Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-03

Occasionally, but had never seen him play either the races or slos machines Had never seen him drunk.
 w. H. Lewis of Hot Springs stated that he had seen the defendant intoXi- cated in the Kentucky saloon.
 w. H. Martin, an attorney of Hot Springs stated that he had been ap- pointed by the defendant in the cause of the Arkansas National Bank against Sumpter; the defendant had never de- manded loans of him, but after he was appointed receiver he advanced sums aggregating $1,500; served four years as receiver and received a fee of $6,00O.
 Geo. H. Lawyer, chancery clerk of Garland county, had served as master and commissioner in chancery at sev- eral different times, for which he had received fees amounting to $1,200; had loaned Judge Leatherman money when ever the latter stated that he needed it. Witness identified certain checks as those given by him to defendant
 s. A. Sammons, a grocer at Hot Springs, testified that he loaned the defendant s200 at one time and that at that time there was a judgment against him with several others in defendant S court for $4.600, which was later re- duced to $1,700.
 E. T. Housley testified that he was one of the men against whom the judgment of $4,600, later reduced to $1,700, was rendered in the defendant S court He said he gave MT. Summons $100 which the latter said he wanted for Judge Leatherman.
 John l.. Smith testified that the de- fendant offered him a sum of money if he would allow him the defendant) to name the judges and clerks for the primary election last spring.
 c. S. Bell testified that he had been appointed receiver for the defunct City Savings Bank by the defendant. He stated that during the five years of his receivership he had collected between S2,000 and $3000, most of which had been allowed on his salary as receiver.
 The defense will later introduce wit nesses.
 MT. Fletcher introduced by request a bill making it Unlawful for any news paper in the state to publish accounts of prize fights or sparring contests, oc- curing either in the state or without.
 A bill was introduced making it un- lawful for any persons to engage in selling pools or maks bets on any horse race.
 An amendment to the insane asylum appropriation bill was adopted maki' it unlawful for any member of the board or officer of the institution to employ any of his kinsmen.
 D. D. IA N1lnnlN). creating the once Of county superintendent was taken up.
 MT. Du Laney urged the passage of the bill. MT. Chambers opposed the bill on the ground that it destroyed local government by taking the power away from the school directors and placing it in the hands of one man.
 Me.ssrs. Jacobs, McGuigan and Lati- mer spoke in favor of the measure
 MT. Bell opposed the bill because it would create seventy-five new offices and tax the people to pay for them.
 The bill was defeated-24 to 4S.
 $. B. 40 Cking). enlarging the pow CTS of the railroad commission passed
 s. B. 101 (Wilson), authorizing cities of the first and second class to levy a tax of onefourth of mill for the maintenance of public libraries, was read third time and passed.
 $. B. 98 Hardy), allowing railroad companies seven days in which to pay discharged employees, passed.
 MT. Brooks called up s. B. 35, limit ing the hours of work of railway train crews. except in cases of wrecks and other accidents, to sixteen consecu- tive hours per day. The bill passed without opposition.
 s. B. 113 (Gray), providing for a division of liquor license funds between county and school funds was taken up. Amendments were adopted eXempting about forty counties.