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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
DEVILS LAKE

Excellent hotels. good boating. fishing and
bathing, ample train service and special low
summer rates via the Chicago 4 Northwest
ern Ryso this admirable summer resort.
delightful place to spend your midsummer
vacation. Write for printed matter to w.
B. Kniskern, Passenger TRAFFIC Manager, Chi
cagO. For rates. tickets, etc, apply to Agents
Chicago & North Western R'y.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
Notice in Probate.
STATEaoF IOWA. :.
Crawford Cnnnt,u 8 81

eraaf adr COUNTY toa1A sssAa So
In the matter Of the estate j OF Laney Riddle
late Of Crawford county. deceased
Notice OF appointment of Administrator
TO whom it may conern:
You are hereby notified that on the 18TH
day OF June 1908. the undersigned was duly
appointed Administrator of the above en-
titled estate, and all creditors of said estate
are notified to file their claims in the ofice OF
the CLERK of the District Court, in and for
crawford County, Iowa, within one year from
date of this notice, according to law and have
the same allowed and ordered paid by the
said court, or stand forever barred therefrom
Dated June 18th, 1903.
RICHARD BAER, Administrator.
CONNER & LALLY. Atty's for Admir istratcr
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
Very Low Rates to California, Oregon
Washington and Return

Via the Chicago 4 Nortu- Western R'y Au~-
ust to IA. with final return until October 10
ncluside. account Natianal Encampment G
Commercial Congress, Seattle. Three trains
a day from Chicago to the Coast through
without change. Daily and personally con-
tlculars. apply to Agents Chicago North
Western R'y
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
Chicago, Rock Island Railway Notes.

''The Golden State Limited will be
resumed about November Is. The
equipment will be new and lighted by
electricity The schedule will be as
fast as last season, the trip from Chi
cago to Los Angeles being made in less
than three days.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
WESTERN VETERANS REUNION
Will be Held at Ute, Iowa, on August
1920 and 81.

Will be Held at Ute, Iowa, on August
1920 and 81.
The following is the program of the
Western Veterans Association:
Augusta
Reception of veterans and alhother visit
OrS
500 p. m. The encampment will begin with
grand camp fire.
August 90.
200 a. N. Breakfast
$3.50 ~ Street concert by band.
l0:0o Veterans will form in columns ana
march to park.
l0:C0 ). Music by band.
Invocation byChaplain p C.Stire
Music by band.
Address of welcome by Mayor w,
D..Crary,
Response by Oomrade j. a. Tray
ers OF Dunlap.
Short talks by other speakers
1900 m Dinner.
200 p m. Music by band.
Addres by Hon. w. l. Smith,
Short talks by other comrades
$3.50 ;. 200-yard foot race by veterans
over Is and under II years Of age.
Ball Game
600 ), Supper
s:Oo Grand campfire until 10 o'clock.
August 81
7:00a, m. Breakfast
500 ), Grand parade to be formed in from
ofpostotfice. This parade will be
short but will give a chance to
touch elbows at once
$3.50 Business meeting. Music by band.
1000 IS Address by Rev. p. Stire
1900 III Dinner.
l:3o IN. Music. Address by Chaplain
Jesse Cole followed by farewell
talks by comrades.
500 Supper.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Oil House Burned.

The oil house at the Cotton Belt shops ins Pine Bluff was completely destroyed by fire on the night of the 18th. The origin of the fire is un- known, but 1t is supposed that it originated from the office of the oil house, as this is where the flames were first discpyered by the night watchman. lA the big oil house there were stored thousands of gal Ions of different grades of oils. The fire department oi the city and the shops responded promptly, but the oil was soon in mass of flames. The high wind, which made the flames roar, endangered the surrounding buildings and at times the whole plant was threatened. The coal chute, which was in the rear of the oil house. caught, against the efforts of the firemen, and hundreds of tons of coal and a number of box cars were burned.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Heavy Loss From Fire.

