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Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Negro Prevents Disastrous Wreck.

By his presence of mind and he- roism, Walter Ward, negro, lre- vented disastrous wreck at Pi,m- erville. A tank car, which had been standing on switch a few miles from that place got started down an incline and. passed through Plumerville with the speed OF Sn express train straight on toward a freight train, which was due with in few minutes. Realizing the danger, Ward leaped upon the fly ing car and, setting the brake, brought it to a standstill just. in time to avert the. wreck.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Kills Sister-in-LaW and Himself.

Dan N. Dove, farmer who re- sided near Columbus, shot and killed the wife of his brother, Zan Dove, and after riding to his home and telling his wife and children good by, put bullet through his own brain, dying instantly. The princi- pals in the double tragedy were all pro,nineA: citizens of Howard coun- ty. Tl.e two brothers had quar- reled over the possession of a cer- tain tract of land, and this is SUD- posed to have been the cause of the killing. Dove is supposed to have met his brothers wife a short dis taacc from Columbus, but what led up to Inc shooting is not known. Proceeding to his home, he told his wife and children what he had done and that he was going to kill him. self. Passing into the back yard he put pistol to his head and fired the fatal shot.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Report of Investigating Committee.

Copies of the official book con- taining the facts as brought out by the ways and means committee of the Arkansas legislature investigat- ing the action of the chief executive in certain matters certified to by the official stcnographer, are offered for public sale. It is safely said that the sale has far exceeded the authors expectations. No politi- elan, that is, is to be, or has been, has complete library without it. Copies will be sent postpaid on re- ceipt of s5 cents. If you want it, write the publisher today, with the money, for the edition is limited, and the demand great. Address William $. Mitchell, Publisher, care Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
To Experiment in Rice Culture.

The department of agriculture at Washington has sent representa- tive to this state to arrange for ex- tensive experiments in rice culture, which are to be conducted near Lonoke. Arrangements are to be made for the erection of an irriga- tion plant, with equipment for pumping the water from the sub strata and flooding the fields during the growing season.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Knights Templar in Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the grand commandery, Knights Templar of Arkansas, was held at Little Rock. The following officers were elected and installed by Grand Junior Warden Frank H. Thomas of Washington, D. G.: c. J. Klock, grand commander, Eureka Springs; Thomas H. Jones, deputy grand commander, Little Rock; Sam P. Collins, grand generalissimo, Hot Springs; Arthur c. Jordan, grand captain general, Pine Bluff; Peter Brickey, grand senior warden, Ma rianna; c. c. Goss, grand junior warden, Little Rock; Oliver C.. Gray, grand prelate, Little Rock; i; John Brodie, grand treasurer, Lit tie Rock; Fay Hampstead, grand recorder, Little Rock; Nick Kizer, grand standard-bearer, Eureka Springs; James Chapple, grand sword-bearer, Little Rock; B. Hatchett, grand warder, Fort Smith; Edmund Metcalf, grand captain of the guard, Little Rock.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Negroes Hold Officers at Bay.

Two negro brothers, Louis and Tazzle Suggs, barricading them selves in house, held two officers at bay for seven hours at Judsonia. The officers finally rushed the men and overcame them before they had an opportunity to shoot. The ne- groes were wanted on charge of disposing of mortgaged property.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Youthful Couple Elope.

Myrtle Hart, the 14-year-old daughter of II. c. Hart, postmas- ter of Yocum, and Alphonso Youngblood, the 2o-year-old son of a farmer, eloped and were married by a country justice of the peace near their home. The license was secured on an order of consent to which, it is alleged, the girl had forged the names of her father and mother.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Boys Drowned at Fort Smith,

The mystery which has surround ed the disappearance of two boys, Robert Brocchus and Clarence Coleman, at Fort Smith, has been solved by the finding of the body of young Brocchus in the river near that city. Until the finding of the body by some fishermen, it was thought probable that the boys had run away. The boys disappeared
 a short time ago and when last seen were in a boat upon the river.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
STATUE CAME TO LIFE.
Incidentally Gave Man, Who Hat
 Been Drinking. a Bad Scara.

