f CITY IN THROES
. OE BIG STRIKE
Detroit Street Railway Tied
Up On Demand For In
creased Wages.
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Special to Independent.
St. Louis, Sept. 20.—The en
tire system of the Detroit Unit
ed Railways was tied up at an
early hour this morning in a
strike of the motormen and con
ductors. Thousands of employ
es of automobile shops on the
.. outskirts -were compelled to walk
to work and business in general
was delayed at 7 o’clock, for not
a wheel was turning.
It is estimated that 2000 mo
tormen and conductors, mem
bers of the Union, have asked
the call to strike.
These men have been, receiv
ing 23, 25 and 28 cents an hour
and the strike was called upon
the company’s refusal to raise
these wages to 25 and 30 cents
an hour.
TOLL BRIDGE OVER
WHITE RIVER
Sol Heinemann Would Organize
Stock Company To Construct
Bridge At Newport.
While the proposition of bridg
ing White River at Newport is
dismissed without much thought
by many people on the ground
that it would be too expensive
and out of our financial reach at
the present time, one of our
prominent merchants, Sol Hein
emann is firmly convinced that
Newport citizens and Oil Trough
bottom land owners can and
should co-operate in providing
this great improvement and con
convenience.
While the cqgt of such a pro
ject has been variously estimat
ed from $125,000 to $250,000,
Mr. Heinemann has given the
matter considerable investiga
< tipn and believes that a draw
bridge can be constructed_fo£.
$75,000 to $80i£!Q&'-—
JfStfiemann has received
Frrpledges from, a number of pro
I' gressive citizens that they
would take stock in such a com
| pany and if every business man
and Oil Trough land owner who
I can afford to make such an in
j| vestment will subscribe stock,
| Newport wi^l have a bridge over
White River that will open up
HI and develope her trade relations
iKLuri+Vi nno nf thp riplipst fltrrifMllt
26 Majority For Repeal.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 19.—Com
plete official returns from the
special election last Monday,
when Maine voted on the ques-j
tion of repeal of the constitu
tional prohibitory amendment
as canvassed by the governor
and council today, showed a ma
jority of 26 votes in favor of re- j
peal.
Various discrepancies were
found in the official returns, as j
compared with the tabulations!
compiled by the secretary of
state’s office.
!
Some doubt still remains as to;
the correctness of the returns,j
and Governor Plaisted announc-j
ed that city and, town clerks
would be given 20 days to check
the results.
The total vote of the state as i
shown by the official figures tab
ulated last night is as follows:
For repeal, 60,487; against re- j
peal, 60,461; majority for re-j
peal, 26.
To refute big
crop REPORT!
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Object of State Meeting To Be
, Held In Capital Sep
' tember 30.
Special to Independent.
' Little Rock, Sept. 10.—The
farmers of Arkansas are deeply
interested in the call that has
been issued for a mass meeting
to be held in Little Rock Sep
tember 30, at the same time that
similar meetings are to be held
throughout the cotton growing
states'. These meetings are pri
marily a protest against the pre
diction of a record-breaking
crop, which it is contended, is
not borne out by the facts.
In issuing the call, Gov. Dona
ghey declares that to the best of
his information, the crop will
not exceed 900,000 bales, which
would be worth more at 15^ent§
a pound than jlJ^OQCOOO bale
crop-*HbCTcents a pound.
r The Farmers’ Union has is
sued a call for a mass-meeting of
farmers, bankers and merchants
at the same time, and all will
meet together in an effort to de
vise ways and means for realiz
ing the most from the crop that
is being grown under adverse
conditions.
These calls have been issued
in compliance with the sugges
tion of the Cotton Congress re- j
cently held at Montgomery, Ala. j
m _i tL/x V*nr
XU put inlyj -«=» ;
movement inaugurated at that;
time, for 15 cents, is to be the;
object of the meeting, and those i
back of it believe that with a:
proper concert of action this j
may be accomplished.
' _ I
Populist Party Gone.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—Among
the callers at the capital was R. |
B. CarlLee, of England, who was (
oae of the leaders of the Populist
party when it was thriving in
the state. He says that the
Populist party has gone out of
business in Arkansas.
“I believe that the citizen
should vote every time he gets
a chance,” said Mr. CarlLee,
and vote for whatever is best.
At the present time, the Demo
cratic party offers the best op
portunity for good government,
as it contains more, of the Pop
ulist principles, with the excep
tion of government ownership
of the railroads and the finan
cial policies. And the country
will come to that.”
♦
OLYMPIC RAMMED
BY A CRUISER
Biggest Ocean Liner Meets Ac-^
cident Off the English
Coast.
Special to Independent.
St. Louis, Sept. 20.—The
White Star liner Olympic, the
largest passenger vessel in the
world, was rammed today just
after leaving South Hampton by '
the British Cruiser Hawke.
The big" liner bound for New
York was immediately beached
in Osborne bay and her 1200 pas
sengers are safe. Much of the
mail is damaged and it is feared
a great deal of it will be lost.
The Olympic carried a crew!
of 1000 and the largest cargo i
ever taken upon a liner.
For Rent7
Large two-story residence in
East Newport, all conveniences.
Also want to rent small house,
about four rooms. /
45dtf * S. W. Taggart.
