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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY.
RUNAWAYS HAVE
ELUDED OFFICERS.
Constable Lawrence in Pursuit
of Youthful Elopers, Who
Are Reported to Have
Left Hoxie, Going
East.
Joe Spragg and Miss Fannie
Roberts, both living near Hick
< ory Grove, slipped away Sunday
I i night from parental roof and
have thus far eluded officers and
kinsfolk in their desire to get
away from home and plight their
troth, where unsuspecting offic
Iials may not refuse the necessary
license.
Both are under the age limit,
being each sixteen, but would
hardly be taken for this young,
and the clerks of several nearby
counties have been notified to
turn down their application for a
marriage license.
» The young man stole the girl
Sunday night, says the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Frank Roberts, who
discovered the theft early next
t morning and drove to Tucker
\ man to intercept them.
I They had taken the train at
Newport however and gone to
pHoxie. Sheriff Bandy traced
them there and found that they
left that town at 5:30 Monday
morning on an east bound Frisco
train. Constable Ab Lawrence
* of Tuckerman has gone in pur
. suit, hoping to add further lau
rels to his reputation as a sleuth.
[ % “QUICK ACTION” COURT.
Van Buren, Ark., Oct. 3.—
A quick-action court was held
here today, a special term hav
ing been called to allow Robert
L. Rogers, retiring prosecuting
attorney, to clean up the docket.
A special grand jury was empan
eled, with G. A. Michael as fore
man and W. J. Jones as clerk.
In one hour and twenty minutes
after the grand jury had been
sworn in eight felony indictments
had been returned and the pris
oners had received their sen
tences; also eight cases of misde
meanor had been disposed of.
Attorney Rogers had carefully
prepared his cases, and no delay
y/as experienced either in the
grand jury or court rooms. Mr.
Rogers retires from the office
with the regrets of our citizens,
who, however, congratulate him
on his elevation to a higher bf
fice.
FEDERAL COURT
GRANTS INJUNCTION.
' Judge Trieber on Monday
granted a temporary injunction
restraining the Secretary of state
v < from certifying out to the vari
ous county clerks the assessments
made this year by the state board
of railway assessment upon the
property of the Kansas City
Southern, Choctaw, Oklahoma
^ & Gulf, St. Louis Southwestern,
and St. Louis & San Francisco
railroads. The secretary of state
was directed to certify out the
assessments for this year upon
the basis of the assessments
imade in 1902 for the year 1903.
SUPREME COURT
RESUMES SITTINGS, j
Little Rock, Ark., October 4.—
The Arkansas supreme court
convened yesterday morning
after a recess during the sum
mer months. All of the mem
i bers of the court, Chief Justice
1 H. C. Bunn and Associate Jus
tices Carroll D. Wood, Simon P,
Hughes, B. B. Battle and James
E, Riddick, were present. The j
I
I first session was devoted chiefly
‘ to the hearing of motions.
The court is still far behind,
the docket containing at present
about four hundred cases.
: There is no prospect of the court
i catching up in its work, as the
! defeat in the recent election of
the constitutional amendment
i providing for an additional mem
ber and then dividing of the
court into two divisions, destroy
| ed the chance of clearing up the
docket.
i MISSED HIS JUMP,
CRUSHED BY CARS.
Young Railroad Man at Van Bu
ren Meets Horrible Fate in
Jumping Train.
i Van Buren, Oct. 3.—F. W.
Ward, 27 years old, son of Con
ductor W. J. Ward of the Iron
; Mountain, was instantly killed
on the bridge here yesterday
i evening.
Young Ward, who was employ
ed as a car repairer at Jennie
Lind, went over to Fort Smith
| earlier in the day. On returning
! he took a street car from Fort
Smith to the end ot the line,
across the river from this place,
and attempted to walk across the
railroad bridge. At the draw
span he was stopped by the
watchman, who forbade him to
cross. He was still talking to
the watchman when, a north
bound freight of the Frisco road
came along.
Thinking to cross by this
means, young Ward made a
spring to board the train. He
missed the handrail, slipped and
was thrown under the wheels.
Death must have been instan
i
taneous. The body was horribly
mangled, being literally ground
to pieces, parts of it falling be
tween the ties into the river and
the balance being strewed along
the track for several hundred
feet.
The remains were gathered to
gether and taken to an undertak
er’s establishment here, where
they were made as presentable
as possible, and the funeral was
held today.
SMITH ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE.
