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Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
BRIEF MENTION.

The new road from Harrison is being built at rapid rate.
 This seasons apple crop in Wash ington county will total up the largest in its history.
 Mrs. Carrie Depar and Miss Fan nle Whayne were seriously injured in runaway at Bentonville.
 Richard Dokes, the alleged mur- derer of James Gaiter at Dumas, was captured in Bradley county.
 Two Mormon elders at Arkadel- phia were escorted to the depot by citizens and made to leave town.
 A white man made an unsuccess- ful attempt to assault a little Swear old white girl in a Little Rock sub- urb.
 W. V. Kesterson, a cattle dealer of Little Rock, was thrown by a horse, his head striking a rock and causing death in a short time.
 Architect Geo. R. Mann has com pleted the revision of the plans for the new state capitol. They have been cut down to the $1,000,000 limit.
 R. M. Webb, colored, postmaster at Luna, Jefferson county, has been bound over to the federal grand jury, charged with being defaulter ln the sum of $1,500. ~ Collections of the internal revenue office at Little Rock for the month of September were $9,31O.24, com pared with $17,949.5O for the cor responding month last year.
 r. l.. Loper, a prominent citizen of Nashville, was shot and fatally wounded by Ted Jacques, aged 19. It is claimed Loper was advancing on Jacques with a knife when shot.
 It is announced in St. Louis that the southwestern district of the American Sunday School Union has arranged to hold its annual confer ence at Little Rock October 15 to IS, inclusive.
 An official list of the cadets at the naval academy at Annapolis has been prepared. The Arkansas mem bers are: Wm. E. Eberle, W. Leo Freidell, Winfield T. Lightle and s. Burke Smith.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Manufacturing in Arkansas.

A preliminary report on the man. ufacturing industry of Arkansas, is- sued by the census bureau, shows that the state has 4,794 manufac- turing establishments, with a total capital of $35,960,64o, and a total of $44,SS3,738 worth of products, including custom work and repair- ing. The number of establish ments is 131 per cent more than in 1890. The capital engaged in the industry shows an increase of more than 140 per cent, and the valua- tion of products 98 per cent. The average number of wage-earners is 26,501; total wages, $8,686,291, and miscellaneous expenses, $1,482,- 779. The 171 manufacturing estab- ishments in the city of Little Rock have a total capital of $3,434,3 1893 :; employ 2,751 wage-earners, draw ing $1,384,722 in wages, and the valuation of products is $4,466,232'
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Round Bale Plant Destroyed.


 The round bale plant of the American Cotton Company at Mor- rilotn was destroyed by fire on the Sd inst. The fire started in the cot ton house and burned so fercely that in less than an hour the plant was in ashes. A building contain ing 250 tons of seed was also con- stunned, as were the seed houses of the Arkansas Cotton Oil Company. The plant was one of the largest and finest in the state. It cost ST.. GOO.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
New Pensions.

The following pensions have been allowed for Arkansas: David A. Greene, WilIiford, $10; minors of Nathan Deaton, St. Paul, $14; Anna Knight, Howell, $8; Georgi- anna P. Keeran, MurilIo, $S; Jas. A. Craig, Shawnee, $6; John Har- ris, Lonoke, $6; George W, Smith, Rogers, $10; lilly Mitchell, Gar retson, $8. Original-James A, Craig, Shawnee, $6 Increase, res toration, reissue, etc.-John Harris, Lonoke, $6; George ". Smith, Rog- CTS, $10; John W. Phelan, Fayette- vile, $12. Original, widows, etc., NIilly Mitchell, Garretson, $8.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Officers State Guard.

