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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-16

Poor plumbing means more work
for the plumber. and more cost to you.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Arkansas State News
Bank Failure at Little Rock.

The Bank of Little Rock was forced to suspend payments on the goth, owing, it is said, to advances made on fraudulent cotton com press receipts. According to the formation obtainablc, the bank had made advances to the Al pin-Lake Cotton Company of $160,000 on something like 4,600 bales of cot ton at 36 per bale, leaving, as it sup posed, margin of at least $5.5O per bale. Of this amount the bank has bills of lading for 2l5 bales of cotton, and that is safe. For the remainder of the cotton the bank holds compress receipts on the compress at Fl Dorado, but it is al legged the proper amount of cotton is not in sight at Fl Dorado, and that the receipts were fraudulently issued. The Bank of Little Rock is not the onl ly loser by the failure of th3 Alpin-Lake Company, but oth- CT institutions were caught for small amounts. The Alphin-Lake Cotton Company is firm compos- cd of Messrs. Alphin and E. H.. Lake, with headquarters at El Do- rado, and a branch office in Little Rock. Should it prove true that the bank has located only 215 bales of the cotton on which the money was advanced, its loss will be al most complete, unless the railroad company can be held liable. Mir. Lake. who managed the Little Rock branch of his firm, is said to have negotiated the loans on the ware house receipts. He left Little Rock few days before the discovery of the alleged fraud perpetrated upon the bank. The Little Rock Trust Company, auxiliary to the Bank of Little Rock, with the same set of officials, also temporarily sus- pended payment. This institution has in the neighborhood of 4,oo0 depositors, principally of the poor CT classes. to whom the loss of their savings would mean suffering and hardship, such as do not fall on a heavy loser. The Trust Company, however, has resumed business.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Young Man Murdered.

The dead body of Russ Jackson. a young man who lived at Favctte- vile, was found along the Frisco track near Van Burcn. The body was badly mutilatcd. Jackson left Fayetteville with two other young men to spend a day in Fort Smith and all three were en route homo to. ycther, but the dead man was missed at Van Burcn. A scarcl was made, and the following morn ing his body was found. One arm and one leg had been cut off by the cars. The severed hand was in one of his pockets. In another pocket was a blood-stained handkcrchicI with no blood on his other clothing around the pocket. He was evi dcntly murdered and robbed an( the body then placed on the tracl to cover up the crime.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
The Men Who Feed Us.

The State Retail Grocers' Asso- citation, in annual session at Little Rock last week, recommended the passage by the legislature of the following measure: To make hus- band and wife equally responsible for the expenses of the family; d pure food bill, garnishment law, providing that the merchant be al lowed to garnishee the wages of a debtor to the amount of 10 per cent of his weekly salary; bill regulating weights, measures and counts. A resolution was also adopted condemning the practice of wholesalers of selling to retailers and hotels. Officers of the asso- citation for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, c. J. Kramer, Little Rock {; vice presi- dent, Robert Reichardt, of Fort Smith; secretary, A. Probst, of Little Rock: treasurer, T. w. Ed monson, of Van Buren.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Wife Murderer Dead.

Robert Etley, who murdered his wife and tried to kill another wo. man at Clarksville, died in jail from a self-inhicted wound. Etlcy met his wife and Alice Blackburn on the street. He shot his wife and after she fell he turned hel body face upward and shot her two more times. He then fired point blank at the Blackburn woman. who knocked his pistol upward. The murderer attempted to escape, but when he saw that he could not dc so, he placed the pistol to his heaG and fired a shot that proved fatal
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
CHARACTER IN NECKTIES.
Brains and Poorly Tied Cravats Usu i ally Seen Together.

