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Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
BONNER STACY.

MT. Alcorn Ferguson Wednesday morning received a letter from his friend, I. J. Stacy, cashier of the Bank of Augusta, announcing the news that on the same morning on which the letter would be received here, he would be married to Miss Annie Bonner of that city.
 The wedding, according to arrange ments, took place at o'clock, the bride and groom leaving at once for Buffalo, New York, where they will take in the exposition as a part of their honeymoon.
 Both parties are we'll known in this city. Their friends are numerous and the good wishes and congratulations of all go with them in their new life of bonded happiness.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
BACK PROM BEAUMONT.

8 WhhoH returned from Beau aaaf. TeEss. I1t spria and visit
 several p9ials iu Io8.s.aaa sunday 
 ie erf tu1r days H Che 0u re-
 Hs arriving at BeaHmoa the day affsF thf gushor Hsywaad No. g burst tHfh. whach sas again opened and al-
 ta spout for the hene6t of the aaH1 slsegulstars and aa.aakcrs.
 Af W sbon br,ught haek bottle f fae o.l from this gus aeF and sever H mpiea uf thc roaka that were fFaau ap during tae lIrag harsi of Che eher
 crude a.l, be say H being sub- Ntn8eH In the furnaces af Shat section faF eaal as H oaats less Cham bah what tat aiaer does an can he supplied more evenly and wth lse waale The farnaces however whica aere Intend e3 tar eoa' heat wiI soou HaFc ta be ruP.aeea as tho ll soon harns them uut
 ca uuW sells at tl oeIta a falrel and ths orders for Che same greatly oNeeed tr@nspor -tlon faci ltiea aanah lhsre la a siX inch pipe Inc running from Beaumont to Port Arthur by which a.' ships arc in a short me loaded to thelF fun tonnage.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
7F7aV4S ARSON.
The Store of William Snyder Narrow y Escapes Plot of Smooth
 Incendiary.

me store of William Snyder at the corner of Beach and Third streets came very near going up in smoke tuesday night and was saved by the mereSt accident in a niche of time, as aWeIl laid plot had been carried out by unknown parties to start a fire in an adjoining warehouse, fed by oil, which would have assured the destruc- ton Of the whole building.
 The proprietor left the store early ill the evening, locking up, as no guard remained for the night to occu- py the store. He noticed nothing un- usual and had no reason to believe he bore the ill will of parties who would not hesitate at incendiarism.
 About 10 o'clock, just before retir- ing Mrs. Anna Bell, who lives on Third street immediately to the rear of the store, saw small light in the feed store room belonging to Snyder and was at once alarmed, knowing that no one stayed at the store. Accompani- ed by her daughter Mrs. Etta Merrill, she ran to the rear of the store, where through an open door she could ob- fsorve that the light came from can- dle, set in a small box, the bottom of which was packed with excelsior. The strong odor of coal oil was every where, in the corner of the room was heap of excelsior, the candle had burned low in it's socket and if allow ed few minutes more, would have reached the ignitable matter in which it was set. The dastardly plot dawn
 ed upon her and it's proximity to real
 ization brought quick action. To blow
 the light out would probably throw
 the flame downward to the oil satur-
 ated excelsior. This Mrs. Bell recog-
 nized. and she nervily and bravely
 picked from it's setting place, the
 burningcandle which was not half ar inch long.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
LETTER ID rHE INDEPENDENT.

Ma EBTToR.
 tn the iNbErEN lENT of the 23rd, you publish an acc uHt of the arrest Of a Mr Rose frol the country for arunkenmess and a lne 3f 5000 assess I'd by tho mayor f Che prohibition clty of Newport. ! e.aa somewhat inn pressed hy the wor lInE of the article. had frequently sD om notices of ar rests and fines for ruuheHness by the mayor bat never be ore have ! noticed a stressed in the foh ibition city of Neaport and this as brought to my mind the question, H possible that prohibition is the bauee of this man getting drunk. and t-e there as many eases of drunk sine. Newport has had the name af "Pr, alb8tsan City" as there were under th heense system? These questions Induced me ,o inves- tieale the matter al q foF your benefit and the interest of Inc community, I have examined tb mayaf's docket and End that for tht nve months from January ist to Ma s8sh. 1901, there have been all told fqrty one cases be- fore the mayor. Gfta en af which were for drunkenness. Ind for the five months prior to Jan Iars ist, 1901, un der Che license system there were one hundred and forty -u.He cases before the mayor. hfty-pne If which were entered as drunks md a number for disturbing tae pease and fighting, abieh is pretty geHeally caused by partial drunks a'so learn from the leading justice of tlt peace of the city taat there has not been but one pris- aHsr sent to the county farm from his court since the irst af January, 1901, as showH hy his docket Now Mr. Editor, do you think afa this state of facts existing you arc justified, when Yoa have an oeeasioIaI drunk to pub .isb. n putting partl aiar stress upon
 ta being in the prohibition city of Newport ie, us trg and build up the good and pal down lhe bad Yours eeapes tfu,5, B. E VILLAINS.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.

