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FATAL WRECK ON
IRON MOUNTAIN.
Eight Killed and Many Injured
Saturday in Wreck on the
Missouri Division,
Kimmswick, Mo., May 1.—
Eight persons were killed and a
score injured, none fatally, yes
terday at Wickes siding in the
wreck of a fast north-bound train
on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern railway.
Through a misunderstanding of
orders the train ran at full speed
into a side track. The locomo
tive and several cars turned over,
causing the deaths and injuries.
Friday night a freight car
broke down at Wickes siding
and was left on the track. Orders
were issued for all trains to pass
the broken car by taking the
siding. Several trains passed in
this manner. J. C. Austin, con
ductor of the wrecked train, de
clared that he read the order of
Engineer Bailey and handed a
copy to him at DeSoto, a few
miles south.
But, for some reason, the train
■tried to take the siding at forty
five miles an hour. The locomo
tive turned a somersault, the
baggage car was hurled into a
ditch 100 feet away and the
smoking car and day coach were
Hrmtirl nver os was fine nf fhp
four sleeping ears. The result: j
Dead —James Bailey, engin
eer, buried under locomotive.
A1 Gumpert, fireman, jumped;
died later.
A. B, Taber, master mechanic,
riding in cab.
Express Messenger Groat.
Edward Misibard, Desoto, Mo.
Three unidentified passengers.
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CREIGHTON HOTEL OPENS. |
The Hotel Creighton * was
thrown open to the public Mon-;
day at noon. This hotel has
been recently nuilt by Capt. J.
H. McHugh and leased to Mrs.
Lillie Spivey of Cotton Plant. The
structure is well built and ele
gantly furnished throughout, j
with electric call and return
bells, electric and gas lights, a j
private reading room and twenty
eight bed rooms.
The dining room is the prettiest
room in the building, being large
and well ventilated. The dinner i
served Monday contained all the
delicacies the market afforded!
and the service was perfect. We
bespeak for the Creighton a
liberal share of the patronage of
our city and the traveling public
of this section.
JUDSONIA SHIPMENTS.
Judsonia, May 1.—Strawberry
' ~ has opened at this place.
m -* . . t 205 crates of ber
the depot and
1 to St. Louis at $3 per
rate. Seven berry buyers from
St. Louis arrived here Saturday
and competition will be strong.T
The berry crop from this sec- j
tion brought over $32,000 to Jud
sonia and vicinity last year. The 1
present crop is much better than ]
that of last year.
LINE-UP ANNOUNCED.
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' Bob Griffith, who has had i
charge of making up the Arkan- <
saw Travelers ball team, has an- .
nounced the following line-up,
though Mr. 0. S. Lawrence,
whom he has slated for the out
field is not strong enough from
his recent sickness to play ball
Friday in the game with the |
merchants: ,
Jack Collins catcher, Choctaw
paiGibbs Comp'a^Bob Griffith I
first base, Wood Carriage Com
pany; Lynnwood Hall- second;
base, Townes Milling Company;
Mack Potts third base; Frank
Flowers center field, Collier’s
Weekly; 0. P. Johnson left field,
Fones Bros. Hardware Company;
O. S. Lawrence right field, New
port; Alva Dickinson short stop,
P. Haydon Saddlery Company.
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY
REPUBLICANS MEET.
Batesville, May 1.—The Repub
lican county convention met in
the court house at 1:30 yesterday
afternoon. It was the largest
convention ever held by the Re
publicans in the county, with
about 200 in attendance.
L. S. Starnes was elected
chairman and I). M. C. Kelley
secretary The matter of put
ting out a county ticket was re
ferred to the central committee,
to be acted upon after the state
convention.
The following were elected
delegates to the state conven
tion: Chas. F. Cole, R. B. Vick,
L. S. Starnes, Sam Tuggle and
J. F. Huddleston. The delegates
go to the state convention unin
structed for governor.
JOHN L. PIERCE.
Dr. W. N. Pierce of Tupelo
was here Monday on his return
home from Batesville, where he
wras called by his father’s death
last Saturday morning caused
from throat trouble, which ran
into septic fever.
The deceased was 66 years of j
age and leaves a wife and seven
children, to whom sympathy is
extended in this sad hour.
The burial was held Saturday1
noon at Liberty graveyard, and j
the funeral sermon will be
preached the fourth Sunday in S
May at Pleasant Valley.
The deceased was born near:
Athens, Tenn., and settled in j
Independence county thirty years J
ago. He served in the ranks of j
the Confederate army with brav
ery and was a prominent Mason'
MISS WHITAKER
GRADUATES.
Mr. J. E. Risenberg presents
his pupil, Miss May Whitaker, in
a recital for graduation at Mad- j
dox Seminary Thursday, April
28.
The above invitation was re
ceived by Miss Whitaker’s friends j
in Newport last week. The pro
gram consisted of sixteen num-!
bers from the old and modern1
masters, miss may is one oi
Newport’s sweetest girls and ac
complished musicians, and her
many Newport friends hasten to
extend congratulations in her
great success just accomplished
md hope that in a shqrt time she
will return to Newport to stay.
FIRST CAR LOAD OF
ARKANSAS BERRIES.
Van Buren, April 30.-Straw
lerry shipments from this point
lave begun, the first carload go
ng Thursday to a commission
lompany at St. Paul, Minn. There
vere six hundred crates in the
lar, and the lot sold for $2.85 per
irate, or a total of $1710. It is
expected that the shipments will
iverage a dozen carloads daily i
:rom now on. Many large com- •
nission houses have representa
:ives here this week, and there
s lively competition for the ber
*ies in carload lots.
Mrs. Fannie Robinson and Miss
Fmma Drummond returned on i
Sunday night from their visit to j
Searcy.