Jonesboro, October 3.—Robert
Smith was acquitted here Satur
day in the circuit court for the
killing of Robert Willis at Manila
on the 6th of April. The killing
grew out of trouble over the
municipal election in that town
last spring. The state was rep
resented by the Hon. S. R.
Simpson, prosecuting attorney,
and J. M. Raines of this city,
the defense by Hon. Will Driver
of Osceola and Hon.,E. F. Brown
and Walter Turner of this city.
The acquittal was a great victo
ry for the defense. Tne defend
ant and friends were greatly
affected over the result of the
verdict and showed great dem
onstrations when the verdict
was read.
SLAP AT THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
Gov. Davis on Monday grant-1
ed pardons to Charley Laird and
Chalen Robertson, who were
fined $25 each for assault and
battery in a justice court in
Greene county, August 27. The
petition for the pardons stated
that the only evidence against
the men was that of the prose
cuting attorney.
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city. Telephone your orders to
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QUORUM COURT’S
WORK COMPLETED.
Appropriations for Year as Au
thorized by that Body—Tax
Levy Made.
The actual work of the quorum
court for the year 1904 was com
pleted Monday afternoon, but as
the records of that body must be
signed by its members, a short
session was held Tuesday morn
ing, and final adjournment taken.
The appropriations made were
as follows:
Build county jail, $12,000. Only
one dissenting vote was cast,
that of Justice Guy Smith, who
favored increasing the appropria
tion $3,000.
Build a poor-house, $1,000.
Circuit court, $5,000.
County court, $4,500.
Assessment and tax books, $500.
Records and stationery, $350.
Justices of the peace court,
$300.
Roads and bridges, $500.
Keeping up jail, $4,000.
Keeping up poor-house, $1,000.
Bridge across Village, east of
Swifton, $900.
Bridge across Glaize creek,
Barren township, $250.
Overcup slough bridge, $200.
Repairs on court house prop
erty, recommended by the grand
jury $400.
Repairs on Running Water
creek bridge, $100. *
James W. Howard, who has
proven himself an efficient road
commissioner, was unanimously |
re-elected.
The following tax levy was
authorized: Poll tax, $1.00.
State Tax—State general, 2\;
state school, 2; sinking fund, 1;
pensions |; crpitol, J. County!
tax, 5 mills; road tax, 3 mills;!
Newport corporation tax, 5 mills;
Jacksonport, 5 mills.
All of the school districts in
the county voted a levy of 5
mills with the following excep
tions; Nos. 19 and 31, no levy;
No. 28, 2 mills; No. 35, 2\ mills;
No. 36, 3 mills.
UNCLE PHILLIP BACH’S
STORE IS ROBBED.
A burglar or burglars entered
the store of Uncle Philip Bach at |
Jacksonport last Friday night,
and are reported to have secured
from a cigar box near the head
of the owner’s bed $65 in money.
Mr. Bach lives in che store
building, but it seems was not
awakened by the intruder. No
clews have been discovered to
warrant arrests in the case.
JURY AWARDS
WIDOW DAMAGES.
Mrs. Melia Mize Given $6,500
Damages in Suit Against
Iron Mountain a t
Marianna.
—
Marianna, Oct. 3.—In the Lee
county circuit court Mrs. Melia
Mize, administrator, was today
given a judgment for $6,500
against the Iron Mountain Rail
road Company, damages for the
death of her husband, W. H.
Mize. The case was stubbornly
contested. This is the second
trial of the case. Suit was
brought originally for $15,000
damages, and at the first trial,
two or three years ago, a jury
gave a verdict for the plaintiff,
awarding her $6,000 damages.
The railroad company took an
appeal to the supreme court. Be
cause of an error by the trial
judge in one instruction given
the jury the case was reversed
by the supreme court and re
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manded for retrial, which ended
in the plaintiff being awarded j
$500 more than on the first trial. |
Hon. J. H. Harrod of Little Rock j
represented the plaintiff, assist-!
ed by Hon. P. R. Andrews of
Augusta. Hon. S. D. Campbell of
Newport conducted the defense.
W. H. Mize was a fireman on
the Iron Mountain. In March,
1900, his engine ran on to a burn
ing trestle between Malvern and
Ttraskwood, which gave way
under the weight, and Mize was
killed.
NOTICE.
On account of S. G. Parker,
the leading jeweler, being away
from town, the Palace Jewelry
Store will be closed till Thursday
morning, Oct. 6, 1904.
J Respectfully,
36d3t S. G. Parker.
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