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Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Legislative Notes.

Senator Sengel was chairman of the Senate caucus.
 It is the general opinion that the session will last 120 days.
 A large number of former members were present at the opening session
 Senator Jones has not opened head quarters. Gov. Clarke has u majority of ten on joint ballot
 Only one name was presented for Chief Clerk, that of A. S. Hays, and he was unanimously elected.
 The general assembly will ballot for united States senator on the second tuesday after the organization, which will probably be on January 27. The names of Senator James K. Jones and ex-Gov. James P. Clarke will be pre- scntcd.
 Representative Jacobs of poinsett will introduce bill to prevent frauds at elections. It provides that all can. didates for any office in the state held under the election laws shall file with the clerk of his county, under oath. an itemized statement of all money pended by him in his campaign, and that his failure to do this shall dis qualify him from holding any office for which he may have been elected.
 Among the matters of most import ance to be considered Is the following:
 Senator Collins dispensary bill; Sen ator D. L. Kings antitrust bill. which was before the last legislature; the completion of the state capitol build- ing; state penitentiary affairs, includ- ing the confirmation of purchase of the state farm and the election of the superintendent by the people; an annex for the state insane asylum, a separate institution; reform school for young criminals; state normal to be located .ift la tion for the representation of the state at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, probably s100, ,000: new buildings at the deaf mute institute and the state university; ad- ditional powers for the railroad com mission, also its abolition; placing the members upon a salary instead of per diem, as provided by the constitutional amendment indorsed by the last state election; constitutional amendments - increase of the state school tax from ? to mills; three-fourths of jury to return verdict in civil cases, and author ity for cities to issue bonds for i'm provement purposes; fellow servant bill; county school superintendency; uni formity of textbooks with reference to fixing the prices; segregation of the school tax according to the races; con- solidation of state and federal elections; consolidation of school districts; meth cd of appointment of the state board of charitable institutions and the board of trustees of the state univer- sfty; state pardon board; increase of salary of state officers.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

ical life more severe or periious to the Individual than service in lesisla- tive capacity. l know there is no field of action where so much is expected and where so little allowance is made for mistakes committed. no matter how great ones achievements may have been in the discharge of other public du- ties. We can meet these expectations, we can draw around ourselves the man. tic of charitable allowance for the mis- takes committed, by honest, earnest. intelligent work. but in no other way for at all times and under all condi- tons there are always rewards for the man whose mind moves in integrity and acts with decision"
 For sergeant at arms the following names were presented: & A. Bonds of Logan, w. NJ. Mum of Columbia, T. I. Oliver of White, J. s. Renfroe of Wash tngton. k. D. Chunn of Woodruff, J. A. King of Faulkner, T. r. lson of Perry, MT. Reed of Washington. J. II. Thomas Of Hot Spring. K. H, Blaclkman. J. l.. Lcary of Lee. Lon Cravens Of Calhoun.
 The first ballot resulted: Bonds 2, Cravens 20. Renfroe 9, Leary &, Ison G. Reed &, Oliver [. King I. Thomas 3, Mum ?, Chunn 3, Necessary to a choice 46 No election.
 After the second ballot the names of Messrs. Mum, Chunn and Thomas were withdrawn. and after the third ballot MT. Leary withdrew.
 By the time the fifth bnllot was over the contest had narrowed down to OIL yer Bonds, Cravens and Reed, all the other names having been withdrawn.
 Mr. Bonds received 52 votes on the ninth ballot and was declared elected, MT. Cravens on this ballot receiving 8 and MT. Oliver 1O
 After administering the oath of office to the sergeant at arms the house ad journcd to 9:30 TueSj nv.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Planter Assassinated.

John Garland, a prominent Mis- sippi county planter, was assasinat- cd by negro named Martin Shelby, who escaped. Garland and the ne- gro had difficulty and day or so later Garland was shot from ambush and instantly killed as he was rid ing along the levee. Shortly after the shooting the negro rode into the little village of Kate on Carland's s horse, armed with Winchester, and held up several negroes and robbed the postoffice.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
BRIEF MENTION.

