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NUMBER it3.
JEFF AND LICENSE
^ WIN IN JACKSON, j
Reduced Majorities for Davis and
inr Favor of License—Re
turns are Slow in
Coming In.
The returns from the State
election, in so far as Jackson
county goes, are very meager,
but indicate that Davis will have
Eyjsajority of 300, and that the
advocates of license will win by
probably 350 votes. Little inter
est was manifested from all pre
dicts reported and the vote was
uriformly light.
the city of Newport gave
Divis only 25 majority over
Miners, and complimented its
hfme candidate for gubernatorial
hlnors, Capt. J. E. Wilmans,
vfith 42 votes. Myers carried
tie Second ward by 39 majority,
and the country precinct at the
Experimental farm gave Davis a
I pad of 12.
For governor the First ward
;ave Davis 94: Myers, 30; Pen
ose, 1; Wilmans, 22. Second
rard—Davis, 72; Myers, 111;
Oilmans, 20; making the totals,
)avis, 166; Myers, 141; Wilmans,
42. As there were 382 votes cast
in the two wards, a considerable
number contented themselves
( with scratching Davis and all
1 the other nominees for the head
j of the ticket.
Both wards went for license by
an overwhelming vote, the First
by 103 for and 50 against; the
F Second by 155 to 63. The coun
try precinct of Union township al
so voted for license.
_^The constitutional amendments
are not being voted upon 'gener
ally. For instance, in Rich
woods, out of a total vote of 62,
onlv 19 were cast for or against
ISlch as do
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while all
3 for re
is majori
;hem very
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f an inde
M. Wood
for jus
35 votes.
257 and S.
;o 161 cast
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NROADS.
r has voted
small ma
)ut saloons
lie, though
ive license
rille, how
e.
has also
ks of the
olph and
pd to have
Lawrence county hap elected
Hill, a republican, s^Siff, over
Bill Childers, and hasbrobably
b$en carried for licen$A though
many country precincts fare yet
to be Heard from. * \
ELECTION IN \
WHITE COlVlTY.
; Beebe, Sept. 5.— There Lere
p45 votes polled here today. IThe
kount is proceeding slowly, *nd
Fill not be finished before motn
pg. As far as counted, Ait
hands about 8 to 1 in favor i|f
lavis, while amendments Nos.tB
lid 9 are both in the lead.
llu-Sonia, S.pt, 5. —In this pre
cinct 307 votes were cast. Out
of 125 counted Myers has 90 and
Davis 30. Both the amendments
are evidently carried here by
good majorities.
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY.
Jonesboro, Sept. 5.—The elec
tion has passed off in the city and
county quietly, and the indica
tions now are that Jeff Davis has
carried the county by a good ma
jority, and it is further believed
that the county has gone dry.
A strong fight was made by both
the whisky people and the anti
whisky people. The vote polled
was not as large as usual.
The ladies of the city worked
hard to-day to assist 'in voting
out liquor license at each of the
polling places. They served
free lunches and cold temperapce
drinks and urged all the voters
to vote against license, and it is
thought that the scheme has
done much good. Mrs. J. B.
Clark and Mrs. E. A. Peterson,
assisted by fully one hundred
others, did faithful work, and at
the first Baptist church there
was an all-day prayer meeting
going on.
ELECTION RETURNS
VERY MEAGER.
Page Claims Davis Majority Will
Reach 65,000—Meyers Gains
in Little Rock—Amend
ments in Doubt.
Little Reck, Sept. 6.—The bi
ennial election in each of the
seventy-five counties of Arkansas
yesterday was for state, county
and township officers. Indica
tions are that the total vote in
the state exceeds 150,000. Two
years ago it was 119,741, divided
as follows on governor: Davis
77,354, Meyers 29,251, Greaves
8,343, Kimball 4,791. Davis’
plurality in 1902 was 48,103.
There was an increased vote in
many counties yesterday. In the
seven wards of the city of Little
Rock the total vote was 3,217,
against -1,793 two years ago.
Notwithstanding that Meyers
ran ahead in several precincts in
the city, Davis carries the city
and county by a safe majority
over the Republican nominee.
The early returns are sufficient
to justify the statement that
there has been no political revo
lution in Arkansas. That the
state remains in the Democratic
column by a plurality between
40,000 and 60,000 is clear from
the tenor of the voting as far as
reported. The gains credited to
Meyers are fully offset by Demo
cratic gains in eastern Arkansas.
In Woodruff county, for instance,
many negroes voted for Davis
and about 90 per cent of the vote
cast was for the Democratic nom
inee.
There was no opposition to the
Democratic state ticket, except
on governor. In Pulaski county
Kavanaugh for sheriff and Mar
tin for assessor are elected by
large majorities.
Secretary John H. Page of the
Democratic state committee, at
10 o’clock last night estimated
that Davis’ plurality will be 65,
000.
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PARTY DROWNED
IN WHITE RIVER.
Launch From Clarendon Struck
a Snag and Sank—Only Two
Members Saved.
Clarendon, Sept. 5.—John H.
Diggle and Miss Mamie Johnsor
of Stuttgart and Mrs. Leta Vas
gein of Mullen, Idaho, were
drowned in the White river near
here about 8 o’clock last eveving,
while returning to Clarendon
from up the river in Mr. Diggle’s
gasoline launch.
Two other members of the par
ty, V. J. Dawson and Miss
Gretchen Shaw, were saved be
cause of their being in the fo e
part of the boat when the stern
sank to the bottom. They were
coming down stream at a speed
of about 15 miles an hour, when
the boat ran squarely into a snag
in such manner that her bow ran
up clear from the water and the
the stern sank. The engine was
located near the rear and the
weight of this caused the stern
to sink until it reached the bot
tom. The three who were drown
ed were seated near the back
end. Diggle was lighting a lan
tern when the boat struck the
snag, and the shock threw Mrs.
Vasgein and Miss Johnson back
onto him, with the result that
none had a chance to secure hold
on anything. Diggle was said to
be an expert swimmer, and was
probably carried down by the
women, who clung to him.
Dawson and Miss Shaw were
just able to keep their heads
above water by clinging to the
brass rail on the \ front of the
boat. They were rescued from
their position in the water by
some timbermen, who were at
tracted by Miss Shaw’s screams
ana went out alter uiem m a
boat. They were not in the wa
ter long enough to suffer any in
jury from the experience.
None of the bodies has as yet
been recovered. The launch was
owned by Diggle and was one of
the finest on the river, being 30
feet long and seating 15 people.
This makes the second thrilling
experience of Miss Shaw recent
ly, as she was the only passenger
saved in a railroad wreck in Wy
oming last summer.
SEARCY AND DES ARC
BRANCH BEING PUSHED.
Work on the extension of the
Searcy and Des Arc Branch of
the Rock Island, from Des Arc to
to Hazen, is being pushed rapid
ly to completion, several cars of
steel for this road have been re
ceived at Little Rock within .the
last few days, and are being
rushed through over the Mem
phis branch to the new work.
The pile-driver is now in the
Little Rock shops for repairs. It
will be sent out in a day or two
to be'used on the approaches of
the White river bridge at De
Vall's Bluff, where the Searcy
and Des Arc line makes a junc
tion with the Memphis branch of
the Rock Island.
This line, when completed, will
probably become a part of the
Memphis district, as the Office of
trainmaster on this road has been
abolished, and the jurisdiction of
the superintendent and trainmas
ter of the Arkansas division has
been extended to include the
Searcy and Des Arc.
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engineer of the water company,
is hereby ordered that whenever
and wherever he finds a hydrant
open or left running continuously,
to shut off the whole supply
: without notice.
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