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Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
WHITE RIVER RAILWAY
 ROUTE FINALLY LOCATED

Forsythe, Mo, Dec. 13. The White
 River Railroad has been definitely lo-
 cated from Carthage to point four
 or five miles up Turkey creek into the country. The engineers have just completed the location of the bridge across White river at the mouth of
 Roark. It is expected that the loca-
 tion will be entirely completed within the next thirty days, and that con
 struction work will begin immediately on the several tunnels along the route. Tunnels will be required at the head of Railey's creek on the east edge of Stone county, Mo, and one at the head of Turkey creek in Arkansas. The latter will be the longer tunnel
 The Missouri Pacific interests will shortly incorporate company to be
 known as the Springfield and South ern Railway for the purpose of ex- tending the Bagnell line through Springfield, Mo, south to connect ion with the White river road at a point near the west line of Fancy county. The Missouri Pacific engi-
 neers are now in Springfield locating the depot site and terminals for the
 new company. It is understood that the Springfield and Southern and the White River Railroad will be in opp
 eration by the spring of 1904. They
 will give the mineral and timber sec
 tions of Fancy county direct access to l the Kansas City and St. Louis markets.
 The certainty of transportation has
 caused big rush of investors and l speculators to this section.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
JEALOUS WIFE SHOT HUSBAND

Hot Springs, Ark, Dec. 13 3Sure that her husband was paying at tentions to another woman and with jealousy raging in her heart, Rosa Scott bought revolver and supply of ammunition before starting out to locate the couple. At g o'clock this evening at dark point on Ouachita avenue, she met them and opened fire. The first shot struck James Scott over the left eye, killing him in stantly, and in rapid succession she fired three shots at Rena Smith, one taking effect an inch over the heart, another in the left thigh and the third in the left shoulder. Rosa Scott is in jail, where she admitted that she shot to kill, but that she had no intention of killing her husband, and that he jumped in front of the other woman to grab the revolver. All parties are colored.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
HEAVY RAINS
 THREATEN OVERFLOW

White River is even thus early after the recent rains on quite rampage and is rising at such fast rate, that many are alarmed for fear an over flow may yet prove the outcome. At noon the guage report was seventeen feet. a rise of seven feet since Satur- day, three of which are credited to the time between and 12 o'clock Monday morning. If this rate continues, a foot rise to every two hours, the dan ger mark will soon be reached.
 The local rainfall was 3.9 inches and while DO reports have been received from Fayetteville and Northern Ar kansas, the rains are known to have been general in scope and very heavy. The high water mark of the year will probably be reached in about three days and it is certain that much bottom land will be covered by water, though the crops in such threatened fields have nearly all been gathered.
 The new levee has never been tested, but many old settlers, who have observed numerous overfiows, believe that the heavy rains of the past two days are certain to show whether or not Newport is protected from such inundations.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
ARRESTED FROM ARREsTING.

Little Rock, Dec 13.--A white man, giving his name as D. w. Chumley of White county, arrested T. H. McDow- ell, an inmate of the Confederate Home, in North Little Rock Saturday morning, and filed an affidavit against him before Justice Meisner on the charge of having murdered Miss Florence Shillcutt. He said that Mc- Dowell came to his house near Beebe the day following the murder, with a quantity of bloody clothing in his pos session, and he has since been work ing up the case against him. Justice Meisner, with other officials, took so little stock in the charge, believing that it has no foundation, that he re- leased McDowell on his own recogni- zance, pending further investigation. Chumley was then arrested on the af- fidavit of Deputy Prosecuting Attor- ney Rhoton on the charge of imper- sonating an officer and carrying a pistol, and was placed in jail. He wears a Chicago detective agency star and claims to be duly accredited officer.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
THROWN FROM WAGON.