Fire destroyed the Harbison ho. tel at Hamburg.
 The Brooks hotel at Camden was destroyed by fire.
 A survey of an extension of the Rock Island from Des Arc to De- Valfs Bluff has been completed.
 Glenn Adair, a 7-year-old negro boy, was arrested at Eureka Springs on the charge of setting fire to a res idence.
 Mrs. Margaret Heller, aged sl, died at Eureka Springs as the re- suit of injuries sustained in falling off porch.
 Fireman Elmere, whose home is at Pine Bluff, had both legs badly crushed in collision on the Cotton Belt near Stephens.
 The total loss from fire at Fort Smith during the year 1902 was $1G,S246S, on which insurance to the amount of $14,947.03 was paid
 George w. Horner, one of the best known railroad conductors in the state, died at his home in Little Rock on the 9th, at the age of 66 years.
 The jury in the case of John Mas, sano, who killed his father at Little Rock, failed to reach verdict About two months ago young Mas sano, while intoxicated, shot hi father as he lay in bed. The de- fense set up the plea of insanity.
 Dr. H. c. Johnson, a prominent physician of Van Buren, shielded by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. He had been an invalid for years.
 Gov. Davis has offered a reward of $250 for the arrest and convic- tion of Wayne Wood. colored, charg- ed with the murder of Hunter Mack, in Nevada county, on Sep tember 26, 1902. It is alleged that the murder was committed in cot ton field, where Mack was at work.
 George Rodgers, arrested in Mem phis, has been identified by a brake man as one of a gang which held mp d passenger train on the Frisco near Bonneville, in this state, sev- eral months ago.
 The board of trustees of state charitable institution in their bien- nlal report recommend that an appropriation be made by the legis- lature for the election of an annex to the insane asylum at Little Rock
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
State Convention Y. M. C. A.

! The thirteenth state convention of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be held at Pine Bluff January 23-25. It prom ises to be the best and greatest con- vention ever held in the state. Pas tors all over Arkansas are invited to attend, and also requested to ap- point one or more delegates from their church. Reduced rates on all railroads, and free entertainment at Pine Bluff. Write J. l.. Sco- field, at Little Rock, at once for credentials.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Decision Against Railroad Commission
 Affirmed,

A dispatch from Washington says: The United States supreme court affirmed the opinion of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas in the case of the Railroad Commis- sioners of the State of Arkansas vs. the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. This was a case insti- tuted by the railroad company to enjoin the board from fixing rates upon which the road should carry goods from one point in Arkansas through Indian Territory to an- other point in Arkansas. The con- tention of the railroad company was sustained in an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. The con- troversy arose over a shipment of chairs from Fort Smith to Grannis, over the Kansas City Southern, the freight in transit passing for a portion of the distance through the Indian Territory. The rates charged were greater than those fixed by the Arkansas railroad con- mission for that distance.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
The Bluff Didn't Work.

Charles Moore, convicted of mur- der in the second degree, and an other prisoner, Sherfield Kelley, set fire to the bedding in the jail at Malvern and called upon the wife of Jailer Curl to liberate them so that they would not burn to death. She refused and kept the citizens who soon gathered back at the mug 1le of rife. Seeing that they could accomplish nothing, the men succeeded in putting out the fire.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Big Lumber Deal.

One of the biggest lumber deals ever made in this state has just been completed at Campbell, ten miles north of Piggott. The Gar etson-Greason Lumber Company of St. Louis bought of the Campbell Lumber Company its plant and 55,- 000,00O feet of hardwood lumber. The land lies east of Piggott, in Clay county, and Dunklin county, Mo. The price paid for the land and timber was $360,00O. Many new mills and factories will be put on the land, and in a few years the thousands of acres will be opened up for cultivation.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Judge John Ike Moore of Phillips Elected Speaker of the
 Lower Houce.
SENATE ORGANIZED THE FIRST DAY,
Hon. Joe l.. Short of Fulton Chosen Pres- ident of Senate Without Opposition. B. ', Ponds of Logan Sergss mt at Arms of House-Other Omcers Named

Little Rock, Jan. r3.-The Thirty 1ourth general assembly of Arkansas convened at 12 m. Monday.
 Previous to meeting the senate mern pefs heio caucus and decided on the elective officers
 The withdrawal of MT. Caldwell of Jefferson from the race for president or the senate left an open field for MT. snort of Fulton, while only two names were presented for speaker of the house.
 The proceedings of both branches follow:
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Four Lynchings Last Year.