Henceforward, says the London Chronicle, you must not judge a man by his hat or his coat or the way in which he carries his handkerchief, but by his necktie. This is the die tum of a ladies' paper. It works rath- CT curiously. A well-tied tie, it seems to argue an absence of intel feet. Mir. Gladstone's ties might have been quoted in support of this propo- sition or its converse. They were all ways abominably tied and never stayed in their proper place. But our new authority goes outside the sphere of geniuses. "The average man, with an ordinary share of intel lect," she says, seldom knows how to tie tie as it can be tied, and is tied, by men with no intellect at all. defy man of real brain to keep his tie at the exact angle for any consid- erable time. Directly you see beau tifully tied tie which never moves out of its place you may be fairly certain you are not face to face with an un- discovered Shakespeare or an em- bryonic Goethe" This explains at last why it is that Fsenchmen never seem able to tie decent tie. They are too clever.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Colored Physician in Dancer

It is said an internal machine was found under the office of col ored physicians named Clawer at Wynne, which contained a sufficient quantity of dynamite to destroy a whole block. It is contcndcd the conspiracy to take the life of Clawer was planned by men of his own color. The officers are invcs tigating.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Austin Still Missing.

On January S. P. Austin offer ed $500 reward for information leading to the discovery of the whereabouts of his brother, c. F Austin, who disappeared from Lit tie Rock under circumstances indi- eating foul play on the night oi December F last. All efforts to To- cate the missing man or his body have so far been unsuccessful, and now thr reward has been increased to $1 ,000.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Will Be Completed By May.

It is announced on what is believ- ed to be reliable authority that the Bastrop and Fl Dorado railroad will be completed by May l. The road, when completed, will be six ty-four miles in length, running between Bastrop, La, and Fl Do rado. The track has been laid and trains are running up to the Red river on the south side. The road crosses the river about thirty miles from Fl Dorado.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Young Man Accidentally Killed.

William Callahan, aged IS, was killed while hunting wild ducks or the St. Francis river with his friend, William Miller. A Win. chester lying in the bottom of tho boat was accidentally discharged the ball penetrating Callahans arm between the elbow and shoulder While Miller went four miles fol help Callahan bled to death.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
THE COMING RACE.
Next Generation of Americans Should
 Re Giants and Centenarians.

Re Giants and Centenarians.
 ] There Is no reason why the next generation of Americans should not be giants in stature and live at least a century. Science has shown this to be possible, and that life can easily be made worth the living for the bare century of existence that will belong to every man that Is not run over by an electric car or struck by an auto- mobile. This is not quackery, de- clarcs the New Orleans Timcs-Dem- ocrat, but the assertion of the leading scientists of the country. Taken in connection with the assertion of sci entific man of Harvard university and another of Columbia university that 1t is possible to convert an ignorant boy into well-equippcd scholar in about two weeks by hypnotic impres- sion, the next generation may start life with an education and spend its hundred years of existence ill the ac- tive pursuits of life. It is not so long ago that Dr. Loeb advanced and con- 1irmed the doctrine that salt would revive the waning power of the heart, and that a saline solution had the power of preventing the liquefaction of the nerve substances, without which process the body cannot die Only few weeks ago Dr. Coakley, of Chicago, announced that by the use of hollow gold needle several inches in length he had been able to pierce the human heart to the right auricle and to inject saline or other solution without the slightest danger to the subject. Thus, while a patient is in extremis, the physician can pierce the heart and inject small particle of salt, which will make his heart young again, arousing the waning action in an instant.
 Why should the patient die under such circumstances until the machin- cry of the body gives out altogether, like the deacon's one-hoss shay? Salt Is to be had everywhere, and it is easy in these days to get physician to pierce the heart with gold needle. If the patient be young a hypnotist can be giving him thorough educa- tion while he is convalescing, and he will arise from his bed a scholar and an athlete. But he may be person fof small stature. Fortunately science has provided for that also. Dr. De Springer has shown that anyone can be made to reach the stature of gi- ant under an electric stimulus, and the matter of growth can be gauged absolutely by proper care. Ofcourse, the ordinary man could not expect to be stimulated to a growth of over eight feet by the electric current, but a stsseaFe of eight feet is well enough for the present. The present genera tion can hope for nothing more than ito live out century of life through the saline injections, though to that might be added the acquisition of an education in two weeks. The elec- tric growth stimulus will probably be effective in the case of those who have not yet attained their growth, though on his point science is silent. The es- sential fact is that we do not have to die until we are ready to die.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Warned to Leave.

