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VOLUME- IV. NEWPORT* ARKANSAS. TUESDAV. NOVEMBER f, 1904. NUMBER 161.
G0JJ3 LOCKET FOR
THE WINNING BABT.
Independent Inaugurates Con
test To Settle Claims of
Proud Parents As To
Sweetest and
PRETTIEST BABY UNDER
Two Years of Age.
There as a handsome $25.00
-feolid gold locket with diamond
setting and solid gold chain, on
display at the Palace Jewelry
store, to be given away Decem
ber 24th, 1904, to the baby boy
or girl under two years of age,
who wins the highest number of
votes as the prettiest and sweet
est baby. Now the baby that is
not pretty is surely sweet, and
if the wee tot be a little cross at
times, beauty must offset this
badness. Fond parents at least
are expected to think their ba
1904, is «aigible to this contest,
nor shall any employe or party
connected with this paper be eli
gible to vote.
Second—Every issue of the
Daily and Weekly Independent
from November 1 to December
24, will contain a ballot entitling
the holder to one vote in this
contest. For every dollar’s worth
of job, work, advertising and
subscription paid for between
these dates a coupon good for ten
votes will be issued, but no cou
pons will be issued for sums less
than $1.00. Coupons will not be
sold, and wiy only be issued for
job, ad and subscrpition busi
ness, but extra copies of the In
dependent at 2 cents per copy,
each containing one ballot, will
be sold at this office.
Third—All votes must be sent
to this office and will be de
posited in a lock box, to be opened
at 8 o’clock each publication day
and counted. The daily issue of
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BABIES CONTEST-NOMINATING BALLOT.
I hereby place in nomination and cast this ballot for
(under two years of age), in the Independent’s Baby Prize
Contest.
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bies are both sweet and beauti
ful, and so they do. But to set
tle once for all the claims of the
under two, and put at rest this
rivalry of mothers and fathers,
the Independent has inaugurated
a contest that is to be determined
m-bjrthat cherished right, popular
^ballot, and in accordance with
the following rules:
BABY PRIZE CONTEST RULES.
First—No baby that has reach
ed the age of two years Nov. 1,
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that afternoon will contain the
total of the several candidates
and the public will thus be kept
informed of the voting each day.
Fourth—A committee of three
good business men will be select
ed to canvass the ballots the
morning of Dec. 24 and announce
the winner. All ballots must be
deposited at this office by 11 a.
m., Dec. 24, 1904.
Read the rules carefully.
BODY OF BOER
PRESIDENT REMOVED.
Had Fought a Good Fight and
Kept the Faith Were Last
Words of Patriot Kruger.
The Hague, Oct. 31. —The re
mains of former President Kru
ger of the Transvaal Republic,
who died in July last, were re
moved from the cemetery today
and taken to Rotterdam for con
veyance to South Africa on board
the steamer Batavier. Six
wreaths from Queen Wilhelmina,
, the prince consort and forager
President Steyn covered the cof
fin. Not much public interest
was shown.
A mortuary chapel had been
prepared on the steamer, cover
ed with draping embellished with
inscriptions in silver letters,
among them: “I fought a good
fight, I finished my course, I kept
\ the faith.”
NOTICE TO :
L ■ PROPERTY OWNERS.
IH All owners of property in the
\ city of Newport are hereby noti
| fied to repair the side walks in
I front of their several premises.
V Section 4 of Ordinance No. 19
i jrovides that if side wajks are
\ tllowed to become in bad repair,
\ hat the owner of the adjoining
>roperty shall be liable to a fine
If not exceeding Twenty Dollars,
md said ordinance will be en
orced to the letter hereafter.
J. W. Grubbs, Mayor.
HOUGHT HE HAD
PREMIUM COMING.
I The governor has received the
bllowing communication from a
citizen of Stringer, Scott county,
and has been forced to reply that
the reward fund is wholly ex
hausted, and that as a matter of
fact there never was any fund
for this particular purpose:
“My wife gave birth to two girls
and one boy on the 23rd (Sun
day), weighing 17 pounds the
lot. Now, governor, I hear there
is a $10 premium for triplets. If
so, you will please send us the
money, as we are very poor.
You can name them, too, if you
wish. The neighbors say for us
not to name them till we hear
from you, as you might want to
name them. We can’t call on
you any more soon in this way.”
PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM OSCEOLA JAIL.
Two of the prisoners who es
caped from the county jail a
week ago have been captured at
a little town in Mississippi and
James H. Lovewell went to the
place Wednesday night to bring
them back, says the Osceola
Press. The two prisoners who
refused to go with the bunch last
Friday morning when they made
their escape, decided on Tuesday
morning to take their leave also,
as they were becoming lonesome
and didn’t fancy each other. It
was no trouble for them to leave,
as they went out through the hole
left by the other fellows. One
of those who escaped last Friday
came back Sunday morning and
is now doing chores around Sheriff
Lovewell’s house. He said he
only wanted to see his folks and
that he had nothing to do with
the breaking out.
For Rent—Front room furnish
! ed. Apply to Mrs. Park Dead
; erick, corner Third and Walnut.
BIG MEMPHIS
BUILDING FALLS.
Continental Savings Bank Build
ing Tumbles in, But Gives
Warning to Occupants—No
Known Fatalities.
Memphis, Oct. 31.—With a
terrific crash the building occu
pied by the Continental Savings
bank at No. 19 Madison street
collapsed at 10 o’clock this morn
ing, burying a number of persons
in the wreckage.
So far as known only one per
son, a negro saloon keeper, re
mains under the debris.
The other victims were quickly
rescued by the fire and police
departments.
Joseph Fischer, a tailor, who
had a shop in the building, is the
only person known to have sus
tained serious injuries.
He was badly mashed about
the body, but it is announced
that he will recover. That many
people were not killed is almost
miraculous.
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cently detached from a similar
structure, was a four-story office
house. Excavations had been
made at the corner of the ad
joining street and fifty workmen
who were employed there today
heard a peculiar crackling noise
and it was seen that the bank
building was in danger of falling.
The laborers immediately sought
safety and reached the street
just in time, as the building fell
with a loud report a moment
later.
Those in the bank arid offices
also heard the warning noise and
a large number reached the
street in safety before the crash
came. All the occupants of the
building have been accounted
for. The negro saloon porter is
believed to be alive in the cellar
and will probably be rescued
later in the day.
The building was one of the
landmarks of old Memphis. Dur
ing the reconstruction period it
played an important part as
being the scene of many import
ant events and within its walls
have been transacted some of the
greatest financial enterprises of
the age.
! BODY OF MAN
FOUND IN CREEK.
Had Been Murdered for His
Money Was Finding of In
quest Examination.
Wilton, Oct. 31.—The body of
a murdered man was discovered
in Little river three miles north
east of Wilton Saturday by a
hunter by the name of Clark.
The man had been shot through
the neck from the back, robbed
and thrown in the river. A cor
oner’s inquest was held yester
day. The victim’s pockets had
been rifled and such papers as he
had on his person were burned
on the bank of the stream. He
was a stranger and it seems had
arrived at this place on Friday,
Oct. 21, and it was probably on
this date that he was killed. A
trunk check found on his body
was the means of examining his
trunk at the railroad station,
which contained papers, etc.,
from which it appears his name
was L. C. Tinbs and his last res
idence Anna, Tex.
Capt. and Mrs. T. D. Kinman
returned Monday night from Hot
| Springs, where Mrs. Kinman has
j been for three weeks. We are
I glad to know her health is great
ly improved.
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