Eureka Springs, captain of guard; J. s. Westerfeld, Conway, conductor of council F. s. Baker, Harrison, grand chaplain; M. B. Aakin, Little Rock, marshal ; s. Daltroff, Wynne, steward; Ed ward Metcalf, Little Rock, grand sentinel.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
Trespassers Cannot Recover.

In a suit for damages in federal court at Texarkana, where party was killed by railroad train, Judge Trieber held that the public using the track of a railroad as pathway are trespassers. In this particular case the plaintiff offered evidence that the public had used the track for number of years at the point where the accident occur red without objection on the part of the railroad, and the defendant proved that signs had been posted warning the public to keep off the track.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
No Punishment.for the Crime.

The man Rathbun, who is SUD- posed to be under arrest at Jeffer- sonville, Ind, charged with murder ing an unknown man and shipping the corpse to his wife at Little Rock as his own in order to defraud an insurance company, will first be tried in Indiana on the murder charge and if acquitted will theD be taken in charge by United States army officials to answer for deseT- tion. Attorney General Murph2 7 says there is no law in this state to punish attempt to defraud life insurance companies.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
Killed by an Explosion.

T. Flannery, a sub-contractor, was killed by an explosion whila blasting for the roadbed of the White River railroad near Bates vile. There was about ten charges of powder in at the time, and Elan nery, thinking that all had been dis charged, walked up to the location of this charge just as it exploded, Ibe- ing blown about 50 feetfin the lair He died about three bours later, never regaining consciousness.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
Maniac's Terrible Crime.

John Pemberton, aged 35, ma niac, murdered his mother at their home fifteen miles from Eureka Springs and made an unsuccessful attempt on the life of his brother. Pemberton developed a violent ma- mia several months ago, but his rela- tives arranged to confne him at their home He was closely guard ed for few weeks, when his inn proved condition caused the family to relax their vigilance. He arose from bed at night and beat his mother to death with a rife.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
Conductor Killed.

A disastrous wreck occurred near Goldman, on the Cotton Belt, on the goth. The engine jumped the track followed by sixteen loaded cars, which were demolished. Conductor Walter Noble, of Jonesboro, was killed and brakeman, the fireman and engineer were seriously, prob ably fatally, injured.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29

A ten million dollar plaster trust has been organized. The city treasurer of Buffalo, N. r., is short $5O,000.
 The combine of fruit jar manu- lecturers has been dissolved.
 An Associated Press dispatch, from Kansas City of the 24th says:
 The Spanish senate has passed bill prohibiting the coinage of silver.
 Two men were fatally injured in ] riot between union and non-union miners few miles from Vincenr1es, Ind.
 An unusually heavy fog caused numerous collisions of electric cars at Chicago on the 18th inst, in which two people were killed and fifteen injured.
 It has been made public that 112 bars of silver bullion, valued at $20,- coo, were stolen six months ago in transit from shelter at El Paso to the east. It is believed the bullion was thrown from the cars shortly after leaving Ell Paso.
 The building occupied by the State Bank at Milan, Kas., was wrecked by the explosion of dyna- mite placed by robbers. So disas- trous was the explosion the thieves were unable to secure any booty from the ruins.
 Eight officials of the company owning the Baby mine at Pocahon- tas, Va., in which a number of men were entombed by gas explosion entered the mine to search for the bodiers of unfortunate miners and were overcome by gas and perished.
 The Virginia constitutional con- vention adopted amendments pro- viding for separate schools for white and black and providing for the com pulsory education of children be- tween 8 and 13 years of age, unless excused by the local school authori- ties.
 The state department has received from Minister Conger, at Pekin, translations of two imperial edicts providing for the establishment of schools throughout the Chinese em- pire and ordering the viceroys and governors to select and send students abroad to be educated in special {. branches of industrial science. The United States supreme court in the case of a railroad company against Mississippi tax collector, in which the road claimed exemption from taxes under special act of the legislature, which act was repealed after the roads charter was granted, held that the road could not claim immunity from taxation on the ground that its property was of a privileged character.
 The official count of the votes cast in Maryland at the recent election has been completed It shows that | the democrats will have seventeen senators and ffty-one delegates in the next legislature, while the re- publicans will have nine senators and forty-four delegates. The total vote in the state for the heads of the re- spective ticket is: Herring (dem. ), for comptroller, 96,477; Platt (rep.), 96,356; Hering's plurality, 121. Thomas Spartan (rep.) defeat ed J. Frank Turner (dem.) for clerk of the court of appeals by a plurality of 1889.
 Carl Atheno, the hypontist who was buried on a vacant lot last Monday night, was disinterred to- night in the presence of several thousand spectators. The coffin in which he took his long sleep was placed on platform, and six men lifted his body out and let it rest on blankets. An alarm clock was set off close to his ear, and before the bell had stopped ringing Atheno be-
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29
HE WORLD.