It is said a number of negro ten ants near England have been noti- fled by unknown men to leave the county, and as result many are preparing to comply with the mo- tice. The attempt to expel negro renters is supposed to have been occasioned by landowners recently raising rents from $4 and $5 to $f and S7 per acre.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
An Obstreperous Groom.

J. N. Fike, of Bearden, and his bride of one day, went to Pine Bluff on honeymoon tour. It is said the proprietor of the hotel where the couple stopped was call ed to their room and had to reject Fike, who had become intoxicated and was threatening his wife. Mrs. Fike took the first train home and officers took charge of her husband
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Rev. Tabor Assaulted.

It is stated Rev. E. A. Tabor. president of the Anti-Saloon League. was assaulted at Malvern by party opposed to the work in which he is engaged. Rev. Tabo, has been working in the interest of prohibition in this state for several years, and when there is a local fight on hand lending his assistance to the temperance people.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
The Pulse and the Sea sons.

A medical man, who has kept a nightly record of his pulse for five years, says that every year it falls through the spring until about mid summer, apd then rises through the autumn to November or December. Then comes a second fall and rise. eliminating in February.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
The Alphin-Lake Failure.

hc ldlltlre or llc Alphlll-l4ak1 Cotton company, of Little Roci, and Fl Dorado, which caused the Bank of Little Rock to suspend payment, owing to the firms paper held by that bank, has been the topic of general interest among business men over the State since the failure was announced.
 The actual liabilities of the cotton company will not be known until d thorough investigation of the affairs are made. MT. Lake, it h said, has admitted that the fail ure was due to cotton speculation. The books of the Fl Dorado Com press company, which, it is alleged, issued the supposed fraudulent re- ccipts upon which the Bank of Little Rock loaned its funds. and of which F. II. Lake is president, are said to be missing. John Tor rentlnc, the shipping clerk of the compress, who is alleged to have signed the receipts as shipping clerk, is said to have left Fl Dora do ten days before the failure and his whereabouts are unknown.
 There is much sympathy cx- pressed for J. s. Alphin, the senior member of the firm, who. it is be- lleved, knew nothing of the condi- ton of affairs until the crash came. Mir. Lake was the active manager of the AlphinLake company, MT. Alphin being engaged in other business, and gave the cotton firm but little attention. He stands high with his neighbors, and his honesty Is unquestioncd. The bills of lading the Iron Mountain issued on the compress receipts, were signed by an agent in Little Rock, and those of the Arkansas South ern, aggregating $G6,OOO, were signed at El Dorado. NIr. Lake says his losses will not reach half l million and says at the proper time the book of his firm will show the actual losses Mir. Lake is a man about 27 years of age. and removed to Fl Dorado from Greenville. Miss, in 1897, and engaged in the business of buying cotton. In 1889 he formed a partnership with Mir. Alphin and continued in the cot ton business. In the fall of 1901 he removed to Little Rock, and the Alphin-Lake Cotton company was incorporated. In 1889 Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Lake, his parents, also removed to Fl Dorado. In this year the Lakes, father, moth CT and son, organized the Union Dry Goods company at Fl Dorado, which business proved successful. The Fl Dorado Compress company was incorporated in 1899, Mir. Lake being president. Mir. Lake is married and the father of two children. He owns elegant homes both in Little Rock and Fl Do- rado.
 Attorneys for the railroads and banks concerned will proceed through the courts to protect their clients as far as possible. The Little Rock Trust company, which temporarily ceased payment to pro- tect its depositors, has resumed business. Senator-elect James P. Clarke has been appointed receiver of {hn D,,,J-
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30

A bill has been reported favora- bly in congress against inserting premium coupons in packages.
 Charles J. Schumacher, a Pin kcrton detective, was killed in bat tie with supposed bank robbers near Sullivan, Mo. Two of the robbers were wounded, but managed to es- cape on stolen horses. The bandits are supposed to be parties who rob- bed the bank at Union, Mo-, about two weeks ago.
 In the arctic regions of Sweden thousands of planters are on the verge of starvation.
 A party of Mexican officials re- gently visited Washington to study our financial system.
 Henry NJ. Teller has been re- elected United States senator from Colorado. He received all the votes of the democratic members of the legislature, which gave him a ma jority. The republicans contend that his election was irregular.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
Eupion Oil

