VOLUME IL NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY AUGUST 19. 1902 NUMBER 1(2
BOOKS CLOSED AUG. 1.
A SALE THAT SAVES.
'STf ALL GOODS REDUCED
NO GOODS CHARGED
NO GOODS EXCHANGED
> Sale Commences August 1.
H - Men’s Straw Hats.j
Ladies’ Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats
Flowers, Veilings, Etc.L |
All Parasols. naif.
All Books..J
All Laces and Embroideries. 1=5 off
All Colored Dress floods. 1=3 off
All Plain Dress floods. 1=5 off
All Shoes and Slippers.1=10 off
All Men’s Furnishing floods.1=5 off
All Clothing. 1=4 off
All Men’s and Boys’ Hats. 1=5 off
ALL GOODS IN THE STORE*.MO off
*See Exceptions.
EXCEPTIONS.
New Fall Skirts, E. & W. Collars, Sargent Gloves,
Carhartt Overalls, American Lady Corsets, Silk and
Cotton Threads and Flosses.
GampDell Bios’S- snows
WILL EXHIBIT AT
Newport, Friday, Aug. 29
TWO PERFORMANCES, Afternoon and Night. TWO RINGS, ELEVAT
ED STAGE, MUSEUM and MENAGERIE. Monster, Majestic, Spectacular
«<FREE STREET PARADE**
Unapproachable . in . Wealth . and . Grandeur.
LARGER, GREATER, GRANDER THAN EVER BEFORE,
with an entirely new show—new, elegantly finished costumes and wardrobes
throughout.
MUSEUM, MENAGERIE AND EXHIBITION OF TRAINED ANIMAtS.
Positively and Emphatically the Only All=Feature
Show Coming this Season.
Modest in its promises, honest in its announcements, lavish in its per
formances, presenting at all times twice as much as advertised—producing
performances that can not be duplicated by any other show, no matter how
great.
'3* The Only Behemoth of Holy Writ K£In
AS LARGE AS AN ELEPHANT.
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Grand Free Street Parade at 10 a. .m.
Two Performances Daily, doors open i and 7 p. m.
• The Southern Hotel, of Ravenden
Springs, Ark., is now open for guests.
Lithia water for kidneys, liver and
stomach troubles. 112 miles west of
Memphis on the Frisco System.
Write for rates. Address, Manager,
Southern Hotel. 59b3m.
DR. H. O. WALKER.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Redman’s Drug Store.
Newport, - - - Arkansas.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Susan Andrews Aged Twelve Years
Drowned at Confederate Park
Bar In White River Mon
day Afternoon—Re
mains Recovered.
Susan Andrews, the twelve year
old daughter of Monroe Andrews,
who was sentenced to the peniten
tiary at the last term of court for
burglarizing freight cars in the Choc
taw yards, was drowned in White
river on the confederate park bar
above this city, about three o’clock
Monday afternoon.
The family were camped near there
engaged in pearling, and with a num
ber of other children, she had gone
in bathing, venturing too far, when
the current carried her under. The
river was dredged but not until nine
o’clock that nightwas her body found
in diving by John Jones, of Jackson
port.
The family being poor, a purse was
being made up Tuesday by the mer
chants of this city for the purchase
of a coffin.
WHITE RIVER BRANCH ROUTE.
“T. M. Morton, R. B. Carver and C.
S. Mason, members of a surveying
party who are running the line for
the White river extension of the
Missouri Pacific railroad were in West
Plains,Monday evening on their way
to Buffalo City,” says the Springfield
Leader-Democrat. “From that place
comes the report that the surveyors
who have been trying to find a route
around Lee’s mountain have gone
back to the mouth of North Fork and
will try to get out west from there by
another route. It seems as though
the surveyors are having a hard time
to get around Lee’s mountain.
“Rum Davis of Aurora who has been
spending some time in the northern
part of Arkansas, says that while at
Cushman, Arkansas, a few days since,
he became acquainted with the fore
man of the surveying gang who are
running the line of survey for the
White river road.
“ine civil engineer stated that the
Granby connection had been given
up and that the road would surely
take in Aurora in running the line
from the north line of Arkansas to
its connection with the main line of
the Missouri Pacific at Carthage, as
the route was a much cheaper one,
and would secure a greater amount of
business for the road.”
SENATOR JONES
SLATED FOR APPOINTMENT.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—Senator James
K. Jones will be a member of the
isthmian canal commission unless
President Roosevelt changes his mind
says a Washington dispatch to the
Record-Herald. Oddly enough Mr.
Jones has had the support of both
Senators Hanna and Spooner for this
appointment. Between the men who
have twice been rival managers of
national campaigns there is none but
the friendliest feeling. There will of
course be a suspicion that Senator
Jones is given this appointment be
cause he voted for the Panama Route
and that there was a bargain to this
effect. But such statements do Mr.
Jones great injustice. He voted for
Panama because he was convinced of
the vast superiority of that route.
There was no bargain, not even a
tacit understanding. If the president
appoints him, as now seems probable,
the compliment will be in honor of
Mr. Jones’ high character and well
known fitness for the work.
Governor Davis of Arkansas has
entered an objection to the appoint
ment of Senator Jones on the ground
that he is not a democrat. This ob
jection, it is said, will have no weight
with President Roosevelt. ,
It is not true, as has been reported
in some newspapers, that President
Roosevelt has already selected the
members of the isthmian canal com
mission. In point of fact, the pres
ident has postponed that question
until next winter. The first thing to
be done is to make sure of the Pan
ama title and the concession from
Colombia. Under the law the pres
ident is to first secure these and then
appoint the commission.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
HOXIE EXTENSION SURVEY.