bpmen of 10 per cent.
 Studebaker, the well
 (ufacturer of farm imple-
 gouth Bend, Ind, is dead.
 nily of former President
 f the Orange Free State,
 In deported from South Af-
 a Galcatcher and Ella Faged,
 Is respectively, are in jail at
 no, e1a., charged with horse The city of Colon, Colombia, was Lken by liberal troops on the 2oth With but little resistance from gov ernment troops.
 Since the allotment of lands in Oklahoma over 100 negro home steaders have been run out of that country by threats of death if they remain.
 representatives of the principal Manufacturing industries of this country, in convention at Washing ton, D. O., voted against any revis- ion of the tariff.
 In the neighborhood of 50 men were suffocated in the Smuggler un- ions mine at Tellaride, Col, as a result of fire. Most of the vic- tims were men of family.
 A woman's national auxiliary of the Spanish-American War Veter- ans Association, has been organized, with Mrs. R. H. Savage, of New York city, as president general.
 Dr. J. l.. Qartrell, aged 67 years, Twas convicted at Butler, Mo-, of mur- der in the first degree for the killing of companion travelling with him in a wagon, the motive being robbery. Prominent Seattle (Wash.) wo- men, wives and daughters of wealthy business and professional men, ac- cording to United States secret ser vice detectives, have been conduct ing systematic smuggling operations on large scale.
 In passenger train wreck on the Santa Fe near Franconia, Ariz., sev- en trainmen were killed and three passengers and fourteen trainmen injured. Two limited trains, one east alkd ,Qne westbound, crashed to- gether while Gunning at full speed. Will Matthias, a negro, charged with nurdering and burning the bodies of two deputy United States marshals near Oxford, Miss, sur rendered to escape dea|th at the hands of a mob. The mdln had been |pursued for several day5 by a large posse with bloodhounds.I
 Catholics have applied to the sec itary for portion df the funds Id by the government for the h. n schools, contendinlg that where NAian children are being educated at the request of thqir parents at Catholic schools, the Catholic schools should be given the Iadvantage of a portion of the moneE.
 Aguinaldo has wri ften Gen. Chaf- fee, the military governor of the Philippines, asking the latter's per mission to go befofe congress and express the desires of the Filipino Apple. AguinaldoI further requests |to be accompanied Iby eight friends, whom he designatfs, four of whom are prisoners at ( Euam, while the others are prominent in Manila.
 The Kentucky court of appeals has reversed the decisions of the low CT court in the contest between Robert Breckenridge, democrat, and @. J. Pratt, repu ublican, for the office of attorney general. The decision of the court is final and directs that Breckinridge retire immediately from office. Breckinridge was on the democratic ticket headed by Wm. kGoebel for governor twQuk;eags ago
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20
THE STEEL CHARTER READY.
E'or,, ar,sed 10 the New Jersey secre
tHry= of State.