Incidentally Gave Man, Who Hat
 Been Drinking, a Bad Scare.
 "Hallucinations form an impor- tant part of mental phenomena" re- marked the student of abstruse mat ters, as he settled himself we'll hack in comfortable chair and evidenced his readiness to deliver didactic dis course, says the New Orleans Times Democrat. "1t is interesting to study them. Sometimes the experiments are tinged with sadness or pathos. Not infrequently they are humorous as we'll. Itdepends, of course, entire ly on the nature of the mental picture and the circumstances which enter into the perspective. Dreams are hallucinations. Any sort of false vision may be properly classed as such. Things that are seen that do not exist, objects that the eye and the mind put in false relations, and give a fictitious nature to, are likewise visions, even if they have a substan- tial existence. These ideas are mere ly presented by way of preface to an incident both humorous and pathetic, which came under my observation few days ago. In certain caterers place barrel occupies one end of the counter. A very handsome cat be- longs to the establishment. He is black and sleek. His body is long and symmetrical, and his tail tapers almost to a needles point. He is the pride of the place and much petted by all who frequent the house. One of his favorite places of observation is sitting on top of the whisky bar rel. For hours during the day hewill sit>a as motionless as piece of carved stone on that barrel. So still does he sit there, that many customers think it is simply the figure of cat and not a cat in flesh and blood, but all ad- mire him. A young friend of mine, with an eye for the beautiful and symmetrical, few days ago was ad- miring the figure of the cat and ex- pressed desire to purchase the statue of the proprietor. He gazed on the figure and thrilled with ad- miration. He was sure that the man who had been able to reproduce such perfect figure of feline beauty was nothing less than a genius. He was pointing it out to his friends and of- fering his judgment on such things when side door opened. A man en- tered and behind him bench-leg canine. As soon as the cat spied his ancient enemy his back went up un- til he resembled church spire in black, and he hissed like volcano. My young friend, with groan, bur- ieG his face in his hands. He had been drinking little and his groan was understood by his companions They took him outside and put him in a carriage. He was sent home and his physician said he was very ill He had not seen the dog, that was all."
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Iron Mountain Buys New Road.

The St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railway is to purchase the Memphis, Helena and Louis jana road, the sale having been au- thorizcd by the stockholders of the latter company at recent meeting. The Memphis, Helena and Louis jana line is now being constructed along the west bank of the Missis- sippi river.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
White Boy Kills Negro.

Robert Sawyer, a young white man, 19 years of age, shot and killed negro at McGehee station. The negro is said to have threat cned to kill Sawyer at different times. On the day of the shooting he followed Sawyer into a store with a shotgun in his hands. The latter turned, drew his pistol and fired, killing the negro instantly.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01

Secretary Hay has announced that he will form no alliance nor join in any general protest against Russia's actions in Manchuria and the far east.
 The government of Prussia and the Duchy of Mecklenburg have ex- pelled all Mormon missionaries who numbered about 250 in Ger many and Prussia, all of them be- ing Americans.
 United States Senator Bailey of Texas received a commission of $200,O00 for interesting New York financiers in an enterprise of John B. Kirby, the industrial king'' nf Texas.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01

