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The Newark journal., 1905-02-10
Real Estate For Sale.
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Property
 Offered by Craig (; Henderson.

NO. 5. so acres Big Bottom land 2 miles from Newark; 60 acres in cul- tiyation, acres in alfalfa; grows bale of cotton to the acre.
 NO 37. ? acres incest residence property in north part of town; good well and garden on place.
 5s. 160 acre farm 3 miles north of town, 40 acres in cultivation, 20 acres good timber, no rocks, 5 room log house and room frame house, good well, and nice young orchard.
 No. 28. b acres fine Big Bottom land, mile and half from Newark all in cultivation: makes bale of cotton per acre.
 NO. 30. 529 acres fine bottom land; mile river front on Black river; 300 acres under fence; 200 acres fine cane land; valuable white oak timber on land.
 No. 31. Block of incest residence property in Newark, near schoo building.
 No. g. Block nice residence prop erty in west side Newark, 1 block from school building.
 NO 42. 10 acres tImbered land mi. north of Newark; good hill land and nice location for small fruit farm.
 No. B. Block residence property in north part of town; 80 bearing apple trees on place; choice residence prop erty.
 No. 8. 99 acres ? miles north of Newark, 70 acres in cultivation, 2-sto- ry 5room house. good outbuildingS, barns, 20 acre pasture and fine youn orchard.
 No. 3s. 40 acres timbered land on Village creek, miles from Newport, fine land; valuable white oak timber on place.
 43. 360 acres good bottom land, 2s0 acres in timber; so acres in timothy; good 1 room house; good barn and out buildings; good orchard; 100 acres in pasture; improvements good; located } miles from Newark; a fine stock farm. Price i've thousand dollars.
 45. ? room house and acre land in- north edge of city, at bargain.
 46. 3 acres nice residence property in north edge of city; beautiful f5ca- tion, and genuine bargain.
 
 IS. 80 acres in the manganese belt, miles northwest of Cushman; ;healthy location; springs in abundance.
 49 40 acres timbered land miles north of BateSville in the manganese belt; soil rich from mineral.
 50. . acres fine residence property in north part of town; blocks from school building; fine orchard of about 75 bearing trees; nice location.
 52. HOO acres fine river bottom land on Black river, lying on both sides of railroad; over POO acres in cultivation; 400 acres in pasture; good timber, miles river front, railroad station and switch on place, all good farming land and has natural drainage, fine for cot l ton, and would make as fine stock ! farm as any of it's size in the South.
 52. 240 acres fine land in the famous Big Bottom country, half mile from l Newark; makes bale of cotton and so to 100 bushels corn per acre; p acres in alfalfa yielding to tons per acre every year.
The Newark journal., 1905-02-10

Services were held February 3 throughout the diocese of Little Rock in Catholic churches, in cele- bration of the 3Sth anniversary of the conservation of Rt. Rev. Edward Fitzgerald, bishop of Little Rock. The services were very simple at the request of the bishop. The bishop was consecrated February 3, 1867, at Columbus, Ohio, and reached Lit tie Rock, his first station on March F following. The bishop is P years old.
The Newark journal., 1905-02-10