When buying Illuminating oil insist on having EUPIoN, the family safety. This is a double 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 Wolf. Goldman Mere. Co.,, w. B. Chastain, Wilmans Bros, R.. D. Wilmans, Heiliger's Union Market Co.,, Martin Bros., Har- ris & Daugherty l.. G. DaVaul and o. NJ. Bowen.
 Waters=Pierce Oil Comply
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
County Judges.

After meeting with the Good Roads convention the Association of County Judges met and trans acted considerable business. The recommendations of the Good Roads convention on State legisla- ton were endorsed and it was de- c;ded 10 hold annual instead of bi- ennual conventions, as in the past.
 Work has been commenced on a free bridge to span the Mississippi at Arkansas City.
 The fight of the prohls and antis for liquor license at Jonesboro has resulted in the granting of license
 Chas. D. Montgomery, of Cliff ion, Kan, en route to the govern ment hospital at Hot Springs, fell from a Frisco train at Van Buren and sustained fatal injuries.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30

Mrs. J. P. Lee, wife of a promi- nent citizen of Clarendon, was ia tally burned, her clothing catching fire while she was sitting in front ot a fire place reading.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30
BRIEF MENTION.

Gen. II. King White has been nominated by the democrats for mayor of Pine Bluff.
 At Tcxarkana John Matthews was shot and probably fatally wounded by Frank Darigo. The shooting was the result of a dis putc over 60 cents claimed to be due Darigo.
 Charles Walker, colored, was shot and killed in a saloon at Little Rock by Pat Eagle, barkeeper A coroncr's jury held that the killing was iustifable and Eagle was released.
 At Eureka Springs, Mrs. w. s. lIoskinSon, wife of a railroad man, attacked Mrs. Thomas Sample, wife of another fireman, with I knife. cutting her severely on the arm and wrist. Jealousy is said to have been the cause of the attack.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-18
IA Demise

Little Willie Marie Wilson died on
Ihe night Of The ninth at l. o'clock. ai.
ter an illness Of three days.
she was the picture of health ON
sunday, but had u light chill Monday.
followed by fever that never cooled
uhtli after death. On Wednesday she
was seized with congestion which in.
creased her fever to almost a scorchinc
neat that gave the little sufferer an
ungovernable thirst for water. but
even then. she was "a model of
obedience and patience. for when she
was told 10y her poor sympathetic moth
Ell That too much water might prove
injurious to her, she would entreat her
mother to give her the least bit, and at
the same time show the amount by
measuring on her little fingers. and
when her mother complied with her
requests she would not drink more
than than the measure, and the only
audible complaint were mamma, am
so sick; Oh. Jesus, am so SICK
But soon the fever parched its little
tongue SO much so that she never spoke
again, although her fond parents
tried so bard for Just one more word
from those dear lips.
Doctors, loving parents, relatives
ana friends offered every aid that they
could, bat all to no avail, as all were
concious that God had asked for Marie
to come up higher and dwell among
the saved.
Her breathing grew shorter as she
neared the river of death until the
spirit was received by the death angel
which placed it into the phantom bark.
The separation of the spirit from its
temporal abode was just as one falling
asleep, and the words. Asleep in
Jesus" were fully demonstrated, for it
seemed as though she had only fallen
asleep without any trace OF frown
on her face, but instead, you could see
Just faint impression of smile Just
as II she was going to laugh.
Marie was Just four years and nine
days old, but apparently, she possessed
the talents of child six Or eight years
OF age. She had already gathered
many little useful facts which made
her a great sousce Of pleasure 10 her
parents.
But fond parents be consoed with
the thought offered by Jesus when He
said suffer little children to come
unto Ne, and forbld them not. for of
such is tie Kingdom of Heaven
a FRIEND.
Caldwell. Ark. Sept. 18th, Ig63.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-18
From Colt.