NARROW ESCAPE.
Mayor Felts and Family Figw e
in Boating Accident.
While Mayor Felts and his
family, together with Charles
Langley, were taking a cruise in
the mayor’s private launch Fri
day morning the boat happened
to an accident which might have
proved disastrous. While the
boat was heading down the river
at a pretty high rate of speed it
met the steamer Roy coming up.
In attempting to pass the sweep |
of a large barge which the Roy
was pushing fouled the launch
and only the rarest presence of
mind upon the part of the navi
gators prevented a catastrophe.
As it was, the boat dipped
water, and it was a question
whether it could be disengaged1
before it sunk. When the little
craft was released, it started j
upon the return trip with its j
passengers very grateful ft r
their escape.
The party composed Mayor
Felts, Mrs. Felts, Miss Mamie
Felts, Robert Felts and Mr. !
Langley.—Poplar Bluff Citizen
Democrat.
LOSE TWO CHILDREN.
The two year old child of U. j
G, Copeland, deputy federal mar
shal of Helena, died Friday night |
of measles at the Guffey home in
Grubbs township, where Mrs.
Copeland was visiting. The re
mains of the little fellow, aged
two years, and named for his
father, were buried in Grubbs.
His six year old brother Wil
lis died Tuesday of last week, j
and the family circle is thus!
broken in two links within a
week. Sympathy is extended
the parents.
NEWARK PROPOSES
TO PLAY BASEBALL.!
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Newark, May 1.—The Newark!
Baseball Association was organ-!
ized here the past week and $750
was raised for expenses. W. T.
Magness was elected president,
Fred P. Whiting vice president?
Hon. T. J. Raney secretary and
E. B. Cheser treasurer. Work
Dn the grounds is being pushed
and the season will open in ear
nest in a few days.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
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Following is the list of commit
tees appointed to look after the
Arkansas Travelers’ Association j
m May 5, 6 and 7:
Decoration Committee — C K
Kite, chairman: 0 S Lawence, R
3 Cox, H Bernstein, W A Bill
ingsley, Chas. Meyer.
Arrangements Committee— C
3 Henry, chairman; A Fels, J M
Stay ton, 0 M Bowen, G C Mar
sin, E L Boyce.
Finance Committee — L N
Mouss, chairman; R D Wilmans,
R C Harder, S M Stuckey.
Reception Committee — C E
Erwin, chairman; H 0 Walker,
Arthur Bailey, Ernest McDon
ald, H P Martin, Chas. Wilmans,
K Bernstein, Ike Goldman, T T
Ward, E C Waterman, Percy H
Van Dyke, M A Stevens,.
Entertainment Committee--Ike j
Bottenstein, chairman; Joe Ber-C
jer, W T Dunn, C E Carroll, G <
K Stephens, John Stayton, Gus
tave Jones, 0 S Lawrence, R C
Cox, Ed McElwee, Chas Meyer,
Geo A Hillhouse, M M Stuckey,
J E Doherty, L L Bowen, J S
Sanders, A C Huddleston, W P
McDermott, R H Kirkpatrick, M
E Newbern, G H Brown, George |
Anderson, J W Grubbs, L Minor, :
Alcorn Ferguson, 0 W Scarbo- i.
rough, G M Sink. <
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It?s just as easy, sir, to do skillful cutting and fine
hand tailoring, on standard measurements, as on
special measurements. Itrs only a question of DOING
and j^lfitdgenjaminsg
MAKERS & NEWY°RK DQ IT: It,s
l as easy, too, to secure fine fabrics for high class
ready-to-wear clothes as for high class made-to-order
I clothes? and they cost
you but half. And it’s
fust as easy to fit you as
made-to-measure will ?
the variety of siees and
ample outlets insure that.
Spring S i c k S u i t s,
$15.00 to $30.00.
For sale exclusively by
Manhattan Shirts.
Edv?i7k Clapp Shoes.
Knox Sz Hawes Hats.
E. & W. Cellars.
Vv aterhouse Crav« t ;.
pTEVEJ^
Within the last three years we have introduced
a number of models of SINGLE BARREL SHOT
GUNS, in both hammer and hammerless styles,
and to-day they are the most popular on tho mar
ket! We also make a large line of RIFLES and
PISTOLS and several models of Double Barrel
SHOTGUNS. <
Our Line
RIFLES, from 'V-~. $3.00 to $150.00
PISTOLS, from . 2.50 to 50.00
SHOTGUNS, from 7.50 to 30.00
Insist upon the “STEVENS" and if you cannot
secure them we will ship (express prepaid) on
receipt of price. Send for catalog.
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co,,
p. o. BOX
CHICOPEE FALLS. MASS.
DR. F. ANDREWS,
Physician - & - Surgeon.
Dffice and Residence . .
. . \ FiUgerald, Ark.
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Many a wise man who thought
of the future when he was pi
perous, has a large bank act
today. A small amount set
aside regularly will assume pi
portions you never imagined.
Mrkansi
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OFFICERS
J. W. Grubbs, President.
Chas. G.
13. B. Bond, R. F. Drummond,
M. D. Campbell, F. D. Fulkerson,
S. D. Campbell, Abe Heiligers,
G. D. Clements, W. D'f McLain,
L. Minor.
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Ask for Color Card and instructive booklet
"THE DAINTY DECORATOR.”
FOR SALE BY .
R. H. ASKEW, f 13 Walnut Street.
Parties desiring good
vood of all kinds should
all on
J. D. CALVIN.
Lower end of Laurel St.
All orders are promptly
filled. 404 Leona Ave.
If you want to look neat have
rour suit cleaned and pressed by
L Mortensen. In new quarters
ipposite city jail. 86d
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