OASeiS Stdlc 0udlu'
 Major W. H. Haynes, commando CT in chief of Arkansas state guard, has appointed the following staff off, fcers:
 Edwin w. Winfield, colonel and chief of staff; assistant adjutant general, Little Rock, Ark.
 John W. Howell, colonel and as- sistant adjutant general, Fort Smith, Ark.
 Inspector Generals Department J. c. Hart, colonel and inspector general, Dardanelle, Ark.
 Moorehead Wright, lieutenant colonel and inspector general, Little Rock, Ark.
 Judge Advocate Generals Depart ment-Harry H. Myers, colonel and assistant judge advocate general, Little Rock, Ark.
 Jefferson Davis Block, lieutenant colonel and judge advocate, Para gould, Ark.
 Ordnance Department - Claude H. Sayle, colonel and chief of ord nance, Little Rock, Ark.
 Corps of Engineers-Geo. W. Fouke, colonel and chief of engi- neers, Texarkana, Ark.
 Artillery Corps-Field Artillery: w. c. Hudson, colonel and chief of artillery, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 B. s. Carl Lee, lieutenant colonel of artillery, Augusta, Ark.
 Cavalry Corps-Milton A. Elli- of cavalry, assistant to chief, Hele- Camden, Ark.
 w. B. Pillow, lieutenant colonel of cavalry, assistant to chief Hele- na, Ark.
 Quartermaster's Department- John $. Walker, colonel and assist ant quartermaster general, Texar- kama, Ark.
 Ad Bertig, lieutenant colonel and assistant quartermaster general, Paragould, Ark.
 Subsistence Department-Colonel and assistant commissary general, Forrest City, Ark.
 Louis Volmer, lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general, Little Rock, Ark
 Medical Department-G. M. D. Cantrell, colonel and assistant sur- geon general, Little Rock, Ark.
 H. Cloud Rainwater, lieutenant colonel and assistant surgeon gen. eral, Morrilton, Ark.
 Pay Department-Jack Walker, colonel and assistant paymaster gen. eral, Fayetteville, Ark.
 Geo. A. Mclean, lieutenant col- onel and assistant paymaster gener- al, Little Rock, Ark.
 Signal Corps-Otis T. Wingo, colonel and chief signal officer, De Queen, Ark.
 Harry L. Ponder, lieutenant col onel and signal officer, assistant to chief, Walnut Ridge, Ark.
 Aides-de-Camps - Oscar Davis, lieutenant colonel of cavalry and aide-de-camp, Little Rock, Ark.
 Sterling R. Cockrill, major of cavalry and aide-de-camp, Brinkley, Ark.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Gov. Dayis' Staff.

Gov. Jefferson Davis, commander in-chief of the Arkansas State Guard and Reserve Militia, has is- sued executive order No. 3, an- nouncing his military staff, of which Maj. Gen. Chas. Jacobson is military secretary and acting adju- tant general. The order follows:
 Headquarters Arkansas State Guard and Reserve Militia, Execu- tive Office, Little Rock, Oct. 8, 1901.
 Executive Order No. 3.
 The governor and commander-in- chief hereby announce to the Ar kansas State Guard and Reserve mi litia his military staff, that they may be respected and obeyed ac- cordingly;
 Maj. Gen. Chas. Jacobson, mili- tary secretary and acting adjutant general, Little Rock.
 Brig. Gen. J. " Bourland, judge advocate general, Ozark.
 Brig. Gen. Will Oldfeld, quarter master general, Batesville
 Brig, Gen. A. L. Ratteree, com missary general, Van Buren.
 Brig. Gen. J. T. Jelks, surgeon general, Hot Springs.
 Brig. Gen. o. E. Mahoney, pay master general, Fl Dorado.
 Aides-de-camp, each with rank of colonel of infantry:
 Col. Hal l.. Norwood, Mena.
 Col. A, H. Scroggins, Nashville,
 Col. Geo. Bedding, Hot Springs.
 Col. Ben Cravens, Fort Smith.
 Col. Claude Fuller, Eureka Springs.
 Col. Geo. R, Lacey, Arkansas City.
 It is intended that the military structure of Arkansas shall be sim liar to that of the army of the Unit ed States, conforming as nearly as practicable to the rules and regula- tions provided therefor by the war department; hence, the military staff of the governor and command er-in-chief shall bear relatively the same attitude to the military organ ization of the state like department and staff officers to the army.
 Jefferson Davis, Governor and Commander-in- Chief.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Commanders Assigned.

The subjoined general order has been issued from Arkansas military headquarters: Headquarters Arkansas State Guard and Reserve Militia, State House, Little Rock, Ark, October 8, 1901.
 General Order No. 3. The following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:
 1. Brigadier General L. Minor is hereby assigned to and will assume the command of the first division, Arkansas state guard and reserve militia, with headquarters at New port.
 3. Brigadier General B. w.. Green is hereby assigned to and will assume the command of the second division, Arkansas state guard and reserve militia, with headquarters at Little Rock. 3. The first division shall be composed of all the military forces of the state within the counties of Arkansas, north of the Arkansas river.
 4. The second division shall be composed of all the military forces of the state within the counties of Arkansas, south of the Arkansas river.
 5. All officers in command of the military forces of Arkansas within the limits of the first or second di- visions will report to and receive or ders from their respective division commanders.
 6 The commanding general ear nestly urges upon all the import ance of the instructions promulgat- ed by the adjutant general of the army, Washington, September 29, 1900, general order No. 125, which are partially repeated, as the real essence and predominant character istics of the soldier:
 "The absolute and unqualified de- votion of those in the military ser vice to the welfare of their country is an indispensable requisite to and constitutes the very soul of an eff cient army"
 7. It may be understood, there fore, that there shall be, if practica-
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Land Office Report.