The iNDEpENDENr has called atten- tian tu tbe faet thu the Fourth of July, the broadesi aD.8 most popular af uur national h1li bags is close at hand. only one m1ua separating us from the date.
 The question of celebrating the day here in oar lwn good city of Newport has been urged upon the businr men and meets with much favor from this quarter, in their prln. es of financial
 apIart Several ent rNellc and pub- Be- spirited represent ivcs of this class have the movement ia hand and Will soon issue a oal ilr a mass meet lug of Che citizens, pgahaby for Fri day night Uf tlis weeh
 The c0ncensus of opinion is that B spori should celebrate thls holiday and do the act iu maznIaeen, style. of4er towns will haW attractions for Gee day, hui the mere aa.a here pro- pose Ia make tho com nH Fourth one tH8i aiu Hitract taouE4Ha# af outsiders 'ram Jackson and Independence etuaf'es Instead uf al owing Newport a iesk hke a desertet village. while
 pnaple spend teiF money ia .Ea aeF Gowns.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
REGENT REAL ESTATE TRANS
 FERS.

A. N. Johnson, administrator of es- tate of R. w. Martin to Benjamin F. Simmons. Lot g and 10 of the S-W. or. 31-9-2,-S400.
 A. G. Harrison and wife to Maggie M. Dalton, 80 acres 14-10-3,-$75O.
 c. B. Best to Mrs. R. J. McNais, pt. of 14 and 23-12-3,-$11OO.
 Virgil Y. Cook to L. S. Walls, 16o acres 33-10-3,- $500.
 State of Arkansas to Lee M. Sedge- wick, 160 acres, and 17-11-1, -1,-$2O1.
 J. w. Eaton and wife to R. F. Dunn, 80 acres 13-13-2,-$300.
 Geo. F. Watson to Mollie Watson, S2.89 acres, 3-1,-$35.
 J. M. Glass and wife to R. F. Dunn, pt. of 7-13-1 1,-$12O0.
 The Bagnell Timber Go. to F. R.. Dunn, 160 acres, 2113-1 1,-$2OO.
 Chas. Rorex and wife to R. F. Dunn, 40 acres, 0-15-1,-$50.
 State of Arkansas to 0. L. Rorex, 40 acres, 20-13-1,-$50.
 Caroline Balch ct al. to Andrew Johnson; to Fannie Mathis, 40 acres, 3 and 2-10-1; to Lebelle Overstreet, 80 acres, ? and 3-10-1; to Caroline Balch, so acres, 3 and 2-10-1; to Andrew Johnson, 80 acres, 8 and 2-10-1.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
SENT TO LEAVENWORTH.

Ed. Miller, who was last year sen fenced to the penitentiary for illicit selling of moonshine whiskey, but re- celved a parole, was this week brought before Judge Trieber at BateSville, confronted by witnesses from Cleburne county, who testified that he was again in the business. A sentence of two years in the Leaveu worth, Kansas, penitentiary was i'm posed.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
CALLED A PASTOR.

The Baptist church on Sunday called Rev. II. F.. Gabby, of Louisville, Ky, as their permanent pastor. It is expected that he will accept and will he here in two or three weeks. Mir. Gabhy Is a graduate of the Southern Baptist theological seminary at Louis tiIle and is a young man of marked ability as a minister. He will be a strong accession to the ministerial faFgc 70 our city.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
SEEKS A LOCA1l

A. J. Sargent of the Eonaparte fl"n dle Manufacturing Company was il Newport Friday ard in an interVio" with a reporter for the INDEPENDhNl' said that he was looking around TOT c new location for their plant.
 The shipping facilities of thelr pro sent location are not sufficient for an increasing business, compelling a change. The factory makes all kliu' of handles for implements and tooi' and employs thirty five laborers WlVn pay roll of $500 to S350 per week. over $16,000 year.
 MT. Sargent informs us that several towns have offered to build shops ailo move their machinery to secure the plant. He is we'll pleased with New port and recognizes the fact that ho city of Northern Arkansas has betVel transportation facilities, than it IS our lot to boast of. This consideration will prove a factor in determining a new location.
 Though this city, interested as It IS at the present in two new railroads and oil prospecting, will not make any bonus Inducements, the Bonaparte Handle Manufacturing Go. should weigh well the advantages of New port in marketing their product.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
BIDS FOR CONTRACT

Notice is hereby given that on J lst' at Corning, Arkansas, bids for erection of a new public school bu'- ing at Corning will be opened and CT tract awarded to the best bidder.
 J. W. HART, Secy. Board of Directors, corning PubD School. d6t
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
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Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
INFORMATION .

