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I VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER t, 1905._ NUMBER UP.
/ rOUND DEAD SN ROAD.
I Isom Milligan, an Old-Time Jacksonport
I Negro, Shot to Death Near
I Confederate Park.
Isom Milligan, an old-time
negro of Jacksonport, while re
turning home from Newport late
Thursday night, was shot and
killed near the Confederate park
’ “ and his body left on the public
roadway, where it was found
next morning. The discovery
was reported to the sheriff and
the remains were brought to
Newport and taken to the un
dertaking establishment of R.
F. Drummond.
HUBBLE REFUSED BOND.
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The coroner was notified, but
prior to his arrival, at the re
quest of the mother of the dead
man, the body was taken to W.
S. Hubble’s undertaking room.
Hubble was immediately placed
under arrest, bond being refused
by Sheriff Simmons. Habeas
corpus proceedings were insti
tuted and the prisoner was re
leased on $250 bond to appear
next Tuesday to answer to the
charge of interfering with the
coroner’s investigation.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Charley Johnson, a negro em
ployed by R. W. Anderson of
Jacksonport, who was tried about
a year ago for assaulting Milli
gan, and between whom there
seems to have been a bad reeling,
was arrested and placed in jail
pending developments in the
coroner’s investigation.
^ INQUEST HEARING BEGUN.
Coroner Harrison upon his ar
rival from Tuckerman immediate
ly began the work of securing a
jury and the trial was begun in
the afternoon. The body of
Milligan was examined, showing
three bullet wounds, one over
and one below the ear through
the head, and one entering the
right side.
After looking over the body
the coroner and jury repaired to
the city hall to hear the testi
mony of witnesses. Milligan
was a preacher, and had been
attending conference in this city,
and left town about 11:15 o’clock
intending to walk home to Jack
sonport. He probably had little
or no money on his person, and
was probably shot by some en
emy. The spot where his body
was found is said to have shown
evidence of a hard struggle.
Negro Fired at Officer.
Marion Aug. 31.—Yesterday
morning while Deputy Sheriff
Herrington was trying to arrest
DaK W7i'Ioam q nnnry»A of vl<3
the negro fired three shots at
him and then made his escape,
although Herrington emptied his
pistol at him in return. Two of
the negro’s shots missed the
deputy and the other passed
through his clothes under his
arm, making a very slight flesh
wound. Sheriff C. L. Lewis of
Crittenden County has offered a
reward of $25 for the capture of
the negro and his delivery to
fyim at any jail.
Goes to Publishing house.
Pine Bluff, Aug. 31.—George
W. Buchanan, who has been the
manager of the Pine Bluff Tele
phone Company for the past
three years, has resigned to ac
cept a position with a publishing
house in St. Louis.
Chester Flenall, the negro sent
to the penitentiary from Jackson
county last year for shooting an
other negro at the Southern Cot
ton Oil mill, has made his escape
and the local officers have been
notified.
JURIES ARE SUBPOENAED.
September Term of Jackson County
Circuit Court Opens the Second
Monday in Month—Both the
Grand and Petit Juries.
Sheriff H. S. Simmons has com
pleted the work of subpoenaeing
the grand and petit jurors for
the next term of the Jackson
circuit court, which convenes
Monday, September 11, with
Judge F. D. Fulkerson, presid
ing.
Following are lists of the
juries:
Grand Jury—C. C. Nicholson,
T. J. Graham, M. J. Murphy, W.
G. Hogan, Turner Collier, F. L.
Bleakley, W. T. Sweat, Marcel
lus Balch, W. A. Roy, John
Camp, John Walker, C. C. Bur
gess, A. D. Bailey, W. A. Bil
lingsley, R. M. Laird, James S.
Jones.
Alternates — J. A. Lindley,
Frank Greenhaw, Walter S. Da
vis, G. W. Hodges, J. H. Strider,
S. M. Beattie, R. B. Hooker, R.
M. Johnson, J. WT. Wallace, W.
S. Tims, Samuel Hewitt, J. M.
Gibson.
Petit Jurors—John Ashley, W.
R. Harvey, Jr., G. A. Pilquist,
R. F. Dunn, D. C. Dowell, B. F.
Hartwick, Will Hurst, J. M. Mc
Cartney, W. B. Overstreet, H.
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Gardner, W. H. Jones, G. T.
Dameron, W. H. Shoffner, Thos.
Hale, Jos. M. Berger, Jr., C. W.
True, H. P. Martin, T. P. Um
sted, Adolph Lester, John N.
Drummonds, T. D. Kinman, Jr.,
W, T. Guynn.
DAVIS RESTORES RIGHTS.
I
; Pharmacist Who Sold Liquor at Cotton
Plant Restored to Rights By
Governor Jeff Davis.
Little Rock, Aug. 31.—Gov.
Davis yesterday issued a procla
mation absolving R. C. Harvell,
a druggist of Cotton Plant, from
the effects of a conviction Au
gust 7 for the unlawful sale of
liquor. The proclamation says:
“It has been represented to
me by the officials and worthy
citizens of said community that
the defendant is a young man,
has always lived an upright and
honest life, and that there were
very strong mitigating circum
stances connected with this of
fense entitling him to clemency,
and he has paid all the fine and
costs incident thereto.
“Under section 5284 of Kir
by’s Digest the said R. C. Har
vell will be forever deprived
from engaging as a pharmacist,
and will therefore be deprived
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Czar Thanks President.
Oyster Bay, L. I., Aug. 31.—
Emperor Nicholas of Russia has
recognized gratefully the part
which President Roosevelt played
in the successful negotiations for
peace.