The report of the state land office for the quarter ending September 30, 1901, is as follows:
 Fees, $2,170.50; swamp land sold, 989.94 acres, $1,23741; internal improvement land sold, 247.97 acres, $3O9,96; Saline land sold, 80.32, $100.40; Real Estate Bank land sold, 16O acres, $160; forfeit ed land sold, 10,25O.96 acres, $12,- 813.75; forfeited land redeemed, 7,498.75 acres, $1,176.5O; forfeited town lots sold, $358,38; forfeited land donated, 23,9O8.8 acres; deed- ed to actual settlers, 7.311.19 acres ; total acres, 50,447.93; total funds received, $18,416.9O; total acres, 43.13674.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Grand and Petit Jurors.

The grand and petit juries for the fail term of the United States court which opens in Little Rock October 21 are as follows:
 Grand Jury-G. M. Walthal, Conway; J. w. Puryear, Carlisle, Lonoke county; Matt Mailer, Scotts- vile, Pope county; G. M. Croeger, Tollville, Prairie county; Fritz Tim merman, Ulm, Prairie county; J. W. Rich, McAlmont, Pulaski eoun- ty; G. w. Burris, Isabell, Pope county; John T. Harris, New Edin- burgh, Cleveland county; W. K. Bryant, Hazen, Prairie county; w. J. Greenless, Calmar, Cleveland county; Henry Mcclure, Little Rock, Pulaski county; Mark l.. Phillips, Tyro, Lincoln county; J. B. Palmer, Little Rock, Pulaski county; Cecil Price, Stuttgart, Ar kansas county; c. c. Falls, Lonoke, Lonoke county; Edward Moore, Bee be, White county; J. T. Davis, Lit tie Rock, Pulaski county; J. E. El- dridge, Eglantine, Van Buren coun- ty; Thomas E. Hammett, Monticel- 10, Drew county; c. II. Booth, West Point, White county. Alternates- o. J. Keyler, Pine Bluff, Jefferson county; A. J. Jones, Little Rock, Pulaski county; Lewis E. Webb, Stuttgart, Arkansas county; A. J. Marsh, McCrory, Woodruff county; NJ. Nadoo, Carlisle, Lonoke county; l.. Hill, Kingsland, Cleveland county.
 Petit Jury-T. B. Tipton, New Edinburg, Cleveland county; E. T. Leonard, Carlisle, Lonoke county; A. P. Bryan, Russellville, Pope county; A. J. Stevenson, Crook, Cleveland county; W. H. Crouch, Preston, Faulkner county; B. c. Simms, Greenbrier, Faulkner coun- ty; J. A. Brewer, Rison, Cleveland county; J. A. Darlington, England, Lonoke county; Jonathan Click, Carlisle, Lonoke county; J. D. Dun can, Warsaw, Pulaski county; J. H. Johnson, Atkins, Pope county; A. M. Keith, Little Rock, Pulaski county; Guilford D. Gardner, Oden, Montgomery county; James D. Lea, Tulip, Dallas county; A, Reiman, Little Rock, Pulaski county; Er- nest D. Gregory, Hamburg, Ashley county; J. c. Mills, Morganton, White county; W. H. McHughes, Doe Branch, Pulaski county; l.. C.. Call, Perryville, Perry county; C.. H. Newell, Fordyce, Dallas county :; A. l.. Holt, Little Rock, Pulaski county; James M. Holland, Der mott, Chicot county; P. G. Thomp- kins, Joplin, Montgomery county ; J. H. Douglass, Jacksonville, Pu- laski county; A. G. Chrisman, Lit tie Rock, Pulaski county; c. V. Ed gar, Fordyce, Dallas county; T. J. Hunter, Choctaw, Van Buren; w.. M. Knight, Greenbrier, Faulkner county; John Gentry, Guy, Faulk- ner county; N. M. Twombly, Perry vile, Perry county; Shock Vest brook, Sweden, Jefferson county :; E. A. Duvall, Benton, Saline coun- ty; H. B. Walker, Higginson, White county; L, H. Thompson, Benton, Saline county; B. F, Thompson, Cabot, Lonoke county; Young Wor- than, Searcy, White county; Dan Nelson, Index, Conway county; R. o. Carpenter, Silver, Montgomery county; Granville A. Wilmington, Mount Ida, Montgomery county; J.. c. Tucker, Leconte, Pulaski county.
 Charles Hoerning, one of the old est engineers on the Frisco line, committed suicide at his home in Fort Smith III health is supposed to have been the cause.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
To Be Submitted on Its Merits.

