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Newport daily independent., 1904-12-20

the Independent has inaugurated a contest that is to be determined by that cherished right, popular ballot, and in accordance with the following rules:
 BABY PRIZE CONTEST RULES.
 First No baby that has reach ed the age of two years Nov. l, 1904, is eligible to this contest, nor shall any employe or party connected with this paper be eli gible to vote.
 Second-Every issue of the Daily and Weekly Independent from November 1 to December "A, will contain a ballot entitling the holder to one vote in this contest. For every dollars worth of job, work, advertising and subscription paid for between these dates a coupon good for ten votes will be issued, but no cou- pons will be issued for sums less than $1.00. Coupons will not be sold, and will only be issued for job, ad and subscription busi- ness, but extra copies of the h. dependent at 2 cents per copy, each containing one ballot, will be sold at this office.
 Third All votes must be sent to this office and will be de- posted in a lock box. to be opened at 8 o'clock each publication day and counted. The daily issue of that afternoon will contain the total of the several candidates and the public will thus be kept informed of the voting each day.
 Fourth-A committee of three good business men will be select ed to canvass the ballots the morning of Dec. "A and announce the winner. All ballots must be deposited at this office by II a. m., Dec. 24, 1904.
 Read the rules carefully.
Newport daily independent., 1904-12-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
I. D. Price for gift books.
ST. L.. I'M. X s. RAILWAY.

I. D. Price for gift books.
 Buy umbrellas at the Palace Jewelry Store. 96btc
 Cheap candy, but good candy at Bishops Kitchen. 1b7t
 Gold plated picture frames, oval and square, at Mosby's. 99
 Toys for the babies and little folks at the 5 and 10 Cent Store.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Lynn and daughter, left on No. 3 Tuesday for their new home in Bedding, California.
 Imported china in numerous pretty pieces at the 5 and 10 Cent Store. 9Sbtc
 Mrs. Ike Goldman returned home Monday afternoon from a delightful few days visit to Mrs. J. Wolff at Paragould.
 Oysters, celery, fruits, nuts and candies of all kinds for the holidays at Bracy's. 97btc
 Miss Bessie Buford, who has been attending Willis Institute at Searcy, came home Monday night to spend the holidays.
 A handsome jardeniere would make a nice Christmas present for your wife or daughter. Get it at Mos5y's. 99dtf The governor Monday pardon .,ed Bud Sanders of Independence county, convicted last January of attempt to kill and sentenced to asyear in the penitentiary. The pardon is to restore citizenship.
 I. D. Price is headquarters for Christmas presents of all kinds. Holiday shoppers always find what they want at reasonable prices. o9btf
 Friends in this city have re- ceived invitations to a house par ty given by Mr. and s. c. Dow ell at Walnut Ridge next week, when they will open their hand some new home recently com- pleted.
 If you want any nice pieces of furniture the Wolff Goldman Mercantile Go. is the place. They are going to sell and sell cheap. O1d6 Mrs. w. A. O'Neal, who has been visiting the past week in ,Jenesboro. arrived home on No. s Tuesday, and was accompanied by her sis t r, Mrs. Harry Williams, who will remain until after the holidays.
 For the best of Christmas can dies go to Bishops Randy Kitchen 1b7t
 E. S. Mcdonald and family, who have lived for a number of years in Batesville, and were among that city's best citizens, were in Newport Tuesday on their way to Weldon, where they are moving on theft large plan- tation near that town.
 For Sale Eight-foot show case, good as new, will sell cheap. Wm. Mosby. OlDIt
 Poplar Bluff boasts of a new launch, the fastest gasoline pow CT craft on the river, built by Ira Davidson of that city and owned by Robt. Breuer, the foundry man. The boat is 35 by 5 feet and can make Is to IS miles an Afar-
Newport daily independent., 1904-12-20
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES

To the Southeastern states via the Iron Mountain Route. Rate one regular standard fare plus S2 for the round trip. Dates of sale December 21, P, 23 and 26, with final return limit of 30 days from date of sale.
 btd THoS. H. REAMEY, Agt.
Newport daily independent., 1904-12-20

Old papers for sale at this office. If
The Washington times., 1904-02-08

GARY work and poultry farm, and the
lighter work Cf the vegetable garden,
exchanging their surplus products for
whatever can be bought at the nearest
store This farmer will come out, at
the end of the year, with a life of
hard work behind him, but he will
have a farm and some money to show
for it, his children will know how TO
do many things which no manual
school could teach them bet
ter, his food VIII be wholesome-if it
Is not, that is his own fault. and not
the fault of some far-off dealer IN
beef or canned geods-and he will
have been sure, through his whole
business career, of at beast enough to
eat, because his farm vii give him
that 70 the farmer who raises onlv
one crop, life is a continual gambling
operation, in which ne stakes his time,
money and energy against the wits Of
clever men who control the market.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
MONEY FOR USE HERE
IN SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Two Local Appropriations Likely to Be
Included With Measure.