Sixty-fve Japanese miners were killed in fire in a mine in Klnshu.
 John Dearborn was fatally Kounded in fight at dance at Lena, Ala.
 Eight persons were killed and len seriously injured in wreck on the Erie railroad, near Redhouse, N. Y.
 A freight train was wrecked at Lambert, Ala, eight cars being thrown squarely on top of the depot.
 John Neymeiser, of Cumberland, Wis, shot and killed his wife and when caught by posse, committed suicide.
 Mrs. Samuel Shriver, of Tifin, O., committed suicide by pouring coal oil over her clothing and set ting fire to herself.
 The government of the Neither lands has refused to make an ap- propriation for an exhibit at the St. Louis worlds fair.
 ovhn Earl, of St. Louis, was con- victed of torturing two children whom he had adopted by burning them with hot irons.
 The interstate commerce commits sion has begun an investigation of the alleged merger of the coal roads in the eastern coal fields.
 One convict was killed and two wounded in an attempt made by a number of convicts to escape from prison at Wilmington, N. c.
 One hundred deaf mute employees of the automatic telephone company at Chicago declared strike when refused an advance in wages.
 Miss Pearl Sawyer and William Ostrander, Jr., of Omaha, Neb., eloped and were married for the second time within one year.
 The entire financial system of the Chinese empire is to be reorgan- ized, one monetary standard being adopted for the whole country.
 Andrew Ramey, a negro accused of arson, was taken from the of- ficers by mob at Bainbridge, Ga., and beaten so severely that he died.
 Three Greeks were shot and se- riously wounded by the police at Chicago in riot which followed an attempt to arrest one of their nun. Der.
 J. Pierpont Morgan is said to be pushing a movement for the ab- sorption of all the German steel interests into the American steel trust.
 The prince of Wales has been appointed president of the royal commission, which will represent Great Britain at the St. Louis Ex- position.
 An old-time feud at Poplar Bluff, Mo-, ended in battle in which John Jones was killed and Frank Morgan was fatally wounded.
 A Chinese desperado who con- fessed to sixty murders, was cruc- flied, being nailed to cross for three days before death relieved his sufferings.
 John Clark, 29 years old, of St. Louis, committed suicide because he was discharged from the poorhouse, of which he had been an inmate for ten years.
 Because she had been reprimand- ed at school, Edna Rotramel, a 15- year-old girl of Springfield, H., committed suicide by swallowing strychnine.
 A number of new islands have been discovered in the southern part of the Philippine archipelago, and have been charted by the gov ernment as the property of tho United States.
 A strike of 15,0o0 men is threat ened in Philadelphia by the fail ure of the master carpenters to grant demand of the Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners for an increase to 50 cents an hour.
 The Union Traction Company of Gb,nocrn oporot;pu o lo,.o .L
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01

The city council of Helena has appropriated funds for the pave ment of some of the streets of that city.
 Edward Richter, carpenter of Little Rock, was held up in that city by two highwaymen and when he refused to throw up his hands, he was shot, the bullet lodging in his neck.
 William Smith, a brakeman on the Fort Smith and Western rail- road, was seriously injured while coupling cars. He was caught so tightly that the cars had to be pull ed apart before he could be re- leased.
 Mayor Kufer of Fort Smith has instructed the police of that city to see that all saloons are closed on Sunday and that the law prohibit ing the use of screens or curtains to prevent clear view of the in- terior of all barrooms is enforced. !
 A two-story brick building, own ed by Fagnani & Columbus at Tex arkana, was destroyed by fire. The loss is placed at $10,OOO, partially covered by insurance. The build ing was occupied by the owners as a saloon, restaurant and lodging house.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
Repairing Damage From Storm.

The work of repairing the dam age caused by the tornado which swept over the northern part of the state has been carried on actively ky the citizens of Heber, Pangburn, Pearson and other towns which were devastated. The telephone line between Searcy and Heber has been rebuilt at a cost of several hundred dollars. Many houses are in course of construction at Pear son and Pangburn to take the place of those destroyed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09
Church News.

Tho salary of Rev. W. T. Hammond.
formerly, nf North East. now pastor of
kimGswund VI, T.. Church. Wilmington.
has been increased 500.
The salary of the pastor of Bethel and
Summit NJ +. Churches has been in
creased 500. ana the salary of the pas
tor Of Coora VI. +. Church $40
The ladies Of Trinity Protestant Epis-
copHl Church. Elkton, held II "Rummage
Sale in the Hum building. ON Thursday
ana Friday evenings. and which will be
continued this evening.
Tn" Fourteenth Anniversary of the
EpWorth League will he celebrated nj
Rrthcl VI. +. Church. on Sunday. MAY
ION. III I.lI y. m. One of the interest
iu% features of the evening will he an
address by Prof. Hugh Caldwell. of the
Chesapeake City High School. All are
invited.
The ladies Aid Society of Leeds NJ.
i. Church will hold shadow Party
III the Parsonage. nj Leeds. on Wcdnes-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09
AN ACCIDENT FALSELY DEFINED.

