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Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Killed By Brother-Iu-Law.

J. M. 1'iffin, truck gardener, was shot and killed at his home in North Little Rock by Claude Ma nees, his brother-in-law. Maness, with another relative, went to Tiff fins home to remonstrate with him about mistreating his wife, who is a sister to Manees. During a con- yersation with Mrs. Tifin her hus- band came into the room and order ed Manees to leave, and told him he had better not meddle in his af- fairs. Manees replied that he did not care to meddle with his affairs, but that he (Tifin) must stop abusing his sister. Tifin became greatly angered and started toward Manees, at the same time running his right hand into his pocket. Ma nees warned Tiffin to stand back, but he continued to advance, and was shot through the heart.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Railrood Commission Acts.

The state railroad commission has promulgated its through class rates for shipments of merchandise over two lines of railroad not un- der one management. About two years ago the commission made joint rates on through shipments, but the supreme court of the Unit ed States upheld the decision of the lower court in which an injunction was granted preventing the commits sion from enforcing the rates. At the last session of the legislature an act vas passed enlarging the powers of the commission, giving it authority to make such joint rates. It is claimed the joint rates are from 10 to 15 per cent lower than the, old rates. A copy of the circu- lar will be mailed by the commis- sion on application.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
BRIEF MENTION.

Chas. Hays, under arrest in Ok lahoma on the charge of bigamy, is said to have living wife in this state.
 c. A. stovall, engineer of the Sawyer-Austin Lumber Company at Pine Bluff, was seriously injured by a heavy piece of timber striking him oR the head.
 The annual reunion of the Mis- souri-Arkansas organization of the Blue and the Gray will commence at Mammoth Spring August IF and continue for week.
 An encampment of the state guard will likely be held at Little Rock in August. A detail of army officers will be present. give in- structions to the boys.
 The anti-gambling association of Little Rock has caused the officers to issue an order prohibiting the operation of slot machines in sa- looms and other places.
 The body of white girl was found at the mouth of St. Francis river a few miles from Helena. There was nothing by which the girl could be identified.
 In a fight near Hot Springs be- tween Lum Curley and Garfield Lewis, two young white men, the former was probably fatally stab- bed, receiving five wounds.
 The working hours in the Iron Mountain shops at Little Rock have been reduced from ten to eight, with only five days a week. This condition will prevail all during the summer.
 The secretary of war has allotted Arkansas, under section 1861, re- vised statutes, and available July 1, 1903, $12952.93. This is the amount the state gets to pay the expenses of re-equipping the mem bers of the Arkansas state guard and to hold a state encampment, as provided in the act of the last con- gress.
 The city council of Hot Springs has passed an ordinance prohibiting the keeping open of all cigar and confectionery stores on Sunday.
 The Kline bakery and confection- cry store at Texarkana was destroy ed by fire. Seven hundred barrels of four were included in the loss.
 Young ladies acted as conductors for one day on the occasion of open ing the new Chic street car line at Texarkana, the proceeds being de. voted to charity
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Street Car Accident.

Dan Peil, driver of bakery wag on, was run down and badly injured by a street car at Little Rock. Peil was driving in the same direction the car was going, and it seems att tempted to pull his team away from the track, but instead pulled the wrong line As the car was only a few feet away when the team step- ped on the track it was impossible to prevent a collision. The wagon was literally rolled up beneath the car and Peil was pinioned among the debris.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Tried to Break Tail.

Jim Dougherty, under sentence of death at Hot Springs for the murder of Policeman Donahue, was detected in an effort to break jail by means of using common needles as saw He had cut through a heavy steel plate and was within a few hours work of gaining his lib erty when the watchman discovered his scheme.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
State University Graduates.