Col, l.. Minor recently department of agricultuN ington the heads of seV which resemble oat heads a ed for information as to the same.
 He has recently received a ment from an agssrostologist these specimens belong to tGe @ species, which are found only in south and under favorable condit grow very large, being that same used for fishing poles.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
MOOONSHINERS SENTENCED.

Received s;sn. :s1s ss sn s:; s:, Viola
 On Tuesday al Eat na ednesday in the vile, the case agalst Fid Harris, James Tardy, RS SeVes nd Grady Cat lin, James McGloN1hn, William Ahart and George Hays, fpr illicit distilling, came up before Judge Jacob Trieber.
 The defendants with the exception of Fid Harris, were charged with having furnished meal and to have helped in other ways in the moon shining. They pleaded guilty to the charge and the court sentenced each to term of thirty days in jail and imposed fine of $100.
 Harris, who was charged with having been the owner of the distiIl- cry, and it's active manager did not get off so lightly, but was given six months in jail and $1OO fine. The parties are all farmers who have lived in that section between Oil Trough and Fairview and were first arrested in December of last year.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28

Dinsmore left last evening to attend
the State convention of the X. of P. at
Springfield.
The funeral of John Greenlee will
take place to-day at two O'Clock and
the remains will be laid to rest in Lin
wood cemetery.
The excursion and picnic which was
to have been given by the Presbyterian
Sunday school this week has been post
poned until Thursday, June 18th.
Vice President Thomas L. Lewis. of
the United Mine Workers, who has been
in charge of the national Office at In
d%ianapolis for several weeks, has re-
turned home.
Circus day always has its fakirs, and
yesterday the smooth man who adver-
tises cough drops by wrapping 1--WE and
ten dollar bills around them was in
town, and again demonstrated that
there are some suckers left. He did
quite a business while he was in town.
The congregation and Sunday school
of the Presbyterian Church will take an
excursion to Sistersville and back to-
morrow. The big new steamer City Of
NhCCiluS ndb bttu 1IidlACitu iOl tjt
occasion, and as there will be a big
stage of water it will. no doubt, prove
a very enjoyable trip. The boat will
leave at 9 O'Clock a. m.
There was a large number OF people
in town yesterday to see the show, all
the G.. & P. and c.. L. & ~. trains bring
ing In large crowds. The number Of
country people coming In was larger
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28
BRIDGEPORT

Daily Chronicle of Events From III
Town Across the Way.
A. T. Enlow will move his family
from here to Cambridge.
Charles Fisher, of Washington, Pa,
is visiting friends in town.
Harry Stewart, of Steubenville, was
in town yesterday calling on friends.
Mrs. Merton B. Gregory has returned
from a visit with her parents at Flush
ing.
A number from here VIII attend the
commencement at st. Clairsville 1-.urs-
day evening.
Rev. o. w. Holmes and wife returned
to their home at S~teubenville yester-
day.
Miss Eleanor Kennedy win entertain
the Woman's Home Missionary Society
this afternoon.
1t is not thought the river will reach
over a thirty-foot stage, and probably
not that much.
The Chautauqua Circle was entertain
ed last evening at the home of Mrs.
Robert Clayland.
Rev. John Wright, of Marietta, will
give a temperance lecture at the Pres
byterian Church last evening.
Miss Nellie Graham, who has been
the guest of Miss Dent for a few days,
has returned to her home at New York.
Charles McConnaughy and Frank
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28

s6serumS1t s. 6S SpIf1stion be.
me. however. that fhey sh6uld Is siven
Constitutfonal government q soon -
practicable and they are capable Of re-
ceiving 1t.
The Court steers gingerly between
Scylla and Charybdis, holding that Porto
Rico is territory appertaining and be-
longing to the United States, but not a
part OF the United States within the
revenue clause Of the Constitution, and
that therefore duties may be imposed
upon imports from that island. Thus
is the contention of the Sugar and To-
bacco trusts upheld, and the poverty
stricken Porto Ricans who have been
deprived by the war Of their old mar
kets, are likewise barred out of the new
and must submit to being ground be-
tween the upper and the neither mill
stones.
In some points the decision seems
equally good sense and good law, and in
others it is not so satisfactory.
1t stands as the law, however, and it
is useless to waste time criticising it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28