Four lynchings occurred in this state during the year 1902. Names of the victims and the crimes charged were as follows: Horace Mccoy at Foreman, criminal as- sault; William Jordan at England, criminal assault; Lee Newton near Spottsvlile, Columbia county, crim- inal assault; Isaac Wells at Wynne, attempted sa,a: CT.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Must Be Good.

Judge Kavanaugh, of Pulaski county, has held up the license of a number of saloon keepers and has given notice that should these pro- prietors not conduct their places in an orderly manner their license will be revoked.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Short With Uncle Sam.

These Arkansas postmastcrs have quit the service of the government owing the following amounts: G. H. Clark, Bowman, $14.70; r. G. Swain, Jewel, $5.s6; F. R. Story, Shawmut, $5.23; James Shepherd, Wobbeseka, $1,009.s1.
 The biennial meeting of the Cath ollie Knights will be held at Fort Smith February 10.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
h Favor of Broadening Department.

Commissioner of Agriculture Bradford will ask the legislature to authorize him to issue monthly bull letins to the farmers and to hold farmers institutes throughout the state. He desires to broaden the scope of usefulness of the office.
 He says: 'The people in the states where most work is done by and through the agricultural depart ment are benefited very largely by it, and would feel that it would be a calamity to the state to have any thing done that would in any way interfere with or hinder its work.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Practice MaI es Perfect.

Yes, father, when 1 graduate I an go- ing to follow my literary bent and write for money"
 "Humph, John; you ought to be sue. cessful. That's all you did the four years you spent in college. ."-Penn Punch Bowl.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

Miss Menard cured after doc tors failed to help her.
 "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound cured me after doctors had failed, and want other girls to know about 1t. Dur ing menstruation l suffered most intense pain low in the al5x,,omen and in my lic,.S,55.s~:A :At other times l -.e-. l a heavy, depressed feeling which made my work seem twice as hard, and l grew pale and thin. The medicine the doctor gave me did not do me one bit of good, and l was thoroughly discouraged. The doctor wanted me to stop work, but, of course, I could not do that. 1 finally began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and felt better after taking the first bottle, and after taking six bottles I was entirely cured, and am now in perfect health, and 1 am so grate- full for it."-MIss GEORGE MENARD, 537 E. 152nd St., New York City. = ssooo forfeit # original of a1oOs letter pseo'"s
 Lydia F.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female ills when all other means have failed.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

,Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli. pie medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. Samuel. Ocean Grove. N. d.. Feb F 1000
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

Most of us feel that when we have sc. knowledged mistake we have more than atoned tor lt.-lndianapolis News.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
States Cash.

The balances in the state treas ury for the quarter ending Decem- Der 3l, 1902, as reported by Book keeper W. NJ. McCullv of the state treasurer>s office, are as follows: Currency ........$109,1 ,145.S2 County scrip ..... 12,196.43 City scrip .... 66.i3 Auditors certificates 962.1O Gov. Jones notes ..... 1O3.915.95 , per cent funding bonds 1,221,oQ , per cent funding
 bonds .... 1,227,OOO.0C 5 per cent funding cou-
 pons ....... 993, 3,S70.oo Fayetteville bonds .... 100000 Fayetteville bond cou-
 pons ........... 4,5O0.00
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

If you are right, you needn't talk your. self to death telling about it.--Atchison Globe.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
SfODs the Cnuo

stops the Cough and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 9 cents.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Cotton Growers Lose.

Capt. J. M. Hudson, the planter statistician of Jefferson county, es- inmates that the loss to the farmers of that county by reason of the un- favorable weather which has pre- vented them from gathering their cotton crop is $15O,000.
 The Ozark and Cherokee Central will begin the operation of trains between Fayetteville and Okmulgee I. T., February l.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Confederate Monument at Fort Smith.