 witnesses in the Denver fraud case.
 The city officials of New York have discovered that their city hall is sinking.
 Miss Ruth Hopper, the Swiss heir ess, has returned to Zion, the head quarters of Dowie.
 A New York fire laddie displayed great courage in stopping the run away horses attached to his engine.
 A process served on Charles l. Steel, retired business man of Ben sonhurst, l.. l., caused him to shoot himself
 Hans Peterson, farmer living near La Crosse, Wis, spent a miser- able and cold night in a tree while wolves stood beneath.
 Madame Gabrielle Rejane, the French actress, danced the ean-ean oil the top of table at the James Hyde ball at Sherry's in New York.
 Bellington, Wash, authorities caught gang of counterfeiters that have been operating extensively throughout the state of Washing ton.
 Mrs Tilghman Craigie is dead at Quakake, Pa, at the age of 102 years. She spent her life on a farm and was the mother of four teen children.
 Charles Fishburn, a prominent young banker and social leader of Roanoke, Va, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. He was convicted on the charge of man. slaughter.
 At Columbus, Miss, Miss Mary Taylor was badly burned by the ex- plosion of a celluloid comb which was in her hair. The young lady was sitting before blazing fire read ing when the comb exploded and set fire to her hair.
 According to statistics made by New York insurance company, the sum of $10,O00,000 was embedded in the United States in 1904. New York alone headed the list with embezzlements amounting to $1,051,- 585. California was next with total of $1,058,S25. Then comes Pennsylvania with the sum of $987,- 233. Ohio followed with $830, POS.
 Morris L. Bridgman, the former agent of the Fort Belknap Indian reservation, was found guilty in the United States court at Helena, Mont, of having made false state ments to the government regarding Indians. He was convicted on ten counts and found innocent in two. The penalty IS from a month to five years imprisonment and a fine of S1 ,000.
 The United States senate commit tee on census amended and report ed the house joint resolution direct ing the director of the census to col feet and publish additional statistics relating to cotton The amendment inserts a provision requiring the seml-monthly publication of the American cotton ginned in lieu of the monthly reports now made by the, director of the census.
 ten. kuropatkin has rendered to the czar his resignation of the con- mand of the forces in the far East. Gen. Grippenberg has been removed from the command of the second Manchurian at his own request, hay ing declared that he had been dis honored by Kuropatkin's orders to retreat at the battle of the Hun river. It IS reported that Gen. Lin- leylteh will succeed Kuropatkin.
 The Tennessee state senate pass ed the bill prohibiting betting at race tracks in that state. Should the measure pass the lower house it will sound the death knell of horse racing in Tennessee.
The Newark journal., 1905-02-10

Up to January 16 there had been 743, ,444 bales of cotton ginned ip Arkansas.
The Newark journal., 1905-02-10
Farmer Was Shot.

William Norris, a farmer residing near Genoa, was found dead in the woods near his home. A pistol of large cahbre was lying near the body and there was hole in Norris head Norris had been missing for week. Opinion is divided as to whether 1t was murder or suicide.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

ness propositions. But ! do want you
Il was dumbfoundcd at what he said,
and explained to him that such "A step
would cause no end of comment on the
part of his friends. | told him hat his
family would probably raise objections
to his marriage, but he said he dldn't
care what the family thought and that he
was old enough to know his W affairs.
"A few days later ! met Mr.. Duke
again and consented tomarry him. | knew
that when our engagement was an
nounced there would be a great deal OF
publicity about 1t, and | decided to 90 to
some obscure hotel. Mr.. Duke and | dis
cussed our business projects every day,
and he agreed to take charge of all my
interests in Texas, and also got a tinan-
c!al interest in my lands In that state.
He readily consented to put up the capt
tai for the development of "A large tract Of
land on which ! had an option. In the
meantime. to show good faith, Mr.. Duke
had a certified check made out and de-
posted it with his lawyer, He also en-
tered into negotiations for $50. 600 for the
purchase of the land.
"Whcn Mr.. Duke and ! were discussing
our coming marriage one day ] asked
him II his brothers and son were likely
to raise any objections 10 1t. lie said:
The family home Is mine, and my rela-
tlvcs will respect you, or have to get out
of it."
Mrs. Duke also had much TO say about
the plans she ana her husband had
formed for building IA church In Durham,
N. c., and improving the condition Of the
poor people Of the great tobacco city.
Denies Drinking Stories.
81 want to deny emphatlcally," she
said, "all the reports about Mr., Duke ana
me INDUCING to excess in drinking, and
that ". were often In an intoxicated con
Gition together. IT Is all "A wicked false
hood, and intended by the members Of
the Duke family who have been pcrsecut-
ing me eve since my marriage to Mr.
Duke to destroy my good name. ! con
scented to an early marriage AT ia" urgent
plea of Mr.. Duke. The following day
we went on with our business arrangc-
monts, but Mr.. Duke contracted a severe
cold and his condition became 80 serious
that ! thought It safest to have the doctor
give all Of his time to him"
"a Beautiful" Marriage.
Mrs. Agnes Dcsplaines. who has fig,
ured as Mrs. Dukes closest friend. has
| called the luke marriage q beautiful
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

