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The Washington times., 1905-02-10
FIVE CHINESE CONVERTS
TO CATHOLIC CHURCH

BALTIMORE. Feb. 10-The Immacu-
late Conception Church is preparing TO
receive five Cinnamon into the Roman
Catholic faith.
After they have been instructed to the
satisfaction Of their teachers they
will be baptized. then confirmed and per
mitted to take communion Gee Quee
q laundryman, embraced the Catholic
religion of his own Yo!ition
The Washington times., 1905-02-10
Valentines

new feature this year-Valanine Books dan1y bound
book tied with ribbon to which Valentine is attached suitably
boxed ready for mailing There 90 feet of coune and 800 feet
OF shelving here devoted Valentines gradually
ie sos Enter by Eleventh door, and these hundreds of
thousands of Valentines will greet you Make your selections and
ask for pens ik and postage stamps Information
The Washington times., 1905-02-10

mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
nnerce. closed the debate in d speech
whose terms defended the course OF the
speaker In allowing the Esch-ToWnsend
bill to be substituted for the so-called
Hepburn bill He explained that the
Hepburn bilF' was the product of the
brain of the Attorney General, but that
he allowed il TO be rejected by the COM
mlittee because he did not want the
committee made the target for sensa-
tional scribblers.
After explaining the merits Of the new
bill, Mr.. Hepburn made earnest ap-
peal 10 the railroads to obey the law.
They had to learn, he said. that there
is a greater power than the railroads
that the interests of the multitudes Of
the people are paramount.
Name of the Bill,
a remarkable feature of the bill which
superseded the Hepburn bill In the Com
merce Committee, and which received
finally the almost solid vote of the
House of Representatives, is that 1t is
commonly known as the Townsend bill.
being called after its main author, Rep
resentative Charles e. Townsend, of the
Second Michigan district, who is now
serving in his first Congress
Such a distinction Is rarely enjoyed
by new man" in Congress. a new
conner in the national halls of legisla-
ton, he has put the imprint Of his name
and individuality on the most famous
bill passed by the present House. affect
ing as it does all the railroad interests
in the country. He is a lawyer by pro-
fesson, having been admitted to the
bar in Michigan in 1895. He was born
August 10, 1856, at Concord, Mich
His Wisconsin Colleague. =
His partner in the authorship of the
bill is John Jacob Esch. who was elected
to the Fifty-siNth. F'ifty-seyenth and
Fifty-eighth Congresses. He also is a
| lawyer and has practiced his profession
In La Crosse, Wis He represents the
! Seventh Wisconsin district. and has
The Washington times., 1905-02-10
MRS. EDWARDS HAS
MADE CONFESSION
Said to Have EXOnerated
Her Paramour.
STATEMENT TOHERLAWIER
Believes It May Influence Pardon
Board to Spare Life of Man
Convicted With Her.
STATEMENT TOHERLAWYERS

READING, Feb. 10.-There is every
reason to believe now that. Kate Ed
wards has made a confession in which
she says she alone slew her husband
nearly four years ago, and that Samuel
Greason, who is condemned to be hang
ed with her week hence, IS al 9nno-
cent man.
Confesses to Counsel.
Oliver Lentz, who has been her coun-
sci since the beginning Of her fight for
life, and his co-counsel, Elwood II.
Drishcr, were in the woEan's cell four
hours. William A Oaks, q notary pub
lie, was called in at the close Of the
long conference, and the Edwards wo-
man swore to q statement made to the
lawyers
The confession covers many sheets Of
paper. and on good authority is said to
contain complete recital Of the events
leading up TO the murder of Edwards
and all the details of the deed itself.
The woman admits now that Greason
was not in the Edwards. house on the
night of the murder The condemned
mans counsel is preparing TO make APP
plication to the Supreme Court for the
reopening of his case.
Daughter Exonerates Him.
To add to the strength OF his defense,
an affidavit WAS received from Mary
Edwards. daughter of Kate Edwards,
now living in St Louis. in which she
says:
SAMUEL Greason had nothing TO dc
with the killing of my father that
know of, and should not be hanged"
Mrs. Edwards confession, it is
thought, will place the case in an en-
tirely new aspect before the board OF
pardons, which will meet at Harrisburg
The day before the date fixed for the
double execution. If the wonan'S state
Inent is accepted by the board, it may
save the mans life It is expected that
the execution will at least be postponed
in view of it.
The Washington times., 1905-02-10
The PALAIS

Eighty dozen Genemen's Cape Walking Gloves to distribute
Sis instead of ST. pair Fitted at risks and each pair
strictly guaranteed Genemens good Riding Gloves here 81
fitted and guaranteedbu not 81 so gloves at Si3he bet
e- bargains.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
Scholarship For Sale.

