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Newport daily independent., 1904-12-30
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X MayoHsaSuDDS made a buSlneSS trip to the Gty of Roses Thurs day.
 Harry A. ,Isaacs of Walnut Ridge visited Newport friends Friday.
 Christmas week parties at Mil lions Alley would prove pleas urable. 04dtf
 To be healthy, which is more than to be wealthy, try bowling at Millions Alley. 04dtf
 For Sale One large sideboard, practically new. F. s. Hess, 323 Pine street. O7dtf
 Abe Ballew has returned fro Des Arc, where he spent Christ mas with his mother.
 E. L. Boyce is attending the convention of county clerks in Little Rock this week.
 E. Less, one of Jonesboro's leading business lmen, spent Fri day with Jos. M. Berger, Jr.
 Hon. Gustave Jones returned home Friday from a several days business trip to Kennett, Mo.
 G. L. James and Misses Hattie and Annie Whaley of Walnut 2 Ridge were Newport visitors on Friday.
 Miss Hannah Meyer and little Rose left Wednesday for few days visit to friends in Little Rock.
 Henry Bragg. wife and little son returned the first of the week from a visit to relatives at Paragould.
 Miss Mabel Padgett came down from Batesville Wednesday night 10 spend a few days with Mrs. Marcie Minor.
 Mrs. H. G. Bum and little daughter arrived home Thurs day from spending the holidays at Little Rock.
 Dillon Blunt of Barren Fork Acame Thursday and has accepted s position jFhthe Npcery store of TsG Rrt2amond. rubbiJowers and family of
 her, tca came Thursday for a
 o1 tne' visit to Dr. A. D. Hol- 7 :. and family.
 Dr. Henry Owen, IT,, left Fri day afternoon for Nashville, Tenn, to resume his studies at Vanderbilt University.
 Misses Ida Parish and Lucy Bai- ley, who have been visiting Miss Hattie Padgett for several days, returned home Thursday. ~
 w. H. Wilsey and wife of Pop lar Bluff were in the city Thurs day going to Batesville to visit Mrs. J. E. Roseborough.
 Positively no goods charg- cd dUring our clearing sale, beginning Jan. 2nd.
 Wolff Goldman Mere. Go.
 Mrs. Robert Neill of Batesville came Wednesday for a short wis it to her daughters, Mrs. s. R. Phillips and Miss Esther Neill.
 Miss Floy Knight, one of Jonesboro's popular society young ladies arrived in the city Friday for 4 few days visit to Miss Imo- gen{Pandy.
 Misses Emily and Ruth Hand- ford and Mollie Duffie of Bates vile were at the Hazel Thursday on theirway to Walnut Ridge to join the Dowell house party.
 Miss Mary Johnson, who has been spending the Christmas hol- idays with her sister, Mrs. A. A. Evans at Bethesda, was in the city Thursday, returning home.
Newport daily independent., 1904-12-30

Watch for the Wolff Gold man Mercantile Company's January clearing sale in all it's departments. It wifi be a record breaker. O7btf
 J. H. Mcqueen, who lost his stock of goods in one of the dis astrous fires on the 18th, has
 een appointed railroad agent IT. 1sQperator at Red Oak, I. T., nouseESt this week to begin work. Mrs. DeoEily will remain in Searcy from spffoerhaps two or three i. slste Searcy Citizen. " e of
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
Estimated Age OF The Earth.

Lord kelvin's estimate of tn.
age of the world is, Not SO grea
IS 100000 years; possibly rs 1t
tie as 100000 years; probabi.::
100000 wears" These estimate.
are based on mathematical. and
physical considerations. The geo.
>gists have another way OF arr'v
ing at their results. The s.rati6ed
rocks attain an average thickness
Of 100000 feet. Some of he sed:-
nlentary rocks. they oSserre, have
.rown a foot in go wears: others
ave taken 6,ooo ~ears to rise that
height. Thus the period of time re-
ai,ired tS build up 10000 ice. of
sedin.e1.iaTy rock has varied accord
ing to locality from 100000
years to 6So.ooo.ooo years. 1t fol
,ows tina: the active work of crea-
ton has lasted for a cycle between
t':eSe two hg11res. Volcanic dis
turbanoes or glacial action. they
conclude. may have retarded the
work, but cannot have accelerated
If
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
Wins a Fortune at Poker.