Two Government improvements Of To-
cal interest which have long been
awaited by Westinghouse, will doubt
less be included In coming legislation by
Congress. These arc the first appro-
priation for the Hail OF Records and the
assignment Of a sum sufficient FOR pur-
chasing the block of ground south OF
the Postoffice Department building for
a mailbag repair shop and other uses.
Both these projects have been under
consideration for so long a time that ac-
ton is now deemed imperative. No at
tempt will be made TO secure the money
by separate bills. The plan most likely
to be determined on is TO include the
two amounts in the sundry civil appro-
pTiation bill. The amount TO be appro-
priated at this time for the Hail of Rec
Ords is half a million dollars. with a pro-
viso that the total cost Of the improve
ment shall not exceed two millions. For
the property To be purchased adjacent
TO the present pOstOfice premises an
amount approXimating $4,000 VIII be re-
Ouired.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
ENLARGES ITS SCOPE
Survey Now Divided Into BrancheS-Mnera Resources Of
Alaska Investigated by Commission

The twenty-fourth annual report Of
the Director of the United States Geo
logical Survey which is now ready for
distribution. shows that the several
branches of that organiza ton greatly
enlarged the scope Of their work and
inc leases their activities during the last
fiscal year. The period covered is from
July !. 1902. to July /. 1903. for the work
OF which Congress had appropriated the
sum OF ST. 81, 40.
The Survey as now organized is di-
vided into five branches: the geologic.
topographic. photographic, publication,
and administration.
Geologic Branch.
The geologic branch includes the di-
visions of geology. and paleontology. OF
mining and mineral resources. and of
physics and chemistry The administra-
tion Of the division OF geology and pale
anthology was I'm the hands of the ge-
ologist in charge. while scientific super
vision rested with the chiefs of sections.
The various sections included those of
areal geology. Pleistocene geology, pre-
Cambrien and metamorphic. geology,
petrology. economic geology OF metal
liferous ores. economic geology of nom
metalliferous minerals, and paIeon-
tology. A new section was created dur
ing the year-that of petrology. sfihs
Photographic laboratory maintained in
connection with this section has prob
ably no equal in the quality or the
rapidity of its work
A new feature of the work of the di-
vision Of geology and paleontology was
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
MUSIC FOR Mr.. HAY.

Oneof the official residences IN Wash
ingtOn which Is especially plagued by
street organ grinders is that OF Sec-c-
tary Hay. Scarcely an evening pzsses
that one OF these industrious mu-
sicians % docs not plant himself in
front Of the residence Of the Secretary
OF State and there disturb the quiet
OF the night BY the shrill pipings and
harsh jingling which emanates from his
mechanical music box.
The Italian organ grinders who came
to Washington hold traditional belief
that the Secretary of State is the agent
of the Government duly authorized for
the distribution Of small change among
penniless musicians For that reason
the grinders have such distinctly Ameri-
can airs as Yankee Doodle" in their
repertoire. and IL is this that they will
grind out patiently until they have at
tFacted notice
In the recent Illness of Secretary Hay
II was necessary 20 establish a lackey
on guard to "shoo" the musicians else
where. and a plentiful distribution OF
small change was also necessary
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
The Baltimore Fire.
Greatest Disaster of the Kind Since
Chicago Was Burned.