The Independent recently of- fered for sale a scholarship in the Memphis Commercial College at cut rate. It was sold the second day by phone message as a result of the advertisement and the fact that a bargain was offered.
 We have another, $50 schol- arship in the famous Interna- tional Correspondence School of Scranton, Penn., for almost any course of study desired. Business course, bookkeeping, stenogra- phy, architectural, electrical and civil engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, teaching, surveying, in fact most any line can be taken up at home and acquired. This scholarship will be sold first ap- plicant for $35. btf
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
Mrs. Amelia Hirsc.h

Mrs. Amelia Hirsch, wife of Aaron Hirsch, of St. Louis died at the home of her daughter in that city Wednesday morning from lingering illness of sev- eral months, and from which she was a great sufferer.
 MT. and Mrs. Hirsch are well known in Jackson county, hav- ing lived a number of years in Jacksonport and this city, being among it's pioneer settlers and very best people and have made many friends who will regret deeply to hear of this good wom- ans taking away in her seventy fifth year. Besides a husband Mrs. Hirsch leaves three sons and one daughter to mourn her death. They are l.. Hirsch of this city, J. B. Hirsch of Little Rock, Ralph Hirsch of St. Louis and Mrs. Cora Strauss of the same city. The funeral will be held in St. Louis Friday at 9:30 a. m. from 4169, McPherson Avenue, when interment will take place.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
ONE CASE AT MELVILLE.
Authentic Report That Sbanger Having Yellow Fever Died in That Town
 Last Monday Morning.

Dr. Meriwether of Walnut Ridge was in the city yesterday and he says there is a we'll au- thenticated story from Neely- vile, Mo-, to the effect that a stranger was put off an Iron Mountain train there Sunday very i'll, and that he died Mon- day morning. His illness was pronounced to be without ques- tion yellow fever.
 Neelyville is a few miles north of the Arkansas line on the main line of the St. Louis, Iron Noun tain and Southern. It is the first station the other side+of Corning, and about 60 miles from Jonesboro. -Jonesboro Sun.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
Installing fumigation Plant.

General Superintendent w. T. Tyler of the Iron Mountain left Monday evening for the Louisi- ana-Arkansas state line to look after the installation of the fumi- gation plant which the state board of health ordered in at that point. It is the intention of the board to have all freight coming into the state from Louisiana fumigated thoroughly at the state line, thereby avoid- ing all danger of infection. Col. Tyler has been giving the board every assistance possible, and he is today at the state line seeing that his orders are being car ried out just as they were given.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
LIVERY MEN FARMERS
 DRAYMEN

And all users of axle grease that want the best grease on the market and that recognize good thing when shown it's merits, we recommend our Golden and Cas- tor Oil brands of Axle Grease. It is put,up in 1 pound tin boxes and 3 pound tin buckets. For sale by all up-to-date merchants. Ask for it and take no substitute. It is guaranteed to have no equal for quality on the market.
 WATERS-PIERCE
 OIL COMPANY.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
MAY RUIN CHATAUUQuA.
Mammoth Spring Offers Nlg0rou Pro- test Against Davis Quarantine
 on Missouri Line.