one. She declares that Miss Webb Is a
very capable business woman, and that
when Mr.. Duke came to see her at was 4
case of love at first sight. for they 500
stopped talking about tobacco" Ac-
cording to Mrs. Dcsplaines, the clever
Miss webb was all business, but the sec
ond time Mr.. Duke called on her he in
sisted upon marrying her.
Finally" said Mrs. Desplaines, "he
refused to talk business. Then Miss
Webb saw It was no use to refuse, and,
as she really loved him. she at last con
scented TO marry him. She was afraid his
family would object, but Mr.. Duke waved
her objections aside and declared he
would never be satisfied until he got her.
II was a hasty courtshlp and n hasty
marriage. Only three days elapsed be-
tween the first visit and the second when
he proposed marriage. If any woman
could make n man happy she Is the one.
Now they have torn him away from her
in the very midst Of their honeymoon. 1t
vas cruel to separate them, but 1t will
not last"
These things and many more were
told BY Mrs. Desplaines to District At
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

tOrncy jerome, who has charge OF all
criminal cases in New York county. In
the meantime II was discovered that she
had something Of a record Of her own,
and that her acquaintance with Mrs,
Alice Webb dated back many years. II
seems that Mrs. Desplaincs in 1894. when
the state legislature ordered a searching
investigation of police conditions in New
York city, appeared before the LcxOw
committee and acknowledged that she
was the owner of "a Raincs law hotel"
that had been raidcd by the police. The
RaineS law hotels are "A peculiar i%nstitu-
ton in New York city, by which 1t is
made possible to sell liquor on Sunday.
There are some 1000 OF them licensed,
and as "A class they are dens of vice and
infamy.
Mrs. Dukes Past.
There have been many interesting
chapters in the life OF Alice l.. Webb
Powell - HOpkinson = Mastcrson - Duke
since she left the Erie county orphan
asylum in Buffalo. The New York police
say that Alice Webb first came to that
city In 1873 to begin "A life full Of excite
mcnt. One Of the first incidents in her
career that brought notOricty to her waa
her attempt TO shoot Il man named Murat
MastersOn, who represented himself to be
"A wealthy Arizona miner. The two had
been associates for some time, aud their
quarrel was the ordinary case of zeal
Ousy so common among people of "A GER
tain class. MastersOn and Alice l.. Webb
were arrested, but as neither would make
a complaint both were discharged. This
was in 1890.
Three years later the woman brought
Il suit against George w. ~Iiopklnson. a
wealthy manufacturer Of pcrfumerlos,
for alimOny. According to aiidayits now
on file. Ilopkinson lived at a fashionable
hotel in New York city in 1877. lie had
been Introduced TO a woman calling her
SELF Alice Osborne, who told him that
she had been married to a man called
Osborne, and afterwards been charged
with "~cndcavoring to blackmail Mr.. Os.
bOrnc's estate" Hopkiuson induced
Alice Osborne to leave the De8plalnci
boarding house. She set mp an 'stab.
llshmont Of her own and lived in consid,
cradle luxury. Some years later. whci
liopkinsOn tried 10 drop her acquaint
ance. he took the |precautiOn to have pa,
pcrs duly drawn up and signed in th'
presence Of hi0 attorney. The woman
acknowledged that she had never beer
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

ION arriving in New York. I sent q
telegram to Brodie l.. Duke, asking him
for a business appointment. BY mistake
my message fell into the hands of his
brother, who came to see me nj the AS
tor House. When | discovered that he
was not the mar | expected to meet, |
tod him my message had been intended
for Brodie l.. Duke. Then | explained
what ~, mission was. and before leav-
Ing he made me an offer of $15, 900 n yea:
for my services in his business affairs. !
declined the offer after telling Mr.. Duke
that my services were not for sale.
"Then | sent a second telegram to
Brodie l.. Duke, at Durham. n. c., and
we met for the first time at the Astor
House. | explained my business propo-
si,ion to him. and he expressed great in
terest in It. met Mr.. Duke by appoint
ment a number of times, and he made In
q%uiries about me and my business az
fairs. One day. to my great surprise. he
said TO me:
Wanted Woman, Not Lands.
Little girl, don't want your tobacco
stock, and | don't want your lands, nor
do | want to consider any OF your bust
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