The Fort Smith Chapter, Daugh- ters of Confederacy, have abandoned the original idea of erecting a mon- ument to the Confederate dead in the National cemetery at that point and will erect it in the courthouse yard. The war department recent ly decided that monument to the Confederate dead could be erected in the National cemetery, where so many Southern soldiers are buried, but that the monument must be without the figure of a Confederate soldier surmounting it, and must be without the reproduction of a Confederate flag, with the words, 'Lest We Forget" which are distin- gushing features of the design chosen by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Members of the C.. A. R. at Fort Smith offered no pro- test against the erection of the mon- ument in the National cemetery.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Arkansas State News
Insane Asylum Statistics.

Following is the statistical infor- nation concerning the condition of the patients in the state insane asy- lum, contained in the biennial re- port of that institution.
 Number of patients on hand from December l, 1900, to November 30, 19O2-White males, 351; white fe- males, 327; colored males, 46; col ored females, 77. Total, sO1.
 Discharged-Recovered 54; i'm proved, 47; unimproved, 5; eloped, ?; not insane, 2; by death, 42. To- tal, 152.
 Duration of Insanity-Less than two months, 38; two to twelve months, 80; one to two years, 40 :; two to five years, 54; five to ten years, 43; ten to twenty years, 16 :; twenty to thirty years, 4; unknown,
 Forms of Insanity-Mania, acute, 53; mania, chronic, 27; mania, per- petual, 4; mania, recurrent, 34; /; melancholia, acute, 23; melancho- lia, chronic, 39; dementia, primary, 1o;; de;nentia, secondary, 19; epi- lepsy, IF; epilepsy with paralysis, 1; catalepsy, 1; imbecility, Z; idocy, 1; senility, g; delusional insanity, 16; narcotism, 3; hysterical insan- ity, 12; monomania, 1; pyromania, 1; not insane, 1; criminal commit ments, 1,
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Convicts Escape.

Total $3,O61.257.O5
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-18

office inspector gets some of them int o
court and prosecutes. Occasionally
the federal court sends culprit to the
penitentiary, but the majority of them
escape in the fines that do not repre-
sent ten per cent. of the money they
have made in their schemes.
Here's an advertisements:
YOUR LIES FATE in love, business
and marriage. Photo of future husband or
wife. Birthstone pin and lifes chart for 10
cents and birth date.
This is the advertisement, with the
name omitted, as it appeared this
week in many of the mail order papers.
/ showed the clipping to an employee of
the Chicago bureau of post office in
spection.
''Is this a fraud or isn't it?" I asked.
"That remains to be proven twas the
calm reply. "The way to do is to send
the ten cents in reply to the ad and then
file your complaint here if you think
you have been defrauded"
'Will you prosecute them?"
The explanation was that it required
five such complaints to establish one
cause for an investiga ton. And finally
the official came out with the bold
statement:
These ten-cent schemes don't
amount to much" he said. ''We are
tremendously busy here on big cases,
trying to put stop to thousand-dol-
lar swindles. Better save vour ten
cents by not writing for the photo of
your future wife,
The task of the post office insDec-
ters is indeed very difficult one and
the path to prosecution is more than
devious. A strict law prevents the
opening of any private mail by in
spectors or others. No matter how
certain the government may be that a
firm is swindling, letters are not
tempered with under any circum-
stances. So the inspectors must re-
sort to many tricks to get proof.
Sometimes they go out into the
country, and send in their money to
the fraudulent firms until they have
enough letters to establish positive
proof. If the swindlers get an ink
ling that post Office inspector is try
ing to lead them on" they may hide
their schemes and throw the inspec-
tor off the track. Girls are often used
in the guise of stenographers to get
evidence. Sometimes the detectives
themselves get positions in a firm
suspected of frauds. Many other
methods, l know, are used, but the
post office department is very secre-
tive. Their inspectors work more
quietly than any other detectives
and when they finish their case, they
quietly pack up and go-no one ever
knew that the person with whom he
dealt was the post office inspector
| himself
The police of the cities spoil many
a good case, said Chief Clerk Holmes.
I'VE We're working up some good
proofs Of fraud against the horse
racing concerns recently, when the
police started raids on a number of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-18
The News Condensed.