Mammoth Spring, Ark, Sept. 5. Gov. Davis has established a self-imposed quarantine here on the state line of Missouri against the urgent protest of both the city authorities and the we'll or ganized local board of health. Protests have been sent him by wire. Mammoth Spring has gone to much expense to hold the fifth annual Chautauqua, which opened today, and the estab- fishing of this arbitrary measure means financial disaster to the business interests of the town behind the Chautauqua company. Besides working this business disaster to the town the railroad traffic is so badly hampered as to be almost a failure.
 The Southeastern Limited was held up at Thayer by the Davis militia this morning for eighty five minutes, and every passen- ger from Colorado, Idaho, Wash ington or Arizona forced to stop and be held up" for $1. 50 each by the physicians and notaries at Thayer, Mo-, for quasi health certificate. As a gracious act the Davis militia has agreed to hold.up the trains at Thayer, Mo, this disision point, two miles from the state line here, instead of at Mammoth Spring. The Frisco company has adver- tised and the town of Mammoth Spring has prepared to handle two large excursions during this Chautauqua week one from Springfield, Mo-, and one from Jonesboro.
 What answer Governor Davis may give the city authorities and the board of health to their urgent appeals is only wild conjecture. Even his friends here fail to conceive his motive in sending militia to quarantine passengers from the Rocky Mountains coming to Arkansas, or freight from the same points.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
THE INDEPENDENT
 PERCY ii. VANDYkE, / Publisher and Editor. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
NEWPORT,

A. G. Anderson returned on Thursday morning from his trip in the north, Mrs. Anderson re- maining for while longer.
 Carroll Wood of Batesville, father of Clyde Wood of this city was brought down from Batesville Wednesday night, be- ing taken to St. Vincent's in- irmary at Little Rock for medi- cal treatment. He was accom- panied by his physician, Dr. Kennerly of that city.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
Now Is Baby Today '

Better, thank you. In fact, quite we'll. Fat, round and full of life and mischief. Pink and white flesh, dotted with dim- ples. No cough, no indigestion 1 All on account of
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07

The sense of sight grows most precious, though often the best of glasses cannot restore to old eyes even a portion of their youthful power. These facts should impress all with the im- portance of early care for the organs of sight. Do not wait till your eyes become impaired, but have them tested at once, as often an eye specialist can detect and remedy in time what might prove a serious trouble if ne- elected.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-07
Notice of Assessment.

Assessment of local Improvement Mo- 2, being sidewalk Improvement District No. of the City of Newport, for the purpose of constructing cement sidewalks on both sides of Walnut street from East Second street to the intersection of said Walnut street with Newport and Remmel avenues was filed in my office on the 18th day of August, 1905, and the same is now subject to inspection.
 Given under my hand this 26th day of August, 1905.
 J. R. NATHAN.
 Recorder of the City of Newport, Ark. (O5 d 10 u
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
Martin Rxrnes Dead.

Last Saturday Martin Byrnes, one of
the Oldest and best known residents
of Minneapolis, died after few days
illness of pneumonia, at his late home,
10 N. Fifteenth street. The deceased
was native OF Ireland where he was
born 60 years ago. He had resided in
Minneapolis for forty years and had a
wide acquaintance. He will be re-
membered by many of the early set
tiers as trusted and faithful employe
of the Nicollet House for many years.
He leaves widow, one daughter, Mrs.
Il. A. Garrity, and five sons, among
whom are William ]. Byrnes engaged
in the banking business at Spokane,
and James Byrnes, the famous singer.
All the family were present at the
funeral which occurred Monday morn
ing from the Immaculate Conception
church, as was also a brother of the
deceased, William Byrnes, residing at
Barry, MINI. High requiem mass
was offered up and a deserving tribute
to the memory of the deceased was
spoken by Rev. T. E. Cullen. No
funeral in recent years was so notice
able for the large attendance of the
early residents of Minneapolis, show
ing the respect and esteem in which
Mr.. Byrnes was held by all classes of
citizens. The body was laid to rest at
ST. Mary's cemetery.
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
Interesting Ceremony.