you that we. are very happy. Mr.. Duke
wants to talk to you himself"
Then benjamin Duke heard some con
versation and a voice which he recog-
nized as his brothers came over the
phone. 1t said: This little Texas girl
has got me. and got me good"
Benjamin Duke asked his brother II
he was satisfied, or something to that Of
feet, and there was "A conversation at the
other end Of the telephone in which he
heard women's voices. Then his brother
said: yes, 1t Is alright. ! am salts
fed"
A Strange Disappearance.
At that time the Dukes didn't know
where Brodie Duke was. What really
caused them to put private detectives to
work was the knowledge which came to
his family that Brodie Duke had gone
back TO North Carolina and tried to wind
up his affairs there, among other things
asking that about 800, 900 worth Of So
c~urities he held there should be forward
ed to him In New York. On top OF that
they discovered that he had given a
check for 81 POO on n bank where he had
only $500 IN deposit, and that the check
had been returned. Next they learned
that an attempt had been made to Dor
row money on two of his notes for SIG
800, which had finally come into the
hands Of "A wcll-known money lender.
At once one Of his brothers and a son
applied TO the court for an order commit
ting BrOdie Duke to the hospital. De
t~ectiyes were sent to the Park Avenue
hotel, a fashionable establishment where
Brodic Duke and his wife were living.
Duke himself made no resistance, but
Mrs. Duke was no so passive. She
abused the relatives, and particularly
the son who was instrumental in getting
his father away from her. The dclec-
tivcs pushed Duke out of the apartments.
and the next day the bride was asked to
leave the place. For awhile she went
into hiding, but when at last she was To-
Gated she told astory in which sentiment
and business was strongly mixed.
Mrs. Duke has all along claimed to
have large property interests. She Is
about 80 years of age, perhaps five years
the junior of her husband. For several
years she has figured as a promoter Of a
certain kind of industrial concern OF
more or less magnitude. Her business
correspondence is written on nicely en-
graycd stationery. under the heading OF
"Thc Tcxas-Cuba Tobacco Company
Of which Alice NJ. Webb figures as the
president. The Offices Of the concern are
in the Continental bank building, Of Chi
cage, and. according to Mrs. Duke, 1t
land in Texas. She Is also interested In
the firm OF Taylor. Webb a. Co, which
has It's headquarters with the tobacco
concern. Mrs. Duke Is the Webb of the
firm. 1t Is engaged In promoting all
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

sorts OF projects and stock enterprises.
According to Mrs. Duke, her first meet
ing with her husband came about In the
way OF business.
A High Priestess of Finance.
II have large property interests in
Texas" she explained. after her husband
had been committed 10 the hospital, 1T
was In connection with these that | came
to New York from Chicago in the latter
part Of November. ! wanted to secure
additional capital to develop the prop
erty. and naturally | meant to geek
wealthy investors. OF course | heard Vi
the Dukes ~ men Of wealth.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27
Farinose Custnrd.

Into II pint of boiling milk stir slow
ly one tablespoonful Of farinosc, add one
and one-half tablespoonfuls sugar and u
pinch Of salt; after removing from fire.
stir in two llghtly-beatcn eggs; turn into
wet moulds. Serve with any sauce de-
Rired.-Good Literature.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27