In a cablegram reoeived by
President Roosevelt today Em
peror Nicholas congratulated and
thanked the president for his
efforts. The cablegram follows:
“PeterMof, Alexandria, Aug.
31.—President Roosevelt: Ac
cept my congratulations and
earnest thanks for having brought
the peace negotiations to a suc
cessful conclusion owing to your
personal energetic efforts.
“My country will gratefully
recognize the great part you
have played in the Portsmouth
peace conference.
“Nicholas.”
A nicely furnished front room
for rent at 517 Hazel st. 04d6t
SPAIN REFUSES TO BE DEAD.
Didn’t Kill His Brother-in-Law With
Poisoned Whiskey, Didn’t Say He
Did and in Fact Whole Story
Was a Big Fake.
Paragould, Aug. 31.—The Po
cahontas special of yeste^ay
about John Spain is a canard.
Mr. Spain and his family were
in Paragould on the night of the
2^th, hence he could not have
died in Randolph county on that
night.
He and his family left Para
gould yesterday forenoon for
Hoxie, which place they could
not reach before 11 o’clock a. m.
He has numerous relatives and
friends here who are indignant
at the announcement of his hav
ing made a deathbed confession |
of murder.
Spain married into a poor fam
ily instead of a rich one and
never re:eived any money
through his wife. He w=is for
eight years in the employ of the
Singer Sewing Machine Co., but
for the past two years has been
selling organs.
He has never been -adjudged
insane by any court, b t was con
fined in the jail at Pocahontas on
his own request on account of
mental aberration and nervous
debility. For five weeks he has
been under the treatment of Dr.
W. N. Dickson of this city, who
in an open letter published,in the
Soliphone of the 29th pronounced
the patient mentally sound and
in good physical condition.
J. R. Taylor.
ROGERS DARES DAVIS.
Bob Rogers Warns Governor to Be
Careful in His Attack Upon His
Personal Character.
i Higginson, Aug. 31.—When
Gov. Jeff Davis and Attorney
; General R. L. Rogers meet today
for the first time during the
present campaign on the stump
i at Griffithville, personal difficul
j ty if not bloodshed is a possibil
ity. Gen. Rogers and Gov. Davis
were both here this morning and
the attorney general visited the
chief executive with no very gen
tle words upon his lips.
Reliable report has it that Mr.
Rogers told Gov. Davis that if
j his (Rogers) private character is
i dragged iuto Davis’ speech at
j Griffithville the incident will re
| suit seriously for the governor,
i All Higginson is aroused over
the encounter and awaits with
i deep interest the news from
! Griffithville.
Gov. Davis and Gen. Rogers
have long been at outs and the
recent political career of each is
j dotted with occurrences in which
I novonnal -foolincr seems to have
! been a potent factor in influenc
| ing his action. In the words of
'that famous character, Morris
! Mogilewsky they ‘ ‘have had a
mad on” with one another for
! some time.
Developments at Griffithville
are fraught with possibilities
enough to make a layman hold
his breath in anxiety.
SCARES JEFF WITH CORN-COB.
Five thousand people attended
the barbecue and heard Gov.
1 Davis devote his entire speech to
! opposition to Rogers. He said
that Rogers came to him in the
; morning and told him that if he
! told a certain story that had ref
erence to his private character,
wherein his family was brought
into it, that he would kill him.
Rogers, replying, explained the
matter, saying that he told the
governor to say what he pleased
about his public record.
Davis broke in: ‘‘Did you not
say you would kill me?”
‘‘Yes, if you make use of false
OR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And correction of Irregularities
of the Teeth.
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hoods that reflect upon my wife
and mother,” said Rogers, ‘‘but,
kill you! My God. I need not
fear for you. I can take a corn
cob with a ‘lightning bug’ on the
end of it and make you jump
into the Arkansas river.”
Crops Above Average.
Harrison, Aug. 31. —General
crops in this section are as good
as have been had for several
years, being much above the
average. There are very few
peaches this season and only
about one-fourth of a crop of
apples.
Sheriff Simmons is in receipt
of a telegram from the sheriff in
California who made the arrest
of Bob Chestney, the alleged
train robber, stating that habeas
corpus proceedings had been in
stituted and his prisoner would
probably be released Thursday.
The railroad officials in delaying
the pass have made it possible
for Chestney to again escape the
clutches of the law. i
SPECSA1 RATES TO CAL1E0RN3A.
Special rates to San Francisco,
Cal., via Iron Mountain route,
account convention of United
Daughters of Confederacy. Rate
$63.50 round trip. Ticketstfon
OU1V VVJlllWV* VV v 7 |
September 12 to 14 inclusive, and
September 26 to 28 inclusive.
Tickets will be routed via? Iron
Mountain to St. Louis. Missouri |
Pacific to Pueblo (free side trip
to Denver), D. & R. G. through
the Royal Gorge, Salt Lake City,
to Ogden, thence Southern Pacific
to San Francisco. (Side trip to j
Los Angeles, thence back to.
Portland, Southern Pacific entire
distance). If desired can take
steamer line. Meals and berths
included between San Francisco
and Portland. Returning you
will be routed via Ogden and
Denver, or via Billings and Bur
lington Route, or via St. Paul
and any direct line to St. Louis.
Stop overs allowed at any point
jwest of Pueblo and St. Paul.
; Final return limit of these tickets
190 dates from date of sale, ex
cepting tickets are not to be
j limited for return later than
| November 30.
T. H. Reamey, Agent
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