Tom Leonard, sporting man of
Cincinnati, is credited with win
ming $4,000 on a pair of deuces in
the Kennedy Club at Hot Springs
Ark, while sitting in a game of
stud poker. He writes that in it
were Billy Shannon, one Swift, Of
Chicago, himself and two others
Shannon had a possible straight
Leonard a possible flush, another
an ace. king Ave and deuce exposed
at different suits. not pair being
in sight when the final betting be-
gan. At the finish it developed
Leonard and Shannon had been
blufiing When i came to show
down a pair of deuces won the enor-
nous pot
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
A Champion Fat Girl.

lydia Wed .l1l1an Of Calumet
Mich. is champion fat girl; only
IS years old. she tips the sca es at
365 pounds. Ever since her birth
her growth, in weight has been re-
narkable, but she has gained most
n the last two or three wears. She
5 apparently in good health. and
loes not seem to mind her super
abundance of flesh, being of hap
py disposition, and is perhaps both
cred only BY the attention she at
rac.s. Seither of her parents is of
large size. but physicians cannot
account for ler case. Offers to
exhibit her in museums have been
refused by her parents.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
After the Rats in England.

The fact that rats play an i'm
portant part in the spread OF dis
ease, more especially the plague,
has induced the port sanitary at
thority on the Thames to attempt
the determination of rats in the
docks. warehouses and on board
vessels lying in the docks Dur
ing the last month nearly 5000
rats have been destroyed and
their bodies burned in the ship S
furnaces. From the beginning OF
the year to the end of September,
nearly 10000 were killed. The
total last year reached 1899,
and the number destroyed up to
date has been z4o.7I8.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
St Peter and the Broker.

This is going the rounds OF
Wall street: A broker from the
financial vortex sought admission
at the pearly gates. who are
you?" said ST. Peter. I'm Wall
street broker" What have you
done that entities you to admis-
sione" well, | saw a decrepit
woman in Broadway the other
day and gave her cents" Ca
briel, is that on the records?"
Yes, St Peter its marked down
to his credit" What else have
you done?" well, crossed the
Brooklyn bridge the other night
and met a newsboy half frozen to
death and gave him 1 cent. Ga
briel, is that on the records ?"
Yes, St. Peter" What else
have you dones' well, / can't
recoIleot anything else just now"
Gabriel. what do you think we
ought to do with this fellowT
"Oh, give him back his 3 cents
and tell him to go to hell"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29

At sort of campfire in New
York the other evening. when the
Eleventh Army Corps Association
got together to swap army yarns,
and punish a whole lot OF good
things to eat and drink, a story
was told by General James Grant
Wilson as to how General Grant be-
came an inveterate smoker. II
seems that after the fight at Fort
Donaldson, the Northern newspa-
pers circulate the story that Gen.
Grant maheuvered the whole fight
chewing at the end of an unlighted
cigar. Until then Grant was an
extremely moderate smoker, bu'
people of the North, believing he
was fond of smoking, began to
send him cigars. They arrived at
camp in boxes, packages and whole
sale quantities, until General Gran:
had thousands upon thousands. He
didsl't care to give them away, and
he couldn't return them, SO ne start
ed in to see what he could do to-
ward diminishing the supply by
smoking. Thus he got the habit.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
A French Giant Leaves Us.

II. Hugo, the French giant, sail
4 the OTHER day in La Savoie TO
I'VE his Christmas dinner at home
&c weighs $50 pounds. is seven
- nine inches tall and requires a
ID ten feet long, 50 that the largest
-ase-oom on the ship failed igno-
Y to meet tie demand. To solve
e difficulty, tire partition between
y staterooms was cut away and =
c-;al red was constructed E.y.,n
at. the giant S in something ri
2.i-ht. having 70 double MP ever
ow and then to keep from knock
- his towering head against dos
rerings. while con,panionwa-s
:i::c:G saloon Chairs anil tables an
: Of the acconr-loasi ons of =:
ip are many sizes too sna.i =
'rfor.ablv Accommodate t.,
.;rencl;man. He is : y-ar; @.
I'D SAYS he IS still ,row-ng.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29

American 6nanciers who, when
in London, have had occasion to
meet the urbane, yet extremely bus
inesslike secretary of the Bank OF
England, were surprised to learn
the other day that in his leisure ne
wrote stories that fairly dubbed
over with the spirit of childhood.
Between Mr.. K Crahame, inpor-
tant factor in the management of
The. Old Lady of Threadneedle
Street." and Kenneth Grahame
author of The Golden Age and
Dream Days there would seem,
10 be the wide gulf existing be-
tween poet and banker-always ex-
cepting my old friend, Edmund
Clarence Stedman- If the attempt
of lunatic to assassinate the bank
secretary had not drawn wide at
tertion to that financial facfotum
with consequent publication of his
biography, the fact that mirthma-
ker and money handler were one
person would have been known on
ly to a chosen few
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29