Fors' ar,sed 10 the Scvv Jersey Secre-
tHry= of State.
NEW YORK. Feb 20--It is stated here
on credible authority that the charter
Of The new consolidated steel company had
been completed. except IS TO few i'm
portant points. and had been forwarded
to the Office Of the Secretary OF STATE At
Trenton. y J.. where It would be held IN
til directions should be received to record
it. Blank spaces have left IN the frstru-
menJ. It is said for the insertion Of the
amounts Of the authorized common and
preferred stocks, as we'll as the bonds,
when these figures shall be finally deeid-
ed upon. The counsel Of Dir. Morgan and
other interests are stlI busiIy engaged in
working out the details Of the gigantic
consolidation, and II cannot yet De said
y hen an announcement regarding the
l-lJEress or completion Of the plan may be
expected.
The subsidiary companies Of such big
corporations as The Federal Steel Com
pany and the American Steel ana Wire
Company are in various States Of the Tn
ion. and care viii have TO be taken, it IS
pointed OFT. that the requirements of the
States So far as they relate TO the laws
OF corpora lions are complied with. StO-
riss 70 the effect that the opposition Of
certain minority stockholders IS gather
ing strength. and that iujunctious and
similar steps may be taken. are auLhOri-
tatiyely denied.
The steel stocks were weak yesterday.
/ but the common shares showed much
greater strength in comparison with Lhe
preferred Oh Monday
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a VICTIM OF FOOTBALLS.
CoIorcd HaryIanaer Held up and
I0bbed Near RIdGcIIITe.

CoIored Narylander Held Up and
Bobbed Near RIdGcEIIEc.
FREDERICK. Md, Feb 2g--Leyis
Miles. colored. has informed the sheriff
that he vas held up by footpads while
going home from work Saturday night,
near RidgeT.Iie. and robbed Of s!5. Sat
urtay vas pay day for The men working
on the Baltimore and Ohio n.proyements.
ana having received his money Miles was
walking along the county road when two
white men ana one coIored man sudden
" stepped out from behind some trees
and commanded him 10 throw up his
hands Al the point o. their pistols
After relieving MIN Of all he mad they
told MIN 10 run OF they would shoot him
He had gone rlr several hundred feet
when they opened IRE on him. One Of
The bullets struck him in the neck. bar
be was well 0UL Of range. ana il only
MADE d flesh wound
Eeiug wounded and exhausted he ent
to Lhe house of JCnu Hahn. who sheltered
him over might sunday morning several
cCLsrapics with a posse Of dlrr- les ar
rested nine men in tils camp. 1IJ Miles
could not identify any Of them IS bis as
s3ilaats- The sheriff is determined TO
break up this laElessuesS. and has a
number Of deputies going through he va
Tious camps IN search ar IO0Jna,ts
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20
TRU STEE's SALE.
THOMAS DOWNING & co. Auctionerrs.

TR5 SITES SALE OF 4 yALU ABLE TRACT OF
LAND on THE BOWEN ROAD. IMPROVED
By LARGE DWELLING. AND OUT BUILD
mes
b. virtue OF ! deed OF tr.-t dated February p.
ISL recorded III LiScr No Ifa folio III CO seq.
Of the land records of Ene District or Csll,uHia
@iH sell II pgJblic auction. on the premises On
SATJ BDAY. TIE SECOND DAY OF MARCH.
1901 Al 80 O'CLOCK 2. Nj. the real e.-tr,r.
described part OF tract OF land cal cd
Aaron" situated on the Marlboro Road, east Of
the Eastern Branch OF the Potomac River II he
ing Jhe same tract purchased Is SaF3eS ,. Bowen
nI Thomas Tajbert a. per decd dIted March E2.
i~r- Hs-.srJ:ci IN Liher i NJ fl. NJ II, fo-5s=
~ md 80 and also that tract OF land aGjpIu-
ing line above known - part u lots five and
eleven e. and ID an Che subdivision OF a tract
called -'Nonslch'' purchased 10y said Bowen oi
deed dated Nay 81. IoI2. recorded in LIber Nn
Gs4 foios $50. etc OF said land records refer
cucc being had 20 said deeds for 4 more Tzr,5ru-
lar description; both tracts containing about
furty-ilye acres more or less and being the >Ilue
land conveyed by William z Dole and wife 40
George h Starkweather b. dec! dated February
- 1857. and recorded IL Lihcr No. - folio
Id4 81 seq
Terms OF sllc-One-third cash and the balance
in one and two years, secured by the notes 81.
the purchaser drawing per cent interest and a
chaser option. deposit OF 500 VIII be reulirei
nj time of sale II terms oi sale are not complied
with within fifteen days the trustee reserves the
RICH. a. resell five day : notice 1t risk and
cost Of dciaultiug purchaser Convey anciny,
stamps and recording 1T purchasers cost
SAMUEL R BOND. Trustee,
c20dvds Office 32l az 81 y W
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20

