Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1906. NUMBER 241.
BETTER LOCAL SERVICE.
New Schedule Giving fas! Mail and Bettei
Local Passenger Service Inaugurated
Sunday on Iron Mountain.
Sunday February 4th, the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway Company inaugurated
the promised schedule that gives
two new trains, faster mails and
the best local passenger service
ever enjoyed by the towns on
the line in Arkansas.
The officials are to be com
mended for their progressiveness
and the consideration shown the
local traveling public. Every
town in Arkansas on the line
owes the passenger department
a vote of thanks for the new
schedule, so here’s to the parties
responsible and our congratula
tions and good wishes are shared
in by all.
No train ever attracted so
much local attention as the new
No. 7 and though Sunday morn
ing seldom finds the denizens of
this town astir very early, there
were many on the lookout to see
the fast mail, carrying four mail
and express cars, whiz by.
Though an hour late, the loss of
time was caused chiefly by de
lays in the St. Louis yards, aug
mented by a hot box and a de
fective air hose. At Little Rock,
the train was an hour and fifteen
minutes late, but reached Tex
arkana only 30 minutes behind
the schedule time. A mile a
minute was nothing unusual and
a rate of a mile in 45 seconds
was attained below Piedmont.
Though the Frisco mail train
reached Texas points an hour
earlier than the Gould system
■"train, the handicaps of the lattjer
prevented a fair test Sunday.
MAIL DRAWN UNDER TRAIN.
Probably a ton of mail matter
was dumped from the train pass
ing Newport and such was the
speed that piles of Sunday pa
pers were sucked beneath the
wheels and badly damaged. At
Poplar Bluff too, this w as the
“case and there it is said the mail
was scattered for a quarter of a
mile along the track.
MONDAY’S TRAIN ON TIME.
The schedule fixes No. 7’s time
to pass Newport at 9:18 and
Monday morning, notwithstand
v ing blizzard and snow, the fast
f mail was on time to a dot. It’s
a Dig tning ior tne ot. j-iouis pa
pers to be in the hands of their
jbscribers 262 miles away in
pother state in less than 7 hours
being off the press.
Better local service.
revised time card, as pub*
, in this issue, shows a
rnumber of changes besides the
addition of a local train each
each way. Nos. 23 and 24.
No. 23, south bound, leaves
I at 3:10 p. m. and stops
at Tuckerman but may
d at all other stations,
ikewise stops regularly
?rt and Tuckerman, be
,t Newport at 9-18 a. mr*
be flagged at all sta
ecomes No. 26 and will
»local stops if flagged, j
due at 12:25 a.m. It is
robable that this train
nue long to give local
) and 20 are each moved
jnutes and are now run
id 30 but continue as
ns.
the south bound local
ow leaves Newport at
instead of 7 o’clock.
g|g§|K were no changes on the
|HSP|B\ver division.
Blank Books and
SSS|£l®r nery kinds.
SHERIFF RESCUES PRISONER.
Attempted Lynching at Poplar Bluff
Prevented by Sheriff Hogg—
Negro Guilty of Fiend
ish Crime.
, Poplar Bluff, Feb. 4 —Sheriff
1 J. Pi. Hogg rescued Curtis Jack
son, a negro who had been posi
tively identified as the assailant
of a white woman, from a mob
of a thousand men yesterday
who were bent on lynching him.
i Daniel Norman, nusband of
ithe outraged woman, was the
leader of the mob and fired at
j the negro, but an officer knocked
his revolver out of his hand and
the shot went wild. It almost
precipitated a riot, but in spite of
it all Hogg placed the negro in
his buggy and drove rapidly out
of town to Hendricksville, where
they boarded a train ostensibly
for St. Louis.
When the sheriff got into the
buggy several men seized the
horses, but the sheriff whipped
out his revolver and declared
that if they didn’t let go he
would shoot to kill. They knew
he meant what he said and they
stepped back while the officer
drove awav.
He had orders from Gov. Folk
to save the negro and he meant
to do it.
HUSBAND ON HAND.
When he heard the sheriff
meant to take the prisoner away.
Norman hustled to the jail.
“Hang the brute “ cried the
crowd.
“I will hang him alright if
you will stand by me,” Norman |
declared.
Sheriff Hogg went to the door;
of the jail and addressed the'
crowd. “Friends,” he said “I j
want to say a word. The man;
you want to lynch is in my care.,
His crime means death anyway.
Let the law take its course. The |
punishment will be swift and
sure. I mean to do my duty and
protect the prisoner. I hope you
will not cause any trouble.”
The sheriff’s words made but
little impression on the men and
they surrounded the jail.
When they brought the negro
out he was trembling and utter
ly speechless. Some one hit him
in the face with a club, knocked
him down. The mob then began
kicking him. City Marshal
Whitworth sprang to the negro’s
assistance grabbed the man un
der his arm and literally carried ;
him to the buggy twenty feet j
Whitworth threw the negro, who;
was almost unconscious, into the i
buggy.
Two men went to the assist
ance of the officers, one holding
the team while the other aided j
in warding blows off the negro, |
who crouched in the buggy and j
seemed almost dead with fright.:
Finally Sheriff Hogg and Depu
ty Iden reached the buggy,
sprang beside the negro, whipped
up the horses and broke through
the crowd. They went north as
fast as the team could travel.
Gov. Folk had wired Sheriff
Hogg to protect the prisoner at i
all hazards and had offered to
call out the militia if necessary.
Resumes Circuit Court.