Henry c. Davenport is goin1 tc
lecture. He is quite al original
as an Artemus Ward One night
he gave a hint of his lowers il
Major Ponds home m Jersey City
Mark Twain was in the audiencG,
and Davenport had him crying like
4 baby one minute and laughing
like a hyena the next Don't try
to lean how to be 4 lecturer" said
Clemens. Start m just as you are
Let your hands stay where they are
in your heeches pockets When
Cable and. l went on the lecture
stage we thought II was necessary
to make graceful genufiertions to
drive in oar points; 50 We hired =
teacher of elocution at $25 a day to
show us how to work arm and hand
effectively. / got so l could make
a beautiful gesture, buf was 50 busy
thinking about them that I frgua
what l wanted to @-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
He's a japanese Hero.

Vice-Admiral Togo, who has
Just succeeded Admiral Tsuboi in
command of the standing Japan
csc squadron, the force which
would probably be engaged first
N case of war. is one of the popu-
ar heroes of Japan. He is a
young officer, as flag officers so,
N the prime OF life, and has had
taste of what modern warfare
lnder present conditions means.
n 1894, when the japanese
wiped out the Chinese feet,
ADMIRAL Togo-he was only a
'-ptain then-struck the first
LOW
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
Good Enough to Drink.

At certain wayside inn in the
north of Yorks, according to m
P" farmer drew rein and, hail
ing the waiter, said: Hey, lad
iowk tell me We hev some vary
good ale here; just hunt us a
quart. The request was quickly
complied with and the ale soon
disappeared, and the farmer, ap-
parently relishing it, said: Him,
just bung us another quart" This
quickly followed the first, then
the farmer, dismounting, remark
ed: Its very decent stuff, lad;
think I'll get darn and hev some
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
The Cause

Nodd-"Wilkins has had a 10,
of trouble with his wife, hasn't
he?"
Todd-"Yes. Why, l believe il
was on her account that he had to
separate from his typewriter"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29

All the pallbczrers al the funeral
of Jessica Orm7nd, an old colored
nanny of Atlanta, Ga, who
died the other day, were white men
who had known ne1 when she was
4 slave Several Of thdn had been
cursed BY heg N ther infancy
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-29
Too Bad.

Mrs. Hatterson-My husband
never goes out with me any
where.
Mrs. Catterson-What = pity
he has no sense Of duty.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
Notice to Sell Real Estate of
William Webb, deceased.

GTATE OF VERMONT In Probate
- District Of Bennington, IS. Court held at
the Probate ONCE IN BENNINGTON. In and for said
district, on the 9th day Of March A. ID. 1904.
Present, John v Carney Judge.
b. W. Stafford, administrator with the
will neXed of the estate Of William
Webb late Of Washington, ID. C., de.
ceased, makes application TO said Court
for license 10 sell all of the realestate of said &c.
ceased, 70 wit The Webb farm, situate In the
town OF Bennington in said district, for bound =
and description reference may be had to he
land records In the Town Clerks ONCE @ said
Town of Bennington, representing that thosale
OF said real estate would be beneficial TO the
estate Of said deceased aud those interested Ia
said estate.
WhereupOn 1t is ordered by said Court that
sa Id application be referred 10 a session there
OF. 70 be held Al the Probate once, In Benuing-
tOnin said district on the I'D day OF March, A.
d. 1904, for hearing and decision thereon: and
II Is further ordered. that all persons Interested
be notified hereof, by publication OF notice Of
said application and order thereon, three weeks
successfully 10 the Bennington Eveu'g Banner, a
newspap published at Bennington, and which
Cireulates in the neighbOrhood of those interest
ee, before said time of hearing that they may
appear at said time and place, aud, II they see
cause. object thereto.
By THE COURT.
sc Attest, JOHN V, CARNEY, Judge
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
Estate of Caroline e. Hall.
Notice of Settlement and Application for Dtstr1
button.