lesterday morning fire broke out IN
the heart of the business district of
Baltimore, resulting in a eonhagra-
ton the like of which has not been
seen in this country in thirty years.
Not since the great Chicago fire of
1871 has any such wholesale wiping
out of the wealth of a city by fire
been known in the United States.
The money loss is estimated at
Sl50,O00,000 to $200,0O0,000. but
though the latter estimate may cover
the actual loss in dollars and cents. the
actual misfortune to the city, the set
back which business will suffer. the in
convenience and delay and dis
turbance of business relations. must
inevitably amount to much greater
loss than can now be measured. A
similar destruction of property III
New York or Chicago would mean far
less than the practical erippling of the
Business enterprise of tire smaller city,
since Baltimore Is, and has been al
n,est FROM the beginning of its his
tory, a center of trade, and the de-
struction of her business houses must
affect large territory outside the city
limits.
Baltimore is an historic city. She
has taken just pride in being one of
the few cities in America with his
torical traditions associated with near
~ every street end half her buildings.
The greedy flames have destroyed his
toI1c structures which cannot possibly
be replaced, and though the burnt dis.
trict will in time be rebuilt, the ia
nIiliar atmosphere of Baltimore, so
essentially Southern, so individual, so
picturesque, cannot be reproduced.
This is the dark side of the picture.
The bright side may be found, per-
laps, in the warm sympathy which
viii be shown to the stricken city. the
readiness to lend all possible aid which
is so Enthusiastically American, and
the indomitable energy and public
spirit of the American business man,
which, in every case Of such disaster.
has caused new city to arise on the
ruins Of the old, a permanent proof
of the fact that human courage and
optimism can rise superior even TO the
fates themselves. II was so with Chi
oago; it was so with Boston; il was so
with Galveston; and it will undoubt-
edly be so with Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
oUT-rALKED CLUB WOMAN.

Lafe Young. editor Of the 'Des Moines
Capital" who was among the prominent
newspaper men who attended the meet
ing Of the National Republican Editorial
Association in this city last week, en-
joys the distinction Of having out-taIked
a club woman, club woman of club
women.
Des Moines was about to locate a new
public library. Mr.. Young wanted it
located on a river front site and half
a dozen other sites had warm advocates.
The Des Molnes Woman's Club was
much interested in the location OF the
new building and held a meeting 20 dis
cuss the subject. Mr.. Young attended
and was the only man there
When the discussion began Mr. Young
asked to be allowed TO speak and began
an earnest argument in favor OF the
river front location. A little woman
who favored another site objected to
having Mr. Young speak and offered mo-
tons that he be asked 10 desist Madame
President was much confused, but Mr.
Young was not rufIed in the least ana
Kept on talking so fs-t the little wo-
man and her supporters finally had to
sit down and allow him to finish his
speech.
A vote was then taken and the river
front won. The question was then sub
lnitted 10 a popular vote and Mr..
Young's site was selected and is now
the location Of the Des Moines Public
Library.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
THE.
PERSONAL S/DE..
REUSED MR.. CHAPMAN

Business. was at low cbb IN the STOCK
market. On the floor of the exchange
In the street" and in the broEers'
offices, spectators and investors went
about IN sleepy manner and took little
heed Of the quotations that were posted
at long intervals. There was absolutely
nothing doing"
Haven't had single order sodav.'i
said G. 3. Chapman, of Z r. Chapman
& Co. to a few men gathered in his F
street Office
Not likely 20. either. IN this markct.'
said one OF the customers.
Had IL not been for the noises OF tiie
street. the entire party would Ltve
probably journeyed into the hand Of
Nod The board boy lad been asleep for
half an hour after posting the last quo
tation.
Brrr-rr-r-r-r went the telephone.
Guess that's an order for 100
shares" he said with smile as he
walked toward the phone.
A moment later the men IN the Office
were startled 20 hear a converse ton in
the telephone box Mr.. Chapman was
talking in loud voice, and when ne
came out he said:
Got an order for 1909 shares Of gteeL"
few ticks Of ting transmitter. and the
order was on the New York exchange.
Pretty soon the ticker buzzcd, ars1 j
quotation in steel appeared.
The remarkable prediction excited ar
Chapman so that ne could not continue
his sleep.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08

the preparation and publication of bull
letin Jentitled Contributions TO Eco
nomfc Geology. 1902 which is intended
to be the first OF an annual series.
From the appropriation of $l63. 700 for
geologic work allotments were made for
forty-seven field parties. which were
sent TO all parts of the country. IN
addition to this. $4,000 was appropri-
ated for the paleontologic work of six
other parties. Brief accounts of the
given in the report.
Mineral Resources.
Under authority of an act of Congress
making an appropriation of $4,000 for
continuation of the Investigation Of
the mineral resources of Alaska five
parties were actively engaged in field
work during the summer of 1902. A
vestigations made by these parties is
given in the report
The principal work of the division of
mining and mineral resources is the
preparation Of the annual report on the
mineral resources OF the United States.
although considerable time Is devoted TO
answering technical inquiries At the
request OF the Director of the Census.
the schedules OF inquiry of the Twelfth
Census i'm regard TO mining were in
cluded with the statistical cards annual
ly sent out by the Survey. The returns
We're transmitted through the Geological
Survey to the Census Office, thus af
fording both Offices the benefit of CO
operation.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
EXAMINATIONS BRING
GRIEF TO MIDSHIPMEN
A Score of Naval Classmen Thrown Out
for Deficiency.