Batesville, Dec 13.-Geo. Sharp, who lives few miles from Newark and his little son, Bonnie, aged 1a years, were returning from Newark, where they had been to sell some cot ton seed, when the mules by some means left the road and threw one side of the wagon in ditch, throwing both Mir. Sharp and his son out. Mir Sharp escaped with few bruises, but the boy received injuries which proved fatal. The boy suffered greatly from his injuries until Wednesday, when he died. He was buried at Hopewel Thursday.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15

Mir. and Mrs. Morris Berger and Mrs. Emil Less came over Saturday night from Jonesboro on visit to J. M. Berger, Jr. MT. Berger returned home Monday morning and Mrs. Berger and Mrs. Less leave to nor row morning.
 Judge Trieber, Marshal Fowler, Court Crier McCabe, Deputies Leam- ing and Mcclure and Stenographer Clayton returned Saturday morning from Batesville, where they have been holding court Mrs. Ellen Eos ter of Mississippi secured judgment for $6,6S4 against George and Neil Rutherford, for the killing of Mrs Foster's husband. She sued for $15,- O0O Little Rock Democrat.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15

The reporter for the INDEPENDENT has been trying to run down the rn z nor of hold up, said to have oc- cured Saturday night, when thugs tried to relieve man working for Henry Kath of his valuables and change. The story seems to be a fake, as none of the officers know anything relative to same, There are any number of rough looking tramps here however, who need watching, or what would be better, walking papers.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
THE GREAT REDUCTION SALE!
 d AT BAILEY BROS. b. Is now qOinq on. We Must Make Room for Our Bic Line of Christmas Goods.
FEW OF THE BARGAINS!

All 15c per yd. hannellettes reduced to 12 1-2 per yd
 All plain and fancy worsted goods at cost. All fiannels for waists worth 75c per yd. reduced to 50c per yd. All 7c per yd. hannelettes reduced to SC per yd.
 Fleece lined pique worth soc reduced to BOG Come and see the great bargains we are offering.
 BAILEY BROS, Newport Ark
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
TRAIN TWICE WRECKED
 IN SAME PLACE

South bound freight train, First 97 was wrecked Saturday night north of Bradford, caused by 8 wet piece of ground, which got the track out of shape. Several cars were ditched and passengers 2 and 5 were sent around the Memphis branches via Wynne.
 The second section of No 97 was wrecked at the same place the fol- lowing night, Sunday, with similar results, a few freight cars being ditched, but no one injured. In each instance the wrecker was sent to the scene from Little Rock.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15

All wool Venetian cloth in all colors worth 75c per yd reduced to 50c per yd
 All $35o and $500 fancy waist patterns reduced to $2 50.
 All wool Albatross in all colors worth 75c per yd reduced to soc per yd.
 The Georgiana hose for ladies, the finest hose made, reduced to pair for Sl00
 All Whipcord, Prunella, Serge and Broad cloth dress patterns at cost
 All $2O fancy waist patterns reduced to S15O.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
NEW CACHE RIVER STEAMER.

Cotton Plant, Dec. 13.--Col H. F. Maberry made trip down Cache river on his new packet, the Gladys Maberry, Thursday and had good cargo of freight on the return trip, The Gladys Maberry is one of the finest boats on the river.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
HOLIDAY GOODS.

Our stock of holiday goods is now complete and open for your inspec- tion. Don't fail to see the greatest assortment of Christmas presents ever shown in Newport. No trouble to show goods. Come early and often. |. D. Price. 197 btf
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-15
DO TT NOW.

Have your watch repaired at the Palace Jewelry Store. POP dtf
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25

.1A1khsrl .al, mali. th6foaghAto Lon.
don from Queenstown, ana IL is ex.
.pected that the new man will look
into the trouble. Furthermore, the
question of parcels post with the
United States is up for discussion,
and Mr., Chamberlain is known to be
deeply interested in that subject.
j. IT speaks we'll for the younger
Chamberlain that his fathers bitter
'est-enemies- he.has q wonderful coli
lection. of senemies-have had little
criticism to- offer over the sons APP
'pointment to succeed the marquis Of
Londonderry. The rich. and. ornate
marquis got the place because he had
political pull, was rather sore at
the government, and had to be pla-
Gated. Even the conservatives admit
that he was about the most ineffi-
cient postmaster general st. Mar
tin's-le-Grand had ever seen.
~ Young Chamberlain, on the con-
trary, is quiet, level-headed busi-
.neess man, who can be depended
upon to make the fusty permanent
officials in the post Office sit up.
Their motto apparently is: ut must
.be done thus, for thus it always has
been DONE"
Postmaster General Chamberlain,
who will be 40 next year. is about
the same age as his second step
.mother-the third Mrs. Chamberlain
who was the daughter of Judge
Endicott, of Massachusetts. He lives
with his father and is unmarried. He
is not at all a bumptious young man,
and is making his way largely on
his own merits. He has wonderful
opportunity for cutting out q great
future for himself by reforms in
the post office.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25