Consul Winter Of ADHaberg. has sens
The following translation Of an article ap-
pearinE in the "Deutsche Export Zei,uls''
70 The STATE Department.
The increase IN the trade Of INC United
States with Russia IS noticeable This is
due TO the cordial relations which exist
between these Two countries and 20 the
less friendly attitude Of Russian merchants
toward me manufacturers Of other coun-
tries The greater part Of the orders for
the Siberian Railway has been placed in
the United States. Another large order.
amounting TO 1885. 600 in value. has just
been placed in America for machinery TO
cuJ a tunnel Of about enc and one-baIf
miles in length not far from Cha-biH. II
Manchuria. The tunnel is 10 be finished in
one years time Direct connections VIII
then be completed between Europe and
Fladivostock- The United States has out
distanced &c qany IN the markets Of Rus-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20
" eII-I<noyn baltimore Printer and
II Civil War Veteran.

.
BALTIMORE. FEB. 2G-John II. Shane.
Of the printing firm Of John Il. shane <
! Co. died yesterday morning at his nome.
! OF a complication Of diseases. He had been
IN poor heath for years and had beea CON
eLcd 10 his home since last July
Mr.. Shane was bern IN Baltimore on
January :, 1888. When boy ne was ap-
ErenriceI 70 lhe late J. v Woods to learn
tn ART or printing ana worked fer Mr,
Woods until the beginning OF The civil
war
on August I3. 1861. ne enlisted IN Com
pauy X. Fifth New York infantry. better
known as Duryea's Zpeaves. then sta
toned at Fort McHenT-- Several months
laIer he was commissioned d lieutenant
in the Third Maryland Regiment by Gov
I Holiday Hicks. but the regiment was
consolidated with another and Mr. Shane
on December 26. 1851. enlisted in the First
Eastern Shore OF Maryland Infantry. lie
was made sergeant At once and in the
following April was commissioned see
nnd lieutenant His regiment served with
credit with he Army OF the Potomac. see
ing hard service IL the Gettysburg cam
paisu. and was mus cred out December 3,
1851
liIg 10 baltimore Nj shame en-
gagged again in the printing business. In
1885. at the death Of J. W Woods. he
bought ont the printing establishment
that had been conducted for many years
by Mr. Woods ana continued il until his
death
Mr. Shane was \ member OF Wilson Post,
Grand Army Of the Republic, Union Nete-
ran Legion. Grand Army Club of Mary
land Ancient Order Of United Workmen.
the Heptasophs and was an honorary
member Of the Typogra PhicaI Union. He
had five brothers IN the Union army His
paternaI grandfather was mOctuIly wound
ed in The battle OF North Point.
Mr. Shane was twice married. His first
wife was Miss Roxanna Evans. two OF
whose children survive their father. Mrs.
Carrie Windsor. Of Danes Quarter. Md
and Mrs. Edith NJ Windsor. of Deals Isl
and Nd His second wife, who survives
him. was Miss Emily Roe. daughter OF
/ Captain Richard Willis Roe.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20

OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 2o--The Cu&ahy
kidnapping case is no longer a mystery and
Elc only phase Of 1t ths5 is now troubling
Ire authorities Is the location Of two Of the
three kiCnapess. James CaL'ehan IS IN
JAZZ and there is no doubt Of his guilt He
was arrested on Saturday.
This morning john MurJie VAS taken
into CUSTODY --onuoc-on with the case.
He IS accused Of guilty knowledge. only.
but his t1enty-year- son IS said TO ba
the man. VINO. with Pat Grove. planned
and executed the crime which Melted them
Il fortune Gurtie. ST. is The COachnan Of
J. n Il Patrick and it gas an old house
IN 4 remote part Of the Patrick suburban
property which the bandits I:rst rented and
arranged as prison for Eddie Cudahy-
Young Murjie suddenly disappeared ten
days after the kidnapping, and a day or
two after the police discovered that the
bandits had fixed up the Patrick house a
half mile distant from Murtie's home as
the prison for the kidnapped boy. Now
the police are trying to make the father
tell where his son is. Pat Grove vas
frequently seen III company with an
Italian and young Murtie-
During the month that Callahan has
been under surveillance, the police have
succeeded in traciugh$4o0 OF the money
he spent. He has probably spent much
more than this. but this amount can Be
Vouched fer, and persons who have this
knowledge viii be subpoenaed as witness
Is against aim when his case comes 10
trial.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20