Semi-annual examinations jast COM
pleted at the Naval Academy brought
grief 10 many midshipIssrf.= seven mem
bers of the second year class. the class
which VIII finish next year. we're turn
ed back into the third class. Seventeen
members OF the second class were found
TO be below grade. and more than
score of members OF this class and the
fourth class were asked TO resign, be-
cause of their deficiency in standing.
The midshipmen whose designations
have been asked are:
Third class-W. Lege Burnett. of
Georgetown. Ga: Cassius NJ Cade. IT..
Shawnee. Okla; w. G. MARYLAND. Penn
Van. n. Y. and ]. a. Sisiebee. Elmira,
N Y
Fourth class-W. b. Piersol. of Phila-
delphia. Pa; John Boflsnd. New York
city; B. D. Rogers. Springfield. Ill: H.
G. Ridglev. Springfield. ILL.,; W. B. Ing
ham, Salem. y. J.; X. l.. Hill. Darling
ton 5. c.: r. V. Rinehard. Baltimore.
Nd; Jerry Witt. Mount Ida. Ark: K.
L. Anderson. Grosseville. Mich; John W.
Senatorial. r.. L. Jurney. Waco. Tex. !.
John ]. Adams. South Evansville, Pa:
DOrrance d. Snapp. Joliet. Ill; w. T.
Truxton, Norfolk. Va; G. +. Mont
gomery. Elizabethtown. Ky; j. X. Nc
Cool Walla Walla. Wash; Carl Barnes,
BullOchville. Ga; r. w. Mooney, New
York city: +. b. Moore Helena Ark
w r Purnell Bowling Green, Mo-, and
r. T. Van Auken. Plainfieid, n. J.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08

got tired of seeing him about. The
passport was obtained.
This also contains a valuable hint.
The average American will pay any
sort of tax if he is bothered enough
about it. If he were consistently and
Persistently followed up by the person
whose duty If was to collect trifing
sum due the government, the govern
ment would get that sum; and the
next time such matter came up the
tax would be paid without delay.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
Increase Of Gold Product.
Byan's Arguments of Eight Years Ago
in the Light of Today.

When William Jennings Bryan
was putting out his arguments for
free coinage &C ffty-cent dollars at
the immutabl, end eternal ratio of is
to !, he predicttd a great crisis due to
the failure of money to be cheap and
plenty. Since Bryan's prediction
many things nlvc happened. Among
them is tie overthrow of his theory
that the probable gold product of the
world was inadequate to support CIR
culation. The demand for gold has
acted on the yellow metal quite the
same as demand would act on the sup
ply of any other product. The pro.
dIetion of gold has been marvelously
increased. More rich strikes" Of
gold have been reported as search was
stimulated For example, within the
past week gold mines of great re-
sources have been opened up in Trim
ity county, Cal, and new mining mills
will soon begin TO crush the ore. More
than this, there has been wonderful
progress in the working of ores; 81
that ores that were thrown away b.
cause they could not be profitabIy
worked are now worked with great
profit, while the richer ores are Iabu-
lousy profitable.
Since Bryan's prediction of adj
versity the country has become the
greatest money distributing center OF
the globe. and has become the greatest
commercial power as well as the great
est domestic power. BY adhering tc
the policy of sound and ample money
the country has gore on from one De
gree of prosperity to another, so that
today tire only danger in our pathway
is the danger which comes from the
abuse Of highly concentrated power
in the hands of Dass and class. And
Roosevelt stands not against concea
tl-ation, but against its perversion.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
Municipal Government.
Some of the Ways in Which 1t Is Done
in Berlin.

