Newport Daily In >epen >ent.
VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1904. NUMBER 208.
HCAPTAIN JACKSON
■ HAS CLOSE CALL.
^ ‘Gum Accidentally Dis
Pierces Arm and
Bone.
• Jacks°n' wej! re'
Newport and now
Lumber Comma-;
^PJalnoman as superintendent
■ ofthe Homan & Southern Rail
s' way Company, had a very close
B call December 6 in an accident
SR from whtch he suffered much
B pain, but is now out of danger
||ll and on the high-road to complete
^Rpecovery.
B On the evening of the day men
Bi Honed he was sitting in his room
■With J. A. Volkmer when he
/ Bpftarted to pick up a revolver ly
WM ing on the table. The weapon, a
A#j 38 Military Special, dropped
B from the scabbard and the ham
I mer struck the cuspidore, caus
fl ing it to be discharged.
The ball penetrated Mr. Jack
Br son’s left arm at the elbow, com
■ ing out just below the shoulder.
B The bone was fractured and
B blood poisoning set in. An opera
Bfetion had to be performed and
B while under the influence of nar
I cotics Capt. Jackson came near
R strangling to death by swallow
B ing his tongue, which had to be
R held in place with forceps.
IFRUCK MAN DEAD
AT HIGGINSON.
Higginson, Dec. 27.—On Chris
as day Marion Brewer and
istmaptcr Pratt had a difficulty,
is said that Mr. Brewer was
•inking, and that while in the
it of striking Mr. Pratt with
s knife his (Pratt’s) son struck
m with a 2x4 scantling, crush
g the skull on the back of 'Wis
jad. Brewer fell like a 'beef
id never recovered conscious
jss before his death, which oc
irred yesterday. Dr. L. E.
oore and other physicians were
died, but no assistance could be
iven.
It is said that this is the end
! an old feud, the parties hav
g had a fuss just two years
jo on the same day.
OLOREI} LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS.
E. E. Fluker lodge No. 120, K.
: P., colored, elected officers on
uesday night. The old cham
ion of Pythians, W. L. Parmer,
as re-elected C. C. by acclama
on, W. H. Reed, V. C.; G. W.
ole, prelate; J. R. Currie, M. oi
C. W. Jones, M. of F.; A. H.
larrell, K. of R. and S.; John
Williams, M. of A.; Dr. G. W.
itrickland, recommended for P.
k degree; D. J. Jackson, M. ol
V.; E. L. Smith, I. G.; James
'^ards, 0. G.; Dr. G. W.
Hand, medical examiner.
* AL DESCENDANT
OF DANIEL BOONE.
Vv^nne, Dec. 27.—John Danie
loone, a lineal descendant cf the
Kentucky pioneer, died he e Iasi
.yeek. He was born in South
ampton county, North Carolina
L Feb. 8, 1844, and came to Arkan
[ sas with his parents in 1852, lo
eating a mile and a half east oj
the present site of this town
His father was Nicholas Boone
I Daniel Boone served in the Con
federate army with great valor
His- wife and six of their tei
children survive him.
MARRY TONIGHT.
i. Sprigg of this city am
ubrey Hill of Memphis
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I will be married tonight at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Hill, 187 Elm
avenue.
Miss Hill war formerly a New
port girl and has many friends
among the young people in this
city, while Mr. Sprigg is one of
Newport's leading business and
society young men and is well
liked by all.
The Independent extends con
gratulations to these popular
young people in advance of the
nuptial event.
PROHI PETITIONS
AGAINST LICENSE.
Hoxie, Dec. 27.—At the Sep
tember election this county
“went wet,’’ and the* tigers
closed up, thinking it best, be
lieving that no objection would
be made to license, but the pro
hibitionists are circulating ‘ ‘three
mile petitions,’’ but they will
hardly succeed, as the reason
able people are heartily disgust
ed with the illegal sale of liquor
which has been carried on here
and at Walnut Ridge the past
four years.
It license is granted by tne
county court at the January term
next, two saloon - will be opened
l here, and possibly five at Walnut
: Ridge. With Carouthers as
marshal we will have an orderly
town. All lawbreakers of every
ikind “look alike” to him' and to
| the “dog house” they must go if
they fall into his hands.
CARD OF THANKS.
