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VOLUME V. NEWPORT, TUESDAY. JUNE 20, *905. NUMBER 45.
MRS. MOORE FILES
SENSATIONAL SUIT.
Charges Conductor and Train
men With Beating Her Hus
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band Over the Head.
Little Rock, June 19.—Lottie
Moore, who last Friday was ap
pointed by Judge Coffman ad
ministrator of the estate of her
late husband, Joshua Moore, to
day brought suit against the Iron
Mountain, by Harnwell & Rose,
her attorneys, for a total of $35,
000 damages. There are some
* interesting and unusuai features
of the suit. The suit is on be
half of the estate of herself and
five children, aged 15, 12, 9, 7
and 5 years.
The complaint avers that on
January 7, 1905, Joshua Moore
was a regular passenger on a
train belonging to the defendant
road running from Little Rock to
Pine Bluff, having a full fare
ticket purchased from the agent
in Little Rock, to ride to Wrights
ville.
It is alleged that the conductor
took the said ticket and demand
ed an additional cash fare of
eight cents, which Moore refused
to pay. The complainant then
alleges that ‘ ‘upon the refusal of
the said Joshua Moore to pay the
same, the said conductor, wil
fully, maliciously, wrongfully
and brutally assaulted and beat
the said Joshua Moore with brass
knucks and then and there or
dered the porter, who was under
the authority and control of the
/said conductor, to assault and
beat said deceased and at his
instance, wrongfully, malicious
tr.-'i ly, willfully and brutally assault
ed and beat the said Joshua
Moore over and upon the head
and face with a heavy pistol,
by reason of which wrongful
and brutal assaults the said
Joshua Moore was greatly injur
ed and suffered great pain and
anguish for a period of two
months and two days; and de
spite the care and best profess
ional treatment obtainable from
the best physicians to be had,
the said Joshua Moore on the 9th
day of March, 1905, died from
the effects of the injuries lie re
ceived at the hands of the con
ductor and porter of the defend
ant as aforesaid.”
Damages are asked as follows:
$5,000 for the estate of the de
ceased, $20,000 for loss sustain
ed by widow and children; $10,
000 as punitive damages.
COUNCIL ALTERS
FIRE LIMITS.
The city council on Monday
evening, with all members pres
ent except C. H. Wilmans, al
lowed bills pending and amend
ed the ordinance defining the
fire limits of the city, so as not
to include the machine shop to
be constructed by H. A. Ridley
on Elm street.
REWARD FOR
RANEY’S ARREST.
The governor has offered a re
ward of $100 for the arrest and
conviction of Wm. Raney, who
shot and killed Norman New
berry, a Jackson county farmer,
at the latter’s home near Swif
ton, June 13, 1905.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
Coffeyville Ark., June 19.
Notice is'hereby given that
the members of the N. B. S. will j
give an ice cream supper at this
place on Saturday evening, July j
1st. Everybody is invited to at- j
tend. S. S. Hale, Sec’y.
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TEN DOLLARS PAID
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To any one who will prove that
Jackson will not sell any article
in his stock at actual cost to him
when he tells you its cost. Call
and see him about paints and
paper. 30-dtf
Special
Announcement
THE FAMOUS
ST. LOUIS ORCHESTRA
/ Will play their sweet melodies during the progress of the
Great
Sensational
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Sale
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AT THE
Bailey Mercantile Co.
P. S.—Bring' the children
along'.
WILLOUGHBY NEWTON
A CRAZED MAN.
Attempted Suicide in Village
Creek After Being Refused
Laudanum at a Country
House.
Sheriff H. S. Simmons has in
charge Willoughby Newton,
whose mind is evidently de
ranged, though at times he talks
in a perfectly rational manner,
claiming to be a traveling repre
sentative of the soap depart
ment of the Swift Packing Co.
On Monday he wandered ea;.t
from Newport about five miles
to the home of Scott Lindsay,
where he sought to secure lauda
num, with the evident intention
of killing himself. Upon being
refused the drug he announced
his purpose to commit suicide in
another manner, and Mr. Lind
say had a negro to follow him to
Village Creek, where he climbed
a tree and jumped into the water,
DUi was rwscueu.
Since being brought to New
port by Deputy Sheriff Robinson
he claims to have lived in San
Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas,
and says he is a native of Vir
ginia. He is probably about 30
years of age, slender, about five
feet, six inches tall, very well
dressed, apparently intelligent,
and had $4.00 in his pocket when
he attempted drowning. Sheriff
Simmons is doing everything
possible to locate the family of
the unfortunate young man.
BLACK CATS PREPARE
FOR HOWLING TIME.:
Helena, June 19.—A concate
nation of Hoo-Hoo will be held
in this city next Saturday, June
24. Several prominent Hoo
Hoo are expected to be present.
Among these will be W. A.
Billingsley of Newport, vice
gerent; A. C. Ramsey of St.
Louis, junior Hoo-Hoo, and C. C.
