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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, JULY 20, 1914. NUMBER 93.
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Hanley, H. J.
irton, J. A.
Mitts, Hubert
urphy, Rufus
urred shortly
iday morning,
:>ank of Black
>n, near the
igston. Nun
been playing
ight and fell
nee of fifty
claimed to
et- Sharp is
Irawn a knife,
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Wien xiupuu wiutn
ran. They soon made up and
r Sharp took the 50c, but
nez again compelled him to
j®ore it.
That night Nunez spent the
night in Langston’s tent and
parted home early next morn
ing. Langston heard a gun
shot and Nunez cry out several
tiimis, “Lordy, Bill, You've kill
ed rae!” Langston later went
to the scene with a neighbor and
found Ninez dead.
^Sheriff McCuistion' had been
notified and found that the man
with whom Sharp stayed had a
ij/fb gun, which appeared to have
Jtfst been shot. He also found
that the gun made a similar
dent in the cap to that found
«ear the scene, which is sup
posed to have ended Nunez’ life.
The tracks of a man also
led from the tree behind which
the murderer stood in tha di
rection of Sharp’s abode.
Dr, Jamison testified that
Nunez was shot from behind*,
the load of shot which caused
his death lodging in his back
and left side
Mrs. AJDeri nunier was aisu
a witness- She had told Will
Sharp about the shooting, who
said he hadn’t heard about it,
and said it was an awful affair
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
THE ADVENTURES OF
t KATHLYN
The temple of the lion, showing
Jv how she was rescued by her ele
phant from being cremated and
how she is a prisoner in the
a lion’s temple—A very interest
ing picture in two reels,
v M (SEL1G)
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j. BATTY BILL AND HIS PAL’S
* % LEGACY
(Comedy—MELLIES.)
fe.. Friday
THE PERILS OF PAULINE
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
Don’t miss seeing Kathlyn
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Little Edgar Gibson Seriously
Burned.
Little Edgar Gibson, the pret
jty three year old son of Mr. and
jMrs. Eugene Gibson of Walnut
street happened to a very se
rious accident Monday morning
about 10 o’clock when he was
Jbadly burned- The little boy j
was playing with matches,
which-became ignited and set
fire to hs clothing, which were
literally burned off his body.
The negro cook, the only one
at home at the time, happened !
! to be out of the room for a few
minutes and hearing the child’s.
| screams ran to him, and with
the aid of the neighbors, sum
moned physicians and the mo
ther, who was at her school j
work at the high school build-;
ing.
The skin from the little fel
low’s face and body was burned
off and to relieve his intense
suffering he was given medicine
to put him to sleep. The sym- j
pathy of our people goes out to
the grief stricken parents in
their affliction and sorrow.
LATER—Just as we are go- j
ing to press the sad news comes
I that the little fellow died at
4:15
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Aaron Keedy Dead.
Special to Independent.
Swifton, July 19.—Aaron Kee
dy, aged b2 years, 9 months and
26 days, an old and respected cit
izen of Glass township, died i.
Thursday morning from mental
paralysis after a month’s sick
ness
The funeral took place Friday,]
the remains being laid to rest1
in Arnold graveyard. The de-1
ceased was a member of the W.
0. W. and of the Methodist ■
church and a good citizen, kind
father and husband.
Mr- Keedy was born in Can
|ton, Ohio, and was married 44 '
years ago at Elkhart, Indiana.
P’or the past 26 years he has 1
been a resident of Jackson coun-!
ty. i
Besides a wife he is survived
by seven children, five daugh
ters, Mrs. Ed Dukes, Mrs. Jack '
Rorex, Mrs- Dock Dudley, Mrs.
Charley Phelps, Mrs. G. W. Dud
j ley, and two sons, Walter and
I A- H- Keedy of Black Springs,
'and Little Rock, respectively.
I To the bereaved ones the sym
pathy of many friends is ex
! tended.
Installs Electric Sign.
j The City Drug Store has just
installed the handsomest and
—most unique electric sign that
is iit our city. It is composed of
four hundred and twenty incan-j
! descent bulbs that are so ar
ranged to represent a soda foun
tain and drug store combined
A fountain and glass with a
druggist’s mortar and pestle are j
clearly demonstrated with the
vari-colored lights, the whole
making a very handsome street
#ign that cannot fail to attract
the passerby to this progressive
and up-to-date drug store, with
Mr- C. A. Virtue as manager.