I do not know how to muster
| up words to express my grati
i tude and thanks to these dear
(friends and well wishers who
! combined and succeeded in giv
ing me one of the sweetest sur
prises of my life, which has been
| long, I will not make the vain
attempt. I think and think and
when a pretty thought comes
nigh I just give down and only
j cry.
i Still the greatest emotion and
: gratitude and love are those min
gled with our tears. May you
never have cause to regret your
noble generosity in giving me
the nice writing desk, furnished
with all sorts of paper, pencils,
inks, envelopes, stamps, etc.,
but one thing lacking, the blue
backed spelling book, but I be
lieve the editors of our newsy
little dailies in defense of their
cause will gladly contribute that.
I almost forgot the chair and
rug that came with the desk.
Wishing you all a happy life, I
| am, yours in F., L. and T.
Mrs. M. J. Lucas.
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j CASE AFFIRMED,
MAN PARDONED.
! It has just come to light that
B. G. Perrymore, whose case
was recently affirmed by the su
preme court, was pardoned
by Gov. Davis several months
before. In the meantime
Attorney General Murphy had
devoted considerable time to the
11 preparation of a brief in the case
■; before the supreme court, and
s submitted it, without any knowl
| edge that the man whose sen
■; tence he was attempting to have
;! affirmed was a free man. Per
jrymore was convicted of
! the killing of Houstor
Taylor in the northern district oi
■ Logan county, May 1, 1904. A
motion for a new trial was over
I ruled, exceptions were taken,
and appeal allowed, the accusec
j being released on $1,000 bone
l pending the appeal.
II Read the Daily and Weeklj
, Independent.
CALICO ROCK’S
CHRISTMAS FIRE.
Defective Flue Causes Loss of
Three Store Buildings in
White River Town.
Calico Rock, Dec, 27.—Three
buildings were destroyed by fire
in Calicd R ck at the breakfast
hour Sunday morning. The fire
originated in a defective flue in
the S.E. McNeill boarding house,
on the east side of Main street,
and that building, with adjoining
ones, one of which was occu
pied by J. A. Schenck & Sons’
general store and the other by
the Calico Rock Progress and a
doctor’s office, were soon in ash
es.
Part of the furniture was
saved from the boarding house.
Most of the stock of merchan
dise was saved, and the printing
plant was safely transferred to
another building. There was no
insurance on any of the above.
The postoffice was also in the
j building occupied by Schenck &
j Sons, and this building and the
; one occupied by the printing of
! fipp belonged to S. E. Matthews.
J. T. Garner & Bros.’ store was
also considerably damaged by
the fire, and at one time was giv
en up as lost, and the goods were
transferred to the streets. Their
stock and building is consider
ably damaged, but is insured.
DUCK HUNTER
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Eudora, Dec. 27.—The funeral
of Dr. Frank Connerly, a promi
nent physician of Lake Village,
was held at the cemetery Wed
nesday. He and the foreman of
a fishing camp which he had es
tablished near Menard’s landing
on the Arkansas river in Arkan
sas county, were out on a lake
near the camp duck hunting,
when the gun in the hands of
the foreman was discharged and
the entire load entered Dr. Con
nerly’s side, killing him almost
instantly.
EMPLOYE SUES
CAPTAIN TUCKER.
Little Rock, Dec. 27.—Edward
Dye, by Wright & Reeder of
Batesville, his attorneys, today
brought suit in the Pulaski cir
cuit court against F. W. Tucker,
internal revenue collector, and
John Moseley for $25,000 for per
sonal injuries.
He alleges that on December
2, 1902, while yet a minor, he
was in the employ of the saw
and shingle mill owned by Capt.
Tucker at Clover Bend, Law
rence county. He was employed
for “knot sawing” and “bailing”
' shingles. He claims that through
a faulty construction of the ma
1 chinery he was caught in the
same and his head, body and
■ legs bruised, some of his ribs
broken and both arms so badly
lacerated above the elbows that
! immediate amputation was nec
essary. Moseley was Captain
i Tucker’s manager at the mill.
W. S. CHOAT DEAD.
News reached here yesterday
! of the death of W. S. Choat at
his home at Biggers Wednesday
,! night. Mr. Choat had been sick
for several weeks with typhoid
fever. He was one of the lead
ing citizens of his town and was
formerly in business at Alberta.
He had many friends all over the
; country who will be sorry to hear
! of his death. The Star extends
! sympathy to the bereaved rela
| tives.—Pocahontas Star.
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