JUDGES RETURN
FROM VACATIONS
I
Supreme Court Will Resume
Session Next Monday.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—Mem
bers of the supreme court
are assembling from their
summer vacations, ready for
the opening of court next Mon
day. Associate Justice Jesse
Hart arrived Sun^y night from
Mt. Nebo, wher< he spent the
months of July and August.
Judge Hart did not plan any va
cation trip on account of the se
rious illness of his sister, who
was suffering from a hngering
attack of typhoid fever. He was
at her bedside much of the time
during the court recess.
Judge W. F. Kirby is alsocgjg*
of the latest^ jo
^Sllt^^summer in the deer
haunts near Texarkana. He
covered himself with glory as a
Nimrod, however, and during
the hot days was a member of a
party that bagged seven fine
deer. One of them was said to
be the largest buck ever killed
in that section of the state.
Judge Kirby explained that the
reason he did not remember his
friends in the capital city with a
quarter of venison was because
the weather was so hot during
the hunt that the ice could not
be used in refrigerating venison
for shipment ; it had to be used
to keep the ammunition cool.
^ '-'O . — — — --
thal came in from Conway,
where he has been much of the
past two months. Chief Justice
McC dloeh is also here now.
Judge Wood "stayed in Little
Rock during the vacation season, „
with a little side trip now and
then by way of recreation.
The present week will be used
in settling down to work again,
arranging briefs and transcripts
for consideration and preparing
generally for the busy weeks
ahead after the 25th instant.
Several important cases, both
state and civil, will engage the
attention of the court during the j
fall term.
Just Received.
A car load of the Old Reliable)
Gilt Edge Flour. It has been on j
the market since 1875. If you|
want satisfaction use Gilt Edge j
—We also handle “Spotless,” j
“Gold Leaf” and “Upper Ten.”
33d9 Taggart Grocer Co.
Cook Attends Congress.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—State
Superintendent George B. Cook
is attending the National Con
servation Congress which is now
in session at Kansas City. He
is one of the five delegates ap
pointed to represent the Nation
al Conservation Congress. One|
of the things which Superin-i
tendent Cook believes particu
larly in conserving is the time
and energy of the youth. He is |
one of the most orginal and most j
active advocates of a sev^n!
grade school course, instead of ]
eight grades, to fit the boys and j
girls for . he High sehool.
As superintendent of the Hot!
Springs schools he had reduced!
his theory to a working system
with seven grades, and three j
classes in. each grade, each class
being within reviewing distance!
of the next. By this method j
promotions were constant and
the apt pupil need never be held
back for the slower study.
Pests Not Army Worms.
Ed Robertson, a negro who
broke out of jail and was recap
tured at Poplar Bluff, pled guil
ty to assault with intent to kill
in the Jackson circuit court Wed
nesday morning and was sen
tenced to one year in the peni
tentiary by Judge R. E. Jeffery.
The case again^4f the negro for
aggravated afesault was dis
missed. \
Wednesday Was Tupelo’s day
in court, at least it so seemed
from the number of witnesses
from that section called in the
case of the State versus George
W. Neely, charged with assault
with intent to kill upon the per
son of Dr. W. N. Pierce. A mo
tion for continuance was over
ruled at the morning session and
the jury had been made up be
fore the noon recess.
Milwee
Special to
R.
speaker
the city yesterday
business. Judge
been kept in office
for sixteen years,
urged by his people
candidate for the s
Senator Rasco
is Monroe county's
Judge Milwee does
present time
this county,
session three days,
sonal inspection- of
business property
morning to better
I for their work in,
| the assessments of
erty.
I
9
i A very aw
6 rooms and
filled lota, together
servants house and
sale at a very low
James T. Henderson a
McLain hotel.
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Van Buren, Sept. 19.—It now
develops that the worms that
have been devastating the cot
ton fields of Crawford county
are not the army worms, as gen
erally reported, but a cotton
worm that was bred in the cot
ton fields in which they have
done so much damage. Many
cotton growers report having
found them in the center of
their fields first, and invariably
when first discovered they were
very small and quickly develop
ed in size corresponding closely
with the army worm. While the
pest first appeared in the heavy
river bottom lands, reports show
that there is not a cotton fieid
in the county that has not been
Gates Not a Candidate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—David
A. Gates, of the Arkansas Tax
Commission, author of the Tur
ner-Jacobson bill, says that he
has no intention whatever of
running for governor, whether
Governor Donaghey runs or not.
He denies the story that has
been going the rounds of the
press, and says that he cannot
imagine where or how it started.
The grand jury returned 18
further indictments Tuesday.
In jury trials of Mans Fraser
for Sabbath desecration and
John Fleetwood for gaming, the
defendants were each found not
guilty Tuesday afternoon. Both
had been indicted on each
charge, as had Frank and Walter
Lawson, Bill Golden, Moran Wil
son and Horace Fraser. As a
result of the trials, all these in
dictments were nolle prossed,
the evidence being insufficient to
convict.
Docket Record Iin Brief.
State versus Ludb^gp^^ ag_
forfeiture on
oond and summons to issue.
State versus Len Walden, as
sault and battery; plea of guil
ty, fined $5.
| State versus Charley O’Neal
selling liquor; continued foi
term in two cases.
State versus Frank Henley
giving away whiskey on electioi
day; continued by consent.
State versus John Fleetwood
desecrating Sabbath, nolle
prossed.
State versus J. H. Wilmuth,
malicious mischief, plea of guil
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