Manufacturing Company against the board of penitentiary commits sioners, in Pulaski chancery court, involving the validity of the con tract with the company for the hire of 300 convicts for period of ten years, Chancellor Martin held that the case cannot be decided on de- murrer. The courts ruling follows:
 First. That the motion of the Brick Manufacturing Company to strike from the files the motion of the state to be made a party should be oyerruled, because it is founded upon the false theory that the state, not being a party to the suit, cannot tile any paper until it is made formal party to the record, when as a matter of correct practice it may, by leave of court, file a petition to be made party, and upon that mo- tlon, that is, the motion of the state, the court will determine its legiti- mate relation to the litigation and its right to complain or defend with out striking from the files of the states petition.
 Second. That the states motion to be made a party, solely for the purpose of moving to dismiss the entire action, should be overruled, because CD while the state cannot be sued in any court without its con- sent, upon the theory of law de- rived from the common law, and emphasized by constitution and statute, that the sovereign will do no wrong, but will always do jus tice without compulsion from any tribunal. When, however, one or any number, of its officers are guilty of acts done in the name of the state, which are alleged to be wrong, such as attempting to annul, by simple resolution of a board, without the right to be heard, a contract, the courts have always interfered by proper process to prevent such acts as are illegal on the part of the states officers, and, as has been de- cided by the supreme court of the United States, the supreme court of Arkansas and large number of others, the courts will not permit the sovereign to interpose its sover- eign exemption to prevent an inves- tigation of the real merits of a con- troversy growing out of the alleged illegal acts of its officers; and (2) if the court should sustain the mo- tion of the state to be made a party for the exclusive purpose of moving to dismiss the action, its duty would be to sustain the motion only to the extent that it affects the party mak ing it, that is, the state; and the result would be simply to dismiss as to the state and leave the action still pending as to the other defendants, the officers whose acts, if illegal, may be restrained. No useful pur- pose can be subserved, and the court will not do the fruitless thing of making the state party to the suit for the purpose of dismissing as to it, and thus leave the action just as it stood before
 Third. Some of the questions arising on the demurrer to the bill are of such a character that an in- vestigation into the facts should be had The demurrer admits all of the material allegations of the bill, and admits, in this case, too much The defendant will answer the bill and the case will be submitted at an early day upon its merits. Manufacturing in Arkansas.
 A preliminary report on the man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
SAINTS GOOD INCREASE
CENSUS FIGURES SHOWING COM
TaARATIvE INDUSTRIAL STATUS.

The census department has made pub
lie a report covering the commerce. in
dustries and manufactures for Minneso-
ia. In the summary below comparisons
are made with the returns of the CEN
sus returns for the census of 1890.
Number of establishments, 1890, 1906;
$780, II ia; per cent increase, 4S.1
Capital $780, $127, 6S6 61S; 1900, $165, 932, 246;
per cent increase, 1913.
Wage earners, average number, 1880,
60, 100: 1900, 1924; per cent Increase, 1871.
Total wages, 1880, $S0, 81 12S; 1900, S35, 455,
125: per cent increase, 1877.
Miscellaneous expenses, 1890, SILL ,612;
1900, SIS, 27S, GAG; per cent increase, 9.Q.
Cost of material used, 1890, $11S 4Sl, 91 ;
1900. $179, 425, 615; per cent increase, 46.4.
Value of products, including custom
work and repairing, 1880, Sl92, e3S, 476; 1900,
$685. 655, ISL; per cent increase, 36.S.
The figures given for the city of st.
Paul show an increase in the mAnufact-
uring establishments here of 14S The
statement in detail follows:
Number of establishments, 1880. LAP;
$780, $50; per cent increase, 1913.
Capital $780, $22, sol, 211; 1900, $2S1 Loo, $50;
per cent increase, 24.9
Wage earners, average number, 1890,
1e 279; 1900 II, $50; per cent increase, S.9.
Total wages 1890, 1894, $50; 1900. 1854,
JOS. This item shows a decrease.
Miscellaneous expenses, 1890, $1,740,51S;
1900 So, 665 GO; per cent increase 110.6.
Cost of material used, 1890, SIS S67, 573:
1906 SIS, 1866, 533; per cent increase, 22.1
Value of products, including custom
work and repairing, 1890, S3S, OBS 073; 1900,
| $3S. 42S, 952; per cent increase, 1873.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
MAY BE BOUGHT OFF
CLEVELAND LIGHTING COMPANY
LIKELY TO WITHDRAW
FROM THE RACE
LOCAL CONCERNS scHEM1NG
When New Bids Are Opened Some
Unlocked for Surprises Are
Predicted = RumOrs
Are Rife.