LEXINGTON. Va. Feb 20.-Three col
ored boys aged from ten to fourteen
years, attempted TO burn the county jail
at an early hour yesterday morning so IS
to escape They were under sentence fer
ar-breakIng and waited removal 10 .he
penitentiary- They were confined in an
upper cell. They filled a slight space be
tween the siIIs with paper and ignited it,
The floor has twelve inches of rich pine
and soon the fire and dense pine smoke
made them give an alarm 20 which the
entire volunteer department responded
and the blaze Was 6xtinguished The fire
burned through into a cell below.
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DIDN'T OUT
Because She Never Started.

s-AS -HENSE SaaEaEu-
Many people have been interested in The
reports OF persons made i'll by coffee
drinking and cured by quitting and using
Postum Food Coffee OF course. the Ieav-
ing off of the poison of coffee By highly
organized people whose systems are at
fected by it is a great help in itself but
the biggest end OF the help is in the eie-
ments furnished BY Postum Food Coffee
This is a true food drink of the highest
character
A lady who has never been addicted TO
tea or coffee drinking was reduced by
stomach trouble 20 q condition OF nar-
yous prostrati0n #ith heart trouble. in
somnia and finally got in such weak
condition that the doctors said she could
not get well, and it Vas thought she would
live but a short time
Some one brought Postum Food Coffee
to her attention; she quit taking medicine
and went to using Postum. She SAYS. 1t
did not sour on my stomach and [ began
TO feel better Al once. I kept on using it
day after day aud nov am we'll and strong
aud have better health than | have had
for years and am most sincerely thankful
that Postum Food Coffee was invented and
was led TO use it
This is direct evidence of the fact that
has SO often been stated that Postum is a
nourishins food drink containing the ele-
ments Of phosphate of potash and albu-
men that go 10 build up the grey matter
in the nerve cells In the brain and all
over the body II does not contain medi-
cine Of any sort OF kind. only the elements
placed in the cereals of the field by the
Almighty Creator. ana selected and made
use of in the form OF liquid food by the
inventor
My husband IS r grocer and mas been
out % health for some time past. Since
he has found what Postum has done for
ms no hos F,-T.,l 10
using Postum for quite = little time He
has improved greatly. sleeps well nights
and says he has given up coffee entirely
This lady lives at Great Bend, Kan
Name can be furnished by the Postum
Cereal Co. Ltd, at Battle Greek. Mich.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20

he saw It there was only one man IN the
wagon He thinks he could recognize
this man From this information. If 1t
is accurate. it is believed the burglars
are local men. having knowledge Of the
county Strangers would not Know that
there would be q tool box on q particu-
lar night a Mars station from which
they could secure the necessary tools 10
complete a robbery
The FostofIjce Inspector has made an
Investigation. and il is believed that as
the postmaster used all due diligence in
the protection Of the postal funds. he viii
in no way be liable for the loss So IA
as Is known there nave been no detec-
tiyes here working up the case Tor the
Government From the information RON
In the possession Of local officials II 5
believed that the burglars can he cap
rured.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICES.

OFFICE oF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
DISTRICT pF COLUMBIA, Washington. d. c..
February IS, ISgi-NotIce Is hereby giFea that
on TIL RSDAY. FEBRU AIRY TWENTY EIGHTH
1901 the lease Of the hsh wEar; In the cit. O..
Washington VIII be sold by public auction. fgr tn
term Of one year from March l, 1901 IT , o'clock
D. H.. on = st. between .Lh and OH SIS IN front
Of the r. stalls OF h Center Washington
Market II rights o. privileges granted or al
lowed br the laws Of she corporation OF Washing
ton 20 establish Wharye5 or docks for the land
ing cleaning and sale Of fSa IN the city Of Wash
iu.tan and no wharf or dock shall be deemed
eligible unless situated ~ s0ae point the north
side Oi the Potomac River and Eastern branch
duc 20 be paid within I'VE DAYS rom the day of
sale By order OF the BOARD 81 Commissioners OF
the D. q HENRY B. F. MCFARLAND JOHN
" ROSS. LANSING II BEACH Commissioners.
ID. Z. el>-IOt. cxS