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jSafui Returns. from El Reno
He Successfully Con
jjP7 Jested Will of Rich .
wjj Brother.
Lonoke, April 13—J, N. Spen
f cer has returned, from El Reno,
i Oklahoma, where he went to
contest a will upon the estate of
his brother "who died about a
fcj vear ago. The court set aside
^ the will and Mr. Spencer and
[ brothers will inherit an estate
valued at $60,000.
'v A woman who had a large
rooming house which she had
leased from Spencer deceased,
exhibited and ottered for pro
bate, some time after his death,
a will purporting to have been
executed by him, bequeathing
his entire estate to her.
Working the Prisoners.
The new shackles purchased
by the city have arrived and two
of the county’s prisoners are
wearing them while at work up
on the streets, being the first to
do service under the contract
recently entered into by the
county judge and city council,
whereby the city is to pay so
much per day for actual work
of prisoners serving out hues and.
costs imposed by courts or the
county. . i
Only two negroes were available,
and the other workmen served;
as guards under Street Foreman |
J. S. Hill. The patent shackle.
. is worn on the left ankle and ex
tends forward and backwards at;
slight angles, so that should a,
prisoner attempt to run, the ex- j
tension bar would have a ten-;
dencv to* u>rn him around and ■
surely trip his free leg.
A grader was used to good re
suits on Front street in scraping ,
off a thick coating of dirt and
•with shovels too, the street is i
being placed in good condition, j
The dirt removed is being used .
to fill holes on Hazel and Walnut!
streets and bad places in alleys.
May Want to Preside.
The friends of Hon. Thomas
W. Milan, of Hot Springs are
urging him to become a candi
date for the presidency of the
senate. One of the most promi
inent members of the house,
who is frequently referred to as
a possible candidate for the!
speakership of that body, is Hon.
0. N. Killough, of Cross county.
MYSTERY ENSHROUDS DEATH.
Life Insurance Carried Causes Compa
nies to Investigate Pine Bluff
Business Man’s Sud
den Death.
Pine Bluff. April 13—Mystery
enshrouds the sudden death of
Jerome D. Ashley, which oc
curred while he was eating lunch
at his office desk Tuesday. No
autopsy was held and the re
mains were sent to Chattanooga,
Tennessee for interment.
Ashley carried $12,000 life and
accident insurance, and it is ex
pected companies will investi
gate.
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Easter Morning Program.
The following program under
the auspices of the Woman’s
Missionary Society, will be ren
dered at the morning service at
the Methodist church:
Silent Prayer.
Organ Voluntary- Mrs. E. B.
Wilmans.
Hymn No. 523—Congregation.
Apostle’s Creed and Gloria.
Lesson and Prayer—Rev. M..
B. Umsted.
Chorus—He is Risen.
Class Recitation—Twenty Chil
dren.
Song by the Children.
Questions and Responses.
Quartette. “My Redeemer’s
Praise” Mesdames Crook and
Bandy, Messrs. Tetwiler and
Crook.
The Lord is Risen-Lois Drum
mond.
Song by the Children.
Paper, Training School —Mrs.
T. E. Kelly.
Male Quartette, “A Plea for
Light”—Messrs. Umsted, Crook,;
Tetwiler and Umsted.
Easter Morn - Doris Carpent er.
Hymn No. 132—Congregation.
Easter Symposium — Hazel
Jones.
Paper—Mrs. Whittaker.
Offering and Benediction.
Bell Boy Stabs Annother.
Hot Springs, April 13—A bell
boy at the Waverlv hotel, after
being stabbed by a companion,
rushed into the lobby causing
great excitement among the men
and women. The stabber fol
lowed a few seconds later with a
mop and cleaned up the evi
dences of the encounter. The
wounded boy is recovering.
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DIRECTORS.
E. LESS, President. ALEX BERGER, Secretary.
(Merchant.)
W. A. SOMERVELL, Y. A. COLE,
(Merchant.) (Capitalist and Pres. Y. A.
Cole Wagon Mfg. Co.)
H. D. MILLER. MINOR M. MARKLE.
(Merchant.) (Abstracter of Titles.)
J. B. GREGG, M. STOXEFIELD,
(Funeral Director.) (Merchant.)
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BERRY MAY TACKLE CLARKE.
Bruodtd^r Wifi Certainly Be a Candi
date for Clarke's Seat Unless
Berry Inters Contest.
Washington., i i. • April 13
Whether or n >■ < hwernor JelT
Davis succeed- 3 .uator James
H. Berry, thine - .•> . shaping up
for an interest i’-; tight in Ark
ansas when t h ■j = material cam
paign opens, whAn will be two
years hence. The m-xt revolu
tion of the wheel of Arkansas
politics wh! bring Senator James
P. Clarke before th<° pe mT mi
re-election, and hi- candidacy
means a lively sera .mb l- m v.? ten
some of the best political tment
of the state w>r participate.
Although the opposition . me-'
up cannot he accurately :'•••;• -
casted until after final de
in the recent state election, it
looks now as if Representative:
Stephen Brundidge. Jr., o'the
Second district is sure - tarter
in the senatorial race. There
only one contingent deve’ pmeri
in the way of Mr. Bn..nd’dgehs
entrance, ana that is the candi
dacy of Senator Refry t suc
ceed his colleague and adv v.-ury.
For several days there has been
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gross injustice be done him in
the counting of the ballots cast
in the recent state election, an
nouncinghimself to succeed Sen
ator Clarke, and in that event
Mr. Brundidge, it is understood,
will not be a candidate for United
States senate.
In the late election Mr. Brun
didge, who was renominated to
succeed himself, was an out
spoken champion of Senator
Berry, and should the latter op
pose Senator Clarke for re
election he would pot *tand in
the way. Senator Berry has
given no intimation of his in
tentions concerning this matter,,
but on the contrary he main-j
tains a discreet silence when the j
subject is mentioned. Some of
his friends, however, insist that
if he is unjustly deprived of his
seat in the Senate he shall he a
candidate against Senator Clarke.
One thing, however, is certain:
Mr. Brundidge will be a candi
date for the senate unless Sen
ator Berry enters the race. To
his friends Mr. Brundidge ex
presses faith in the future, and
declares that the situation is
shaping up to suit him. Senator
Berry’s defeat is not yet ad
mitted, and nothing short of a
close and lair count will satis!y 1
his friends. Although he has
not committed himself on the
subject, it is believed that Sen
ator Berry will contest the elec
tion of Gov. Davis, the contest
to be based upon alleged frauds
in certain counties. The matter
is being rigidly investigated.
Norman Named Chancellor.
Little Rock, April 13.—Gov.
Davis this morning appointed
James C. Norman of the Ham-j
bunr bar as chancellor of the
Second district, to succeed Judge
Marcus L. Hawkins, whose death
occurred last Monday evening, j
Judge Norman came to Little |
Rock Tuesday evening to look
after his interests, and last night
a delegation came from Lake
Village in the interest of B. F.
Merritt of that city, who was an
applicant for the place. They
came too late, however, as the
appointment was made this
morning before they had a
chance to be heard. The ap
pointment holds until March 4,
1907, when the term of Judge
Hawkins would have expired.
Judge Z. T. Wood of Monticello
was nominated at the recent
primaries for the chancellorship, j
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