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Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
LEGISLATURE ORGANIZES.
Joseph L. Short Elected President of Senate by Reclamation Moore Has a Walkover for Speaker
 Of House in Final Test.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 12.-Or- ganization was effected by the Thirty fourth General Assembly of Arkansas to-day and it is thus assured that on Tuesday, January 20, balloting will take place for United States Senator for the term beginning March 4, next. Former Governor James P. Clarke has a majority of instructed votes over Senator James K. Jones, and his elec- tion is considered certain.
 In the Senate to-day, Joseph l.. Short of Fultonp pCounty was elected President without opposition, and other officers were chosen as follows: Secretary, ]. Fletcher Hurley of Little Rock assistant secretary, J. J. Lewis of Randolph county; journal clerk, Q. c. Price of Stuttgart; expressing clerk, Miss May Craig of Eldorado; enroll ing clerk, Miss Ida Wright of Little Rock; sergeant at arms, former Sena- tor c. M. Rains of Jonesboro; chaplain, the Reverend R. L. Carson of Atkln pagSs, Ross Morgan, Will Calder and Joseph Dean; chief janitor, Julian Smith; assistant janitor, 0. F. Wiley. In the House on the first ballot, John I. Moore of Phillips county, was elected Speaker, receiving "A votes to 26 votes for H. K. Toney of Jefferson county. A. s. Hays of Atkins was re- elected chief clerk and H. A. Bonds oi Logan county, sergeant att arms. 1 The House proceeded no further with ballotting on minor employees and adjourned until a. m. to morrow twhen the task of completing selections will be taken up.
 Governor Jefferson Davis will de- liver his message to the Legislature "Wednesday and take the oath of office for his second term. The inaugura Ceremonies will be simple. There vii be no military display and no inau- gural ball. A joint session will precede the inauguration for the purpose oi canvassing the vote on the consti- tutional officers in the State election last September. The result will be declared and the inaugural ceremonies then will proceed.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
NEW THROUGH CAR LINES FROM MEMPHIS TO THE PACIFIC COAST.

The tRock Island system," Choc- taw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R., have established through personally con- ducted tourist sleeping car lines to California and Portland, Oregon.
 The California car leaves Memphis every Tuesday at 9:00 a. m., Little Rock 1:15 p. m., South MaAlester, l. T., 10:50 p. m. same day, Oklahoma City 2:40 a. m. Wednesday, Fl Reno $40 a. m. arriving Fl Paso, Tex, Thursday morning, Los Angeles Fri day morning and San Francisco Sat urday morning.
 The Portland, Oregon, car leaves Memphis every Thursday on the same schedule arriving Denver 7:30 Satur- day morning, Ogden Sunday morning and Portland Monday morning.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
NUMBER 228

Col. L. Minor volunteered Mir Empie the use of his office building on Walnut street, where all appli- cants are receiving mail at the gener al delivery. No distribution of mail is made except by alphabetical lines. Only first class matter has been re- ceiving attention and stacks of papers are accommodating upon the hands of the force.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
Eupion Oil

When buying Illuminating oil insist on having EUPIoN, the family safety. This is doubles distilled process oil that is oDoRLEss and absolutely safe. If you will use clean burners and wicks and EUPIoN OIL you will have best light obtainable. The only merchants in Newport that sell this high-grade oil are Wolff Goldman Nero. Co, w. B. Chastain, Wilmans Bros, R. D. Wilmans, Heiligers Union Market Co.,, Martin Bros, Har- ris & Daugherty l.. c. DaVaul and o. M. Bowen.
 Waters-Pierce Oil COmp'y V
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
POST OFFICE SERVICE RESUMED

The burning of the post office build ing and nearly all the fixtures seri- ously disarranged service Monday, but the patrons of the office were con siderate of the misfortune of the post master and bore with patience the delay and inconvenience resulting therefrom.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

WANTED Three or four boarders. Apply to 3O1 Main St. q If.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
MARDI GRAs AT NEW ORLEANS

One fare plus s2.OO for the round trip via the Iron Mountain route. Tickets on sale February Y to 19. Good for return February 2s. Tickets can be extended to March IA for re- turn.
 T. H. Reamey, Agent.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