dirt the men know. They talk fred
" with the men of things forbidden
the decent and virtuous. They read
the worst French fiction. They see
the worst French plays.
1.-The women of this smart set no
longer pretend to recognize virtue
even as q female accompaniment.
Innocence is badge of delinquency,
sign of the crude and raw, de-
formity which, if tolerated at all,
must carry some promise Of amend
ment. for among these titled cy-
prians the one thing needful is to
know it all. IL
"In London and in Paris and at
Monte Carlo in the winter and at
they make life one unending de-
bauch; their only literary provender,
when they read at all, the creeds of
D'Annunzio and Bourget; their Nee
ca, ,the roulette table and the race
course; their heaven, the modern
yacht, with it's Injuries and isola-
ton. The ocean tells no tales. and
as the smart ScC Knows HO law. III
extremis it can go to sea.
1.-THE 400 are rotten, through and
through. They have not one re-
deeming feature. All their ends are
achieved by money and largely by
the unholy use of money. If one Of
them proposes to go into lingo poll
tics he expects to buy his way, and
the rogues who have seats in con-
gress or foreign appointments to sell
see that he pays the price. If one
of them wants to marry lord she
expects to buy him, and the titled
rascals who wish to recoup their
broken fortunes see that she pays
the price.
"Must these unclean birds Qf
gaudy and therefore conspicuous PLY,
mage fly from gilded boughs to
boughs, fouling the very air as they
twitter their affectations of moral
supremacy, and no one to shy a
brick at them and say Scat, you dew
lisp"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25


Publicist0 80
through number'of calisthenic exer-
cises, which were, probably, some-
what elaborated in honor of the dis
tinguished visitor, and then came the
doctors speech. Thinking that it was
favorable occasion to impress upon
his youthful auditors the Importance
of drill and practice, the doctor.
after expressing the pleasure that
the exercises had given him, told the
children that they had done far bet
ter than he could have done, and
then asked: -;
"Can some one of you tell me why
it is that l cannot do these calisthen-
ic exercises as well as you have done
them?"
After an instant's pause a small
hand went up, and, on receiving an
encouraging word from the doctor,
a little boy stood up and said:
"'Cause you are old and stiff in the
j'ints''-which was not exactly the
answer either expected or desired
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
ARMY PROUD OF. HIM
Gen. Macarthur Il 4 Fine Tvpa of
the American Soldier.
Ne IL suave. Coarteous ana Has neeu
lssight lato Hamaa Mature.
Enlisted Forty Years Ago,
. Boy Of Seveateea.

Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, who
is at present in command of the Ge-
partment of the east, the most inn
portant military station in the
United States, has risen from the
ranks, literally. He is at present
stationed at Governors island, in
New York harbor, and has command
d 10000 infantrymen. Gen. MacAr-
thur will remain in command of the
department of the east until the ar
rival of Gen. Chaffee, who has been
ordered home from the Philippines,
-and VINO will come home late in the
fall. After that Gen. Chaffee will as
sumo command at Governors island
and Gen. Macarthur will return to
Chicago and resume command of the
department of the lakes.
Gen. Macarthur is not graduate
of any military academy nor has he
ever received any instruction in war
fare beyond what he has received on
the battlefield, but he has proved
himself a capable and even q great
general since the opportunity was of
fered in the war in the Philippines.
At II years of age young MacAr-
thur went. into the civil war. He en-.
listed i'll the Twenty-fourth Wiscon-
sin regiment, and although but a
beardless youth, with no military ex-
perience whatever, he was at once
made regimental adjutant, with the
rank Of first lieutenant. His regi-
ment took part in many of the inn
portant engagements of the civil
war and when he was but 10 years
old he was made a major. Before he
was 20 he was breveted colonel and
as a colonel. served the remainder Of
the war. When the war was over and
he was mustered out he Immediately
joined~the regular army. That was
in 1866. He loved army life and de-
cided TO remain in the service.
When the Spanish-American war
opened Macarthur was Immediately
made brigadier general of volun-
teers and sent to Manila with. the first
detachment of troops dispatched
there. His work Immediately at
tracted attention and he was made
major general in the line. He is the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
THEY SOUGHT QUAIL.
But the Englishman's Dogs Got
Polecats Instead.
They Liked Sirens Scent and: HAD
No Dimculty In Finding lt-One
Of Senator Vests Best
Hanting stories.

