1 500 PASSENGERS
WENT DOWN
In Sight of Thousands Boat Sinks
And No One Offers Aid
Tourists Have Thrilling
Experience.
The spectacle of half a thou
sand men, women and children
voluntarily boarding a boat
nhey know is going to sink,
'ikes us as sufficiently novel to
cnronicle in these columns. It
happened on the Pike and in
front of one of the mammoth
striictures on that highway. In
the lobby of this building known
as “Under and Over the Sea”
concession, is a miniature harbor
of real water. The exact depth
of this little ocean we cannot say
positively, but we can testify to
what we saw with our own eyes
on a recent visit to the World’s
. Fair.
v In plain -view of strollers on
the Pike may be seen in this
; miniature harbor a submarine
boat moored to a dock with its
hatchway open and passengers
going aboard. The writer counted
no less than 500 reckless human
f beings seeking the sensation to
be found in submarine naviga
tion. When they were all aboard
the captain companded the
sailors on the dock t^o unfasten
the ropes that held the vessel,
l and himself going below, the
hatchway was closed and sealed
hermetically, absolutely water
tight. The boat then sank from
sight in the great tank of water
(' ^nd a submarine journey to Paris
jps commenced. On reaching a
v ptain great depth of the water,
1 vmdicated by one of the ship’s
*1 instruments of measurement, the
propellers were set in motion by
La slight pressure of the electric
button. The entire motive force
employed in the queer craft used
in the journey “Under and Over
the Sea” is electrical.
I The huge steel hull trembled,
the great, mighty engine
throbbed, the powerful propellers
churned the waters into a foam
ing fury and the boat darted
forward through the transparent
watery mass.
Passing through several Pari
sian thoroughfares to the base
of Eiffel Tower, ascending to its
summit in a large elevator, we
board the great bird-like craft
restlessly tugging at its moor
ings, anxious for its flight along
the milky way, and all aboard,
the ship cast , adrift and our
aerial journey has commenced.
Reaching the river at Eads
bridge, over the city of St. Louis,
hovering above the exposition,
the movement of the great wings
decreasing, the ship carefully
settles down on top of the “Un
der and Over the Sea” building,
the landing dock of the air-ship
on the Pike.
SAM ASKEW TO HANG.
Sam Askew, who killed Joe
Holloway near Ash Flat a few
weeks ago, was tried in the
Sharp county circuit court last
week and was sentenced to be
hanged. Askew hid behind a
tree and deliberately shot and
killed young Holloway.—Mel
bourne Times.
| FIRE AT BRINKLEY.
The residence of W. W. Wilson
was completely destroyed by fire
at an early hour Monday morn
ing. Mr. Wilsjm had gone into
V the kitchen carrying a lighted
vf lamp. In some way it fell and
in a few seconds’ time the whole
I room was in a mass of flames.
I The family and young men
IL '
' boarders had a very narrow es
cape, none of them saving a
thing. The loss is probably about
$1,500 to $1,800 and falls heavily
on Mr. Wilson. An insurance
policy will probably yield him
net $400. — Brinkley Argus.
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MAYOR WILLIAMS
ANSWERS ACCUSER".
Mayor Joe Williams of Mem
phis has been up against a very
i hard proposition during the past
few weeks defending himself
against the attacks made upon
I him by the better element of the
Memphis citizenship, and in a
note addressed to a citizens’
committee Saturday the mayor
draws the line at the classes as
follows:
“With regard to matters perti
nent to the subject in hand, the
people in Memphis are divided
into three classes—my political
enemies, my personal friends and
the mass of the public. ’ ’
SHHINERS REFUSED
SECOND LODGE.
Pine Bluff, Suly 17.—Edgar
Brewster, of this city, Saturday
received a message from Judge
W. L. Toney, who is attending
the meeting of the Imperial
Council, Ancient Arabic Order,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
which is meeting at Atlantic
City, N. J., stating that the ap
plication of Hot Springs for the
establishment of a shrine at that
place was defeated on a vote of
the council. This means that
there will not be another shrine
in Arkansas for several years.
! DAVIS SPEAKS AT
POCAHONTAS.