TllE Rev. DR.. parkhurst. who has
earned the reputation of a
"A cauStic and unrclcnting critic of
New York municipal affairs, in
a sermon on Sunday. in speaking of
Theodore Roosevelt termed him "Our
Accidental President" whom the cnmity
OF jealous rompatriot made Vcc-Presi-
dent. and What jealousy initiated. was
conSummatcd by the crazy malignity of
CHolgosz There was Providence in it
doubtless. hui only in the same sense in
which there i Providence in all acct
dents
\ Providence III all accidents
Thc clerical gentleman certainly does
not mean what he says
The term Providence in the sense used,
means God. the all wise, the all merc-
full Creator. the omniscicnt. omnipresent
Deity.
Chance. the corStilu.,I and essential
element of all accidyn1. rannot ccnceiv-
ably exist. in the 'empacSt sense rs a
constituent qualify ,r clement in the
Nature of Him VII" by design, conceived
and created the I.iy"rs, and all that
therein is.
What is an accident
That which happens without any ones
direct intention OF agency II chance
which happens without any known cause.
Nor in Il human or lower sense. is Mr..
Roosevelt an accidental President. BY
the Reverend Doctors own Judgment,
th" jealousy of political rival made him
Vice President. ana the aSsasSins bullet
II President.
In neither act tors the element Of
| chance enter. both acts in turn creative
! of the Vice President ami the President.
were the results Of direct intention. the
effects of well recognized causes.
If DR.. Parkhurst be rot sounder in his
theology. we should ilot care to sit either
under his preaching, or his teaching.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09

Miss Rose bremen has returned from
Il visit in Milford, Delaware
Mr. VIM. &. Jack and his son. William
&. Jack. Ir., We're in Elkton on Tuesday.
Mrs. John Clay and daughter. Miss
Helen. visited friends in Philadelphia
this week.
Mr. Henry II. Plummcr on Tuesday
evening, gave a spread to his fellow
members of Elkton Council, No. ~. Jr.
Q. L. \. NJ. in honor of his recent mar
riage.
Cecil c. Mahoncy, Of Clayton, Del.
was elected Town Commissioner by ii
large majority on Monday. We don't
know whether his full name is Cecil
County Mahoney or not but it ought to
be, because we have plenty of good Ma
honeys in Cecil, and where most of EN-
come from.
Isaac ID. Miller, formerly of Cherry
Hill. this county, who has been connect
ed with Edmund Pencil, whosesalc lum-
Der dealer, o. Philadelphia. has accepted
II position with Bliss X Van Aukcn. one
of the largest lumber firms of the count
lN. operating extensive mills ut Prnsa-
cola, Fla.
Nh Ohio NowIand. son of the late
p'1o NoWIHGll of this county. has been
'Ir"t".i President OF the Equitable Guar
a.t"o and Trust Company Of Whining
'''. Mr.. \oWidnd'S promotion. has ad-
|'ll""'l I" tn" TrrnSurcrShip Of the COM
panty. Nir. Richard Reese. Of this town,
Which biz many friends here recognize,
~ a deserved pr"motion
\ pleasant surprise party was given
al the h"nc Of Mr. and Mrs. Harry r..
Reynolds. in honor Of their daughter.
Miss lD"Ia. on "Wednesday evening last.
tluitv q large number of guests were pre-
,cnf. Tn" evening WAS spent in playinr
;lr latest games ana singing number of
songs. after which refreshments were
served. Al Il lai" hour the guests de-
parted. after enjoying II very pleasant
evening. Miss Reynolds was the rccip-
i"Nt "f many handsome and useful pre-
>untS
The Rev. James W. TnIlry. who at
the recent session of the Wilmington
Conference of the NJ T.. Church, was
appointed Managing Editor of the Pen
inSula Methodist. paid the Wing office
an agreeable call ON Monday. The
Methodist is now issued from the office
Of tn" Enterprise at Chestcrtown. Md.
and Of which Mr.. l.. Russell Bates is
Business Manager. AS the organ of the
Wilmington NJ. +. Conference under its
brt,SpIt InDn.Iunmpnt thn Nnthnl;,.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09

day evening, May 18th. Admission Is
cents, including refreshments A fine
literary and musical treat is promised all
who come
Rey. Il. X. Stephenson. pastor of Scott
NJ. e. Church, Wilmington, Del, has
been selected as minister-in-chargc of the
brandywinc Summit camp meeting.
which will be held at Brandywinc Sum
mt this summer. There was strong
sentiment in favor of the selection of
Mr.. Stephenson, for the reason that he
IS an able minister and well fitted for the
work and also because he is a new man
III Wilmington, and Scott Church has
not been represented in that capacity for
some time.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09