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Six Injured In Wreck.
I
,1‘nited Press Dispatch.
New Orleans, July 20. —Six
were injured this morning at
i Derby, Miss, when the Queen
Crescent New York limited,
| southbound, was derailed going
forty miles per hour- Engineer
Hawe and his fireman were
both fatally hurt- The wreck
is attributed to spreading rails.
TWO BURGLARIES
SATURDAY NIGHT
Wlimans Mercantile Company
And Plunkett-Jarrell Grocer
' Company Victims.
Two burglaries occurred Sat
urday night, one in Newport and
the other at Diaz, but whether
the same parties robbed both
stores is not known.
At Plunkett-Jarrell’s, after
trying to pry open an office win
dow the burglars broke the glass
in the front door and entered.
The cash drawer was not rifled
and nothing of particular value
was secured.
At Diaz, shoes and clothing
were stolen and the cash draw
er pried open. Sheriff MeCuis
tion was riotified and as a party
of movers had left Diaz Sunday
morning early, Deputy Hasting
was sent in pursuit, overtaking
the campers near the northern
county line, but none of the stol
en goods was found in their pos
session.
King Calls Cnferences.
United Press Oispatch.
London, July 20.—Premier
A c/niii+Vi -f-nrlmr ■fnrmnllv an
nounced in the House of Com
mons that the king had called a
conference of party leaders to
discuss amending the home rule
bill. This confirmed the reports
of yesterday which caused great
uneasiness for fear His Majes
ty was preparing to insist upon
concessions granted to Ulster.
Depression Not From Tariff.
United Press Dispatch, v
Washington, D. C., July 20—
President Wilson today denied
that the tariff was a factor at
any recent business conference
and stated that at no time had
any big business callers intim
ated that they considered the
Underwood tariff la\fr as respon
sible for any general halting of
business for all visitors recog
nized that business adjusted
itself to changes of rates very
promptly.
Former Premier Takes Blame
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, July 20.— The spectacle
Df the former premier, Joseph
Caillaux, publicly trying to as
sume the responsibility for kill
ing Gaston Calmette, editor of
the Figarro, was the prospect
when the trial began. Discuss
ing the bitter fight Calmette was
making against him, Caillaux re
marked that he would “smash
Calmettes’ face”. It is report
ed that Caillaux will testify that
this threat unintentionally up
set his wife. She feared that
he might fulfill the threat and
ruin his political life
For this reason she went to
beg Calmette not to publish
other letters. Overcome by e
motion when she faced her hus
band’s enemy, she lost her head
and killed him.
Over one hundred spectators
with admission cards forced en
trance to the court room after
it was thought all the standing
room was occupied. ■—***«*
Between outbursts of weeping
Mme. Caillaux related to the
jury her story of the shooting.
Automobiles For Hire.
When you want to make a
quick and easy trip, telephone
21. Rates, $2 per hour. Day
or night service. L- W. WAT
SON, Ford Motor Co. 85btf.
| Only Three Cases on Docket.
When the supreme court of
Arkansas adjourned for the j
j summer vacation last Monday,
the tribunal left but three cas
es on the docket that had been j
i committed prior to the date of j
.adjournment. This is a record
of which the court is justly j
proud and speaks of the labor j
; accomplished by the members of
the court during the long term.
An average of twenty cases are
decided by this court, 46 weeks ;
of the year, making about 1,000
j decisions during the year. About
one-third of the cases are per
sonal injury suits in which cor
porations are defendants- The
number of appeals increases as
the years pass, and the develop
ment of the state will be ac
companied always by increasing
i litigation. In order to handle
this, there will either be a change
i
in the constitution to increase i
; the number of members, or pro
' vide a bmach of the court for
review of certain kinds of cases, j
As long as the members of the
court work as they have during j
| the past year, however, there
I will be no occasion for any j
i change m the method of hand- ]
i ling the business
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Extradition May Be Possible.
United Press Dispatch.
Chihauhua, Mexico, July 20—
i The extradition of Huerta and
his officials will be sought from
whatever country in which they
take refuge, charged with the
i murder of Madero- Constitu
tionalists close to Villa stated
today that they believed extra
dition, possible under the exist
| ing Mexican treaties
Steamboat Excursion.