At the closing exercises of the State University at Fayetteville, twenty-seyen students graduated and were awarded diplomas by Gov. Davis. The names of the graduates are as follows: Fred White Holt, Harrison; Hattie Clementine Mel ton, Fayetteville; Susie Vaulx, Fay etteville; Nora Madge Bates, Ca- ney Hill; Joseph Pitts Womack, Seba; John R. Ellis, Fayetteville :; Y. Hill Davis, Lowell; Wm. w.. Cartwright, Mountainview; Fred Merrett, Ceilings Cobb, Wis; John Brewster, Clancy Hill Lemuel Der ry Bryan, Fort Smith; Ebert Clark, Waldo; Elizabeth Crozier, Lincoln; Houston l.. Daniels, Lit tie Rock; Leila Routh Droke, Fay etteville; William Marvin Harris, Monticello; Alphonse Milton Hon. nett, Pine Bluff; James Leland Longino, Magnolia; Abner McGe- hee, Little Rock; Robert J. Mid dleton, Fayetteville; Samuel AL fred Mitchell, Fayetteville; Jas. F. Muller, Little Rock; William Ben jamin Rife, Osage Mills; William A. Ruggles, Fayetteville; John Paul Streepy, Hot Springs; Rupert Tay- Tor. .Ioneshorn
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Old Faculty Retained.

The board of trustees of the State University held meeting at Fayetteville last week and elected teachers for the ensuing two years.
 The old faculty were retained. Hugh Reagan succeeds Sam Marrs as secretary. Dr. Otey Miller suc- ceeds himself as treasurer. Col. w. G. Vincenheller, director of experi- mental station; Miss Ada Pace, li- brarian; Miss White, elocutionist Miss Crawford, director of vocal music.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
White Teunent Killed.

A special dispatch tells of the killing at Grays, on the Brinkley- Newport branch of the Choctaw, of W. M. Wessner, a tenant farmer, by ''Red" Tucker. Wessner was a renter from Tucker and the two quarreled over the gathering of some garden truck. It is claimed the killing was unjustifable.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
This Bank has an authorized
 CAPITAL of SIoo, ,Ooo.O

An authorized and subscribed Capital is convenient thing good thing for advertising purposes but be perfectly honest and tell patrons the truth it really for little We could have had just easily Subscribed Capital of S5O0,OO0. 1t would not have cost us cent more.
 What patrons really interested in knowing m this Bank has invested Fin its sbusness of ITS OWN MONEY $5SO 900 co OF CASH, PAID IN CAPITAL and undivided profits That the this Bank prepared to take good of your business And you that MORE CAPT. TAIL WILL BE PAID IN believe it be safely and protably invested
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Farmers Strange Death.

H. K. Ritchie, prominent farm CT residing nine miles from Car lisle, met death in a strange man. ner. He was hauling hay with a tall frame on his wagon Ritchie was on top of the hay, and by the turning of bale he was thrown off just as the wagon was passing a large tree. His body was caught be- tween the tree and wagon and he was crushed to death.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Passenger Train Wrecked.

An east-bound passenger train was wrecked at a trestle near Ozark, the mail and baggage cars being thrown into ditch twenty feet be- low the track. Mail Clerk s. K. Lenning had his nose broken and a severe gash was cut over his righ eye. Engineer Hayner, in jump ing, was slightly injured.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Blind Tigers Raided.

Officers raided two blind tigers in the eastern part of Perry county and arrested N. s. and James Quinn. They found in the possession of the former thirty pints and thirty-two half-pints of whisky, and in the possession of the latter nineteen pints of whisky, which was destroyed.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Government to Make Improvements.

The contract for the new govern ment free bath house at Hot Springs had been awarded the firm of Judd and Lotz. This contract calls for the remodeling and en- larging of the old free bath house building, at the cost of nearly $25,- GOO.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Can't Insure Wife's Property.

A case which will be of the great est interest throughout the state was passed on by the supreme court yesterday. That body decided that an insurance policy issued to hus- band on the property of his wife is void, as he has no insurable interest in the property.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
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 Om you will have best light obtainable. The only merchants in Newport that sell this high-grade oil are Wolff Goldman Mere. Go, ". B. Chastain, Wilmans Bros, R. D. Wilmans, Heiliger's Union Market Co.,, Martin Bros, Har- ris & Daugherty L. G. DaVaui and o. M. Bowen.
 Waters-Pierce Oil Comply
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Woman's Rash Act.