An interesting ceremony took place
on Tuesday in the basilica of St.
Agnes, two miles outside of Rome.
The building stands over the cata-
combs, where, among others, the body
of St. Agnes is buried. While Plus
TX, April -, 1855, was receiving there
the college of the propaganda the floor
gave way and all present were precipi-
tated into the catacombs twenty feet
below. Fortunately nobody was in
jured, this being by some persons con-
sidered a miracle.
The only survivors of the accident
are Rev. DR.. Richard l.. Burtsell of
Rondout, N. Y, and Archbishop Ru-
bian, the resident representative Of
the Armenians in Rome. Tuesday
morning they were both warmly
greeted by the assemblage at the basil
lica. DR.. Burtsell celebrated high mass
and Bishop Rubian intoned the Te
Deum and bestowed the benediction.
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22

Dennis Ramsey, Of Alexandria, Va,
a colonel in the Revolutionary army.
Robert Barry was direct descend
ant of the famous Barry family of
Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland, who
claim descent from the Normans.
Commodore John Barry, better known
as "the father of the American
navy" was Robert Barry's own cousin.
Among Mrs. Ryan's benefactions to
the church, may be enumerated, be-
sides the Richmond Cathedral large
chapel at Hot Springs, Va, seating
$50 persons; a $4,000 church in Man
chester, Va, seating 400 persons; the
Sacred Heart School, in Richmond,
Va, with accommodations for 400
boys and girls; a Sisters residence,
in Richmond; a school in Newport
News, Va, accommodating 200 chill
dren; a beautiful chapel at Covington,
KY, a church at Falls Church, Va, ac-
commodating 400 persons, and a hos
pital at Lynchburg, Va. with seventy
beds for white and negro residents of
the city Another hospital was built
by her at Suffern, N. Y, as also
schools. The Cathedral at Richmond
is estimated to cost several hundred
thousand dollars.
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
WITH THE DEAD.

The death of James Smith occurred
Thursday morning at the home Of Mrs.
Charles Rice, 527 N. Bryant avenue.
The deceased was 72 years of age. He
leaves a widow, four daughters, Mrs.
]. ]. Lane, Mrs. Charles Rice, this city,
Mrs. Geo. Murphy, St. Paul, Miss
Josie, this city, and one son residing
at La Crosse, Wis. The interment
will be at La Crosse, where the family
resided for many years and to which
place the body was taken yesterday.
William Daily, resident of Maple
Grove township, Hennepin, county for
many years past, died at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, Of blood poisoning. The
body was brought home for interment
and the funeral was held yesterday
morning from the Catholic church at
Corcoran with interment at the Maple
Grove cemetery. The deceased was
4S years Of age and single.
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
Richmond's New Cathedral.

The new Cathedral at Richmond,
Va, will be a fine as we'll as monu-
mental edifice, says The Record, of
Louisville 1t will be 206 feet in
length and ia feet in width, with two
towers 112 feet in height and dome
144 feet in height. In the interior the
aisles are carried around the sanctu-
ary to form an ambulatory, a feature
not uncommon in some Of the
churches of Europe, but very rare in
America. The sanctuary will be sep
arated from the ambulatory by iron
grill work of elaborate design. Under
the apse crypt is being provided
with fifty catacombs and inches for
altars. This crypt is to be the burial
place of Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan, who are
building il, and their five sons, John
Barry, William K, Allan A., Clendenin
j., and James J.
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, who Is build.
ing the new Cathedral for the Bishop
Of Richmond, is one Of the foremost
benefactors of the church in this
country. Her benefactions are said to
amount to upwards Of two and half
million dollars. Previous to her mar
rage, she was Miss Ida May Barry,
the daughter Of John Smith Barry, a
prominent merchant of Baltimore, a
son of Robert Barry, who married
Miss Amelia Ramsey, daughter Of Col.
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
FROM THE CAPITAL.