A recent fire in the business sec tion of Osceola destroyed $60,00O worth of property. The losers are :: c. R. Brickey, $1s,ooo, insured for $9,5oo; s. H. Gaylord, druggist, loss $12,000, insured for $6,000; Dr. H. c. Dunnavant, $10,000, uninsured :; the Press plant. $2,OOO, uninsured :; Dr. Travis, $1 300, insured for $500 ; Dr. Turner, $1,000, uninsured; l.. Kempner, merchant, $2,0O0, insured for $500; A. B. Chaney, $4,oo0, in sured for $1,500; G. W. Thompson, $10,0o0 on buildings, uninsured; J. l.. Driver, $20,00o, insured for $1o,- 900. The fire originated in one of Brickcy's stores and made its way with great rapidity southward.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Arkansas State News
Brutal Murderer Convicted.

John Bell, colored, was convicted at Clarendon for the murder of Win nie Gidean, 12-year-old boy, and sentenced to be hanged. Norman Couch, an alleged accessory to the crime, testified he was with the de- fendant, John Bell, on the day of the murder, helping to unload cot ton from wagon into a cotton stall, and while doing this Winnie Gidean came up and climbed on the wagon and began helping to unload the cot ton, and while in the wagon, the de- fendant, John Bell, took a pencil away from the little boy, who insist ed that he give it back to him. Upon the negro's refusal to do so, the child laid down on plank near the wagon and began crying, and threat ened to tell his mother, whereupon the negro seized a stick and struck him across the back of his head, and then pushed him in the cotton stall and covered him with cotton, where he was found dead by one of the hands at the mill next day.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Weeping Trees.

The weeping tree of the Canary islands is one of the wonders of plant life. It is of the laurel fam fly, and rains down a copious shower of water drops from it's tufted foliage. This water is often collected at the foot of the tree and forms kind of pond, from which the inhabitants of the neighborhood can supply them selves with beverage that is ab- solutely fresh and pure. The wa ter comes out of the tree itself through innumerable little pores situated at the margin of the leaves.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
cabbazes in Pledge.

There is one English pawnbrok- ing establishment in connection with Covent Garden Market that is absolutely without a rival. This pawnbroking license enables the holder to lend money on garden and that produce by special con- tracts that only hold good for AS hours as the extreme limit. Many a good load of fruit, flowers or vegetables that may arrive late for one market, or that may not be instantly salable, is pledged. Next morning the stuff can either be redeemed or sold by the broker.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Postoffice Business in Arkansas.

The report of the auditor of the postofice department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, shows that there are sixty presidential off, postoffices in this state, of which only one, Little Rock, is of the first class, paying its postmaster a sal ary of $500 a year. The offices of the second class are Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Helena, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Newport, Pine Bluff and Texar- kama. There arc cities with free delivery, which cost $49,043.32, as follows: Little Rock, $20,519.47; Fort Smith, $9,292.79; Hot Springs, $7,2os95; Pine Bluff, $6,- 142.27; Texarkana, $5,8S0.34. Be- low are the statistics of the presi- dential offices for the year:
 Gross receipts, $502,536.55.
 OdldI IlC0 Ol POotlh1otCioy SC1,IVV.
 Clerk hire, $6S,944.46.
 Rental. light and fuel, $13,233.97.
 Other incidental expenses, S4,501.32.
 Total expenses, $227,123.57.
 Domestic money orders issued in all offices in state, 64S,019, for a total of $4,597 ,308.11, the fees on same being $37,574.O6.
 International money orders issued. 1928, for $39.707.10, the fees being $451.60.
 Deposits received from money-order postmasters, $2,102,S72.S6.
 Drafts on postmaster in New York, $312,o1325.
 Gain of money-order business in Ar kansas, 3.59.
 Below are comparisons with the two preceding years in some of the important items:
 1902. 1901. Gross rec'pts $443.052 05 $395,997 66 Free delivery. 45,424 65 42,352 20 Salaries ..... 84,350 % 79.150 % Total exp'ns.. 205,120 0S 1s4,392 S3 Per cent ex-
 penses to re-
 ceipts ..... 46 47 Money orders. 544.S10 514, 100 Amount ..$3,90S,474 70 $3,7S1, ,667.57
 The Jonesboro office was run at Al per cent of expenses to receipts, being the lowest per cent for the last year, and the highest was Arkansas City, with IT per cent. The highest incl dental expense was $1,329 for Little Rock and the smallest was nothing for Wynne.
 The gross receipts of the Little Rock office were s116, 6,033.60. and the total expenses, $42,777.07.
 Below is statement showing the receipts and total expenses of the va- rious presidential offices:
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Want Space For School Exhibit.