Mrs. James Phelan, residing near Fayetteville, made desperate at. tempt at self-destruction by swal- lowing carboic acid and slashing her throat with razor. The prompt arrival of a physician saved her life.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26
Acts In-Operative.

Since the adjournment of the legislature it has been found that many of the acts authorizing spe- cial school districts to borrow mon- ey are imperative, through the con stitutional provision against the leyying of more than five mills at any one time.
 Mrs. John Both, wife of a Ran dolph county. farmer, gave birth last week to triplets. ali girls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09
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Monroe County Killings.
Flomaton. Ala. Oct. s. lst

F1omaton. Ala. Oct, 8. 1908
 Editor The Advertiser:
 we nottce in The Montgomery Adver- users Mobile items. the statement that Soaonsa ss -HiDbard was incensed because of the newfname given Monroe county.
 we admit that "Breathitt'' sounds somewhax bloody. but let us see why the nnme fs rather appropriate: Colonel Hipoerd says only eleven white men nave heen killed in Monroe county dur Ing the past thirty-one years. We have devoted i've minutes in enumerating tnoss killings that are freshest on the minds of the public, and submit a list .of names. You will observe that of the kiiied, two were the sheriffs. and one the deputy sheriff of the county.
 Tlree were killed almost If not. quite n what "a now the corporate limits of the county seat.
 Out of the entire number of homicides eand we have only partial list of the whitel we recall. Possibly, two legal ex- ssuuons' Via; the negro who killed Rum- piey, and the one who killed Locklin.
 We remember to have heard it stated as a fact that prior to four years ago. and running back fifteen years, Monroe county had not had a legal jury; and that lt was necessary for the general assem- ply to enact special law legalizing the court. We believe. however, that at the time of the execution of the Rumbley murderer, the courts were not legalized
 We do not assert positively how long the county was without law, but we know that 1t was.
 To draw A line of comparison with Jef- ferson county. which the colonel has done. signifies nothing. when we consider the fact that Birmingham alone has more than twice as many inhabitants as Monroe county. Taking the Birmingham district. proportionate to the number of inhabitants. Jefferson county could fur nfsh eight murders to one for Monroe. We think Monroe county is a standing pea for law and order. In submitting the following list. we are persuaded that each one named is entirely dead: and that each was killed:
 Dr. W. E. Whisenhaut. M. P. stall- worth. Jno. L. Stallworth. I'd. Hixon. Geo. Archer, Mir. Shirley. Jim Foster. sheriff. Mir. Ikner, deputy sheriff, John Harrington. sheriff. MT. Rumbley, Rich- ard Johnson. Miss Johnson. John Parish, Dan McMurphy. Dunk Rankin Tom sor- rell, Terry Locklin. Will Stephens QS).
 One party was assas!nated in the north- eastern corner of the county, and two others whose names we have forgotten, make this partial list number 21.
 We leave the public to form It's own conclusions as to the matter of Flaw and order," and would advise the colonel to revise his list Yours truly.
 W. L.. Abernethy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09

sons who sue railroads for fancied or ac- tual injuries is out of all proportion to same account There must De some rea- s son for this. As The Post understands the situation. q matority. of the verdicts obtained against railroads are rendered calities in which the bringing of damage suits has become 6 speciality. Further more. these vesdicts vary in size accord- ing tC the nscessities Of the attornsys hard up. 1t Ia easy to compromise with prosperous, they fight the case out de- sp1s hsr ssS s pGa Ss ment. In either event the plaintiff never gets more than half of the amount re- covered. which half not infreQuently is ssas suis. snan ne Woo'a nave 00'A'n'' "'A'
 Texas is not alone. Tennessee Is giving the Lone Star State run for its money; sna Sa s m p ,ss s dasse sas
 industry. and here we see close con-
 test every day between the numper ot
 damage suits filed and the numper oL
 issued. It is three-cornered race but
 very interesting to the stattstcian: Tnere
 may be no connection between osmase sna of Se may be-
 merical eccentricity. Nevertheless, most people go over the, calculation every
 morning.
 Memphis has also sprinting lawyers who hotfoot 1t to the scene and beat the am bulance. all hollow. whenever any one IS injured. The law suit Is practically begun before the doctors have the time to diag- nose the case. A fractured pate or a bruised shin is a rich find for some of these wing-heeled Mercufes of the law who look upon the injured party as so much raw material to be worked up into
 financial results, and who is interested in judgment only to a very limited ex- tent and as a silent partner,
 Corporations ought to be, mulcted when they injure any one through careiessness or when the fault Is theirs: but the num- Der of damage suits filed and tried and which the courts are compelled to throw out is simply outrageous. and shows how hungry are the contingency" lawyers for these cases.
 The shyster denounces the courts as un- just and declares the judges are unduly influenced by the big corporations. and the ignorant client and all in his class believe the charge. This Is an injury to the public of no small moment. A law yer with nothing else to do and no money will take chance at any sort of dam- age suit, and trust to luck. The evil is a growing one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09
Mind Impaired and Nerves
 Shattered From Excessive Men.
 tai Strain. Dr. Miles Nervine Gave Back My Health.