Editor I me:-For some time | have
been thinking OF giving you my ideas
OF the present greatness and future
possibilities of the grand and glorious
yet comparatively youthful state of
Arkansas
But | must confess that am some.
what at loss to know exactly what to
say and how to say it, for my only OBJ.
Ject III writing, is TO advance all of the
interests Of our great state and TO give
an encouraging word to my fellow
citizens, aud to lit them, if possible
to a higher and nobler plane. NV
brother. Willie we may have our re-
grets and disappointments, yet, we Of
Arkansas, have much OF which TO be
proud and thankful
We can truthful = saY to The outside
world:
'Our land is fertile.
our soil is rich.
We want none of your advice
You son-of-a.qlin,'
honestly, my friends, go where YOU
may on land or ON sea. +" YOU will at
last return home and admit that taxi
ing everything into consideration there
IS no place like Arkansas. We can
raise two crops of almost everything
that is calculated TO render man h4opv
and home comfortable. Here We can
take one acre of land and by planting
1t in potatoes early in the spring. We
can gather from one - two hundred
bushels Of potatoes by the lOsh of
June, then we can SOW this same acre
III peas and get from two to three tons
OF good nay by the l0,h of September,
then we can SOW this self same acre in
tulnips and get lhereirom two or three
hundred bushels of turuips. rs hIch. by
the way is the finest COW food in the
world. | might ennmerate other crops
with which we might do Equally as
we'll. Then tel me hot that Arkansas
Is net the garden spot OF lie world.
Tobacco, fruits, vegetables of al
kinds, cotton aud corn grow here to
perfection. God generally blesseS US
with sufficient quantities Of sunshine
ana rain. Our winters are mild, our
summers are none too hot. Our
schools are good, our churches are am
bilious, our merchants, lawyers, doe
tors, bankers and business men are
courteous, ubliging, and ever welcome
10 iend helping hand. Tie only
serious objection that we might men
ton is onr health, and it must be adj
mittedt that il is getting better ali the
time What more could reasonable
and C'oG4earing people desire.
VII We, the people, permit God 10
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-18
Wanted.

Ien To clear and deaden timber at
Heth. Arkansas, located on the Choc-
taw Railroad, Is miles east of Forrest
City, Arkansas Goot boarding facili-
ties. or viii furuish tents aud they can
board themselves. Store close at hand
Nill hlre Dy the day or ave contract
bY he acre. Good tenants wanted foi
next season. Fair treatncut and good
homes assured Apply at Hath in per-
son, or wYi,e 10
&c. KINDER,
8 st. Forrest CIV, AK.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-18

Kiss our beautiful state and call it His
own? He will, if we will.
Yet my fellow citizens, with all of
these God given blessings and adyan-
tages, there is something radically
wrong with the machinery somewhere.
We ought TO flourish like green bay
tree, to be happy and contented. but
we are not. Who will furnish solu.
ton to this strange enigma? | might
suggest foolish chickering's, bitter ami
mosltieS, want OF confidence, dark and
self destroying suspicious, Internal
ignorance, low and degraded ideas of
morality, of right and wrong. The
press, " | regret to say is fast loosing
Its hold on the people, why, do not
know, but this is not as it should be,
we should hold in reverence and re-
spect the told sentinels and watchmen
on tie hill tops. 1t is TO them that we
must, to a great measure look for
guidance and protection. They should
realize their great and exalted position
and endeayor to restore their prestine
glory, honor forever and influence in
the nation.
know that your troubles are money,
But The heart. the heart that's truly blest.
Is never all its own:
No ray of glory lights the breast.
That beats for self alone"
MORE ANON
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-18

\ long felt want has been supplied
by w }. Dillon x Son, in the opening
OF New Meat Market. Amply sup
piled with capital and owning "A fac
pasture, their customers can rely OF
getting nothing but the very best. A
kinds of meats Will be kept, as we'll "A.
game, fish and vegetables in season
and every body Will be treated courte
oHsly. An experienced butcher vii
carve all the meats. Call and see theiI
establishment on North Washington
street, EZell old stand. See their at
traetive advertisement in this issue OF
The Times.