Superintendent Junius Jordan of the Pine Bluff public schools, has written to State Superintendent Hinemon, asking for 300 square feet of wall space, 400 square feet of ta- ble space, and 400 square feet of bulletin space for the educational ex- hibit of the Pine Bluff public schools at the worlds fair. He says that some of the preliminary work is now in his office and that special instruc- tions have been issued to all the schools to press the exhibit work un- til the required amount is secured.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Deaf-Mute Teacher. Elected.

At meeting of the state charit- able board held in Little Rock last week, the following employees of the deaf-mute institute were selected :: l. s. Humbert, position on the fac ulty; Miss Mamie Stainback of Monroe county, librarian and visit tors attendant, to succeed Miss Ma mic Besselieu, resigned; Mrs. Man ming, housekeeper, to succeed Mrs. M. A. White of Texarkana, resign ed; H. Ludwig, instructor in shoe making, to succeed W. F. Murphy, resigned.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
VIII Meet December 20.

Chairman H. l.. Remmel of the republican state central committee has issued call for meeting of the committee in the Lincoln club rooms in Little Rock on Wednesday, De- cember 30, at 3 p. m. The object of the meeting is to consider such busi- ness as may properly come before the committee One of the matters is the selection of time and place for the republican state convention.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Important Decision As to Fees.

The supreme court last week rem dered decision in the case of Greene County vs. Light. George o. Light, the county clerk of Green county, sued the county for $sG6, alleged to be due him as fees for the issuing of 5000 warrants upon the county treasurer. The contention urged by Light was that the issuance of each warrant, and the taking of a receipt therefor, as required by law, consti- tuted a settlement" within the meaning of the statute allowing the county clerks fees at the rate of 10 cents for each settlement. The su- preme court held that the issuance of the warrant, after same had been ordered by the court, was not a set clement within the terms of the stat utes and dismissed the claim. x
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Scott County Farmer Killed.

s. W. Williams, Scott county farmer, was recently shot through the head and instantly killed. His 15-year-old son was arrested, sus- pectcd of committing the crime, but the boy claims the killing was acci- dental. Williams and his son had been to Hot Springs and were on their way home when the tragedy took place. The boy claims that his father started to get out of the wagon, holding a shotgun in his right hand, when the weapon was discharged, the full load entering his head.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Telephone Lines Merged.

The North Arkansas. South Mis- souri and Indian Territory tele- phone company has been organized, with the following officers: Presi- dent, W. T. Stahl, Siloam Springs vice president, W. T. Mccormick, Prairie Grove; secretary, K. c. Comfort, Westvillc, I. T.; treasur- CT, II. 0. Beeson, Pinevillc, Mo. These independent lines represent HOO miles of lines.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Innocent Party Killed.

Will Calvin shot and killed ne- gro at Marked Tree one day last week. The report says the negro made an attempt to get his gun to shoot Calvin, but Calvin was too quick for him and shot first. As the shot was fired the negro jcrked an- other negro in front of him in time to receive the bullet and the innocent negro was killed.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Death of An Unknown Man.

A young white man, about 20 years of age, six foot tall, light complexion and smooth shaven, was picked up in an unconscious condi- ton by the track of the North Ar kansas railroad, east of Eureka Springs. The man died without regaining consciousness and noth- ing was found on his body to lead to his identity.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Public School Funds.