rhe Movements of People You Know.
and the ConinE and GoiAx 81
Trnn.ient..
s. A. Heiner left yesterday for Gin
cinnati, o., over the B. & O.
G. E. Keabs left yesterday for New
ark, Ohio. over the B. & o.
Harry Brinkman, of the South Side,
is improving after a brief illness.
Miss Bessie Rodgers left last evenins
for washington City to visit friends.
e. N. Hatcher, OF GAINESVILLE, returned
home yesterday after a visit to friends
here.
Mr.. A. E. vetter, of sardis. Ohio. Is
the guest of Mrs. Wolf, of the South
Side.
Rev. W. A. Williams will deliver the
address on Memorial Day at Sherrard,
at 2 p. m.
Marsden Colvig. of Main street. start
ed for New York last night over the
Pan Handle.
Charles Hennig. of P~ittsburg. has re-
turned home after a brief visit to South
Side friends.
Mrs. McHenry, of Homestead, has re-
turned home after a visit to friends on
the South Side.
Mrs. Geo. Surguy, of Columbus, Ohio,
is the guest of Mrs. ]. R. Handlan, of
South Chapline street.
Mont. Brennan, formerly of this city,
but now of New Mexico, is the guest of
his brother. or the South Side.
Rev. w. A. Williams, who has been
rendered the presidency of Hopdale
College, will not take charge of that
institution.
w. R. Leahew, assistant trainmaster
of the Penna. railroad, was in Wheel
ing yesterday. He returned to Pitts
burg last night.
Bernie Kraus. an old Wheeling boy.
now located in Pittsburg, came down
and spent yesterday in Wheeling, re-
turning last night.
Mr.. George Dennis. of Saltwater, Ok
lahoma, an uncle of Police Officer Bow
en-, is a visitor in this city. He says
the new territory is booming.
Mr.. NJ. f. Giesey left last night for
Warrington and Fairmont. at the lat
ter place Giesey & Faris have just COM
pleIed a large four-story building for
the Georges Creek Mining Company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28
SISTERSVILLE.

S1STERSVILLE, w. Va, May 81
Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Durham. of Main
street, who have been at Beaumont,
Tex, and other points in the South,
during the past month, returned to the
city Saturday evening. Mr.. Durham,
who is president of the Taylor County
bank of this city, is interested in a
large block of leases in the Texas field,
and went down there to look after the
business of the company with which
he is associated.
Miss Lucy Cline, formerly of Clar-
ington, O., now making her home in
ST. Louis, Mo-, arrived in the city Sat-
urday, and will be the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arlie Locke, of the North End for
a couple of weeks.
Mrs. E. A. Aggas, of the South Side,
who has been the guest of her hus-
band at Salem, w. Va, for the past
week or ten days, returned home Sat
urday night. Mr.. Aggas accompanied
her, and returned to Salem to-day.
A. Insolvency. arrived in the city Sat
urday evening from Salem, having been
called here by the serious illness of his
niece, Mrs. Thomas J. Laughrey, of Hill
otlCCl. IlC VIII lOLldiu HSiS 4oi oCfN
eral days.
Will Ream. a prominent attache of
the South Side Oil Co., with h%eadquar-
teres here left Saturday evening for his
former home at Cambridge.O. where he
will be the guest of his parents and
other relatives for a short time.
About sixty people left here this
morning for Wheeling to attend the
Buffalo Bill show.
Postmaster George E. Work went to
Wheeling this morning to attend to
some business matters.
Mrs. H. G. Meeks, Mrs. D A. Hen
dershot and Mrs. Clara Crawford, who
have been in Pittsburg for several days
visiting friends and shopping, arrived
home yesterday afternoon on the Vir-
ginia.
The Fourth Of July preparations are
progressing rapidly, and all indications
point to the geatest celebration the city
has ever had.
Work on the glass factory will be
started in a short time. Several of the
gentlemen from Indiana who are in
terested in the plant arrived here Sat
urday, and will s%uperintend the CON
struction of the plant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28
A RATHER MIXED DECISION.