It is not always severe manual labor that breaks down the health. Mental strain, worry, anxiety, the cares of business or the home, have an equally strong tendency towards undermining the nervous system, upon whose vitality the health of the body depends. When you find yourself unduly !retful, anxious easily excitable; when your sleep is troubled and you can get no rest; if You have frequent headache, are losing your appetite and are getting thin. you should be- gln at once thorough course ot treatment with Dr. Miles Nervine. There is no nerve tonic so good, so sure, so safe, It speedily restores the weakened nerves to healthy action, and builds strength and tissue.
 'I was raised on farm at hard labor, and when left the farm and began preaching the change ot occup ation and excessive Stuoy shattered my nerves and impaired my memory began taking Dr. Miles Restor. ative NeTVlne, and after using two bottles could see decided improvement, and con tinued until ha used nine bottles. when I considered myself completely cured. That was seven years ago so that know my cure IS permanent My health has been excellent ever since. l am glad to add my testimony to the merits of this wonderful restorative and trust that other sufferers may receive the same benefit from its use that have."-REy. w. L. SINGLETON, Duluth, Ga
 All druggists sell and guarantee first bot. tie Dr. Miles Remedies Send for free hoot on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co.,. ElkhaTt, Ind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09
FRIDAY, OCTOBER g, 1908.
NOT A cREDrrABLE SHOWING.


 The statement going the rounds that Connecticut is only second to South Dakota in the per centage of divorces is of a nature to start1e most people, who have been wont to look on Connecticut as ''the land of steady habits" in all respects. That the, statement is true is practically admitted by the State papers which give, various reasons for such an undesirable condition. It Is we'll known that South Dakota is looked on as the Mecca of all dissatisfied married couples, for the accommodating laws of the State render it almost as easy to go there and secure a divorce as it is to buy 8 tract of land.
 Connecticut, it is true, does not offer the facilities to outsiders that Dakota does. but for their own citizens the way is evidently open and easy to follow. The Hartford Times virtually admits the charges by saying:
 while the State and the family permit marriage with so little to insure its being such q union as judgment and wisdom would dictate it is impossible in justice
 
 ah might suit a different initial condi- ton. and as are insisted on by some ex- cellent people without regard to this con- dttaon. It is made so easy for nasty that becomes almost or quite intolera ble that justice requires this part of the case bO be taken into account in forming an upsnion as to the other matter.
 Nor does The Times mend matters to any great extent by the further Admis- M6n that the people in the back towns sipomet1mes dispense with both divorce and any formal and permanent union in place Of that which they have found un- saxisfacfory." In plain words, they Uvorce themselves and form other con. Eections without any legal fot4nality. It ae condition of affairs which can hardly Ns hooked on as creditable to the people If that State. The plain admission is made in the extract we have quoted that, in order to easily obtain a divorce through ahe courts the people voluntarily make fAsamselves so disagreeable to each other H1zat they will have no difficulty in ob- Raining 6 legal separation.
 gcme old French proverb maker said UE marriages that "hhose who are out n16e want to get in and those inside want b. got out" and that saying appears to At{the people of Connecticut They marry without due consideration of the import uascs of the step and when they become dlnsa&1sfed, as too many of them do. ea,sy find complaisant courts and laws ready to dissolve the union and set them IA. dlticns are not credltable to any people, and Connecticut should take itself out a. the South Dakota class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09
The Waterbury Election.
New York Times.