B. 0. Bates of Bentonville was a guest at the Hazel Monday night.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Sunday Pleasures.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
at is to laugh when we hear W. H. B. NJ.
in his imprisoned speech 70 the retail grocers
make an appeal TO them to join Gin prayer,
perhaps) for the success Of the Sunday closing
movement. Why, bless his oratorical cardiac
organ, does not W. II. B. NJ know that the
grocers cannot afford to close their shops on
sundays-at least, for all day? Nor does the
public want them to.
And, now that / am on this theme, may
not suggest that there is too much Of the
closed shop business on Sunday. That. OF
course. is my individual opinion. Why should
poor man who wants 20 take his family on
an excursion Of some kind on a Sunday after
noon have TO 20 down the river or up to Cabin
John Bridge, or at some other far-off resort
TO give them entertainment There should
be parks and pleasure resorts within the city
limits where the children can ride the flying
horses, MUNICH peanuts, and be merry, while
the Older folk indulge in a modest repsst of
pumpernickel, Schweitzerkase, and beer if they
like that sort OF banquet, and enjoy sacred ID
concert at the same time. The laboring classes
Ike beer mixed with music, and. they
haven't the time to get it on Monday, they
ought to have the right TO get il on Sunday.
'Them's my sentiments
DANIEL QU1LP.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Priests Defy Government.

Two religious communities in France
have remained wholly unaffected by the
stringent measures adopted by the pres
ent administration of ex-Abbe Combes,
thanks TO their rights and privileges be-
ing safeguarded by foreign treaty and to
the fact that they are under the special
protection of foreign governments. The
one IS the community of Franciscan
monks at Massey, who for the past two
hundred years or more have been in
trusted with the care of the tombs of
the reigning house of Lorraine, situated
in the Church OF the Cordeliers. 1t
seems that when at the beginning of the
eighteenth century the Duchy of Lor-
raine passed into the possession of
France, its last reigning duke, husband
of Empress Marie Therese of Austria,
receiving in exchange the Grand Duchy
of Tuscany, IL was especially stipulated
by treaty that the Franciscan Church
at Nancy. in which most of the dukes
tombed. should remain in the possession
of the house of Hapsburg- Lorraine and
of Austria, and that the Franciscan
fathers. having charge OF the tombs.
and who are paid and appointed by the
Austrian crown, should enjoy the same
extraterritoriaf privileges as the Aus
Hungarian embassy at Paris.
When. about half century ago. Savoy
was ceded to France. a special clause
was added to the treaty whereby the
abbey of Hautecombe. on the Bourget
Lake. in which many members of the
dynasty of Savoy are entombed. should
remain the property of the crown of
Italy, the Cistercian monks intrusted
with the guardianship thereof enjoying
the same immunities as the Franciscan
monks at Nancy. Every American Wis
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Kissed China's Emperor.

little American girl was among the guests
at one Of the Empress parties, and the EN-
peror at once took her up and kissed her, till
the child, looking at her mother, said: HE
does like me. mother doesn't he % After that
he followed the child about and kissed her
again and again. She was a round faced, rosy
checked little child Of FIVE.
But how did the Emperor Of China ever
learned TO kiss? How had the very idea of
such thing ever been suggested to him? No
Chinese man throughout the whole length and
breadth Of the vast Chinese Empire ever kisses
wife or child, unless he has been taught to
do 50 by some foreigner. No Chinese mother
even kisses her child. The nearest she gets 10
ii is lifting her child's face up 10 hers, and,
as 1t were, smelling at It, Yet here was the
Emperor Of China evidently versed In the prac-
tice, 50 that directly he saw this foreign little
girl he took her up and kissed her, as IL it
were the most natural thing in the world. while
to the everyday Chinaman this would be most
unnatural and, indeed, repulsive proceSs.-The
COrnhiH.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Chicago Delegates Divided.