A compilation from the financial statements of the various school districts in the different counties, with the exception of Miller and Chicot counties, makes the follow ing showing: Expenditures: Teach ers' salaries, $1,327,1 ,1o4; purchase of houses and sites, $17,207.14; building and repairing, $S7,973.09 purchasing apparatus, $37,s41.64 treasurers' commissions, $31,321.- o2; other purposes, $55,25o.37; to- tai, $1,550697. Unexpended !: Common school fund, $209, ,S58, ,09 ; district fund, $6o9,956.1s; from other sources, $5,37S.94; total, $S19,749.07. Revenue raised: On hand July 1, 1902, $745,296.71 common school fund, $551, ,S07; dis trict fund, $S97,2o5.5s; poll tax, $168,233.70; sale of sixteenth-sec- tion lands, $667.13; other sources, 16,8S0.41; total, $2,3OO, ,190.53.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Engineer Accidentally Shot.

While out hunting ducks few miles north of Texarkana Ivan Mat thews, locomotive engineer on the Iron Mountain railroad, accidentally shot himself in the left side and died from his wound a few hours later. He was in the act of climbing over a fence when in some unknown man. ner his gun was discharged and the full charge of buckshot entered his arm and side. He leaves wife and two children.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
A CURIOUS CoURTSHIP.
How Count Leo Tolstoi Proposed to
 His Wife.

How Count Leo Tolstoi Proposed to
 His Wife.
 Prof. Edward A. Steiner, who has spent this summer in Russia, contributes to the New York Out look this interesting account of Tolstoi's curious courtship:
 'SFor him there existed only two classes of women, the one which was composed of all the women in the world except Sofia, and who were heirs to all the feminine faults, just common human be- ings, and the other class just her alone, without fault and high above all Others.' Although no one knew that his attentions were centered upon her (and the moth CT thought that they were surely intended for her eldest daughter), Sofia, with that intuition which belongs to woman, had not only divined his love, but had also awakened in her the same feeling. Mrs. Baer and her daughters left Yesnaya Polyana after three days visit, and there was some thing in the glance of Tolstoi's eye and in the pressure of his hand when he bade Sofia good-by to make his riding after them in q few days and his appearance at Iyizy quite natural and not unex- pected to her. He came with the strong desire to ask Sofa to be his wife, and while they were alone under shading tree, she sitting on wooden bench in front of a table, he looking down on her chestnut-brown hair and into her grayish-blue eyes, the desire rip ened into determination. She was playing with a piece of chalk, writing on the table, or rather just making marks, when he said: SI have been wishing to ask you something for a long time" And the grayish- blue eyes looked into his frightened, but friendly, as she said: ssPlease ask.o He took the piece of chalk out of her fingers and wrote the first letter of a sentence which was very complicated and which she had to decipher. "And what is this, and what is that?n he asked of one word after another, and with wrinkled forehead and blushed. cheek she answered him. "And this word?" he asked again. and she said: Ut means never, but it is not so," and, taking the crumbling chalk from him, she wrote four letters which did not form the words of complicated sentence, and he needed no one to ask him: "What is this or whatis that?" He knew what they meant, for all she wrote was ever. This declaration of his love he used in a more complicated form in his Anna Karenina," where Lavin thus declares himself to Kitty, his future wife. While in the story the mother seemed at first op- posed to the union, in reality it was the father, Dr. Baer, who bluntly and definitely refused to give his consent. He wished to see his eldest daughter married first, and not until Tolstoi threat ened to shoot himself if the father persisted in his refusal did he yield.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Batch of Pardous Refused.

Gov. Davis last week refused pardons in fifty cases, embracing all kinds of convictions. The import ant cases were: Lee Johnson, rob- bery; W. D. Henry, murder; Mon roe Douglass, voluntary man. slaughter; A. Spencer, arson; John P. Carpenter, forgery; John Atha, forgery. He pardoned Willie Sisco of Madison county convicted of grand larceny and given one year.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Big Chunk of Zinc.