Pocahontas, July 16. — The
Randolph county court will con
vene next Monday and on the
coma rloir f Viovo will VlP 51 Vli G*
picnic. Gov. Davis will open his
campaign here, and it is ex
pected that between three and
four thousand people will be in
attendance to hear him speak.
The event will be well adver
tised, and as farmers are well up
with their work, they will prob
ably attend in lai;ge numbers.
FUGITIVE ARRESTED.
AT PINE BLUFF.
Pine Bluff, July 16. — Will
Walls, a negro, was arrested this
noon at the Bluff City Lumber
Company by Patrolman Ed
Cheek on information filed by the
sheriff at Brookhaven, Miss.,
charging the negro with the
shooting of City Marshal Byrd of
that place a year ago. Walls
confessed tnat he was the man
wanced. Mr. Byrd was shot
while attempting to arrest the
negro, who was drunk at the
time.
POSTAL CLERKS
IN SESSION.
Texarkana, July 16.—The ex
| ecutive committee of the elev
enth division of the National
Association of Railway Postal
Clerks, composed of Louisiana,
Arkansas, Texas, Indian Terri
tory and Oklahoma met here this
afternoon.
NEW COURT HOUSE
AT HAMBURG.
Hamburg, July 16. — A contract
for the erection of a new court
house in Hamburg was awarded
to Caldwell & Drake. The work
on the new building will begirfat
once and will cost $33,000.
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NEGRO PYTHIANS
ELECT OFFICERS.
Two Prominent Newport Colored
' Citizens Honored, Thad Ar
rington and Walter Hubble.
Pine Bluff, July 1#.— The three
days session of the colored Grand
Lodge Knights of Pythias of the
state closed with a street parade
in which three uniform ranks
from Pine Bluff, Hot Springs and
Little Roc participated. At the
meeting yesterday and last night
officers for the ensuing year were
elected, as follows:
Past Grand Chancellor—J. T.
T. Warren, Hot Springs.
Grand Chancellor—J. C. Duke,
Pine Bluff.
Grand Prelate—James Jones,
Pine Bluff.
Grand Master of Exchequer—
Thad Arrington, Newport.
Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal—W. L. Peurifoy, Forrest
City.
Grand Marshal—W. S. Hubble,
Newport.
Grand Medical Examiner—G.
W. Hayman, Li;tle Rock.
Grand Lecturer—F. T. Vine
gar, Arkadelphia.
Grand Outer Guard—W. S.
Moore, Dumas.
Grand Inner Guard—W. L.
Lindley, Hillison.
Grand Attorney—H. C. Price,
Pine Bluff.
Grand Master of Arms —F. W.
Polk, Hot Springs.
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Attend the prize dance at the
opera house tomorrow night.
PACE-MABRY.
Ray Pace stole a march on his
Newport friends by getting mar
ried in Memphis Sunday. He
left the first of last week for
Cedar Hill, Tenn., to assist in
the marriage of his friend, J. D.
Powmll onrl ■PrATB fllPT*P BB VllS
return home, ran over to Mem
phis and was married to Miss
Etta Mabry, a charming young
lady of that city. The ceremony
was performed at the bride’s
home by the pastor of one of the
Baptist churches of that city.
Mr. Pace is one of Newport’s
prosperous young business men
and has a host of friends in this
city who join with the Independ
ent in wishing for these popular
young people a happy journey
through life.
EULOGY FROM
MOUNTAIN ECHO.
On last Tuesday morning the
word was passed from one to an
other that Uncle Mack was gone,
referring to C. F. McDonough,
the blind tiger who recently re
ceived a pardon. In his hurried
departure he forgot to settle a
little bill with the Echo which
was contracted sometime since,
but then as he is classed with the
individual to whom an account
was presented a few days since,
and who promptly replied, if we
“got it we would have to take it
out of his hide,” we guess we
will lose it, for we have examined
the quotations on skunk and dog
hides and find they are not worth
the skinning, and for the present
we will let them go, and it al
most makes our heart bleed to
think that when such worthless
fellows shuffle off this no -tal
coil that no flowers will bloom
above their grave, for there will
be no loving companion to water
them with her affectionate tears.
—Yellville Echo.
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