2 He comedies that the Chicago deIega-
ton Will be divided chiefly between Low
den and Dereen. with a few scattering
votes for other candidates. Senator
Hopkins is said TO be favorabIy dis
posed toward Governor Yates because
OF the assistance the governor gave him
in his Senatorial canvass, but he is
well aware of the fact that Yates can
not succeed himself, and consequently
is saying nothing. Repeated efforts to
draw him out upon the subject Of the
governorship have been unsuccessful.
Governor Yates is struggling hard, but
with no chance of a reelection. Be-
sides Colonel Lowden and States Attor-
ney Deneen. of Chicago, there are al
ready the following announced candi-
dates: Representative vespasian War
ner of the Thirteenth district, ex-Gov-.
ernor Fifer. who was defeated for re-
election by the late Gov. John P. Att
geld. in 1892; Attorney General HamIin.
ex-speaker Lawrence Y. Sherman, and
others.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11

Twenty-eight Poetal Grafters.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Twenty-eight postal grafters rounded up in
less than eight months, and indicted by Fed
eral grand juries, is a respectable showing in
numbers at least, il not in responsibility. This
Is sufficient for small platoon, in military
parlanee; seven front, four columns deep, or
four front and seven deep.
II might be a great injustice" said the
Hon. z. F. Loud "a very great injustice, 70
suspend Mr. Machen during the investigation Of
his Office II innocent Of wrongdoing, the in
vestigation can do him no harm. He could
then come back to the department with
brass band"
The chief CRATER might still avail himself,
IN part, of Mr.. LIQUIDS excellent advice by
treating the citizens Of the National Capital to
an exhibition dril of his motley platoon Tin
cluding the brass band, Of course) some sunny
afternoon on our famous Avenue, extending
the route from Twelfth to Four and-a-hah
Streets. 20 the City Hall. The one lonely female
in the group could carry the banner: "Union
Graftcrss" or "Crafters' Union on Strike"
They might adopt the stirring political battle
cry OF former epoch in our country's his
tory" Fifty-four Forty or Fight'-inasmuch
rs the great majority Of indictments are based
on section $40 Of the Revised Statutes.
wanted, 10 know the present postotfce ad-
dress OF the Hon Frank II. Jones, formerly
First Assistant Postmaster General, and the
bosom friend Of A. W. Nachen. It viii be
remembered that in the spring of 1897 Mr..
Jones made rapid cal 70 washington-came
here as swiftly as IL he had been fred out Of
eatapult-and appeared before a Senate com
Inittee 70 refute the evidence Of a former en-
ploye dismissed by Mr.. Jones' Where oh,
where is General Jones Dow7
INQUIRER.
WASHINGTON Oct g.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Two Careers.

What has she done that men should stay
The iostling hurry Of their way
To seek with wonder-eager eyes
The darkened mansion where she lies9
What has she done that. far and wide,
Has flashed the word that she has died
That folk in distant lands have said
To one another: "She is dead?''
Why should the lips Of strangers raise
To her a monument Of praise?
All, it was hers TO conquer fame
She made a Name.
And she who lies so Whitley still,
Untouched Of joy, unvexed Of 81.
Has she done aught9 Why, surely. mol
The records OF her living show
No laurels won, no glory gained.
No effort crowned, no height attained:
In life she chnmpioned no cause;
Why should the passing people pause7
One little households narrow scope
Held all her heart and all her hope.
Too lowly she for flames high dome
She made Home.
Jennie Belts Hartswiek, in Harper's Bazaar
The Washington times., 1903-10-11

them are supported by the poorest
people in the community, who can i'll
afford heavy dues. If it were not
quite so easy to carry on a one-horse
religious society, twenty-five or more
or these small churches might unite
IL worship in one large and comforta
bic church, and pay for good ser
mons, good music and good Sunday
school teaching, while the benefits
arising from such cooperation, frorl
a secular point of view, would be
great.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11