Read of Memphis.
A great many members of the
order will be in attendance.
While there are only seven or
eight Hoo Hoo or Black Cats, as
: fli/MT oenmofimoc pqIIpH in t.lllfS
section, the order numbers
14,000 in the United States.
One of the peculiarities of the
order is that the annual meetings
are opened on the ninth minute
and hour of the ninth day of the
ninth month of the year.
It is expected that the concate
nation to be held in this city will
be one of great idterest to its
! members.
CLARKE’S FINE HAND.
We think we can discover the
fine Italian hand of the‘"power
'behind the throne” in the word
: ing and writing of Jeff Davis’
‘‘defi” to Senator Berry, says
the Marianna Citizen. The same
power conceived and was largely
instrumental in the passage of
the ‘‘blanket resolution” as to
the selection of a United States
senator by the convention—Dem
ocratic, so-called—held at Hof
Springs last year. The same
power has also announced his
intention of stumping Eastern
Arkansas for his pride and pet
Jeff Davis—during t&ie coming
■ campaign for the United States
j senatorship, and then the same
: power will, perhaps, realize that
he is not what he once was in
this section.
Land frauds in Arkansas.
The Union County Tribune sug
gests that there have been a
jfew faulty land-proofs in the
county, and warns those whc
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have been guilty of such frauds
| that the government authorities
are on the trail of that class of
law breakers. It is said that in
many of the counties where there !
are choice timber lands persons
have been induced to takeout
homesteads and subsequently
make proof of final settlement,
when, as a matter of fact, they
have not complied with the law.
If the truth should be brought
out it will be found that the for
eign corporations that have gob
bled up the best timber lands of
the state have, in many instances,
encourged and abetted in this
criminal practice.
The foreign corporations have
often furnished the necessary
witnesses to prove final proof of
homesteads, and the claims have
been bought for a song. If the
government should investigate
these false claims closely it
would find these foreign syndi
cates guilty through their agents
of more irregularities than pri
vate citizens. —Little Rock Dem
ocrat.
BRINKLEY CITIZEN
RUNNING A TIGER.
Brinkley, June 19.—Ex-Mar
shal W. C. Kelley was convicted
Saturday on a liquor selling
charge and fined $200. An appeal
was taken.
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HOT SPRINGS EXCURSION,
Via Iron Mountain, leaving New
port 11:30 p. m., Saturday, July
1, giving passenger a full Sun
day at the celebrated resort.
Rate $3.00. btd
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WE CLOSE EVERY EVENING AT 7 EXCEPT SATURDAY.
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We are strictly up to date, but
judiciously so. Our styles will not
shock the conservative.
Freaks and fads don’t go here,
but we have every new thing that’s
good.
Everything in wearing apparel
for week-days and holidays, in style
and fabrics that are proper.
A Hot Weather Prescription
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Flannel or Serge overwear |
Lisle underwear |
Negligee shirt
Low turn-over collar
Lisle hose
Low shoes, russet preferred
Straw hat.
SHAKE: High shoes, high collars
and stiff-bosom shirts.
Knox Hats. Alfred Benjamin & Co. Corrf.ct Clothf.s. Manhattan Shirts.
Get the Get the
Habit. y Habit.
^ci\'s Outfitters Newport A»*k
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I 1 The
I Special
I Shoe
_I Sale
AT THE
ST. LOUIs SHOE STOR
Will continue until JULY THE FOURTH. We will celebrate the Fourth of July as a holiday.
Therefore we will give everybody the advantage of this special sale so they can get new shoes
for the Fourth of July for very little money. . , . __ ;
Don’t miss these great chances. This sale will positively last only until July 4th. We
have fifteen different brands of shoes now on sale. Come in time in order to get your number, i
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2,200 pairs ladies’ shoes, low
quarters, Oxfords and Sandals
any color, any style, any size,
any width. No odds, no ends.
Up-to-date styles, regular
price $3.50 to $3.00, go in this
Great Walking Sale at
$1.59“ $1.98
3,500 pairs samples worth
from $2.50 to $2.00, go in this
Walking Sale at
49cto $1*24
200 pairs of Dr. Kinney’s
Cushion Comfort Shoes, regu
lar price from $4 ^ A A
to $5.00, go for
1,700 pairs ®f Children’s
Shoes, Oxfords, Sandals, Low
Quarters, regular price from
50c to $2.50, go at our special
sale from
10c«$|.19
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Ladies’ and Men’s House K
Slippers, regular price from I
50c to 75c, in our spe- I
cial Walking Sale goat £ VC I j
2600 pairs of Men’s Shoes,
and low quarters, vici kid,
velour, Russian calf, box calf,
patent leather colt, worth
from $5.00 to $4.00, go in this
Walking Sale at
$1.24 - $2.74
ST. LOUIS SHOE STORE
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FRANK BROS.,
3tO FRONT STREET. NEWPORT ARK. ^