Not only was the Supreme Court di-
vided in it's decision ON the insular
cases, but its decision is rather mixed.
Although the court decides that Porto
Rico became domestic territory by vir-
tue of the treaty of Paris it also holds
that Porto Rico became subject TO
American tariff duties by the act of
Congress levying duties on that islands
products imported into the United
States. Thus is the main contention of
the administration sustained.
AS to the Constitution and the flag,
the Court holds the middle ground, that
the Constitution need not necessarily
follow the flag where the character OF
the people and the conditions surround
ing the territory annexed render It i'm
possible to give them Constitutional
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28
WORLD REVOLT AGAINST

The worm is beginning to turn, &C
cording to Bishop Hartzell, missionary
of the Methodist Episcopal church, now
in London on a visit from his diocese
in South Africa, and the brutal and god
less aggressions of the so-called Chris
tian powers and the spread of civiliZa-
ton have caused general unrest among
the barbaric nations, who cling to their
own ancient creeds and territory. They
consider their own religions superior
to Christianity, in proof Of which they
point to the many unchristian things
of which the powers are guilty, and to
the crimes and cruelties that come with
Christian civilization.
"All through Africa" says Bishop
Hartzell, Il have seen signs of this
revolt of the barbaric nations. Great
Britain is experiencing it in Ashanti.
All along the west coast, so rich in gold
and so rapidly being invaded by Eu-
ropean capital, the natives need but a
spark to set alight aggressive fanati-
cism that years could scarcely suppress.
Take Liberia, for instance, where live
SO many of Our own negroes. Inland
there are a million natives who, if
they wished. at any moment could
drive our settlers into the sea. My
only wonder is that they are as peace
full as they have been.
added to this danger are the grasp
ing proclivities of the powers. Liberia
would be snapped up in a moment by
Germany if it were not for British
and American influence. Some of these
days it may be absolutely necessary for
Liberia to associate herself more
closely with some great power. 1t will
probably be Great Britain. A West
African possession could hardly be to
the advantage of the United States"
1t is horrible to contemplate a war
between the barbaric nations and the
powers. 1t would be a conflict between
the naked savage with his spear and
war-club, and the trained soldier with
his m~achine-gun. 1t would not be war
but wholesale slaughter, butchery. that
would deluge the earth with an ocean
of blood.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28

uoVv1 Notes. ~ ImfeRe9f nom ! Mos
trepol1a 81 Marshall County.
Lee Seal Is spending q few days with
relatives in Monroe county. Ohio.
Mrs. Birdie Warner, nee Hall, is the
guest OF her father, DR.. R. w. Hall.
w. E. Policy, OF Mingo Junction. O.,
was in the city on business to-day.
Silas Rlne, of Wellsburg, has return
ed to that place after visiting his moth
er here.
Judge Brannon, of the State Supreme
Court, was here a short time yesterday
morning.
j. w. Smith has let the contract for
a frame residence on Northern Tomlin-
son ven
Mrs. Matte Norris will attend the
Knapp-C Cunningham wedding at Sardis,
Ohio, on Thursday.
A special session OF the County
Court has been called for next Mon
day for the transaction of general bus
mess.
w. H. Lippincott, of the railway
mail service, with headquarters at Bal
timore, spent yesterday with R. w.
Barger.
The New England Bloomer Girls, the
female base ball club, will be here to-
day and will play a local team, if the
weather permits.
The power of the electric road is now
furnished by the Wheeling power
house and the engine room at the Jim's
Run barn has been closed.
Mayor Seamon has issued a procla-
nation asking that the people in gener-
al observe Decoration Day and that the
business houses be closed from / p. m.
until 4 p. m.
A large number of Moundsville peo-
pie went up to see Buffalo Bills Wild
West Show yesterday and all seemed to
be satisfied with the exhibition, barring
the deep mud.
An incipient blaze at the residence OF
D.. B. ChenoWeth, ON Cypress avenue,
was caused by some clothes hanging
over a stove catching on fire. The only
loss was a few garments.
The annual meeting of the Holiness
people begins here next Saturday and
will continue for two weeks. Minis
tiers and members from all parts of the
United States will be present.
The preliminary hearing of c. w.
Lutes, charged with the murder of
Johnson Hammond, will be held this
afternoon before Squire Pierce. The
authorities have been working on the
case and have a very strong chain of
circumstantial evidence.
Thompson M. Powell died at his
home on Jefferson avenue Sunday eve
ming after an illness of several years.
He was 50 years of age and a veteran
OF the civil war. A wife and one
daughter survive him. The funeral will
occur at 2 o'clock to-day and will be
conducted by c. ]. Caldwell Post G..
A. R.