Circuit court was resumed
Monday morning after adjourn- i
ment over Saturday. Judge Ful- i
kerson presiding. The only case
heard at the morning session was |
that of Gustave Jones and S. j
Heinemann versus B. Cannon,
a negro, which resulted in a
judgment for the plaintiffs. The
suit was brought to secure posses-j
sion of a boat on White River.
I. D. Price for Rubber Stamps, j
ADDING FINISHING TOUCHES.
(
Scaling Crews Clearing Cuts Leveling
Track and Otherwise Perfecting
White River Road Bed.
With the completion of the
White River line two weeks ago,
says the Cotter Courier, many
men were released from con
struction at the front, and have
since been divided into smaller
crews under foremen and put to
I work widening cuts all along
the road from Batesville to Au
rora. Every rock and boulder
■ that is likely at any time to give
! the road trouble or make the
track in the least dangerous is
being removed. Where there is
a possibility of dirt sliding onto
the rails it is being taken away.
All the little crooks, kinks and
low places in the track are being
trued, loose ties tamped and ev
ery other little detail that goes to
make a high grade road are be
ing given careful attention.
At the great Omaha tunnel a
steam shovel is cutting out and
widening the approaches. At
this place the sliding dirt has
given the company trouble from
\roru ofort nrvHl flio nwoccnf
time. The ground at noth ap
proaches is of a peculiar forma
tion, a loose gravely dirt, wet
and crumbly. It continually
creeps down to the road bed the
full height of the cut and if not
constantly watched will pile up
and cover the track. The ap
proaches are now being widened
and the sides will be given a
slant so gentle that the trouble
will be overcome.
A crew of men i? now gather
ing up all the scrap iron, tim- (
bers, rails and material scatter-!
ed all along the road and storing
it here in the yard. There is a
great deal of this stuff, much of
it worthless and some of it use
ful in making repairs.
Another crew is putting in
small culverts, cattle guards,
crossings and the like. Building
crews are putting up depots, j
section houses, tanks and other'
structures between Cotter and
Carthage.
At Cotter work is going on in i
the yards. Engineer Swart this j
week put on another gang of
Austrians and is rapidly enclos-1
mg tne large rounanouse. 1 ne
further along this work gets the
larger the building looks, and it
now covers over two acres of
ground, exclusive of the turn
table. A temporary turntable
was put in this week for immedi
ate use. This was made neces
sary because the “Y” must be
torn up to make room for the
east wing of the roundhouse.
The concrete foundation for the
tank is now complete and the
tank will be put up within a few
days. As soon as it is in, the
eight tubs now doing duty as a
tank, will be taken out of the
way.
In three months all work along
the line will be finished, with the
exception of the yards and depot
at Cotter, and the big Oregon
Flat cut, and possibly a few fills
along the road north of Galena.
Services at the Methodist Church.
Rev. Ira McIntosh arrived in
Newport Saturday night from
his home in Iuka, Miss., and
began a revival meeting at the
Methodist church Sunday morn
ing. Mr. McIntosh is a speaker
of unusual intelligence, and
deeply spiritual, and his sermon
on “Ye are the light of the
world” was listened to with the
closest attention by the large
congregation present. Much
interest was manifested in the
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Newport Opera House.
Vining & Parish's Offerings.
I
in
ONE NIGHT,
Tuesday, Feb. 6th.
The National
Grand Opera
Company
With Musical Features of
International Reputation. j
In Scenes and Arias from
FAUST, PARSIFAL,
IL TROVATORE,
LOMBARDI LUCIA,
AIDA, ETC.
Revival of Favorite Old Songs
and Songs of all Nations.
Reserved seats.$1.50 -
To subscribers for two or more
tickets the price is $1.00 each.
Subscribers’ sale opens Friday,
February 2d. Regular sale Sat
urday, February 3d.
Subscription books now open
at JACOCKS’.
Before
You Go
When about to travel, if
subject to headache, nervous
ness, dizziness, or car-sickness,
take one or two doses of
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills
before starting. They will in
sure you against an attack.
There are a great many who
are sure to have headache,
whenever they go to church or
places of amusement, or where
there is any excitement or op
pression. Take them with
you, and on the first indica
tion, take a tablet and see how
quickly it will disappear. To
such persons Dr. Miles’ Anti
Pain Pills are a great blessing.
They soothe the nerves and
allay irritation and excitement.
“We always keep Dr. Miles’
Anti-Pain Pills in our home, and find
them a remarkable remedy, for the
relief of headaches, nervousness, etc.
Two tablets never fail to stop the
most severe headache, but one is
usually sufficient. By taking a Pain
Pill before going out to places of
amusement, we find we do not have '
those distressing headaches that for
merly come with every little excite
ment.”
MISSES MART AND EI/LA WIE
I.AND, 1323 So. 12th St., Springfield,
Illinois.
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills are sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. If it
fails, he will return your money.
25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold in bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
—
earnest appeal of the speaker to
the unsaved.
There will be services at 3 and
7 p. m. each day and everybody;
is invited to attend.
For dray at any hour call up
Hazel hotel. 83dtf i
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’ that we have become a fixture in this city, and '
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consideration which has brought this result and j
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i the lowest possible price.
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dollar weighs a full one hundred cents of value
at all times.
Having closed out our entire damaged stock j
caused by the recent fire, finds us better equip
ped to serve your every fancy than ever before.
Our Spring and Summer line is now in transit,
and we will show a complete brand new stock.
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Thanking you for your kind consideration,
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