The state supreme court has estab b.
lished the doctrine that fire apparatus
has the absolute right of way across
street crossings.
The 1905 Badger board of the state
university has offered prize of 5000
for the best short story of college life.
The board of normal regents has
given permission to the Whitewater
normal school to maintain a summer
session, beginning June 20 and contin-
uing for five weeks.
Henry Gilmore died in Trenton of old
age. He was born in Ohio on Deem
Der 10, 1917, and had been resident of
Pierce county for As years.
Hermann Zimmerman, the victim of
mysterious assault in the courthouse
park, died at GAINESVILLE without having
told who his assailants were. Two
men have been arrested upon suspi-
cion.
The State university at Madison will
expend nearly $4,000 in new build
ings and additions during the year.
The La Crosse County Bar assertion
held memorial exercises in La Crosse
for James G. Miller and Harvey E. Hub
bard, attorneys who died during the
year.
Judge f. Beldin, of Kenosha, dis
barred Henry Wiesman, one of the
oldest lawyers in Kenosha county, his
charge being incompetency. Mr.. Wies-
man claims he has been the victim of
a conspiracy.
Judge Kirwan has appointed Hoe
bert L. Markham and Theodore A..
Zeitgen, of Manitowoc, and L. Albert
Karel. of Kewaunee, commissioners to
equalize the assessment of Fond du
Lac county.
The Madison police captured horse
thief who gives his name as George
Rawleigh and who had taken horse
and buggy from the city and had
driven to Oregon.
Temporarily insane over money mat
ters and the effect Of an attack of the
grip, Hilarius Wild. Jr., a wealthy
farmer of Farmers Grove, Green coun-
y. committed suicide.
GOF. Lid Toilette mas dHHouHceu
the appointment of John g. Standen-
MAYER. William C. Gault, and Herman
L. Bellinghausen as commission to
supervise the work of repairing and
rebuilding the levees along the Wiscon-
sin river at Portage
The county board of supervisors at
its session at Fond du Lac voted to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the purchase of
the Kite park tract for county fair
grounds with the understanding that
the Agricultural society shall pay the
81 800 additional to secure the whole
tract of 771s acres and erect suitable
fair buildings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-18
NAIL ORDER FRAUDS.
Clever Schemes for Bleeding Guilt
bic Newspaper Readers.
Post Office Bureau of Inspection Kept
Rusy Investigating All Sorts of
Dishonest and AlIur-
ing ads"
Especial Chicago letter.

%HE alleged frauds in the post Of
flee department now being aired
at Washington are supposed to
| involve hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. The whole country was surprised
when the enormous sum-$10, 900 here,
| $50, 900 there-were mentioned as frac-
tions in the supposed corruption fund.
Yet this is but bagatelle compared
with the simply gigantic frauds inyes-
tigated every year by the inspection of
Uncle Sans mail
Swindles aggregat:ng $15,O0o,0oO to
$40, 000, 900 are unearthed every year by
! the post office inspectors, and proven
in court. Thefts by letter carriers or
post office clerks constitute only a
small portion of this. The greater part
of the frauds is perpetrated by So
called business men, who use the mails
for schemes that draw the dollars out
of the pockets of gullible folks month
after month, year after year, by the
same old schemes.
A corps of 200 inspectors, as species
of special detectives, is employed all
over the country hunting down these
swindlers. And the figures of the last
quarterly reports show that at the
present time, with the country highly
prosperous, the swindles are running
into more prodigious sums than ever
before.
The post office bureau of inspection
has Is divisions. By far the largest Of
these has its headquarters at Chicago.
Col. Stuart, inspector general here, has
% inspectors under him and investi-
gated last year 10000 cases OF alleged
frauds. New York city, the second
largest, had 10000 eases, handled by 16
inspectors. The enormous work of the
Chicago department is due partly to
the fact that the city handles more
mail than any other, and perhaps it is
also true that the great mail order
fraudscenter in this section.
1--WE closed up the business of thou
sands of swindlers right around Chi
cago last year." said Chief Clerk r. j.
Holmes, of the Chicago department.
sit is no exaggeration to say that the
Ewindlers got several million dollars
out of the pockets of the people"
1t is also no eXaggeration to say that
the swindles are going on at this very
minute to the amount of hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Fake" oil COM
panies, investment schemes, "sure ten
per cent" propositions, etc, etc, are
being advertised in the papers and are
dourishing more than ever. The post