rage of Brodie L. Duke and Miss Alice
Webb on December q, 1904. The fact
that the ceremony was performed by
Rev. w. W. Coe, chief assistant of Rev.
Charles Parkhurst, OF Madison Square
Presbyterian church. who became ia
nous some years ago because of his cru
SADIE against vice, ought to have attract
ed attention. Ordinarily the mere name
OF Duke would have been enough to ex-
cite gossip. For Brodic l.. Duke Is the
alf-brother OF James b. Duke, the head
of the American Tobacco Trust.
1t was James b. Duke who. starting In
q small way at Durham, N. c., founded
the tobacco trust and made 1t the great
power that 1t Is. Since that day james
b. Dukes progress 10 wealth has been
phenomenal. The trust virtually con-
trolls the entire tobacco business OF this
country, and several years ago invaded
England and fought the big tobacco in
terests there to a standstill.
James b.. Duke is the sturdy, square
jawcd, silent type of man, who gives the
impression of force, but carefully avoids
notoriety. There are n dozen men con
I nected with the Tobacco Trust who are
more talked about than he and who's
q, a", a,aa,
Lately he has built n palatial country
place at Somcryillc. n. j., whore he now
makes his home. He. too. not long ~
married a wife who was unknown TO the
society of mIllionaires. which men OF his
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MI.
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.rnna' 80 rooaoa nul. and h,s boa
] 49, i,na uoa,,hn d.,
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49," ,,a,, YAH nna,od Zoo nnnoh ,ar
St,n ua T., .old T., rao, ,oL,ra dtaoI
-a,ad . Loroa ,,rt ~ bts f,,t,,ro ho,,,o
! thIa marrnano o,d oh,vo hoor rro,,.r,
Witt 70 Me romty
nsta. .ha Caramnnr
ro,, u,oote after tho ouie, litt-o cero-
monv at tbo hnmc of Rev W w. Coo :,
mvsterious no,iaut was taken one nipht
10 tho ~nsyconathic ward Of BolIeyre hos
ni,al Every care was taken to conceal
the Identify Of tbc patlcnt. If was no un-
IN the ney, day when the detectives OF
Distric, Attorney Jerome appeared at
tbe bospital and demanded the delivery
sf come $40 600 I'm stocks and bonds, and
"a ouantity of valuable iewelry. that IL
juag revealed that Rrodie l. Dukes fam.
ilv had taken stems TO have him declared
IRRESPONSIBLE. The next step was to Sc
I cure his commitment to a private SAM
tarium at Flushing, l.. l., where he was
put under close guard.
Then the circumstances of Dukes mar
rage became public, and two days late
suit was brought for the annulment Of
the marriage. To one Of his sons Duke
frankly expressed Amusement when told
thai he was married.
Il didn't know that | married Miss
Webb" he Is reported to have said. Il
don't remember having asked her to mar
~ me. nor do | rccollcct appearing be-
fore the minister with her. II Is all very
strange"
At Bellevue hospital they said plainly
that Duke was suffering from alcoholic
dcmentla. and It was even intimated that
his condition might have been brought
about by the use OF drugs. Naturally
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke had quite a diff
ferent story to tell, and her friend, Mrs
nm. n.r,t.tpnp bprn her ont tn mngi
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27
Grand.

A Philadelphia judge has found a man
who stole a kiss guilty OF larceny. II
was probably grand Larceny. however,
Washington Post.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-27
WHEN LOVE IS BLIND
The Experience of Wealthy Brodie L. Duke with a woman
with Schemes"
MARRIED IN HASTE, REPENTS AT LEISURE.

Takes a Wife Under What Is Said to Be Peculiar Circum-
stances His Family Object and the Investigation
Brings Out Some Startling Statements-Was He
the Victim of a Deep-Laid Scheme-Rich
Victims of Questionable Women.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-02-17

the cannibal chief. They were some
distance inland, and there were no hopes
of signaling any passing vessel.
Here they were given rude huts to live
in and left to themselves. The canni.
balls. however, kept a rigid watch over
their captives and they were given to
understand that. they would be well
treated if they made no attempt to es-
cape.
Fattened for Feast.
Food was regularly brought to them,
and the men at that time had no knowl-
edge Of what was il store for them.
Their only hope was that Capt. Reed
would in some manner effect their
rescue, or that another wreck would
bring some men with weapons and boats
to- the island.
: With nothing to occupy their time,
they passed much Of their time sleep
ing, which seemed to greatly please the
natives. One big, ugly-looking native,
evidently the chief, kept close watch on
their condition, and soon the terrible
truth dawned upon them that they were
being fattened for feast of the canni-
balls, but they were helpless and alone
and with no seeming hope for escape
from the terrible fate
There was not weapon of any kind
among them, not even knife, with
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-02-17
SHIPVRECkED ON
A CANNIBAL ISLAND
Terrible Experience of Five Sur
vivors Among Sava@eS.
Escape a Watery Grave Only to BE Captured
and Fattened for q Feast of the Man.
Eaters-Rescue Finally Effected
By One of Their Number.

They found that much of the land on
the island was low and marshy and that
the natives had to travel in the trees
or not at all. The latter were trained to
this method of locomotion from child
hood, but the sight of their dexterity
astonished the Americans, who natural
ly had never seen anything like it be-
fore.
They were all big, powerful men, and
their arms and legs were covered with
ornaments, fashioned out of shells and
stones, strung on sort of fiber that they
used as We use twine and rope.
Shipwrecked Men Made Prisoners.
The natives seemed as much fright
ened on the advent of the shipwrecked
sailors as were the latter. but after some
little sign making and advances, some
Of the leaders came down from the trees.
Four of them lifted their boat out Of
the water and carefully examined it.
Reed, the captain, had managed to
save rifle from the wreckage which he
had brought with him. This was some
thing new to the natives. and when he