knowledged leader cf his party in the
Senate, shall be returned to that body
At first thought the defeat of Senator
Aldrich seems impossible, but an ex-
animation of the conditions shows
that he may be in serious danger. The
Republican majority in the Legisla-
ture has been reduced to nineteen
seventeen in the senate and two i'll the
house, the latter made possible by less
than dozen votes N one of tho cities
Of the State. A reapportionment OF
the State according to population in
stead of the present township repre-
sentation would doubtless give the
Democrats control IF the lower house.
Should they organize that body III
the Legislature which is to choose a
United States Senator they might be
able TO unseat a sufficient number of
Republicans to give them control of
the Legislature on joint ballot, and
that which seems impossible in Rhode
Island would happen-the election of
Democratic Senator in place of SEN
ator Aldrich.
No one suspected last year that
there was the slightest prospect of
Democratic success, yet a Republican
majority of $500 was changed into a
Democratic majority of 1900, one
Democratic Congressman was elected,
and another Democratic candidate for
Congress was only defeated by a mar
row margin. The present Democratic
executive has exposed such methods
of corruption and bribery as proba-
bly, exist in no other State except Del
aware. In the face of all this the Re
Lublicans have selected as their stand
ard-bearer a man conspicuously iden-
titled with so-called trust organize
tjons-the head Of the great rubber
trust, and a director in numerous
other concerns of like character
Doubtless he is a clean man, but i'll
nominating MIN the Republicans have
given their opponents another live Is
size which they will not hesitate to &C
cept. IF the Republicans can win, of
course Senator Aldrich is safe, but if
they lose his chances viii be dimin-
ished. There is at least in the Rhode
Island situation a sufficient element
of uncertainty to cause the Republi-
can party some gneasiness, for it car
Ill afford to lose the service and eom-
sci of so able a leader as Senator AL
drich
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Political Gossip
Here and There
Many Candidates in Illinois.

Candidates for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor are so numerous in
Illinois that it is quite impossible to
cross a county line in the Prairie state
without stumbling into one or more OF
them. The State leaders have become
so confused that they have practically
decided TO withhold advice and SUCCESS
ton. and to leave the field open, allow
ing the various aspirants to fight it out
among themselves. Such, for instance. Is
the attitude of BILLY" Lorimer, the
Chicago boss" who really wants TO
overthrow Governor Yates. and whose
personal choice Is believed to be Col.
Frank o. Lowden. Of Chicago At one
time II was said that he had delivered
an ultimatum to Governor Yates. telling
him he must get out of the race. After
looking over the situation in the Windy
City, however. Mr.. Lorimer found that
he could not control all the delegates
to the State convention on account OF
the candidacy OF State Attorney Deneen.
and. accordingly decided, for the time
being. to let the governorship matter
alone and devote his attention to Cook
county matters entirely, in order that he
might not lose his hold upon Republic
can affairs In Chicago.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Killed Father by Accident.

The late Sir Herbert Naylor LeyIand
was good-looking and popular man.
but his entire life was blighted by the
fact that when a young fellow OF
eighteen he had the misfortune to kill
his father by an accidental discharge of
his gun while out shooting with him,
believe somewhere on the coast Of Syria.
During the closing years of HIS life he
became somewhat morose, was not him
self indeed. and never condescended to
take anyone into his confidence as to the
reasons which led him to make so start
lingly sudden a change from the Tory to
the Liberal party. One of his sisters. by
the bye, is the wife of Val Prinsep, the
famous painter and Royal Academician.
Among other pieces OF property which
have come into the possession OF young
Sir Albert Naylor Leyland through his
grandmother's death is Nantclwyd Hall,
which Is probably the most beautiful in
the lovely vale of the Clwyd, and it is
there that the widowed ---s -o.-
and her boys VIII from now on make
their principal home.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Honorinq the 6. A. R.
Decorations Should Be Displayed When
the Armies Meet Here.

A member of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac suggests that it
would be a pretty attention for the
people of Washington to decorate
their houses and places of business
with flags in honor of the reunion of
the veterans of the Union army next
week. Undoubtedly, it would.
Cynics and scoffers have amused
themselves from time to time by M
sInuating that too much attention is
paid to these veterans. At any rate.
decorations and welcome are atten-
tons which are cheap, and forty years
ago patriotism was not, perhaps, as
common an article as it is now; at any
rate, men were not al eager to get
themselves blown to pieces by shells
OF shaken to pieces by fever. The last
veteran of the war VIII be gone by the
tine the present generation Of school
children IS grown, and we may as well
show them some small honor while We
can.
1t is the Grand Army man in Mr..
Ade's new book who, indignant over
what he calls the reunion of the wet
Grams of San Jewan,' boils over after
this fashion:
"There was old Tom Bailey. who fit
all through the war, got SHOT so often
he didn't mind it at all along toward
the last, and he amt as pig a man in
this town today as MS grandson. who
has ben down in Porto Rico for six
months layin' in q nammoc; smokin'
cigarettesi"
There Is some reason for veteran
to feel aggrieved when he finds the
skirnlish with Spain regarded as Sc
rious warfare, and General Shafter a
"biger man than old Grant" in fame
as well as in avoiIdupois. Let the
veterans be greeted by the flag for
which they fought, and let them m
derstand that a war record is not
necessarily dimmed even by forty
years.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Two Governors Meet.