Senator Vest has told many stories,
but one experience of his has not
reached the general reader. 1t oc-
Cured many years ago, but the SEN
ator, telling it not long ago, was
still chuckling.
In his younger days Senator Vest
was an ardent hunter and an author
ity on the wild life of the prairies. He
was living on the advance line of civili-
cation and his home was known far
and wide for its cordial and abundant
hospitality. There Mr.. Vest one day
received a visit from rich and famous
hunter from London who brought q
letter of introduction from friend
living in the English capital. And the
Englishman had brought with him his
own hunting dogs. Senator Vest had
dogs of his own and he could not re-
press his surprise, but the Englishman
asked him to wait and see. They drove
for many miles and finally the wagon
was left in care of the men, and Mr..
Vest and the Englishman started out
on the quest. They did we'll. The dogs
of the Englishman were not worth
much, but the Missouri breed gave ex-
cellent sport. ...... ~
Just wait and give my dogs
chance declared the Englishman.
"All they need is stronger scent"
"They got it," said the senator, tell
| ing the story to-a New York Sun man.
Eyes, they got it. Some distance
|ea~Eey Xas .9-!it tls.eillss9 iYthp i'd
efMhs wlte ttAhe udl
fdeh1y: the Englishmai fsA dog got VIZ
stronger scent and started for the lit
tie hill with the little holes.
Call them, baok.'-I shouted to the
Englishman.
"'oh, no. he replied. Now they've
got it. Now they've gotsit.'" D..
They will get it if they don't keen
away from there,'.I answered. But
with all I could do I could not call him
back. He would not listen and he got
so excited that he started on run aft
ter his dogs. -.-..-............-. J,
Well, it was my time to he moving.
TOO, for knew-what was coming; SO
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25

4 called my dogs and made for the
wagon as fast Dis the good Lord; would
re- Me- just ash crawldd IN turned
and saw the show, and l never pitied
anybody in my life as much as I did
that Englishman with the dogs that
wanted stronger scent. Out, of the
holes came little animals and you
never saw such mix up in your life.
The dogs ran for the Englishman and
jumped around him for protection.
Then the Englishman tried to get away
from the dogs for protection, too, and
the whole combination started for the
wagon. ss,r.
"Put the whip to the horses" ! told
my man, 'and don't let them get within
half mile of u.s."
eli, there, wait for met cried the
Englishman.
E Keep your distance responded,
and to he-driver said, Whip 'em up
So we went mile after mile over that
prairie. Ipitied the Englisshman from
the bottom of my heart. but there are
times when pity must not get too close.
kept him in sight so that he should
not miss the way, but he had:to walk.
Once in while he would run as though
would allow him to catch up with the
wagon, but every time he did we put
on more speed. When we neared town,
I had to call back to him that his COM
pany would not be desirable for at
least "a hours. Inever saw him again"
"And the little animals in the little
holes in the little hill, senator?" Mr..
Vest was asked.
.Polecats," replied the senator.
ssThe Englishman had read about quail
living in holes in the prairie hills and
he wouldn't change his mind when ]
tried to explain things to him. But
those dogs of his certainly did get all
the scent they wanted-there was no
mistake about that"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN.
Sea q DfatssA Colonial Secretary
Who Has Beea Appointed Pest.
master Geaeeal.

Austen Chamberlain recently sue.
ceeded Lord Londonderry and with
his father, Joseph Chamberlain. the
colonial secretary, now occupies .
place in the British cabinet. He is
. chip of the old block" and .
young man of great promise. He
was educated at Rugby and Trinity
college, Cambridge, and has already
served as civil lord of the admiralty
and as financial secretary to the
treasury.
Mr.. Chamberlain's appointment has
some direct interest for the United
States, for there has been q lot OF
complaint about the delay in get.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
: The &Fo6I HUNDRED"
Keatuclky Ealtoe says the Sssers Seese
DlstiagulsAing Trait u lt0
Mccall Abands1.