Members of the board of aldermen and
the assembly are shaking hands with
themselves over possible substantial
reduction in the prices of street lighting
and the placing in their hands of plant
sufficiently large to make them independ-
ent of the lighting barons, but their joy
may be turned to grief.
The assembly, as reported, will not at
tempt a reconsideration of the bids first
received. New binds will be asked for,
but while they will, in a manner, be
lower in price, the proposition to give
gratis to the city the plant at the close
of the contract will be so hedged with
conditions that it's acceptance will be i'm
possible.
This is the latest story and it is based
On the runor that the local companies
and the Cleveland corncern have patched
up differences to the extent that the lat
ter will practically stay out of the field
as an active competitor. To be plain, it
is limited that the Cleveland company has
been bought off.
The proposition made to the assembly
last Thursday night, was entirely on pa
per, and one opposition claims the sole
work of the travelling representative of
the Cleveland firm, who desired to get
even because of his failure to obtain con-
sideration of his bid. The local concerns
say the officers of the company will re-
pudiate the proposition when it's con-
tents are made known to them.
While the Cleveland company may see
fit to remain out of the contest, it is
pretty well assured that the prices in the
next set of bids opened will be consider
ably lower than the last. Two sets of
specifications will be drawn, one based
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
GOING BACK TO BOMBAY
DIR. TALLAHASSEE LECTURES AT
FIRST NJ. e: CHURCH.

Dr. Esther Ilahi-Baksh of Bombay de-
1iyered a missionary address at the First
M. E. church last night. After reviewing
the chief articles of faith pertaining to
women in the religions of Mohammed
and Brahma, she gave a word picture of
the life of the Hindosotani widow.
She told of the torture of the re-
fusal of medical attention during sick
ness of the starvation and prison life in
the banana, which is worse than the burn
ing on the funeral pyre of former times.
After relating that there are now 2,000.-
0G0 Christians in India. she closed with
a stirring appeal for missionaries to
her native land
The doctor is a lady of charming per-
sonaHty and great earnestness.
She was JeWesS born and brought
up in Bombay, and educated by her
mother, who was a teacher in the He
brew college of that city. Within a
month she will join her husband, Rev.
John, rahi-Baksh, in Bombay, where
they will take charge of a new church,
the only one in that city for the Hfndo-
stani.
The doctor is now the guest of Mrs
G. N. Hillnan, Lincoln and Dale streets,
and will be at the Women,s Foreign Mis-
sionary soeiety's meeting, held at 2:3O to-
morrow afternoon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
CHANGE is WANTED
LAW RELATING TO REFUNDAfENTS
FOR SLAUGHTERED CATTLE
is LOOSELY WORDED
APPEAL TO THE LEGISLATURE
AS 1t Stands, Large Bill Is Be-
ing Rolled Up Against the
City for Worthless
Animals.

If the coming special session of the
legislature permits consideration of gen.
eral business, an attempt will be made
to either wipe from the Statute books or
change radically, the law which demands
of all cities reimbursement of those who
suffer loss by reason of conf1scation of
mich cattle, when such are believed to
be suffering from any contagious disease.
IF not done this time, it will undoubtedly
be attempted when the house and senate
again meet in regular session.
ST. Paul has a bill of over $500 to pay
as result of this measure, and the
amount is growing weekly, due, it is
claimed, to the activity of a certain set
of spectators, who buy UP cattle known
to be affected and secure, through collu-
! sion from the appraisement board, a
fancy price for cattle that are only worth
what they would bring as material for
ssoap-naking.
The local inspectors say they have to
keep a close watch to prevent such tao
tics, having refused to attach their sig
nature to the official appraisement on a
number of occasions because of va1ua-
| tons that were preposterous. Despite
this fact, however. many a scrub animal
comes in as fancy stock, and the city
! has to pay the bill. Killings are made
twice a week at South st. Paul and the
Midway district, and it is here that the
SPECTATORS get in their work. They pick
up many a condemned animal, have them
entered in the name of the original own
er and when the official proceedings are
over and the money paid, pocket the diff
ference. ~
OF the claims so far presented none
have been paid, and will not be until
shown to the legal department that they
are in every way regular. The law was
really drafted at the instance of DIR.
Cha ge, who held that owners of cattle
should be paid for animals taken from
them. At every appraisement he insists
that one of his inspectors be present, and
refuses his approval of the proceedings
if the inspector does not think everything
is proper.
DR.. Ohage admits that some of the
claims are rather high, but thinks The
measure is a good one.
He will aid in having it revised when
the proper time comes.