Governor Beckham, OF Kentucky. and
Governor Durbin, of Indiana. met upon
the bloodless field of battle where the
militia of the two States were en-
camped, in Howard county. several
days: and, perhaps strange but true.
neither drew a pistol. Instead, they
drew upon the most famous product OF
the Blue Grass State, plucked a bunch
Of fragrant mint, and 1t is reported that
the governor Of Eoosierdom had no
cause to repeat to the governor of Ken
lucky the remark which the chief ex-
ecutive of North Carolina is reputed to
have made to the highest Official OF the
Palmetto State. On the contrary, he Is
alleged 20 have observed that the quail
ity OF the Kentucky julep was superior
10 any he had ever allowed to trinkle
down his alimentary canal, while the
quantity was sufficient to quench tbs
thirst of all Christendom- They clinked
glasses. and allowed not their political
and official enmity 10 interfere with
personal friendship. Governor Beckham
was out upon a stumping tour, while
Governor Durbin had dropped down to
visit the militiamen. 1t is said that
Governor Beckham did not even make
any reference TO the surrender OF one
of Governor Durbin's constituents. the
self-exiled ex-governor OF Kentucky,
Mr. Taylor.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
cranks Not an Innovation.

That the White House should prove
so strong an attraction to cranks of
every description is not astonishing
when one calls to mind the prosecutions
to which the rulers of the old World
are exposed from gentry of this mental
caliber. During the long reign OF Queen
Victoria. seldom a week passed when
she was at Windsor without one or more
strange looking individuals presenting
themselves at the castle gate, explain
ing that the Queen was either their
sister or their wife or their mother, or
else that they had made up their mind
TO marry her.
Females, equally unbalanced. haunt
King Edward and his nephew, the
Der OF visitors of this kind that en-
deavor to reach the presence of the
rulers OF England and OF Germany it Is
evident that this particular form OF in
sanity is extremely prevalent. AT Wind
sor, individuals OF this sort are at once
quietly committed to the county asylum
for the insane. for observation. before
DClhb ohPPON ooSh ~ "HSAO tAOy DO-
long. while in Berlin there is lunatic
asylum in the suburbs to which the de-
mented visitors OF the Kaiser and OF his
consort are consigned.
1t may be recalled that about eighteen
months ago a couple of American
women, a mother and daughter, hailing
from Brooklyn, were consigned to the
Norfolkshire County Insane Asylum for
endeavoring to press their relationship
upon King Edward while he was staying
at Sandringham. l believe they are
there to this day. having no friends or
kinsfolk in this country who are willing
to take charge of them.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Unexpected Guests.
Need for Instruction in Politeness, To-
gether With Training in Hospitality.


gether With Training in Hospitality.
Much hrs boon said of the duty of
hospitality and the beauty Of that
spirit which can welcome an unex-
pected guest to the table with seren-
lily and charm. But there is some
thing to be said also about the duty
Of The guest. Hostesses would be
NOR placid in these circumstances
if people in general were better in
structed in the art of accepting hos
pitality.
IT ought to be understood by every
person with even the slightest claims
to good breeding that nothing is less
courteous than to break bread with
an acquaintance or relative, and COM
ment on the scarcity or quality of the
meal afterward. But, unfortunately,
this is a common practice. If it were
not, many hostesses in moderate cir
tuiiAoAdlttCo Nbulu lttl ilONG cOullOIk-
able when obliged TO entertain guests
unexpectedly. The apprehension that
the guest will, a little later, amusc
other friends with an account Of the
unfortunate features of ones hospi-
tality is likely to cool the most spon-
taneous welcome.
What is to be done about this gen
eral defect of politeness7 The person
whose one remedy for popular fail
ings is education may say, "Teach the
children in the schools what true hos
ritality Is" And then the children
would go home and criticise their ell
ders when the latter came home from
visit with comments on the scant
food or poor service of the host. Per-
baps it Is matter which cannot be
improved by teaching A person lack
ing in kindness cannot be taught to
be kind.