Notice of Settlement and Application for Dtstn
button.
STATE OF VERMONT, At a session
- District Of Bennington, IS. OF the Probate
Court holden at the Probate ONCE. In Benning
ton, In said District, on the 10th day OF
February. A. d. 1904.
Present, John V. Carney. Judge.
Henry I. Cushmau and Duane +. Matti.
son, executors OF the estate OF Henry ID.
Han, deceased executor Of the estate of Caroline
4. Hall, late of Bennington, IN said
district, deceased, presents his admnistra-
ton account for examination and allowance
and makes application for a decree Of dis.
ribution and partition OF the estate Of said
deceased.
Whereupon, It is ordered by said Court that
said account and said application be referred Il
a session thereof TO be held at the Probate Ofics
aforesaid, on the I'd day OF Marcn, A. ID. 1904.
for hearing and decision thereon; And 1t is
further ordered, that notice thereof be gwen
TO all parties interested, by publication Of the
same three weeks successfully In the Benning-
ton Evening Banner "a newspaper published al
Bennington, previous 10 said time appointed foi
hearing, that they may appear at said time anO
place, and show cause, II any they may have
why said account should not be allowed, and
such decree made.
A record whereof is ordered 10 be made.
A true record.
Attest JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge.
A true copy of the original record.
4ow3 Attest JOHN V. CARNEY Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
Estate of William F. Baker.
Notice OF Settlement and Application for
Distribution.

IyTATR OF VERMONT, Alta session
- District of Bennington. SIS. OF the PROBATE
Court, holden at the Probate Once In Ben
ningtn, said district, on the 27th day OF Feb.
A. ID. 1901.
Present John V. Carney Judge.
Fred II. Baker, administrator de bons non Of
the estate Of VIM +. Baker, late OF Bennington,
in said district. deceased, presents his admins
tratiOn ace unit for examination and allowance,
and makes application for a decree OF dlstrbu-
ton and partition of the estate of said deceased
Whereupon, IL Is ordered by said Court,
that said account and application be re-
terred to session thereof to be
held at the probate once. aforesaid
on the 18th day of March, A. ID. 1904 for hearing
and decision thereOn and 1t Is further ordered,
that notice thereof be given TO all parties in
terested by publication three weeks successfully
In the Bennington Evening Banner, news
paper published at Bennington previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that they may ap
pear at said time and place. aud show cause II
any they may h we, Why said account should
not be allowed. and such decree made.
record whereof is ordered TO be made.
A true record.
Attest, JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge
A true copy OF the original record
50 Attest, JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
Estate of Abigail Harris.
Notice Of Settlement and Application f

Notice OF Settlement and Application for
Distribution.
CTATE OF VERMONT, In Probate
DDistrict Of Bennington, IS. Court, held Al
the Probate office in Bennington within and. for
the District Of Bennington aforesaid on the 5th
day of March, A. ID. 1901.
Present, JOHN V. CARNEY. Judge,
Harry I. Cushman, executor Of the estate OF
Abigail Harris. late of Remington In said
District, deceased. presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for decree Of distribution
and partition OF the estate OF said deceased.
Whereupon 1t Is ordered by said Court that
said account and said application be referred to
q session thereof. 10 be held at the Probate OF
ice aforesaid, on the I'D day Of March, A. ID. i904
for hearing and decision thereon; And II Is
further ordered, that notice thereof be given n
all parties interested by publication OF the same
three weeks successfully In the Ben
nington Evening Banner. newspaper
published at Bennington, previous to
said time appointed for hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place,
and st CIV cause II any they may have, why said
acco~ should not be allowed, and such decree
made
A record whereof is ordered to be made.
true record.
Attest, JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge.
true copy Of the original record
55w Attest JOHN V. CARNEY. Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11

Los ANGELES, Cal, March IL
Colonel Griffith J. Griffith the Los An
geles capitalist who shot his wife in
the eye with a revolver at the Hotel
Arcadia, in Santa Monica, and who
was found guilty Of assault with a
deadly weapon, has been sentenced to
two years Imprisonment in San Quen-
tin and to pay fine Of 5000. The
sentence imposed is the extreme penal
ty which the law provides in cases of
assault.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11

my friends noticed the rapid improvement
and were much surprised, for, Gas have since
learned) they thought my days were numbered.
since then " enever that old tired feelaE
came on would take another bottle or two,
always with the same happy result, enjoy
splendid health.
have never lost the opportunity 70 speak
good word for the remedy that proved such
Danacea. Simply as cure for debility and
insomnla-tO shy nothing of other troubles it
will removed consider that Palne's Celery
Compound is nothing short of blessing.
Il win take pleasure in replying to any in
quiries II stamp is enclosed Very truly
yours, L. H ANDREWS. 2s5 N. 2srd street.
Richmond, Va, Dec. l6.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
cuRATE WON s1,4e5.
while Never Better Than to 4. the
FavOrite Was Easily Beaten.