The favorite response Of the indif-
ferent public to suggestions that
American municipal government Is
not al that it should be, is, "How can
il be made any betterqv People who
think seriously that it Is impossible to
govern a big city well are invited to
read an essay by Mark Twain, which
Is not in the list of best selling books,
ond has not been published in an edi-
ton de luxe, but deserves 10 be. It Is
an essay on Berlin, and may be found
III the collection of short articles
known as "The Million Pound Bank
Note
The view of Berlin taken by this
genial philosopher of horse sense is
entertaining and instructive. MI.
Clemens grew up in the Middle West,
be has lived in more than one of our
cities, and he knows, probably, all that
there is 10 know about the discom-
forts and abuses which a combination
OF carelessness, ignorance, and graft
can iniiict on a community. This
knowledge undoubtedly added fervor
70 bis admiration of Berlin.
One significant thing which he says
Of the city is that its building inspec-
tors inspect building while it is go
ing mp; they find it cheaper than to
wait until it falls down. This state
nent contains a useful hint to munich
pal building inspectors.
In another place he explains the
way in which laws are enforced in
Berlin, by citing an incident in his
own experience. He was required TO
get passport for a Swiss maid trav-
cling with his family. After the first
two or three visits OF the policeman
who came to attend to this matter.
tariff Of five or ten cents was charged
for each visit. The policeman did not
get tired Of coming, but the American
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
LEAP YEAR FLATS.

Edward Beall. an enterprising and pa
triotic citizen Of Alton. III. IS at
present engaged in building flats ~hieh
will be fitted UP with all modern con-
veniences for housekeeping When COM
pleted they will be known as the Leap
Year flats
To all applicants for these apartments
Mr.. Beall has but one answer to MAKE
The buildings, he says. are not intent
ed for ordinary tenants and VIII Only DO
let on these conditions:
!. Applicants must be married IN Nay
or June. 1904
2. They must believe in Pref dent
ROosevelt's ideas about families.--Chl-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
The Universal Language.
A New Plan Advanced for Unifyins
Human Speech.

Somebody has suggested that Latin
be made the universal language, since
Volapuk, Esperanto, and various
other artificial dialects seem TO be
making so little Roadway. This re-
calls the old epigram that the Ro
mans had time to conquer the world.
because they were born with the
knowledge of those nouns which have
their aecnsative in "im." The advocate
of the scheme, however, makes haste
10 explain that ne does not mean the
Latin Of Cicero and Virgil, of Horace
and Livy; nor even the Latin OF the
Middle Ages, which came as near be-
ing the universal language as any
thing could, being used by all edu-
Gated men. He means the Latin which
was the common speech, which was
taught by Roman soldiers to the un-
washed barbarians whom they encoun-
tered, and which rapidly Incorporated
itself even into dialects so primitive
as those of Britain and Gaul. He
says that this language is much sim
pier than that with which we ali
wrestled in our youthful days. 1t is
to be hoped so.
The idea, therefore, is that a sort
Of pigeon-Latin could be devised.
which would be ineligible to all Eu-
ropean peoples from its similarity to
much of their own speech, and would
be easily learned by Orientais. But If
we are going to disregard grammati-
cal forms. and talk pigeon-anythinG-
Why not pigeon-E nghsh9 Americans,
at any rate, are likely to take this
view. They are too busy to learn q
new language for the purpose OF con-
versing with the inhabitants Of
Kamtchatka, unless it IS absolutely
necessary.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
"PAP" TAFT WAS KIND.

Pap Taft was the nickname Depart
ment OF Justice employees gave to Al
phonso Taft when he was serving as
Attorney General IN President Grants
second Administration. This name was
given to Mr.. Taft because he was so
kind to all persons who worked under
him.
He was the most feeling man who
has been at the head of the depart
ment,' a messenger at the Department
of Justice said, I'm describing the father
of the present Secretary Of War HE
was much like his son. Judge Taft
The Tafts have the faculty of seeing the
bright side OF everything.
When Mr.. Taft was Attorney Gen
eral the Department of Justice Occu-
pied tho Freedman's Bank building.
which stood on a site on Pennsylvania
Avenue west OF the building now occu-
pied by che Riggs Bank
The Washington times., 1904-02-08
QUESTIONED TAFT's DIGESTION.

How is your digestion? Is your stom-
ach weak? Does II subject you TO In
convenience and distress by day. and
disturb your rest by night? Does indi-
gestion acquaint you with the horrors
OF Indigestion"
THESE questions were propounded 70
Secretary Taft in the first letter he re-
ceived after entering upon his duties
as head OF the War Department. The
questions were clipped from a news
paper advertisement. and beneath them
was the picture of an insomnia pa
ts-nE
The following note accompanied the
questions:
To the Secretary OF War
Sir; The inclOsed questions are adj
dressed to your conscience as a public,
officer. Unless you can answer them i'm
the negative you should immediately re-
sign. from A Common or Garden Law
yer
The handwriting was that Of Score
Sary Root.
The Washington times., 1904-02-08

II would be interesting 20 know how
much Of the popular sympathy for japan
against Russia is due to the fact that
bathing is the universal custom In the
Isle of the Dragon Fly.