Henry Watterson In the Louisville
Courier-Journal makes . scorching At
tack on the New York "4o0," refe: cling
to them sgain ~ q flock of mclean
birds. The editorial occur.cs two
col..mns OF space, and says in part:
Tho term smart set was adopood
by society to save itself from moro
odious description. The distinguish
ing trait Of the smart set 10 its
moral abandon. It makes business
OF defying and overlapping conven-
tional restraints upon its pleasures
and amusements. 1t sets itself above
the law, both human and divine.
Its women are equally depraved
with it, men. They know all the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
DIED for Her Baby Brother.

One of the touching stories of the
season comes; from little town in
northern Wisconsin, where a six
year-old child died for her baby
brother. The baby had been left in
the yard, sleeping in its buggy, and
the sister had been asked to go out
and see to him. There the little girl
saw big rattlesnake coiled at the
feet of the infant, and, realizing the
danger, seized broom and tried to
kill the reptile. The snake, dis
turbed, darted at the little girl,
coiled around the handle of the
broom and slipped down it, striking
its fangs into the child's neck. The
infant boy was untouched, but the
motherly baby sister died in great
agony. q
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25

youngest major general the United
states army ever had, which ID some
thing OF a distinction. 1t is more
than probable that he will some day
be the commander of the armies Of
the United States, his age being in
his favor.
Gen. Macarthur was made gov
ernor general of the Philippines and
his administration was clean, vigor-
GUS and eventful. 81
His grasp Of affairs in the Philip
pines was the result of an. fintelli-
sgences beyond the scope Of most
men. It has shown us that the: mod
ern soldier must succeed in other
ways beside those required of him in
action. While his attitude as com.
mander of the occupying army at
Manila demanded that he should re-
gard The Filipinos with suspicion, he
was always alert to discover the
shpman motives of the individual.
Human nature is not at its best held
up at the muzzle of loaded gun,
and Gen. Macarthur was intelligent
enough to recognize that the native
Filipino required teaching more than
shooting. Coercion is better than abb
solute subjugation.
The faculties that helped him most
in his policy at Manila were the
scholarly ones. He is fine historian,
and there is nothing ripens judgment
90 safely as knowledge of the
worlds history. 1t is sure index of
national evolution, in which racial
motives can be traced, and if expan-
sion is the will of the people force of
lrms alone is but shock that sub
dues temporarily. 1915
Gen. Macarthur is diplomat. The
gift of reasonableness is his. He
has, beyond the harmonic poise that
is required in the = service, the in
stincts Of a gentleman. We all know
what that quality involves, the rela-
tionships it can establish, the dignity
It. entails and exacts. The training
) Of an army man is intended to de.
,velop the best that is in him. Some
times it does, and sometimes it does
not. There are all kinds, all sorts
and conditions of men in every serv.
ice, but the best executive quality in
"a man is integrity of purpose toward
his fellow man, white or black, and
that quality is distinctively Gen. Mac.
9Arthur's. Il
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED.
sion Between Trains ut
Wilmer. Pa,

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 2o.-Five train.
men were killed and two seriously in.
jured as the result of head-on col.
lision between Buffalo, Rochester 4
Pittsburg and Pittsburg & Western
passenger trains at Wilmer station, on
the Pittsburg & Western railroad.
about ten o'clock Friday A number of
pas sengers we're cut and bruised by fly.
ing splinters and broken glass, but
none were seriously hurt.
3 The accident, it is alleged, was due
to the failure to flag the passenger
trains.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
!, JOKE WAS ON DOCTOR.
an Answer He Neither Expected
Nor Desired.

DR.. j. L. NJ. Curry, special ambas-
sador to Spain, tells the following an
ecdote, says .Harper's Magazine:
In the discharge of his duties in
promoting the cause of education he
has been frequently. called upon to
address the pupils of schools he has
been, visiting. On one occasion he
was at rural school, and the usual
address was expected at the close Of
the exercises. The children went