4 y THE recent National Good
II Roads Convention in St Louis,
4 a Director Dodge. of the office of
public road inquiries in the Ag-
riculture Department. spoke on the sub
ject what the Government is Doing for
Highway Improvement He stated that
while he found the attitude of the off
Gals in the various states to be favorable
to the good roads movement. they seem
ed reluctant to take the responsibility Of
making Il levy to meet the cost of build
ing better highways. He favored 60.
operation between the national, state
and local governments each bearing part
Of the expense. United States Senator
Latimer. of South Carolina. spoke from
the standpoint of the farmer and also as
legislator. declaring highway improve
ment to be the most important subject to
come before Congress, declaring that il
affects more people than any other
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09
TARDY JUSTICE.

Nine cities claimed the honor of his
birth, when dead,
| Through which when living. he had beg
gcd his bread.
This Of the immortal Homer. whose
career and destiny are in Il measure re-
peatcd by Alexander Shepherd, whose
body was borne through the streets of
| Washington, on Monday, amid the plaud-
cts of admiring thousands. from which
city he had been exilcd by the ingrati-
tudr of his countrymcn.
When Alexander Roby Shepherd under
took To raise Washington ont Of its mud
and miro. to evoke rs if by magic. grand
avenues and boulrvardS. from the niono-
ton"uS level of its unpavcd highways.
AMI to lay the foundations If magnif-
cent Capitol, he met only the iihrs and
j"cIS of his fellow Americans.
lie was accorded no credit for far
Slght"dnrSS, or sincerity of purpose. and
was bounded back into private life. as
an "Ntravagant spcmdthmft Of the pco-
pies monies. It reckless advcnturcr and
| Boss"
He fled the city and country. and took
rrfug" in MEXICO.
There. his native force and energy as
serted themselves. and he soon accumu-
IatcS millions by the sheer power of his
brains and industry.
He died there in September.
But Ii" had lived long enough to learn.
that justice. while she winkS ut crimes.
StumblcS on Innocence sometimes: that
while man is unjust, God is just. and
that finally justice triumphs.
He returned to Washington ON Mon
day, not in lIfr. his eyes 10 be dazzlcd by
| he Splcndor of the city. To which his
genius had given birth. but dead. and
| yet to be honorrd by an imposing funeral
procession. and the tardy symbols of
justice weeping hand in hand with me-
mory over the injustice of the past.
We all recognize now. that it was the
ind"mtabe energy Of Alexander Shcp-
herd. and the moral courage he displayed
in the face of bitter criticism and abuse.
that made the grand modern city-Wash-
ington possible.
1t was the same spirit that Martin
Luther cherished, when he declared his
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09

pass along TO the consumer. The latter
as usual. must be the last to pay the
piper. y blanket rule applies to the en-
tire coal trade. There is practically no
competition. The rules of each company
in the trust are the same. Hence. the
public is more directly concerned III curb
ing the Coal Trust than in the outcome
OF the merger dccison-grcat and far
reaching as it is.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-09
WhAT The PRESIDENT SHOULD DO.

" VIEW of the daily deepening and
Widening of the po>tollicc Depart
a mrut scandals AT Washington. the
New York Evening Post believes
that il is President Roosrvclt'> duty to
return at once to Washington, and take
personal charge of relentless campaign
against corruptionists. At the very mo-
mrnt. it says. when, in 81. Louis. he was
declaring that 1--WE must show our ahhor-
lf" alike. fresh revelations of rotten
ness in the postal service were being dis
closed. What is now charged. with only
too much detail and corroborativc cvid-
cncc. is that the city postoflice in Wash
ngton has been used as kind of catch
all for the hangerS-on of politicians. car
ried on the payroll without service per-
formed or warrant of law; that an inveS-
tigation into this crookcdncss was under
taken 10y the Controller three years ago,
but was called off by the higher postal
authorities.
Unless this fraud upon the public ser
vice is thoroughly laid open and diSin-
fcctcd, it will bring great damage to the
Republicans and their President. There
fore. W" say that it is for the latter to
Il" what his PoStmastcr-Gcncral is evil
IDENTIFY incapable of doing that is. draw
his official sword and make the heads
begin To fan. He has spoken brave words
about fearless honesty in public life: now
10, him. in his own phrase, make them
good by fearless deeds.