We will give another excur
sion Tuesday evening, July 21,
aboard the City of Muskogee,
leaving Newport at 8 o’clock for
a trip down the river. Music and
dancing. Round trip 50 cents.
i89d6. Captain F. L- Inman. |
'' mmmmm \
' Specials this week—Fresh salt
! ed peanuts, 25c; Toasted marsh
: mallows, 25c; Fruit balls, assort
I
i ed flavors, 18c. The above are
35c and 40c a pound regular.
Bowen’s Cash Store. 93d6
Grover Gates returned Friday
! from a month’s vacation visit to
his mother and sister at Los An
geles, California.
BODY THAT Of
KATHERINE WINTERS
Exhumed From Potter’s Field
And Is Positively Identified
Say Officers.
Unted Press Dispatch.
Urbana, Illinois, July 20.—The
body of a nine year old girl ex
humed from the potter’s field
here is that of the missing Kath*
erine Winters, positively declar
ed Sheriff Davis today. Two de
tectives recently told the sheriff
they were positive the body was
shipped here and buried. The
description of the girl, including
clothing, tallied and the sheriff
consented to have the body ex
humed.
Sheriff Davis said detectives
explained that they had traced
the body to a Florida town but
was reshipped here, Undertaker
Stewart told them that a strang
er brought the little girl’s body
ed in a receiving vault. “Some
one would claim it in a few
days”, this man said. After
waiting a year for claimant, the
body was removed from the
vault and buried. The detective
has gone to Newcastle
CASKET WAS TOO SMALL, j
T Trirlorf ol/oi'* Qfnxirn **f cinirl nn I
unidentified man brought the |
body as Nick Larry of Urbana,
a wealthy retired farmer- When
he brought the casket to Stew
art the man explained that he
had been living in Florida and
that his wife was sick there- He
wanted the body received in a
vault because there was no place
to put ^t.
Stewart's declaration that the
casket he received was not more
than two and one half or three
feet long, which would be too
short for the body of a nine
year old girl was a blow to the
theory that the body was that
of the Winters’ child
POSITIVE NOT BODY
United Press Dispatch.
New Castle, Ind-, July 20. —
Dr. Winters today declared that
there was nothing to the Urbana
story and said Police Officer Ro
mine of the local force, saw the
girl's body at Urbana and said
she had flaxen hair. The doc
tor insisted that Katherine Win
ters' hair was much darker
Week To Be Fair And Cool.
Washington, July 19.— The
Weather Bureau tonight fore
cast another week of generally
fair weather with moderate sum
mer temperatures.
“Indications are that tempera
tures will average near or below
the normal over all parts of the
country”, said the bulletin, “with
little probabilty of extremely
high readings in any section.
Rainf&H will be generally light
and local.
“No important disturbance is
charted, although a low press
ure area in the Far West will
move Eastward reaching the
Eastern states near the close of
the week- This disturbance will
be followed by cooler weather
over the northern and central
states.”
Board Inspects Tucker Farm.
Walnut Ridge, July 19- —J
A. Bradsher of Harrisburg and
J. V. Ferguson of Little Ropk,
Penitentiary Board members,
were here yesterday inspecting
the fine plantation of Captain
F. W. Tucker, with a view of
buying it for a state' farm for
white convicts. The Tucker
farm is probably the finest farm
i Lawrence county
Would Cost Railroads $3,000,000
United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111., July 20- —The
Federal Mediators today heard
the railroads’ side of the contro
versy with 100,000 of the em
ployes tJT roads west of here.
General Manager Trenhold of
the Chicago, St-Paul, Minneapo
lis and Omaha explained that
if the railroads granted the de
mands of the men for a reduc
tion of working hours without ,
reductions of pay it would make
an additional expenditure annu
ally of $3,000,000- The rail
roads’ side was heard first, as
they asked for mediation and
the commission will hear the em
ployes this afternoon and hold
a separate conference probably.
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Have moved to the old O'Neal
saloon buiding and will be pleas
ed to see friends and trade at
new stand, 512 Front street. O.
R. Crosby. Phone 176. 93b7.
5j! That old “straw" of yours is beginning
jfj to show signs of hard wefy- about this time.
|| You can purchase a fresh, clean, new
H Hat now at a small price.
$3.00 Straws now..
$4.00 Straws now......
$5.00 Straws now..
$6.00 Panamas now..
$7.00 Panamas now..._...
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