Des Arc, Aug. 18.—The surveying
party that started from Augusta to lo
cate a route for the Hoxie extension
of the St. Louis, Memphis and South
eastern to Little Rock Lave reached a
point about seven miles above here
near Ellis’ timber cramp. They will be
at Des Arc in about ten days, so the
chief engineer says. The engineer
stated that they would cross White
river at or near the ferry. He will
proceed from here to Little Rock.
There are about fourteen men in the
party.
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The St. Louis, Memphis and South
eastern railway has had to increase
the size of its trains since the line was
completed to Hoxie, Arkansas, and
its freight and passenger business is
rapidly growing. Trains will be run
ning over the main line between Mem
phis and Cape Girardeau in October
or sooner, and through to St. Louis
before the Louisiana fair is opened.—
Bloomfield, (Mo.) Vindicator.
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The Iron Mountain Car Company
and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railroad have filed an
agreement with the secretary of state
hereby the first-named company
leases a number of passenger and
other cars, besides five new locomo
tives, to the road for a period of nine
yeax-s. The amount to be paid is
$150,000.
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No. 6, the Cannonball, went out in
two sections on the Iron Mountain
Saturday night, on account of the
heavy Chicago business. Three
sleepers and two chair cars were
added here. The last section con
sisted wholly of sleepers, seven in
number. Every chair and every berth
in all the cars was occupied.—Little
Rock Democrat.
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The Languille River railroad is be
ing rapidly graded and put in order
for the iron. The projectors expect
to have it in operation by the last of
September. Marianna continues to
expand.—Marianna Courier.
GROWTH OF SHELL INDUSTRY.
“Business is holding up remarkably
well for the summer season,” said
Division Freight Agent A. R. Bragg of
Little Rock to a Democrat reporter
recently. “There is a shortage of
cars all over the system, unprece
dented for this time of the year.
One of the biggest industries devel
oped in the state the past few years is
the shipment of mussel shells from
White and Black rivers. Since May 1
we have handled out 300 cars from
Newport, Bradford, Olyphant and
other points in that section, the con
signments being made to Muscatine
and Dubuque, la., chiefly. Yesterday
we received a carload of twenty-five
tons at Newport for shipment to
Havre, France. It is a remarkable
business, and, notwithstanding the
vast amount of shells shipped out of
the state, I am told tbit the supply
will last for ten years. The shells are
used for buttons and the residue for
paving and for fertilizers. The
shells pay the expenses of the pearl
hunters, who frequently make fort
unes by the discovery of valuable
jewels.”
SITUATION NOT RELIEVED.
The Newport Water Company was
compelled to order piping from St.
Louis, as neither Memphis nor Little
Rock houses could supply same, and
even St. Louis failed to respond
promptly, for no shipment haB yet
been received, though expected Tues
day morning and Tuesday noon. It
was ordered sent by express and un
til received, the town will continue to
be cut off from a water supply.
The plumbers and Mr. Laird, who
is in charge of the local office, hoi 6 to
have service resumed tomorrow.
Further caving is reported to have
taken place Monday night.
The people are aroused and feel
that some kind of a temporary service
should have been attempted at once
to serve until the larger piping had
been secured.
SURVEY ROUTE TO NEWPORT.
Robert Burges with a corps of a
dozen engineers is now camped on
the old Union compress property and
will soon have the preliminary sur
vey of the Little Rock extension of
the St. Louis, Memphis & Southeast
ern made into Newport. They
are now at work in Section 21 Town
ship 12 Range 2 in the northern part
of Village township and expect to
complete their survey into Newport
within the next few days, having
started out from Hoxie the last week
in August.
The route as surveyed, digresses
considerably from the Iron Mountain
after leaving Hoxie and then ap
proaches that road near Tuckerman,
intersecting the land of R. F. Dunn
five miles east of that town. The
territory through which it passes is
rich in timber and will make fine
farming country.
Mr. Burges does not as yet know
what route will be pursued in reach
ing Augusta, but thinks the Choctaw
may be followed as far as Tupelo.
COUNCIL CONVENES.
A meeting of the council was held
Monday evening, with all the mem
bers present except Alderman Wil
mans. The reading of the minutes
was dispensed with and all accounts
approved were allowed.
A petition of the citizens was pre
sented protesting against the ob
struction on the sidewalks of East
Second Street between Main and
Walnut Streets and praying the coun
cil to order its removal. After in
expression of opinion, the passage of
the same was not deemed necessary
and the mayor agreed to take up the
matter with Mr. Wilmans upon his
return to Newport.
BOY’S REMAINS IDENTIFIED.
Beebe, Ark., August 18.—Mr. D.
Martin of Marshall, Texas, arrived
here and identified as his son the re
mains of the 14-year-old boy who was
killed by a train near Jacksonville and
brought here for burial a few days
ago. Mr. Martin stated that his son
left home on August 6, and he had
heard nothing from him until the
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been killed as stated. It is supposed
that the little fellow had walked un
til he became tired and sat down on
the railroad track to rest, where he
fell asleep and was struck by a fast
mail train.
SNAKE IN BEER KEG.
Clarendon, Aug. 18.—A few days
ago several men ordered a keg of beer
and taking it to an old mill building
on the river bank, were having a
time of it in drinking. When a por
tion of it had been imbibed the whole
crowd began feeling sick, and their
illness was of such a peculiar nature
that they at once attributed it to the
beer. Accordingly the keg was in
spected thoroughly and a dead snake
found in it.
Several years ago a number of sec
tion men on the Cotton Belt road had
a similar experience, they, too, find
ing a dead snake in the beer that
made them sick.
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