Capt. W. s. Allen, manager of the Panther Creek mines in New ton county, reports that he has quarried a chunk of fine zinc ore weighing over 5000 pounds, which he will send to St. Louis to be ex- hibited at the worlds fair in the Arkansas mineral exhibit.
 The Colored State Teachers As- sociation win hold a meeting at Lit tle Rock December 29. 30.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Increase Pay For Messengers.

An increase of $5 per month has been granted by the Pacific Express company to the messengers in the company's service. The increase ap- plies to all the first and second grade messengers in the Arkansas division. The old scale was from $55 to $50. The increase was effective Dccem- Der 1.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Eccentric Character Dead.

Mrs. Mary Lasater, an eccentric miser, who had resided at Van Bu- ren for over forty years, died last week at the age of 76 years. She spent the best years of her life in saving money which will go to dis tant relatives.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Smoking on Railway Trains.

Smoking was not permitted in English railway carriages until 1S46. On many foreign lines smoking is so general that car. riages are set apart for nonsmok. CTS, and so labeled.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Gen. Clayton May Retire.

News deemed of a reliable nature has reached Little Rock to the effect that Gen. Powell Clayton will resign the position of ambassador to Mexico next March and return to his home at Eureka Springs. The exacting duties of his post in Mexico has been a hard strain on the generals health.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
Bridge Workman Killed.

R. NJ. Collins, employed on the new bridge being constructed across White river at Cotter, was struck by a piece of timber and knocked from pier, falling dis tancc of forty feet, and was in- stantly killed.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18
BRIEF MENTION.

There will be no saloons in Little River county next year, the county judge having refused to grant li- cense.
 Hon. l.. P. Kay, one of the old est and best known. citizens of north Arkansas, died at his home in Salem last week.
 The Mansfield Natural Gas conn., pany proposes to pipe the streets of Fort Smith for natural gas to be used for fuel and heating purposes.
 The Pine Bluff city council has raised the city saloon license from $500 to $500 per annum and the pool room license from $500 to $750 per month.
 There are now 150 prisoners in the Fort Smith federal jail, the largest number ever confined there since the territory was placed in separate jurisdiction.
 Asberry Hawkins, colored, was shot and killed at Walnut Ridge by Will Jones, another negro. The killing was the outcome of a row started in a gambling den. The Exchange National and the Citizens National bank of Little Rock will shortly be consolidated. These are two of the strongest fnan- cial institutions in the state. United States Marshal s. F. Stahl of the western district an- nodnces that he will not be can- didatc for reappointment at the ex- piration of his present term two years hence.
 In difficulty at Hope Ed Ea- kins was shot and instantly killed by Haywood Wheeler. The killing occurred in negro barber shop, and was the result of row over game of craps.
 The postoffice at Altheimer was recently robbed of several register ed packages containing in the neighborhood of $2,000. The store in which the postoffice is located was also burglarized
 The mill plant of Newt Jones at Fayetteville, together with several thousand feet of lumber and four freight cars, was destroyed by fire on the Sth inst. The loss is in the neighborhood of $15,00O. Arkansas coal is being shipped into Colorado. Railroad agents have contracted for all the coal they can get, as the mines in Colorado have been shut down for several months owing to labor troubles. Nearly one-third of President Roosevelt's annual message is de- voted to the Panama canal ques- tion. The president reviews the history of the isthmus under it's varying forms of government since our treaty of 1846 with New Gran
 
 ada, the predecessor of Colombia, and shows that during these fifty seven years there have been fifty three revolutionary outbreaks. No government has ever been able to preserve the peace without the aid of the United States. In 1856, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1873, 1885, 1900, 1901 and 1909 that aid was ex- tended. He says the inability of any private company to build the canal has been demonstrated, and the United States is the only power having the right and the ability to do so He recites the history of the failure of the treaty of last year with Colombia, the uprising in Pan- anna, formation of the new repub- lie and our recent treaty with that country. Under that treaty he says the canal will be built.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18

Jeff Reynolds, a brakeman, died in North Little Rock from injuries sustained in an accident at Coal Hill.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-30
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