NeW 1Ork Times. s.tH ai
 The people of Waterbury. Conn, have evidently had all they need of local gov ernment dictated by the labor unions. Waterbury Is city in which 1t has been believed the labor vote held the. balance der all conditions control local elections. There, as in many other cities, 1t could do this just as long as the general public or indifferent to the issues which to or ganfzed labor are paramount There as elsewhere the labor vote Is politically im- potent whenever the peope not controlled has come for self-assertion. The great street railway strike of last summer opened the eyes of the citizens of Water bury to the fact that organizations capa- conditions as for many weeks paralyzed the industrial. commercial, and social ac- tivities of their city are not safe to in- trust with the direction of the local gov cratic town. and the labor leaders had control of the local Democratic machine. They named James M. Lynch for Mayor, S, with the result that John P. Elton was 1orlty ever boiled In the history of the town The labor vote, instead of being an element Of strength to the Democrats, was an element of weakness, driving a great many who were opposed to trades union domination in municipal affairs to vote against the nominee of their party.
 Ane incluent IS instructive. There Is no such thing as labor party in National, State or local politics. The attempts to form one have been disastrous and hu- initiating failures. As to the labor vote, IL has never carried an election against the prevailing popular sentiment and probably never will. It takes advantase or popular indifference to real Issues to magnify itsel. and no. doubt has some success In impressing timid or vaciIlating candidates with its magnitude and in- portance; but when votes are counted that which is to be accredited to the ac- count of organized labor is usually little. The candidate who depends on the sup port of labor leans upon a broken reed. Tn the last analysis, the wage earner IS a citizen and exercises the rights and priv neges of citizenship much as any other man does: Whe public opinion Is against what he demands, bind loyalty to his or- ganization Is more than can be expected of him. The considerations which promot him to resent class legislation apply as well to what he wants as to what his eu1- ployers want
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09
up Against It."

Indianapolis SentlneI.
 There is a growing suspicion in the never be a Panama canal. When one studies the history of the project from the beginning he forms an idea that the has existed: that graft, political and financial, will throttle any attempt to join the two oceans through any isthmlan canal.
 It is an ugly. unpaIatable Idea, but there is much 10 impress it upon the thinking mind. Given a Republican administration which Is seeking to perpetuate itself; d about to begin; railroad ring in a posi- ton to dictate; a projected canal the building of which would take money and power from this ring-and what Is the re- sult2
 Further delay was impossible. A canal was demanded and the eyes of the people were upon the administration. There was one one solution of the proposition-to shift gotiations to the Colombian Congress and then to drop the business with a look what-we-did; what-more- do-you- want? other long period of years. '' @''
 There has never been anything but scandal. graft and corruption In the Pan- anna canal business. France sank mil Hons of dollars in a scheme which never had a chance of winning; the name of De Lesseps became synonym for dis grace: politicians fought and financiers same-no canal. We stand today in the same position in which we stood ten, twenty. fifty years ago. except that fifty years ago the chances were brighter than they have ever been since that time, For fifty years ago thsre was no railroad ring the most powerful force that has ever stood in the way of our national prog ress.
 That ring today is determined that no great waterway shall abridge its monop- oily of the freight trade. Behind 1t is un- limited money and gigantic influence. Be- hind 1t. too, is the administration which controls and to which 1t dictates: And there seems to be no escape. As long as there Is a railroad ring in power there will be no canal built either by the United States Government or any other Government.
 We are up against 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09

For Massachusetts to. elect a Demo cratic Governor would not be entirely without precedent, though there are dslabtless many who think such an event has never occurred. The Democrats elect cd the Governor three years in success sion, in 1890. 1891 and 1892. by small plu- ralities. but that was before Democrats started rainbow chasing. Since then the Republicans have had everything their own way in that State. their plurality in 1896 for Governor going above 17s,OOO Democrats probably have as little hope of euceess this year as at any other time within the last decade.