Miss Maggie Bridgeman has bought
the Y. M. c. A. restaurant in the old
Stock Exchange building at the Min
nesota transfer. People may now be
sure of getting the very best restau
rant service between the cities at a
pleasant place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Banberry of
ST. Anthony Park are once more the
happy parents of rugged boy.
John Keefe, Of the Great Northern
railroad, has just purchased nice
home in Robertson avenue, St. An
thony Park.
Miss Margaret O'Grady Of Bayless
avenue has obtained her diploma and
teachers first grade certificate for
teaching in the schools of Minnesota
from now on.
Death resulting from heart failure
came last Sunday to Thomas Grace,
one of the Oldest inhabitants of St.
Paul and of the state. Mr.. Grace was
found dead in his chair in one Of the
rooms of the house at 1872 Fifth street
west, which he has occupied for a
period of SO years. Born in Kilkenny,
ireland, in 1926, Thomas Grace came
to America when 81 years Of age,
journeying as far west as Chicago in
1851 and arriving in st. Paul in the
early pioneer days Of 1853. He was a
mason by trade, but after coming to
st. Paul he became contractor and
in the course of his business career
erected many of the old stone land
marks in the city, including the House
of Hope church, the Gilfillan block, the
Merchants hotel and the Jail. He was
prominent in public affairs and served
as alderman for seventeen years, as a
member of the school board for six
years and on the county board Of con-
troll for twelve years. At the time Of
his death he was member Of the
water board, having held that position
for twelve years. Among his friends
he was always known as Honest
Tom" OF his three children only one,
Thomas Grace, who is assistant cash.
Ter in the water ofiice, survives him.
The funeral waa held from the Cathe-
dral on last Tuesday morning, and the
sermon was by Archbishop Ireland.
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
Mark Twain's Latest.

The following story comes from
York Harbor, Me-:
Say, yer know that leterrery chap
thet had the Furness Cottage up on
the hill, two years ago last summer
Mark Twain, b'lieve they called i'm.
Gee! ye'd never think ter look at i'm
thet he could write books!
wal, he uster come over ter my
house an set fer hours to a time
while spun yarns an told i'm abaout
York folks an things. Seemed ter be
reel soeiable like-an' liked ter smoke
an talk, an joke with an old fool like
me.
Wal, one day he came ter me look
in kind O. worried like, an his hair
was all ruffied up like he'd been aout
in stiff nor'easter, an he sez: Cap'n
Brooks, can you tell ME if there is an
osteopath at the Harbor?' WAL sez /,
the mebbe, but amt never ketched
one on 'em, an I've been fishin' here
nigh onter forty years. He looked at
me kind O. queer, an then sed he
guessed he'd go up to the drug store
an enquire.
"Wal, l went home an told the old
woman abaout it, an she sez: You
big fool, Jed Brooks, 'taint no fish, tits
Il bird So then l went inter the best
room an took down the cyclopedium
my boy Steve he'd when he was ter
Harvard college, an I'll be burned IL
it want no fish at all, nor no bird
neither, but new-fangled kind of a
doctor!"
The Irish standard., 1905-04-22
The hihernian Home.

The question of founding National
Hibernian Home is before the divi-
sions for approval or rejection. 1t is
to be hoped that the Affirmative vote
will be so decisive as to insure the
adoption of this question by the next
national convention. We need home
where the aged, infirm and disabled
members can find a haven of rest in
their declining years and enjoy the
comfort and environment which result
from the mingling of persons of one
race and creed. Think of what
national Hibernian home will mean.
1t will mean that the principal purpose
for which the A. o. H. was organized
on American soil and for which it still
exists shall be realized; it will mean
the consummation of the charitab!ee
feature of the order. And if there is
anything for which the A. O. H. is dis
tinguished it is charity-Christian
charity that comes from the heart and
goes to the heart. We want home
into which rivulets of love and charity
shall ever flow and brighten the lives
of the inmates and give them to un-
derstand that the greatest fraternal
society in the world is their benefac.
tor. The question of establishing .
Hibernian home was first mooted at
the time the Celtic chair was talked
of, and because of the necessity Of
resurrecting the Irish language, the
chair was given precedence, and every
member of our order cheerfully con-
tributed toward it's endowment.
Now it is proposed to build monu-
ment more enduring than any yet un,
dertaken by the A. o. H.-a monument
that will defy the blasts of adversely
and proclaim to the world, here is
peace and love and charity and kindly
ministration. Build this home with the
cement of brotherly love and it will
pass through the storms unscathed;
rear it's walls so high that the eternal
skies may kiss it in approval; make it
a benign beacon whose light shall
shine through the darkness of the
worlds neglect and gloom, and be-
meath whose dome the crown of Hiber-
nian welcome will await the loyal Gael
mustered out of active work, because
of physical infirmity. Build this home
with Hibernian charity for it's corner
stone; dedicate it to love and friend
ship and the Ancient Order of Hiber.
mans, with banners flying, will go
down the century invincible, irresisti-
BILE, triumphant. J. c. Gubbins.