While Never Better Than to 4, the
FRvOrite Was Easily Beaten.
NEW ORLEANS. March LIEU
rates easy win in the race for the Bush
cup, worth 81 ,465 to the winner, was
the surprise OF the racing here. Ma
jor Mansir, which was bought some
months ago by S. c. Hildreth with a
special view TO winning the cup, was
made favOrite and backed from twos
to to 3, while Citrate was never bet
ter than TO 1 in the betting. The
faYorite's race was disappointing, and
at the end of the second mile Curate,
which had been in the first fight all
the way, passed him easily and won
out by three lengths, lowering the
track record. Compass was third, and
the others were beaten of. In the
fifth race the stewards, mistaking the
numbers on the saddle cloths and
Jockeys arms, placed lie Cache third
instead Of Governor Boyd. The de-
cision made material difference TO
the ring. Summaries:
First Race - Scotch Thistle won,
Rainland second, Master Prlm third.
Second Race-Locket won, Antag-
onist second, Feronia third.
Third Michael Byrnes won,
Cashier second, Green Gown third.
Fourth Race - CuTate won, Major
Mansir second, Compass third.
Fifth Race--Deer Hunter won, Hen
ry of FrRnstamar second, La Cache
third
Sixth Race - ST. Merrylegs won,
Triple Silver second, Allegrette third.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
PRINCETON Defeats Cornell.

PRINCETON, N. j., March II. -
Princeton easily defeated Cornell in n
basket ball game last night by the
score Of 30 to 16 The game was rath-
er loosely played. and the team work
on both sides was poor. Inaccuracy
in shooting accounted principally for
the visitors defeat Vanderbilt threw
the large number OF seven goals for
Princeton. while Beasley for Cornell
played an extra fast game.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
ESCAPED RUSSIAN CRUISER.
British Captain Tells of the Japa-
nese Wnrships' Voyage Home.

AhFNhAh OF the jana
nese Wnrships' Voyage Home.
VICTORIA, h. c., March 1.-THE
Northern Pacific liner Olympia has ar.
rived from Yokohama, with Captain
Hill, who brought the japanese cruis-
er Nisshin from Genoa to Yokohama,
on board. He gives a most interesting
account of the trip, which includes a
race with the Russian cruiser Aurora
in the Red sea and the escape OF the
Nisshin and Kasuga from possible cap
ture by the Russian squadron.
Captain Hill says that when the two
Japanese cruisers got through the Suez
canal they were closely followed by
the Russian squadron, which was evil
IDENTIFY trying hard to keep in close
touch with them. The Aurora, which
enjoys the reputation of being one of
the fastest vessels afoat, attempted to
overhaul the two cruisers. which. how
ever, put on more steam and ran away
from her with the greatest ease. From
the firing up done on the Aurora Il
was evident that she meant business.
N'fhNAAA I'm AAtih u lblAE NOilN ~ Nulibll
with the Japanese admirals when in
Japan shortly before leaving. and they
told him that the main object Of the
japanese operations at present was
Port Arthur. They were TO capture
that place at any cost and were CON
fident Of their ability to do so. No eff.
fort, the japanese naval minister as
sured Captain Hill, would-be spared to
reduce Port Arthur as quickly as pos
sible. II would then be refortifed by
the japanese, who would remain there
instead of following the Russians into
the wilds Of northern Manchuria or
Siberia. The intention also is 10 re-
duce Vladivostok as soon as possible
In reply to the question ms to wheth.
er the superb gunnery Of the Japanese
wnrships was due to the presence CT
British or American gunners aboard,
Captain Hill said most emphaticall,
that not white man is employed OF
any Japanese warship in any capncit,
whatsoever. From the bridge to tn,
stokers every man is japanese.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Publisher

The ST Johnsbury Republican says
that the anvil chorus is still Burlng-
toms national anthem. That 70 cd old
Irish song, "Never Take a Horseshoe
from the Door" ought TO constitute an
appropriate solo.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-11

KALAMAZOO, Mich, March H.
Highlow, a Kalamazoo ice yacht, cap
tured two heats and the Hearst trophy
contest at Gull lake, making the heats
of twenty miles east in 81 minutes ~
seconds and rs minutes respectively,
The breeze was steady and strong, but
there were two inches of snow on the
ice. Pedro Of Kalamazoo and Arctic
of Muskegon We're the only other
yachts in the race.